Editing The Demon and The Samurai (section)

==== Combat begins ====

* Order: Stargazer → Jericho → Alphie → Anja → Astranna → Gwyn → Jubilex

'''Round 1'''

* Stargazer goes supernova on Alphie, before dark matter dashing through Gwyn and hitting her with a gravity blade. He then shoots 40 ft up in the air, and firmament slams down on Anja. He stands over her, sighs deeply, and turns to Jericho.
** “I liked you. This is a shame.”
* He activates his hungering nebula on Jericho – if you begin your turn in the aura, your speed is halved. You lose 100 sp for every 5 ft you move, and if you don’t have the sp, you can’t move through it.
* He attacks Anja, going nonlethal – he doesn’t want to lose his cursed energy supply.
* Jericho attacks Stargazer.
** “I have seen this in the stars. Do you really think you could hit your teacher? […] Perhaps one day you’ll see it my way.”
* Alphie gives guided soul to Astranna, before activating their Shameless power.
** “Astranna, your dad sucks, and I wish you were an orphan!”
* Alphie attempts to use quintessence, and gets UPQSDPGW. Dalton comes in clutch with “dup”, which allows Alphie to create a window for us to get out of here. They’re able to bargain for a power score number of windows.
* Unconscious, Anja awakens in a great plain of mist, and black, inky darkness. She hears a voice.
** “One question. You have one question. One question to ask and I will answer.”
** “Why did you choose me?”
** “Choose, choose. You were there, I saw potential, potential to be great. You always wanted to be loved, I can make you loved.”
* Anja says she doesn’t think it can help her in the way she needs. It says it can make her happy, and give her the world. She sees flashes around this space of people all around her, she who is loved and praised, famous for art, knowledge, and wisdom. Her old family back together once again.
* Astranna approaches the shimmering, void-like portal. Stargazer calls out to her.
** “Astranna, don’t! We can be together!”
* She grimaces, but jumps in. Alphie’s sending us to their hometown, but for now, Astranna is subject to the strange, raw, uninterrupted magics of the Skybound Lands. The Breezestone hasn’t been in this space, so she’s just tumbling.
* Gwyn turns to Stargazer.
** “Please let us go. You owe Astranna that much.”
* This seems to actually hurt and affect him. She gets +1 hero point. She drags Anja into her window, and feels quintessence pulling at the breezestone’s magic. She allows it, and holds Anja close, looking for Astranna.
* The GM rolls a 1d6, and tells her to call odd or even. If she calls correctly, we get Gezepp. Otherwise, we get a random location connected to all of us. She correctly calls odds, and we fall down, down, down.
* It’s Jubilex’s turn! He’s half-focusing on Jericho, half on Alphie. Its voice is echoed a hundredfold.
** “You with the Gellid Engine, a galaxy within a galaxy, yes, you will be a great addition. You and all within, joining the Abyss.”
* Jubilex fires out 20, 30, 40 tendrils at them… they’re going to be absorbed.
* Except something happens. How does Prudii interrupt?
* A shadow of black races across the field, a glint of steel spinning and carving up, before sliding down Jubilex’s side.
** “We have to go! Now!”
* Jubilex seems confused, but angered, and its attention turns onto the new individual, sending 6 attacks into Prudii, each at Sheer 9. They’re slammed around, their body completely mangled, bleeding, a little bit blind, deaf, stunned. But somehow alive.
** Their coat is black, melding with the rest of his armor and clothing, almost like it’s one single piece. It has red stripes along it.

'''Round 2'''

* On Stargazer’s turn… due to Gwyn’s words, he makes a roll. He looks around at all that’s going on, and her words ring out in his head. He rolls a 2, which is good – we wanted low. His loyalty slips, falling away, and he gives a long sigh. He lets the nebula fade, standing there almost stunned.
* Jericho activates sprint to go get Piero, then goes through the window.
* Alphie drags Prudii into their window, repeating, “I hope you’re not evil”. They make a phys check (3 successes) to close the windows. What does it feel like as they attempt to rip their magic back to them?
** It feels like when you’re falling in a dream, and feel the impact upon waking up.