Mission 073 - The Parson

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cubey@aol.pl (02:01:50): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYn2Q-kVNAk
cubey@aol.pl (02:03:32): At the moment, the Unity Group task force is in the Sahara desert. Judging by the massive energy response, the Lady's Good Men headquarters should be right down below you.
cubey@aol.pl (02:03:40): There is only one problem though.
cubey@aol.pl (02:03:53): You do not see anything but the sands underneath you.
cubey@aol.pl (02:04:10): It is underground and you will need to dig through the ground somehow - and fast.
cubey@aol.pl (02:04:12): However...
cubey@aol.pl (02:04:29): A familiar shuttle pilot: "Please hang on tight, everyone."
cubey@aol.pl (02:04:40): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk2JyN6lM4M
cubey@aol.pl (02:04:48): You are not in a standard issue shuttle.
Wyverncakes (02:05:02): Mizuki... braces herself.
griefgathering (02:05:08): Chika: "I approve of this guy!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:05:15): The Death Battle crashes into the sands, front first.
Meraxa (02:05:15): Ken does the same.
Peter Kampschroeder (02:05:20): "...Hm?" Sarah doesn't.
Aero (02:05:25): Willis: "I have a terrible feeling about this."
griefgathering (02:05:42): Shu: "..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:05:42): The gigantic meganoid battleship starts digging its way through the sands, and then the ground and rock.
tengusaur (02:05:46): Hetepheres: "Excellent! Go forth and do not stop."
Peter Kampschroeder (02:05:53): "Hmmmmm????"
cubey@aol.pl (02:06:08): It starts to accumulate damage from excessive digging. It's not meant for action like that!
cubey@aol.pl (02:06:16): Not to mention, everyone on board is shaking like crazy.
cubey@aol.pl (02:06:29): Some things explode around you but...
cubey@aol.pl (02:06:33): Death Battle stops.
Meraxa (02:06:35): Ken: Nnnnnnnnn-how-much-more-of-this?
cubey@aol.pl (02:06:40): Pilot: "We're here. I leave the rest to you..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:07:00): Its mouth opens - you can use it as an exit hatch.
tengusaur (02:07:15): Hetepheres stands perfectly still while a Gebian technician tumbles by. "Great. Let us finish this chapter in the history of Earth!"
Wyverncakes (02:07:32): Mizuki's in the process of righting herself.
Wyverncakes (02:07:42): Scarves are not good when they might undermine your footing.
Wyverncakes (02:07:46): But still-
tengusaur (02:08:05): Scaraber jumps out of the Death Battle's mouth, crouching down in a battle ready pose. The mech is equipped with the mighty Crab Frame.
Aero (02:08:06): Due to Strahlend being a pile of molten metal right now, Willis has decided to borrow one of the group's many Gespensts.
Wyverncakes (02:08:10): "... We'll be back soon enough. Take care."
griefgathering (02:08:13): The Granzon floats out of the hatch to join the others.
Meraxa (02:08:27): Good timing for Ken then. His head is still shaking as, slowly, he tries to have ScarleTiger walk. A second later, he's bracing himself on the wall, before walking again.
griefgathering (02:08:39): It gives the shuttle (and the pilot) a nod first though.
Wyverncakes (02:08:52): Once she's out of the Death Battle, the DuskBird flows out of her shadow, and then she's ready for battle.
Peter Kampschroeder (02:08:57): Sarah does Tiankui's summoning ritual, then heads off out the hatch. It's got a shiny new sword.
cubey@aol.pl (02:10:10): On the other side of the mouth, you see...
cubey@aol.pl (02:10:17): A cathedral
cubey@aol.pl (02:10:38): Or rather, a huge cathedral-like room, built of stone and surprisingly little metal
cubey@aol.pl (02:11:10): It has giant stained glass windows that provide illumination... somehow (weren't you supposed to be underground?) and describe geometrical patterns rather than anything you recognize.
cubey@aol.pl (02:11:23): The room dwarves your units with its size and majesty.
Meraxa (02:11:27): Ken: This seems... ominous.
cubey@aol.pl (02:11:51): It is full of weird technology - something similar to pods or vats, maybe? And other stuff whose function is unknown. Although...
griefgathering (02:11:54): Shu: "Quite the grand location, I see."
Peter Kampschroeder (02:12:04): Sarah: "...pretty nice decor."
cubey@aol.pl (02:12:06): Near the walls stand structrures that seem eerily similar to Unity Group's teleporters.
cubey@aol.pl (02:12:09): However
cubey@aol.pl (02:12:23): The most grandiose thing stands right in front of you, on the other side of the "cathedral"
Wyverncakes (02:12:34): Mizuki: "How did they even find the time to build something like this?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:12:34): On the opposite wall you witness a giant portal.
cubey@aol.pl (02:12:38): A Cross Gate.
Wyverncakes (02:12:41): "-!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:12:49): Or rather something that looks very, very similar to one.
tengusaur (02:12:56): Hetepheres: "Another one of those. Just like the last time..."
Aero (02:12:56): Willis: "That's..."
Aero (02:13:10): The Gespenst shoots a look over towards the Granzon.
cubey@aol.pl (02:13:21): It is currently inactive.
cubey@aol.pl (02:13:35): You are not sure what the source of the energy readings was - but it's not that.
griefgathering (02:13:40): Shu: "No doubt about it. A Crossgate."
Peter Kampschroeder (02:13:43): Sarah: "I'm going to guess we should break that thing before it starts glowing?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:14:05): ???: "I'm afraid I can't let you do that."
Wyverncakes (02:14:09): Mizuki: "I'd say leave that call to the experts on that-"
tengusaur (02:14:16): Hetepheres: "It would be foolish to let our opponents activate it. Commander, what do you-"
tengusaur (02:14:21): Hetepheres: "!!"
Meraxa (02:14:26): Ken: Not as if we could keep our entrance secret...
Wyverncakes (02:14:27): And well well. The hosts finally were coming out.
cubey@aol.pl (02:14:33): A group of enemies approaches from the other side of the room!
cubey@aol.pl (02:14:51): They are led by a familiar looking unit - the Ancilla, which played support for Blue Blood while you still fought that one.
cubey@aol.pl (02:15:05): Erle: "I must admit I did not expect you to arrive the way you did, Unity Group."
cubey@aol.pl (02:15:32): Erle: "Regardless, I have my duty and I will uphold it."
cubey@aol.pl (02:15:52): Erle: "I have no idea what you did to Constans, but even in his absence you'd do best not to underestimate me!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:16:19): The feminine looking unit unleashes a slow glowing beam. It doesn't strike anyone in particular for now, but moves through the air circling and changing direction.
tengusaur (02:16:29): Hetepheres: "He chose the smart way out and surrendered. If you value your life, you will do the same."
cubey@aol.pl (02:17:03): Erle: "We are on the doorstep of a new era. Do you think I will let you walk all over me and stop it?"
Wyverncakes (02:17:04): At the sight of that glowing beam, the DuskBird draws its own whip.
Wyverncakes (02:17:41): Mizuki: "It's not your place to decide the next era for Earth!"
tengusaur (02:17:46): Scaraber snaps its claws.
tengusaur (02:17:56): Hetepheres: "No. I do not think so. I asked only to be sure."
cubey@aol.pl (02:17:59): Initiative: Mizuki, Sarah, Ken, Dido, Shu, Hetepheres, Willis
cubey@aol.pl (02:18:08): Mizuki, Sarah, Ken, go now.
Wyverncakes (02:18:14): "You're no ruler, just a madman with a vision."
cubey@aol.pl (02:18:31): Enemy list: Ancilla (Erle Tailler), Chain Yob x6, Blaze Yob x6, Razor Yob x6, Muzzle Yob x4
Meraxa (02:18:50): Ken: And we're on his home turf. Be careful.
cubey@aol.pl (02:18:51): Surprisingly few enemies for a supposed headquarters.
Wyverncakes (02:20:41): * And there's about to be even fewer. The DuskBird swings out with its whip to strike one of the Muzzle Yobs down with the weapon's razor edge!+
Peter Kampschroeder (02:21:07): *Sarah charges a muzzle yob, punching away with blazing fists.+
Meraxa (02:21:30): Ken: ...I think it's a he anyway. *Ken muses as he makes a charge towards his old buddies, the Blaze Yobs. With his scarlet whip igniting already as he tries to ensnare - and rather violently explode - its flamethrower tanks+
cubey@aol.pl (02:22:58): You engage the Yob ranks - they go down easily, two Muzzle Yobs and two Blaze ones as well.
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:14): What happened to those units' thick armor? They act sluggishly and seem to be made from inferior materials.
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:21): Erle: "Now!"
Wyverncakes (02:23:35): Mizuki: "What-?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:49): Suddenly, the TSEN-like structures behind you briefly flash with energy.
cubey@aol.pl (02:23:55): From within them, more Yobs emerge!
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:07): They fire on you from behind - while those you attacked do so from the front.
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:20): (Fire for Ken, cannons for Mizuki and Sarah, also cannons from the back for everyone.)
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:22): React the three of you
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:30): New enemies: Muzzle Yob x4
cubey@aol.pl (02:24:56): Shu, Hetepheres, Willis, go.
griefgathering (02:25:26): Chika: "This looks like it's gonna be annoying."
Meraxa (02:25:47): Ken: Reinforcements already?! *Ken tries to make use of the room's vast size, and wall jump upwards out of range+
Wyverncakes (02:25:54): * A flap of the DuskBird's wings and it springs into the air to flip over those rear-facing enemies! "Cheap bait-and switch tactics aren't going to win you the day here!" And the DuskBird's eye beams fire on the Yobs that had appeared behind her.+
Peter Kampschroeder (02:27:02): *Sarah jumps backwards to make it so all the enemies are in front of her, lifts up her arms in a block. "...Tch...Hey, these guys were non-sentient cones, right?"+
griefgathering (02:27:17): Shu: *"We will simply have to do what we can. Gran Beam, fire." The Granzon turns slightly, and from its head a golden beam emerges - lancing out towards the reinforcements and slicing across to target any nearby enemies!+
tengusaur (02:27:50): Hetepheres: "These units are piloted by clones that cannot do anything but follow orders. Without their leader, they will be useless." Scaraber strafes to the side, firing two lasers from its eyestalks at Ancilla. Hetepheres ends the dash suddenly by stopping on one leg, hits the ground with the other and sends a claw rocket punch at the enemy leader as well, for further ranged attacks! +
Wyverncakes (02:27:52): Mizuki: "Or so we were told."
Aero (02:28:22): * The Gespenst's visor glows for a second as the PT draws it's Mega Beam Rifle, Willis taking aim at the mobs of Yobs. "Just like riding a bike..." He pulls the trigger and starts sweeping the beam to catch as many of the targets as possible. +
cubey@aol.pl (02:29:06): ScarleTiger leaps into the air, shells and streams of fire going underneath it. Good going!
cubey@aol.pl (02:29:43): Sarah however finds it hard to have all enemies in front of her, since the reinforcements are under a wall! You manage to block the shots with negligible damage.
cubey@aol.pl (02:30:34): Mizuki and Shu fire their beams at the reinforcements and their teleporters - they catch fire and explode, engulfing both the Yobs and the machines!
cubey@aol.pl (02:30:45): These particular TSEN units won't be sending anyone over anymore.
cubey@aol.pl (02:31:03): However, Mizuki got shot in the back by two shells. DuskBird's armor cracks ominously.
