Mission 023 - A New Light's Dawning

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VJockey (01:48:43): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYn2Q-kVNAk
VJockey (01:52:21): Deep in South America sits a city, one currently in the path of a large NUNE force making their way for a land grab. Its defenders, while they wouldn't be called valiant or heroic had managed to hold off their attackers for many a skirmish...
VJockey (01:52:40): But now NUNE is bringing the full weight of their occupational forces to bear
VJockey (01:52:53): and to top it off, there's still some majorly weird shit going down.
VJockey (01:55:11): So
VJockey (01:55:20): The Unity Group is being sent in.
VJockey (01:55:35): Because ESUN's standard forces are stretched too thin to handle this.
VJockey (01:55:57): Everyone on the defense team.
VJockey (01:56:03): You're already at the city.
VJockey (01:56:11): Just waiting for the storm to hit.
VJockey (01:56:16): What are you all doing?
Wyverncakes (01:56:22): Well...
Wyverncakes (01:56:43): Mizuki's wondering where Sara is.
ZebulonCrispi (01:56:58): If there's more than a few minutes, Suma's checking out the city! It's a nice change of scenery.
ZebulonCrispi (01:57:02): She'll be back in time.
Fri Freeman (01:57:04): Walt is brefing his team. Today it's Geno and Alice.
tengusaur (01:57:13): Hetepheres: "Once again it is our time to play peacekeepers. What is the status of the other defenders?"
Wyverncakes (01:57:24): "ShelLancer finally gets finished and she goes missing like that..."
Meraxa (01:58:18): As is Ken. The ScarleTiger has to stay standing watch, ready to response to an attack, and yet... "Didn't she say she was just going for 'one last ride'? Think she'd know to get done before the mission..."
Fri Freeman (01:58:38): Walt: "Alright team, you might think we're outnumbered, and that might be true, but we're not outgunned or outmaneuvered! ...yet. Anyway, just be smart, and don't die."
Wyverncakes (01:58:56): Mizuki: "Maybe just recon or something. But if the NUNE had her they would've let us know."
tengusaur (01:59:13): Scaraber is standing on a hill, one foot on a taller rock, looking forward and awaiting for the incoming enemies to arrive.
Fri Freeman (01:59:55): Walt: "We might die today, but we might die any other day anyway, so, you know, try to not make it today or something... gah, I'm not good at pep talk."
Meraxa (02:00:06): Ken: ...Maybe the anomalies we've been hearing about...? *Ken briefly wonders, throwing his mind back to all the other strange incidents they've seen thus far this year*
tengusaur (02:00:15): (any description of the environment, other friendlies, anything?)
tormterra (02:00:37): Kei: "...Walt, you need to work on your rousing speeches."
VJockey (02:01:03): The city itself was pretty much a mess. The few skirmishes that happened messed up quite a significant chunks of the more developed areas.
VJockey (02:01:29): You don't really want to know what happened with the favela.
VJockey (02:01:36): Probably for the best.
VJockey (02:02:19): Allied forces consist of Pyron Mobile Suits.
VJockey (02:02:20): http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131202152607/gundam/images/thumb/f/f7/Eng-002-northernbell.jpg/318px-Eng-002-northernbell.jpg
VJockey (02:02:34): Somewhat outdated compared to everything NUNE has to offer.
tormterra (02:03:05): On her end, Kei was checking on Purple-2, making sure everything was working properly and was fully responsive. It was a genuine warzone out there, intel would help
tengusaur (02:03:28): Hetepheres: "The enemy numbers will be much more numerous than ours. Focus on preserving our forces and do not let them overwhelm us."
Wyverncakes (02:03:46): Mizuki: "They don't have anything flight-capable though do they?"
Wyverncakes (02:03:51): "That's a huge advantage right there."
VJockey (02:04:19): Well....
VJockey (02:04:24): about that Mizuki...
tengusaur (02:04:34): Hetepheres: "Kei, I trust you with making sure that will not happen."
Ginkan SK (02:04:40): Raquel: "Humm so looks like this is where things get interesting.
VJockey (02:04:47): An alarm blares out just as something appeared over the horizon.
tormterra (02:04:59): Kei: "I will, at least if the numbers aren't too great for us to do anything."
Wyverncakes (02:05:09): Mizuki: "What the-"
VJockey (02:05:22): A beam lancing through one of the Pyrons patrolling on the outer edges...
tengusaur (02:05:31): Hetepheres: "Oh, do not worry about that." Seeing something appearing, Scaraber draws all four swords at once.
VJockey (02:05:34): and a massive cannon shot punching through another.
Meraxa (02:05:45): Ken: ...You had to go and jinx it. *Ken muses to Mizuki as he steps back into and seals up his cockpit. Guess Sara will just have to miss the party...*
tengusaur (02:05:53): Hetepheres: "Here they are."
VJockey (02:06:05): The remaining one quickly flees back to the city to regroup with other militia forces!
ZebulonCrispi (02:06:11): And Suma's back! Wasting no time, Sefet appears and picks her up for boarding.
VJockey (02:06:11): Suit up people. Its battle time.
ZebulonCrispi (02:06:21): Suma: "Kept us waiting, didn't they?"
Wyverncakes (02:06:43): Mizuki: "It'd be better if they all just turned and went home!"
Wyverncakes (02:07:21): The DuskBird pulls itself out from Mizuki's shadow, the Abyss Empress entering the machine's chest cavity and ready for action.
tormterra (02:07:24): Kei immediately jumped to attention at the alarm, firing up the various sensors on Purple-2 to try to see what she could find out about the attacking forces
VJockey (02:07:43): The enemy forces did have a few units in the air, but a majority of their forces were on the ground, weapons ready and shields up....
VJockey (02:07:44): and...
VJockey (02:07:56): They had something very peculiar with them.
VJockey (02:08:16): ( http://i.imgur.com/YmvGDpu.jpg )
VJockey (02:08:20): Whatever the hell THAT is.
VJockey (02:08:24): Its no Mobile Armor.
tengusaur (02:08:39): Hetepheres: "I believe that is not a standard NUNE unit."
tormterra (02:09:01): Kei: "Look out for that thing, I don't have any data on it like standard units...And spread out and prepare to intercept."
Meraxa (02:09:01): Ken: ...I'm not even sure if thats from this planet. Decepticons maybe?
tengusaur (02:09:39): Hetepheres: "I fought Decepticons. This is not one of them. For a start, it is too large."
Fri Freeman (02:09:43): Walt: "Okay team, you hear what she said. Spread out, stand behind cover, and don't do anything rash!"
VJockey (02:09:54): (Enemies: Buratinaio (???), Daughtress x 40, Daugtress Command x5, Daughtress Weapon x15, Daughtress Neo x10)
ZebulonCrispi (02:10:12): Suma: "That machine..."
VJockey (02:10:20): (Allies: Pyron x10)
VJockey (02:10:45): ???: "Your next words are going to be, 'It belongs to a war god' aren't they?"
Meraxa (02:11:12): Ken: ...Suma, this one of yours then?
ZebulonCrispi (02:11:13): Suma: "Wha-- AHA!"
tengusaur (02:11:25): ( http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/DT-6800A_Daughtress )
tengusaur (02:11:34): Hetepheres: "Someone you know?"
ZebulonCrispi (02:11:47): Suma: "Which one are you, then? I know you're not the Pharaoh."
tormterra (02:12:04): Kei: "Focus on the mission, Suma. People's lives rely on you."
VJockey (02:12:11): ( http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/NRX-018-2_Daughtress_Neo)
VJockey (02:12:17): ( http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/DT-6800C_Daughtress_Command )
VJockey (02:12:24): ( http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/DT-6800W_Daughtress_Weapon )
VJockey (02:13:00): ???: "Well, it probably wouldn't hurt to say. Name's Lucy, I can read minds.. I can tell you though its NOT as fun as it sounds."
VJockey (02:13:12): "Seriously, you won't believe the kinds of things some people think of..."
VJockey (02:13:16): "Ew."
Wyverncakes (02:13:33): Mizuki: "For someone that doesn't like being around women that's quite the large group you're working with."
ZebulonCrispi (02:13:37): Suma: "Aye, I don't envy you that art."
Wyverncakes (02:13:38): ^around people
ZebulonCrispi (02:13:57): Suma: "Don't worry. I'll be more than happy to rid you of it!"
