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Wyverncakes (21:35:34): Yesterday, the Unity Group's operations took them to the bottom of the sea. Today though...
Wyverncakes (21:35:50): Today instead the operations have brought Phobos to the Earth Sphere.
Wyverncakes (21:36:32): Leos's attempt at stealing the STAI Battleship, all for just being able to get to the Martian moon and return with it to Earth.
Wyverncakes (21:38:45): Since being detected, it has been on a direct course with Earth, a collision course in fact.
Wyverncakes (21:39:34): And those that have either strayed too close, gotten in its way, or tried to attack Phobos have been met with resistance in the forms of innumerable drones.
Wyverncakes (21:40:32): (Those drones/"Predicators": http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120616181558/armoredcore/images/thumb/1/17/Predicator.gif/180px-Predicator.gif)
Wyverncakes (21:40:37): ^http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120616181558/armoredcore/images/thumb/1/17/Predicator.gif/180px-Predicator.gif
Wyverncakes (21:41:12): However there is hope, which has brought all of you a ways off from Phobos's course:
Wyverncakes (21:42:18): The constant fighting and shuffling of drones has left strategically vulnerable gap in the moon's defensive lines, close to an entrance port that Leos has conveniently labeled with a big Doom Fortress-y skull.
Wyverncakes (21:43:30): It may be an oversight or just a trap.
Wyverncakes (21:43:45): Either way... it's your best shot of getting in.
Wyverncakes (21:43:52): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddyd8WxIOUY
Meraxa (21:44:26): Ken: ...He's going in whole hog, isn't he?
cubey@aol.pl (21:44:52): Izuru: "Are you a comic book character, Leos? No, nevermind..."
tormterra (21:44:53): KeI: "He is...But how did he even find this thing? And where did it come from?"
tengusaur (21:44:54): Asagi: "I'm sure he expects us to come in and stop him..."
Wyverncakes (21:45:10): Elan Cubis: "Whether he is or not... that's your best shot of getting in."
cubey@aol.pl (21:45:19): No need to talk about this anymore. The repaired unit spreads its thruster wings, and moves forward!
cubey@aol.pl (21:45:27): Izuru: "Red Five, advancing! Let's do it guys!"
Wyverncakes (21:45:46): "After that... from what I was able to learn from the derelict ship found last year, I should be able to guide you through stopping Phobos's course."
Peter Kampschroeder (21:45:52): Eva: "Roger." The blue tern advances!
Meraxa (21:45:53): Ken: Considering how many species have invaded Earth over the last two decades, I wouldn't be surprised if a few from before that left stuff lying around. *Opposite to last time, Ken's talking. Trying to distract his own nerves by it*
aldo salt (21:46:04): Dido finishes strapping Kagura's gun to the exterior of her pressure suit. She stares at it for a moment, then clenches her teeth and climbs up into ShelLancer. "So," she says over the comm line. "Do you think Leos left that gap open for us?"
VJockey (21:47:07): "I don't know... do you think I did?"
tengusaur (21:47:14): Asagi: "He probably did... But that doesn't matter. When I meet him, I'm going to punch him in his stupid fa-"
Wyverncakes (21:47:39): You're all cleared to launch when you've made the necessary prepartions.
aldo salt (21:47:57): "Fudge-Skittles!" Dido blurts out, reacting to the sudden ghostly voice.
cubey@aol.pl (21:48:03): Izuru: "Leos? You can hear us!"
tormterra (21:48:07): Kei: "...Does it really change anything if we do?"
Meraxa (21:48:12): Ken: ...And we can hear you...
tengusaur (21:48:18): Asagi: "Leos! How do you have access to our comms?!"
VJockey (21:48:42): "Martian technology... its quite interesting."
VJockey (21:48:53): "But do you think I would have lost the frequency?"
Wyverncakes (21:49:12): Phobos is coming even closer during this though, Predicator drones moving to correct the defensive deficiency in this area.
VJockey (21:49:15): "Its all still here in my head."
tengusaur (21:49:30): Asagi: "...Good point."
cubey@aol.pl (21:49:38): Izuru: "We're going to break through then! Leos... watch us."
Wyverncakes (21:49:45): (Everyone can act; you'll have to fight to break through to Phobos's entrance)
Peter Kampschroeder (21:49:52): (scratch that, Eva's going to try taking the Pale Rider out instead)
VJockey (21:50:20): "...We'll see..."
VJockey (21:50:29): "I'll be waiting for you all inside."
Wyverncakes (21:50:36): (Initiative though for future reference: Izuru, Asagi, Kei, Willis, Ken, Eva, Dido)
Wyverncakes (21:50:55): (Enemies: Predicators x 66)
cubey@aol.pl (21:51:27): Izuru: "That's a lot of them!"
aldo salt (21:51:37): Dido: "Leos…just stop this, now." She takes a solemn breath. "This plan of yours is totes stupid."
cubey@aol.pl (21:51:53): Izuru: "But... fighting a lot of enemies is what Team Rabbits did a lot of times, right?"
tengusaur (21:51:57): Asagi: "You think he doesn't realize it?"
Aero (21:52:03): Willis: "It's sorta your speciality."
tormterra (21:52:24): * "Incoming formation from over here. We can't expect too much self-preservation, but the drones still represent a resource. If we fire at these three and lay down suppresion fire on these they should be slow at plugging the gap either due to needing to divert or losing units necessary for it. Eva, Willis, can you handle it?" +
VJockey (21:52:36): "...I've done worse."
cubey@aol.pl (21:52:50): *Red Five boosts forward, a flash of energy coming from its barrels - a handgun in one hand, chainsword in the other. In addition to firing, Izuru swings from target to target, slashing at them and firing point blank as well.+
cubey@aol.pl (21:52:58): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5chhe6ftUs0
Meraxa (21:53:09): Ken: They won't be enough! *Ken launches, rushing from the hangar of their transport. Quickly, he draws his Scarlet Whip, lashing its long, fiery (somehow) length at the nearest targets once he's in range+
VJockey (21:53:53): "Remember my first sortie against the PRAYER? I tried to take on Nineball without a plan when it showed up?"
Peter Kampschroeder (21:53:58): *Eva: "Yes." Pale Rider opens fire with its plasma rifle, going after the targets Kei highlighted-and then picking off more as she advances near the rear.+
VJockey (21:54:18): "I figured the Major would be here to kill me herself."
aldo salt (21:54:20): Dido: "…okay, yeah. That was pretty stupid."
aldo salt (21:54:34): She swallows deeply at the mention of the Major.
aldo salt (21:54:42): "..."
tengusaur (21:55:27): Asagi: "You won't have to wait for long, Leos. Don't put anything on the stove!" He frowns and Blue One moves forward, getting ready to break through the enemy formation. Armed with its katana, the AHSMB slashes through any drones that stands in its way, and whenever beams fly in its direction, it starts zooming around with quick movements and deflecting the blades with its blade, to throw the enemy formation into further disarray. +
Aero (21:55:50): * "Got it." Strahlend has created a familiar looking cape used by it's sibling machine for this operation. His eyes locked onto the indicated targets and released several blades of energy from Quicksilver. +
tormterra (21:56:08): Kei: "..."
Wyverncakes (21:57:14): [Izuru and Ken] You two lead the charge, and the Predicators are at the very least fragile. Scarlet Whip, handgun, chainsword... it doesn't really matter what you use to hit them with. The drones are fragile, crumpling from even the lightest of blows... but the machines are also blindingly quick, swarming the two of you like hornets,,, bean sabers slashing down and shotguns firing!
Wyverncakes (21:57:18): (React: Izuru and Ken)
aldo salt (21:57:31): #The two Shonens?