Wyverncakes (02:31:23): "Gegh!"
Wyverncakes (02:31:31): Yeah, she'll be feeling that one for a while.
cubey@aol.pl (02:31:56): Hetepheres finds that the Ancilla dodges her eyestalk lasers, and as she advances closer - the slow-moving beam engages forward to meet up with her and stop her assault. React!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:31:58): #Mizuki?
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:04): Too late now, sorry.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:32:08): #Heph?
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:14): If you want to.
tengusaur (02:32:24): (go for it)
Meraxa (02:32:38): Ken: Oi, Mizuki, you alright?!
cubey@aol.pl (02:32:44): Willis aims - and fires, burning holes through armor of close-ranged Yobs.
cubey@aol.pl (02:33:08): However they decide to cut the distance between themselves and your Gespenst. Razor Yobs charge forward, spinning like tops. Tops made of blades. React!
Wyverncakes (02:33:20): Mizuki: "I'll manage. It was just a lucky shot is all."
Peter Kampschroeder (02:33:28): #Willis?
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:33:54): *"Hey! It's that lady who was Dominating that one knight guy! Here, have some ARC THORNS!" The Ancila suddenly gets bombarded by a cloud of flying rocket spikes!+
cubey@aol.pl (02:34:01): If he wants a #
griefgathering (02:35:30): Chika: (to Mizuki) "That better be what it was. They have more of those teleporter things, so we might be in for a long ride!"
tengusaur (02:35:57): Hetepheres: "You would have to be more specific than that, Dido." Using the incoming barrage to her advantage, she quickly hides behind a nearby column and fires a claw rocket punch from there. +
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:36:04): Dido Sybil's ShelLancer strides into the creepy Cathedral. "Sorry about the delay, Mizuki, Ken! Need some support fire?"
Aero (02:36:14): *Luckily this Gespenst also had it's own spinning razor tops. "Slash Ripper!" The three remote weapons deploy from the machine and are all sent flying out to meet the Razor Yobs while Willis backs up to make some space. +
Aero (02:36:26): (Sure whatever)
cubey@aol.pl (02:36:35): # approved then
Peter Kampschroeder (02:37:27): *The latch on Sarah's sword opens, and she rushes forward at the Razor yobs, slicing away.+
cubey@aol.pl (02:37:32): Erle: "Hnng?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:01): She does not notice the thorns until they're very close. The beam quickly changes direction to arc forward and intercept them!
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:16): But that also means the claw rocket punch hits Ancilla and sends it flying backwards, damaged!
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:51): Sarah, it is dangerous to get into melee with an enemy made of blades. Fortunately Willis' slash ripper was already intercepting them.
Meraxa (02:38:53): Ken: Others need it more than we do right now. Keep an eye out.
cubey@aol.pl (02:38:56): Together you manage to cut the trio down.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:40:03): "Hmmm…" Dido muses. "If that is a particle beam, it must be creating a atmospheric gradient to redirect the particles…a conductive channel of sorts."
cubey@aol.pl (02:40:06): Erle: "It's the smart mouthed pilot from before? Why did it have to happen to me..."
cubey@aol.pl (02:40:14): She nurses a headache. However!
cubey@aol.pl (02:40:23): The beam creates a full loop and hits Ancilla in the back.
cubey@aol.pl (02:40:29): It does not cause damage however.
cubey@aol.pl (02:40:39): Rather, it creates a feedback effect and the unit becomes much faster!
cubey@aol.pl (02:41:06): Erle: "I have only to buy a little more time. May the Lady watch over me."
Wyverncakes (02:41:09): Mizuki: "-A propulsion laser?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:41:13): Erle: "Send in all reinforcements!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:41:21): Dido's head now hurts as well. "You're…dominating yourself now?"
cubey@aol.pl (02:41:30): The TSEN units around the room activate.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:41:40): "And violating the laws of thermodynamics…yikes."
cubey@aol.pl (02:41:41): They were not pre-charged so nothing is sent through them yet. But there will be, soon.
Meraxa (02:41:49): Ken: ...Oh no.
cubey@aol.pl (02:41:51): Dido, Mizuki, go.
tengusaur (02:42:04): Hetepheres: "...Focus either on her, or on the TSENs themselves. Quickly!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:42:21): New targets: TSEN-like transporter x16
Wyverncakes (02:42:28): Mizuki: "Dido, you're the one with crowd control! Deal with the teleporters!"
Aero (02:43:03): Willis: "Instead of just taking the time to analyze their technology."
Wyverncakes (02:45:08): * In the meantime she focuses on Erle, spending a moment to focus Void energy into her whip to endow it with a black, destructive aura! "Let's see how well your Lady fares against an Empress." The DuskBird charges just long enough to build up speed and then takes to the air, swinging its whip around to strike at Ancilla!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:45:31): *"Go it! I'll take the TSENs!" Dido concurs. "Targeting…deploying Arc Thorns!" She launches sixteen Arc Thorns, Each of which flies into the air and sinks into the TSEN's gate systems. ShelLancer raises it's lance! "Clear a path, guys…Lance Shock in 3, 2, 1!" Lightening cracks through the air, leaping toward each Arc Thorn and searing their projectors!+
cubey@aol.pl (02:46:04): Erle: "How arrogant of you!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:46:58): As the whip lashes down on Ancilla, it counters - by spinning, sending the still looping beam to meet its path like some kind of deadly hoola hoop.
cubey@aol.pl (02:47:17): It's a clash of non standard weapons, with the beam threatening to overwhelm and burn down the dark whip! React.
cubey@aol.pl (02:47:51): Dido targets all TSEN gates and manages to damage them!
cubey@aol.pl (02:48:05): However they are not deactivated yet and some of them teleport new units in.
cubey@aol.pl (02:48:09): However for the second time...
Wyverncakes (02:48:13): "I'm not the one claiming to bring about a new revolution!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:48:22): Due to their damage, the sent Yobs are grossly incomplete.
cubey@aol.pl (02:48:35): Some lacking limbs or heads, others - huge portions of their bodies, they shuffle forward like zombies.
cubey@aol.pl (02:48:44): New enemies: Incomplete Yob x4
cubey@aol.pl (02:49:02): Sarah, Ken, Shu, go.
tengusaur (02:49:42): Hetepheres: "...Perhaps we overestimated how dangerous those reinforcements are."
cubey@aol.pl (02:50:13): Erle: "The replicating facilities are malfunctioning as well?!"
Aero (02:50:16): Willis: "They're still potential enemies."
Meraxa (02:50:20): Ken: ...How are those even standing...? *Ken feels... put off, and yet, more determined to shut down the teleporters. So he has ScarleTiger leap from the wall, drawing its scarlet shotels, aiming to run past and strike what TSEN units enter his path+
Aero (02:50:27): Willis: "I'd really rather not be swarmed right now."
Wyverncakes (02:50:32): * "I am..." the DuskBird's whip suddenly is drawn back, the Void energy flowing back into the rest of the machine and into its free hand. "Just a defender of this planet. A member of the Unity Group and the leader of the Savior Team... Mizuki Onodera! And now... ABYSS SANCTION!" Darkness lept forth from her hand, straight to strike through the beam cable and to the Ancilla itself!+
Aero (02:50:37): @Ken?
cubey@aol.pl (02:50:48): Approved Willis.
tengusaur (02:50:56): Hetepheres: "Oh, that is not going to happen. Trust me."
Peter Kampschroeder (02:51:24): Sarah: "Okay, break the spawners first, got it." Sarah slashes towards the not-TSENs with a long sweeping slash. A wave of energy comes out of the sword, aiming to cut them-and any random mooks in the way-in half.+
Aero (02:52:14): * Willis sends the Slash Rippers alongside Ken and Sarah, following up on every one of their slashes with his own. Even if it was remotely. +
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (02:52:49): Dido blanches at the horde of BrundleYobs. "Oh fudge-skittles…Gross!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:53:22): You cut down through the TSEN units quite efficiently - they are already damaged and break down in your wake.
cubey@aol.pl (02:53:39): The zombie like Yobs make little resistance.
cubey@aol.pl (02:53:41): However!
cubey@aol.pl (02:54:14): As Ken and Sarah get close to some of the TSENs, random collections of limbs and vaguely Yob-like parts suddenly teleport in and try to grapple them!
cubey@aol.pl (02:54:14): React.
cubey@aol.pl (02:54:20): How are those even piloted?!
griefgathering (02:54:42): #?
Peter Kampschroeder (02:54:45): (Sarah's using a ranged attack...)
cubey@aol.pl (02:54:46): Approved.
cubey@aol.pl (02:54:54): (Ah, true. Just Ken then)
cubey@aol.pl (02:55:29): Because of the whip's withdrawal, Ancilla presses forward and Erle's beam starts cutting into DuskBird.
cubey@aol.pl (02:55:37): Only momentarily though before it gets sanctioned to the face!
Meraxa (02:55:54): Ken: ...?! What is even-?! *Ken tries to slash apart the incoming limbs as he leaps back to gain some distance+
cubey@aol.pl (02:55:58): Erle: "Kyaah!"
cubey@aol.pl (02:56:15): Her unit is thrown to the ground, scattering precious technology around.
griefgathering (02:56:26): *Several beams are sent in the way of the Yob parts, all emerging from wormholes. It almost looks like a beam net that's precisely positioned so that Ken doesn't get hit, either.+
cubey@aol.pl (02:58:28): The limb mess is dealt with. Good job.
Wyverncakes (02:58:29): Mizuki just winces through the pain. She knows Erle got far worse from that.
Wyverncakes (02:58:55): "Look at yourself."
cubey@aol.pl (02:58:58): Hetepheres, Willis, go
cubey@aol.pl (02:59:00): Also Shu can still move
Wyverncakes (02:59:24): "Outnumbered, throwing mass-produced garbage at us, and acting like you have some divine favor!"
Wyverncakes (02:59:52): "If you want to change the world for the better, there's more acceptable methods than this!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:00:00): Erle: "... You are wrong."
cubey@aol.pl (03:00:07): The Ancilla slowly lifts itself up.
cubey@aol.pl (03:00:19): Erle: "Every second you spend fighting me is one second closer..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:00:34): "Like clean drinking water!" Dido offers. "You could try making better water filtration tech…huh?"
Meraxa (03:00:49): Ken: ...Have they been delaying us?
Aero (03:00:51): Willis: "She's been buying time..."
griefgathering (03:01:27): (How many enemies left?)
cubey@aol.pl (03:01:49): Enemy list: Ancilla (Erle Tailler), Chain Yob x5, Blaze Yob x4, Razor Yob x2, Muzzle Yob x2, TSEN x6
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:01:51): Dido flicks at switches in her cockpit. "C'mon…recharge faster, you piece of junk!"
tengusaur (03:02:03): Hetepheres: "...Finish breaking the TSENs. Quickly."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:02:04): "We've got teleporters to blow!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:02:14): "I'm on it!" Dido says.
griefgathering (03:02:22): Shu: "In that case..."
Aero (03:02:28): Willis: "...oh crap."
