Mission 065 - the Prioress

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cubey@aol.pl (00:17:18): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYn2Q-kVNAk
cubey@aol.pl (00:19:19): Here's what happened a short while ago:
cubey@aol.pl (00:19:44): Alarms rung out all over Unity Group bases.
cubey@aol.pl (00:19:51): Antov: "Okay, can I have everyone's attention?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:20:02): Antov: "The good news is that we know where the Lady's Good Men headquarters is."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:20:30): Dido looks up from her work, and wipes her hands clean. "…how did we find out?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:20:39): Antov: "The bad news is that it's right in the middle of Birmingham, which is a city and we can't attack it without a lot of risk for the civilian population."
cubey@aol.pl (00:20:45): Antov: "And the worst news is..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:21:39): Antov: "Desta Mlakar found it out and told us - but he told his friends first, and one of them took off to go there without any authorization."
cubey@aol.pl (00:22:01): Antov: "So, umm. Yeah. If you're afraid they're going to do something reckless, so do I."
Meraxa (00:22:06): Ken: ...Loni?
cubey@aol.pl (00:22:10): (So am I)
Wyverncakes (00:22:16): Mizuki: "Who else?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:22:18): Antov: "No."
cubey@aol.pl (00:22:25): Antov: "It's Ilinka Venczel."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:22:27): "…oh no." Dido says softly.
tengusaur (00:22:37): Hetepheres: "...The fool."
Wyverncakes (00:22:45): Mizuki: "... Her?"
Meraxa (00:22:48): Ken: ...Okay that's actually surprising. We best get moving?
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:22:53): "Did she…? Oh gods, did she take my talk the wrong way?" Dido curses.
cubey@aol.pl (00:23:02): Antov: "Her FightSaber is rejecting any calls, and is too fast for us to catch up to it now. Chase after her and hope you are not too late. We know the destination well enough."
tengusaur (00:23:07): Hetepheres: "Prepare Scaraber for launch. Immediately." She turns around and walks towards the hangar. Nothing else needs to be said.
Wyverncakes (00:23:41): Mizuki bites her lip at this.
Wyverncakes (00:23:49): "Dido, what did you say?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:24:26): That happened some time ago.
cubey@aol.pl (00:24:38): Now, you are en route to the English city of Birmingham.
Ginkan SK (00:25:04): Raquel listens nodding a bit and now they seem to have an idea of where the Good Men are. "If we tip off the police the Good men will notice as the cops get people clear. So assume they are down or a hostage at this point?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:25:42): Also, you are not alone.
cubey@aol.pl (00:25:50): Loni: "Fuck! Why did you tell her that, Desta?"
tengusaur (00:25:59): Hetepheres: "Assume we are stepping into a bad situation. And act carefully."
cubey@aol.pl (00:26:11): Desta: "Don't blame me, you're always all for friendship and trust, shit like that. And now that I'm open about it, what happens?!"
Meraxa (00:26:29): Ken: ...I always wanted to go to Britain, though under better circumstances...
cubey@aol.pl (00:26:35): Ilinka's friends are angry for obvious reasons. They are also not on the shuttle, their units going to the same destination but from a different direction.
cubey@aol.pl (00:26:52): They do however maintain radio contact.
cubey@aol.pl (00:27:19): Loni: "Ilinka'd never do something reckless like endanger innocents just for the sake of a fight, right?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:27:42): Desta: "Yeah, nobody from our group ever did that."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:27:57): Dido drums her fingers on ShelLancer's control panel. FInally, she opens a comm link to Loni. "Hey, Loni! What exactly happened? Did Desta and Ilinka have an argument?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:28:28): Loni: "Hell no! He just brought us the news and as soon as she learnt where to find the cultist freaks, Ilinka bolted off."
tengusaur (00:28:31): Hetepheres leaves Desta's statement without a comment, but her silence speaks volumes.
cubey@aol.pl (00:28:54): Desta: "She didn't even say a thing! Shit!"
Meraxa (00:29:19): Ken watches the scenery pass them by, a giant robot sized scarf resting from ScarleTiger's neck. "That sounds as if she had her mind made up on if she heard such information. She may have considered this for a long time."
Wyverncakes (00:29:35): Mizuki: "And just our luck."
cubey@aol.pl (00:29:36): Antov: "Hello? Can you hear me? Okay, good."
cubey@aol.pl (00:29:39): He takes a deep breath.
cubey@aol.pl (00:29:48): Antov: "Well. I think... I think you should see for yourselves."
Meraxa (00:30:00): Ken: ...?
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:30:05): Dido scratches her head. "Yeah…god, I hope I didn't put a bad idea in her head."
cubey@aol.pl (00:30:07): Blip! A holographic screen turns on, showing a view of the city.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:30:10): Dido: "...!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:30:17): Parts of the city are on fire, with buildings burning.
cubey@aol.pl (00:30:25): Antov: "Please hurry."
cubey@aol.pl (00:30:30): Loni and Desta: "..."
Wyverncakes (00:30:42): Mizuki just quietly curses in frustration.
tengusaur (00:31:15): Hetepheres: "...Redirect more power to the engines."
Wyverncakes (00:31:17): "If not for her then we'd at least be able to do this at our own pace..."
Wyverncakes (00:31:28): She turns to Dido and Ken, fist clenched.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:31:31): "…if I ever find the Lady who gave these Good Men ideas…I'm gonna give a piece of my mind." Dido snarls. "…and lots of munitions."
Wyverncakes (00:31:40): "Both of you..."
Fri Freeman (00:31:45): Walt: "What did you say to the impressionable young lady, dido?"
Wyverncakes (00:31:50): "... I don't want to risk a repeat of what happened last time."
Ginkan SK (00:31:56): Raquel says "Keep calm and focus on the mission at hand."
tengusaur (00:32:22): Hetepheres: "Ilinka Venczel. What have you done?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:32:32): "…it won't happen again." Dido says to Mizuki firmly.
Wyverncakes (00:32:35): "But if we have to form SolSavior, watch the energy readings like hawks. And if I start running the risk of another overload, pull the plug."
Meraxa (00:33:03): Ken: ...Hey, the LDG are no SolErasee.
cubey@aol.pl (00:33:10): The shuttle gets close enough to the city for you to deploy (feel free to continue your conversation though)
Meraxa (00:33:22): (*Eraser)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:33:23): "Got it." Dido says, pressing buttons. "I'm setting up a shutdown sequence now. We won't need it, but better safe than sorry!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:33:31): It's easy enough to find your target. Just follow the fires.
Wyverncakes (00:33:42): Mizuki quietly prays they don't have something *worse* up their sleeves too.
cubey@aol.pl (00:33:56): In fact, you have visual on a once-busy city center where pretty much all buildings are damaged in some way, in some cases quite severely.
cubey@aol.pl (00:34:05): Did the people manage to evacuate in time?
cubey@aol.pl (00:34:08): You cannot be sure.
cubey@aol.pl (00:34:19): You can be sure however of a huge pile of destroyed units littering the streets.
Meraxa (00:34:25): Ken: Let's go. *ScarleTiger leaps down, its scarf fluttering as flames glow upon it.*
cubey@aol.pl (00:34:26): These are Yobs, used by the cultists.
Wyverncakes (00:34:31): The DuskBird emerges from her shadow, her clothes transforming into her regal apparel again. But... her fist holds tightly onto her own scarf, letting it remain as it was.
Wyverncakes (00:34:37): Time for action.
cubey@aol.pl (00:34:56): A group of them suddenly bursts from underground, leaving what seemed to be an ordinary garrage.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:35:20): "Ilinka…." Dido mutters to herself, steer ShelLancer out of the shuttle and descending on retro-rockets. "Is this what you're capable of…?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:35:22): But they are immediately shot at from above, gravity blasts destroying them mercilessly or forcing the survivors to retreat back deeper.
cubey@aol.pl (00:35:43): Above you, a single unit is dancing from cover to cover, using the smokes to remain nigh impossible to see.
cubey@aol.pl (00:35:46): The FightSaber.
Wyverncakes (00:36:25): Mizuki: "Ilinka!"
tengusaur (00:36:49): Scaraber jumps out of the shuttle and lands heavily on an empty street. Hetepheres proceeds forward, into the direction of the fight. "Pilot of the FightSaber. What is the meaning of this?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:37:24): There is no response from FightSaber.
cubey@aol.pl (00:37:30): But a new unit lands on the rooftops!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:37:39): "Ilinka!" Dido calls out. "Talk to us! What's the sitrep?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:37:46): It's Apollonius Gavin's new unit, the shining white BrightSaber.
Meraxa (00:37:55): Ken: ...You know, based on this, can hardly say that FightSaber was holding Loni back...
cubey@aol.pl (00:37:56): Loni: "Ilinka! Why are you doing this?!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:38:03): Ilinka: "!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:38:08): Ilinka: "Loni..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:38:12): Loni: "Tell me why!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:38:37): Ilinka: "I..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:38:43): FightSaber hesitates and then stops.
cubey@aol.pl (00:38:55): Ilinka: "I only wanted to..."
Ginkan SK (00:39:00): Raquel is going to suspect there were civilian fatalities but she tries to not focus on that for the moment as the enemy bursts out of the ground and the Amazon drops into a ready stance.
cubey@aol.pl (00:39:02): ???: "Alright! Now, lads!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:39:19): Suddenly the heart to heart gets interrupted by a canonade of fire as more Yobs burst out from all kinds of hiding places!
cubey@aol.pl (00:39:24): Yobs, and a unit that leads them.
cubey@aol.pl (00:39:49): Sword in hand, the melee-centric Blue Blood is here!
cubey@aol.pl (00:40:22): Desta: "Tch! Save the talk for later, kill the bad guys now!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:40:44): Loni: "Right! Let's do it!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:40:48): Ilinka: "... Alright."
cubey@aol.pl (00:41:50): Suddenly, commander Howe has something to tell you on a different channel.
cubey@aol.pl (00:41:58): One that neither Loni nor his friends have access to.
tengusaur (00:42:04): Hetepheres: "Constant Ricard Antema. We meet again. Everyone, engage the hostiles..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:42:25): Howe: "Capture Venczel. This level of insubordination is above even the usual for Loni's little group."
cubey@aol.pl (00:42:48): Howe: "Endangering civilians is one crime Gavin's uncle won't be bailing her out from."