Wyverncakes (21:57:35): (Approved)
Wyverncakes (21:58:34): [Eva and Willis] In the meantime though, your ranged assaults shred through the trio, and sure enough with Izuru and Ken already drawing the focus of many others, a clear path has been carved open!
Aero (21:59:05): Willis: "Go ahead, I'll cover you!"
cubey@aol.pl (21:59:06): *Red Five reverses its thrust, going backwards while Izuru thrusts both of the AHSMB hands towards encroaching enemies - firing weapons before putting up a double-layered defensive barrier!+
cubey@aol.pl (21:59:15): Izuru: "... Major Kagura is dead, Leos."
aldo salt (21:59:36): *The drone formations ahead get shredded by a ring formation of Arc Thorns that swoops through them. "Lance Shock, discharging." Lightning leaps through space, forming a ring of energy around Ken and Izuru that spot-welds any drone that passes by.+
VJockey (21:59:40): "....Oh..."
cubey@aol.pl (21:59:41): Izuru: "I won't let another one of my friends die. Even if that's what you're trying to do!"
tengusaur (22:00:08): Asagi: "That's all you got to say?"
Meraxa (22:00:15): Ken meanwhile tries to physically counter any drone that gets so close - if they're that weak, it should be easy to parry their strikes with his own fists!+
VJockey (22:00:42): "... She wouldn't want a person who'd she would have put down to waste their breath talking about her."
Peter Kampschroeder (22:01:11): Eva: "...Annoying..."
Wyverncakes (22:01:14): [Asagi] The chaos amongst the Predicators enables Blue One to blast through, a trail of cleaved drones left behind as it reaches the opposite side of the defensive line!
cubey@aol.pl (22:01:21): Izuru: "Stop saying stupid things!"
cubey@aol.pl (22:01:41): He sounds more serious, explosions reflected in the pilot helmet's visor.
aldo salt (22:01:46): Dido: "…Leos…" She says solemnly. "How the heck did you learn about Phobos being a death battle station? That came out of nowhere!"
tengusaur (22:02:45): Asagi: "I'm breaking through. Follow my trail and we'll be inside in no time!"
VJockey (22:02:54): "...Don't monsters always spout out nothing but nonsense? Idiotic fallacies for the heroes to break down?"
VJockey (22:03:04): "...Hah..."
Meraxa (22:03:33): Ken: Then you should know that monsters aren't normally that self-aware.
tormterra (22:03:34): Kei: "Got it. We'll talk to Leos later." Purple-2 followed Asagi through the opening before it closed to cut her off
Peter Kampschroeder (22:03:38): Eva: "That attitude is...really annoying." Eva follows after Blue two.
Wyverncakes (22:03:39): [Ken, Dido, and Izuru) The drones' counteroffensive against Ken and Izuru are impeded by their own efforts, though Izuru's are more effective since Ken's trying to parry beam saber slashes with the ScarleTiger's arms. The blades cut into the Tiger's body but you still manage to knock their arms away before the damage gets serious, and Dido's assistance shocks both groups
VJockey (22:04:01): "...One of my little adventures as a Frightener Dido. Remember that Data we were protecting when Sara betrayed us?"
VJockey (22:04:06): "Found a copy."
tengusaur (22:04:17): Asagi: "Even when he becomes a crazy megalomaniac, Leos is still... Leos."
cubey@aol.pl (22:04:30): Izuru: "Thanks for the save!"
Wyverncakes (22:04:34): What's left of the Predicator group falls back to regroup, letting you enter through the gigantic skull.
Wyverncakes (22:07:01): The immediate interior beyond the opening is darkly lit, with only guidance lights for illumination, but further on the tunnel's brighter.
aldo salt (22:07:02): Dido: "…ah." Dido frowns in thought. "If you wanted to make the world better…why not simply claim Phobos, patent and sell it's technology, then start a good-weill foundation? You could have…promoted education and fusion powered water filters instead of…this!"
VJockey (22:07:40): "Do you really think anyone would have let me keep it? Even if I took one shred of the technology here down to Earth..."
VJockey (22:07:48): "All they'd use it for is more killing."
VJockey (22:08:01): "Or worse... make another Nineball"
Wyverncakes (22:08:05): Off to the sides in partially covered areas there are more drones getting repaired, though none of them are in any condition to fight you.
Wyverncakes (22:08:09): The only problem?
Meraxa (22:08:19): Ken: And you're going to be so different.
Wyverncakes (22:08:21): Elan: "You're in, great. There should be-"
Wyverncakes (22:08:26): -And then static.
VJockey (22:08:42): "...No."
VJockey (22:08:49): "I doubt I really would be."
Wyverncakes (22:08:57): No sooner than the last of you enters Phobos does the gigantic skull slam shut behind you, completely sealing off the entrance.
VJockey (22:09:15): "But I don't have to be different to make the world wake up and smell the ashes."
Meraxa (22:10:09): Ken: You'd have to succeed, idiot.
tengusaur (22:10:15): Asagi: "You won't change the world by trying to destroy it. All you're doing is make it harder for those who defend it with their lives."
cubey@aol.pl (22:10:20): Izuru: "Leos wants to become a villain for the world... ah!"
Wyverncakes (22:10:24): Contact with the shuttle, and for that matter anyone else outside has been cut off though, leaving you with only Leos's comm. feed to keep you entertained through your journey inside.
cubey@aol.pl (22:10:25): The skull closes behind him.
cubey@aol.pl (22:10:33): Izuru: "Guess there's... only one way now."
tormterra (22:10:41): Kei: "Which will work how exactly? All the alien invaders didn't make people stop fighting and just killing everyone would make you exactly the same as those people you hate."
VJockey (22:10:54): "No outside help... just all of you and me."
VJockey (22:11:02): "That is how it'll end."
aldo salt (22:11:09): Dido: "…man, you're really milking the villain aethstetic, huh, Leos?"
VJockey (22:12:01): "...Kei. When the aliens invaded it was always in ways they could be handled. Small waves allowing people to adapt. To grow arrogant."
tengusaur (22:12:21): Asagi: "We won't need outside help to stop you, Leos."
VJockey (22:12:54): "Any threat they think they can fend off... they'll simply leave aside and think others can handle themselves."
tormterra (22:13:13): Kei: "...Did you completely miss the two battles where all the fleets of Earth were needed?"
Wyverncakes (22:13:38): The tunnel continues on for quite some time, but you are strangely not ambushed or subject to any traps.
cubey@aol.pl (22:13:57): Izuru: "It's true that it took a while for people to notice how dangerous Wulgaru and a few others are... but you're wrong!"
VJockey (22:14:04): "And just how close were the people who have power over those fleets to the front lines? How close were they to seeing the threat?"
Peter Kampschroeder (22:14:31): Eva: "Doesn't matter."
VJockey (22:14:40): "This is meant to be a wake up call to the ignorant."
tengusaur (22:15:17): Asagi: "And then what? You'll put politicians on the front lines?"
Aero (22:15:18): Willis: "How many times does this have to happen..."
Wyverncakes (22:15:22): Closer and closer you come to Phobos's core, and as you near it you can see a brighter light in the chamber waiting for you. Even closer and those in front can see a giant supercomputer terminal.
Meraxa (22:15:32): Ken: I can agree to that then. You need a wake up call, after all...
tormterra (22:15:45): Kei: "You realize that we had to fight a scientist trying to do just that last week, right?"
Wyverncakes (22:15:46): And then once you've all arrived...
VJockey (22:15:53): "I know exactly what I am. I know exactly what I'm doing."
Meraxa (22:16:06): Ken: ...It'll have to be loud, I wager...
VJockey (22:16:11): "And this isn't for the sake of my ego. I don't want the world under my control."
