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LIMBO DUNGEON LOG
It's easy to lose track of time in Purgatory, but believe it or not, just over a month has passed since the initial wave of awakenings took place. There's been more since then, of course, with new Executors popping up left and right but other than that, things are mostly quiet. Until one day, you all wake up to find the fountain looks kind of... busted. Not broken precisely but something has impacted the bottom of the fountain from below, hard enough to jar it slightly out of place... and those of you who joined in the first jaunt down into Limbo's Underside can probably guess what was responsible. This seems to spook Rei. She spends most of the morning afterwards mulling this over before eventually speaking up to the group; "We can't put this off any longer... tomorrow, I think we need to go down there and fight." You have a day to prepare and ready yourselves... And then you descend into Limbo's Underside.
THE UNDERSIDE
Just as before, when Rei returns the sword to its place atop the fountain, the mechanism chugs to life and groans its way to the side, revealing the staircase underneath. Despite the battering it took, things seem to be working just fine. The steep staircase vanishes down into the darkness and as you follow it, it feels for a moment as though you're wandering blindly into the unknown... and then quite suddenly, before you're more than a few steps down the staircase, Limbo's Underside pops into view. While Limbo itself is mostly functional if a bit odd, the Underside is... a lot. The geography of the place is twisted and doubles back on itself in places and seems to warp in your vision as you observe it. From your bird's eye view as you descend the stairs, you can see that the general shape of the place mirrors that of the town above, with many of the same general landmarks. For example; The movie theater is offering a "late night fright fest" on all of its screens. If you're ~~dumb~~ brave enough to go and watch such a thing, you'll find that the description is accurate at least – all of the screens just show the attending Executors subjected to situations that play into their worst fears and anxieties. The coffee bar serves the same drink, no matter your order – a pitch black sludge that makes you feel violently ill when consumed. The pastries are fine, though. The hotel is even more maze-like than it was previously. Your hotel key won't work here. The windows won't break. The doors won't open. Wasn't the exit around this corner? What about the next? How many floors have you climbed again? How long have you been in here, anyway? The conbini is now a perfectly normal and functional convenience store. Somehow this is even more upsetting than having it become more weird. ... Among other oddities. You thought Limbo was already weird? That was baby shit. At least that horrible feeling of dizzy disorientation from last time doesn't seem to take hold again, but the ground is very much still moving around a bit. Mind your step! It goes without saying, of course, that the place is swimming with Revenants, too. No sight of the big punchy lad who had at you the first time around, but he's sure to be around. All you can do now is explore, investigate and do your duty as Executors. Good luck.

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[ After a couple Rigaud strikes, a couple start to get behind Seal...

... Only for bursts of light to strike them, knocking them to one side and into Seal's line of sight.

Not too far away is one Brainiac, dressed very differently than before, her full Executor powers in play.]

Too many of the things... We're gonna have a ways to go! Come over here and let's see if we can't get 'em to bunch up using some narrow something-or-other!

[Wolfsbane is likewise transformed, and she lifts her halberd (scaled down to human-size) and slices at some of the ones on the edges.]

I assume you mean herding them into an alley or some such thing to trap them. Use your words.

[ Seal tilts their head to listen to the chatter of Brainiac and Wolfsbane. Herding them into an alley? They can do that.

They explode into shadow, reappearing at the far end of the Rigaud swarm with a rush of sound. Using deft strikes of their nail, they begin to push the creatures back towards their two allies; there's a narrow corridor that's positioned itself behind the two of them. Dream architecture is good for something, after all. ]

Yeah! That!

[And then, as they were getting into the alley... Pascal simply dropped to one knee, and raised the staff.

Seal was there, Wolfsbane was there... That meant the line of fire was-]

Here goes!

[- right down the middle, starting to fire a series of blasts. As long as none of the things got in reach of her, she could keep firing for a fair bit and try to bring the herd's numbers down that way.]

[Wolfsbane shoots an ice shard at one that gets too far away, then swings her axe at a few more. The look on her face isn't friendly.]

Take this! You can't get away!

[ Seal continues to make methodical, measured attacks, getting the measure of their opponents, baiting them into range.

This isn't something they're very familiar with, they don't think. It feels awkward somehow, to not just destroy everything in front of you unthinkingly, instinctively. To have to deal with small fragments and not something much larger than yourself.

But they learn quickly. They move to pick off any that have escaped Brainiac's initial blast and Wolfsbane's projectiles, puncturing a few here and there but mostly making sure none escape. ]

[As Wolfsbane and Seal keep their work going, Pascal goes from her initial rapid chain of blasts to more precise, singular shots to pick off single targets further away...]

Good so far over here! Any angles to be surprised from, you two?!

[By which she means: Please watch out for the corners!]

Not yet!

[Said as one is swooping at her, but she brings up her halberd and cleaves it in two. Wolfsbane smirks as it dissipates into dust.]

I'm sure you thought you were clever, but I want nothing less than victory.

[As she says this, a few more Ribauds start to cluster behind her, opening their jaws. Tempting fate much.]

[ They see the Ribauds gather and act instinctively, closing the distance between them and the enemy to bring their nail down with shattering force. The strike cleaves one and scatters the others, hopefully making enough noise to alert Wolfsbane to their presence. ]

[As one Ribaud of the group Seal attacked is driven further away, a blast slams into it.

Then, Brainiac quickly spins around to make sure none got too close to her. Satisfied to be in the clear, she moves in towards Wolfsbane and seal, staff raised in case she unexpectedly needs to swing it in melee.]

Doing good so far at least!

[Wolfsbane turns around and swings her axe to get the ones still behind her.]

Then we'll just have to keep that up. The big one must be around somewhere, we just need to lure it out.

Limbo Underside Log

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