Fatebreaker he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 That could work. What kind of acid are we talking about? Super-potent, turn-Lightwards-into-Harvey-Twoface-until-his-next-resurrection acid, or milder burn-your-face-but-not-leave-half-of-it-a-skeleton kind of acid? I was thinking it'd be the stronger sort, but as edge points out it'd just eat through the balloon. Maybe a balloon with weaker acid, then one with gasoline? They are rather large balloons full of liquid, so they'd be pretty heavy. The impact alone from a substantial height would be painful enough in it's own right. And I always say that any acid is potent when it's in your eyes. What I'd be more worried about is the pterodactyls attacking from above so they can get their ballons or giving away his location, given that the other MEE members haven been taken care of in about a minute or so, he really wouldnt have had the time to prepare any of this. Plus, he'd have to get away from the museum a good distance to safely before he can crash the zeppelin in there, while on the other hand the zepplin would be a gigantic target. Well, the balloons would have to be able to sustain the acid, so it couldn't be very potent. Actually, if they have any descent size a peterodactyl could probably use them as a shild and ram them back into the ballooner or at least cause them to pop a save distance away. Not any actual problems I could see, but you might better wait until you actually have that escape plan unless you want her to get captured/killed. Edit: actually, Voidus, how likely are Whittle and C4 to spill the beans about Mommy, the Ballooner and Schultz? Well, the pterodactyls could be dealt with, using tape and a well placed bullet. And they wouldn't need too much time, they'd be dropping the balloons like they were carpet bombing the museum. (but not with carpets, that would be just ridiculous...) So anyone standing outside might get hit with one. They're mostly gasoline, with some acid balloons thrown in there for good measure. And I think the pterodactyls would be more inclined to go for the intruders, rather than the things they're dropping, unless Lightwards directed them otherwise. I was planning on having the Ballooner jump out of the zeppelin to confront/yell incomprehensibly at newly-baptized-in-acid!Lightwards, then see the allosaurus and decide to make a speedy egress. He could spot Mommy, grab her and jump off of the museum with her. Then would then be able to make a dignified retreat by running like mad until they escaped. While this was happening and distracting everyone, Schultz would ditch the zeppelin and make it crash into the museum roof, near the back of the museum. Also, schultz and the Ballooner were relatively new to the MEE, so they might not be that well known. I was thinking they showed up and Zip immediately put them on "patrol duty", simply to get them out of his hair.
Voidus Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Technically everyone in the MEE is new, it was only founded today after all 1
Blaze1616 he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Buttercup and Bubbles post is up. Voidus, let me know if any of the crops mentioned are not possible, given Cornucopia's power constraints, and I'll edit the post. 1
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 I was thinking it'd be the stronger sort, but as edge points out it'd just eat through the balloon. Maybe a balloon with weaker acid, then one with gasoline? They are rather large balloons full of liquid, so they'd be pretty heavy. The impact alone from a substantial height would be painful enough in it's own right. And I always say that any acid is potent when it's in your eyes. Well, the pterodactyls could be dealt with, using tape and a well placed bullet. And they wouldn't need too much time, they'd be dropping the balloons like they were carpet bombing the museum. (but not with carpets, that would be just ridiculous...) So anyone standing outside might get hit with one. They're mostly gasoline, with some acid balloons thrown in there for good measure. And I think the pterodactyls would be more inclined to go for the intruders, rather than the things they're dropping, unless Lightwards directed them otherwise. I was planning on having the Ballooner jump out of the zeppelin to confront/yell incomprehensibly at newly-baptized-in-acid!Lightwards, then see the allosaurus and decide to make a speedy egress. He could spot Mommy, grab her and jump off of the museum with her. Then would then be able to make a dignified retreat by running like mad until they escaped. While this was happening and distracting everyone, Schultz would ditch the zeppelin and make it crash into the museum roof, near the back of the museum. Also, schultz and the Ballooner were relatively new to the MEE, so they might not be that well known. I was thinking they showed up and Zip immediately put them on "patrol duty", simply to get them out of his hair. I'm not sure from how big an height he could actually throw those balloons, given that Lightwards is still in a building, meaning walls and ceiling around them. That'd still be enough to notice everyone to their location, which would pretty much spell their doom. Two problems with that plan, for one Lucentia is going to know about them any moment now and has a good amount of diamond at the ready, so any larger aircraft like that would simply be caught and crushed. For the other once he's in the museum there's both a dinosaur army to doge, the toy soldiers with actual rifles to dodge and whatever Epic is still hanging around in the museum.
