Mission 097 - Protect the Weak

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Wyverncakes (14:17:56): Sielje.
Wyverncakes (14:18:39): Today's activities have brought you to one of the shopping centers in the city surrounding Sakihama.
Wyverncakes (14:20:26): It's a busy place right now to say the least, between teenagers hanging out and getting things after school, blue-coller workers picking up things for work, even some people buying last-minute Mother's Day cards and flowers.
Wyverncakes (14:22:17): But then it starts with someone catching sight of something in the sky nearby, pointing up, getting a cameraphone out in confusion. And as the milliseconds tick by more people begin to notice until finally the thing -a mech-proportioned portal- suddenly opens up!
Wyverncakes (14:24:10): Out comes stomping machines these people have likely never seen before, gigantic mechs in the visage of knights bearing hide cloaks. It's the Ankaians!
Wyverncakes (14:25:30): And leading this group: the stony Justice Gaval, piloted by Lord Moswar the Granite Hand!
Wyverncakes (14:28:13): People stare in confusion for a moment, but the machines make their intent known to them by drawing their weapons and Moswar's own words. "They are scared, but have no means to fight back. A folly that is finally their undoing! Slay them all!"
cubey@aol.pl (14:28:30): "!"
cubey@aol.pl (14:28:46): This is not something the policemen of Earth can handle!
cubey@aol.pl (14:29:15): Even if the armies make it here, so many people will die in the meantime, unless someone does something.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (14:29:22): Sasha and and Alexis looks up from the newspapers they were reading while escorting Sieljie. Then crumble them with scowls on their faces.
Wyverncakes (14:29:24): That gets people in an open run, but the Ankaian Knights' Hands are much larger and faster, already moving to flank those unable to even face their death with dignity.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (14:30:19): "Can you talk to him, Sielji?" Sasha asks.
cubey@aol.pl (14:30:44): Which is why, feeling vulnerable due to not even wearing armor (thanks Jen), Sielje is not even there when the Kaidanovskys notice.
cubey@aol.pl (14:30:49): She is already running up towards the Knights.
cubey@aol.pl (14:31:04): Sielje: "Lord Moswar, the Granite Hand!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (14:31:14): "…quick thinker." Alexis notes, calling this crisis in on his phone.
cubey@aol.pl (14:31:33): She stands in front of the Gavel, breathing heavily. She points her weapon at the lord's arm.
cubey@aol.pl (14:31:49): The weapon in question being just a mop which she managed to snag along the way. It feels so flimsy.
Wyverncakes (14:32:02): Moswar: "... Sielje!"
cubey@aol.pl (14:32:11): Sielje: "What madness guides your actions? I challenge you to a duel!"
Wyverncakes (14:34:04): In spite of the farce of the size difference, the Ankaian just gives off a short laugh. "What a coincidence to see you here, alive and in fact defending this rabble when you stayed behind to die."
Wyverncakes (14:34:49): "And a traitor... asking for a duel!"
cubey@aol.pl (14:35:15): Sielje: "What knight strikes against the innocent... traitor?"
cubey@aol.pl (14:35:36): Sielje: "I remain loyal to our cause! This... this is not it!"
Wyverncakes (14:37:37): In spite of Sielje's pleas, the Justice Gaval raises up its mighty club with ease. "Then for the moment, I shall be a knight striking one who challenes me!"
Wyverncakes (14:38:02): And with that, the weapon swings down towards the ground with the fury of a meteor!
Wyverncakes (14:38:05): (React: Sielje)
cubey@aol.pl (14:38:42): Sielje: "Aah...!"
cubey@aol.pl (14:39:20): *Keeping her head low, she runs forward, cutting the distance between herself and the Lord's Arm... and as the club falls, she rolls to the side!
cubey@aol.pl (14:40:05): *For a moment she feels like it's all over... but Sielje tries to cling to the arm that dealt the would be killing blow. And as Moswar raises it, she tries stabbing it with the mop, time and time again, while holding on for her life!+
cubey@aol.pl (14:40:15): Sielje: "I will not lose... I will not!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (14:40:20): #Sieljie?
cubey@aol.pl (14:40:24): If she dies here, all those people will follow...
VJockey (14:40:36): #Sieljie?
Wyverncakes (14:40:36): (Gonna nix that for the moment.)
Wyverncakes (14:42:55): [Sielje] When the club smashes into the ground behind you, it feels like a bomb just went off. The rumbles add to that feeling too. But still... you've managed to grab hold of the Justice Gaval's arm, your mop striking uselessly against the machine's armor.
Wyverncakes (14:45:12): The Justice Gaval tries to shake its arm furiously in response! "Clinging as if you were as insignificant as a flea... it would have been better if you'd died before!"
Wyverncakes (14:46:33): "But if it will ease what excuse for a pride you have left... you losing this farce of a duel is impossible."
Wyverncakes (14:47:22): Before too long, the Justice Gaval stops its attempt to shake you loose. Instead, Moswar chooses to simply disregard you.
Wyverncakes (14:48:03): "A duel is a battle between two knights of honor, but traitors have no honor."
cubey@aol.pl (14:48:46): Sielje: "...!"
Wyverncakes (14:48:49): "And a challene given by a traitor is not one I have need to oblige!"
cubey@aol.pl (14:49:06): She raises her head, staring at the unit's head. Moswar wouldn't dare...
Wyverncakes (14:50:19): "Knights!" With the arm Sielje is still holding onto, Moswar gestures forwards. "Do as we came here to do! Slaughter every last one of them!"
cubey@aol.pl (14:50:47): Sielje: "No! Do not dare! I am your opponent!"
cubey@aol.pl (14:51:05): She tries stabbing the arm again and again. It's just like that one time...
cubey@aol.pl (14:51:15): She feels... powerless...
cubey@aol.pl (14:51:41): Sielje: "Kimhone... Ynya..."
cubey@aol.pl (14:51:57): Sielje: "Please... come, save me... save everyone...!"
Wyverncakes (14:53:21): The Knight's Arms are already priming to attack... but salvation has also arrived as if in response to Sielje's pleas.
tengusaur (14:53:57): #
VJockey (14:53:57): #Civilians
Wyverncakes (14:54:00): Though not from those she called out to though. Rather: a Unity Group shuttle finally arriving and reaching deployment range.
Wyverncakes (14:54:06): (Both are good)
tormterra (14:54:32): #more civilians
Wyverncakes (14:54:45): (Also approved)
tengusaur (14:55:33): * A single shot resounds. Suddenly, a bullet flies towards one of the attacking knights - and, upon impact, unfolds into a sticky, enveloping net! +
Wyverncakes (14:55:55): (Enemies: Justice Gaval (Lord Moswar), Knight's Arms w/One-handed weapon x 4, Knight's Arms w/Two-handed weapon x 1, Knight's Arms w/Claws x 2, Knight's Arms w/Polearm x 1)
VJockey (14:56:24): *Moswar and his fellow knights would find themselves under attack from above! Optimus and Kup open fire at the Justice Gavel's head while Grimlock transforms in midair and seeks to bite the face off of the polearm wielding knight!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (14:57:03): #All te civillians?
tormterra (14:57:07): * Speeding out from the shuttle, a purple unit with no arms or legs moves to interpose itself between the knights and the civilians they were about to attack. A barrier provide visible distortions in the air. "Unity Group is on the scene. We'll hold them back, make sure you evacuate." +
Wyverncakes (14:57:34): [Daniel] One of the clawed Knight's Arms was already in the midst of bringing its blades down to cut through a line of civilians, but that's before the net suddenly ensnares it. Momentarily trapped, it gives those in danger a chance to escape in time!
Wyverncakes (14:57:42): (Also approved)
Wyverncakes (14:58:45): (Initiative: Optimus, Kaidonovskys, Daniel, Kei, Jen, Sielje)
Wyverncakes (14:58:58): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddyd8WxIOUY
cubey@aol.pl (14:59:22): Sielje: "The Unity Group!"
tengusaur (14:59:43): Daniel: "Attacking civilians. I thought knights would have more honor."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (14:59:50): *A few of the zweihanders wielding armors walked around the street corner…and get punted back by a single swing of Cherno Alpha's fist. Cherno Alpha slowly walks around the corner, plants its feet, and blasts it's foghorn in a brassy challenge."
Peter Kampschroeder (15:00:45): Cethlenn is well at the back of the arriving UG formation, checking over its guns. "He's supposed to."
cubey@aol.pl (15:00:45): Sielje: "Just like the time before, you have arrived to fight the knights of Ankaia."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:00:53): "Moswar the Dirt Hand," Sasha declares over loudspeakers. "Hands off our prisoner of war!"+
VJockey (15:00:56): "Attention Knights of Ankaia. I am Optimus Prime. Leave this place and these people and no harm will come to you!"
Wyverncakes (15:01:13): [Autobots] "Friends now with those we fought before, Sielje?" Moswar asks as he brings up his his cloak to repel Optimus and Kup's shots. The Polearm Knight doesn't fair as well with the giant robot dinosaur coming at him, falling back but managing to divert the Dinobot's attack with a fierce strike to the side of his head!
