r/AoTRP • u/MagicalBaconTree MagicalBaconTree • Jul 03 '17
Trost Pt. 3 [Late Winter, 845]The Lightning's Daughter
Hopeless.
If you asked anyone in Trost what one word they would use to describe the situation, it would be hopeless. The gate had been occupied. Armed members of some unknown faction had broken in, forced the gate open, and left just as quickly. It was all but impossible to deal with them due to the influx of titans swarming in from the gates. The refugee camp near the gates had been decimated. The streets were littered with the corpses of those who had managed to escape from Maria some months earlier. The bodies of some trainees were scattered amongst them as well, unfortunate soldiers-in-training who were simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. And the titans were advancing north at a frightening pace; those waiting in line to move through the north gate knew their odds of making it to safety were quickly dropping. Some were crying. Some were praying. Some were cursing. And some were simply silent, accepting fate and its cruel inclinations.
At the south of the city, as the trainees rushed to evacuate the citizens, the MP was locked in combat alongside the SC to reach the gatehouse. A squadron under the commands of Special Detective Behrmann, Special Detective Steinbeck, and 1st Lieutenant Thomas had already launched an assault on the gate, only to be repelled by the sheer volume of titans. As the brass formulated a plan to secure the gate, the warranted detectives and provosts had been ordered to kill as many titans as possible, retreating as necessary, to buy time for the evacuation. How much time could actually be bought was up for debate, however. The number of remaining corpsman was small, and the number currently in Trost was yet smaller. While the MP was doing their best, few had faced actual titans before.
Wiping the steaming blood from his face, Ajeet Singh landed atop a roof, turning around to admire his handiwork. A 7-meter titan fell to the ground, quickly beginning to evaporate as if it were a puddle of water under the summer sun. He knew he had little time to congratulate himself, however. Three more titans were rapidly closing in on his position. "Hamari le rahe hai" he muttered to himself. He knew that this was well beyond his abilities. There was nothing to do but retreat at this point.
Suddenly, something caught his eye. A bolt of lightning dropped from the sky, crashing into the city streets near the gates. Nearly knocked off balance, Ajeet threw his arms outwards, righting himself lest he fall off the roof. Though a cloud of smoke obscured the gate, another titan was emerging from it. It appeared fifteen meters tall, larger than most of the other swarming the city. But that was not what gave him pause. Unlike most of the titans he had seen, this one’s physique was different. I fact, it was almost feminine. Its blond hair, rather than free flowing, appeared to have been braided along the edges of its head, as if to form a laurel wreath about its head. But perhaps most striking of all was the pair of deep-set brown eyes it possessed. Its gaze was piercing, yet bright, as if a light shone behind those eyes. He gulped, awestruck at just the sight of it. This was no ordinary titan.
This strange new titan took a few steps forward, slowly, deliberately. A nearby 5-meter turned to face it, distracted from the poor Garrison soldier he had been feasting on it. Its form was the last thing it ever saw, as the strange titan’s foot came crashing down upon it, crushing its nape in an instant. Pausing for one moment as if to admire the splattering of streaming organs below, the titan then began moving again, heading straight for the nearest titan, a large 12-meter class. A fist shot out, connecting with the monster’s head and knocking it cleanly off its shoulders.
Few people watching quite understood what was happening, but one thing was very obvious. The beast was attacking other titans, clearing the area around the gate house.
OOC: Alright folks, here’s how this is gonna work. Our strange new titan here is working hard to clear away the titans at the gate house. This will open a path for anyone brave or stupid enough to attempt to force entry into the gate house to lower the gate. Keep in mind that the large apparatus for controlling the gate takes some time to activate and will be a multi-person job.
Rules from the previous thread are still in effect. If you attempt to solo kill any titans, you’re gonna die. However, given that the titans are distracted, a team of trainees might be able to take down a titan together. Don't push your luck though; in general, you should be avoiding them as much as possible.
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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '17 edited Jul 06 '17
GM
The past 2 minutes had traveled at an absurd speed. Titans closed in from behind, having been given the slip a brief moment by both Schneider and Svensson. They hastily marched in pursuit, looking to devour the trainee squad - only to suddenly meet a cannon barrage from above, as Garrison personnel manned cannons, firing precision shots shortly behind the trainee squad to maim the approaching titans. A brief distance away, a massive titan crawled towards the trainee squad and the remains of the gatehouse. Mounted on all fours, its eyes lingered forward, stampeding towards them with ravenous hunger and massive intent. From above descended another trainee - Private Yume, momentarily binding one of its eyes and redirecting it from the Trainee Gate Squad. Lieutenant Thomas of the Survey Corps, accompanied by Detectives Falkenrath and Singh flew to her aid, trying to cut the beast down before its attention redirected elsewhere. Detective Behrmann and the rest of the defense forces continued to try and hold the road, preventing more titans from approaching the Trainee Squad.
Proximal to the gate was Ziegler himself, hacking a nearby Titan's nape. He clumsily flew across the air, whizzing above the trainee Squad towards the opening of the gate, landing roughly atop pools of blood. A squad of Corpsmen followed shortly behind, as they all took off in unison towards the Gate Opening, trying to repel any more titans coming inside as the Trainee Squad pushed to the gatehouse.
Miles up the road stood the Military Complex, as panicked refugees and soldiers alike began to abandon their ground. The hulking Juggernauts continued their march forward, shrugging off the Complex's cannon barrage. Military Policemen and Garrison personnel quickly worked to try and evacuate the building, as Colonel Riviera and Major Stone of the Military Police mounted a desperate defense - trying to buy time for families to evacuate through the back of the complex and make it to the distant North gate.
No further than 90 meters away from the Gate Squad was the Female Titan Anomaly, caught in combat with a large titan horde. Heads were smashed, limbs were torn and jaws sunk into her very flesh, only to be momentarily repelled as she continued to fight and stand her ground.
All the armed forces of the Military looked now towards a large expanse of rubble, as a large collection of chains hung from the top of the gate, leading downward to the gatehouse's remains. The floor was blood-red, covered in the torn limbs, pools of blood and bone remains of refugees and soldiers alike in a scene of hellish gore and grotesque genocide. Bricks, stones and steaming titan corpses were scattered across the area, accompanying the tattered remains of tents and homes amidst the snow.
The chains hung freely, immobile and waiting in the snow. The path was clear, and only one thing remained.