Wyverncakes (00:43:20): Mizuki: "And if the others try to intervene?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:43:23): Constans: "We meet again, I see. This time I play the home team - and my rival is present as well!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:43:36): Blue Blood looks in FightSaber's direction.
tengusaur (00:43:37): Hetepheres: "I understand and agree. I suggest handling it after we take care of the Lady's Good Men. Until then, make sure she does not leave."
cubey@aol.pl (00:43:43): Loni: "Where are you looking at? I'm your rival!"
Meraxa (00:43:54): Ken: They've skirted the line before, and will probably see it from that perspective...
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:43:55): Dido grits her teeth opens a private comm channel to Mizuki: "So here's the thing…I had a chat with Ilinka a while back. I tried to boost her self-esteem, and point out that Loni and Desta needed to improve their tactics and working together skills…you don't think that talk prompted her to do this, do you?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:44:25): Howe: "If others interfere... you are allowed to engage them in combat."
cubey@aol.pl (00:44:36): Loni: "This upgrade will wipe that arrogant smirk off your face!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:44:55): The BrightSaber draws its twin blades - the plasma katanas lightning up, and charges the enemy ranks.
cubey@aol.pl (00:44:58): Looks like it's time to fight.
cubey@aol.pl (00:45:07): Initiative: Mizuki, Ken, Dido, Walt, Hetepheres, Raquel
cubey@aol.pl (00:45:12): Mizuki, Ken, Dido, go now.
Wyverncakes (00:45:36): Mizuki: "If she took your words for forcing their hands like this..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:45:40): Enemies: Chain Yob x8, Blaze Yob x12, Razor Yob x6, Muzzle Yob x18, Blue Blood
Wyverncakes (00:45:40): "That's her own fault."
cubey@aol.pl (00:45:56): Yellow (allies): BrightSaber, FightSaber, ShotSaber
cubey@aol.pl (00:45:59): (Allies?)
Wyverncakes (00:46:33): Mizuki: "Ken, Dido! Let's get things started!"
Meraxa (00:46:47): Ken: Right!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:47:10): Dido shakes her head. "Maybe…" She grips her joystick throttle. "But I've got a responsibility to fix this, somehow! Let's go!"
Wyverncakes (00:47:25): * The DuskBird pulls free its whip, cracking it once before it charges at the Chain Yobs and swinging the weapon around to lash onto and smash a Yob into one of its comrades!+
tengusaur (00:48:30): Hetepheres: "Make sure to clear up the battlefield a little before apprehending Venczel. I doubt she will go peacefully..."
Meraxa (00:49:08): ScarleTiger also draws a whip, this one blazing red hot like the fires around. It goes for a Yob's legs, trying to melt it off balance before the tiger bot delivers a flying kick!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:49:27): *Dido doesn't like the look of those Blaze Yobs. She steers ShelLancer forward and locks on to them! "Arc Thorns Firing…Now!" Enjoy a helping of parabolic rocket spikes!+
cubey@aol.pl (00:53:30): The Chain Yobs are knocked around, their ranks in disarray. Two of them are trashed, the rest cannot fight back - but there is a lot of Muzzle Yobs taking cover behind rubble and firing their massive chest cannons in retaliation.
cubey@aol.pl (00:53:34): Mizuki and Ken, react.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:53:58): #My pals?
cubey@aol.pl (00:54:11): One of the Blaze Yobs falls to the ground and is set ablaze, pierced by spikes that also penetrate its canister of fuel.
cubey@aol.pl (00:54:30): Unfortunately you have your own problems as few of the others turn on Dido to roast her slow ShellLancer from afar!
cubey@aol.pl (00:54:31): React.
cubey@aol.pl (00:54:45): (Also # nixed, you have your own problems as I said)
Wyverncakes (00:54:51): Mizuki: "Got their attention now... Ken, fall back!"
Ginkan SK (00:54:55): Raquel eyes the yobs for a moment there's a whole pile of Yobs and she's going to have to watch things. She'll be not as able to use her full abilities here given the possiblity of wrecking the city.
cubey@aol.pl (00:55:00): Walt, Hetepheres, Raquel, go.
Wyverncakes (00:55:29): * On her end, Mizuki has the DuskBird's wings sweep forward and charge up with energy for protection, half for her own safety and half to give Ken some cover too!+
Ginkan SK (00:56:04): Raquel spys her prey the blaze Yob's with htier payload makes them a prime target to her and away she goes. She closes in at high speed to get to the nest one to catch it up close and just start pummling it without mercy.+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (00:56:55): *"You know what happens to a Yob when it's struck by Lightning?" Dido snarls, side-stepping and leveling her lance! "The same thing that…no, that's a bad one-liner. Lance Shock…Discharging!" Dido zaps the field of Arc Thorns she deployed with lightning, hopefully shocking the nearby Blaze Yobs and igniting their flame fuel as well!+
tengusaur (00:57:07): Hetepheres: "Their numbers are heavily skewed towards ranged combat. This will prove to be their undoing!" Scaraber dashes quickly towards one of the Muzzle Yobs, swings one of its khopeshes at its legs to knock it over and throw it towards another Yob or several, and then spins around quickly in a dance-like motion, slashing repeatedly into them in quick succession! +
Meraxa (00:57:53): Ken: Right! *ScarleTiger tries to move back as Mizuki provides some cover, slipping behind what buildings he can to try and slip from sight.+
cubey@aol.pl (01:00:15): The DuskBird tanks the shells, thanks to that Ken escapes unharmed - but Mizuki's unit is being drained of energy, and the wings take some damage anyway.
cubey@aol.pl (01:00:24): There is a lot of shots flying through the air!
cubey@aol.pl (01:00:52): Dido's gambit pays off - two Yobs burst in flames. ShellLancer however starts to feel rather... hot.
Wyverncakes (01:01:20): Mizuki: "Tch... Ken, you okay?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:01:38): Raquel's ATATATATA pummels a Yob into oblivion.
cubey@aol.pl (01:01:39): It explodes.
Meraxa (01:01:51): Ken: I'm alright! *He says from afar*
cubey@aol.pl (01:01:54): However... you are now near an explosive blast! React, Raquel!
cubey@aol.pl (01:02:54): Hetepheres manages to destroy one Muzzle Yob. Just one - the rest hide behind cover, making the thrown unit not an issue for them either, and as soon as it's safe, they spring up again and fire!
cubey@aol.pl (01:02:55): React.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:03:40): "Yikes!" Dido waves ShelLancer's arms around, trying to put out the flames. "Coolant dump, coolant dump…why didn't I install a coolant dump!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:03:45): #Heph?
cubey@aol.pl (01:03:54): Approved now.
tengusaur (01:05:03): * Hetepheres draws her laser staff, spinning it to protect against the incoming shells - or rather, combine it with the golden Noble Barrier for extra protection. This ends with her holding the staff in an offensive position, and firing several quick lasers from it at the attackers! +
Fri Freeman (01:05:35): "Okay, team, go!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:06:50): *Dido charges towards the Muzzle Yobs harassing Heph. "I got this!" She fires some Arc Thorns in a spiraling formation towards the Yobs. Mid-flight, she zaps them with a Lance Shock, causing them to spray lightning and static as they fly past and into the enemy!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:06:57): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ZzurdFCIU
Fri Freeman (01:07:19): The 8th Genoace team jumps down from the shuttle, firing their dods gun in the air toward the distracted yobs, shield upfront.+
cubey@aol.pl (01:07:52): The electrified Yobs' fire is so much less accurate! This allows Hetepheres to tank with Golden Barrier, and then take down the damaged units with pinpoint precision.
cubey@aol.pl (01:07:58): A whole squad of 4 is down.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:08:33): "Yeah!" Dido declares, pumping a fist in her cockpit. "Teamwork!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:08:50): One of the Chain Yobs was already damaged and the plinks of beam spray guns send it over the damage threshold, and one of the Blaze Yobs is hit from the back and bursts into flames.
tengusaur (01:09:06): Hetepheres: "Good job. I taught you well."
cubey@aol.pl (01:09:22): Three others turn back and raise their flamethrowers to prepare a crossfire inferno for Walt's team - literally!
cubey@aol.pl (01:09:29): React to the crossing streams of fire.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:09:48): "Truly, dodging randomly flung tennis balls is a skill that'll get you far in live." Dido concurs.
Wyverncakes (01:09:48): # Walt's team.
cubey@aol.pl (01:10:06): Approved.
Fri Freeman (01:10:14): Walt's team raise their shield and fire their thrusters for preparation to land
Wyverncakes (01:10:32): Mizuki: "Just hold on a moment!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:10:35): At the same time...
cubey@aol.pl (01:10:44): Constans: "Tch!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:11:03): Blue Blood is on defensive, its single sword forced to block and parry as the unit takes steps behind.
cubey@aol.pl (01:11:25): The BrightSaber moves around it with incredible grace and fluidity, its twin plasma blades dancing around as they deal more and more strikes that overcome Constans' defense.
Wyverncakes (01:11:26): * The DuskBird's eyes shine with energy, and two sweeping beams of Void energy are fired out at one of the Yobs to create a gap in the crossfire! "Now, make a break for it!"+
cubey@aol.pl (01:11:38): Loni: "How's that? Not so up and mighty now, eh motherfucker?!"
tengusaur (01:12:01): Hetepheres: "The battle is progressing well. Keep it up."
cubey@aol.pl (01:13:23): The Yob is damaged, and its flame immediately ceases. The 08th Genoace Team lands - though one of Walt's mooks has their shield melted down into uselessness.
cubey@aol.pl (01:13:48): (Going to need a react from Raquel unless I missed it by the way)
cubey@aol.pl (01:13:58): Desta: "You handling this guy, Loni?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:14:26): Loni: "Handling? More like handing him his ass!" Another swing throws the Blue Blood off-balance, a deep gash on its chest. "On a silver plate!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:14:33): Desta: "Cool."