VJockey (15:01:28): "We will not tolerate any further aggression to non-combatants."
tormterra (15:01:50): Kei: "Our duty is to protect the people of Earth, whether from Ankaian knights or anybody else."
cubey@aol.pl (15:02:01): Sielje: "Ah!" As Moswar's hand moves, she loses her grip partially. This is the best opportunity to try to slide down and jump on the floor.
Wyverncakes (15:02:25): [Kei] Purple-2 serves as an adequate wall, helping give civilians a means to retreat!
VJockey (15:03:16): [Grimlock lets out a primal roar after being struck. Yeah that knight is probably going to be in for it.]
Wyverncakes (15:03:29): [Cherno Alpha team] The two-hander Knights use their own immense weapons as impromptu shields against the attacks to minimize the damage, but it does help give people another means of escape!
Wyverncakes (15:03:49): (Optimus, Cherno Alpha, Daniel)
VJockey (15:04:37): "I will say this again. Leave."
Wyverncakes (15:05:09): Moswar is not intimidated even by all of these newcomers.
tormterra (15:05:14): Kei: "Somebody get Sielje out of there before she gets hurt."
Wyverncakes (15:06:16): Moswar: "Your 'duty' is defending the weak and the cowardly."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:06:23): *"On it!" Cherno Alpha moves it, swatting foes and blades away with an electrified fist, before crouching and extending a hand to Sieljie. "If you're still our prisoner, then come with us!" Sasha says bluntly.+
cubey@aol.pl (15:06:31): Sielje: "My challenge... still stands! Lord Moswar, you may call me without honor but you are the one who breaks its rules by attacking the unarmed!"
VJockey (15:06:59): "My duty is to uphold the Freedom of all sentient beings!"
VJockey (15:07:12): "A freedom you seek to trample."
cubey@aol.pl (15:07:13): Sielje: "Your actions have nothing in common with the good of Ankaia! Your cause is not my own!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:07:22): Sielje: "And you are the one who broke off it!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:07:55): She looks around, still being surrounded by giants while on foot and rather bruised from all the falls and shaking.
cubey@aol.pl (15:08:09): Sielje: "My Knight's Arm... have you brought it?"
tormterra (15:08:09): Kei: "Our duty is protecting those who cannot protect themselves."
tengusaur (15:08:55): Daniel: "I was hired to protect these people. You made a mistake coming here."
VJockey (15:09:19): *Optimus transforms and rushes at Moswar full speed while Kup provides coverfire! The moment he builds up enough momentum he launches himself into the air, transforming and bringing his axe to the ready to assault the Justice Gavel in the face! Meanwhile Grimlock is attempting to incinerate the knight who hit him in the face with his firey energy blasts from his maw+
Wyverncakes (15:09:38): [Cherno] The mugh smaller Knight's Arms do indeed scatter in the midst of all of your attacking, but as you reach Sielje, one of the clawed Knight's Arms springs up, blades digging into Cherno's backside and beginning to work its way up to the head whilse Moswar turns around to swing his mighty club at you!
Wyverncakes (15:09:44): (React: Cherno)
cubey@aol.pl (15:11:00): # Cherno
Wyverncakes (15:11:08): (Approved)
Peter Kampschroeder (15:11:40): Jen: "Yeah, the Knight's arm is in the shuttle. Hurry on back!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:11:50): *"…of course we did." Sasha says to Sielje. She and Alexis grunt as the clawed Knight climbs up Cherno's back…then deftly swing the Cherno's torso and crouch so that Moswar's club will strikes his own ally! "Are you sure you want to do this?" Sasha asks. +
cubey@aol.pl (15:12:17): "That is dishonorable!" *Sielje runs up to Cherno's hand. From it, she points her finger at the attacking clawed unit. "Have you no honor, to strike from behind?" +
cubey@aol.pl (15:12:26): (Yes, she tries to shame the knight into halting the attack)
tengusaur (15:12:49): * Daniel: "It's showdown." Steel Wanderer takes a step forward and throws away its cloak, revealing a revolver ready to fire! Daniel quickly slams the gun's hammer, firing two normal Longinus armor-piercing bullets at a single knight. +
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:13:06): …if Alexis and Sasha weren't in a motion capture harness, some head-slapping might be in order.
Wyverncakes (15:14:47): [Autobots and Cherno] Grimlock's fiery breath forces the polearm Knight on the defense as it puts away its spear to let its cloak defend it from the flames... which it does rather well at. Still, the excess heat hits everywhere at once, managing to do some damage to it! At the same time, Cherno's spinning-around would've been more effective if Moswar had followed through with his attack. But Optimus and Kup's own attacks force him to defend! The axe is met with the Justice Gavel's club, and with a forceful push Moswar separates himself from Cherno and Optimus and knocks the Autobot leader to the ground! No serious damage though.
Wyverncakes (15:14:57): And hey, Sielje's now hitching a ride with a much friendlier mech!
Wyverncakes (15:15:06): And speaking of her though...
Wyverncakes (15:15:27): [Sielje] Your public shaming doesn't really have much of an impact on the pilot.
cubey@aol.pl (15:15:31): Sielje: "I ask you, please let me fight. Let me use the Arm!"
Wyverncakes (15:15:57): Moswar: "You all question our honor, expecting we grant you the courtesies we'd show each other?"
Peter Kampschroeder (15:16:09): Jen: "We wouldn't have brought it if we weren't gonna let you use it. Right?"
VJockey (15:16:31): "If you truly had any honor those courtesies would extend to any who would be able to understand them."
Wyverncakes (15:16:33): "Honor must be met with hono, yes. But there is no need to show it to those who lack it!"
tormterra (15:16:53): Kei: "Does honor only count against people who are like yourself?"
VJockey (15:17:06): "By refusing to show any sense of honor to those who you presume to lack it, you merely show your own lack of principles!"
VJockey (15:17:18): [Optimus points accusingly at Moswar.]
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:17:43): "It won't just be this one who vilifies you," Sasha say to Sieljie. "If you takes up your arms against him, everyone on your homeworld will think you their enemy. Knowing that, will you still fight?"
Wyverncakes (15:18:57): [Daniel] Your bullets strike into the armor of one of the one-hander knights even as it raises its cloak up for defense! But the bullets have mass behind their attack and manage to punch their way through into the machine. It's still not out yet though, and charges with sword slashing down at you!
Wyverncakes (15:19:02): (React: Daniel)
tormterra (15:19:12): Kei: "Right, we're not going to ask you to become a traitor."
Wyverncakes (15:19:45): (Kei, Jen, Sielje)
tengusaur (15:19:52): Daniel: "That's your honor? Just an excuse to do what you want?"
cubey@aol.pl (15:20:05): Sielje: "It is a challenge. Everyone is free to act as they please if there is honor in this action, and if they have the strength to back it up."
tengusaur (15:20:08): Daniel: "You're not the first man I met who's like this."
cubey@aol.pl (15:20:30): Sielje: "There is... no honor in Lord Moswar's actions! Standing up to him is a duty of a knight of Ankaia!"
Wyverncakes (15:21:17): Moswar: "So what would you ask of me to do then?"
Wyverncakes (15:21:29): "Protect the weak? Ha!"
Peter Kampschroeder (15:21:45): Jen: "Well, Moswar, you'll be glad to know that this time around I'm a soldier, not a civilian..." Jen has been taking her time positioning herself, and is atop a nearby building. "At least leave them alone, asshole."
Wyverncakes (15:22:49): "And Sielje... you speak of honor and duty for a knight of Ankaia."
tormterra (15:22:53): * "We need to cover Sielje and Optimus. Kaidonovskies, push the attack to prevent their leader from making use of him being on the ground. Jen, snipe him from the back. With any hope the others are loyal enough to their leader that they'll focus on keeping him safe rather than chasing Sielje or the civilians. Everyone else, look out for stragglers trying to target them." +
cubey@aol.pl (15:22:54): With some help, Sielje can (hopefully) make it to the shuttle.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:23:12): *"Very well." Sasha says. Cherno bears Sieljie back around the corner, and sets her down in sprinting rang to the shuttle. "Best hurry , da?"
cubey@aol.pl (15:23:12): She quickly enters her unit's cockpit. A familiar sensation as the harness sets itself up around her.
VJockey (15:23:15): "You mock those who you regard as weak. Yet I have seen beings like those you so frivolously cast aside willingly choose to walk into certain doom to help others despite their own lack of strength."
tengusaur (15:23:38): * Steel Wanderer jumps backwards, some of its old joints creaking in the process. While doing so, Daniel slams the hammer one last time, firing an Andrew shot towards the attacker - another net of sticky foam to slow the knight down! +
VJockey (15:23:39): "If you wish to see true weakness. You need only look into a mirror Moswar."
cubey@aol.pl (15:23:54): The Knight's Arm stands up, following its pilot's movements. It draws its sword.
Peter Kampschroeder (15:24:00): *Cethlenn takes its rail pistol, and opens fire on the Polearm knight with precise, controlled shots. At Kei's order-well, it's a bit odd taking orders from a teenager, but she doesn't mind shooting at Moswar at all. So she does that, too.+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:24:43): "Understood, Kei." Sasha is, acknowledging Kei's orders.
