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wyverncakes 7:03 pm
(7:03:26 PM): With the Kijin/Balmarian/random-dude-showing-up incident in Sakihama taken care of, attention was once more on the STAI Battleship, up in orbit around Earth.
(7:04:49 PM): It has been nearly a week since the Frighteners' leader declared his intent to seize the vessel and use it on the world at large, and yet no attempt on hit has begun yet.
(7:05:18 PM): No ballsy scouts, no skirmishes, not even attempts at ambushing supply runs mid-transit.
wyverncakes 7:06 pm
(7:06:24 PM): The size of the ship and the nature of its threat have led to it having a mixed security garrison, with some forces stationed inside of the massive warship while the remainder stays outside... and Unity Group people are among this second group.
(7:07:26 PM): You're not stationed anywhere important like communications, sensors, weapons, or the hangars though... after all the one who issued these declarations was once one of your own and some people are more than a touch paranoid.
wyverncakes 7:08 pm
(7:08:52 PM): (For the record, you can assume you are currently doing a security shift there)
Meraxa 7:09 pm
(7:09:35 PM): Ken is holding a dagger in his hands. His breathing is long, steady. Meditation, as if it could ease his nerves. Anyone can see though, he's shaking.
wyverncakes 7:09 pm
(7:09:47 PM): Today's been fairly quiet just as it has been all these other days before, that is until...
(7:10:05 PM): "-Wait, what are you doing-"
(7:10:37 PM): And suddenly near the hangars a Shaldoll explodes!
tormterra 7:10 pm
(7:10:37 PM): Alex was diligently doing her job. She'd come this far, she wasn't going to be ambushed and killed out here due to not trying to pay attention. Even if she lacked any real sensory equipment to make her suited for scouting
wyverncakes 7:10 pm
(7:10:52 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddyd8WxIOUY
cubey@aol.pl 7:11 pm
(7:11:16 PM): A candy bar is dropped to the floor dramatically.
Meraxa 7:11 pm
(7:11:24 PM): Ken clutches the dagger. "Is it them?!"
wyverncakes 7:11 pm
(7:11:53 PM): "This is the hangar team, we've got an unknown-"
cubey@aol.pl 7:11 pm
(7:11:57 PM): Setsuko: "They're here..." She was already running towards the Virgola. The Glory Star was very twitchy today - but even she didn't expect Leos' friends to ambush unexpectedly.
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:12 pm
(7:12:06 PM): Eva had been on her break, praying. Had; now she is sprinting towards those hangars.
tormterra 7:12 pm
(7:12:26 PM): Alex: "Probably. I don't think Shaldolls ever explode by accident." Following Setsuko's example, she sprinted towards them, ready to summon Enki the second she had the space
wyverncakes 7:12 pm
(7:12:28 PM): -Another of the machines is blown away, riddled with bullets by one of its own even as the rest of the hangar team begins to converge on it...
Aero 7:13 pm
(7:13:02 PM): Willis: "I guess we shouldn't be too surprised that they went for the hangar first."
wyverncakes 7:14 pm
(7:14:00 PM): ... But a string of shots come careening out over the distance, striking each of them! The weapons were fired outside of optimum range, the lot of them only damaged and staggered, but it's enough for the hostile pilot to tear into their ranks before a beam rifle shot spears through his machine from one of the reinforcing machines!
tormterra 7:14 pm
(7:14:16 PM): Alex: "No, but there is the question of how they got there." Did they have sympathizers among the soldiers guarding the ship?
wyverncakes 7:14 pm
(7:14:32 PM): There is a gap in the security team placement, and it's only then that they starting moving in from off in the distance...
(7:14:56 PM): ???1: "They're off guard!"
cubey@aol.pl 7:15 pm
(7:15:06 PM): Setsuko: "I don't know... but it's not the time to wonder that! Glory Star, moving out!"
wyverncakes 7:15 pm
(7:15:13 PM): ???2: "Attack!"
(7:15:37 PM): ACs are come swarming in, but it's not just them.
(7:16:01 PM): Old NUNE Daughtresses fly along with them, along with Guarlions bearing the paintjobs and emblems of the Divine Crusaders!
Aero 7:16 pm
(7:16:19 PM): Willis: "DC Remnants also..."
Meraxa 7:16 pm
(7:16:45 PM): Ken: All coming out of the woodwork... rejected by the world, embraced by... him.
tormterra 7:16 pm
(7:16:52 PM): Alex: "Fuck...How did he manage to gather all these random people so quickly?"
wyverncakes 7:17 pm
(7:17:04 PM): And they're not the only thing DC remnants have brought along for the show... as Barrelions move into visual range, entering firing positions before blasting into the off-balance security teams!
Aero 7:17 pm
(7:17:14 PM): Willis: "He must have been in contact with them for a while...that's the only theory I have."
Meraxa 7:17 pm
(7:17:25 PM): Ken: We need to move. Now.
wyverncakes 7:17 pm
(7:17:26 PM): (React: Defenders)
tormterra 7:17 pm
(7:17:36 PM): Alex: "Yeah...But how did he convince them he was the leader they were looking for?"
Aero 7:17 pm
(7:17:47 PM): Willis: "Maybe they were just desperate."
tormterra 7:18 pm
(7:18:37 PM): * Either way, she immediately fired off some quick water jets to generate thrust to the side and up, trying to get around the aim of the barrelions. At least they were hopefully aiming, rather than having the massed firepower to catch them in an inescapable volley. +
mad4space@hotmail.com has left the room. 7:22 pm
tormterra has left the room. 7:24 pm
wyverncakes 7:24 pm
(7:24:49 PM): (Okay, your machines were not being stored at the actual hangar.)
tormterra has entered the room. 7:25 pm
wyverncakes 7:25 pm
(7:25:18 PM): (You can still launch and avoid the worst of the chaos)
mad4space@hotmail.com has been invited. 7:25 pm
mad4space@hotmail.com has been invited. 7:27 pm
wyverncakes 7:27 pm
(7:27:47 PM): The Frighteners and their allies are pushing forward, even as the various defense forces are moving to try to intercept
(7:29:05 PM): There's familiar faces amongst the AC crowd too... both Boyle and Remille's are present in the front lines...
(7:29:32 PM): As is the Ethermaster... several times over...
wyverncakes 7:30 pm
(7:30:21 PM): If Leos is in one of them, it's anyone's guess at the moment.
Aero 7:30 pm
(7:30:34 PM): Willis: "Mass produced copies..."
wyverncakes 7:30 pm
(7:30:35 PM): (Enemies: Guarlions x 8, Barrellions x 14, Daughtresses x 10, Boyle's AC, Remille's AC, Bounce Dogs, Ethermasters x 4, Bounce Dogs x 10)
(7:31:05 PM): (Lineup: Setsuko, Eva, Willis, Alex, Ken)
(7:31:11 PM): (Setsuko, Eva, go)
mad4space@hotmail.com has been invited. 7:31 pm
wyverncakes 7:32 pm
(7:32:43 PM): (Boyle's AC: http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/armoredcore/images/f/f0/ScreenHunter_30_Jun._17_09.45.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20120617091751)
(7:32:55 PM): (Remille's AC: http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/armoredcore/images/7/7c/ScreenHunter_31_Jun._17_09.45.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20120617091852)
mad4space@hotmail.com has been invited. 7:33 pm
cubey@aol.pl 7:34 pm
(7:34:01 PM): *The Virgola takes off - flying through space, it spirals to be a harder target. The trail it leaves behind suddenly stops... Setsuko's eyes narrow as she aims and fires the Hi Straight Turret, physical projectiles flying towards the distant Barrelions as she already continues her movement!+
(7:34:15 PM): Setsuko: "Leos.... what are you doing? And where are you?"
wyverncakes 7:36 pm
(7:36:03 PM): [Setsuko] Your shots pummel into two of the Barrelions, critically damaging one and entirely taking out the second. And as for your words...
(7:36:10 PM): (Leos, react?)
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:36 pm
(7:36:43 PM): *The Tern closes some towards the enemy Barrellions, before blasting them with its wrist lasers.+
wyverncakes 7:38 pm
(7:38:44 PM): [Eva] Your own charge against the Barrelions lets you cut through one of them, but going after more is going to have to wait, because-
(7:39:10 PM): "And you just had to be here right now! It's my lucky fucking day then!"
(7:39:41 PM): Boyle's AC is already breaking off from his own attack straight at you, energy machinegun firing at the Tern's backside!
(7:39:44 PM): (React: Eva)
VJockey 7:39 pm
(7:39:54 PM): *Among the rapidly moving Ethermasters one opens fire on the Virgola with its missiles before they rapidly manuever amongst themselves!+
Aero 7:40 pm
(7:40:14 PM): #Setsuko?
cubey@aol.pl 7:41 pm
(7:41:18 PM): *The Virgola breaks and, with a burst of speed, tries to navigate between the missiles!+
wyverncakes 7:41 pm
(7:41:22 PM): (Go ahead Willis. You can combine it with your action.)
cubey@aol.pl 7:41 pm
(7:41:30 PM): Setsuko: "There you are! Leos!"
(7:41:37 PM): Setsuko: "Why aren't you saying anything?!"
VJockey 7:42 pm
(7:42:00 PM): [No reply Setsuko...]
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:42 pm
(7:42:20 PM): *"Ah. You." The Tern turns around to face Boyle, spreading a shiled with one arm while it returns fire with the other.+
(7:42:31 PM): Eva: "You could...not do this."
mad4space@hotmail.com has been invited. 7:43 pm
wyverncakes 7:43 pm
(7:43:22 PM): (Willis, Alex, Leos can act)
Aero 7:44 pm
(7:44:31 PM): *Strahlend's wings open up and the machine quickly moves to catch up with the Virgola. As he flies towards the machine a familiar glowing cloud begins to spread out from it, targetting both the missiles and the MP Ethermasters as he passes by them. +
wyverncakes 7:44 pm
(7:44:50 PM): [Eva] The Tern's shield wards off Boyle's attack, but the AC also moves out of the way in the nick of time! "And why not? Seems to me like we're pretty close already!"
tormterra 7:45 pm
(7:45:41 PM): * Alex grabbed some of the debris caused by the attack, quickly using Enki's power to beat it into shape as a sword before pushing herself forward to charge straight into the path of one of the guarlions to intercept it, delivering a fierce chop at it before beating the sword a bit more to turn it into a javelin tossed at one of the others. +
VJockey 7:46 pm
(7:46:21 PM): *One Ethermaster in particular seems to be moving faster than the rest, opening fire at Willis while playing a shell game amongst his own. Continuously switching positions.+
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:47 pm
(7:47:07 PM): Eva: "I mean...all of it."
wyverncakes 7:48 pm
(7:48:24 PM): [Willis and Setsuko] The crowd of missiles sent towards the Virgola lessens considerably thanks to the Christmas-in-August Cloud, and as they wash over the Ethermasters, one of them manages to fair far better in avoiding the worst of the cloud... the other three suffering from some decay problems.
Aero 7:48 pm
(7:48:44 PM): Willis: "Setsuko he should be in that one."
cubey@aol.pl 7:49 pm
(7:49:00 PM): Setsuko: "It's a bit too simple... is he trying to trick us?"
wyverncakes 7:49 pm
(7:49:07 PM): [Leos] But that faster Ethermaster is returning fire right back at you Willis!
(7:49:14 PM): (React: Willis)
tormterra 7:49 pm
(7:49:26 PM): Alex: "Probably." Even if Leos didn't strike her as the most competent person at deception
cubey@aol.pl 7:49 pm
(7:49:32 PM): She marks the best-eperforming Ethermaster anyway. Even if she loses track, Virgola shouldn't.
Aero 7:49 pm
(7:49:54 PM): Willis: "If it isn't him then at least we're dealing with the one that's performing the best right now."
wyverncakes 7:51 pm
(7:51:22 PM): [Alex] The Guarion definitely didn't expect to suddenly be beset by a big piece of scrap, its chainsaw knife trying to stop the swing of the attack in vain. The Armored Module's cut down to pieces and the next gets skewered, but there's a glimmer of red from off in the distance, Remille's AC firing on you with her sniper rifle!
(7:51:27 PM): (React: Alex)
wyverncakes 7:53 pm
(7:53:24 PM): (Updated initiative: Setsuko, Eva, Willis, Alex, Leos)
tormterra 7:53 pm
(7:53:30 PM): * The glimmer was enough warning for her to immediately break her movement with a few jets of water, instead changing her momentum to push her off to the side. +
Aero 7:53 pm
(7:53:30 PM): * "Four Karasawas, I guess should feel happy that you're targetting me with those Leos." Willis grips Quicksilver with both hands and the weapon expands into a much larger Buster Blade. The blade begins to glimmer as Willis swings, attempting to deflect those shots either back at the Ethermasters or away from him at the very least. +
wyverncakes 7:54 pm
(7:54:23 PM): (Enemies: Guarlions x 6, Barrellions x 12 (1 damaged), Daughtresses x 10, Boyle's AC, Remille's AC, Bounce Dogs, Ethermasters x 3 (damaged), Ethermaster (Leos)(minor damage), Bounce Dogs x 10)
cubey@aol.pl 7:55 pm
(7:55:12 PM): Setsuko: "What's the situation back on the ship?"
cubey@aol.pl 7:55 pm
(7:55:47 PM): Is Leos really trying to trick them?
Aero 7:56 pm
(7:56:07 PM): Willis: "We're being spread pretty thin."
wyverncakes 7:56 pm
(7:56:39 PM): [Willis] The deflections go half as well as they could have, sprawling off in random directions and at least keeping you safe.
(7:57:23 PM): But indeed, while you've gotten tangled up with Leos and his two immediate underlings, the mooks are continuing to press forward towards the ship!
(7:57:36 PM): (Setsuko and Eva can act)
tormterra 7:58 pm
(7:58:14 PM): Alex: "We have our own issues to worry about...But we should probably make a point of taking down enemies going for the ship itself, if possible."
wyverncakes 7:58 pm
(7:58:33 PM): [Alex] The laser snipe shot cuts through the space Enki had been occupying moments before... but it's enough of a difference that you avoid the shot.
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:00 pm
(8:00:37 PM): *Eva doesn't bother paying much more attention to Boyle. Instead the Tern jets back closer towards the battleship, bombarding the oncoming mooks with its lasers.+
(8:01:02 PM): Eva: "Rodger that."
Aero 8:01 pm
(8:01:20 PM): Willis: "Don't let those two cut you off."
cubey@aol.pl 8:01 pm
(8:01:46 PM): Setsuko: "... They won't."
