Mission 090 - Belly of the Whale

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cubey@aol.pl (15:20:56): A peaceful day in Fort Alhambra - though perhaps not exactly a happy one, considering what happened such a short time ago.
cubey@aol.pl (15:21:26): But that peace was also short lived.
cubey@aol.pl (15:21:34): Suddenly, the base is put on high alert!
cubey@aol.pl (15:21:49): "Incident in the hangar area! Incident in the hangar area!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:22:29): Commander Howe appears on various screens around the base.
cubey@aol.pl (15:22:48): Howe: "Tch! We have hostiles in hangar B!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:23:13): Hangar B - that's where the recently damaged units are stored, including Huckebein Omega and Grungust Alpha.
cubey@aol.pl (15:23:15): As well as...
cubey@aol.pl (15:23:20): The -Saber line of units.
Meraxa (15:24:18): Ken: ...no...
drascin (15:24:20): Ashe: "Well, that doesn't sound good! Ashe here, heading there to check!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:24:26): Howe: "Anyone who is available to respond, assist now! If your unit is there, be extra cautious!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:24:38): Howe: "Also, we have visual."
tengusaur (15:24:38): Roger: "Who'd be suicidal enough to attack a Unity Group base like this?" He wonders while rushing towards Big O.
drascin (15:25:01): Ashe megamerges mid-run and makes a beeline for the hangar
Meraxa (15:25:30): Ken bolted from praying before some small shrines he erected, making for the hangar
tormterra (15:25:52): Alex dropped what she was doing, it was just trying to understand some chemistry textbooks to get ideas for stuff she could do with Enki's power anyway and she could always bash her head against that wall later, to run towards the hangar. "I don't know. But does it surprise you given the types we're fighting?"
cubey@aol.pl (15:26:26): Were you expecting a breakout by Loni's friends?
cubey@aol.pl (15:26:33): On the assorted screens, you see...
cubey@aol.pl (15:26:55): Strange unknowns coming out of walls - and the floor!
cubey@aol.pl (15:26:56): http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/448781
cubey@aol.pl (15:27:04): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddyd8WxIOUY
Meraxa (15:29:10): Ken: What in the-? *he exclaims at the sight*
drascin (15:29:18): Ashe: "...who are these guys?"
cubey@aol.pl (15:29:44): The unknowns do not seem too interested in units in the hangar. Rather they walk around in a state of alertness.
tengusaur (15:30:04): Roger: "You're as familiar with them as I am, huh."
cubey@aol.pl (15:30:08): Though, anything that actually moves - including on foot people, will immediately have them springing to attention. They leap, brandishing weapons, with obvious hostile intent!
cubey@aol.pl (15:30:11): This includes you.
cubey@aol.pl (15:30:21): Initiative: Eva, Leos, Alex, Roger, Ashe, Kaidanovskys, Kentaro
cubey@aol.pl (15:30:25): Enemies: Portent x24
cubey@aol.pl (15:30:29): Eva, Leos, Alex, go
tengusaur (15:30:29): Roger: "Here they come!"
tormterra (15:30:38): Alex comes to a halt, looking over those gathered to see if they have any idea what's going on. She doesn't have time for much more before having to summon Enki around. "Who are these guys?"
VJockey (15:30:56): "It doesn't matter."
aldo salt (15:31:01): Alexis and Sasha, currently stationed in the prison section, quickly run about to make sure none of the wall hopping soldiers have gotten in the prison before heading to Hanger B.
drascin (15:31:02): Ashe: "Search me! I thought some of you guys might know them!"
tengusaur (15:31:10): Roger: "You don't happen to have humans willing to communicate inside, do you?" Question directed at the hostiles, obviously.
VJockey (15:31:12): "We'll just search the remains when we're done."
cubey@aol.pl (15:31:35): The enemies remain ominously quiet.
tengusaur (15:31:51): Roger: "Thought as much."
cubey@aol.pl (15:31:56): (You are in your units unless you decide otherwise)
tormterra (15:32:02): * Coming out of the summoning, she immediately moves to retreat while firing blasts of water at the incoming enemies. They needed the base and the hangar, she couldn't very well start truly wrecking the place with Enki's full powers. "Try to see if you can get them outside where we need to worry less about destroying things. +
cubey@aol.pl (15:33:08): Two Portents are thrown back by blasts of water. One of them crashes into a wall and succumbs underneath it, slowly sinking into the ground.
VJockey (15:33:27): *The Ethermaster is going to have issues here. It might be tricky to use the Karasawa and a bit risky for the Melee Halberds... so... the Ethermaster is going to rush at one of the portents, swing at a joint and then turn up the Beam Shield to full power!+
cubey@aol.pl (15:33:32): A third leaps forward and throws its handheld blade. The weapon splits into a rain of sharp projectiles, flying in Enki's direction!
cubey@aol.pl (15:33:42): (The enemies are M sized, slightly smaller than mobile suits)
Peter Kampschroeder (15:34:22): *The Wildraubtier arrives, outside the hangar and looking in. Those in the hangar get some fire support, as Eva picks at whatever Portents seem unoccupied with the beam rifle.+
cubey@aol.pl (15:35:38): The Portent does not leap back, trying instead to stab the AC with its blade - but as the Beam Shield is activated, suddenly its limb flies in one direction and the golem-like enemy in the other!
cubey@aol.pl (15:35:50): It does not lift itself back up. These foes are not too tough...
cubey@aol.pl (15:36:14): However two others circle the Ethermaster from different sides, trying to sink their weapons into Leos' back!
cubey@aol.pl (15:36:17): React.
cubey@aol.pl (15:36:21): (Alex also needed to react)
tormterra (15:36:23): * Enki hunkers down behind a vortex of water aimed at catching the projectiles and sweeping them aside somewhere they aren't going to do harm except to the building, powering it as much as necessary to actually sweep them aside. +
tengusaur (15:36:26): # Leos
cubey@aol.pl (15:36:34): Approved.
VJockey (15:37:25): "Hm... fragile."
cubey@aol.pl (15:37:42): The damaged Portent is hit by a beam shot and destroyed.
cubey@aol.pl (15:37:48): The rest fall back deeper into the hangar.
cubey@aol.pl (15:37:52): Are they trying to make a stand here?
tengusaur (15:37:58): * Roger: "Quite a dirty trick there, don't you think?" Big O moves forward, swinging its armored forearm wide in an attempt to deflect the incoming blades and protect Leos! +
VJockey (15:38:59): *The back panels of the torso on Leos' AC open up and fire up the engines to essentially blast them with the output from a short OB burst - which incidentally would send him into a sudden forward leap.+
cubey@aol.pl (15:39:09): Enki and Alex manage to push the spike attack away, individual projectiles deflected to the sides and stabbing into unimportant walls and floors.
cubey@aol.pl (15:39:20): A single enemy like this is no big threat.
cubey@aol.pl (15:41:18): The two Portents are slammed by Big O's arm, and the overburst further damages them!
cubey@aol.pl (15:41:42): Neither of them get back up, while Leos flies forward - dangerously close to a wall on the opposite side of the hangar.
cubey@aol.pl (15:41:50): At the same time...
cubey@aol.pl (15:42:15): There is a small, human sized figure running in the hangar.
tengusaur (15:42:30): Roger: "They're not too tough. I wonder what whoever unleashed then wanted to accomplish."
cubey@aol.pl (15:42:47): You can probably predict who it is, circling between the spikes (the ones that were shot before), the combatants' legs and desperately trying to make his way towards...
tormterra (15:42:55): Alex: "Probably distract and occupy us while they're doing something else."
cubey@aol.pl (15:42:57): Loni: "Now... now's my chance!"
drascin (15:43:02): Ashe: "I dunno. Maybe it's a distraction?"
VJockey (15:43:02): "...."
cubey@aol.pl (15:43:16): The enemies do not seem interested in pestering him.
Peter Kampschroeder (15:43:26): Eva: "I don't know, but I don't like it-Oh."
tengusaur (15:43:37): Roger: "What is this fool doing... Get out of here!"
VJockey (15:43:39): "Apollonius Gavin."
cubey@aol.pl (15:43:40): Eva is the first to notice something, being both outside and very close to the hangar.
aldo salt (15:43:49): *"Whoever it is….must be holding something in reserve!" Sasha chimes in as he and Alexis activate their Neural Handshake. She glanced down at Loni. "Bohez. Moi."
tormterra (15:43:52): Alex: "Seriously, this is what they're trying to distract us from?"
drascin (15:43:57): Ashe: "...wait, is that...? Oh shoot"
aldo salt (15:44:43): Alexis: "Nyet! It should be fine, da? The Saber units are locked down!"
VJockey (15:44:43): "Escaping from a ESUN holding facility, attempting to steal machinery currently under lockdown and having previously aided and abetted a person charged with mass murder and destruction of public property"
VJockey (15:44:52): "I'd say this earns a death sentence. No?"
VJockey (15:45:11): *Leos opens fire with the Karasawa at the escapee+
aldo salt (15:45:27): #Loni, as wretched as it sounds?
drascin (15:45:34): (permission to intercept that?)
cubey@aol.pl (15:45:36): Huge balls of fire rain from the skies.
cubey@aol.pl (15:45:41): No need.
cubey@aol.pl (15:46:02): One of them, like a meteorite, falls down right where Eva is flying around.
tengusaur (15:46:16): Roger has a big 'what' expression on his face: "Don't go overboard! He's not supposed to-"
tengusaur (15:46:20): And then this happens.
cubey@aol.pl (15:46:20): Others crash into and through the hangar's ceiling. Rubble falls down into the building.
cubey@aol.pl (15:46:37): Including huge pieces of rubble that suddenly threaten to rain down on the Ethermaster, interrupting its aim!
cubey@aol.pl (15:46:44): React, Leos and Eva.
Peter Kampschroeder (15:46:50): Eva: "We have a bigger problems right now!"
VJockey (15:46:59): "Tch!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:47:02): Also, these meterorites quickly cool down. They are not balls of fire or space rocks.
cubey@aol.pl (15:47:08): They are new arrivals.
cubey@aol.pl (15:47:17): http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1190073
Herald

http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1190074
Testimony
cubey@aol.pl (15:47:42): Updated enemies: Portent x19, Herald x6, Testimony x6
Peter Kampschroeder (15:47:43): *Eva transforms the Wildraubtier and throws it into a steep climb to avoid the incoming balls of fire.+
cubey@aol.pl (15:47:47): Roger, Ashe, Kaidanovskys, go.
VJockey (15:47:50): *Leos can't fire blindly without risking the possibility of catching others in the crossfire. Loni will have to wait sadly. Leos pulls back to avoid the rubble!+
cubey@aol.pl (15:48:18): (New enemies are roughly 30 meters tall each)
tengusaur (15:48:42): Roger: "These look like they're much more ferocious. Ashe, would you mind trying to intercept our escapee?"
tengusaur (15:49:00): Roger: "In the meantime, let's keep those occupied. Big O, action!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:49:02): The ball of fire falls to the base grounds, missing the Wildraubtier but turning into a flying black unit with a spear and a monoeye.
cubey@aol.pl (15:49:21): Leos manages to avoid being crushed, but Loni is not shot at all. What a waste.
tormterra (15:49:22): Alex: "And we also need somebody to keep an eye on Leos. Even assholes like Loni have rights."
tengusaur (15:50:08): Roger approaches the closest Herald, raising Big O's shielded arms during the walk - and as soon as he's next to it, he launches several powerful hooks at the big machine, followed up by a straight punch intended to send it backwards at another enemy! +
tengusaur (15:50:33): Roger: "That as well."
aldo salt (15:50:43): *As one of the Heralds touches down to the ground near the fully restored Cherno Alpha, it's monoeye flashes. It steps free from its gantry and without preamble swings a fist into the Herald's head! "Poekhali!" Sasha shouts. "Piston Fist!" Cherno's arm piston slams out, driving the fist deeper in!+
drascin (15:51:19): Ashe: "On it!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:51:38): The Heralds' eyes flash, as each one faces off against a super robot.
cubey@aol.pl (15:52:23): With synchronized movements, their leg-like thrusters cause them to boost off, quickly and away out of the punches' range, while they try to shoot back, releasing a stream of energy from their spears.
cubey@aol.pl (15:52:27): React, Cherno team and Roger!
