Mission 113 - Challenge Honorably

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Wyverncakes (22:47:18): It is the last day of the moot.
cubey@aol.pl (22:49:13): This is a rare chance to see Sielje in the main meeting hall. Still wearing the big fancy dress and all.
Wyverncakes (22:49:20): Before long, the time will finally come for a decision to be made about Earth/Ankaian relations.
cubey@aol.pl (22:49:50): However she seemed very cautious not to get too close to people. In particular, Champion Ynya and Kimhone - her friends...
tormterra (22:51:33): Kei was there as well, observing as a member of Unity Group. Enough was riding on this, for both planets and for Sielje, that she didn't want to simply wait outside to get official word of what happened, but wanted to see for herself. She was keeping to the background though and not making much effort to draw attention to herself, though
aldo salt (22:52:34): Alexia and Sasha Kaidonvosky, clad in their pimpcoats, wearing their finest skull-rings, chat quietly in the corner. "Keep an eye out for Ishin…" Sasha murmurs. Alexis nods with a grunt.
Wyverncakes (22:53:32): For those of you inside of the main hall, things are proceeding mostly as they have been.
tengusaur (22:54:20): Daniel wanted to come to the main hall... But didn't. It's certainly not cold feet and feeling of unease from sticking out like a sore thumb. Not at all. In any case, he stays outside, among the ruins.
frifreeman (22:55:46): Grace is watching the moot, thinking about what's the best way to help Ankaian from their predicament (it's by selling them produces and goods)
Wyverncakes (22:56:04): For those of you further out and closer to where the Unity Group machines are being stored -incidentally not the dedicated Ankaian Arms hangars- though, it's not quite the same.
Aero (22:56:24): Willis on the other hand had been mostly been taking in the sights of Ankaia. Originally his plan was to keep an eye on Elys but somehow he had gotten distracted.
Wyverncakes (22:58:30): Daniel, Willis... your wanderings outside suddenly take on a different tone as sudden, loud crashes ring out from somewhere further off in the capital!
tengusaur (22:59:11): Daniel: "...Something's not right."
Wyverncakes (22:59:19): More than just "not right"...
Wyverncakes (23:00:01): Up in the sky, a slew of smaller creatures soar, crashing through a damaged spire and causing it to fall!
Wyverncakes (23:00:07): (Beast Wiverna: http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130319175110/dragonage/images/7/72/Wyvern_concept_art.jpg)
Wyverncakes (23:00:18): Meanwhile!
tengusaur (23:01:03): Daniel: "Ankaia. A planet full of monsters. Figured some would show up..." He makes his way towards Steel Wanderer.
Wyverncakes (23:01:16): People in the meeting hall, from somewhere a door swings open and then slams shut, a messenger wasting no time to raise the alarm!
Wyverncakes (23:02:02): "The city is under attack! Groups of beasts have gone berserk and are attacking!"
Aero (23:02:04): Willis: "Guess not all the locals are friendly..." Willis' Core Cells activate and call Strahlend towards him as he starts to run towards the capital from the ruins.
aldo salt (23:02:17): Sasha and Alexis looks up in unison. Their nostrils flare. "Kaiju…" they mutter in unison.
Wyverncakes (23:02:24): At once the hall erupts into an uproar.
cubey@aol.pl (23:02:25): Sielje freezes in place.
cubey@aol.pl (23:02:30): "Beasts..?!"
cubey@aol.pl (23:02:53): "No beast would come so close to the capital..." It's just like back then...
tormterra (23:02:54): Kei immediately turned to watch, tension up and ready to move out if needed. The Ankaians should be capable of handling it themselves and Purple-2 was a distance away but still. Either way, she looks to find Sielje, trying to catch her eye to send a questioning look across the room
cubey@aol.pl (23:02:56): Ten years ago...
frifreeman (23:04:01): Grace: "Beast attack!?"
Wyverncakes (23:04:44): The fury and ire in the Ankaians is palpable as they speak to each other. Rather than panic, this is a matter of transgressions and indignities they will most certainly not suffer!
frifreeman (23:05:30): Grace: "I guess Ankaia is really... "
cubey@aol.pl (23:05:32): Sielje: "No. This will not come to happen again. I was weak but... that is the past. I will go!"
frifreeman (23:05:40): Grace: "Full of beast."
frifreeman (23:06:10): Grace: "What, do you think I'm going to say some sort of pun? I'm not some middle aged guy with bad sense of humor."
cubey@aol.pl (23:06:24): She lifts the oversized skirts up and runs - towards the place where UG left its units!
tormterra (23:06:58): Seeing Sielje's reaction, Kei breaks into a run away far less impeded by her own much more practical outfit. Apparently it was time for them to fight after all
aldo salt (23:07:02): Sasha and Alexis also take off towards their Jaeger. For them, this scenario is all too familiar!
frifreeman (23:08:03): Grace: "And I'd think something related to these knights would happen..." Grace also run toward her daughtress.
Wyverncakes (23:09:15): Willis, Daniel, you're both primed and ready to intervene. The beasts are fortunately easy enough to locate by the trail of destruction, but you two seem to be the only ones getting situated to do anything about it. There's no Knight's Arms on the field or even in the process of being sortied...
Aero (23:10:00): Willis: "First on the scene..."
tengusaur (23:10:16): Daniel: "Looks like it's up to us. At least for now."
tengusaur (23:10:31): Steel Wanderer draws its revolver with a spin.
tengusaur (23:10:36): Daniel: "Let's do it."
Aero (23:10:47): Willis: "Hope you're up for a battle with beasts Mr.Gunman."
Wyverncakes (23:10:47): There's a whole slew of those Wiverna too, most of them seeming identical but some larger ones in the front of the groups, but they're only a few meters tall.
Wyverncakes (23:11:14): But at the same time there are also three gigantic beasts along with them
Wyverncakes (23:11:29): (Beast Amisbaena: 3)
Wyverncakes (23:11:35): ... But the first attack doesn't come from them.
Wyverncakes (23:12:08): Instead, energy blasts come hurtling out from the gaping hole in a tower you just passed, aimed at both of you!
Wyverncakes (23:12:16): (React: Willis and Daniel)
Wyverncakes (23:12:23): (Beast Amisbaena: http://orig11.deviantart.net/6efb/f/2012/202/3/3/amphisbaena__superrare__by_mictones-d581c84.jpg)
Wyverncakes (23:13:04): ^Amphisbaena
tengusaur (23:13:09): Daniel: "What launched those shots?" Steel Wanderer quickly jumps away, hiding behind an ancient column and readying its gun. +
Aero (23:13:17): * Strahlend lines Quicksilver with a reflective coating and attempts to deflect the energy blasts upwards, away from the city and hopefully towards the Wiverna. +
Wyverncakes (23:13:20): Meanwhile, people on foot...
Aero (23:13:38): Willis: "From one of those towers I think..."
Wyverncakes (23:13:47): Your pursuit towards your machines takes a turn, both literally and figuratively.
Aero (23:13:49): Willis: "Something is in there."
tengusaur (23:14:08): Daniel: "Yes. But what? Can those monsters fire beams?"
Wyverncakes (23:14:23): You round a bend, and in front of you lies several Ankaian guards lying on the ground. Dead.
cubey@aol.pl (23:14:49): Sielje: "..."
Aero (23:14:55): Willis: "To be perfectly honest I wouldn't be too surprised if they could."
aldo salt (23:15:05): Alexis slides to a stop with a curse. "…someone's scheming." he growls.
frifreeman (23:15:15): Grace: "Gasp!"
Wyverncakes (23:15:19): Bloodstains below them, and bulletholes in their clothing around their hearts make it clear what happened to them, if not necessarily who's responsible.
frifreeman (23:15:25): Grace: "What's going on here!"
aldo salt (23:15:33): Meanwhile, Sasha scans the environment, looking for monsters or men that might have done this.
Wyverncakes (23:15:34): What's going on, Grace...
tormterra (23:15:38): Kei: "...Fumerco? Or the Old Watch? Or somebody else entirely?"
Wyverncakes (23:16:19): ... Is that that suddenly a door opens but nobody comes through.
aldo salt (23:16:21): Alexis: "…Ankians don't use guns…or at least that is what people will say."
frifreeman (23:16:23): Grace:"My conclusion is... apparently they got shot!"
aldo salt (23:16:35): Sasha: "Dodge! Now!"
cubey@aol.pl (23:16:38): Sielje: "Impossible... beware!"
frifreeman (23:17:01): Grace: "Gah!" Grace reflexively jumps and roll away
aldo salt (23:17:02): Sasha and Alexis follow their own advice, tackling anyone in their way in the process!
Wyverncakes (23:17:04): A glint of light comes through off of a reflector mirror, and then two guns peek around, firing on you with more accuracy than blindfiring should allow!
Wyverncakes (23:17:07): (React: on foo people)
Wyverncakes (23:17:11): ^(foot)
frifreeman (23:17:12): She draws two revolver and points it toward the door.
cubey@aol.pl (23:18:00): *Sielje lunges, seeking refuge behind a corner. She tries to roll, which is hard in this attire and she can hear something tear, but no time for that!+
frifreeman (23:18:13): Grace release her finger from her revolver's grips, and a pair of pellets fall down
frifreeman (23:18:25): The pellets explodes into smoke cloud!+
tormterra (23:18:47): * Kei immediately threw herself to the side, reaching for the gun she didn't have since she was in a civilian capacity around foreign dignitaries, but at least she got a head start on escaping even while doing so. +
aldo salt (23:18:48): *Alexis and Sasha break right and left, diving for cover behind some rubble. Alexis pulls out an old prison guard's stun baton and energizes it, waiting for someone to emerge from the door!+
frifreeman (23:18:58): Grace: "Everyone, take take cover!"