(8:02:24 PM): *Setsuko seems to hesitate. But that is only momentary, and it shows she was not hesitating. She was waiting.
meraxa2 has entered the room. 8:03 pm
cubey@aol.pl 8:03 pm
(8:03:30 PM): *The moment Boyle's AC turns towards any of the allies moving around the battlefield, the Virgola moves towards it from behind, charging and slamming the Nautilus Carver with a hit powered by mysterious energy!+
wyverncakes 8:05 pm
(8:05:05 PM): [Eva] "Get back here! We're not finished yet!" Obviously the feelings were not mutual as Boyle's AC made after the Tern as best it could. Not fast enough to keep Eva from opening fire into the Daughtress ranks though, some of the older machines being shot to pieces as more scattered... and some of those just end up getting picked off by other defenders!
(8:05:12 PM): And as for Boyle...
wyverncakes 8:07 pm
(8:07:20 PM): [Setsuko] His focus on Eva proves his downfall, the Carver slamming into his machine! "-What the HEEEEEEEEEEE-" The AC goes spinning through space, but as it spins there's the flicker of a buildup of energy! "Okay... now I'm REALLY mad!" The back-mounted Plasma Cannon swings forward and fires, twin blasts lighting up the night straight at the Virgola!
(8:07:27 PM): (React: Setsuko)
(8:07:37 PM): (Alex and Willis)
cubey@aol.pl 8:08 pm
(8:08:04 PM): Setsuko: "You're mad?"
cubey@aol.pl 8:09 pm
(8:09:27 PM): *The aftershock of the power happens - a sudden discharge, which hopefully will stun the AC pilot momentarily. But Setsuko decides to play it safe and already backs off with a reverse thruster boost, trying to make a loop underneath Boyle's unit while making pot shots with an offhand ray pistol.+
(8:10:08 PM): Setsuko: "My friend turned into a crazed tyrant, started to kill innocent people, and allied with you, a bunch of thugs and killers, and YOU are the one who is mad?"
tormterra 8:10 pm
(8:10:23 PM): * Spinning around from her evasive maneuver Alex headed straight for the barrellions, a series of quick water bursts aimed at the sides of the gunbarrels themselves to disable the lumbering machines without having to go through all the effort to destroy them on her own, as well as to cover her as she broke into their formation where counterattacking would be harder. +
Aero 8:12 pm
(8:12:09 PM): * Willis continues to spread his nanomachines through the area, letting them devour whatever debris they could find. Their assault is still focused on the Ethermasters however, Willis himself began to pull back towards the hangar. If their assumption was right they needed to regroup and force the Frightener forces to come to them. The massive cloud at the same time begins to swirl and chase after the Ethermasters. +
wyverncakes 8:14 pm
(8:14:04 PM): [Setsuko] "Piss on all of that! None of that crap's here to get mad over-geh Son of a bitch!" The Plasma cannon blasts cut through space, missing the Virgola in spite of Boyle's bioling fury... while Setsuko's more modest beam pistol shots find their mark, pegging his AC multiple times.
wyverncakes 8:16 pm
(8:16:14 PM): [Alex] Barrelions are usually used to water just being under them and making life miserable for other mechs, not their own! The water blasts impede their railgun shots and the big machines are forced to move on the evasive... but Bounce Dogs playing escort slip between the bigger machines, opening fire on Enki with their machineguns!
(8:16:17 PM): (React: Alex)
cubey@aol.pl 8:16 pm
(8:16:44 PM): # Alex
wyverncakes 8:16 pm
(8:16:47 PM): (Approved)
cubey@aol.pl 8:17 pm
(8:17:03 PM): Setsuko: "No, I don't think so. I'm also a trained soldier!"
(8:17:44 PM): *The mobile suit continues firing - the ray pistol aiming towards the smaller units this time, beams firing between them to disrupt their ranks.+
tormterra 8:18 pm
(8:18:10 PM): * Seeing the support units slip in, Alex came to a halt shooting out a series of calculated jets at each other aimed less at destroying them and more at deflecting their path and disrupting their formation before they could close to a range where they had a real chance of scoring a solid hit. +
wyverncakes 8:18 pm
(8:18:34 PM): [Willis] The three automated Ethermasters continue to try to swerve out of the decaying clouds, opting to stick with KARASAWA rifle shots to try to peg the Strahlend!
(8:18:39 PM): (Leos can also react to this)
VJockey 8:20 pm
(8:20:30 PM): *The lead Ethermaster would attempt to launch itself over the all consuming nano-cloud before engaging its Overboost system in a headlong charge towards the hangar, seeking to try to get around Willis while the others keep him pinned+
wyverncakes 8:21 pm
(8:21:46 PM): [Setsuko and Alex] Bullets whizzed past Enki, grazing it on numerous occasions but those water jets making sure they never quiet found the mark they needed to... and Setsuko's ray pistol ensured those Dogs wouldn't get hvae the time to correct their aim.
meraxa2 8:21 pm
(8:21:53 PM): #The Hangar
wyverncakes 8:22 pm
(8:22:06 PM): (Approved. You can also combine this with your action)
meraxa2 8:23 pm
(8:23:27 PM): One unit hadn't quite left the station yet... but not it does, briefly making a run before it ends up flying out towards the Ethermaster, looking to kick it right in the guts! And should its pilot have any thoughts about getting away, the Scarlet Whip will try to snare them close!+
(8:23:37 PM): (*now)
meraxa2 8:23 pm
(8:23:46 PM): "LEOOOOOOOS!"
cubey@aol.pl 8:24 pm
(8:24:30 PM): Setsuko:: "Ken-kun!"
(8:24:35 PM): Stop Leos!
wyverncakes 8:25 pm
(8:25:58 PM): [Leos and Ken] The Ethermaster's knocked away mid-charge by the ScarleTiger, the whip lashing around the machine's neck to make sure it doesn't go far away or past the Tiger either!
tormterra 8:26 pm
(8:26:54 PM): Alex: "We'll take care of his underlings."
wyverncakes 8:27 pm
(8:27:12 PM): ... For all of a few moments though as suddenly the whip's shot through by Remille.
(8:27:23 PM): "You won't be keeping us from what we came here for."
(8:27:30 PM): (Leos, go now)
Aero 8:28 pm
(8:28:36 PM): * "Overboosting already!?" With that many shots being sent his way Willis raises his arms again and converts Quicksilver into an oversized shield, lined with the same reflective coating he was using earlier. While he's doing this he commands the nanomachines that the Ethermasters were avoiding to form themselves into dozens of blades The surfaces of the newly formed swords are then completely lined with the reflective coating, rendering them invisible before they are directed to impale the Ethermasters from all sides. +
meraxa2 8:29 pm
(8:29:13 PM): Ken: And you won't keep me from my.... friend. *The temptation to place former before that was strong, but not yet enough...*
VJockey 8:29 pm
(8:29:57 PM): *Forced up close where the bulk of most of its weapons were too cumbersome to use, Leos opts for the usage of his laser blade. Pale blue-white roaring from the AC's left arm as it charges forward to sweep the screaming blade across the ScarleTiger!+
wyverncakes 8:31 pm
(8:31:03 PM): [Willis] The nanomachines make it back to you in time to stop the first round of beam shots... and there are no follow-ups as the invisible swords skewer through the trio of machines one after another.
(8:31:55 PM): [Leos] At close-confines, the charge throws the ScarleTiger off-balance... and then comes the laser blade to finish the job!
(8:31:58 PM): (React: Ken)
cubey@aol.pl 8:32 pm
(8:32:10 PM): Setsuko: "Only the real thing is left now... ah, look out!"
Aero 8:32 pm
(8:32:39 PM): Willis: "Ken be careful that thing is a Moonlight!"
meraxa2 8:34 pm
(8:34:29 PM): The ScarleTiger attempts to catch the arm wielding the blade before it can complete its swing, whilst its other hand is thrown back - with claws burning hot!+
(8:34:46 PM): "Answer me, Leos!"
wyverncakes 8:36 pm
(8:36:18 PM): [Ken] The Ethermaster's blade arm stops short as the ScarleTiger grabs hold of it... and the other hand's claws...
wyverncakes 8:36 pm
(8:36:34 PM): ... Smash straight through the Ethermaster's main body.
meraxa2 8:36 pm
(8:36:51 PM): Ken: ...No...
cubey@aol.pl 8:37 pm
(8:37:02 PM): Setsuko: "..."
VJockey 8:37 pm
(8:37:20 PM): [The AC's sensors dim and die. With its core destroyed it simply shuts down.]
meraxa2 8:37 pm
(8:37:46 PM): Ken: ...Damn! Damndamndamn-!
wyverncakes 8:38 pm
(8:38:04 PM): The Ethermaster's fizzles out... and for a moment the Frightneres and their allies seem to hesitate!
cubey@aol.pl 8:38 pm
(8:38:18 PM): Setsuko: "I can't believe it..." Just like that?
(8:38:25 PM): "Is Leos really..."
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:38 pm
(8:38:26 PM): Eva: "Stay alert..He can't..."
wyverncakes 8:38 pm
(8:38:33 PM): The defenders take the opportunity to press the attack again, the whole strength of their forces launching out to finish the job!
wyverncakes 8:38 pm
(8:38:36 PM): (???, go now)
tormterra 8:39 pm
(8:39:51 PM): Alex: "And even if he is, there are still the rest."
Aero 8:41 pm
(8:41:10 PM): Willis: "Stay focused."
VJockey 8:41 pm
(8:41:42 PM): *Which meant it was the perfect oppertunity to launch a precise strike... of absolutely overwhelming force to one of the now relatively undermanned area. A massive laser blast soon tears out from the attackers lines to shear a hole right through any few hapless guards still present as another AC rushes out of their lines to lead the charge-...!+
(8:42:01 PM): (Pale Rider: http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a526/V-Jockey/PaleRider_zps9b26cc29.jpg )
cubey@aol.pl 8:43 pm
(8:43:20 PM): Setsuko: "!!"
wyverncakes 8:43 pm
(8:43:22 PM): [???] And as if right on schedule, the attacking forces renew their push... security groups being blasted away by the Pale Rider!
meraxa2 8:43 pm
(8:43:29 PM): Ken: You bastard...!
cubey@aol.pl 8:43 pm
(8:43:43 PM): Setsuko: "That AC, there's no mistaking it!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:43 pm
(8:43:47 PM): Eva: "Leos! Stop this!"
wyverncakes 8:44 pm
(8:44:18 PM): Boyle: "Yeah! Caught hook, line, and sinker! Now time to gut the whole fucking lot of you!"
tormterra 8:44 pm
(8:44:35 PM): Alex: "You've lost. Even if you win here, you can't take on the Earth. Surrender and make it easier on yourself."
VJockey 8:44 pm
(8:44:40 PM): Leos: "Boyle. Remille. Focus the assault. I'm going to take control."
cubey@aol.pl 8:45 pm
(8:45:03 PM): Setsuko: "Leos, no! Why are you doing all of this?"
wyverncakes 8:45 pm
(8:45:04 PM): Remille: "Understood. The battleship'll be under our control soon!"
VJockey 8:45 pm
(8:45:30 PM): Leos: "...And as for the rest of you... what I have planned is happening... no matter who gets in my way."
wyverncakes 8:45 pm
(8:45:46 PM): (Updated initiative: Setsuko, Eva, Willis, Alex, Ken, Leos)
(8:45:52 PM): (Setsuko, Eva, Willis)
meraxa2 8:46 pm
(8:46:09 PM): Ken: You of all people should know... this never ends well for the one where you're standing!
cubey@aol.pl 8:46 pm
(8:46:13 PM): Setsuko: "You sound like some kind of movie villain! Can't you hear that?!"
VJockey 8:47 pm
(8:47:21 PM): "...Heh..."
cubey@aol.pl 8:47 pm
(8:47:35 PM): Focus on the assault? I don't think so...
Aero 8:47 pm
(8:47:50 PM): Willis: "..."
cubey@aol.pl 8:48 pm
(8:48:57 PM): *The Virgola charges back towards the ship. "If you don't want to die, get out of the way!" Its pilot yelling as she swings the Nautilus Carver - perhaps pre-emptively, as the energy scythe blade on its end forms way before Setsuko enters melee range!&
(8:49:11 PM): (Attacking Boyle)
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:49 pm
(8:49:46 PM): Eva: "I know your heart, Leos. And I will not grant your wish."
(8:50:42 PM): *The Tern peppers Pale Rider with laser shots, then zips in quickly to melee-looking to overpower the smaller AC with its huge size, and cut off one or two of its limbs.+
tormterra 8:51 pm
(8:51:17 PM): Alex: "...I should have guessed." She simply nodded at Eva's comment, otherwise continuing her fight with the assorted mooks
Aero 8:52 pm
(8:52:21 PM): * Willis doesn't say a thing, he recalls his nanomachines back to Strahlend and reforms Quicksilver back in its normal form as he charges straight at Remille before swinging with the longsword once the distance was closed. &
wyverncakes 8:52 pm
(8:52:28 PM): [Setsuko] Boyle's AC was also heading towards the ship now as well, but in calling out Setsuko alerts him! "The only one that's gonna die here is you, bitch! FUCK OFF!" Boyle's AC fires its dual plasma cannons again at Setsuko as soon as he can line up a shot!
VJockey 8:52 pm
(8:52:28 PM): "...Eva... Eva... Eva..."
wyverncakes 8:52 pm
(8:52:32 PM): (React/continue: Setsuko)
VJockey 8:52 pm
(8:52:43 PM): "...Not here... nor now..."
(8:53:00 PM): "Not yet."
wyverncakes 8:54 pm
(8:54:02 PM): [Leos] You've got shots coming right at you, and the Tern easily dwarfs your own Pale Rider (as is plain to see as it moves in for melee attacking)!
(8:54:04 PM): (React: Leos)
cubey@aol.pl 8:54 pm
(8:54:15 PM): Setsuko: "From all the bad influences in Leos' life... bad influences we may have been able to stop, but we failed..."
(8:54:19 PM): "You were the worst!"
cubey@aol.pl 8:55 pm
(8:55:03 PM): *Mid-swing, something unexpected happens - the blade seperates itself from the Carver and flies forward, cutting into the AC's cannons as a seperate spinning energy projectile. But Setsuko does not slow down...
(8:55:50 PM): *With the Glory Star free, it creates a physical blade now - which stabs into her opponent, and then continues to slice as she passes by him!+
VJockey 8:55 pm
(8:55:53 PM): "This is not where its going to end!"
wyverncakes 8:58 pm
(8:58:02 PM): [Setsuko] The energy blade cutes into the AC's plasma cannons... and no sooner does it do the cannons misfire in a messy release of energy... setting you up to pass right on by the machine... or rather, the halves of the machine!
