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(6:32:57 PM) VJockey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYn2Q-kVNAk
(6:32:58 PM) Ethan entered the room.
(6:35:19 PM) VJockey: Ladies and Gentlemen.
(6:35:57 PM) VJockey: Roughly a day ago the Unity group recieved a request from the leader of the Sons and Daughters of Wisdom.
(6:36:57 PM) VJockey: Romana as she is called had let us know that one of their potential operatives had been caught in an ambush by the forces of Poseidon and was currently on the run.
(6:39:12 PM) VJockey: Admittedly he did well at first but then a group known as the Iron Whirlwind caught him by surprise in a vicious crossfire leading to him going into hiding on the few hiding places in the mini- achiepelago that is the operations area.
(6:39:53 PM) VJockey: The mission in itself is search and rescue - not strictly combat.
(6:39:55 PM) VJockey: However...
(6:40:09 PM) VJockey: some among you wouldn't exactly care that much for not fighting.
(6:40:32 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "... All this for just one person. I'll give them this, they're persistent."
(6:40:33 PM) Prof: Suma wasn't listening too hard to the briefing. Once she gets there, it should be pretty obvious who's on the Stab list and the No Stab list.
(6:40:35 PM) Eric: Njall will build a stairway to valhalla out of the blood of his enemies
(6:40:36 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi sure is taking that news well, by which he means not at all. He's ready to get in there and save his comrade.
(6:41:32 PM) Eric: Njall is a half sized stone giant by the time we're getting close to the mission site
(6:42:05 PM) Eric: Njall: "What is this comrade of yours like?"
(6:42:06 PM) VJockey: Shuttle Pilot: "Alright, closing in on the operations area.... funny. I'm not picking up any signals from any hostiles..."
(6:42:14 PM) VJockey: "Think they got tired of looking and left?"
(6:42:23 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Maybe they managed to get away from them..."
(6:42:45 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Or they're just lying low to lull this guy into a false sense of security."
(6:43:01 PM) Ginkan SK: Rauqel who is somewhat blunt as sh hears this. "Wait we're dealing with a new cult?" She's not sure how to feel with this."Well we can't leave the poor sod to die now, can we? I don't like this." Raquel reaches out trying to sense if there's any other ki in the area than save those who are her allies.
(6:43:45 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "I'm certainly not leaving without them."
(6:43:49 PM) VJockey: Well Raquel...
(6:43:53 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "Fortunately us being here's going to force their hands though."
(6:43:59 PM) VJockey: What the sensors are not picking up...
(6:44:03 PM) VJockey: you find in abundane
(6:44:06 PM) VJockey: *abundance
(6:44:09 PM) VJockey: above and below!
(6:44:27 PM) VJockey: For those of you near by windows you'll see rapid movement!
(6:44:52 PM) Prof: Suma: "So eager to get the battle started, are they?"
(6:45:15 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "What-!?"
(6:45:32 PM) Eric: Njall: "Can't quite make out what they are."
(6:45:38 PM) VJockey: [ Iron Whirlwind Battle Trooper: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/215216 ]
(6:46:19 PM) Ginkan SK: (Umm isn't that a M9 Armslave?)
(6:46:20 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "... Trouble already?"
(6:46:33 PM) Steamroller: (Not according to Gelbooru)
(6:46:56 PM) Ginkan SK: (Nods)
(6:46:58 PM) VJockey: Being hot dropped from high speed deployment craft, the mecha parachuted as close as they raised their weapons at the shuttle and let loose several rounds at it!
(6:47:17 PM) Eric: (Iron Whirlwind has mechs that look kinda like M9s, then)
(6:47:38 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "What the heck are those, they don't look like Poseidon's deal."
(6:47:42 PM) VJockey: Shuttle Pilot: "Goddamn-FUCK! Lost engines three and four! Trying to stabilize! GET TO YOUR MECHA AND GET OUT THERE DAMNI-...ohgod-"
(6:47:59 PM) Eric: Are we over land or water?
(6:48:04 PM) Prof: Suma jumps out of the hangar, laughing, and conjures Sefet on the way down.
(6:48:06 PM) VJockey: (Water)
(6:48:12 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Don't worry... you're not losing the other two!"
(6:48:18 PM) Prof: She might have hesitated if she had looked down!
(6:48:27 PM) Eric: Njall does the same, grabbing some weapons on the way out the door.
(6:48:31 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi gets rushed by Water as he leaps at and forms into Aotatsu.
(6:48:45 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki starts to charge towards the exit of the hangar, but stops when she notices Sara's staying behind. "Wait... Sara-?"
(6:48:52 PM) Eric: (Armed with: Bearded Axe, Longbow, quiver)
(6:49:02 PM) Steamroller: Her friend just smiles. "Finishing something up. Ken and I'll be around in just a moment."
(6:49:39 PM) VJockey: Well Suma...
(6:49:43 PM) Eric: Njall: *falling* "THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A BAD IDEA."
(6:49:43 PM) Meraxa: One can hear some profuse sounds as an irritated teen scrambles to actually turn his machine on.
(6:50:15 PM) VJockey: As you left the shuttle you can see a lot of movement from the water.
(6:50:18 PM) VJockey: And I DO mean a lot.
(6:50:54 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki spares them both a nod before continuing her exit. "Alright then." A few seconds and one jump later, Mizuki's summoning the DuskBird out of her shadow and joining with it!
(6:51:09 PM) Prof: Uh oh.
(6:51:12 PM) VJockey: [Telkhines: http://i.imgur.com/wwX6xNC.jpg ]
(6:51:17 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "...Okay that seems more like it."
(6:51:48 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel's machine is dropping in tat this point, she was alredy in her machine and she seems to be going for a swim at this point. "You heard our driver! Everyone into the pool!" The amazon turns about as it drops into the water and Raquel picks up contacts. "... just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."
(6:52:24 PM) VJockey: A chuckle rings out from... nowhere? Admittedly the voice got pretty clear when you get closer to the water.
(6:52:29 PM) Prof: Suma: "Looks like I'm fighting this one!"
(6:53:40 PM) Eric: Njall attempts to slow his descent by shooting a lightning tether to one of the Whirlwind mechs, since they have flight capabilities.
(6:53:57 PM) VJockey: As the shuttle manages to land on one of the sparse land formations, the voice speaks out... its very young.
(6:54:21 PM) Steamroller: Njall'll get some extra help from this though, as a black whip lashes around his other arm to help support it.
(6:54:40 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Next time at least bring along a flight platform, or this could get embarassing for you."
(6:54:52 PM) VJockey: "Well... I see that Romana has finally managed to have someone sent after fretting and agonizing over her guilt after countless hours."
(6:54:58 PM) Eric: Njall: "Worst case scenario I can just walk along the bottom."
(6:55:00 PM) Eric: "But thanks"
(6:55:03 PM) VJockey: An image forms in the water.
(6:55:04 PM) VJockey: http://i.imgur.com/7RIbUL2.jpg
(6:55:14 PM) VJockey: A young boy of indeterminate age.
(6:55:16 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "You're-"
(6:55:38 PM) VJockey: "Poseidon! God of the sea and all that dwell with it!"
(6:55:47 PM) VJockey: ".. And don't you DARE laugh at this body!"
(6:56:02 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki frowns. "More inclined to laugh at your ego, not your form."
(6:56:27 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Romana told me you shouldn't really underestimate other gods."
(6:56:30 PM) Prof: Suma: "So our foe is a God?"
(6:56:30 PM) VJockey: Njall, admittedly they less fly more hover/float. Your tether sends it speeding into the water.
(6:56:45 PM) Prof: Suma: "I look forward to it! I've killed Gods before."
(6:56:59 PM) VJockey: Mizuki helps you slow down, but your unfortunate tug-ee gets a faster water landing than he wished.
(6:57:04 PM) Eric: Njall shall drag his foes down with him
(6:57:55 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Or foe though... is not necessary anyone."
(6:58:37 PM) Steamroller: "Poseidon... you're right that we're here to rescue one of Romana's members. But if you leave it at that, nothing else'll happen."
(6:58:53 PM) VJockey: "Ah, but you see I've almost got the Constellation Bearer of Andromeda in my grasp."
(6:58:56 PM) Steamroller: "You can just resolve to be more thorough in your manhunts next time and beat us to the punch."
(6:59:03 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Andromeda?"
(7:00:02 PM) VJockey: "However I'm afraid that I cannot allow you to interfere with my capture of him."
(7:00:13 PM) VJockey: "Especially you Ryuuichi of Draco"
(7:00:40 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi:"You got other things coming if you think I'm leaving without my Comrade."
(7:00:47 PM) VJockey: "Now then Sir Ansmund... I suppose you and your men can assist my warriors in dealing with these annoyances?"
(7:00:52 PM) Eric: Njall: "We're fighting astrologists?"
(7:01:11 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "No Njall- it's...uh."
(7:01:39 PM) VJockey: ???: "Ahahahahaha! Oh... OH This will definitely be a pleasure!"
(7:01:57 PM) VJockey: "Hello again Njall! It looks like the red ribbons of fate have pulled us together again~"
(7:01:59 PM) Eric: Njall's face breaks out into an unidentifiable emotion
(7:02:28 PM) Eric: Njall: "ASMUND!"
(7:02:28 PM) VJockey: There's a massive splash into the water as something lands opposite the stone giant.
(7:02:44 PM) VJockey: [Ansmund - giant form: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1107627 ]
(7:03:12 PM) Eric: "How many times do I have to tear you apart before you give up this mad quest of yours?"
(7:03:12 PM) VJockey: Ansmund: "I never get tired of you yelling my name Njall."
(7:03:18 PM) Prof: Suma: "I may have underestimated you when you said he had changed, Njall."
(7:03:29 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel "A god humm? To fight a god curious. I'm sorry I don't worship you." Given the greek gods had the maturity of highschoolers and cosmic power? Ya she'd not bow to something so infamous for being petty. Not that she voices that, she's not that brash.
(7:03:43 PM) VJockey: "And to answer your question? As many times as I please! After all, this endless dance of ours must keep going after all."
(7:03:58 PM) VJockey: "Now then, shall we proceed to the murder?"
(7:04:01 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "A friend of yours then?"
(7:04:17 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "I figured those other robots had to come from somewhere."
(7:04:19 PM) Eric: "Ha! More than a friend. More than an enemy!"
(7:04:27 PM) Eric: "I'll take him on alone! You can deal with the rest!"
(7:04:46 PM) Eric: Njall charges across the ocean floor towards Asmund, Axe at the ready!
(7:04:48 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "No promises."
(7:05:28 PM) Prof: Suma: "You'd be beter of staying out of his way regardless!"
(7:05:44 PM) VJockey: ENEMIES: Ansmund, IWBT x 10, Telkhines x 25
(7:06:15 PM) VJockey: Initiative: Njall, Ryuuichi, Mizuki, Suma, Raquel
(7:07:06 PM) Eric: *As Njall closes on Asmund, he opens with a spinning slash at the other stone giant's neck, aiming to finish this with one blow!+
(7:07:11 PM) VJockey: (Njall, Ryuuichi go-)
(7:08:29 PM) sketchbookfiend: *Aotatsu darts and moves swiftly through the water towards the Telkhines and swings to jab into their body with a punch.+
(7:08:43 PM) VJockey: Njall! If you expected it to go that quickly I'm afraid you're wrong. Ansmund leans back with surprising agility under the water before lashing out with his own to leave a mark across your chest.
(7:08:58 PM) VJockey: "Naughty naughty Njall, attacking me without warning."
(7:09:01 PM) Eric: (Only 1 N, btw)
(7:09:16 PM) VJockey: (Durf)
(7:09:54 PM) Eric: "You didn't expect me to hold back against YOU, did you!?"
(7:10:34 PM) VJockey: Ryuuichi! You manage to smash two to bits. However others swarm around you and bombard you with MAGIC! React!
(7:10:57 PM) VJockey: "Not really no. I would be dissapointed if you were gentle~"
(7:11:44 PM) sketchbookfiend: *Aotatsu twists to dart out of the way and also lash its tail out to smash another on his way out.+
(7:12:22 PM) VJockey: Ryuuichi! You smash three... but while two are crushed...
(7:12:48 PM) VJockey: the last one remained unharmed, its eyes seemed to flare in response as it fixed you with a terrifying gaze before it pulled away.
(7:13:09 PM) VJockey: (Mizuki, Suma, Raquel)
(7:13:15 PM) Prof: (Underwater enemies?)
