(Broken Cycle) Dream Team

[Rhodes]

As the hounds jump up at him, Rhodes tries to fend them off. one goes flying, but too many reach him, clawing and nipping.

He was losing. Slowly, surely, but he was losing. They wer close, so very close.... but that wasn't the point. If they stayed here they bought... what? a few omre seconds? But give him what he wanted, and they could keep his eyes for longer. Maybe hours....

"RUN!" He bellowed to John. It was the only way to keep thre Huntsman's atttention.

Bending the Dream, the Autumn King rode a wave of earth away from the Hounds and turned to flee.

Not sure how to do fleeing in the dream. I could always call this turna fulldefense while you decide Saber Sloth . James Turner is up

[James Turner]

“Prey flees. Fight!” The ultimate goal of this was to put mud on the huntsmans face, here, there it didn’t matter. You had to challenge his namesake. Running here would give him power, it would give him a chance to hunt. The Dread Lord would know more but he was working off that, probably faulty, assumption. Besides they’d need to find a door first. John blinked in and out heading towards the locked hedge gate, he didn’t stop his attack though.

AS the hounds gave chase vines would inextricably find themselves in the hounds path causing them to trip into the fire and gnash at each other.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-08-24 19:52:24	James Turner rolls 5 to Environmental Oneiromachy (Wits + Empathy + Wyrd +2 Stunt) (10 Again)	5, 4, 10, 8, 5, 7	2 successes

[Saber Sloth]

The Huntsmen cackles, "Yes! Run from me little flower! Pull your roots and
flee!"

An innocuous looking Archway of Twisting Vines appears to the left of the path. In the space under the archway, the air shimmers.


THe Hounds yowl! A far cry from their howling, they trip and burn and gnash upon each other. Scenting their fellows they lash out in the opposite direction!

If you want to flee please roll Wits+Empathy+Wyrd to travel through the Gate

Huntsman Initiative 21 DEF/Armour 11 (1WP Damage), 3 Hounds Initiative 18 DEF/Armour 6 (3WP damage), Rhodes Xadun Initiative 13 (4WP Damage), James Initiative 9 (3WP Damage)

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-08-25 11:17:24	Huntsman's Hounds rolls 4 to Attack James -6Dream DEF+Armour (10 Again)	9, 3, 6, 10, 8	3 successes

[Rhodes]

