Seraphi

Australia lol's and hopes they get a chance to send in troops to protect civilians again (Free publicity is epic)

Seven countries. Seriously? That should take like 10-15 years, not 5.

10% growth rate would utterly destroy your economy unless all Japanese people were secretly machines who didn't need to eat or sleep.

Australia begins work on advanced targeting systems and anti-air defenses. Advanced targeting systems are being based off of the US Navy's Goalkeeper system, which uses a minigun sort of thing with a computer which can react to a nearby threat in about a second.

And if they refuse to give the report to you/insist that the spies failed? I have to agree with Sere, spies don't work very well in this game.

Australia makes a note to Russia that the space above it is monitored and any spy satellites can and will be blown out of space.

(Last roll) Umbra- The shade occasionally seems to morph it's feet, becoming a robe of darkness instead. It's attack style is fairly simple, but the sheer force and speed it uses makes it hard to dodge where a normal person using the same style would be easy to dodge. Jen- It seems unphased by the attack, and when she ducks, the shade does a frontflip in the air and rends the earth, and Jen, with it's swords. You have a rather large wound on your shoulder. The shade lands a few metres in front of you. Grim- You appear at the start again. Kemios- Kemios heals his wings. +.1 healing.

Umbra- Not full, but better. You attempt to encase it in a box of light, which it quickly shatters with it's swords as it is moving. Grim- You appear back at the beggining Kemios- Kemios fails yet again. Jen- The shade cuts through the ice like butter, and is now a few feet away from you. Igos- You hit the shade, but it seems unphased.

Kemios- Fails again. Umbra- You fail to heal. Jen- You heal Umbra before using an ice attack on the shade. It doesn't make it drop it's swords. The shade now turns to you, and charges at a very quick pace, swords in an x shape to block any projectile attacks. +.1 healing

Grim- You need to remember the way. Otherwise it kinds of kills the point. Umbra- You land a pillar on the shades sword, and it proceeds to launch it at you as a projectile, hitting you square on the chest and then crushing your leg as you hit the ground. +.1 darkness. Jen- Fire bursts from the shades chest, but it seems unphased. +.1 ice (Eh, depends on how awesome they are I guess.) Kemios- You fail.

Umbra- Yeah, clipped wing angel. You slam a light pillar onto the shade, who then proceeds to slice it into several pieces with sword motions almost too fast for you to see. Kemios- You fail and sprain your wings again. Grim got caught in a magical forest. Jen- (You don't have much choice anyway, theres no other way out :P ) You fire a large blast at the shade, who blocks it with one of it's swords. Grim- You arrive back at the start.

(For the rest of this fight, the death rules are altered. if you die, you will appear nearby and lose only .5 xp. You can expect to die at least once, but the rewards should be worth it.) Umbra- Kay. Kemios- You manage to recover. Grim- You come to another fork. Jen- You charge an attack. Hakon- You attempt to charge the shade, who grabs you, and throws you a few dozen metres. The shade reveals two large wings upon it's back. The sword it was using has now split into two, equally huge swords. The aura of darkness around it seems to intensify.

Grim- Think back to the LoZ forest bit. You go down the left path, and end up back where the paths first started. Jen- You unleash a large spike of flame which stabs through the shade (Who said it had a heart/any organs of any kind?) +.2 ice. Umbra- You create a large orb of light and a resounding boom, which then slowly fades, to reveal the shade standing up again. There is an echoing laughter in the area. Hakon- Kay.

Jen- Kay. You charge an attack. Hakon- It deflects the bolt again. +.1 archery Umbra- You create a pillar which slams down on the shades back, and then balances there. You impale it using spines of light. +.3 shadow. Grim- You come across another fork in the path.

Umbra- You bind it using pillars and chains. It doesn't react. Grim- You come to another fork. Igos- It deflects it using it's hand. Jen- You create some fiery chains which bind it to the ground. It doesn't react. Hakon- The shade deflects the bolt with it's arm.

Umbra- The shade puts out a hand to block it, struggles a bit, before throwing the energy behind it. Grim- You come to a split in the path. There are 3 paths. Jen- You succeed in healing Hakon. You hit the shade with some bursts of flame, but it still just sits there, staring at the ground. +.2 healing. Hakon- You recover your strength and stand up. Igos- The shade blocks the blast and continues to stare at the floor.