(8:58:22 PM): "WHEN YOU SEE ME IN HELL I'M GOING TO-"
VJockey 8:58 pm
(8:58:27 PM): *The Pale Rider may be smaller than the Tern true... but in some cases a smaller size is a distinct advantage. Leos sends the AC through the air at full speed in tooth rattling manuevers in order to evade the shots and get under Eva's reach... once he's there he opens fire on its arm joints.+
wyverncakes 8:58 pm
(8:58:39 PM): Boyle's last hateful rant is cut short as the AC explodes behind the Virgola.
cubey@aol.pl 8:58 pm
(8:58:48 PM): Setsuko: "That was Chief's true GS Combat Action... but my fight is not over yet."
(8:59:03 PM): She does not give her ex-opponent even a single glance.
wyverncakes 9:01 pm
(9:01:01 PM): [Willis] Remille, however, is not so impulsive or stupid, and instead she makes a break for the STAI Battleship as fast as she can, sparing only a few more shots at the Strahlend. THe real concern however... was a trio of Guarlions shooting straight at you in a Sonic Breaker formation!
(9:01:06 PM): (React/continue: Willis)
(9:02:16 PM): [Eva and Leos] The Pale Rider's pushed hard to evade the Tern's shots... and as it slips around the larger mech's blade there's still a screeching noise as the weapon grazes the AC's frame. But as Leos starts to fire on the Tern...
(9:02:51 PM): ???: "HOLD IT!"
wyverncakes 9:03 pm
(9:03:42 PM): There's a new red machine coming down on the battlefield, with the Sun to its back and hurtling straight towards the Tern and the Pale Rider!
VJockey 9:03 pm
(9:03:54 PM): "Hm?"
wyverncakes 9:04 pm
(9:04:07 PM): "I've been looking for you... and now you're finally out in the open!"
(9:04:20 PM): (Eight-Ball: http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/armoredcore/images/d/d4/AC_Eight-Ball.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20140627043909)
(9:04:59 PM): Its machinegun opens fire right at the Pale Rider!
(9:05:12 PM): ... And also the Tern because its aim is actually not really that great.
(9:05:19 PM): (React: Leos and Eva)
VJockey 9:05 pm
(9:05:23 PM): "...Really?"
VJockey 9:05 pm
(9:05:49 PM): "Well... I suppose I'll have to indulge you then."
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:05 pm
(9:05:56 PM): *Eva sends the Tern into an evasive manuever, known as backing away really fast. "You-you idiot! Get out of here!"+
Aero 9:06 pm
(9:06:37 PM): * Well that was annoying, Willis however does not give up the chase. Quicksilver changes again to a much more massive form, this time the blade began to grow hazy before he switched Strahlend back to its Zephyr mode and met the Guarlions head on, swinging the massive blade to crash through all three of them and catch up to Remille. +
cubey@aol.pl 9:07 pm
(9:07:20 PM): Setsuko: "Isn't that the Raven who showed up in the abandoned colony?"
VJockey 9:08 pm
(9:08:09 PM): *Leos calmly breaks away from the engagement with the Tern to speed towards Eight-Ball. A battered melee halberd is drawn as Leos simply seeks to close in to completely impale the red AC and bifuricate it vertically!+
wyverncakes 9:10 pm
(9:10:54 PM): [Willis] Your sword crashes into the trio, facing resistance for all of a few moments before breaking the breaker barriers and cleaving through the lot of them. But those few moments of delay are all Remille needed, her AC overboosting straight to the battleship's hangar!
(9:11:54 PM): Remille: "I've made it in."
cubey@aol.pl 9:12 pm
(9:12:33 PM): Setsuko: "An enemy's inside! We need to flush her out!"
meraxa2 9:13 pm
(9:13:45 PM): Ken: ...I'll deal with her.
wyverncakes 9:13 pm
(9:13:48 PM): [Eva and Leos] Not even a single of Hustler Two's shots hit either of you, and the Eight-Ball now has the Pale Rider in its face, slashing down at the AC! Hustler Two falls on the defense, scrambling to defend with its laser blade, but it still stumbles back.
tormterra 9:14 pm
(9:14:02 PM): Alex: "Got it, I'll see what I can do." Which probably wasn't much when she was surrounded by barrellions
Aero 9:14 pm
(9:14:24 PM): Willis: "She burnt her Overboost. You should be able to catch her easily now."
wyverncakes 9:14 pm
(9:14:45 PM): Hustler Two: "Grrgh... I'm the heir to Hustler One! I'm not going to lose to the same mech that beat him!"
VJockey 9:14 pm
(9:14:53 PM): "................"
wyverncakes 9:14 pm
(9:14:54 PM): (Ken, and Leos, go)
tormterra 9:15 pm
(9:15:30 PM): (I think I got skipped somewhere)
wyverncakes 9:15 pm
(9:15:43 PM): (Also... Hustler Two is available for support attacks, but not defenses. Also, don't expect those supports to do much good, or not be an inconvenience)
wyverncakes 9:16 pm
(9:16:10 PM): (My mistake. Alex can also go)
meraxa2 9:16 pm
(9:16:37 PM): Ken hadn't been sitting around, and dragged himself back to the hangar. So when Remille is inside, ScarleTiger is quick to follow, and indeed, attempts to slash her from behind with the Scarlet Shotels once he closes the gap!+
VJockey 9:17 pm
(9:17:01 PM): *For those who had their eyes on Pale Rider, they would notice the grip on its weapons grow significantly more tense... at least for a moment. Leos lashes out with his blades as he seeks to skate his AC past Eight-Ball's flank and get a move on to the hangar!+
(9:17:15 PM): "...I don't have time for idiots with delusions of grandeur."
tormterra 9:17 pm
(9:17:56 PM): * Speaking of being surrounded by barrellions, she broke into a tackle on one of them, using her corroding trick to remove the barrel from it before using it as a club against the one next to it, using a number of water jets to brace herself and make the impact possible. +
cubey@aol.pl 9:19 pm
(9:19:04 PM): Setsuko: "Leos..."
(9:19:10 PM): Setsuko: "Look who's talking!"
wyverncakes 9:19 pm
(9:19:37 PM): [Ken] True to Willis's words, Remille hasn't really gotten far, and nor is her trail cold. Her AC's been blasting up the hangar and working her way into the interior of the ship when you pounce her, the AC barely turning in time to smack your swords away with her laser blade... before springing away and swinging her blade again, laser waves shooting straight at the ScarleTiger! Worse yet, more Bounce Dogs and Daughtresses charge into the hangar from behind you, opening fire in a pincer maneuver!
(9:19:41 PM): (React: Ken)
tengusaur 9:19 pm
(9:19:52 PM): #
wyverncakes 9:19 pm
(9:19:57 PM): (Go for it)
tengusaur 9:20 pm
(9:20:18 PM): ???: "I've got you covered, Ken!"
(9:20:19 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOlLeVmkCc8
tengusaur 9:21 pm
(9:21:07 PM): Suddenly a swarm of missiles flies into the hangar, exploding among the attackers! And under the cover of the explosions, a blue mech charges forward, cleaving through the cloud with a wide katana swing as it passes through! +
VJockey 9:21 pm
(9:21:55 PM): "I have more reasons than simply wanting to be the successor to a fake identity crafted by a program"
(9:22:14 PM): [Leos practically spat the last word out with utter hate.]
wyverncakes 9:22 pm
(9:22:18 PM): [Alex] The Barrellion is suddenly without its barrel.. and yet also doesn't even qualify for a vanilla Lion any more. The Barrellion next to it also gets smashed flat right afterwards, with your impromptu club facing some damage but still in decent shape!
(9:22:29 PM): (Also, updated enemy list because it's been a while)
meraxa2 9:23 pm
(9:23:00 PM): Ken: Tha-! *Ken gets out half a thanks, as ScarleTiger attempts to dive over and under the laser waves, throwing the shotels as if they were some kind of boomerang weapon at the distant AC!+
cubey@aol.pl 9:23 pm
(9:23:14 PM): Setsuko: "Willis..."
wyverncakes 9:23 pm
(9:23:25 PM): (Enemies: Guarlions x 1, Barrellions x 5, Daughtresses x 4, Remille's AC, Bounce Dogs x 6, Pale Rider (Leos))
Aero 9:23 pm
(9:23:30 PM): Willis: "What's wrong?"
cubey@aol.pl 9:23 pm
(9:23:41 PM): Setsuko: "Please go stop Leos. I'll take care of enemies left outside."
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:24 pm
(9:24:20 PM): Eva: "Do not kill him."
wyverncakes 9:25 pm
(9:25:42 PM): [Leos] "I'm no idiot...!" The Eight-Ball tries to dodge, but fails, getting a deep gash in its side. But as you try to keep rushing past it, the AC grabs at the Pale Rider's leg, holding it back and trying to open fire again with its machinegun! "I'm going to be the number one Raven! And beating you will prove it to everyone!"
(9:25:46 PM): (React: Leos)
tormterra 9:25 pm
(9:25:52 PM): Alex: "We'll try, but it might not be possible...A bad stray bullet from a machine gun or a slightly misplaced hit from a more precise weapon could do it no matter what we try."
Aero 9:27 pm
(9:27:12 PM): Willis: "...always the hard way...alright..."
tengusaur 9:27 pm
(9:27:16 PM): Asagi: "This is a fight. A fight Leos started."
tengusaur 9:27 pm
(9:27:49 PM): Asagi: "If we need to kill him to stop him..."
wyverncakes 9:28 pm
(9:28:18 PM): [Ken and Asagi] The ScarleTiger's leaping roll is not quite perfect, the machine getting a scar on its chest. But its shotels spin towards Remille's AC and the Frightener is forced to use her sniper rifle to shield herself, the weapons cutting through it before she continues further down into the ship! You come under fire from behind too... for all of a few moments as Blue One's missile attack makes the enemies scramble for their own safety. Quite a few are not able to escape in time though.
meraxa2 9:28 pm
(9:28:44 PM): Ken: She's getting further inside!
wyverncakes 9:28 pm
(9:28:49 PM): (Updated initiative: Setsuko, Eva, Willis, Alex, Ken, Asagi, Leos)
VJockey 9:29 pm
(9:29:01 PM): *Leos was simply going to allow the shots to hit. Somehow his AC's cameras were channeling the sheer amount of disdain he was focusing on the wannabe successor to Nineball. Also his Laser Cannon. Especially when it swings over Pale Rider's shoulder to target right through the Eightball's head and possibly plow through the rest of its body. With all the consideration of a man stepping on an ant, neurons fire off the instructions from Leos' brain into the gun and let loose a screaming blast of energy.+
wyverncakes 9:29 pm
(9:29:09 PM): (Setsuko, Eva, Willis)
tengusaur 9:29 pm
(9:29:14 PM): Asagi: "Not for long."
VJockey 9:29 pm
(9:29:16 PM): "Go be the number one Raven in Hell."
cubey@aol.pl 9:29 pm
(9:29:52 PM): Setsuko: "This is it..."
Aero 9:30 pm
(9:30:04 PM): Willis: "Be careful...all of you."
cubey@aol.pl 9:30 pm
(9:30:35 PM): *The Nautilus Carver increases its output, starting to emit glowing energy as Setsuko moves somewhat backwards, ready to lay down fire to protect her allies.
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:31 pm
(9:31:32 PM): Eva: "Don't start talking about-!" At Ken's warning, the Tern dashes into the ship after Remille, Eva's powers pushing it through a series of hard, right-angle turns to get there.
cubey@aol.pl 9:31 pm
(9:31:38 PM): *The Carver's fish-like "eye" shines empathetically... and the weapon unleashes a long energy blast, Setsuko moving it over the enemies left outside.+
wyverncakes 9:32 pm
(9:32:52 PM): [Leos] As the laser cannon swings down Hustler Two tries to get his AC to turn his gun's attention to that instead... only for clicking to follow. "O-out of bullets alrea-" And then the laser blasts right into the Eight-ball.
(9:32:54 PM): Hustler Two: "Aaargh!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:32 pm
(9:32:55 PM): *Pushing herself as hard as she can, Eva pursues Remille into the ship-and opens fire with as much as she can bring to bear, not bothering to avoid damage on the interior of the battleship.+
wyverncakes 9:33 pm
(9:33:07 PM): The AC is covered by explosions that engulf it fully.
cubey@aol.pl 9:33 pm
(9:33:25 PM): Setsuko: "No..."
VJockey 9:33 pm
(9:33:31 PM): "...Eightball. Side pocket."
cubey@aol.pl 9:33 pm
(9:33:33 PM): Another ally downed by his own foolhardiness...
(9:33:42 PM): Setsuko: "Don't even joke about that Leos!"
tormterra has left the room. 9:33 pm
VJockey 9:33 pm
(9:33:58 PM): "You're right. He was already a joke by existing."
cubey@aol.pl 9:34 pm
(9:34:09 PM): Setsuko: "If Eva or Ken died, would you quip about it too?"
Aero 9:34 pm
(9:34:45 PM): * Strahlend gives one last look back towards everyone outside before Willis switches the machine back over to Zephyr to engage Leos. Once he saw that the Eight-ball was destroyed he sets his sights straight onto the Pale Rider and charges at the AC, bringing down his massive sword crashing onto the machine. &
wyverncakes 9:34 pm
(9:34:58 PM): [Eva] You reach the hangar, and off way in the distance, smashing through a security shutter, is Remille's AC! Well, you just unloaded a massive can of dakka on her though... and Ken's also sorta in the way too!
tormterra has entered the room. 9:35 pm
wyverncakes 9:35 pm
(9:35:02 PM): (React: Ken)
tengusaur 9:35 pm
(9:35:07 PM): Asagi: "Leos. When you started this battle, you lost your rights to call yourself Grey Zero. Now, you're just a pitiful crazy terrorist."
VJockey 9:35 pm
(9:35:38 PM): "... All of you. Say what you like."
(9:35:44 PM): "In the end... it won't matter."
meraxa2 9:36 pm
(9:36:58 PM): Ken is quick to try and take cover in one of the bays that would have once housed a shadoll, and now lacks for an owner, thanks to Leos and his goons+
wyverncakes 9:38 pm
(9:38:41 PM): [Setsuko] The Carver beam shoots out, cutting into the remaining Barrelions and the one stray Guarlion, obliterating the lot of them. What few stragglers left still stumble into the chaos of the battleship's hangar, trying to go down side passages since Eva's giving both barrels to the one Remille was in-
wyverncakes 9:39 pm
(9:39:36 PM): [Ken and Eva cont.] Fortunately Ken does have that open spot for escaping, Eva's blasts grazing Remille but still knocking her backwards into the security shutter, and taking down the shutter too while she's at it.