Fri Freeman (01:14:35): Walt: "Team! crash down! and move to cover" The 8th ms teamfire their thrusters and drop downward like meteor through the flames, before spreading to various buildings.+
cubey@aol.pl (01:14:40): Ilinka: "Good."
cubey@aol.pl (01:14:56): (Ah, sorry Walt, I thought that was the defend already. Result's the same though.)
cubey@aol.pl (01:15:08): FightSaber and ShotSaber turn their guns.
cubey@aol.pl (01:15:10): At Unity Group.
cubey@aol.pl (01:15:25): Desta: "Don't think I don't know what you're up to."
cubey@aol.pl (01:15:46): Desta: "I tapped into your comms a long time ago. You're here to arrest Ilinka!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:15:53): Loni: "Whaa...!"
tengusaur (01:16:07): Hetepheres: "...I should have known you planted a bug."
Wyverncakes (01:16:36): Mizuki: "You didn't need to do that to know."
Wyverncakes (01:16:44): "You could've just used a little common sense!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:16:46): "…we were ordered to arrest Ilinka." Dido replies. "It's up in the air whether we will, though."
cubey@aol.pl (01:16:51): Desta: "I knew you guys hated us from day one."
cubey@aol.pl (01:16:59): Desta: "Do you even realize who the real bad guy is here?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:17:17): Desta: "How much info is command hiding from you? Or do you know - and approve?"
Meraxa (01:17:35): Ken: If you really listened in, you would remember the full context of what was said! You're just cherry picking to cause trouble!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:17:52): "…is the bad guy Loni's Uncle?" Dido blurts out. "Dammit, I knew it!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:17:54): Desta: "Ilinka, tell 'em. Tell 'em what I told you!"
tengusaur (01:17:55): Hetepheres: "Hate has nothing to do with it. Ilinka set fire to a city full of civilians. She will receive a trial, as expected of a criminal."
cubey@aol.pl (01:18:53): Ilinka: "... You received communications from Lady's Good Men pilots at first, but in time their intensity has ceased."
cubey@aol.pl (01:19:06): Ilinka: "This is because they are no longer piloted by real people, but by mass produced clones."
cubey@aol.pl (01:19:15): Ilinka: "There is no way the Unity Group command would not know that."
cubey@aol.pl (01:20:01): Ilinka: "Also..."
Meraxa (01:20:03): Ken: ...Clones?
cubey@aol.pl (01:20:06): Ilinka: "There is the experiment..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:20:38): Desta: "Damn fucking straight! Did you even know about the experiment? The experiment where they took eyes from that one guy who has freaky eyes in his hands."
cubey@aol.pl (01:20:46): Desta: "And implanted them into someone else!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:20:58): Desta: "To make 'better soldiers'!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:21:24): "…the hell?" Dido exclaims. "Oh, goddammit; why do people keep doing this idiotic stuff!"
tengusaur (01:21:34): Hetepheres: "Walt. "
tengusaur (01:21:41): Hetepheres: "Did you know about this?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:21:49): Desta: "And you know what happened to the guy who had the eyes implanted into him?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:22:01): Desta: "He went insane!"
Wyverncakes (01:22:13): Mizuki: "... What does this have to do with Ilinka shooting up an entire city?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:22:19): Desta: "Unity Group is turning both sides of this fight into an army of tools and you either don't know or don't care."
cubey@aol.pl (01:22:29): Ilinka: "... It has everything to do with it."
Meraxa (01:22:42): Ken: ...Wait, but how would that connect...? Are you saying both sides are run by the same people?!
cubey@aol.pl (01:23:10): Ilinka: "I am... I was a weapon, raised only to fight."
cubey@aol.pl (01:23:18): Ilinka: "The same thing that is happening on both sides right now."
tengusaur (01:23:33): Hetepheres: "Do not jump to conclusions, Ken."
cubey@aol.pl (01:23:37): Ilinka: "But I am sick of being useless. I have decided to show that I will not be. Thanks to Dido Sybil's advice, I have proven that I am not."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:23:38): "….we knew nothing about this!" Dido said. "And we're willing to clean house if what you say is true…but starting a three-way battle is a bad idea!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:23:59): Ilinka: "I am not useless, because I have someone to do this for."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:24:11): Dido goes pale at Ilinka's words. "Ilinka…this wasn't what I meant!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:24:14): Ilinka: "Someone who doesn't treat me as only a tool, or a nuisance."
cubey@aol.pl (01:24:28): At the same time, Loni was quiet - until now that is.
Wyverncakes (01:24:37): Mizuki: "Dido, don't get caught up in her words!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:24:39): Apollonius: "Ilinka... are you saying..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:24:44): Ilinka: "Yes. I did it all for you."
Meraxa (01:24:45): Ken: But the stuff they're talking about...
cubey@aol.pl (01:25:04): Loni: "Alright then."
cubey@aol.pl (01:25:19): BrightSaber jumps away from its clash with Blue Blood!
cubey@aol.pl (01:25:29): Loni: "If you want to take Ilinka, you'll have to go through me!"
tengusaur (01:25:37): Hetepheres: "I will have some big, important questions to the commander after all this. But..."
Wyverncakes (01:26:14): Mizuki: "But right now we need to do what we came here to do."
Meraxa (01:26:16): Ken: Oh come on. Now, whilst the city still has the Lady's Good Men in it?!
tengusaur (01:26:30): Hetepheres: "This does not change what Ilinka has done in the slightest. We will defeat the Good Men, then take her into custody."
cubey@aol.pl (01:26:31): Loni: "They're smallfry."
cubey@aol.pl (01:26:39): Loni: "And you just don't get it!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:27:31): Loni: "You're being manipulated and in the end you don't trust us and throw us away because we're not a part of your little system!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:27:39): Loni: "Why are you so mean? Is it because..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:27:47): Loni: "Is it because I can be the hero? Are you jealous?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:27:49): Loni: "Come on!"
tengusaur (01:27:51): Hetepheres: "Enough. Step aside, Gavin."
Wyverncakes (01:27:54): At that...
Wyverncakes (01:28:01): Mizuki just snorts in disgust.
cubey@aol.pl (01:28:19): Constans: "This is exactly the requires distraction. Bring it in!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:28:22): *required
cubey@aol.pl (01:28:36): The ground rumbles.
Meraxa (01:28:43): Ken: Loni, have you ignored every other thing that we've had to do this year? You think that fighting one foe - by- dammit! *Ken had a speech, but this throws that off*
cubey@aol.pl (01:28:46): From under a ruined building, something raises, carried by a large group of Yobs.
cubey@aol.pl (01:29:06): It looks like... some kind of a portal. And it's active.
cubey@aol.pl (01:29:17): As a matter of fact - the outward appearance is different, but it is eerily similar...
cubey@aol.pl (01:29:23): To a Cross Gate!
Fri Freeman (01:29:31): Walt:"I..." Walt stutters. "I just want to say I knew it all along that our side is bad. Always knew it." He mumbles.
cubey@aol.pl (01:29:34): Constans: "Here come the reinforcements!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:29:58): Desta: "Are you with us or against us?!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:30:00): Desta: "Say, now!"
Meraxa (01:30:23): Ken: How about I decide after we stop the maniacs carrying a Cross Gate?!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:30:37): Dido clenches her teeth, fingers squeezing around her controls. "Ilinka, listen to me! You said you don't want to be a tool, a weapon of war…that you want to be your own person! But pinning all your desires on Loni like this…it's just another form of servitude! Right now, you're HIS tool!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:30:51): Ilinka: "It's alright."
tengusaur (01:30:56): Hetepheres: "...The PEP is an ally of Unity Group. That will not change."
cubey@aol.pl (01:31:10): Ilinka: "I do it out of my own free will. It is not something that was decided by me. So it's alright."
Meraxa (01:31:13): Ken: A hero would care more to stop bad guys in front of them, than claw st shadows!
cubey@aol.pl (01:31:18): Desta: "Wrong answer!"
Meraxa (01:31:23): (*at)
Wyverncakes (01:32:01): Mizuki: "I've known heroes..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:32:13): The ShotSaber leaps high - from above, suddenly a barrage of beam blasts. Desta is firing his twin guns at a rapid rate, all shots aimed at Scaraber - and going through its Noble Barrier!
cubey@aol.pl (01:32:24): At the same time...
cubey@aol.pl (01:32:31): Ilinka: "This is why... I am sorry."
Meraxa (01:32:37): #Scaraber
Wyverncakes (01:32:41): "And I've seen people lose their way or give their last breath for the sake of others."
Wyverncakes (01:32:43): "Loni!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:32:46): Dido curses under her breath. "…are you sure about that, Ilinka?" She says at last, praying that someone will forgive her for this. "Are you sure that becoming friends with Loni wasn't planned by someone else?"
Wyverncakes (01:32:48): Mizuki snaps angrily.
cubey@aol.pl (01:32:57): You have your own problems Ken.
Aero (01:32:57): #Scaraber
cubey@aol.pl (01:33:06): Loni is charging right at you!
Wyverncakes (01:33:08): "You don't even qualify as someone having lost sight of the ideals of a protector, of a savior!"
Wyverncakes (01:33:14): # Ken
cubey@aol.pl (01:33:16): Loni: "Don't worry, for the sake of what we've been through I won't kill you!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:33:35): Nevertheless, the twin katanas slice down at the ScarleTiger, trying to cleave it apart.
cubey@aol.pl (01:33:39): React, Ken.
cubey@aol.pl (01:33:43): Mizuki:
tengusaur (01:33:46): "Tch..." Her barrier is useless right now, so Hetepheres tried to jump backwards quickly, away from the incoming hail of shots! +
cubey@aol.pl (01:34:00): Suddenly, Ilinka fires at you from a sniping point.
cubey@aol.pl (01:34:08): There is a high speed gravitic blast coming your way!
cubey@aol.pl (01:34:12): Also...
cubey@aol.pl (01:34:27): The Cross Gate intensifies in power. It's going to release reinforcements for the enemy!
cubey@aol.pl (01:34:32): ???, defensve support approved.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:35:00): #Whoever Ilinka's shooting at?