(7:13:26 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel is seeming doing her best to adapt and yes her mech to seems to be swimming like a person would.
(7:13:42 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Geez-"
(7:14:10 PM) VJockey: (Every enemy is underwater)
(7:15:29 PM) Prof: * As Sefet descends like a shipwreck, two longswords and a scimitar drift off of it in a spiral pattern, hacking at any Telkhines that are anywhere nearby. +
(7:16:03 PM) Steamroller: * Stuck with the DuskBird's humanoid form while under the water, Mizuki still has every intent of making due as her machine launches towards one of the IWBTs, whip slicing cleanly through the sea to ensnare and throw it at one of the Telkhines. If not, hey, that whip's rather sharp.+
(7:19:02 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel is all for new challrnges and now she's going to put to use her little used vulcans as she attemps to close it's more of a distraction. She's now surging through the water aiming to catgch one of the machine's head on and a Telkhine would find he going to just bash her way through it as she tries to tackle it full on.+
(7:21:08 PM) VJockey: Mizuki! The IWBTs are surprisingly mobile, scattering away from the whip despite its speed. They don't get away completely unharmed as you managed to take an arm from one. Admittedly this isn't a good thing as they now are exclusively targetting you, You have several machineguns and grenades being fired your way from multiple angles! React!
(7:22:02 PM) Steamroller: "Fast... but you're not being very smart."
(7:22:21 PM) VJockey: Raquel! Those Vulcans do a good job as the Telkhines' head is shredded. You manage to pulverise it but two more swing by to blast you with Magic! React!
(7:24:49 PM) Steamroller: * The DuskBird might not be meant to perform well in water at a glance, but it still has its wings. Wings that suddenly forcefully flap forward and evey which way they can! "Let's see how well you handle when the water's not as you'd like!" Not only is the DuskBird maneuvering around to avoid the attacks, but each flap sends large waves of turblance through the water along with multitude of energized featers! Attack and defense, all with but a beat of her wings!+
(7:26:54 PM) VJockey: Mizuki! A couple of glancing hits strike the Duskbird, but its nothing compared to the IWBTs. They all take some serious damage - though they manage to evade being completely destroyed. Four of their number pull back.
(7:27:10 PM) VJockey: Suma!
(7:27:38 PM) VJockey: You thrash a pair of Telkhines but that last one...
(7:27:52 PM) VJockey: the one that incidentally happens to have been the one that survived Ryuuichi's attack?
(7:27:58 PM) Ginkan SK: *Raquel has something that's not quite magic but it's similar bursts of non ele,entally charged ki are launced trying to intercept the blasts of magic and she moves to brace her self as it's harder to dodge when under water+
(7:28:57 PM) VJockey: While it takes a few hits, it literally GRABS two of your swords with its bare hands and SMASHES its head into Sefet's own. REACT.
(7:29:41 PM) Prof: * Sefet staggers from the impact, a third sword (claymore) flying from its back to hack at the overcharged mook in retaliation! +
(7:29:42 PM) Prof: Suma: "What have we here?"
(7:30:11 PM) VJockey: ???: "Your doom. Renegade."
(7:30:41 PM) Prof: Suma: "...Who are you?"
(7:31:32 PM) VJockey: Suma! Releasing the blades it had latched onto, the Telkhines' hands fly to stop the incoming Claymore. It does so... but only after it cuts into the armor of the machine... just by a little.
(7:31:42 PM) VJockey: Cracks begin to spiderweb all across of it.
(7:32:36 PM) VJockey: The water literally explodes out wards from the ensuing release from the disguise of whatever lay beneath... leaving an air bubble in the water where Suma stood to face her opponent.
(7:32:47 PM) VJockey: ???: "I am Number Five."
(7:32:53 PM) VJockey: "I am Nikostratos."
(7:32:55 PM) Prof: Suma laughs. And it's a good laugh, one that starts low and gradually builds into a wild frenzy.
(7:32:56 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Number five?"
(7:33:13 PM) Prof: Suma: "Indeed, the fewer of you who remain, the more quickly you come to cross my path!"
(7:33:25 PM) Prof: Suma: "What is the name of your weapon, War God No. 05?"
(7:33:25 PM) Steamroller: Suma, that laugh of yours is not earning you any points with Mizuki.
(7:34:10 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Wait- what? The hell is this war god thing!?
(7:34:13 PM) VJockey: As the water comes rushing back to fill the void that had been made by Nikostratos shedding his disguise. His machine... if it could even be called that raised its fists.
(7:34:54 PM) VJockey: "My weapon is that which all humans are born with! It is the weapon that guides all others and is thus the master of all."
(7:35:04 PM) VJockey: "My weapon. No. My Art."
(7:35:07 PM) VJockey: "IS FIST!"
(7:35:48 PM) VJockey: Two extra pair of arms burst out of what looked to be a marble statue of a greek hoplite.
(7:35:48 PM) Prof: Suma: "HA! Finally, one of you has the common sense to fight with an honest Art!"
(7:36:12 PM) Prof: Suma: "Come at me with all the power you possess, Nikostratos. I shall crush those fists of yours!"
(7:37:18 PM) VJockey: Raquel! Your defense manages to fend off the magic of the Telkhines. Albeit with some difficulty. As crappy as they are they have some strong weapons.
(7:37:29 PM) Prof: Then, as if remembering that there are other people here for the first time:
(7:37:50 PM) Prof: Suma: "I'm not like Njall, my friends. If any of you wish to join THIS fight, you are free to do so!"
(7:38:35 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Maybe when we clear the rest of the MPs"
(7:38:35 PM) VJockey: (Revised Enemy List: Hecatonchires (Nikostratos), Asmund, IWBT x6, Telkhines x19)
(7:39:03 PM) Prof: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GusLypfx7OQ Nikostratos BGM )
(7:39:04 PM) VJockey: (Njall, Ryu. Go)
(7:39:12 PM) Eric: *Njall locked the tip of his axe with Asmund's in an attempt to yank it out of his hands, or at least to pull him closer so that Njall can throw a punch with his free hand! As they lean in, he growls at Asmund, "Those Iron Whirlwind punks your new friends? Which one is your favorite? I'll kill him after I kill you!"+
(7:40:21 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel "They didn't make them from the lowest bidder it seems."
(7:41:01 PM) VJockey: Asmund: "Oh such a daring one aren't you? Threatening to murder my friends? But to be perfectly honest the only man I need in my life is you Njall. After all that's how its been for ages isn't it?"
(7:41:31 PM) VJockey: ???: "Hello?! Is anyone there? Romana? Anyone?!"
(7:41:35 PM) sketchbookfiend: *Aotatsu moves back into the Telkhines, charging his energy to slash out with one arm into the fray. Water rushes into as a single straight slash wave into Poseidon's forces.+
(7:41:44 PM) VJockey: The new voice sounded halfway to panic right now.
(7:41:48 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Eh- huh? What's that voice-"
(7:42:00 PM) VJockey: "R...Ryuichi? Is that you?"
(7:42:04 PM) sketchbookfiend: That could not possibly be.
(7:42:11 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "This our friend we need to rescue?"
(7:42:19 PM) VJockey: Shouichi. An old online friend of yours.... or rather
(7:42:24 PM) VJockey: one you consider a stalker.
(7:42:29 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Shouichi? You- you're Andromeda Knight?!"
(7:42:32 PM) Eric: "They used to mean something to you, Asmund! We were never meant to be alone forever!"
(7:42:55 PM) VJockey: "Please! You got to help me! I'm trapped, they're all over the place, I can barely move!"
(7:43:15 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Ah- we're already working on it, I'll pull you out of this-"
(7:43:18 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Tell us whee you are and we'll be able to get to you!"
(7:43:35 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel "Who is this are you in need of help? Where are you we can help if we can."
(7:44:08 PM) VJockey: Ryu! You managed to take down a four more, but it seems the telkhines are concentrating their efforts on you! Lots of magic is being hurled your way and it looks like no attack can cast it aside...
(7:44:16 PM) VJockey: React
(7:44:43 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Tch!"
(7:44:47 PM) Steamroller: # Ryu
(7:45:25 PM) VJockey: Njall! The Axes are touching. You pull him closer but fist meets fist as the mouth of Asmund's giant form opens and a sphere of violent energy forms within it!
(7:45:27 PM) VJockey: REACT!
(7:45:30 PM) VJockey: (approved)
(7:45:42 PM) Steamroller: "Ryuichi. Dive!"
(7:45:56 PM) sketchbookfiend: *Aotatsu moves to put it's shield up, hopefully that can help weaken the force from the blasts.+
(7:46:24 PM) VJockey: (Suma, Raquel. Mizuki can move after her support)
(7:47:08 PM) Prof: No holding back against this enemy. She'll need all of her swords here.
(7:47:30 PM) sketchbookfiend: -SCRATCH THAT moving to dodge downwards with the shield in front of him+
(7:47:59 PM) Prof: * Sefet charges Hecatonchires, a cloud of swords surrounding it. The four smaller used to feint or parry the fists, the claymore stabbing at the thing's heart,
(7:48:22 PM) Steamroller: * The DuskBird's eyes are glowing a venemous purple for a moment before two beams of energy suddenly shoot out from them! "Even if this DuskBird's body might not be able to perform well under water, its weapons... are a different matter!" The Abyss Gaze shoots out, the beams of darkness not meant to be slowed down by the waters like a mundane beam weaponry would!+
(7:48:25 PM) Prof: * But the primary attack comes from the cleaver, whirling down from above in a vicious downward slash, aiming to sever an arm or two. +
(7:48:56 PM) Eric: *Njall ducks his head down and brings it back up under Asmund's jaw before he can finish charging his attack!+
(7:49:15 PM) Prof: Suma: "How's the Pharaoh doing, Nikostratos? Still the same as ever?"
(7:50:37 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel is going to go afte rthe two units who came after her he keeps closing using her vulcans for cover once more. She's going to fansy it up a bit more this time as her strikes are charded with Ki and she's going fairly rapidly for them being under water.
(7:50:38 PM) Ginkan SK: +
(7:50:42 PM) VJockey: Oh Suma, if you thought it would be that easy, you'd have to think again. Every blade is met by a fist moving at insane speeds - causing miniature explosions in the water. The Claymore once more stopped with the two arms the Stone Hoplite started with... while the cleaver? Did NOT do what they were meant to. They could barely even dig into the stone of the arms!
(7:50:46 PM) Steamroller: * And following that, the DuskBird launches itself forward, swinging its whip out to impale that IWBT that she damaged earlier!+
(7:51:03 PM) VJockey: "You are one to talk Harpy."
(7:51:15 PM) Prof: Ach, this one is tough. They keep getting tougher, don't they?
(7:51:19 PM) VJockey: "You haven't changed a single bit."
(7:51:25 PM) Prof: Suma: "Nor do I intend to!"
(7:52:24 PM) VJockey: This earned a derisive snort from the warrior from an ancient time as a low snarl escapes his lips. With a low creak another pair of arms forms to DOUBLE PUNCH Sefet in the mid section! REACT!
(7:52:46 PM) Meraxa: #Suma
(7:53:16 PM) VJockey: (Go)
(7:54:27 PM) VJockey: Njall.... your punch works The Charging doesn't stop working. It kind of... well. Blasts out of the closed mouth and took some of your hand with it. But on the plus side Ansmund now has a hole in his mouth too!
(7:55:25 PM) Eric: Njall staggers back, laughing
(7:55:50 PM) VJockey: Mizuki and Ryu! The bombardment was seriously wearing down at the shield, but the Abyss Gaze silences the ensuing attacks, preventing the defense from breaking!
(7:55:53 PM) Meraxa: There is... an odd sound in the water, just moments before. Like that of a car engine, its roar rumbling through the ocean currents. Which kind of makes sense, given the source is indeed a car, and its heading straight for the Hecatonchires! "Stand Up!" With a yell, the car suddenly transforms into a machine, one that lashes out with a whip - aiming to catch the monstrosity by the neck and throw it!+
(7:55:53 PM) Eric: "You haven't fallen for that one since the 2080s!"
(7:56:25 PM) Eric: "Don't go senile on me yet!"
(7:56:29 PM) Prof: * Sefet, meanwhile, crosses its arms over its midsection to block the incoming punch, should it still connect. +
(7:56:30 PM) VJockey: Ansmund-giant tests its mouth, the jaw moving slightly.
(7:56:33 PM) Meraxa: (http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1828406)
(7:56:35 PM) Meraxa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H8y4XyEVlk
(7:56:38 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: ""Stand up...?"