(9:40:47 PM): [Willis and Leos] Leos, the Quicksilver blade is coming down fast straight at you. Hustler Two was one thing, but Willis isn't going to go down anywhere near as easy.
(9:41:01 PM): (Leos can react and optionally combine it with his action)
(9:41:11 PM): (Alex, Asagi, and Ken can also act)
cubey@aol.pl 9:42 pm
(9:42:31 PM): Virgola stares in the direction of the dispersing, shining cloud - all that's left of the enemies.
(9:42:40 PM): Then it turns around and flies towards the ship. This has to end.
tengusaur 9:42 pm
(9:42:51 PM): Asagi: "Some time ago, you asked me if I'm ready to do what I think is right next time we meet, Leos."
VJockey 9:43 pm
(9:43:22 PM): *Against Willis? This was going to need both hands on the sword... he knew better than to underestimate the Strahlend's pilot. He quickly rushes forward as he swings his own blade up to parry Zephyr close to the base of the blade and follow it up by smashing his AC's shoulder into his opponent.+
meraxa2 9:43 pm
(9:43:26 PM): Ken is quick again to rush out, retrieving one of his shotels as he then tries to get to Remille before she completely recovers! He raises the blade high, poised to swing it down on her head...+
tengusaur 9:44 pm
(9:44:09 PM): Asagi: "This is my answer!" Blue One spins around, drawing its spear, then rushes towards the Pale Rider, dual-wielding its melee weapons. Asagi starts with a lunge at Leos' machine, putting more pressure on it and hopefully less on Willis, then spin around quickly, slashing with both weapons in succession. +
tormterra 9:45 pm
(9:45:30 PM): * Freed from the crowd of barrellions, Alex chucked her heavy, unbalancing club at one of the bounce dogs, speeding towards the crowd of them firing numerous further blasts of water to try to end the assault and isolate Leos and Remille to where their defeat was assured. Others could take care of the actual leaders of this mess. +
wyverncakes 9:47 pm
(9:47:59 PM): [Leos, Willis, and Asagi] Pale Rider's sword creaks from the strain of trying to match that ginormo blade... and as you try to attack again Blue One's own charge will put a stop to that, putting you on the defensive...
(9:48:10 PM): ... And giving Willis his opening!
(9:49:06 PM): (Wills, continue your action. Asagi can join in if you want)
wyverncakes 9:50 pm
(9:50:25 PM): [Alex] Some of the remaining Daughtresses and Bounce Dogs move to try to stop Asagi from joining in the melee against Leos, but unfortunately they don't get what they want as your blasts of water spray across the battlefield. The reckless ones get buffered and slammed into the hangar walls, the rest relent much to their displasure.
(9:51:06 PM): ^displeasure
(9:51:34 PM): [Ken] In such a position though, Remille's floored AC suddenly stabs up with its blade, while your own sword is inconveniently held aloft over your head!
(9:51:37 PM): (React: Ken)
Aero 9:52 pm
(9:52:53 PM): * And he'll take that opening by lunging forward to shatter that Melee Halberd that Leos kept for so long. At the same time Strahlend pulls back it's other hand and quickly reinforces the entire hand before thrusting the reinforced arm towards Pale Rider's shoulder to both impale the machine and inject his nanomachines into the AC. Leos was a Human Plus and was willing to go this far to complete his plan. Willis could not underestimate him and had to keep up his offense. +
tormterra has left the room. 9:53 pm
tengusaur 9:54 pm
(9:54:10 PM): * After his attack Asagi takes a step back, stabbing with the polearm with all his might - he wants to pin Leos' machine down! +
tormterra has entered the room. 9:55 pm
wyverncakes 9:56 pm
(9:56:15 PM): [Asagi and Willis] The Pale Rider gets stabbed through twice over, its body getting pinned to the outer wall of the Battleship. The machine sparks and crackles, Willis's nanomachines spreading through the AC in a matter of moments.
VJockey 9:56 pm
(9:56:43 PM): "...Haah... well done.."
meraxa2 9:56 pm
(9:56:50 PM): Ken: Tch-! *Not much room to evade, but Ken will try - mostly aiming to get enough room to raise the ScarleTiger's foot, so he can use it to push the blade arm down, and then continue+
Aero 9:57 pm
(9:57:00 PM): Willis: "Leos...stand down."
cubey@aol.pl 9:57 pm
(9:57:05 PM): Setsuko: "Leos, just what are you trying to achieve?"
VJockey 9:57 pm
(9:57:17 PM): "...Exactly what I needed to."
cubey@aol.pl 9:57 pm
(9:57:22 PM): "Your ragtag army of terrorists and killers is broken."
(9:57:27 PM): "..."
VJockey 9:57 pm
(9:57:30 PM): "Willis."
(9:57:49 PM): "I suggest you open up the Pale Rider and take a good long look."
tengusaur 9:58 pm
(9:58:04 PM): Asagi: ",,,"
Aero 9:58 pm
(9:58:09 PM): Willis: "...shame on you."
cubey@aol.pl 9:58 pm
(9:58:32 PM): Setsuko: "Don't tell me... just where are you now, Leos?!"
(9:58:45 PM): She already expects a remote controlled unit.
VJockey 9:58 pm
(9:58:49 PM): "Shame on yourself..."
(9:59:01 PM): "The whole time you've all been fighting..."
(9:59:11 PM): "I've been assuming direct control."
wyverncakes 9:59 pm
(9:59:32 PM): Remille: "W-what?!?"
tengusaur 9:59 pm
(9:59:52 PM): Asagi: "Damnit Leos!"
VJockey 10:00 pm
(10:00:14 PM): "Did you really think I was going to waste my time fighting alongside scum I couldn't care less about?"
wyverncakes 10:00 pm
(10:00:15 PM): [Ken] Remille's laser blade bites into the Tiger's foot, throwing you off balance such that your stab misses the mark. Not by much, but enough as Remille grunts in pain.
tengusaur 10:00 pm
(10:00:26 PM): Asagi: "Was this your plan all along?"
wyverncakes 10:00 pm
(10:00:28 PM): "L-leos?!?"
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:00 pm
(10:00:29 PM): Eva: "Where are you!"
VJockey 10:00 pm
(10:00:41 PM): "And you Remille..."
(10:01:12 PM): "Did you actually think I'd love a twisted, bloodthirsty psychopath like you?"
(10:01:29 PM): "Hah... all you were to me was just more fodder to throw into the grinder."
VJockey 10:01 pm
(10:01:42 PM): "You and your brother and all the rest."
cubey@aol.pl 10:02 pm
(10:02:07 PM): Setsuko: "..."
meraxa2 10:02 pm
(10:02:20 PM): Ken: ...If not for them... then what WAS all of this for...? *There is a rising anger in Ken's voice, though he's been scarcely settled at all*
cubey@aol.pl 10:02 pm
(10:02:42 PM): Setsuko: "Leos... just what are you doing? All of this - what was it for?"
VJockey 10:04 pm
(10:04:50 PM): "It was for the STAI of course... or rather..."
(10:04:55 PM): "Just the parts I needed."
wyverncakes 10:05 pm
(10:05:26 PM): And on cue...
(10:05:47 PM): Anti-personnel gun emplacements began to emerge from the walls.
(10:06:25 PM): And for the people on the outside? Well you have the external guns taking aim instead.
VJockey 10:06 pm
(10:06:48 PM): ".... I want a better world. Free from the filth... free from the idiots... free from people like me."
tengusaur 10:07 pm
(10:07:10 PM): Asagi: "And you think you'll be able to bring it through violence?"
cubey@aol.pl 10:07 pm
(10:07:11 PM): Setsuko: "This doesn't explain why you had to associate yourself with them. Was Unity Group not good enough for you? Why are..."
(10:07:15 PM): She falls silent. This is bad.
wyverncakes 10:07 pm
(10:07:35 PM): It is bad.
(10:07:47 PM): And the guns open fire.
(10:07:51 PM): (React: everone)
(10:07:53 PM): ^everyone
cubey@aol.pl 10:08 pm
(10:08:05 PM): Setsuko: "Stop it, Leos! We'll blow up the ship if we have to!"
(10:08:07 PM): Or at least try to...
meraxa2 10:08 pm
(10:08:29 PM): Ken: ...you really are an idiot... this is the sort of thing... that MAKES people like you! *Ken's scream is somewhat drowned out by the gunfire, and he attemots
(10:08:54 PM): *attempts to weave his way back to the hangar - and its bays - for cover+
VJockey 10:08 pm
(10:08:59 PM): "... No... this is just part of it."
cubey@aol.pl 10:09 pm
(10:09:01 PM): *But for now, Setsuko has to focus on wild evasion, utilizing thrusters to get out of way of the cannons' one by one.+
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:09 pm
(10:09:07 PM): Eva: "...Leos, you-" Words of compassion are cut off by the guns, as Eva has the Tern try to hunker down and shield itself-and Scarletiger, for that matter.+
VJockey 10:09 pm
(10:09:38 PM): ".... the Unity Group.... An example of what should be..."
tengusaur 10:09 pm
(10:09:44 PM): * There's not much Asagi can use for cover here, except maybe some corners and his AHSMB's survival instinct - and he uses both to the best of their ability, trying to evade as much as he can! +
VJockey 10:09 pm
(10:09:48 PM): "... but what formed it...?"
(10:09:56 PM): "What unites people?"
(10:10:20 PM): "Its something I spent so many sleepless nights thinking about."
tormterra 10:10 pm
(10:10:33 PM): * As the guns open fire, Alex immediately hunkers down behind a shield of water, hoping to deflect or even shatter the bullets on impact. +
Aero 10:12 pm
(10:12:03 PM): * "Dammit...Dreadnaught." Strahlend's nanomachines quickly spread work to reinforce the body of every allied machine near him before those bullets rained down on them. +
tengusaur 10:12 pm
(10:12:44 PM): Asagi: "And what? What is the answer you found!"
VJockey 10:12 pm
(10:12:55 PM): "... an enemy."
Aero 10:12 pm
(10:12:56 PM): Willis: "A common enemy."
cubey@aol.pl 10:13 pm
(10:13:09 PM): Setsuko: "Leos, you..."
Aero 10:13 pm
(10:13:20 PM): Willis: "...just like Bian Zoldark...."
cubey@aol.pl 10:13 pm
(10:13:23 PM): Setsuko: "Do you want to become an enemy?"
tengusaur 10:13 pm
(10:13:24 PM): Asagi: "...You can't be serious."
wyverncakes 10:13 pm
(10:13:30 PM): [Ken and Eva] On the interior front, the cannons at least were meant for human-size invaders, not mechs. The Tern's size and robust-ness helps it stave off the worst of the attack, and help protect the ScarleTiger too!
cubey@aol.pl 10:13 pm
(10:13:33 PM): Setsuko: "We already have enough of them!"
Aero 10:13 pm
(10:13:34 PM): That explains the Divine Crusaders remnants.
wyverncakes 10:13 pm
(10:13:42 PM): Unfortunately, the more-damaged ex-allies of Leos are not so lucky.
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:13 pm
(10:13:47 PM): Eva: "There are other things that unite people..."
wyverncakes 10:14 pm
(10:14:09 PM): Remille's own downed AC gets torn to bits by point-blank fire from multiple cannons, putting an end to her as well.
VJockey 10:14 pm
(10:14:31 PM): "Like hope?"
(10:14:36 PM): "Heroes?"
wyverncakes 10:15 pm
(10:15:05 PM): [Outside people] Willis's protective cloud and Alex's water shield keeps both of them and Asagi safe as well though, and Setsuko's far enough away to more easily dodge the barrage.
meraxa2 10:15 pm
(10:15:09 PM): Ken: Humanity has been fighting multiple wars for the last two decades. Before thst,
(10:15:21 PM): *that, centuries and millennia among ourselves
(10:15:52 PM): Ken: Why are YOU going to be so special?!
tormterra 10:15 pm
(10:15:55 PM): Alex: "...You know, the world uniting against the Nazis lasted roughly as long as it took for them to lose. What makes you think you'll have anymore success?"
VJockey 10:16 pm
(10:16:16 PM): "Because what I have planned will make me the worst enemy mankind has ever known."
meraxa2 10:17 pm
(10:17:01 PM): Ken: ...
cubey@aol.pl 10:17 pm
(10:17:24 PM): Setsuko: "..."
VJockey 10:17 pm
(10:17:41 PM): [The battleship would rattle heavily as a segment of it seperates and takes to the stars.]
(10:17:55 PM): [There was no doubting it. That was where Leos was the whole time.]
wyverncakes 10:19 pm
(10:19:22 PM): The segment moves fast, and why wouldn't it?
Aero 10:19 pm
(10:19:39 PM): Willis: "We need to move."
VJockey 10:19 pm
(10:19:42 PM): "...For what I have to do.... I'm sorry."
wyverncakes 10:19 pm
(10:19:43 PM): It was a part of the battleship meant for interplanetary travel...
VJockey 10:19 pm
(10:19:48 PM): "But I have no other choice."
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:19 pm
(10:19:57 PM): Eva: "That's bullshit!"
cubey@aol.pl 10:19 pm
(10:19:59 PM): Setsuko: "Where are you going? Wait!"
(10:20:14 PM): Setsuko: "You don't have to do it Leos. Wait..."
meraxa2 10:20 pm
(10:20:35 PM): Ken: ...that's what monsters say to themselves, because they can't admit to making the worst choice of many.
tormterra 10:20 pm
(10:20:38 PM): Alex: "Fuck...He's planning on dropping it on Earth, isn't he?"
tengusaur 10:20 pm
(10:20:43 PM): Asagi: "Leos! You idiot! You won't accomplish anything!"
wyverncakes 10:20 pm
(10:20:49 PM): If it's any saving grace Alex...
(10:21:09 PM): ... That does not appear to be the case based on the segment heading off away from Earth.
tormterra 10:21 pm
(10:21:35 PM): Alex: "...Or something else? He's gotta attack Earth somehow to be the greatest enemy ever."
wyverncakes 10:21 pm
(10:21:38 PM): But where it's going is anyone's guess.
(10:22:03 PM): And with it's speed, it's going...
(10:22:06 PM): Going...
(10:22:11 PM): Gone.
(10:22:14 PM): MISSION FAILED
cubey@aol.pl 10:23 pm
(10:23:34 PM): Setsuko: "Wait..."
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:23 pm
(10:23:58 PM): Eva gives chase!
meraxa2 10:24 pm
(10:24:27 PM): Ken: ...He's gone. Physically, and in sanity...
tormterra 10:24 pm
(10:24:27 PM): Alex: "Eva...You can't catch him, he's too fast."
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:25 pm
(10:25:30 PM): The Tern slows to a stop. "..." There's the sound of Eva hitting something in the cockpit.
