Mission/Chapter 3: A New Dark World

The powerful strike from Reeve hammers into the Captain. Reeve felt that there is some hard material under the uniform, like armour that is thin as cloth. But from the reaction of the leader, the blow was strong enough to produce a pained grunt.

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Enemy turn

The Radiation Guns start to hum as the users aim them at Reeve.
"That... surprisingly hurts. I'll make sure you will not escape from here. For Nouen-Penti! Security, for all needs!"

The two Lieutenants also chanted the last sentence as all three fire upon Reeve.
(Make 3 Might defense rolls. The damage ignores armour.)
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The guards meanwhile keep away from the fight happening at the heavy-storage section. They try to form a firing line, but well aware that their guns have no effect against their opponent. They watch at a distance, and a few also cheered for their leader.

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End turn
Gabrien can see dense graffiti all over the low buildings and walls. Most of it does not make sense, but he could identify that some are warnings to leave, while others depict skulls and symbols that looks to be runic.

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Party's turn!

Reeve brings on a stance that uses his arms to block and clenches his muscles to the incoming energy attacks. He doesn't see it, but he can feel a burning sensation in his insides. (Received 3 Might damage from lietenant 1.)

The doctor looks to where Gabrien is pointing and agrees.
It is a 2 storey building, with stairs leading up to the upper level. It's concrete walls are cracked and full of webs.

Entering in, it looks like noone is inside. Either on the 1st or 2nd level. There are abandoned rotting furnishes, but if there was anything of value inside, it's long gone. There are some signs of people using this space before, due to the furnitures being dragged to the sides, but its probably not recently as the dust on the floor boards is undisturbed.

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Reeve tries to go for the weapon, hoping to sunder it instead of attacking the man. Perhaps it was the weird pain that made his attack not as effective, or that the captain is rather agile despite his size and uniform.

Anyhow, Reeve now decides that the situation is more troublesome than it was earlier. He forgoes his pursuit of the taken weapons, and ran out of the storage room. The crowd of guards waiting outside couldn't do anything to Reeve as he shrugs off their shower of bullets.

Reeve tries to find a way up the building. After a while of searching, he finds a doorway that leads to a stairwell. He climbs up hurriedly, brushing pass one or two squads that tried to block him. The amount of stairs is impressive to him, as he reached about two dozen floors and the top is still not reached.

Taking a quick look at the current floor, he finds that are windows along the corridor outside the stairwell. There are some men and women in suits and ties staring in surprise.

Looking through the windows, Reeve can see that the ground is some distance far below. A blockade of black vans and guards have formed around the compound of the building. Luckily, Reeve remembers he has another magical Cypher that he can use to float some distance away.

The guards of this level are now hurriedly asking the office workers to evacuate in a mix of the common tongue that Reeve knows, as well in other languages.

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Gabrien was able to find a room inside the old building. The mattress is gone, leaving only a bedframe. Despite the lack of comfort, it could still be used to rest in.

Reeve manages to find a window that can be pushed open and is low and big enough. With a running start, he vaults over the window frame and out towards the brightly lit city. He aims for the roof of a lower building across the street. Perhaps he may have overestimated his skill of jumping and gliding, as the moment he activates the dragon statue and the aura of dragon wings sprouted out, Reeve was already going very fast. He crash lands onto the roof of a few buildings ahead. The armour aura absorbed most of the blow, but he still suffers a bit of injury. (2 Might damage.)

As he picks himself up from the small crater he made, he finds himself next to a large signboard advertisement of some strange food, and the roof door to the stairs that leads down the building...

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Gabrien leave Ash alone with the doctor. As he searches the lower floor again, he now notices a trapdoor partially hidden under a collapsed shelf. Opening it up, the trapdoor reveals stone stairs that leads to a dark basement. As he try to peek into the very dark basement, a pale blue glow began to appear, lighting up the stone chamber a little. The room has another bed, a pile of newspapers, a cupboard, and... a skeleton in rags.

The glow now takes the form of a ghost. It is a man with a neck beard dressed in a dirty fur coat, and it's legs end in a blurry tail.

"I was having a good sleep... Why must you wake me up to feel the pain of undeath again?..." The ghost speaks in an upset, echoey voice.