Meraxa (02:14:28): Ken: ...'Lucy' doesn't sound like much of a name for an ancient war god.
tormterra (02:14:30): Kei: "...Is that kind of thing real?"
VJockey (02:14:34): ???: "Yeah well... what can I say, I heard there was going to be a fight with a bunch of oddballs and half wits and I figure I had to join!"
VJockey (02:14:52): "And what can I say, I love fighting a hard battle."
ZebulonCrispi (02:14:54): Suma: "Not all the War Gods are ancient. She could be a new recruit."
Ginkan SK (02:14:58): Raquel "Wait who are you?"
VJockey (02:14:59): "I'm on the weaker end after all."
VJockey (02:15:07): Lucy laughs.
VJockey (02:15:56): (Initiative: Mizuki, Ken, Suma, Walt, Kei, Hetepheres)
Wyverncakes (02:16:03): Mizuki: "Telepathy's potentially dangerous, but if that's her art she's not going to have any fancy maneuvers to pull on us."
VJockey (02:16:21): (Mizuki, Ken, Suma go)
tengusaur (02:16:36): Hetepheres: "I see you recognize that you are a disadvantage. Good. If you know what is good for you, NUNE, you shall turn around and leave."
Wyverncakes (02:16:39): "... Here's hoping, at any rate."
tengusaur (02:16:48): Hetepheres: "If not, then I hope you are ready to die here."
ZebulonCrispi (02:17:09): Suma: "Never assume a War God doesn't have a few tricks up their sleeve!"
tormterra (02:17:10): Kei: "How do you know? She might have multiple different skills or be a skilled pilot able to use the information to adapt to what we're doing it."
VJockey (02:17:29): NUNE Officer: "If you think we're going to listen to an oversized bug in need of squishing, you've got another thing coming."
Wyverncakes (02:17:42): "Then listen to a bird instead."
tengusaur (02:17:45): Hetepheres: "How racist."
VJockey (02:17:46): "We're taking this city over and you and those bleeding hearts you're working with aren't going to stop us!"
Wyverncakes (02:18:04): * The DuskBird shift into jet mode and takes to the skies, firing its Abyss Gaze beams down at a Daughtress Neo as energized feathers are fired at two of the others near it!+
Meraxa (02:18:05): Ken: If she's new, she may not have had time to hone her skills either... Suma, leaving it to you. *Ken leaps into action - literally, as he is want to do - and shifts into...* Beast Mode! *so he can get running, and charge towards the oncoming Daughtress Weapons. Something previous missions have taught him, is to take out the artillery. Like with giant robot claws!+
VJockey (02:18:11): Lucy: "Yeah, that isn't even the tip of the iceberg. You won't believe the things in this guy's head."
ZebulonCrispi (02:18:25): (is the Buratinaio flying?)
VJockey (02:18:37): (Nope, Hanging around on the ground)
ZebulonCrispi (02:20:10): * For now, let's see what she's capable of. Sefet feints left before juking right, throwing two longswords - one aimed right at Buratinaio and another a bit to the left. +
Ginkan SK (02:20:20): Raquel thinks wouldn't that be specists but she doesn't voice this as she keeps her machine ready and eyes the hostile units her eyes narrowing a bit as she looks over those whom she's about to face.
VJockey (02:20:26): *Mizuki! The DNs are quickly manuevering through your fire and take severe damage! The one hit by the Abyss Gaze undergoing a series of cascading malfunctions before it just plummets from the sky. The ones that got feathered though raise their arm guns and fire at you repeatedly! React!
VJockey (02:21:26): Ken! The Artillery is opening fire on you with their cannons as well as their machineguns! They close up ranks and keep their shields out thinking they're safe. Are you going to prove them wrong? React!
Wyverncakes (02:23:03): * "Too late for you now. After all, you're already-" The feathers begin glowing brighter and bright... before suddenly delayed explosions cut loose as the DuskBird goes Bird Mode to dive out of the Daughtresses' line of fire!+
Wyverncakes (02:23:10): "-Dead."
Meraxa (02:23:46): Ken: Tch. *Well, he'll certainly try. Trying to weave his path through the gun fire - though he'll take a few scrapes gladly for an opening - he decides to make them realise just how sharp ScarleTiger's claws can be, as its leap, intent on slashing through the nearest shield, and at the very least, crashing into it with all of ScarleTiger's weight behind it.+
VJockey (02:24:14): Suma! If you believed that a mind reader could be taken in by something like a feint then you've got another thing coming. It easily sidesteps both incoming attacks in some kind of crazy crab-machine dance, arms waving and all, nevermind that one of the Daughtress Commands got smashed right in the cockpit by an errant longsword.
VJockey (02:24:32): "You know that was almost painfully obvious Double-nine."
VJockey (02:24:41): "I mean I'm blind and I saw that a mile away."
ZebulonCrispi (02:24:51): Suma: "Just making sure you're the real deal. Which number is yours?"
VJockey (02:25:03): "Aaah! That would be telling!"
ZebulonCrispi (02:25:15): Suma: "Pah!"
VJockey (02:25:39): "Come on though, use your imagination. Try and guess~"
VJockey (02:26:01): (Walt, Kei, Hetepheres)
ZebulonCrispi (02:26:47): Suma: "I suppose hoping for No. 04 would be too much. I'd like to keep going in order, if I can."
VJockey (02:26:56): Mizuki! You take a little scarring to the Duskbird's armor but you make it out alright. More that can be said for your targets. The explosions send pieces of them all over the place.
tormterra (02:28:54): * "Let Suma keep that thing occupied and focus on defeating the NUNE army...Mizuki, use the opening in the aerial formation you just created to bombard the ground enemies, Genoace Team, lay down suppressing fire against the flying enemies to keep them off the Duskbird." +
VJockey (02:29:33): Ken! Scarletiger, like the Duskbird took but minimal damage. Your targets had a hunk of metal between you and them. It came apart like tinfoil, sending the Daughtress Weapon ranks into disarray as they crashed into each other like dominoes and send wild shots everywhere... taking out some of their airborne compatriots as well! That's two Daughtress Neo's down and their artillery line currently inconvenienced.
VJockey (02:30:15): Lucy: "Weeeeell... You're double right..."
ZebulonCrispi (02:30:42): Suma: "02, then? Kashid's right-hand God!"
tengusaur (02:31:23): * "Allow me to show you... The power of an oversized bug in need of squishing." Hetepheres moves towards the main enemy force! Scaraber is spinning with almost dance-like motions as it swings its khopeshes at nearby Daughtresses, pulling them together close with the hook-like opposed sides of her four blades, and then slashing ferociously with wide swings! +
VJockey (02:31:33): You could hear an almost sarcastic clap from the blind war god.
Wyverncakes (02:31:45): Mizuki: "'Right-hand'? Meaning she's the second strongest?"
VJockey (02:31:58): "Pretty much!"
Fri Freeman (02:32:07): Walt:"Team, know our place, let the unusual robot deal with unusual robots, let's deal with the the soldiers now! Stay behind cover, and fire at will!"
tormterra (02:32:22): Kei: "Maybe just the most loyal or trusted." There was a slight hopeful tone to that comment
ZebulonCrispi (02:32:23): Suma: "Then if we can slay her, then 03 and 04 should be child's play!"
Fri Freeman (02:32:34): Walt's team dive behind abandoned buildings, pops out, and fire their beam spray guns at the enemy daughtresses+
VJockey (02:32:55): (Mizuki, Ken, Suma, Raquel)
VJockey (02:33:14): At Suma's comment, Lucy just snorts.
Ginkan SK (02:33:14): (enemy check?)
VJockey (02:33:22): Then goes into a gigglefit.
ZebulonCrispi (02:34:05): How do you fight someone who can read your thoughts? For now, work on getting into a better position. Of course, now she knows that that's what Suma's aiming for.
VJockey (02:34:33): (Enemy List: War God No. 2 Lucy, Daughtress x 40, Daugtress Command x4, Daughtress Weapon x15 (Currently all in a chaotic sprawl on the ground thanks to a tiger attack), Daughtress Neo x5)
Fri Freeman (02:34:36): Walt sighs: "With our luck, she might even be stronger than the actual war god... Isn't in chess the queen is stronger than the king?"