(7:03:26 PM): With the Kijin/Balmarian/random-dude-showing-up incident in Sakihama taken care of, attention was once more on the STAI Battleship, up in orbit around Earth.
(7:04:49 PM): It has been nearly a week since the Frighteners' leader declared his intent to seize the vessel and use it on the world at large, and yet no attempt on hit has begun yet.
(7:05:18 PM): No ballsy scouts, no skirmishes, not even attempts at ambushing supply runs mid-transit.
wyverncakes 7:06 pm
(7:06:24 PM): The size of the ship and the nature of its threat have led to it having a mixed security garrison, with some forces stationed inside of the massive warship while the remainder stays outside... and Unity Group people are among this second group.
(7:07:26 PM): You're not stationed anywhere important like communications, sensors, weapons, or the hangars though... after all the one who issued these declarations was once one of your own and some people are more than a touch paranoid.
wyverncakes 7:08 pm
(7:08:52 PM): (For the record, you can assume you are currently doing a security shift there)
Meraxa 7:09 pm
(7:09:35 PM): Ken is holding a dagger in his hands. His breathing is long, steady. Meditation, as if it could ease his nerves. Anyone can see though, he's shaking.
wyverncakes 7:09 pm
(7:09:47 PM): Today's been fairly quiet just as it has been all these other days before, that is until...
(7:10:05 PM): "-Wait, what are you doing-"
(7:10:37 PM): And suddenly near the hangars a Shaldoll explodes!
tormterra 7:10 pm
(7:10:37 PM): Alex was diligently doing her job. She'd come this far, she wasn't going to be ambushed and killed out here due to not trying to pay attention. Even if she lacked any real sensory equipment to make her suited for scouting
wyverncakes 7:10 pm
(7:10:52 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddyd8WxIOUY
cubey@aol.pl 7:11 pm
(7:11:16 PM): A candy bar is dropped to the floor dramatically.
Meraxa 7:11 pm
(7:11:24 PM): Ken clutches the dagger. "Is it them?!"
wyverncakes 7:11 pm
(7:11:53 PM): "This is the hangar team, we've got an unknown-"
cubey@aol.pl 7:11 pm
(7:11:57 PM): Setsuko: "They're here..." She was already running towards the Virgola. The Glory Star was very twitchy today - but even she didn't expect Leos' friends to ambush unexpectedly.
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:12 pm
(7:12:06 PM): Eva had been on her break, praying. Had; now she is sprinting towards those hangars.
tormterra 7:12 pm
(7:12:26 PM): Alex: "Probably. I don't think Shaldolls ever explode by accident." Following Setsuko's example, she sprinted towards them, ready to summon Enki the second she had the space
wyverncakes 7:12 pm
(7:12:28 PM): -Another of the machines is blown away, riddled with bullets by one of its own even as the rest of the hangar team begins to converge on it...
Aero 7:13 pm
(7:13:02 PM): Willis: "I guess we shouldn't be too surprised that they went for the hangar first."
wyverncakes 7:14 pm
(7:14:00 PM): ... But a string of shots come careening out over the distance, striking each of them! The weapons were fired outside of optimum range, the lot of them only damaged and staggered, but it's enough for the hostile pilot to tear into their ranks before a beam rifle shot spears through his machine from one of the reinforcing machines!
tormterra 7:14 pm
(7:14:16 PM): Alex: "No, but there is the question of how they got there." Did they have sympathizers among the soldiers guarding the ship?
wyverncakes 7:14 pm
(7:14:32 PM): There is a gap in the security team placement, and it's only then that they starting moving in from off in the distance...
(7:14:56 PM): ???1: "They're off guard!"
cubey@aol.pl 7:15 pm
(7:15:06 PM): Setsuko: "I don't know... but it's not the time to wonder that! Glory Star, moving out!"
wyverncakes 7:15 pm
(7:15:13 PM): ???2: "Attack!"
(7:15:37 PM): ACs are come swarming in, but it's not just them.
(7:16:01 PM): Old NUNE Daughtresses fly along with them, along with Guarlions bearing the paintjobs and emblems of the Divine Crusaders!
Aero 7:16 pm
(7:16:19 PM): Willis: "DC Remnants also..."
Meraxa 7:16 pm
(7:16:45 PM): Ken: All coming out of the woodwork... rejected by the world, embraced by... him.
tormterra 7:16 pm
(7:16:52 PM): Alex: "Fuck...How did he manage to gather all these random people so quickly?"
wyverncakes 7:17 pm
(7:17:04 PM): And they're not the only thing DC remnants have brought along for the show... as Barrelions move into visual range, entering firing positions before blasting into the off-balance security teams!
Aero 7:17 pm
(7:17:14 PM): Willis: "He must have been in contact with them for a while...that's the only theory I have."
Meraxa 7:17 pm
(7:17:25 PM): Ken: We need to move. Now.
wyverncakes 7:17 pm
(7:17:26 PM): (React: Defenders)
tormterra 7:17 pm
(7:17:36 PM): Alex: "Yeah...But how did he convince them he was the leader they were looking for?"
Aero 7:17 pm
(7:17:47 PM): Willis: "Maybe they were just desperate."
tormterra 7:18 pm
(7:18:37 PM): * Either way, she immediately fired off some quick water jets to generate thrust to the side and up, trying to get around the aim of the barrelions. At least they were hopefully aiming, rather than having the massed firepower to catch them in an inescapable volley. +
mad4space@hotmail.com has left the room. 7:22 pm
tormterra has left the room. 7:24 pm
wyverncakes 7:24 pm
(7:24:49 PM): (Okay, your machines were not being stored at the actual hangar.)
tormterra has entered the room. 7:25 pm
wyverncakes 7:25 pm
(7:25:18 PM): (You can still launch and avoid the worst of the chaos)
mad4space@hotmail.com has been invited. 7:25 pm
mad4space@hotmail.com has been invited. 7:27 pm
wyverncakes 7:27 pm
(7:27:47 PM): The Frighteners and their allies are pushing forward, even as the various defense forces are moving to try to intercept
(7:29:05 PM): There's familiar faces amongst the AC crowd too... both Boyle and Remille's are present in the front lines...
(7:29:32 PM): As is the Ethermaster... several times over...
wyverncakes 7:30 pm
(7:30:21 PM): If Leos is in one of them, it's anyone's guess at the moment.
Aero 7:30 pm
(7:30:34 PM): Willis: "Mass produced copies..."
wyverncakes 7:30 pm
(7:30:35 PM): (Enemies: Guarlions x 8, Barrellions x 14, Daughtresses x 10, Boyle's AC, Remille's AC, Bounce Dogs, Ethermasters x 4, Bounce Dogs x 10)
(7:31:05 PM): (Lineup: Setsuko, Eva, Willis, Alex, Ken)
(7:31:11 PM): (Setsuko, Eva, go)
mad4space@hotmail.com has been invited. 7:31 pm
wyverncakes 7:32 pm
(7:32:43 PM): (Boyle's AC: http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/armoredcore/images/f/f0/ScreenHunter_30_Jun._17_09.45.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20120617091751)
(7:32:55 PM): (Remille's AC: http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/armoredcore/images/7/7c/ScreenHunter_31_Jun._17_09.45.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20120617091852)
mad4space@hotmail.com has been invited. 7:33 pm
cubey@aol.pl 7:34 pm
(7:34:01 PM): *The Virgola takes off - flying through space, it spirals to be a harder target. The trail it leaves behind suddenly stops... Setsuko's eyes narrow as she aims and fires the Hi Straight Turret, physical projectiles flying towards the distant Barrelions as she already continues her movement!+
(7:34:15 PM): Setsuko: "Leos.... what are you doing? And where are you?"
wyverncakes 7:36 pm
(7:36:03 PM): [Setsuko] Your shots pummel into two of the Barrelions, critically damaging one and entirely taking out the second. And as for your words...
(7:36:10 PM): (Leos, react?)
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:36 pm
(7:36:43 PM): *The Tern closes some towards the enemy Barrellions, before blasting them with its wrist lasers.+
wyverncakes 7:38 pm
(7:38:44 PM): [Eva] Your own charge against the Barrelions lets you cut through one of them, but going after more is going to have to wait, because-
(7:39:10 PM): "And you just had to be here right now! It's my lucky fucking day then!"
(7:39:41 PM): Boyle's AC is already breaking off from his own attack straight at you, energy machinegun firing at the Tern's backside!
(7:39:44 PM): (React: Eva)
VJockey 7:39 pm
(7:39:54 PM): *Among the rapidly moving Ethermasters one opens fire on the Virgola with its missiles before they rapidly manuever amongst themselves!+
Aero 7:40 pm
(7:40:14 PM): #Setsuko?
cubey@aol.pl 7:41 pm
(7:41:18 PM): *The Virgola breaks and, with a burst of speed, tries to navigate between the missiles!+
wyverncakes 7:41 pm
(7:41:22 PM): (Go ahead Willis. You can combine it with your action.)
cubey@aol.pl 7:41 pm
(7:41:30 PM): Setsuko: "There you are! Leos!"
(7:41:37 PM): Setsuko: "Why aren't you saying anything?!"
VJockey 7:42 pm
(7:42:00 PM): [No reply Setsuko...]
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:42 pm
(7:42:20 PM): *"Ah. You." The Tern turns around to face Boyle, spreading a shiled with one arm while it returns fire with the other.+
(7:42:31 PM): Eva: "You could...not do this."
mad4space@hotmail.com has been invited. 7:43 pm
wyverncakes 7:43 pm
(7:43:22 PM): (Willis, Alex, Leos can act)
Aero 7:44 pm
(7:44:31 PM): *Strahlend's wings open up and the machine quickly moves to catch up with the Virgola. As he flies towards the machine a familiar glowing cloud begins to spread out from it, targetting both the missiles and the MP Ethermasters as he passes by them. +
wyverncakes 7:44 pm
(7:44:50 PM): [Eva] The Tern's shield wards off Boyle's attack, but the AC also moves out of the way in the nick of time! "And why not? Seems to me like we're pretty close already!"
tormterra 7:45 pm
(7:45:41 PM): * Alex grabbed some of the debris caused by the attack, quickly using Enki's power to beat it into shape as a sword before pushing herself forward to charge straight into the path of one of the guarlions to intercept it, delivering a fierce chop at it before beating the sword a bit more to turn it into a javelin tossed at one of the others. +
VJockey 7:46 pm
(7:46:21 PM): *One Ethermaster in particular seems to be moving faster than the rest, opening fire at Willis while playing a shell game amongst his own. Continuously switching positions.+
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:47 pm
(7:47:07 PM): Eva: "I mean...all of it."
wyverncakes 7:48 pm
(7:48:24 PM): [Willis and Setsuko] The crowd of missiles sent towards the Virgola lessens considerably thanks to the Christmas-in-August Cloud, and as they wash over the Ethermasters, one of them manages to fair far better in avoiding the worst of the cloud... the other three suffering from some decay problems.
Aero 7:48 pm
(7:48:44 PM): Willis: "Setsuko he should be in that one."
cubey@aol.pl 7:49 pm
(7:49:00 PM): Setsuko: "It's a bit too simple... is he trying to trick us?"
wyverncakes 7:49 pm
(7:49:07 PM): [Leos] But that faster Ethermaster is returning fire right back at you Willis!
(7:49:14 PM): (React: Willis)
tormterra 7:49 pm
(7:49:26 PM): Alex: "Probably." Even if Leos didn't strike her as the most competent person at deception
cubey@aol.pl 7:49 pm
(7:49:32 PM): She marks the best-eperforming Ethermaster anyway. Even if she loses track, Virgola shouldn't.
Aero 7:49 pm
(7:49:54 PM): Willis: "If it isn't him then at least we're dealing with the one that's performing the best right now."
wyverncakes 7:51 pm
(7:51:22 PM): [Alex] The Guarion definitely didn't expect to suddenly be beset by a big piece of scrap, its chainsaw knife trying to stop the swing of the attack in vain. The Armored Module's cut down to pieces and the next gets skewered, but there's a glimmer of red from off in the distance, Remille's AC firing on you with her sniper rifle!
(7:51:27 PM): (React: Alex)
wyverncakes 7:53 pm
(7:53:24 PM): (Updated initiative: Setsuko, Eva, Willis, Alex, Leos)
tormterra 7:53 pm
(7:53:30 PM): * The glimmer was enough warning for her to immediately break her movement with a few jets of water, instead changing her momentum to push her off to the side. +
Aero 7:53 pm
(7:53:30 PM): * "Four Karasawas, I guess should feel happy that you're targetting me with those Leos." Willis grips Quicksilver with both hands and the weapon expands into a much larger Buster Blade. The blade begins to glimmer as Willis swings, attempting to deflect those shots either back at the Ethermasters or away from him at the very least. +
wyverncakes 7:54 pm
(7:54:23 PM): (Enemies: Guarlions x 6, Barrellions x 12 (1 damaged), Daughtresses x 10, Boyle's AC, Remille's AC, Bounce Dogs, Ethermasters x 3 (damaged), Ethermaster (Leos)(minor damage), Bounce Dogs x 10)
cubey@aol.pl 7:55 pm
(7:55:12 PM): Setsuko: "What's the situation back on the ship?"
cubey@aol.pl 7:55 pm
(7:55:47 PM): Is Leos really trying to trick them?
Aero 7:56 pm
(7:56:07 PM): Willis: "We're being spread pretty thin."
wyverncakes 7:56 pm
(7:56:39 PM): [Willis] The deflections go half as well as they could have, sprawling off in random directions and at least keeping you safe.
(7:57:23 PM): But indeed, while you've gotten tangled up with Leos and his two immediate underlings, the mooks are continuing to press forward towards the ship!
(7:57:36 PM): (Setsuko and Eva can act)
tormterra 7:58 pm
(7:58:14 PM): Alex: "We have our own issues to worry about...But we should probably make a point of taking down enemies going for the ship itself, if possible."
wyverncakes 7:58 pm
(7:58:33 PM): [Alex] The laser snipe shot cuts through the space Enki had been occupying moments before... but it's enough of a difference that you avoid the shot.
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:00 pm
(8:00:37 PM): *Eva doesn't bother paying much more attention to Boyle. Instead the Tern jets back closer towards the battleship, bombarding the oncoming mooks with its lasers.+
(8:01:02 PM): Eva: "Rodger that."
Aero 8:01 pm
(8:01:20 PM): Willis: "Don't let those two cut you off."
cubey@aol.pl 8:01 pm
(8:01:46 PM): Setsuko: "... They won't."