Comatose he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Just emailed him asking if I could take over his characters. He should respond to his email this weekend. Also, I'll write up a Mommy post, tonight or tomorrow. I assume that the MEE has some radios that they can contact each other with, and that's what Mommy will use as an escape plan. Kobold, I'm going to have Mommy clean the rest of the blood off of Lightward's jacket. Is that okay? Okay. I think given Silver's absence, having Converter restrained would actually be preferable, since it would limit the amount that others need to take over. We can just leave her restrained until Silver returns, and then free her. Let me know if Silver has something different to say.
mail-mi he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 I'm not sure from how big an height he could actually throw those balloons, given that Lightwards is still in a building, meaning walls and ceiling around them. That'd still be enough to notice everyone to their location, which would pretty much spell their doom. Two problems with that plan, for one Lucentia is going to know about them any moment now and has a good amount of diamond at the ready, so any larger aircraft like that would simply be caught and crushed. For the other once he's in the museum there's both a dinosaur army to doge, the toy soldiers with actual rifles to dodge and whatever Epic is still hanging around in the museum. So what if, as soon as they see diamond growing on the zeppelin, Ballooner jumps off and confronts Lightwards?
Kobold King he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 So what if, as soon as they see diamond growing on the zeppelin, Ballooner jumps off and confronts Lightwards? How would he keep from being Nomnomnomed by Numnums Shredded by raptors Charged by a triceratops Shot in the face with a gun Kicked by Cricket Shot in the face with a gun that Aldo's holding Nighthound'd All of the above? ? 1
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 How would he keep from being Nomnomnomed by Numnums Shredded by raptors Charged by a triceratops Shot in the face with a gun Kicked by Cricket Shot in the face with a gun that Aldo's holding Nighthound'd All of the above? ? Yeah, as sad as it is but I don't think anyone left in the MEE attack that steps foot inside the museum has much a chance of surviving.
mail-mi he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 How would he keep from being Nomnomnomed by Numnums Shredded by raptors Charged by a triceratops Shot in the face with a gun Kicked by Cricket Shot in the face with a gun that Aldo's holding Nighthound'd All of the above? ?*purses lips* Fatebreaker, your move.
Fatebreaker he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) I'm not sure from how big an height he could actually throw those balloons, given that Lightwards is still in a building, meaning walls and ceiling around them. That'd still be enough to notice everyone to their location, which would pretty much spell their doom. Two problems with that plan, for one Lucentia is going to know about them any moment now and has a good amount of diamond at the ready, so any larger aircraft like that would simply be caught and crushed. For the other once he's in the museum there's both a dinosaur army to doge, the toy soldiers with actual rifles to dodge and whatever Epic is still hanging around in the museum. How would he keep from being Nomnomnomed by Numnums Shredded by raptors Charged by a triceratops Shot in the face with a gun Kicked by Cricket Shot in the face with a gun that Aldo's holding Nighthound'd All of the above? ? I have somewhat of a plan. The Ballooner jumps down to confront Lightwards, sees that his chances of surviving are about zero, says he's there to ally, then creates acid/oil/gasoline/liquid nitrogen balloons over everyone's heads and in front of him, creating a huge distraction as well as possibly melting Lightwards and Nighthounds faces clean off. Then he'd create thousands of balloons full of smoke and sulfer and other things a kind of multicolored smokescreen. As soon as the balloons were popped they'd release either concealing smoke or a nasty smell. He'd then flee for his life, grabbing Mommy, dive of of the building and move to Florence where he'd open Heinrich's Haberdashery and live confusingly ever after with Mommy and their 137 adopted children. c'mon Mail-mi, we can do this! Edited June 9, 2015 by Fatebreaker 2
Kobold King he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 I have somewhat of a plan. The Ballooner jumps down to confront Lightwards, sees that his chances of surviving are about zero, says he's there to ally, then creates acid/oil/gasoline/liquid nitrogen balloons over everyone's heads and in front of him, creating a huge distraction as well as possibly melting Lightwards and Nighthounds faces clean off. Then he'd create thousands of balloons full of smoke and sulfer and other things a kind of multicolored smokescreen. As soon as the balloons were popped they'd release either concealing smoke or a nasty smell. He'd then flee for his life, grabbing Mommy, dive of of the building and move to Florence where he'd open Heinrich's Haberdashery and live confusingly ever after with Mommy and their 137 adopted children. c'mon Mail-mi, we can do this! Nice plan, but in the middle of an attack, Lightwards would rather shoot him than take chances with him.
