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AVARITIA DUNGEON LOG
Once the Executors have steeled themselves for the confrontation with Greta (or whatever Greta might have become now her Authority has been reclaimed) it's time to descend into the Avaritia Underside. For those Executors new to the team, this is going to seem like a terrible trecharous climb down, but don't worry! The real danger waits down on the Underside below. And going by the lights and noise drifting up to meet you, it's not going to be any more welcoming than the Layer that came before...
THE UNDERSIDE
♪♫ MagiCatz – Sakuzyo Descending into the Avaritia Underside is like willingly throwing yourself into the deepest, darkest pits of sensory hell. The Greed Layer has never been a particularly friendly looking place but with it distorted into a labyrinth of flashing neon signs, oversized casino machines and Revenants swarming the streets, it's as though everything that makes Avaritia unbearable has been turned all the way up to eleven. It's... not a fun place to be! To make matters worse, things are loud here – as well as all the noise from the casino machines, music blares from an unseen source and the Revenants laugh and chatter and babble between themselves even as they fight and kill for the grubby Nova coins that can be found scattered around. It's a deeply unpleasant place to be, but this is where Greta has ended up and if you want to proceed then you have no choice but to plunge into this neon-drenched hellscape. AREAS OF INTEREST ⚝ Main Street: There are many other clusters of activity around the Underside, but the main street that makes up the center of the Underside is certainly the biggest and the busiest. Whatever buildings might have made up this street before are long gone, some crushed and destroyed by the regular outpourings of coins from the giant slot machines and some having been ravaged and destroyed in some fight or other between Revenants. The street is lined with grubby, battered novas that have changed hands so often that the metal has worn smooth. Even so, the Revenants here fight over the money viciously, biting and scratching and killing over even a single coin. The more novas any individual Revenant is able to keep its hands (or, uh... claws?) on, the stronger it appears to be. And lurking at the mouth of main street is an absolutely enormous Revenant, lording over a horde of coins bigger than any you've ever seen before – and it doesn't seem inclined to share them with you. ⚝ Fort Nyx: The already labyrinthine layout of Fort Nyx's underground vaults has somehow managed to get even more confusing with the transition to the underside. The upper layer that once housed the bank has vanished entirely, leaving wibbly wobbly corridors that snake down deep into the depths of the vaults. You'll want to move fast as you travel through here, as the vault doors will occasionally burst open and a particularly aggressive Revenant will burst out, intent on protecting whatever meager treasures it's managed to collect and keep in the safe. Press further in and you'll eventually find yourself at the Underside's equivalent of Vault #0. Greta isn't here to greet you, unfortunately, but you do at least have another Revenant to occupy your time with! ⚝ Et Voila Casino: See for yourself. HAZARDS ⚝ Sensory Overload: Avaritia's Underside is, unbelievably, even worse than Avaritia itself in terms of apparently doing everything it can to send you running with a migraine. Lights flash, neon signs blare and the noise is almost unbearable. With all this on top of the natural distortion to the Underside's geography, this makes trying to navigate extremely difficult and can be dangerously disorienting when it comes time to fight. ⚝ Structural Damage: Many of the buildings around the city have fallen into disrepair due to the presence of the Revenants here. Most concerningly, many of the signs have some degree of damage to their wiring or electrical supply and may spark or flicker or even shock Executors who get too close. Be on your guard! ⚝ Avalanche!: Occasionally, the oversized slot machines that line the streets will hit on a prize and immediately pour an wave of novas into the streets. On top of the danger posed by the rush of Revenants that will come hurrying in to claim the coins, there's a very real chance of an unlucky Executor being crushed under the tidal wave of metal, causing horrible injury if not outright death. ⚝ Revenant Types Present: Ficino, Rigaud

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'Move', she says...

[Don't worry, don't worry, he'll move. Time for another warp with a grunt of effort, over the beast's head and down in relatively safety to the ground. The ground that's shaking with the pounding of fists, but still, ground.]

Good show! Let's aim to do some real damage now~

[He's not planning on getting close enough to touch and drain the life out of it, No Thank You, so giving a proper swing to his scythe will just have to do for now. This angle is much better for the strike, doing some actual harm this time.]

[ With Rei and Chiron both setting on it, the Revenant starts squirming around even more violently – that ice definitely isn't going to hold, but she's going to take advantage of every moment they have while it does.

She heads back around to the legs, avoiding sideswipes of powerful fists as she goes and with an expression of very clear distaste, she drives her sword right into the flimsy knee joint of one leg.

Going by the Big Yelling this gets from the Revenant, he doesn't love it. ]

This should slow him down!

Excellent work, my dear!

[he's a proud dad, gonna shed a tear later

But first is to business, and business is trying to make those boom boom fists ineffective. Who needs shoulders? Chiron has decided this guy should not be allowed shoulders, or the arms attached to them. His scythe arcs in the air and digs a fair way into one shoulder but...does not go through. He gives a tug. Sssstuck! And when the thing rears and rampages more, he starts to go with it.

Thankfully numbnuts remembers dismissing his weapon is a thing, but he still is in for a rough landing. Oof.]

Nnnnot ideal.

[ here comes another daughter, who unfortunately cannot soften the landing any for Chiron but is here to fret over him — and to make herself a little more useful, stand between him and the raging Revenant, her ranseur extended to full length as a deterrent. ]

Are you okay, Chiron? [ she can't really turn her back on the giant monster, but she does risk a quick glance back at him to make sure he's just bruised. ] I can probably hold it still for a second attack, but — maybe we should try to finish it in one blow, in that case.

Fine--I'm fine, just winded.

[Could have been much worse. His side is sore as hell, but nothing he can't live through. He brings his weapon back to hand, using it as a crutch to help bring himself back to his feet.]

Are you quite all right with helping us put this thing out of its misery?

[Given she's expressed. Issues. Before.]

[ ah. she cringes, at that. there's no point denying it, either; her hands are trembling, the point of her ranseur shaky and uncertain. but— ]

I can help. [ it comes out small. even so, the way her jaw sets is determined, as is her protective stance in front of Chiron, and the glance she darts at Rei. ] I can't—

[ she swallows the words. can't hurt it. not by her own hand. ]

... But I'll help. I'm not going to abandon anyone.

Good enough for me. [He's more than happy to do the deed, and he doubts Rei has any such reservations as far as these unhappy beasties are concerned.] Thank you for the assistance, my dear.

[He dusts himself off, a bit needlessly in the midst of battle, and calls to Rei.] When Mona's ready, we'll both go in, either side! Give it everything you've got!

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shows up to the dungeon 2 weeks late with starbucks

better be some pumpkin spice

shameful truth: i have never had pumpkin spice

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