Wyverncakes (01:35:33): (That'd be Mizuki, unless I'm mistaken)
cubey@aol.pl (01:35:34): She is shooting at Mizuki.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:35:53): #Mizuki!
Meraxa (01:36:06): Ken: That's my line you idiot! *Ken draws the ScarleTiger's scarlet shotels, intending to meet the BrightSaber's swords. He has a feeling they'll be more than a tad ahead of his own, and so will try to break the lock shortly after!+
VJockey (01:36:35): *Illinka's Gravitic blast would find itself intercepted by.... a Yob? One that was already downed badly it seems. Thrown intot the way of the blast!+
cubey@aol.pl (01:36:58): No need for the #, because... yeah - that happened.
cubey@aol.pl (01:37:07): The Yob is crushed flat.
Aero (01:37:08): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjoU5D2CgG4
cubey@aol.pl (01:37:19): But Mizuki's DuskBird is unharmed!
Wyverncakes (01:37:32): * Mizuki: "Trying to shield Loni?" she growls, DuskBird switching to Bird mode and flaping up into the air. Its eyes shine again with energy, though Mizuki takes aim at Ilinka's rifle!+
Aero (01:37:46): *And a pillar of light explodes out from the Cross Gate and something emerges from it. A machine quickly dashes out and upon spotting something familiar in trouble it positions itself between Scaraber and the many projectiles being fired at it. As the dust and light finally clears there's a battered looking machine defending Scaraber. It's appearance might be just a bit familiar. +
Aero (01:37:55): http://i.imgur.com/80hHNGu.jpg
Aero (01:38:02): Yet just a bit different.
cubey@aol.pl (01:38:05): The FightSaber was already on the move as soon as it shot, and Mizuki's eye beams hit only a building's roof as Ilinka's unit falls down on the other side.
Wyverncakes (01:38:06): "Fighting us just undermines any legitimacy your points might have about the Unity Group1"
Aero (01:38:17): ???: "Nice try Kadum! You're not going to make a mess....here?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:38:29): *"Ilinka! Stop this, and think!" Dido shouts. "Isn't it odd that Loni and Desta stumbled upon you just when they needed a wing-mate? Wasn't that a bit too convenient for them?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:38:46): Ilinka: "Stop that."
cubey@aol.pl (01:38:52): Ilinka: "Say any more and I will be forced to kill you."
cubey@aol.pl (01:39:03): Ilinka: "Speak no ill of my friends!"
Aero (01:39:16): And a familiar voice as well.
cubey@aol.pl (01:39:20): The blasts aimed at scaraber... are all tanked by the new arrival!
cubey@aol.pl (01:39:23): Desta: "Who the..."
Wyverncakes (01:39:26): "But speaking ill of us is fair game, isn't it?"
Wyverncakes (01:39:31): But that voice, and that machine...
tengusaur (01:39:34): Hetepheres: "...I admit, I am genuinely surprised."
cubey@aol.pl (01:39:41): Constans: "That is not a reinforcement.."
VJockey (01:39:44): "... No."
VJockey (01:39:50): "I won't speak ill of them..."
tengusaur (01:39:56): Hetepheres: "What were you doing on the other side of that portal, Willis?"
VJockey (01:40:04): "I won't bother with that. Not now."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:40:13): "Forced to kill me?" Dido says. "I thought that you were acting of your own free will, Ilinka! But nevermind that…did you know that Loni's Uncle a huge power-broker in the ESUN? That he practically sponsored the Unity Group? All so Loni could have a home base to go to in-between adventures?"
Aero (01:40:14): Willis: "Aha....haha...oh wow it's been a while hasn't it."
VJockey (01:40:17): "Instead.... I'll just kill you all and be done with it."
Wyverncakes (01:40:23): Mizuki: "Willis..."
Wyverncakes (01:40:24): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X11QBl_gHSE
Aero (01:40:26): Willis: "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
cubey@aol.pl (01:40:37): Ilinka: "Yes. I knew."
Wyverncakes (01:40:40): "... If I pay for the date this time, will you consider it?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:40:55): Loni: "Cut the crap!"
tengusaur (01:41:10): Hetepheres: "At this point I am willing to accept any explanation you give me. But for now..." Scaraber turns towards Loni and company.
Meraxa (01:41:10): Ken would make a remark on Mizuki apparently having a boyfriend, but he's stuck in his melee.
cubey@aol.pl (01:41:26): His katanas overpower ScarleTiger's shotels - it's a good thing you try to run away Ken, in fact Loni even helps you with a spinkick that sends ScarleTiger flying away and into a ruined building!
Aero (01:41:42): Willis: "These aren't the enemies I was expecting to find on this side though."
VJockey (01:41:52): "Desta who's willing to kill innocent people. Loni who's nothing more than a spoiled brat.... and you.... "
cubey@aol.pl (01:41:53): Loni: "So that's who you are in the end! You just want to kill us all for not fitting in!"
Aero (01:41:54): Another shocker, he actually sounds completely serious for once.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:41:57): "…what crap, Loni?" Dido declares. "I'm just saying: if the Unity Group is secretly up to shady activities, wouldn't Loni's Uncle be in the know about it. Since he, like started it up?"
VJockey (01:42:01): "You..."
Meraxa (01:42:12): Subsequent wearing is filtered by falling rubble.
cubey@aol.pl (01:42:21): Seeing a new unit, BrightSaber changes direction and leaps at it from above, brandishing the katanas in a cross-strike!
Meraxa (01:42:42): (*swearing)
cubey@aol.pl (01:42:44): Loni: "My uncle... only wanted me to be the hero! He saw the potential in me!"
tengusaur (01:42:55): Hetepheres: "I will ask for an explanation later. For now, help us defeat the Lady's Good Men - and Apollonius and his team!"
Ginkan SK (01:42:56): (Back attempting to catch up)
VJockey (01:42:58): [Red machine. Burning city. Innocents possibly caught in a crossfire.]
Wyverncakes (01:43:03): Mizuki: "Ken..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:43:11): Leos, go now!
Wyverncakes (01:43:14): She closes her eyes, thinking.
cubey@aol.pl (01:43:16): Willis - react and also go now!
Wyverncakes (01:43:16): And then...
cubey@aol.pl (01:43:26): Feel free to combine the two.
VJockey (01:43:36): ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn1y5IPjiOo )
Wyverncakes (01:43:38): "Better the devil you know than the one you've only seen in action a short while."
Ginkan SK (01:43:48): (just let me know when I'm up again)
VJockey (01:44:40): *Several plasma bolts lance through the air, screaming towards Illinka and the Fightsaber, soon followed by a swarm of missiles from above!&
Wyverncakes (01:45:15): Mizuki: "Ken, Dido..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:45:22): "Yeah?" Dido asks.
Wyverncakes (01:45:48): "He's forced our hand."
cubey@aol.pl (01:46:03): FightSaber's hand reaches out towards the building - it uses the tension to slow its fall, in addition to short bursts of thrusters! The missiles fly around Ilinka's unit as she aims with the graviton launcher - and fires back, while still going down!
cubey@aol.pl (01:46:09): React/continue, Leos.
Meraxa (01:46:14): Ken: ...Let's do it. *A light shines from the eyes of the Tiger, within the rubble.*
Wyverncakes (01:46:22): "A city's already in flames, and if they're not going to listen to reason, and with that... gate thing too..."
Aero (01:47:26): * "It's only been 10 seconds and I already got a date, a lot has changed in these two years." Strahlend's left eye glows for a brief second and, for the first time in plain view, he forms Quicksilver not moving from where he was floating. "Then what are you doing attacking your own comrades, what kind of Hero does that! He switches his grip to a reverse grip then thrusts right up in order to meet the blades, parry them away, and slash at the Brightsaber in one swift motion.+
Wyverncakes (01:47:36): "And I'm going to hold you to those words! It gets-"
Wyverncakes (01:47:42): But then Willis's comment just makes Mizuki falter.
Wyverncakes (01:47:48): "Two years?!?"
Wyverncakes (01:48:04): Dammit Willis!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:48:05): "Agreed!" Dido declares. "Let the doing begin!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:48:13): Loni: "My comrades? I was never accepted in Unity Group in the first place!"
Meraxa (01:48:20): Ken: ...Phrasing, Dido...
Wyverncakes (01:48:48): "Save our Sol-!"

cubey@aol.pl (01:49:13): The blades clash against each other - but Strahlend's parry prevails!
Aero (01:49:22): Willis: "Are you really that immature."
Wyverncakes (01:49:27): The DuskBird dove towards the ScarleTiger, which in turn charged at the ShelLancer. In a flash the machines began to transform, the two gigantic legs extending from the Lancer's shell as the side opposite of it opened up and swung down, forming hips. The ScarleTiger -now forming an incomplete torso with a right arm- connected with the white machine. The contrasting colors mixed and flowed; red, orange, and white arranged perfectly.

And lastly the DuskBird docked with the ScarleTiger's back, nearly its entire form now that of a black arm radiating malevolence. From the combined machine's back the DuskBird's six wings unfurled, displaying their full size and granduer, and a white head framed in a black, avian helmet rose up from the robot's body. Its fist punched out, crackling with Sol energy before following up with another, this time charged with Void!

"-SOLSAVIOR!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:49:30): BrightSaber however is still a very swift unit, and backs away quickly before the slash could hit it.
