Opening Log

[the_last_free_mods]

A few days have passed since the Qin army marched on Midgard's walls. The warriors already there don't know how much longer the front gate can last. The Qin forces are slowly picking off the wall's defenders, whittling down their numbers.

A metallic dragon twists and writhes in the sky, raining destruction from above. Sanzuwu streak back and forth across the sky, strafing and intercepting any aerial units. Shishi slam into the gates repeatedly, while terracotta soldiers make use of siege engines to break down the gate.

And finally, the inevitable occurs; the gate crashes open. Qin soldiers start flooding in.

But at that very moment...the Bifrost activates.

The first wave has come.

[[OoC: Welcome to the game! You'll be starting off fending off a Qin invasion. You are free to godmode enemies within reason, though the mods may occasionally take over from time to time. Defeat enough enemies, and a boss may appear...

Enemy types can be found with descriptions in the cut below.

Dragons - Strange, otherworldly energy beings that serve the Qin. They are given physical, robotic bodies in the form of classic Chinese dragons so that they can interact with physical world. Enormously powerful. Ascend to their home plane if their bodies are destroyed. There are only nine Dragons at any one time, but if ever one is defeated, its body can be rebuilt.

Fenghuang - Flying Qin battleships. Huge. Phoenix themed decoration. Lots of heavy weapons.

Sanzuwu - Qin fightercraft. Fast, lightly armed. Three distinctive landing gear that look like bird legs.

Yaoguai - Soldiers subject to modification experiments that didn't work properly. The Yaoguai are capable in combat, but their upgrades have left them mentally unstable and very violent.

Shishi - Robot lion statues. Powerful frontline warriors.

Terracotta Soldiers - Clay statues of soldiers that have been animated. The rank and file.

And finally, Thor has something to say to you.]

Comments

[championofthesun]

"No such thing ever happened to me. Only the victor can even so much as see the Holy Grail, and that was not my Master."

[puppy_lancer]

"Huh? You mean that little lady didn't win? Man, you're a shitty Servant."

[championofthesun]

"That was not my Master! The Servant you met was not me! We come from two different Holy Grail Wars! Why do you fail to understand this?!"

Someone is quite frustrated by this point.

[puppy_lancer]

And somehow, that finally allows Lancer's mind to click into place.

"Two different..."

It seems that some sort of time travel is involved with this. Lancer's face darkens as he remembers the other Grail War where Saber was summoned.

"Does that mean...you're from the Fourth War?"

He glares angrily at Saber.

"You didn't save her. With your fancy-schmancy sheath, you could have done something, but you didn't. Why...didn't you save both of them?"

[championofthesun]

"Fourth? Who has been keeping -- oh. I see now."

Something clicked in Gawain's head, too.

"You were from one of the wars before the world lost its way."

[puppy_lancer]

"What do you mean by that?"

He wonders why Saber is speaking as if Lancer is from the past.

[championofthesun]

"In the past, all the prana of the world vanished. The culture of magic moved to a digital medium, including the Holy Grail War."

It was a horrendously oversimplified explanation, but they had already wasted enough time.

[puppy_lancer]

"Someone was stupid enough to turn the Holy Grail into a video game?"

Indeed, for now a Shishi was charging at them.

"How many times does the world need to be nearly destroyed before they realize that it's fucking bad idea?"

[championofthesun]

"It is far more complex than that, but we seem to have a challenger." Gawain walks toward the Shishi. "It will have to wait."

The sword is ready to be swung.

[puppy_lancer]

The spear is also readied.

"Fine, not-Saber."