Mission 051 - Deep Core

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wyverncakes 12:10 pm
(12:10:39 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYn2Q-kVNAk
(12:11:16 PM): For most of you, it's just a quiet day at any one of the Unity Group's bases.
(12:11:35 PM): For two though... we'll get to that in a short while.
wyverncakes 12:11 pm
(12:11:55 PM): However...!
(12:12:28 PM): Suddenly alerts go off, summons for available pilots to go to one of the briefing rooms!
(12:13:45 PM): One way or another you all wind up in one of them, and there you're able to see Commander Antov speaking with none other than Lady Gray of the Gloster Foundation...
wyverncakes 12:14 pm
(12:14:14 PM): What they're discussing as you arrive isn't good.
(12:14:32 PM): Antov: "-So you're meaning..."
Atrament Corel 12:15 pm
(12:15:02 PM): Seta knows not to interrupt a conversation like this, so she stays quiet and listens...
wyverncakes 12:15 pm
(12:15:37 PM): The woman, teleconferencing with Antov, nods. "Unfortunately it does seem to be that way. Our operative assigned to deal with that has gone silent. Most likely dead."
ginkansk 12:15 pm
(12:15:45 PM): Raquel had been sleeping in and she's bolting from her quarts having to get dressed on the wya as she moves through the halls, as she arrives? She slows down and listens not wanting to ... disturb this she's got the idea it would be unwise to do so.
wyverncakes 12:15 pm
(12:15:58 PM): "And I see your team has arrived."
wyverncakes 12:16 pm
(12:16:25 PM): The man nods before turning to you all. "Yes. And thank you for coming here on such short notice."
(12:17:10 PM): "The Gloster Foundation has come to us raising the alarm on a situation. Another Kijin that has been reported on Earth."
tengusaur 12:17 pm
(12:17:42 PM): Asagi: "Don't they usually come out when something bad happens?"
VJockey 12:17 pm
(12:17:53 PM): "Its not a lava spider or anything is it?"
wyverncakes 12:17 pm
(12:17:56 PM): "That's just the most curious thing though..."
VJockey 12:18 pm
(12:18:00 PM): "Lava's bad and... spiders are worse."
drascin has entered the room. 12:18 pm
wyverncakes 12:18 pm
(12:18:45 PM): "The worrisome thing is that there was that no allied group has reported the sighting of a gateway... and I can't think of anyone dumb enough to try to cover it up and use one as a secret weapon."
(12:19:19 PM): "And also... the Gloster Foundation agent sent after this Kijin has most likely been killed."
Atrament Corel 12:20 pm
(12:20:16 PM): Seta: "..."
wyverncakes 12:21 pm
(12:21:05 PM): "The last known region was uninhabited, but knowing how kijin operate it's probably making all deliberate speed for the closest population centers."
tengusaur 12:21 pm
(12:21:45 PM): Asagi: "Let's... make sure the agent didn't die for nothing."
wyverncakes 12:22 pm
(12:22:35 PM): Antov: "That is the idea. Lady Gray's already been gracious enough to provide us with coordinates too."
wyverncakes 12:23 pm
(12:23:26 PM): "Everyone, suit up and get ready... the Kijin's last known location was in North Africa... and time's of the essence!"
ginkansk 12:23 pm
(12:23:31 PM): Raquel "So we got to find it before it hits somewhere populated...."
wyverncakes 12:24 pm
(12:24:14 PM): A shuttle with your machines is already getting prepped and geared up to make a TSEN jump to South America before travelling the rest of the way conventionally...
(12:24:17 PM): BUT MEANWHILE!
(12:24:21 PM): SETSUKO AND TOBY!
(12:25:15 PM): You *also* happen to be making your way across the plains of North Africa, running off of intel given by the very helpful people in Chimera!
wyverncakes 12:25 pm
(12:25:29 PM): Your target... Asakim Dowin!
tengusaur 12:25 pm
(12:25:30 PM): Asagi: "Let's hope a small team will be enough... Send reinforcements in when they're ready!"
cubey@aol.pl 12:26 pm
(12:26:15 PM): Setsuko: "Unity Group... I'm sorry."
(12:26:41 PM): Two Virgolas approach their target in cruise mode. They went out without permission, but it's too late for regrets now.
wyverncakes 12:26 pm
(12:26:59 PM): It's been quiet-going to say the least so far, but that's not a bad thing.
VJockey 12:27 pm
(12:27:05 PM): Leos: "We won't need them because we'll stop this thing... right Asagi?"
wyverncakes 12:27 pm
(12:27:22 PM): But then- something on your sensors!
cubey@aol.pl 12:27 pm
(12:27:23 PM): Toby: "We grew much stronger since the last time. Asakim will learn what it's like to mess up with Glory Stars."
wyverncakes 12:27 pm
(12:27:29 PM): It's... the Shurouga!
tengusaur 12:27 pm
(12:27:30 PM): Asagi: "We'll see."
cubey@aol.pl 12:27 pm
(12:27:38 PM): Setsuko: "There... there it is!"
wyverncakes 12:27 pm
(12:27:40 PM): (Shurouga: http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130528050210/superrobotwars/images/8/80/Shurouga.jpg
)
cubey@aol.pl 12:27 pm
(12:27:50 PM): Toby: "Don't lose your cool, Setsuko. We need to take it down!"
(12:27:55 PM): Setsuko: "Yes."
wyverncakes 12:28 pm
(12:28:05 PM): Flying along in cruise mode, flying a path perpendicular to your own, seemingly oblivious to your presence!
(12:28:09 PM): Now... is your chance!
(12:28:14 PM): (Setsuko! Toby! Go for it!)
Atrament Corel 12:29 pm
(12:29:00 PM): In the shuttle, Seta tries her best to focus. "This Kijin took down one of our agents, please do not let your guards down."
cubey@aol.pl 12:29 pm
(12:29:36 PM): *Suddenly the black stranger gets assaulted by a barrage of rays. Virgola unit 2 approaches fast, firing its pistol quickly...
(12:30:37 PM): *And whether Asakim tries to dodge or not, he'll find himself boxed in by the shots - Setsuko has him right where he has to be. "Chief's special attack... you will pay for his death!" Ray Straight Turret shoots at full power.+
wyverncakes 12:30 pm
(12:30:49 PM): Asakim: "!!!"
(12:31:07 PM): People in the shuttle... off in the distance you suddenly see a massive beam of energy shoot up into the air!
(12:31:13 PM): Pilot: "What the-?"
(12:31:22 PM): HOWEVER!
(12:31:31 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xTjrQ0nDYc
tengusaur 12:31 pm
(12:31:38 PM): Asagi: "A battle already erupted?!"
Atrament Corel 12:31 pm
(12:31:49 PM): Seta: "Someone is already there...?"
tengusaur 12:32 pm
(12:32:14 PM): Asagi: "We gotta check it out. I'm deploying!"
wyverncakes 12:33 pm
(12:33:10 PM): [Glory Stars] As the Shurouga comes under fire from the beam pistol shots, it begins to dash out of the way! "Aha... so you've returned!" The Ray Straight Turret is still zeroing straight in on the Shurouga but...
(12:33:27 PM): ... Setsuko, suddenly the very ground beneath you suddenly bulges and bursts forth!
cubey@aol.pl 12:33 pm
(12:33:57 PM): Setsuko: "Ah... ?"
wyverncakes 12:34 pm
(12:34:14 PM): Your aim goes wild, missing the Shurouga as Asakim just laughs viciously, the Shurouga charging straight at Virgola Unit 1!
Atrament Corel 12:34 pm
(12:34:34 PM): Seta: "I will be right behind you, Asagi."
wyverncakes 12:34 pm
(12:34:41 PM): "So anxious to avenge your fallen friend, so eager to try to join him!"
VJockey 12:34 pm
(12:34:57 PM): "Wait up! Wait up!"
wyverncakes 12:35 pm
(12:35:00 PM): Sword drawn, the Shurouga charges to strike down the Virgola Unit 1!
(12:35:04 PM): (React: Setsuko!)
VJockey 12:35 pm
(12:35:06 PM): [Leos goes chasing after Asagi.]
wyverncakes 12:35 pm
(12:35:15 PM): Everyone else though...!
cubey@aol.pl 12:35 pm
(12:35:28 PM): Setsuko: "Whaa.!"
wyverncakes 12:35 pm
(12:35:28 PM): It's not just the Virgolas and the Shurouga you can see now either!
cubey@aol.pl 12:35 pm
(12:35:39 PM): Toby: "Don't give up!"
wyverncakes 12:35 pm
(12:35:44 PM): But a massive, hulking, earthen brute... like a colossus!
cubey@aol.pl 12:37 pm
(12:37:01 PM): *Virgola unit 2 stands in front of its leader unit. Except that Toby won't just sit there and let himself get hit - Barley Scythe activated! The curved beam blade swings, trying to block Shurouga's edge while Virgola moves in the opposite direction.+
wyverncakes 12:37 pm
(12:37:01 PM): It easily dwarfs the other machines present (to say nothing of you all as well)... and that's not all you have to worry about as suddenly from the skies a swarm of Cornix birds come charging down at you, screeching and unleashing energy waves at you!
(12:37:17 PM): (React: Raquel, Seta, Asagi, and Leos)
(12:37:27 PM): (Cornix: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/Kuruni/Store/cornix.jpg)
cubey@aol.pl 12:37 pm
(12:37:39 PM): Toby: "We'll do it Setsuko! For Chief... and for each other!"