VJockey (15:52:42): #Roger?
drascin (15:52:47): *Zipping under the massive new arrivals, Ashe weaves through the hangar, bouncing on the leg of one of the parked mechs to gain height and get a line of fire to Loni - and then toss a stun lightning bolt at him+
cubey@aol.pl (15:52:48): Approved.
aldo salt (15:53:13): *Cherno crouches and sidesteps like a boxer, trying to duck behind the gantry for cover!+
tengusaur (15:53:53): Roger: "Surprisingly nimble for something so big!" Big O raises its arms again, to block the incoming energy blast with its massive shields. +
cubey@aol.pl (15:53:56): Loni: "What?!" He looks surprised at the incoming bolt!
cubey@aol.pl (15:54:25): But... a Testimony's large bladed limb falls down to intercept it. There is no way this is a coincidence! And at the same time...
cubey@aol.pl (15:54:44): "Loni get down!" Someone fires a standard handgun at you, Ashe! However, the bullets are plentiful and surprisingly accurate.
cubey@aol.pl (15:54:46): It's Desta!
cubey@aol.pl (15:54:47): React.
VJockey (15:54:51): *Leos lets loose another OB burst and throws himself into a tackle at the Herald from behind to mess with its aim... furthermore he seeks to punch Ethermaster's unoccupied hand into the machine! Seeking to hack into it like he did to the derelict when Sara betrayed them. The reactions and lack of any sort of contact... these things have to be AI!+
VJockey (15:55:02): "Let's see what you know!"
drascin (15:55:17): Ashe: "Oh come on! You're going to get your friend killed, you know that?!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:56:32): Cherno Alpha is bulky and slow - the stream of energy zaps over its armor, though fortunately the enemy was more focused on dodging than on a counter attack.
cubey@aol.pl (15:56:58): Big O tries to block, which means the damage is minimal. As for Leos...
aldo salt (15:56:59): Alexis frowns in thought, mulling over how the enemies are protecting Loni. "It seems your uncle may have come through for you after all…Apollonius Gavin." He muses.
cubey@aol.pl (15:57:16): The Ethermaster is suddenly thrown back as its pilot suffers from a spasm!
cubey@aol.pl (15:57:24): You are not sure what you just saw, Leos.
cubey@aol.pl (15:57:29): But that wasn't a normal AI.
VJockey (15:57:44): "NNGHHHHAAAAAH!!!"
cubey@aol.pl (15:57:44): You have a very ominous feeling right now. Ominous - and blissful.
cubey@aol.pl (15:57:47): A promise of something coming.
cubey@aol.pl (15:58:23): Desta: "He's the only guy in this room I don't want to kill right now!"
tengusaur (15:59:20): Roger: "An ambitious task for a single man with a handgun."
tormterra (16:00:15): Alex: "Just who the hell is Loni?"
VJockey (16:00:43): [Leos is going to be in a little bit stunned right now. Between the whiplash from being ejected by that definitely advanced AI... what he saw... and felt...]
cubey@aol.pl (16:00:44): Ken can also move.
VJockey (16:01:03): "...We need to try to take one of these things intact as best as we can."
cubey@aol.pl (16:01:07): (By the way, about half the new enemy forces are in the hangar, the other half are outside)
VJockey (16:01:53): "Break their limbs. Their generators. But try to keep whatever's running their software..."
Peter Kampschroeder (16:02:10): Eva: "...I'll try."
aldo salt (16:02:38): Sasha: "Someone needs to guard the units in this hanger, and keep them from being taken. But…Cherno Alpha can fight best outside. Who will guard the contents of Hanger B?"
drascin (16:02:57): *With a quick flash, Megaman Ashe is replaced by Thetis, spinning his pole to deflect the incoming bullets upwards easily. Desta, what exactly were you hoping to achieve, here?
Ashe: "It doesn't matter what you want, what matters is that he's in the middle of a giant mech battle and I have no idea how he's even still alive in the middle of this!"
And with that she's going to suddenly zip to the right, fast as lightning, and send more of the same towards Desta to subdue him and get him out of the mech fighting area+
VJockey (16:03:14): "and .... Loni is an idiot who was playing at being a hero. One of his friends burned down part of Birmingham to try to impress him."
tengusaur (16:03:23): Roger: "For now, let's just say there was a good reason he was under house arrest." Answering Alex's question.
cubey@aol.pl (16:03:35): Desta: "Ghh!" He sees that Thetis/Ashe is avoiding his bullets like it was nothing!
tormterra (16:03:43): Alex: "I know...Just, why does the uncle go to these lengths?"
cubey@aol.pl (16:03:46): Seeing the lightning bolts, he tries to cartwheel out of the way.
cubey@aol.pl (16:03:57): But - he is not successful, and gets zapped!
cubey@aol.pl (16:03:59): Loni: "Desta!!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:04:16): Desta: "Loni... go on..."
cubey@aol.pl (16:04:20): He falls to the ground with a thud.
cubey@aol.pl (16:04:25): Loni: "Fuck... fuck!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:04:50): Apollonius Gavin accelerates even faster, giving all his legs can give to run up to the BrightSaber!
drascin (16:04:58): Obviously Ashe is going to retrieve Desta and put him out of the way in the same run. Can't be having with a prisoner getting stepped on
tengusaur (16:05:10): Roger: "My guess is, he's very fond of his nephew"
VJockey (16:05:30): "Cherno Alpha. This is Frightener Lead. I'll hold here. Contacting the rest of my unit now to reinforce."
cubey@aol.pl (16:05:50): As a matter of fact, he climbed up to the cockpit right now!
tormterra (16:06:02): Alex: "Fond enough to spend immense resources and become a terrorist for him?...I wonder if he's an "uncle" in the Victorian sense."
cubey@aol.pl (16:06:07): Loni: "Leave Desta alone, you bitch! Now you're in for it!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:06:16): He starts BrightSaber!
cubey@aol.pl (16:06:19): And...
cubey@aol.pl (16:06:20): Nothing
aldo salt (16:06:26): "Spacebo." Sasha replies to Leos. "Might want to get on that now."
aldo salt (16:06:33): Cherno gestures at BrightSaber.
cubey@aol.pl (16:06:36): Loni: "What?"
cubey@aol.pl (16:06:47): He tries again. And again - still nothing.
VJockey (16:06:55): "You didn't think the Commander would bother putting a lock on the systems did you?"
cubey@aol.pl (16:06:55): Loni: "Move... why aren't you moving? Move, dammit!"
VJockey (16:07:09): "You really do lack common sense Loni."
drascin (16:07:11): Ashe: "Darn it, Loni! Will you stop trying to get yourself killed?!"
VJockey (16:07:15): [Mocking laughter.]
cubey@aol.pl (16:07:21): As a matter of fact the Saber units were locked. No one's going to use them now.
drascin (16:07:36): Ashe: "Leos, will you Shut"
cubey@aol.pl (16:07:41): The only problem now is getting Loni out of the unit while there are opponents still on the way.
drascin (16:07:42): *shut up
cubey@aol.pl (16:07:46): They do not look like they want to give up at all.
cubey@aol.pl (16:07:51): Eva, Leos, Alex - go.
Peter Kampschroeder (16:08:10): Eva: "There is no point in laughter...Engaging the enemy."
VJockey (16:08:16): (How many enemies in the Hangar?)
cubey@aol.pl (16:08:35): (Most of the portents, 2 each of Heralds and Testimonies)
cubey@aol.pl (16:08:43): (4 each of the latter are outside)
cubey@aol.pl (16:08:58): Loni: "Move, move, move move move MOVE!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:09:24): (Did Ashe hang on to Desta or put him down somewhere safe?)
drascin (16:09:53): (Put him down, mostly. She's diving back in and that's not a safe place)
VJockey (16:10:07): *Leos is going to draw his Melee Halberds and close in on one of the Testimonies, seeking to circle around and attack it on its less bladed side... that however was just part of what he had in store for it...&
Peter Kampschroeder (16:10:32): *The Wildraubtier does a flyby run on the runway outside, letting loose a volley of missiles at the Heralds and Testimonies gathered outside. Once it passes over them, it transforms and flips around, firing on one of the Testimony's limbs.+
tormterra (16:11:44): * Alex used the chaos to dip outside to attack the enemies out there. Not only was Eva apparently alone, it would actually allow her to fight properly. Rushing out, she did her trick to melt the ground for a bit to destabilize one of the big robots, quickly following it up with a concentrated blast of water to the knee to cripple its movement before it could recover. +
cubey@aol.pl (16:12:02): As opposed to Heralds, the Testimonies' movements are more jerky. The one Leos attacks jumps in a jagged motion, trying to situate itself so the heavy bladed limb falls down on the floor in front of him - and then swoops up, trying to both block his attack and carve into the Ethermaster!
cubey@aol.pl (16:12:06): React/continue
cubey@aol.pl (16:13:39): The missiles are spread over too many targets! The Heralds evade easily and Testimonies' damage is minimal. However, afterwards one of the Testimonies is stuck in the now semi liquid ground, and takes a lot of arrow-equivalents to the knee.
aldo salt (16:13:41): #Leos?
cubey@aol.pl (16:13:45): Both from Enki and the Wildraubtier.
cubey@aol.pl (16:13:53): (Approved, though remember that you are outside)
VJockey (16:14:01): *Leos immediately jerks out of the way of the blade with a smirk as Remille and Boyle rush in to support their unit leader, Beam Sniper and Machinegun roaring at the foe to repeatedly pierce it!+
cubey@aol.pl (16:14:30): The unit looks pretty beat up right now! Its movements are even more erratic and jerky, and you see crackles of power over its body.
cubey@aol.pl (16:14:58): Then, a turbine on its shoulder starts spinning - its heavy arm lifts up quickly, light as a feather, and with a powerful swinging motion sends the blade flying like a boomerang!
aldo salt (16:15:07): *"Sasha picks up a stray girder that fell from the hanger ceiling. "Z14 Fist!" The girder crackles with electricity, and she tosses it under arm at the Testimony attacking Leos!
aldo salt (16:15:08): +
cubey@aol.pl (16:15:10): On its way, the massive blade seeks to carve its path through both of Alex and Eva's units!
cubey@aol.pl (16:15:11): React!
griefgathering (16:15:14): #
cubey@aol.pl (16:15:16): Approved
Peter Kampschroeder (16:16:49): *Eva's in a plane robot! She's got no reason to stand around and simply let something hit her, so the Wildraubtier jumps into the air and jinks to avoid the whirling blade.+
cubey@aol.pl (16:16:52): The blade only nicks the Ethermaster - and there come Leos' wingmen! The Testimony shakes under a swarm of bullets and energy blasts.
tormterra (16:17:12): * Rather than try to stop the massive thing, Alex throws herself to the side using a blast of water to give herself some further thrust to hopefully get her out of the way. +
cubey@aol.pl (16:17:13): And then, a girder penetrates right through its comparatively thin torso.
VJockey (16:17:48): "Ooh... a weakspot..."
cubey@aol.pl (16:17:48): The Testimony slouches down, as if pierced by a spear that just leaves it there, immobile and impossible to do anything further.
VJockey (16:17:51): "Interesting"
griefgathering (16:18:12): *A bolt of bright violet light zips through the air to intercept the Testimony's makeshift boomerang. It stops just short of the blade's targets, and a glint of steel shines as a much tinier sword is placed in its way. However, that sword is no ordinary sword, and is poised to cut the larger weapon in two before it can do any harm!+
VJockey (16:18:19): "Aim for the torsos on the blue ones. They don't seem to like that very much."
cubey@aol.pl (16:19:28): Eva gets out of harm's way... just as she sees the boomerang stopped! It never even gets close to Enki.
cubey@aol.pl (16:19:35): It is suddenly destroyed by an attack from a new arrival.
cubey@aol.pl (16:21:14): Ashe, Neptune, go!
griefgathering (16:21:34): "Good grief. This is much worse than I expected..."
cubey@aol.pl (16:22:57): Roger and the Kaidanovskys can move as well, actually.
griefgathering (16:23:29): Well, there's only one person with noticable purple hair -and- uses a sword. But she looks quite different now. And she can fly.