Peter Kampschroeder (03:03:12): Sarah: "Hm?"
griefgathering (03:03:21): *The Granzon forms and releases a single black orb from its chest. It rises, and then multiplies...
griefgathering (03:03:39): *Ten, then twenty, and even more...
griefgathering (03:04:13): Shu: "How far can you withstand high gravity that exceeds intermolecular attraction?"
tengusaur (03:04:25): * While saying this, Hetepheres rushes towards the closest TSEN, starting to rip it apart with Crab Frame's claws - and then throw the remains at another TSEN, followed by more eye lasers! +
griefgathering (03:04:26): Shu: "Gravitron Cannon, fire."
tengusaur (03:04:37): Also Scaraber's Noble Barrier is silver now.
griefgathering (03:04:57): *With a wave of its hand, the orbs descend across the area, but mysteriously, allied units are not harmed!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:04:57): "Oh…" Dido says. She tries calculating the power needed to tear molecules apart with gravity…. "No." She says. "That's boring. Just Watch the show."
griefgathering (03:05:34): That's probably why Shu didn't issue a warning this time.
cubey@aol.pl (03:06:07): Something starts to appear in the TSEN Hetepheres is grabbing - but as soon as she rips it off, the shade disappears.
cubey@aol.pl (03:06:16): It's thrown at another unit, destroying both.
cubey@aol.pl (03:06:27): And then... the Granzon flattens the whole area with excessive gravity.
cubey@aol.pl (03:06:59): You are unharmed, at least. But the same cannot be said for the Yobs - or the TSEN (or other artifacts scattered around for that matter, good job)
cubey@aol.pl (03:07:40): Erle: "Ah..."
griefgathering (03:07:45): Chika: "Good thing we used that part, huh? Everyone seems okay!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:07:47): She looks around, witnessing the destruction.
cubey@aol.pl (03:08:09): The Ancilla took to the skies, struggling against the pull of gravity - but ultimately prevailing, even if it barely holds itself together now.
cubey@aol.pl (03:08:14): It is the sole remaining enemy!
cubey@aol.pl (03:08:21): But Erle doesn't look like she wants to give up just yet!
cubey@aol.pl (03:08:25): (Willis can still move)
Wyverncakes (03:08:47): Mizuki: "You're either a very delusional martyr, or stupid to think you can win still."
cubey@aol.pl (03:08:58): Erle: "I need not to win..."
tengusaur (03:09:02): Hetepheres: "Are you this eager to die here?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:09:07): Erle: "Just last until the Lady's new realm comes!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:09:18): "Was that part of your plan?" Dido asks Erle. "Seriously, was it? We didn't just tear holes in space with the teleporter's destruction, did we?"
Peter Kampschroeder (03:09:27): Sarah: "...Guys, less talking, more smashing."
Aero (03:11:49): * The Gespenst charges it's Plasma Stakes and makes a beeline towards Erle. "Then we just need to finish you off here, Jet Magnum!" The PT slams it's fist towards Ancilla before discharging all of the stakes outwards in one swift motion. +
cubey@aol.pl (03:12:55): Erle: "No. I still have my duty! I still...!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:13:07): She raises the beam to resist against the Magnum.
cubey@aol.pl (03:13:12): Willis
cubey@aol.pl (03:13:23): You notice something approaching quickly, from the direction of the Cross Gate.
cubey@aol.pl (03:13:42): It was lying in wait before, but now that the area has been turned into a featureless flat plain, it can no longer do so.
cubey@aol.pl (03:13:48): So it moves forward.
cubey@aol.pl (03:13:50): Something large.
cubey@aol.pl (03:13:57): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHQS3hWxMH8
Aero (03:14:01): Willis: "!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:11): Erle: "?!"
griefgathering (03:14:30): Chika: "What the-"
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:31): The R-Gun Rivale charges, its Roche Sabers circling as they threaten to slash through the Gespenst!
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:34): And also
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:38): Cut the Ancilla into two!
tengusaur (03:14:39): # Willis
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:43): Approved.
Wyverncakes (03:14:44): Mizuki: "Willis!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:14:49): http://www.mahq.net/mecha/srw/og1/agx-13.jpg
Wyverncakes (03:15:12): "What's Ingram even doing here?!?"
tengusaur (03:15:41): * Scaraber moves forward, opening its claws and trying to catch the incoming beam sabers with them. While they're a physical weapon, they're made from formidable, ancient alloys - and reinforced with the silver Noble Barrier. +
Aero (03:15:44): * Willis draws the Plasma Sword as quickly as possible and tries to parry at least one of the sabers, his remaining slash rippers are sent flying towards the other one in an attempt to deflect it away from him. +
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:15:49): "…Ingram!" Dido snarls. "Of course you'd have to butt in here!"
Aero (03:15:57): Willis: "Wait...Ingram?"
griefgathering (03:16:04): Shu: "..."
tengusaur (03:16:09): Hetepheres: "...Of all people to show up."
Peter Kampschroeder (03:16:23): Sarah: "...?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:16:44): Willis and Hetepheres try to block the blades - but both of you are thrown back to the ground, your units damaged!
cubey@aol.pl (03:16:48): Ingram: /smirk
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:12): Also...
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:20): The Ancilla is completely destroyed, its pilot killed in action.
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:38): Ingram: "I suppose I have to thank you for doing my work for me."
tengusaur (03:17:43): Hetepheres: "It works better the other way around..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:17:53): Ingram: "Have you grown stronger since the last time we met?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:01): Ingram: "Does your anger run deep?"
Aero (03:18:05): Willis: "...you sure you still want to be helping me, Heph."
Wyverncakes (03:18:11): Mizuki: "We were already strong enough back then to kill you."
Wyverncakes (03:18:18): "If only you hadn't run away."
Meraxa (03:18:23): Ken: Have you become even more insufferable?
Aero (03:18:24): Willi: "Why is the Major attacking us?"
Meraxa (03:18:38): Ken: Alien spy.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:18:42): "…he was a double agent for the Aerogators." Dido says simply.
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:42): Ingram: "Good. That confidence will suit you well."
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:54): Mizuki, Dido, Sarah, go.
cubey@aol.pl (03:18:58): Enemies: R-Gun Rivale
Peter Kampschroeder (03:19:02): Sarah: "Yeah, evil alien or something like that..."
tengusaur (03:19:10): Hetepheres: "You will not be able to run away today, Major."
cubey@aol.pl (03:19:22): Ingram: "Oh?"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:19:23): "…looking to harvest the finest warriors on earth like fresh cabbages." Dido says. "Insufferable, is what he is."
cubey@aol.pl (03:19:24): He sounds amused.
cubey@aol.pl (03:19:49): Ingram: "My duty is not to run away. On the contrary."
Wyverncakes (03:20:22): Mizuki pauses, looking at the machinery around the DuskBird's throne room.
Wyverncakes (03:20:44): ... How many minutes would they be able to operate for safely?
tengusaur (03:20:48): Hetepheres: "Good. Today you will pay for all the misery your backstabbing caused."
Peter Kampschroeder (03:22:43): *Sarah: "Mizuki, you better not be planning on doing that thing..." She looks over her sword, nods once, and leaps up towards the R-gun Rivale with a mighty horizantal slash.+
Wyverncakes (03:23:04): Mizuki: "... Too late, Dido."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:23:07): "Mizuki…you sure about this?" Dido asks.
Wyverncakes (03:23:18): "Balmarians and Crossgates are not a good mix..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:23:20): Ingram: "Why not?"
Wyverncakes (03:23:31): "Ken! Dido!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:23:36): Ingram: "Is it not the perfect time to unleash all your power? If you do not give it your all, it will be the end of you."
cubey@aol.pl (03:23:42): Ingram: "Go! Gun Slave!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:24:19): The R-Gun Rivale raises the blades to parry. Sarah! You find your attack slowed down by some kind of telekinetic field.
Meraxa (03:24:24): Ken: I guess we're doing it then
cubey@aol.pl (03:24:43): This is not good, especially since the Rivale suddenly unleashes a group of small bit-like craft that surround you, shooting from all directions.
cubey@aol.pl (03:24:44): React!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:24:48): "Alright!" Dido snarls. "Damn the Gun Slaves, full speeds ahead!" She starts tapping control keys and twisting dials. "I'm opening a direct line to the Director!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:24:57): #Sol Team?
Aero (03:24:58): #Sarah
cubey@aol.pl (03:25:04): Approved, both of you.
Wyverncakes (03:25:15): The clearance codes came in. And then...
Wyverncakes (03:25:21): "Save our Sol-!"

Wyverncakes (03:25:29): 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. It punched out with one fist, its eyes flashing violet.

"-SOLSAVIOR!"
Peter Kampschroeder (03:26:07): *Sarah's left hand lets go of her sword, grabbing the sheathe from Tiankui's hip. It's raised in defence, and a red spherical barrier forms around the robot.+
Wyverncakes (03:26:43): Staring down the R-Gun Rivale, Mizuki steeled her nerves and gripped the controls. "Ken, Dido, you holding on?"
Aero (03:26:51): * "Tear them apart, Slash Ripper." Gun Slaves, met Slash Rippers. While they were busy firing at Sarah he could attempt to destroy them. +
Meraxa (03:27:01): Ken: We just started! Kick his ass!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:27:18): Dido sighs in relief. "I'm good! Let's blow stuff up, guys!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:27:36): The gun slaves are fast and try to navigate around the rippers. Still, some of them are hit, taking off a bit of heat off Sarah.
cubey@aol.pl (03:27:46): Their beams start burning through the barrier and into Tiankui.
cubey@aol.pl (03:27:54): The damage is not severe yet, but you are on the defensive!
cubey@aol.pl (03:27:58): However, SolSavior is formed - go!
cubey@aol.pl (03:28:26): Ingram: "Is this all? For a group that is supposed to defend Earth, that is severely disappointing."
Peter Kampschroeder (03:28:46): Sarah: "Thanks, Willis!"
Wyverncakes (03:29:01): * "That's the plan!" If the Rivale had a barrier they'd have to smash through that... and SolSavior smacked its hands together as energy built up in both of them! "Ingram! You want to see how powerful we really are... then here it is!" WIth an angry shout the machine thrusted its hands out, releasing the joint blasts of Sol and Void energy! "Sol Salvation!"+
Aero (03:29:11): Willis: "Just stay focused!"
Aero (03:29:28): At that statement Willis just looks over towards the Granzon. Wondering if he'll do the thing.
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:14): Ingram: "... Heh."
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:39): The gun slaves run interference again, as the R-Gun Rivale lunges at SolSavior, the Roche Sabers already spinning to slice it apart!
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:52): The attack will strike against Sol Salvation!
cubey@aol.pl (03:30:54): Except...
cubey@aol.pl (03:31:09): Streams of energy start to crackle on SolSavior, especially the parts where the component units connect.
Meraxa (03:31:27): Ken: ...No... no...!
cubey@aol.pl (03:31:27): The Void energy is not working well with the Sol one.
Wyverncakes (03:31:28): Mizuki: "... Already?!?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:31:35): The pilots suddenly experience painful feedback!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:31:45): "!" Dido calls up a stress reading. "Guys? Something's wrong…GAHH-Ah!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:31:49): And Sol Salvation's energies disappear and fizzle out!
cubey@aol.pl (03:32:06): But you still have Ingram in your grill - while the gun slaves are ready to shoot at anyone who tries to interfere!
cubey@aol.pl (03:32:07): React!
Meraxa (03:32:17): Ken: Nnnnnnnnggghhh! AH... WHY...?!
Wyverncakes (03:32:24): Mizuki: "D-dammit!!!!"
Aero (03:32:28): # to interfere?