VJockey (01:49:52): *Funny thing Illinka, you were so thorough in killing the Lady's Good Men along with everyone else in the city that you left plenty of wreckage around. Wreckage Leos is using to his advantage by using his Melee halberd to snag the things off the ground and hurl them into your shot! Either way he was getting tired of that gun, setting his boosters to full burn so he can cleave through it with his sword - and follow up by taking the arm that held it!+
cubey@aol.pl (01:50:38): The blast punches through the Yob again - it doesn't stop on it though.
cubey@aol.pl (01:50:53): Ilinka: "The same trick will not work twice."
cubey@aol.pl (01:51:07): The gravity shot flies towards Leos... and only grazes his unit!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:51:26): "Hey, Ilinka!" Dido shouts. "I've got a theory I'd like to run by you. Is that alright?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:51:28): Ilinka is shocked speechless as the melee weapon slashes at FightSaber's arm - and cuts the gravity launcher into two!
cubey@aol.pl (01:51:41): Loni: "Ilinka!"
VJockey (01:52:14): "... My life was ruined by a person who wanted to keep their secrets."
Aero (01:52:17): Willis takes the time to point his sword at the BrightSaber. "Well?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:52:18): Team SolSavior, Walt, Heph, go now!
Meraxa (01:52:31): Ken: Dido, lets get them into a position where they have to listen first. Let's pin em down.
VJockey (01:52:37): "In a burning city. With two sides fighting each other."
cubey@aol.pl (01:52:38): Desta: "Don't listen to anything they say!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:52:49): Ilinka: "What is it?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:52:54): Desta: "Tch!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:53:13): "So here's my theory, Ilinka." Dido says quietly. "I can't prove it or anything, but here goes: we know that Loni's uncle has been spending millions and manipulating politics in order to let his darling nephew be a hero. What if he did more than that? What if he used his influence to give Loni a handcrafted ally? A super-soldier buddy who would always be loyal, always back him up with the combat experience he lacked?"
VJockey (01:53:13): "I won't let you ruin the lives of others just like mine was ruined!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:53:28): By the way, enemy reinforcements consist of: Chain Yob x6, Razor Yob x4
cubey@aol.pl (01:53:56): Ilinka: "How many years ago?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:54:04): Ilinka: "How many years ago would he have to start his project?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:54:38): "How long has Loni wanted to be a hero?" Dido replies.
cubey@aol.pl (01:54:38): Loni: "She and I are roughly the same age, what the hell are you talking about? Are you saying my uncle wanted me to be a hero since I was two years old?!"
tengusaur (01:54:51): Hetepheres: "The plan has fallen apart... so be it. Engage all hostiles. Do not forget about the enemy commander! Bitles, launch!" Scaraber extends its arm, sending the tiny remote drones flying! They zoom around the ruined buildings, using them for cover before suddenly firing many small lasers at Blue Blood from unexpected directions. +
cubey@aol.pl (01:54:52): Loni: "I became a hero less than two years ago! That makes no sense."
Wyverncakes (01:55:00): Mizuki: "You'd be amazed how early 'grooming' for these sorts of things can start."
Meraxa (01:55:18): Ken: There's... such a thing as accelerated aging. Mizuki is ten years old, chronologically.
cubey@aol.pl (01:55:37): Ilinka: "I am glad for all you said to me, Dido."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:55:40): "You're right, that wouldn't make sense." Dido says. "But…your Uncle's bad news, Loni. I wouldn't put it past him to already have a super-soldier project in place for his own ends."
cubey@aol.pl (01:55:41): Ilinka: "But..."
VJockey (01:55:45): "Why are we even bothering talking to these people."
cubey@aol.pl (01:55:56): Ilinka: "But you should stop. Sometimes you're just overthinking things."
VJockey (01:56:05): "They'll just twist our words to suit their own views. Their needs."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:56:31): "…maybe." Dido admits to Ilinka. "But you should figure out what's true and what's false yourself."
VJockey (01:56:35): "They'll keep thinking they're in the right no matter what we say. They won't care who suffers for it so long as they benefit."
Wyverncakes (01:56:37): * And at that, SolSavior blasts forward. Not towards any of the -Sabers, but instead... the Yobs instead! Ports opening up all over the machine's legs, it delivers a devestating kick, Arc Thorns getting released too... with mooks and mines alike being launched... at the FightSaber before the shower of lightning's released! "So then... Spark Kick...!"
Meraxa (01:56:45): Ken: Because they thought right, once. But really...
Wyverncakes (01:56:50): +
Meraxa (01:57:03): Ken: Let's just show them what actual heroes look like!
cubey@aol.pl (01:57:03): Constans: "Deplorable! Is this how aliens fight?!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:57:38): The Blue Blood zooms around the streets, trying to avoid the bitles by moving in quick jumps. It is not entirely successful and some blasts hit against its armor - but it quickly enters melee range with Scaraber, and slashes again!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:57:40): "Think about what a weapon would do in this situation, Ilinka" Dido concludes. "And what a free person would do!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:57:45): React, also your barrier is silver.
cubey@aol.pl (01:58:45): SolSavior performs an Inazuma Kick through a whole lot of Yobs - while also wrecking the street further. Good job with that.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (01:58:54): "Me?" Dido declares to Ilinka. "I'm gonna try and save lives!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:19): Furthermore, a lot of Yobs are zapped and mined - but FightSaber leaps up, and is once again high in the skies.
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:25): Desta: "Funny definition of saving you have there!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:44): He lands, pistols crossed on ShotSaber's chest - before it launches all it had into SolSavior's exposed back!
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:44): React.
VJockey (01:59:47): "Like you would know anything about that."
tengusaur (01:59:52): Hetepheres: "How old-fashioned you are that you consider ranged weapons dishonorable, knight? Do not think I am afraid of melee. Bring it on!" Scaraber raises all four of its khopeshes, clashing them in a defensive block against Blue Blood's strike like a barrier of blades, and trying to overpower the enemy and push him backwards! +
VJockey (01:59:52): #Solsavior
cubey@aol.pl (01:59:55): Approved.
VJockey (02:00:47): *Leos hurls yet another Yob into the gunshots. This time though he also brings up his AC's Energy Shield to block off the shots once they're done chewing through the fallen Yob's armor!+
cubey@aol.pl (02:01:02): Constans: "A man fights at an arm's reach unless he is too weak to! Everything else is just a crutch!"
Fri Freeman (02:01:25): Walt: "Ah youth. Super powered robot and sanity are wasted on them."
tengusaur (02:01:38): Hetepheres: "If you really think so, then leave your mech and fight me at the reach of your own arm."
VJockey (02:01:56): "Stop lying to yourself... you. You enjoy killing don't you? It doesn't matter if anyone's innocent or guilty. You'd kill them all the same if they were in front of you."
cubey@aol.pl (02:02:10): Constans: "Tch!" His sword moves around expertly, but there is only one of it and four kopeshes - so Blue Blood is forced back.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:02:32): •"Oh, I'm sorry! Could you repeat what you said, Mr. "Shoot the Hostages"?" Dido raises one of Sol-Savior's articulated palms, projector ports opening up. "Sol-Sanctum Barrier…Spinning up!" A Void/Sol barrier springs up between ShotSaber and SolSavior! Which force will triumph?+
Fri Freeman (02:02:47): Walt: "Team, focus on the important thing. Like, crazy group of terrorists still hanging out in the city. Let the diplomats handle the talking."
Fri Freeman (02:04:23): The 8th genoace team pops out from the rubbles and fire at the remaining yobs.+
Fri Freeman (02:05:36): Walt:"Team, you might think this is all so confusing." Walt adddress his team. "What is right and wrong? Are our higher ups really that messed up?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:06:43): Some of the Muzzle Yobs are still hiding in ruins. They pop out, like shooting gallery targets - or perhaps enemies in a cover based shooter.
cubey@aol.pl (02:07:00): Several of them are shot and damaged by Walt's team. The rest fires with their own, physical rounds!
cubey@aol.pl (02:07:01): React!
cubey@aol.pl (02:08:31): Unfortunately there really is only so many times that Leos' trick is going to work. Desta doesn't even care to avoid the Yob, his barrage is intense enough that shots go through its armor.
Fri Freeman (02:08:43): Walt:"It's useless to think about it. We're just grunts. We don't have super powered robots or rank to stand. Focus on what's important. I know why 'm here. That's to do my duty. To protect as many people as I could. To fight so others don't have to fight."
cubey@aol.pl (02:09:05): Trying to block the beams is good, but that means both you and SolSavior take damage - the latter's barrier prevailing for a while, but eventually eroded!
cubey@aol.pl (02:09:21): Raquel, Willis, Leos again - you can act.
tengusaur (02:09:30): # Walt
cubey@aol.pl (02:09:33): Approved.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:10:00): "Geh!" Dido curses. "We could have done without that: Leos, you alright?"
Fri Freeman (02:10:09): Walt: "Besides... I'm not surprised that our side is messed up. or that those three would fight against us."
Aero (02:11:25): * "Dreadnaught." With a quick statement Strahlend glows for a second before the damage on the machine starts repairing itself rather quickly. At the same time he charges at BrightSaber again, this time without Quicksilver. &
tengusaur (02:11:46): *The Bitles are moving back to Scaraber, with with a single move of her arm Hetepheres makes them fire a few lasers at the incoming shells as they do so, hopefully shooting down some and making Walt's job easier. "Good, Schmertz. Do not forget what we all are here for. Nobody must forget that." +
Fri Freeman (02:11:56): Walt: "You know why? Because the worst is always going to happen! I always predicted the worst! Ha! So stop thinking about it and keep on shooting!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:12:10): "Mizuki." Dido asks. "What's the game plan? Take down the Lady's Good Men, or disable the Sabers?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:12:43): Loni: "What are you doing?"
Fri Freeman (02:13:01): Walt's team move from cover to cover with their shields raised, trying to circle the yobs.+
Wyverncakes (02:13:05): Mizuki: "Well, even if we missed Ilinka before... we still helped thin out the Yobs."
Aero (02:13:19): Willis: "Who knows, I've been fighting for the last 24 hours so I might be losing my head a bit."
cubey@aol.pl (02:13:25): BrightSaber jumps back a step - its katana hilts carry hidden guns, and fire several quick shots at Strahlend! Then Loni reverses the grip, the plasma blades welcoming towards Willis' charge!
cubey@aol.pl (02:13:27): React/continue
Wyverncakes (02:13:50): "And I didn't form SolSavior to just stand by and ignore the manchild who thinks calling himself a hero makes him one."
tengusaur (02:14:00): Hetepheres: "...Just what were you up to all this time, Willis?"