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 I have somewhat of a plan. The Ballooner jumps down to confront Lightwards, sees that his chances of surviving are about zero, says he's there to ally, then creates acid/oil/gasoline/liquid nitrogen balloons over everyone's heads and in front of him, creating a huge distraction as well as possibly melting Lightwards and Nighthounds faces clean off. Then he'd create thousands of balloons full of smoke and sulfer and other things a kind of multicolored smokescreen. As soon as the balloons were popped they'd release either concealing smoke or a nasty smell. He'd then flee for his life, grabbing Mommy, dive of of the building and move to Florence where he'd open Heinrich's Haberdashery and live confusingly ever after with Mommy and their 137 adopted children. c'mon Mail-mi, we can do this! Even assuming Lightwards doesn't kill him directly for throwing acid balloon at him/participating in an attack against him/for having a bad mood before he can so much as get his footing or put a guard on him that can kill him immediately, I'm pretty sure the zombie dinosaurs won't really care about the pain and just bull rush him. Grabbing Mommy would also be pretty hard when the smoke screene obstructs his vision as well. On another note, Nighthound probably won't be right there at the entry unless a good deal of time has passed and at that point I don't think Lightwards would just be standing around there either.
Kobold King he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 I guess what I'm saying is, he has a fair chance of escaping the Museum, but not if he directly attacks Lightwards or anyone else. He is very veak, and also very slow. Also, if he sets the Museum on fire, Lightwards will likely succeed in hunting him down before he even manages to get to the ground. He does have a few smaller pterosaurs that could chase down his zeppelin, potentially causing a lot of slowing damage. And if Lightwards himself got on board, the Ballooner would be dead before he got the chance to create anything like an acid balloon.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 9, 2015 Author Posted June 9, 2015 I guess what I'm saying is, he has a fair chance of escaping the Museum, but not if he directly attacks Lightwards or anyone else. He is very veak, and also very slow. Also, if he sets the Museum on fire, Lightwards will likely succeed in hunting him down before he even manages to get to the ground. He does have a few smaller pterosaurs that could chase down his zeppelin, potentially causing a lot of slowing damage. And if Lightwards himself got on board, the Ballooner would be dead before he got the chance to create anything like an acid balloon. And if, on the off chance the Ballooner survives, Funtimes will hunt him down for destroying her handiwork. If he has friends, she'll hunt them down too. It would probably be safer for the MEE at large if the Ballooner fails in his plan. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 And if, on the off chance the Ballooner survives, Funtimes will hunt him down for destroying her handiwork. If he has friends, she'll hunt them down too. It would probably be safer for the MEE at large if the Ballooner fails in his plan. Honestly, it'd be best for the MEE as a whole if none of them survived. Because--and listen well, because this is the only time you'll ever see this sentence in an intimidating context-- If even a single MEE operative escapes and goes back to their headquarters, Backtrack will lead Lightwards and the rest of the Empire right to it. If the Museum is left intact, Lightwards will see them as a trifling matter and will devote his full attention to CorpseMaker instead. If the Museum is burned, then he will devote everything he has to killing every last one of them. And if Funtimes is fully cooperating with him, they will succeed. 5
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 9, 2015 Author Posted June 9, 2015 Honestly, it'd be best for the MEE as a whole if none of them survived. Because--and listen well, because this is the only time you'll ever see this sentence in an intimidating context-- If even a single MEE operative escapes and goes back to their headquarters, Backtrack will lead Lightwards and the rest of the Empire right to it. If the Museum is left intact, Lightwards will see them as a trifling matter and will devote his full attention to CorpseMaker instead. If the Museum is burned, then he will devote everything he has to killing every last one of them. And since Funtimes will be fully cooperating with him,* they will succeed. *Fixed. With Nighthound accusing her of sabotage, she'll see helping Lightwards destroy the MEE as the perfect opportunity to prove her loyalty. Of course, that will take backstage to the fact that she'll be mad as Calamity and ready to destroy a lot of somebodies. 2
