WEEK 2 DAY 5: MISSION

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Mission: "Free the Black Rose from the Hydra's grasp."
Time Limit: Medium
Noise Plane: Solo
Wall Instructions: Key walls around the church, other walls as you see fit. Do not use Noise as a wall clearing condition. Harriers may still attack players with Noise.
Wall Rewards: Tin Pin Thrift
Reaped Rewards: Lovely Beam
Mission Rewards: Black Rose



[Well. Nobody did erase the GM last week, did they? Even if they did, she obviously had some trick up her sleeve, as she's definitely skulking around town... in several places, even. She's obviously been demoted, as well, judging by the scowl on her face. She doesn't seem to be harrying today - another reason for the scowl, judging by how aggressive she was at the end of last week. The reapers have a strange set of instructions as well - obviously, the goal to this mission isn't combatative.

And what's with guarding the church? There's nothing of note there.]

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[He's in luck! That is, if he can tear his eyes away from whatever game he's playing at the moment, he's in a good spot.

Stashed in the back of the arcade is one of former GM Kurosawa's clones. Not that he'd know who she is, but she's got the wings, and she's sitting at a tin pin table. Looks like she's waiting for a challenger. Quite impatiently, I may add.]

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[He's currently just lost his current game--snipers are the bane of his existence, he swears--but as he's looking around, and he happens to see the reaper lady over at the Tin Pin table. He's heard of it before, but he's never played it.

...Still! Maybe it's a better game than shooting! He'll go right on over--maybe playing this game will be a condition to get the wall down!]

Yo! You waiting for someone? [She looks like she is, at least.]

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Maybe I am.

[she drawls, drumming her finger on the edge of the table. Him showing up didn't exactly lift her spirits though. She saw him playing that shooting game. And she is judging.]

Aren't you supposed to be looking for the hydra?

[Now that he's near her board, he can see that there's three 'Aqua Monster' pins resting on it.]

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[...Oh, come on.]

Hydra, smidra! I don't have a clue what it is--it's not like I'm gonna be here all day.

[...Or, you know, he's really just blatantly denying the obvious like a champ. He does observe the three Aqua Monsters, though--huh!]

Those your favorite pins or something? [It'd make more sense to collect a lot of different types, wouldn't it? Not that he knows what Reapers can do with 'em...]

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[He didn't buzz off. Well, then she supposes he's got a fool's luck today. She shrugs and explains.]

It's the Aqua Monster pin. Favorite doesn't factor in, but it never hurts to have multiples. Wouldn't you say?

[Multiples are a bit of a thing with this woman. He may even see an extra of her pass by the window, if he were to look behind him at the right moment.]

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[He listens to the explanation, thinking (and with no smoke coming out of his ears! Good job, Leon!) about it...]

Y'know, that's actually not a bad idea! Means if one breaks, you got another one waiting on you. Guess if there isn't a limit on how many we can hold, it'd be freaking awesome for taking out Noise!

[Sadly, he is oblivious to the other doppelganger outside; he's focusing his attention on what he believes to be the only one.]

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[He's somehow simultaneously on the right track and not on track at all. She'll give him a bored look. Maybe she should just get this over with.]

And also, if you require something to ante up.

Such as with this game. I'll only play if you put something at stake.

[So if he doesn't have any pins he's willing to risk, he might want to go out and get some before facing her challenge. Who knows, though. She's not the GM this week, she hasn't bothered to learn about the new players while she was stewing over her loss.]

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[Put something at stake? Leon pauses--he didn't actually think about that, but if it's against a Reaper, it has to help right?

...Well, he only has one pin besides his player one, and he's got no idea how good this lady is with the game. Well...]

You're on! [He's got something resembling confidence in himself at this--if this'll help him ante up, it'll be better than nothing right?

He'll put his Velocity Attack pin out on the table as his stake, keeping a grin on his face. He can do this, and then get back to the mission--it's fool proof!]

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[Seeing as he has no other pins, the table spits out a Tin Pin Fire for him to use in the game. The ex-GM quirks an eyebrow at that, but decides not to say anything.

She puts up to stake, not one of her aqua monsters, but a different pin: Black Rose. It seems that Leon has unwittingly stumbled upon the mission. Kurosawa smirks.]

The bets are in. Defeat me, and it's yours.

[Which leaves the three aqua monsters on the board. Will she use all three at once? ... Thankfully not. He's only up against one, for now.]

Slam on.

[Aqua monster's movements on the table aren't particularly fast or smooth. However, what it does have is a hammer with a very long reach. She swings it, hoping to get his pin before he can even advance on her. It seems she has no intention of teaching him the game first, so he'd better figure it out quickly.]

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[--He recognizes that. He sees the Black Rose and his eyes light right up--this is it. This is the mission. He's not sure if she's gonna be summoning a hydra or whatever with this, but--]

Yeah, let's get this started!

[--Woah, he wasn't expecting that hammer though. Crap crap--he really doesn't have a clue what to do, but more than anything, he's just gonna try getting his pin out of the way. Come on pin, be the little pin that could--!]

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[He managed to miss getting hit by the hammer! But if he's only going to dodge, Kurosawa is still confident. She simply scoots a little further and swings again - maybe she can get him to jump it off the edge himself.]

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[Aughhh, come on pin--he's trying to manuver the pin as best he can, but it's not going as fast as he'd like. He doesn't know how to do that hammer thing, and he's just...]

Come on, come on--shit!

[Dammit, he's hit! He hasn't gone off the edge just yet, but he's open for the final blow here.

FINISH HIM.]

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Too easy!

[She didn't trick him to jump off, but stunned is good enough for her. Kurosawa goes in for the kill, knocking his pin off the edge.]