Peter Kampschroeder (15:25:00): Jen: "If you're gonna throw away all that code of honor stuff from your home here, don't expect any mercy from us."
Wyverncakes (15:25:13): "You speak like these others, and you dare declare me an enemy of Ankaia. You have fallen for their ways and views, Sielje."
Peter Kampschroeder (15:25:23): Jen: "...Though I think we're past 'if', by now..."
Wyverncakes (15:25:33): "No... not just 'Sielje'. But Sielje the Burned Out."
cubey@aol.pl (15:26:13): Sielje: "Lord Moswar, our duel will..."
cubey@aol.pl (15:26:20): The Knight's Arm freezes.
cubey@aol.pl (15:26:32): Sielje: "Do not... do not call me that!"
tormterra (15:26:37): Kei: "Her description of Ankaia always suggested that protecting the weak was something you did as well." Her tone suddenly goes dangerously friendly. "Are you sure you aren't just picking what suits you to say?"
Wyverncakes (15:26:58): [Daniel] The tip of the Arm's own blade cuts down a little too close to comfort, but that knight's not going to go anywhere else. Not bound down like that.
cubey@aol.pl (15:27:55): *Sielje's unit charges forward, its sword held back, the protective cloak in front. She tries to duck under Moswar's unit while raising the cloak, and the sword follows with a half-circle upwards slash at his weapon arm's inner parts!+
cubey@aol.pl (15:28:19): Sielje: "Do not call me by that title! I am Sielje, the Guard of the South!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:28:28): She sounds genuinely upset and angry right now.
tengusaur (15:29:10): Daniel: "Andrew works well. Humble fisher beats the proud knight."
Wyverncakes (15:29:29): [Jen] Your shots shoot out, and this time the Polearm Knight doesn't have its cloak ready to defend. The shots hit into it from the side, blowing it out. Moswar though does have a cloak that's able to take the hits no problem.
tengusaur (15:29:29): Daniel checks his ammo reserves. "...I should've brought more Andrews."
Peter Kampschroeder (15:30:53): Jen: "Cloak seems to take physical hits, at least..."
tormterra (15:32:48): Kei: "You talk about honor and strength, but all you've shown is being a petty bully. From the Book of the Five Rings to the Icelandic sagas, honor on Earth has always involved self-control and respect for the dignity of others. European chivalry even made defending the meek and respecting non-combatants the very heart of honor in stories such as Arthurian myth. To suggest that there is any honor in massacring civilians is the kind of perversion of the term that only the most corrupt regimes would ever do. Or that bullies do to make up a justification...So which do you prefer to be? Just a petty thug or a Fascist?" As she talks, she grows increasingly passionate.
Wyverncakes (15:33:36): [Sielje] Thanks to Jen putting him on the defense, Moswar isn't able to stop your charge! But, as you swing up at the club-wielding arm, Moswar falls back and with a sudden swing of his club knocks your sword down with thunderous force before swinging it again to smash you apart!
Wyverncakes (15:33:39): (React: Sielje)
VJockey (15:33:46): Kup: "We're going to have to drag that thing off that oversized scraplet's rock heap. I'd say we could snag it onto something and knock him over... or burn it off where its tied up."
Peter Kampschroeder (15:34:13): #Sielje?
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:34:20): *"Hello Moswar." Sasha declares flatly. Cherno Alphas charges in and swings a mighty fist at the skull of the Justice Gaval, firing its armpiston at the point of impact for extra force. "We don't like you." Cherno then uppercuts with its other arm at Moswar, pummeling him with a barrage of punches as per Kei's orders!+
Wyverncakes (15:34:22): (Appoved)
Wyverncakes (15:34:29): Moswar: "Strong words..."
Wyverncakes (15:34:35): "But words in the end are only so much wind!"
Wyverncakes (15:35:10): As if on cue, two of the one-hander Knights charge at Purple-2, sword and axe at the ready to cut you down!
VJockey (15:35:10): Optimus: "Words are as strong as those who speak them."
tengusaur (15:35:14): Daniel: "...Thug is my bet."
Wyverncakes (15:35:15): No honor here!
Wyverncakes (15:35:17): (React: Kei)
VJockey (15:35:18): #Kei!
Wyverncakes (15:35:24): (Approved)
cubey@aol.pl (15:36:14): *Sielje's weapon is knocked off its course, and she immediately goes on the defense. The course of the duel has turned and Moswar has the advantage now, so she jumps away, still using the cloak for protection.+
Peter Kampschroeder (15:36:20): *Jen: "Burn it. Right." She dives off her perch and into the fray towards Sielje, briefly reflects on her life and the choices in it, and then Jen is making a punch with her beam knuckle towards the big guy's arm. She's kind of hoping he'll block, maybe this will hurt that cloak of his...+
cubey@aol.pl (15:36:30): Sielje: "Hold... beasthide, please hold!"
VJockey (15:37:16): *Optimus is going to open fire at the charging knight, aiming for its center of mass. Not exactly the best tactic... but that was merely to draw attention from Kup who was letting loose with laser-delivered blasts of acid into the path of the one-hander to make one hell of a tripping hazard!+
VJockey (15:37:46): Kup: "Bigger you thugs are the harder you'll fall."
Wyverncakes (15:38:08): [Jen and Sielje] The beasthide cloak gets struck by Justice Gavel's massive club in a glancing blow courtesy of Jen's sudden attack. The cloak shudders as a whole and Sielje's Knight's Arm gets blown backwards off its feet... but miraculously you survived.
cubey@aol.pl (15:38:48): Sielje: "Agh... ah..." She strains to get back up quickly.
cubey@aol.pl (15:39:17): Sielje: "Defenders of the innocent, please listen..."
tormterra (15:39:27): * The second she's charged, Kei's survival instinct kicks in and she takes to the sky, moving with the full reaction speed afforded by the Juria system and the mobility of the AHSMB. As she moves through the sky, her weapons spin around on the ring surrounding Purple-2 to unload all of them at the knights relying on the computers of Purple-2 to serve as fire control system splitting up to put both of them under equal fire. +
tengusaur (15:39:52): Daniel: "Listening."
cubey@aol.pl (15:40:00): Sielje: "The stronger a knight's arm and will, the more potent his weapons and the defensive cloak."
Wyverncakes (15:40:11): [Cherno Team] And going after Jen gets derailed as suddenly Cherno Alpha's fist smashes into the Gavel's face! The Ankaian machine stumbles back... amazingly still in one piece and shifting its weight, bringing its club up and then down to smash into the Jaeger's uppercut! The two collide loudly, smashing into each other... and the club wins out as it smashes through the bigger machine's entire hand to leave a mangle behind!
cubey@aol.pl (15:40:14): Sielje: "Lord Moswar... does not held his title for being weak."
tengusaur (15:41:09): Daniel: "Weaken his will. Can that work?"
cubey@aol.pl (15:41:46): Sielje: "Doubtful... it is not easy to change your power on the battlefield, except..."
Wyverncakes (15:41:48): [Kei and Optimus] The two do indeed come under joint fire, and the one Optimus and Kup fire on suddenly loses its footing and a good defensive stance with its cloak, getting blown apart by the combined effort!
Wyverncakes (15:41:52): But the other one...
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:42:15): *"Uh–!" The Kaidonovskys clench their teeth at the feedback pain from Cherno's mangled hand. "Strong…" Sasha mutters. "Da." Alexis agrees.
tormterra (15:42:17): Kei: "Understood. I'll keep it mind." Sielje gets a pretty brief response, even as Kei struggles to stay safe
Wyverncakes (15:42:29): - Suddenly gets its head blown apart from afar, by a photon rifle blast!
Wyverncakes (15:43:24): It stumbles backwards, its cloak opening up a ways, and suddenly there's new machines on the field, charging in. Daughtresses, camo'd for urban combat!
VJockey (15:43:42): Optimus: "Reinforcements?"
Wyverncakes (15:44:01): From mid-range two of the new machines fire, one blast scattering the cloak while the second smashes up the body for good measure.
tormterra (15:44:12): Kei immediately takes to studying her instruments to see if she can find any IFFs or other ways of identifying the newcomers
Wyverncakes (15:44:18): (Optimus, Cherno team, Daniel)
tengusaur (15:44:41): Daniel: "Newcomers. Who are you?"
Wyverncakes (15:45:20): (Updated enemies: Knight's Arms w/One-handed weapon x 2, Knight's Arms w/Two-handed weapon x 1 (light damage), Knight's Arms w/Claws x 2)
cubey@aol.pl (15:45:35): Sielje: "Soldiers of Earth... the military of yours?"
Wyverncakes (15:45:46): (New friends?: Daughtress Black Ops x 8-)
Wyverncakes (15:45:59): (^ 8 )
Wyverncakes (15:46:12): (And also Moswar with the Justice Gavel with the Ankaians)
Peter Kampschroeder (15:46:20): Jen: "Not sure." She backs off from Moswar, hiding behind a building.
VJockey (15:46:33): "Grimlock. I need you to keep Moswar occupied!"
Wyverncakes (15:46:42): As the Daughtresses spread out, there's no answer from any of them.
tormterra (15:47:22): Kei: "I can't find anything either. Keep an eye out, everyone."