Fri Freeman (02:14:03): Walt:"Keep pressing. Urban combat is our forte, team. Sadly."
cubey@aol.pl (02:14:32): The shells are shot down for the most part, and Walt's team intercepts the rest... except for the Genoace which does not have a shield anymore and takes a hit!
VJockey (02:14:33): [Leos doesn't reply to Dido]
cubey@aol.pl (02:14:40): You manage to flank the Yobs though one of yours is now damaged.
VJockey (02:15:01): *He simply acts, rushing towards Desta and intending to disarm him as he did to Illinka!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:15:06): Dido exhales at Mizuki's comment. "Right then. Shall we go support the Regenerating Sleezeball, then?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:15:54): Desta: "Heh. You know what? Maybe I like to kill. Isn't combat exciting? You never had that in a peaceful life."
Wyverncakes (02:16:14): "Just so long as we don't ignore Desta and Ilinka."
Wyverncakes (02:16:24): And after that last bit- "... Definitely not ignoring them."
Ginkan SK (02:16:30): raquel pauses at the mention of clones not as people? WAs there something done to them? Some sort of thing that made them biodrones? She wasn't sure but she didn't say anything for the moment. She listens to what the enemy is saying now, while attemping to shift her machine about. She then lunges for another Blaze Yob attempting to disable it rapdiluw ith another combo of rapid strikes+
cubey@aol.pl (02:16:35): "But I do it for a good cause!" ShotSaber evades through a backflip - and while spinning, it seems as if time slows down as it fires back at Leos from both handguns.
cubey@aol.pl (02:16:36): React!
griefgathering (02:16:43): #Leos
cubey@aol.pl (02:16:46): Approved.
Aero (02:17:21): * "I'll...try to explain after we're done here. Although he'd probably explain it better." And Strahlend just tanks all of those shots straight on, a grin plastered on his face as the kid turned those blades towards him. As the distance was closed a huge strange colorful cloud is released from the machine in a huge burst, all directed towards the Brightsaber. +
Aero (02:18:10): I mean he couldn't continue trying to stab him without arms.
griefgathering (02:18:15): *In that slowed perception of time, a giant blade interposes itself between the ShotSaber's attacks and their intended target.
griefgathering (02:18:28): http://reggiocomics.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/2254.jpg
griefgathering (02:18:48): It seems to generate a field to repel the projectiles, but who does it belong to?+
cubey@aol.pl (02:18:56): Raquel manages to neutralize a rather volatile Blaze Yob.
Aero (02:18:57): "You're late!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:19:07): Constans: "I will not strike from underhand. Prepare yourself!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:19:23): But then, the Blue Blood lunges at Amazon in a long thrusting motion.
cubey@aol.pl (02:19:24): React.
VJockey (02:19:38): *Leos lets out an irritated growl as he uses the blade as a shield from the weaponsfire.+
Meraxa (02:19:41): #Raquel
cubey@aol.pl (02:19:46): Approved.
griefgathering (02:19:52): Floating down slowly through the smoke is another familiar machine.
griefgathering (02:20:02): http://i.imgur.com/pyIXkbl.jpg
griefgathering (02:20:11): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YftQVqZ_3bg
VJockey (02:20:15): "Ha... hahaha... I find that hard to believe."
cubey@aol.pl (02:20:17): Willis takes damage, but Strahlend is not under attack for long...
tengusaur (02:20:20): Hetepheres: "Truly, today is the most surprising day."
cubey@aol.pl (02:20:22): Loni: "What... what the hell is going on?!"
VJockey (02:20:30): "A person like you wouldn't know a good cause if it bit you in the ass."
tengusaur (02:20:34): Hetepheres: "I did not expect to see you again, professor Shirakawa."
cubey@aol.pl (02:20:43): Finding BrightSaber under assault from all sides by... something, Loni has no chance but to quickly run away, and his unit's armor is partially corroded anyway!
Ginkan SK (02:20:46): Raquel is forced to fade and twist out of the way rapidly+
Meraxa (02:20:49): Ken: If this battlefield could get anymore hectic... *SolSavior stamps along as it moves to rendezvous with Willis' machine, letting loose a flurry of shots from the Sol Bodkin to pin down the Blue Blood+
Aero (02:20:52): Willis: "What took you so long Shu?"
Aero (02:21:07): This is said as rudely as possible
griefgathering (02:21:09): Shu: "Likewise, General."
cubey@aol.pl (02:21:20): As for Leos...
griefgathering (02:21:25): Chika: "HEY HEY HEY! Guess who's back in blue!?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:21:31): Desta's attack doesn't hit - because that.
cubey@aol.pl (02:22:19): Amazon would try to dodge - but Constans' aim is better than that! He quickly reverses the thrust into a slice...
griefgathering (02:22:28): The Granzon glances at the Strahlend.
cubey@aol.pl (02:22:33): But before it can do more than just nick the Huckebein-like unit, he is suddenly bombarded by Sol Bodkin shots!
cubey@aol.pl (02:22:46): Constans: "Damn! Curse you... where are my further reinforcements? Real ones this time!"
griefgathering (02:22:48): Shu: "So this is where you've been."
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:06): Shu, SolSavior team - go.
Wyverncakes (02:23:23): Mizuki: "Considering who came through..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:35): The "cross gate" is dark and silent.
Meraxa (02:23:38): Ken: Probably wiped out.
Wyverncakes (02:23:38): "I'd hazard a guess that Shu and Willis are to blame for their absence."
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:41): Constans: "I get... nothing?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:23:43): "That's the downside to those Crossgates, isn't it?" Dido muses. "You never know what'll tumble out!"
tengusaur (02:23:50): Hetepheres: "I wonder who else will appear today? I do not think I need to elaborate on what we have to do here."
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:57): Constans: "Impossible! This is supposed to be linked... our headquarters!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:02): Constans: "Why have you forsaken me, father?"
Aero (02:24:23): Willis: "I thought you would have been up here sooner after the barrier was fixed."
Wyverncakes (02:24:25): SolSavior charges at Constans while he's under duress.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:24:33): "Whoah! Time out!" Dido declares. "You mean that Birmingham is not the headquarters of the Lady's Good Men? Damm!"
Wyverncakes (02:24:43): "Your luck's run out."
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:49): Constans: "I... didn't say anything!"
Meraxa (02:24:53): Ken: ...Father...?
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:59): A quick and desperate response as he has a much larger unit heading his way.
Wyverncakes (02:25:08): "Leader of the Lady's Good Men... consider this a message from the Abyss Empress...!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:25:23): Constans: "Wait!"
griefgathering (02:25:23): (Enemy list please?)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:25:28): "Mizuki?" Dido asks. "Make this Bondage knight cry uncle for me, okay?"
Wyverncakes (02:25:37): "BEGONE!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:25:37): Enemy list (Red): Chain Yob x7, Blaze Yob x4, Razor Yob x6, Muzzle Yob x11 (4 damaged), Blue Blood (heavily damaged)
Wyverncakes (02:25:40): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LiQABQ4gXQ
tengusaur (02:25:43): Hetepheres: "If you wish to surrender, now is your chance."
cubey@aol.pl (02:25:51): Enemy list (Yellow): ShotSaber, FightSaber, BrightSaber
cubey@aol.pl (02:25:55): Constans: "Yes, I surrendeer."
cubey@aol.pl (02:26:12): Constans: "Please?"
Wyverncakes (02:26:13): * Void energy enveloping SolSavior's left hand, it strikes out at the Blue Blood! "ABYSS... SANCTI-"
Wyverncakes (02:26:38): "-KEN!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:26:46): #Constans, if need be?
Meraxa (02:26:49): Ken: Yes?
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:27:20): Dido: "!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:27:35): Approved, if you can still do it as a part of the same unit somehow.
Wyverncakes (02:27:36): Attack still going, Mizuki's aim is still diverted away from the cockpit!
Wyverncakes (02:27:50): (Discussing on the fly with Jonny but we're good)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:28:27): *Dido simply diverts some power to help Mizuki and Ken do what they need to do!+
Meraxa (02:29:05): Ken: ...Oooooh! Shiranui...*SolSavior's other fist swirls with Sol Energy, aiming from the opposite side. Also directed away from the cockpit, its power surges to its counterpart!* RETSU KEN!+
cubey@aol.pl (02:30:29): The double special attack reaches out towards Blue Blood - whose pilot was too busy surrendering to mount a meaningful defense.
cubey@aol.pl (02:30:37): Needless to say, the effect is devastating.
griefgathering (02:30:41): Shu: *"There is much to be explained, but that is best left for later. In the meantime..." The Granzon forms a single wormhole with its hand, which it shoots out. One wormhole then becomes several wormholes, which have beams fired into them! They close soon after, only for more wormholes to be formed, encircling the Muzzle Yobs and unleashing precisely aimed beams at each one!+
cubey@aol.pl (02:31:03): Remains of Blue Blood slump down into a broken heap, its pilot miraculously unhurt except for a sudden case of pants requiring a change.
Wyverncakes (02:31:25): Mizuki: "You're welcome."
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:13): Several yobs, the damaged ones in particular, are crushed from the inside by the force of gravity.
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:28): The rest are in disarray... is it because their leader has been defeated? Regardless, the Granzon is under fire
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:29): React!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:32:36): "…whoah!" Dido says, hyperventilating. "Whoah! That was…that was something, guys!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:39): Walt, Hetepheres, Raquel, go.
Meraxa (02:33:10): Ken: See? Under control... 'Zuki.
griefgathering (02:33:12): Chika: "Attacking the Granzon like that? You've all got some serious balls!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:33:13): "…you want me to retrieve the combat block?" She asks.
griefgathering (02:33:23): Shu: "I'm sure they have their reasons."
cubey@aol.pl (02:33:31): Loni: "I didn't know my 'rival' was such a weakling!"