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:32:33): "We need to disengage!" Dido grunts. "But first–!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:32:33): Sure Willis.
tengusaur (03:32:37): Hetepheres: "..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:32:40): If you dare.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:33:10): * Dido crouches SolSavior, raising one of it's outstretched palms as twirling energies begin to form into a barrier. "Geh…c'mon, work! Sol Sanctum…Spinning Up!"+
Meraxa (03:34:03): Ken: Will that even hold...?!
Wyverncakes (03:34:26): Mizuki: "If ever there was a time for it... then now! Please!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:34:27): "Ugh…" Dido rasps. "It damn well better!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:36:00): "If you've got wrenches, start banging on things!"
Aero (03:39:26): * Willis draws the Mega Beam Rifle again and starts boosting towards SolSavior and the Rivale, firing a long stream from the Mega Beam Rifle at the hovering Gun Slaves. The Slash Rippers are also recalled and placed in front of Willis to protect him from stray shots as he makes his charge towards the Aerogator machine. The MP PT jumps over SolSavior while charging it's plasma stakes and slams that fist as hard as into the mutated R-Gun. +
Wyverncakes (03:39:42): Mizuki: "W-Willis...!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:40:21): The Gun Slaves shoot at the Gespenst - some of them actually go down, but not without a heavy price. The unit's armor is heavily damaged.
cubey@aol.pl (03:40:27): And then, as Willis does his stand...
cubey@aol.pl (03:40:36): Ingram backhands his unit away.
cubey@aol.pl (03:40:42): He did not even use the sabers...
cubey@aol.pl (03:40:57): Because he is too busy sinking them into SolSavior, easily overcoming its defense. Sol Sanctum did not work!
Aero (03:41:20): Willis: "Dammit."
cubey@aol.pl (03:41:38): The SolSavior pilots experience more pain from the feedback and the unit is thrown to the ground, crackles of electricity all over its surface.
griefgathering (03:41:42): Chika: "Waaaaahh!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:41:46): Ingram: "Let it be a lesson to you."
Wyverncakes (03:42:10): "Ga... faaaa..."
Aero (03:42:11): Willis: "You're going to have to do more than that."
Wyverncakes (03:42:15): "FUCK YOU!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:42:21): "Mixing up incompatible energies, sacrificing efficiency and strength for the sake of cheap sentimentalism?"
Meraxa (03:42:37): Ken: Ha... Ha... Mizuki... separate us...
Wyverncakes (03:42:38): She can feel wetness on her face. Blood. Not good...
cubey@aol.pl (03:42:45): Ingram: "How foolish. Ze Balmary Empire does not need soldiers like that. Everyone, witness what I am going to do."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:42:56): "That's…Sentimentality!" Dido snarls. "Get your grammar right!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:43:00): Ingram: "And grow to hate me because of it. Nurture that hate and grow even stronger. As for you..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:43:20): The R-Gun Rivale's chest cannon opens and starts charging up dark energy.
cubey@aol.pl (03:43:32): Ingram: "Disappear. Axiom Buste..."
tengusaur (03:43:41): Hetepheres: "...Mizuki. As soon as you feel your power is getting out of control, separate. It is crucial."
Aero (03:43:42): Willis: "Shu, if you have any plans up your coattails right now, it'd be a really good time to use them!"
Wyverncakes (03:43:43): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3qZmtlqvik
tengusaur (03:43:52): She gets ready to react to this attack!
cubey@aol.pl (03:44:01): Above you, the ceiling cracks.
Peter Kampschroeder (03:44:16): Sarah crouches, ready to interpose herself for the attack...
cubey@aol.pl (03:44:21): From above, a new yet familiar unit descends.
cubey@aol.pl (03:44:31): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHQS3hWxMH8
cubey@aol.pl (03:44:33): The black angel.
cubey@aol.pl (03:44:44): /needle scratch
cubey@aol.pl (03:44:51): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdKhN45LNhg
cubey@aol.pl (03:45:18): Ingram's Axiom Buster was already charging, but this unit's eeringly similar chest cannon - is already charged, and firing.
cubey@aol.pl (03:45:24): ???: "Axiom Cannon."
cubey@aol.pl (03:45:28): That voice! It sounds...
cubey@aol.pl (03:45:30): Just like Ingram too!
cubey@aol.pl (03:45:32): There is two of them?
Wyverncakes (03:45:50): Mizuki: "W-wha...?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:45:53): Ingram: "... You!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:46:00): "What–?" Dido chokes. "Fudge-skittles!"
Aero (03:46:01): Wilis: "That machine...looks familiar"
Peter Kampschroeder (03:46:05): Sarah: "...what the..."
Aero (03:46:07): Willis: "Major?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:46:07): A black hole fires and hits the R-Gun Rivale - sucking it in!
griefgathering (03:46:11): Shu quietly smirks at this.
tengusaur (03:46:12): Hetepheres: "...I did not see that coming."
griefgathering (03:46:20): The Granzon is still floating where it was.
cubey@aol.pl (03:46:25): http://www.mahq.net/mecha/srw/og-tv/agx-15.jpg
Astranagant
cubey@aol.pl (03:46:37): Ingram #2: "This is enough of your charades."
Aero (03:46:40): Willis: "Why does it look like..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:46:47): Ingram #2: "Calico McCready."
Wyverncakes (03:46:48): Mizuki: "... What the...?"
Peter Kampschroeder (03:46:53): Sarah: "No, seriously, what"
cubey@aol.pl (03:46:54): Ingram #1 (Calico?): "G... gaaah!"
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:47:08): "Shu…did you recruit a good version of Ingram from a parrallel universe?" Dido says cautiously.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:47:18): "Just throwing that out."
cubey@aol.pl (03:47:20): The R-Gun Rivale is sucked into the black hole attack, freeing up SolSavior and Willis' Gespenst.
cubey@aol.pl (03:47:46): Ingram #2: "No. I am the actual Ingram. Calico is a clone of mine."
Meraxa (03:48:03): Ken: ...Pull... the other one...
cubey@aol.pl (03:48:16): Ingram: "Ze Balmary Empire planted me as an agent, a spy. However I had an agenda of my own, to help Earth instead."
cubey@aol.pl (03:48:27): Ingram: "This is why he has been activated to replace me."
Wyverncakes (03:48:48): And with the reprieve, Mizuki finally manages to separate the three machines, SolSavior's components falling apart in an awkward pile.
tengusaur (03:48:55): Hetepheres: "Where have you been all this time, major Prisken?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:49:14): Ingram: "Unfortunately I was not able to act openly against him. I was only able to participate in covert action, with the help of Captain Symphonia."
cubey@aol.pl (03:49:25): Ingram: "Help that cost him and his men their lives."
cubey@aol.pl (03:49:44): Ingram: "I will carry that burden by myself. As for you, Unity Group - have you not come here with a mission?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:49:59): Ingram: "You have work to do. Make sure it succeeds."
cubey@aol.pl (03:50:06): The black hole spits out the heavily damaged R-Gun Rivale.
cubey@aol.pl (03:50:12): It is damaged - but still standing.
cubey@aol.pl (03:50:21): Calico: "Ingram Plisken..."
cubey@aol.pl (03:50:33): Calico: "So you were working in the shadows all along?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:50:55): Calico: "However, you have failed! It was a mistake to destroy all the teleporters, thus freeing the power required to do... this!"
Meraxa (03:51:02): Ken: Ngh... why can we never get to be in on something first...? *Ken gives an ached grumble, as ScarleTiger struggles to its feet*
cubey@aol.pl (03:51:05): The Cross Gate activates.
griefgathering (03:51:28): Chika: "See, I knew Ingram was trustworthy, Master."
cubey@aol.pl (03:51:29): On the other side, you see - space.
cubey@aol.pl (03:51:32): And not just space.
cubey@aol.pl (03:51:41): Space full of all kinds of units. Balmarian ones.
Aero (03:51:45): The now sparking Gespenst gets up to it's feet.
Meraxa (03:51:48): Ken: ...Oh... come on...
cubey@aol.pl (03:51:51): It is a huge fleet, larger than anything you witnessed in the Earth Sphee.
Peter Kampschroeder (03:52:10): Sarah: "...I hate space."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:52:11): ShelLancer rises up. "Hey. I for one, chose this scenario over one in which we get disintegrated." Dido says. She notices the Balmarian battlefleet through the Crossgate. "...I stand by my earlier remark."
cubey@aol.pl (03:52:16): Calico: "Your machinations will not continue any longer. Ze Balmary Empire will launch a full scale invasion now."
tengusaur (03:52:33): Hetepheres: "Major. If you know a way to stop this, tell us now."
Wyverncakes (03:52:38): "!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:52:46): Ingram: "Do not make me repeat myself. Do you not have a mission?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:52:53): Ingram: "Make sure it succeeds."
cubey@aol.pl (03:53:01): The Astranagant floats towards the Cross Gate.
cubey@aol.pl (03:53:05): Ingram: "I will handle this."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:53:10): "Shut off the power!" Dido says. "There has to be reactor somewhere….oh."
tengusaur (03:53:14): Hetepheres: "..."
tengusaur (03:53:19): Hetepheres: "Very well."
griefgathering (03:53:29): Shu: "As you wish."
cubey@aol.pl (03:53:48): Ingram: "This way! The direction you need to follow... is down!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:53:52): He points at the floor.
cubey@aol.pl (03:54:16): Calico: "Foolish! Do you think I will allow your minions to depart?"
cubey@aol.pl (03:54:36): R-Gun Rivale suddenly lunges at the Astranagant, Roche Sabers at the ready.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:54:50): # Astranagant?
cubey@aol.pl (03:54:53): Ingram: "Go!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:54:58): # Refused!
cubey@aol.pl (03:55:09): The Astranagant is stabbed by the sabers!
Meraxa (03:55:12): Ken: Ingram... you had better stay alive!
tengusaur (03:55:20): Hetepheres: "He knows what he is doing. Focus on the mission!"
Wyverncakes (03:55:20): Mizuki: "... Ingram..."
Wyverncakes (03:55:30): "... thank you...!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:55:31): Ingram: "..."
Meraxa (03:55:33): Ken: You deserve all of the punches I wanna give Loni, by proxy!
cubey@aol.pl (03:55:34): /smirk
Wyverncakes (03:55:50): Everything hurt, but there was still a job to be done.
griefgathering (03:55:54): Shu: "Do not waste more time. Proceed."
Wyverncakes (03:55:57): And she'd see it done.
cubey@aol.pl (03:55:57): Ingram: "Minions? No... that would imply they are forced into servitude. Do not underestimate humanity!"
Peter Kampschroeder (03:56:00): Sarah: "...So, are there stairs, or do we do this the other way?"
tengusaur (03:56:07): A burst of energy emanates from Scaraber, and its claws start to spin rapidly, looking more like drills when they're in motion. Heph starts to use this to dig through the floor!
cubey@aol.pl (03:56:08): (There are no stairs. You'll have to break through)
cubey@aol.pl (03:56:29): Hetepheres digs in a hole. In fact, once you break the floor, you can easily go down.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:56:30): "Ingram!" Dido says. "...Good luck! Try not to die, alright?"
Peter Kampschroeder (03:56:57): Sarah looks over at Heph. "Kool-aid man it is!" And proceeeds to punch the floor right under her, shattering it.
Meraxa (03:57:07): Ken: Come on. Down we go. *Hop*
cubey@aol.pl (03:57:15): Ingram does not respond. Instead, his unit grabs the Rivale, and both of them fly off - towards the Cross Gate.