VJockey (16:23:54): "Miss Nep... So glad you can join us."
griefgathering (16:23:56): http://i.imgur.com/cZjvzNp.jpg
drascin (16:24:06): (can I get a count on enemies inside the hangar?)
cubey@aol.pl (16:25:10): Enemies: Portent x13, Herald x3, Testimony x2
cubey@aol.pl (16:25:22): Enemies outside: Portent x6, Herald x3, Testimony x3 (1 heavily damaged)
VJockey (16:26:12): "Counting sixteen hostiles still in the Hangar." [Leos takes a brief glance towards the Alpha and Omega.]
VJockey (16:26:17): "Status of the outside?"
Peter Kampschroeder (16:26:40): Eva: "12 here, one heavily damaged."
tengusaur (16:28:04): Roger: "There's a bit fewer of them here. And soon, it will be more than a bit!" Big O steps out firmly into the outside part of the battlefield, energy visibly gathering around its head. The Megadeus raises its hands into the sky, and then lowers them, connecting the fists, and a big beam erupts from its head, aiming towards the Portents and whatever other hostiles are in the way! +
drascin (16:28:19): *Okay, so next bit is getting Loni. Loni has closed himself into his mech, so she's probably going to have to open it. But there's... pretty much the entire enemy congintent in the middle. Well, time for a bit of cleanup, Ashe-style! Ashe moves back into the fray, climbing and bouncing between the enemy mechs like a grasshopper to confuse them, before finding a good line at one of the Testaments' chests and launching herself like a missile at it, turning into Atlas and punching with enough force to cause an earthquake!+
aldo salt (16:28:27): *Cherno Alpha charges forward at the Testimony trapped on the ground. "C'mon!" Sasha snarls. "Give us your worst!" Cherno Alpha swing a low piston-driven fist down at the Testimony's waist, trying to break it in half. Then, if that succeeds, it picks up the shattered Testimony torso and hurls it at the Portents outside!+
cubey@aol.pl (16:29:32): Whatever hostiles are on the way, Roger - for example, a Herald that grabs its spear with both hands and charges at Big O, intent to impale it while the Portents start melting around you! React.
VJockey (16:29:42): "Keep an eye on the fragile ones. If they managed to get in easily, no telling if they can leave the same way."
aldo salt (16:29:53): #Roger?
VJockey (16:29:56): "And we don't know if they can take things with them."
griefgathering (16:30:11): Purple Heart: *"Even a damaged one is still a threat if it is active." The new arrival dives straight for the damaged Testimony, sword poised to strike. However, she also swerves in random directions during her approach before finally swinging downwards.&
cubey@aol.pl (16:30:28): The Jaeger does indeed break the Testimony in half, its upper body sliding down as the damaged enemy is now totally destroyed.
cubey@aol.pl (16:30:32): Feel free to #, approved.
cubey@aol.pl (16:32:00): Ashe does find that the Portents are unsure how to react to a small target springing around them. They try to spring back or slice at her, but are too big and slow - comparatively speaking.
cubey@aol.pl (16:32:27): The attacked Testimony however moves its arm - very quickly as the turbine is spinning once again! You have a blade on the way to its torso!
cubey@aol.pl (16:32:28): React.
aldo salt (16:33:28): *"Roger Smith!" Sasha calls out, changing her aim so that Cherno Alpha throws the broken Testimony toros at the spear-wielding Herald instead. "Match our timing!"+
cubey@aol.pl (16:36:08): The Testimony only has to raise its blade - to meet Purple Heart's much smaller one! The two clash against each other, creating a huge shower of sparks!
tengusaur (16:36:08): Roger: "I see what you mean!" Big O keeps up the pressure with the Chrome Buster - and the distraction from the Kaidanovskys lets it change target for the Herald as well, burning into it! Only when the spear comes in does Roger bring up the Megadeus' arms into a block! +
cubey@aol.pl (16:36:10): React/continue
cubey@aol.pl (16:37:37): The Herald is knocked off-balance by a half of its ally suddenly hitting it! That allows Roger to hit it with the Chrome Buster as well while not getting hit in return at all.
cubey@aol.pl (16:37:46): Half the Portents outside are destroyed and the Herald is damaged.
griefgathering (16:39:12): Purple Heart: *"Now...Thunder Crush!" Only...the goddess' blade isn't the actual threat here. Bolts of lightning suddenly descend from the sky above - smashing into the Testimony not once or twice, but three times!+
drascin (16:40:14): *Seeing that she's about to run into a spinning wall of blades (which is the same thing she does as Thetis, she does notice the irony), ashe suddenly becomes Siarnaq an instant before hitting the blade wall, and ninja vanishes to the target's side rather than run into the meat mincer. This is followed by another quick transformation as suddenly the Testimony is going to find a rather large Cybertronian aiming an unrealistically large gun at it...
Sixshot: Boo!
...and fires+
cubey@aol.pl (16:40:19): With the first bolt of lightning hitting the enemy, its strength wanes. The blade is held back as further electric attacks strike it!
cubey@aol.pl (16:40:44): The Testimony is heavily damaged, electricity crackling over its form
cubey@aol.pl (16:41:51): The Testimony pauses as something unexpected happens... and then it's blown away by the huge gun!
cubey@aol.pl (16:42:18): It makes a hole in the hangar's wall as it leaves through it, falling down on the ground behind it, trying to get back up - able to move, if barely.
cubey@aol.pl (16:42:26): Speaking of not being able to move...
cubey@aol.pl (16:42:32): Loni: "Dammit! Damn..."
cubey@aol.pl (16:42:59): Loni: "Move, move, move MOVE!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:43:05): Loni: "This... fuck!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:43:13): He starts to cry. He actually starts to cry in the cockpit.
cubey@aol.pl (16:43:25): Loni: "It wasn't supposed to be this way. This isn't what you promised!"
drascin (16:43:45): Ashe: "...who are you talking to?"
cubey@aol.pl (16:43:54): Loni: "Move! Move!"
drascin (16:43:59): Uh oh. Baddies start to talk to themselves, never a good sign
cubey@aol.pl (16:44:01): Loni: "Move, I'm the hero dammit!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:44:16): ... The BrightSaber boots up. Its visor flashes on..
tengusaur (16:44:16): Roger: "...We'll have to question him after this is over. Definitely."
tengusaur (16:44:22): Roger: "..."
VJockey (16:44:26): ".........."
cubey@aol.pl (16:44:28): Loni: "A.... ahaha! Yes! YES!"
VJockey (16:44:31): "This isn't good."
VJockey (16:44:39): "Boyle. Remille."
griefgathering (16:44:42): Purple Heart backs off after that last bolt of lightning hits. "Well...not bad for having to switch targets mid pos-"
VJockey (16:44:51): [Leos gestures to the Brightsaber.]
griefgathering (16:44:52): And then she hears the laugh.
VJockey (16:44:58): "Kill."
Peter Kampschroeder (16:45:06): Eva: "Loni, don't..."
VJockey (16:45:09): "I'll deal with the unknowns."
drascin (16:45:12): Ashe: "...aaaand the maniacal laughter is probably not a lot better"
cubey@aol.pl (16:45:26): Loni: "Thanks, BrightSaber! I can... I will save everyone now!""
cubey@aol.pl (16:45:51): Several of Unity Group guards run into the hangar on foot - towards the safe place, where Ashe left Desta before. They are not suicidal after all.
drascin (16:45:54): Ashe: "Save who, Loni?! You're the entire reason this fight even happened! YOU're the reason your friends are in jail!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:46:00): Guard: "We're here to retrieve the priso...ner?"
drascin (16:46:03): Ashe: "Who do you want to save?!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:46:08): But Desta is not there.
cubey@aol.pl (16:46:11): Desta: "Surprise!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:46:24): ShotSaber's head springs up and it fires its handguns at the on-foot security!
drascin (16:46:31): #
cubey@aol.pl (16:46:34): Approved.
VJockey (16:46:35): #Security?
cubey@aol.pl (16:46:38): Also approved.
drascin (16:46:44): Ashe: "Oh shoot!"
VJockey (16:46:45): "...SHIT!"
aldo salt (16:46:48): "Shit." Alexis groans in russian.
VJockey (16:47:12): *Leos is going to quickly get in front of the guards and hunker down as he activates his shield!+
tengusaur (16:47:23): Roger curses quietly in his mind, turning Big O around.
drascin (16:47:34): *Yeah, Ashe is just going to zoom in there at maximum speed and drop on top of the security guy's position as Chronoforce. Which makes her immobile but a damn good shield+
tormterra (16:47:35): Alex: "I think I speak for all of us when I say fuck these guys...Seriously, what the hell's wrong with them?"
cubey@aol.pl (16:48:10): Loni: "Wrong? You look down on us, you make fun of us, you tried to take everything away from us, even our lives!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:48:15): Loni: "It's payback time."
drascin (16:48:41): Ashe: "Have you ever looked at yourself in a mirror?!"
VJockey (16:48:43): " 'Leos, we don't have to kill them to stop them. I promise they won't wiggle out of this' Dido said."
tengusaur (16:48:53): Roger: "So much for wanting to save everyone, kid."
griefgathering (16:49:03): Purple Heart: "To think you had people like this imprisoned here, too..."
griefgathering (16:49:07): She just shakes her head.
VJockey (16:49:08): " 'I know how to defang them' she said."
Peter Kampschroeder (16:49:19): Eva: "We don't have to kill them. And so help me god, if you do..."
tormterra (16:49:32): Alex: "I guess we'll just have to find a safer prison. Maybe some remote island."
VJockey (16:49:49): "If we killed them we wouldn't have to deal with this right now. Just the enemy instead of a bunch of idiots AND the enemy."
cubey@aol.pl (16:50:02): Ashe and Leos are pummeled by a series of beam shots! At least the guards are safe - though Desta can press on the assault on you now.
cubey@aol.pl (16:50:06): But he doesn't.
cubey@aol.pl (16:50:17): Loni: "Desta, you know where to go!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:50:20): Desta: "Yeah..."
cubey@aol.pl (16:50:35): ShotSaber has the FightSaber hanging on its shoulder. And it prepares to jump away!
cubey@aol.pl (16:50:53): The BrightSaber stands in front of it, a guard between Desta and all of you.
cubey@aol.pl (16:51:05): Loni: "Shut up. I'm done listening to you."
cubey@aol.pl (16:51:12): He draws his dual beam katanas.
cubey@aol.pl (16:51:20): Loni: "I'll be the hero now. You won't pass through me."
cubey@aol.pl (16:51:23): Eva, Leos, Alex, go.
cubey@aol.pl (16:51:29): New enemies: BrightSaber, ShotSaber.
VJockey (16:51:32): "Someone stop the Shotsaber. Mlakar's probably going to break out the third stooge."
aldo salt (16:51:43): "Bohez moi!" Outside Cherno Alpha breaks into a sprint…trying to head away from the battlefield and towards the prison section of the base!+
aldo salt (16:51:52): "On it!" Sasha shouts.
Peter Kampschroeder (16:52:06): (Old enemies?)
cubey@aol.pl (16:52:13): Enemies: Portent x16, Herald x6 (1 damaged), Testimony x4 (2 damaged)
aldo salt (16:52:34): But will the bulky Cherno get there in time?
tengusaur (16:52:47): Roger: "I'll try to stop him as well."
tengusaur (16:53:01): Roger: "I have a bit of experience dealing with men like him."
VJockey (16:53:11): "Loni. I honestly don't have time for this bullshit. I'm just going to hope that there's enough of you left by the time Boyle and Remille are done to mail back to your uncle in a parcel. A small one."
cubey@aol.pl (16:53:21): Enemies (???): Portent x16 (13 inside, 3 outside), Herald x6 (1 damaged) (3 inside, 3 outside), Testimony x4 (2 damaged) (1 inside)
Enemies (Loni's friends): BrightSaber (Gavin), ShotSaber (Desta)
cubey@aol.pl (16:53:35): Loni: "My uncle didn't do jack shit for me."
cubey@aol.pl (16:53:45): Loni: "I was imprisoned by you assholes and what he did? Nothing."
drascin (16:53:58): Ashe is really frustrated as she returns to her shape
Peter Kampschroeder (16:54:04): Eva: "..."
griefgathering (16:54:14): Purple Heart: "I will continue assisting those outside."
