The continuing adventures of JohnA1nut, GMed by Tadeusz.  :)

You have versed out, possibly saving the elite exiled psionic Imperials from the Ten Stars Empire from the genocidal vengeance of the Commoners of that same Empire.  You picked up an automatic ceramic rifle with thirty darts, and +@1 Pistol skill with +@1 Rifle skill.

You dream of Trump trying to sell you a gold plated hotel due to the utterly laughable reason that he's now the President and doesn't need a hotel anymore.  (I like Trump but if you'd told me he'd be prez when you versed out, I would have been skeptical.)

You wake sitting up, at Level Two on versing now, if not before.  Its dark out, and you're leaning against a tree trunk.  The grass is fine, and neatly cut.  A moon like Luna is overhead and you see the Big Dipper.  The temperature is cool, and in the distance you hear the honking of a horn.

OOC: John asked if he could play in a PH with maxed out biases, and I agreed.  My knowledge of PH events is less than his, but we'll struggle through my ignorance.  I know some, probably more than the average American, but its not been an area of particular study for me for a very long time.

IC: Take it away, John.  You're leaning against the tree mentioned above....

OOC) Don't worry Eric. You read my entire knowledge of Pearl Harbor in our game. I assure you, this is going to go nothing like that. That is, just as soon as you tell MH where he is!!!

So I look around. What's around?

Nothing at first, but then the twitter of birds, and a lightening of the dark, and then the sun kisses the horizon and a splendid natural harbor is visible to you from your hillside park.  In the middle is a large island with an airport on it, and some navy ships are near you with much more further off to the right.

I think to myself "This better not be Pearl Harbor again. If I run into the MP.... What was his name? Reese Powell, I believe...... Gonna have to hurt him....."

So Magehammer rises to his feet and begins walking. As far as weapons, I disowned the 9mm and the AK-47 in the last world. For one thing, I would have been out of ammo for them a few worlds ago. For another, I think Magehammer would change his strategy regarding firearms.

I'm carrying a large-caliber base Lethal revolver and a lever-action rifle which takes the same ammo. Revolvers and manual action would be a lot easier to find ammo for. It just has to match the case diameter. The length isn't as much of an issue. Bolt action, single shot, double barrel, lever action, pump, etc. Not nearly as finicky about what ammo you feed them as an automatic.

And of course, that laser pistol and the double barrel shotgun. It's loaded with one explosive and one flamethrower.

And that ceramic rifle I picked up in the last world.

Start walking. Hand on my revolver.

(Doing Therapy)
This message was last edited by the player at 17:05, Fri 18 Oct 2019.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 6):

As the sun rises over the harbor, you see more WW2 era ships drawn up in a line further out inn the harbor.  You pass a wooden sign with burned in letters 'McGraw Point Park' which is next to a gravel parking lot, and from there take a gravel road downhill to a long two lane that leads on the right to the port and on the left to deeper into the island.  The only threat you've seen so far is some rambunctious squirrels.

I say it out loud "This better not be Pearl Harbor!!!!"

And I throw up a shield of Order energy. I don't care if I can be seen, I just want to be bulletproof. Like completely six inches away from myself bulletproof.

Keep searching. Head away from the boat docks. I'm looking for an exit.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to Tadeusz (msg # 7):

You link air molecules to air molecules and have your shield.  Its a little visible as it bends the light slightly, but not obviously so.  Away from the docks leads you to the left down a long, and pretty straight two lane highway with jungle covered hills rising on both sides.

Its warm, and you sweat, but you're in good shape so you keep up a brisk pace.

OOC) I'd like to point out that Magehammer still has no idea where he's at. He's just speculating at this point.

So I keep walking and hope something happens soon. Or not. Not certain what I want. But just keep going with shield raised.

After thirty minutes, a guy in a yellow convertible with sunglasses on pulls up alongside you.  He's in a sailor suit.

"Need a ride up to the Point?" He calls to you casually.

"Yeah. Sure. Can you tell me where I'm at?"

I get into his car, hand still on the revolver.

OOC) Twas expecting a confrontation with an MP. Guess you've learned since then.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 12):

You get in.

"Bayside.  Y'know, Pearl.  Did you tie one on last night?"

He drives you to the Point where some guys with a few girls watching are surfing on the waves at a small beach bordered by rocks.