VJockey 12:37 pm
(12:37:52 PM): "...!!"
ginkansk 12:38 pm
(12:38:35 PM): Well she'd managed to get into her machine and they'd deployed and now there was this huge thing staring her down. What the heck was this thing and oh look hostile mecha. Raquel goes on the evastive attempting to avoid the incoming fire.+
VJockey 12:39 pm
(12:39:16 PM): *Leos raises the Pale Rider's left arm, the new attatchment humming to life and bringing up an energy shield as he moves to rush towards Setsuko, Toby... and the Shurouga. Any Cornix birds in his way would get several missiles for their trouble.+
Atrament Corel 12:39 pm
(12:39:28 PM): Seta: *"Setsuko, Lt. Watson...! Ah--!" Before she can establish proper contact, she's forced to deal with those energy waves. "Craft Ignite - Complete! Code: Rebellion!" RB moves in a random zigzag pattern, hoping to throw those birds' aim off!+
tengusaur 12:39 pm
(12:39:32 PM): Asagi: "Setsuko! Toby!" He's about to say more but suddenly the swarm of attacks comes in, forcing him to switch to self-preservation mode and start evading, relying on the energy shield if something connects anyway. "Crap!" +
VJockey 12:40 pm
(12:40:20 PM): "You..."
wyverncakes 12:40 pm
(12:40:37 PM): [Glory Star team] The energy beam blade crashes against the Shurouga's Discalibur, Asakim's weapon behing held at bay for the previous moments Setsuko needed to evade! But the black machine's thrusters flare up at full force, and it overpowers Toby's attack and blasts by it! Neither of your machines are directly struck, but the suction from the jetstream causes you to crash awkwardly into each other!
cubey@aol.pl 12:41 pm
(12:41:03 PM): Toby: "Agh..."
VJockey 12:41 pm
(12:41:06 PM): "Setsuko. Toby. I'm moving in to help!"
cubey@aol.pl 12:41 pm
(12:41:19 PM): Setsuko: "Everyone?!"
wyverncakes 12:42 pm
(12:42:10 PM): Asakim: "If you were hoping that our previous encounter was reason for you not to fear me, then you've made a mistake that will prove fatal to you and your friends! Neither the Granzon or the element of surprise are in your favor here!"
Atrament Corel 12:42 pm
(12:42:26 PM): Asakim's presence makes Seta grit her teeth. "Why is he here...with the Kijin...?"
tengusaur 12:42 pm
(12:42:39 PM): Asagi: "You should've said you spotted Asakim again!"
wyverncakes 12:43 pm
(12:43:26 PM): [Non-GS people] The sudden rush of attacks from the Cornix meanwhile means you all are kept from assisting Setsuko and Toby a little while longer! The Pale Rider and Blue One's energy barriers help keep them safe though while the Amazon and RB move closer in!
cubey@aol.pl 12:43 pm
(12:43:38 PM): Toby: "Sorry... couldn't let him slip away!"
wyverncakes 12:43 pm
(12:43:57 PM): (Enemies: Asakim (Shurouga), Mystery Kijin, Cornix x 21)
VJockey 12:44 pm
(12:44:02 PM): "Its okay..."
cubey@aol.pl 12:44 pm
(12:44:06 PM): Setsuko: "We don't need the Granzon. I... I have grown strong enough to kill you. For Chief - prepare yourself, Asakim Dowen!"
VJockey 12:44 pm
(12:44:06 PM): "I understand"
wyverncakes 12:44 pm
(12:44:13 PM): (Initiative: Setsuko, Asagi, Raquel, Seta, Leos)
cubey@aol.pl 12:44 pm
(12:44:21 PM): Toby: "Where did he find this giant thing, anyway?!"
wyverncakes 12:44 pm
(12:44:23 PM): (Setsuko, Asagi)
tengusaur 12:44 pm
(12:44:35 PM): Asagi: "It's okay. We'll kill him for good this time!"
wyverncakes 12:44 pm
(12:44:44 PM): And now that Seta's made her presence known and all of this talk about it though...
(12:44:56 PM): ... Suddenly a voice booms from the gigantic Kijin!
wyverncakes 12:45 pm
(12:45:51 PM): "HE DID NOT MERELY 'FIND' ME!"
(12:46:28 PM): The voice is like that of rocks crashing together.
(12:47:38 PM): "I AM MAGA!"
(12:47:43 PM): "KIJIN WARRIOR!"
tengusaur 12:47 pm
(12:47:56 PM): * Blue One rushed forward, towards Shurouga, but some of the birds are in the way. Asagi tries to get them out of his way by drawing his katana and breaking through with several wide, quick swings with the razor-sharp blade! +
(12:48:02 PM): Asagi: "It talks!"
wyverncakes 12:48 pm
(12:48:06 PM): "ACTING IN DEFENSE OF ONE YOU WOULD ATTACK BY SURPISE AND OUTNUMBER!"
cubey@aol.pl 12:48 pm
(12:48:08 PM): Toby: "Kijin? I thought your kind was smarter than to get manipulated by that asshole Asakim!"
(12:49:05 PM): *As Blue One goes for the melee, the two Virgolas start running. They circle Shurouga from different sides, firing straight turret rounds on the go!+
VJockey 12:49 pm
(12:49:26 PM): @Glory Stars?
cubey@aol.pl 12:49 pm
(12:49:28 PM): Setsuko: "Please cover me!"
wyverncakes 12:49 pm
(12:49:37 PM): [Asagi] The Cornix are nimble but not very sturdy, and you sword cleaves through several as the others attempt to get out of the way... well, now you've got your path clear again... only for Maga to suddenly hurl a gigantic rock straight at your face!
(12:49:40 PM): (React: Asagi!)
(12:49:44 PM): (And that's approved)
wyverncakes 12:50 pm
(12:50:56 PM): Maga: "YOU MISUNDERSTAND! THERE IS NO MANIPULATION HERE... ONLY I ACTING FOR THE SAKE OF ONE I HAVE NO QUARREL WITH!"
Atrament Corel 12:51 pm
(12:51:38 PM): Seta: "...One you have no quarrel with...?"
VJockey 12:51 pm
(12:51:55 PM): *Leos grits his teeth as he guns the engines and raises the Karasawa, letting loose several plasma blasts at the Black Stranger to add to the barrage already levelled on him!+
(12:52:09 PM): "I've got your back! Setsuko!"
cubey@aol.pl 12:52 pm
(12:52:46 PM): Toby: "If you knew him better, you'd have a quarrel for sure!"
wyverncakes 12:52 pm
(12:52:54 PM): [GSes] "Maga speaks the truth!" Asakim sneers as the Shurouga comes under fire from the two machines, but the Shurouga escapes by soaring into the air, spiraling around the plasma blasts before the machine's gaze focuses down on Setsuko's machine... a green laser cutting across the plains and ideally the Virgola!
wyverncakes 12:52 pm
(12:52:58 PM): (React: Setsuko!)
tengusaur 12:53 pm
(12:53:04 PM): * "Gh..." Asagi quickly evades away, kicking off the side of the boulder to give him extra momentum during his escape. This one is a big too big to cut through! +
wyverncakes 12:54 pm
(12:54:18 PM): Asakim: "There is a certain desire that the kijin and I share for wishing for freedom... grounds for even a brief alliance to ensure that despair comes to you!"
cubey@aol.pl 12:54 pm
(12:54:29 PM): *Setsuko: "I know what you're doing!" The motion data... it's similar to what she gathered before. And it's time to dodge - not by going back or to the side, but by cutting the distance and going forward!+
wyverncakes 12:54 pm
(12:54:29 PM): (Seta, Leos, Raquel)
cubey@aol.pl 12:54 pm
(12:54:56 PM): Setsuko: "Hit him now!"
wyverncakes 12:55 pm
(12:55:28 PM): [Setsuko] The Virgola rockets forward, the green beam cutting over the machine without inflicting harm!
colesign@gmail.com has been invited. 12:56 pm
Atrament Corel 12:57 pm
(12:57:14 PM): Seta: *"...I had thought of thinking twice whenever a Kijin is involved...but it is clear now that freedom is not the extent of your desire...!" RB seems to rear back into a fighting stance, before generating and launching a fairly large sphere of light forward with a single palm thrust! The target: the gigantic walking rock formation!+
VJockey 12:57 pm
(12:57:14 PM): *The Laser Cannon mounted on the Pale Rider's back falls over its left shoulder. The weapon giving a low hum before letting loose with a massive burst of energy at the Shurouga!+
colesign@gmail.com has entered the room. 12:57 pm
colesign@gmail.com has left the room. 12:57 pm
wyverncakes 12:57 pm
(12:57:54 PM): [Asagi] The force and speed the boulder make using it as a springboard difficult, and Blue One's evasive maneuver ends with not a graceful jump but rather a awkward spinning aftwards... which is still better than what it could've been as the boulder strikes the ground away from you, leaving a tremendous crater!
ginkansk 12:57 pm
(12:57:55 PM): Raquel is going to worry about the unkindess? Or is a Murder? Of enemy mecha she decends upon the bird like mecha moving to leap form one to the next striking and attacking them when she's able to close to melee.+
colesign@gmail.com has been invited. 12:58 pm
colesign@gmail.com has entered the room. 12:58 pm
wyverncakes 12:59 pm
(12:59:10 PM): Maga: "FREEDOM IS ENTIRELY MY DRIVING FACTOR, RACE TRAITOR!"