ZebulonCrispi (02:34:46): * The two longswords boomerang aronud to strike from behind at the ugly-ass mech, and Sefet charges straight ahead. Let's make this a melee battle! +
ZebulonCrispi (02:34:48): around*
Wyverncakes (02:35:05): * Still in Bird Mode, the DuskBird continues its dive into the enemy's Daughtress ranks... "Moving to, well, I think this'll work better than straight bombardment!" But switching back into a jet, the DuskBird's wings grow rigid and sharp, a black aura covering the machine as it rockets forward to smash through everything in its way!+
VJockey (02:35:22): "Hmm..."
VJockey (02:35:26): "Nope~"
Meraxa (02:35:57): Ken: And now... Stand Up! *The ScarleTiger shifts forms, using momentum and a daughtress beneath it as a springboard, to come falling down hard on another enemy in front of it - a dropkick towards the head in fact!+
VJockey (02:36:15): Yeah, about that Suma. A pair of guns literally sprouted off the back of the machine to shoot the Longswords. Repeatedly. Sending them wildly off course and landing on either side of it.
VJockey (02:36:51): "And for my next trick~ I'm going to make someone dissapear!"
ZebulonCrispi (02:36:57): Of course. The downside to a blind foe is they don't have any blind spots.
VJockey (02:37:50): A massive amount of guns pushed out from the front of the machine. Cannons, machineguns, beam weapons. Yeah. All of it pointed at Sefet. "Bang bang~" REACT!
ZebulonCrispi (02:38:56): * Oh, shit. Seems like she's going more for volume than precision, so she risks dodging instead of defending - Sefet sprints around to the left, hoping to outpace the onslaught! +
VJockey (02:40:30): Walt! The Daughtresses may be technologically superior to Genoaces and have greater numbers, buuuuut... you have DODS rifles. The Pyrons are also supporting you with machinegun fire.
VJockey (02:40:34): They expected Beam Sprays.
VJockey (02:40:39): Poor them.
VJockey (02:40:59): They have their ranks drilled through almost ridiculously easily.
VJockey (02:41:51): Which made them more than easy pickings for Mizuki as she swooped in and sliced many of the scrambling MS apart!
tengusaur (02:42:00): (my action?)
VJockey (02:42:11): (working on it!)
tengusaur (02:42:20): (good, just making sure it didn't get lost)
Ginkan SK (02:43:34): Raquel has it in mind to go after the Daugtress Command, she launches into a high speed manouver as she heads for them trying to go reduce their command and control. She doesn't break into melee attacks no she's launching bursts of ki trying to supress them and have them do things other than bark orders at their subrornates.
VJockey (02:44:08): Hetepheres! The Daughtresses you were engaging attempted to fight back in Melee! Of course the issue for them is they don't have the requisite amount of arms to keep up with your dance of death, may of them getting carved to pieces. The Racist NUNE commander being one of them! Of course this draws the attention of their airborne forces which attempt to surround you and carve you apart in Melee with their arm mounted beam-rifle/swords. React!
Wyverncakes (02:44:17): Mizuki: "Good to see you guys aren't having to resort to flashlights any more."
VJockey (02:45:02): Ken! You kicked a guy while he's down. Well... bounced off the ground is more like it. The MS doesn't get up again.
VJockey (02:45:46): Raquel! The Daughtress Command you attack attempts to avoid your attacks... not so easy though. It loses its head literally as it tries to fire at you! Its wild and uncoordinated though. React
Meraxa (02:45:54): #Heph
VJockey (02:46:28): Suma! No joy there, the cannons suddenly shift their direction to JUST in front of you and fire. The impact sending Sefet bouncing across the ground.
ZebulonCrispi (02:46:59): Suma: "Eurgh! For a blind woman, you're an awfully good shot!"
tengusaur (02:47:46): * Hetepheres: "Quite an efficient use of tactics. But...!" The enemies can fly as her so she can't escape from them into the sky easily, and her Noble Barrier is in its gold form so tanking beams with it is out of question either! Instead, she quickly draws her laser staff and starts swinging it around while retreating, using the superior melee range to keep the enemies at bay! +
VJockey (02:47:55): The Crablike machine extends its one of its hands, somehow managing to pantomime a gun being shot despite the awkward appearance of them.
VJockey (02:48:55): "Aw, was that a compliment? I didn't think you could do those, and I was in your head~"
VJockey (02:49:39): (Approved Ken)
Ginkan SK (02:49:39): *Raquel moves to drop and evade from the machine's attacks. "You think you can keep up with me?"
Ginkan SK (02:49:42): +
Meraxa (02:50:44): Ken: Toh! *And from one foe to the next, Ken leaps again. This time though, he draws his whip, and lashes it out to try and ensnare one of the flying foes, and throw them away from the beetle alien and ally+
ZebulonCrispi (02:50:45): Suma (Not on private band, because why bother?): "...I must confess, I don't know if this is an opponent I can win against alone."
VJockey (02:50:53): Raquel. The answer is no. It can't.
Fri Freeman (02:51:37): Walt: "This gun is so powerful... There must be some drawback at this. At least usually we'll get cocky because of the power and get shot when gloating..."
Fri Freeman (02:51:44): Walt: "Please don't gloat, team."
tormterra (02:52:03): Kei: "Understood, I'll keep it in mind for future directions. Everyone else, look out for it too."
VJockey (02:52:31): Ken and Hetepheres! The Staff fends off two, and Ken manages to stall another pair! Leaving just one rushing at Hetepheres - leaving a scar across the scaraber's side as it quickly spun around, ready to attack from the front!
tengusaur (02:53:22): Hetepheres: "A mind reader who can perfectly predict your every move... We could overwhelm her with so many attacks that she cannot dodge."
Wyverncakes (02:54:01): Mizuki: "Or just enough that her machine can't handle it."
tormterra (02:54:10): Kei: "...Yes, I know. But the NUNE forces are still there."
Wyverncakes (02:54:23): "It doesn't appear too ridiculously strong. If it was she would've killed Suma already."
VJockey (02:54:34): Lucy: "Actually..."
VJockey (02:54:36): "I could
VJockey (02:54:47): 've just stomped her when we started"
tengusaur (02:54:54): Hetepheres: "Which is why we need to thin down their numbers a bit further first. Your assist is appreciated, Ken."
VJockey (02:54:55): "I just figured it'd be more fun this way."
Fri Freeman (02:55:06): Walt: "We soldiers can deal with enemy soldiers, don't worry about us. Please deal with the crazy war god."
VJockey (02:55:12): However!
ZebulonCrispi (02:55:12): Suma: "Bold words, No. 02."
VJockey (02:55:20): Before anything more could be said...
Wyverncakes (02:55:25): Mizuki: "And prioritizing 'fun' can be a dangerous thing to do."
Fri Freeman (02:55:33): Walt: "Damn it, I just said something cool, aren't I?"
VJockey (02:55:38): Something happens... the world seems to twist and turn...
Fri Freeman (02:55:53): Walt: "I'm totally going to get it..."
VJockey (02:56:17): Reality seeming to look like its boiling away and breaking open in random areas
Meraxa (02:56:33): Ken: ...This is...! *Ken gets flashbacks of the various incidents with Setsuko. But she's not here either, so what is...?*
Wyverncakes (02:56:34): Mizuki: "What in the-!"
Fri Freeman (02:56:40): Walt: "What is happenig now!"
Wyverncakes (02:57:00): "We have anyone at Shu's hideout? Did something happen to the TSEN?!?"
Ginkan SK (02:57:01): Raquel "Ken,so what number are you at?"
tormterra (02:57:05): Kei: "What's that? I'm not getting any useful readings..."
VJockey (02:57:15): These small holes seemingly suddenly fuse together rapidly...
VJockey (02:57:18): stabilizing...
Meraxa (02:57:37): Ken: Not the time Raquel! *He is... genuinely worried by this*
VJockey (02:57:57): Kei... as the massive hole seems to become more defined...
VJockey (02:58:10): the readings are putting it up as something disturbing...
VJockey (02:58:28): It was a 'tunnel', a gateway
VJockey (02:58:37): And something's coming through.
Wyverncakes (02:58:42): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugkujCfe7ek
VJockey (03:00:48): A horde of what could be described as huge, plane sized eyeballs that had fused with dozens of rockets were disgorged from the portal.
Wyverncakes (03:01:09): Mizuki: "WHAT THE?!?"
ZebulonCrispi (03:01:14): Suma: "Well this is unexpected."
Fri Freeman (03:02:03): Walt: "Team, stay down as low as you can. Don't do anything rash!"