(7:56:56 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "Mizuki!"
(7:57:47 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Ken... you got it working!"
(7:58:23 PM) VJockey: Suma and ken! The punch connects, though not at full force. It still sends Sefet backwards a bit - but the greecian warrior is sent across the ocean floor by the speeding newcomer!
(7:58:46 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Great, we could use more hands here."
(7:58:47 PM) VJockey: Nikostratos: "Unexpected."
(7:58:58 PM) Meraxa: Ken: Hngh... Just. The ScarleTiger's hardly optimisd yet... and I feel like there's a lot more I could do. But this should be enough for now.
(7:59:27 PM) VJockey: The Stone Warrior returns to its feet despite its crash and raises its fists once more...
(7:59:36 PM) VJockey: "But highly satisfying."
(7:59:36 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "Even if it was... we're still fighting underwater too."
(7:59:46 PM) VJockey: "You. Within the dragon."
(7:59:51 PM) Steamroller: And joining with him is the Solego!
(7:59:56 PM) VJockey: "You said that you wished for more hands did you not?"
(8:00:06 PM) Prof: Suma: "I'm not interested in an honorable duel, No. 05! My only aim is to end you."
(8:00:12 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "...uuuuh-"
(8:00:47 PM) sketchbookfiend: That is not at all what he was hoping for in response.
(8:00:49 PM) VJockey: "Grrrrhhhhh"
(8:01:04 PM) VJockey: The back and some of the arms of the statue begin to bulge outwards.
(8:01:22 PM) VJockey: "HrnnGGGHHHRR!!!!!"
(8:01:32 PM) VJockey: They crack and creak loudly within the ocean.
(8:01:43 PM) Meraxa: Ken: ...I feel like I've somehow made this worse.
(8:01:52 PM) VJockey: "GRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!"
(8:01:57 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "No no no, stop that!"
(8:02:06 PM) Eric: Even Njall is briefly distracted by this
(8:02:19 PM) VJockey left the room.
(8:02:41 PM) VJockey left the room.
(8:03:09 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Ryuichi's the one who gave him the verbal cue, no matter how unintentional."
(8:05:09 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel "Nice ride, Ken."
(8:05:37 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "The first actual new Sol machine made in ten years... the ScarleTiger."
(8:05:48 PM) Steamroller: "... He painted it orange to honor his Genoaces though."
(8:05:57 PM) VJockey left the room.
(8:06:28 PM) VJockey entered the room.
(8:07:53 PM) VJockey: And break outward as arm after arm forms as the statue becomes FIST incarnate. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of fists waiting to meet every face in the world and then some.
(8:07:56 PM) Meraxa: Ken: I did not! It was just... the colour was what people are familiar with.
(8:07:59 PM) Prof: Suma: "AHAHAHAHAHA! The Fist, indeed!"
(8:08:19 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "...I'm sorry you guys."
(8:08:57 PM) Meraxa: Ken: Don't worry. Suppose I'll just get to see what this machine can do. If I'm going to catch up Raquel, gotta start somewhere.
(8:09:45 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "And we can start by helping us take down this so-called 'god'."
(8:10:23 PM) VJockey: Shou: "Ryu? Where are you? C'mon! Don't leave me again! Please!"
(8:10:45 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "My hands are kind of tied! I'll get to you as soon as I can!"
(8:10:55 PM) VJockey: "I know I was a needy jerk before but you gotta help me-"
(8:11:08 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "I know-"
(8:11:27 PM) VJockey: Poseidon: "Oh but does he REALLY want to help you Shouichi of Andromeda?"
(8:11:31 PM) VJockey: "Does he really?"
(8:12:07 PM) VJockey: "After all you were nothing more than an inconvenience to him. After all, when he first helped you... did he really do that out of the kindness of his heart? Or was it something to boost his ego?"
(8:12:12 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "We'd have already gotten to him if it weren't for your flunkies!"
(8:12:42 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "H-hey! Shou, don't listen to this guy! He's saying this stuff after hunting you down here!"
(8:12:48 PM) VJockey: "Every time after he grew more sick of your presence."
(8:13:03 PM) Eric: Njall spares a glance to the war god
(8:13:09 PM) VJockey: "and then when he joined the Sons and Daughters of Wisdom he forgot about you entirely didn't he?"
(8:13:09 PM) Eric: "You've made some interesting friends"
(8:13:24 PM) Prof: Suma: "I hope to end the friendship soon."
(8:13:40 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "That...that's not-"
(8:13:42 PM) VJockey: Asmund: "You should see him trying to keep to his theme."
(8:14:13 PM) VJockey: Shou: "...."
(8:14:37 PM) VJockey: Poseidon: "You know it in your heart Shouichi. You were never his friend despite what you desperately thought."
(8:14:46 PM) VJockey: "All this time, and you were still alone."
(8:14:54 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "This... is ridiculous!"
(8:15:11 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Shouichi, you can't believe this guy-!"
(8:15:13 PM) Steamroller: "Shou... whatever he's talking aout, no matter how valid you might think it is... we're here to rescue you!"
(8:15:23 PM) Steamroller: "You can sort everything out with your friend afterwards!"
(8:16:43 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Yeah exactly, come on, Shouichi!"
(8:17:21 PM) sketchbookfiend: "We came to save you, so-"
(8:17:34 PM) VJockey: Shou: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!"
(8:18:14 PM) VJockey: One REALLY HUGE explosion of chains blew out an 'island' from the Archipelago.
(8:18:59 PM) VJockey: as it crumbles into the water you see a machine, seemingly fragile to the point it would and could be blown away by the wind, yet bound with many, MANY chains.
(8:19:15 PM) VJockey: The IWBTs and Telkhines bail
(8:19:17 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "What in the..."
(8:19:27 PM) Meraxa: Ken: ...Someone wanted that buried deep.
(8:20:10 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Urgh!!"
(8:21:04 PM) VJockey: (ENEMY LIST: Nikostratos, Asmund, Shouichi of Andromeda)
(8:21:37 PM) VJockey: Poseidon: "Looks like someone decided to listen to meeeee~"
(8:21:56 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Poseidon you-!"
(8:21:59 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "That silver tongue of yours is going to be torn out sooner or later for this."
(8:22:11 PM) VJockey: Asmund: "Oh this IS delicious isn't it Njall! Two good friends about to fight to the death! Just like us!"
(8:22:21 PM) VJockey: "Maybe I should keep him~"
(8:22:57 PM) VJockey: (Njall, Ryu, Suma. GO)
(8:23:02 PM) Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com entered the room.
(8:23:15 PM) Prof: Oh boy, where to even begin?
(8:23:56 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi can't let his friend start going after his Unity Group friends. "Damnit!"
(8:23:57 PM) Prof: * Sefet skirts around the edge of the rapidly-expanding pile of arms, a six-sword buzzsaw spinning and lashing out at the arms supporting its weight. Maybe she can throw it off bProfce, or something. +
(8:24:19 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel "Good you have something to aim for then Ken."
(8:24:34 PM) Ginkan SK: (Can I get an enemy check?)
(8:24:37 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "He's... just an idiot!"
(8:25:08 PM) Eric: *"Keep gabbing like that. When you do you leave yourself-" Njall takes this moment to untangle his axe from Asmunds and brings it across Asmund's stomach in a viscious, close arc. "-WIDE OPEN!"
(8:25:17 PM) sketchbookfiend: *Aotatsu rushes towards the chains, unleashing his shield into a twin sided sword with a winged pattern, he spins the swords quickly to try and catch the loose chains around Shouichi to yank him towards Ryuichi.&
(8:27:10 PM) VJockey: Shou: "Ryuuichi."
(8:27:21 PM) VJockey: "you...."
(8:28:03 PM) VJockey: Within in an instant the chains suddenly are pulled taut with nary a movement on Shou's part - rather than being pulled to Ryu, it was the other way around!!!
(8:29:16 PM) VJockey: His machine crosses its chained arms before swinging then both in cutting arcs before him - two razor blades of wind tear through the water as the chains SNAP towards different sides to ensure that they have the MAXIMUM area to hit Ryuichi !
(8:29:18 PM) VJockey: REACT!
(8:29:34 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Shouichi, this is...just foolish!"
(8:30:46 PM) Steamroller: # Ryu
(8:30:50 PM) VJockey: Suma! The saw blade digs into the arms more effectively than the cleaver did but it wasn't fast enough - the momentary loss of bProfce was covered by three of its fighting arms moving to take over for the few it lost... and many MANY of the hands on its left side FUSED together momentarily... into ONE GIGANTIC FIST which is NOW COMING FOR YOUR FACE!!! REACT!!!
(8:31:45 PM) sketchbookfiend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiJ3Ldxj76Y
(8:31:57 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "I'M STOPPING YOU BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING WORSE!"
(8:32:03 PM) VJockey: (approved)
(8:32:06 PM) sketchbookfiend: *Aotatsu generates a whirling spout of water around itself and then blasting outwards in front as he's pulled forward and push against the wind. As he gets pulled in, even if he's getting bombarded by winds he's going to generate energy in the shape of a dragon around his fist and thrusts an uppercut and the dragon towards the other warrior "RISING DRAGON FIIIIIIIIIIIST!"
(8:32:26 PM) Prof: * Suma knows she can't take that head on. Mustering all the power she can, Sefet leaps to the side to avoid the gigafist. +
(8:33:10 PM) VJockey: Njall! The Axe bites deep as Asmund lets out a groan that sounded distinctly unhealthy... among other things.
(8:33:47 PM) VJockey: "Huh.... I suppose I must be losing my touch today.... when was the last time we fought in the ocean?"
(8:33:56 PM) VJockey: ^Asmund
(8:34:12 PM) Eric: Njall: "Long time ago."
(8:34:21 PM) Steamroller: * You know the problem with chains though? The links. Those pesky, pesky links. And as Shou's chains snap towards Ryu, Mizuki's still moving to support by having her whip intercept... having it shoot down to weave through those links and restrain the chains!+
(8:34:32 PM) Eric: "You remebered what it meant to be human then."
(8:36:06 PM) VJockey: Mizuki and Ryu! The chains are prevented from allowing the blades to get maximum damage in - though Aotatsu is SEVERELY mangled by them. Its a moot point though because for all the damage it did, the attack Ryu let loose broke several chains and sent Shou speeding through the water like a bullet!
(8:36:32 PM) VJockey: The resulting crash kicked up a lot of fog in the water.
(8:36:44 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "Ryu..."
(8:36:52 PM) Steamroller: "You're not... seriously going to try to kill him though, are you?"
(8:36:56 PM) VJockey: Asmund: "Humans... hah. Nothing but a pile of regrets and wasted time."
(8:37:13 PM) VJockey: "I'd... rather stay like this... forever... and...ever..."
(8:37:45 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "...No, I'm not going to...not if I don't have to. I don't want him to die. He's just...being lead astray right now."
(8:38:31 PM) Eric: Njall: "Nothing should last forever, Asmund."
(8:38:34 PM) Eric: "Now then."
(8:39:00 PM) VJockey: And the giant that was Asmund is gone. A mutilated corpse lying in its place.... said corpse would float away in the currents.
(8:39:06 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "Then... keep that in mind. He'll come through then. Just do what you have to in order to get through to him."
(8:39:14 PM) Eric: Njall turns back to the battle
(8:39:31 PM) VJockey: (Mizuki, Ken, Raquel go)
(8:39:40 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "I'm gonna bring him back if I can...he's more inexperienced than me or else he wouldn't have been hit so bad by that."
(8:39:50 PM) VJockey: Shou: "Ryuuuu...."
(8:39:55 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Then I'll trust you to it..."
(8:39:56 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Shou!"
(8:40:04 PM) Steamroller: "If he's your friend, if you know him well enough..."
(8:40:12 PM) VJockey: Shouichi's voice is shaky as he forces his machine back to its feet. Its fists clenched.
(8:40:17 PM) Steamroller: Not going to say any more. Instead, Mizuki turns her attention to the two hostile Ancients.
(8:40:34 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Ken... the Tiger has a whip of its own, right?"
(8:40:49 PM) Meraxa: Ken: I would think my introduction made that quite clear.
(8:40:58 PM) VJockey: Suma! Sefet barely avoids the giga fist... but the impact sends a massive wave through the water and possibly unbProfces everyone present!
(8:41:17 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Good. I'm counting on you to follow my movements then!"
(8:41:22 PM) VJockey: the giant fist soon becomes many again as Number Five spreads all his arms open in invitation.