(12:59:35 PM): "FREEDOM FROM IMPRISONMENT, RECOVERY OF THE TIME LOCKED AWAY FROM THIS WORLD HANDED OVER TO HUMANITY CENTURIES AGO!"
tengusaur 1:00 pm
(1:00:30 PM): Asagi: "You build your freedom on terrorizing others!"
wyverncakes 1:00 pm
(1:00:35 PM): [Seta] Your energy sphere hurtles forward though and Maga charges at you straight back, not seeming even to pay any mind to it! Even as it swings a rocky, earthen fist at the RB the sphere blows a massive hole in its midsection and face... but it's not slowing down at all as it strikes at you!
(1:00:39 PM): (React: Seta)
cubey@aol.pl 1:01 pm
(1:01:46 PM): Setsuko: "Watch out!"
(1:01:55 PM): #Seta
Atrament Corel 1:02 pm
(1:02:20 PM): Seta: *"If that was true...you would not be in agreement with someone like Asakim Dowen...!" RB attempts to counter by leaping into the air and flipping to strike with a light-boosted kick at the rocky opponent's wrist!+
wyverncakes 1:04 pm
(1:04:13 PM): [Leos] The Pale Rider's blast hurtles straight at the Shurouga, catching it in the precious moments after the black machine's own failed attack! Its wings and arms cross in front of its form, trying to withstand the attack before dropping back down to the ground, frame smouldering and showing at least some damage! But turning your gaze down to it is a bad idea because... suddenly from all around where it was, its black, bat-like familiars come hurtling down, the first few already smashing into the Pale Ride, cutting through armor on its head and arms as Asakim laughs gleefully!
(1:04:42 PM): "Every time I see you your machine has more guns on it... just like Setsuko... you seem to just try to solve your problems with those worthless weapons!"
(1:04:45 PM): (React: Leos!)
(1:04:58 PM): (That support defense for Seta's approved)
Aldo Salt 1:05 pm
(1:05:12 PM): #Leos?
cubey@aol.pl 1:06 pm
(1:06:10 PM): *The carver is slung under the shoulder, and Virgola 1 grabs and unholsters the ray pistol with its left hand. Still moving forward, Setsuko aims and fires several rounds at Maga's fist.+
wyverncakes 1:06 pm
(1:06:18 PM): [Raquel] In the midst of this though, the Amazon manages to smash a fist through one of the Cornix's opened mouths seconds before it attempted to unleash sonic waves on you! But speed is their forte too, and several dive-bomb you from behind to run through the modified Huckebein!
(1:06:22 PM): (React: Raquel)
(1:06:24 PM): (And approved)
ginkansk 1:07 pm
(1:07:34 PM): Raquel gets the alert the enemy's coming from behind, she leaps up trying to get out of the way+
wyverncakes 1:09 pm
(1:09:07 PM): [Seta and Setsuko] "I AM IN AN AGREEMENT WITH ONE WHO BEARS THE STIGMA'S CURSE-!" RB's jump into the air and subsuquent counterattack coincides with Setsuko's beamspam on Maga's arm! But even as the lightning kick crashes into the rock, joining forces with the beams smashing it apart... Maga keeps putting force into it! It throws RB's center of balance off, making the machine flip and crash into the ground face-first... RB's leg cracked from the force of Maga's attack!
(1:09:15 PM): But at least you managed to completely trash Maga's le-
(1:09:19 PM): ^ar-
(1:09:22 PM): But...
(1:09:48 PM): When the two of you look and the gigantic kijin turns around... the whole arm is beginning to regenerate back to being good as new! Same with the hole in its form!
Aldo Salt 1:10 pm
(1:10:02 PM): * "Distractionnnnn!" Asakim suddenly finds a flurry of sharp pointy missiles flying right at him…and between him and Leos. "And a Joy-Buzzer!" An arc of lightning streaks into the Arc Thorns, which fill the gaps between them with lightning and shock some of Asakim's bat-bits!+
cubey@aol.pl 1:10 pm
(1:10:36 PM): Setsuko: "It regenerates... just like Asakim!"
VJockey 1:10 pm
(1:10:43 PM): *Leos grits his teeth and draws a melee halberd, eyes tracking the familiars that were already assaulting him and lashing out with the blade, seeking to cut them apart!+
Atrament Corel 1:10 pm
(1:10:47 PM): Seta: "Ngh...it is...reforming...?"
VJockey 1:11 pm
(1:11:00 PM): "And every time I hear you talk, I want to murder you even more!"
(1:11:06 PM): "People like you..."
VJockey 1:11 pm
(1:11:12 PM): "You need to stop existing!"
tengusaur 1:11 pm
(1:11:21 PM): Asagi: "Are they sharing each other's power?"
wyverncakes 1:11 pm
(1:11:45 PM): Asakim just gives you all a healthy serving of canned Midorikawa laughter.
(1:11:54 PM): Like he'll ever tell.
(1:11:57 PM): However...
(1:12:23 PM): Maga: "FOOLISH ASSUMPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS EVERY TIME YOU SO MUCH AS SPEAK A WORD...!"
cubey@aol.pl 1:12 pm
(1:12:23 PM): Toby: "The Kijin mentioned a curse. There must be a relation!"
wyverncakes 1:12 pm
(1:12:55 PM): [Raquel] It's a bit tough pulling your arm out of the Cornix's mouth in time, but you do manage to escape before the other crowbots crash down on you!
wyverncakes 1:13 pm
(1:13:26 PM): (Also, updated iniatiative list: Setsuko, Dido, Asagi, Raquel, Seta, Leos)
Aldo Salt 1:14 pm
(1:14:26 PM): Cresting a nearby hill, you see a sleek curved tank-like vehicle approaching at high speed, treads flanked by curved launching boxes, a large spike where a gun turret would be.
Atrament Corel 1:14 pm
(1:14:28 PM): Seta: "...The previous Kijin we battled was able to heal itself with its own flames..."
(1:14:44 PM): Seta: "But this..."
Aldo Salt 1:14 pm
(1:14:44 PM): Dido: "Sorry I'm late, guys! Need some help?"
wyverncakes 1:14 pm
(1:14:46 PM): [Dido and Leos] Yelling out ruins the element of surprise, Dido... and even as some of your missiles near the Shurouga the machine is already striking them down! The ones closer to Leos though are in no such luck though, getting fried or cut apart between your actions and Leos's... but the damage to the Pale Rider's already pretty clear.
(1:14:56 PM): (Setsuko, Dido, Asagi)
(1:15:12 PM): (Enemies: Shurouga (Asakim), Maga, Cornix x 18)
cubey@aol.pl 1:15 pm
(1:15:17 PM): Setsuko: "Now!"
Atrament Corel 1:16 pm
(1:16:04 PM): Seta nonetheless forces RB back on its feet, but that damage is going to affect its ground maneuvers now.
cubey@aol.pl 1:16 pm
(1:16:21 PM): *She thinks apologies to Seta as her unit ignores the huge Kijin - and focuses at Asakim once again. Virgola lands in a crouched position, raises the Carver and quickly snipes the Shurouga, aiming at the head!&
wyverncakes 1:16 pm
(1:16:50 PM): Maga itself just looks over the RB...
tengusaur 1:18 pm
(1:18:07 PM): * Asagi: "Right on time. Look who we're fighting!" He pulls out the beam cannon, taking aim at Shurouga, then sending a few large shots at it. The few crows that'd get in the way are not here anymore! +
Aldo Salt 1:19 pm
(1:19:16 PM): Dido inhales sharply as she gets a good look at the black, winged mech. "That unit…that's the one who killed Denzel, right?"
wyverncakes 1:20 pm
(1:20:08 PM): [Setsuko] The Shurouga barely breaks stride as it charges in response, altering its course just enough to dodge it-... except not enough as the damage that Leos managed previously gets the better of it! "Still trying... clinging to a false hope in the face of two immortals, Stesuko Ohara?" Its eyes flash again and another energy beam is fired at the Virgola... but if you were attempting to do your same little dodge again... the black machine hurls its Discalibur like a missile to catch you there!
cubey@aol.pl 1:20 pm
(1:20:11 PM): Toby: "Yeah..."
wyverncakes 1:20 pm
(1:20:13 PM): (React: Setsuko)
Aldo Salt 1:20 pm
(1:20:20 PM): *She draws in a deep breath, then locks onto Asakim and fires another volley of Arc Thorns at him! Silently, this time!+
wyverncakes 1:20 pm
(1:20:24 PM): More laughter from Asakim though!
cubey@aol.pl 1:20 pm
(1:20:57 PM): Setsuko: "Even an immortal can be beaten!"
wyverncakes 1:21 pm
(1:21:27 PM): "You say that... and yet even after the Granzon's full power was unleashed I am still here... still capable of taking everything from you!"
(1:21:32 PM): "Just as I will!"
cubey@aol.pl 1:21 pm
(1:21:33 PM): *If you thought she was going to dodge... you thought wrong. Virgola continues to stand its ground, the carver raised like a shield to protect its vital parts - while the offhand pistol continues firing!
(1:21:39 PM): Setsuko: "Gun ho, gun ho, gun ho!"
(1:21:43 PM): Toby: "Gun HO!"
