Mission 034 - the Friar

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cubey@aol.pl (00:05:16): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYn2Q-kVNAk
cubey@aol.pl (00:10:07): You're in Russia.
cubey@aol.pl (00:10:23): Several members of the Unity Group might have visited Volya's hometown, and witnessed the tragedy that happened there.
cubey@aol.pl (00:10:33): But at the moment, you are going in a different direction.
cubey@aol.pl (00:10:43): Because of a short but meaningful message.
cubey@aol.pl (00:11:05): Ingram: "The Lady's Good Men have been detected. Gavin's group already engaged them in battle, so hurry."
cubey@aol.pl (00:11:16): You know where to go - another small Russian town.
cubey@aol.pl (00:11:22): Will it become place of another tragedy?
cubey@aol.pl (00:11:41): There is still a moment before you reach it (your units move by their own, no shuttles here), so what do you do?
Wyverncakes (00:11:58): And as much as Mizuki wanted to find time to pay Sergei his final respects... more lives were in danger.
VJockey (00:12:17): [No way to tell. Right now Volya's too out of it to almost process anything as Interitus follows everyone discretely.]
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:12:21): Dido's about to suit up and board ShelLancer…then stops and goes to one knee in front of Volya.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:12:35): "Hey kid." She says softly. "Do you need someone to…be with you?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:12:37): (You're in your units. No shuttle here.)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:12:55): (Retcon to sending Volya a radio transmission)
VJockey (00:13:25): "..."
Meraxa (00:13:28): Ken has an open comm connection to Volya as well... but he's not sure on what to say. Just keep watch and hope nothing else goes wrong.
Wyverncakes (00:13:51): Mizuki: "... Volya, I know I have no real authority on which to say this..."
tormterra (00:13:53): Kei hadn't been part of the visit, she didn't know the person after all nor were she close to any of his kin. She was simply there in preparation for the mission, but she still knew about what happened, being unusually quiet even for her as she was sitting in her cockpit. It wasn't exactly the cheeriest start to a mission
Overman Zappa (00:14:02): Garrod is proud of some swanky new equipment. It should be noted the GX no longer has the backpack with the Satellite Canon mounted on it.
Wyverncakes (00:14:03): "But please be strong, at least a little while longer."
Wyverncakes (00:14:07): "Once we get back..."
VJockey (00:14:28): [He doesn't answer, there was just an empty, listless look on his face as he nodded.]
tengusaur (00:14:33): Asagi: "Are you sure it's a good idea to bring Volya here? Maybe he shoulf sit this one out..." He heard about what happened, and is rather concerned about it.
Wyverncakes (00:14:41): Mizuki: "Ken, Dido?"
Wyverncakes (00:14:55): "... I'd also like for us to get this tied up as soon as we can."
Meraxa (00:15:02): Ken: We can't leave him, not with the Knights still out the- yeah Mizuki, makes sense.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:15:03): "Also." Dido says with a bit more firmness. "That stuff that horned lady was saying? It was bullcrap! The only person whose fault it is was her!"
griefgathering (00:15:17): Seta doesn't know what to say after hearing about what happened at Volya's hometown. She's just staying as quiet as he is.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:15:18): "Remember, that Volya!" She repeats. "And roger that, Mizuki."
Wyverncakes (00:15:40): "And so..."
Wyverncakes (00:16:07): "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. And from there... it just kept on walking just like before...

"... SolSavior..."
tormterra (00:16:40): Kei: (On a line not including Volya) "How is he holding up?...And just as importantly, does he want to be here?"
Meraxa (00:17:24): Ken: In a word, bad. *Ken responds.* But much as he may or may not want to be... again, we can't leave him with the Knights out there. Once we're back at base, fine, but for now...
Ginkan SK (00:17:36): Russel's got the order to move out, he wonders if there's going to be yet another tragedy, he does not know. He does intent to try to prevent such from happening again. So he keeps in formation being otherwise quiet for the moment.
cubey@aol.pl (00:17:55): Maneuvering around a trash-filled forest, you see the outskirts of the town.
cubey@aol.pl (00:17:58): More importantly.
cubey@aol.pl (00:18:05): Kei's radar, and soon others, pick up units.
cubey@aol.pl (00:18:16): Three IFFs are friendly - it's Loni and his two buddies!
cubey@aol.pl (00:18:40): Unfortunately there is also a large group of unknown units (Lady's Good Men most likely) near the town center.
cubey@aol.pl (00:18:48): And two of the Loni team are there!
tengusaur (00:18:50): Asagi: "If they show up again, they'll find he's not alone. But interrupting this operation like that..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:18:53): Another is somewhere else, but this is the closest.
tormterra (00:19:03): Kei: "I know...But I'm not sure it's appropriate to drag him into battle. We'll have to protect them from them, if possible." (To everyone) "There's a battle up ahead, prepare for combat."
VJockey (00:19:16): "..R...Right!"
tengusaur (00:19:20): Asagi: "...They look surrounded."
cubey@aol.pl (00:19:29): Surprisingly, the town feels eerily quiet. No chaos or explosions anywhere.
VJockey (00:19:38): [Volya almost yelled the words, looking a cross between panicked and half awake.]
Meraxa (00:19:52): Ken: ...A battle... or a stalemate...? *Ken's more than a bit unnerved by the silence*
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:19:57): Dido: "…where's everybody?"
tormterra (00:20:27): Kei: "Yes...Keep Volya safe, don't leave any openings for the Knights to get to him while we're occupied. I'll try to learn more about the status of the situation ahead."
griefgathering (00:20:41): Seta: "...Understood."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:20:50): "You don't suppose that hero trio got themselves killed, do you?" Dido wonders.
tengusaur (00:20:54): Asagi: "We won't know until we investigate! Just watch out in case it's a trap..." Blue One is already moving forward.
cubey@aol.pl (00:21:17): Moving through the streets you notice several destroyed or heavily damaged Yobs lying here and there.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:21:33): "Right!" Dido says, a loudly and suddenly as Volya. She tries to scan for MS-sized heat signatures.
cubey@aol.pl (00:21:54): The town square in front of you is occupied by a larger group of them! And another, unusual looking unit.
tormterra (00:22:00): Kei: "I doubt their units would still be active and transmit their IFFs, but it's possible."
VJockey (00:22:04): [Something was wrong about this... about everything... Interitus felt restless for some reason...]
cubey@aol.pl (00:22:07): Yob: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1172138

Papaver: http://darksouls.wdfiles.com/local--files/armor/channeler-s-set-large.jpg
looks something like this, only with four arms
cubey@aol.pl (00:22:39): They do not move to fight you on site.
cubey@aol.pl (00:22:44): *On sight
cubey@aol.pl (00:22:51): And in front of them you see familiar units.
cubey@aol.pl (00:23:00): Loni's FightSaber and a Gespenst mk II custom.
cubey@aol.pl (00:23:09): Ilinka: "It's the Unity Group. Greetings."
cubey@aol.pl (00:23:29): Loni: "Man, you guys arrive at some situation, huh."
tengusaur (00:23:39): Asagi: "What's the situation? Why aren't you fighting?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:23:51): The units stand facing the Good Men, weapons drawn, but not firing.
cubey@aol.pl (00:24:05): Loni: "We'd easily take them all down but this time it's different."
tormterra (00:24:12): Kei: "Why is that?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:24:13): Ilinka: "Yes. This time, they have taken hostages."
tengusaur (00:24:34): Asagi: "Where?!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:24:51): "Not again!" Dido exclaims.
Overman Zappa (00:24:52): Garrod: "Just great..."
tormterra (00:24:53): Kei: "And how are they guarded?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:25:02): You see no civilians anywhere, and the Good Men units do not stand near any buildings...
cubey@aol.pl (00:25:14): ???: "Hu hu hu..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:25:18): An older, raspy male voice.
cubey@aol.pl (00:25:46): ???: "I see our sworn enemies and sinners are here. You have five minutes to leave your machines."
tormterra (00:26:24): Kei: "Or?"
Meraxa (00:26:27): Ken: And so the preaching begins...
tengusaur (00:26:28): Asagi: "And then what? Where are the hostages you're holding? I don't see them anywhere!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:26:47): "Oh dear…" Dido says. "I think they're in those creepy cathedral mechs. Like, trapped in them."
cubey@aol.pl (00:26:57): ???: "The blood of innocents will be on your hands. So declare I, the Lady's Good Man, Melech Traumbauer."
cubey@aol.pl (00:27:30): The Papaver moves its arms in a transfixing motion and several of the Yobs change position, forming ranks around it.
VJockey (00:27:40): "....!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:27:43): Ilinka: "... They're in the cockpits."
VJockey (00:27:51): "I..."
VJockey (00:28:03): [Volya gulps anxiously...]
cubey@aol.pl (00:28:07): Melech: "Smart girl, yes. Each one of my soldiers hosts an innocent person inside its control cockpit."
cubey@aol.pl (00:28:24): Melech: "You cannot fight them in good conscience, can you? And time is running out. Tick tock, tick tock."
Wyverncakes (00:28:33): Mizuki: "He actually...!"
Meraxa (00:28:41): Ken: ...So they're AI controlled then...?
Ginkan SK (00:28:47): Russel ses that there's trouble again and he braces himself. Russel's already moving to scan for any hidden enemies. Russel's from the regular army, he knows how they are trained to deal with such things and he wouldn't go down well. He also personally would like to find another way. "You show us what your real nature is."
tengusaur (00:28:47): Asagi: "What..." He's frantically trying to think how to get out of this situation...
cubey@aol.pl (00:28:58): Loni: "Shit! You won't escape alive from a situation like this, you know!"
VJockey (00:29:01): "...I...Mizuki..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:29:04): "Volya…" Dido says softly. "I've got an idea, but it all hinge on you!"
tormterra (00:29:09): Kei: "Or remote-controlled or its magical...But who are the hostages? How did they get them in there?"
VJockey (00:29:10): "Everyone..."
tengusaur (00:29:14): Asagi: (allies only) "Think we can break the machines and then get the people out of them?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:29:26): Melech: "Just random townsfolk, grabbed fresh straight off the street. Hu hu hu."
VJockey (00:29:36): "I can try.... I think I can do something to help..."
griefgathering (00:29:44): Seta: (to Asagi) "...I am not so certain..."
Meraxa (00:29:47): Ken: And at gun point, no doubt.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:29:51): Dido continues on a private channel. "Your Interitus has the ability to drain energy from mechs, right? If we give you cover, can you...?"
Wyverncakes (00:29:54): Mizuki: "... Seems like he was ahead of you, Dido."
cubey@aol.pl (00:30:04): Desta: "You still not done here?"
tormterra (00:30:06): Kei: "If we're careful. We've been in this position before...But these aren't remote controlled by one person, so it's most likely going to be much harder."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:30:09): "Righteous!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:30:17): Suddenly! ShotSaber stands on a building behind you.
cubey@aol.pl (00:30:27): Its twin handguns drawn and crossed on its chest.
cubey@aol.pl (00:30:46): Loni: "Desta man, am I glad to see you! You heard that asshole, this is a hard situation..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:30:58): Desta: "I don't care."
tengusaur (00:30:58): Asagi: "There are hostages in these mecha. We must be cautious."
cubey@aol.pl (00:31:05): ShotSaber fires its pistols at the closest Yob!