Wyverncakes (23:19:05): [Willis and Daniel] The energy blasts crash either into that ancient column -destroying it in place of Daniel- or are deflected by Strahlend's quick reflector coating. Off in the distance a Wiverna gets obliterated by the attack as it blows through it.
Wyverncakes (23:19:47): Light reflects off the Strahlend's coating as well, illuminating the inside of the tower, and you can see it...
Aero (23:20:09): Willis: "!"
Wyverncakes (23:20:24): A Huckebein, outfitted with camo to help it blend in to the Ankaian architecture.
tengusaur (23:21:09): Daniel: "...It's them. Again."
Aero (23:21:12): Willis: "Looks like we're not the only guests here."
aldo salt (23:22:06): Sasha switches on a commlink. "Daniel, Willis, come in! We're pinned down by gunfire from an unknown party: can you provide support fire?"
Aero (23:22:31): Willis: "They're probably littered through the entire city."
Wyverncakes (23:22:38): [On foot people] Bullets whiz past you all as you try to take refuge from the shots. Grace, the assault knocks one of your revolvers out of your hand but not before your own smoke rounds go off, adding to the confusion. None of you are harmed, but Alexis also isn't going to be able to see anyone come through that door. But you do hear people moving in through it... and several others further off though...
tengusaur (23:22:47): Daniel: "We have bogeys here. At least one, and monsters. Will move in after taking care of them."
Aero (23:22:50): Willis: "We're in a bit of trouble ourselves."
tengusaur (23:23:17): Daniel: "...It's probably Fumerco. Just like at the mall."
Wyverncakes (23:23:24): The smoke begins to settle, enough that you can make out men clad from head-to-toe in black gear obscuring their features. Guns in hand, it's clear what they've come for.
Wyverncakes (23:23:43): Just like at the mall indeed.
tormterra (23:23:48): Kei: "Probably. But there might be more to it than that."
aldo salt (23:24:05): Sasha grunts. It seems like Fumerco wishes to start a war...
cubey@aol.pl (23:24:18): Sielje: "Attacking Ankaia... why are they here? How did they arrive here?!"
Wyverncakes (23:24:22): Daniel, now in a better position you and Willis can see more of those Black Ops Daughtresses on the scene as well, doing nothing to contain the rampaging beasts...
Aero (23:24:46): Willis: "Caught between a rock and hard place."
Wyverncakes (23:24:48): Enemies:
cubey@aol.pl (23:24:50): She hugs closer to the wall. She doesn't even have a weapon... and knows well that a sword can't do much against an assault rifle in a fight like this.
aldo salt (23:25:28): Sasha nudges Sieljie, pulls out a knife, and passes it to her. "Get ready," she whispers.
Wyverncakes (23:25:46): (Mecha front: Beast Wiverna x 53, Alpha Beast Wiverna x 8, Black Opts Daughtress x 14, Huckebein Solo x 1)
Aero (23:25:56): Willis: "Sasha, give me your location. I think I can provide a bit of support."
tormterra (23:26:26): Kei follows the local in trying to escape. She doesn't know the place and what unarmed techniques she learned at the academy wouldn't help much against a special forces team. "I think it's more complex than we've ever been told." Hopefully Sielje could accept that much for now, while they focused on getting to safety or at least proper weaponry
Wyverncakes (23:26:30): ^Also Amphisbaena x3
Wyverncakes (23:26:54): (On-foot front: Black Ops guards x 16)
Wyverncakes (23:27:14): (Daniel, Sielje, Grace, go)
cubey@aol.pl (23:27:32): Sielje:"..."
aldo salt (23:27:32): Sasha quietly sends the coordinates. "Try to be precise. It would be good to take prisoners," she says to Wills.
cubey@aol.pl (23:28:24): Sielje: "They are coming. I will try to distract them."
cubey@aol.pl (23:28:35): Sielje: "Run while it is so."
frifreeman (23:29:10): Grace: "Don't mind if I do!"
Aero (23:29:27): Willis: "Just try to hold out for a bit. "
Aero (23:29:46): Willis: "Precision is something this system was sorta designed for."
tengusaur (23:29:53): Daniel: "They're not helping. We should do this quick." He loads a special bullet into the Gun of God, jumps out from behind cover, and fires at the weakest point of the tower from which the shots came. The bullet explodes upon impact, shaking the structure! &
tormterra (23:30:11): Kei: "...Do you have a plan?"
cubey@aol.pl (23:30:20): *Sielje stands up, she shifts her dress a bit... this is it. This will be very difficult and she is not sure if she can live with herself. If she will live at all.
aldo salt (23:30:21): "Nyet," Alexis replies softly. "We will see this through with you, Sieljie."
frifreeman (23:30:37): Grace violently stumbles around, before crawling in all four, knocks some rubbles noisily, and run away from the scene.
cubey@aol.pl (23:31:25): Sielje: "Just... a thing I brought from Earth. It is no weapon so I believe it is not... fully dishonorable. Do not look!"
Aero (23:31:26): Willis: "I do, but without a bit more info I'll only be able to to get rid of their weapons."
cubey@aol.pl (23:31:27): *From under the skirt, she produces a small metallic object and throws it through the door that leads to the armed bad guys. It explodes in a blinding flash of light!+
Wyverncakes (23:32:21): [Daniel] The blast leaves the structure shaking, crumbling even. Much of the city is in a state of disrepair, and the tower is no exception as it begins to collapse. Dust seeps out, and the Huckebein tries to take the opportunity to escape with it, firing more shots at you in the meantime!
Wyverncakes (23:32:26): (React: Daniel)
Wyverncakes (23:32:31): ^React/continue
aldo salt (23:33:02): "Getting rid of weapons will do, Willis!" Sasha replies. "Do it!"
tormterra (23:33:13): The second Kei saw what the knight had produced, she gave a quick nod and turned back away as she kept running. Sielje did have a plan that didn't involve sacrificing herself...At least she had to hope it didn't, she couldn't look into a flash grenade to tell
aldo salt (23:33:16): She averts her eyes. So does Alexis.
Aero (23:33:46): @Daniel and Sielje?
tengusaur (23:34:21): * As the enemies try to escape the building, Daniel takes potshots at them, firing the armor-piercing Longinus bullets. He especially aims for ones that were thrown into disarray by the explosion, or are falling. Then he quickly hides behind the cover of ruins again. +
Wyverncakes (23:35:07): (Defending/assisting two differen people on two different fronts with two differen threats? I'll allow it, bu it'll have to be good. Good luck Willis)
Wyverncakes (23:35:47): [Sielje] There is still some smoke still in the room, enough that most black ops don't know exactly what you're doing until it's too late, the flashbang's light blinding those who weren't warned in time!. The black ops affected fall to the ground, but the few that were far enough away press in closer, firing on you again with no mercy!
Wyverncakes (23:35:54): (React: Sielje)
aldo salt (23:36:10): @Sieljie?
cubey@aol.pl (23:36:42): *Immediately after throwing the flashbang, Sielje retreats back into safety. It was only her hand that moved into visibility after all - what else need you to throw something?+
cubey@aol.pl (23:36:48): (Other than being a honorless cur that is)
Wyverncakes (23:36:48): (Grace, are you +-ing that?)
frifreeman (23:36:55): (no)
Wyverncakes (23:36:59): (Okay)
Wyverncakes (23:37:37): (Also, denied Cherno team. Sory, but she's already getting an assist.)
tormterra (23:39:03): The sound of the flashbang tore through Kei's sensitive ears, but she didn't turn, instead trying to determine what was happening to Sielje through sound alone despite any ringing. Turning meant slowing down and getting them into trouble
Wyverncakes (23:39:44): [Sielje] And a good thing too. The bullets pound into the cover keeping you safe, miraculously enduring the barrage. Guess these guys are using soft-bodied rounds.
frifreeman (23:40:28): As the black ops move forward, someone drops from the roof behind them. It's Grace! "You don't think I'm that bad at running away, don't you? If I want, I can run away without any noise!" She says as she pulls her revolver and point it at the black ops. Apparently she's making a show when running away on purpose, so everyone would think she's running away! And she rapidly pulls the triggers, shooting the enemies at close range, one by one.+
Wyverncakes (23:43:28): [Grace] Your sudden return catches the Black Ops soldiers off guard, your bullets finding their marks on two of them. But your element of surprise wears off quick... one of the dazed guards near you grabbing hold of your leg and one of the remaining ones on his feet smacking into your arms with his own rifle to throw off your aim. A knife flashes in his hands, slashing at you!
Wyverncakes (23:43:33): (React: Grace)
aldo salt (23:43:54): @Grace?
Wyverncakes (23:44:14): (Would be an # but you can)
aldo salt (23:44:20): #Derp!
Aero (23:44:21): * "U.I.I.N System activate...coordinates set, alright Strahlend time for a bit of multitasking." Strahlend takes to the skies again, its eyes flash and from it a gigantic swarm of nanomachines exploded out in every direction. He couldn't target humans or the buildings here but at the very least his nanomachines could flush out both the units hiding in the city and provide a bit of support to the on foot team by getting rid of the weapons those teams were carrying.
Aero (23:44:22): Since he knew exactly where they were, the nanomachine swarm should be able to reach the area in time to devour both the bullets and the guns they were carrying with ease. As for the escaping Huckebein Willis tosses his blade towards the shots fired by the Huckebein in order to deflect them away from Daniel. Hopefully the nanomachine MAPW would be enough to force the machine off the ground where Daniel would have a better shot. In the midst of all of this Willis' eyes dart back and forth, having to monitor what was basically his entire nanomachine swarm and his own piloting as well. +
frifreeman (23:44:46): Grace attempts to parry the knife with her revolver+
Wyverncakes (23:44:57): (Incidentally, Willis, Kei, and the Kaidonovskies can go. Cherno team can combine their support defend with their action if they want)
tormterra (23:47:36): (How far away are our units? Trying to figure out the best approach here.)
