Domain Game Quest

[Philote]

(I'll let someone else confirm, but I may as well put my reasoning.

We are doing good with our words of power at the moment.

Peter is mostly just useful when his day power is ready, so the orb won't be as helpful with him.

Armand is about stealth.

If we give it to Amanda we can make her a powerhouse to take on the next set of threats so we can collect bonuses.)

[Celadon's Penultimate]

(Interesting logic. I agree.)

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"Take it. You're the best shot we have right now if we run into anything we can't beat."

Peter look a little disheartening, but Amanda crushes the orb in her hands. Blue power flows out of it, into her, the light making the cave look like the bottom of the ocean. When it subsides, she's breathing heavily, but has a satisfied grin on her face. "Been a while since I had one of those. Felt good."

Amanda
Orb Level: 5/10
May now use Domain without the aid of a weapon

(Orb levels are how your characters progress. Each level will give a benefit to the player that uses the orb. A level 10 character is considered "Fully Realized." A characters first orb will always give them a weapon, and after this point players are considered Level 0.)

>COMMAND

[Philote]

>Ask her to test her powers
>Ask how to prepare for gaining next chest

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

You all look expectantly at Amanda as she takes out her yo-yo and tosses it on the ground. She Raises her arms and begins moving them in little circles, and you can feel a breeze coming through the still night. She moves them faster, and the wind kicks up, tearing around the cave. She starts to laugh.

"Alright, girl, that enough. Sit back down, we have things to talk about."

Amanda sits back on her sleeping bag. Armand clears his throat.

"It's a good thing we got the one that was farthest away today, because tomorrow things are going to be close. There are still two chest out there, and we have to get to both of them before noon."

Amanda pops in at this point. "Otherwise, the reds find our reinforcements, and *Pop*."

"Exactly. The two that are left are in the valley dungeon and the local red base, Canopy Masada. Now, their both close enough to get to in a single day, but there are problems. First off, Masada is lightly guarded but not so light that we outnumber the reds. Second, to get to the Vally dungeon, we have to cross the lane."

"The Lane?" you ask.

"The main roads of the world. There are three, and they connect the main red and blue bases. Creeps patrol up and down them. But the reds and creeps aren't our main problem. Our opponent here is time. The reds always check the chests at noon, and we don't have the time to hit both before that no matter how early we get up. If we dedicate our entire force to a single chest, we'll lose the other one. If we want both, we have to split up."

>COMMAND

[Philote]

>Ask if Amanda can handle a chest on her own with her new power.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"On my own, are you kidding me? Maybe if I don't run into more than a few creeps, sure. But if a red shows up I'm in hot water. And a red would find me, because I won't be covered by Armand's Void powers."

Armand jumps in, "That will be another huge problem. The group that I'm not with can be seen by the Seer of Life. And the Reds won't just ignore that, not where they're so close to victory. They'll likely send a group out to finish us off."

>COMMAND

[Philote]

>Suggest abandoning a chest

[Celadon's Penultimate]

>SUGGEST TRYING A NEW WORD?

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

The room goes silent as everyone considers this. Finally, Amanda speaks.

"You know, I just say pop to...so that.... I mean, well...." She takes a deep breath. "They'd die."

(What new word?)

[Celadon's Penultimate]

(Maybe MORE or REPLICATE or TWIN or CLONE? Something to the effect of a diversion, to make a chance for the chest to be retrieved without posing as much danger to the team)

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

(I'm going to say right now that both chest are totally retrievable if you split up to get them, no matter how you split up to get them. That doesn't mean you can't screw up and lose people, but I'm not going to throw you into a completely hopeless situation, not this early in the game. Also, no one will be going it alone. Even if you choose to sent a lone person after a chest, they'll have help. We're still kind of in the tutorial.)

[Philote]

>Word: Pop
>Teams: Armand/Amanda and Us/Peter

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

(Who goes where?)

[Philote]

>Armand/Amanda to Red Base

[Philote]

>Suggest Zone to regroup at before heading back to base.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"I think you two should handle the base, while me and Peter go and handle the temple. They won't have any way to know that you're coming." You suggest.

"But you'll draw all their-" Armand starts, but you hold up your hand.

"Don't worry about it. I have plenty of things I can use to throw them off."
"Not to mention his Ace in the Hole!" Peter adds.

They both look at you worried. You sigh.
"Look, I might be new at this, but so were you two once. I'll be fine on my own."

Amanda says nothing, but Armand says, "Alright."

The tense mood is broken by Peter, who chooses that moment to leap up speak. "We should get some sleep if we're going to do this early tomorrow morning. What's a good meeting spot for afterwards?"

"This place is about halfway between the red base and the dungeon." Says Armand. "If things go wrong, we can regroup here."

"NO!" Peter shouts, startling everyone present. "We can't think in those terms. Nothing will go wrong tomorrow. Tomorrow, we will have 2 new friends and some more of those orbs and a proper base, all our own. Then, we'll build on that until we crush red team, and win this game. That's what will happen, so I don't want to hear about how it could go wrong. The future is already set in stone."

The three of you just look at him. Then, slowly, Amanda begins laughing. She laughs and laughs, until tears stream from her eyes, and when shew finally stops she has to catch her breath. "Okay, okay...hehehe...how about we turn in then, huh? We have a big day tommarow...HAHHAHA...after all."

She claps her hands twice. The Bio-luminescent fungus coating the caves ceiling suddenly dims, and the darkness makes its way into the room. You feel your way to the boat, your makeshift bed, and fall into the moth eaten linens. You hear two sleeping bags zip up, and a *plop* as peter makes his way into his boat.

"Goodnight Armand, Goodnight newbies."
"Night Amanda," come a chorus of replies. You bury yourself in the cloth and drift away to sleep.

CHAPTER, "THE FIRST DAY" OVER
RECRUITED: PETER, ACE OF ZEAL
LOST: NONE
BLUE ARMY:4 (+1)
RED ARMY:129

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

>INTERMISSION
You are in a brightly lit stairwell. The stairs wood, tinted blue by the crystals set into the wooden walls providing the room with light. You can see two doors at either end. You can hear raised voices coming from behind the upstairs door. The downstairs door appears to be guarded by two large... trumpet men? They look like walking trumpets, but they don't appear to see you. Which they really should have by now.

>SUGGESTION?

[Philote]

(We need a different meeting point. If we return with Peter without the void powers the Seer of Life would see us travel back to base.)

>Travel Upwards

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

(Right, brain fart, I'll add that when they set off in  the morning.)

You travel upwards, toward the voices. As you get closer, you hear snatches of conversation.

"-uld just get rid of her! I don't like having her in the base, and I don't care how she got here. The enemy is the enemy." Male, and lyrical.

A high pitched female voice responds. "I agree, we should just get it over with."
Next voice, female, quick and spiteful, "You're just mad cause she's cuter than you."
"She is most definitely not!"

"Enough, please," says a different voice, soft but determined. "We can't just kill her, not without knowing how she came to be here. Her appearance could change everything. You could try to convert her, Nadine, she seems to like you well enough."

You can feel the non-response from within. This last person evidently didn't like to talk much.

>SUGGESTION?