So much for follow my lead. Fool.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-08-26 13:42:28	Rhodes rolls 1 to Escape: Wits+Emp+Wyrd (10 Again)	1	failure
2020-08-26 11:59:34	Yamiyo Lillich rolls 1 to dream alteration wits+wyrd+empathy-4 (10 Again)	7	failure
2020-08-26 11:46:30	Yamiyo Lillich rolls 1 to let here be some light wits+wyrd+empathy-4 (10 Again)	6	failure
2020-08-26 10:29:52	Ram rolls 5 to Dex+Ath (10 Again)	2, 9, 5, 5, 5	1 success
2020-08-26 05:03:17	Skye rolls 9 to Basket dex+ath (10 Again)	7, 2, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 6, 2	failure
2020-08-26 04:27:52	Hector to play ball! rolls 5 to Dexterity + Athletics (10 Again)	7, 8, 2, 2, 8	2 successes
2020-08-25 14:41:46	Yamiyo Lillich rolls 1 to Dream altering/analyzing wits+wyrd+empathy-4 (10 Again)	1	failure
2020-08-25 14:29:13	Soren rolls 8 to Res+Comp (10 Again, WillPower)	4, 1, 4, 9, 6, 1, 2, 7	1 success
2020-08-25 12:47:41	Seraphina rolls 5 to Anatoles Injuries?(Intelligence+Med) (10 Again)	1, 5, 4, 1, 6	failure
2020-08-25 12:43:29	Seraphina rolls 6 to Wake Up(Res+Comp) (10 Again)	3, 3, 3, 5, 9, 3	1 success
2020-08-25 11:17:24	Huntsman's Hounds rolls 4 to Attack James -6Dream DEF+Armour (10 Again)	9, 3, 6, 10, 8	3 successes
2020-08-25 00:20:46	Titania rolls 7 to To Know a Goblin Fruit's Side effects Int + Medicine + Spec [Goblin fruits] (10 Again)	10, 3, 7, 2, 1, 10, 9, 9, 6	4 successes
2020-08-24 22:38:57	Circe rolls 6 to Dex 3 + Stealth 2 + Gear 1 (10 Again)	9, 9, 3, 6, 8, 3	3 successes
2020-08-24 22:19:01	Kaze rolls 6 to perception (Wits 3 +Composure 3) (10 Again)	3, 1, 9, 2, 2, 10, 5	2 successes
2020-08-24 19:52:24	James Turner rolls 5 to Environmental Oneiromachy (Wits + Empathy + Wyrd +2 Stunt) (10 Again)	5, 4, 10, 8, 5, 7	2 successes
2020-08-24 19:12:55	Sonnie Wu rolls 6 to Boil water? Wits + Crafts (10 Again)	1, 2, 2, 10, 1, 7, 7	1 success
2020-08-24 16:06:04	Ram rolls 5 to Dex+Athletics (10 Again)	1, 10, 6, 1, 7, 6	1 success
2020-08-24 15:57:18	Yamiyo Lillich rolls 1 to search for dream poison wits+wyrd+empathy-4 (10 Again)	10, 10, 2	2 successes
2020-08-24 15:29:27	Titania rolls 7 to Wits + Medicine - Clarity (10 Again)	9, 7, 7, 9, 5, 9, 9	4 successes
2020-08-24 12:39:39	Rhodes rolls 1 to Flailing attack! Str_Brawl (unskilled) (10 Again, Chance)	5	failure
2020-08-24 12:21:26	Huntsman's Hounds rolls 4 to Attack James -6Dream DEF+Armour (10 Again)	3, 2, 2, 2	failure
2020-08-24 12:18:56	Huntsman rolls 5 to Environmental Attack (-12 Rhodes' DEF+Armour) (10 Again)	8, 5, 4, 1, 4	1 success
2020-08-24 07:35:21	Circe rolls 6 to Perception (10 Again)	7, 4, 6, 10, 3, 10, 6, 4	2 successes
2020-08-24 04:15:58	Yamiyo Lillich rolls 1 to Scouring intensity wits+wyrd+emp-4 (10 Again)	5	failure
2020-08-24 00:42:55	James Turner rolls 5 to Elemental Attack (Wits + Empathy + wyrd + 2 stunt -6) (10 Again)	10, 5, 2, 5, 3, 6	1 success