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Honestly, it'd be best for the MEE as a whole if none of them survived. Because--and listen well, because this is the only time you'll ever see this sentence in an intimidating context-- If even a single MEE operative escapes and goes back to their headquarters, Backtrack will lead Lightwards and the rest of the Empire right to it. If the Museum is left intact, Lightwards will see them as a trifling matter and will devote his full attention to CorpseMaker instead. If the Museum is burned, then he will devote everything he has to killing every last one of them. And if Funtimes is fully cooperating with him, they will succeed. Behold the true might of Backtrack! (It's interesting that with some creativity Backtrack could even be used to completely map out their base from the outside.) Anyway, yes they really don't want to greatly mess with anyone because every other faction can hunt them down hard. And while we are listing all the options of hunting them down, Ray is a pretty good sniper, so she could most likely still get them midfall and both C4 and Neverthere could spill a good amount of intel. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 *Fixed. With Nighthound accusing her of sabotage, she'll see helping Lightwards destroy the MEE as the perfect opportunity to prove her loyalty. Of course, that will take backstage to the fact that she'll be mad as Calamity and ready to destroy a lot of somebodies. And of course, that's not getting into the fact that if the Museum is destroyed but all the MEE agents die in the attempt, Lightwards will still go on the warpath. I foresee him telling Nighthound and the dinosaurs to destroy vast swathes of Portland in an attempt to flush out remaining Epics and kill them. ... Actually that would fit quite nicely with our campaign goal, wouldn't it? 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 9, 2015 Author Posted June 9, 2015 And of course, that's not getting into the fact that if the Museum is destroyed but all the MEE agents die in the attempt, Lightwards will still go on the warpath. I foresee him telling Nighthound and the dinosaurs to destroy vast swathes of Portland in an attempt to flush out remaining Epics and kill them. ... Actually that would fit quite nicely with our campaign goal, wouldn't it? It would, come to think of it. Either way, Funtimes won't be happy about this. If the Museum isn't destroyed, she'll be less vengeful, but she'll still be inclined to destroy any MEE operatives she runs into. (Meaning Mommy probably shouldn't rely on Funtimes to spare her.) 1
Kobold King he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 It would, come to think of it. Either way, Funtimes won't be happy about this. If the Museum isn't destroyed, she'll be less vengeful, but she'll still be inclined to destroy any MEE operatives she runs into. (Meaning Mommy probably shouldn't rely on Funtimes to spare her.) In summary: the amount of retribution that will be exacted upon the MEE is roughly proportionate to the amount of inconvenience they cause. As things are now, if the Ballooner somehow manages to set the entire Museum on fire, and if he somehow manages to escape being murderized immediately afterward, then a fierce Epic turf war will immediately break out as Lightwards and his allies tear through Portland in an attempt to track down the MEE leaders and kill them. In summary of the summary: don't mess with the Empire. They have dinosaurs, laser alligators, and Nighthound. 3
mail-mi he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Okay new plan: Ballooner sees all the death on the underside of the museum, decided to not die and books it. Mommy is still outside the museum (some of the concrete outside of it was brought up, right?) and sees the Ballooner and calls out for a ride, which he provides.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 9, 2015 Author Posted June 9, 2015 Okay new plan: Ballooner sees all the death on the underside of the museum, decided to not die and books it. Mommy is still outside the museum (some of the concrete outside of it was brought up, right?) and sees the Ballooner and calls out for a ride, which he provides. I had pictured the Museum as having the foundation changed into the propulsion device, with the door itself being the actual entrance with no real landing. But if others pictured it differently, I'd be willing to change my headcanon.
Fatebreaker he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Hmm, Have Characters survive... Or set of the Portlandapocalypse... 1
mail-mi he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 I had pictured the Museum as having the foundation changed into the propulsion device, with the door itself being the actual entrance with no real landing. But if others pictured it differently, I'd be willing to change my headcanon. I pictured a small landing outside the door poking out like 6 feet. (I, uh...totally forgot about the doors and thought that it was just a big arched opening. )
Kobold King he/him Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 Hmm, Have Characters survive... Or set of the Portlandapocalypse... In a strange way, having the Mad Ballooner of all people be the one whose suicide assault on the Museum destroys Portland would be kind of... somewhere between ironic or fitting, I guess.
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