VJockey (00:31:15): "!!!!"
Wyverncakes (00:31:17): Mizuki: "You should- DAMMIT!"
VJockey (00:31:20): #YOB
cubey@aol.pl (00:31:26): Approved.
griefgathering (00:31:32): Seta: "Ah...!?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:31:33): "Stop shooting, you psycho!"
tengusaur (00:31:41): Asagi: "!!"
Overman Zappa (00:32:42): Garrod: "What the hell man!"
VJockey (00:32:44): *Interitus tears out of the ground before Volya could even shout, the beast's back to the weaponsfire as it interposed itself between the Shotsaber and the Yob!!+
tormterra (00:33:20): Kei: "..." Rather than comment, Kei focused on her instruments trying to see if she could find any weak points, command centers or something else to target to save the hostages. Without some kind of trick, disabling all the yobs before they could kill the hostages seemed impossible
cubey@aol.pl (00:33:26): The beam pistols are powerful enough to be more like beam hand cannons. Interitus suffers from a serious wound!
cubey@aol.pl (00:33:37): Desta: "Tch."
Wyverncakes (00:33:39): Mizuki: "DESTA YOU IDIOT!"
VJockey (00:33:40): "AAAAAAH!!!!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:33:42): Loni: "Dude. What the fuck!"
griefgathering (00:33:43): Seta: "Volya..!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:34:09): Desta: "If you let the bad guys use hostages as a bargain chip, they'll take them all the time from now on."
Wyverncakes (00:34:22): Mizuki: "Not when we have a response to this."
VJockey (00:34:27): [Interitus on the other hand... it was injured, that was plain as day. The wound definitely severe... enough that it slowly turns to face the Shotsaber.]
cubey@aol.pl (00:34:34): Melech: "Indeed. I need to note it down, hu hu hu. It looks like my hand's been forced!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:34:35): "That logic only works with military hostages, dumbass!" Dido shouts.
Wyverncakes (00:34:39): "One YOU damn near sank because you couldn't wait five seconds!"
tengusaur (00:34:47): Asagi: "Shut up. You're not helping. Get out of here...!"
VJockey (00:34:54): [Those mouths on its shoulders? Starting to open up before they howled. ANGRILY.]
cubey@aol.pl (00:34:58): Papaver moves its arms around even more and the enemies turn towards you with aggressive intent!
cubey@aol.pl (00:35:16): Loni: "What the fuck!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:35:21): Even Desta seems not to have anything to say to that.
cubey@aol.pl (00:35:25): Anyway, the battle begins!
cubey@aol.pl (00:35:31): Initiative: Volya, Asagi, SolSavior team, Kei, Russel, Seta, Garrod
VJockey (00:35:36): "HURT....INNOCENT..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:35:38): Volya, Asagi and SolSavior, go now.
VJockey (00:36:03): "PUNISH!!!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:36:05): Enemies: Papaver (Melech), Chain Yob x4, Blaze Yob x4, Razor Yob x3, Muzzle Yob x3
tengusaur (00:36:25): Asagi: "Volya! We need to focus on rescuing those people!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:36:29): Kei:
Meraxa (00:36:31): Ken: ...Volya...? *Ken... blinks, before seizing at his controls* Mizuki I think we need to make and roll out plan B!
cubey@aol.pl (00:36:56): You notice obvious linework that betrays the Yobs' cockpits are in the torsos and accessible from behind. You might be able to pry them open.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:36:59): "Plan B?" Dido asks, blinking?
VJockey (00:36:59): "NNGhhAa-A..aargh!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:37:02): You might also try to just take off their limbs.
Wyverncakes (00:37:07): Mizuki: "If there's still life in Interitus, Volya shouldn't be down for the count just yet-"
tengusaur (00:37:10): Asagi: "Volya... Damnit!"
Wyverncakes (00:37:19): Volya's screaming made her wince.
griefgathering (00:37:53): And because it follows Seta's movements, Rebellion is just frantically looking between Interitus and the Yobs now, clearly not knowing what to do.
tormterra (00:38:13): Kei: (To allies only) "I've identified the cockpits and how they open. Transmitting the data."
VJockey (00:38:24): *Yeah... given what Desta just pulled off, trying to kill hostages as well as severely injuring it, Interitus just pegged him as the biggest threat to innocent lives here. It howls once more before bounding at the Shotsaber!+
cubey@aol.pl (00:38:26): Melech: "This kind of a creature serves within Unity Group's ranks? What other proof do we need of your wicked nature?"
Wyverncakes (00:38:58): Honestly...?
tormterra (00:39:02): Kei: "Dismembering the yobs might work too, but he might have a switch to make them self-destruct."
tengusaur (00:39:05): * Blue One drops towards one of the Chain Yobs, swinging its katana with two quick strikes. Asagi aims at the arms, trying to cut them very carefully! Only after that he tries to grab the cockpit's hatch and force it open. +
Ginkan SK (00:39:18): Russel does not seem happy but he's making to act, if he's got to he'll do it and hate himself later. For now there are alternatives but if the enemy knows you'll shoot the hostage they will not be as likely to use the same tactic again. "You are going to pay for this, mark my words."
Wyverncakes (00:39:19): Mizuki doesn't care if the ShotSaber's torn to shreds after what happened...
Wyverncakes (00:39:23): Still...
Meraxa (00:39:26): Ken: Oh don't you start! *Ken yells back at Melech, looking over the data...* I... think we could get to those. At least some of them.
Wyverncakes (00:39:30): "Keep an eye on Volya..."
griefgathering (00:39:57): Seta: "I've received it as well, Kei...it is helpful."
cubey@aol.pl (00:40:01): Desta is speechless, and you could almost see a dramatic closeup on his eye as Interitus gets closer and closer to ShotSaber.
tormterra (00:40:06): Kei: "I will...Everybody prepare to respond if I tell you to."
cubey@aol.pl (00:40:07): And then!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:40:24): "…these Yobs are pretty shitty, but I think I can pinpoint their main power junctions." Dido offers.
cubey@aol.pl (00:40:28): Something leaps at Interitus from the side, and with a mighty spinkick forces it off the assault's path!
cubey@aol.pl (00:40:31): It's FightSaber!
cubey@aol.pl (00:40:51): Loni: "We need less infighting here, not more! Moreover, I won't let you harm Desta!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:41:02): Loni: "No matter what, in the end he's my friend!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:41:04): React, Interitus.
tormterra (00:41:22): Kei. "Thanks...I'll keep looking, but I have a lot of things to keep track of."
tengusaur (00:41:45): Asagi: "You have to keep your 'friend' from ruining things! He almost killed a hostage!"
Wyverncakes (00:41:49): * And SolSavior flies up and then dive-bombs a Chain Yob, swinging forward it's right arm as a mini-crossbow pops out of the top of the limb! "Let's see how well love taps work here..." A flurry of precise, low-power shots fire out, aimed to blast off the machine's limbs and ideally dislodge the cockpit.+
cubey@aol.pl (00:42:00): Asagi manages to cut off arms from one of the Yobs, but suddenly...
Wyverncakes (00:42:04): "Shooting retreating soldiers, killing hostages..."
Wyverncakes (00:42:17): "You have the worst taste in friends I've ever seen."
cubey@aol.pl (00:42:35): You feel Blue One's limbs freeze up momentarily. Papaver's arms weave even more intensely and it almost does a little dance - something is trying to wrestle control away from you!
cubey@aol.pl (00:42:37): Asagi, react.
VJockey (00:42:43): *Yeah Loni... about that kick... Interitus was charging shoulder first... a shoulder that happened to have a fang filled maw that eagerly accepted the incoming sacrifice of a limb!+
cubey@aol.pl (00:43:34): That actually works really well, SolSavior team.
cubey@aol.pl (00:43:41): The Chain Yob is disabled, and its cockpit opens.
cubey@aol.pl (00:43:46): "Aaaah! Maaa-maaa!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:43:53): You hear the voice of a (very young) hostage from inside.
Overman Zappa (00:43:57): #Asagi?
Meraxa (00:44:04): Ken: Can we have the spat when we're back home?! We've got people to save!
cubey@aol.pl (00:44:10): And then the Blaze Yobs focus their fire, to fry SolSaviour to a crisp - and the disabled Yob as well!
cubey@aol.pl (00:44:11): React!
cubey@aol.pl (00:44:14): Approved, Garrod.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:44:29): #Hostage?
cubey@aol.pl (00:44:32): Approved.
Overman Zappa (00:45:00): *Garrod gets his brand new beam machine gun ready and starts firing at the dancing hands. He's no tactical genius but it looks like puppetry! "Knock that off!"+
Wyverncakes (00:45:11): Mizuki: "Dido, shield!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:45:15): Volya - that mouth of Interitus was going to chomp on FightSaber's foot.
tengusaur (00:45:16): * Asagi: "What's going on...?" He focuses on regaining control of the machine, both physically and mentally - because there's a link between an AHSMB and its pilot. He's still trying to force the cockpit open as intended! "What kind of ability is this!" +
cubey@aol.pl (00:45:33): But the mouth is forced closed in pain as beam shots hit it time and time again.
cubey@aol.pl (00:45:37): Ilinka: "Sorry."
cubey@aol.pl (00:45:47): Ilinka: "Let's stop this, okay?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:45:49): *"Flamethrowing little girls?" Dido roars. "Nope! Not a chance! Activating Sol-Sanctum barrier…now!" SolSavior raises it's hand, and a shimmering barrier of Sol and Void energy billows out like a ballute, deflecting the flames!+
cubey@aol.pl (00:45:53): Yes, her Gespenst was the one who fired this.
VJockey (00:47:00): [Interitus howls once more, staggering backwards and thrashing in pain. Volya's screaming only intensifies, both from the feedback he's getting from Interitus... as well as its sheer rage digging into his brain like several spikes of ice.]
tormterra (00:47:09): Kei: "...I'm not sure. It's almost like he's controlling you like a puppet." She paused for a bit, doing her best serious, confident pilot face which was obviously undercut by the hesitation. "Perhaps if we defeat the leader, the control over the yobs will end."
Wyverncakes (00:47:18): Mizuki: "We're also going to need to get the hostages out of here somehow..."
Wyverncakes (00:47:21): And goddammit Loni.
cubey@aol.pl (00:47:26): Melech: "Oh, are you sure this is a good idea?"
Wyverncakes (00:47:29): You and your fucking sidekicks just making things worse.
cubey@aol.pl (00:47:46): He stops his dance - but one of the Muzzle Yobs tanks the shots for him!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:47:55): "Volya!" Dido shouts. "These Yobs are trying to char-broil the hostages! They need someone to protect them!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:47:58): Fortunately the machine is sturdy enough not to explode, but watch out.
Overman Zappa (00:48:12): Garrod: "Tch! Damn coward!"
VJockey (00:48:14): "P...pro...tect.... lives..."