Aero (03:57:30): Willis follows the others down through Heph's hole.
cubey@aol.pl (03:57:33): Ingram: "Across all the possible universes and existences, there is only one."
cubey@aol.pl (03:57:41): Calico: "... You cannot be serious!"
cubey@aol.pl (03:58:01): Ingram: "Heh. Infinity Cylinder."
cubey@aol.pl (03:58:05): Ingram: "Activate."
Wyverncakes (03:58:20): The DuskBird tries its wings... and it's not a pretty sight. But still... "they'll suffice..."
Wyverncakes (03:58:30): She spares Ingram one last look, and then heads down as well.
cubey@aol.pl (03:58:44): The two units fly off into the Cross Gate - on the other side, already something is starting to happen.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (03:58:48): ShelLancer hops down as well.
cubey@aol.pl (03:58:58): Glowing balls of energy are launched from the Astranagant and fly off towards the Balmarian fleet.
cubey@aol.pl (03:59:07): Large parts of it seem to... disappear? What is going on.
cubey@aol.pl (03:59:34): As the Unity Group members disappear into the dark hole below, the other side of the Cross Gate is lit up in a huge number of bright blue explosions.
cubey@aol.pl (03:59:51): When the pandemonium passes, the Cross Gate is closed. The Balmarian fleet, Calico, and Major Ingram - all gone.
cubey@aol.pl (04:00:05): But
griefgathering (04:00:09): The Granzon follows the UG units, but descends last.
cubey@aol.pl (04:00:22): You have your own business to take care of.
cubey@aol.pl (04:00:28): As Ingram said, there is work to be done.
cubey@aol.pl (04:03:56): You drop down on a large platform.
cubey@aol.pl (04:04:17): It is certainly huge enough to contain all your units and then some more, with plenty of space to maneuver.
cubey@aol.pl (04:04:27): And good because the rest of the chamber where you are - is darkness.
cubey@aol.pl (04:04:36): You cannot perceive the walls nor the bottom floor.
cubey@aol.pl (04:04:57): Not by sight, nor by any scanner.
tengusaur (04:05:10): Hetepheres: "Stay on your toes."
tengusaur (04:05:23): Hetepheres: "...This place is not right."
cubey@aol.pl (04:05:27): ???: "They come."
cubey@aol.pl (04:05:33): A unit raises from the darkness
Meraxa (04:05:34): Ken tries to turn on ScarleTiger's headlights, if they'll even be of any use.
cubey@aol.pl (04:05:50): Lit up by Ken's lights, you see a giant silvery torso.
cubey@aol.pl (04:06:07): With clawed hands and a head that seems to be wearing some kind of clerical or royal headdress.
cubey@aol.pl (04:06:25): Despite being only the upper part of a humanoid, it is much larger than any of your units.
cubey@aol.pl (04:06:39): Its lower body part is serpentine, and disappears in the darkness. Its end cannot be seen.
cubey@aol.pl (04:07:03): ???: "The witnesses to observe. Observe the coming of the Lady."
cubey@aol.pl (04:07:09): ???: "The time is nigh, yes."
griefgathering (04:07:16): Chika: "That's big..."
Wyverncakes (04:07:17): "We'll... pass...!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:07:23): The unit circles around the platform, its hands looking ready to pluck you out of it.
cubey@aol.pl (04:07:26): Yet making no moves.
cubey@aol.pl (04:07:39): ???: "Where are my manners? Aaron Anso Antema. But you know well who I am, do you not?"
cubey@aol.pl (04:07:48): Aaron: "Why else would you have come to me?"
Wyverncakes (04:07:54): She has to take a moment to wipe the blood off her forehead. Man Calico had done a number on her.
Peter Kampschroeder (04:07:58): Sarah: "I can hazard a guess..."
tengusaur (04:07:59): Hetepheres: "Of course. You are the leader of this little cult."
cubey@aol.pl (04:08:19): Aaron: "I am but a servant of the Lady! Did you not hear of her gospel?"
cubey@aol.pl (04:08:27): Aaron: "The Lady wishes for only one thing."
cubey@aol.pl (04:08:39): Aaron: "For existence on Earth as it is to cease. She finds it detestable."
griefgathering (04:08:42): Shu: "A servant? That much is clear."
cubey@aol.pl (04:08:49): Aaron: "Any other form would be so much better."
cubey@aol.pl (04:09:05): Aaron: "Therefore, this is exactly what I, Her humble servant, am going to give her."
Meraxa (04:09:05): Ken: Let's just say that its not the most convincing message to preach.
cubey@aol.pl (04:09:31): The room's darkness becomes slightly less dark.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:09:42): "Yeah, no, that's not going to happen." Dido says. "We like existing. Most everyone on the planet does."
Wyverncakes (04:09:46): Mizuki: "... Death for death's sake..."
cubey@aol.pl (04:09:49): It seems that there is some kind of ambient light that, very slowly, starts to light up the whole gigantic chamber.
cubey@aol.pl (04:09:58): (Still too dark to see anything specific though)
Wyverncakes (04:10:00): "... Worse than the Geat Black Void."
cubey@aol.pl (04:10:10): Aaron: "Death? No, you misunderstand."
Peter Kampschroeder (04:10:20): Sarah: "Oh, do go on."
cubey@aol.pl (04:10:32): Aaron: "The Lady wishes not for your destruction, but merely... for Earth to change."
cubey@aol.pl (04:10:58): Aaron: "But I am not naive enough to believe you are just going to stand back and let it pass, am I?"
tengusaur (04:11:08): Hetepheres: "You are the last one, Antema. All of the other servants died, ran for their lives, or were taken captive. The wish of your Lady will not come to pass."
cubey@aol.pl (04:11:10): Aaron: "A broken body may still witness the Lady's coming."
cubey@aol.pl (04:11:19): Aaron: "Therefore, the bodies of yours will be broken!"
Wyverncakes (04:11:35): "Then you're out of luck."
cubey@aol.pl (04:11:58): Aaron: "As long as I have my Lady's favor, luck is unnecessary! This is the reality which she controls!"
Wyverncakes (04:12:03): "That Balmarian might as well have broken mine... but it's not going to stop me from standing against you!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:12:08): His unit lifts up, revealing more of its serpentile lower body.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:12:09): "You're supposed to be a scientist, aren't you Aaron?" Dido asks. "Tell me…when did your genius turn to madness?"
griefgathering (04:12:14): Chika: "We'll see who breaks whom!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:12:21): Enemies: Prophetes Magnum (Aaron)
cubey@aol.pl (04:12:37): Ken, Shu, go now.
griefgathering (04:13:46): "Hm." *No sense in putting full power into this first. Shu doesn't know the full capabilities of the enemy, so he tests the waters by firing several Gran Beams at the imposing enemy machine!+
cubey@aol.pl (04:13:50): Aaron: "Science - what is science? A collection of facts related to reality, but reality itself is malleable."
cubey@aol.pl (04:13:57): Aaron: "Why don't you witness it yourself?"
cubey@aol.pl (04:14:56): *Prophetes Magnus, sorry
Meraxa (04:14:58): Ken: Shut up already! *Ken leaps in, doing what he does by trying to slash his swords into the great hig torso+
cubey@aol.pl (04:15:31): Aaron does not dodge. Instead, his unit's arm generates something.
cubey@aol.pl (04:15:46): It looks like a fully formed Yob - which he throws to intercept Ken and the ScarleTiger!
cubey@aol.pl (04:15:47): React!
cubey@aol.pl (04:15:52): (It's a Razor Yob by the way)
Aero (04:16:03): #Ken again?
Ginkan SK (04:16:16): #Ken
cubey@aol.pl (04:16:17): Approved
cubey@aol.pl (04:16:18): Also approved
Aero (04:16:41): (I'll default to Junker)
Ginkan SK (04:17:08): There is a blurr of movment from the hole above as machine bearing a unity IFF drops in it's a Gespenst and is's sporting a two way cannon, the markings make it clear whom it it. Russel's just dropping into shoot down the Yob or whatever it is with his canon. "That's enough of that!"+
Meraxa (04:18:16): Ken: Damn tricks! *Ken will raise his blades to deflect the Yob if need be, before trying to keep back off it to the platform. Don't wanna fall into a potentially endless pit in a mid-aie struggle+
cubey@aol.pl (04:18:52): The Yob is shot and heavily damaged by Russel's sudden appearance! Ken deflects it - and sends it sending down to the endless depths, while the two of you land safely on the platform.
cubey@aol.pl (04:19:07): (Shu, Hetepheres, Willis, Russel - can move)
griefgathering (04:19:16): (Shu already moved)
tengusaur (04:19:18): Hetepheres: "A very good time to show up, Bagman."
cubey@aol.pl (04:19:53): Prophetes Magnus raises a hand. Is that - a black hole?
Peter Kampschroeder (04:20:04): Sarah: "Points for the entrance."
cubey@aol.pl (04:20:08): The gran beam disappears within it, and another hole opens in front of the Granzon.
cubey@aol.pl (04:20:15): Predictably the beam fires from it at Shu. React!
cubey@aol.pl (04:20:39): Aaron: "Do not think your power of science will do you any good here, Professor."
tengusaur (04:21:07): Hetepheres: "So this is where the Good Men got new machines from, and clone soldiers. You created them all." The Scarab Frame flies in from above - but it's in its automatic, separate mode, resembling a flying beetle. Hetepheres jumps up on it and soars towards Prophetes Magnus, ready to stab the giant robot in the head with spinning drill claws. &
Wyverncakes (04:22:10): Mizuki: "But at some point he couldn't keep up with the demand for them."
griefgathering (04:22:29): *The Granzon responds by moving out of the way, very quickly at that!+
griefgathering (04:22:47): Shu: "You speak confidently, but do you really comprehend the meaning of science?"
Meraxa (04:23:49): Ken: If he couldn't meet demand, there's gotta be a limit to his supply...
cubey@aol.pl (04:23:52): "Create? No, this is but a parlor trick. I usually leave them to my followers."
cubey@aol.pl (04:24:17): Prophetes Magnus moves back - in a deceptively quick manner, in fact it just blinks in and out of existence, several meters away in each blink.
cubey@aol.pl (04:24:43): While taking advantage of reach it does no tricks, but simply punches Hetepheres' unit, trying to cast it down into the abyss.
cubey@aol.pl (04:24:45): React/continue
Aero (04:24:54): Willis: "Shu, tell me he isn't Astral Shifting."
tengusaur (04:25:12): Hetepheres: "Now! Frame purge!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:25:21): Granzon manages to evade its own beam, fortunately.
cubey@aol.pl (04:25:37): Aaron: "Science - compared to the Lady's existence, science is meaningless!"
tengusaur (04:26:53): * Suddenly Scaraber separates into pieces! The bottom piece is actually the Crab Frame, which curls up into something resembling a ball and falls down towards the floor heavily! The bottom part is the core Scaraber, which jumps up - and docks with the Scarab Frame instead, turning into its familiar four-armed version!
griefgathering (04:27:28): Shu: (to Willis) "It does seem similar."