Meraxa (03:02:10): Ken: Is this the start of one of those domes?! *Ken is grasping somewhat, wanting some kind of explanation here.*
VJockey (03:02:17): Soon followed by a swarm of horrific snakelike beasts, slithering out across the ground, their fanged maws drooling as serrated teeth gleamed in the light of the sun and made their chitinous forms gleam disturbingly
tormterra (03:02:59): Kei: "...Everyone, pull back and regroup." There was a clear sense of desperation to her voice, even as those with displays of other pilots talking could see her nodding in agreement with Ken. "Or those things like Seta...Hopefully." Anything was better than those things from the domes
Wyverncakes (03:03:05): Mizuki's taking the opportunity to fall back with everyone else. This... isn't good.
VJockey (03:03:11): Several mechanical looking units left the hole as well... but that was not what was drawing attention here...
VJockey (03:03:16): what was...
VJockey (03:03:34): happened to be the large figure that left the portal last.
VJockey (03:03:40): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/Aegis1.JPG
tengusaur (03:04:06): Hetepheres: "The master of the creatures shows herself..."
tormterra (03:04:08): Kei: "What is that? A robot? A metallic person? Something else?"
Wyverncakes (03:04:11): Mizuki: "... Not much consistency in the form of these things."
VJockey (03:04:13): Standing far taller than any Mobile Suit present, the large figure slowly swept its (her?) gaze judgingly across everyone.
VJockey (03:04:32): NUNE forces, not really showing much sense, decide to fire at it.
VJockey (03:05:03): ???:"....Feeble. Is this really what will pass as resistance on this world?"
Ginkan SK (03:05:13): *Raquel not catches sight of what's going on and sees why .... Ken isn't very happy on things. She just kind stares now looking at the things before. "Wait don't!" Too late.
Meraxa (03:05:28): Ken: ...Could it be... a new threat...? *Another one? When they already had so many...*
tormterra (03:05:55): Kei: "...I don't want to think about that." The world was doomed enough as it was
VJockey (03:06:17): "Worms. Hear my words and know your fate!"
ZebulonCrispi (03:06:26): Suma rolls her eyes.
VJockey (03:06:31): "Crumble beneath my might. And Despair."
VJockey (03:06:40): At this...
VJockey (03:06:53): The NUNE forces. All of them suddenly seized up!
VJockey (03:07:20): The Mobile Suits began to corrode rapidly, crumbling into nothingness from almost everywhere.
Wyverncakes (03:07:33): Hoshit a reality warper? Wonderful.
Fri Freeman (03:07:46): Walt: D:
Meraxa (03:07:46): Ken: ...! H-How did she even...?!
Fri Freeman (03:07:56): Walt: "We're dead for real now, aren't we?"
tormterra (03:08:14): Kei: "I don't know..." And while she was frantically trying to learn something she was pretty sure there was nothing to detect. At least that Purple-2 was made for
Wyverncakes (03:08:16): Mizuki: "Lucy..."
Wyverncakes (03:08:39): "I might be asking for a lot... especially since we were fighting until a few minutes ago."
tengusaur (03:08:41): Hetepheres: "What a terrifying power... But there is no weapon against which there are no countermeasures."
VJockey (03:08:47): For a moment, you could see a pilot from one of them, grasping at his neck and throwing off his helmet as if he couldn't breath. It didn't help. As his MS broke to pieces from under him he was rapidly aging into nothingness, skin pulling taut against his skull and hair whitening until he literally exploded into dust.
Wyverncakes (03:08:52): "But if you can look in her head... learn anything at all... that would be VERY useful!"
VJockey (03:09:16): Lucy: "... You want me. To look into the head of THAT."
VJockey (03:09:27): "... Sounds like a fun way to spend the day."
Meraxa (03:09:34): Ken: Do it quick!
Ginkan SK (03:09:43): Raquel "...Have the regulars pull back now."
tengusaur (03:09:45): Hetepheres: "Identify yourself, newcomer. What business do you have here?"
VJockey (03:09:53): ???: "I am-"
tengusaur (03:10:05): Hetepheres: "And do as Raquel says. Quick."
VJockey (03:10:43): Lucy: "Fateshifter Saturnia, herald of the Indalph. Weaver of fates and speaker of destinies"
VJockey (03:10:55): "She's a bigger bitch than 99 over there."
Wyverncakes (03:11:03): And at that, Mizuki just scowls.
tormterra (03:11:08): Kei: "That doesn't help much if we don't know those countermeasures...And does any of those names mean anything to anyone?"
tengusaur (03:11:12): Hetepheres: "...The Indalph."
Wyverncakes (03:11:14): "I don't believe in fate."
Meraxa (03:11:33): Ken: Sounds like those knights would love her.
tengusaur (03:12:23): Hetepheres: "It is best if we let Mizuki speak, I believe."
VJockey (03:12:26): Saturnia: "So you can read my mind then? It matters not. If anything it merely allows you to see what you have in store."
VJockey (03:12:48): "Tell them then. Tell them what awaits them."
Wyverncakes (03:13:01): Mizuki: "Or you can just save your breath."
VJockey (03:13:15): The Buratinio glances at the Unity group, then shrugs.
VJockey (03:13:38): Lucy: "Invasion, Carnage, Conquest, just the usual. They've run through a lot of places though."
Wyverncakes (03:13:47): "We didn't come here to lose to a bunch of fools from NUNE, and you're not the first being from another reality that's come here proclaiming they're going to take over."
Meraxa (03:14:25): Ken: She should know. *This... gives Ken some of his confidence back, as ScarleTiger readies itself*
VJockey (03:14:30): Saturnia: "That was what the first being I encountered from this world had said."
VJockey (03:14:48): At this Saturnia raises her hand and opens it.... revealing a damaged Solego!
Wyverncakes (03:15:15): "... Sara!"
Meraxa (03:15:26): Ken: ...*And... a large chunk of that disappears in an instant, as Ken falls into a stunned silence*
tengusaur (03:15:30): Hetepheres: "...Where is its pilot?"
tormterra (03:16:01): Kei fell quiet, trying to keep track of everything rather than asking questions that would just distract others and endanger them
VJockey (03:17:16): Saturnia: "She had learned the futility of fighting against the Indalph and has tasted the despair that all who resist us have shared in."
VJockey (03:17:27): And with that she crushes the plane and tosses it aside.
Wyverncakes (03:17:33): In spite of the size difference the DuskBird rises up into the air, going humanoid mode and black energy enveloping its left hand-
Wyverncakes (03:17:40): 'SARA!"
Wyverncakes (03:17:51): ... Well so much for demanding it be put down gently.
Meraxa (03:18:42): Ken: ...Youuuu...! *Aaannnd that fear is now replaced by anger. Sheer, scathing fury, and Raquel might... feel something, pulse from the lad.* I'll kill you, invader!
Wyverncakes (03:18:49): A choked gasp comes after crying her friend's name... Mizuki clenching teeth and trying to fight back the tears as the fury swelled up inside of her.
Wyverncakes (03:19:05): "... Dido. Get on the line."
VJockey (03:19:14): "Many have tried. All have failed."
VJockey (03:19:40): "The Indalph are the true rulers of all realities. Accept this and serve us."
Meraxa (03:19:41): Ken: Then I'll take pride in the being the first!
Wyverncakes (03:20:04): "And to HELL with all of you!"
VJockey (03:20:05): Lucy: "...Hey 99."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:20:06): A crackled transmission comes from the Hanger Bay's transmission channel. "Mizuki!" Dido says, voice etched with panic. "Shellancer's ready to go! We just need Sara to get here and get in! Pronto!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:20:09): "Where is she?"
VJockey (03:20:17): "I call dibs."
Wyverncakes (03:20:19): "... Sara's..."
Wyverncakes (03:20:30): "An enemy's shown up. Sara's... dead..."
ZebulonCrispi (03:20:35): Suma: "All yours, No. 02."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:20:41): "Where's Sara Harper?" Dido asks, then trails off in shock...
Wyverncakes (03:20:54): "But if the ShelLancer's ready, get out here. NOW!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:20:56): "Oh God. OhGodOhGod."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:21:20): "I'm…sure, I've got a pilot's license, but I can't–"
Wyverncakes (03:21:22): "I'm not asking you to pilot it- Dido, WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!"
tengusaur (03:21:23): Hetepheres: "Stay calm. We will not be able to defeat this enemy if you panic."
tormterra (03:21:30): Kei: "...Be careful or we'll join her." She sounded more like it was a mandatory statement than anything with any real conviction behind it. She also opened a private line to Mizuki, giving a faint smile as if to comfort her.