Peter Kampschroeder (16:54:21): Eva: "Can you help us with these enemies, at least?"
VJockey (16:54:26): *Leos is going to take careful aim at the Portents inside the hangar and let loose with plasmafire. As for Loni, Boyle and his bulky AC are rushing forward, the triple-bladed laser claw on one arm roaring to life as it was swung at the Brightsaber while Remille sought to jam its systems!&
VJockey (16:54:39): "He won't Eva."
drascin (16:54:50): Ashe: "Loni, you really are an idiot, aren't you?"
VJockey (16:54:54): "Like he said, he wants to make us pay. Everything else is secondary."
drascin (16:55:10): Ashe: "You kinda caused all your problems, in case you didn't notice!"
tormterra (16:55:17): * "I'll deal with some of the ones already here. Can't ignore those." Alex gave them all a brief nod, before turning towards the small crowd of enemies outside. "And you bastards, just stay away while we deal with this." Gritting her teeth, she summoned up Enki's power again, firing off a deluge in front of her to sweep away the smaller enemies and restrict the movement of the larger ones like she had in Brussels. Then she focus on one of the damaged Testimonies, firing a concentrated blast at its damaged mid-section in hopes of getting rid of it for good. +
cubey@aol.pl (16:55:22): Loni: "If being not an idiot means I'm the likes of you, then I'd rather be an idiot!"
drascin (16:55:38): Ashe: "And you say you want to be a hero but you're more dangerous than the people you were fighting against ever were!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:55:49): Loni: "You're just jealous!"
griefgathering (16:56:00): @Alex
Peter Kampschroeder (16:56:05): *Eva does not deal with Loni et.al, instead going for the Heralds outside-she'll pick one and start shooting through its shoulders.+
cubey@aol.pl (16:56:05): Approved.
cubey@aol.pl (16:56:27): Leos keeps the portents at bay, destroying two of them. As for Boyle though...
drascin (16:56:51): Ashe: "No, I'm just TIRED! Tired of dealing with people like you! The Mega Men are the same! I'm going to save the world and for that I'm going to kill everyone who stands in my way because that's right?! Where's the heroism in that?!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:57:00): Remille's jamming has no effects! Seeing the bulky AC approach, Loni quickly kicks it - sending the attack way off target, and the AC stumbling. He raises his katanas, ready to cleave through it!
cubey@aol.pl (16:57:03): React/continue.
drascin (16:57:07): yeah, Ashe just charges
griefgathering (16:57:15): *An aura of energy will surround Enki just before that concentrated blast is fired. It should be much stronger than it would already be normally!+
VJockey (16:58:21): *Leos lets out a thunderous sigh before he swings his Karasawa towards Loni and fires a few shots in tandem with Remille's beam sniper. In addition, Boyle quickly brings down his twin plasma cannons to fire right into Loni at close range!+
griefgathering (16:58:36): Purple Heart: "A proper blessing."
cubey@aol.pl (16:58:45): Enki creates a huge, controlled deluge. With the powers of two divines combined, the Portents outside are swept away.
VJockey (16:58:57): Boyle: "Get fucked Gavin! Choke on plasma!"
cubey@aol.pl (16:59:32): The damaged Testimony behind the hangar is flooded too much and the pressure overwhelms it. Its attempts to stand up cease - forever.
cubey@aol.pl (16:59:52): Lastly, all the gathered water is shot as an aquatic missile, penetrating the other damaged Testimony.
cubey@aol.pl (17:00:11): That's it for those.
cubey@aol.pl (17:00:46): The damaged Herald gets shot in the shoulder - and the body part explodes! That was powerful.
cubey@aol.pl (17:01:09): Very powerful - and that's because another Herald has its shoulder parts rotate, and charge up. These are cannons - and they fire massive beam blasts at Eva! React.
Peter Kampschroeder (17:02:39): *Eva switches to plane mode, and zips through the sky to try to avoid the beam blasts.+
cubey@aol.pl (17:02:40): Loni: "Screw you!" He slashes down on Boyle's plasma cannons, making them explode at point blank.
cubey@aol.pl (17:03:04): Then the BrightSaber grabs onto his AC, making it serve as a living shield against Leos' and Remille's shots.
cubey@aol.pl (17:03:13): Shots that hopefully end quickly - if they don't want to score a teamkill!
Wyverncakes (17:03:28): # Boyle
cubey@aol.pl (17:03:32): Approved.
Wyverncakes (17:03:49): "Loni..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:04:34): The beams are wide. One of them flies off into the sky harmlessly, but the other nicks the Wildraubtier, dealing grazing energy damage to its side.
cubey@aol.pl (17:04:44): Its balance is pretty bad because of that, at least in jet form.
VJockey (17:04:58): (Was that a react?)
cubey@aol.pl (17:05:17): (Actually yes)
VJockey (17:05:39): "...heh..."
VJockey (17:07:21): *A non-verbal communication between the Frighteners and suddenly Loni would find that the bulky legs of his makeshift shield suddenly disconnect, allowing the two to send another salvo, albeit at a lower angle before Boyle shoves his machinegun into the Brightsaber's face and opens fire!+
Wyverncakes (17:07:35): * From above, a black figure spreads its wings and with that, dive-bombs towards the ground. "After everything you've done, said, and seen..." And the DuskBird's whip lashes out to grab at the BrightSaber's arm to deliver a hard jerk to it! If she can't free Boyle entirely, then she could at least turn Loni's machine to take the brunt of the attack. "... Calling yourself a 'hero' is an embarassment to all those who earned that title!"+
Wyverncakes (17:08:12): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggQopFG5RVQ
cubey@aol.pl (17:09:35): Loni: "And you're what?! Some kind of edgy morally ambigous... comic book character!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:09:39): Desta: "Loni!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:09:41): Loni: "I know!"
VJockey (17:10:01): "...Heh... Mizuki?.... Morally ambiguous?"
VJockey (17:10:05): "That's a laugh..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:10:21): As the legs are disconnected... Loni kicks them away, and Desta fires over his shoulder - making the AC parts explode, causing an impromptu smokewall between BrightSaber and Leos' team.
cubey@aol.pl (17:10:36): At the same time, Loni jumps back, leaving Boyle to get entangled by the whip instead.
cubey@aol.pl (17:10:55): Desta: "I'm going! Leaving it to you."
VJockey (17:11:00): "Hrm."
cubey@aol.pl (17:11:06): Loni: "Look who's talking. You're the most evil of the bunch, pudding boy."
cubey@aol.pl (17:11:19): Loni: "I told you, you're on my shit list. I'll take you down!"
VJockey (17:11:31): "And just what proof do you have Loni?"
VJockey (17:11:38): "You never did say."
cubey@aol.pl (17:11:48): But don't be distracted by Loni's speeches - rather, Desta takes a huge leap outside, still holding on to FightSaber.
drascin (17:12:02): Ashe: "Nobody is killing anybody today!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:12:15): Its other hand grabs the graviton launcher - and fires down, on Alhambra's main complex!
drascin (17:12:24): that sounded somewhere between angry and exasperated at all the cocky threatening flying around
Wyverncakes (17:12:25): Well, the saving grace with being ensnared by a whip is that... you just get ensnared by it.
cubey@aol.pl (17:12:25): Towards the prison block, which is where Desta is going to land, too!
Peter Kampschroeder (17:12:32): The Wildraubtier rights itself. "Leos..."
Wyverncakes (17:12:33): Mizuki: "You okay?"
tengusaur (17:12:40): Roger: "Damn! He's too fast..."
VJockey (17:14:01): "Mr Smith. You have ranged weapons yes?"
VJockey (17:14:06): "Target the Fightsaber."
aldo salt (17:14:14): #prison block?
cubey@aol.pl (17:14:18): Approved.
tengusaur (17:15:39): Roger: "...I see what you mean. Targetting such a mobile target won't be easy, however. But I have a way to remedy that!"
aldo salt (17:15:50): *Cherno Alpha, in full on sprint mode, slides across the hanger bay to a stop and hammers its fist down at Shot Saber! "You're not getting in there…boy." Sasha declares!+
cubey@aol.pl (17:16:10): As Cherno Alpha advances forwatd to intecept ShotSaber...
cubey@aol.pl (17:16:14): Something rumbles underneath you.
cubey@aol.pl (17:16:43): A huge monstrosity bursts out from under ground, its upper torso blocking your way.
cubey@aol.pl (17:16:51): Then the rest of the enemy emerges from underneath.
cubey@aol.pl (17:16:59): http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1316114
Visitation
Wyverncakes (17:17:16): Mizuki: "What the..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:17:24): Its forehead shines with power - and it unleashes a point blank beam blast at Cherno!
cubey@aol.pl (17:17:25): React!
tengusaur (17:17:53): # Cherno
cubey@aol.pl (17:18:00): Approved
griefgathering (17:18:38): Purple Heart: "More of them...?"
tengusaur (17:19:06): * Suddenly a Moby Dick Anchor flies towards the giant robot monster's head, trying to embed itself into it or wrap around its neck. And as soon as that happens, Big O pulls hard on the chain with both arms, trying to change the direction of the blast! +
tengusaur (17:19:31): Roger: "I'd like to know where did Loni and his friends manage to find this whole menagerie!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:19:45): Loni: "Holy SHIT!"
aldo salt (17:19:49): *As the Visitation's forehead shines, Cherno Alpha crouched down, grasps one of its legs, and pulls up sport wrestler-style, trying to flip the robo-Kaiju on its back and divert the beam up!+
cubey@aol.pl (17:19:50): He sounds as surprised as you people.
Peter Kampschroeder (17:20:00): Eva: "...I thought so..."
Wyverncakes (17:20:13): Mizuki: "They don't feel like things he'd design either."
VJockey (17:20:38): "No kidding. He'd choose bright colors and more heroic looking things."
drascin (17:20:41): Ashe: "So some mysterious robots come to bust you out specifically and you don't think this is odd?"
aldo salt (17:21:02): Alexis grunts. "It seems our monster fighting days aren't done yet." Sashas hisses. "Quiet, you."
cubey@aol.pl (17:21:10): The beam fires above Cherno. Partially thanks to the chains, partially because Cherno ducked - and tried to trip the giant over!
Peter Kampschroeder (17:21:15): Eva: "It's very odd, but...not his style."
cubey@aol.pl (17:21:24): However, while it does have legs, they are thick and strong and the Visitation stands as it was.
cubey@aol.pl (17:21:45): Loni: "That must've been her, too! So she held to her promise after all! Ha ha! Nice!"
VJockey (17:21:58): "Her...?"
cubey@aol.pl (17:22:02): ShotSaber, however, blasts unopposed.
cubey@aol.pl (17:22:21): It shoots a hole in the prison block - and proceeds to right right there!
cubey@aol.pl (17:22:35): Aaron Anso Antema, the last remaining member of Lady's Good Men, stumbles out of his destroyed cell and looks up.
cubey@aol.pl (17:22:41): Aaron: "My rival? Did he..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:22:46): Splotch
cubey@aol.pl (17:22:49): ShotSaber lands right on him.
cubey@aol.pl (17:23:03): Desta: "Heh. Loni's got no rivals in this place."
cubey@aol.pl (17:23:08): Mizuki, Neptune, Ashe, go.
Peter Kampschroeder (17:23:12): Eva: "Loni...Please tell me you didn't orchestrate this."
cubey@aol.pl (17:23:35): Loni: "Course I didn't. But someone who cares did."
drascin (17:23:40): Ashe: "He didn't know."
VJockey (17:23:42): "...Heh"
cubey@aol.pl (17:23:44): Loni: "Someone who didn't want to offer any fucking deals to me."
VJockey (17:23:53): "Loni."
cubey@aol.pl (17:23:57): Loni: "No scratching each others' backs or owing to someone. She just... wanted me to be myself."