VJockey (00:48:21): "Save.... lives..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:48:36): The Sol-Sanctum barrier protects the neutralized Yob, and its underage pilot!
tengusaur (00:48:38): Asagi: "You still think you're the righteous one after you do this...?!"
VJockey (00:48:50): "I...Its...I.."
cubey@aol.pl (00:48:51): But because it focused on defending innocent lives, SolSavior itself is starting to get really heated...
VJockey (00:49:02): [Volya's hyperventilating.]
tormterra (00:49:12): Kei: "I know, but there are enough of them that if they make an effort, it might be impossible for us to protect them all for long enough."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:49:14): Dido takes a closer look at the opened cockpit! Is there a Good Man mook inside, or just the young kid?
Meraxa (00:49:39): Ken: If we're quick enough, we might be able to transfer them to our cockpits... but to do it so many times...
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:49:40): Additionally...
cubey@aol.pl (00:49:50): Asagi feels the controls of Blue One returning to him. He can easily pry open that cockpit hatch.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:50:15): "Mizuki." Dido says. "Give Volya a pep talk. I think he's regaining control, but he needs a bit of help!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:50:16): Inside you see a nondescript Russian man, worn out by years of living in Russia. He quickly flees, but not before bowing in gratitude.
Wyverncakes (00:50:42): Mizuki: "Volya...!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:50:51): Indeed Dido, inside the Yob there is a little boy, crying his eyes out. Safe, for the time being.
cubey@aol.pl (00:50:59): Kei, Russel, go.
Wyverncakes (00:51:14): "Right now a lot of bad stuff is happening... just try to calm yourself!"
tengusaur (00:51:40): Asagi: "You're free now, escape. I'll cover you."
VJockey (00:51:44): "I..I know! I'm trying I'm trying! But I don't know what to do! Interitus is angry and he's really hurting!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:51:45): "It's a good thing we have three cockpits in our mech!" Dido says to Ken. "Lets try and retrieve the ones who can evacuate on their own!"
Wyverncakes (00:51:51): "Loni's friend might be a worthless scumbag... but he's not the person who put the people in the hostages!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:52:12): Loni: "Hey!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:52:15): "..."
Wyverncakes (00:52:16): "And for that matter, Loni... maybe your friend would do well to take his leave!"
Wyverncakes (00:52:22): "Certainly would simplify things!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:52:27): Loni: "You got a point there."
cubey@aol.pl (00:52:34): Ilinka: "Are you saying Desta should leave?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:52:49): Loni: "No. What's done is done. I'm saying that this guy can't be forgiven. It's all his fault!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:53:02): FightSaber's finger points accusingly at Papaver.
cubey@aol.pl (00:53:06): Loni: "I'm taking you down!"
tormterra (00:53:10): * "Seta, feint towards the enemy leader. Don't actually attack him, he might sacrifice a hostage to serve as a human shield, but make it look like you will. Asagi, move into the opening created in their formation and the distraction of the leader to pry open another cockpit." +
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:53:12): "Dude! Hostages first, vengeance later!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:53:17): Dido objects.
cubey@aol.pl (00:53:27): Loni: "If he's down, the hostages will be all safe by default!"
VJockey (00:53:34): "Nh?!"
Ginkan SK (00:53:37): (Enemy check please good sir?)
cubey@aol.pl (00:53:45): Enemies: Papaver (Melech), Chain Yob x4 (2 disabled), Blaze Yob x4, Razor Yob x3, Muzzle Yob x3 (1 damaged)
cubey@aol.pl (00:53:57): Take your Kei actions, Seta and Asagi.
tengusaur (00:54:07): Asagi: "Why... won't the three of you keep that guy occupied for now? It will keep him from controlling our machines at least."
Ginkan SK (00:54:10): Russel is lowering his weapon now as he pulls his steel knife. Since his intent is to disable rather than kill he's moving in on one of the Chain Yobs aiming to disable it with carefully place knife strike+
Ginkan SK (00:54:16): (strikes even)
cubey@aol.pl (00:54:23): Loni: "Sounds like a plan to me."
tengusaur (00:54:56): * Asagi flies around the damaged Muzzle Yob, using Blue One's superior speed in an attempt to outmaneuver it, approach from the back, and rip its cockpit open! He doesn't dare attack this one directly. +
Meraxa (00:55:07): Ken: ...Loni. Remember our little 'contest'?
tengusaur (00:55:08): (so he's just using a hand)
griefgathering (00:55:24): Seta: *"...Y-yes!" And Seta will move as instructed, RB dashing between buildings to attempt to attack Melech directly!+
cubey@aol.pl (00:55:34): Loni: "Yeah?"
Meraxa (00:56:18): Ken: We never did round three like we'd hoped. If you can do this without anyone else dying, consider yourself the winner. Or are you Loni the loser?
cubey@aol.pl (00:56:33): The Chain Yob smacks its weapon of choice (spoilers: It's in the name) time and time again at Russel's Gespenst. You are being mauled - but it starts to accumulate scratch damage from the knife cuts and stabs, too! React!
cubey@aol.pl (00:57:24): Melech: "Hmm? Interesting..."
Wyverncakes (00:57:32): Mizuki (private): "Ken... just don't expect much from those three."
cubey@aol.pl (00:57:40): Papaver forms two glowing orbs of power, and sends them flying towards Seta and the RB!
cubey@aol.pl (00:57:54): The telekinetic projectiles change their direction mid-air.
cubey@aol.pl (00:58:08): But never hit the intended target - because they are shot down by a rain of plasma fire!
Ginkan SK (00:58:21): Russel attempt to avoid what damage he can but he's looking for opening he's trying to go for joints with the knife or disable systems that are exposed given the Yob's design so he can get the hostage out.+
cubey@aol.pl (00:58:33): Ilinka: "Proceeding with the plan. Don't worry about us."
Meraxa (00:58:52): Ken (private): I know, but... trust me. If Loni is anything, he's an idiot like me.
cubey@aol.pl (00:58:54): Loni: "Heh, of course I'm going to save everyone! Who do you think I am?!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:59:25): As ShotSaber and Gespenst proceed with the barrage, FightSaber closes up to the Papaver - and tries to slash it with a revved up chainsword!
cubey@aol.pl (00:59:41): But Melech quickly retreats, the blade leaving a fiery trail mid-air.
Wyverncakes (00:59:43): Mizuki(private): "There's a self-awareness you have I don't think he'll ever attain. So don't sell youself short."
cubey@aol.pl (00:59:53): Still, its purpose was to cover for Seta and he did that.
tormterra (00:59:55): Kei: (To Unity Group only) "Don't get dragged into a fight with those three. You can talk later when lives aren't on the lines."
cubey@aol.pl (00:59:55): Loni: "You okay?"
VJockey (01:00:31): "I'll... try my best.."
tengusaur (01:00:31): Asagi: "I'm doing my hardest not to yell at that guy, Kei."
griefgathering (01:00:34): Seta: "Yes...I am alright...thank you."
cubey@aol.pl (01:00:41): Through their own means, both Asagi and Russel free one hostage each. Though that Gespenst is starting to look pretty beat up...
cubey@aol.pl (01:00:45): Seta and Garrod, move.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:00:46): Dido checks again. Is that boy moving to safety, or does he need retrieval?
cubey@aol.pl (01:01:06): He's too busy crying to flee.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:02:00): #Kid? (If it's warranted?)
cubey@aol.pl (01:02:08): No need, no one tries to attack him.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:02:17): (Coo. Was unclear)
tormterra (01:02:26): Kei: "I know...But we can't afford to do so."
griefgathering (01:04:43): *And with Loni's gang around, Seta will try to help distract the enemy leader again. This time, she actually draws her guns and fires two normal-looking rounds!&
Overman Zappa (01:05:51): *Garrod tries to keep some pressure on Melech while the others handle hostages. He's still a bit... unfamiliar with some of the new weapons, so he starts peppering the Papaver with the beam machine gun, while moving to where it's less likely to get another Yob in the line of fire again.+
cubey@aol.pl (01:06:10): Melech: "I see what you are trying to do. Unfortunately..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:06:48): Melech: "Your lifes are forfeit!" His unit's four arms stretch out dramatically, and send a shockwave that absorbs the attacks directed at it - and threatens to overwhelm you too!
Ginkan SK (01:06:50): Russel "I got one, but I taken some damage in doing so. Nice work Asagi ..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:06:57): React Garrod, also continue (after the react) Seta.
VJockey (01:07:14): #Guys attacking Melech?
tengusaur (01:07:18): Asagi: "Can you still fight?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:07:21): Approved.
griefgathering (01:08:38): *RB raises its cape and takes cover behind the closest building. Hopefully that will dampen the shockwave.+
Overman Zappa (01:10:47): *He stops shooting for one, but starts backpedaling, a bit slopily since he's got some new thruster power going on he's not wholly used to. "Woah! That's some power!"
VJockey (01:12:06): *Interitus swings towards Melech and the Papaver before breaking into a wild and almost animalistic charge on all fours... but one has to wonder what it tries to do... well... it throws itself between everyone in the line of fire and digs its feet in and roots itself to the ground... it was going to take what was most likely terrible terrible damage.... but the moment the attack breaks, it would disgorge a ridiculous amount of vines at the enemy leader to not only constrict but drain its energy!!+
Ginkan SK (01:13:03): Russel "Yes, I can, I have little choice, I have my duty and Katina would have my head if I didn't help stop this."
cubey@aol.pl (01:13:25): The shockwave sends plaster falling down from all the nearby buildings.
cubey@aol.pl (01:13:33): But there is no damage because Interitus takes it all on itself.
cubey@aol.pl (01:13:45): He is severely damaged now, barely able to move... but!
cubey@aol.pl (01:13:53): Melech: "!! You hellspawn!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:13:59): The vines entangle Papaver!
griefgathering (01:14:09): Seta: "Ah...Interitus! Volya!"
VJockey (01:14:10): "GnNHAAAA!"
VJockey (01:14:12): "HE!"
VJockey (01:14:16): "ISN'T!"
VJockey (01:14:18): "A"
VJockey (01:14:21): "MONSTER!!!!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:14:24): And start draining its power. Yobs steadily move with less and less vigor.
cubey@aol.pl (01:15:05): Loni: "Hang in there just a sec longer. Time to finish this guy off. Ilinka, Desta, let's go!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:15:12): Loni: ..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:15:14): "Desta?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:15:25): Dido: "….alright! Mizuki, Ken, everybody! Let's give them some cover and get the job done!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:15:34): The sound o a crash, an impact can be heard from the rooftop occupied by Desta.
Wyverncakes (01:15:45): Mizuki: "What the-"
cubey@aol.pl (01:15:46): And the damaged ShotSaber is now flying through the air, out of control.
cubey@aol.pl (01:16:00): At its location, having dethroned the Unity Group "ally"...
cubey@aol.pl (01:16:10): Crusader: http://s1282.photobucket.com/user/V-Jockey/media/dmc4-white-knight_zps494b735d.jpg.html
Meraxa (01:16:20): Ken: ...They're here!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:16:21): "What the–?" Dido exclaims, tracking the arc of ShotSaber to make sure it doesn't land on anything.
cubey@aol.pl (01:16:24): David: "Did you see that? I did it. I actually did it!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:16:32): "…OH." Dido says sullenly.