Umbra- You fail to take any of the energy. You fire the energy at the shade, Mather is still in the way due to their being no such thing as vacuum magic. The energy bolt hits the shade, and it attempts to block it with it's sword, before being blown backwards and knocked onto the ground, then rolling several metres. +.3 shadow. Hakon- You hold onto the polehammer like a fireman's pole. You fail to see what this was supposed to accomplish and end up being blasted to within an inch of your life. Jen- You create a wave and it hits the shade, which is currently on the floor, sweeping it another dozen or so metres backwards. +.2 ice. Igos- You hit the shade again. +.1 necro. The shade stands back up, before dropping to one knee with it's face towards the ground, seemingly injured Grim- You ascertain that your lies in every direction. You try to stray off the path, but eventually come back to it again. You remember that it splits off to the left and to the right at a few points.

Kemios- You land on the ramparts but fall off, hitting your head and falling unconcious. Umbra- You gather a large amount of energy. Jen- The shade is a little bit away. You hit it with a wall of fire. +.1 ice. Grim- The fire magically extinguishes itself. You fail to create a telepathic link. Igos- You add more energy to it, but it is now unstable.

Umbra- That said, it's a pretty crappy dimension. You fail to heal, Caladbolg is recharged now. Kemios- .1 xp. Grim- You climb to the top of a tree and note forest all around which (Appears to) stretch on for eternity, and a sun which is directly above you. You feel you took a wrong turn somewhere between a rock and a hard place and wandered into a whole bunch of crazy. Igos- You hit the shade with some more magic. +.1 necro. Hakon- The stick has long since gone out. The stick does pretty much nothing. You hit the shade with a spin attack before it smashes you into the air. +.1 hammer skill

Umbra- You land on the ground feet first, like a badass. Grim- You succeed in ascertaining that every direction is north. Hakon- The shade blocks the polehammer with it's greatsword and then kicks you, knocking you about 3 metres away. Igos- The shade is essentially the lord and master of this realm, and as such, cannot be dispelled. Kemios- You start to get used to flying, but still aren't very good at it. +.4 flight.

Umbra- You cast some spells at the shadow before it hits you into the sky again. Grim- There is no illusion to break. Hakon- You strike the shade with quite some force, knocking it about a foot to the side. The shade turns it's focus to you. Kemios- Upon giving it theshard, there is a bright light. There is now a rune marking the skeletal wyvern's skull. It appears to be bound to you as a familiar (It's about a foot tall, so don't try to ride it) (Also, you got a double 20, followed by an 18. I'm kind of in disbelief)

Grim- You walk in the opposite direction for a few hours before realising that it isn't going to work. Umbra- The shade, being able to move without getting tired, catches up to you and smashes you to the side again. Kemios- You obtain some shredded wyvern skin and wyvern meat. +.2 skinning. You reanimate the bones into a small wyvern. +.2 necro. Hakon- The anti-magic armour will not accept the enchantment.

Kemios- You kill the wyvern, which was rather weak. +.2 lightning. Igos- You hit the shade. You fail to heal Umbra. Umbra- It is close behind you. It's still running after you. You hit it with a few spells. Hakon- Shouldn't have worked, but did anyway, due to a 20. You get your armour back. Grim- You continue on for a few hours. It seems strange, since the forest didn't look that big when you went in...As you note your own tracks in the path, you realise that this isn't an ordinary forest.

Grim- You walk through the forest for a few hours. The path seems to branch off in a few directions occasionally, but you stick the middle one. Umbra- You hit it a few times, before it jumps and smashes you with it's sword again. You fly a few metres to the side. Kemios- You turn a bird into a small wyvern, which proceeds to attack you. +.2 transmog.

Kemios- Kay. Umbra- The hill is not steep enough. You run for some distance, with the shade still in pursuit. Hakon- It no longer resembled armour, so it was destroyed regardless. You create a lump of crystal. Grim- Nothing happens while you move into the forest. +.1 illusion.