Wyverncakes (23:48:02): (Within a minute's reach if you full-out run)
Wyverncakes (23:48:14): [Daniel and Willis] There's only the Huckebein Solo you dislodged on the run after you make the spire collapse, but you still shoot him down all the same. Willis's knife keeps you safe from its dying counterattack.
aldo salt (23:49:45): *(Combining action) Sasha and Alexis use Grace's distraction to rush in and close the distance, breaking left and right with the eerie coordination that the Drift Compatible possess. They dart behind the two Black Ops harassing Grace and snake their arms around their throats in a chokehold. Sasha grabs her Black Op's knife arm and snaps its elbow with her knee, while Alexis throws Black Op with the gun at the ground skull first+
aldo salt (23:50:05): *throws his
tormterra (23:51:07): (And what kind of timeframe are we operating at? I have no idea if a minute is a very long time here or more reasonable overall. My gut says a pretty long time given how close the quarters are, but I'm not sure if that's the understanding I'm meant to take away from it.)
Wyverncakes (23:51:10): [Willis cont.] The cloud spreads, and those of you on foot will be able to see as their guns are dissolved away. The Daughtresses, unsure of just what this cloud is, try to move away from the attack... and reluctantly three more Huckebein Solos emerge from shadowy spots across the city to do the same!
Wyverncakes (23:51:49): (If you dedicate your action this turn to running to your machine, you'll get there.)
Wyverncakes (23:52:03): Unfortunately for all of you on-foot though...
Wyverncakes (23:52:08): Guns and knives are very different things.
Wyverncakes (23:52:37): Even as you see in the Christmas Cloud's haze that the Black Ops guns are decaying away, the same can't be said for other hand weapons they're drawing.
tormterra (23:52:44): * Unarmed and with bad odds even if she'd had a gun, Kei went for the only source of armaments to help the others that she could. The hangar. Any attempt at standing and fighting would be doomed either way, but even Purple-2 would be an insurmountable fighting force for the black ops soldiers. Hopefully the others would prioritize survival over aggression as well. +
Wyverncakes (23:53:14): [Grace] Fortunately, your own guns arne't going the same way as theirs though, and guns are pretty tough too. Enough for emergency parrying at least!
frifreeman (23:54:09): Grace: "Well, There goes the resell value"
cubey@aol.pl (23:54:51): Sielje doesn't know what's going on just now, but...
Wyverncakes (23:55:05): [Cherno team] ... And then suddenly Sasha and Alexis are charging forward. The Black Ops soldier, thrown off by Grace and everything else happening, suddenly gets to experience a brutal russian beatdown ending in a painful concussion.
cubey@aol.pl (23:55:09): "Yes, go!" Seeing Kei break out, she tries to follow.
aldo salt (23:55:54): Sasha stares at Grace with a raised eyebrow. "Come with us if you want to live," she says.
Wyverncakes (23:56:49): [Kei] And then it's your turn to make a break for it. With everyone else charging in headfirst, you manage to slip on by even as the grounded Black Ops forces are rousing and getting back on their feet.
Wyverncakes (23:57:19): You run through the door on the opposite side of the room, just a little further-
Wyverncakes (23:57:48): -And suddenly a fist comes swinging out from around the corner, catching you in the gut and knocking you to the floor.
Wyverncakes (23:57:58): You didn't think that was all of this hit team, no?
cubey@aol.pl (23:58:07): Sielje: "Ah!"
Wyverncakes (23:58:56): More Black Ops forces lie beyond... and what they lack in firearms they are making up with knives, truncheons, and stun gear.
tormterra (23:59:03): Kei let out a grunt of pain as she came down on the ground like that, looking up to see how much of a team she was facing
Wyverncakes (23:59:41): But then the door from whence you came opens again, someone else walking in without word, comment, or even a sense of urgency.
22 July 2015
Wyverncakes (00:00:07): (Figure: http://v.dreamwidth.org/9328124/2423347)
Wyverncakes (00:00:34): Some of you have met him before... it's Lord Ishin the Fated.
Aero (00:01:14): * With his nanomachines spread through the entire area one might think that Willis would be a bit more hesitant to engage. The expression on his face however as he spots the Huckebeins being forced out says otherwise. Strahlend quickly moves to grab Quicksilver from where he tossed it to. "Daniel, three more Huckebeins just moved from sniping posts. " As he says this he recollects part of the cloud and converts Quicksilver into a much longer long blade before charging at the escaping machines. While the beasts were a thread he needed to make sure that the others would be able to get to their machines without the threat of a Personal Trooper sniping them. +
aldo salt (00:01:40): *Alexis and Sasha head for the hanger bay, trying to drag Grace along…while kicking as many prone Black Ops people in the face as they can!
aldo salt (00:01:42): +
Wyverncakes (00:01:44): The Black Ops forces seem to recognize him all too, each and every one of them turning their attention to him... Kei, looks like you're getting a reprieve at least for the moment-
cubey@aol.pl (00:01:55): Sielje: "..."
Wyverncakes (00:02:20): Without a word the closest charge, knives and batons swinging...
tengusaur (00:02:43): Daniel: "I see them. Don't ignore the monsters either. These guys don't so anything to contain them."
Wyverncakes (00:03:10): ... But with only a flutter of his black cloak and nary a word spoken, death arrives, tearing the soldiers apart grisly!
tormterra (00:03:52): Kei followed the action as she struggled to recover, trying to find an opening to reach her unit...Until it was all interrupted by the slaughter before her
frifreeman (00:04:18): Grace: "It's you! You came to save me... I mean us!" Grace says as she noticed Lord Issin while being dragged by the Kaidonovsky.
Wyverncakes (00:04:37): And then begins, Ishin charging headlong into them all. No weapon is in his hand, but from the back of his cloak stretches four long, almost spider-like arms... and at the end of each a blade that many would need two hands to swing!
cubey@aol.pl (00:05:09): Sielje: "..."
Wyverncakes (00:05:10): No answer from Ishin, Grace. But not for a lack of needing attention with the guards though. In fact, he almost looks... bored with this all.
Wyverncakes (00:05:22): But it at least is giving you a chance to get away to your machines!
cubey@aol.pl (00:05:23): Once again, she can only stare at this, silently.
Wyverncakes (00:05:36): Meanwhile
Wyverncakes (00:05:47): (Willis and Daniel, go now)
cubey@aol.pl (00:06:01): Her gaze stares at the Fated - and for a second she feels as if their eyes met.
cubey@aol.pl (00:06:19): This is enough to force Sielje to run away from it all - towards her unit.
Wyverncakes (00:06:59): On-foot people, the rest of the way for you is clear, and your machines have been unharmed as of yet.
Aero (00:07:04): [Already took my action up there Steam]
aldo salt (00:07:07): Alexis rushes over to Cherno Alpha and starts powering it up. Sasha hangs back and nods at Ishin. "The head of Fumerco's leader, da? ….I'll see what I can do…"
tengusaur (00:07:18): * In an attempt to contain the outburst of monsters, Daniel switches to a Lucia energy generator, jumps on top of an ancient building, and slams the hammer repeatedly, sending a barrage of beams into the direction of the wyverns. +
cubey@aol.pl (00:07:52): Sielje: "Ishin is here too. But he is fighting against the assailant..."
Wyverncakes (00:08:13): (That's your action for the first round, which I'm about to get to. This is the start for the next round)
cubey@aol.pl (00:08:16): Finally she speaks up, climbing up into the cockpit. Good thing no one can see her face, no two guesses on which color it has.
Aero (00:08:23): [Okay]
tormterra (00:08:57): Recovering, Kei finished the run she had started to get into Purple-2, watching all the familiar lights and monitors light up around her. "Let's ignore him for now." She pauses awkwardly. "You saved us out there. We'd have been dead without that flashbang."
cubey@aol.pl (00:09:39): Sielje: "It was not a weapon. Using it was not dishonorable."
cubey@aol.pl (00:09:43): Face red-ness intensifies.
Wyverncakes (00:10:07): [Willis] You spring after the dislodged snipers, but as you strike at one of them, it swings up to match your blade with a knife reminiscent of the beast core weaponry that Knights Arms' wield! The two weapons clash, and the sniper swings up its rifle then to fire on you with extreme prejudice after seeing what you've done already!
Wyverncakes (00:10:20): (React: Willis. Reaction can be combined with your action this turn)
Wyverncakes (00:12:04): [Daniel] The Wiverna are small and travel in groups... and if the larger alphas are any tougher it doesn't make up for the increase surface area you can attack. Your beams bake the wyverns good, trashing many of them! But even more still fly up and then divebomb down to crash and claw into you!
Wyverncakes (00:12:10): (React: Daniel)
Wyverncakes (00:12:33): (Sielje, Grace, Cherno team, and Kei can act)
aldo salt (00:13:00): #Daniel?
Wyverncakes (00:13:15): (Approved)
cubey@aol.pl (00:13:28): Sielje: "I am here! Beasts, the Knight Sielje will be your opponent!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:13:52): The Knight's Arm walks through the capital's empty streets quickly, Sielje assessing the situation.
cubey@aol.pl (00:14:08): Sielje: "Wiverna... yes, I know those well. If you slay the pack leaders, the rest will flee!"
Wyverncakes (00:14:26): (Quick updated on enemies on the mech front:
frifreeman (00:14:28): Grace boots up her Daughtress. "Okay, time to face someone on your own size! Which is a mech. And you're on foot. Wait, any of you still alive?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:14:41): Sielje: "The two faced Amphisbaena wield powerful venom. Beware of it."