"I've never tried surfing before, but some of my buds say its great, so I thought I'd come out and try.  You want in?"

OOC:  What was I supposed to have learned?

What's the car like? Any weapons or anything visible which would show this guy's military status?



"Pearl what? Pearl Harbor? What's the date today? What year is it? Yeah, I tied one on last night. Yeah. Had a big glass of Scriff. Check it out if you can find it. It'll take you places."



What's around? Shipyard?



"Never tried it. Prolly never will. Just seen Jaws too many times. Afraid of the Great White shark. Doesn't matter if you don't have them. I see them in swimming pools sometimes." (Shudders Visibly) "Yeah, Great White is to me what snakes are to Indiana Jones."



OOC) I dunno. Just this is one way to open this world that no one ever considered. I never thought of it, that's for sure.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 14):

Its this.

https://assets.hemmings.com/st...7421-870-0.jpg?rev=2

No weapons visible.  His haircut is high and tight.

"Oh, yeah, you're playing at being a time traveller.  I like to read Amazing.  Its Dec. 6, 1941."

Some lava rocks out to sea, and some surrounding the beach.  That's it.

"Well, ok, there are some sharks in the water."

He gets out of his car, waits for you to do so, and then heads to join his friends for some surfing.

Okay. Now I know where I am.

FLAME ON!!!! Order magic to protect me, Chaos to create a flame around me. I want it to melt bullets and other projectiles as they come in.

I'm gonna burn this place down. Then I'm going to head to the main base and start burning things. Things like ships, fuel supplies, ammo depots, things like that. I want tomorrow's attack by the Japanese to be a footnote compared to the damage I'm about to bring down on them.

So yeah. Destruction and carnage!!! Let's get it on!!!!

(Doing Therapy)

Two Posts

I want to go through this place like when Zod and company stormed the White House in Superman II.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu_eNecYFlA

Nothing can stop him. I'm gonna rip this place apart!!!

(Doing Therapy)

Ok.

The surfers and beachgoers stare in amazed shock as you gather white fire around yourself.  And then you head back down the road you just rode up.  Its about five miles back to the harbor, and the road is cracking under your feet as Chaos breaks its bonds.

And not all that far under your feet, you can feel great sources of Chaos that you identify as magma, and out around you, in the water, your senses stop as liquid water and Order/Chaos magic don't get on that well.

Power is roaring through you....

Chaos some speed up. I don't want to walk 5 miles whilst on fire and waste all the power. So super speed running until I get somewhere where I can do some real damage.

I will destroy everything. The attack tomorrow is going to look like a footnote compared to what I'm going to do.

So, super speed to where I can destroy something important.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 19):

You start running down the road at thirty miles per hour.  Ten minutes later, and you've spotted the harbor to your left with some ships afloat.  You've already passed McGraw Point Park where you arrived.  In front of you are suburban rancher style housing.  Beyond them is the shipyard.

Freeze the water here. Maybe crush the boats floating in the harbor.



FLAMETHROWER!!!!!

I figure switch between Order and Chaos can't hurt.

How does that work? Got anybody shooting back yet?

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to Tadeusz (msg # 20):

You start hooking the molecules of water together to freeze the water.  Its hard as there is so much static in open water.  In your first attempt, you get a seventy two foot deep and wide expanse of the harbor frozen to four inches.

You can feel the order of the road behind you, and the order of the buildings, and you can tap into this if you like.  Or you can continue powering this on your own.

Whichever causes the most destruction to them and the least amount to me.

Maybe not freeze the water. Freeze the ships and all of the inhabitants?

You don't understand. Magehammer wants this place to be a pile of ashes when he's finished. He wants the Japanese attack to not even be recognized in the aftermath of what he's doing.

So, if the question is "This or that?" the answer is "Whichever hurts them more and me less." Got it?

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 23):

The thing that seems to be the most potential destruction is the chaos of the magma fields not all that far underground.  You could try to bring up a volcano if you like.  But I don't work with 'whatever'.  I need more details.  And I understand just fine.

OOC) That's the thing. You know more about the world and the magic than I do. You've got your thing and I've got mine. I knew nothing of magma fields under Pearl Harbor. So, I'm asking you. Clarify. Give me more information. But that's what you did.