Aldo Salt 1:21 pm
(1:21:57 PM): Dido: "…god, this guy's an ass!"
cubey@aol.pl 1:22 pm
(1:22:05 PM): *Stab. Virgola unit 2 jumps at Shurouga from the side and thrusts its blade into its black armor.+
wyverncakes 1:23 pm
(1:23:33 PM): [Setsuko, Asagi, and Dido!] The laser sweeps across the carver... but by holding your ground, the Shurouga's sword falls short of striking you! And then the Shurouga suddenly gets dogpiled with shots from Blue One, Virgola 1, and the ShelLancer... all before Toby suddenly stabs into the side of the machine!
(1:24:09 PM): Asakim spares you all a moment of shock, before suddenly energy begins to build up inside of it...!
(1:24:20 PM): "Like moths... to a flame...!"
(1:24:46 PM): "GIVE INTO DESPAIR... EMBRACE THE INFERNO...!"
Atrament Corel 1:24 pm
(1:24:59 PM): Seta: "...Ah!"
Aldo Salt 1:25 pm
(1:25:11 PM): Dido pales. "Dammit! Get out of there guys!"
wyverncakes 1:25 pm
(1:25:23 PM): And suddenly a massive wave of energy is unleashed, bursting out of the Shurouga to those closest to it... the Virgolas!
(1:25:26 PM): (React: Setsuko and Toby!)
wyverncakes 1:25 pm
(1:25:33 PM): (Seta, Raquel, Leos)
tengusaur 1:25 pm
(1:25:34 PM): Asagi: "Crap! Get out of melee...!"
cubey@aol.pl 1:26 pm
(1:26:35 PM): Toby: "You don't have to say it twice!"
Atrament Corel 1:27 pm
(1:27:44 PM): *As much as Seta wants to lend her friends a hand right now, she has her own battle to fight. "Craft Ignite - Change. Code: Judgement!" Lightning erupts around the now golden unit as it takes to the air and zips around Maga's form, launching repeated blasts of lightning from its palms!+
cubey@aol.pl 1:28 pm
(1:28:03 PM): *Time for some AMBAC action - Virgola unit 2 kicks its legs forward and lets thrusters do the rest, its center of mass thrown backwards, the unit retreating quickly. Unit one is on the ground and can flee more convenitionally.+
Aldo Salt 1:28 pm
(1:28:23 PM): #Unit One?
Atrament Corel 1:28 pm
(1:28:28 PM): Seta: "There has to be...some weakness..."
wyverncakes 1:28 pm
(1:28:42 PM): (Not as much an issue for Setsuko, she was farther away than Toby)
ginkansk 1:30 pm
(1:30:22 PM): Raquel is having a time of it right now she's been paying attention to what the enemy has been saying, however she's got to focus on the bird mechi which she keeps out of mele this time. She's just going to start launching fire bolts at the raven like mechs+
VJockey 1:31 pm
(1:31:19 PM): "Embrace this!"
wyverncakes 1:31 pm
(1:31:27 PM): [Seta] Maga in the meantime comes under fire from the electricity, lightning blasting off small chunks of her body! But- "AND STRIKING AS YOU ARE OVER AND OVER, IN THE SAME WAY WILL NOT YIELD YOU ANY SECRETS!" Maga instead just curls up tightly, before starting to suddenly bounce... before blasting HIGH into the air straight at Judgement! Cornix birds moved in to assist too, screeching out as they projected a crossfire for Seta to have to worry about too!
(1:31:30 PM): (React: Seta!)
VJockey 1:31 pm
(1:31:48 PM): *Leos opens fire again with both the Karasawa and the Laser Cannon, adding a few more missiles for good measure!+
wyverncakes 1:32 pm
(1:32:00 PM): MAGA: "THAT POWER... NO DOUBT ORIGINALLY USED BY ILNAHA!"
wyverncakes 1:32 pm
(1:32:39 PM): "... DID YOU MASSACRE HER AS WELL WHEN SHE ARRIVED TO TAKE THE REPARATIONS THIS WORLD HAS LONG OWED US?"
(1:34:05 PM): [Setsuko] Virgola Unit 1 has plenty of space between it and the Shurouga, to give it time needed to escape! Unfortunately, Toby's own Virgola... even with its sudden speed boost, being so close to the Shurouga means the destructive wave of energy comes hurtling up on him fast...!
(1:34:07 PM): ... But...
(1:34:14 PM): Falling short...
(1:34:26 PM): (Who's Leos targeting?)
VJockey 1:34 pm
(1:34:33 PM): (Asakim)
wyverncakes 1:34 pm
(1:34:38 PM): (Righto)
Atrament Corel 1:37 pm
(1:37:00 PM): Seta: *"She...was on the verge of spreading chaos throughout this world. It is my duty to stop it...!" Left with no other option considering the Cornix intervention, Judgement draws its pole-axe, and the entire Craft glows - transforming into lightning as it practically becomes a spear itself! It heads straight, and hopefully through one of Maga's less resilient parts!+
wyverncakes 1:37 pm
(1:37:08 PM): [Leos] And as the MAP disappates premature, the Shurouga can be seen having fallen on one knee... black "blood" pouring out of several parts along the machine's frame! "The damage from before...!" But the Shurouga's battered but not beat, and as your attacks come at it the machine's back thrusters flare to life, having it speed out of the line of fire for your shots to reclaim its sword and then come around for pass to strike the Pale Rider down!
Aldo Salt 1:37 pm
(1:37:31 PM): #Leos?
wyverncakes 1:37 pm
(1:37:45 PM): (Approved)
(1:38:16 PM): [Raquel] Another Cornix gets blown apart from the ranged assault, Raquel helping keep the birds from interfering too much with assisting Maga and Asakim!
Aldo Salt 1:39 pm
(1:39:44 PM): *Perhaps the Shurouga should have gone through the trouble of plucking the Arc Thorns from it's paws…because a curtain of lightning leaps up from the ground, and grounds itself in the Thorns, channeling lightning right into it's innards!+
wyverncakes 1:39 pm
(1:39:53 PM): [Seta] And speaking of which! Rock meet electric power, smashing through it and through to the other side! The entire kijin's form cracked and crumbled, falling to ground in a pile of rubble!
(1:39:56 PM): BUT...!
VJockey 1:40 pm
(1:40:12 PM): *With it getting up close and personal Leos goes from ranged to up close and personal and seeking to parry the attack with the Melee Halberd... and since its so close... activate the energy shield to cut into its body!+
wyverncakes 1:40 pm
(1:40:25 PM): Maga: "-'THIS WORLD' YOU CONTINUE TO SAY! 'THIS WORLD' AS IF IT CAME ABOUT NATURALLY AND SHOULD BE PRESERVED!"
Aldo Salt 1:40 pm
(1:40:43 PM): "Even a bastards as kinky as you won't enjoy this…ASAKIM!" Dido snarls. "Fry, you son of a bitch!"
wyverncakes 1:40 pm
(1:40:44 PM): ... Even after being smashed apart... the Kijin's entire form begins to meld back together!
(1:41:26 PM): "LIFE TODAY EXISTS AS IT DOES DUE TO KIJIN TRAITORS!"
wyverncakes 1:41 pm
(1:41:49 PM): "KIJIN TRAITORS WHO SEALED THEIR BRETHREN, DENYING THEM THIS WORLD!"
(1:41:59 PM): "KEEPING IT FOR THEMSELVES AND HUMANS!"
(1:42:19 PM): "AND I -LIKE ILNAHA AND SO MANY MORE- SAY NO MOOOOOREEEEEE!"
(1:42:46 PM): The last words screamed with the fury that there's a light shrapnel of rocky dusty spraying from Maga's face.
Atrament Corel 1:42 pm
(1:42:57 PM): On Seta's end it is...well, not so well. She's panting after that attack, and seeing Maga reforming its body yet again isn't very good for morale.
wyverncakes 1:45 pm
(1:45:37 PM): [Leos and Dido] Dido's surprise electric attack suddenly begins to short-circuit the Shurouga... and as Leos strikes with his energy shield, the Shurouga instead opts to attack back with its thorn-impaled hand! Electricity's pouring into the black machine, but that's not all now as suddenly the Pale Rider gets its fare share of juice now, causing systems inside it to freak out and short out... starting with that energy shield! From there, the smouldering Shurouga slams its thorn-impaled palm into the Rider's head, shattering the Lancer's projectile and knocking the Pale Rider down and away!
(1:45:54 PM): (Setsuko team when they return, Dido, Asagi)
(1:46:08 PM): But...
(1:46:24 PM): The Shurouga doesn't follow-up the attack and finish the Pale Rider off!
Aldo Salt 1:46 pm
(1:46:32 PM): *"Oh jesus…" Dido exclaims. "Leos!"
VJockey 1:46 pm
(1:46:50 PM): [Sorry Dido, too busy screaming.]
(1:47:05 PM): [Electrical feedback is a bitch when you're plugged into the machine.]
wyverncakes 1:47 pm
(1:47:09 PM): The machine's form looks warped, and moving jerkily... and even Asakim's condescending laughter is staggered with pants of pain.
Aldo Salt 1:47 pm
(1:47:14 PM): "Asakim Dowan…you really do have twisted tastes!" Dido growls.
wyverncakes 1:47 pm
(1:47:28 PM): "Do you hear that, Setsuko Ohara?"
wyverncakes 1:47 pm
(1:47:54 PM): "... Cries from one trying to fight for your sake... trying to win the battles you couldn't... and can't even still!"
VJockey 1:48 pm
(1:48:10 PM): "S...SHUT!"
