Age of Destruction: Fire Emblem CYOA

Okey

I'll vote later, when I'm home and rested.

I'm going to give this a few more hours, then go on with X's plan. Maybe tomorrow morning if things go weird today.

I want to try to do at least one post a day, like I used to. Every other day at the bare minimum. I think my writing takes a drop in quality if I go too long without.

(For future reference, you can have a mounted unit dismount or laguz un-transform in custom plans to remove their vulnerabilities; for balancing with my scale, vulnerabilities and crits are 2x damage instead of 3x)

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"Shep, Kelly! Back! Hawke, Storm, cover! Gale, you two, prepare to charge!" Lily orders. She starts reciting a spell.

Shep and Kelly drop back. "This is pretty bad," Shep admits. "But you're going to be fine, Kel."

"Just hurry and get me back into the fight," Kelly says.

Hawke and Storm drop back out the archer's effective range and start hurling javelins and handaxes. Lily's shadow slips into the enemy formation and erupts beside one of the mercenaries, knocking him aside. Alphone, Charles, and Gale take the chance to run in after the archer. The fighter blocks Alphonse, and Charles ends up facing against the other mercenary. Gale tries to sprint past the staggered swordsman, but he manages a quick slash as she passes. The blade bites into her ear, and she yelps in pain. She stops her charge and bucks at him, slamming her back legs into this chest. He flies several feet before crashing against the ground. The archer takes a step back and fires at Gale. She lets out another pained squeak before tackling him to the ground and shredding him to ribbons. The other mercenary falls under a barrage of magic and javelins. Charles staggers away, a few scratches across his armor, but otherwise fine.

The enemy leader shoves Alphonse to the ground, blood streaming from a deep wound on the allied fighter's arm. The enemy fighter steps over him. "Dammit!" he yells, staring at Lily. "Damn you!" He pulls out his steel axe and charges.

Lily readies her rapier, but never gets the chance to use it. With the archer dead and the threat past, Hawke and Storm dive in from opposite sides; a now-healed Kelly comes charging in from Lily's rear, and Gale menacingly tears into an archer to his rear. The fighter finds himself surrounded on all sides, but chooses to fight. He leaps at Hawke, only to have two spears pierce his back mid-charge. Kelly and Storm raise the impaled fighter between them, then fling his corpse to the ground.

"Good work, but there's no time for celebration! The town's still burning, and that dastard said they're after the emissary!" Lily calls out. "Shep, get up here and tend to Alphonse and Gale! Kelly, Storm! Help Charles patch himself up. Hawke, let me see that cut."

Bertrand and Deltan finally catch up, a villager traveling with them. "U-um... P-princess!" the villager says shakily, nervously approaching Lily. "I... We managed to take this when we were fleeing from the town. It might help you, so...!" He shoves a blue satchel into her hands before turning and running back towards the relative safety of the forest.

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Lily obtained an elixer!
Current stock:
Alice - 1
Lily - 1

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Mala, Docks

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Several brigands are swarming all along the Mala docks, setting fire to every ship they pass. The newest arrival sits on the end of the docks: a large, Feroxi galleon. The crew finishes lowering the gangplank. A tall, dark-skinned woman stomps down to the docks, high-heeled boots clacking sharply as she walks. Her long, golden hair and pale-yellow dress flap in the ember-filled, gusting wind anywhere it pokes out beneath her white-and-crimson armor. Several swords clatter at her waist, and a spear is slung across her back. A young pirate, dressed in a simple blue shirt and plain trousers with a large bandanna tied over his red hair, walks behind her, keeping a respectful distance.

"Disgusting," the woman says coldly as she steps onto the shore. "This is how they greet us? With fire and death? Do they really think us such savages as to enjoy this sort of thing?"

"I kinda doubt this 'ere fracas wuz planned or endorsed by no governin' body," the pirate says.

"I'm aware," she answers in the same flat tone. "I was making a joke. Pathetic, though, to let an entire town fall to bandits."

"Kinda doubt this were coincidence t' coincide wit' yer debarkation, neither," the pirate points out. The woman shrugs with a grunt.

"I found her!" a brigand yells. He yells and charges, axe raised. The woman observes him with a disdainful sneer. She steps to the side and slams her fist into his back as he passes, sending him toppling into the water. He breaks the surface a few seconds later, struggling to stay afloat and calling for help. The woman folds her arms, callously ignoring him as she stares blankly at the other approaching enemies drawn by his call.

"So many dead men!" she yells with the same icy indifference. "How nice of you to save me the trouble of hunting you down!"

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Support Options (choose 4)

(A) Lily/Hawke C
(B) Lily/Storm C
(C) Gale/Hawke C
(D) Gale/Shep C
(E) Hawke/Storm C
(F) Hawke/Shep C
(G) Shep/Kelly C

A
D
E
G

I declare that Kelly and Shep shall be shipped!

Since it would require... literally everyone who's voted in AoD up to this point to overturn, I'm going to go ahead and start writing A, D, and G. But I'm leaving B and E open for a bit longer.

(B) Lily/Storm C (1 vote)
(E) Hawke/Storm C (2 votes)

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