VJockey (01:16:34): "!!!"
VJockey (01:16:37): "No..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:16:37): A Knight machine just finished its charge.
VJockey (01:16:42): "Nononoonoo"
VJockey (01:16:45): "Not now!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:16:50): More of them appear in the various side streets.
VJockey (01:16:55): "Please not now!"
tormterra (01:16:58): Kei: "Stop, we don't know if it is another empty shell with a hostage in it...But, the yobs are weakened, this should be our opening to-" She was cut off by turning to see what was on the roof. "Protect Volya while trying to save the hostages."
cubey@aol.pl (01:17:04): Lilica: "What's the matter?"
Meraxa (01:17:23): Ken: ...YOU...
cubey@aol.pl (01:17:28): Lilica: "Not feeling like howling anymore? We would never find you if not for that, you know. I suppose I have to thank you."
cubey@aol.pl (01:17:42): Indeed, one of the machines that appears belongs to the demoness.
VJockey (01:17:42): [Volya freezes when he hears the voice.]
Wyverncakes (01:17:52): Mizuki: "... You're alive."
cubey@aol.pl (01:18:11): Lilica: "Do you really thing something as insignificant as several human-made explosives would be able to harm me?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:18:24): Lilica: "But it hurt like a bitch so I won't be nice this time!"
tormterra (01:18:44): Kei: "We're in the middle of a hostage situation...If you attack us now, the Good Men will kill a dozen of innocents while we fight each other."
tengusaur (01:18:45): Asagi: "You..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:18:53): New enemies: Inarog (Lilica), Defender x5, Crusader x2, Crusader (David)
cubey@aol.pl (01:18:54): Also
cubey@aol.pl (01:19:02): Tiankui (Sarah)
cubey@aol.pl (01:19:05): Sarah!
Meraxa (01:19:13): Ken: Kei, trust me. This one won't care.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:19:16): "What do you think the Knights will say if you wind up getting innocents killed!"
tengusaur (01:19:17): AsagiL "You consider yourselves the good guys, right? You heard what Kei said. Help us rescue the hostages!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:19:18): Iteritus's defense is full of openings and it's heavily wounded.
cubey@aol.pl (01:19:20): Act now!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:19:35): "They might punish you!" Dido suggests to Lilica.
cubey@aol.pl (01:19:41): Defender: http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/024/b/8/templar_knight___final_by_noviceartist487-d37x8r5.jpg

Crusader: http://s1282.photobucket.com/user/V-Jockey/media/dmc4-white-knight_zps494b735d.jpg.html

Inarog: http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2014/113/8/c/demon_s_souls__the_penetrator_by_felipe_gewehr-d7cfikg.png

Tiankui: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/277697
cubey@aol.pl (01:20:04): Lilica: "Oh please. A few lives matter little compared to the whole world!"
VJockey (01:20:06): [Not just that, between having to try keep the papaver restrained and Volya's own fear and shock, it wasn't going to be moving anytime soon that's for sure.]
cubey@aol.pl (01:20:13): Lilica: "Do you think Sieg doesn't understand that?"
Meraxa (01:20:17): Ken: Told you.
VJockey (01:20:18): [You'll never get a better chance than now.]
tengusaur (01:20:52): Asagi: "Damnit..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:20:54): David: "We'll save the hostages AFTER we get rid of the demon!"
Wyverncakes (01:20:58): Mizuki: "At what point does it become wrong, Lilica?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:21:01): David: "Don't get in the way!"
Wyverncakes (01:21:20): "What's the magic number cutoff between 'unforgiveable' and 'acceptable?"
Peter Kampschroeder (01:21:29): *"Really now...A hostage situation, you say..." Sarah sighs deeply, and Tiankui dashes forwards, it's right hand glowing red with killer intent-towards Papaver.+
tengusaur (01:21:46): Asagi: "You don't have enough time! Don't you understand? If rescuing the hostages is not your first priority, they're going to DIE here!"
tormterra (01:21:54): Kei: "So you're saying we shouldn't bother telling them?" Yes, Ken, you're getting a dry tone and an unamused look
tengusaur (01:21:56): Asagi: "...They don't understand, do they..."
Wyverncakes (01:22:12): Mizuki: "... Not the ones under her. That's for certain."
cubey@aol.pl (01:22:18): Lilica: "Are you too weak to make a choice when it matters, Mizuki?"
tengusaur (01:22:27): Asagi is just clenching his teeth all this time.
Wyverncakes (01:22:39): Mizuki: "It's called the 'Savior Team' for a reason, leftover refuse."
cubey@aol.pl (01:22:41): Lilica: "I would throw a whole country into the fire if the rest of the world gets to live. It's simple logic. Which is why - Sarah, make yourself useful!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:22:45): Lilica: "... Sarah?"
Peter Kampschroeder (01:23:05): "I'm not your soldier, remember?"
Wyverncakes (01:23:06): "I don't know how or why the Knights let you in... but you haven't changed one bit from what I was told about you."
griefgathering (01:23:10): Seta: "...."
cubey@aol.pl (01:23:11): Melech: "Aaaah-ah-ah! No good, too hot, too hot!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:23:17): "…Sarah?" Dido exclaims, mind flashing back to her trip to the Star Rose. "SARAH?"
Meraxa (01:23:40): Ken: That reminds me. Mizuki, who IS she? She looked rather demonic, herself.
cubey@aol.pl (01:23:57): The Papaver dances around again. But it's not to control anything - rather, it writhes in pain as flames start burning it!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:24:01): Dido: "THIS IS YOUR DAY JOB?"
Wyverncakes (01:24:10): "Sarah's here too-... though...!"
Wyverncakes (01:24:17): ... But thank God for her knowing who the real enemy here was!
Wyverncakes (01:24:29): "... Lilica though... right..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:24:33): "WhoahWhoahWhoah." Dido says. "Mizuki, you knew about Sarah already?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:24:52): Melech: "Oh no, I'm going to die, I'm going to..."
Wyverncakes (01:24:58): Mizuki: "It's a long story. Ken and I've already crossed paths with her once already..."
Peter Kampschroeder (01:25:00): "We just happen to be working together, is all..." She glances back towards Melech's robot. "Burn."
cubey@aol.pl (01:25:04): Melech: "Fooled you." He grins evilly in his cockpit (not that you can see it)
cubey@aol.pl (01:25:13): Loni: "Eh?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:25:20): "Huh." Dido says, both in response to Sarah and Mizuki.
cubey@aol.pl (01:25:29): And FightSaber's flaming chainsaw sword cuts right into Tiankui's side!
cubey@aol.pl (01:25:40): React as the blade revvs up mightily while INSIDE your unit, Sarah.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:25:47): #Sarah?
tengusaur (01:25:52): #
VJockey (01:25:54): #Sarah?
cubey@aol.pl (01:25:58): Everyone approved.
Meraxa (01:26:00): Ken: ...Actually, nevermind, the reveal can wait! Mizuki!
Peter Kampschroeder (01:26:23): *"Ghh!" Sarah has Tiankui swing around to kick the FightSaber, and push off it like a platform.+
cubey@aol.pl (01:26:46): Also
cubey@aol.pl (01:27:00): Volya, Asagi and SolSavior team can move now, so feel free to incorporate your action in the defense.
cubey@aol.pl (01:27:01): (Just say so)
VJockey (01:27:12): *Well at the risk of leaving himself open to further reprisal... if he could cut the strings off-...Interitus does its best to drain the Papaver even faster! Its vines constricting around limbs as it did so!+
tengusaur (01:27:15): (I'll do my action as separate)
VJockey (01:27:25): (Take that as action and support)
VJockey (01:27:51): "Make it... gotta make it!"
tengusaur (01:28:10): * "I won't let you." Suddenly something is there to intercept the incoming chainsword - it's a katana, clashing with it! Asagi's sword might just be a bormal blade, but it's a very durable one - and now comes the time to prove it... +
VJockey (01:29:19): [The strain is beginning to wear down at Volya, it wasn't just the pain, but a massive amount of exhaustion beginning to set in as well.]
Meraxa (01:30:41): And to add to the mix, the SolSavior swivels, raising its crossbow. A wide, rapid arc of solar bolts fires up, power turned fairly down, but still a possible danger! Ken wants to ward off the attack, but not harm Loni if possible. Here's hoping the FightSaber will take it!+
Meraxa (01:30:56): Ken: Looks like the puppet master got a new toy...
cubey@aol.pl (01:31:51): The katana and the chain sword clash for a brief second - but FightSaber is a ridiculously overspecced machine and Asagi's blade is thrown back easily.
cubey@aol.pl (01:32:19): Sarah kicks the machine off herself, but Tiankui has a deep wound in its side now.
cubey@aol.pl (01:32:39): However! Between the mauling from the solar bolts and the energy drain, Papaver's control over FightSaber wanes.
Wyverncakes (01:32:47): "She got away..! Good!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:32:57): Loni: "Shit! I'm taking damage, you guys stop it right now!"
Peter Kampschroeder (01:32:59): "You people are just a laugh riot, you know..." Tiankui holds its side, while some oil briefly leaks out.
cubey@aol.pl (01:33:01): He's not too happy about it.
Wyverncakes (01:33:11): "We shot to disable!"
Wyverncakes (01:33:21): "And you didn't have any complaints when your friend shot to kill a hostage!"
tormterra (01:33:21): Kei: "You're attacking us, we'll need to disable your unit if we can't break the control."
cubey@aol.pl (01:33:29): All remaining Yobs form a living hostage wall between Interitus and Papaver.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:33:32): "Mmm!" Dido agrees. "Lets shut this Melech fellow down for good!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:33:36): Asagi, Kei, Russel, go.
Meraxa (01:33:42): Ken: Had to say it JUST then...
VJockey (01:33:57): "I.... I can ...."
VJockey (01:34:01): "I can still..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:34:02): Loni grumbles under his breath.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:34:04): "…yeah, I guess I had to." Dido mutters.
griefgathering (01:34:10): Seta: "That...is not good."
Wyverncakes (01:34:20): Mizuki: "We'll make it work though!"
Overman Zappa (01:34:29): Garrod: "They're just... lining up in front of him? I wonder if this setting..."
tengusaur (01:34:33): Asagi: "They're all close together... But if we destroy the controlling mech, they hostages will be safe, right?"
Wyverncakes (01:34:48): "That's the hope, at any rate!"
Meraxa (01:34:49): Ken: The trick is gonna be getting past them...
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:34:59): Dido tries to scan Melech's mech, see if there's any exposed components that can be precisely broken.
VJockey (01:35:11): "They... they haven't cut... Interitus off yet..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:35:20): Hard to say, but there are those annoying moving arms.
Peter Kampschroeder (01:35:22): "So, where are these hostages...?"
VJockey (01:35:25): "Just... just need a few more... seconds.."
Meraxa (01:35:37): Ken: IN the machines. They're trapped in the cockpits.
cubey@aol.pl (01:35:38): Ilinka: "They're inside the cockpits."