Wyverncakes (22:16:12): There is a small army waiting for you
cubey@aol.pl (22:16:13): Izuru: "I'll show you how wrong you are, Leos. Actually, no. You'll see by your own!"
Wyverncakes (22:16:18): And leading it?
cubey@aol.pl (22:16:22): Izuru: "Ack. Here we go again."
Wyverncakes (22:16:25): Three unique machines
Wyverncakes (22:16:29): The Paile Rider (http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a526/V-Jockey/PaleRider_zps9b26cc29.jpg)
Wyverncakes (22:16:48): An Ethermaster
aldo salt (22:16:54): Dido frowns in thought as ShelLancer advances through the corridor, unopposed. "So…we foil you and your evil plans, saving the earth from destruction at the last minute. In front of the eyes of the entire earth sphere. Humanity, shocked at it's brush with extinction…does what, exactly?"
aldo salt (22:17:04): "How will humanity change after this, Leos?"
Wyverncakes (22:17:20): And lastly, a gigantic, hulking machine dwarfing them and all the other drones standing behind them.
Wyverncakes (22:17:27): (Scarabeus: http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110817050122/armoredcore/images/3/33/Scarabeus.jpg)
VJockey (22:17:42): Leos(?): "Izuru... Asagi... Kei... Ken... Dido...Willis... Eva... I'm sorry! I really don't want to have to fight you!"
VJockey (22:17:59): "But if this works everything will be alright!"
Peter Kampschroeder (22:18:18): Eva: "Great."
tengusaur (22:18:33): Asagi: "No it won't. That's why we're here in the first place."
cubey@aol.pl (22:18:47): Izuru: "And... what about other people you've hurt doing this?"
VJockey (22:18:52): Leos(?)(2): "I won't let you get in my way."
Wyverncakes (22:18:56): (Enemies: Pale Rider, Ethermaster, Scarabeus, Sauterelle Drones x 8, Zikade Drones x 20, Luciole Drones x 4)
Wyverncakes (22:19:04): (Luciole: http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110725164603/armoredcore/images/2/2c/Flying_Dis_Unit.jpg)
aldo salt (22:19:06): Dido, on a whim, starts recording this entire scene with her gun cams.
Wyverncakes (22:19:10): (Sauterelle: http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120617091743/armoredcore/images/thumb/9/9c/ScreenHunter_24_Jun._17_09.37.gif/180px-ScreenHunter_24_Jun._17_09.37.gif)
Wyverncakes (22:19:20): (Zikade: http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110725144401/armoredcore/images/2/2b/Zikade.jpg)
Wyverncakes (22:19:41): (Leos, Izuru, go)
VJockey (22:19:45): Leos: "If you have a close brush with death... and had to work with others to avoid it..."
VJockey (22:20:08): "You'd work with others more to keep it from happening again wouldn't you?"
Meraxa (22:20:41): Ken: Which is why the Unity Group came to be to begin with.
tormterra (22:21:06): Kei: "...And this will be a closer brush for the politicians than previous threats that got close, how exactly? The AEP attacked Brussels itself a few months ago and that didn't change anything."
VJockey (22:21:09): *The Scarabeus' arms unleash a storm of metal at the heroes! Seeking to make them scatter for its attendant army to more easily engage!+
cubey@aol.pl (22:21:15): Izuru: "Yeah... but we don't need any help with that!"
Aero (22:21:25): #Everyone?
cubey@aol.pl (22:21:46): Izuru: "If there are less threats that make everyone worried and put them at risk - that's not worse, that's better!"
Wyverncakes (22:21:51): (Approved. Make it count Willis)
VJockey (22:22:18): "The AEP wanted Conquest."
VJockey (22:22:23): "Subjugation."
tormterra (22:22:37): Kei: "And the motivation of the threat would change what exactly?"
cubey@aol.pl (22:23:03): *Red Five swoops down low, flying next to the floor. Izuru jukes left and right, firing his handguns at the part of the drone force that's in his way - as he tries to flank Leos' Scarabeus.+
VJockey (22:23:27): "How many people would demand the governments prepare a stronger response after nearly having a moon dropped on them?"
Aero (22:23:40): * Beneath the cape Strahlend had already instructed its nanomachines to hover around it, a massive swarm only barely hidden erupts out from Strahlend and starts to devour the storm of shrapnel being sent at everyone. +
Peter Kampschroeder (22:23:44): Eva: "Your sacrifice is not worth it."
aldo salt (22:23:48): Dido: "So you plan to unite humanity through the shared fear of extinction? A single moment where we all scream in terror at death from a single source?"
VJockey (22:24:29): [Leos doesn't answer... but in a way its an answer on its own.]
Peter Kampschroeder (22:24:36): Eva: "If peace has that cost, I prefer war."
tengusaur (22:25:31): Asagi stays quiet during this conversation. He's listening.
tengusaur (22:25:42): Asagi: "...Is it just me or are there two Leoses?"
cubey@aol.pl (22:25:56): Izuru: "Eh?"
VJockey (22:25:58): "Three actually."
Aero (22:26:01): Willis: "Three."
cubey@aol.pl (22:26:17): Izuru: "You made clones of yourself?!"
Aero (22:26:20): Willis: "I assume the same trick as last time."
Aero (22:26:30): Willis: "Or is it something else this time Leos?"
aldo salt (22:26:31): Dido blinks. "…split personality disorder?" She mumbles, thinking about the different tones she's heard. "Or...Uploads?"
tengusaur (22:26:42): Asagi: "It's not hard for him to create AI copies of himself. It happened last time..."
VJockey (22:26:47): "... Remember that trick I did with the Doombas?"
tengusaur (22:26:48): Asagi: "Which one is the real one?"
Wyverncakes (22:26:51): [Willis] The nanomachines erupt to turn their Christmas Spirit of Death powers against the shrapnel being sent at you all, and your cloud does the trick... though some shrapnel chunks smash and pierce the ground arround you all.
Peter Kampschroeder (22:27:01): Eva: "The one in the large unit, or none."
Wyverncakes (22:27:10): (Asagi, Kei, Willis)
VJockey (22:27:11): "... This is something similar.."
cubey@aol.pl (22:27:24): Izuru: "Doomba ACs? That's really Leos alright..."
VJockey (22:27:46): "I needed more than drones to control... "
VJockey (22:28:16): "I suppose my memories with the ACs I placed them in affected the copies."
cubey@aol.pl (22:28:39): Izuru: "Which one are you in, then? The real Leos..."
Wyverncakes (22:28:53): [Izuru] Your charge marks the end of a Zikade Drone, but as you try to flank the Scarabeus you get shoulder-tackled out of the way by the Pale Rider, the drone taking aim and firing at you with its KARASAWA rifle!
Wyverncakes (22:29:02): (React: Izuru)
tengusaur (22:29:14): # Izuru
VJockey (22:29:20): Pale!Leos: "We're all real Izuru! Just please stay back!"
cubey@aol.pl (22:29:26): Izuru: "Uwah!"
Wyverncakes (22:29:37): (Approved. You can combine it with your action if you wish)
VJockey (22:29:53): "You can't be a hero if you die here!"
cubey@aol.pl (22:30:32): "You know..." *Red Five spins - not out of control, but exactly opposite, to regain control. "I can't do that!" And the chainsword swings at the rifle-holding arm, to throw it up and off-target, and hopefully mess up the weapon too!+
tormterra (22:30:34): * "We don't know...We'll need to try to incapacitate all three just in case. But first we need to break out of suppresion fire. Izuru punched a hole in their formation, if we move quickly to strike here and here," two sections of the mook formation gets highlighted, "their ability to cover each other will be disrupted and we can move more effectively. Ken, Eva, I'll leave it to you." +
tengusaur (22:30:51): Asagi: "Don't get distracted now!" Blue One suddenly descends towards the Pale Rider, bringing its katana down on the Karasawa, trying to slash at it before it fires! The attack is followed up by another, wide raising strike, this one aimedat the Pale Rider itself! +
tengusaur (22:30:56): (this is also my action)
VJockey (22:31:16): "!! Ah! Killer Rabbit!"