(1:48:12 PM): "UP!!"
cubey@aol.pl 1:48 pm
(1:48:22 PM): Toby: "No, it's not..."
(1:48:26 PM): Setsuko: "Toby, Leos..."
VJockey 1:48 pm
(1:48:28 PM): "I'm not fighting just for her!"
cubey@aol.pl 1:48 pm
(1:48:33 PM): Setsuko: "It's alright."
(1:48:41 PM): Setsuko: "I know I can't fight all by myself."
(1:48:51 PM): Setsuko: "But I don't have to. We are friends. We are allies! We can do it together!"
VJockey 1:49 pm
(1:49:08 PM): "And we'll kill this bastard together!"
tengusaur 1:49 pm
(1:49:18 PM): Asagi: "This isn't a fight just between her and you. We all want to see you dead!"
cubey@aol.pl 1:49 pm
(1:49:21 PM): Setsuko: "You don't understand it. You really are a stranger, Asakim Dowen, all alone. But I'm a member of the team, Glory Stars... and Unity Group!"
VJockey 1:49 pm
(1:49:48 PM): "We'll make you pay for everybody you hurt and killed!"
Aldo Salt 1:49 pm
(1:49:54 PM): "We can see through you Asakim: you're at the end of your rope!" Dido declares. "And maybe you do have some kind of reincarnation ability…so we'll just shoot you down, drag you out of your cockpit and toss you down a cold dark pit to rot!"
cubey@aol.pl 1:50 pm
(1:50:02 PM): *Virgola unit 1 starts running, and unit 2 likewise reverses its direction, damage be damned. Both of them lunge at Shurouga at the same time!
(1:50:18 PM): Setsuko: "Knife, set. It's over for you!"
(1:50:36 PM): Toby: "Barley Scythe, set. This is for Chief, motherfucker!"
(1:50:59 PM): *The blades, one physical and one energy, criss-cross against Shurouga as they slash from two directions.+
wyverncakes 1:51 pm
(1:51:01 PM): Maga: "'COLD DARK PITS'... SHAHYRAR WOULD APPROVE."
tengusaur 1:51 pm
(1:51:24 PM): * Asagi raises his beam cannon again, sending a few covering shots in the direction of the crows, to keep them engaged and away from Setsuko and Toby! He might shoot at Asakim too, if he gets enough time. +
wyverncakes 1:52 pm
(1:52:26 PM): [Glory Stars] In an inversion from before, the two of you strike at the Shurouga, and this time it's the machine guarding the attack... and noticeably faltering! Its arm begins to creak, more black "blood" bursting out of it... and then-
(1:52:52 PM): Asakim: "... This has gone on... long enough!"
Atrament Corel 1:53 pm
(1:53:13 PM): Seta: "Everyone...please stay safe..."
wyverncakes 1:53 pm
(1:53:16 PM): The Shurouga suddenly springs away, stumbling backwads before its thrusters fire up again and it takes to the air!
(1:53:33 PM): ... And turns around and begins to retreat with all possible speed!
(1:53:54 PM): Asakim's getting away...! For all of five seconds though as suddenly its engines falter and it suddenly begins to fall...
(1:54:01 PM): Setsuko! Toby... quickly before he gets too far away!
(1:54:05 PM): End this!
Aldo Salt 1:54 pm
(1:54:18 PM): "Careful!" Dido warns. "He may have one last trick in him!"
Aldo Salt 1:54 pm
(1:54:41 PM): "Stick to ranged attacks!"
cubey@aol.pl 1:55 pm
(1:55:30 PM): Toby: "Got it!"
(1:55:38 PM): Setsuko: "I have your back Toby, let's go!"
(1:56:19 PM): *And the two Virgolas maintain the same speed as Shurouga (or try to if it's too fast), while shooting at it with beam ray pistols. Shots fire on its wings and back, trying to cripple the black unit and prevent it from getting away!+
VJockey 1:56 pm
(1:56:24 PM): "Get him... get him get him get him!"
wyverncakes 1:56 pm
(1:56:29 PM): [Asagi] In the midst of this though your own shots do manage to hammer and cut through more of the Cornix... downing them another slew of them, one right after another!
Aldo Salt 1:56 pm
(1:56:38 PM): Dido switches back to tank mode and rolls off, following the fleeing Shurouga in case in crashlands.
Aldo Salt 1:56 pm
(1:56:43 PM): *in case it
wyverncakes 1:58 pm
(1:58:05 PM): [Glory Stars] Already in pursuit, your shots begin to blast off parts of the Shurouga's form and its frantic attempts at dodging just put the machine through even more strain and wear!
(1:58:17 PM): But when a final, decisive shot?
(1:58:24 PM): Asakim: "Enough of that."
(1:58:36 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6qLW-qsxyQ
wyverncakes 1:59 pm
(1:59:10 PM): ... And suddenly the Shurouga swerves and dodges with ease... and suddenly there's movement coming from below!
(1:59:20 PM): Energy signatures... lots of them...!
VJockey 1:59 pm
(1:59:35 PM): "..!?"
wyverncakes 1:59 pm
(1:59:39 PM): Asakim: "We're far enough away now... so-"
tengusaur 1:59 pm
(1:59:40 PM): Asagi: "It's a trap...!"
VJockey 1:59 pm
(1:59:40 PM): "Ambush...?!"
wyverncakes 1:59 pm
(1:59:58 PM): The machine suddenly raises its hand up... and suddenly all those broken "pieces" start to flap... and take to the skies!
cubey@aol.pl 2:00 pm
(2:00:33 PM): Setsuko: "Toby, get away!"
wyverncakes 2:00 pm
(2:00:34 PM): A reverse-hailstorm of familiars, numerous enough to nearly blot out all view of the two Virgolas, surges up, tearing into both of the machines!
(2:00:37 PM): TOO LATE!
ginkansk 2:00 pm
(2:00:54 PM): Raquel ".... This day just got bad."
Atrament Corel 2:01 pm
(2:01:03 PM): Seta: "Lt. Watson! Setsuko!"
wyverncakes 2:01 pm
(2:01:05 PM): One particularly large one cleaves straight through Virgola Unit 2's midsection! Comms for the machine suddenly go dead!
Aldo Salt 2:01 pm
(2:01:27 PM): "Toby!" Dido cries out.
cubey@aol.pl 2:01 pm
(2:01:31 PM): Toby: "Setsuko, run... gaaah!"
(2:01:35 PM): Setsuko: "TOBY!"
wyverncakes 2:01 pm
(2:01:41 PM): Setsuko, alarms are ringing all over your machine as it suddenly begins to hurtle towards the ground, straight torwards a small forest!
(2:02:22 PM): All while Asakim is laughing victoriously, and dives down after the crashed Virgola!
Aldo Salt 2:02 pm
(2:02:31 PM): #Setsuko?
cubey@aol.pl 2:02 pm
(2:02:36 PM): Space around the Virgola starts to bend and twist.
(2:02:40 PM): Setsuko: "Ahh... aaah!"
wyverncakes 2:02 pm
(2:02:43 PM): Asakim: "HE'S NOT THE ONE YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT RIGHT NOW, SETSUKO!"
(2:02:48 PM): (Gonna nix that)
tengusaur 2:03 pm
(2:03:08 PM): Asagi: "Toby... Damnit!" Blue One is already rushing forward!
wyverncakes 2:03 pm
(2:03:09 PM): (Because, you see...)
(2:03:22 PM): This spectacle no doubt is worrisome and distracting...
wyverncakes 2:03 pm
(2:03:33 PM): ... And unfortunately, Asakim is not the only one out on the field!
(2:03:57 PM): Maga: "AND SO ENDS ONE WHO CAME HERE LOOKING FOR THE DEATH OF ANOTHER...!"
Aldo Salt 2:04 pm
(2:04:17 PM): "Asakim!" Dido cries out. "Leave her alone! Come at me instead! C'mon!"
wyverncakes 2:04 pm
(2:04:53 PM): [Seta] You're not out of the woods here, Seta! Maga's still around, and she's taking advantage of that nasty shock to charge the Judgement and swing straight at the machine!
(2:05:09 PM): (React: Seta)
(2:05:18 PM): ???: "You'll have to forgive him for turning you down."
(2:05:32 PM): "He's worked hard for this... and he's more than deserved his time to play."
wyverncakes 2:05 pm
(2:05:34 PM): Hey Dido?
(2:05:45 PM): Trying to run after the Glory Stars and Asakim was not a wise idea.
Aldo Salt 2:05 pm
(2:05:53 PM): Dido: "!!"
wyverncakes 2:05 pm
(2:05:59 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu2XHS1xnKI
(2:06:22 PM): ???: "Not my first choice of targets, but who'd ever think a turtle would disregard slow and steady?"
(2:06:40 PM): From above... a strange red shaft of light seems to take form
(2:06:47 PM): No... shaft's not the right term.
(2:06:56 PM): It's growing, growing from both ends into...
(2:07:05 PM): ... A spear. One rivaling the size of Maga itself.
Atrament Corel 2:07 pm
(2:07:06 PM): Seta: *"Ah...!?" The best she can do here is raise the pole-axe to defend. Unfortunately, unlike the dragon it drew its power from, Judgement isn't exactly very durable or strong...+
wyverncakes 2:07 pm
(2:07:33 PM): ???: "Asakim's had his turn for fun... NOW IT'S MINE!"
wyverncakes 2:07 pm
(2:07:41 PM): The spear comes sweeping down at the ShelLancer!