Wyverncakes (02:33:35): Mizuki just breaths a sigh of relief.
tengusaur (02:33:40): Hetepheres: "These machines are piloted by clones. Are they intelligent enough to surrender on their own? Or to understand they are supposed to stand down?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:33:45): Loni: "Well then, mission successful, time to go home, right?"
Wyverncakes (02:33:47): "... At least when it comes to that, yes..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:34:07): Loni: "And let Ilinka off the hook."
Wyverncakes (02:34:23): Mizuki: "... You're joking."
Meraxa (02:34:32): Ken: ...You're just trying to test our patience now, aren't you?
cubey@aol.pl (02:34:34): Loni: "It was worth a try."
VJockey (02:34:37): "...If you think we're letting her walk away from this you're wrong."
tengusaur (02:34:39): Hetepheres: "Gavin. Please."
cubey@aol.pl (02:34:58): Desta: "Look, they just can't be reasoned with, man."
Ginkan SK (02:35:01): Raquel "... I owe you one." She's got lucky there and she'll have to be more careful. She also is trying to focus though the feedback from the hit it's not bad but it could still be a distraction.
griefgathering (02:35:30): *Despite looking kind of scuffed from the moment it arrived, the Granzon disappears into another wormhole, before exiting from a completely different direction - closer and off to the side of the attacking Yobs. Sword drawn, it swings at several of them in quick succession as it repeats the warping process!+
cubey@aol.pl (02:35:34): Constans is reduced to a state of gibbering shock so he won't be answering any of your clone-related questions for the time being.
Wyverncakes (02:35:53): Mizuki: "If you want reason, here's a suggestion."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:35:54): "Ilinka…" Dido says. "Please stand down. This day will get even bloodier if you don't!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:35:58): Still, the clones are not performing too well and Granzon cleaves through a whole lot of Yobs.
Wyverncakes (02:35:59): "Stand down. All three of you."
tengusaur (02:36:08): Hetepheres: "And you. Remember when we talked for the first time?" Suddenly Scaraber leaps into the air, its wings buzzing, firing several lasers at Desta's unit, ending by landing next to it, spinning its staff and striking with it. &
Wyverncakes (02:36:15): "And when the time comes for a military hearing make your case."
cubey@aol.pl (02:36:19): Loni: "So what, so Ilinka can get your own brand of justice?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:36:21): Loni: "No way."
cubey@aol.pl (02:36:41): Loni: "Don't tell me no one in Unity Group didn't disobey orders and go fight bad guys on their own!"
VJockey (02:36:41): "...Mizuki"
Meraxa (02:36:43): Ken: Instead, you three become fugitives free to just tear u
cubey@aol.pl (02:36:46): Loni: "I bet you did worse!"
VJockey (02:36:50): "Forget it."
Meraxa (02:36:55): *up cities without concern for civilians,
VJockey (02:37:01): "They can't me reasoned with."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:37:15): "She trashed Birmingham before there was a chance for civilians to evacuate, Loni!" Dido says. "Do you think there shouldn't be consequences for that?"
VJockey (02:37:26): "We may as well just kill them and be done with this. Leaving them alive means Loni's uncle will just bail them out."
VJockey (02:38:07): "They shouldn't have a chance to do something... anything like this again."
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:15): Desta: "You think I don't have more important things to remember?!"
Aero (02:38:16): Willis: "..."
Meraxa (02:38:42): Ken: They were allies once. And its mainly one who's led the others astray...
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:53): ShotSaber's body twists, evading the lasers. As Scaraber tries to smack it with the staff, here come the pistols again - at point blank range, trying to aim at the insect robot's abdomen, and then shoot.
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:56): React/continue
VJockey (02:39:03): "I won't let it happen again. I can't let anything like this happen again."
VJockey (02:39:11): "Please Mizuki."
Meraxa (02:39:17): Ken: And there he goes...
tengusaur (02:39:21): (physical or beam shots?)
cubey@aol.pl (02:39:25): Beams
Wyverncakes (02:39:27): Mizuki: "Leos..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:39:40): "Leos." Dido says sternly. "We don't have to kill them in order to stop them! I promise you, they won't wiggle out of this! Not on my watch!"
Wyverncakes (02:39:52): "I'm not going to show more mercy to enemies than misguided would-be allies."
VJockey (02:40:16): "But-!"
Wyverncakes (02:40:21): "But there's no wway I'm just going to let them continue as they are either!"
Meraxa (02:40:52): Ken: Leos, calm down. The situation is what it is, frustration will make it worse.
Meraxa (02:41:24): Ken: Who knows, maybe by selling off BrightSaber for parts, we can reimburse it in pudding?
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:41:30): "Trust us." Dido says to Leos. "Please. I know how to defang these three without killing them."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:41:54): "…huh. Ken, are you a mind-reading Ninja?"
Wyverncakes (02:42:01): Mizuki: "It won't be with words, that's for sure."
VJockey (02:42:09): "I DON'T CARE ABOUT PUDDING DAMNIT!"
Wyverncakes (02:42:15): "But Dido, if you've got any-"
Wyverncakes (02:42:19): ... Well damn.
VJockey (02:42:31): "I want to make sure nobody else has to deal with what I did!!!"
tengusaur (02:42:52): Hetepheres: "I said that if you keep acting like this, one day you will suffer the consequences of your actions. This day comes now. Scarab Power!" Suddenly a burst of energy comes from Scaraber! A very long laser blade starts to emanate from the end of the staff, and Hetepheres spins it - the first strike is aimed at ShotSaber's hands, trying to dismember it! This is followed by repeated further slashes of the giant beam saber, Heph whirling like a dervish! +
Meraxa (02:43:01): Ken: Then do it by stopping them. Alive or otherwise, we stop em.
tengusaur (02:43:05): Hetepheres: "Let us see how good are you... at the dance of death."
griefgathering (02:43:20): Chika: "I heard that it was a mess here, but I didn't expect this. And we just finished our own fight too. I don't get paid enough to deal with it."
tengusaur (02:43:21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-aexLJKwME
cubey@aol.pl (02:43:51): The beam pistol touches Scaraber's form. Desta is pushing against the trigger...
VJockey (02:43:53): "If we leave them alive they'll just get away again! I know it! I know it!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:43:57): And then the hand that holds it is cut off.
cubey@aol.pl (02:44:02): Desta: "?!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:44:24): He quickly tries to spring away, but that means the attacks hit his unit in random parts rather than all just on the limbs.
cubey@aol.pl (02:44:43): ShotSaber tries to land, but falls on one knee. Its sole remaining hand is barely functional, and sparks crackle over its form.
Meraxa (02:44:48): Ken: We bash their units here, make sure they don't work again. You know Loni won't settle for less than his family's top presents.
cubey@aol.pl (02:44:50): Desta: "Fuck.. fuck... fuck!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:45:02): Loni: "Desta!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:45:07): Loni: "Damn you... I won't forgive this!"
Wyverncakes (02:45:28): Mizuki: "This ends when you stand down, Loni!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:45:35): Loni: "Desta, Ilinka."
cubey@aol.pl (02:45:40): Loni: "Get out of here. I'll cover you."
tengusaur (02:45:42): Hetepheres: "Please, do not act as if I just killed him. I wanted to, but I did not manage. Yet."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:45:51): "I…we could also blacklist them!" Dido suggests. "I've got contacts with some people in the mechanics unions…with a bit of organizing, we can keep any mechs they pick up from getting repaired!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:46:45): "Whatever! We'll figure something out, Leos! Just…don't kill them like this! Not in a blind rage!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:46:58): Loni: "If you raise a hand on my friends... I will take you down! There's no fucking way you can get away with this!"
Meraxa (02:47:20): Ken: Are you even listening to yourself at this point?
Wyverncakes (02:47:29): Mizuki: "When has he ever?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:47:32): Vents open on BrightSaber's body and small streams of plasma shoot out from them, just for a moment.
cubey@aol.pl (02:47:37): (Raquel, Walt, you can still go)
Ginkan SK (02:48:00): (enemy check please.)
Meraxa (02:48:12): Ken: True enough. But it looks like he's finally comprehending how deep the rabbit hole has gotten. Be careful.
Aero (02:48:20): Willis: "A super mode?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:48:28): BrightSaber (some damage), FightSaber (arm lost), ShotSaber (pretty much neutralized)
cubey@aol.pl (02:48:33): There are also Yobs but they don't really matter anymore.
tengusaur (02:49:13): Hetepheres: "We do not fully know what that machine is capable of. Watch out..."
tengusaur (02:49:45): Hetepheres: "...But also remember our numerical advantage."
griefgathering (02:50:07): The Granzon now turns its attention to the Sabers, particularly the BrightSaber. It isn't doing anything though.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:52:43): "Tactics." Dido says on a private channel. "Mizuki, Ken: we need to take down the BrightSaber with good tactics. First we need to figure out it's capabilities!" She winces. "Unfortunately…we'll figure that out by getting beat up, I think."
Meraxa (02:53:11): Ken: We'll see. One super against another...
Wyverncakes (02:54:24): Mizuki: "We're not alone here though."
Wyverncakes (02:54:42): "...Though unfortunately the Sol Salvation's probably out of the equation."
Meraxa (02:55:41): Ken: Maybe... we don't need it. Loni trusts so much in the power of his machine... perhaps too much so.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:57:04): "He has to trust in the power of his machine." Dido muses. "Because he refuses to face the fact that his own skills need to improve."
Meraxa (02:57:34): Ken: Could we bait him?
Ginkan SK (02:57:47): Raquel notices the Yobs but they are not the primary threat she looks at the Brightsaber and she mvoes in weaving about as eh close in trying to make a strike for it she'll attempt to attack points like it's joints focusing on the weak er armored portions due to their needing to move it looks like she's attemping just disable for the moment. IT could be a risk but she's taking it.+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:57:50): Dido pulls out her tablet and tries to call up the paperwork and hanger reports for BrightSaber. Are there any clues to it's weaknesses?
cubey@aol.pl (02:58:35): You have no access to any records related to BrightSaber or its weaknesses. Its strengths though... you can witness them first hand.
cubey@aol.pl (02:58:57): Loni: "Not in your life!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:59:38): In a flash of movement, the BrightSaber moves behind the Amazon. Raquel's attack hits only thin air - and now Loni counters with a long swipe of his katana, trying to bisect her unit!
cubey@aol.pl (02:59:39): React!