Wyverncakes (22:33:06): [Izuru and Asagi] The two of you manage to knock the KARASAWA away from its intended target, the beam shooting (comparatively) harmlessly off into the wall and blasting up part of it, but the Rider's energy shield is raised to stop your follow-up strike, parrying it aside before smacking Blue One away!
Wyverncakes (22:33:17): Fortunately it was only with its rifle and not a dedicated melee weapon though.
VJockey (22:33:52): "Asagi... Izuru... I know I'm not Grey Zero anymore... but I don't want to hurt you guys!"
Wyverncakes (22:33:59): (Eva and Ken can take their Kei-enabled actions now as well)
tengusaur (22:34:17): Asagi: "Then stop this."
VJockey (22:34:23): "..I... I can't..."
Aero (22:34:27): * Strahlend charges straight at Ethermaster, its hovering cloud following the machine and surprisingly keeping up with its speed as it closed in on the 2nd Leos. From underneath its cloak a barrage of metallic spikes erupted out to try to skewer the machine. &
VJockey (22:34:41): Scarabeus!Leos: "After coming this far... We just can't.."
cubey@aol.pl (22:34:59): Izuru: "Eh?"
aldo salt (22:35:04): "I don't get it…" Dido says aloud to any Leos that's listening. "You still think humanity can become better…but is this really the only way to unite us, shock us out of complacency? There's got to be something better than fear!"
cubey@aol.pl (22:35:05): Izuru: "Who said you're not Grey Zero anymore?"
Peter Kampschroeder (22:35:12): *(Kei action) Eva: "You all can stop wasting words." Those mooks face controlled bursts from the laser rifle."+
VJockey (22:35:31): Ether!Leos: "Misery. Death. Pain. War. This is the only thing we bring by existing."
Meraxa (22:35:39): Ken: ...Understood, Kei. *Ken digs the claws of ScarleTiger into the ground if there isn't sufficiently gravity, before making a charge towards the Zikades, bearing his Scarlet Shotels to bring upon their heads!+
tengusaur (22:35:42): Asagi: "Izuru..." He's making a very unamused face right now.
VJockey (22:35:44): "The epitome of a Generic Mercenary... wouldn't you say Willis..?"
Peter Kampschroeder (22:35:59): Eva: "There will be plenty of time for talking after we rescue him."
Aero (22:36:12): Willis: "Here I was thinking you didn't have any words for me."
Wyverncakes (22:36:20): [Willis] The metallic spikes are met in kind with a stream of multi-missiles from the Ethermaster, the machine charging straight back at Willis as the MOONLIGHT laser blade bursts to life, slashing at Strahlend full-speed!
Wyverncakes (22:36:23): (React: Willis)
aldo salt (22:36:46): # Willis?
Wyverncakes (22:36:51): (Approved)
VJockey (22:37:06): "I guess I'll just have to keep surprising you then. Heh..."
VJockey (22:37:48): [As for Izuru's question. Both Pale!Leos and Scarabeus!Leos remain silent.]
Aero (22:39:01): * Strahlend quickly draws Quicksilver from seemingly nowhere and covers the weapon with a reflective coating to meet the laser blade. As the blades meet Willis forms a second blade, this time a multi segmented whiplike sword that is lashed out in an attempt to wrap around the Ethermaster and then tear it apart.
Aero (22:39:03): +
Wyverncakes (22:39:04): [Eva and Ken] Zikades and one poor Sauterelle get blown apart by your combined assault, drastically helping reduce the enemy crowd.
Wyverncakes (22:39:26): (Enemies: Pale Rider, Ethermaster, Scarabeus, Sauterelle Drones x 7, Zikade Drones x 8, Luciole Drones x 4)
Aero (22:39:30): Willis: "I'm sure we both know that the time for talk is over."
aldo salt (22:39:59): *Dido shoots her own Arc Thorns at the Ethermaster, then Shell-boosts along the walls of the chamber, trying to pierce through the Ethermaster with her electrified lance and push him away.+
VJockey (22:40:30): "No point wasting breath on regrets then. Best to let them die alongside the person they belong to."
tormterra (22:42:05): Kei: "...You're awfully talkative for not wasting your breath. I think we've all said what we need to know and the rest can wait until after you've been defeated."
Wyverncakes (22:42:37): [Dido and Willis] The additional projectiles being sent at the Ethermaster mean that between your joined assault several get through to pierce the machine... but it doesn't show much in the way of inconvenience at all. Laser blade meets Quicksilver, the energy being stopped by the reflective coating at least for a moment... but as the second blade lashes out along with the electrice spear the Ethermaster falls back, firing a grenade launcher round into the ground mostly just to help increase confusion as it falls back for a moment.
Wyverncakes (22:42:47): (Ken, Eva, Dido)
aldo salt (22:43:40): Dido breathes heavily. "Ken…" she says, switching to a new channel. "How about a combo attack on the Ethermaster? I'll follow your lead."
VJockey (22:43:59): Scarabeus!Leos: "...That assumes I'll be taken alive Kei."
Peter Kampschroeder (22:44:47): *"It's a correct assumption." The Pale Rider jinks around the room, and targets the...other pale rider, with missiles and a volley of laser rifle fire.+
Meraxa (22:45:45): Ken: ...Maybe. I was hoping to see if maybe I could find the real Leos... *Ken readies his blades, giving Dido a chance to communicate her ideas. At the same time... his breathing slows. He focuses. Tries to... feel, for the flow of ki. Knowing that less than a dozen living things are currently inside this rock*
cubey@aol.pl (22:45:50): Izuru: "I said it already."
cubey@aol.pl (22:45:59): Izuru: "I won't let another one of my friends die. And..."
cubey@aol.pl (22:46:10): "We'll have to show you that what you were trying to do is wrong and won't work."
cubey@aol.pl (22:46:15): Izuru: "We can't do it if you're dead."
VJockey (22:47:00): "... Izuru...."
tormterra (22:47:44): Kei: "..." A flash of something passed over her face at Izuru's words. Possibly worry
Wyverncakes (22:47:53): [Eva] The other Pale Rider reacts even faster though, jumping and springing around to avoid your shots... while it's the Lucioles who do the heavy lifting. A flurry of missiles hurtles towards your general direction, some of the blasts dangerously close while others just to confuse you... but the real point of oncern is their flight units' cannons, taking aim and firing straight at you!
VJockey (22:47:55): Pale!Leos: "I know its wrong and messed up! But we have to try! Its the only thing we know might work!"
Wyverncakes (22:47:56): (React: Eva)
cubey@aol.pl (22:48:41): Izuru: "No. There's always more things!"
VJockey (22:48:50): "I- GAH!"
VJockey (22:49:06): [Pale!Leos is currently babbling in a panic as it dodges Eva's volley.]
cubey@aol.pl (22:49:08): Izuru: "We'll make the world a better place, not by terrorizing it into everyone working together, but by doing good deeds."
cubey@aol.pl (22:49:17): Izuru: "That's how heroes act!"
VJockey (22:49:49): Ether!Leos: "Except I'm not a hero. I never have been."