(2:07:43 PM): (React: Dido!)
VJockey 2:07 pm
(2:07:48 PM): "Dido?!"
tengusaur 2:07 pm
(2:07:52 PM): Asagi: "Who the hell are you? Get out of the way!"
wyverncakes 2:07 pm
(2:07:58 PM): (Also, Leos and Raquel can take their turn. Seta can as well once I finish her react)
(2:08:22 PM): (Newcomer machine: http://srwog.velv.net/mecha_images/eliphas.png)
VJockey 2:08 pm
(2:08:59 PM): "...Tch..."
(2:09:02 PM): "You..."
(2:09:08 PM): "GET THE HELL OUT OF OUR WAY!!!!"
wyverncakes 2:09 pm
(2:09:12 PM): [Seta] Said Pole-axe does not serve that well for a shield. In fact, far from it, with the weapon's midsection breaking apart, granting Maga the opportunity to strike the Judgement full-force and knock it backwards!
ginkansk 2:09 pm
(2:09:36 PM): (Enemy check)
Aldo Salt 2:09 pm
(2:09:41 PM): Dido: *"Who the hell are you!" she blurts out. "Dammit…ShelLancer, Stand Up!" She tries to dodge the incoming…symbol…by skidding left in Turtle form…then transforming and flinging herself further with the humanoid form's legs!+
wyverncakes 2:09 pm
(2:09:43 PM): MAGA: "AND A BASTARDIZED VERSION OF ILNAHA'S MIGHT! EVEN IN DEATH YOU MAKE A MOCKERY OF A PROUD FELLOW KIJIN!"
(2:10:10 PM): (Enemies: Maga, Cornix x 11, Eliphas (???))
VJockey 2:11 pm
(2:11:26 PM): *Leos forgoes any form of ranged attack. Despite taking a bad shock from before, The Pale Rider starts off with a side slash!&
wyverncakes 2:11 pm
(2:11:42 PM): [Dido] The Lancer swerves to the side, but the humongous crimson spear tears up the ground... the energy making the Lancer's evasion a clumsy one. And not even fully successful, as the demonic-looking machine merely points at the Sol mech. A blast of energy fires from its finger, striking the Lancer in its chest and knocking it flat on its back!
(2:11:47 PM): (Slashing at whom?)
Aldo Salt 2:13 pm
(2:13:03 PM): Dido: "AHHHHHH!" She pancakes her face against the cockpit display, leaving a crack in it. "Geh…" She mutters. "C'mon Dido. Get up. Fight…don't let anyone else…"
VJockey 2:13 pm
(2:13:31 PM): (The Eliphas)
(2:13:39 PM): (Sorry, I keep forgetting to designate targets)
ginkansk 2:14 pm
(2:14:04 PM): Raquel pauses at the new arrival but focuse on keeping the Cornix off everyone else so she attemps to hunt down another one and takes is apart up close with her fists+
wyverncakes 2:14 pm
(2:14:12 PM): ???: "'Don't lose anyone else'... that's rich, considering everything..."
(2:16:00 PM): [Leos] And as the Pale Rider comes charging, the Eliphas responds by shrinking its spear down to a manageable form and guarding against it. "Little boy... you're about a hundred years too early to be taking swings at me like that!" Its free hand curls up into a fist, the Eliphas swinging it at the Pale Rider!
Aldo Salt 2:16 pm
(2:16:19 PM): #Leos?
wyverncakes 2:16 pm
(2:16:34 PM): (Approved)
VJockey 2:17 pm
(2:17:04 PM): "And you talk too much."
wyverncakes 2:18 pm
(2:18:06 PM): [Raquel] You're seriously putting in work with the Cornix, another one being struck down by a well-timed punch. But... "ALL THIS TIME, AND JUST GOING AFTER RIFF-RAFF!" Maga's booming is directed towards you, Raquel, as a humongous rock gets thrown at your way, only to break into a scattershot of shrapnel! "IF YOU CAME HERE TO FIGHT A KIJIN, THEN FIGHT A KIJIN, COWARD!"
(2:18:11 PM): (React: Raquel)
Aldo Salt 2:18 pm
(2:18:37 PM): *ShelLancer gets to it's knees…and it's shoulder launcher blossom with smoke, sending a hailstorm of Arc Thorns shooting straight up at the Eliphas!+
wyverncakes 2:18 pm
(2:18:41 PM): ???: "Better than those garbled screams of fury you grunt out every other minute, PROGTECH patsy."
Atrament Corel 2:18 pm
(2:18:41 PM): Seta: *"Aagh-!" As the now weapon-less Judgement gets thrown backwards, but it recovers with a handspring, landing on one knee before..."Not yet...Craft Ignite - Change. Code: Vengeance!" Flames cover the unit as it transforms yet again, this time into the red, sword wielding Craft. Vengeance draws a single blade and unleashes a blast of flame with its swing, hoping to take at least a leg off of Maga to knock it off balance.&
VJockey 2:18 pm
(2:18:50 PM): *Pale Rider twists the angle of the sword to disengage from the clashing blades and swing it upwards into the punch and deliver a heavy kick away from it!+
(2:18:55 PM): "!!"
Aldo Salt 2:19 pm
(2:19:12 PM): Dido: "I don't know who you are, lady…but I think the B-Word was invented for folks like you!"
VJockey 2:19 pm
(2:19:14 PM): "Who the hell are you?"
wyverncakes 2:19 pm
(2:19:52 PM): [Seta] Your burning strike, mixed with Maga's attention towards Raquel, lets you indeed claim Maga's leg! For what good it can do even as the kijin begins to reform!
(2:20:25 PM): However...
Aldo Salt 2:20 pm
(2:20:34 PM): Dido sends a private message to Leos. "I've got a plan. Can you knock her down to the ground?"
wyverncakes 2:20 pm
(2:20:36 PM): Suddenly you receive a message all!
wyverncakes 2:20 pm
(2:20:47 PM): Antov: "Everyone, everyone!"
tengusaur 2:21 pm
(2:21:08 PM): Asagi: "Commander? We're in a bad situation here!"
wyverncakes 2:21 pm
(2:21:16 PM): Antov: "Y-yes, I know!"
(2:21:25 PM): "But... I know something that might be able to make a difference!"
(2:21:37 PM): (Incidentally, Seta can continue)
(2:22:00 PM): "... There's been some strange seismic activities going on in the area recently... almost like an energy buildup underneath the Earth's crush!"
(2:22:03 PM): ^crust
(2:22:24 PM): "And with this new Kijin... I asked the Gloster Foundation for how long Maga's been active...!"
(2:22:33 PM): "And I compared the two timeframes and they seem to match up!"
wyverncakes 2:22 pm
(2:22:48 PM): "I think... what you're fighting isn't the real Maga! Just like a doll or puppet!"
tengusaur 2:23 pm
(2:23:29 PM): Asagi: "Then the real Maga is... underground?"
Atrament Corel 2:23 pm
(2:23:37 PM): Seta: "That...does make sense...the way it reconstructs is almost like my body..."
wyverncakes 2:24 pm
(2:24:50 PM): [Dido and Leos] Your attempt to answer closed fist with sword is in turn countered with an open palm! The Eliphas catches the sword mid-swing with its hand, and as you try to kick the Eliphas is one step ahead of you there too, using its greater size and leg length to evade and subsequently kick the back of the Pale Rider's limb to knock it out of alignment! It would've even managed to kick the whole leg off if not for the Lancer's artillery fire finally forcing it away!
(2:25:04 PM): (Asagi, Leos)
(2:25:46 PM): Maga: "I CONGRATULATE YOUR COMMANDER ON DISCOVERING THIS."
(2:26:48 PM): "THOUGH ACCESSING MY TRUE FORM IS NOT SOMETHING YOU HAVE ANY MEANS OF AS THINGS ARE."
tengusaur 2:26 pm
(2:26:51 PM): Asagi is torn. There are two situations that need handling, and only one him.
(2:27:04 PM): Asagi: "...Seta. Can you handle this?"
Atrament Corel 2:27 pm
(2:27:21 PM): *Even if it is just a puppet, that thing can still do some serious damage. That being said, Seta resheathes her blade and draws it for a second slash. "Hnn!" This time, a sphere of ash forms around Maga's body...but it isn't just regular ash...it actually cuts rapidly! Seta is just aiming to deter it from attacking the others while she thinks of something...+
VJockey 2:27 pm
(2:27:49 PM): "Damn... YOU!"
VJockey 2:28 pm
(2:28:51 PM): "Need... to..."
(2:28:53 PM): "Focus..."
wyverncakes 2:28 pm
(2:28:55 PM): [Seta] Maga is at first briefly confused by the ash, when suddenly it suffers from a deep cut tearing through its form! With its leg already severed escaping is easier said than done, and instead it just tries to curl up into a ball for protection, and also in preparation of attacking!
Aldo Salt 2:29 pm
(2:29:02 PM): "Leos!" Dido calls out. "Stay frosty! We all need to work together to take her down!"
Atrament Corel 2:29 pm
(2:29:07 PM): Seta: "I...will try my best. Commander...? Is there a rough estimate of where the source of seismic activity is...?"
wyverncakes 2:29 pm
(2:29:08 PM): But in response to your comment Asagi...
(2:29:18 PM): Lady Gray: "... Trusting Seta with this?"
(2:29:25 PM): "I do not think that is at all wise."