(8:02:24 PM): *Setsuko seems to hesitate. But that is only momentary, and it shows she was not hesitating. She was waiting.
meraxa2 has entered the room. 8:03 pm
cubey@aol.pl 8:03 pm
(8:03:30 PM): *The moment Boyle's AC turns towards any of the allies moving around the battlefield, the Virgola moves towards it from behind, charging and slamming the Nautilus Carver with a hit powered by mysterious energy!+
wyverncakes 8:05 pm
(8:05:05 PM): [Eva] "Get back here! We're not finished yet!" Obviously the feelings were not mutual as Boyle's AC made after the Tern as best it could. Not fast enough to keep Eva from opening fire into the Daughtress ranks though, some of the older machines being shot to pieces as more scattered... and some of those just end up getting picked off by other defenders!
(8:05:12 PM): And as for Boyle...
wyverncakes 8:07 pm
(8:07:20 PM): [Setsuko] His focus on Eva proves his downfall, the Carver slamming into his machine! "-What the HEEEEEEEEEEE-" The AC goes spinning through space, but as it spins there's the flicker of a buildup of energy! "Okay... now I'm REALLY mad!" The back-mounted Plasma Cannon swings forward and fires, twin blasts lighting up the night straight at the Virgola!
(8:07:27 PM): (React: Setsuko)
(8:07:37 PM): (Alex and Willis)
cubey@aol.pl 8:08 pm
(8:08:04 PM): Setsuko: "You're mad?"
cubey@aol.pl 8:09 pm
(8:09:27 PM): *The aftershock of the power happens - a sudden discharge, which hopefully will stun the AC pilot momentarily. But Setsuko decides to play it safe and already backs off with a reverse thruster boost, trying to make a loop underneath Boyle's unit while making pot shots with an offhand ray pistol.+
(8:10:08 PM): Setsuko: "My friend turned into a crazed tyrant, started to kill innocent people, and allied with you, a bunch of thugs and killers, and YOU are the one who is mad?"
tormterra 8:10 pm
(8:10:23 PM): * Spinning around from her evasive maneuver Alex headed straight for the barrellions, a series of quick water bursts aimed at the sides of the gunbarrels themselves to disable the lumbering machines without having to go through all the effort to destroy them on her own, as well as to cover her as she broke into their formation where counterattacking would be harder. +
Aero 8:12 pm
(8:12:09 PM): * Willis continues to spread his nanomachines through the area, letting them devour whatever debris they could find. Their assault is still focused on the Ethermasters however, Willis himself began to pull back towards the hangar. If their assumption was right they needed to regroup and force the Frightener forces to come to them. The massive cloud at the same time begins to swirl and chase after the Ethermasters. +
wyverncakes 8:14 pm
(8:14:04 PM): [Setsuko] "Piss on all of that! None of that crap's here to get mad over-geh Son of a bitch!" The Plasma cannon blasts cut through space, missing the Virgola in spite of Boyle's bioling fury... while Setsuko's more modest beam pistol shots find their mark, pegging his AC multiple times.
wyverncakes 8:16 pm
(8:16:14 PM): [Alex] Barrelions are usually used to water just being under them and making life miserable for other mechs, not their own! The water blasts impede their railgun shots and the big machines are forced to move on the evasive... but Bounce Dogs playing escort slip between the bigger machines, opening fire on Enki with their machineguns!
(8:16:17 PM): (React: Alex)
cubey@aol.pl 8:16 pm
(8:16:44 PM): # Alex
wyverncakes 8:16 pm
(8:16:47 PM): (Approved)
cubey@aol.pl 8:17 pm
(8:17:03 PM): Setsuko: "No, I don't think so. I'm also a trained soldier!"
(8:17:44 PM): *The mobile suit continues firing - the ray pistol aiming towards the smaller units this time, beams firing between them to disrupt their ranks.+
tormterra 8:18 pm
(8:18:10 PM): * Seeing the support units slip in, Alex came to a halt shooting out a series of calculated jets at each other aimed less at destroying them and more at deflecting their path and disrupting their formation before they could close to a range where they had a real chance of scoring a solid hit. +
wyverncakes 8:18 pm
(8:18:34 PM): [Willis] The three automated Ethermasters continue to try to swerve out of the decaying clouds, opting to stick with KARASAWA rifle shots to try to peg the Strahlend!
(8:18:39 PM): (Leos can also react to this)
VJockey 8:20 pm
(8:20:30 PM): *The lead Ethermaster would attempt to launch itself over the all consuming nano-cloud before engaging its Overboost system in a headlong charge towards the hangar, seeking to try to get around Willis while the others keep him pinned+
wyverncakes 8:21 pm
(8:21:46 PM): [Setsuko and Alex] Bullets whizzed past Enki, grazing it on numerous occasions but those water jets making sure they never quiet found the mark they needed to... and Setsuko's ray pistol ensured those Dogs wouldn't get hvae the time to correct their aim.
meraxa2 8:21 pm
(8:21:53 PM): #The Hangar
wyverncakes 8:22 pm
(8:22:06 PM): (Approved. You can also combine this with your action)
meraxa2 8:23 pm
(8:23:27 PM): One unit hadn't quite left the station yet... but not it does, briefly making a run before it ends up flying out towards the Ethermaster, looking to kick it right in the guts! And should its pilot have any thoughts about getting away, the Scarlet Whip will try to snare them close!+
(8:23:37 PM): (*now)
meraxa2 8:23 pm
(8:23:46 PM): "LEOOOOOOOS!"
cubey@aol.pl 8:24 pm
(8:24:30 PM): Setsuko:: "Ken-kun!"
(8:24:35 PM): Stop Leos!
wyverncakes 8:25 pm
(8:25:58 PM): [Leos and Ken] The Ethermaster's knocked away mid-charge by the ScarleTiger, the whip lashing around the machine's neck to make sure it doesn't go far away or past the Tiger either!
tormterra 8:26 pm
(8:26:54 PM): Alex: "We'll take care of his underlings."
wyverncakes 8:27 pm
(8:27:12 PM): ... For all of a few moments though as suddenly the whip's shot through by Remille.
(8:27:23 PM): "You won't be keeping us from what we came here for."
(8:27:30 PM): (Leos, go now)
Aero 8:28 pm
(8:28:36 PM): * "Overboosting already!?" With that many shots being sent his way Willis raises his arms again and converts Quicksilver into an oversized shield, lined with the same reflective coating he was using earlier. While he's doing this he commands the nanomachines that the Ethermasters were avoiding to form themselves into dozens of blades The surfaces of the newly formed swords are then completely lined with the reflective coating, rendering them invisible before they are directed to impale the Ethermasters from all sides. +
meraxa2 8:29 pm
(8:29:13 PM): Ken: And you won't keep me from my.... friend. *The temptation to place former before that was strong, but not yet enough...*
VJockey 8:29 pm
(8:29:57 PM): *Forced up close where the bulk of most of its weapons were too cumbersome to use, Leos opts for the usage of his laser blade. Pale blue-white roaring from the AC's left arm as it charges forward to sweep the screaming blade across the ScarleTiger!+
wyverncakes 8:31 pm
(8:31:03 PM): [Willis] The nanomachines make it back to you in time to stop the first round of beam shots... and there are no follow-ups as the invisible swords skewer through the trio of machines one after another.
(8:31:55 PM): [Leos] At close-confines, the charge throws the ScarleTiger off-balance... and then comes the laser blade to finish the job!
(8:31:58 PM): (React: Ken)
cubey@aol.pl 8:32 pm
(8:32:10 PM): Setsuko: "Only the real thing is left now... ah, look out!"
Aero 8:32 pm
(8:32:39 PM): Willis: "Ken be careful that thing is a Moonlight!"
meraxa2 8:34 pm
(8:34:29 PM): The ScarleTiger attempts to catch the arm wielding the blade before it can complete its swing, whilst its other hand is thrown back - with claws burning hot!+
(8:34:46 PM): "Answer me, Leos!"
wyverncakes 8:36 pm
(8:36:18 PM): [Ken] The Ethermaster's blade arm stops short as the ScarleTiger grabs hold of it... and the other hand's claws...
wyverncakes 8:36 pm
(8:36:34 PM): ... Smash straight through the Ethermaster's main body.
meraxa2 8:36 pm
(8:36:51 PM): Ken: ...No...
cubey@aol.pl 8:37 pm
(8:37:02 PM): Setsuko: "..."
VJockey 8:37 pm
(8:37:20 PM): [The AC's sensors dim and die. With its core destroyed it simply shuts down.]
meraxa2 8:37 pm
(8:37:46 PM): Ken: ...Damn! Damndamndamn-!
wyverncakes 8:38 pm
(8:38:04 PM): The Ethermaster's fizzles out... and for a moment the Frightneres and their allies seem to hesitate!
cubey@aol.pl 8:38 pm
(8:38:18 PM): Setsuko: "I can't believe it..." Just like that?
(8:38:25 PM): "Is Leos really..."
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:38 pm
(8:38:26 PM): Eva: "Stay alert..He can't..."
wyverncakes 8:38 pm
(8:38:33 PM): The defenders take the opportunity to press the attack again, the whole strength of their forces launching out to finish the job!
wyverncakes 8:38 pm
(8:38:36 PM): (???, go now)
tormterra 8:39 pm
(8:39:51 PM): Alex: "And even if he is, there are still the rest."
Aero 8:41 pm
(8:41:10 PM): Willis: "Stay focused."
VJockey 8:41 pm
(8:41:42 PM): *Which meant it was the perfect oppertunity to launch a precise strike... of absolutely overwhelming force to one of the now relatively undermanned area. A massive laser blast soon tears out from the attackers lines to shear a hole right through any few hapless guards still present as another AC rushes out of their lines to lead the charge-...!+
(8:42:01 PM): (Pale Rider: http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a526/V-Jockey/PaleRider_zps9b26cc29.jpg )
cubey@aol.pl 8:43 pm
(8:43:20 PM): Setsuko: "!!"
wyverncakes 8:43 pm
(8:43:22 PM): [???] And as if right on schedule, the attacking forces renew their push... security groups being blasted away by the Pale Rider!
meraxa2 8:43 pm
(8:43:29 PM): Ken: You bastard...!
cubey@aol.pl 8:43 pm
(8:43:43 PM): Setsuko: "That AC, there's no mistaking it!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:43 pm
(8:43:47 PM): Eva: "Leos! Stop this!"
wyverncakes 8:44 pm
(8:44:18 PM): Boyle: "Yeah! Caught hook, line, and sinker! Now time to gut the whole fucking lot of you!"
tormterra 8:44 pm
(8:44:35 PM): Alex: "You've lost. Even if you win here, you can't take on the Earth. Surrender and make it easier on yourself."
VJockey 8:44 pm
(8:44:40 PM): Leos: "Boyle. Remille. Focus the assault. I'm going to take control."
cubey@aol.pl 8:45 pm
(8:45:03 PM): Setsuko: "Leos, no! Why are you doing all of this?"
wyverncakes 8:45 pm
(8:45:04 PM): Remille: "Understood. The battleship'll be under our control soon!"
VJockey 8:45 pm
(8:45:30 PM): Leos: "...And as for the rest of you... what I have planned is happening... no matter who gets in my way."
wyverncakes 8:45 pm
(8:45:46 PM): (Updated initiative: Setsuko, Eva, Willis, Alex, Ken, Leos)
(8:45:52 PM): (Setsuko, Eva, Willis)
meraxa2 8:46 pm
(8:46:09 PM): Ken: You of all people should know... this never ends well for the one where you're standing!
cubey@aol.pl 8:46 pm
(8:46:13 PM): Setsuko: "You sound like some kind of movie villain! Can't you hear that?!"
VJockey 8:47 pm
(8:47:21 PM): "...Heh..."
cubey@aol.pl 8:47 pm
(8:47:35 PM): Focus on the assault? I don't think so...
Aero 8:47 pm
(8:47:50 PM): Willis: "..."
cubey@aol.pl 8:48 pm
(8:48:57 PM): *The Virgola charges back towards the ship. "If you don't want to die, get out of the way!" Its pilot yelling as she swings the Nautilus Carver - perhaps pre-emptively, as the energy scythe blade on its end forms way before Setsuko enters melee range!&
(8:49:11 PM): (Attacking Boyle)
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:49 pm
(8:49:46 PM): Eva: "I know your heart, Leos. And I will not grant your wish."
(8:50:42 PM): *The Tern peppers Pale Rider with laser shots, then zips in quickly to melee-looking to overpower the smaller AC with its huge size, and cut off one or two of its limbs.+
tormterra 8:51 pm
(8:51:17 PM): Alex: "...I should have guessed." She simply nodded at Eva's comment, otherwise continuing her fight with the assorted mooks
Aero 8:52 pm
(8:52:21 PM): * Willis doesn't say a thing, he recalls his nanomachines back to Strahlend and reforms Quicksilver back in its normal form as he charges straight at Remille before swinging with the longsword once the distance was closed. &
wyverncakes 8:52 pm
(8:52:28 PM): [Setsuko] Boyle's AC was also heading towards the ship now as well, but in calling out Setsuko alerts him! "The only one that's gonna die here is you, bitch! FUCK OFF!" Boyle's AC fires its dual plasma cannons again at Setsuko as soon as he can line up a shot!
VJockey 8:52 pm
(8:52:28 PM): "...Eva... Eva... Eva..."
wyverncakes 8:52 pm
(8:52:32 PM): (React/continue: Setsuko)
VJockey 8:52 pm
(8:52:43 PM): "...Not here... nor now..."
(8:53:00 PM): "Not yet."
wyverncakes 8:54 pm
(8:54:02 PM): [Leos] You've got shots coming right at you, and the Tern easily dwarfs your own Pale Rider (as is plain to see as it moves in for melee attacking)!
(8:54:04 PM): (React: Leos)
cubey@aol.pl 8:54 pm
(8:54:15 PM): Setsuko: "From all the bad influences in Leos' life... bad influences we may have been able to stop, but we failed..."
(8:54:19 PM): "You were the worst!"
cubey@aol.pl 8:55 pm
(8:55:03 PM): *Mid-swing, something unexpected happens - the blade seperates itself from the Carver and flies forward, cutting into the AC's cannons as a seperate spinning energy projectile. But Setsuko does not slow down...
(8:55:50 PM): *With the Glory Star free, it creates a physical blade now - which stabs into her opponent, and then continues to slice as she passes by him!+
VJockey 8:55 pm
(8:55:53 PM): "This is not where its going to end!"
wyverncakes 8:58 pm
(8:58:02 PM): [Setsuko] The energy blade cutes into the AC's plasma cannons... and no sooner does it do the cannons misfire in a messy release of energy... setting you up to pass right on by the machine... or rather, the halves of the machine!