Overman Zappa (01:35:38): Garrod: "I think I have an idea... but.." Garrod opens the private line "If I can cut off their legs, you think they'd be alright falling?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:36:03): "…the arms!" Dido exclaims. "Mizuki, I think those arms are literally how he controls the units like puppets! Shoot them off and–!"
griefgathering (01:36:39): Seta is completely lost between all these plans. "Um...if we could decide on just one..."
tengusaur (01:36:53): * "I have an idea..." Asagi takes off to the skies in a burst that looks like half flying and half jump. He tries to get over the wall of Yobs, land behind Papaver as well, and move in close to the boss robot, brandishing the katana! &
Wyverncakes (01:36:55): * SolSavior's wings spread open and the machine dashes to the side to get around the wall. She only needs a few seconds of direct visual contact, but... "Thanks for the advice!" SolSavior's eyes shine with violet energy before firing off a pair of beams ever-so-briefly, sweeping up to cut off one of the Papaver's limbs!+
Wyverncakes (01:36:58): "Here's hoping...!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:37:39): Dido crosses her fingers like nobody's business.
cubey@aol.pl (01:37:58): SolSavior gets around the wall - Yobs cannot manevuer on time! The eyes shine preparing to unleash a blast, and then...
cubey@aol.pl (01:38:09): Lilica: "Did you forget about me? How rude."
cubey@aol.pl (01:38:12): Stab.
cubey@aol.pl (01:38:28): Inarog's heavy rapier thrusts at SolSavior's exposed back!
cubey@aol.pl (01:38:30): React!
Meraxa (01:38:41): Ken: Y-You-!
griefgathering (01:38:45): #Solteam
cubey@aol.pl (01:38:49): Approved.
Wyverncakes (01:38:50): Mizuki: "... You really HAVEN'T changed!"
Peter Kampschroeder (01:38:53): "Really, Lilicia? Really?"
VJockey (01:38:55): "!!"
VJockey (01:39:08): "MIZUKI! KEN! DIDO!!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:39:20): Dido "DICK! MOVE!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:39:24): Lilica: "Silence. I'll deal with you later, personally. If you can't listen to orders, maybe you can listen to..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:39:48): Melech: "What's this?"
tormterra (01:40:01): * "Do as Dido suggests...They're not very quick and need a tight formation to work. Seta, you and Garrod circle around them from the other side of the SolSavior to strike at the arms before he can redistribute the yobs. Russel, stand ready to snipe at one of the arms if the yobs do move and an opening forms." +
cubey@aol.pl (01:40:13): Papaver's arms move to stop the katana between open palms. The unit didn't even turn to meet Blue One face to face!
griefgathering (01:40:16): *That lance is intercepted by a light-infused fist. Seta is more than prepared to take the damage in this case, but what's important is stopping the attack itself!+
Ginkan SK (01:40:23): "This is .... just ...one fo those days.
cubey@aol.pl (01:40:26): At the same time, its second pair of arms already generates a kinetic blast. Continue, Asagi!
VJockey (01:40:56): "Stop this! Please!"
VJockey (01:41:03): "People are going to die!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:41:09): Russel can incorporate the order command into his own action.
VJockey (01:41:16): "PLEASE!!"
Wyverncakes (01:41:17): Mizuki: "She's not the kind of person who cares about that!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:41:21): Garrod, feel free to take the order action as well.
cubey@aol.pl (01:41:26): Seta... has her own problems at the momet.
cubey@aol.pl (01:41:28): *Moment
Wyverncakes (01:41:37): "She's what's left of an old group... the 'Black Garden'..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:41:44): *Dido frantically flips some buttons! "Bull-Lady! Get out of our way!" As Lilica somes soaring in, Dido sends one of Sol-Savior's legs flying backward, kicking the Crusaders like a surly mule! "Spark Kick in Three, two, ONE!" Sparks and flak-cannon shot burst out at the point of impact!+
Ginkan SK (01:42:28): (bio brb)
tengusaur (01:42:30): Asagi: "I knew you'll stop this. Which is why...!" Suddenly the coils around Blue One's wrists unwrap, turning into whip-like weapons! Asagi lets go off the sword and swings them instead, wrapping them around the enemy's energy-generating hands, and then pulling them hard, in different directions - not to mention that the coils are cutting into them! +
tengusaur (01:42:42): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOlLeVmkCc8
tengusaur (01:42:44): Asagi: "Break!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:42:51): Lilica: "...?" Her blade is intercepted by RB - causing damage to Seta's machine's arm.
cubey@aol.pl (01:43:13): But because of that, Dido can unleash a counter strike, which causes Inarog to be thrown away!
cubey@aol.pl (01:43:27): It tries to maneuver its way mid-air to minimize damage, but it still falls to the ground heavily, damaged.
griefgathering (01:43:39): Seta: "That was close..."
Overman Zappa (01:43:55): @Asagi?
cubey@aol.pl (01:43:59): Approved.
Meraxa (01:44:08): Ken: ...Black Garden...? *Ken mutters as he does a quick check. Given its ScarleTiger that makes up the torso...*
griefgathering (01:44:33): RB makes an action with its damaged hand, like a normal person who just punched a solid brick wall.
Wyverncakes (01:44:53): Mizuki: "It wasn't a creation of the Great Black Void... but it was just another one of those 'dark and demonic groups'."
Overman Zappa (01:45:09): *Garrod bust out another new toy; the thruster pack on his back is actually a shield, which opens up, and it's actually a series of laser canons! Each of the 7 canons light up, then flash pink as a combined blade of beam energy cuts through the air aimed for the extended arms Blue One is tugging on!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:45:09): "Hmmph!" Dido snorts with contempt. "What does it say about you, Bronco Lady, if you can't even win by fighting dirty?"
Meraxa (01:45:52): Ken: The ones that were so popular of that generation...
cubey@aol.pl (01:46:09): The kinetic blast generation is interrupted, and what hits Blue One's face is just a small piddly telekinetic bullet that barely causes its head to turn.
cubey@aol.pl (01:46:41): But between beams hitting them in a harmonica pattern, and the whips causing the limbs to creak...
cubey@aol.pl (01:46:46): They just give and are ripped away!
cubey@aol.pl (01:46:56): Melech: "Ah ah ah, this is not good, not good at all!"
tengusaur (01:47:11): Asagi: "Good, Garrod. He's literally disarmed!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:47:14): Russel can take his action.
Ginkan SK (01:47:23): (back sorry about that.)
cubey@aol.pl (01:47:27): Also - Seta, Garrod and Sarah, can move as well!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:47:31): "Oh Snap!" Dido says in response to Asagi's riff.
Peter Kampschroeder (01:48:10): "So, just gotta beat this guy into a pulp and we'll get on to phase two, huh..."
Overman Zappa (01:48:41): Garrod: "Now I wonder what happens if I turn the output up!
Wyverncakes (01:48:56): Mizuki: "If 'phase two' is going after Volya, keep in mind what just happened to Lilica."
tormterra (01:48:58): Rather than bantering, Kei focused on seeing if she could detect any changes in the movement or energy of the yobs as if the arms had really controlled them
cubey@aol.pl (01:49:14): Lilica: "What do you think it is?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:49:52): She doesn't seem too demoralized, despite taking a serious hit just now.
tengusaur (01:49:56): Blue One catches its katana after all this attacking is over.
Wyverncakes (01:49:58): "Leavin on decent and amiable terms, like what happened last time, would be appreciated."
Peter Kampschroeder (01:50:02): "Girl in the white thing, think you can follow my lead?"
Ginkan SK (01:50:12): Russel would normally make for split missiles to get past the wall but he knows the puppet master might move someone in the way. So he's going to attemtpo to use his Tessla drive to get some air and hopefully over them for a short controlled burst from his m90 rifle at the Papava.+
cubey@aol.pl (01:50:12): David: "Why are you helping them Sarah?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:50:18): David: "They're the enemy, can't you see that?"
VJockey (01:50:30): "David..."
griefgathering (01:50:30): Seta: (to Sarah) "I...will try."
Peter Kampschroeder (01:50:42): Sarah: "Honor's a hell of a drug, kid. And good."
VJockey (01:50:45): "David please..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:50:47): David: "Don't... talk to me!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:50:53): David: "Just stay still and pray it's over quickly."
VJockey (01:50:56): "My uncle DIED David!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:51:02): David: "You're not making it any easier..."
Peter Kampschroeder (01:51:11): *Sarah jumps up into the air and heads for Papaver again-this time, with a blazing divekick!+
cubey@aol.pl (01:51:11): And just like that he's silent.
VJockey (01:51:21): "He's gone! Please! Just help us! Just once!"
VJockey (01:51:34): "I don't want anyone else here to die!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:51:38): David: "How did it happen?"
Meraxa (01:51:42): Ken: Killed by the actual bonafade demon, who need I remind you, is on your team!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:52:00): "…that you're a chump who should stay out of the way while grown folk is talking!" Dido replies to Lilica.
VJockey (01:52:08): [Volya lowers his head.]
VJockey (01:52:15): "W...what he said...."
VJockey (01:52:21): "He... he died because..."
griefgathering (01:52:24): *And in tandem with Tiankui, RB rises into the air, a light-infused dive-kick accompanying Sarah's!+
griefgathering (01:52:42): &
griefgathering (01:52:48): (not +)
cubey@aol.pl (01:52:49): Lilica: "Is that all you have to say? Petty insults? Oh please."
cubey@aol.pl (01:53:05): Lilica: "Did you forget that we're still on the same side? Well, technically."
cubey@aol.pl (01:53:12): Lilica: "You choose to make it difficult."
Wyverncakes (01:53:26): Mizuki: "We chose to stay alive!"
Meraxa (01:53:41): Ken: No. Sarah is currently on our side. All you've proven to be is an enemy, just as you apparently were in your past.
Overman Zappa (01:57:50): (Enemy list update plz?)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:57:55): "…no?" Dido says, bemused. "I don't think you're on our side."
cubey@aol.pl (01:58:00): Enemies (Good Men): Papaver (Melech), Chain Yob x1, Blaze Yob x4, Razor Yob x3, Muzzle Yob x2
Enemies (Knights): Inarog (Lilica), Defender x5, Crusader x2, Crusader (David), Sarah (Tiankui)
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:04): Melech: "Hmph!" The two remaining arms try to summon another shockwave - this time used as a defensive anti-bullet barrier. First few bullets fired by Russel are deflected, but the shockwave doesn't last forever and the Papaver is peppered by a barrage.
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:12): Then it gets a kick to the main body - and another one!
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:27): Continue, Seta!
tormterra (01:59:30): (Does Kei detect any changes to the yobs from the Papaver losing its arms?)
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:38): Melech: "No, I can't believe it! This is..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:54): The Yobs' power outputs are the same as before, but they are moving sluggishly now.
Overman Zappa (02:00:05): *Garrod decides to test his curiosity by turning up the power on the Beam Harmonica shield and spreading the cannonade of lasers across several of the Defenders+
griefgathering (02:01:48): *Seta kicks off from that divekick and raises RB's undamaged fist - which it quickly plows into the ground below! Instead of hitting directly, a geyser of searing light will erupt from beneath Melech to consume it!+
cubey@aol.pl (02:01:48): The Defenders get hit, but they are pretty sturdy as far as mook machines go! Though damaged, three of them brandish huge swords and bring them down on Gundam X, while the two others fire crossbows from a distance.
cubey@aol.pl (02:01:50): React to all of that.