Wyverncakes (00:15:30): (Mecha front: Beast Wiverna x 32, Alpha Beast Wiverna x 4, Also Amphisbaena x3, Black Opts Daughtress x 14, Huckebein Solo x 3)
tengusaur (00:16:01): Daniel: "Tch... Not that good at melee..." He tries to fend off the swarming, smaller flying creatures attacking Steel Wanderer like birds, by shooting at them with more beams as they draw close and then swatting them with fists and the Gun of God. It's not a very graceful defense. +
tormterra (00:16:08): * "We need to move out and deal with the beasts and the Huckebein." Flying out of the hangar, Kei tries to formulate a plan with the information she has. Too much melee and Sielje's concerns for honor making it tricky. "Understood. Grace, provoke the one of the large dragons. Kaidanovskys, stand ready to charge it at full speed when it comes for her. I doubt it's used to anything with the reach and size of Cherno Alpha to underestimate its reach." +
aldo salt (00:16:24): *A loud foghorn drone echoes through the air, and Cherno Alpha rises up from the hanger bay. Electricity crackles over its massive fist as it swings it through the air and swats the divebombing Wyverns out of the sky!+
Wyverncakes (00:16:30): (Fronts now united, black ops forces on-foot either dead at Ishin's hands or about to be)
Aero (00:17:07): * "Ankaian-like equipment also..." In the midst of the clash Willis suddenly lets go of his blade for a brief second in an attempt to make the Huckebein lose its balance. A second later he catches the blade in a reverse grip before boosting forward as the sniper rifle was aimed up towards him, with one motion he intended on slicing through both the sniper rifle and the cockpit of the Huckebein, Quicksilver even relining itself with it's nanothorn edge to finish the job as Strahlend continued to regather its nanomachines. +
aldo salt (00:17:17): In the cockpit, Sasha and Alexis's Not-Votoms type helmets switch lenses. "Roger that Kei," Sasha says. "Moving into position."
frifreeman (00:17:22): Grace: "Why am I in provoking duty..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:18:00): Sielje: "I faced them so many times..."
Wyverncakes (00:18:27): [Daniel and Cherno team] More Wiverna are driven off, though the Steel Wanderer takes some damage to its limbs from their biting and clawing! But the real concern is Cherno Alpha's giant fist coming in hot, smashing up more Wiverna but when they're that small, a lot can congregate near the Steel Wanderer. And when Cherno's hand is so big in comparison, it's going to be in danger of hitting Daniel too!
Wyverncakes (00:18:30): (React again: Daniel)
frifreeman (00:18:33): Grace's mech jumps on top of a building and waves at the dragon. "Hey dragon! Over here!" She says as she shoot the dragon and makes a lot of clanging noises.+
tormterra (00:18:40): Kei: "Because Daniel was pinned down and Sielje and the Kaidonovskys lack range to draw its attention with."
Wyverncakes (00:18:46): (Combining you action Willis?)
Aero (00:18:51): [Yup]
Aero (00:18:59): [Offensive reaction!]
cubey@aol.pl (00:19:36): *The Wiverna are no danger to mecha, but for an on foot combatant they are deadly. But Sielje is not on foot! She charges towards the swarm, the cloak protecting against claws and teeth - then with a swoosh it is thrown temporarily aside as she slashes across the herd, aiming at the Alpha in front of it.+
Wyverncakes (00:20:13): [Willis] The length of your blade makes the maneuver easy enough to pull off compared to the Huckebein's much smaller knife! The photon shots graze all along the machine's side, but Strahlend cuts through the machine before anything serious gets hit.
tengusaur (00:20:57): * Steel Wanderer jumps away from the incoming giant fist, fist-bumping it at the same time with its much smaller arm at the end of that jump, when it's not going through some monsters at full speed. +
tengusaur (00:21:25): Daniel: "You're here. Good."
tengusaur (00:21:33): Daniel: "...Sorry I couldn't come to the moot."
Wyverncakes (00:22:40): [Sielje] You break through the WIverna's ranks, and an Alpha is quickly found. The creache roars and moves to try to attack you... but your own attack is already well on its way! Your blade cuts through not just the Alpha, but two more along the path of its arc! The Alpha falls...
cubey@aol.pl (00:22:43): Sielje: "The moot is not important right now... why are there no Knights?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:22:53): Sielje: "Why are we fighting alone out here?"
aldo salt (00:23:00): "Niechevo," Sasha replies with a shrug.
Wyverncakes (00:23:18): ... But the Wiverna surounding it do not break and run! Instead they lunge, dogpiling your Arm!
Wyverncakes (00:23:20): (React: Sielje)
tormterra (00:23:24): Kei: "Fumerco assassins or..." Treason of some kind, likely from the very top of Ankaian society
Aero (00:23:40): Willis: "It reeks of a setup doesn't it."
cubey@aol.pl (00:23:55): Sielje: "Yes... aah?!"
tengusaur (00:24:13): Daniel: "Didn't see any of them. Suspicious."
cubey@aol.pl (00:24:36): "Why are they not fleeing?!" *The Arm spins, sword held in one hand and the cloak in another, alternating offense and defense to get the enemies off!+
Wyverncakes (00:24:51): [Daniel] You spring away from the fist, and with the power of a bro-ly fist-bump you turn that near-case of friendly fire into extra propulsion to get you to safety!
griefgathering (00:24:59): #Sielje?
Wyverncakes (00:25:21): (Grace and Cherno team can take their Kei actions now as well)
Wyverncakes (00:25:58): (Grace can also take her normal action, or combine it with her Kei one)
Wyverncakes (00:26:03): (Also, approved)
Wyverncakes (00:26:56): (My mistake, Grace. Sorry)
Wyverncakes (00:29:27): [Grace] The far larger Amphisbaena was just in the process of toppling a long row of columbs with some kind of tattered, sheetlike road on top when you call out to it. It turns and roars at you, and afterwards comes a spray of venom at your machine!
Wyverncakes (00:29:30): (React: Kei)
aldo salt (00:29:36): #Grace?
griefgathering (00:29:37): *A large, but still on-foot sized black kama flies towards one of those attacking wiverna. The weapon's size betrays its actual strength though, as a long chain suddenly materializes from its handle! The weapon is intended to embed itself in the Beast, and from there use it as a club against the others!+
Wyverncakes (00:30:35): (Approved)
tormterra (00:30:42): (React to? I think I lost something while disconnected.)
frifreeman (00:31:00): Grace: "Come on guys... I'm waiting for that punch..."
Wyverncakes (00:31:04): (Crap, meant reaction for Grace)
aldo salt (00:31:55): *Foghorn blaring, Cherno Alpha charges in from the side and tackles the Amphisbaena, pushing it away from Grace and shoving it away from the city. Raising a meaty electrified fist, the mark one Jaeger hammers down on the back of the Amphi's neck repeatedly, driving it to the ground!+
frifreeman (00:32:29): Grace: "YES! Ha, I thought this will be the last time I'm being a bait!"
Wyverncakes (00:32:53): [Fyra and Sielje] As the Wiverna charge at you, Sielje's own efforts cut through more of them all the same. And one of the ones rearing up to strike you from behind suddenly gets impaled by a sickle... and then gets thown around like a flail into more of them!
Wyverncakes (00:33:21): The Wiverna are cut and smashed... but those survivors of the bloodbath spring away!
Wyverncakes (00:33:53): The last remaining Alpha roars furiously, but its cry is suddenly cut short as its body seems to become mis-aligned...
Wyverncakes (00:34:02): ... And then falls in two halves to either side.
Wyverncakes (00:34:22): For the observant, underneath it stands Ishin!
cubey@aol.pl (00:34:32): Sielje: "Fyra? Was it..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:34:35): There he is again.
Wyverncakes (00:34:41): Still on-foot, wiping the blood off of one of his blades!
griefgathering (00:35:05): Fyra: "Are you alright?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:35:15): Sielje: "... Yes."
griefgathering (00:35:34): The Rider glances at Ishin as well. That's definitely something to note...
cubey@aol.pl (00:35:39): She sounds grim. This man is not good news.
aldo salt (00:36:12): Alexis grunts in approval at Ishin's display of his skillz.
Wyverncakes (00:36:47): Ishin: "It was bold and foolish to speak on the lack of the Knights' presence. Unsurpising for those from Earth though... but an insult all the same."
tormterra (00:37:18): Kei: "One is less than you'd expect in the capital...Do you know more about what's going on here than we do?"
Wyverncakes (00:37:27): It's not just him though.
cubey@aol.pl (00:38:15): Sielje: "Lord Ishin... you know well those present around you are not Ankaia's enemies."
Wyverncakes (00:38:18): Knights' Arms are arriving too... nine in total... two each bearing one-handed weapons, two-handed ones, claws, and polearms.
tengusaur (00:38:19): Daniel: "It's the truth. And watch out. Fumerco are still around."
Wyverncakes (00:38:58): The last carries a single short sword lacking the reach of the other one-handed weapon Arms on the field.
frifreeman (00:39:04): Grace: "Reinforcement have arrived! Nice!"
Wyverncakes (00:40:18): Ishin: "That Fumerco is here in the first place, laying siege to our home, is the more concerning matter."
tormterra (00:40:20): For her part, Kei fell silent to get the position of all of the knight. Ishin clearly didn't like them, he might well consider them as bad as Fumerco
Wyverncakes (00:41:55): Ishin: "Against my wishes, Ankaia's doors were opened to Earth, and as a result the people of Earth trampled on sacred hospitality-!"
Wyverncakes (00:42:24): He turns back to the other Knights, his voice growing in strength. He's speaking to them -and anyone else listening- as much as he is you.
Wyverncakes (00:43:36): "It is proof that peace between our home and Earth can not be, and we can expect only abuse from Earthlings in the name of their own self interest. Thus, I say this:"
tormterra (00:44:51): Kei: "Prepare for fighting the knights everyone." It was pretty clear where it was going
Wyverncakes (00:44:52): "As a participant of the moot, and for the sake of Ankaia, I call for declaring and entering a state of war with Earth!"
Wyverncakes (00:45:41): "Any Ankaian of free birth wishes to oppose this call, you may challenge my decision!:
cubey@aol.pl (00:45:44): Sielje: "... No."
cubey@aol.pl (00:46:10): Sielje: "Ishin, you were hoping for an opportunity such as this to arise, were you not?!"