(8:58:22 PM): "WHEN YOU SEE ME IN HELL I'M GOING TO-"
VJockey 8:58 pm
(8:58:27 PM): *The Pale Rider may be smaller than the Tern true... but in some cases a smaller size is a distinct advantage. Leos sends the AC through the air at full speed in tooth rattling manuevers in order to evade the shots and get under Eva's reach... once he's there he opens fire on its arm joints.+
wyverncakes 8:58 pm
(8:58:39 PM): Boyle's last hateful rant is cut short as the AC explodes behind the Virgola.
cubey@aol.pl 8:58 pm
(8:58:48 PM): Setsuko: "That was Chief's true GS Combat Action... but my fight is not over yet."
(8:59:03 PM): She does not give her ex-opponent even a single glance.
wyverncakes 9:01 pm
(9:01:01 PM): [Willis] Remille, however, is not so impulsive or stupid, and instead she makes a break for the STAI Battleship as fast as she can, sparing only a few more shots at the Strahlend. THe real concern however... was a trio of Guarlions shooting straight at you in a Sonic Breaker formation!
(9:01:06 PM): (React/continue: Willis)
(9:02:16 PM): [Eva and Leos] The Pale Rider's pushed hard to evade the Tern's shots... and as it slips around the larger mech's blade there's still a screeching noise as the weapon grazes the AC's frame. But as Leos starts to fire on the Tern...
(9:02:51 PM): ???: "HOLD IT!"
wyverncakes 9:03 pm
(9:03:42 PM): There's a new red machine coming down on the battlefield, with the Sun to its back and hurtling straight towards the Tern and the Pale Rider!
VJockey 9:03 pm
(9:03:54 PM): "Hm?"
wyverncakes 9:04 pm
(9:04:07 PM): "I've been looking for you... and now you're finally out in the open!"
(9:04:20 PM): (Eight-Ball: http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/armoredcore/images/d/d4/AC_Eight-Ball.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20140627043909)
(9:04:59 PM): Its machinegun opens fire right at the Pale Rider!
(9:05:12 PM): ... And also the Tern because its aim is actually not really that great.
(9:05:19 PM): (React: Leos and Eva)
VJockey 9:05 pm
(9:05:23 PM): "...Really?"
VJockey 9:05 pm
(9:05:49 PM): "Well... I suppose I'll have to indulge you then."
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:05 pm
(9:05:56 PM): *Eva sends the Tern into an evasive manuever, known as backing away really fast. "You-you idiot! Get out of here!"+
Aero 9:06 pm
(9:06:37 PM): * Well that was annoying, Willis however does not give up the chase. Quicksilver changes again to a much more massive form, this time the blade began to grow hazy before he switched Strahlend back to its Zephyr mode and met the Guarlions head on, swinging the massive blade to crash through all three of them and catch up to Remille. +
cubey@aol.pl 9:07 pm
(9:07:20 PM): Setsuko: "Isn't that the Raven who showed up in the abandoned colony?"
VJockey 9:08 pm
(9:08:09 PM): *Leos calmly breaks away from the engagement with the Tern to speed towards Eight-Ball. A battered melee halberd is drawn as Leos simply seeks to close in to completely impale the red AC and bifuricate it vertically!+
wyverncakes 9:10 pm
(9:10:54 PM): [Willis] Your sword crashes into the trio, facing resistance for all of a few moments before breaking the breaker barriers and cleaving through the lot of them. But those few moments of delay are all Remille needed, her AC overboosting straight to the battleship's hangar!
(9:11:54 PM): Remille: "I've made it in."
cubey@aol.pl 9:12 pm
(9:12:33 PM): Setsuko: "An enemy's inside! We need to flush her out!"
meraxa2 9:13 pm
(9:13:45 PM): Ken: ...I'll deal with her.
wyverncakes 9:13 pm
(9:13:48 PM): [Eva and Leos] Not even a single of Hustler Two's shots hit either of you, and the Eight-Ball now has the Pale Rider in its face, slashing down at the AC! Hustler Two falls on the defense, scrambling to defend with its laser blade, but it still stumbles back.
tormterra 9:14 pm
(9:14:02 PM): Alex: "Got it, I'll see what I can do." Which probably wasn't much when she was surrounded by barrellions
Aero 9:14 pm
(9:14:24 PM): Willis: "She burnt her Overboost. You should be able to catch her easily now."
wyverncakes 9:14 pm
(9:14:45 PM): Hustler Two: "Grrgh... I'm the heir to Hustler One! I'm not going to lose to the same mech that beat him!"
VJockey 9:14 pm
(9:14:53 PM): "................"
wyverncakes 9:14 pm
(9:14:54 PM): (Ken, and Leos, go)
tormterra 9:15 pm
(9:15:30 PM): (I think I got skipped somewhere)
wyverncakes 9:15 pm
(9:15:43 PM): (Also... Hustler Two is available for support attacks, but not defenses. Also, don't expect those supports to do much good, or not be an inconvenience)
wyverncakes 9:16 pm
(9:16:10 PM): (My mistake. Alex can also go)
meraxa2 9:16 pm
(9:16:37 PM): Ken hadn't been sitting around, and dragged himself back to the hangar. So when Remille is inside, ScarleTiger is quick to follow, and indeed, attempts to slash her from behind with the Scarlet Shotels once he closes the gap!+
VJockey 9:17 pm
(9:17:01 PM): *For those who had their eyes on Pale Rider, they would notice the grip on its weapons grow significantly more tense... at least for a moment. Leos lashes out with his blades as he seeks to skate his AC past Eight-Ball's flank and get a move on to the hangar!+
(9:17:15 PM): "...I don't have time for idiots with delusions of grandeur."
tormterra 9:17 pm
(9:17:56 PM): * Speaking of being surrounded by barrellions, she broke into a tackle on one of them, using her corroding trick to remove the barrel from it before using it as a club against the one next to it, using a number of water jets to brace herself and make the impact possible. +
cubey@aol.pl 9:19 pm
(9:19:04 PM): Setsuko: "Leos..."
(9:19:10 PM): Setsuko: "Look who's talking!"
wyverncakes 9:19 pm
(9:19:37 PM): [Ken] True to Willis's words, Remille hasn't really gotten far, and nor is her trail cold. Her AC's been blasting up the hangar and working her way into the interior of the ship when you pounce her, the AC barely turning in time to smack your swords away with her laser blade... before springing away and swinging her blade again, laser waves shooting straight at the ScarleTiger! Worse yet, more Bounce Dogs and Daughtresses charge into the hangar from behind you, opening fire in a pincer maneuver!
(9:19:41 PM): (React: Ken)
tengusaur 9:19 pm
(9:19:52 PM): #
wyverncakes 9:19 pm
(9:19:57 PM): (Go for it)
tengusaur 9:20 pm
(9:20:18 PM): ???: "I've got you covered, Ken!"
(9:20:19 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOlLeVmkCc8
tengusaur 9:21 pm
(9:21:07 PM): Suddenly a swarm of missiles flies into the hangar, exploding among the attackers! And under the cover of the explosions, a blue mech charges forward, cleaving through the cloud with a wide katana swing as it passes through! +
VJockey 9:21 pm
(9:21:55 PM): "I have more reasons than simply wanting to be the successor to a fake identity crafted by a program"
(9:22:14 PM): [Leos practically spat the last word out with utter hate.]
wyverncakes 9:22 pm
(9:22:18 PM): [Alex] The Barrellion is suddenly without its barrel.. and yet also doesn't even qualify for a vanilla Lion any more. The Barrellion next to it also gets smashed flat right afterwards, with your impromptu club facing some damage but still in decent shape!
(9:22:29 PM): (Also, updated enemy list because it's been a while)
meraxa2 9:23 pm
(9:23:00 PM): Ken: Tha-! *Ken gets out half a thanks, as ScarleTiger attempts to dive over and under the laser waves, throwing the shotels as if they were some kind of boomerang weapon at the distant AC!+
cubey@aol.pl 9:23 pm
(9:23:14 PM): Setsuko: "Willis..."
wyverncakes 9:23 pm
(9:23:25 PM): (Enemies: Guarlions x 1, Barrellions x 5, Daughtresses x 4, Remille's AC, Bounce Dogs x 6, Pale Rider (Leos))
Aero 9:23 pm
(9:23:30 PM): Willis: "What's wrong?"
cubey@aol.pl 9:23 pm
(9:23:41 PM): Setsuko: "Please go stop Leos. I'll take care of enemies left outside."
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:24 pm
(9:24:20 PM): Eva: "Do not kill him."
wyverncakes 9:25 pm
(9:25:42 PM): [Leos] "I'm no idiot...!" The Eight-Ball tries to dodge, but fails, getting a deep gash in its side. But as you try to keep rushing past it, the AC grabs at the Pale Rider's leg, holding it back and trying to open fire again with its machinegun! "I'm going to be the number one Raven! And beating you will prove it to everyone!"
(9:25:46 PM): (React: Leos)
tormterra 9:25 pm
(9:25:52 PM): Alex: "We'll try, but it might not be possible...A bad stray bullet from a machine gun or a slightly misplaced hit from a more precise weapon could do it no matter what we try."
Aero 9:27 pm
(9:27:12 PM): Willis: "...always the hard way...alright..."
tengusaur 9:27 pm
(9:27:16 PM): Asagi: "This is a fight. A fight Leos started."
tengusaur 9:27 pm
(9:27:49 PM): Asagi: "If we need to kill him to stop him..."
wyverncakes 9:28 pm
(9:28:18 PM): [Ken and Asagi] The ScarleTiger's leaping roll is not quite perfect, the machine getting a scar on its chest. But its shotels spin towards Remille's AC and the Frightener is forced to use her sniper rifle to shield herself, the weapons cutting through it before she continues further down into the ship! You come under fire from behind too... for all of a few moments as Blue One's missile attack makes the enemies scramble for their own safety. Quite a few are not able to escape in time though.
meraxa2 9:28 pm
(9:28:44 PM): Ken: She's getting further inside!
wyverncakes 9:28 pm
(9:28:49 PM): (Updated initiative: Setsuko, Eva, Willis, Alex, Ken, Asagi, Leos)
VJockey 9:29 pm
(9:29:01 PM): *Leos was simply going to allow the shots to hit. Somehow his AC's cameras were channeling the sheer amount of disdain he was focusing on the wannabe successor to Nineball. Also his Laser Cannon. Especially when it swings over Pale Rider's shoulder to target right through the Eightball's head and possibly plow through the rest of its body. With all the consideration of a man stepping on an ant, neurons fire off the instructions from Leos' brain into the gun and let loose a screaming blast of energy.+
wyverncakes 9:29 pm
(9:29:09 PM): (Setsuko, Eva, Willis)
tengusaur 9:29 pm
(9:29:14 PM): Asagi: "Not for long."
VJockey 9:29 pm
(9:29:16 PM): "Go be the number one Raven in Hell."
cubey@aol.pl 9:29 pm
(9:29:52 PM): Setsuko: "This is it..."
Aero 9:30 pm
(9:30:04 PM): Willis: "Be careful...all of you."
cubey@aol.pl 9:30 pm
(9:30:35 PM): *The Nautilus Carver increases its output, starting to emit glowing energy as Setsuko moves somewhat backwards, ready to lay down fire to protect her allies.
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:31 pm
(9:31:32 PM): Eva: "Don't start talking about-!" At Ken's warning, the Tern dashes into the ship after Remille, Eva's powers pushing it through a series of hard, right-angle turns to get there.
cubey@aol.pl 9:31 pm
(9:31:38 PM): *The Carver's fish-like "eye" shines empathetically... and the weapon unleashes a long energy blast, Setsuko moving it over the enemies left outside.+
wyverncakes 9:32 pm
(9:32:52 PM): [Leos] As the laser cannon swings down Hustler Two tries to get his AC to turn his gun's attention to that instead... only for clicking to follow. "O-out of bullets alrea-" And then the laser blasts right into the Eight-ball.
(9:32:54 PM): Hustler Two: "Aaargh!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:32 pm
(9:32:55 PM): *Pushing herself as hard as she can, Eva pursues Remille into the ship-and opens fire with as much as she can bring to bear, not bothering to avoid damage on the interior of the battleship.+
wyverncakes 9:33 pm
(9:33:07 PM): The AC is covered by explosions that engulf it fully.
cubey@aol.pl 9:33 pm
(9:33:25 PM): Setsuko: "No..."
VJockey 9:33 pm
(9:33:31 PM): "...Eightball. Side pocket."
cubey@aol.pl 9:33 pm
(9:33:33 PM): Another ally downed by his own foolhardiness...
(9:33:42 PM): Setsuko: "Don't even joke about that Leos!"
tormterra has left the room. 9:33 pm
VJockey 9:33 pm
(9:33:58 PM): "You're right. He was already a joke by existing."
cubey@aol.pl 9:34 pm
(9:34:09 PM): Setsuko: "If Eva or Ken died, would you quip about it too?"
Aero 9:34 pm
(9:34:45 PM): * Strahlend gives one last look back towards everyone outside before Willis switches the machine back over to Zephyr to engage Leos. Once he saw that the Eight-ball was destroyed he sets his sights straight onto the Pale Rider and charges at the AC, bringing down his massive sword crashing onto the machine. &
wyverncakes 9:34 pm
(9:34:58 PM): [Eva] You reach the hangar, and off way in the distance, smashing through a security shutter, is Remille's AC! Well, you just unloaded a massive can of dakka on her though... and Ken's also sorta in the way too!
tormterra has entered the room. 9:35 pm
wyverncakes 9:35 pm
(9:35:02 PM): (React: Ken)
tengusaur 9:35 pm
(9:35:07 PM): Asagi: "Leos. When you started this battle, you lost your rights to call yourself Grey Zero. Now, you're just a pitiful crazy terrorist."
VJockey 9:35 pm
(9:35:38 PM): "... All of you. Say what you like."
(9:35:44 PM): "In the end... it won't matter."
meraxa2 9:36 pm
(9:36:58 PM): Ken is quick to try and take cover in one of the bays that would have once housed a shadoll, and now lacks for an owner, thanks to Leos and his goons+
wyverncakes 9:38 pm
(9:38:41 PM): [Setsuko] The Carver beam shoots out, cutting into the remaining Barrelions and the one stray Guarlion, obliterating the lot of them. What few stragglers left still stumble into the chaos of the battleship's hangar, trying to go down side passages since Eva's giving both barrels to the one Remille was in-
wyverncakes 9:39 pm
(9:39:36 PM): [Ken and Eva cont.] Fortunately Ken does have that open spot for escaping, Eva's blasts grazing Remille but still knocking her backwards into the security shutter, and taking down the shutter too while she's at it.