Wyverncakes (02:01:56): Mizuki: That seemed to get it! We're wearing him down!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:02:08): Melech: "Ha ha ha ha ha!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:02:20): Melech: "Expect even more hostage taking in the futu..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:02:30): Papaver explodes and all the Yobs fall to the ground, not moving anymore.
cubey@aol.pl (02:02:57): Loni: "Damn, after all we've been through? I should've got him."
Peter Kampschroeder (02:03:01): Sarah: "So...that's that, then?"
VJockey (02:03:28): "nnh..."
tengusaur (02:03:28): Asagi: "It doesn't matter. What matters is that we can get the hostages out safely now!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:03:32): Dido stares at Loni's mech for a moment . "Kid." She says. "At least justice has triumphed, right?"
tengusaur (02:03:37): Asagi: "...After we deal with those Knights."
VJockey (02:04:39): "I..."
griefgathering (02:04:43): "Ah..." It actually takes a bit of effort for RB to pull its fist out of the ground, but it manages, after a few seconds of being stuck.
VJockey (02:04:47): "I don't know if I can keep this up..."
tormterra (02:04:49): Kei: "Happy to see you understand priorities." Loni gets a look of almost disturbing cheerfulness. "We really need self-centered glory hogs like you on the battlefield...Everyone, don't rely on Loni and his people or assume they will provide any useful contribution to the fight."
cubey@aol.pl (02:05:17): Loni: "Tch. Talk about a stick in the ass!"
tengusaur (02:05:29): Asagi: "Scary..."
Overman Zappa (02:06:05): *Garrod boosts back enough to avoid being shanked several times, moving around to their left, keeping them all together and focused on him. "That's it, everyone look at the shiny new Gundam"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:06:23): "Anyways!" Dido says, trying to play peacemaker. "Loni, how are Desta and Illinka doing? Are they alright?"
Ginkan SK (02:06:25): Russel on a Unity group only band. "They won't stop btu what they don't get is neither will we!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:06:35): The melee weapons are evaded somehow, but several of the energy bolts cause damage on the Gundam's side and shoulder.
cubey@aol.pl (02:06:59): Ilinka: "I am undamaged. I just checked on Desta, he is alright."
cubey@aol.pl (02:07:09): The Gespenst is standing by the downed ShotSaber.
cubey@aol.pl (02:07:13): Desta decides to remain quiet.
cubey@aol.pl (02:08:15): Lilica: "The problem here is that you all think I am your enemy. I am not."
cubey@aol.pl (02:08:24): Lilica: "I am only his. David, go."
cubey@aol.pl (02:08:30): David: "... Aaaah!"
Wyverncakes (02:09:02): Mizuki: "You say that and yet only minutes ago you were the one trying to literally backstab us."
cubey@aol.pl (02:09:14): Several parts of David's Crusader's armor raise, revealing boosters underneath. It prepares its lance and charges, quickly gaining speed.
cubey@aol.pl (02:09:41): In a few seconds it's already trying to impale Interitus.
cubey@aol.pl (02:09:43): React!
cubey@aol.pl (02:09:53): At the same time, Inarog is charging up an attack of itself...
cubey@aol.pl (02:09:58): *Of its own
tormterra (02:10:28): #
VJockey (02:10:35): *Volya and Interitus could barely move but... if it was charging straight ahead then all he had to do was throw himself to the side!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:10:38): "Whoah!" Dido exclaims. "Ken, can you…?"
Meraxa (02:11:18): Ken: Maybe. But there's the demon too...
cubey@aol.pl (02:11:25): Kei, approved.
Peter Kampschroeder (02:11:40): @David? After Kei, at least
cubey@aol.pl (02:12:26): Also approved.
Ginkan SK (02:13:09): (back)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:13:10): "Yeah! She's the more dangerous one…!" Dido concurs.
Wyverncakes (02:13:39): Mizuki: "Then let's smother the leftover weeds of the Garden with a superior darkness...!"
tormterra (02:13:44): * Seeing the charge and how there was no real chance of calling out a warning in time, Kei fired up her boosters to throw herself in the way of it, breaking fiercely to come to a complete halt as she did so. All the while she fired her shields up as much as she could while also moving, sacrificing sensor data for the time being. +
Peter Kampschroeder (02:14:06): Sarah: "Can't let you do that."
Wyverncakes (02:15:03): Mizuki: "This isn't the same as the first time we fought, Saah!"
Wyverncakes (02:15:08): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vrca8mmjhk
Wyverncakes (02:15:17): ^Sarah
Peter Kampschroeder (02:15:17): *Tiankui's aura expands, blanketing the area in heat-and it dashes in, thrusting its hands forward to grab Purple 2 by its ring and fling it away.+
cubey@aol.pl (02:15:32): (Do you want to # the @ to the #?)
Wyverncakes (02:15:59): (Only if it's not too much trouble)
cubey@aol.pl (02:16:03): Do it but be fast.
Wyverncakes (02:16:25): # Terra
Wyverncakes (02:16:29): ^Kei
cubey@aol.pl (02:16:43): Do it.
Wyverncakes (02:18:04): * "Knights of the Guiding Hand, the more I see of your actions to preserve the world... the more hypocrisy there is! And to that I say... no more! ABYSS... SANCTION!" As Tiankui charges at Purple 2, there's a red and black machine charging right back at it, thrusting out its left hand, charged with tremendous amounts of Void energy to repel Sarah's attack!+
cubey@aol.pl (02:18:48): The void barrier slows down Tiankui - but not enough to prevent its meddling fully!
cubey@aol.pl (02:19:21): But it's enough to make Sarah's reaction too slow. By the time she grabs Purple Two, its shields are already clashing against - and steadily losing with David's lance.
cubey@aol.pl (02:19:45): By throwing one, you'd throw both of them away from Interitus.
cubey@aol.pl (02:19:49): Overall, it's a huge clusterfuck.
cubey@aol.pl (02:19:52): But it doesn't matter.
cubey@aol.pl (02:19:54): It doesn't matter at all.
griefgathering (02:19:58): Seta isn't in a position to do much, she can only wonder why it came to this again...
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:20:16): "Sarah!" Dido shouts out post clash. "This is Dido! You know, the person you met on the Star Rose? Just one question…WHY are you doing this?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:20:19): On your screens, you can see Lilica's face, twisted in a grimace of satisfaction.
cubey@aol.pl (02:20:43): http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a526/V-Jockey/Lilica1_zps10d9212c.png
Peter Kampschroeder (02:20:49): "Damn you're annoying, abyss empress..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:21:04): By the way, she's rather... dishevelled and smoking, with obvious wounds and burns from the grenades.
cubey@aol.pl (02:21:30): Lilica: "Volya Alkaev, this is the end."
VJockey (02:21:39): "!!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:21:53): Inarog fires some kind of dark blast. Interitus is immediately engulfed in a sphere of darkness!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:22:00): Dido: "…NO!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:22:07): David: "... A... aah?"
tengusaur (02:22:13): Asagi: "Wh..."
Wyverncakes (02:22:14): Mizuki: "What the-"
VJockey (02:22:19): "W.. what's going on?!"
Ginkan SK (02:22:25): Russel "What now?!"
Wyverncakes (02:22:27): "What did you do..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:22:28): Volya - you see nothing.
VJockey (02:22:30): "Mizuki?! Ken?"
tormterra (02:22:30): No reaction from Kei, she's busy trying not to get impaled
griefgathering (02:22:31): Seta: "No...! Volya! Interitus!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:22:31): At first, that is.
VJockey (02:22:38): "Seta?!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:22:42): Then, you see someone.
Meraxa (02:22:43): Ken: Volya!
cubey@aol.pl (02:22:50): It's your uncle, in the distance.
cubey@aol.pl (02:22:55): He smiles and tries to walk closer towards you.
VJockey (02:23:00): "Anyone... is anyone there?" [You can hear him but he can't hear you..?]
VJockey (02:23:03): [wait]
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:07): Before his body is shredded and engulfed in explosions.
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:09): YOUR FAULT.
VJockey (02:23:10): "...U.. uncle?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:20): Because you came to visit him, he had to die.
VJockey (02:23:25): [Before he could even react..]
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:30): You see your parents.
VJockey (02:23:32): [Like a punch to the gut..]
VJockey (02:23:37): "No.. no!"
VJockey (02:23:41): "Mom! DAD!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:42): They smile and reach out to you, kneeling down as if you were a little child.
VJockey (02:23:54): [He tries to reach out for them-]
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:59): You see them succumb to a horrible disease that accelerates so swiftly, they turn into dried out corpses in seconds.
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:04): YOUR FAULT.
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:08): They died, but you had the same disease.
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:10): And you lived.
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:14): Because of you, they had to die.
VJockey (02:24:17): "A...A.aah!"
VJockey (02:24:20): AAAAAAAAAAH!"
VJockey (02:24:24): "NOOOOO!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:30): Also.
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:39): You feel that pain yourself, Volya.
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:44): Because it's all, in the end...
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:46): Your fault.
Wyverncakes (02:24:46): (Can we here what Volya's saying?)
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:47): React.
VJockey (02:24:51): (Yes)
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:53): (You can hear him
Wyverncakes (02:24:54): ^hear
Wyverncakes (02:25:01): Mizuki: "Lilica.......!!!"
Peter Kampschroeder (02:25:01): Outside, Sarah takes a breath. "...Lily, how long does this take?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:25:06): Lilica: "This is my Zone of Absolute Despair."
Wyverncakes (02:25:08): "WHAT... DID YOU DO?!?"
VJockey (02:25:11): "NO! PLEASE! I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!"
VJockey (02:25:14): "DON'T!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:25:16): Lilica: "I don't know.... until he dies."
VJockey (02:25:24): "No!!"
VJockey (02:25:33): [He can't do anything...]
cubey@aol.pl (02:25:35): Lilica: "He's seeing everyone precious to him, dying right now. In various painful ways, and feeling it all."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:25:37): Dido: "You…MONSTER! Deactivate it now!"
Meraxa (02:25:38): Ken: ...You... You...
cubey@aol.pl (02:25:38): Inarog shrugs.
tengusaur (02:25:39): Asagi: "You're going to die before him..."
Peter Kampschroeder (02:25:44): Sarah: "...Well, just shoot him or let him go, then. There's no sense dragging it out."
cubey@aol.pl (02:25:56): Lilica: "Pfeh! I told you already, Sarah."
griefgathering (02:26:01): Seta: "..."
VJockey (02:26:02): [He couldn't...]
cubey@aol.pl (02:26:02): Lilica: "That grenade explosion hurt."
cubey@aol.pl (02:26:06): Lilica: "It's his turn now."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:26:16): More privately, Dido contacts Ken. "That Zone of Darkness…maybe we can push it away with Sol Energy!"
VJockey (02:26:18): "PLEASE!"
VJockey (02:26:22): "Don't..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:26:26): Volya removed from initiative.