Peter Kampschroeder (22:49:51): *Eva: "...of all the fakes, I hate you most." Eva moves very little, dodging as narrowly as she can-And once a path is more clear, she fires her double with Pale Rider's big energy cannon.+
Meraxa (22:50:09): Ken: Go! *Ken charges the Ethermaster now, leaping up rather a bit obviously. It attempts to take up the enemy unit's focus with two slashes right towards its front!+
tormterra (22:50:19): Kei: "Izuru...I don't think Leos knows anything else..."
Wyverncakes (22:50:34): [Ken] Your sweeping ki sense takes a moment to account for everyone's position, but after a moment you find him! Leos is in the Scarabeus!
cubey@aol.pl (22:50:45): Izuru: "But you can still become one! And... even if you don't think you're a hero, doesn't mean you have to be a villain."
Peter Kampschroeder (22:50:47): Eva: " *I* don't know anything else."
Peter Kampschroeder (22:51:22): Eva: "This is a rescue mission. Understand, Kugimiya?"
VJockey (22:51:29): Pale!Leos: "Its because we're the same isn't it?"
VJockey (22:51:32): "Eva?"
aldo salt (22:51:33): "Is that what this is about, Leos?" Dido asks. "You can't be a hero that inspires, so you're going to be a villain that terrifies? Just because you don't want to be useless?"
aldo salt (22:52:35): *Dido follows Ken's lead, charging in towards the Ethermaster's flank…and discharging a volley of Shell Flak from ShelLancer's front armor!+
Peter Kampschroeder (22:53:01): Eva: "Not the same. Similar, though..."
Wyverncakes (22:53:19): [Eva] The enemy Pale Rider has no choice but to dive for cover, but even then your own shots manage to clip its backpack, causing it to spark and trigger a small explosion...!
tormterra (22:53:51): Kei: "It is...But rescue might not be possible."
Wyverncakes (22:54:36): [Dido and Ken] And then the two of you are double-teaming the Ethermaster, its MOONLIGHT sword flashing brilliantly as it crashes into and guards against Ken's attacks! But its backside is an exposed target for Dido to charge at, to start attacking-
VJockey (22:55:22): Leos: "...This isn't about uselessness."
Wyverncakes (22:55:39): ... Before the ShelLancer is suddenly buffeted by a flurry of missiles, sending it crashing to the floor courtesy of the recovering (but still damaged) Pale Rider!
Wyverncakes (22:55:48): (Leos and Izuru, go)
aldo salt (22:55:57): Dido: "Gaaaahh!" ShelLancer goes tumbling.
Meraxa (22:56:12): Ken: Dido, you alright?!
VJockey (22:56:13): Pale!Leos: "Dido! Ah! Nono! I'm sorry!"
Wyverncakes (22:56:38): (ShelLancer's fortunately tough enough that the hits it did take don't cripple it)
Peter Kampschroeder (22:57:09): Eva's gotten an edge to her voice. "Well Kei, we'll just have to find that out."
tormterra (22:57:54): Kei: "Right...And focus on the battle instead of constant arguing with Leos."
VJockey (22:58:29): *The missile launcher on the ring of weapons attatched to the Scarabeus launch rapidly, rushing towards Izuru, Asagi and Willis.... however that was not all that was targeting them as the large Laser Turrets power up and let loose at the three as well!+
VJockey (22:58:39): Leos: "... Behold."
VJockey (22:58:43): "Scarabeus Power."
Meraxa (22:58:50): #Willis
aldo salt (22:58:54): *"I'm fine!" Dido say hastily, getting up. "Any luck on the search, Ken?"
cubey@aol.pl (22:59:14): Izuru: "Weh..." That was a really lame pun.
Wyverncakes (22:59:18): (Approved)
tormterra (22:59:48): #Izuru
Wyverncakes (23:00:04): (Also approved)
Meraxa (23:00:42): Ken... pauses, uncertain to answer. Instead, he kicks off from where he just fought the Ethermaster, and attempts to slice one the Scarabeus' turrets to cut their rain of fire short!+
cubey@aol.pl (23:00:49): *Red Five bursts forward and to the side - trying to outrun the lasers and missiles. However Izuru still rapidly approaches the Scarabeus...
Wyverncakes (23:00:54): [Leos] And more missiles are loosed into the battlefield at Leos's command... though the additional barrage of Laser Turret shots just go to make dodging them even harder!
cubey@aol.pl (23:01:23): *And cuts from the other side, the chainsword grinding against the armed ring of the giant AC to cut it, damage and maybe seperate from the main body!+
cubey@aol.pl (23:01:26): (React and action as one thing)
tormterra (23:02:00): * The missiles coming for Izuru came under combined fire from chainguns and light beam guns as Kei charged towards him, positioning herself between the attack and the head rabbit. +
Aero (23:02:10): * Willis tosses the segmented sword forward, as the weapon flies through the air the individual segments break off from the main weapon, creating a barrier of blades that targetted the missiles. He presses forward at the same moment, the cloak he equipped himself with begins to glimmer with a familiar reflective coating as he attempts to cleave through the Laset Turret that was targetting him. +
tengusaur (23:02:14): Asagi: "...Even by the standards of this company, that's pretty bad." He glances towards Dido for a split second. Time to focus on the defense though - Blue One starts dodging around nimbly, using its katana to deflect whatever laser blasts are going into his direction and try to sen them back to sender! +
Wyverncakes (23:02:46): [Ken] You spring up, flipping over the Scarabeus and manage to cut through one of cannons, making it short out. There's plenty more where that one came from though, but Willis at least has a little less pressure on his end now.
cubey@aol.pl (23:03:37): Izuru: "Ah! Kei!"
Wyverncakes (23:04:38): [Asagi and Kei] More missiles are blown apart by Purple Two's cannons as it gets into position and Blue One begins its dangerous dance of death... but the lasers that smash into Kei's mech start to strain its shield severely...!
Wyverncakes (23:05:58): [Izuru and Willis] ... Right before Starhlend joins the ScarleTiger in turret dicing and Izuru goes one further, the chainsaw sword slashing into the Scarabeus's ring, sparks flying everywhere as it bites in deep, cuts, shears... and cuts completely through!
aldo salt (23:06:28): #Kei?
cubey@aol.pl (23:06:49): Izuru: "That's enough of that, Leos!"
Wyverncakes (23:06:51): (Going to nix it. SHe's fine now that the Scarabeus is missing some laser guns and Izuru just damaged it)
tormterra (23:07:00): (Uh, I was protecting Izuru, not Asagi.)
Wyverncakes (23:07:07): The ring creaks loudly, no longer being held up right and instead tipping downwards near the center, warping the metal at either end of it.
Wyverncakes (23:07:18): (I know, but you were both doing defensive actions)
cubey@aol.pl (23:07:19): Red Five glances backwards, at Purple Two.
cubey@aol.pl (23:07:28): Izuru: "Are you okay?!"
Wyverncakes (23:07:38): (You were protecting Izuru, giving him the opening to do what he just did)
Wyverncakes (23:08:44): (Asagi, Kei, Willis)
aldo salt (23:10:31): Dido, currently not being targeted by anything, takes a look around the main chamber with the supercomputer. Are there any fragile bits, components, or ports people could access to blow Phobos up or divert it?
tormterra (23:11:57): (Enemy list?)
Wyverncakes (23:12:03): The computer seems to mostly be for monitoring activity in and outside of Phobos, at least judging by the screens.