(8:41:28 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi:"Shou, it's over...come with me-"
(8:41:37 PM) VJockey: Poseidon: "Nope."
(8:42:09 PM) Meraxa: Ken: You're the leader. Go.
(8:42:09 PM) VJockey: Oh hey, its a massive school of Telkhines sending a barrage to keep people from approaching Shou as they yoinked him off the battlefield.
(8:42:28 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Wha-! Damnit let him go!"
(8:42:56 PM) VJockey: Poseidon: "I'm pretty sure whatever Shouichi wants, the last thing it would be is to stay with the person who he thought was his only friend"
(8:43:01 PM) Steamroller: "Sara, cover us!"
(8:43:04 PM) VJockey: "you know, the one who used him all this time~?"
(8:43:17 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "You bastard! Don't you throw your lies around!"
(8:43:30 PM) VJockey: "Oh I have to thank Romana for sending you of all people to help him!"
(8:43:38 PM) VJockey: "It just made recruiting him so much easier!"
(8:43:42 PM) sketchbookfiend: "POSEIDON!"
(8:43:44 PM) VJockey: "Do you think she'd like a card?"
(8:44:13 PM) VJockey: "Hahaha. Goodbye Shouichi of Draco! Enjoy your death of ten thousand fists of rage~"
(8:44:14 PM) sketchbookfiend: "I- YOU- GIVE HIM BACK YOU 12 YEAR OLD BASTARD!"
(8:44:38 PM) griefgathering entered the room.
(8:44:41 PM) sketchbookfiend: (you said shouichi)
(8:44:50 PM) VJockey: *Ryuichi
(8:45:58 PM) VJockey: "Why don't you try take him back you Nancyboy?"
(8:46:01 PM) VJockey: "Hahahahaha!"
(8:46:10 PM) VJockey: "... I should actually use that more often~"
(8:46:22 PM) VJockey: With that Poseidon's voice and image are no longer present
(8:46:31 PM) VJockey: what was, was Nikostratos
(8:47:17 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi is about to push himself to the utmost to chase them down but-
(8:47:21 PM) Steamroller: * The DuskBird charges towards Nikostratus's machine, whip at the ready. "If all you have to offer us is punches, you're nothing more than a one-trick pony, Nikostratus. Ken!" And with that, the machine's whip lashes out, ideally to ensnare his machine's head. Barring that, an arm or two would suffice!& (Going to be a joint combo attack with Ken)
(8:47:23 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel now is making ready to make a move no she's eying Shouichi of Andromeda. Ya she's looking that way she sees the chians, but she's got an idea to make use of it. "So then you shall face me as well." Raquek is going to make for them and she's not holding back now she's totally yes here comes those energy dragons again but this time UNDER WATER the seas may boil about them but they are roaring ready to go and heading right for the chain packing enemy.+
(8:47:31 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "No... you... get back here!"
(8:47:55 PM) Steamroller: Yeah, the Solego's actually breaking formation to try to go with you, Ryu. Sara's... not feeling great about what she was saying just moments ago.
(8:49:09 PM) VJockey: Ryu, Sara, the chase is futile because as fragile as the Telkhines are, in the water they can move damn fast.
(8:49:26 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi:"Damn it damn it-"
(8:49:37 PM) Meraxa: Ken: Mizuki, do you know nothing of the martial arts? *Ken remarks as ScarleTiger's also lashes out, going from the other side of the Hecatonchires, trying to restrict the foe+
(8:51:36 PM) VJockey: Ken! Mizuki! The whips make contact with several arms!.... Several arms that are now pulling you in closer to its fists! React before you run into a wall of punches!
(8:52:10 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "I know, Ken... but more importantly..." a certain something is beginning to creep back into her voice.
(8:52:33 PM) Meraxa: Ken: He seems to be fond of getting up close. Shall we?
(8:52:54 PM) Steamroller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3YP7a_YKsI
(8:53:14 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "There are only the foundation, not the end-all... be-all!"
(8:54:28 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel was going to go after Shouichi but that's not possible now, she turns her attention to the guy who seems to strike a cord with her. "So you want to fight then let's see what you got!" Hecatonchires pilot would find Raquel cups her hands, and is now focusing them as a pair of energy dragons appear once more boiling the water around them and heading right for the Hecatonchires.+
(8:55:47 PM) Steamroller: * Void energy gathering up in her hand, Mizuki answers Niko's clenched fists with... an open hand! One charged up with plenty of destructive energy though! "Nikostratos! I don't have much knowledge of who you are or where you come from... but your actions and words here are proof enough of the brute you are...! ABYSS SANCTION!"+
(8:55:59 PM) Meraxa: Ken: Right. Let's try it! *Even underwater, the ScarleTiger's face suddenly lights up in flame. Bubbles of steam rapidly rise, the boy screaming out-!* FACE FLAME! *A raging torrent of furious fire erupts, more like the roar of a dragon than a tiger, seeking to engulf the hecatonchires+
(8:56:16 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Fine...I'll put it into fighting this guy...what I have left."
(8:57:04 PM) VJockey: Mizuki! Raquel! Ken! Each attack is met with a GIGANTIC FIST! Similar to the one that he threw at Suma before!
(8:57:38 PM) VJockey: The Attacks crush themselves against the mighty hands, and for a moment they looked like they did nothing.
(8:57:39 PM) VJockey: Then
(8:57:41 PM) VJockey: a crack
(8:57:42 PM) VJockey: then
(8:57:43 PM) VJockey: several
(8:58:23 PM) VJockey: Open Palms beat closed fists.
(8:58:33 PM) VJockey: Or in Ken's case, Face beats Fist
(9:00:09 PM) VJockey: The Giga-fists shatter to pieces
(9:00:22 PM) VJockey: and it seems that he only has the two he started off with left.
(9:00:28 PM) VJockey: "Hah... Remarkable."
(9:00:34 PM) VJockey: (Everyone can go.)
(9:00:45 PM) Prof: Suma: "Leave him alive!"
(9:00:49 PM) VJockey: "But even if I just have ONE left."
(9:00:56 PM) Eric: *It seems for the moment that everyone has forgotten about him. Njall calmly strings the mecha sized longbow that he had grabbed as he jumped from the transport. He pulls a similarly massive arrow back, takes aim at Nikostratos and waits. The moment it looks like the War God is looking more or less away from him, he lets fly!+
(9:01:12 PM) VJockey: "I am more than a match for any one of you."
(9:01:28 PM) Prof: Suma: "Then it is a shame that you face us all, yes?"
(9:01:42 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Wishful thinking."
(9:01:48 PM) VJockey: The War God merely smirks
(9:02:22 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "I promise nothing!" *Powered by his emotions and rage Aotatsu's energies explode in a swirling water spout a swirling dragon of energy coming around him and then he flew forward with a fist raised and flying punch forward into the enemy "SOARING DRAGON STRIKE!" The dragon surrounding him is much more powerful than it has been in past.+
(9:02:47 PM) Steamroller: * Suma was requesting he was left alive. And you know what? The way she didn't really care much about Volya's request to spare those knights earlier almost makes Mizuki want to do the same. Instead though... she settles on more eye beams to cut off one of the machine's arms.+
(9:03:28 PM) Eric: (He aimed for a leg)
(9:03:55 PM) Prof: * Suma charges into the fray head-on, five swords re-sheathed, wielding the cleaver in both hands. She swings with the power of Sefet's body and her Art together, cleaving at whatever limbs are left. +
(9:04:54 PM) Meraxa: *Ken, still on the face flame's quite literal cooldown, instead focuses on utilising his whip yet again, though this time, to pull himself in quickly - for a straight on kick!+
(9:06:28 PM) VJockey: Nikostratos counters Ryuichi's attack, not moving an inch as the punches ground against each other... then Ken's whip snapped around the neck of his machine and delivered a staggering kick into its side - one which it was barely able to fend off with its free hand
(9:06:48 PM) VJockey: leaving nothing to catch the arrow launched at him by Njall except for his leg. In the worst way.
(9:07:44 PM) VJockey: This left him pinned for Suma and Mizuki to utterly cripple the machine and have it crash to the ground as it stared up at the shimmering, rippling surface above.
(9:07:55 PM) VJockey: "And so..."
(9:08:00 PM) VJockey: "You have beaten me."
(9:08:16 PM) Prof: Sefet plants one foot on the chest of Hecatonchires, and plants the tip of its claymore against the machine's heart.
(9:08:29 PM) Prof: Suma: "Nikostratos, War God No. 05. I now offer you a choice."
(9:08:53 PM) Prof: Suma: "Swear to me an unbreakable battle oath that you shall never again wage war in any form."
(9:08:59 PM) Prof: Suma: "Or refuse, and die."
(9:09:02 PM) VJockey: This earned a chuckle from him.
(9:09:09 PM) VJockey: One that turned into a laugh.
(9:09:25 PM) VJockey: It felt like it echoed across every corner of the ocean and then some.
(9:09:44 PM) VJockey: "You ask me to swear an oath to never again raise my fists?"
(9:09:57 PM) VJockey: "When you yourself are nothing more than an animal?"
(9:10:17 PM) VJockey: "Tell me Number 99. Tell me why exactly it means so much to you to end this?"
(9:10:38 PM) VJockey: "Is it Pride? Is it glory? Is it simply for the sake of the challenge?"
(9:10:51 PM) Prof: Suma: "Because we are relics of a world worse than the one we live in. We should no longer be a part of it."
(9:11:14 PM) Prof: Suma: "Although... yes, I love the challenge."
(9:11:25 PM) VJockey: "And yet there is one worse than I standing before me, with her sword pointed to end my life."
(9:11:58 PM) Prof: Suma: "I don't pretend to be above you, No. 05. Do you reject my offer?"
(9:12:07 PM) VJockey: "Do you REALLY expect me to forsake my art when I know that someone like you would never even do the same?"
(9:12:16 PM) VJockey: This earned a snort from him.
(9:12:22 PM) Prof: Suma: "I didn't think so"
(9:12:35 PM) VJockey: "I will accept your offer. On one."
(9:12:43 PM) VJockey: "Condition."
(9:12:47 PM) Prof: Suma: "Name it."
(9:12:56 PM) VJockey: "I will not swear this oath unless you swear one yourself."
(9:13:13 PM) VJockey: "If you wish to release this world from accursed relics such as us..."
(9:13:45 PM) VJockey: "Then you must swear to me that you are deserving of LIVING in this world."
(9:14:03 PM) VJockey: "Become more than the animal that you are, and you shall have my oath."
(9:14:11 PM) Prof: There is a thoughtful pause.
(9:14:49 PM) Prof: Suma: "By my Art, I swear that I shall rise above the depths of my depravity by the time my war is over."
(9:15:18 PM) VJockey: "Only after?"
(9:15:27 PM) VJockey: This earned a derisive chuckle.
(9:15:40 PM) Prof: Suma: "If I am to kill the pharaoh, I must remain an animal a little longer."
(9:15:46 PM) VJockey: "I should have expected no less."
(9:16:53 PM) Prof: Suma: "Now, what about you?"
(9:18:23 PM) VJockey: "By my Ancient Art, I Nikostratos, soldier of Greece, Fifth War God and warrior of the fist hereby forsake war in all its forms and lay down my title."
(9:18:38 PM) VJockey: "This I do so swear."
(9:18:48 PM) Prof: Suma: "I didn't expect it from you."
(9:18:52 PM) Prof: Sefet sheathes its sword.
(9:19:01 PM) VJockey: "But keep in mind Suma.... do not break your oath."
(9:19:09 PM) Prof: Suma: "You know that I cannot."
(9:19:19 PM) Prof: Suma: "Live in comfort, Nikostratos. I will remember your name until the day I die."
(9:19:31 PM) Prof: Suma: "Let us go, friends. There is nothing more for us to do here."
(9:19:37 PM) VJockey: "Good. Perhaps one day I may not be disgusted to know yours."
(9:19:55 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel sees what she's done she readies her self again. She's making sure to see if there's more woprry about she seems to be making ready incase things go bad but she does not attack yet.
(9:19:56 PM) Eric: Njall: "Four to go."
(9:20:14 PM) Eric: "She's right, you know, he will cause us no further trouble."
(9:20:17 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Well done."
(9:20:21 PM) VJockey: Mission
(9:20:22 PM) Eric: "War gods take their oaths seriously."
(9:20:23 PM) VJockey: COMPLETE.
(9:20:45 PM) Prof: Suma: "Come. When we return, there shall be drinks, and I shall tell my tale in full."
(6:32:58 PM) Ethan entered the room.