VJockey (02:26:27): "Don't leave me..."
VJockey (02:26:37): "I'm sorry..."
Meraxa (02:26:46): Ken: ...M-Maybe... But I can hardly... I mean...
VJockey (02:26:48): "Its all..."
Wyverncakes (02:26:51): Mizuki: "It's not the same kind of darkness as my own..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:26:52): All he can see - are various people who were precious to him, taken one by one because he had to be there, because he had to be born.
VJockey (02:26:52): "Its all my fault.."
cubey@aol.pl (02:27:00): Asagi, Sol Savior Team and Kei, go now.
Peter Kampschroeder (02:27:02): Sarah: "....That's a bit low, though not entirely unexpected..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:27:19): Lilica: "Of course. I'm glad you understand me."
Meraxa (02:27:28): Ken: ...Mizuki. Give me control!
cubey@aol.pl (02:27:37): Lilica: "Well, nothing to do now but wait until he's done for. There's no escaping this Zone."
tormterra (02:27:42): (Uh, I might need an update on my status. Last I heard, I was in the process of getting impaled, but hadn't done so yet.)
Wyverncakes (02:27:57): Mizuki: "Already on it! Take the fight to that monster, Ken!"
Peter Kampschroeder (02:28:02): Sarah: "...Yeah, a bit too well. End it. We're here for an execution, not torture."
cubey@aol.pl (02:28:10): (That chain of supports fiddled into nothing - David's attack stopped when it was no longer necessary)
cubey@aol.pl (02:28:34): Lilica: "Who are you to order me, Sarah?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:28:40): Lilica: "Oh, that's right. I remember now."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:28:42): Dido: "That's what YOU think, LIlica!" Dido tweaks the reactor settings, giving Ken an extra jolt of Sol Energy to work with!
cubey@aol.pl (02:28:47): Lilica: "You're a mother. So sad to see a little boy die?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:29:03): Lilica: "Is that uncomfortable for you?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:29:06): She has a clear mocking tone in her voice.
tormterra (02:29:15): (Oh, okay, I figured it was something he couldn't just stop.)
Wyverncakes (02:29:20): Unfortunately Ken... the energy of the Abyss Sanction is still active on SolSavior's left arm.
Wyverncakes (02:29:41): And when you assume motion control of the machine, well...
Ginkan SK (02:29:47): (just to check am I it's just jockey's char effected right by the nightmare fuel trip?)
tengusaur (02:29:49): * "We'll see if it stops when your robot is destroyed!" Asagi rushes towards Lilica, Blue One flying right above the ground, holding its katana ready to strike. As soon as he's in melee range, he slashes with several horizontal swings, and then strikes with a wide ascending two-handed attack! +
cubey@aol.pl (02:30:08): (Yes)
Peter Kampschroeder (02:30:33): Sarah sounds...exasperated, when she responds. "Lily...You really don't get it, do you...Percy would, of course, even though he's a total dork..."
Peter Kampschroeder (02:31:01): She stands by as the attacks go for Lilica, not intervening.
cubey@aol.pl (02:31:16): "Ho, ho, ho!" It's like Lilica got a second wind after unleashing that terrifying attack. Her rapier swings through the air quickly, parrying the attacks as Inarog flanks Blue One - then tries to counterattack and sink the blade in AHSMB's side.
cubey@aol.pl (02:31:17): React.
cubey@aol.pl (02:31:36): (It is just him affected by this)
tormterra (02:32:10): * Kei was still trying to get her bearings and restore visibility on the entire battlefield, while also trying to do some light suppression fire to keep David from moving freely. "I didn't get everything that happened...But, we need to stop the demon. Garrod and Russel lay down suppressing fire on her support units. SolSavior team, she's distracted by Asagi, use it strike from her unguarded side, the suppression fire should give you an opening to move in." +
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:38): Garrod and Russel, go for it.
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:44): SolSavior is already acting on its own!
tengusaur (02:34:30): * "I'm not done yet!" Asagi makes Blue One quickly spin around, trying to parry the incoming rapier by hitting it from the other side and redirecting its strike down his katana's blade into open air! He still has the barrier going, to help against the undoubtedly more physically powerful enemy machine. +
Meraxa (02:35:00): Ken: Right! I... Ngh...! *The sudden shift into motion control comes with an equally sudden surge of pain. He looks to the SolSavior's arm... it burns with something an antithesis to his own existence... So this is what Mizuki had to go through...* DEMON! Do you know who I AM?! *SolSavior... steps forward. And then another step. And another. It charges, right arm beginning to glow - the only place to safely channel what Dido is giving him. He swings it, hard, right towards the Inarog's face! With a left to try and follow it up!+
Wyverncakes (02:35:37): Mizuki: "K-Ken, are you alright?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:36:05): Dido: "…Dammit! Ken, hold on! No pain no gain, man!"
Ginkan SK (02:36:25): Russel watches at this point as he stares for a moment what in the name of God is happening here? His machine's moving quickly now aas he goes to line up a shot with Lica he makes sure no one is in the way and then he lets off cluster of split missiles. "You have no place in this world. BE GONE!"+
Overman Zappa (02:37:08): *Garrod continues to draw the attention of the Defender mooks so they're not aa problem for the more important matters. Hopefully they don't pick up on that as he switches to shooting them with the beam machine gun again, aiming more or less just for arms rather than center of mass +
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:09): Two of the already damaged Defenders are down.
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:42): Unfortunately Russel does not act exactly as it went according to Kei's plan - and with a haughty laugh, Lilica positions herself so the bullets hit Asagi from behind!
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:53): At least the shield managed to absorb them, and you deflected the blade... somehow.
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:57): For long enough.
cubey@aol.pl (02:39:01): SMACK
cubey@aol.pl (02:39:22): Inarog was distracted long enough to get a SolSavior punch TO THE FACE.
Overman Zappa (02:39:33): Garrod: "Sorry guys! Even if you're supposed to be the good guys too, you're not really helping!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:39:36): Volya:
cubey@aol.pl (02:39:48): In front of you, you see Dido.
Ginkan SK (02:39:53): (Err those was split missiles D:)
cubey@aol.pl (02:40:07): (Sorry, missiles it is then, but the effect is the same)
VJockey (02:40:21): "Please! Please..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:40:24): "Come ON! Bring it!" Dido roars. "There's more where that came from!"
VJockey (02:40:24): "No!"
VJockey (02:40:29): "No more..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:40:33): Dido walks towards you and says...
cubey@aol.pl (02:40:34): "Also. That stuff that horned lady was saying? It was bullcrap! The only person whose fault it is was her!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:40:40): That's it.
cubey@aol.pl (02:40:44): Having said that, she disappears.
VJockey (02:40:47): "!?"
VJockey (02:40:54): "W... wha?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:41:29): Lilica: "Now you made me angry! That kid... cannot go brain dead soon enough!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:41:40): Inarog's hand closes itself on an orb of dark energy.
cubey@aol.pl (02:42:00): The Zone of Absolute Despair intensifies and Volya sees more people in front of him.
Wyverncakes (02:42:03): Mizuki: "Go on... keep saying those things, Lilica!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:42:10): People he knows - other members of Unity Group!
Wyverncakes (02:42:17): "Just give us all the more motivation to beat you to death!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:42:42): But, this time... they have something else to do, than to accuse you and die...
cubey@aol.pl (02:42:53): (Everyone who wants to can direct the action of their phantoms now)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:42:56): "And you just spilled the beans badly, Bronco Lady!" Dido snarls. "You just told us…that Volya's still fighting!"
griefgathering (02:44:09): Seta: "That is right..."
Wyverncakes (02:44:16): Hey Volya?
tormterra (02:44:18): (Any directions for what kinds of things the phantoms do?)
Wyverncakes (02:44:27): Guess who you see next?
Wyverncakes (02:45:14): It's Mizuki, standing there atop a hill with you as the sun is shining down on both of you.
cubey@aol.pl (02:45:16): (Say or do something that happened when you interacted with Volya, not necessarily recently. Or the kind of interaction you'd expect to happen.)
Wyverncakes (02:45:40): Mizuki: "You know... it's pretty bright out today... But here. Make sure you keep it safe and bring it back, okay?"
Wyverncakes (02:46:18): And suddenly she's handing you the umbrella she'd been using to protect herself from the light, before giving you a pat on the head and then going off to do whatever it was she had planned today.
Peter Kampschroeder (02:46:31): Sarah: "...Let him go, Lily. You're debasing yourself...There will be no further warning."
VJockey (02:47:03): "Mizuki..."
Meraxa (02:47:06): There then comes a pat to the back. "If you need any help, my school is just down the road, alright?" And Ken walks on past, leaving in his wake the coloured smoke pellets he gave Volya a short while ago. Red for danger, blue for counsel...
VJockey (02:47:27): [And green for get me out of here, crazy crap is happening...]
VJockey (02:47:33): "Ken..."
Overman Zappa (02:47:39): Phantom Garrod is looking up at Volya's machine and whistles. "Woah... that thing looks pretty damn sweet..."
tengusaur (02:48:09): Phantom Asagi: "Why won't you join the gardening club, Volya? It sounds like a natural fit for you."
tengusaur (02:48:23): Phantom Asagi: "You like gardening, right?"
VJockey (02:49:24): "Garrod.. Asagi..."
griefgathering (02:49:37): Hey Volya, remember what happened when you were literally down in the dumps? That's what Phantom!Seta is repeating.
griefgathering (02:49:51): Seta: "Pardon me...You can have this...I can't guarantee it will taste good, however."
tengusaur (02:50:03): Phantom Asagi: "Or, worst case scenario, just start your own club."
VJockey (02:50:33): "Seta..."
tormterra (02:51:08): There's a phantom Kei as well, though it's a lot less talkative than the others. It gives him a small, awkward smile, letting it hang for a bit before actually talking. "Is something wrong?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:51:33): For a moment you feel so... peaceful, Volya.
cubey@aol.pl (02:51:35): So does Interitus.
cubey@aol.pl (02:51:48): It's like if you were touched by a feeling that is hard to visualise, can only be felt.
cubey@aol.pl (02:51:55): In front of you, your parents and uncle appear.
cubey@aol.pl (02:52:05): Did they die because of you? Because you were born?
cubey@aol.pl (02:52:18): The sphere of darkness visibly cracks.
cubey@aol.pl (02:52:21): NO.
VJockey (02:52:32): "Everyone...."
cubey@aol.pl (02:52:48): The sphere shatters into a billion of tiny, quickly disappearing pieces!
cubey@aol.pl (02:53:00): Volya, Interitus.
griefgathering (02:53:02): Seta: "It...broke?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:53:03): Go now!
Wyverncakes (02:53:33): Mizuki: "Volya!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:53:49): "Volya!" Dido exclaims. "You're alright!" She pumps a fist. "Awesome!"
Overman Zappa (02:54:04): Garrod: "Woah, he broke right out!
tengusaur (02:54:14): Asagi: "...There was a way out." Relief can be heard in his voice.
VJockey (02:54:48): [Interitus was as beaten and bloodied as it had been when it was cast into the hellish sphere, it almost collapses... but the plant beast's head rears up to look Lilica's machine faceless head to faceless head.]