Aero (04:28:06): Willis: "...then you should take this seriously."
tengusaur (04:28:22): Hetepheres: "When one weapon will not work, I have others at my disposal!" Still mid-jump, Scaraber's khopeshes are already in its hand, and it spins around several times, slashing into the giant hand several times with the supersonically vibrating blades.
tengusaur (04:28:24): +
tengusaur (04:28:41): After that Heph lands on the floor, more gracefully than the empty armor. Hopefully.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:28:56): "When something exists, it affects the universe." Dido says. "That effect leaves clues and variables! By obversing them, we grow to understand the inconceivable! That's Science!" Dido snarls. "Mystery, confusion, the unexpected…that's where it thrives most!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:29:28): Scaraber's blades cut into the hand, forcing it back!
cubey@aol.pl (04:29:33): You actually dealt some damage to that thing.
Wyverncakes (04:29:35): Mizuki: "Don't waste your breath Dido."
cubey@aol.pl (04:29:40): Aaron: "Ah, well done. However..."
Wyverncakes (04:29:57): "We'll shut him up with strength of arms, nott with coherent ideas."
cubey@aol.pl (04:29:57): Aaron: "What are you hoping to accomplish? To stop the Lady's entrance to this world - through fighting me?"
griefgathering (04:29:58): Shu: "I intend to, Willis, but the strength of everyone present will be required for this."
cubey@aol.pl (04:30:07): The darkness of the room lights up a little more.
cubey@aol.pl (04:30:14): For some reason you have a bad feeling about this.
Meraxa (04:30:22): Ken: ...Are you implying that won't affect things...?
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:30:25): "…sorry." Dido allows. "I mouth off when I'm stressed."
cubey@aol.pl (04:31:01): Aaron: "We are but mortals. The Lady stands above us all."
tengusaur (04:31:09): Hetepheres: "You are the only one who can summon her... If she exists."
Wyverncakes (04:31:22): Mizuki: "Then we'll throw her down into the deepest pit below any of us!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:31:44): Aaron: "How dare you! Preposterous!"
tengusaur (04:31:55): Hetepheres: "Even if she somehow can enter the world without your help, you have much to answer for regardless."
Peter Kampschroeder (04:32:01): Sarah: "I've met more than a few immortals...They aren't invincible."
cubey@aol.pl (04:32:02): Prophetes Magnus shakes its (damaged) fist angrily, causing the whole platform to shake as well.
griefgathering (04:33:11): Shu narrows his eyes a little.
griefgathering (04:33:43): Shu: "To stand above all, that is a bold claim."
Aero (04:34:08): * And seeing that damaged fist Willis draws the plasma saber from it's holster in the left arm of his own machine. He unleashes another swarm of Slash Rippers, targeting the joints of the damaged arm while attacking the fist himself with the saber. +
Wyverncakes (04:34:23): @ Willis?
cubey@aol.pl (04:34:28): Approved.
Wyverncakes (04:35:49): * Willis isn't the only one who noticed it. "About time I start paying you back." The DuskBird's eyes shimmer and glow... before one of them suddenly shorts out and breaks. Just before Mizuki can curse again though, the other one still fires out at that hand as well right at its wrist.+
cubey@aol.pl (04:37:10): Willis' leap at the fist... seems to stretch out, maybe into infinity.
cubey@aol.pl (04:37:53): The distance between you and your remote weapons (as well as Mizuki's beams) and the fist is growing larger by the second. It's like if the enemy was retreating - but for everyone else he remains perfectly still.
cubey@aol.pl (04:37:57): React? Somehow?
Aero (04:38:40): Willis: "Another cheap trick..."
cubey@aol.pl (04:38:52): Dido, Mizuki (after react), Sarah - go.
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:39:37): •"Aaron Anso Antema…don't underestimate the power of science!" Dido levels ShelLancer's cauldrons and fires a huge amount of Arc Thorns at the flank of Prophetes Magnum! It's a huge target that's hard to miss! "Here's a trick Ben Franklin came up with, and Tesla perfected! Lance Shock…Discharging!" Lightning arcs through the air to each Arc Thorn, sizzling anything nearby!+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:39:38): Science!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:39:47): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ZzurdFCIU&index=2&list=RD69LAEnLxPNc
Peter Kampschroeder (04:40:32): *Not one for subtlety, caution, or prudence, Sarah runs and leaps towards the gigantic enemy robot, blazing sword held aloft over her head.+
Aero (04:40:56): "Sarah wait!"
Wyverncakes (04:41:03): Mizuki: "Cheap tricks fall apart easily enough with the right plan..."
Wyverncakes (04:41:40): But how... how to crack the bullshit that Aaron was taking advantage of?
cubey@aol.pl (04:42:06): The thorns fly off and embed themselves into the large unit's side.
cubey@aol.pl (04:42:25): Aaron: "It is but a pitiful child's toy. Allow me to demonstrate."
Peter Kampschroeder (04:42:26): Sarah carries on ahead anyways.
cubey@aol.pl (04:42:44): The surge of lightning flies off from the ShellLancer...
cubey@aol.pl (04:43:02): Before suddenly retreating - and electricity zaps out AWAY from the thorns towards Dido's unit instead.
cubey@aol.pl (04:43:13): Who reversed the polarity? And yes I know that's not how physics work.
cubey@aol.pl (04:43:14): React.
Meraxa (04:43:19): #Dido
cubey@aol.pl (04:43:39): Approved.
Meraxa (04:44:58): Ken: Dido! *Despite the size difference between their units, Ken should be able to find enough strength to knock Dido aside of the attack...! Though where that leaves him...+
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:45:02): *"Arc Thorn Barrier deploying!" Dido dodges left and launches another group of Arc Thorns into the platform where she'd stood! Hopefully it'll be lightning roded away from her!+
Wyverncakes (04:45:03): * Instead, Mizuki has the DuskBird's attack suddenly change course! The machine stops its attack and raises its gaze high above the Magnum. "Here's hoping you can't pull that same trick from two different directions!" The beam fires again, this time meant to go well up and over the Magnum's frame and hopefully beyond the Magnum's zone of bullshit.&
Wyverncakes (04:45:15): (Combining my react with my action)
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:45:51): "Whoah…Ken, watch out!" Dido shouts.
Aero (04:46:54): * Willis...completely stops his own assault, The Slash Rippers seems to retreat for a moment and the second they do he fires off another shot from the Mega Beam Rifle to try to figure out how the trick worked. +
cubey@aol.pl (04:48:31): Okay Ken - the defend was unnecessary, because Dido redirected the flow of electricity.
cubey@aol.pl (04:48:35): Physics still kinda work, fortunately!
cubey@aol.pl (04:49:06): As Willis abandons his attack, he finds that the distance is shrinking back to normal - and the shot fires through air normally, damaging the arm further!
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:49:22): Dido: "…Ha!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:49:56): The beam from DuskBird's eye seems relatively untwisted. Mizuki should be able to aim it accurately!
cubey@aol.pl (04:50:00): Continue!
cubey@aol.pl (04:50:05): Also:
cubey@aol.pl (04:50:19): Aaron: "Yess! She comes! Can you feel it?!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:50:40): Despite his euphoric words, he tries to slam down both of his unit's massive fists on Sarah's Tiankui. React to the hammer punch!
cubey@aol.pl (04:50:42): Also
Wyverncakes (04:50:42): "All I can feel..."
Aldosalt.cole@gmail.com (04:50:55): #Sarah?
cubey@aol.pl (04:51:02): All of you are momentarily blinded by a flash of light and feel an unfamiliar presence.
Wyverncakes (04:51:04): "... Is that your Lady's powers aren't as widespread as you think."
cubey@aol.pl (04:51:20): It is brief and the feeling dissipates quickly, but it's enough to distract you.
cubey@aol.pl (04:51:34): And when it passes, the chamber is once again a little more lit.
Wyverncakes (04:51:35): * The DuskBird suddenly jerks its gaze down, bringing its long eye laser chopping down like some gigantic beam saber!+
cubey@aol.pl (04:52:27): Ken, Shu, Hetepheres - go.
Peter Kampschroeder (04:52:50): *Sarah moves to the side to avoid one of the fists-but rather than completely dodge the second, she'll try to shift forward towards the wrist of Prophetes Magnus's more damaged arm. Shisenli is raised with both hands upwards into a stab, timed to hit just as the fist comes down.+
Aero (04:53:29): Willis: "...we're wasting our time."
griefgathering (04:53:36): Chika: "Gah! Whatever that thing actually is, it's on its way!"
cubey@aol.pl (04:53:59): Approved Dido.
Aero (04:54:33): Willis: "Chika check that other radar...the La Gias one."
Meraxa (04:54:55): Ken: Time for... the kamakiri! *Ken connects the handle of his whip to the ScarleTiger's shoulder, bringing the blade into a new realm of reach. The burning sickle is swung to try and latch onto the enemy's head&
griefgathering (04:56:14): Chika: "Gimme a second. Ah! It's...on the fritz! But I don't know what these readings are supposed to mean!"
tengusaur (04:56:17): Hetepheres: "Even if she comes, you will not get to witness her return." Scaraber aims its staff, sending several quick lasers towards the boss, then jumps up, grabbing the staff with all four arms. Suddenly a huge beam saber erupts from its end, and Hetepheres attacks with a double strike at Prophetes' arm - first while rising, then while falling! +
tengusaur (04:56:23): Also the Noble Barrier is silver again.
aldo salt (04:56:27): *Dido uses Science!…to determine that complex attacks probably won't work! So following Sarah's lead, she charges forward with ShelLancer, thrusting it's lance up and stabbing into the side of Prophete's Magnum's other plummeting hand! "Raaaarggggh!" Enjoy a point-blank Lance Shock!+
griefgathering (04:56:55): @ Heph
cubey@aol.pl (04:57:01): Approved.
griefgathering (04:57:04): (Combined with own action)
Aero (04:57:14): Willis: "SHU!"
griefgathering (04:58:09): (Actually, drop that. The resolve can come first.)
cubey@aol.pl (04:58:39): Dido decides to stop the fist with her own robot.
cubey@aol.pl (04:59:00): This is a bad idea in that the ShelLancer takes damage - it is pummeled and its lance is broken!
cubey@aol.pl (04:59:04): However.
cubey@aol.pl (04:59:27): This is a good idea in that it gives Sarah a chance to heavily maim the other, damaged arm.
cubey@aol.pl (04:59:40): And for Hetepheres to severe it at the wrist!
griefgathering (04:59:59): Shu: "You are convinced that science is meaningless, Aaron Anso Antema. Then, allow me to explain something."
cubey@aol.pl (05:00:03): Aaron: "Gah!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:00:21): ScarleTiger secures a grip around the robot's neck.
cubey@aol.pl (05:00:53): However, Prophetes Magnus closes its eyes - and when it opens them, they burn in fury. Literally - its gaze causes the platform to burst into fire. And then it starts looking at the ScarleTiger!
cubey@aol.pl (05:00:55): React/continue
griefgathering (05:01:57): Shu: "There are four forces in this world. Gravitational interaction, electromagnetic interaction, strong interaction and weak interaction. Of these four, gravitational interaction is particularly weak. But with the power of numbers that is mass, gravitational interaction eventually leads to gravitational collapse, which creates black holes."
aldo salt (05:02:00): "Gah…!" ShelLancer gets up. Dido stares at the broken shaft of her lance. "That's not good..."
tengusaur (05:03:25): # Ken
cubey@aol.pl (05:03:39): Approved
Meraxa (05:03:42): Ken: You think I can't take the heat?! Drive Mode! *Ken's solution is also his original plan. The machine transforms, Kamakiri locked into the vehicle frame, before Ken outs the pedal to the metal. With a face flame powered nitro, he plans to try and pull the big guy down onto its face - HARD!+
Aero (05:03:46): Willis: "Shu what the hell are you doing!?"