VJockey (17:23:58): "Loni Loni Loni."
drascin (17:24:05): Ashe: "...I'm getting a feeling that is uncomfortably familiar"
Model A sort of coughs and whines
cubey@aol.pl (17:24:07): Loni: "She gave me a chance to be a hero. And I won't let you guys ruin it."
VJockey (17:24:14): "You have no idea what you just did."
cubey@aol.pl (17:24:15): Loni: "Shut up! I am done listening to you assholes!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:24:25): Loni: "You won't ruin my second chance!"
griefgathering (17:24:37): The floating goddess gives a disgusted look at that splotch.
drascin (17:24:44): Ashe: "Well so am I!"
aldo salt (17:24:45): "…did you sell out to the enemy known as the Lady?" Alexis asks.
VJockey (17:25:06): "You and your little friends can go run away... but after this mess, we'll have free reign to hunt you down."
VJockey (17:25:20): "No arrests this time."
tengusaur (17:25:32): Roger: "...It's possible. Who else could he be talking about?"
VJockey (17:25:35): "If... you get away"
cubey@aol.pl (17:25:49): Loni: "You really think you can take me, pudding boy?"
cubey@aol.pl (17:26:04): He spins his katanas in BrightSaber's hands, its exhausts emanating green plasma.
VJockey (17:26:11): "Lets find out."
Wyverncakes (17:26:12): * The DuskBird switches to Jet Mode to try to zip around the Visitation towards the ShotSaber. "Whoever 'she' is... I don't care. The lot of you aren't getting away!" And as soon as she has view of the ShotSaber, the DuskBird switches back to humanoid mode, its mismatched eyes gleaming before gold and violet Abyss Gaze beams sweep out at it!+
griefgathering (17:26:47): (Enemy count please?)
cubey@aol.pl (17:26:49): Remaining Heralds suddenly form a Roman-like wall in front of DuskBird - almost uncomfortably close!
cubey@aol.pl (17:27:11): They tank Abyss Gaze, whcih deals small damage to all of them - and they already counter with beams from their spears! React.
aldo salt (17:27:17): Sasha, while grappling with the Visitation, turns Cherno's scanners towards the shattered prison. Are Ilinka, Serak, and Sieljie still confined, or are they free?
drascin (17:27:17): *And so Ashe moves forward at Brightsaber, firing a web of lasers before doing a quick cycling as she flies around Loni at terrible speed, unleashing Aeolus's storms and Thetis's hails all around Loni like a stormy cyclone...&
cubey@aol.pl (17:27:29): Enemies (???): Portent x11, Herald x5, Testimony x2, Visitation
Enemies (Loni's friends): BrightSaber (Gavin), ShotSaber (Desta)
cubey@aol.pl (17:27:44): All ??? enemies move outside.
cubey@aol.pl (17:28:01): Sasha - It's too hard to judge from where you are, unless you can fly.
Wyverncakes (17:28:13): Mizuki: "And you all..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:28:22): However you hear a wild banshee like howl and someone human sized bursts from the hole, running around the base on foot but with superhuman speed.
cubey@aol.pl (17:28:41): Serak: "Oh yes! Free, finally free! It's time to crush some weakling skulls!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:28:45): Okay, one of them is free.
VJockey (17:28:52): "Disabling safeties. System overclock initiated. Limiters disabled. Systems at full burn."
griefgathering (17:29:04): Purple Heart: "Who is that...?"
aldo salt (17:29:22): Sasha groans. "Well. I think we're turning in our letter of resignation tommorow."
aldo salt (17:29:53): "Intercept her!" She shouts to Nep. "She's a psychotic martial artist mass-murderer!"
tengusaur (17:30:08): Roger: "Russian friends. We need to stop this madness. Unfortunately, this gigantic monstrosity is on our way."
tengusaur (17:30:15): Big O staeres at the Visitation.
Wyverncakes (17:30:21): * The DuskBird's wings give off a mighty flap to get it up in the air and out of the Heralds' zone of fire! But with its flaps, black feathers come loose, falling to the ground for a moment before stopping, spinning as if they'd locked onto the Heralds, and with a sudden burst of Void energy launch themselves at the mooks!+
tengusaur (17:30:31): Roger: "Let's get rid of it."
cubey@aol.pl (17:30:41): BrightSaber jumps around, easily evading Ashe's fire despite being much bigger. It leaps off obstacles and walls, and while airborne and upside down...
aldo salt (17:30:49): "Da." Alexis confirms reluctantly. "The damage is done….and this thing must go down!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:31:04): Loni: "I got this from Desta! Now die!" He fires rounds of beam fire from the katanas' grips, which serve as handguns too apparently.
cubey@aol.pl (17:31:05): React, Ashe.
VJockey (17:31:15): [Ethermaster's compound optical systems gleam with a fiendish glow, as do several other points on its body. While not as impressive as Loni's own display...]
VJockey (17:31:17): #Ashe
griefgathering (17:31:20): Purple Heart: *"R-right." She has no idea how many more prisoners these guys have, so she's just going to land in front of Serak before she adds to the confusion.+
tengusaur (17:31:22): Roger: "After it's down, we can stop Desta. Before he causes even more trouble."
cubey@aol.pl (17:31:34): Approved
cubey@aol.pl (17:32:08): Serak: "Who are you? Another weakling... or someone worthy of my time?"
drascin (17:32:13): Ashe: "WRONG!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:32:27): She is surprised, but only for a second. Peola's mother charges her first full of ki, and lunges at Purple Heart with a superman punch.
cubey@aol.pl (17:32:28): React!
cubey@aol.pl (17:33:13): The Heralds are damaged further, Void Energy dancing against their bodies.
VJockey (17:33:37): *Now this isn't so much a super mode as Leos deactivating what few safety systems are on his AC. Things that could quite possibly damage systems... or its pilot. He fires his OB unit, blades crossed for a moment before seeking to catch one of Loni's gun pistols and twist the weapon out of his grasp as he rushes aside!+
cubey@aol.pl (17:33:44): However, their aim is good and they work in unison. A few blasts nick the DuskBird - before another one hits it dead on, and then another!
cubey@aol.pl (17:33:56): Mizuki's unit is seriously damaged, and it's all from just one barrage!
Wyverncakes (17:34:09): Mizuki: "Ge-geh...!"
griefgathering (17:34:16): *Purple Heart responds to that with an open palm to intercept the punch. Her sword is still there, but she's not using it just yet.+
cubey@aol.pl (17:35:03): The goddess is pushed back good several feet. However... her open handed block holds even despite Serak's superhuman strength!
cubey@aol.pl (17:35:12): Serak: "Ohh? The latter, is it?"
tengusaur (17:35:15): Roger: "...Are you alright?"
drascin (17:35:23): *And while Leos is distracting Loni like that, Ashe slips to the side, bounces on the wall, and turns to Atlas as she heads straight for BrightSaber's head with a glowing, charged arm for a mighty punch+
griefgathering (17:35:27): Purple Heart: "Not bad..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:35:29): Serak: "I am going to enjoy this!"
Wyverncakes (17:35:39): The DuskBird manages to right itself as well.
Wyverncakes (17:35:42): "I'll... manage..."
VJockey (17:36:12): *sword gun pistols
cubey@aol.pl (17:36:30): Beam shots fire around Ashe, not hitting her at all.
griefgathering (17:36:55): Purple Heart: "To answer your question...a goddess. And I'm afraid I can't allow you to proceed."
cubey@aol.pl (17:37:26): Loni: "Heh..." As Atlas and the Ethermaster head in his direction, he reverses the grip on his katanas - and BrightSaber rights itself in the air with a physically impossible backflip! He slices down, one of the energy blades hitting against Ashe's punch, the two attacks trying each other before the Megaman is pushed back.
cubey@aol.pl (17:38:07): The other blade... deflects Leos' blades before slicing at the hand that tries to grab it. The Ethermaster's hand is removed clean off!
cubey@aol.pl (17:38:10): Yes, despite Overburst!
cubey@aol.pl (17:38:16): Roger, Kaidanovskys, go
VJockey (17:38:35): "GHHHH-Nghhh..."
VJockey (17:38:49): [Oh yeah that really stung. He could almost feel his arm being shorn off.]
aldo salt (17:38:59): Speaking of mighty punches, Cherno Alpha slams its fist together as it faces the looming Visitation. "Mr. Smith…you use piston-powered punches too, da?" Sasha asks.
VJockey (17:39:07): "Heh... Not.... bad. For a bratty whiner..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:39:13): Loni: "You guys done looking down at me?"
cubey@aol.pl (17:39:21): Loni: "I am just starting up!"
tengusaur (17:39:31): Roger: "Indeed. Remember how you told me to watch your timing before?"
tengusaur (17:39:40): Roger: "I think it's time to do it again."
VJockey (17:39:43): "Then we'll just have to put you down. Hard."
drascin (17:39:54): Ashe: "Nope. As long as you continue being a monster I will continue looking down on you!"
griefgathering (17:40:22): Purple Heart: "Leos, don't push yourself."
drascin (17:40:28): Ashe: "Because it doesn't matter how much you lie to yourself, deep down you have to know what you've become, Loni!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:40:29): Loni: "Look who's talking, you're just a scavenger!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:40:59): Loni: "You're a band of all kinds of jerks who grouped together and look down on people who aren't parts of your little clique!"
aldo salt (17:41:10): "Excellent!" Sasha declares, pulling a fist back. "Gentleman first!"
aldo salt (17:41:11): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdGLjIXbzUg
drascin (17:41:53): Ashe: "I'm not even part of this group, you dumb butt!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:41:54): Loni: "I refuse to be a part of your system that allows assholes like him!" Pointing at Ethermaster with his katana. "To be successful and have friends and shit!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:42:02): Loni: "You're just..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:42:16): Loni: "You are all just a group of bullies! Unity Group? More like mean girls group!"
VJockey (17:42:19): "...I have to."
VJockey (17:42:44): "Otherwise I won't be able to do anything here."
drascin (17:42:52): Ashe: "Oh my gosh do you even LISTEN to yourself?"
tengusaur (17:42:54): * Big O takes steps forward, raising left arm in front of itself like a shield, while holding the right arm back, ready for a punch. And, as soon as the Megadeus approaches the gigantic monster, it swings the left hand in a backhand strike, while loading the piston in its right arm!
tengusaur (17:42:59): Roger: "Now! Strike!"
VJockey (17:43:00): "He doesn't."
Wyverncakes (17:43:01): Mizuki: "Of course he doesn't."
drascin (17:43:06): Ashe is just kind of had it
cubey@aol.pl (17:43:36): Serak: "What a crybaby. Don't get distracted now, you might lose a limb!"
tengusaur (17:43:37): * Big O smashes its right fist into the Visitation's head, and releases the pressure from the piston in a Sudden Impact!
tengusaur (17:43:41): +
cubey@aol.pl (17:43:55): She takes on a low stance, almost animalistic and primal looking - but it's a stance of a trained martial artist, ready to lunge at a moment's notice.
tengusaur (17:43:59): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8fw51qtTY4
aldo salt (17:45:05): *" Poekhali!" Cherno Alpha charges the Visitation from the opposite direction, throwing it's right hand out in a curving haymaker…and firing both its piston and Z14 electrodes at the moment of impact!+
Peter Kampschroeder (17:45:09): Eva: "...Loni, you...Just what exactly are you even fighting for?!"
aldo salt (17:45:18): "Burst…through!" Sasha and Alexis shout in unison.
Peter Kampschroeder (17:45:31): Eva: "Who will benefit! Who will profit! Who will be saved from your actions!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:45:43): Loni: "My friends! That's who a hero fights for!"
VJockey (17:45:53): "Hah..."
Peter Kampschroeder (17:45:59): Eva: "Stop fucking around!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:45:59): Loni: "What is a hero without friends? You probably don't have any friends, do you?!"
VJockey (17:46:00): "More like your own ego."
Wyverncakes (17:46:10): Mizuki: "You'd let the world burn for your friends."
VJockey (17:46:23): "And she has friends."
drascin (17:46:24): Ashe: "WRONG! A person who only fights for his friends is not a hero! A person who fights for everyone is a hero!"