Wyverncakes (23:12:48): (Enemies: Pale Rider (damaged), Ethermaster (above-average damage), Scarabeus (damage), Sauterelle Drones x 7, Zikade Drones x 8, Luciole Drones x 4)
Wyverncakes (23:13:52): (Pale Rider specifically had its backpack and pack-mounted cannon blown up, Ethermaster just has been stabbed and cut up a lot, and Scarabeus's missing a number of laser turrets and its upper ring has been cut clean through)
tormterra (23:13:55): * Slipping out of the way before her shields were overloaded now that Izuru wasn't in the line of fire, Kei tried to avoid its remaining guns even as she returned to keeping track of the battle. "With the big one losing most of its guns, there is an opening not currently under supporting fire where the smaller ones can be outflanked from if somebody moves quickly. Asagi, you're the fastest and close to their formation." +
Wyverncakes (23:14:32): (Asagi can go)
Aero (23:14:48): (Are the Pale Rider's Melee Halberds anywhere near or are those gone?)
Wyverncakes (23:16:31): (It still has those)
Wyverncakes (23:17:03): (Are we meaning Eva's or the enemy Pale Rider's?)
tengusaur (23:17:04): Asagi: "Alright, Kei. Count on me." Blue One moves in, quickly rushing around on a circular trajectory on the path given by Kei, readying its heavy cannon in the meantime. As soon as Asagi gets a clear shot, he fires a beam in the direction of the enemies from the side, moves further up and fires again! He tries to catch as many as he can in the crossfire, including the Leoses. +
tengusaur (23:17:10): (this is both my action and Kei action)
Aero (23:17:12): (Enemy Pale Riders)
Wyverncakes (23:17:21): (Righto. Yeah, still has those.)
VJockey (23:17:24): "You won't find anything to help you here Dido."
aldo salt (23:19:41): "I see, " Dido says to Scarab Leos. "You're the only one who can control the trajectory of Phobos, then?"
VJockey (23:19:55): "...That would be telling..."
cubey@aol.pl (23:20:09): Izuru: "That means yes! And it also means..."
cubey@aol.pl (23:20:17): That Leos probably isn't here at all...
Wyverncakes (23:21:20): [Asagi] Blue One's shot strikes down, blowing through one of the Lucioles and two more of the Zikades, but the Pale Rider tries to defend using its energy shield again! Key word being "tries". The shot smacks into it anyways, the beam managing to overpower the barrier in short order and blowing through it! The Pale Rider loses its arm as it's knocked away, and the Ethermaster is forced to focus on evading! But the Scarabeus is too big and the beam cuts along the huge mech's frame, doing at least some damage...
Wyverncakes (23:21:30): ... But what are you going to do about this?
Wyverncakes (23:21:35): (React, Leos)
aldo salt (23:21:36): Or…that there might be a reactor or bomb powerful enough to vaporize Phobos into safe chunks. Dido starts scanning for radiation or excessive heat signatures.
VJockey (23:22:41): *Reply in kind with concentrated machinegun fire was the answer. Not only that but with the weapon ring rendered unreliable Leos sends the bulky form of his machine in a charge at Asagi!+
Wyverncakes (23:22:57): Unfortunately Dido... all of your scanning comes up with a lot of nothing.
Wyverncakes (23:23:23): Just as outside transmissions are being jammed, it seems dedicated scanning of this place through technological maens is being inhibited.
cubey@aol.pl (23:23:42): Izuru: "Watch out Asagi!"
cubey@aol.pl (23:23:44): #
Wyverncakes (23:23:59): (Approved)
VJockey (23:24:31): Ether!Leos: "...Hey Eva. Remember that promise I made?"
Wyverncakes (23:24:32): [Leos and Asagi] Well, now Scarabeus is hurtling at Blue One with frighteningly impressive speed, with more machinegun cannons making sure there's more than just a gigantic mech to worry about in the meantime!
Peter Kampschroeder (23:24:43): Eva: "...Yes."
VJockey (23:25:11): "Lets see who can keep theirs. I live... or you die."
cubey@aol.pl (23:25:23): *Red Five leaps at the Scarabeus - Izuru braces against it, the back thrusters accelerating at full power as he tries to slow its charge!+
aldo salt (23:26:13): "I know we decided to stop arguing ethics," Dido says, turning ShelLancer to face the Pale Rider Leos. "But could I ask you a question?"
Peter Kampschroeder (23:26:17): Eva's Pale Rider braces itself. "...Come." Her voice is shaking, just a bit...
VJockey (23:27:25): Pale!Leos: "...okay"
tengusaur (23:27:51): Asagi: "In your dreams, Leos. She's not going to die here!" Blue One starts dodging, its cannon charging up and not ready yet. While evading the machinegun fire and putting some distance between himself and Leos he tries to get some drones in the way, though - maybe they'll be crushed by the giant machine and slow down the pursuit at the same time. Two birds with one stone. +
VJockey (23:28:29): Leos: "Wrong Leos Asagi."
tormterra (23:30:10): Kei: "..." She sent Eva a glance, but didn't say anything
Wyverncakes (23:30:26): [Leos, Izuru, and Asagi] Scarabeus comes crashing towards Blue One, and a number of mooks pay the price for that as the gigantic machine either unintentionally guns them down or just smashes through them. But as it nears Blue One, suddenly Red Five comes charging in, trying to slow it down as best it can even as its thrusters are pushed to the brink with little to show for it...
Wyverncakes (23:30:32): ... But not nothing to show for it.
aldo salt (23:30:43): "You guys aren't really planning to drop Phobo on earth," Dido says gently to Pale! Leos. "You're going to stop it at the last minute, so that everyone gets scared, right?" She pauses. "So why are we even fighting?"
VJockey (23:31:00): Pale!Leos: "...That's..."
Aero (23:31:16): * The cloud around Strahlend seems to gather around the machine, its weapons disappear into the cloud as well and inside of the machine's cockpit Willis targets every non-friendly machine. There was only so much space for them to avoid attacks. With the many Leos' distracted he had plenty of time to create the number of nanomachines that he needed. "Now..." The cloud then erupts in all directions to devour all the enemies around them. For Ethermaster and Pale Rider especially he was able to see their structures before thanks to bringing back the machine Eva was currently using. If they used the same systems he would hopefully be able to disable the AIs at the very least.+
Wyverncakes (23:31:42): Blue One gets out of the way, Red Five's thrusters giving out and causing it to fall down underneath the Scarabeus safely as it then smacks into a wall damaging it further!
Wyverncakes (23:31:51): (Eva, Ken, and Dido can act)
VJockey (23:32:47): Leos: "Hgk!"
Peter Kampschroeder (23:33:00): (Gonna wait to see what Evil pale rider's attack is, or how damaged it gets)
cubey@aol.pl (23:33:40): Izuru: Ahh... that worked somehow."
Meraxa (23:34:47): Ken: So there's enough of a man left of you to feel pain. *Ken chases after the Scarabeus.* And enough for me to feel you inside there! *And like the beast his machine is modelled after, tries to tear his way beneath its back. Clawing, honestly, trying to make an opening...+
aldo salt (23:35:20): *"…pointless," Dido says to Pale! Leos. "Unless…do you guys actually want to kill us?"
Wyverncakes (23:35:41): [Willis] The nanomachines surge out, quickly working away at the various drones. Ethermaster and Pale Rider, still getting eaten away by those nanomachines, nevertheless still continue to function albeit at a more sluggish rate. But in spite of that, the Ethermaster still swings its MOONLIGHT-wielding arm furiously, energy waves blasting out at the Strahlend again and again now that much of its nanomachine arsenal has been expended!
Wyverncakes (23:35:44): (React: Willis)
Wyverncakes (23:36:16): Simultaneously, the Pale Rider jerkily moves still, KARASAWA Rifle fairing better than the rest of its damaged frame.
aldo salt (23:36:47): *Dido opens fires on the Ethermaster's back with a barrage of Arc Thorns, zapping them with the lightning from a Lance Shock so they'll sear it's armor even with a miss!+
aldo salt (23:37:07): Dido also tries to test a theory…by turning ShelLancer's back to the Pale Rider once again!