Meraxa (05:04:05): (*puts)
griefgathering (05:04:21): Shu: /smirk "I've replaced the chant needed to unleash the Granzon's full power. It is a necessary ritual."
griefgathering (05:04:37): Shu: "Now...behold...the Neo Granzon."
tengusaur (05:04:40): * Scaraber moves in to intercept the flames, protected by the silver barrier - but that's not all Hetepheres has on mind. She draws the whip and starts to spin it around, creating an electric tornado to catch the flames and redirect them away! +
griefgathering (05:04:49): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0keLb1hCZI
tengusaur (05:05:07): Hetepheres: "I got this. Continue attacking!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:05:13): Aaron: "What... is this?!"
griefgathering (05:05:26): There is a glimpse of a golden ring descending slowly and attaching itself to the Granzon's back, before it is engulfed in golden light!
Peter Kampschroeder (05:05:37): Sarah: "That's...not good, is it?"
griefgathering (05:05:43): When the light dissipates...
griefgathering (05:05:46): http://i.imgur.com/qB3REwD.jpg
aldo salt (05:06:07): "…it's bad." Dido agrees. "BADASS, that is!"
griefgathering (05:06:30): Shu: "Now, the science that you easily dismissed will be the end of you."
cubey@aol.pl (05:06:37): Maybe the Prophetes Magnus cannot focus its gaze on a single point, or maybe Hetepheres' centrifugal force is so effective - but the flames are extinguished handily.
cubey@aol.pl (05:06:47): Aaron: "Cease this... egh!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:07:06): His unit's head is momentarily pushed down, which doesn't cause much damage on its own - but Ken's maneuver makes him light his own robot on fire!
griefgathering (05:07:57): Shu: "Distorion Break...!" *The Neo Granzon fires a single beam that is sent through a series of wormholes. The resulting beam isn't the usual giant space-time rending blast, but one that is much more powerful- surrounded by golden halos not unlike the one on the machine's back!+
cubey@aol.pl (05:08:45): Aaron: "Your ordeals are starting to become a nuisance! I should have done this from the very beginning!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:09:25): Trying to interrupt Shu's attack from firing, Prophetes Magnus slams its remaining fist on the platform.
cubey@aol.pl (05:09:38): Causing it to crack and burst into smaller pieces that fall in all directions - but mostly down!
cubey@aol.pl (05:09:47): React - not just Shu, but everyone!
Wyverncakes (05:10:07): Mizuki: "For once we agree!"
griefgathering (05:10:12): Chika: "Uwaaaa! Watch out!"
Wyverncakes (05:10:18): "Anything to have stopped all your madness from the start!"
Wyverncakes (05:10:24): ^at the start
Peter Kampschroeder (05:10:30): Sarah looks around as she falls very quickly, to see if there's a sort of central support pillar for the platform.
cubey@aol.pl (05:10:46): (No such thing)
Peter Kampschroeder (05:11:42): Sarah: "Oh, well this is just great...Anyone who needs help, give a holler!" Tiankui flips about in the air to right itself, then jets slightly to land on one of the larger chunks of falling debris.
aldo salt (05:11:53): *Dido uses her boosters to rush forward and slam into Prophetes Magnus's side. She then rams her broken lance's jagged edge into it's hull, using it as a pickaxe to keep from falling down!+
tengusaur (05:11:57): Hetepheres lashes her whip towards the Crab Frame - she put too much effort into getting that just to lose it now. Scaraber's wings spread, taking into the air and trying to avoid the flying shrapnel.
tengusaur (05:11:58): +
griefgathering (05:12:01): *The Neo Granzon responds by harnessing its own gravity creating powers. It forms an imaginary axis for a floor to stand on, but it doesn't really need one itself. If anything, it might help slow the fall for some others!+
aldo salt (05:12:20): "I…might need help in a bit?" Dido wheezes, as she does her Shadows of the Collosus reenactment.
Meraxa (05:12:47): Ken still holds the kamakiri, and so desperately, tries to use it as a means to hang from the Magnus.
Meraxa (05:12:54): +
Aero (05:13:20): Willis: "Get next to the Neo Granzon!"
Aero (05:13:33): * Willis will try to land towards that new floor.+
tengusaur (05:13:37): Hetepheres: "Form the SolSaviour! It can fly!"
Peter Kampschroeder (05:14:05): Sarah: "On it." Tiankui leaps from falling platform to falling platform, then kicks off one and kicks the Shellancer off towards Granzon. It gracefully flips as it completes the manuever, landing back on its own bit of debris.
Wyverncakes (05:14:24): Mizuki: "Dido, if we form again...!"
aldo salt (05:14:31): "Thannnkkkkkkkksss!" Dido hollers, as she goes flying.
cubey@aol.pl (05:14:53): Some of you are starting to fall. Mostly attached to the platform pieces which, while offering more or less stable footing, are still affected by gravity.
cubey@aol.pl (05:14:59): However
Wyverncakes (05:15:00): Last time was painful and damaging enough... it was a miracle their machines could even keep fighting!
cubey@aol.pl (05:15:13): Prophetes Magnus was struck by Dusk Bird's eye knife attack.
cubey@aol.pl (05:15:21): And then by the Distortion Break, which damaged it heavily.
aldo salt (05:15:35): "…if we have to, we won't use energy attacks." Dido muses. "We just use our unit's physical strength!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:15:40): On fire and with inner structure showing under one of its damaged eyes, it leans down at you from above.
cubey@aol.pl (05:15:48): It doesn't look like a prophet but like a giant demon.
cubey@aol.pl (05:15:59): And as you keep falling, it keeps lunging back with you.
cubey@aol.pl (05:16:09): The air around you is light enough now to see the walls.
cubey@aol.pl (05:16:31): You are in a giant cylindrical location, the walls not stone but seemingly made of...
cubey@aol.pl (05:16:53): It is hard to say. A shimmering surface with briefly flashing images. Just looking at it for too long is enough to make your head hurt.
cubey@aol.pl (05:17:12): Willis, Dido, Mizuki, go.
Meraxa (05:17:41): Ken detaches with haste once close enough for a landing, transforming before he hits the ground. "Still not done yet..."
cubey@aol.pl (05:17:49): Aaron: "Laws of physics have no meaning in this realm! I will not submit to them!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:17:56): Aaron: "May it be my undoing but I WILL NOT!"
griefgathering (05:18:32): Shu: "Then disappear in denial."
tengusaur (05:18:43): Hetepheres: "You cannot stay defiant against the very laws of reality. Not for long."
cubey@aol.pl (05:18:51): Aaron: "The Lady..."
cubey@aol.pl (05:19:03): Aaron: "The Lady! She shall substitute your reality with her own!"
Wyverncakes (05:19:38): Mizuki: "Reality... doesn't just lay down and die when someone comes calling with a new standard of how things work."
Wyverncakes (05:19:54): "Fateshifter Saturnia learned that the hard way."
aldo salt (05:20:27): *Dido takes aim with her shoulder plates. "You've got something in your eye!" Her Lance Shock ability is sealed off, but Arc Thorns can still pierce things! She fires a bunch, aiming for the gap in the Prophetes Magnum's eye socket to wreck some lovely innards!+
Wyverncakes (05:22:34): * "So your followers..." Raising a cracked and wrecked hand, the DuskBird still channeled Void energy into it, "So yourself and your dreams along with you!" Joining Dido's attack, Mizuki fired off a vicious stream of Void energy straight at the Prophetes Magnum's head!+
Aero (05:22:54): * Willis maxes out the output of the Mega Beam Rifle and aims at the face of the machine. "Discharge!" A much larger beam emerges from the weapon, he does not care if the poor MP weapon was destroyed in the process he had to do damage now. +
cubey@aol.pl (05:24:06): Aaron screams in fury as the trio of attacks burn through Prophetes' head. When it stares back at you, it has a large see through hole where its eye - and whole side of the face, used to be.
cubey@aol.pl (05:24:38): The other eye fires a burning laser at the three of you, not paying attention to reality manipulation or trickery.
cubey@aol.pl (05:24:54): You have a sweeping beam of red death to content with, all three of you react.
cubey@aol.pl (05:25:14): Sarah, Ken, Shu, go.
Wyverncakes (05:25:34): * WIth a silent prayer that the DuskBird's wings are able to handle the strain of sudden evasions, Mizuki has her machine spring and flap its way into the air above the laser!+
aldo salt (05:25:41): *Dido transforms ShelLancer into Turtle Mode to lower her profile and Shell-Boosts left out of the way! "Go-go-go!"+
Peter Kampschroeder (05:27:28): *Sarah leaps around the falling bits of platform to avoid Aaron's punches-but when one of them gets a bit coser to her, she'll leap towards the arm, with her sword held out to serve like an anchor. More than slashing it to pieces, she aims to land and stick to it.&
Meraxa (05:28:40): Ken deploys the ScarleTiger's claws, before rushing around the foe. Once he seems to be behind it, the whole machine leaps, attempting to latch on and hack into the back of its neck.+
griefgathering (05:29:00): "Gravitron Cannon...fire!" *Shu focuses the transformed Granzon's power into creating a gravitational field, much like the one he used earlier on the upper room. The difference is that this one expands in front of it as a giant sphere instead of descending as orbs. It's also directed at the Prophetes, and Shu doesn't have to worry about his allies being caught in it!+
cubey@aol.pl (05:29:09): The laser glanced against DuskBird, spiralling it around and out of control.
Wyverncakes (05:29:20): "A-aaaah!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:29:21): On the other hand, the ScarleTiger is (barely) holding onto the robot now!
cubey@aol.pl (05:29:34): On the other, other hand - Dido fell off the platform! The ShellLancer is now in uncontrolled descent.
Aero (05:30:03): *Willis throws the Mega Beam Rifle in the way of the beam to give him a very brief second to try to boost away from it. He's hoping that Gespensts were still equipped with beam coats. =+
aldo salt (05:30:44): "Fudge-Skittlesss!!!!" Dido wails, plummeting.
cubey@aol.pl (05:30:48): They are not, Willis. You know what else they are not equipped with (the mass produced ones at least?). Flight units.
cubey@aol.pl (05:30:56): You got out of the way of the laser, but now you too are falling!
tengusaur (05:31:02): # Willis
cubey@aol.pl (05:31:11): As Shu tries to fire his cannon, and Sarah attempts a climb...
cubey@aol.pl (05:31:13): Approved.
cubey@aol.pl (05:31:39): Aaron: "I will see your demise before the Lady's coming! I ensure it!"
tengusaur (05:32:14): * Hetepheres moves the compressed Crab Armor into free hands (good she has 4 of them), and swings the electro-whip towards the falling Gespenst, trying to catch one of its limbs. +
cubey@aol.pl (05:32:17): Large holes in reality open and from inside them, swarms of enemies fall out and into the path of both Tiankui and the Graviton Cannon's sphere of destruction.
Wyverncakes (05:32:19): # Dido
cubey@aol.pl (05:32:23): Approved.
Wyverncakes (05:32:32): "Just hold on Dido... and grab!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:32:38): These units are Yobs, then Bugs and other Balmarian mooks!
cubey@aol.pl (05:32:39): React!
griefgathering (05:32:49): Chika: "That's really annoying!"
Peter Kampschroeder (05:32:51): Sarah laughs.