Peter Kampschroeder (17:46:36): Eva: "Exactly!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:46:45): Loni: "And you fight for who? You don't care for anyone outside your own group!"
VJockey (17:47:02): "We've fought for everyone. Just like we always have."
drascin (17:47:07): Ashe: "Even the most evil person can have friends! What counts is what you do for the people who you don't even like!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:47:09): The Visitation is smacked by Big O - it already raises a hand, a massive fist in response.
cubey@aol.pl (17:47:31): But then comes the Sudden Impact - followed by Cherno's piston punch haymaker.
VJockey (17:47:42): "The Unity Group has fought more threats and monsters than you ever bothered to."
cubey@aol.pl (17:47:43): Attacks dealt from both sides, making the creature stumble back.
cubey@aol.pl (17:47:59): Its foot lands on a building, crashing through its roof, and making the Visitation almost slip.
VJockey (17:48:05): "They've saved more lives than you ever bothered to."
cubey@aol.pl (17:48:10): Suddenly!
Peter Kampschroeder (17:48:10): Eva: "And you know what?! I don't like you! I don't like you at all! But if I had a chance to save your life, I would!"
drascin (17:48:10): Ashe: "What, do you think I've been trying to keep your stupid butt alive because I like you?"
cubey@aol.pl (17:48:21): The ribs on its chest open, and energy is generated inside a weird organ inside!
cubey@aol.pl (17:48:35): It looks like a giant spread beam cannon. And it's aimed at the super robots in close range!
cubey@aol.pl (17:48:40): Kaidanovskys and Roger, react
drascin (17:48:42): Ashe: "You're a jerk! But you don't kill peope just because you think they're jerks or don't agree with them!"
Peter Kampschroeder (17:48:44): #super robots
cubey@aol.pl (17:48:47): Approved.
Peter Kampschroeder (17:49:51): *Eva notices the charging cannon out of the corner of her eye, and-without turning the Wildraubtier to face its enemy properly-fires a blast from its beam rifle straight for the center of the enemy cannon.+
aldo salt (17:51:23): *Cherno Alpha tries to dodge left! And speaking of fire… "Incinerator Turbine…Max!" Cherno Alpha fires one of its Incinerator turbines at the Visitation's exposed innards, trying to fry a vital component!+
tengusaur (17:52:34): Roger: "And now, a follow-up!" Several slots open in Big O's chest and large missiles shoot out of them, heading straight for the opening in the monster's chest and exploding inside! +
cubey@aol.pl (17:54:44): The Visitation charges up... then its insides are attacked by a beam, which strikes the relatively unarmored parts and pierces through them!
cubey@aol.pl (17:55:06): It is followed up by missiles and flaming liquid - which make the Visitation be destroyed from the inside!
cubey@aol.pl (17:55:28): Its torso's contents are fried and instead of a beam, mechanical but disturbingly similar to normal organs devices burst out.
cubey@aol.pl (17:55:47): The huge enemy falls down on its chest, destroyed.
cubey@aol.pl (17:55:54): Loni: "..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:56:02): Loni: "You lie! You say one thing, but do another!"
griefgathering (17:56:08): Purple Heart: "What a mess this has turned out to be..."
cubey@aol.pl (17:56:09): Loni: "You think I don't know?"
cubey@aol.pl (17:56:17): Loni: "I'm done with you guys!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:56:30): BrightSaber turns and boosts away to where ShotSaber is!
VJockey (17:56:34): "Don't know what?"
cubey@aol.pl (17:56:52): However, remaining enemies quickly form up in a defensive perimeter.
cubey@aol.pl (17:56:57): You will have to breach through it to reach him.
tengusaur (17:57:01): Roger: "Onwards. Let's stop Desta!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:57:05): Eva, Leos and Mizuki, go.
cubey@aol.pl (17:57:32): Loni: "All the shit you're involved in!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:57:41): Loni: "Both of you! No... all of you!"
aldo salt (17:57:43): "So much for the robo-Kaiju." Sasha mutters. "It was a pleasure combo-ing with you, Mr. Smith! And Eva!"
cubey@aol.pl (17:57:56): Loni: "But especially you both! Pudding boy and amnesia girl! Don't act like you're saints."
aldo salt (17:58:12): "Now let's finish the rest of them!" Alexis declares.
cubey@aol.pl (17:58:18): Loni: "You think your goals excuse your methods?!"
drascin (17:58:31): Ashe: "...Amnesia girl?"
Wyverncakes (17:58:34): Mizuki: "Did they excuse Ilinka's?"
drascin (17:58:49): Ashe: "Do you even HAVE any idea what the heck you're talking about?! I don't even have amnesia!"
VJockey (17:58:52): *Leos is going to rush after Loni, kicking in the OB system after ensuring that nobody would get caught by it. Just one arm... but he can do it, Missiles and Laser cannon deploy, delivering ranged death as he charges! Remille delivers sniperfire from the hangar!+
Peter Kampschroeder (17:58:53): Eva: "My name is Eva!"
Wyverncakes (17:58:54): But those mooks would have to go...
drascin (17:59:21): Ashe thinks she meant her, because Loni had been annoying her all mission
VJockey (17:59:25): "As far as I'm concerned Eva's closer to a saint than you'll ever be you deluded idiot."
VJockey (17:59:53): "and if you're so fond of saying how much of a monster I am then go ahead. Say it. Tell everyone the things you seem to know about me."
Wyverncakes (17:59:56): "They're in my way... and when something's in the way of a shadow..."
Peter Kampschroeder (18:00:06): Eva: "And I didn't ask for my life! I didn't ask to be the product of some nightmare factory!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:00:07): Loni: "Funny because both of you were trying to kill each other all the time!" He turns mid flight, slashing with his katanas - sending waves of plasma into the air that cut through the missiles and destroy them - and try to cut through Leos' AC as well!
cubey@aol.pl (18:00:08): React!
Peter Kampschroeder (18:01:23): *The Wildraubtier flips into plane mode again, zipping towards the enemy defensive wall-then pulling up and releasing its heavy bombs, letting momentum carry them forward into their targets.+
VJockey (18:01:24): *Leos kicks hard on the ground and guns his engines upward into a steep vertical ascent to avoid the incoming strike.... before throwing himself downwards to bring his sword down on the Brightsaber!+
drascin (18:01:32): #Leos
aldo salt (18:01:34): "Boy." Sasha says. "You're applying moral standards to others that you refuse to apply to your friends." Cherno Alpha moves towards the nearest foes. "Regardless, we won't let you get away!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:01:42): Approved.
tengusaur (18:01:59): Roger: "Would you just look at your actions? At the actions of your friends?"
VJockey (18:02:14): "We had our reasons."
tengusaur (18:02:17): Roger: "Take a close look at them, and think. Think carefully."
cubey@aol.pl (18:02:50): Eva bombs the Portents. Some succumb to explosions - others throw their swords. Like with Alex before, they splinter into thousands of shards that fly through the air towards Wildraubtier!
cubey@aol.pl (18:02:51): React.
Wyverncakes (18:02:57): * The DuskBird's left hand began to glow. As damaged as the machine was, Mizuki wasn't anywhere near about to give up! "-Te shadow smothers it and keeps on going!" With a furious cry, the DuskBird dove back towards the ground. Not straight at the Heralds, but close enough. "So then... all of you can disappear! ABYSS... SANCTION!" The hand slams into the ground, a massive burst of Void energy blasting up to break the Heralds' ranks, and ideally the machines themselves!+
cubey@aol.pl (18:03:19): Loni: "That was one time! ONE TIME! Why are you so hung up on the past? Can't you forgive just a one time thing?"
cubey@aol.pl (18:03:32): Loni: "You seem perfectly fine to forgive Unity Group members' fuckups all the time!"
drascin (18:03:35): *Ashe jumps into the way of the plasma waves, turning into a certain Condoroid and hitting a rock note strong enough to make the walls tremble, using Vulturon's shockwave shield to deflect them from hitting Leos+
Peter Kampschroeder (18:03:36): *The Wildraubtier cuts its engines, turning slightly in the air-and then jets forward to dodge the shards.+
cubey@aol.pl (18:04:05): Loni: "You seem perfectly fine forgiving pudding boy being a black ops member who breaks knees to keep execs in lines! It's not even black ops! It's some kind of racketeering shit!"
griefgathering (18:05:01): Purple Heart: "...Ah. So that's what was ill-matched with the pudding..."
cubey@aol.pl (18:05:26): The sonic attack neutralizes Loni's sword beams! In fact it even causes him some trouble as he screams in pain!
cubey@aol.pl (18:05:35): Loni :"Aaah... AAAAAH! FUUUUUCK YOUUUU!"
VJockey (18:05:35): "The purpose of the Frighteners is to keep the Corporations and Potential Aggressors in line. To keep them from causing destruction like what your precious Ilinka did. I never denied any of that."
cubey@aol.pl (18:05:55): But he overcomes it with more shouting! SCreaming really loud, he parries Leos' attack with his one sword.
cubey@aol.pl (18:06:03): But he has two - the other cuts off Ethermaster's other hand.
cubey@aol.pl (18:06:15): Loni: "Double BURNING STRIKE MOTHERFUCKER!"
drascin (18:06:21): Ashe: "Honestly, I'm probably going to beat him up at some point, and I'm pretty sure we all know that, him included"
Peter Kampschroeder (18:06:58): Eva: "It might be sooner than you think..."
tengusaur (18:07:14): Roger: "Unity Group is not filled with saints. But I do not recall any of them attacking civilians. Or stomping on unarmed prisoners."
VJockey (18:07:20): "Khhh...!"
drascin (18:07:25): Ashe: "But even being a racketeerist he's still having a more positive effect on the world than you are, Loni. Think about that, Loni"
VJockey (18:07:41): [Leos leaps back. Disarmed he may be, but he's still got weapons left.]
drascin (18:07:41): Ashe is trying a last ditch effort to be somewhat reasonable
drascin (18:08:12): Ashe: "An almost criminal guy is having better effects on the world than you. Do you think that's how a hero should be?"
cubey@aol.pl (18:08:22): Eva finds it hard to maneuver with the damaged Wildraubtier (as mentioned before). However, not a lot of Portents remain so their barrage is kinda weak. You evade it somehow.
cubey@aol.pl (18:08:33): Loni: "Shut up!"
tengusaur (18:08:42): Roger sighs quietly. "I wonder why do we keep talking, though. You are not going to listen, will you. This situation is well beyond being solved with words at this point."
cubey@aol.pl (18:08:59): Mizuki blasts through the wall of Heralds.
VJockey (18:09:04): "Ah yes... telling the person who is actually bringing up a logical arguement against you to shut up."
Peter Kampschroeder (18:09:06): Eva: "Illinka's slaughter-she did it for you, you know. Those people all died, for you."
VJockey (18:09:09): "Such a hero you are."
cubey@aol.pl (18:09:11): She scatters them around, two succumbing to the power of Darkness outright!
griefgathering (18:09:18): Purple Heart: (to Roger) "It seems to have gone past that point, yes."
cubey@aol.pl (18:09:35): The three others are off in various directions, and do not form a wall anymore.
VJockey (18:09:55): "I'd applaud you for the new lows you seem to keep wanting to reach but I'm afraid you've left me shorthanded."
cubey@aol.pl (18:10:09): Neptune, Ashe, Roger and Kaidanovskys - go.
cubey@aol.pl (18:10:23): Enemies (???): Portent x5, Herald x3 (all moderately damaged), Testimony x2
drascin (18:10:34): Ashe: "Leos, you're doing the opposite of helping, will you shut up for a minute"
aldo salt (18:10:42): "No one like to be told they're wrong." Alexis muses. "Especially not that they're completely wrong."
cubey@aol.pl (18:11:29): With a sadistic laugh, Serak lunges at Purple Heart!
aldo salt (18:11:49): "Then lets finish this." Sasha says. "The winner can write the history book, da?"