Scan the horizon and surrounding area with Order vision until I find a relatively weak spot in the ground. Squeeze it until it pops like a pimple, spewing forth beautiful lava. (Magma under gound, lava above ground.) Order it into the path of something with a highly flammable/explosive signature. The magazine of a battleship? An ammo storage center?

This is a military base. Has anyone challenged me?

But yeah, pop out some magma and burn something down.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 25):

You're near the shore and a sub division of houses, not really in a heavy military presence yet except for the ships in the harbor which a couple have started to blare alarms.  You see a weak spot nearby,and break the Order chains of the ground above it, and lava spills out, and rolls into the water.  This sends up clouds of steam, and another stream of lava rolls into a house setting it on fire.

More lava burps out of the ten foot tall and four foot wide gap/small lava hill.

At the rate things are going, you're going to burn down the subdivision in about an hour.  Its about a hundred acres.  But you can feel more magma down below, eager to rise...

There are enormous scary levels of forces below you.  You think you could probably, maybe wipe out all of Pearl Harbor with a volcano....if trying did not rip you apart, and if you were not caring about surviving.  The whole island chain is volcanoes, and if you shunt some water, and let the magma rise.....well, they might hear the boom in San Francisco.

OOC) OIC!!! Interesting..... Perhaps I'll save that for last resort.....

Channel the Chaos through me. I want to throw lava from my hammer. Or something like it. And get away from the houses. I didn't want to hurt civilians. See if I can get somewhere with more military people. Super speed if possible. Wrap myself in Order/Chaos fire hot enough to melt incommming bullets.

But I want to destroy this place. Burn it down. All the Chaos I could ask for is at my feet.

If I get the chance, I want to melt a hole in the side of a ship.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 27):

You wrap order around the lava, and let it compress, until you let the pressurized lava burst out one side.  A stream of lava about the size of a trolley car flings itself across the harbor and splashes down near a destroyer missing it.

You wrap yourself in a stronger shield, and more alarms blare, including from near the naval base.

Shifting into superspeed, you reach the outer fence gate of the base.

OOC) How many times do I have to say it? I don't want to leave. I don't want to hurt civilians if it can be avoided. I want to run into the middle of the military and destroy everything in my path. So can we try that again please?

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 29):

This is not leaving.  This is getting into the base proper.

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(Doing Therapy)

In reply to Tadeusz (msg # 30):

You burn your way through the fence. Shots from a pistol melt on your shield.

Pull the revolver and return fire, if the magic will allow. Go in that direction.

What's around? Something huge and highly flammable/explosive would be preferred.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 33):

A couple shots for the first guy and three more for the next and they are down.  A hundred fifty yards further south with the harbor to your right is a fuel tank.  Very large.  More are beyond it.

From heaven!!!

Kneel down, reload my revolver and begin channelling Chaos into the fuel tank. I want a nice, pretty boom with lots of flaming bodies running screaming from it.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 35):

You throw a column of chaotic fire wrapped in order at the nearest fuel tank which towers above you.

WHMHH-PLAMPH.

There is a flash of light, and you realize you're on your back looking up into the sky as a black column of smoke ascends past a thousand feet.  All around you are flaming bits and pieces of things.  Here a jeep flipped over an on fire, there a soldier dead and on fire laying in the middle of a roof....

BOOM.

The next fuel tank down the line goes off but not with the same sudden force, but its ruined as well and smoke is joining the first column.  Sirens are screaming.  You're alive because of your shield.

And Magehammer is looking at the sky and laughing. He's not been this happy in a long time.



Go towards the sirens and the approaching people. Wave at them. I want them to know who is doing this before I barbecue them.

Anything else flammable I can throw at these folks?

Can I fly? I've got psionics flight. But can I fly with the Order/Chaos magic? Maybe Chaos up a wind to carry me? Try that too. Rain Chaos fire at them from the air.

But yeah, mayhem and destruction shall reign, so sayeth Magehammer!!!!

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 37):

The response is taking a bit of time, and you try to launch yourself.  You drag the heat from the fire in front of you to create a vacuum that will ascend into a spiralling ramp of vacuum that will cause wind to rush in from behind you, and lift you skyward.

Boy, does it.  You snap around the fuel tank, through flame not feeling it as its so fast, and up another spiral and another, and you're shooting straight up with no wind behind you.  You almost pass out from the g forces, and you come back to yourself a thousand feet up.  You start to fall.

Below you are three more fuel tanks not burning.