Wyverncakes (15:47:24): And Kei, as you try to check...
VJockey (15:47:46): *Moswar would find a robotic tyrannosaurus assaulting him from below, letting loose with blasts of flame and trying to tear chunks out of his Knight's Arm while Optimus and Kup make to flank the Justice Gavel!&
Wyverncakes (15:47:53): ... "Can't find anything" is actually rather appropriate, as Purple-2 begins to suffer some mild electronic interferance.
Wyverncakes (15:48:30): Nothing problematic in the short-range, but farther on out is another story.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:50:05): *"Cherno charges in at the opposite angle from Grimlock, this time lashing out with quick boxer's jabs from its remaining arm, trying to discombobulate Moswar with light, shocking blows!+
tengusaur (15:50:25): Daniel: "Suspicious." He keeps an eye out on the Daughtresses, but focuses his attacks at keeping the knights at bay. He shoots an armor-piercing Longinus at a clawed enemy's leg, to limit its mobility, then spins the gun's chamber to switch to Lucia and keep firing beam spray shots at it, until the Lucia's generator burns out. +
Wyverncakes (15:51:27): [Autobots] Grimlock charges, his flames being met by again by a beasthide cloak. This one far more resistant to the flames than the Knight's Arms, and he also has more on his mind now! "And more newcomers!" he says, clearly displeased by the new arrivals as he moves to try to attack one of them!
Wyverncakes (15:51:32): (React/continue: Autobots)
tormterra (15:51:41): Kei opens a private line with the others. "Somebody is jamming our electronics at a longer range. Likely the newcomers trying to keep their command secret."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:52:06): "They might be Fumerco's private security forces." Alexis muses aloud.
VJockey (15:52:06): Kup: "Keep an eye on them lass. I don't think they're here to make friends."
Peter Kampschroeder (15:52:08): Jen: "Gonna guess they're not friendly, then."
cubey@aol.pl (15:52:20): Sielje: "... Jamming?"
Wyverncakes (15:52:34): (Cherno team was also part of that gang-up on Moswar, though him going after one of the Daughtresses means he doesn't stick around for your punching. You can continue your attack, though).
cubey@aol.pl (15:52:43): There's an air of confusion around her.
Peter Kampschroeder (15:52:49): Jen: "It interferes with our ability to call for help, or more info."
tormterra (15:53:11): Kei: "Interfering with our computers and other electronics. But only at range, it shouldn't impair our ability to fight or talk to each other."
cubey@aol.pl (15:54:13): Sielje: "Ankaian Arms do not have such things. Why would they be 'jamming' if they were sent to fight Lord Moswar?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:54:14): #Autobots?
Wyverncakes (15:54:19): [Daniel] Your first shot misses, the clawed Knight springing nimbly into the air before surging down at you! Its claws aren't out yet, and that means its cloak can soak up your shots one after another. And once it's close, there's the shine of its claws swinging out to attack you!
cubey@aol.pl (15:54:28): She gives the newcomers a suspicious look.
Wyverncakes (15:54:37): (React: Daniel)
griefgathering (15:54:40): #Daniel?
VJockey (15:54:47): *With Moswar occupied Grimlock is going to transform from his T-rex mode to his more humanoid form. Why? Tiny t-rex arms make for poor climbing. He's going to climb up and try to stab an opening open in the Justice Gavel's leg while Optimus preps his trailer into turret mode and lets loose with missiles from his side! Kup lets loose with shots of his own from his end as well!+
Wyverncakes (15:54:49): (Approved on the Daniel front)
Wyverncakes (15:54:58): (You can just take a follow-up, Cherno people)
VJockey (15:55:19): Grimlock: "Should...not... have...ignored me!"
Wyverncakes (15:56:02): Kei, it takes a little bit of further scanning but...
Wyverncakes (15:56:09): Well, also your sharp hearing helps too.
Wyverncakes (15:56:42): There's a handful of more Daughtresses hanging out on the very outskirts of the battlefield, trying to keep out of sight... and it's near them where the jamming really gets at its worst!
griefgathering (15:56:54): *A pink-ish blur briefly passes the clawed Knight descending on Daniel, accompanied by flashes of a blade. There are two strikes there, aimed for the no doubt sturdy machine's arms!+
Wyverncakes (15:57:27): (Updated friends?: Daughtress Black Ops x 8, Daughtress Flier ECM x 2)
griefgathering (15:57:42): As well, there are now small, glowing objects descending around the area...are those cherry blossom petals?
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (15:57:49): *Cherno moves back to Moswar, then crouches low and lunges, trying to grab his leg, throwhim on his back and give him a Z14 electroschock in the process!+
tormterra (15:57:50): Kei: "Found them. The jamming comes from here, there is another group of Daughtresses." She sends the location of the other ones. "Be ready for an ambush, just in case."
tengusaur (15:59:19): * Daniel jumps to the side, using the advantage given by the sudden newcomer to elbow the attacker in the chest at the same time. Who knows how useful that is against a mech, though. +
VJockey (15:59:20): Kup: "We'll keep our optics on. Don't worry."
tengusaur (15:59:27): Daniel: "Understood. Also."
tengusaur (15:59:48): Daniel: "The goddess shows up."
griefgathering (16:00:19): ???: "G-Goddess?"
cubey@aol.pl (16:00:20): Sielje: "Goddess?"
Wyverncakes (16:00:29): [Autobots and Cherno] Getting caugh from behind by both Cherno and Grimlock, the Justice Gavel is knocked to the ground, suddenly on the defense as Cherno begins attacking it up close and all of those attacks come at it from afar. It is certainly a bad situation for the Granite Hand...
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:00:37): "Wizard?" Alexis says aloud.
griefgathering (16:01:03): ???: "...I'm flattered, but sorry to disappoint."
Wyverncakes (16:01:12): ... Until suddenly the Daughresses begin opening fire at the Autobots and even Cherno Alpha, aiming for joints and other damaged sections on the big Jaeger too!
Wyverncakes (16:01:19): (React: Autobots and Cherno)
tormterra (16:01:37): Kei: "Which goddess or wizard? We've met a few."
Wyverncakes (16:01:42): (Kei, Jen, ???, Sielje)
cubey@aol.pl (16:01:59): # Grimlock
Wyverncakes (16:02:04): (Approved)
Peter Kampschroeder (16:02:06): Jen: "Focus, please..."
tormterra (16:02:11): (How many knights are left?)
tengusaur (16:02:21): Daniel pauses awkwardly for a moment. "...Wrong person."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:02:38): •"Cherno raises its wounded arm, trying to block the auto-fire wonder woman style while it falls back!+
Wyverncakes (16:02:55): [Daniel and ???] With yet another new arrival, suddenly the claws get stopped just before they reach Daniel! And with the clawed Knight's Arm's cloak out of the way for a second, it suddenly gets its chest smashed hard by Daniel, knocking it back and onto the ground!
cubey@aol.pl (16:02:57): Sielje: "You are an enemy after all! Beast machine, beware!" *She leaps in front of the blasts, spreading the cloak wide with a sudden arm motion. May it absorb all the shots!+
griefgathering (16:03:23): The other new arrival: http://i.imgur.com/yFmoa5O.jpg
Peter Kampschroeder (16:04:09): *Jen's taken up a position atop a building again. Her nanobots put the finishing touches on a long rifle as she does so, a long-range railgun sniper rifle. Her target? Those jamming Daughtresses.+
griefgathering (16:04:20): The mystery machine is already re-sheathing its blade that's held upright, and it's completely reorientated to face the knight it just struck too.
griefgathering (16:04:29): But not for long.
Wyverncakes (16:05:06): [Cherno and Sielje] The shotgun fire is still remarkably accurate, and it packs a definite punch! Sielje's Knight's Arm has its cloak hammered by the rounds, being pushed around and a few shots slipping through to strike her machine, and Cherno's forearm begins to spark from the accumulated damage to it. Still, it does take the heat off of Grimlock!
tengusaur (16:05:15): Daniel: "You're not the goddess. She doesn't use a mech. Who are you, then?"
tormterra (16:05:17): (Enemy count?)
griefgathering (16:05:24): ???: "Well that settles that, I was wondering what was causing the jamming here."
VJockey (16:05:36): *Grimlock lets out an irate snarl as he's forced to abandon his attack. Too far to charge at the Daughtresses and close in for close combat he has to draw his double barreled rocket launcher and open fire from the makeshift cover that is the fallen Gavel! Optimus and Kup simply take cover.+
cubey@aol.pl (16:06:01): Sielje: "You are not with them?"
Wyverncakes (16:06:13): (Ankaians: Justice Gavel (Lord Moswar), Knight's Arms w/One-handed weapon x 2, Knight's Arms w/Two-handed weapon x 1 (light damage), Knight's Arms w/Claws x 2 (one damaged))
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:06:17): "Then who are you with?" Alexis asks.
VJockey (16:06:42): Optimus: "Whoever these people are... they're going to have to answer for a few things."
Wyverncakes (16:06:47): (Black Ops people: Daughtress Black Ops x 8, Daughtress Flier ECM x 2)
griefgathering (16:06:56): ???: "Just a passing by mercenary. Ah, but we've met before, Unity Group."