VJockey (18:12:53): "Agreed"
cubey@aol.pl (18:13:59): Serak: "You may become the first step in my long way of vengeance! To think the pitiful people of Earth managed to capture - me? But similar tricks won't work twice!"
tengusaur (18:14:05): * Roger fires a Moby Dick Anchor at a Herald. These things need to get out of the way. &
griefgathering (18:14:15): *Purple Heart prepares herself for the incoming strike, but she does not counterattack...
griefgathering (18:14:18): Because.
drascin (18:14:18): *Still, Ashe is going to see about fighting her way through to those two. And while her Mega Man forms are great when it comes to one on one, for getting through that walled pack she turns back into her Sixshot form, opening a positive rain of multi-gun artillery fire into the Herald line near the center to finish them off+
cubey@aol.pl (18:14:18): Serak: "I too have mobilized my anger, my rage while in imprisonment! I am stronger than ever!"
griefgathering (18:14:38): Purple Heart: "In that case...Henshin."
aldo salt (18:14:48): *Cherno Alpha moves towards the prison, punching another Herald in the spine as it moves to intercept ShotSaber once it emerges from the prison!+
griefgathering (18:15:26): *A burst of light and flames comes in Serak's way! They whirl to form a brief tornado before dissipating!&
drascin (18:15:55): Ashe: "Lady, you're just lucky I'm busy"
cubey@aol.pl (18:16:19): The Herald is grabbed by Roger - as it flies towards him, undoubtedly pulled by the ANchor, it counters with more spear shots!
cubey@aol.pl (18:16:29): Then, it prepares the weapon to skewer Big O from above! React/continue.
cubey@aol.pl (18:17:25): Serak's gloating is cut short. Surprised, she tries to leap to the side - and engage Purple Heart once again, staying away from the flames!
cubey@aol.pl (18:17:27): React/continue
cubey@aol.pl (18:18:29): Cherno punches a Herald that was caught low - and offhandedly cripples it.
griefgathering (18:18:34): What stands behind the flames is still clearly Purple Heart, but not as she appeared before. Her armor now resembles the very element that just appeared.
griefgathering (18:18:46): http://i.imgur.com/R70y66K.jpg
cubey@aol.pl (18:18:48): However, shaking and twitching, Testimonies stand in its way. Their large blades slashing in unison!
tengusaur (18:18:50): * With a single mighty tug on the chain, Roger pulls the Herald over, raising an arm to intercept those incoming shots. As soon as the enemy is right next to him, he punches right into the center of its mass with the other fist, and proceeds to rish forward!
cubey@aol.pl (18:18:54): React, Cherno!
tengusaur (18:18:59): Roger: "I'll open the way! Get Desta!"
tengusaur (18:19:13): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9xzhyp431c
tengusaur (18:19:15): *rush
cubey@aol.pl (18:19:56): Another Herald is caught in Ashe's rain of destruction. The shots cause it to dance and shake, before just.... exploding.
tengusaur (18:20:13): * Big O keeps moving forward until it reaches another Herald or Testimony, and bull-rushes the enemy it has grabbed into it - and then Roger activates the Sudden Impact, smashing into both! +
cubey@aol.pl (18:20:29): The spear beams deal insignificant damage to Big O's tough shields. Then comes the blow - the Herald is impaled on a fist, and destroyed outright.
griefgathering (18:21:02): Purple Heart: *"You won't avoid that easily. Burn...!" She swings her sword, seemingly out of range, but a sphere of fire is formed in Serak's path. "Blaze Break!" Said sphere then detonates violently!+
aldo salt (18:21:21): *"Da, Mr. Smith!" Cherno Alpha raises its arms in a boxer's guard and tries to ram its way through the Testimonies, scattering them 300-style!+
cubey@aol.pl (18:21:32): Serak: "Ha ha! Something like this? I will break your bones, shattering one by..."
cubey@aol.pl (18:21:44): Serak is hit by the explosion and knocked out cold. Or perhaps, hot.
cubey@aol.pl (18:22:39): Cherno is cut into by the blades - though the block intercepts them, fortunately. You counter with a punch - followed by Roger's sudden impact!
cubey@aol.pl (18:23:08): The Testimonies are removed from the equation, their armor penetrated by the piston punch, and explosions follow.
cubey@aol.pl (18:23:43): The way to the prison is free now, not counting for a few stray Portents!
cubey@aol.pl (18:23:50): Desta: "What?!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:24:08): ShotSaber looks up, seeing that there is nothing between it and the Unity Group defense force
cubey@aol.pl (18:24:46): Loni: "C'mon, we gotta get Ilinka into FightSaber and we're out of here!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:24:52): BrightSaber lands next to it!
griefgathering (18:25:07): Purple Heart lowers her sword and dismisses the flames. "Prisoner subdued...I think."
VJockey (18:25:14): "..."
VJockey (18:25:18): "Remille..."
cubey@aol.pl (18:25:20): Suddenly:
cubey@aol.pl (18:25:31): ???: "Not on my watch. This is my base, I'm afraid!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:25:35): Loni: "Eh?"
cubey@aol.pl (18:25:38): Desta: "What?!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:25:49): With heavy steps, a unit that was missing from Hangar B appears!
aldo salt (18:26:13): "…Commander?" Alexis blurts out.
cubey@aol.pl (18:26:15): Damaged but still moving, partially repaired Grungust Alpha moves through the insides of Alhambra's central buildings!
cubey@aol.pl (18:26:22): Commander Howe: "Boost Knuckle!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:27:00): She sends a rocket punch flying through the sky - and into ShotSaber, crashing it through a wall and outside of the complex!
cubey@aol.pl (18:27:11): Loni: "Desta! You bitch!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:27:15): He draws his katanas but...
VJockey (18:27:19): "Nice punch Commander Howe."
cubey@aol.pl (18:27:26): Antov: "I wouldn't do that, Gavin."
cubey@aol.pl (18:27:37): Huckebein Omega emerges from the shadows behind BrightSaber.
drascin (18:27:39): Ashe: "Not that the help isn't apppreciated, but a little earlier would have been nice"
cubey@aol.pl (18:27:52): Its photon magnum aiming at BrightSaber's cockpit block, from behind.
cubey@aol.pl (18:27:59): Antov: "I really wouldn't."
Peter Kampschroeder (18:28:05): Eva: "-Sir!"
tengusaur (18:28:54): Roger does not say anything, but he crosses the arms in his cockpit, looking satisfied as hell.
cubey@aol.pl (18:28:57): Loni: "Stay back! It's you... you, the leader of all of this!"
drascin (18:28:57): Yeah, Ashe doesn't believe for an instant that Loni isn't going to at least try something, so she's going to keep dashing in that direction while this is going on
aldo salt (18:29:28): Sasha smiles quietly…and then moves Cherno Alpha over to where Desta is, to make sure he's down.
cubey@aol.pl (18:29:32): Antov: "Please don't make your situation even worse, Gavin."
cubey@aol.pl (18:30:02): Antov: "I'm sorry that we could get here only now. But, I suspected Gavin to try something like this, so Commander Howe suggested we try to spring a trap on him."
cubey@aol.pl (18:30:12): Antov: "This is actually quite easy to pilot..."
cubey@aol.pl (18:30:21): Loni: "Shut up! You're the bad guy! And..."
cubey@aol.pl (18:30:31): Loni: "You wanted to take Ilinka and BrightSaber away!"
Wyverncakes (18:30:43): Mizuki: "Can you blame them?'
cubey@aol.pl (18:31:00): Loni: "You wanted to throw Ilinka to the vultures to die!"
drascin (18:31:13): Ashe: "I don't know if you noticed, Loni, but every time you get into that thing everything ends up wrecked! Of course they wanted to take it away!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:31:27): Ashe moves closer and she has a full view on the situation - the Huckebein and the BrightSaber it has at gunpoint.
VJockey (18:31:33): "No. We wanted her to be put on trial like the criminal she is."
tengusaur (18:31:35): Roger: "I'd like to think ESUN's justice system is at least a little bit more fair than that."
VJockey (18:31:50): "If she gets executed? Well... nobody would shed any tears for her."
cubey@aol.pl (18:31:52): The ShotSaber on the ground outside, and FightSaber on the ground inside. Both not moving, though only one with an actual pilot.
Peter Kampschroeder (18:31:56): Eva: "I would."
drascin (18:32:33): Ashe: "Leos, what did I say about not helping?"
VJockey (18:32:35): "... my mistake for speaking for everyone then. I wouldn't"
cubey@aol.pl (18:32:40): Antov: "We are not throwing Venczel to the vultures. She si going to get a fair trial."
griefgathering (18:32:48): Purple Heart: "...."
aldo salt (18:33:13): The Kaidonovksys take the simple precaution of stepping on ShotSaber's arm and leg with its two feet. Keeping it from flying away until a security detail arrives.
cubey@aol.pl (18:33:18): Antov: "And if I get called to give my testimony, I will say the truth. Both the good, and the bad."
cubey@aol.pl (18:33:43): Antov: "I do not have anything personal against you, Gavin. Please believe me that..."
cubey@aol.pl (18:33:59): In an instant, FightSaber draws a photon rifle and fires at Huckebein Omega.
cubey@aol.pl (18:34:07): Its cockpit block is hit.
VJockey (18:34:14): "!!!!!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:34:14): Loni: "??!"
drascin (18:34:23): (any chance of #?)
cubey@aol.pl (18:34:24): Ilinka: "I'm sorry. I wish I could say that as well."
aldo salt (18:34:27): Sasha: "What?!?!"
VJockey (18:34:35): "Remille."
VJockey (18:34:41): "Kill it."
aldo salt (18:34:48): #Antov?
aldo salt (18:34:58): [Probably not.]
Peter Kampschroeder (18:34:59): Eva: "Ilinka...you...Stop this! Please!"
aldo salt (18:35:11): Alexis: "No!!!"
VJockey (18:35:28): "This is what happens when you give monsters chances"
cubey@aol.pl (18:35:29): At the same time, Loni swings his katanas - almost on instinct, causing a flurry of blows aimed at whomever is nearby!
cubey@aol.pl (18:35:34): Ashe, react!
drascin (18:35:52): Ashe: "YOU!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:36:10): ShotSaber moves, causing damage and almost ripping its own hand off. But the other fires at Cherno from below, unloading everything it has from a rapid fire beam pistol!
cubey@aol.pl (18:36:13): React, Kaidanovskys.
cubey@aol.pl (18:36:24): The Huckebein Omega falls down, its torso smoking...
tengusaur (18:36:49): Roger: "...How did she get inside there? Damn!" Big O gets ready to attack FightSaber!
Wyverncakes (18:36:57): Mizuki: "Loni..."
Wyverncakes (18:37:40): The DuskBird's darkness seems to spread beyond the machine, grasping and choking the world around it.
drascin (18:38:08): *Yeah, time for nice Ashe is kind of done. She doesn't even re-transform. As the blades come down, Sixshot's hands shoot forward, aiming to grab the BrightSaber's own...&
aldo salt (18:39:05): *Cherno raises an arm to block the beam-fire. And then, without hesitation, it falls down on ShotSaber knee-first, seeking to drive said knee through its combat block and crush it!+
cubey@aol.pl (18:39:51): Loni: "No! No, no no!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:40:33): The katanas spin and move fast - it is almost impossible to grab them. But Ashe manages - unfortunately instead of doing it in a safe spot, she aims for the plasma blades themselves! This may hurt if you push on with it!
cubey@aol.pl (18:40:36): Continue/react
cubey@aol.pl (18:41:31): It's hard to raise a block when the enemy fires from below. Desta's shots are precise rather than fired willy nilly, trying to neutralize Cherno's arms - which is what they do! As the Jaeger goes down, he makes his unit tumble, two of its limbs crashed by the mass
VJockey (18:41:33): "Eva. If you can't kill her. I'll do it for you."
cubey@aol.pl (18:41:41): But a worthy sacrifice from his perspective as ShotSaber is free, and tries to flee!
Peter Kampschroeder (18:42:26): Eva: "..." She doesn't say anything, but it's not like you need telepathy to sense the fuming anger.
aldo salt (18:42:59): Sasha and Alexis get shaken around in their cockpit. If it hurts, then don't vocalize it.
drascin (18:43:11): &...and that is followed by a quick pull to bring BrightSaber closer without minding the rather ugly burns on her hands, a positively brutal headbutt with all the strength of a sixth phase Cybertronian super soldier can muster to unbalance him, and finished by Sixshot's main cannon opening fire at point blank range.!