(6:35:19 PM) VJockey: Ladies and Gentlemen.
(6:35:57 PM) VJockey: Roughly a day ago the Unity group recieved a request from the leader of the Sons and Daughters of Wisdom.
(6:36:57 PM) VJockey: Romana as she is called had let us know that one of their potential operatives had been caught in an ambush by the forces of Poseidon and was currently on the run.
(6:39:12 PM) VJockey: Admittedly he did well at first but then a group known as the Iron Whirlwind caught him by surprise in a vicious crossfire leading to him going into hiding on the few hiding places in the mini- achiepelago that is the operations area.
(6:39:53 PM) VJockey: The mission in itself is search and rescue - not strictly combat.
(6:39:55 PM) VJockey: However...
(6:40:09 PM) VJockey: some among you wouldn't exactly care that much for not fighting.
(6:40:32 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "... All this for just one person. I'll give them this, they're persistent."
(6:40:33 PM) Prof: Suma wasn't listening too hard to the briefing. Once she gets there, it should be pretty obvious who's on the Stab list and the No Stab list.
(6:40:35 PM) Eric: Njall will build a stairway to valhalla out of the blood of his enemies
(6:40:36 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi sure is taking that news well, by which he means not at all. He's ready to get in there and save his comrade.
(6:41:32 PM) Eric: Njall is a half sized stone giant by the time we're getting close to the mission site
(6:42:05 PM) Eric: Njall: "What is this comrade of yours like?"
(6:42:06 PM) VJockey: Shuttle Pilot: "Alright, closing in on the operations area.... funny. I'm not picking up any signals from any hostiles..."
(6:42:14 PM) VJockey: "Think they got tired of looking and left?"
(6:42:23 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Maybe they managed to get away from them..."
(6:42:45 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Or they're just lying low to lull this guy into a false sense of security."
(6:43:01 PM) Ginkan SK: Rauqel who is somewhat blunt as sh hears this. "Wait we're dealing with a new cult?" She's not sure how to feel with this."Well we can't leave the poor sod to die now, can we? I don't like this." Raquel reaches out trying to sense if there's any other ki in the area than save those who are her allies.
(6:43:45 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "I'm certainly not leaving without them."
(6:43:49 PM) VJockey: Well Raquel...
(6:43:53 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "Fortunately us being here's going to force their hands though."
(6:43:59 PM) VJockey: What the sensors are not picking up...
(6:44:03 PM) VJockey: you find in abundane
(6:44:06 PM) VJockey: *abundance
(6:44:09 PM) VJockey: above and below!
(6:44:27 PM) VJockey: For those of you near by windows you'll see rapid movement!
(6:44:52 PM) Prof: Suma: "So eager to get the battle started, are they?"
(6:45:15 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "What-!?"
(6:45:32 PM) Eric: Njall: "Can't quite make out what they are."
(6:45:38 PM) VJockey: [ Iron Whirlwind Battle Trooper: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/215216 ]
(6:46:19 PM) Ginkan SK: (Umm isn't that a M9 Armslave?)
(6:46:20 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "... Trouble already?"
(6:46:33 PM) Steamroller: (Not according to Gelbooru)
(6:46:56 PM) Ginkan SK: (Nods)
(6:46:58 PM) VJockey: Being hot dropped from high speed deployment craft, the mecha parachuted as close as they raised their weapons at the shuttle and let loose several rounds at it!
(6:47:17 PM) Eric: (Iron Whirlwind has mechs that look kinda like M9s, then)
(6:47:38 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "What the heck are those, they don't look like Poseidon's deal."
(6:47:42 PM) VJockey: Shuttle Pilot: "Goddamn-FUCK! Lost engines three and four! Trying to stabilize! GET TO YOUR MECHA AND GET OUT THERE DAMNI-...ohgod-"
(6:47:59 PM) Eric: Are we over land or water?
(6:48:04 PM) Prof: Suma jumps out of the hangar, laughing, and conjures Sefet on the way down.
(6:48:06 PM) VJockey: (Water)
(6:48:12 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Don't worry... you're not losing the other two!"
(6:48:18 PM) Prof: She might have hesitated if she had looked down!
(6:48:27 PM) Eric: Njall does the same, grabbing some weapons on the way out the door.
(6:48:31 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi gets rushed by Water as he leaps at and forms into Aotatsu.
(6:48:45 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki starts to charge towards the exit of the hangar, but stops when she notices Sara's staying behind. "Wait... Sara-?"
(6:48:52 PM) Eric: (Armed with: Bearded Axe, Longbow, quiver)
(6:49:02 PM) Steamroller: Her friend just smiles. "Finishing something up. Ken and I'll be around in just a moment."
(6:49:39 PM) VJockey: Well Suma...
(6:49:43 PM) Eric: Njall: *falling* "THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A BAD IDEA."
(6:49:43 PM) Meraxa: One can hear some profuse sounds as an irritated teen scrambles to actually turn his machine on.
(6:50:15 PM) VJockey: As you left the shuttle you can see a lot of movement from the water.
(6:50:18 PM) VJockey: And I DO mean a lot.
(6:50:54 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki spares them both a nod before continuing her exit. "Alright then." A few seconds and one jump later, Mizuki's summoning the DuskBird out of her shadow and joining with it!
(6:51:09 PM) Prof: Uh oh.
(6:51:12 PM) VJockey: [Telkhines: http://i.imgur.com/wwX6xNC.jpg ]
(6:51:17 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "...Okay that seems more like it."
(6:51:48 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel's machine is dropping in tat this point, she was alredy in her machine and she seems to be going for a swim at this point. "You heard our driver! Everyone into the pool!" The amazon turns about as it drops into the water and Raquel picks up contacts. "... just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."
(6:52:24 PM) VJockey: A chuckle rings out from... nowhere? Admittedly the voice got pretty clear when you get closer to the water.
(6:52:29 PM) Prof: Suma: "Looks like I'm fighting this one!"
(6:53:40 PM) Eric: Njall attempts to slow his descent by shooting a lightning tether to one of the Whirlwind mechs, since they have flight capabilities.
(6:53:57 PM) VJockey: As the shuttle manages to land on one of the sparse land formations, the voice speaks out... its very young.
(6:54:21 PM) Steamroller: Njall'll get some extra help from this though, as a black whip lashes around his other arm to help support it.
(6:54:40 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Next time at least bring along a flight platform, or this could get embarassing for you."
(6:54:52 PM) VJockey: "Well... I see that Romana has finally managed to have someone sent after fretting and agonizing over her guilt after countless hours."
(6:54:58 PM) Eric: Njall: "Worst case scenario I can just walk along the bottom."
(6:55:00 PM) Eric: "But thanks"
(6:55:03 PM) VJockey: An image forms in the water.
(6:55:04 PM) VJockey: http://i.imgur.com/7RIbUL2.jpg
(6:55:14 PM) VJockey: A young boy of indeterminate age.
(6:55:16 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "You're-"
(6:55:38 PM) VJockey: "Poseidon! God of the sea and all that dwell with it!"
(6:55:47 PM) VJockey: ".. And don't you DARE laugh at this body!"
(6:56:02 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki frowns. "More inclined to laugh at your ego, not your form."
(6:56:27 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Romana told me you shouldn't really underestimate other gods."
(6:56:30 PM) Prof: Suma: "So our foe is a God?"
(6:56:30 PM) VJockey: Njall, admittedly they less fly more hover/float. Your tether sends it speeding into the water.
(6:56:45 PM) Prof: Suma: "I look forward to it! I've killed Gods before."
(6:56:59 PM) VJockey: Mizuki helps you slow down, but your unfortunate tug-ee gets a faster water landing than he wished.
(6:57:04 PM) Eric: Njall shall drag his foes down with him
(6:57:55 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Or foe though... is not necessary anyone."
(6:58:37 PM) Steamroller: "Poseidon... you're right that we're here to rescue one of Romana's members. But if you leave it at that, nothing else'll happen."
(6:58:53 PM) VJockey: "Ah, but you see I've almost got the Constellation Bearer of Andromeda in my grasp."
(6:58:56 PM) Steamroller: "You can just resolve to be more thorough in your manhunts next time and beat us to the punch."
(6:59:03 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Andromeda?"
(7:00:02 PM) VJockey: "However I'm afraid that I cannot allow you to interfere with my capture of him."
(7:00:13 PM) VJockey: "Especially you Ryuuichi of Draco"
(7:00:40 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi:"You got other things coming if you think I'm leaving without my Comrade."
(7:00:47 PM) VJockey: "Now then Sir Ansmund... I suppose you and your men can assist my warriors in dealing with these annoyances?"
(7:00:52 PM) Eric: Njall: "We're fighting astrologists?"
(7:01:11 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "No Njall- it's...uh."
(7:01:39 PM) VJockey: ???: "Ahahahahaha! Oh... OH This will definitely be a pleasure!"
(7:01:57 PM) VJockey: "Hello again Njall! It looks like the red ribbons of fate have pulled us together again~"
(7:01:59 PM) Eric: Njall's face breaks out into an unidentifiable emotion
(7:02:28 PM) Eric: Njall: "ASMUND!"
(7:02:28 PM) VJockey: There's a massive splash into the water as something lands opposite the stone giant.
(7:02:44 PM) VJockey: [Ansmund - giant form: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1107627 ]
(7:03:12 PM) Eric: "How many times do I have to tear you apart before you give up this mad quest of yours?"
(7:03:12 PM) VJockey: Ansmund: "I never get tired of you yelling my name Njall."
(7:03:18 PM) Prof: Suma: "I may have underestimated you when you said he had changed, Njall."
(7:03:29 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel "A god humm? To fight a god curious. I'm sorry I don't worship you." Given the greek gods had the maturity of highschoolers and cosmic power? Ya she'd not bow to something so infamous for being petty. Not that she voices that, she's not that brash.
(7:03:43 PM) VJockey: "And to answer your question? As many times as I please! After all, this endless dance of ours must keep going after all."
(7:03:58 PM) VJockey: "Now then, shall we proceed to the murder?"
(7:04:01 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "A friend of yours then?"
(7:04:17 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "I figured those other robots had to come from somewhere."
(7:04:19 PM) Eric: "Ha! More than a friend. More than an enemy!"
(7:04:27 PM) Eric: "I'll take him on alone! You can deal with the rest!"
(7:04:46 PM) Eric: Njall charges across the ocean floor towards Asmund, Axe at the ready!
(7:04:48 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "No promises."
(7:05:28 PM) Prof: Suma: "You'd be beter of staying out of his way regardless!"
(7:05:44 PM) VJockey: ENEMIES: Ansmund, IWBT x 10, Telkhines x 25
(7:06:15 PM) VJockey: Initiative: Njall, Ryuuichi, Mizuki, Suma, Raquel
(7:07:06 PM) Eric: *As Njall closes on Asmund, he opens with a spinning slash at the other stone giant's neck, aiming to finish this with one blow!+
(7:07:11 PM) VJockey: (Njall, Ryuuichi go-)
(7:08:29 PM) sketchbookfiend: *Aotatsu darts and moves swiftly through the water towards the Telkhines and swings to jab into their body with a punch.+
(7:08:43 PM) VJockey: Njall! If you expected it to go that quickly I'm afraid you're wrong. Ansmund leans back with surprising agility under the water before lashing out with his own to leave a mark across your chest.
(7:08:58 PM) VJockey: "Naughty naughty Njall, attacking me without warning."
(7:09:01 PM) Eric: (Only 1 N, btw)
(7:09:16 PM) VJockey: (Durf)
(7:09:54 PM) Eric: "You didn't expect me to hold back against YOU, did you!?"
(7:10:34 PM) VJockey: Ryuuichi! You manage to smash two to bits. However others swarm around you and bombard you with MAGIC! React!
(7:10:57 PM) VJockey: "Not really no. I would be dissapointed if you were gentle~"
(7:11:44 PM) sketchbookfiend: *Aotatsu twists to dart out of the way and also lash its tail out to smash another on his way out.+
(7:12:22 PM) VJockey: Ryuuichi! You smash three... but while two are crushed...
(7:12:48 PM) VJockey: the last one remained unharmed, its eyes seemed to flare in response as it fixed you with a terrifying gaze before it pulled away.
(7:13:09 PM) VJockey: (Mizuki, Suma, Raquel)
(7:13:15 PM) Prof: (Underwater enemies?)
(7:13:26 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel is seeming doing her best to adapt and yes her mech to seems to be swimming like a person would.