Wyverncakes (16:07:15): [Grimlock] Thanks to Sielje you make it out in about the same shape as you went into it.
tormterra (16:07:34): * "Daniel, use whichever bullet is most suited for suppression fire to force the daughtresses to pause their fire, Jen help him. Kaidonovskys and Grimlock, use that opening to press the attack on Moswar before he can get up." +
Wyverncakes (16:08:42): [Jen] You quickly get set up in position and your rifle is ready, but as you line up a shot... suddenly another photon rifle shoots out from above and to your side! Your rifle's blown apart in an instant!
cubey@aol.pl (16:08:58): Sielje: "I will assist you as well."
Wyverncakes (16:09:53): And when/if you turn to see the perpetrator, there's more black ops-y machines there! A pair of Huckebeins... one moving for cover as the other takes aim at the Cethlenn and fires this time to end you!
Wyverncakes (16:09:56): (React: Jen)
cubey@aol.pl (16:10:05): *Before others can carry out Kei's orders - Sielje is already approaching Moswar again. This time, witthout haste.
cubey@aol.pl (16:10:18): Sielje: "Lord Moswar the Granite Hand..."
Wyverncakes (16:10:22): (Updated black ops people:
Wyverncakes (16:10:53): (Daughtress Black Ops x 8, Huckebein mk II Solo x 2, Daughtress Flier ECM x 2)
tengusaur (16:11:23): Daniel: "I have one Genevieve. But it'll wait for the right time. For now, Lucia." Daniel ejects the burnt-out cartridge and switches to another one, and then spins around, firing a big barrage of beam shots towards the Daughresses! He's shooting so fast most of the generator is out of energy already before he's done turning around. +
Peter Kampschroeder (16:11:33): *Jen dives off the building and into the city streets for cover. This is getting to be a familiar feeling...+
Wyverncakes (16:11:41): Moswar's already getting his machine back on its feet.
cubey@aol.pl (16:11:47): Sielje: "I will use no more words. Let our actions speak for us today!" *With an expert lunge, she cuts the distance - then spins, her sword trying to slash across Gavel's chest. However, the cut seems to be aimed to be shallow...&
griefgathering (16:11:48): ???: *"I'll help however I can." The mystery machine opts to engage those Huckebeins. It sends a wave of energy at them, which will temporarily stun them in place if it hits. But if they avoid, that's fine too.&
Wyverncakes (16:12:02): Mosward: "Sielje the Burned Out."
Wyverncakes (16:12:09): It's practically spat out.
cubey@aol.pl (16:12:18): Sielje: "Ghh...!"
Wyverncakes (16:13:13): [Daniel] Your flurry of beam shots do manage to peg one of the Daughtresses, knocking it down! Two more move in, one with a beam saber drawn and shield at the ready while the other fires on you from afar with its shotgun!
Wyverncakes (16:13:18): (React)
Wyverncakes (16:13:32): And not just that... as the Daughtress falls, a few seconds later it suddenly explodes!
VJockey (16:14:05): *With the opening provided by Daniel, Grimlock transforms once more and unleashes another ravening blast of flame from below at Moswar's feet to give him a little more to think about. Whether or not it would do damage does not matter. Because with something that bulky, making sure it has uneven footing from the intensely heated and liquefying concrete and asphalt down below would hopefully give Sielje a bigger opening to work with!+
Wyverncakes (16:14:05): It's not a big explosion, but it is a thorough one... the entire machine getting blown apart and leaving only a bit of scrap left that could easily have come from pretty much anything else.
tengusaur (16:14:18): Daniel: "...It self-destructed."
Peter Kampschroeder (16:14:37): Jen: "...Aw, hell."
tormterra (16:15:28): Kei: "Yes. Either these are highly devoted or they're run by AIs. Also," she focuses her attention on the mysterious newcomer, "you were a Granzeal as well. Who are you? The mission has already gotten more complex."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:15:30): "Roger, that Kei!" Cherno moves in…and stamps down the Justice Gavel's giant maul, pinning its handle to the ground with. The Jaeger's foot sprouts spikes that sink into the earth, effectively stapling the weapon down to the ground. Then Cherno punches Moswar in the face!+
Wyverncakes (16:15:54): [Sielje] Moswar's inclinded to agree, charging as well, spinning around with unlikely grace to smash his hammer into Sielje's machine with a backhand!
Wyverncakes (16:15:57): (React: Sielje)
tengusaur (16:16:08): * Steel Wanderer wraps itself in its short cloak, to mask whatever moves it's going to do - which is fire the last Andrew net shot at the attacking beam-saber wielding opponent! Immediately afterwards, Daniel kicks the Daughtress, trying to get it in the way of the shotgun blast. +
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:16:33): # Sielje? [Since previous action is out of date?]
cubey@aol.pl (16:16:36): Sielje: "This is it!"
Wyverncakes (16:17:08): [Jen and ???] The photon shot barely misses the Cethlenn, and the machine was already poised to make another shot! But suddenly the friendly newcomer's energy wave locks the machine up for all of a few moments!
Wyverncakes (16:17:12): (Continue: ???)
griefgathering (16:17:18): The mystery female turns to Kei. "That's not something you need to be worried about right now. I'm sure we have the same objective here."
cubey@aol.pl (16:17:43): *The lowly Knight's Arm's heel digs into the concrete and Sielje stops her spin - no, she reverses it. She is going to spin in the other direction and circle around Moswar to lengthen the distance he has to move before hitting her, which hopefully won't happen as she is also changing the distance to get closer.
cubey@aol.pl (16:17:51): *But before she starts the circular motion...
tormterra (16:17:52): Kei: "It's my job to worry about it...And we've had enough mysterious people help and then turn on us later that I'd like to know."
Wyverncakes (16:18:04): (Cheno people can join in, yes)
cubey@aol.pl (16:18:34): *Sielje's sword entangles itself in Moswar's cloak. Her potential is not as strong as Moswar's and the cloak is also stronger - but that means, she grabs her hilt with two hands - and pulls! The cloak with it!+
Wyverncakes (16:18:50): [Daniel] The Daughtress gets ensnared, freeing you up to get away from the shotgun blast!
Wyverncakes (16:19:11): And that Daughtress you gooped up? After a moment's pause it suddenly explodes too.
tengusaur (16:19:27): Daniel: "..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:20:27): *"I see!" Sasha exclaims. Cherno follows Sieljie's movements, lunging forward in a crouch to to grab Moswar's leg and do another throw, the Jaeger's movement complementing Sielje's yank!+
griefgathering (16:20:32): ???: "Hm!" *Seeing the enemy stunned, the mystery unit travels forward at tremendous speed again. Those few precious moments would hopefully be enough for it to carve through and past the Huckebein, leaving behind what looks like floating trails of energy!+
Wyverncakes (16:22:46): [Sielje and Cherno] The sword indeed gets caught up in Moswar's cloak, and for a moment trying to pull it loose with the cloak seems like a herculean task... just before the Jaeger suddenly grabs hold of its leg and pulls the other way! "What are you-" But finally things start to give, and suddenly the Justice Gavel gets thrown off and away... but without it's cloak!
Wyverncakes (16:23:20): No, that stays behind with Sielje, her Knight's Arm falling to the ground now that there's nothing holding it back up.
cubey@aol.pl (16:24:26): Sielje: "Your strength is superior, Lord Moswar. But it will not save you here!"
griefgathering (16:24:30): ???: (to Kei) "Unfortunately, I can't answer you for now. But I'm going to let my actions speak for me here."
cubey@aol.pl (16:24:39): She sounds high on spirits. This worked, it actually worked!
Wyverncakes (16:25:33): [???] You blast by the Huckebein in the nick of time, its shot managing to miss you! Lines criss-cross its arm and part of its head and body before they break off, though the machine is otherwise okay and still has its gun.
Wyverncakes (16:26:54): Moswar: "If you need for others to save you and fight your battles for you, Sielje..."
Wyverncakes (16:27:08): "Then all I need do is slay each of them!"
tormterra (16:27:18): Kei: "Should the man commanding an entire squad really say that?"
Wyverncakes (16:27:26): (Optimus, Cherno Team, Daniel)
cubey@aol.pl (16:27:57): Sielje: "You called it not a duel. Do not condemn others for interrupting what does not exist."
tengusaur (16:28:03): Daniel: "I'll take care of the Huckebeins. Get out of melee range."
cubey@aol.pl (16:28:43): Sielje: "Strike while he is off his guard! Without the beast hide, Gavel's armor is tough but vulnerable!"
griefgathering (16:28:56): This time, the mystery unit doesn't resheathe its blade. Instead, it takes up a two handed stance, with the tip of the blade directed at the enemy, and the hilt held next to its head. Daniel's words are heeded though, and it doesn't move.
Peter Kampschroeder (16:29:29): * (Kei-provided action) With some breathing room from that Huckebein, Jen sends rail pistol shots towards the enemy Daughtresses. She's going to try-try-and see if she can't mimic that trick Doomstar did, putting a bit of nanobots on each one, set to eat whatever they hit.+
tengusaur (16:29:34): (give me the list of enemies?)
cubey@aol.pl (16:29:46): Sielje: "I understand. What are the Earth-like assailants doing?"