And yet even so, even this angry, Ashe still aims for the shoulder, to rip Brightsaber's arm off, instead of the cockpit block.+
VJockey (18:43:46): "You were willing to extend me that same offer."
VJockey (18:44:01): "It only seems fair."
Peter Kampschroeder (18:44:10): Eva: "I remember."
cubey@aol.pl (18:44:59): Loni seems surprised by Ashe's action - and stunned by the headbutt! Here comes the cannon attack!
cubey@aol.pl (18:45:03): Loni: "GAAAAAAAH!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:45:13): Suddenly, BrightSaber is enveloped in a green explosion!
cubey@aol.pl (18:45:48): It lasts only for a second - its exhaust ports fire off streams of plasma wider than ever before. They form some kind of momentary barrier!
cubey@aol.pl (18:46:02): Still, as it's gone, Brightsaber's arm is... disattached from the body.
cubey@aol.pl (18:46:11): Ilinka: "Loni. I'll cover you!"
Wyverncakes (18:46:26): Mizuki: "Like hell you are."
cubey@aol.pl (18:46:28): Loni: "Yeah. But we're going together!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:46:35): Brightsaber also tries to flee!
VJockey (18:46:45): "Yes. You are. All of you are going to hell."
tengusaur (18:47:01): Roger: "You will not get out of here this easily, I'm afraid!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:47:07): At the same time, FightSaber takes to the skies. Grabbing at its gravity launcher, it prepares cover fire.
cubey@aol.pl (18:47:19): (Anyone who wants to stop them from fleeing, say so now and nominate a target)
VJockey (18:47:31): (Fightsaber)
tengusaur (18:47:36): (gonna target Fightsaber)
drascin (18:47:41): (Going to try to stop Loni from leaving)
cubey@aol.pl (18:47:42): Approved
Peter Kampschroeder (18:47:49): (Brightsaber)
cubey@aol.pl (18:47:54): Approved
drascin (18:48:13): Ashe: "You're not going anywhere!"
tengusaur (18:48:43): * Roger fires a Moby Dick Anchor at FightSaber, trying to entangle it and then smash it into the ground! "You have much to answer for..." +
Wyverncakes (18:48:53): (Fightsaber)
cubey@aol.pl (18:49:00): Approved.
tengusaur (18:49:11): Roger: "As much as I hate to strike a lady, your crimes cannot be ignored."
VJockey (18:49:28): *Remille who had been waiting for Leos' go lets loose with sniperfire from her position at the Fightsaber. Multiple kill shots and at least two at the Gravity Launcher. Meanwhile Leos himself unleashes every last missile he has on the Ethermaster and lets loose with his Laser Cannon! Both using Roger's attempt to entangle it to try land their shots!+
Peter Kampschroeder (18:49:45): *The Wildraubtier is not doing very well. But it's still in the fight, and it's still got its gun. From a position on the ground, it opens fire on Brightsaber, aiming to restrict its movements so other attacks will hit more easily-though, if a shot or two gets through anyways, Eva won't complain.+
Wyverncakes (18:50:14): "Actions have consequences... and it's long past time you start facin yours."
aldo salt (18:50:26): (ShotSaber)
cubey@aol.pl (18:51:26): Approved
drascin (18:51:46): *Now shifting again, Ashe boosts past Loni as Aeolus. Why past? Because suddenly she turns to Chronoforce in midair. And even as she starts falling, she begins spinning. And spinning. Because what Ashe is doing is using Chronoforce's power over time to slow him down+
Wyverncakes (18:51:53): * Taking back up to the skies, the DuskBird surges towards the FightSaber and lets its whip lash out and ensnare the machine's chest... Void energy enveloping the weapon to cut through the armor to Ilinka's cockpit!+
cubey@aol.pl (18:53:59): Loni: "Ilinka..."
cubey@aol.pl (18:54:05): Loni: "You'd do so much for me..."
aldo salt (18:54:08): *Cherno's arms are wrecked…but Sasha and Alexis pivot the Jaeger's torso, aiming at ShotSaber in midair. "Incinerator Turbines…Max!" Flaming fluid sprays out at the wounded Saber unit!+
cubey@aol.pl (18:54:19): Loni: "Let me do the same for you."
cubey@aol.pl (18:54:30): BrightSaber is engulfed in plasma fire.
cubey@aol.pl (18:54:40): Loni: "Let me be the hero."
cubey@aol.pl (18:56:27): Sudden explosion of plasma throws Ashe away and completely neutralizes Eva's blasts!
cubey@aol.pl (18:57:32): Something bursts out of the explosion, an oversized sword cutting as it goes through its wake, slashing across any physical attacks meant to strike FightSaber.
cubey@aol.pl (18:57:55): And tanking the barrage from Leos' teammates, the blade deflecting the blasts!
cubey@aol.pl (18:58:26): As the unit stands, small explosions and destruction follow in its steps. But FightSaber is totally unharmed.
cubey@aol.pl (18:58:32): http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1623590
griefgathering (18:58:40): Neptune can see that sword from where she is, which is some distance from the others because of Serak.
cubey@aol.pl (18:58:55): Loni: "This is... my wish. My wish to save my friends!"
cubey@aol.pl (18:59:15): Loni: "Ilinka, Desta, let's go!"
VJockey (18:59:24): "...."
cubey@aol.pl (18:59:31): In a flash of green light, the unit crosses through the air, dragging FightSaber behind it.
VJockey (18:59:39): "And this is my wish..."
cubey@aol.pl (18:59:48): At the same time, ShotSaber is in hot water. Literally - it's being burned by Cherno's attack.
tengusaur (19:00:08): Roger: "...Did anyone know it can do that...?"
cubey@aol.pl (19:00:14): Before it is cut down by Loni's sword guard as he passes by, grabbing ShotSaber as well!
cubey@aol.pl (19:00:43): The trio fly high away - in an instant, they are outside of your range!
VJockey (19:00:46): "That the world won't suffer idiots as selfish as you."
cubey@aol.pl (19:01:00): But not outside of Loni's range, as you can see when he lets go off his friends' machines, letting them fly on their own.
cubey@aol.pl (19:01:06): Loni: "Same to you."
VJockey (19:01:09): "Idiots who make people like me."
cubey@aol.pl (19:01:15): His unit charges the oversized cannon on its right arm.
cubey@aol.pl (19:01:32): Loni: "It won't for long though."
aldo salt (19:01:35): "A super mode." Sasha curses. "Alexis, why don't we have one of those?"
Peter Kampschroeder (19:01:35): Eva: "Don't."
tengusaur (19:01:50): Roger: "He won't listen to words! Defend!"
cubey@aol.pl (19:01:51): Loni: "This is for all the injustice you did to me. To my friends!"
drascin (19:02:03): Ashe: "Everyone ready shields!"
cubey@aol.pl (19:02:15): He unleashes a blindingly bright, huge blast of energy!
cubey@aol.pl (19:02:20): It flies right down on Sakihama Base!
VJockey (19:02:25): *Alhambra
cubey@aol.pl (19:02:33): (Alhambra it is)
cubey@aol.pl (19:02:44): React, everyone!
VJockey (19:03:28): "...Ha..."
tengusaur (19:03:31): * Roger grits his teeth. He knows he can't avoid this attack in time - but he can try to defend as much of the base as he can. Big O steps forward, raising its shielded arms to protect against the attack! +
drascin (19:03:50): *Ashe is going to do her part to stop the beam, even if she can't do it alone, changing into Vulturon and sending forth all energy she has left into most loudest, most metal, most huge shield she can create+
Wyverncakes (19:03:59): In her damaged state, Mizuki's... actually not sure if she'd even survive his.
Wyverncakes (19:04:00): ^this.
Peter Kampschroeder (19:04:26): *Eva has no time for fancy tricks; she just hunkers down behind the Wildraubtier's shield.+
Wyverncakes (19:04:28): But at the same time, dodging and failing to escape in time would make it almost certain.
VJockey (19:04:39): *Leos...doesn't move. As a matter of fact he probably can't. He's worn out the Ethermaster by this point. He simply just stares up at the blast.+
Wyverncakes (19:04:49): "Loni... this is how a savior acts!"
aldo salt (19:06:04): Cherno Alpha simply raises its ruined arms.
griefgathering (19:06:08): Purple Heart: *"This kind of attack..." Not being close enough to actually help block the beam from hitting the base, Neptune settles for forming a barrier with her sword in the expected explosion's direction instead. +
Wyverncakes (19:06:55): * Void energy spreads along the DuskBird's wings before it flaps, and then again after that and again and again after that! The feathers, energized, begin to form an ever-growing shield to try to cover as much room as she can... before they're all spent. "As much as I can, as many as I can...!" And behind that shield the machine's now-empty wings and arms cross in front of the frame, more Void energy brought up for potection.+
cubey@aol.pl (19:07:49): Mizuki's efforts are well meant... but overwhelmed!
cubey@aol.pl (19:07:57): Will the others survive? Possibly, but what of the base?
cubey@aol.pl (19:08:09): A unit suddenly flies into the sky, to meet the beam!
cubey@aol.pl (19:08:16): Howe: "I can't believe I'm doing this..."
cubey@aol.pl (19:08:39): The Grungust blocks with both of its arms. Even undamaged, could Alpha take it? As it is now, it barely holds itself togther!
tengusaur (19:09:10): Roger: "Commander Howe, no! Stand by us!"
cubey@aol.pl (19:09:11): Howe: "If I can even weaken it one bit..."
cubey@aol.pl (19:09:12): "..."
cubey@aol.pl (19:09:16): Suddenly
cubey@aol.pl (19:09:19): Howe: "A reaction?!"
cubey@aol.pl (19:09:38): A telekinetic field appears around the Grungust, growing larger and larger.
cubey@aol.pl (19:09:48): But - Commander Howe is not a psychodriver, nor psychic in any way!
cubey@aol.pl (19:10:21): Yet the field grows even wider, enough to block out the beam - which it proceeds to do!
cubey@aol.pl (19:10:34): It doesn't waver, holding until the beam disappears completely!
tengusaur (19:10:47): Roger: "..."
cubey@aol.pl (19:10:48): On the ground, a similar telekinetic reaction disappears from the point where it formed.
cubey@aol.pl (19:10:53): Huckebein Omega's cockpit.
tengusaur (19:10:56): Roger: "How did that happen?"
VJockey (19:11:02): "......."
VJockey (19:11:17): "Commander Antov...?"
aldo salt (19:11:19): "Any idea what that was, Commander?" Sasha asks.
cubey@aol.pl (19:11:19): Howe: "Your guess is as good as mine, mr Smith..."
cubey@aol.pl (19:11:37): However, as the beam was gone - so were Loni and his friends.
cubey@aol.pl (19:11:42): They fled, to parts unknown.
tengusaur (19:11:46): Roger: "...Someone. Please check Commander Antov's status. Quickly."
griefgathering (19:11:55): Purple Heart: "Is everyone alright?"
aldo salt (19:11:57): "Wait." Alexis says. "If there was a reaction from the Huckebein…Antov might be alive!"
cubey@aol.pl (19:12:01): But one thing is certain.
drascin (19:12:05): Ashe is going to be rushing to where Antov's mech fell, to see if by miracle he survived
tengusaur (19:12:15): Roger is already getting out of Big O's cockpit as he says that.
cubey@aol.pl (19:12:20): You will meet again.
Wyverncakes (19:12:38): The DuskBird, now fetherless, just crashes to the ground below...
cubey@aol.pl (19:12:41): Also - inspecting the cockpit block will result in finding only burned out remains where it should have been.
cubey@aol.pl (19:12:51): However - all units present receive a message.
Wyverncakes (19:12:57): "... Those three..."
VJockey (19:13:06): "Need to die."
cubey@aol.pl (19:13:07): "I am leaving the rest to you."
cubey@aol.pl (19:13:13): MISSION COMPLETE