(7:13:42 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Geez-"
(7:14:10 PM) VJockey: (Every enemy is underwater)
(7:15:29 PM) Prof: * As Sefet descends like a shipwreck, two longswords and a scimitar drift off of it in a spiral pattern, hacking at any Telkhines that are anywhere nearby. +
(7:16:03 PM) Steamroller: * Stuck with the DuskBird's humanoid form while under the water, Mizuki still has every intent of making due as her machine launches towards one of the IWBTs, whip slicing cleanly through the sea to ensnare and throw it at one of the Telkhines. If not, hey, that whip's rather sharp.+
(7:19:02 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel is all for new challrnges and now she's going to put to use her little used vulcans as she attemps to close it's more of a distraction. She's now surging through the water aiming to catgch one of the machine's head on and a Telkhine would find he going to just bash her way through it as she tries to tackle it full on.+
(7:21:08 PM) VJockey: Mizuki! The IWBTs are surprisingly mobile, scattering away from the whip despite its speed. They don't get away completely unharmed as you managed to take an arm from one. Admittedly this isn't a good thing as they now are exclusively targetting you, You have several machineguns and grenades being fired your way from multiple angles! React!
(7:22:02 PM) Steamroller: "Fast... but you're not being very smart."
(7:22:21 PM) VJockey: Raquel! Those Vulcans do a good job as the Telkhines' head is shredded. You manage to pulverise it but two more swing by to blast you with Magic! React!
(7:24:49 PM) Steamroller: * The DuskBird might not be meant to perform well in water at a glance, but it still has its wings. Wings that suddenly forcefully flap forward and evey which way they can! "Let's see how well you handle when the water's not as you'd like!" Not only is the DuskBird maneuvering around to avoid the attacks, but each flap sends large waves of turblance through the water along with multitude of energized featers! Attack and defense, all with but a beat of her wings!+
(7:26:54 PM) VJockey: Mizuki! A couple of glancing hits strike the Duskbird, but its nothing compared to the IWBTs. They all take some serious damage - though they manage to evade being completely destroyed. Four of their number pull back.
(7:27:10 PM) VJockey: Suma!
(7:27:38 PM) VJockey: You thrash a pair of Telkhines but that last one...
(7:27:52 PM) VJockey: the one that incidentally happens to have been the one that survived Ryuuichi's attack?
(7:27:58 PM) Ginkan SK: *Raquel has something that's not quite magic but it's similar bursts of non ele,entally charged ki are launced trying to intercept the blasts of magic and she moves to brace her self as it's harder to dodge when under water+
(7:28:57 PM) VJockey: While it takes a few hits, it literally GRABS two of your swords with its bare hands and SMASHES its head into Sefet's own. REACT.
(7:29:41 PM) Prof: * Sefet staggers from the impact, a third sword (claymore) flying from its back to hack at the overcharged mook in retaliation! +
(7:29:42 PM) Prof: Suma: "What have we here?"
(7:30:11 PM) VJockey: ???: "Your doom. Renegade."
(7:30:41 PM) Prof: Suma: "...Who are you?"
(7:31:32 PM) VJockey: Suma! Releasing the blades it had latched onto, the Telkhines' hands fly to stop the incoming Claymore. It does so... but only after it cuts into the armor of the machine... just by a little.
(7:31:42 PM) VJockey: Cracks begin to spiderweb all across of it.
(7:32:36 PM) VJockey: The water literally explodes out wards from the ensuing release from the disguise of whatever lay beneath... leaving an air bubble in the water where Suma stood to face her opponent.
(7:32:47 PM) VJockey: ???: "I am Number Five."
(7:32:53 PM) VJockey: "I am Nikostratos."
(7:32:55 PM) Prof: Suma laughs. And it's a good laugh, one that starts low and gradually builds into a wild frenzy.
(7:32:56 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Number five?"
(7:33:13 PM) Prof: Suma: "Indeed, the fewer of you who remain, the more quickly you come to cross my path!"
(7:33:25 PM) Prof: Suma: "What is the name of your weapon, War God No. 05?"
(7:33:25 PM) Steamroller: Suma, that laugh of yours is not earning you any points with Mizuki.
(7:34:10 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Wait- what? The hell is this war god thing!?
(7:34:13 PM) VJockey: As the water comes rushing back to fill the void that had been made by Nikostratos shedding his disguise. His machine... if it could even be called that raised its fists.
(7:34:54 PM) VJockey: "My weapon is that which all humans are born with! It is the weapon that guides all others and is thus the master of all."
(7:35:04 PM) VJockey: "My weapon. No. My Art."
(7:35:07 PM) VJockey: "IS FIST!"
(7:35:48 PM) VJockey: Two extra pair of arms burst out of what looked to be a marble statue of a greek hoplite.
(7:35:48 PM) Prof: Suma: "HA! Finally, one of you has the common sense to fight with an honest Art!"
(7:36:12 PM) Prof: Suma: "Come at me with all the power you possess, Nikostratos. I shall crush those fists of yours!"
(7:37:18 PM) VJockey: Raquel! Your defense manages to fend off the magic of the Telkhines. Albeit with some difficulty. As crappy as they are they have some strong weapons.
(7:37:29 PM) Prof: Then, as if remembering that there are other people here for the first time:
(7:37:50 PM) Prof: Suma: "I'm not like Njall, my friends. If any of you wish to join THIS fight, you are free to do so!"
(7:38:35 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Maybe when we clear the rest of the MPs"
(7:38:35 PM) VJockey: (Revised Enemy List: Hecatonchires (Nikostratos), Asmund, IWBT x6, Telkhines x19)
(7:39:03 PM) Prof: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GusLypfx7OQ Nikostratos BGM )
(7:39:04 PM) VJockey: (Njall, Ryu. Go)
(7:39:12 PM) Eric: *Njall locked the tip of his axe with Asmund's in an attempt to yank it out of his hands, or at least to pull him closer so that Njall can throw a punch with his free hand! As they lean in, he growls at Asmund, "Those Iron Whirlwind punks your new friends? Which one is your favorite? I'll kill him after I kill you!"+
(7:40:21 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel "They didn't make them from the lowest bidder it seems."
(7:41:01 PM) VJockey: Asmund: "Oh such a daring one aren't you? Threatening to murder my friends? But to be perfectly honest the only man I need in my life is you Njall. After all that's how its been for ages isn't it?"
(7:41:31 PM) VJockey: ???: "Hello?! Is anyone there? Romana? Anyone?!"
(7:41:35 PM) sketchbookfiend: *Aotatsu moves back into the Telkhines, charging his energy to slash out with one arm into the fray. Water rushes into as a single straight slash wave into Poseidon's forces.+
(7:41:44 PM) VJockey: The new voice sounded halfway to panic right now.
(7:41:48 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Eh- huh? What's that voice-"
(7:42:00 PM) VJockey: "R...Ryuichi? Is that you?"
(7:42:04 PM) sketchbookfiend: That could not possibly be.
(7:42:11 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "This our friend we need to rescue?"
(7:42:19 PM) VJockey: Shouichi. An old online friend of yours.... or rather
(7:42:24 PM) VJockey: one you consider a stalker.
(7:42:29 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Shouichi? You- you're Andromeda Knight?!"
(7:42:32 PM) Eric: "They used to mean something to you, Asmund! We were never meant to be alone forever!"
(7:42:55 PM) VJockey: "Please! You got to help me! I'm trapped, they're all over the place, I can barely move!"
(7:43:15 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Ah- we're already working on it, I'll pull you out of this-"
(7:43:18 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Tell us whee you are and we'll be able to get to you!"
(7:43:35 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel "Who is this are you in need of help? Where are you we can help if we can."
(7:44:08 PM) VJockey: Ryu! You managed to take down a four more, but it seems the telkhines are concentrating their efforts on you! Lots of magic is being hurled your way and it looks like no attack can cast it aside...
(7:44:16 PM) VJockey: React
(7:44:43 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Tch!"
(7:44:47 PM) Steamroller: # Ryu
(7:45:25 PM) VJockey: Njall! The Axes are touching. You pull him closer but fist meets fist as the mouth of Asmund's giant form opens and a sphere of violent energy forms within it!
(7:45:27 PM) VJockey: REACT!
(7:45:30 PM) VJockey: (approved)
(7:45:42 PM) Steamroller: "Ryuichi. Dive!"
(7:45:56 PM) sketchbookfiend: *Aotatsu moves to put it's shield up, hopefully that can help weaken the force from the blasts.+
(7:46:24 PM) VJockey: (Suma, Raquel. Mizuki can move after her support)
(7:47:08 PM) Prof: No holding back against this enemy. She'll need all of her swords here.
(7:47:30 PM) sketchbookfiend: -SCRATCH THAT moving to dodge downwards with the shield in front of him+
(7:47:59 PM) Prof: * Sefet charges Hecatonchires, a cloud of swords surrounding it. The four smaller used to feint or parry the fists, the claymore stabbing at the thing's heart,
(7:48:22 PM) Steamroller: * The DuskBird's eyes are glowing a venemous purple for a moment before two beams of energy suddenly shoot out from them! "Even if this DuskBird's body might not be able to perform well under water, its weapons... are a different matter!" The Abyss Gaze shoots out, the beams of darkness not meant to be slowed down by the waters like a mundane beam weaponry would!+
(7:48:25 PM) Prof: * But the primary attack comes from the cleaver, whirling down from above in a vicious downward slash, aiming to sever an arm or two. +
(7:48:56 PM) Eric: *Njall ducks his head down and brings it back up under Asmund's jaw before he can finish charging his attack!+
(7:49:15 PM) Prof: Suma: "How's the Pharaoh doing, Nikostratos? Still the same as ever?"
(7:50:37 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel is going to go afte rthe two units who came after her he keeps closing using her vulcans for cover once more. She's going to fansy it up a bit more this time as her strikes are charded with Ki and she's going fairly rapidly for them being under water.
(7:50:38 PM) Ginkan SK: +
(7:50:42 PM) VJockey: Oh Suma, if you thought it would be that easy, you'd have to think again. Every blade is met by a fist moving at insane speeds - causing miniature explosions in the water. The Claymore once more stopped with the two arms the Stone Hoplite started with... while the cleaver? Did NOT do what they were meant to. They could barely even dig into the stone of the arms!
(7:50:46 PM) Steamroller: * And following that, the DuskBird launches itself forward, swinging its whip out to impale that IWBT that she damaged earlier!+
(7:51:03 PM) VJockey: "You are one to talk Harpy."
(7:51:15 PM) Prof: Ach, this one is tough. They keep getting tougher, don't they?
(7:51:19 PM) VJockey: "You haven't changed a single bit."
(7:51:25 PM) Prof: Suma: "Nor do I intend to!"
(7:52:24 PM) VJockey: This earned a derisive snort from the warrior from an ancient time as a low snarl escapes his lips. With a low creak another pair of arms forms to DOUBLE PUNCH Sefet in the mid section! REACT!
(7:52:46 PM) Meraxa: #Suma
(7:53:16 PM) VJockey: (Go)
(7:54:27 PM) VJockey: Njall.... your punch works The Charging doesn't stop working. It kind of... well. Blasts out of the closed mouth and took some of your hand with it. But on the plus side Ansmund now has a hole in his mouth too!
(7:55:25 PM) Eric: Njall staggers back, laughing
(7:55:50 PM) VJockey: Mizuki and Ryu! The bombardment was seriously wearing down at the shield, but the Abyss Gaze silences the ensuing attacks, preventing the defense from breaking!
(7:55:53 PM) Meraxa: There is... an odd sound in the water, just moments before. Like that of a car engine, its roar rumbling through the ocean currents. Which kind of makes sense, given the source is indeed a car, and its heading straight for the Hecatonchires! "Stand Up!" With a yell, the car suddenly transforms into a machine, one that lashes out with a whip - aiming to catch the monstrosity by the neck and throw it!+
(7:55:53 PM) Eric: "You haven't fallen for that one since the 2080s!"
(7:56:25 PM) Eric: "Don't go senile on me yet!"
(7:56:29 PM) Prof: * Sefet, meanwhile, crosses its arms over its midsection to block the incoming punch, should it still connect. +
(7:56:30 PM) VJockey: Ansmund-giant tests its mouth, the jaw moving slightly.
(7:56:33 PM) Meraxa: (http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1828406)
(7:56:35 PM) Meraxa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H8y4XyEVlk
(7:56:38 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: ""Stand up...?"
(7:56:56 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "Mizuki!"
(7:57:47 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Ken... you got it working!"