Wyverncakes (16:30:04): (Enemies:
VJockey (16:30:20): *With the hide no longer present Grimlock all but bathes the leg of the justice Gavel in flame. Optimus and Kup concentrate their fire on the blazing limb to further weaken its armor!+
Wyverncakes (16:30:46): (Ankaians: Justice Gavel (Lord Moswar) (now with no cloak), Knight's Arms w/One-handed weapon x 2, Knight's Arms w/Two-handed weapon x 1 (light damage), Knight's Arms w/Claws x 2 (one damaged))
Wyverncakes (16:31:08): Black Ops people: (Daughtress Black Ops x 6, Huckebein mk II Solo x 1, Daughtress Flier ECM x 2)
Wyverncakes (16:33:14): [Jen] The rail shots zoom out at the Daughtresses, catching the other one that had been attacking Daniel and taking its head and its cockpit! It slumps over but explodes not long after, and you manage to shoot up the shield of one of the others! It starts to decay, but it kicks it at you and a few shotgun blasts give it an extra boost into a battering ram!
Wyverncakes (16:33:18): (React: Jen)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:33:25): *"Cherno slowly saunters in towards the Justice Gavel, its good arm flicking out in a jab…wait, no! Cherno yanks its arm back early in a feint, then swing its in a circle and hammer-fists down on the Gavel's head from above!+
tengusaur (16:33:45): * Daniel quickly opens the chamber of the Gun of God and loads three bullets into it. And then he runs towards the mysterious Daughtresses, trying to get a good view on all of them...
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:34:15): "Fouler things than you have tried to slay us!" Sasha declares to Moswar coldy. "It did not take!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:34:20): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdGLjIXbzUg
tengusaur (16:35:31): Daniel: "There. Barbara." Steel Wanderer spins around, shooting two bullets towards the edges of the enemy group. Then the bullets suddenly explode, hopefully making them group up tighter!
Peter Kampschroeder (16:36:00): *Jen: "Please." The shield is...well, a shield, it's meant to not get kicked around by shot by design. She ducks down an alleyway to avoid it, calling the nanobots on it back to her.+
Wyverncakes (16:36:33): [Cherno and Autobots] Cherno's hammer-fist swings down, but the Ankaian machine brings its club up to defend! It manages to hold, but suddenly the Autobots open up on its leg, beginning to hammer into it! Justice Gavel's stance falters, its leg beginning to crack and parts of it breaking off. It falls to one knee and suddenly it can't hold out against Cherno any more... letting the hammerblow smash into the top of the machine!
Wyverncakes (16:36:48): The Gavel falls with a loud cracking noise onto the ground!
tengusaur (16:37:27): "And now. Genevieve." Daniel spins the chamber of the revolver, waits for it to stop rotating, and fires the third bullet instantly when that happens. Mid-flight, the shot falls apart into a dozen of tiny pieces... Each of which suddenly unfolds into a fully-sized bullet, all of them flying towards the group of the enemy Daughtresses! +
tengusaur (16:37:35): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqOhPvthFUs
Wyverncakes (16:39:18): [Daniel] The Daughtresses do indeed try to group up to avoid the explosions, two of the remaining ones raising their shields while the others hide behind it to turn their guns towards Daniel. Doesn't go as well though, since two more of their rank gets shredded in the process! The remainder quickly switches shield positioning to guard against the blasts which rock them, spreading them out again.
Wyverncakes (16:39:55): [Jen] Nanobots recovered, and sooner than otherwise!
Wyverncakes (16:40:18): However...
Wyverncakes (16:40:28): The Justice Gavel is starting to rise up again.
Wyverncakes (16:40:39): "No... not yet..."
griefgathering (16:40:56): ???: "Even after a Jaeger's beating..."
VJockey (16:41:14): Optimus: "Look around you Moswar. You have no chance of victory here."
VJockey (16:41:24): "Leave."
Wyverncakes (16:41:34): "I am Lord Moswar, the Granite Hand."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:41:48): "Da," Sasha muses in agreement with the stranger. "Guy is tough."
Wyverncakes (16:42:19): "My death will come at a time and place of my own choosing, against foes worthy of the honor of slaying me."
Wyverncakes (16:43:10): "So long as I may draw breath, you have not defeated me, nor will you..."
Wyverncakes (16:43:25): With those words, faint lines begin to form along the Justice Gavel's form...
Peter Kampschroeder (16:43:49): Jen: "Sielje, what's he doing."
Wyverncakes (16:44:12): "For the honor of Ankaia... for my honor as a knight of Ankaia...!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:44:56): Sielje: "Ah..."
Wyverncakes (16:44:58): The lights grow brighter and brighter still, running alone the length of the machine in that ever-fashionable Tron style...
tengusaur (16:45:13): Daniel: "...Not good."
Wyverncakes (16:45:49): But parts of the armor suddenly burst off, showing underneath the rocky form the bones of some giant creature...
Wyverncakes (16:45:51): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9hNS7JTbMQ
Wyverncakes (16:46:34): The ground underneath the Justice Gavel begins to tremble and crack, and strange words begin to issue forth from the machine.
griefgathering (16:47:12): ???: "What part of that is knightly...?!"
tormterra (16:47:27): Kei: "What part of anything he's done is knightly?"
Wyverncakes (16:47:45): The machine now stands strong, club in both hands as it continues its speech, growing louder and more furious!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:48:01): *"Your mechs…err, your Arms. They are made from giant beasts, Da?" Sasha asks Sieljie.
Wyverncakes (16:48:12): The Solos even seem to break off from everything else to begin furiously opening fire on the Justice Gavel.
cubey@aol.pl (16:48:46): Sielje: "Parts of them are. The parts through which the Knight's power flows..."
griefgathering (16:48:53): ???: "These guys..."
griefgathering (16:49:12): Well she's not stopping them.
cubey@aol.pl (16:49:13): Sielje: "When I spoke of means to increase your potency..." Cool sweat runs down her neck. "This is it."
Wyverncakes (16:49:22): The Gavel simply smashes its club into the ground in their general direction... and suddenly the ground between it and their buildings cracks, shatters, and collapses. The buildings too, both of them losing their balance and falling... falling and then getting crushed under tons of rubble.
Wyverncakes (16:49:41): And finally... "May my life burn out brightly with the Power Within."
Wyverncakes (16:49:53): The Justice Gavel turns back to face you all.
tengusaur (16:50:04): Daniel: "Burn out?"
Wyverncakes (16:50:08): "I dedicate it to a greater cause - to defeat my enemies!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:50:12): "Can you do something like that?" Sasha asks. Then she hears the bit out 'life burning out'. "Nevermind." She hastily adds.
Wyverncakes (16:50:13): "For honor and glory!"
Wyverncakes (16:50:36): His speech ends just as the two Huckebeins explode, buried under all that rubble.
Wyverncakes (16:50:54): (Updated Ankaian enemies:
cubey@aol.pl (16:51:06): Sielje: "The ultimate act of a knight's self-actualization. The Power Within... you may invoke it once, and once alone..."
tengusaur (16:51:13): Daniel: "...This will kill him."
tormterra (16:51:18): Kei: "...He's using his own life to power it, isn't he?" There was another aspect of the whole burning out that she didn't mention
cubey@aol.pl (16:51:19): Sielje: "Yes."
Peter Kampschroeder (16:51:41): Jen: "...How fast is he, now?"
cubey@aol.pl (16:51:50): Sielje: "But not before he tries to kill as many of us as he can."
Wyverncakes (16:51:53): (Justice Gavel w/Power Within (Lord Moswar), Knight's Arms w/One-handed weapon x 2, Knight's Arms w/Two-handed weapon x 1 (light damage), Knight's Arms w/Claws x 2 (one damaged))
tengusaur (16:51:59): Daniel: "We can't run. Civilians are still close."
Wyverncakes (16:52:15): (Black Ops people: Daughtress Black Ops x 3, Daughtress Flier ECM x 2)
Peter Kampschroeder (16:52:24): Jen: "Not running. Not now."
Wyverncakes (16:52:25): (Kei, Jen, ???, Sielje)
VJockey (16:52:35): "If that is the case."
VJockey (16:52:42): "We must simply endure."
cubey@aol.pl (16:52:50): Sielje: "Very fast. And strong. Regardless... your armored ally spoke the truth. We cannot retreat!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (16:52:58): "A giant monster to slay!" Cherno smacks its fists togethers and lets out a foghorn roar. "This is familiar." Sasha says dryly. Alexis grunts in agreement.
Wyverncakes (16:53:03): Moswar: "'You say 'tries'. No!"
Peter Kampschroeder (16:54:10): Cethlenn's...hopping, almost. Great he's faster now. "Alright, spooky black ops guys, don't shoot me in the back..." She focuses, putting Cethlenn into dangerously low energy reserves as it creates another beam knuckle weapon.