Wyverncakes (03:21:35): "We're going to do it... we're going to combine all three!"
Meraxa (03:21:50): Ken: War god, if you want to fight with us, fine. But this foe is MINE!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:21:53): Dido falls silent. "Who killed Sara?" She asks meekly over the comm channel.
VJockey (03:21:53): (Enemies: Fateshifter Saturnia, Praetorians (Snake Monster things) x 20, Part Troopers x10 (Robotic enemies), Gazers x 60 (Rocket Eyeballs)
VJockey (03:22:16): (Kei, Hetepheres, Walt! GO!)
Wyverncakes (03:22:30): "The thing we're going to use SolSavior to kill!"
VJockey (03:22:58): (Allies(?): Lucy)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:23:25): Dido swallows nervously, standing at the lips of Solaris's newest machine. Sweat runs down her face. Then she grits her teeth. "Understood, Mizuki. Dido Sybil, over and out."
VJockey (03:23:28): (You can have Lucy Support if needed)
Ginkan SK (03:25:18): (Back)
tengusaur (03:25:36): *Hetepheres: "Try to figure out how the attack she used works, and do not trigger it. The best bet for now is: do not give into despair!" Scaraber jumps up, landing atop a ruined and empty building, extends its staff and fires rapid-fire lasers from the tip, shooting a bright barrage towards the Gazers! Also the Noble Barrier shifts to silver. +
tormterra (03:25:50): * Kei took a deep breath, focusing on the mission again. "You heard Mizuki...But we need to keep that thing occupied until they can get it ready. Genoace Team, try to keep the smaller ones from swarming us or breaching the city, Hetepheres support them in this. Use the opening created by their initial volley to do so." Hopefully it would be enough. +
Ginkan SK (03:26:30): Raquel seems to be thinking over what the Indalph have and what they did hee eyes narrowed. "Mmm a challenge, the slayers of the Indalph? I like the sound of that title."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:27:56): Off on the other side of the airfield, the hanger bay's door slide open with a groan of metal. With a whirr of tank treads, a large crawler rolls it's way out slowly, a massive and shiny robotic war machine standing on top of it. The third machine of Solaris, the foundation of it's newest combined weapon:
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:27:57): SRW-SolSavior-Dido's+Shell+Lancer.png
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:28:04): ShelLancer!
tengusaur (03:28:13): Hetepheres: "Already on it. I will not let any of them breach the parimeter!" She shoots even more lasers, herding the eyeballs up. +
VJockey (03:28:16): Hetepheres! The Eyeballs explode in showers of flame and gore before they swarm around you to shower you in concentrated beam fire. Of course they don't know about Noble Barriers. Why don't you introduce them? React.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:29:17): Dido, still in her technicians overall, seals the behind her. She wipes her sweaty, shaking hands against her clothes, then settles them around the control yolks.
Aero (03:29:25): #Heph!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:29:46): "This is Dido Sybil, piloting ShelLancer!" Silence. "Uh…should I be moving out?"
Fri Freeman (03:29:51): Walt: "Roger! Don't panic guys, you've been in worse places than this! Or not, depends on your world view, actually, but don't panic! Just, stay behind cover! If covers still work..." Walt pops out from behind an abandoned building and fires again and again at the eyeballs, as Kei ordered.+
tengusaur (03:30:02): Hetepheres: "Just as planned." Now that most of them are in one group, Scaraber takes off to the skies, replacing the staff with khopeshes and cleaving through as many enemies as Heph can reach with wide swings! Noble Barrier can tank those beams... +
VJockey (03:30:29): (approved)
VJockey (03:31:32): Walt! It seems that these things were really fragile and you clean up a number of them as well... however...
Aero (03:31:49): * And as Heph takes to the skies an additional sword comes flying in from out of nowhere, whirling around Heph to either deflect the beams or help carve up anything that got near. +
Wyverncakes (03:31:55): Mizuki: "We're going to need legs, Dido. Ken and I will take care of the heavy lifting at that point."
VJockey (03:32:06): You seem to have drawn the attention of the snake monsters, which are slithering towards you rapidly! ReactREACTREACT!
Wyverncakes (03:32:24): # Genoace team
Meraxa (03:32:31): #Walt
VJockey (03:32:37): /Approved
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:32:58): "Alright." Dido says, exhaling with a shudder. "Cool. Uh, hold on." She pulls out a manual from the bottom of her seat (Just like Amuro!).
Wyverncakes (03:33:10): Mizuki: "Dido, form up with us... this'll just take a moment!"
Meraxa (03:33:12): (...both? Or Mizuki?)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:33:20): "Okay…" She mutters. "Okay…I got this. I got this."
Ginkan SK (03:33:45): *raquel reacts with launching a wave of fire from her machine's fists at the snakes as they are closing in. "BURN! YOU HAVE NO PLACE IN THIS WORLD!"+
VJockey (03:33:56): Hetepheres & TOT! The Gazers are slaughtered with ridiculous ease! Between the barrier and the swords it was like swatting bugs.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:34:04): Dido pulls on the control yolks. Slowly, ShelLancer shoulders the huge lance-like spear it's carrying on one shoulder, and takes a step forward.
VJockey (03:34:16): Admittedly not the best comparison to make with Hetepheres, but no one is going to say that.
Wyverncakes (03:34:40): * The DuskBird rocketed towards the snakemen, the power of the Abyss Sanction still charged up and ready. "For trangressing in this world... for takin away the first... the greatest friend I've ever had, for threatening the lives of countless others... I WILL OPPOSE YOU! ABYSS SANCTION!" And the Snakemen are going to have to worry about a beam of black energy hurtling straight into their ranks+
tengusaur (03:34:41): Hetepheres: "Excellent timing. Are you done cooking jellyfish?"
Fri Freeman (03:35:12): Walt: "Don't let them flank us! Raise shield and back to back, everyone!" With that Alice and Geno jumps backward toward Walt's location, and the 8th genoace team starts to fire at the incoming snake creatures, with their back covered by each others.+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:35:13): Slowly but surely, ShelLancer starts walking away from the hanger. "And one…and two. And one…and two." Dido can be heard muttering under her breath.
Aero (03:35:13): Willis: "I ended up burning them all cause I had to rush out here!"
Aero (03:35:20): Willis: T_T
VJockey (03:35:23): (honestly just Mizuki would be enough here Jonny)
tengusaur (03:36:03): Hetepheres: "A tragedy. But, honestly now, this opponent is extremely strong. It is good reinforcements have arrived."
VJockey (03:36:08): Between the Abyss Sanction and the DODS fire the snakes are carved up piece by piece and were forced to withdraw.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:36:26): Dido notices the creepy eyeball and snake units in the distance. "Oh Sweet Jesus!" Dido exclaims. "What the heck are those!"
VJockey (03:36:27): Saturnia was looking very unimpressed despite the beating her forces were taking.
VJockey (03:36:43): (Mizuki, Ken, Dido)
Wyverncakes (03:37:08): And now... inside of the machinery-filled throne room inside of the DuskBird, Mizuki rose up.
Wyverncakes (03:37:16): "Ken, Dido... Sara..."
Wyverncakes (03:37:22): "We're doing this!"
Wyverncakes (03:37:42): She raised a hand up, gesturing with all the regal air in her being.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:37:55): "WaitWaitWait!" Dido says, frantically flicking switches. "I need to disable the safeties! Oh god, there's too many to do manually...!"
Wyverncakes (03:37:55): "Save our Sol-!"

The DuskBird dove towards the ScarleTiger, which in turn charged at the ShelLancer. In a flash the machines began to transform, the two gigantic legs extending from the Lancer's shell as the side opposite of it opened up and swung down, forming hips. The ScarleTiger -now forming an incomplete torso with a right arm- connected with the white machine. The contrasting colors mixed and flowed; red, orange, and white arranged perfectly.

And lastly the DuskBird docked with the ScarleTiger's back, nearly its entire form now that of a black arm radiating malevolence. From the combined machine's back the DuskBird's six wings unfurled, displaying their full size and granduer, and a white head framed in a black, avian helmet rose up from the robot's body. It punched out with one fist, its eyes flashing violet.

"-SOLSAVIOR!"
Aero (03:38:32): Willis whistles at the combination stock footage. "Now that's a Super Robot combination."
Wyverncakes (03:38:40): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTUt2qONS4s
VJockey (03:38:48): Saturnia: " Soul...Savior? Hah..."
