Message:The squad landed and defeated the local security. Afterward, they were taken to the underground fights circuit, Octopus Games, not affiliated with other Invertebrate Cephalopod contests.
The Fighting Pits of Vulcan
Control of the arena is control of the system. The arena is obscured; most of the hateful, pessimistic dour society think the place is a hoax. Mankind seems the very model of a skin bag of filth; life is only pain.
Enter the Octagon, wait, it has more sides. Enter the Dragon, nope, name taken. Enter the Invertebrate Cephalopod shaped grandstand. The true masters force battle between dissimilar creatures in a space arena that exists through a permanent Worm Hole Door. The alternate dimensions of space and opera meld. A distant fat lady (Lizzo) can be heard singing and playing an antique flute.
This Manzarek Door of A-Tech is not associated with the Worm Hole Cartel. It also is something that will not be stolen or changed by the squad of players. It’s a plot device. Agree with me – Oh, yes, we are aware of those in Battle Born.
The events are being recorded for a select audience. Hyper violent explorers turned prey. What would men of science become when faced with a test of survival. Truly it’s a bug hunt. Truly the inhuman gods are craving violent spectacle.
When given a choice to send someone into the arena to surely die, never pick the Big Brain Walker. Wait, no…pick the Walker clone. The squad instead entered the Arena themselves, voluntarily.
The owners wanted a bet, a worthy bet. The Dauntless Perisher was har-har, not worthy. Instead the system of Santa Blackhole Village was wagered. Good bet. Inganeer would face a worthy opponent. He was matched to fight the Zwie-Hander. His boots are nuclear powered. You know you’ve seen those boots someplace. The fight was to be staged: Florentine Fencing, Kendo, HEMA, Viking Berserker, Talwar-bazi or Theatrical. Theatrical! A prop sword would be used throughout.
Inganeer cheated and knocked out the Zwie-Hander but the bout was against two opponents. Without Zwie-Mitre, the Terran faced the huge seventeen horned dragon. All the squad members would eventually enter, take some lumps and win. Cheating does happen, but if you’re supposed to fight with Fungo Bats on a bifurcated floor, you need to do so. I believe the hero this day was Vulcan Seven. In fact, Vulcan Seven would many times be the victor defeating what followed.
The match was called a cheat, even as the party defended its actions. There are no rulez in a knife-fight. The Pit Masters, the Funky Powered seekers of violence, tossed the squad into a pocket dimension. There they will face the very gods to battle or their proxy.
Obviously, there was some cheating. Crucify them on the Tree of Woe, is the last words you hear as you get tossed in a pretty quaint pocket universe that acts like a faraday cell of reality but won’t remain stable. The squad finds itself moving in a Kubrick lightshow of effects toward a Star Child then a Star Teenager. Then the beginning of time in a different Big Bang. If there is an infinite number of universe stacked upon each other in a multiverse, then each one must be Deterministic and all have the same outcome. That Axiom is Rahmordial.
This is not (anymore) Supernovae Arena. It’s elsewhere. That’s about all puny clench-poop minds can comprehend. Let the Immortal Games truly begin.
We used a free form map of the Space Opera movies. The first room has the gods moving tokens and monsters, icons to punish the travelers. The image was from Jason and the Argonauts. Eighteen more were revealed by the Capricious gods. Only the last movie, Wizards, could not be guessed by the group.
Arena Order: A (300), H (Gladiator), O (Troy), B (Star Wars), I (Captain Blood), P (Kill Bill), C (Excalibur), J (Army of Darkness), Q (Xena), D (Hobbit), K (Conan), R (Battle Beyond the Stars), E (Barbarella), L (John Carter), S (Fifth Element), F (Ice Pirates), M (Time Bandits), T (Den), G (Sinbad), N (Lady Hawk)
Swagger vs Swagger with the appearance at times of the gods to change the rules. The newest member of the squad, Sir Lain, acquitted himself well. Earning several swagger and almost reaching level one.
Why does God need a spaceship. Here is my answer – Why the fug not, mere mortal! This won’t be the end. The Star Crossed Champions will return.
Next Week back on autoplayer and onto the next system to Quell.
Yours,
IronRed
30-Apr-2023