OOC: Botch. Natch.

So I'm 1,000 feet and falling. Blow those up, hopefully the heat from the explosion will keep me lifted. If not, try to Chaos up a wind to fly.

If that doesn't work, try psionic flight. Or maybe do that first. I'm not sure.

OOC) Maybe an intuition check to see if Magehammer can figure it out?

But if blowing up those last three fuel tanks is the last thing I do in this world, so be it.



OOC) Always fun!!!!!!

It seems like it would work, and indeed you do Chaos up more wind, this time doing that Windpushing trick you botched at successfully this time.  As for the fuel dumps....you drop three balls of Chaos on each, and they slowly burn through the exterior and ignite the masses of fuel.  Its not much of an explosion but it gets the job done.

From they sky, pull Chaos out of the ground and direct it into the battleships. From up here, I should be able to see Battleship Row. 20 battleships docked in a parking lot. If I see the Arizona, I'm attacking that one in particular. That was one of two that was sunk by the Japanese. I'll do their job for them.

If I survive this, I'm gonna get a lawn chair and sit and watch the attack unfold tomorrow. The Japanese won't know what to think.

But yeah, bring some Chaos fire from the ground and into the ships.

I'm flying. Anybody bringing planes to bear against me? A squadron of P-51 Mustangs might make an interesting opponent at the moment.

OOC) I read that the engine exhaust of the P-51 Mustang is so powerful, they pointed the exhaust ports backwards and that gave the plane an additional 5-10 MPH in flight. Just the exhaust.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:17, Tue 03 Dec 2019.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 41):

You pull Chaos out of the lava and find  yourself glowing white like a star and casting shadows all accross the base and harbor and then fling it down on a battleship.  It hits and the ship warps and bends with groans and rust suddenly appears and flakes off, but the ship is strong with Order and resists.  13 inch thick steel armor does not surrender easily.

You look out for Mustangs but  none are in the sky, and your attack has been so quick and so weird (no one expected an attack, let alone a superhuman) that everyone is still floundering.  That said, your most recent attack alerted everyone of what the problem is.

Okay, try that again, but this time, use Order/Chaos vision to try to locate the ammunition storage magazines. Each one of the battleship shells is about 2,000 pounds of high explosives, and the ships are carrying hundreds of them. It would probably look black with white just itching to burst forth. Well, Imma make the white burst forth.

Focus on the battleship ammo storage. Imma blow some ships up!!!!!!



I read about a parachuting pilot who was shot down and, whilst parachuting, shot down a Japanese Zero with his 45 sidearm. Planes of this era weren't particularly..... not sure the word I want there. But I'll be waiting for them.

So, fly and attack battleships. From this altitude, can I scan the horizon with Order/Chaos vision and locate the Japanese fleet? Maybe when I'm done here I'll pay them a visit......

OOC) THANK YOU FOR THIS ERIC!!!!!!!!! It is SOOOO therapeutic!!!!!

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 43):

BAM!!

A battleship vomits out black smoke and fire before tilting on its side.

BOOM!!

Another battleship erupts in flame.

BWAWHOOM!!

A third battleship jumps into the air and breaks in half.

BANG.

A fourth battleship has an explosion, but the ship is still functioning.

And yes, the colors are correct as you describe what the shells look like.

OOC) Thank you Eric!!!!

Looking for airfields now. Wave at them before I flamethrower their planes.

Anybody taking off after me yet? Planes in the sky?

Just fly and destroy. And laugh. Laugh heartily.

I wonder if Sergeant Reese Powell is down there..... He's the son of a motherless camel MP who arrested me last time I was here. Look for him.

Battleships, planes, fuel, mayhem, carnage, death and destruction.

LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!!!!!

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 45):

You wave at them and some of them on the ground shoot rifles and pistols at you but all miss.  Five planes are launching, and you hit one as it takes off so that it fireballs and drops to skid along the airport lane.  Four others get up.

And then you start to strafe the lines of planes on the ground, all neatly and easily displayed, but something goes wrong....the Chaos dives past the planes and into the ground connected with the deeper magma....

You are not sure how big a volcano you caused in the midst of Ford Field, but it is rising to the surface quickly.


OOC: Another botch.

And it couldn't possibly be better!!!!

How much damage is it doing? If I could keep doing that..... Or not.

Well, that area is toast. Search for planes attacking me. Fly around and look for things to destroy.