VJockey (03:39:01): Lucy: "Haven't seen something like that in... Gah-"
VJockey (03:39:12): "GhaHAAaAAAaaAH! My braaain!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:39:22): Dido: "–AHHHHHHHH…huh." Dido exclaims in relief, as the transformation completes. "Hot Damn! It's working!"
tormterra (03:39:28): (How many of the mooks are left?)
Wyverncakes (03:39:55): Mizuki took hold of the controls, eyes narrowing on Saturnia.
tengusaur (03:40:01): Hetepheres: "Very impressive."
Meraxa (03:40:06): Ken: And with this power... WE'LL KILL YOU! *That... is not what should normally be said for a first combination*
VJockey (03:40:11): ( Mooks: Praetorians (Snake Monster things) x 7, Part Troopers x10 (Robotic enemies), Gazers x 12 (Rocket Eyeballs)
Aero (03:40:26): Willis: "Might want to try to sound a little more heroic kid."
Aero (03:40:40): Willis: "Try using defeat instaed of kill!"
Wyverncakes (03:41:00): * Ken said it best, SolSavior rocketing towards Saturnia with all its strength, with all its speed, with all the fury of the woman at the controls. Its whole left arm channeling the power of the Abyss Sanction, Mizuki thrust it right at Saturnia's face!+
tengusaur (03:41:18): Hetepheres: "At least he is too honest to use euphemisms. Because killing is what is going to happen here."
VJockey (03:41:20): Lucy: "Whoever's thinking all that... that STUFF... turn it down! Seriously!"
Meraxa (03:41:30): Ken: She murdered Sara! I DON'T CARE! WUOOOOH!
VJockey (03:41:58): Saturnia: "Do you really believe that this would even affect me?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:42:04): "OHSHIT!!!" Dido bravely shouts, bashing her head against an overhead bin as Ken accelerates!
VJockey (03:42:11): "I reject your attack! I reject your EXISTENCE-"
tormterra (03:42:14): Kei: "We're soldiers, fighting a war. Killing is what defeating enemies means."
Ginkan SK (03:42:37): (Order check?)
VJockey (03:42:45): (In a minute junker)
VJockey (03:42:54): For a moment, the world stands still.
VJockey (03:43:35): The Abyss Sanction mere inches away from impacting against Saturnia's face. The Indalph General merely glaring at the attack impassively like it was merely a smear on a dress.
VJockey (03:44:47): And then it hits.
VJockey (03:44:55): And boy ever does it hit.
VJockey (03:46:03): A gigantic chunk of Saturnia's head, its neck, hell even the upper part of its collar and shoulder was utterly reduced to glowing, molten slag or otherwise completely blasted apart by the impact! The Indalph General sent crashing across the ground and forming several craters along the way!
VJockey (03:46:23): Bits of it splattering all over the ground and leaving molten puddles.
ZebulonCrispi (03:46:25): Suma: "I'm... almost disappointed."
Aero (03:46:30): Willis: "Well that's definitely a good start to 'defeating' her."
Wyverncakes (03:46:37): Mizuki: "Declare things all you want."
Meraxa (03:46:49): Ken: We'll kick your ass all the same!
Wyverncakes (03:46:56): SolSavior's arm is smoldering, actually even looking warped in a few places. Saturnia clearly has some kind of power.
Aero (03:47:04): Willis: "That's some power."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:47:09): Dido: "….Heh. HehHehHehHAHAHA! Batter up, you god-damned Space Harpie!"
VJockey (03:47:11): When the Indalph General stands again.... there's shock, anger, hate in her sole remaining eye as she stands.
VJockey (03:47:21): "This....cannot BE!"
VJockey (03:47:26): "I AM SATURNIA!"
VJockey (03:47:31): "I AM THE FATESHIFTER?!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:47:33): Dido does a little seat scooching boogie in her cockpit.
Wyverncakes (03:47:34): "... But if all you can do is stand around and just wait for everyone around you to politely die you've just made a fatal mistake!"
VJockey (03:47:37): "WHO ARE YOU TO DEFY ME?!?!"
Meraxa (03:47:51): Ken: Ken Torao. You murdered my friend.
VJockey (03:47:58): "ATTACK! ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK! KILL THEM!"
ZebulonCrispi (03:48:07): Suma: "You were torn asunder in one blow, and now you throw a tantrum. You are no god."
ZebulonCrispi (03:48:11): Suma: "You're a child."
VJockey (03:48:23): (Suma, Raquel, Willis)
VJockey (03:48:34): (Go)
tormterra (03:49:04): Kei: "We'll defend our lives and our homes...Who wouldn't?"
ZebulonCrispi (03:49:14): * Suma's still got one eye on Lucy, but Sefet retrieves its longswords, then pulls them, the scimtar, and the beam saber together into a shape like a cross as she draws the larger two directly.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:49:24): DIdo: "Damn, are you a peace of work."
tengusaur (03:49:38): Hetepheres: "So quick to lose her composure."
ZebulonCrispi (03:49:51): * The four swords spin like a buzzsaw as they advance towards the Part Troopers. If anything gets past them, Suma cuts it down with the cleaver and claymore. +
Aero (03:49:57): Willis: "It's not leaving a good first impression, is it?"
Ginkan SK (03:50:08): Raquel "I guess that makes us the fate breakers."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:50:56): Dido shakes her head in disgust, some of her fear draining away. "What should we do with this piece of work, Mizuki?"
Meraxa (03:51:21): Ken: The answer is obvious enough.
Wyverncakes (03:51:34): Mizuki: "What we did so far is a solid start..."
VJockey (03:51:56): Suma! The Part Troopers scatter... then suddenly join together into one! Looks like Solsavior isn't the only combination capable macine present. It swings its booster assited blade arms into the sword-saw and though it gets damaged pretty hard? It managed do deflect the saw. React.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:52:15): Dido picks up the discarded manual and pages through it. "What do we have, what do we have…Ooh!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:52:46): "Could we use the Lance? The lance looks pretty cool!"
Meraxa (03:53:06): Ken: Will it do damage?
Wyverncakes (03:53:49): Mizuki: "Not to scale."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:54:05): "Well, it's a weapon, created for military purposes." Dido snaps, nerves still frayed. "What do you suggest we do?"
Wyverncakes (03:54:16): "For the ShelLancer it's fine... but we're just going to have to make due with what we have."
Wyverncakes (03:54:45): "Ken, you should have motion-control in your cockpit. If this gets to intense hand-to-hand, I'm counting on you."
ZebulonCrispi (03:54:57): * Suma plants the claymore into the ground and springboards off of it to leap up to face-to-face level with the newly-combined robot. As she does, the four swords from the buzzsaw gathe around her to parry any incoming attacks as she brings the cleaver down on the super robot's head. +
Meraxa (03:55:19): Ken: I'm sorely tempted to ask for a chance to pummel this fate lady into the ground right now...
Fri Freeman (03:55:43): Walt: "I had a friend who always brag that he makes his own fate. At the end he got diagnosed of cancer."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:56:08): "Alright." Dido says with a sigh. "I'll, uh, transfer extra power to the arms. Do you…think that would be helpful?"
VJockey (03:56:38): Aaand Split - admittedly two of the part troopers didn't get away and were carved apart. But that just means 8/10 of them to go!
Aero (03:56:46): * Strahlend calls Quicksilver back to it before charging at the remaining Gazers, swinging the sword rather wildly to try to cut down what was left of them. +
VJockey (03:57:40): Willis! The first few gazers were carved apart easily... the rest form up to cross the beams into a huge one to blast you! React!
ZebulonCrispi (03:57:42): Amateurs! Don't combine unless you're willing to commit to it.
Fri Freeman (03:58:08): Walt: "Rather than die of cancer, he died of charging into enemy line. He still dies though at the end though, so I dunno why I even told you guys this story."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:59:22): Dido's eyes widen as she listens to Walt's grim story. "Yeah!" She replies. "Why the hell would you do that! Are you trying to jinx us?"
VJockey (03:59:33): (Hetepheres, Kei, Walt)
tengusaur (03:59:34): Hetepheres: "Everyone dies at the end of their story. But it is not time for us today."
Wyverncakes (03:59:57): "And the only other person whose story is ending here is Saturnia's."