Wyverncakes (00:46:25): "I will face any Ankaian who would oppose the only future our people can have. Any!"
Wyverncakes (00:46:39): -And then he hears Sielje.
Wyverncakes (00:47:09): "You accuse me of hoping for the death of comrades at the hands of Earthlings?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:47:16): Sielje: "This is not the time to decide this. This is no moot, where are its participants?"
Wyverncakes (00:47:34): "You go too far, Sielje the Burned Out."
cubey@aol.pl (00:47:51): Sielje: "You..."
Wyverncakes (00:48:00): "Regarding the moot..."
tormterra (00:48:00): As the speech went on, Kei was sending positional data and everything else she could find on the knights to the rest of the team. This was going down fast. "..." She wanted to say something to Sielje and the lord, but she had no idea what
Aero (00:48:14): Willis: "...."
Wyverncakes (00:48:16): The pilot of the shortsword-wielding Knight's Arm moves forward.
cubey@aol.pl (00:48:38): Sielje: "You are the one who went too far! This is not who I am!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:49:07): She's getting mad now. The situation is bad, and Ishin didn't make it any better.
Wyverncakes (00:49:13): "... The main hall was the target of the Earthling assassins. WIthout weapons, the participants there are all no doubt dead. Lord Ishin may be the only participant still alive!"
frifreeman (00:49:26): Grace: "Gasp! Lord Issin! What about all that have happened between us!"
Wyverncakes (00:49:28): "-Another dishonorable treachery," Ishin responds before turning back to Sielje.
frifreeman (00:49:32): Grace: "I thought we're good!"
tengusaur (00:49:52): Daniel: "...It wasn't us who did this. It was Fumerco. Earth is not one united place."
Wyverncakes (00:50:13): "-And my offer from before must be placed on indefinite hold."
cubey@aol.pl (00:50:18): Sielje: "Impossible. Kimhone... Ynya?"
Wyverncakes (00:50:22): A brief aside to Grace. Sorry about that jester gig falling through.
cubey@aol.pl (00:50:25): But...
tengusaur (00:50:29): Daniel: "..."
Wyverncakes (00:50:41): "A Burned Out will always be a Burned Out. You cling to your feelings and your past for you have no future."
cubey@aol.pl (00:50:44): Sielje: "If they were not trapped inside... why are they not here?"
Wyverncakes (00:50:45): "Nevertheless..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:51:09): Sielje: "No! No... I will not let you do as you please, Ishin. How dare you..."
Wyverncakes (00:51:12): All four blades shift to a ready position, facing Sielje's Knight's Arm.
tormterra (00:51:20): Kei: (On a private line to the rest of the team) "How much do Fumerco know about Ankaia? They might have had help on the inside."
Wyverncakes (00:51:38): "I am a man of my word and accept your challenge. Let the strongest be the victor!'
cubey@aol.pl (00:51:40): Sielje: "I... challenge you. I, Knight Sielje the Guard of the South, challenge your decision, Lord Ishin the Fated."
aldo salt (00:52:09): "I concur," Sasha replies to Kei. "The Black Ops units snuck into this city far too easily, and knew exactly where to strike."
Wyverncakes (00:52:10): Ishin charges with speed that might as well be a teleport, all four blades slashing at you Sielje!
Wyverncakes (00:52:12): (React: Sielje)
tormterra (00:52:23): # Sielje
cubey@aol.pl (00:52:25): She tries not to think about what happened in the main hall. There are more pressing concerns right now.
cubey@aol.pl (00:52:31): For example this!
Wyverncakes (00:52:40): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGwD9MpyLk0
Wyverncakes (00:52:42): (Approved)
cubey@aol.pl (00:53:16): Sielje: "Ghh!" *She leaps back, her own sword moving through the air in a complicated zig zag of a parry, to catch the many blades simultaneously.+
aldo salt (00:53:17): "…furthermore, the Beast attack was too much of a coincidence," Sasha adds.
Wyverncakes (00:53:46): [Cherno team] Belatedly yes, but the Jaeger crashes into the smaller dragon-like creature! You electric fist smashins into one of the Amphi's necks, cracking it after one punch and then reducing it to pulp in another two!
Wyverncakes (00:53:47): But...!
Wyverncakes (00:53:57): The other still hisses, spraying its venom right at you!
Aero (00:53:57): Willis: "As fishy as it is we don't have a lot of hard evidence."
Wyverncakes (00:54:12): Hong Kong all over again, you two.
Wyverncakes (00:54:18): [React, Cherno team]
tormterra (00:54:21): * The charge was met with another one from the side as a certain purple unit sped in to interpose itself between Sielje and the enemy lord, shields pushed to maximum power. As Kei threw Purple-2 in the way of the attack, a pair of electrified spikes came at the knight's arm to stop him. +
Wyverncakes (00:54:27): (Updated enemies:
Aero (00:54:32): Willis: "And even if he didn't get help from them he still took advantage of the situation to declare war on us."
tengusaur (00:54:58): Daniel: "Lack of evidence. Works to Ishin's favour, I'm sure."
cubey@aol.pl (00:55:28): Sielje: "...! Kei, no!"
tormterra (00:55:31): Kei: "We don't, but he was the only one who knew how to react."
Aero (00:55:42): Willis: "...yeah."
aldo salt (00:55:56): *"I've seen this trick before!" Sasha snarls. "Incinerator Turbines!" Just as the Amphi starts to breath acid, Sasha triggers one of the Incinerator turbines and sprays liquid flame into its open maw!+
Aero (00:55:58): This hit a bit too close to home for Willis.
Wyverncakes (00:56:12): (Black Ops/Fumerco? forces: Beast Wiverna x 5, Amphisbaena x3 (1 missing one head), Black Opts Daughtress x 14, Huckebein Solo x 2)
Wyverncakes (00:57:36): (Ishin forces: Ishin the Fated, shortsword Knight's Arm (Merwyd the Arms Master), One-handed weapon Knight's Arm x 2, Two-handed weapon Knight's Arm x 2, Claw Knight's Arm x 2, Polearm Knight's Arm x 2)
Wyverncakes (00:58:05): [Kei] You move to run interference with Ishin, but suddenly Merwyd's Knight's Arm is charging in as well!
griefgathering (00:58:16): "..." Fyra is not particularly looking forward to a confrontation here as the others start engaging enemies. There's a reason Morte isn't around. But if it's come to this, then she will do what she can.
Wyverncakes (00:58:35): "Intervening in an honorable duel? If Sielje were to die at Ishin's hand, grant the Burned Out what little honor she can hope for... and let her die!"
tengusaur (00:58:56): Daniel: "This should be the time to get rid of all the attackers. Stop them from killing more. Not for this..."
Wyverncakes (00:59:30): [Kei cont.] The Knight's Arm deftly parries your electric spike strikes with his single sword... and then suddenly a second comes slashing out from underneath his cloak, atttackin in tandem with the first to keep you occupied!
Wyverncakes (00:59:51): Ishin's still coming in hot, Sielje!
cubey@aol.pl (01:00:58): Sielje: "If Ynya and Kimhone have fallen... do not let their deaths be the start of a war! Please, I need to duel him alone, defend my city from the invaders!"
Wyverncakes (01:01:01): (Initiative: Daniel, Willis, Sielje, Grace, Cherno team, Fyra, Kei)
griefgathering (01:01:44): Fyra: "Understood."
tengusaur (01:02:05): Daniel: "He's all yours."
Aero (01:02:25): WIllis: "We'll keep the city safe."
tengusaur (01:02:37): Daniel: "...Don't lose."
Wyverncakes (01:03:06): [Sielje] It is one blade against four, and Ishin's own are blinding quick... and also heavy as your first parries reveal. The force from Ishin's initial attack leaves you toppling backward onto the ground... a reprieve coming only because of a unsteady pillar falling in between you two.
cubey@aol.pl (01:03:21): Sielje: "Kyaah!"
frifreeman (01:03:23): Grace: "Show them the result of your study on earth!"
aldo salt (01:03:26): Alexis: "…you can't beat him in a contest of power, Sieljie. Use your wits."
tormterra (01:03:45): Kei: "And conveniently remove the one standing up to Ishin? What honor has he shown, using a massacre to benefit his own cause before the bodies are even cold? Showing contempt for her sacrifice to protect her people before? This is just an assassination under the guise of a duel of honor. For all that you people talk about honor, the only one who has shown any is Sielje. The rest of you have only used it to justify what you were going to do anyway!" And as the members of Unity Group are probably familiar with by now, her voice picks up speed and loses control as she keeps going. "Have you never noticed that what's honorable always seems to be what puts you at an advantage? Surely you cannot be so oblivious that you don't realize what you're doing."
cubey@aol.pl (01:03:48): And the result of the duel is her being outmatched so far. Despite fighting an on foot combatant.
Wyverncakes (01:05:16): Merwyd: "If your machine were even half as sharp as your tongue, perhaps you might have a point!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:05:43): Sielje: "Lord Ishin... his might is without equal, even Ynya..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:05:57): She tries to catch her breath, stand up, and curse lacking more practical attire to fight in simultaneously.
Wyverncakes (01:06:15): (Daniel, Willis and Sielje, go now)
tengusaur (01:09:31): Daniel: "Genevieve. Fire." Steel Wanderer loads two bullets into the Gun of God, and then throws the weapon up into the air, spinning. As soon as Daniel catches it, he fires the shots towards the black ops mecha, each one of them spreading into ten or so bullets, which rain upon the enemies!+
tengusaur (01:09:42): Daniel: "Sielje. If you don't win this duel... There'll be war."
cubey@aol.pl (01:10:17): Sielje: "I know that! I know that well..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:11:03): *The Arm stands up - and rushes towards Ishin. Sielje stabs with the sword, but the attack goes above him. That's because she adds height by jumping off the broken column, and knees his... whole body, from under the cloak's cover!+
Wyverncakes (01:11:58): [Daniel] The spreadshot rains down on the Daughtresses, their previously undamaged ranks taking losses as the older machines get perforated. Three fall, a fourth getting seriously damaged from the assault but still trying to take aim against you... only for a Knight's Arm to chop it down with a massive zweihander! But it turns its attention to you right afterwards though, blade going after you too!