Wyverncakes (16:54:15): "Even if it may cost me all, I will strike down each and every one of you! Those without honor can not prevail against the power of a true Ankaian knight!"
tormterra (16:54:22): * "Even if we need to keep Moswar contained, we need to make sure the other knights and the daughtresses don't do something while we're focused on him. And fort that I need vision. Daniel, mysterious newcomer, I'm sending you the exact coordinates of the daughtresses I believe are behind the jamming as well as data on their field of vision. Follow the path marked to outmaneuver them and take them out so I can restore proper vision on the battlefield and make sure there are no other secrets out there." +
cubey@aol.pl (16:54:33): *Sielje moves to Justice Gavel's side. With a flick of the wrist she sends it - the cloak she stole from Moswar earlier, blinding his sight by throwing it at his head! This follow by an attempt to stab, right at his unit's chest - where the pilot is!+
VJockey (16:55:06): "Speaks the one who lacks any honor himself."
cubey@aol.pl (16:55:25): Sielje: "Lord Moswar. You are not young, you will not survive this! Did you wish to be remembered as one who lost his life attacking the unarmed?!"
griefgathering (16:56:03): ???: (to Kei) "I'm on it."
Peter Kampschroeder (16:56:10): *Jen holds nothing back. She heads for Moswar at a dead run, closing to melee-where she'll use her smaller size to try to slip under him, and attack him from the back while Sielje hits the front. She flips back and forth between her right and left with the jabs, letting the close-range beam weapon do the damage instead of the impact.+
tengusaur (16:57:50): Daniel: "Understood. Let's go. Don't let Moswar kill you." Steel Wanderer erupts into a run, following the directions given by Kei. As soon as the interference-runners are close, Daniel stops for a second behind a corner, before suddenly rolling from behind his cover and then quickly firing an armor-piercing shot at one of them! +
Wyverncakes (16:58:47): [Sielje] "If I do, I shall fall having struck a blow to a corrupt world, and vanquishing a traitor who has abandoned all that an Ankaian knight should stand for!" The club whiffs above you to strike away the cloak with blinding speed, but as your sword strikes into the Gavel's chest it bounces off harmlessly. And then there's the come-around as Moswar brings the club back to strike you down!
Wyverncakes (16:58:52): (React: Sielje)
griefgathering (16:59:12): *The mystery machine makes use of that data to track down the ECM Daughtresses. This whole stealth thing isn't exactly her forte, but she follows through nontheless. Provided that following Kei's directions can give her the advantage of surprise, she dives out to strike the other Daughtress that Daniel didn't, slashing while making the best use of her long sword's range.+
VJockey (16:59:24): #Sielje?
Wyverncakes (16:59:31): (Approved)
cubey@aol.pl (16:59:42): Sielje: "Jen! Be cautious!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:00:08): She will not duck under Moswar's feet - that would endanger an ally, and more importantly - it is a dishonorable act.
Peter Kampschroeder (17:00:19): Jen: "Doesn't really feel like the time for that!"
VJockey (17:00:36): *As Moswar seeks to bring his weapon to bear upon Sieje, Optimus and Grimlock leap to her defence - seeking to knock him off balance by assaulting him in the face with axe and fang respectively!+
Wyverncakes (17:01:14): [Jen] Distracted with Jen, you get free reign of Moswar's backside. Which isn't an issue as your beam strikes pelt his backside doing at best superficial damages. A few cuts and scratches, but the Power Within is a hell of a drug and defense boost.
cubey@aol.pl (17:02:01): *The cloak won't do anything here! Sielje strikes Moswar's club from the side, a straight raised parade as she also takes a step aside, hoping to get out of harm's way.+
cubey@aol.pl (17:02:04): Hoping, being the key word.
VJockey (17:03:06): "If you fall, you do so a spiteful man who simply seeks to shed blood of those who cannot even protect themselves. You hide your viciousness under righteousness and demean your own people!"
Wyverncakes (17:03:52): [Daniel and ???] Both of your attacks connect, Daniel's blowing off one of the Daughtresses's wings and causing it to land awkwardly while ???'s own cuts clean through. But while you're doing that, the other remaining Daughtresses turn their attention towards you, opening fire!
Wyverncakes (17:03:57): (React: Daniel and ???)
Wyverncakes (17:05:26): [Sielje] Your quick actions save your life, but not much more than that. The club still smashes into your sword, breaking off more than a third of it as if it were nothing, and blowing you away anyways.
Peter Kampschroeder (17:05:42): Jen: "Jesus, he's tough..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:06:31): Sielje: "My weapon..." She's thrown back by the impact.
Wyverncakes (17:06:51): [Optimus defense] Mosward can't follow up though thanks to the Autobots jumping to her ait though, both of you landing blows to Moswar's head and... barely chipping off parts of its ornimental design.
tengusaur (17:06:54): Daniel: "Watch out. Firing Julian!" He quickly rolls to the other side of the building, to get some cover, and fires a bullet on the ground. The projectile bounces off the pavement and heads towards the attackers, and then starts ricocheting off the still-combat-capable Daughtresses a few times, dealing damage to whatever it hits! +
Wyverncakes (17:07:32): Moswar: "A fate you would have joined if you had any desire for a swift end!"
Wyverncakes (17:08:02): (Autobots, Cherno Alpha, Daniel)
griefgathering (17:08:02): "Agh!" *The ring on the back of the unidentified machine suddenly expands, and the unit itself grabs it and hurls it toward the enemies like some sort of frizbee. It'll cut through the enemies that are around to complement Daniel's ricocheting bullet as the mystery person takes cover behind nearby structures!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (17:08:04): "…he's far too tough." Alexis rumbles. "Attacking his mecha's armor is suboptimal."
cubey@aol.pl (17:08:42): "No..." Sielje stands up from her personal pile of rubble.
cubey@aol.pl (17:09:04): Sielje: "I cannot..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:09:17): "Your actions have already doomed yourself... I cannot let them doom Ankaia as well..."
Wyverncakes (17:09:26): [Daniel and ???] Between the two of your efforts, the remaining three Daughtresses are either smashed up, cut down, or some mix of the two. Three explosions follow shortly after.
tormterra (17:09:38): Kei: "I'll try to see if I can determine the composition of his mecha and find any weak points to target."
Peter Kampschroeder (17:09:39): Jen: "...I'll support you. Somehow."
tengusaur (17:09:52): (any enemies remaining here?)
tengusaur (17:10:05): (non-Ankaian enemies)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (17:10:10): "…but what if we attack the man inside?" Sasha rumbles. Cherno Alpha advances, ports on the side of it's head opening. "Incinerator Turbines…Max!" Cherno Alpha fires a relatively short burst of sticky flaming liquid at the Gavel's head, aiming for any vent or grill that would appear to give Mosvar air to breath…and hopefully blinding him too!+
Wyverncakes (17:10:21): (The Daughtress Flier you grounded before)
griefgathering (17:10:55): ???: "Did that do it?"
griefgathering (17:11:07): She's going to check the jamming if it's still there.
tormterra (17:11:12): (Did it? I imagine no, since there's still a flier.)
Wyverncakes (17:11:36): (Yes. Jamming is still happening)
tormterra (17:12:07): Kei: "It's still there. Maybe if the other flyer is taken out as well."
tengusaur (17:12:19): Daniel points his gun at the Flier. "You're the last one. Give up." &
griefgathering (17:12:43): ???: "The guy with the gun is on it."
tengusaur (17:12:51): He activates the loud speaker, to make sure the enemy hears him.
Wyverncakes (17:13:46): [Cherno team] The flaming liquid splashes onto the Justice Gavel's hand instead! It's hot enough that smoke's coming from it, but it doesn't seem to have any harmful effect on the machine as it charges, slamming its unlikely Burning Finger into the Jaeger and piercing through the abdomen of the machine! Fortunately that's clear of the cockpit, but the Gavel's might club swings down on Cherno's chest right afterwards!
Wyverncakes (17:13:55): (React: Cherno team)
cubey@aol.pl (17:14:30): # Cherno
Wyverncakes (17:14:34): [Daniel] The Daughtress doesn't hesitate to open fire on you with a machinegun.
Wyverncakes (17:14:37): (React: Daniel)
Wyverncakes (17:14:39): (Approved)
tengusaur (17:16:10): Daniel: "...I tried." He sounds a bit let down. As soon as he sees the Daughtress' finger moving, he almost instantly fires at the center of its mass, trying to shoot before the enemy does. +
cubey@aol.pl (17:16:12): Sielje: "Attacking the armor... no! Stop right there!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (17:17:04): *"Bohez Moi!" Cherno's cockpit is getting a lot hotter! The Kaidonovksy's lash out with a piston-powered punch…that slams into the Gavel's upper bicep in an attempt to parry his blow at the point of maximum leverage! Archimedes and Yong Chun are rolling in their graves!+
cubey@aol.pl (17:17:08): *She has no functional weapon left, though Moswar's armor is far too tough for it to have any effect anyway. The Knight's Arm moves its cloak, wrapping it around Justice Gavel's head. Sielje holds it in place, keeping Moswar blinded.+
cubey@aol.pl (17:17:21): Sielje: "Stop! Do no more, it is enough!"