Ginkan SK (04:00:03): *Raquel Is now springing into action and moving to strike She looks to minions and she stands her groun she then starts punching. Bursts of flame are lunched from her fist at the Gazers as she just seems intent to trying to set as many of them as possible on fire. She's also force to halt part way through to leap out of the line of fire.+
Aero (04:00:43): * The longsword is quickly lined with a mirror coating as the beam approaches him. Once that was done he raises the sword to deflect the beam away from him. +
tormterra (04:00:57): Kei: "Right...Raquel, get in there and try to break as many of the robot enemies as possible while they're still recovering from having split up." +
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:01:04): "Right." Dido says, feeling her heart pound it's way through her chest. "Got it. Kill the bitch. Make her beg for mercy."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:01:14): "Then spank her on the ass."
Meraxa (04:01:40): Ken: Will you take this seriously?!
VJockey (04:01:44): Willis and Raquel! No more eyes to deal with. Bam!
tengusaur (04:01:44): Hetepheres: "I trust you are taking care of the enemy minions?"
Fri Freeman (04:01:56): Walt: "I guess it's because he did make his own fate, by not dying of cancer. That's something I guess."
Aero (04:02:06): Willis: "Got it covered."
Ginkan SK (04:02:15): Raquel "That's the plan, good thinking Kei."
Aero (04:03:19): Strahlend gives a thumbs up to Raquel. "Nice teamwork."
tengusaur (04:03:29): Hetepheres: "Very good. In that case..."
tengusaur (04:05:00): Hetepheres: "You, who invaded another world without realizing the scale of opposition you are going to face. You have made the greatest, and last, mistake in your life. Scarab Power!"
tengusaur (04:05:04): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-aexLJKwME
Fri Freeman (04:05:39): Walt: "Anyway, team, focus fire at those robotic enemies!" the 8th genoace team starts to fire toward the part troopers.+
VJockey (04:06:47): (Raquel, take the Kei action)
tengusaur (04:06:49): * Scaraber does a power-up gesture! Hetepheres aims her laser staff and fires several beams at the ground around Saturnia, raising a huge dust cloud! And under the cover of that dust cloud, her mech suddenly appears right next to the enemy, moving around the giant golden woman quickly and slashing with her khopeshes from all directions. The blades are now vibrating and moving at supersonic speed! +
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:08:06): "I am taking it seriously!" Dido shouts at Ken, frustrated. "I'm just…" She bows her head. "Sara would have said something more pithy…if she was in this machine..."
Ginkan SK (04:08:58): *Raquel acts on wht Kei sai moving in ahithg psered she's now launching into a close up attack she's trying to keep the barrage of melee stirekes with the intent to keep them from getting back together, that's the plan, her allies should be able to pick them off.+
Wyverncakes (04:09:03): Mizuki: "You two, we can fight afterwards..."
VJockey (04:09:22): Walt! The Part Troopers are flying wildly through the fire, admittedly you take down two and reduce their number to six - they attempt to recombine - but their one was shot by Lucy before two more are pummeled to deal by Raquel! Leaving you with three!
Wyverncakes (04:09:28): "Right now.. though... we still have someone we have to stop."
VJockey (04:10:14): Additionally... War God Number 2 seems to be covered by the Praetorians. Literally. The Snake monsters are literally coiled around her machine, chewing and mauling it and drooling acid all over.
Aero (04:10:35): #?
VJockey (04:10:58): (go ahead)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:11:04): "You're right. " Dido says. She swallows, eyes aching at the corners. "I've got no idea what I'm doing: I'll cop to that. So Ken, Mizuki...tell me what to do, and I'll do it!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:11:39): "For Sara!"
Meraxa (04:11:58): Ken: Fight. *...Ken is blunt, because like this, he doesn't give himself an excuse to say anything else*
VJockey (04:12:20): Hetepheres! Your swift attacks leave dozens upon dozens of scars and rents across Saturnia's body! This earned something of an enraged shriek from the Indalph and it proceeds to unleash a massive energy blast at you from it's mangled half mouth! React!
Wyverncakes (04:12:42): # Heph
VJockey (04:13:04): (approved)
Aero (04:13:09): *In a rare display of actually competency, Willis leaps over and starts carefully carving apart those snakes. Taking care to not damage the machine being coiled. +
Meraxa (04:13:25): Ken: Use the sanctum!
ZebulonCrispi (04:13:27): It's okay, Willis. You can hurt it if you want!
Wyverncakes (04:13:30): Mizuki: "Not on your life!"
Wyverncakes (04:14:16): * SolSavior blasts off to throw itself in between the Scaraber and Saturnia, crossing its arms in front of it as a barrier takes form! "SOL SANCTUM!"+
Aero (04:14:22): He wasn't here for the first half so as far as he knows she's an ally
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:14:23): "Got it!" Dido flips switches and pulls levers in her cockpit, activate several field generators studded through Sol-Savior's body.
Aero (04:14:23): !
VJockey (04:14:57): Lucy: "Gah! Thanks... I just... ugh. This was worse than that time I got tossed into a snake pit."
VJockey (04:15:08): "Don't ask."
tengusaur (04:15:10): * Hetepheres: "Too fast. You should have waited!" Joining the defense, the crosses the four blades and lets her silver Noble Barrier combine its defensive power with the incoming support! +
Ginkan SK (04:15:25): (Mass react right?)
VJockey (04:15:42): (Not yet)
VJockey (04:16:02): The incoming blast from Saturnia was absolutely tanked to nil.
Wyverncakes (04:16:12): Mizuki: "Didn't want to risk it... or your barier abruptly shifting back."
tengusaur (04:16:23): Speaking of which, that just happens.
VJockey (04:16:35): Saturnia: "No! NO! THIS CANNOT BE! I CANNOT LOSE! IT IS NOT MY FATE TO BE DEFEATED!!! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE??!!"
tengusaur (04:16:48): Hetepheres: "I was talking to her."
tengusaur (04:17:04): Hetepheres: "It appears you are the one despairing now, Saturnia."
VJockey (04:17:20): "I REJECT THIS! I REJECT YOUR VICTORY! I REJECT... I REJECT THIS WORLD!! I DECLARE ITS FATE TO BE DESTRUCTION! ABSOLUTE-"
VJockey (04:17:30): (Everyone. GO)
Meraxa (04:17:47): Ken: And we reject you!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:17:48): Dido: "…Don't let her finish that sentence, guys!"
ZebulonCrispi (04:17:53): * Sefet launches its two biggest words at Saturnia as if they were railgun shells. +
Wyverncakes (04:17:55): Mizuki: "All your pathetic little declarations just set you up for even greater disappointment!"
Aero (04:18:23): Willis: "I'll leave this to you SolSavior!"
Wyverncakes (04:19:08): "However far the Indalph's spread, no matter how man resistances they've crushed... no matter how many good people that've died because of you... that legacy's ending here!"
Ginkan SK (04:19:16): Raquel "I'm think this where you get ejected from this world!" Raquel throws herself into gear now she's moving at high spoeed and she's looking like she's dancing as she moves, Ken would know what's going on right away. She strieks each time she does there's a burst of flames anr more pillars of flarms are starting to take shape tyrinfg to catch Saturnia. "FIRE DANCE!!!" She ain't stoping either.
Ginkan SK (04:19:23): (pups brb)
Wyverncakes (04:19:42): "Ken, I broke her face... I'll leave her body to you!"
tengusaur (04:20:04): * Hetepheres: "I reject your notion of fate. Burn in Gebian laser beams." She grabs her staff with all four of her mecha's arms, and extends a very long beam blade from its tip! And then, rushes forward and jumps, launching an upward cleaving swing at the bigger enemy! +
Meraxa (04:20:08): Ken: WITH PLEASURE!
Fri Freeman (04:21:59): Walt: "Yeah. Um... Team, fire all you got at it. Which, since all we got are dods guns..."+
tormterra (04:22:03): * Even Kei joined in, sending a few, wimpy shots in the direction of the Indalph, surely contributing much to her eventual destruction, even if she stayed silent. She wasn't really the type for big proclamations anyway. +
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:22:48): Dido sits in the cockpit, twitching at the shuddering and shaking that happens…feeling useless. Mizuki and Ken had attacks and techniques, but she...
Meraxa (04:23:03): Ken: Lessee... Dido! At yhe ready! *Ken orders as he takes control.* Wuooooh! Ha *And then, he charges forward. Aiming to strike across the enemy machine. And then another, from the opposite direction. Punch after punch, Ken threw out more and more, trying to put Saturnia on the defensive... as the Sol savjour
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:23:21): …her brow furrows. She starts flipping a few switches, muttering under her breath.