Wyverncakes (01:12:02): (React: Daniel)
Aero (01:13:18): * Willis reforms Quicksilver once again, this time into a rather large spear with what seems to be a large set of thrusters on the lower end of the tip. The thrusters ignite in unison with Strahlend's own and the machine begins to streak across the area in an attempt to clear as many of the beasts out as he could with one long continuously moving thrust. +
Wyverncakes (01:14:46): [Sielje] Ishin sees your stab coming, moving back just to be on the safe side. But your looming, cloaked knee suddenly takes center-stage! Ishin's blades move in response, stabbing at you... even managing to pierce through your cloak! All four blade bite into your Arm's Knee, Ishin skidding backwards from your momentum and weight before a twist and a turn sends you flying away... knee perforated and your cloak torn as his blades tear away from it!
tengusaur (01:15:21): Daniel: "I'm not your enemy..." Steel Wanderer doesn't have good defenses against melee, so all Daniel can try to do is jump away, trying to avoid the blade - and shoot a sticky Andrew shot back at the opponent in retaliation. +
Wyverncakes (01:16:53): [Willis] What's left of the Wiverna forces get shish-kebabed together... but then your spear winds up poking into one of the Amphisbaenas... who just roars and lunges, claws slashin at you!
Wyverncakes (01:16:56): (React: Willis)
Wyverncakes (01:17:08): (Cherno team, Fyra, Grace, and Kei can go)
cubey@aol.pl (01:17:22): Sielje: "..." She sees the cloak torn in front of her like it was just a normal piece of cloth.
cubey@aol.pl (01:17:39): And then, the whole Knight's Arm is suddenly flying, and crashes down near one hall or the other.
cubey@aol.pl (01:18:12): Sielje: "Gh... aaaah!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:18:43): She gasps for breath, pained from the fall. The knee is totally wrecked now...
Wyverncakes (01:19:10): [Daniel] In spite of your words, the knight isn't swayed. Unfortunately, the hefty weapon means the Knight also can't pursue. And the sticky shot ensures he won't be, period.
cubey@aol.pl (01:19:18): But the Arm stands up again. Tries to, with the crippled leg barely able to hold its weight up.
Wyverncakes (01:19:47): Ishin: "Your resolve sounds as if it were faltering after just one exchange."
aldo salt (01:19:50): *Cherno Alpha ducks and shoulder tackle the Amphisbaena going after Willis, Elbowing it in the ear, then upper-cutting it with an electrified fist in a bid to dislocate the Beast's jaw!+
Wyverncakes (01:19:53): "No."
Wyverncakes (01:20:00): "Not 'as if'... it is."
cubey@aol.pl (01:20:09): Sielje: "No... you are wrong."
frifreeman (01:20:13): Grace:"My first priority when in a convoluted fight like this is the monsters. Always the monsters." Grace's Daughtress reaches inside its tarp cloak and pulls out a pair of guns, one mecha-sized revolver, and one beam spray gun. And she points them at the beasts, and start peppering them with bullets!+
cubey@aol.pl (01:20:32): Sielje: "Lord Isshin, you are so powerful..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:20:45): Sielje: "You do not know resolve."
cubey@aol.pl (01:21:01): Sielje: "You are so mighty that everything is given to you on a silver platter, effortlessly..."
griefgathering (01:21:18): *With no Steed around, Fyra is forced to go about this on foot. She takes to the air and raises an open hand at one of the Amphisbaena - black beams fire out from her palm. These aren't anywhere as potent as her usual disintegrating power, but are more like beam weaponry, without the heat and energy transfer.+
cubey@aol.pl (01:21:19): She sounds grudgeful, almost spitting these words out.
tormterra (01:21:21): * Kei's eyes lingered on Sielje for a long while as she crashed. "The city is still under attack. We need to protect any civilians or guards left. Fyra, I'm pinging the locations of the daughtresses and their blind angles, follow the angles I'm showing to take some of them down before they can notice you're there." +
Wyverncakes (01:22:22): [Grace and Fyra] The two of you open up on one of the Amphisbaena, the serpentine creature's body soaking up your shots with only small wounds to show for it. And then it's the creature's turn to attack, spewing acid from each of its heads, one directed at each of you!
Wyverncakes (01:22:28): (React: Grace and Fyra)
cubey@aol.pl (01:23:24): But it's true. She doesn't know how much longer can she hold.
cubey@aol.pl (01:23:40): Sielje: "Ynya, Kimhone..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:23:50): Sielje: "I am sorry...
Aero (01:24:53): * "Much appreciated!" As the legendary Jaeger clocked the creature Willis placed both hands of his machine onto the hilt of his spear, gathering a massive amount of matter around it. The weapon morphs once again, this time into the form of a massive and extremely heavy buster sword, once this is done he turns off the thrusters of his machine and hopefully gravity and the blade would do the rest of the work since it was already impaled into so many of the beasts. +
frifreeman (01:24:53): Grace jumps "This is called Flying Daughtress for a reason!" She says as a pair of wings extend from the tarp cloak and she jets above the creature+
griefgathering (01:24:55): *Well there is only one thing to do in this case. The Rider's eyes light up, and the same arm is entirely encased in the black aura. She moves into a charge - hoping to erase the acid along its trajectory and the Amphis' head as well!+
Wyverncakes (01:24:56): (Fyra can also take her free action)
griefgathering (01:25:11): (Will do this after the resolve for that)
tengusaur (01:25:15): #
Wyverncakes (01:25:30): (Supporting one of them or both?)
tengusaur (01:25:57): (probably both)
Wyverncakes (01:26:04): (Go for it)
tengusaur (01:26:56): Daniel: "Watch out." He switches to an armor-piercing bullet again, and fires at a ruin wall that's right above the serpent monster... Causing the rubble to fall on its head! +
Wyverncakes (01:27:04): [Willis and Cherno team] The Amphisbaena doesn't get as far as it wanted, not with Cherno suddenly grappling with it, and bashing the crap out of it too. As Strahlend expands its blade, the weapon also tears apart the tinier Wiverna stuck on it... right before it comes crashing down to bit into the monster's form. Between the two of you, that is one dead snake monster.
Wyverncakes (01:28:36): [Grace and Fyra] At the same time, rubble falls on the heads of the Amphisbaena trying to attack Fyra and Grace! Its attacks go off-course, letting the two of you escape and defend the attack with greater ease...!
Wyverncakes (01:28:46): But Daniel!
Wyverncakes (01:29:39): "Destroying part of Ankaian culture for the sake of your own, dishonorable friends? Your own behavior validates all we say about you!"
Wyverncakes (01:30:10): [Daniel] Merwyd's chaging in, blades slashing at you in revenge for your public defacement!
Wyverncakes (01:30:13): (React: Daniel)
Wyverncakes (01:31:15): (Daniel can also take his proper action now, as can Willis and Sielje)
cubey@aol.pl (01:31:19): Sielje: "Daniel!"
Aero (01:31:51): [Enemy Count?]
Wyverncakes (01:31:56): Ishin: "More concern for an Earthling than your people and their city."
Wyverncakes (01:32:00): Not a question, a statement.
tengusaur (01:32:06): Daniel: "For an Ankaian, I'd have done the same." He jumps over a nearby (relatively) low wall while dodging. The more obstacles between him and the attacker the better. +
tormterra (01:32:34): Kei: "And I'm sure that if he'd ignored the snake, you wouldn't have had trouble with him letting a giant monster roam free in the city, right?"
Wyverncakes (01:32:54): (Fumerco forces: Black Ops Daughtresses x 9, Beast Amphibaenas x 2 (both wounded), Huckebein Solos x 2)
griefgathering (01:33:03): *And now to do as Kei instructed - Fyra darts off in another direction to strike those Daughtresses from where they won't see it coming. Her shapeshifting scythe strikes on its own if she can't do so herself!+
Wyverncakes (01:34:01): (Knight's Arms: Ishin the Fated, two-sword Knight's Arm (Merwyd the Arm's Master), one-handed weapon Knight's Arms x 2, two-handed weapon KAs x 2 (one gooped up), claw KAs x 2, polearm KAs x 2)
cubey@aol.pl (01:35:05): Sielje: "Ah..." She is running out of options. Ishin has superior force and his movement is hard to restrict...
Wyverncakes (01:35:22): [Daniel] "If not for your own, unacceptable presence here I would have killed each of the beasts here by myself already!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:35:47): Sielje: "...!"
tengusaur (01:36:23): Daniel: "Show us, then. Kill them first."
Wyverncakes (01:36:54): [Daniel cont.] The blades whisk by, doing nothing more than tear at your own, non-beasthide cloak.
cubey@aol.pl (01:38:00): *Without any further words, the knight jumps - to the side, Sielje seeking refuge in an open tower ruined by fighting. Is she fleeing?!&
Wyverncakes (01:38:28): [Fyra] What Kei lacks for direct firepower she makes up for in coordinating attacks. Those Daughtresses don't know what hits them, primarily because several are more concerned with the Knight's Arms. However, your own freakish display of power does nothing to intimidate them! A polearm Knight's Arm instead just thrusts out to skewer you on his weapon!
Aero (01:38:43): Willis: "By my count we've done more to protect your city so far than you have."
Wyverncakes (01:39:14): Daniel: "Why? They will fall in due time... and putting an end to you all first will prove much more satisfying!"
Wyverncakes (01:39:19): ^Merwyd
Wyverncakes (01:39:23): Saying that TO Daniel
griefgathering (01:39:47): (Is that a react?)