Aero (02:59:42): #
cubey@aol.pl (02:59:48): Approved.
cubey@aol.pl (02:59:53): Also, Willis, Leos and Shu can act.
cubey@aol.pl (03:00:02): (You can incorporate your action into #, just say so)
cubey@aol.pl (03:00:06): (Say if you want to)
cubey@aol.pl (03:00:14): Also Walt can still move.
Meraxa (03:01:24): Ken tries to study the machine's movements from afar, restraining himself from reacting too hastily. "Whoever designed it knew what they were doing..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:01:28): "A speed boost…" Dido mutters. "That means it'll have lots of momentum: we need to put him on unstable terrain…trip him up!"
VJockey (03:01:40): "Or keep him distracted."
VJockey (03:02:48): *Which is what Leos is going to do... by rushing at Illinka, arming his laser cannon and hitting her with a barrage of massive blasts before seeking to claim the red machine's remaining limbs with his sword!+
Aero (03:03:14): * "Zephyr." And Willis follows suit after Loni and switches to his own high speed mode. Meeting the Katana with Quicksilver once he caught up to him. +
cubey@aol.pl (03:05:06): Ilinka: "..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:05:40): Using FightSaber's sole remaining hand, she grabs at a beam saber - and as Leos rushes forward at her, so does she to meet him! The saber stabs forward!
cubey@aol.pl (03:05:43): At the same time...
cubey@aol.pl (03:06:05): Loni: "No! Leave her alone you..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:07:08): Willis' need to parry is no longer there. Loni breaks off and tries to slash at Pale Rider from behind. ANd he is FAST!
cubey@aol.pl (03:07:13): React, Leos.
cubey@aol.pl (03:07:20): Loni: "You asshole!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:07:31): Willis and Shu can act.
Aero (03:07:59): Willis: "Shu I need a wormhole."
Meraxa (03:09:26): #Leos
griefgathering (03:09:30): The Granzon nods slightly at that.
VJockey (03:10:14): *Leos presses his attack, parrying the stab Illinka made before seeking to grab the arm holding it and break it off! As for Loni... he's going to trust the others to take care of it. Surely they won't let him down right?+
Ginkan SK (03:10:36): Raquel is also forced to move with more than a bit of unatural speed her self attemping to get out of the way.+
cubey@aol.pl (03:10:40): Approved, SolSavior
griefgathering (03:11:01): *And before long the wormhole that Willis asked for is formed. With one end of it forming behind Leos!+
Meraxa (03:11:16): Ken: So you standard of 'hero' goes stabbing people in the back LITERALLY too? *Ken goads, showering the area behind Pale Rider with Bodkin fire. If you can't hit, might as well block off its path! +
Aero (03:14:17): * "Thanks, Spada!" Willis calls out yet another name and grips his weapon in both arms, growing it to an oversized greatsword. A few seconds later the weapon starts becoming hazy before Willis boosts into the wormhole, meeting Loni head on with his misty blade. +
cubey@aol.pl (03:15:22): Raquel's dodge was beyond superhuman in terms of reflexes... which would draw attention of others for sure, if they were not busy with very pressing matters.
cubey@aol.pl (03:15:31): And in the end it proved unnecessary anyway as BrightSaber is no longer there.
cubey@aol.pl (03:16:25): FightSaber is peppered with beams, though it tried to avoid some - but it lunges at Pale Rider, and the stab causes a deep gash on the side of Leos' AC.
cubey@aol.pl (03:16:31): Then, Leos grabs the hand.
cubey@aol.pl (03:16:51): And it just... snaps. The blade is turned off and the hand goes limp.
cubey@aol.pl (03:16:55): Ilinka: "Ah..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:00): Loni: "Ilinka!!!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:11): He swings desperately...
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:25): And the blade is intercepted by Strahlend out of nowhere. Or out of a black hole to be precise.
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:53): The two swords clash against each other. But the plasma vents fire off again, and it seems Loni might be more powerful this time!
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:59): Loni: "My... friends!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:03): Loni: "Everything..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:25): The BrightSaber is bombarded by bodkin shots, which makes it lose some force behind the clash.
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:29): But Loni isn't giving up yet!
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:36): Loni: "For them! Everything!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:43): He grits his teeth and then...
cubey@aol.pl (03:19:04): ???: "Apollonius? Can you hear me? Oh God thank you. Stop this!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:19:14): A voice of a mature, posh man.
tengusaur (03:19:23): Hetepheres: "..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:19:25): Loni escapes the clash once again, and the plasma vents power down!
Meraxa (03:19:26): Ken: ...who...?
cubey@aol.pl (03:19:31): Loni: "Uncle?!"
Wyverncakes (03:20:07): Mizuki: "It's him..."
griefgathering (03:20:12): Shu listens in on this with piqued interest.
cubey@aol.pl (03:20:36): Loni's uncle: "I'm so relieved I could finally talk to you. You must stop this before it gets any worse!"
griefgathering (03:20:36): "Hm."
Wyverncakes (03:20:38): "Time to finally see what kind of man's provided Loni the means to do so much."
VJockey (03:21:06): "Probably the worst sort"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:21:10): "…yeah." Dido agrees, hardly daring to breath.
cubey@aol.pl (03:21:36): Loni: "You... you're kidding, right?"
Meraxa (03:21:52): Ken: This man...
cubey@aol.pl (03:22:05): Uncle: "I'm absolutely serious my dear boy. What do you think is going to happen next? I can try to pull you out of this mess somehow, but only if you do what I tell you."
cubey@aol.pl (03:22:32): Uncle: "You need to turn yourself in to Unity Group. Don't worry, nothing bad will happen to you. I promise."
Meraxa (03:23:05): Ken glances across a holographic screen to Leos.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:23:05): "…oh, fudge-skittles." Dido mutters.
VJockey (03:23:10): [Leos lets out an irritated noise.]
Ginkan SK (03:23:22): Raquel's machine pauses and once more she goes into a ready stance to see how this plays out.
VJockey (03:23:26): "And there it is..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:23:50): Uncle: "All things considered, you defeated the Lady's Good Men in Birmingham. Please don't make it any worse for yourself."
VJockey (03:23:57): "We take him in and then he goes scott free."
cubey@aol.pl (03:24:08): Uncle: "It's almost over. Do what I say and you will be remembered as a hero. You always wanted to be a hero, right?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:24:13): Loni: "..."
VJockey (03:24:16): "And everything that he did gets ignored."
griefgathering (03:24:28): Chika: "This is really happening, isn't it?"
Meraxa (03:24:30): Ken: ...You've gotta be kidding...
VJockey (03:24:32): "Everything they did gets ignored."
Wyverncakes (03:24:41): Mizuki: "Worry about that during the court martial."
cubey@aol.pl (03:24:42): Loni: "Ilinka..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:24:49): Uncle: "Yes?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:24:49): "…hey, Loni!" Dido blurts out on a whim. "Ask your Uncle what'll happen to your friends!"
Wyverncakes (03:24:50): "If it gets Loni to shut up and turn himself in..."
Meraxa (03:25:05): Ken: We gotta be sure we're the ones who bring that pilot back.
cubey@aol.pl (03:25:09): Loni: "She won't be put on a trial, right? She will not be sentenced, right?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:25:18): There is no further response from his uncle.
cubey@aol.pl (03:25:26): Loni: "..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:25:33): "I..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:25:50): "I'm coming with you." Merely a quiet whisper.
cubey@aol.pl (03:26:03): "I'm coming with you back to UG..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:26:13): He sounds totally broken and disheartened.
tengusaur (03:26:24): Hetepheres: "..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:26:25): Ilinka: "..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:26:27): Desta: "..."
VJockey (03:26:38): "Tch..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:26:48): Dido: "….wow."
Wyverncakes (03:26:59): "Congratulations Loni."
Wyverncakes (03:27:09): "There may still be hope for you yet."
tengusaur (03:27:09): Hetepheres: "Commander-in-chief Howe. What do you say to this?"
Wyverncakes (03:27:20): Her tone doesn't reflect much faith though.
cubey@aol.pl (03:27:36): Howe: "Take Venczel and your Good Men prisoner into custody."
VJockey (03:27:39): "I wouldn't count on it Mizuki."
cubey@aol.pl (03:27:50): Howe: "As for Gavin and his friend..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:28:06): Howe: "They will be under house arrest and ordered not to leave the base. For now. Secure everyone's units."
Meraxa (03:28:15): Ken: ...Roger.
tengusaur (03:28:44): Hetepheres: "Very well. You, and the other commanders, should prepare for the questions everyone will have for you when this is over."
tengusaur (03:28:50): Hetepheres: "There will be many."
cubey@aol.pl (03:28:58): Howe: "I'm sure of it, General."
VJockey (03:29:22): [Leos just glares at Loni and company before looking to the city with a bitter look.]
VJockey (03:29:40): "This shouldn't have happened again..."
Ginkan SK (03:29:46): Raquel "Understood." Raquel's machine moves to carry out her orders.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:30:01): "…Ilinka?" Dido says. "You still there?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:13): No matter what events happened here today, one thing is certain.
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:17): Ilinka: "... Shut up."
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:23): Ilinka: "Don't... talk to me."
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:38): You managed to capture a Lady's Good Men base. What secrets lie within?
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:30:39): "Ilinka…" Dido swallows. "I'm sorry. Shutting up now."
VJockey (03:30:50): "Dido. Don't."
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:51): Also. Whatever relationship you had with Gavin and his merry group of friends has changed.
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:53): Changed forever.
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:56): MISSION COMPLETE
VJockey (03:31:03): "You don't have to apologize to scum like her."