(7:58:23 PM) VJockey: Suma and ken! The punch connects, though not at full force. It still sends Sefet backwards a bit - but the greecian warrior is sent across the ocean floor by the speeding newcomer!
(7:58:46 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Great, we could use more hands here."
(7:58:47 PM) VJockey: Nikostratos: "Unexpected."
(7:58:58 PM) Meraxa: Ken: Hngh... Just. The ScarleTiger's hardly optimisd yet... and I feel like there's a lot more I could do. But this should be enough for now.
(7:59:27 PM) VJockey: The Stone Warrior returns to its feet despite its crash and raises its fists once more...
(7:59:36 PM) VJockey: "But highly satisfying."
(7:59:36 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "Even if it was... we're still fighting underwater too."
(7:59:46 PM) VJockey: "You. Within the dragon."
(7:59:51 PM) Steamroller: And joining with him is the Solego!
(7:59:56 PM) VJockey: "You said that you wished for more hands did you not?"
(8:00:06 PM) Prof: Suma: "I'm not interested in an honorable duel, No. 05! My only aim is to end you."
(8:00:12 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "...uuuuh-"
(8:00:47 PM) sketchbookfiend: That is not at all what he was hoping for in response.
(8:00:49 PM) VJockey: "Grrrrhhhhh"
(8:01:04 PM) VJockey: The back and some of the arms of the statue begin to bulge outwards.
(8:01:22 PM) VJockey: "HrnnGGGHHHRR!!!!!"
(8:01:32 PM) VJockey: They crack and creak loudly within the ocean.
(8:01:43 PM) Meraxa: Ken: ...I feel like I've somehow made this worse.
(8:01:52 PM) VJockey: "GRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!"
(8:01:57 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "No no no, stop that!"
(8:02:06 PM) Eric: Even Njall is briefly distracted by this
(8:02:19 PM) VJockey left the room.
(8:02:41 PM) VJockey left the room.
(8:03:09 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Ryuichi's the one who gave him the verbal cue, no matter how unintentional."
(8:05:09 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel "Nice ride, Ken."
(8:05:37 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "The first actual new Sol machine made in ten years... the ScarleTiger."
(8:05:48 PM) Steamroller: "... He painted it orange to honor his Genoaces though."
(8:05:57 PM) VJockey left the room.
(8:06:28 PM) VJockey entered the room.
(8:07:53 PM) VJockey: And break outward as arm after arm forms as the statue becomes FIST incarnate. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of fists waiting to meet every face in the world and then some.
(8:07:56 PM) Meraxa: Ken: I did not! It was just... the colour was what people are familiar with.
(8:07:59 PM) Prof: Suma: "AHAHAHAHAHA! The Fist, indeed!"
(8:08:19 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "...I'm sorry you guys."
(8:08:57 PM) Meraxa: Ken: Don't worry. Suppose I'll just get to see what this machine can do. If I'm going to catch up Raquel, gotta start somewhere.
(8:09:45 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "And we can start by helping us take down this so-called 'god'."
(8:10:23 PM) VJockey: Shou: "Ryu? Where are you? C'mon! Don't leave me again! Please!"
(8:10:45 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "My hands are kind of tied! I'll get to you as soon as I can!"
(8:10:55 PM) VJockey: "I know I was a needy jerk before but you gotta help me-"
(8:11:08 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "I know-"
(8:11:27 PM) VJockey: Poseidon: "Oh but does he REALLY want to help you Shouichi of Andromeda?"
(8:11:31 PM) VJockey: "Does he really?"
(8:12:07 PM) VJockey: "After all you were nothing more than an inconvenience to him. After all, when he first helped you... did he really do that out of the kindness of his heart? Or was it something to boost his ego?"
(8:12:12 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "We'd have already gotten to him if it weren't for your flunkies!"
(8:12:42 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "H-hey! Shou, don't listen to this guy! He's saying this stuff after hunting you down here!"
(8:12:48 PM) VJockey: "Every time after he grew more sick of your presence."
(8:13:03 PM) Eric: Njall spares a glance to the war god
(8:13:09 PM) VJockey: "and then when he joined the Sons and Daughters of Wisdom he forgot about you entirely didn't he?"
(8:13:09 PM) Eric: "You've made some interesting friends"
(8:13:24 PM) Prof: Suma: "I hope to end the friendship soon."
(8:13:40 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "That...that's not-"
(8:13:42 PM) VJockey: Asmund: "You should see him trying to keep to his theme."
(8:14:13 PM) VJockey: Shou: "...."
(8:14:37 PM) VJockey: Poseidon: "You know it in your heart Shouichi. You were never his friend despite what you desperately thought."
(8:14:46 PM) VJockey: "All this time, and you were still alone."
(8:14:54 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "This... is ridiculous!"
(8:15:11 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Shouichi, you can't believe this guy-!"
(8:15:13 PM) Steamroller: "Shou... whatever he's talking aout, no matter how valid you might think it is... we're here to rescue you!"
(8:15:23 PM) Steamroller: "You can sort everything out with your friend afterwards!"
(8:16:43 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Yeah exactly, come on, Shouichi!"
(8:17:21 PM) sketchbookfiend: "We came to save you, so-"
(8:17:34 PM) VJockey: Shou: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!"
(8:18:14 PM) VJockey: One REALLY HUGE explosion of chains blew out an 'island' from the Archipelago.
(8:18:59 PM) VJockey: as it crumbles into the water you see a machine, seemingly fragile to the point it would and could be blown away by the wind, yet bound with many, MANY chains.
(8:19:15 PM) VJockey: The IWBTs and Telkhines bail
(8:19:17 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "What in the..."
(8:19:27 PM) Meraxa: Ken: ...Someone wanted that buried deep.
(8:20:10 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Urgh!!"
(8:21:04 PM) VJockey: (ENEMY LIST: Nikostratos, Asmund, Shouichi of Andromeda)
(8:21:37 PM) VJockey: Poseidon: "Looks like someone decided to listen to meeeee~"
(8:21:56 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Poseidon you-!"
(8:21:59 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "That silver tongue of yours is going to be torn out sooner or later for this."
(8:22:11 PM) VJockey: Asmund: "Oh this IS delicious isn't it Njall! Two good friends about to fight to the death! Just like us!"
(8:22:21 PM) VJockey: "Maybe I should keep him~"
(8:22:57 PM) VJockey: (Njall, Ryu, Suma. GO)
(8:23:02 PM) Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com entered the room.
(8:23:15 PM) Prof: Oh boy, where to even begin?
(8:23:56 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi can't let his friend start going after his Unity Group friends. "Damnit!"
(8:23:57 PM) Prof: * Sefet skirts around the edge of the rapidly-expanding pile of arms, a six-sword buzzsaw spinning and lashing out at the arms supporting its weight. Maybe she can throw it off bProfce, or something. +
(8:24:19 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel "Good you have something to aim for then Ken."
(8:24:34 PM) Ginkan SK: (Can I get an enemy check?)
(8:24:37 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "He's... just an idiot!"
(8:25:08 PM) Eric: *"Keep gabbing like that. When you do you leave yourself-" Njall takes this moment to untangle his axe from Asmunds and brings it across Asmund's stomach in a viscious, close arc. "-WIDE OPEN!"
(8:25:17 PM) sketchbookfiend: *Aotatsu rushes towards the chains, unleashing his shield into a twin sided sword with a winged pattern, he spins the swords quickly to try and catch the loose chains around Shouichi to yank him towards Ryuichi.&
(8:27:10 PM) VJockey: Shou: "Ryuuichi."
(8:27:21 PM) VJockey: "you...."
(8:28:03 PM) VJockey: Within in an instant the chains suddenly are pulled taut with nary a movement on Shou's part - rather than being pulled to Ryu, it was the other way around!!!
(8:29:16 PM) VJockey: His machine crosses its chained arms before swinging then both in cutting arcs before him - two razor blades of wind tear through the water as the chains SNAP towards different sides to ensure that they have the MAXIMUM area to hit Ryuichi !
(8:29:18 PM) VJockey: REACT!
(8:29:34 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Shouichi, this is...just foolish!"
(8:30:46 PM) Steamroller: # Ryu
(8:30:50 PM) VJockey: Suma! The saw blade digs into the arms more effectively than the cleaver did but it wasn't fast enough - the momentary loss of bProfce was covered by three of its fighting arms moving to take over for the few it lost... and many MANY of the hands on its left side FUSED together momentarily... into ONE GIGANTIC FIST which is NOW COMING FOR YOUR FACE!!! REACT!!!
(8:31:45 PM) sketchbookfiend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiJ3Ldxj76Y
(8:31:57 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "I'M STOPPING YOU BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING WORSE!"
(8:32:03 PM) VJockey: (approved)
(8:32:06 PM) sketchbookfiend: *Aotatsu generates a whirling spout of water around itself and then blasting outwards in front as he's pulled forward and push against the wind. As he gets pulled in, even if he's getting bombarded by winds he's going to generate energy in the shape of a dragon around his fist and thrusts an uppercut and the dragon towards the other warrior "RISING DRAGON FIIIIIIIIIIIST!"
(8:32:26 PM) Prof: * Suma knows she can't take that head on. Mustering all the power she can, Sefet leaps to the side to avoid the gigafist. +
(8:33:10 PM) VJockey: Njall! The Axe bites deep as Asmund lets out a groan that sounded distinctly unhealthy... among other things.
(8:33:47 PM) VJockey: "Huh.... I suppose I must be losing my touch today.... when was the last time we fought in the ocean?"
(8:33:56 PM) VJockey: ^Asmund
(8:34:12 PM) Eric: Njall: "Long time ago."
(8:34:21 PM) Steamroller: * You know the problem with chains though? The links. Those pesky, pesky links. And as Shou's chains snap towards Ryu, Mizuki's still moving to support by having her whip intercept... having it shoot down to weave through those links and restrain the chains!+
(8:34:32 PM) Eric: "You remebered what it meant to be human then."
(8:36:06 PM) VJockey: Mizuki and Ryu! The chains are prevented from allowing the blades to get maximum damage in - though Aotatsu is SEVERELY mangled by them. Its a moot point though because for all the damage it did, the attack Ryu let loose broke several chains and sent Shou speeding through the water like a bullet!
(8:36:32 PM) VJockey: The resulting crash kicked up a lot of fog in the water.
(8:36:44 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "Ryu..."
(8:36:52 PM) Steamroller: "You're not... seriously going to try to kill him though, are you?"
(8:36:56 PM) VJockey: Asmund: "Humans... hah. Nothing but a pile of regrets and wasted time."
(8:37:13 PM) VJockey: "I'd... rather stay like this... forever... and...ever..."
(8:37:45 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "...No, I'm not going to...not if I don't have to. I don't want him to die. He's just...being lead astray right now."
(8:38:31 PM) Eric: Njall: "Nothing should last forever, Asmund."
(8:38:34 PM) Eric: "Now then."
(8:39:00 PM) VJockey: And the giant that was Asmund is gone. A mutilated corpse lying in its place.... said corpse would float away in the currents.
(8:39:06 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "Then... keep that in mind. He'll come through then. Just do what you have to in order to get through to him."
(8:39:14 PM) Eric: Njall turns back to the battle
(8:39:31 PM) VJockey: (Mizuki, Ken, Raquel go)
(8:39:40 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "I'm gonna bring him back if I can...he's more inexperienced than me or else he wouldn't have been hit so bad by that."
(8:39:50 PM) VJockey: Shou: "Ryuuuu...."
(8:39:55 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Then I'll trust you to it..."
(8:39:56 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Shou!"
(8:40:04 PM) Steamroller: "If he's your friend, if you know him well enough..."
(8:40:12 PM) VJockey: Shouichi's voice is shaky as he forces his machine back to its feet. Its fists clenched.
(8:40:17 PM) Steamroller: Not going to say any more. Instead, Mizuki turns her attention to the two hostile Ancients.
(8:40:34 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Ken... the Tiger has a whip of its own, right?"
(8:40:49 PM) Meraxa: Ken: I would think my introduction made that quite clear.
(8:40:58 PM) VJockey: Suma! Sefet barely avoids the giga fist... but the impact sends a massive wave through the water and possibly unbProfces everyone present!
(8:41:17 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Good. I'm counting on you to follow my movements then!"
(8:41:22 PM) VJockey: the giant fist soon becomes many again as Number Five spreads all his arms open in invitation.
(8:41:28 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi:"Shou, it's over...come with me-"
(8:41:37 PM) VJockey: Poseidon: "Nope."