Meraxa (04:24:19): *as the Sol Saviour then leaps up, raising one leg high...* Spaaaaark...!* he begins his cry, inviting Dido to join in!&
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:26:52): & "Wait, we're attacking now?….ah, Kick! Spark Kick!" Dido shouts, disabling the safeties for the Sol-Savior's leg mounted flak cannon coils! +
Meraxa (04:27:49): Ken: Kiiiiick! *The leg extends, ready to deliver a stunning charge - and quite an explosive one!+
Ginkan SK (04:31:47): (back)
VJockey (04:36:12): The combined attacks did the trick. Between the swords, the shooting, the cleaving and the impacts of punches and kicks - topped off by the tremendous crash if the Spark Kick - Saturnia was literally rendered limb from limb.
VJockey (04:36:37): The Indalph General's shattered body crashing next to the remains of the Solego with a grunt of pain.
VJockey (04:36:47): "D...damn.... you..."
ZebulonCrispi (04:36:57): Suma: "Resilient, at least."
Aero (04:37:16): Willis: "That's that."
Wyverncakes (04:37:21): Mizuki: "Not quite."
Wyverncakes (04:37:48): SolSavior moves over the fallen and ruined herald, slamming Saturnia's half-head into the ground forcefully.
Wyverncakes (04:38:12): "We asked you before about where Sara... the pilot of that machine..."
Wyverncakes (04:38:28): "Talk."
Wyverncakes (04:38:33): "Everything you know."
Wyverncakes (04:39:35): "About the Indalph, about what happened to Sara, why you're deciding to show up here now, EVERYTHING!"
VJockey (04:40:41): "....You...wish to know about the pilot..."
VJockey (04:40:46): "...Sara Harper..."
Meraxa (04:41:13): Ken: You'll pay for what you did to her.
tengusaur (04:41:26): Hetepheres: "I suggest you give up and talk."
VJockey (04:41:28): Mizuki... you feel a slight prod at your mind.
tormterra (04:41:47): Kei: "...After we learn what happened, right?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:42:17): "Did you kill her?" Dido asks Saturnia suddenly. "I mean, you talked a bunch about hurting her…but did you actually kill her?"
Meraxa (04:42:43): Ken: Well... depends on how long she takes... a ninja's blade gets anxious...
Wyverncakes (04:42:53): MizukI: "And was that even more than talk?!? You've ot the Solego, great... but there wasn't any sign of a body or blood."
tengusaur (04:43:03): Hetepheres: "Patience, Ken."
Wyverncakes (04:43:06): "And we know most of what you just do is talk!"
Aero (04:44:06): Willis: "Good, you did notice then."
Ginkan SK (04:44:14): Raquel stands there, clearly ready for what might come next one wrong twitch and she will likely move to finish the enemy off.
VJockey (04:44:15): "All you should know.... is that she is lost to you."
Meraxa (04:44:41): Ken: ...
VJockey (04:44:53): Saturnia promptly unleashes an energy blast at Solsavior with all its remaining power!
Ginkan SK (04:45:02): #
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:45:02): "The HELL SHE IS!" Dido shouts suddenly. "God, you're so full of yourself…GAH!"
Aero (04:45:03): #?
Wyverncakes (04:45:08): (Got this)
Meraxa (04:45:18): Ken: Finish her!
Wyverncakes (04:45:30): "... very well then..."
Wyverncakes (04:46:26): * As the blast comes at SolSavior, the combiner springs to the air, energy gathering up in both of its hands... black and white, yin and yang, Sol and Void. "... Then she'll rest easy now... Sol... Salvation!"+
Wyverncakes (04:47:05): The words were said not with a scream, but with a pained, scornful spat... accompanied with a massive, spiraling beam of white and black, to obliterate the ruined Indalph general.
VJockey (04:48:12): If it was still alive after it fired that blast? It wasn't anymore.
VJockey (04:48:23): All that was left was a crater
VJockey (04:48:31): The Sol Salvation did the trick
ZebulonCrispi (04:48:32): Suma: "Well."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:48:39): Dido raises her hand to shield her eyes from the burst of light and anti-light. As the blast fades, she lowers her hand in shock. "Mizuki…you…"
ZebulonCrispi (04:48:43): Suma: "I do believe there's another enemy still left."
VJockey (04:48:59): Lucy: "Really? Where?"
ZebulonCrispi (04:49:06): Suma: "Idiot."
VJockey (04:49:09): Totally playing dumb and looking around.
ZebulonCrispi (04:49:14): Suma: "Let's continue our battle!"
Wyverncakes (04:49:34): Landing back down on the ground, SolSavior gently picks up what's left of the Solego... almost afraid to crush the jet in the machine's hands now.
Wyverncakes (04:49:41): "... Ken, can you get us back home?"
tormterra (04:49:58): Kei slunk back in her seat, the battle seemed to finally be over
Wyverncakes (04:50:07): "I know this is selfish but... right now... I just want to be alone with my thoughts."
Meraxa (04:50:16): Ken: ...Ha... hahaha... hahahaha... *Ken... just laughs. A dry, empty laugh, that soon is mixed with intermittent sobs. But when Mizuki speaks, he wipes his eyes* Sure.
tengusaur (04:50:34): Hetepheres: "She helped us repeal the Indalph invader. I believe she is free to leave now, if she desire."
Ginkan SK (04:50:34): Raquel "You know when you call someone filth or Vermin I didn't think people who deserved the title existed until now."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:50:45): "…what are you going to do about Sara?" Dido wonders aloud. "I mean, you heard what she didn't say: she might be alive!"
ZebulonCrispi (04:51:01): Suma: "Sit back if you want, but I don't intend to let a War God walk free."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:51:33): "We should be trying to rescue Sara, right?" Dido asks. "Somehow?"
tormterra (04:51:58): Kei: "But we don't know where she is. And those things weren't from Earth..."
Wyverncakes (04:52:08): "And that's even if she's still alive..."
Aero (04:52:21): Willis: "You shouldn't count her out."
VJockey (04:52:23): Lucy: "Yeaaah. See, about that. I reaally want to go."
ZebulonCrispi (04:52:44): Suma: "Hah. Do you expect me to care what you want?"
tengusaur (04:52:50): Hetepheres: "Perhaps we should take her prisoner, then."
VJockey (04:52:51): "So since you're divided on that with your... well"
VJockey (04:52:58): "I wouldn't call them friends. I mean"
VJockey (04:53:06): "Do you even HAVE friends?"
ZebulonCrispi (04:53:14): Suma: "Get to the point!"
VJockey (04:53:17): "Co-workers?"
VJockey (04:53:22): "Getting there!"
VJockey (04:53:31): "Anyway. I'll settle this the easy way."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:53:37): "Well shouldn't you try anyway?" Dido snaps at Mizuki, the stress catching up with her. "Or is Sol-Savior just a name you picked because it sounds cool?"
Meraxa (04:53:54): Ken: Dido. Shut up.
VJockey (04:54:38): Despite being heavily damaged in several places, a gigantic cannon literally explodes out of Number 2's machine and fires a single shot at Suma. A little too fast for everyone to react.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:54:45): Dido sags in her cockpit. "Sorry…" She mutters.
VJockey (04:54:50): "LATER!:
VJockey (04:55:04): Lucy lets out a whoop as her machine quickly scuttles away!
tengusaur (04:55:10): #? or too fast for that?
VJockey (04:55:16): (Too fast)
tengusaur (04:55:20): (bleh)
ZebulonCrispi (04:55:34): Sefet is blown back by the impact, losing one arm defending itself.
Aero (04:55:35): Willis: "That's one way to get away."
ZebulonCrispi (04:55:50): Suma: "COWARD!"
tengusaur (04:56:08): Hetepheres: "Tch. Where are all the fast pursuit units when you need them?"
Meraxa (04:56:21): Ken: ...*Ken is... doubtful, and the silence tells it so, as the Sol Saviour rises to the sky. Considering how he'd reacted to the whole scenario earlier...*
VJockey (04:56:21): On that note...
VJockey (04:56:24): Mission Complete
tormterra (04:57:05): Kei followed, quietly returning to base
Aero (04:57:40): Willis does the same, there wasn't much else he could say here without making the situation worse.
ZebulonCrispi (04:58:16): Suma doesn't really have much to say. The last four aren't gonna be pushovers.