(9:40:47 PM): [Willis and Leos] Leos, the Quicksilver blade is coming down fast straight at you. Hustler Two was one thing, but Willis isn't going to go down anywhere near as easy.
(9:41:01 PM): (Leos can react and optionally combine it with his action)
(9:41:11 PM): (Alex, Asagi, and Ken can also act)
cubey@aol.pl 9:42 pm
(9:42:31 PM): Virgola stares in the direction of the dispersing, shining cloud - all that's left of the enemies.
(9:42:40 PM): Then it turns around and flies towards the ship. This has to end.
tengusaur 9:42 pm
(9:42:51 PM): Asagi: "Some time ago, you asked me if I'm ready to do what I think is right next time we meet, Leos."
VJockey 9:43 pm
(9:43:22 PM): *Against Willis? This was going to need both hands on the sword... he knew better than to underestimate the Strahlend's pilot. He quickly rushes forward as he swings his own blade up to parry Zephyr close to the base of the blade and follow it up by smashing his AC's shoulder into his opponent.+
meraxa2 9:43 pm
(9:43:26 PM): Ken is quick again to rush out, retrieving one of his shotels as he then tries to get to Remille before she completely recovers! He raises the blade high, poised to swing it down on her head...+
tengusaur 9:44 pm
(9:44:09 PM): Asagi: "This is my answer!" Blue One spins around, drawing its spear, then rushes towards the Pale Rider, dual-wielding its melee weapons. Asagi starts with a lunge at Leos' machine, putting more pressure on it and hopefully less on Willis, then spin around quickly, slashing with both weapons in succession. +
tormterra 9:45 pm
(9:45:30 PM): * Freed from the crowd of barrellions, Alex chucked her heavy, unbalancing club at one of the bounce dogs, speeding towards the crowd of them firing numerous further blasts of water to try to end the assault and isolate Leos and Remille to where their defeat was assured. Others could take care of the actual leaders of this mess. +
wyverncakes 9:47 pm
(9:47:59 PM): [Leos, Willis, and Asagi] Pale Rider's sword creaks from the strain of trying to match that ginormo blade... and as you try to attack again Blue One's own charge will put a stop to that, putting you on the defensive...
(9:48:10 PM): ... And giving Willis his opening!
(9:49:06 PM): (Wills, continue your action. Asagi can join in if you want)
wyverncakes 9:50 pm
(9:50:25 PM): [Alex] Some of the remaining Daughtresses and Bounce Dogs move to try to stop Asagi from joining in the melee against Leos, but unfortunately they don't get what they want as your blasts of water spray across the battlefield. The reckless ones get buffered and slammed into the hangar walls, the rest relent much to their displasure.
(9:51:06 PM): ^displeasure
(9:51:34 PM): [Ken] In such a position though, Remille's floored AC suddenly stabs up with its blade, while your own sword is inconveniently held aloft over your head!
(9:51:37 PM): (React: Ken)
Aero 9:52 pm
(9:52:53 PM): * And he'll take that opening by lunging forward to shatter that Melee Halberd that Leos kept for so long. At the same time Strahlend pulls back it's other hand and quickly reinforces the entire hand before thrusting the reinforced arm towards Pale Rider's shoulder to both impale the machine and inject his nanomachines into the AC. Leos was a Human Plus and was willing to go this far to complete his plan. Willis could not underestimate him and had to keep up his offense. +
tormterra has left the room. 9:53 pm
tengusaur 9:54 pm
(9:54:10 PM): * After his attack Asagi takes a step back, stabbing with the polearm with all his might - he wants to pin Leos' machine down! +
tormterra has entered the room. 9:55 pm
wyverncakes 9:56 pm
(9:56:15 PM): [Asagi and Willis] The Pale Rider gets stabbed through twice over, its body getting pinned to the outer wall of the Battleship. The machine sparks and crackles, Willis's nanomachines spreading through the AC in a matter of moments.
VJockey 9:56 pm
(9:56:43 PM): "...Haah... well done.."
meraxa2 9:56 pm
(9:56:50 PM): Ken: Tch-! *Not much room to evade, but Ken will try - mostly aiming to get enough room to raise the ScarleTiger's foot, so he can use it to push the blade arm down, and then continue+
Aero 9:57 pm
(9:57:00 PM): Willis: "Leos...stand down."
cubey@aol.pl 9:57 pm
(9:57:05 PM): Setsuko: "Leos, just what are you trying to achieve?"
VJockey 9:57 pm
(9:57:17 PM): "...Exactly what I needed to."
cubey@aol.pl 9:57 pm
(9:57:22 PM): "Your ragtag army of terrorists and killers is broken."
(9:57:27 PM): "..."
VJockey 9:57 pm
(9:57:30 PM): "Willis."
(9:57:49 PM): "I suggest you open up the Pale Rider and take a good long look."
tengusaur 9:58 pm
(9:58:04 PM): Asagi: ",,,"
Aero 9:58 pm
(9:58:09 PM): Willis: "...shame on you."
cubey@aol.pl 9:58 pm
(9:58:32 PM): Setsuko: "Don't tell me... just where are you now, Leos?!"
(9:58:45 PM): She already expects a remote controlled unit.
VJockey 9:58 pm
(9:58:49 PM): "Shame on yourself..."
(9:59:01 PM): "The whole time you've all been fighting..."
(9:59:11 PM): "I've been assuming direct control."
wyverncakes 9:59 pm
(9:59:32 PM): Remille: "W-what?!?"
tengusaur 9:59 pm
(9:59:52 PM): Asagi: "Damnit Leos!"
VJockey 10:00 pm
(10:00:14 PM): "Did you really think I was going to waste my time fighting alongside scum I couldn't care less about?"
wyverncakes 10:00 pm
(10:00:15 PM): [Ken] Remille's laser blade bites into the Tiger's foot, throwing you off balance such that your stab misses the mark. Not by much, but enough as Remille grunts in pain.
tengusaur 10:00 pm
(10:00:26 PM): Asagi: "Was this your plan all along?"
wyverncakes 10:00 pm
(10:00:28 PM): "L-leos?!?"
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:00 pm
(10:00:29 PM): Eva: "Where are you!"
VJockey 10:00 pm
(10:00:41 PM): "And you Remille..."
(10:01:12 PM): "Did you actually think I'd love a twisted, bloodthirsty psychopath like you?"
(10:01:29 PM): "Hah... all you were to me was just more fodder to throw into the grinder."
VJockey 10:01 pm
(10:01:42 PM): "You and your brother and all the rest."
cubey@aol.pl 10:02 pm
(10:02:07 PM): Setsuko: "..."
meraxa2 10:02 pm
(10:02:20 PM): Ken: ...If not for them... then what WAS all of this for...? *There is a rising anger in Ken's voice, though he's been scarcely settled at all*
cubey@aol.pl 10:02 pm
(10:02:42 PM): Setsuko: "Leos... just what are you doing? All of this - what was it for?"
VJockey 10:04 pm
(10:04:50 PM): "It was for the STAI of course... or rather..."
(10:04:55 PM): "Just the parts I needed."
wyverncakes 10:05 pm
(10:05:26 PM): And on cue...
(10:05:47 PM): Anti-personnel gun emplacements began to emerge from the walls.
(10:06:25 PM): And for the people on the outside? Well you have the external guns taking aim instead.
VJockey 10:06 pm
(10:06:48 PM): ".... I want a better world. Free from the filth... free from the idiots... free from people like me."
tengusaur 10:07 pm
(10:07:10 PM): Asagi: "And you think you'll be able to bring it through violence?"
cubey@aol.pl 10:07 pm
(10:07:11 PM): Setsuko: "This doesn't explain why you had to associate yourself with them. Was Unity Group not good enough for you? Why are..."
(10:07:15 PM): She falls silent. This is bad.
wyverncakes 10:07 pm
(10:07:35 PM): It is bad.
(10:07:47 PM): And the guns open fire.
(10:07:51 PM): (React: everone)
(10:07:53 PM): ^everyone
cubey@aol.pl 10:08 pm
(10:08:05 PM): Setsuko: "Stop it, Leos! We'll blow up the ship if we have to!"
(10:08:07 PM): Or at least try to...
meraxa2 10:08 pm
(10:08:29 PM): Ken: ...you really are an idiot... this is the sort of thing... that MAKES people like you! *Ken's scream is somewhat drowned out by the gunfire, and he attemots
(10:08:54 PM): *attempts to weave his way back to the hangar - and its bays - for cover+
VJockey 10:08 pm
(10:08:59 PM): "... No... this is just part of it."
cubey@aol.pl 10:09 pm
(10:09:01 PM): *But for now, Setsuko has to focus on wild evasion, utilizing thrusters to get out of way of the cannons' one by one.+
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:09 pm
(10:09:07 PM): Eva: "...Leos, you-" Words of compassion are cut off by the guns, as Eva has the Tern try to hunker down and shield itself-and Scarletiger, for that matter.+
VJockey 10:09 pm
(10:09:38 PM): ".... the Unity Group.... An example of what should be..."
tengusaur 10:09 pm
(10:09:44 PM): * There's not much Asagi can use for cover here, except maybe some corners and his AHSMB's survival instinct - and he uses both to the best of their ability, trying to evade as much as he can! +
VJockey 10:09 pm
(10:09:48 PM): "... but what formed it...?"
(10:09:56 PM): "What unites people?"
(10:10:20 PM): "Its something I spent so many sleepless nights thinking about."
tormterra 10:10 pm
(10:10:33 PM): * As the guns open fire, Alex immediately hunkers down behind a shield of water, hoping to deflect or even shatter the bullets on impact. +
Aero 10:12 pm
(10:12:03 PM): * "Dammit...Dreadnaught." Strahlend's nanomachines quickly spread work to reinforce the body of every allied machine near him before those bullets rained down on them. +
tengusaur 10:12 pm
(10:12:44 PM): Asagi: "And what? What is the answer you found!"
VJockey 10:12 pm
(10:12:55 PM): "... an enemy."
Aero 10:12 pm
(10:12:56 PM): Willis: "A common enemy."
cubey@aol.pl 10:13 pm
(10:13:09 PM): Setsuko: "Leos, you..."
Aero 10:13 pm
(10:13:20 PM): Willis: "...just like Bian Zoldark...."
cubey@aol.pl 10:13 pm
(10:13:23 PM): Setsuko: "Do you want to become an enemy?"
tengusaur 10:13 pm
(10:13:24 PM): Asagi: "...You can't be serious."
wyverncakes 10:13 pm
(10:13:30 PM): [Ken and Eva] On the interior front, the cannons at least were meant for human-size invaders, not mechs. The Tern's size and robust-ness helps it stave off the worst of the attack, and help protect the ScarleTiger too!
cubey@aol.pl 10:13 pm
(10:13:33 PM): Setsuko: "We already have enough of them!"
Aero 10:13 pm
(10:13:34 PM): That explains the Divine Crusaders remnants.
wyverncakes 10:13 pm
(10:13:42 PM): Unfortunately, the more-damaged ex-allies of Leos are not so lucky.
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:13 pm
(10:13:47 PM): Eva: "There are other things that unite people..."
wyverncakes 10:14 pm
(10:14:09 PM): Remille's own downed AC gets torn to bits by point-blank fire from multiple cannons, putting an end to her as well.
VJockey 10:14 pm
(10:14:31 PM): "Like hope?"
(10:14:36 PM): "Heroes?"
wyverncakes 10:15 pm
(10:15:05 PM): [Outside people] Willis's protective cloud and Alex's water shield keeps both of them and Asagi safe as well though, and Setsuko's far enough away to more easily dodge the barrage.
meraxa2 10:15 pm
(10:15:09 PM): Ken: Humanity has been fighting multiple wars for the last two decades. Before thst,
(10:15:21 PM): *that, centuries and millennia among ourselves
(10:15:52 PM): Ken: Why are YOU going to be so special?!
tormterra 10:15 pm
(10:15:55 PM): Alex: "...You know, the world uniting against the Nazis lasted roughly as long as it took for them to lose. What makes you think you'll have anymore success?"
VJockey 10:16 pm
(10:16:16 PM): "Because what I have planned will make me the worst enemy mankind has ever known."
meraxa2 10:17 pm
(10:17:01 PM): Ken: ...
cubey@aol.pl 10:17 pm
(10:17:24 PM): Setsuko: "..."
VJockey 10:17 pm
(10:17:41 PM): [The battleship would rattle heavily as a segment of it seperates and takes to the stars.]
(10:17:55 PM): [There was no doubting it. That was where Leos was the whole time.]
wyverncakes 10:19 pm
(10:19:22 PM): The segment moves fast, and why wouldn't it?
Aero 10:19 pm
(10:19:39 PM): Willis: "We need to move."
VJockey 10:19 pm
(10:19:42 PM): "...For what I have to do.... I'm sorry."
wyverncakes 10:19 pm
(10:19:43 PM): It was a part of the battleship meant for interplanetary travel...
VJockey 10:19 pm
(10:19:48 PM): "But I have no other choice."
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:19 pm
(10:19:57 PM): Eva: "That's bullshit!"
cubey@aol.pl 10:19 pm
(10:19:59 PM): Setsuko: "Where are you going? Wait!"
(10:20:14 PM): Setsuko: "You don't have to do it Leos. Wait..."
meraxa2 10:20 pm
(10:20:35 PM): Ken: ...that's what monsters say to themselves, because they can't admit to making the worst choice of many.
tormterra 10:20 pm
(10:20:38 PM): Alex: "Fuck...He's planning on dropping it on Earth, isn't he?"
tengusaur 10:20 pm
(10:20:43 PM): Asagi: "Leos! You idiot! You won't accomplish anything!"
wyverncakes 10:20 pm
(10:20:49 PM): If it's any saving grace Alex...
(10:21:09 PM): ... That does not appear to be the case based on the segment heading off away from Earth.
tormterra 10:21 pm
(10:21:35 PM): Alex: "...Or something else? He's gotta attack Earth somehow to be the greatest enemy ever."
wyverncakes 10:21 pm
(10:21:38 PM): But where it's going is anyone's guess.
(10:22:03 PM): And with it's speed, it's going...
(10:22:06 PM): Going...
(10:22:11 PM): Gone.
(10:22:14 PM): MISSION FAILED
cubey@aol.pl 10:23 pm
(10:23:34 PM): Setsuko: "Wait..."
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:23 pm
(10:23:58 PM): Eva gives chase!
meraxa2 10:24 pm
(10:24:27 PM): Ken: ...He's gone. Physically, and in sanity...
tormterra 10:24 pm
(10:24:27 PM): Alex: "Eva...You can't catch him, he's too fast."
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:25 pm
(10:25:30 PM): The Tern slows to a stop. "..." There's the sound of Eva hitting something in the cockpit.