VJockey (23:37:35): Pale!Leos: "Th... that's not it at all! I don't want anyone to have to die except-!"
tormterra (23:37:54): Kei: "Except yourself?"
aldo salt (23:38:05): "–You?" Dido asks.
VJockey (23:38:52): [Pale!Leos falls silent once more.]
Peter Kampschroeder (23:39:42): *When Pale Rider takes that damage, Eva moves-and fast. Her own Pale Rider races towards the other, launching off a missile volley, firing its beam rifle-and finally drawing a melee halbred to slice through the duplicate.+
cubey@aol.pl (23:39:55): Izuru: "Why do you want to die?"
tormterra (23:40:19): Kei: "..." DId Izuru really need to ask that?
VJockey (23:40:42): [As if on reflex Leos and his copies spoke in unison.]
VJockey (23:40:48): "...Monsters are meant to die."
VJockey (23:41:24): Pale!Leos: "Everything I did... even to people who deserved it..."
Wyverncakes (23:41:27): [Eva] Dido's experiment never comes to anything. The damage sustained from Willas's cloud made the drone brittle and fragile, and the missiles tear it apart. What remains that's recognizable ceases to be after a beam rifle and halberd strike.
Wyverncakes (23:41:33): One monster dead.
aldo salt (23:41:37): Dido winces…but she keeps recording this footage and audio in ShelLancer's black box.
Peter Kampschroeder (23:41:41): Eva: "-Wrong! Completely wrong!"
VJockey (23:41:52): Ether!Leos: "The people who didn't."
VJockey (23:42:08): Leos: "All I do is harm."
Peter Kampschroeder (23:42:29): Eva: "Who cares! Stop playing with these toys and fight me! Like you said!"
VJockey (23:42:30): "Monsters are shown through their actions. And I know full well what I am..."
cubey@aol.pl (23:42:39): Izuru: "That's dumb."
tengusaur (23:42:57): Asagi: "Only because you came up with this stupid plan. Why couldn't you do what you did before?"
tengusaur (23:43:04): Asagi: "With Unity Group?"
Aero (23:43:32): * Luckily his cape was still glimmering from the previous alterations and Willis charges forward, relying on the shimmering cloth to protect him. In the midst of his charge he wraps what remains of the cape around Strahlend's right arm and then slams it into the shoulder of the arm carrying the MOONLIGHT to shut it down for good. +
cubey@aol.pl (23:43:36): Izuru: "It kinda makes sense in some sort of twisted logic way... but it's dumb!"
cubey@aol.pl (23:43:53): Izuru: "You can do better than that, Leos! I know you can, because you are my friend!"
tormterra (23:44:08): Kei: "...Please, stop this, stand down. We'll get you help instead."
Wyverncakes (23:44:57): [Willis and Dido] Ethermaster's ruined body is pushed past the breaking point by Dido's shock, its sword arm finally snapping off and falling. And thanks to its cloak, Strahlend is able to charge straight in and punch through the thing, disposing of the Ethermaster as well.
Wyverncakes (23:45:08): Two monsters dead.
Wyverncakes (23:45:20): Now then.
cubey@aol.pl (23:45:21): Izuru: "What you're doing is just... you're trying to escape responsibility!"
Wyverncakes (23:45:21): (Leos)
VJockey (23:45:38): "... Nothing can make up for the things I did."
VJockey (23:46:00): "Its better to just end things and keep me from hurting others."
cubey@aol.pl (23:46:02): Izuru: "You're wrong."
aldo salt (23:46:23): Dido: "…self-fufilling prophecy, much, Leos? Of course you'll never make up for it…if you don't Try!"
VJockey (23:46:33): *The Scarabeus turns its attention on the Pale Rider... and opens fire with its remaining weapons at Eva!+
aldo salt (23:46:40): #Eva?
Wyverncakes (23:46:45): (Approved)
cubey@aol.pl (23:46:53): #Eva
tormterra (23:47:01): Kei: "Stop fighting. Let go of weapons...You're not destined to hurt others." She pauses for a bit. "Or for anything else."
VJockey (23:47:28): "Just what can someone like me do to make up for the things I've done?"
Peter Kampschroeder (23:47:37): Eva: "Nothing! And that doesn't matter!"
Aero (23:48:03): Willis: "..."
Wyverncakes (23:48:43): (Belated but still importantly)
aldo salt (23:49:03): *Dido rockets up with ShelLancer's jets, leaping in front of Eva. "Thorn Barrier!" She launches a loose electrified cloud of Arc Thorns ahead of her to interdict the missiles with lightning….she tanks any beam weapons.+
cubey@aol.pl (23:49:48): Izuru: "Hey, Leos... I was born to pilot an AHSMB, you know. To fight."
Peter Kampschroeder (23:50:13): *Pale Rider works to evade-and, as Eva goes through her manuevers, it returns fire on the Scarabeus with every missile it has left and its plasma rifle.+
Wyverncakes (23:50:13): [Ken] ScarleTiger lept up at the Scarabeus, clawing and tearing at the large machine's frame. There were plenty of weak spots thanks to previous hits before, but now there's no shortage of them anywhere.
tormterra (23:50:27): Kei: "We all were. The entire team...We've never known anything else, at least not that we were allowed to remember."
Wyverncakes (23:50:28): (Okay, yes. Any and all supports welcome here)
cubey@aol.pl (23:50:36): Izuru: "But, someone told me not to spend my whole life fighting. And she's right. I don't want to be a soldier! I'll explore the stars one day, not because that's what I was made to do it."
cubey@aol.pl (23:50:51): Izuru: "But because that's what I chose to do!"
VJockey (23:51:07): "And I chose to throw away my humanity for vengeance"
Peter Kampschroeder (23:51:09): Eva: "I killed my family-Innocent victims-on the orders of a one-minded fool. I cannot make up for that."
Peter Kampschroeder (23:51:34): Eva: "-So if you can't be saved, I can't either."
cubey@aol.pl (23:51:36): Izuru: "You can still choose to do other things! Steps are hard sometimes but you have to press on forward!"
tengusaur (23:51:54): Asagi: "Don't throw it away. Don't let the past define you."
Aero (23:51:55): Willis: "Even if you've done things you've regretted."
cubey@aol.pl (23:51:58): *Red Five leaps forward! And...
cubey@aol.pl (23:52:37): *Suddenly, a large emanation - wing-like bursts of energy, form around it, the newly created limbs interposing themselves to block Leos' shots.
tormterra (23:52:41): Kei: "Who you were and what was done to you, doesn't define you. You can choose what you want to do...And it's never too late to try to change."
cubey@aol.pl (23:53:22): *Red Five's visor goes up - revealing an extra pair of eyes. Additional thrusters and stranger parts spread all around its body.+
VJockey (23:53:32): "... you'd know about regrets... wouldn't you Willis?"
aldo salt (23:53:35): "And even if you can't redeem yourself," Dido points out. "Isn't dying just letting yourself off easy? Don't you have a responsibility to spend the rest of your life helping others?"
cubey@aol.pl (23:53:53): Izuru: "We're going home. Everyone."
cubey@aol.pl (23:54:04): Izuru: "And if dying is part of your plan... then we'll prevent that too!"
cubey@aol.pl (23:54:05): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sROzE4jivyU
tengusaur (23:54:16): Asagi: "...It's happening again..."
VJockey (23:54:17): "I don't expect whatever's waiting for me when I die to give me any peace."