2020-08-23 21:41:16	Naga rolls 6 to Presence + Persuasion + SL (10 Again)	9, 3, 7, 8, 3, 4	2 successes
2020-08-23 13:12:25	Rhodes rolls 7 to Razor Wind! (Environmental attack) - Wits+Emp+[2xWyrd] - 6 (DEF) (10 Again)	7, 10, 2, 3, 6, 2, 4, 7	1 success
2020-08-23 10:58:35	Huntsman rolls 5 to Environmental Attack (-12 Rhodes' DEF+Armour) (10 Again)	9, 9, 2, 3, 2	2 successes
2020-08-23 10:52:37	Huntsman's Hounds rolls 4 to Attack James -6Dream DEF+Armour (10 Again)	6, 7, 2, 7	failure
2020-08-23 10:33:49	Circe rolls 7 to Shoot to Right (10 Again)	6, 10, 7, 4, 4, 7, 2, 10, 7	2 successes
2020-08-23 00:19:53	James Turner rolls 5 to Elemental Attack (Wits + Empathy + wyrd + 2 stunt -6) (10 Again)	3, 7, 5, 10, 10, 4, 5	2 successes
2020-08-22 06:54:23	Phoenyx rolls 9 to Levitation: Forces+Gno+HS (10 Again)	6, 8, 8, 3, 8, 1, 3, 9, 5	4 successes
2020-08-22 06:52:54	Phoenyx rolls 2 to Paradox: 2 (10 Again)	8, 2	1 success
2020-08-22 05:11:41	Yamiyo Lillich rolls 3 to Traveling on wits+wyrd+empathy-2 (10 Again)	10, 7, 4, 7	1 success
2020-08-22 04:57:20	Skye rolls 9 to Basket dex+ath (10 Again)	1, 9, 6, 2, 10, 7, 2, 3, 6, 8	3 successes
2020-08-22 02:37:31	Rhodes rolls 7 to Mighty Oak (Environmental attack) - Wits+Emp+[2xWyrd] - 6 (DEF) (10 Again)	6, 3, 9, 6, 4, 1, 9	2 successes
2020-08-21 11:01:12	Sonnie Wu rolls 11 to Staff Attack: Str + Weap + Spec + Staff (10 Again)	5, 7, 6, 4, 10, 2, 8, 5, 5, 8, 9, 8	5 successes
2020-08-21 04:04:44	Hector to play ball! rolls 5 to Dexterity + Athletics (10 Again)	8, 1, 8, 4, 10, 8	4 successes
2020-08-20 11:41:13	Yamiyo Lillich rolls 3 to Analyze the dream wit+emp+wyrd-2 (10 Again)	8, 10, 9, 4	3 successes
2020-08-20 10:45:23	Huntsman's Hounds rolls 4 to Attack James -6Dream DEF+Armour (10 Again)	7, 4, 6, 3	failure
2020-08-20 10:43:51	Huntsman rolls 4 to Bow -12 Rhodes DEF/Armour (10 Again)	7, 4, 3, 7	failure
2020-08-20 10:28:16	guard right rolls 3 to Attack James -2DEF (10 Again)	8, 3, 5	1 success
2020-08-19 16:54:35	Rhodes rolls 13 to Environmental Attack: Wits+Emp+ [Wyrdx2] (Dream Contract Weapon) (10 Again)	3, 10, 6, 4, 4, 10, 3, 6, 3, 7, 6, 8, 2, 5, 7	3 successes
2020-08-19 16:41:54	Rhodes rolls 1 to MIGHTY STRIKE: Strength + Brawl (10 Again, Chance)	3	failure
2020-08-19 16:09:46	Ram rolls 5 to Dex+Athletics (10 Again)	5, 2, 8, 10, 8, 9	4 successes
2020-08-19 12:32:34	Yamiyo Lillich rolls 3 to Search for dream poison wits+wyrd+empathy-2 (10 Again)	2, 10, 5, 7	1 success
2020-08-19 12:18:42	Yamiyo Lillich rolls 2 to weaken the dream wits+wyrd+empathy-3 (10 Again)	7, 9	1 success
2020-08-19 12:15:58	Huntsman's Hounds rolls 4 to Attack James -6Dream DEF+Armour (10 Again)	2, 9, 6, 4	1 success
2020-08-19 12:14:21	Huntsman rolls 1 to knife -12 Rhodes Dream DEF+Armour (10 Again, Chance)	3	failure
2020-08-19 11:58:41	James Turner rolls 4 to Attack the Guard (Str: 2 + Weap: 1 + Knife: 1) (10 Again)	6, 5, 2, 6	failure