(2:29:45 PM): "After what has just happened to her comrades, you expect her to improvise some tactic that would-"
(2:29:54 PM): Antov: "Transmitting now!"
tengusaur 2:29 pm
(2:29:56 PM): Asagi: "I don't care what you think!"
VJockey 2:29 pm
(2:30:00 PM): *Leos grits his teeth running through the damage and everything he had left... and rushed at the Eliphas, letting loose several shots from the Karasawa!&
wyverncakes 2:30 pm
(2:30:10 PM): You can practically hear the disdain from Seta's mentor over the comm.
tengusaur 2:31 pm
(2:31:41 PM): * While Leos distracts the enemy with a straightforward attack, Asagi tries to circle around the Eliphas... And then plunge towards it from above! Blue One is already holding its spear with both hands, and then stabs it into the goat-like mecha with great force, trying to pierce right through its chest! +
Atrament Corel 2:31 pm
(2:31:55 PM): Seta: "...We will not be able to reach that depth with a simple attack from where we stand...instead, we must ascend."
(2:32:22 PM): Seta: "I...may be able to reach it with some help..."
Aldo Salt 2:33 pm
(2:33:08 PM): Dido: "Who do you need?"
wyverncakes 2:34 pm
(2:34:26 PM): [Leos and Asagi] The Eliphas is forced on the defensive as those shots are warded off by the Eliphas's glowing wings... and in the meantime Blue One is flanking the machine with its own spear at the ready! But in a flash the goat machine's own spear suddenly swells to gigantic proportions again and is swing rapidly and at an angle, to smack you both away in one fell swoop!
(2:34:32 PM): (React: Asagi and Leos)
Aldo Salt 2:35 pm
(2:35:03 PM): #Asagi?
Atrament Corel 2:35 pm
(2:35:27 PM): Seta: "Those with enough firepower to tear through the layers above Maga's true form. Of course...there are enemies about...so..."
wyverncakes 2:35 pm
(2:35:31 PM): (Gonna nix it. We've already got two people reacting to this action)
ginkansk 2:36 pm
(2:36:00 PM): Raquel is having a bad day as Maga has thrown a huge rock that explodes. "So I'm a coward to cover my comrades backs?" She breaks into dive and then rolls tyring to get clear of the rock shotgun blast.+
Atrament Corel 2:36 pm
(2:36:17 PM): Seta: "From the commander's information that...is about a mile down..."
wyverncakes 2:37 pm
(2:37:22 PM): [Raquel] You slip under the hailstorm, but the Amazon still gets dinged by a number of pebbles and the like that hit you to varying degrees. Still better than being smashed flat though!
tengusaur 2:37 pm
(2:37:53 PM): "Attack now, Leos!" Asagi raises his spear in a defensive stance, blocking the incoming attack with its shaft! Combined with Blue One's defensive shield, hopefully this will hold! +
VJockey 2:38 pm
(2:38:31 PM): *Leos throws the Pale rider into a spin to hopefully flip over the attack, and letting loose with all his weapons at an angle Asagi wouldn't get caught in before once more going with his sword to charge in and try to land an attack under the Eliphas guard and sink the blade as deep as he could into the armor!+
Aldo Salt 2:39 pm
(2:39:41 PM): Dido stares at ShelLancer's lance. "If…I tweaked the setting of my Lance Shock, I could use it to electrolyze the soil above Maga, removing certain compounds and making it more fragile." She says to Seta on a private channel. "I don't know how well it'd work…but I'll try it if you ask!"
wyverncakes 2:40 pm
(2:40:58 PM): [Asagi and Leos] Blue One's sensibly-sized spear is hit hard by the Eliphas's own, but it still also has a barrier for protection and to buy time! Time Leos makes the best of as the Eliphas is once-more struck with what's left of the Pale Rider's arsenal and then run through by the Rider's blade!
(2:41:21 PM): ???: "G-guh...! Impaling me on a first date...!"
(2:41:28 PM): "How very... naughty!"
wyverncakes 2:41 pm
(2:41:59 PM): The Eliphas gribs the melee halbard, breaking it off just above the hilt and then kicking the Pale Rider away with its legs!
(2:42:07 PM): And then-
tengusaur 2:42 pm
(2:42:13 PM): Asagi: "Not in the mood...!"
wyverncakes 2:42 pm
(2:42:23 PM): "... I suppose that's not a bad way to end this though."
Atrament Corel 2:42 pm
(2:42:28 PM): Seta: (to Dido) "...Anything that would make this easier is welcome...so...please do."
VJockey 2:42 pm
(2:42:32 PM): "...Tch!... A cow like you... isn't my type!"
wyverncakes 2:42 pm
(2:42:36 PM): "I've bought more than enough time, I imagine."
(2:42:47 PM): "Enjoy the fallout."
Aldo Salt 2:43 pm
(2:43:09 PM): Dido: "Fallout…!"
wyverncakes 2:43 pm
(2:43:10 PM): The Eliphas's wings snap open wide and it takes to the sky... and the road to Setsuko is now cleared!
(2:43:16 PM): Speaking of which though!
(2:43:18 PM): Setsuko!
(2:43:25 PM): You just had a very, very nasty crash!
wyverncakes 2:44 pm
(2:44:29 PM): The Virgola Unit 1 lies smashed up on the ground, the cockpit is a mess and torn open... and you can see the even worse remains of Toby's unit... or at least parts of it, have landed nearby.
(2:45:04 PM): And try as you might, you can't seem to get the cockpit opened wide enough to slip out.
cubey@aol.pl 2:45 pm
(2:45:20 PM): "Ahh... ahh...." Setsuko's reduced to a panicked state. She stares at the remains in a mix of disbelief and shock.
wyverncakes 2:45 pm
(2:45:45 PM): (In the meantime. People on the mecha front who want to help Seta, get to hashing the plan out!)
cubey@aol.pl 2:45 pm
(2:45:59 PM): She digs deeper into the seat, so whether the hatch opens wide enough or not, it doesn't matter.
Aldo Salt 2:46 pm
(2:46:18 PM): *Dido grits her teeth, then turns and drives ShelLancer towards the coordinates Seta marked out. Sliding to a stop, she raises her Lance high into the air, then drives it into the thick dirt beneath her. "Electrokinetic Lance Shock…discharging!"+
wyverncakes 2:46 pm
(2:46:26 PM): Unfortunately Setsuko, someone wants you out of that scrapheap.
wyverncakes 2:47 pm
(2:47:04 PM): A stick suddenly gets shoved all the way through, metal creaking as the makeshift jaws of life begin to force things open!
Aldo Salt 2:47 pm
(2:47:19 PM): Lightning spools it's way into the earth, leaching ions out of the soils and making it brittle. The soil starts to crack, but Dido's vulnerable!
wyverncakes 2:47 pm
(2:47:52 PM): Any hope that it might've been Toby though... are immediately dashed as a dark figure in a black cloak suddenly reaches in, pulling you out by your arm!
(2:48:13 PM): Asakim: Still alive... I was almost afraid I'd overdone it!"
cubey@aol.pl 2:48 pm
(2:48:34 PM): Setsuko: "!!"
wyverncakes 2:48 pm
(2:48:47 PM): Face to face fo the first time ever, the man just grins and pins you against the Virgola's remains.
cubey@aol.pl 2:49 pm
(2:49:07 PM): Her hand moves for the pistol, shakily.
Atrament Corel 2:49 pm
(2:49:19 PM): Seta: "I will begin my ascent...and strike the location marked by Ms. Sybil during the descent. However, if there is anyone still capable of adding to this...it would increase our chances of success..."
wyverncakes 2:49 pm
(2:49:24 PM): "Well well, Setsuko? Where's your confidence?"
cubey@aol.pl 2:49 pm
(2:49:38 PM): Setsuko: "Asakim..." Getting every single syllabe out is like going through hell itself.
Aldo Salt 2:50 pm
(2:50:00 PM): "Asagi…Leos." Dido calls out. "One of you find Setsuko. And Toby, if he's…!"
wyverncakes 2:50 pm
(2:50:01 PM): That pistol is unfortunately snatched right out of your grasp... and as punishment he suddenly brings his other hand around and strikes you across the face!
Atrament Corel 2:50 pm
(2:50:15 PM): Seta: "I...cannot promise that we will be able to reach Maga. But we do not have the convenience of waiting for reinforcements..."
cubey@aol.pl 2:50 pm
(2:50:41 PM): Setsuko: "Ky... egh!"
tengusaur 2:50 pm
(2:50:51 PM): Asagi: "I'll do it!"
wyverncakes 2:51 pm
(2:51:05 PM): [Mecha people!] In the meantime, Maga has not ignored what you're intending to do! "HOPING TO STRIKE DOWN MY TRUE FORM? YOUR CREATIVITY IS ADMIRABLE."
wyverncakes 2:51 pm
(2:51:09 PM): "I WILL GIVE YOU THAT."
(2:51:15 PM): "YOUR DEATHS WILL BE NO LESS SEVERE THOUGH!"
cubey@aol.pl 2:51 pm
(2:51:25 PM): She can't really retreat any deeper. There's nowhere to run.
(2:51:29 PM): "W... why..."
wyverncakes 2:52 pm
(2:52:01 PM): [Dido, Leos, Raquel, and Seta] And suddenly Maga suddenly comes rolling and charging straight at all of you to crush you all and thwart the plan!
(2:52:05 PM): (React: all of you!)