Wyverncakes (05:32:55): The DuskBird dives after the ShelLancer, swinging its whip out for Dido to grab onto!+
aldo salt (05:33:02): Dido transforms ShelLancer into humanoid mode and fires all her boosters, reaching out with her hands! "RIght!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:33:21): Dido grabs the whip and holds to it.
cubey@aol.pl (05:33:27): Hetepheres catches Willis like a fish.
cubey@aol.pl (05:33:37): At least you are no longer falling!
Aero (05:33:49): Ow whiplash. Literally!
aldo salt (05:34:26): Dido sighs in relief, ignoring all of ShelLancer's blaring alarms. "You saved me, Mizuki!"
Wyverncakes (05:35:15): Mizuki: "Just hold on..."
Peter Kampschroeder (05:35:25): *Sarah: "Ha! Throw as many of them out as you want! Crap mooks like that aren't gonna even slow me down!" She rushes up alongside Prophetes Magnus's arm as she says this, blade flashing left and right through the various summoned grunts-and into the arm beneath her. Her gaze is fixed on the goal-shoving this sword right through the giant robot's stupid face.+
griefgathering (05:35:32): Shu: *"Hmhmhm..." The Granzon raises a hand and clenches it into a fist. The sphere gets compressed into a single point, hopefully crushing a good number of those mooks too.+
tengusaur (05:35:41): Hetepheres: "Hang on and do not let go. Attacking like this is going to be difficult..."
cubey@aol.pl (05:36:24): Shu and Sarah are, each in their own way, dispatching of a lot of enemy units.
cubey@aol.pl (05:36:34): However the assault seems endless - at least until it gets interrupted.
cubey@aol.pl (05:37:22): Aaron stares, his eyes wide in surprise as something shoots out of the wormhole he created, pinning down Prophetes Magnus' hand.
cubey@aol.pl (05:37:35): Only for a moment, but enough to make the wormhole disappear.
cubey@aol.pl (05:37:39): The object in question?
cubey@aol.pl (05:37:50): A single, glowing crystalline feather.
cubey@aol.pl (05:37:53): It briefly disintegrates.
cubey@aol.pl (05:38:37): And then Prophetes Magnus' head gets squished in by gravity and cut off from the rest of the body.
cubey@aol.pl (05:38:45): However, it still operates!
cubey@aol.pl (05:38:55): Aaron: "There she is! The Lady... can you feel her?!"
griefgathering (05:38:55): That feather catches Shu's attention for a moment, no doubt.
cubey@aol.pl (05:39:00): Aaron: "The victory is mine!"
Peter Kampschroeder (05:39:13): Sarah: "Shut up!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:39:16): You have a feeling that something... something non material is trying to enter through the walls.
tengusaur (05:39:38): Hetepheres: "A premature statement."
cubey@aol.pl (05:39:38): The imagery intensifies. It shows all kind of random scenes - some earth like, others, not very much at all.
tengusaur (05:39:44): Hetepheres: "...But... She is here."
Wyverncakes (05:39:47): Tch...
cubey@aol.pl (05:39:51): Also the light in the chamber is so bright that you are almost blinded.
Wyverncakes (05:39:56): "Not good...!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:39:56): But not enough to see the bottom underneath you!
cubey@aol.pl (05:40:10): Which seems to be made entirely of coiled snake tail, courtesy of Prophetes Magnus!
cubey@aol.pl (05:40:12): What do you do?
cubey@aol.pl (05:40:16): Hetepheres, Willis
cubey@aol.pl (05:40:27): Team Sol Savior
aldo salt (05:40:28): "…cut off his other hand!" Dido shouts. "He can't generate wormholes without them!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:40:29): GO
aldo salt (05:40:49): "Maybe!" Dido amends. "It's a shot in the dark, I admit!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:40:53): Distance starts to stretch, and some objects fall slower than others, or even start lifting up.
cubey@aol.pl (05:40:58): Laws of physics are losing all meaning.
Meraxa (05:41:01): Ken: ...the dark...
tengusaur (05:41:25): Hetepheres: "That will not be enough... He has to go down, now."
Meraxa (05:41:40): Ken: Mizuki!
aldo salt (05:41:44): "!" Dido glances at Ken. "You got an idea?"
tengusaur (05:41:53): Hetepheres: "Willis, aim for the weakest part. We are attacking at once."
Wyverncakes (05:42:31): Mizuki: "Ken..."
Meraxa (05:42:49): Ken: I know that before, it gave out, but what if, just for an instant...?! Even just a second...!
Wyverncakes (05:43:03): Mizuki: "... If we did it another way..."
Wyverncakes (05:43:05): "Maybe..."
griefgathering (05:43:14): Shu: "I concur, General."
aldo salt (05:43:41): Dido: "…it could work!" She starts crunching numbers in her head.
tengusaur (05:44:35): * Scaraber is not entirely stable in the air, going up and down as it tries to keep its flight steady. It's holding the whip with one hand, to keep Willis from falling, and the Crab Armor with other two - but one arm is enough to pull out its laser staff and start charging energy. After a few seconds, the energy erupts, and Hetepheres sends a huge beam right at the most damaged part of Prophetes, the pushback throwing Scaraber into the opposite direction! +
Aero (05:45:08): The Gespenst again turns it's head towards the Neo Granzon. He seems to have a lot of faith in it. "If we bought a bit of time could you use that attack."
Meraxa (05:45:15): Ken: Come on Mizuki! We don't have any time!
Wyverncakes (05:45:29): "I know..."
Wyverncakes (05:46:19): Shifting her grip on the ShelLancer, Mizuki began to build up energy for another Abyss Sanction again!
Wyverncakes (05:47:07): "We can't combine, but if it would last just for a moment...!"
Wyverncakes (05:47:29): "Ken... match my attack! We might only have one shot with this!"
griefgathering (05:47:46): Shu: (to Willis) "That is what I had in mind."
Meraxa (05:47:49): Ken moves to join them, drawing up, from both himself and his machine, as much ki as he can draw upon. "Just... give the word!"
Wyverncakes (05:47:50): "Dido, your hands, like to fire a projectile!"
aldo salt (05:48:36): Dido spread ShelLancer's hands wide. "Right! Just like throwing a curveball! As long as we can fire it off close enough…!"
Wyverncakes (05:48:51): * The DuskBird thrust its hand down towards the ShelLancer's own, to leave that energy for her. "Not against my attack Ken, alongside it! Coexistence, not conflict!"+
Meraxa (05:50:05): Ken: Shiranui... Retsu Ken! *And Ken mirrors the action with his own, sending the power along.* Dido!+
Aero (05:52:31): * At Heph's call Willis starts messing around with the Gespenst's reactor, the only thing he could do was put whatever was left in the tank into the Jet Magnum. "Alright, time to do this then." The entire machine seems to scream in agony as sparks erupt from the machine and electricity crackles throughout the entire body, most of it was somehow being directed into the stakes. He just had to keep the serpentine machine busy. "Jet Magnum" He dives towards the machine again and puts everything into this one fist. +
aldo salt (05:53:04): *ShelLancer's hands clamp down on the ball! Raw electricity courses out, dissipating without a Lance to channel energy…but more than enough to direct the Sol and Void energies forward! "Uuuuuuuoooooahhh….!" Dido growls. ShelLancer step forward, flinging it's hands out. "Here it goes! SOL….SALVATION!"+
cubey@aol.pl (05:53:26): Sol Salvation might have fizzled out before.
cubey@aol.pl (05:53:40): At the very moment though, laws of physics and reality do not really matter.
cubey@aol.pl (05:53:53): Prophetes Magnus finds itself distracted by a charging Gespenst - plasma stakes to the face!
cubey@aol.pl (05:54:27): Its hand tries to smack Willis off, but Hetepheres' laser beam fires at it, burning a huge whole through the arm and pushing it away.
cubey@aol.pl (05:55:23): It is overloaded by energy, and starts to shake in internal explosions even before the Sol Savior team combined attack strikes it.
cubey@aol.pl (05:55:28): Aaron: " Too late! Too...!"
cubey@aol.pl (05:55:37): The light blinds all of you.
cubey@aol.pl (05:55:43): When you regain your vision...
cubey@aol.pl (05:55:52): Your units lie scattered around a chamber.
cubey@aol.pl (05:56:08): It is a cylindrical chamber, but not one without floor, walls or dimensions.
cubey@aol.pl (05:56:32): Rather, it is full of alien looking machinery, as well as more familiar screens and even - books?
cubey@aol.pl (05:56:37): Your bodies hurt.
cubey@aol.pl (05:56:39): But you are alive.
aldo salt (05:56:50): "…did we win?" Dido asks.
cubey@aol.pl (05:56:53): In the middle of this mecha sized library lies a single human sized figure.
cubey@aol.pl (05:57:08): An old man, wearing a headdress and outfit similar to what the Prophetes Magnus had.
cubey@aol.pl (05:57:12): He is also bleeding heavily.
Aero (05:57:16): Willis: "Doesn't seem like it..."
cubey@aol.pl (05:57:25): Aaron: "I... have failed... my Lady..."
Peter Kampschroeder (05:57:27): Sarah: "...This is weird..."
cubey@aol.pl (05:57:31): Aaron: "Why did you not come...?"
cubey@aol.pl (05:57:35): He breathes heavily.
tengusaur (05:57:47): Hetepheres: "...It is like I said."
Meraxa (05:57:51): Ken: Ha... ha...
tengusaur (05:58:14): Hetepheres: "There was no guarantee your Lady would listen to your call. Or that she existed in the first place."
cubey@aol.pl (05:58:26): Aaron: "She... does..."
cubey@aol.pl (05:58:34): Aaron: "Unbelievers. Know this..."
cubey@aol.pl (05:58:42): He coughs and spits up a lot of blood.
cubey@aol.pl (05:59:06): His wounds more or less represent the damage Prophetes Magnus took during the battle. Which means his body is a total mess.
cubey@aol.pl (05:59:28): Aaron: "The Lady detests Earth's reality... she wants to, cough, change it."
cubey@aol.pl (05:59:44): Aaron: "Anyone... if anyone wants to change Earth... they will find Her. She will come."
cubey@aol.pl (05:59:52): Aaron: "She will come. Heh... heh heh..."
cubey@aol.pl (05:59:58): He coughs up for one final time.
cubey@aol.pl (06:00:11): Aaron Anso Antema does not breathe anymore.
cubey@aol.pl (06:00:18): The Lady's Good Men are defeated.
tengusaur (06:00:27): Hetepheres: "..."
tengusaur (06:00:44): Hetepheres: "This is it. Major Plisken, we accomplished our objective."
cubey@aol.pl (06:00:48): Shuttle pilot: "General Hetepheres? Sol Savior Team? Professor Shirakawa?"
cubey@aol.pl (06:00:58): Shuttle pilot: "Can anyone hear me? Please repeat."
griefgathering (06:01:15): Shu: "We can hear you."
cubey@aol.pl (06:01:25): You receive a surprisingly static-y message from the familiar pilot.
cubey@aol.pl (06:01:44): Pilot: "I am glad to hear your voice! You were silent for hours."
cubey@aol.pl (06:01:50): Pilot: "What happened out there?"
cubey@aol.pl (06:01:53): MISSION COMPLETE
griefgathering (06:02:25): The Neo Granzon has reverted to its regular form.
Aero (06:03:16): Willis lets out a long sigh, glad to be wrong for once.