(8:42:09 PM) Meraxa: Ken: You're the leader. Go.
(8:42:09 PM) VJockey: Oh hey, its a massive school of Telkhines sending a barrage to keep people from approaching Shou as they yoinked him off the battlefield.
(8:42:28 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Wha-! Damnit let him go!"
(8:42:56 PM) VJockey: Poseidon: "I'm pretty sure whatever Shouichi wants, the last thing it would be is to stay with the person who he thought was his only friend"
(8:43:01 PM) Steamroller: "Sara, cover us!"
(8:43:04 PM) VJockey: "you know, the one who used him all this time~?"
(8:43:17 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "You bastard! Don't you throw your lies around!"
(8:43:30 PM) VJockey: "Oh I have to thank Romana for sending you of all people to help him!"
(8:43:38 PM) VJockey: "It just made recruiting him so much easier!"
(8:43:42 PM) sketchbookfiend: "POSEIDON!"
(8:43:44 PM) VJockey: "Do you think she'd like a card?"
(8:44:13 PM) VJockey: "Hahaha. Goodbye Shouichi of Draco! Enjoy your death of ten thousand fists of rage~"
(8:44:14 PM) sketchbookfiend: "I- YOU- GIVE HIM BACK YOU 12 YEAR OLD BASTARD!"
(8:44:38 PM) griefgathering entered the room.
(8:44:41 PM) sketchbookfiend: (you said shouichi)
(8:44:50 PM) VJockey: *Ryuichi
(8:45:58 PM) VJockey: "Why don't you try take him back you Nancyboy?"
(8:46:01 PM) VJockey: "Hahahahaha!"
(8:46:10 PM) VJockey: "... I should actually use that more often~"
(8:46:22 PM) VJockey: With that Poseidon's voice and image are no longer present
(8:46:31 PM) VJockey: what was, was Nikostratos
(8:47:17 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi is about to push himself to the utmost to chase them down but-
(8:47:21 PM) Steamroller: * The DuskBird charges towards Nikostratus's machine, whip at the ready. "If all you have to offer us is punches, you're nothing more than a one-trick pony, Nikostratus. Ken!" And with that, the machine's whip lashes out, ideally to ensnare his machine's head. Barring that, an arm or two would suffice!& (Going to be a joint combo attack with Ken)
(8:47:23 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel now is making ready to make a move no she's eying Shouichi of Andromeda. Ya she's looking that way she sees the chians, but she's got an idea to make use of it. "So then you shall face me as well." Raquek is going to make for them and she's not holding back now she's totally yes here comes those energy dragons again but this time UNDER WATER the seas may boil about them but they are roaring ready to go and heading right for the chain packing enemy.+
(8:47:31 PM) Steamroller: Sara: "No... you... get back here!"
(8:47:55 PM) Steamroller: Yeah, the Solego's actually breaking formation to try to go with you, Ryu. Sara's... not feeling great about what she was saying just moments ago.
(8:49:09 PM) VJockey: Ryu, Sara, the chase is futile because as fragile as the Telkhines are, in the water they can move damn fast.
(8:49:26 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi:"Damn it damn it-"
(8:49:37 PM) Meraxa: Ken: Mizuki, do you know nothing of the martial arts? *Ken remarks as ScarleTiger's also lashes out, going from the other side of the Hecatonchires, trying to restrict the foe+
(8:51:36 PM) VJockey: Ken! Mizuki! The whips make contact with several arms!.... Several arms that are now pulling you in closer to its fists! React before you run into a wall of punches!
(8:52:10 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "I know, Ken... but more importantly..." a certain something is beginning to creep back into her voice.
(8:52:33 PM) Meraxa: Ken: He seems to be fond of getting up close. Shall we?
(8:52:54 PM) Steamroller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3YP7a_YKsI
(8:53:14 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "There are only the foundation, not the end-all... be-all!"
(8:54:28 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel was going to go after Shouichi but that's not possible now, she turns her attention to the guy who seems to strike a cord with her. "So you want to fight then let's see what you got!" Hecatonchires pilot would find Raquel cups her hands, and is now focusing them as a pair of energy dragons appear once more boiling the water around them and heading right for the Hecatonchires.+
(8:55:47 PM) Steamroller: * Void energy gathering up in her hand, Mizuki answers Niko's clenched fists with... an open hand! One charged up with plenty of destructive energy though! "Nikostratos! I don't have much knowledge of who you are or where you come from... but your actions and words here are proof enough of the brute you are...! ABYSS SANCTION!"+
(8:55:59 PM) Meraxa: Ken: Right. Let's try it! *Even underwater, the ScarleTiger's face suddenly lights up in flame. Bubbles of steam rapidly rise, the boy screaming out-!* FACE FLAME! *A raging torrent of furious fire erupts, more like the roar of a dragon than a tiger, seeking to engulf the hecatonchires+
(8:56:16 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "Fine...I'll put it into fighting this guy...what I have left."
(8:57:04 PM) VJockey: Mizuki! Raquel! Ken! Each attack is met with a GIGANTIC FIST! Similar to the one that he threw at Suma before!
(8:57:38 PM) VJockey: The Attacks crush themselves against the mighty hands, and for a moment they looked like they did nothing.
(8:57:39 PM) VJockey: Then
(8:57:41 PM) VJockey: a crack
(8:57:42 PM) VJockey: then
(8:57:43 PM) VJockey: several
(8:58:23 PM) VJockey: Open Palms beat closed fists.
(8:58:33 PM) VJockey: Or in Ken's case, Face beats Fist
(9:00:09 PM) VJockey: The Giga-fists shatter to pieces
(9:00:22 PM) VJockey: and it seems that he only has the two he started off with left.
(9:00:28 PM) VJockey: "Hah... Remarkable."
(9:00:34 PM) VJockey: (Everyone can go.)
(9:00:45 PM) Prof: Suma: "Leave him alive!"
(9:00:49 PM) VJockey: "But even if I just have ONE left."
(9:00:56 PM) Eric: *It seems for the moment that everyone has forgotten about him. Njall calmly strings the mecha sized longbow that he had grabbed as he jumped from the transport. He pulls a similarly massive arrow back, takes aim at Nikostratos and waits. The moment it looks like the War God is looking more or less away from him, he lets fly!+
(9:01:12 PM) VJockey: "I am more than a match for any one of you."
(9:01:28 PM) Prof: Suma: "Then it is a shame that you face us all, yes?"
(9:01:42 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Wishful thinking."
(9:01:48 PM) VJockey: The War God merely smirks
(9:02:22 PM) sketchbookfiend: Ryuichi: "I promise nothing!" *Powered by his emotions and rage Aotatsu's energies explode in a swirling water spout a swirling dragon of energy coming around him and then he flew forward with a fist raised and flying punch forward into the enemy "SOARING DRAGON STRIKE!" The dragon surrounding him is much more powerful than it has been in past.+
(9:02:47 PM) Steamroller: * Suma was requesting he was left alive. And you know what? The way she didn't really care much about Volya's request to spare those knights earlier almost makes Mizuki want to do the same. Instead though... she settles on more eye beams to cut off one of the machine's arms.+
(9:03:28 PM) Eric: (He aimed for a leg)
(9:03:55 PM) Prof: * Suma charges into the fray head-on, five swords re-sheathed, wielding the cleaver in both hands. She swings with the power of Sefet's body and her Art together, cleaving at whatever limbs are left. +
(9:04:54 PM) Meraxa: *Ken, still on the face flame's quite literal cooldown, instead focuses on utilising his whip yet again, though this time, to pull himself in quickly - for a straight on kick!+
(9:06:28 PM) VJockey: Nikostratos counters Ryuichi's attack, not moving an inch as the punches ground against each other... then Ken's whip snapped around the neck of his machine and delivered a staggering kick into its side - one which it was barely able to fend off with its free hand
(9:06:48 PM) VJockey: leaving nothing to catch the arrow launched at him by Njall except for his leg. In the worst way.
(9:07:44 PM) VJockey: This left him pinned for Suma and Mizuki to utterly cripple the machine and have it crash to the ground as it stared up at the shimmering, rippling surface above.
(9:07:55 PM) VJockey: "And so..."
(9:08:00 PM) VJockey: "You have beaten me."
(9:08:16 PM) Prof: Sefet plants one foot on the chest of Hecatonchires, and plants the tip of its claymore against the machine's heart.
(9:08:29 PM) Prof: Suma: "Nikostratos, War God No. 05. I now offer you a choice."
(9:08:53 PM) Prof: Suma: "Swear to me an unbreakable battle oath that you shall never again wage war in any form."
(9:08:59 PM) Prof: Suma: "Or refuse, and die."
(9:09:02 PM) VJockey: This earned a chuckle from him.
(9:09:09 PM) VJockey: One that turned into a laugh.
(9:09:25 PM) VJockey: It felt like it echoed across every corner of the ocean and then some.
(9:09:44 PM) VJockey: "You ask me to swear an oath to never again raise my fists?"
(9:09:57 PM) VJockey: "When you yourself are nothing more than an animal?"
(9:10:17 PM) VJockey: "Tell me Number 99. Tell me why exactly it means so much to you to end this?"
(9:10:38 PM) VJockey: "Is it Pride? Is it glory? Is it simply for the sake of the challenge?"
(9:10:51 PM) Prof: Suma: "Because we are relics of a world worse than the one we live in. We should no longer be a part of it."
(9:11:14 PM) Prof: Suma: "Although... yes, I love the challenge."
(9:11:25 PM) VJockey: "And yet there is one worse than I standing before me, with her sword pointed to end my life."
(9:11:58 PM) Prof: Suma: "I don't pretend to be above you, No. 05. Do you reject my offer?"
(9:12:07 PM) VJockey: "Do you REALLY expect me to forsake my art when I know that someone like you would never even do the same?"
(9:12:16 PM) VJockey: This earned a snort from him.
(9:12:22 PM) Prof: Suma: "I didn't think so"
(9:12:35 PM) VJockey: "I will accept your offer. On one."
(9:12:43 PM) VJockey: "Condition."
(9:12:47 PM) Prof: Suma: "Name it."
(9:12:56 PM) VJockey: "I will not swear this oath unless you swear one yourself."
(9:13:13 PM) VJockey: "If you wish to release this world from accursed relics such as us..."
(9:13:45 PM) VJockey: "Then you must swear to me that you are deserving of LIVING in this world."
(9:14:03 PM) VJockey: "Become more than the animal that you are, and you shall have my oath."
(9:14:11 PM) Prof: There is a thoughtful pause.
(9:14:49 PM) Prof: Suma: "By my Art, I swear that I shall rise above the depths of my depravity by the time my war is over."
(9:15:18 PM) VJockey: "Only after?"
(9:15:27 PM) VJockey: This earned a derisive chuckle.
(9:15:40 PM) Prof: Suma: "If I am to kill the pharaoh, I must remain an animal a little longer."
(9:15:46 PM) VJockey: "I should have expected no less."
(9:16:53 PM) Prof: Suma: "Now, what about you?"
(9:18:23 PM) VJockey: "By my Ancient Art, I Nikostratos, soldier of Greece, Fifth War God and warrior of the fist hereby forsake war in all its forms and lay down my title."
(9:18:38 PM) VJockey: "This I do so swear."
(9:18:48 PM) Prof: Suma: "I didn't expect it from you."
(9:18:52 PM) Prof: Sefet sheathes its sword.
(9:19:01 PM) VJockey: "But keep in mind Suma.... do not break your oath."
(9:19:09 PM) Prof: Suma: "You know that I cannot."
(9:19:19 PM) Prof: Suma: "Live in comfort, Nikostratos. I will remember your name until the day I die."
(9:19:31 PM) Prof: Suma: "Let us go, friends. There is nothing more for us to do here."
(9:19:37 PM) VJockey: "Good. Perhaps one day I may not be disgusted to know yours."
(9:19:55 PM) Ginkan SK: Raquel sees what she's done she readies her self again. She's making sure to see if there's more woprry about she seems to be making ready incase things go bad but she does not attack yet.
(9:19:56 PM) Eric: Njall: "Four to go."
(9:20:14 PM) Eric: "She's right, you know, he will cause us no further trouble."
(9:20:17 PM) Steamroller: Mizuki: "Well done."
(9:20:21 PM) VJockey: Mission
(9:20:22 PM) Eric: "War gods take their oaths seriously."
(9:20:23 PM) VJockey: COMPLETE.
(9:20:45 PM) Prof: Suma: "Come. When we return, there shall be drinks, and I shall tell my tale in full."