Wyverncakes (01:39:56): (Yes. React, Fyra)
Wyverncakes (01:40:57): [Sielje] If Ishin is disappointed by your actions, he does not show it. In a flash he is charging after you, outpacing you even...! Your path is cut off as he appears before your very eyes, springing forward to strike at you in a cross-shaped pattern with all four blades!
Wyverncakes (01:40:59): (React: Sielje)
tormterra (01:41:15): Kei: "...Really, you guys keep talking about honor, but you can't even be bothered to protect your city?"
frifreeman (01:42:22): Grace:"I'll be the last person to talk about honor (though I'm all about honesty), but that... doesn't sound too honorable, really."
frifreeman (01:42:43): Grace: "Hey, Issin, hear what your subordinate say? What do you say about it? Aren;t you a bit disappointed?"
Wyverncakes (01:42:59): Merwyd: "You speak of honor when you chose to interfere in a duel?"
frifreeman (01:43:21): Grace: "Not me"
tormterra (01:43:34): Kei: "I'm not the one using it to justify everything I do. You are."
Wyverncakes (01:43:53): "HA! You know nothing of honor, and yet you wish to dictate how Ankaian defenders choose which enemies to strike down first?"
griefgathering (01:44:10): *Fyra isn't going to hit this Arm back if it's not a designated target, and she still has to defend herself. One of her arms is raised in the blade's path, and it'll do some damage to her no doubt, but it's about the only thing she can do at this point.+
cubey@aol.pl (01:44:24): And in the middle of this all, Sielje finds her plan thwarted by Isshin's speed.
cubey@aol.pl (01:44:34): Or rather...
frifreeman (01:44:38): Grace: "Hey, Issin, what you think about this? Do you think this guy is honorable? I'm not telling you what to think, but if I'm you, I'd be reeeaaally disappointed"
cubey@aol.pl (01:44:44): Some quick change will be needed, but.
cubey@aol.pl (01:44:52): Sielje: "This is it!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:45:34): *Seeing the Lord's attack, Sielje throws her sword.
Wyverncakes (01:45:37): [Fyra] The polearm crashes into you, sending you flying into a building somewhat painfully.
cubey@aol.pl (01:46:03): It's not aimed at him. It strikes the wall behind him, with a pile of rubble falling down - the blade following soon after.
Aero (01:46:09): Willis: "Looks like they're determined not to listen to anything we have to say."
cubey@aol.pl (01:46:42): *The closer to Ishin, the better - his long back-placed limbs suddenly may find themselves rather constrained, lacking in room to spread!
cubey@aol.pl (01:47:01): *Especially since Sielje continues the charge - seeking to pin you down to the wall of rubble with a body slam!+
tormterra (01:47:35): Kei: "Of course they are, they probably don't even realize that what they're doing and think they're honorable."
cubey@aol.pl (01:47:39): Sielje: "Your artifact blades have good reach and force... but they too are not without flaws!"
Wyverncakes (01:47:40): (Fyra, Cherno Team, Grace, and Kei can act)
tormterra (01:48:29): (Enemy list?)
frifreeman (01:49:10): Grace does a flyby above the Amphibaenas, continuing to peppering it withbeam spray and revolver bullets. "Wow, look at me. Look at how much I'm defending this city compared to you!"
frifreeman (01:49:14): +
Wyverncakes (01:50:02): (Fumerco? forces: Daughtress x 5, Amphibaenas x 1 (damaged, the one Grace just attacked is going to die from that attack), Huckebein Solo x 2)
Aero (01:50:05): * "Then let's speak through our actions, we can still prove ourselves to the Ankaians." Despite his own annoyance at how the situation was turning out, Willis knew that the only thing he could do right now was to try to maintain his own honor. Strahlend lifts its massive buster sword and charges straight at the nearest Amphibaena, slamming the massive blade down towards the oversized lizard. +
Wyverncakes (01:51:09): (Ankaians: Ishin the Fated, Two-sword Knight's Arm (Merwyd the Ams Master), One-handed weapon KA x 2, Two-handed weapon KA x 2 (one gooped up and not a threat), Claw KA x 2, Polearm KA x 2)
griefgathering (01:51:36): "..." Fyra slowly rises from the building she got hit into. She gives her arm a glance, noting that it has lost most of its outer shell, and revealing a bone structure that appears to be made of metal with Tron-like lines across it.
aldo salt (01:52:41): *Cherno Alpha moves in towards one oft of the Amphibaenas. The Kaidonovksys don't both with subtly: Z14 fists crackling with electricity, they bombard the Beast's skull with a flurry boxing jabs and hooks, aiming to daze and discombobulate. Cherno Alpha pauses, turns its waist, then hammers the Amphi with a powerful curving haymaker. At the point of impact, it discharges its arm piston, hammering the Beast into the ground like a nail gun.+
tormterra (01:53:57): * "I'm pretty sure the words of these guys is going to be much stronger than whatever we do." Kei shot a retort back at Willis' hope, before looking back to try to figure out how to best help end the attack. "Daniel, move into the building I'm pinging to use it at a sniping nest, there is an opening you can lean out of to snipe at one of the Huckebein's without revealing much of yourself to tip it off on what you're doing." +
Wyverncakes (01:54:01): [Sielje] Your blade strikes into the wall behind you, and the rubble begins falling down. But still...
Wyverncakes (01:54:05): "Ha..."
Wyverncakes (01:54:35): Ishin just snors. "Haha... HAHAHA!"
Wyverncakes (01:55:25): "You? You all weak... honorless people have the gall to claim I know not what I am doing?"
tormterra (01:56:23): Kei: "No, I'm pretty sure you know what you're doing. Are there any lords left or will you take over the planet now?"
griefgathering (01:56:40): *But right now there is still a city that requires protecting, so Fyra continues to attack those Daughtresses after making sure all her fingers still work. Her scythe takes the form of a Guan Dao as she goes about trying to slash them. And to close the distance, she fires more of those black beams!+
Wyverncakes (01:56:42): The rubble falling down suddenly gets caught... his bladearms swinging up to serve as an impromptu cradle to catch it all in! "You who dare to assault the city and now act as if you are protecting it now that the damage has been done?""
frifreeman (01:56:44): Grace: "Nah, I'm pretty sure you know what you're doing. Your subordinates though..."
frifreeman (01:57:02): Grace: "Like that guy who attack earth once back then?"
Wyverncakes (01:57:26): The rubble is thrown straight into Sielje's Knight's Arm, smashing into its frame with devestating force and knocking it down once more!
cubey@aol.pl (01:57:50): Sielje: "It failed?!"
frifreeman (01:58:07): Grace: "Hmm... let me remember what you said back then when one of our friend mentioned something about Moswar attacking earth"
Wyverncakes (01:58:35): Ishin lands on top of the fallen Knight's Arm, all four blades stabbing into the chest before cutting their way out, spiral-pattern. Arms, legs, and head severed, it's a miracle you cockpit isn't hit Sielje!
frifreeman (01:58:37): Grace: "I think you said "Do not take me for that simpleton. Or is all Ankaian the same for you" or something in that line something something
Wyverncakes (01:58:39): (Sielje: Downed)
tengusaur (01:58:55): Daniel: "Do you really think it was us? After all this?" He climbs on the top of the building given to him by Kei and waits for the right moment, for the Huckebeins to open themselves to a clean shot. Then, as soon as one or a few of them make openings, he fires. +
tengusaur (01:59:01): Daniel: "..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:07): Sielje: "Ah, no!"
Wyverncakes (01:59:17): And without missing a beat, Ishin walks off of the ruined machine's frame, blades pulling free.
frifreeman (01:59:22): Grace: "Do you consider all Earth people are the same then?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:23): She tries to grab the sword, until... there is no feedback from the control system.
Wyverncakes (01:59:24): "This place will be your grave. Your, and the Burned Out's."
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:27): The arm is no longer there.
aldo salt (01:59:47): "Ishin the Fated," Sasha declares. "No matter what we say or do, you'll keep labeling us an enemy."
Wyverncakes (02:00:03): Ishin: "Yes."
aldo salt (02:00:10): Sasha grunts. "So be it."
cubey@aol.pl (02:00:38): Sielje: "No..."
Wyverncakes (02:00:43): [Grace] As belatedly mentioned, the Amphibaena you opened up on is already plenty injured, and its head proves more susceptable to damage, finally downing the beast!
frifreeman (02:01:06): Grace: "Okay, as much as it saddens me lord Issin... If you're insisting on becoming our enemy... I'll be honest with you then."
aldo salt (02:01:26): "But we will not fight to defeat Ankia, Ishin the Fated," Sasha clarifies. "We will fight to defeat you. You alone."
frifreeman (02:01:48): Grace: "A squad of Unity Group's.... no... A single mech from Unity Group would be enough to defeat the whole ankaian troop if we're serious."
frifreeman (02:02:09): Grace: "You can take my word for it in my honor as a honest merchant."
Wyverncakes (02:02:11): Ishin: "Always the jester."
frifreeman (02:02:30): Grace: "Well, not this mech obviously."
Wyverncakes (02:02:33): [Willis and Cherno Alpha team] The other Amphibaena is no match for the continued triple-team of you three. Kinda not making up for the bringdown of what just happened with Sielje and Ishin then.
Wyverncakes (02:02:51): (Daniel, you're free to take your action)
tengusaur (02:03:21): (I did)
Wyverncakes (02:03:36): (Righto)
cubey@aol.pl (02:04:17): Sielje: "No... it is not over yet... I still can..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:04:28): She tries to disentangle herself from the motion capture controls.
frifreeman (02:04:31): Grace: "But there's a guy called Shu Shirakawa. I heard he's part of the Unity Group? Was? Is? anyway, One sneeze of his and the whole Ankaian is flattened. Really!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:04:35): It's much harder than usual.