(2:52:20 PM): Asakim: "Because there is something I need of you, Setsuko!"
(2:52:51 PM): Another strike... followed by a short blow straight to her stomach!
(2:52:59 PM): "Despair..."
VJockey 2:53 pm
(2:53:03 PM): *Only one thing to do, move out of the way and open fire with everything he had left!+
wyverncakes 2:53 pm
(2:53:04 PM): "Despair and hate me!"
wyverncakes 2:53 pm
(2:53:20 PM): "You will never be rid of me!"
(2:53:43 PM): "As I said before, you brought this on yourself! Your friend would still be alive if you hadn't come after me!"
Aldo Salt 2:54 pm
(2:54:12 PM): *Dido can't use ShelLancer's shock system, due to it being used to break up the soil. However, the moment Maga closes into close range. "Shell-Flak…Firing!" ShelLancer turns into a walking landmine, armor ports spraying ball-bearing flak into the Kijin's face!+
wyverncakes 2:54 pm
(2:54:20 PM): ... Buuuut, then he laughs. Laughs loudly and happily, all before grabbing you by your throat and slapping you again.
(2:54:31 PM): "At least until I would've come again and killed him anyways!"
cubey@aol.pl 2:54 pm
(2:54:49 PM): Setsuko lost air in her lungs, so she can't really respond in any way other than pathetic pained whimpers.
(2:54:53 PM): Someone... please come help...
cubey@aol.pl 2:55 pm
(2:55:23 PM): Why isn't that power saving her?
wyverncakes 2:55 pm
(2:55:25 PM): Nobody's coming Setsuko, not as Asakim throws you on the ground!
cubey@aol.pl 2:55 pm
(2:55:35 PM): She's afraid of it, but right now.. she'd accept it.
wyverncakes 2:55 pm
(2:55:35 PM): "Hate your lot in life!"
(2:55:38 PM): "Hate me!"
ginkansk 2:55 pm
(2:55:40 PM): Raquel Now has MAga comming right at her and she leaps up attemping to drop kick him on her way down+
wyverncakes 2:55 pm
(2:55:42 PM): "Hate your hopeslessness!"
Atrament Corel 2:56 pm
(2:56:20 PM): *Seta does her best to avoid the attack, while also taking to the air!+
wyverncakes 2:56 pm
(2:56:43 PM): Asagi
(2:56:58 PM): It's not long before you find the wreckage of the Virgolas
(2:57:13 PM): ... And Asakim standing over Setsuko's unconscious body.
wyverncakes 2:58 pm
(2:58:31 PM): [Dido and Raquel] It's not much, but you do manage to hold off Maga for a short respite! Killing the Kijin's momentum right now is just as important, if not even more important than the doll body!
tengusaur 2:58 pm
(2:58:35 PM): "Asakim Dowen! Get away from her and die!" Asagi aims a beam pistol, one of Blue One's least used weapons due to its weak firepower. But against humans it's still an overkill! He aims for the black-cloaked asshole and fires, and again and again! +
wyverncakes 2:58 pm
(2:58:54 PM): And it's giving Seta the chance she needs to be primed to deal with the real threat here... the real Maga!
tengusaur 2:58 pm
(2:58:58 PM): He's putting extra care into not shooting Setsuko by accident, though.
wyverncakes 2:59 pm
(2:59:26 PM): Seta, you're near the apex of your ascent! It's now or never!
wyverncakes 3:01 pm
(3:01:07 PM): [Asagi] Asakim is no slouch on-foot either, and the best Blue One's shots manage is to singe some of his cloak! But Asakim isn't perturbed by any of this at all as he falls back to the Shurouga!
(3:01:09 PM): In fact...
Aldo Salt 3:01 pm
(3:01:31 PM): "Whoops!" Dido transforms ShelLancer into Turtle mode and rolls off out of the way of Seta. Hopefully she's done enough!
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wyverncakes 3:01 pm
(3:01:39 PM): "Be sure to tell her... let her know what condition you found her in!"
(3:02:41 PM): The Shurouga, damaged but still functional, powers up and immediately bursts up and takes to the skies.
(3:02:47 PM): No chance catching up with him now.
tengusaur 3:03 pm
(3:03:10 PM): Asagi: "Damnit..."
Atrament Corel 3:04 pm
(3:04:00 PM): Once it hits that right altitude, Judgement flips to direct itself downwards! It begins to descend like a meteor - streaking through the sky towards the zone marked by Dido!
tengusaur 3:04 pm
(3:04:02 PM): Asagi: "Setsuko..." He lands to get out of the cockpit and see how she's holding up. She better be alive...
wyverncakes 3:04 pm
(3:04:23 PM): Good news is Asagi... she is.
cubey@aol.pl 3:04 pm
(3:04:24 PM): Alive, but also beaten senseless.
tengusaur 3:04 pm
(3:04:53 PM): Asagi: (radio) "I'll need a medic here! Fast! How is the fight against Maga going?"
wyverncakes 3:05 pm
(3:05:36 PM): [Seta] And more good news! Judgement comes hurtling down at full speed straight at the designated targeting zone! However... "ONE LAST EXCHANGE... LET US DECIDE THIS, RACE TRAITOR!"
(3:06:05 PM): Maga does not panic or run, but stand and fight, like a proud Kijin, the doll swinging its fist to try to intercept and stop Seta!
(3:06:07 PM): (React: Seta)
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VJockey 3:06 pm
(3:06:40 PM): ...#?
(3:06:47 PM): (Or is it a cutscene?)
wyverncakes 3:06 pm
(3:06:47 PM): (Anyone else?)
(3:07:05 PM): (Well, you'll just be helping Seta deal with the doll.)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com 3:08 pm
(3:08:39 PM): #?
wyverncakes 3:08 pm
(3:08:49 PM): (Approved as well.)
VJockey 3:08 pm
(3:08:53 PM): *Pale Rider charges at the Kijin Doll's incoming arm. Slamming the Pale Rider into it would probably hurt quite a bit... but he's hoping putting a full power blast from the laser cannon would take it out and keep it from interrupting Seta.+
ginkansk 3:09 pm
(3:09:40 PM): Raquel sees that Maga is still going and well they got to do something about it.
Atrament Corel 3:10 pm
(3:10:29 PM): Seta: *"Maga...I...was not there when you were imprisoned. However..." The golden Craft begins to change form, turning white/silver as it unleashes a barrage of light orbs at the doll, and hopefully softening the ground below in the process!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com 3:10 pm
(3:10:39 PM): *Dido charges up to the Doll at a different angle to Pale Rider. ShelLancer transforms to humanoid mode one last time, and rams it's Lance right into the Doll's hide. "Begone, and take your damn spite with you! Lance Shock…Discharging!"+
Atrament Corel 3:12 pm
(3:12:10 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F95vMxzxE68
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wyverncakes 3:13 pm
(3:13:11 PM): [Seta, Leos, and Dido] Pale Rider's beam strikes into the rocky limb at full powe, blasting it apart in tandem with Seta's ground-softening blasts! Maga goes to being a whole lot of rubble once more... and the ShelLancer's electric spear continues to electricty its form to keep it at bay!
(3:13:49 PM): And the remainder of the blasts... tear open the ground! The way to Maga's true form deep below... is clear for one last attack!
(3:14:27 PM): But Maga however...
(3:14:37 PM): "NOT YET!"
(3:14:43 PM): ... It's not the golem that screams this.
wyverncakes 3:15 pm
(3:15:16 PM): But instead a gigantic, bulging, monsterous voice from below as the ground begins to reverberate and shake!
(3:16:03 PM): And from below you can see a gargantuan, serpentine figure lunging up straight at you all!
(3:16:31 PM): A sandworm-like hydra, mouths large enough to swallow you all collectively whole spread wide.
(3:16:56 PM): Maga's true form roars in defiance, fighting to the bitter end...!
(3:16:57 PM): (SETA!)
Atrament Corel 3:17 pm
(3:17:41 PM): Seta: "However...I know from those who taught me...that it had to be done..."
(3:19:29 PM): Seta: *"You and the others at the time...only saw a path that led through Earth and its people, not one that runs alongside it...so...!" The white Craft's armor begins to change in color again, but before it can fully complete that change, and while white still dominates its exterior, it forms and draws both its blades in mid-descent!
Atrament Corel 3:21 pm
(3:21:09 PM): Seta: *"I will give anything and everything...to stop you!" The drawn blades are lashed out at the hydra- power further boosted by the fall! A sub orbital quickdraw attack!+
wyverncakes 3:21 pm
(3:21:47 PM): [Seta] And it is over in an instant...
(3:22:23 PM): Cuts spontaneously form across the entire length of Maga's form as it attempts to rise from the ground and you descend into it...
(3:22:33 PM): Fortunately handholds shouldn't be a problem for you.
(3:22:51 PM): Maga: "... Victory... is yours...!"
wyverncakes 3:23 pm
(3:23:21 PM): Its heads fall to pieces one after another... but its last one still weakly rises up towards the Sun, arching its frame!
(3:23:39 PM): "BUT I WILL DIE... WITH NO... REGRETS!"
(3:24:16 PM): And with those words, the gigantic kijin's body finally loses all cohesiveness and falls into messy chunks.
(3:24:29 PM): Maga, the Kijin you all came here to kill is no more.
(3:24:37 PM): Unfortunately...
(3:24:51 PM): ... Not everyone who came here will be returning home.
(3:25:11 PM): MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
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