The Dread Lord waves his hand and the gate instantly appears. He charges inside.

Imbicile. Prey runs. And, one would be able to deduce if you had more than one brain cell, will hold his focus as long as the game is entertaining.

[James Turner]

James had waited to see if Rhodes would use the gate, he was following the Dread Lords lead here. No plan survived contact with the enemy and this was no exception. He trusted that Rhodes' could have lasted longer before turning tail to run but who knew how little or how much time had passed on the outside.


AS Rhodes dove through the gate James slipped in behind him but not before he felt those claws dig through his ephemeral dream form, his cry of pain the last thing the Huntsman would hear echoing through the skein of dreams and into the next.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-08-26 16:09:12	James Turner rolls 9 to Escape the Dream (Wits + Empathy + Wyrd) (10 Again)	6, 10, 7, 5, 8, 5, 1, 2, 4, 5	2 successes

[Saber Sloth]

James

James slides through the Gate, slipping the Clearing Dream and tumbling into a dizzying dream of forested majesty. Ancient trees tall enough to pierce the sky, a canopy dense enough to blot out the sun. Their trunks thick enough to span mountains. Roots rise and fall, carving into the very earth beneath, and upon their rise they leave gaping crevasse wide enough to hide, tall enough to make scaling them impossible.

Behind him, he hears the sound of the Hounds following him. Though now, they don't resemble the shadowy hunters hounds from the Clearing Dream. Nor the strange and twisted creatures that were the Briar Wolves. Oh, these poor souls look more man then Beast, features twisting into heart achingly familiar ways. And if James had time to keep up with the news, then he would recognize the features of these three from the News.

Rhodes

Rhodes runs to the provided gate, but in his rush fails to travel through the Gate and instead simply passes under the arch. In a flash the Hounds follow after James leaving the Dread Lord alone with the Huntsman.

"Yes! Yes!" Watching James run his manic grin never fading, "Thank you little flower, thank you."

Huntsman Initiative 21 DEF/Armour 11 (1WP Damage), 3 Hounds Initiative 18 DEF/Armour 6 (3WP damage), Rhodes Xadun Initiative 13 (4WP Damage), James Initiative 9 (3WP Damage)

Huntsman takes this round to speak! And the Hounds use their turn to follow James!

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-08-27 12:27:17	Huntsman's Hounds rolls 7 to Follow James! (10 Again)	7, 1, 10, 6, 4, 10, 6, 9, 9	4 successes

[Rhodes]

Turning the disagreement between him and John into another split misdirection. How Wonderful. The Dread Lord's features twisted inot a gloating sneer.

"I'm two for two. You haven't caught me yet."

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-08-27 17:42:02	Rhodes rolls 10 to Dream Gate: Wits+Emp+Wyrd (10 Again)	7, 9, 7, 1, 7, 9, 9, 8, 6, 7	4 successes

The Dread Lord snaps his fingers, and another gate appears.

James Turner is up

[James Turner]

The news reports had been before his time here, in his transitional phase so none of them were familiar to him. Horrific all the same, reminding himself they weren’t real and if they were this would be a release. This dream reminded him of the great Red Wood forests or something like Little Red Riding hood. Blood dripped from his back, filling in the foot prints he’d left as they had managed to get a good hit on him before he could run but he’d been ready for them.

He had gotten some distance, though not much, between himself and the hounds. As they came into view his dreamself pushed against the tree toppling it on top of the wolves as they gave chase. He could at least deal with one problem, he had to.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-09-03 12:26:11	James Turner rolls 5 to Environmental Oneiromachy (Wits + Empathy + Wyrd +2 Stunt -6) (10 Again)	9, 1, 7, 6, 8	2 successes

[Saber Sloth]

Rhodes

His own Gate appears, a sharp contrast to the Huntsmans.

Both Gates are taunting in their possibilities.

Flee from the Huntsman's design and away from James, or follow where the hunter leads and towards his fellow.

The Huntsman tips his head towards the Dread King, and with his manic grin, has made his choice. Stepping into his own Gate.

James

Desperation and horror coupled with an innate skill allows for the Darkling to push and pull and wrench the Dreamscape around them. He topples the impossible tree and hears and echoing yipping triple howl echoing off into nothing.

An Instant later, James feels the Dream ripple around him.

He knows instinctively that he is not alone.

Huntsman Initiative 21 DEF/Armour 11 (1WP Damage), 3 Hounds Initiative 18 DEF/Armour 6 (awake), Rhodes Xadun Initiative 13 (4WP Damage), James Initiative 9 (3WP Damage)

[Rhodes]

Gods DAMMIT.

The Hunter never pursues the healthiest prey if he wishes to secure the the kill. He, Rhodes, has already proven he could weather the Huntsman's assault.

The Huntsman disappears.

There is only one move now.

The hunt is on.

Rhodes steps back into the dream, and lets the gateway wisp into nothingness. Then, he focuses on the path the Huntsman took, seeking to follow him, and opening a gate after him.

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-09-07 16:23:08	Rhodes rolls 10 to Dream Gate: Wits+Emp+Wyrd (10 Again)	1, 3, 8, 10, 5, 7, 5, 9, 4, 5, 8	4 successes