Wyverncakes (02:05:17): [Fyra and Daniel] The Knight's Arms are attacking with increased furor now in the wake of Ishin's victory now, but nevertheless you each play your own parts all the same! The Guan Dao cleaves through more of the Daughtresses... and Daniel snipes out one of the remaining Huckebeins while it was trying to line up a shot to cover its friend.
Wyverncakes (02:05:24): Sadly that was not the case.
Wyverncakes (02:05:27): And it's friend?
Wyverncakes (02:05:43): Merwyd: "Now... taste defeat!"
Wyverncakes (02:06:16): -Merwyd's Knight's Arm is cutting the torso free of the rest of the Huckebein with two horizontal slashes! The abdomen slides out, falling to the ground-
Wyverncakes (02:06:27): "And now it is time for tasting death!"
Wyverncakes (02:06:43): -And then gets skewered from a vertical stab, right through the cockpit.
Wyverncakes (02:07:55): The Black Ops forces were just killed to the last man, and the rampaging beasts they were using are gone too.
cubey@aol.pl (02:08:11): Even if she has to fight Ishin on foot... she will die, but she won't go down without trying...
Wyverncakes (02:08:17): All that remains now are the Ankaians...
cubey@aol.pl (02:08:18): Sielje: "Kimhone, Ynya..."
aldo salt (02:08:52): Sasha hisses quietly. "And there are no more Fumerco troopers to question…" she mutters.
Wyverncakes (02:09:01): Ishin: "The challenge has ended, Buned Out."
Wyverncakes (02:09:09): "My decision is now law."
Wyverncakes (02:09:22): "And you lack so much as another mop to fight with."
tormterra (02:09:42): Kei: "Yeah..." That was pretty effective at cleaning up the evidence
cubey@aol.pl (02:09:57): Sielje: "No, I still have...!"
Wyverncakes (02:10:23): The Knigh's Arms reposition and ready themselves again, for there are still enemies left to fight: all of you.
Wyverncakes (02:10:27): But-
Wyverncakes (02:10:41): ???: "ALL OF YOU!"
tengusaur (02:10:42): Daniel: "Sielje..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:10:54): The cover to Knight's Arm's cockpit opens with several desperate hits.
Wyverncakes (02:11:11): "... IF YOU HAVE ANY HONOR LEFT YOU WILL CEASE THIS FARCE!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:11:31): Sielje: "A..."
Wyverncakes (02:11:37): For those that spoke to a certain someone during the moot, it's a familiar voice.
tormterra (02:11:43): Kei nodded at Daniel's comment, flying over to Sielje's side, ready to protect her should Ishin try anything
Wyverncakes (02:11:43): A voice coming from on high.
Wyverncakes (02:12:19): Atop a pole, standing wih her back to the Sun and staring down at you all, is none other than Kimhone.
Wyverncakes (02:12:47): There is anger in he eyes as she glares not at the Unity Group forces, but rather her fellow Ankaians!
Wyverncakes (02:14:10): "You are all overeager fools, with your words and actions betraying all the laws of hospitality and guestright."
Wyverncakes (02:14:49): "Welcoming... or at least tolerating, emissaries from Earth, only to now raise hands against them?"
Wyverncakes (02:15:12): ???: "... And even moreso..."
Wyverncakes (02:16:09): A second voice is coming from the meeting halls, where the main doors have been opened! Standing there, panting and bloody and surrounded by dozens of assassins stands Ynya.
Wyverncakes (02:16:29): Behind him? The Ankaians nobles. Alive and well.
Wyverncakes (02:17:00): The assassins for clarification are lying on the ground.
Wyverncakes (02:17:22): They may be unconscious, but they are likely dead.
cubey@aol.pl (02:17:34): Sielje: "A... aaah..."
Wyverncakes (02:18:05): Ynya: "None of us here are children... we all should know that not all from Earth are the same."
cubey@aol.pl (02:18:12): Ungracefully and with little composure left, Sielje's eyes start to fill up with tears.
tormterra (02:18:26): Kei tried to make Purple-2's visual sensors to zoom in on the assassins to see if they were the same as the special forces they had fought before or not
Wyverncakes (02:18:31): "Ankaia is home to many people with many different desires and goals, and Earth is the same!"
Wyverncakes (02:18:38): The same, Kei.
Wyverncakes (02:18:44): Ishin must not have gotten them all.
tengusaur (02:19:48): Daniel: "...Sielje has good friends."
Wyverncakes (02:19:56): Ynya: " These dialogues must continue for us to learn who on Earth can be Ankaia's allies and whom are our true enemies! Without Earth, our planet will not survive. Our people will not survive!"
Wyverncakes (02:20:06): Ishin: "... I agree."
tormterra (02:20:30): Kei: "Yeah...And, really, you're saying that now?" Her eyes flashed back to Ishin at his comment
aldo salt (02:20:33): "Champion Ynya, " Sasha declares. "The Fumerco Corporation attacked the Unity Group as well as Ankia, in an act of supreme treachery. What would you say to an alliance to root them out? From our world as well as yours?"
Wyverncakes (02:20:47): "The champion is right, I cannot deny that Ankaia cannot live without Earth any longer...!"
Wyverncakes (02:20:49): "BUT!"
Wyverncakes (02:21:31): "Ynya would call for us to bow down and accept salvation and handouts from those withou honor and virtue! He would have our culture smothered unde Earth's!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:21:51): Sielje: "..."
Wyverncakes (02:22:12): "To save Ankaia, we must march as one! Not be many people with many different goals, but one people, united where Earth is no!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:22:13): She can see where this is going. Colossal relief starts to be replaced by a different emotion.
Wyverncakes (02:23:20): "We must not turn to Earth as servants, petitioners, and beggars, but as conquerors! We will fight the corrupt and take what is ours!"
Wyverncakes (02:23:35): "I called for war before in the name of honor... now I call for it in the name of survival!"
Wyverncakes (02:24:06): Merwyd: "In the name of survival!"
Wyverncakes (02:24:17): And then-
Wyverncakes (02:24:27): "For Ankaia's future!"
Wyverncakes (02:24:36): "To claim what should be ours!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:36): Sielje: "No! No, do not listen to his words! Lords, Ishin would use your own deaths in his fav...or..."
Wyverncakes (02:24:52): "Lord Ishin!"
Wyverncakes (02:24:55): "Lord Ishin!"
Wyverncakes (02:24:57): "Lord Ishin!"
Wyverncakes (02:25:13): In spite of it all, the cheers make it clear.
Wyverncakes (02:25:41): The nobles cheer for Ishin and his calls for war.
aldo salt (02:25:54): Sasha growls under her breath. "Fools…"
tormterra (02:26:12): Kei can only sit there, listening as the Ankaian government falls to fascism
Wyverncakes (02:26:31): Ishin turns to you all the way one might to a freeloader who was never wanted and now is beyond even toleration.
tengusaur (02:26:33): Daniel: "...Madness..."
Wyverncakes (02:26:58): Kimhone just stares down at everyone, disappointed and frowning.
Wyverncakes (02:27:30): Ynya looks exhausted, but the disappointment on his face is clear too.
frifreeman (02:27:52): Grace's Daughtress' opens its cockpit
Wyverncakes (02:27:53): Ishin: "Your time here as guests is past."
Wyverncakes (02:28:13): He issues a few short words to another of his followers, who in turn relays it further on.
Wyverncakes (02:28:29): A short ways off, one of the still-functioning spires lights up with enegy and a portral opens up, back to Earth.
cubey@aol.pl (02:29:34): Sielje: "..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:29:44): Sielje: "You should... leave."
frifreeman (02:29:58): Grace stands there, looking at Isshin, she's holding something in her hands. "Lord Isshin..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:30:13): She promised to say her farewells once the moot is over, and to stay on Ankaia.
cubey@aol.pl (02:30:19): But... she never expected it would end like this.
tormterra (02:30:30): Kei: "Right...What about you? I don't think Ishin will leave you be."
frifreeman (02:30:55): And as she release her hands, something fly away in the wind. A jester hat, complete with bells, now flies toward the setting sun. "Goodbye...." She says, as she turns away
Wyverncakes (02:31:02): Ishin: "Sielje the Burned Out has shown where she stands again and again."
cubey@aol.pl (02:31:57): Sielje jumps down from the wrecked cockpit. She tries to smoothe out the dress, now visibly worse for the wear due to everything that transpired. She sighs, and glances - towards Ynya, then Kimhone.
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:13): The Champion and his winged dragon-wife both receive a sad look.
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:17): And she turns away.
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:26): Sielje: "... I return to Earth."
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:53): Sielje: "I cannot carry my Arm. It... is an embarassment but I need assistance."
cubey@aol.pl (02:33:03): And with that she walks away to the portal, saying nothing else.
tengusaur (02:33:10): Daniel: "...Let's give her a hand."
griefgathering (02:33:34): Fyra observes this in silence at first. She's obviously not the negotiating and political type.
tengusaur (02:33:38): Steel Wanderer approaches, to pick up the Anakaian machine.
aldo salt (02:33:45): Cherno Alpha slowly walks over and picks up one side of Sieljie's arm.
griefgathering (02:33:58): But when Sielje walks to the portal, so does the Rider.
aldo salt (02:34:08): Together with Steel Wanderer, it carries the machine to the portal.
tormterra (02:35:03): Kei silently flies to the portal next to the knight. Purple-2 had no arms and couldn't move the arm and she didn't know what, if anything, she could say to Sielje at the moment
Wyverncakes (02:35:11): And so... you all return to Earth.
aldo salt (02:35:40): Sasha: "Ishin…your Fate is not what you think it is. Continue on this course, and you'll gain nothing but despair."
tengusaur (02:35:59): Daniel: "...I'd like to say lord Ynya will try to stop this war."
tengusaur (02:36:14): Daniel: "But I don't think he'll succeed."
Wyverncakes (02:36:17): MISSION FAILED.