"All Right!!!! Let's Party!!!"

Johnny Five.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 47):

The volcano bursts the surface and vomits chunks of flaming stone and smoke and steam up five hundred feet.  One fighter gets hit by a rock bomb and blows, and another gets dust in its engines and goes down.

The last wheels about at you, and tracer bullets began to fly past you even as you realize there is a lot more energy in a twenty mm fighter cannon than a rifle.

Several, maybe four or five bullets hit, and two rip through your shield and into your chest.  A spike of pain from magic backlash hits hard, but your ride through it even as rock bombs begin to drop into the harbor.  Only one destroyer is hit, and it tilts a bit on its side.  Otherwise a lot of splashing and near misses.

Am I alive? The "Shield" as you call it is my surrounded by Order and flaming on Chaos fire. Like Johnny Storm. Hopefully it will melt anything incoming.

I'd totally believe a 20 mm could get through it mostly intact.

So am I dead or what? If not, try to heal myself. I imagine I'm probably free-falling back to the ground whilst in pain. Eject all of that as Chaos at the plane that shot me. Eject my pain and injuries as Chaos at the plane that shot me. Draw Order from wherever and heal myself.

Is that plane still flying? What's he up to?



Assuming I survive the above:

Add a bit of Order to the volcanic rocks being spewed forth. They're mostly iron IIRC. Add some Order to them. Make them magnetic. So they're attracted to the battleships. I want this place to rain fire and blood. I want the Japanese to turn around and leave without firing a shot because there's nothing left to do.

Fly around and destroy things.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 49):

As you free fall,  you stop the bleeding, but you're still torn up inside.  You eject the chaos in a ball of fire that lazily wanders toward the targetted plane.  It easily slips past it being several orders of magnitude faster.

And by the time you try the second,  he's out of your view, and somewhere in the sun so you can't see him.  It probably means he wheeled up in a  loop and is diving down at  you from out of the sun.

You try to make the rocks magnetic, and it fails.  Then before you hit the water, you stabilize at a hundred feet.  You are a bit shaky on the flight.  And t hen you reach out and try to magnetize the rocks again....

You see the nearest battleship's guns start to groan as they rotate, and then the battleship leans...toward  you.  Rocks are flying at you.

You've magnetized yourself.

OOC: You know what that was.

Magneto would be proud.......

Try to throw the battleship. Draw it towards me, then move out of its way. I'd prefer to throw it onto land, but anywhere would be fine. Especially if it knocks that pursuit plane out of the sky.

And dodge the lava rocks whilst I'm at it. Maybe try to divert them at the land?
This message was last edited by the player at 23:29, Thu 20 Feb 2020.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 51):

Indeed, Magneto would be  proud.

You yank the battleship out of the water and barely slip out of the way, having to run across the surface of it to escape.  Meanwhile rocks are coming your way, and dodging is challenging, but you duck, you weave, and you dive off the hull as the battleship flies behind you in an arc that you think will have it land on the base, but you don't have enough time to look.

Panting for breath, and your guts sloshing about in your chest in a way that seems downright weird you are airborne, and not sure what happened to that plane, and then it buzzes past you in a dive before pulling out.

Try to land in an area that looks safe.

Check for where the battleship fell. My hope is on top of a lot of people.

Are things being pulled to me? Me to other things? Try to discharge it by approaching something metal.

Where's the plane?

And try to heal myself.

(Doing Therapy)

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 53):

The battleship wiped out a couple buildings, but its real damage to the base is going to be the fire it spreads and the explosion  that rips out is guts as it lays on its side across several roads.

You're coming down to the beach which is abandoned by now with chairs tipped over and towels left behind.  But yes, many things are flying at  you.

As a destroyer lifts out of the water, you try to discharge.....pause for falling beneath a football sized rock that screams through w here you were....and it circles back around.....and the plane is being dragged your way....bullets rip you to shreds....you have time to see your lower half of  your body falling away from you.....'hey's that's my legs'  you think, and.....

I'm gonna laugh myself silly whilst I verse out. Twas a fun time in this world.

OOC) Since I'm dying right now, my legs should be reattached in the next world. It didn't have time to heal up.

In reply to JohnA1nut (msg # 55):

Yes, your legs and any other spare unattached bits will be reattached in the next world.

Glad you liked it.

And next world...