VJockey (02:55:05): Thhbthht
cubey@aol.pl (02:55:14): Lilica: "W...hat."
Peter Kampschroeder (02:55:17): Sarah watches the proceedings silently.
VJockey (02:55:24): *It then proceeds to unleash a deluge of immobilizing sap at the Demon-woman's machine!+
VJockey (02:55:33): "Everyone..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:56:13): Lilica: "How did you... stop this! I will not suffer this kind of indignity!"
tormterra (02:56:21): Like Sarah, Kei was silent, taking the moment to just simply being relieved before focusing on keeping track of the battle that was still going on
cubey@aol.pl (02:56:24): She may protest as she wants, but Inarog is immobilized.
cubey@aol.pl (02:56:43): Lilica: "Free me, now!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:56:57): Unfortunately David is too busy backing out, eyes wide from shock, and the rest of the Knights are too far away.
cubey@aol.pl (02:57:03): Russel, Seta, Garrod and Sarah.
cubey@aol.pl (02:57:04): Go now.
VJockey (02:57:06): "I can't beat her on my own!"
VJockey (02:57:10): "Help me out!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:57:12): *"What did I tell you, Bronco Lady?" Dido says smugly. "Chump."
tengusaur (02:57:28): Asagi: "Don't worry, Volya."
tengusaur (02:57:34): Asagi: "You're not on your own her.e"
Peter Kampschroeder (02:58:08): Sarah sighs. "Lily, let me explain this in terms you can understand. I'll talk nice and slow so even you can get it."
griefgathering (02:58:17): Seta: (to Volya) "Of course..."
tormterra (02:59:15): Kei: "Protecting you against the Knights is part of our mission. We aren't going to abandon you to them."
Peter Kampschroeder (02:59:23): Sarah: "I am a mother, yes, but even before I was that-I was a warrior. A soldier. And I have seen many people suffer uncessarily for the ambitions of others."
Meraxa (03:00:49): Ken: My.... Parents made their names fighting monsters like her. What kind of man would I be if I were to ignore that now?
Peter Kampschroeder (03:01:24): She continues. "Honor. Duty. Loyalty. These are things people employ, to ensure that in the action of their violence they continue to uphold the Moral Law handed down from heaven. To torture Volya is not an honorable act. It is a stain upon the name of the Knights of the Guiding hand, and all who attempt to protect the world. Do you see where I am going with this?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:02:06): Lilica: "You're going to play the moral superiority card? You, who wanted to kill him anyway?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:02:17): Lilica: "Look at yourself, you hypocrite! Your goal is the same as mine!"
Wyverncakes (03:02:51): Mizuki: "More than the goal, it's how you go about it."
Overman Zappa (03:02:58): *Garrod braces himself behind the Harmonica shield as it opens up. Aiming the shield, he opens fire on the pinned machine+
Peter Kampschroeder (03:04:08): Sarah: "The goal is the same, but the devil's in the details. Protecting the earth is a noble goal, but there is no point in it if you become a monster." She sighs. "And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehendeth it not...ah, talking is probably wasting time."
Peter Kampschroeder (03:04:29): Sarah: "I'm going to fucking kill you, now." There's a hint of a smile in her voice.
griefgathering (03:05:33): RB just sort of stares at Tiankui now. Seta doesn't know what to think of this...but...
Peter Kampschroeder (03:07:14): *Tiankui's aura calms down-or, more accurately, it focuses. No longer spreading wildly over the area, a small point of light gathers at its fingertip. "It's been a long, long, looong time since I met someone so utterly unexcuseable as you...Begone." She points, and it fires off at Iranog. When the tiny point of light connects, it results in an earth-rattling explosion!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:07:17): "Wow…" Dido says, wide-eyed at Sarah intensity. "So that's what she uses those calories for."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:07:23): *at Sarah's
Ginkan SK (03:08:25): Russel is just staring for a moment. Hies machine optics look at Lica for a moment. "They have learned a lesosn you fail to let your self learn."
griefgathering (03:11:23): Seta: *RB forms a small sphere of light that grows in size as the machine focuses energy into it with both hands. When it's large enough, the sphere is dropped, and the Craft kicks it like a soccer ball - "Take this...!" - causing it to split into numerous smaller spheres that besiege Inarog like homing machinegun bullets!+
cubey@aol.pl (03:12:48): The Harmonica beams cut into Inarog, making holes in its armor. But on the other hand, they start burning away the sap as well.
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:00): Lilica: "Ah..." She uses the opportunity to try to writhe her unit away from its entanglements, a fact made hard by it being barraged by RB's homing attacks. You still have the view on her cockpit, seeing the demon shake with impacts.
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:18): But finally she's free and tries to make her unit flee!
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:28): And that's when it's hit by Tiankui's attack.
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:41): Lilica: "Sa..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:58): It's engulfed in a blast of extreme heat!
cubey@aol.pl (03:15:14): But when the explosion dissipates...
cubey@aol.pl (03:15:32): You can see that it was not a clear hit, as Inarog was already on the run.
cubey@aol.pl (03:15:38): Still, it got damaged quite severely.
cubey@aol.pl (03:15:47): Lilica: "AAARGH! You bitch! I won't forgive this!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:15:50): As for its pilot...
Wyverncakes (03:15:51): Mizuki: "Good riddance."
tengusaur (03:16:08): Asagi: "Volya! Should we finish her off now?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:16:43): "My precious horns! You are already dead! I swear, you'll be nothing more than corpses... rotting in the sun!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:00): Indeed, one of her horns has broken off after tha massive explosion.
tormterra (03:17:01): Kei: "If you can do so safely."
Meraxa (03:17:08): Ken: Don't you know anything, demon? The light of the sun is at our backs!
VJockey (03:17:15): "... No..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:17:35): "Damn straight!" Dido agrees with Ken. She rubs her hands nervously. "So…Sarah, does this mean you've switched sides?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:40): Lilica: "All units, retreat!"
VJockey (03:17:55): "Can't...no more fighting now... people..."
Peter Kampschroeder (03:17:56): Sarah: "Huh, she's tougher than I thought." No response to the side question.
Ginkan SK (03:18:01): Russel is meanwhile moving up sining the canons of his machine into line making sure to line up a shot with Lilica he has no witting remarks no special speech only. "TWIN BEAM CANON FIRE!" The beams then form from the guns lanching out towards Lilcia's machine.
Ginkan SK (03:18:02): +
tengusaur (03:18:06): Asagi: "Are you 100% sure? She almost killed you."
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:14): Inarog is making sure to navigate between the streets to make it hard to attack it without hitting nearby buildings.
VJockey (03:18:15): "Don't want them to get hurt..."
Wyverncakes (03:18:21): Mizuki: "Volya..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:31): The other Knights pause for a second... before retreating as well.
tormterra (03:18:34): Kei: (To Asagi) "Please stop...He's hurt, pressuring him further will make it worse."
griefgathering (03:18:51): Seta's Craft turns to look at Interitus. "...Alright."
tengusaur (03:19:03): Asagi: (to Kei) "...Sorry. Just wanted to make sure he won't regret that later."
VJockey (03:19:10): [Volya looks like a complete mess to be brutally honest. A match to the ruin Interitus currently resembled.]
cubey@aol.pl (03:19:18): Russel's blast managed to give Inarog a faraway gift though - its ass is literally on fire now.
VJockey (03:19:22): " 'm... really tired..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:19:25): Dido sighs and rubs her temples. "You're a good kid, Volya. You have a kind heart. Don't let any of those jerks take that away."
cubey@aol.pl (03:19:37): What about the hostages, and Loni and friends?
tengusaur (03:19:39): Asagi: "Let's free the hostages now."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:19:47): "…you alright?" Dido asks.
cubey@aol.pl (03:19:50): Loni watches... without saying a word. He's already outside his machine, in an open cockpit.
cubey@aol.pl (03:19:57): Ilinka: "I took care of that."
Wyverncakes (03:20:03): Mizuki: "It's okay, Volya."
tengusaur (03:20:07): Asagi: "Hey, Volya. I'll call the medics, okay?"
Wyverncakes (03:20:12): "... Today's been a rough day for you."
cubey@aol.pl (03:20:13): Ilinka: "After making sure none of the hostages are Lady's Good Men agents in disguise, I let them all go."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:20:31): "Nicely done." Dido says to Ilinka, giving her her due.
tengusaur (03:20:34): Asagi: "Well, that's helpful,"
griefgathering (03:20:39): A sigh of relief from Seta.
cubey@aol.pl (03:20:51): Indeed, the Yobs' cockpits are all open and empty.
griefgathering (03:20:52): Seta: "...Thank goodness."
cubey@aol.pl (03:20:59): That was not without complications, but in the end...
cubey@aol.pl (03:21:04): It looks like you emerged victorious.
cubey@aol.pl (03:21:06): MISSION
cubey@aol.pl (03:21:07): ... wait
Ginkan SK (03:21:10): Russel "Everyone check in...."
cubey@aol.pl (03:21:11): A transmission?
cubey@aol.pl (03:21:16): It's not from Ingram.
cubey@aol.pl (03:21:33): If you answer it, you see some kind of an old wrinkled man on a rural background.
tormterra (03:21:47): Kei: (Still to Asagi) "I know...And I think we should have finished her or at least taken her captive. She's a criminal and who knows when she'll do a repeat. But, taking care of Volya and the hostages is the most important thing right now."
Wyverncakes (03:21:55): Mizuki: "... Who is this?
cubey@aol.pl (03:22:04): Melech Traumbauer: "My brilliant plan of pretending to be my own hostage was successful! I should note it down, thank you."
Meraxa (03:22:06): Ken blinks, at the face... but then narrows his gaze. Considering the timing...
cubey@aol.pl (03:22:34): Melech: "My poor Papaver... but don't worry, it will be reconstructed. Expect even more hostages the next time we meet! Hu hu hu."
tengusaur (03:22:39): Asagi: "You... You controlled that robot remotely!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:22:54): Melech: "Oh, and send regards to the young lady who let me go from the cockpit. I won't forget her."
cubey@aol.pl (03:22:57): He winks to the camera.
cubey@aol.pl (03:23:02): Trasmission ends.
tormterra (03:23:04): Kei: "...You're calling us to gloat? And letting us see your face."
cubey@aol.pl (03:23:05): Ilinka: "..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:23:09): MISSION COMPLETE
Meraxa (03:23:12): Ken: So much for making sure they weren't Lady's Good Men...
tengusaur (03:23:19): Asagi: "...Creep."
VJockey (03:23:32): [Volya thankfully takes this moment to pass out along with his giant plant monster.]
Wyverncakes (03:23:34): Mizuki: "More hostages next time..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:23:40): "At least he won't be able to pull that trick again." Dido says. "Plus. Wanted posters!"
tengusaur (03:24:13): Asagi: "...Volya? Damn, definitely calling the medivac now!"
Ginkan SK (03:24:19): Russel "We have his face Intel can get to work on that."
Ginkan SK (03:24:27): Russel "... Agreed Asagi."
Overman Zappa (03:25:13): Garrod: "Seriously... MORE next time... Because we don't get it hard enough...