VJockey (17:17:54): *Buying time. At this point this was all they could do. The Autobots open fire at the Justice Havel's club arm at its wrist joint! Seeking to hopefully cause it complications with its assault!+
Wyverncakes (17:18:41): [Daniel] Unfortunately for the Daughtress, you had Snake Eyes (tm) concentration. Your shots hit home, the Daughtress stumbling forward and falling, machinegun shots spraying everywhere and only manging a few glancing hits. And with that, the last of the black ops machines explodes, leaving no physical record of their existence aside from your own flight recorders.
tengusaur (17:19:32): Steel Wanderer turns around, letting the Daughtress explode behind its back.
tengusaur (17:19:56): Daniel: "...All targets down. Tried to make him surrender. He refused."
griefgathering (17:21:58): "That should do it, then."
griefgathering (17:22:03): As much as ??? wants to know where those units came from, there's a bigger problem now.
Wyverncakes (17:22:06): [Cherno team, Optimus, and Sielje] With its vision suddenly obstructed, Justice Gavel can't stop from taking more hits. The concentrated fire and Jaeger punch on its arm makes its attack falter! A few parts of the Justice Gavel's arm crack and fall off, but its own attack still hits down on the outer part of Cherno's functioning arm, smashing the end bit of its shoulder and making the arm hang there.
Wyverncakes (17:22:24): It can still move the limb... just don't expect too much from it.
Wyverncakes (17:22:45): (Kei, Jen, ???, Sielje)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (17:23:49): Whelp…no more special punches from Cherno. "Hrm!" Sasha grunts, staring at the damage readings in displeasure.
Peter Kampschroeder (17:23:59): Cethlenn stands a bit away from the raging Moswar, kneeling. Jen: "...Sielje, I'm going to try to break his armor."
cubey@aol.pl (17:24:08): *Sielje holds the cloak with all her might. Keep Moswar blinded for as long as possible!+
tormterra (17:24:16): (Did Kei find any weak points she can point out? I might be able to do a final action real quick.)
cubey@aol.pl (17:24:17): Sielje: "Yes!"
Peter Kampschroeder (17:24:50): Jen: "Feel free to yell at me for this later." Cethlenn heads towards Moswar, picking up speed...
Wyverncakes (17:24:59): (No real weak points, but Moswar's life signs are rapidly weakening)
tormterra (17:25:20): (Okay, then I'll just let the ones already attacking finish him.)
Wyverncakes (17:25:59): And in fact... as he's been fighting, the lights on the Justice Gavel have been slowly but steadily dimming... though they still smoulder with the determination of the man controlling the machine.
Peter Kampschroeder (17:26:37): *As it runs towards the giant enemy robot, Jen's nanobot cloud gathers in her right palm. She jumps up towards the unit's back, slaps it down, and grapples away-leaving the vast majority of her stock of nanobots on Justice Gavel, as a rapidly corroding poison.+
Peter Kampschroeder (17:27:09): There are some left in Jen's reserve, but for all practical, combat-related purposes, there are not.
Wyverncakes (17:27:30): [Sielje] Well you started this fight the way it seems to be ending, holding desperately onto the Gavel as it begins to spin around, your gripping loosening on the cloak before it grabs Moswar grabs it with his free hand and gives it a tug! You go flying over to the front of the Justice Gavel, slamming down onto the ground as he brings his club down to end you!
Wyverncakes (17:27:33): (React: Sielje!)
Wyverncakes (17:29:34): [Jen] Your nanomachines are dumped onto the Gavel's backside, and they will find trying to break down the Gavel very... very difficult. The Power Within is reinforcing the machine from the ground up, its armor slooowly being eaten away but it's still hard going.
griefgathering (17:30:56): ???: *"Nightingale...!" The two long fins on the back of the mystery unit detach and reform - in the shape of a bow that is aimed at Justice Gavel. As the machine makes a move to string the weapon in a non conventional way (on the side of the draw arm), a set of thin solid swords with familiar, hazy blades, form between its fingers. The time between drawing and firing though, is almost instant, and the shots are placed so that they won't hit the melee combatants near the monstrous enemy!+
cubey@aol.pl (17:31:24): *The second Moswar pulls on the cloak - Sielje lets go. Hopefully this will throw him back as well, or at least mess up his balance - and since opposite forces are a thing, she is also thrown back, a motion further reinforced by tumbling away in a roll. As fast as possible!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (17:31:43): #Sielje?
Wyverncakes (17:32:15): (Approved)
Peter Kampschroeder (17:34:10): Jen: "...Not that it's gonna surprise anyone, but he's tough. I'm chewing through his armor a lot slower than I thought...How long does the Power Within last?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (17:34:51): *"Hand…Off…OUR PRISONER!" Cherno Alpha, its arms wrecked, charges towards the Moswar, grabs it by the waist with it's barely functions arms, clenching it tight and…is it gonna-? It is! Cherno Alpha bend back and tries to suplex the Gavel!+
VJockey (17:35:41): Kup: "I'm guessing however long that light show of his stays on."
Peter Kampschroeder (17:37:38): Jen: "...I'm gonna run out of power before I get through to him."
Wyverncakes (17:38:16): [???, Sielje, and Cherno team] Sielje's landing is not as bad as it could have been, but it's Cherno's intervention that keeps Sielje from being smashed down! You struggle, but with one wrecked hand and the other arm's shoulder busted, your suplex just sorta, falls apart before it can start proper. And now dead in Moswar's sight, the Jaeger's poised to get struck instead, until suddenly those arrows shoot out, striking into its body!
Wyverncakes (17:38:37): Moswar: "Hnnnrgh...!"
Wyverncakes (17:38:58): It stumbles back... but with a furious roar it steps forward again, raising the club up-
cubey@aol.pl (17:39:01): Sielje: "Ah..." She actually closed her eyes for a bit there - not going to tell others, though. They must never know.
Wyverncakes (17:39:07): -Trying to raise the club up-
tengusaur (17:39:20): Daniel: "...!"
Wyverncakes (17:39:25): -The club falls.
Wyverncakes (17:39:49): The Justice Gavel's lights are barely visible now.
griefgathering (17:39:57): The mystery person has her bow raised still, until that happens...
Wyverncakes (17:40:01): And yet...
Wyverncakes (17:40:07): "... This..."
Wyverncakes (17:40:35): "This is... still a good death."
cubey@aol.pl (17:40:46): Sielje: "Lord Moswar..."
Wyverncakes (17:40:54): "A warrior's death... by his own hand...!"
VJockey (17:41:01): "..."
Wyverncakes (17:41:30): "And I would rather this, than to ever be the likes of a Burned Out..."
Wyverncakes (17:41:51): The last few words are barely above a whisper, and then the Justice Gavel's lights -and Moswar inside- go cold.
cubey@aol.pl (17:42:11): Sielje: "..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (17:42:11): Sasha sighs in relief. "…Sieljie has more honor and nobility that you ever could, Moswar." She says softly. "But you'll never understand why…"
Wyverncakes (17:42:34): Behind all of you though, stands the remaining Ankaian attackers...
VJockey (17:42:57): "...A senseless waste of life..."
VJockey (17:43:04): [Optimus shakes his head tiredly.]
Wyverncakes (17:43:15): However, none of them look to be in the mood for attacking though. In fact...
Peter Kampschroeder (17:43:23): Jen: "...God damn, what an asshole."
Wyverncakes (17:43:24): "This is enough..."
Wyverncakes (17:43:35): "We yield."
Wyverncakes (17:44:19): Their weapons are put away, and not a moment later another portal appears behind them... leaving you alone.
Wyverncakes (17:44:25): MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
cubey@aol.pl (17:44:42): Sielje: "I..."
griefgathering (17:44:58): Hearing that, the mystery unit releases its grip on its bow, which re-attaches as separate components to its back.
cubey@aol.pl (17:45:09): Sielje: "Unity Group, I ask you to let them go. Someone needs to bring Lord Moswar's body to Ankaia. As well as news of what transpired."
griefgathering (17:45:29): Nothing else is said before it vanishes, leaving only those strange cherry blossom petals behind.
VJockey (17:45:29): Kup: "On that I can agree with you." [The old Autobot grumbles agreement with Jen and is just going to set himself down. His joints aching.]
tengusaur (17:46:08): Daniel: "It's not my decision to make. But good for me."
cubey@aol.pl (17:46:16): Sielje: "This is the way things are done in my lands. And because of it... Ankaia may change its mind towards Earth."
Peter Kampschroeder (17:46:18): Jen: "You sure you don't want to do it?" She retrieves her nanobots, devouring the corpse would be rude.
VJockey (17:46:24): Optimus: "That is a reasonable request.... though I hope this will prevent further hostilities..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:46:27): Sielje: "No."
cubey@aol.pl (17:46:33): Sielje: "I will stay."
Peter Kampschroeder (17:47:01): Jen: "...Well, alright."
cubey@aol.pl (17:47:05): Sielje: "As much as I wish to return to my homeland, I made a vow. To stop Lord Moswar and others who attack Earth and predate on its innocents."
cubey@aol.pl (17:47:27): Sielje: "Until the time of the moot, I will remain on Earth. I will not break my vow."
VJockey (17:48:57): Optimus: "We are fortunate to have your presence here Sielje of the South."