Terra Nullius: Session 41

Key Points:

The half-elven twins were restrained.
Roan claimed Artemis' Bow while Managirl took Apollo's Lyre.
Setter, Kembu, and Managirl all expressed concern over Aria who did not handle her near death experience that well. A combination of her familial ties to Kembu along with Setter's wisdom was able to put Aria into a better mindset.
The group saw Setter's human form! Neat.
Otter wasn't too happy with her wound, but after a pill from Setter and a pixie stick from Managirl, she got over the worse of it.
Various people raided the concession stands of their drinks and snacks.
Roan was texted by Gwen. She informed him a Genesis cleaning crew was in route and for him NOT to be there when they showed up...

The group started their skill challenge... the goal being to get to the Olympian's Hideout.

Setter (through INSIGHT) managed to find the whereabouts of where the secret passage would be: in a theater closed down for repairs.
Kembu (through PERCEPTION) managed to locate a hidden switch (in the no-smoking sign). Upon touching it, he discovered that the theater's screen moved aside and a secret, hidden door was revealed.
Otter (through ARCANA) managed to hack into the security system of the Treant Theater and reached out to her contacts on the cyber.net to figure out how to bypass the secret door.
The door lead to an underground labyrinth of tunnels that Roan (through DUNGEONEERING) managed to navigate expertly.
Eventually, the group came into an obstacle: some kind of mind-alerting, physiology alerting green fog and gas. Aria (through ACROBATICS) discovered a switch that cleared the fog.
The next obstacle was a floor that was electrified. Managirl (through ATHLETICS) used her flying and grappling hook skills to bypass the electric floor to a catwalk whereupon she used a circuit break to disable the trapped floor.
Finally, Angel (through ARCANA) managed to successfully overheat a turret gun aimed to kill the group in the next room.
All of this resulted in a successful skill challenge...

The group had made it to a hidden facility in SECTOR SIX, the TESTING DISTRICT...

In the basement of the facility, Ares (self-titled God of War) was awaiting...
Ares was free to taunt the group a little bit; namely teasing Roan with the tragic event that the sniper had experienced prior to the start of the campaign.
With Ares, the Olympian had a small army of cut-throats, several murderous geisha, and an extinct manticore.
Eventually, there was enough words, and the battle broke out...

Ares tried to start off with an early advantage; aiming for Kembu, but the samurai's quick counter put a stop to that.
The manticore ambushed the majority of the group with a spiked volley from its tail, then flew into combat; attacking Aria and Managirl.
Setter buffed Managirl, then weaponized her against the manticore.
Kembu wounded Ares, then killed a cut-throat.
The geisha's went after Kembu and Angel, but couldn't hit them (merely marked them).
Otter had a successful turn; dazing Ares, the manticore, and the geisha with a hypnotic pattern before weaponizing the manticore against Ares.
Roan fired on the manticore.
Aria tangoed with Ares and placed him in a submission hold.
Managirl severely wounded Ares and Manticore with her manarangs.
The various cut-throats went after different targets with varying degrees of success.
Angel blasted one of the geisha's attacking her; bloodying it.

Ares attempted to attack Aria, but failing to do that and receiving a counter strike that bloodied him, he decided to teleport away from the grapple. It was then that he attacked the backline, wounding Managirl but missing Setter. He then unleashed a sweeping leg kick that knocked Roan, Otter, Setter, and Angel prone.
The manticore focused its efforts on Kembu.
Setter managed to kill most of the cut-throats with his shiver strike ammo. He also dazed Ares with a powerful round from his assault rifle.
Kembu tried to capitalize on a bloodied Ares; rushing over him and striking him once more.
One geisha whiffed horribly, the other hit Aria in the gut with a shuriken.
Roan shot both the manticore and Ares.
Otter managed to hack into Ares brain in order to weaken his attacks.
Aria went after the manticore; keeping it busy.
Managirl spectacularly whiffed this round.
The last living cut-throat whiffed.
Angel whiffed! Whiff, whiff, whiff.

Ares tried putting up a fight, but when it turned against him, he fled...
The manticore tried to attack the party, but Aria finished it off.
Setter and Managirl tag team each other to kill off one of the geisha.
Kembu chased after Ares, but only managed to wound him.
Managirl joined Kembu in chasing after Ares, but whiffed.
The surviving geisha tried to keep Roan tied up, but the sniper wouldn't be put down; wounding Ares again.
The geisha was eventually tossed away from Roan by Otter's diving.
Aria tied up the remaining geisha; sucker punching her and eventually choking her out with a submission hold.
The last cut-throat wounded Otter, but would be splattered on the wall by Angel's shotgun.
Ares' fleeing caught up to him, taken down by an opportunity attack from Kembu...

The group deals with the aftermath of Ares' defeat, before pursuing the facility's inner sanctum to confront ATHENA, HERA, and ZEUS...

Loot:

Current Objectives:

Complete Gwen Morrison's Deal: The group's innocence in the parade's assassination in exchange for defeating the Olympians (9/12).
Complete the Middleman's Third Job: Recover Pandora's Box for Rickenato.

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