Wyverncakes (23:54:26): [Eva, Dido, and Izuru] The first of Leos's shots are stopped by the ShelLancer's barrier, but as its assault continues and Eva moves to return fire...
tormterra (23:54:30): Kei: "But forcing the guilt of killing you on somebody else, that would just be a further crime."
Aero (23:54:42): Willis: "Probably more than anyone else here...but..."
Wyverncakes (23:54:54): ... Red Five's limbs block not just Scarabeus's attacks, but Eva's as well.
Wyverncakes (23:55:03): Click click click...
Wyverncakes (23:55:14): Scarabeus's machineguns finally give out. No more ammo.
VJockey (23:55:24): "...."
cubey@aol.pl (23:55:36): Izuru: "It's over."
Peter Kampschroeder (23:55:55): Eva focuses, trying to locate where the cockpit might be on the Scarabeus.
Aero (23:55:57): Willis: "Don't make yourself a Martyr. "
VJockey (23:56:08): [There was a weak half chuckle, half sob escaping from Leos.]
VJockey (23:56:36): "A martyr... that's the last thing I wanted to be..."
cubey@aol.pl (23:57:03): Izuru: "What is it, then?"
VJockey (23:57:27): "I'd be happy to be rememberd as a demon... or completely forgotten if it meant things would get better for everyone else..."
tengusaur (23:57:50): Asagi: "Nnoe of those things will happen."
cubey@aol.pl (23:57:52): Izuru: "Neither of those things would help."
Meraxa (23:57:56): Ken: How the HELL would it be better?!
VJockey (23:58:55): "....I don't know..."
VJockey (23:59:09): "But it was the only thing I could do..."
tormterra (23:59:13): Kei: "There are people who can help you...Or at least try."
Meraxa (23:59:23): Ken: No it wasn't! Stop telling yourself that stupid, stupid lie!
VJockey (23:59:46): ".... It doesn't matter... like Izuru said..."
VJockey (23:59:49): "Its over..."
26 August 2015
aldo salt (00:00:16): Didod sighs. "…so what is it going to be, Leos?" She asks. "Did you have an abort command to shift Phobos away from Earth…or a self-destruct?"
VJockey (00:00:29): [Damaged as it was, the Scarabeus slowly turns towards a section of wall in the room.]
VJockey (00:00:48): "...Phobos normally wouldn't be able to withstand rentry
VJockey (00:01:01): "Too many tunnels. Too many passages."
VJockey (00:01:16): "The thing that's keeping that from happening is through there."
VJockey (00:01:41): "... I never expected that I'd ever have won this."
tormterra (00:01:54): Kei: "It would still cause a lot of damage entering the atmosphere. How much mass does this thing have? Mass that will hit the Earth in some form or another."
VJockey (00:02:44): [Leos taps into Phobos' systems to open the gate.]
Wyverncakes (00:03:03): The gate does indeed open.
VJockey (00:03:14): "... but all things considered... Dido was right... I never would have let Phobos fall-"
Peter Kampschroeder (00:03:23): Eva: "Everyone, get going."
tengusaur (00:03:25): Asagi: "..."
Wyverncakes (00:03:26): Beyond that, true to Leos's word, is a very complex looking machine in there, all in red. Familiar-looking too. And humanoid for that matter-
Wyverncakes (00:03:32): Oh no.
VJockey (00:03:40): "!!!!!"
Wyverncakes (00:03:59): Without warning a massive energy blast comes out from beyond the gate, the source blocked by the Scarabeus's massive size...
aldo salt (00:04:04): Dido's eyes widen. "That's-!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:04:12): Izuru: "... A..."
Wyverncakes (00:04:13): ... But the result is the huge beam blasting straight through the Scarabeus!
VJockey (00:04:21): "AAAAAAAAAAH!"
Aero (00:04:24): #?
Wyverncakes (00:04:29): (No can do, sorry)
Wyverncakes (00:04:36): The smoldering remnants of the machine crash to the ground.
Wyverncakes (00:04:39): Beyond it?
Wyverncakes (00:04:50): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FPwjdaOhaw
Wyverncakes (00:05:12): (Nine-ball Novem: http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/armoredcore/images/c/cf/94790002a38a0dc3306c212a792fdb9a.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20121117021153)
Wyverncakes (00:05:23): And not just that-
Wyverncakes (00:05:28): "GOT YOU!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:05:32): Izuru: "Nineball..."
Meraxa (00:05:39): Ken: ...Leos?
Aero (00:05:54): Willis: "It's been upgraded"
Wyverncakes (00:05:57): Eightball: http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/armoredcore/images/d/d4/AC_Eight-Ball.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140627043909
tormterra (00:06:04): Kei: "Checking for vitals." Hopefully there was some sign of Leos still being around
Wyverncakes (00:06:25): The interferance Dido faced prior has inexplicably spiked, Kei.
Peter Kampschroeder (00:06:27): Eva: "...You again, you..."
Wyverncakes (00:06:34): You can't pick up anything from the Scarabeus.
Peter Kampschroeder (00:06:57): Eva: "You fucking idiot. Get out of here or I will kill you."
aldo salt (00:07:08): Dido hears the crackling of the jamming. "Ken!" She shouts. "Use that Ninja sense!"
Wyverncakes (00:07:09): ???: "Leos Klein's purpose has been fulfilled."
cubey@aol.pl (00:07:09): Izuru: "Nineball's back... and Leos..."
tengusaur (00:07:15): Asagi: "Leos... I hope he wasn't in that thing. It can't just end like this."
tengusaur (00:07:22): Asagi: "You... who are you?"
Wyverncakes (00:07:26): (Izuru, Sagi, Kei)
Wyverncakes (00:07:33): ^Asagi
tormterra (00:07:34): Kei: "...We'll need to defeat the Nineball before I can learn anything. Most sensors barely work."
Wyverncakes (00:07:46): (Enemies: Nine-ball Novem, Eight Ball)
Meraxa (00:07:53): Ken... can't focus on ki right now. Anyone's.
cubey@aol.pl (00:07:55): Izuru: "That guy died already, but now he's back..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:08:00): Something's wrong.
Wyverncakes (00:08:13): ???: "I am what I have always been."
Aero (00:08:27): Willis: "Another fake identity then."
aldo salt (00:08:38): "…was this your plan all along?" Dido growls at Nine-Ball. "Drive a kid to despair, make him drop a big rock?"
Wyverncakes (00:08:48): Hustler Two: "Hey, Hustler Oen here is the real deal! Same as me!"
Wyverncakes (00:09:05): "The best, and I mean BEST Ravens! Period!"
tormterra (00:09:11): (How bad is Kei's jamming? Can she get better information than others or should I just give up on plaing mission control?)
cubey@aol.pl (00:09:32): Izuru: "Okay..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:09:35): Deep breath...
Wyverncakes (00:09:55): (Kei's jamming isn't so bad that she can't be of use. It's mostly life-signs she's having noticeable trouble reading right now)
Peter Kampschroeder (00:10:06): Eva: "Leave, or die! Do you understand!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:10:41): *Red Five looks almost relaxed - and then it lunges again! Mid-lunge it changes direction mid-air, suddenly going straight up. But something still follows the old vector of acceleration - two light lances strike at Nineball's sides, trying to slice its arms off!+
Wyverncakes (00:11:10): ???: "You were understood the first time."
Wyverncakes (00:11:14): Not that either of the machines are moving.
Peter Kampschroeder (00:11:36): Eva: "...Then your choice is made."
tormterra (00:12:18): * "At least I think the jamming comes from him, it increased after the door was opened." She took a deep breath, trying to see what data she could find to help direct people in facing the restored Nineball. "I'll do what I can. The big one, the restored Nineball, doesn't have an infinite range of movement. WIllis, attack it at a distance to try to lure it out or feel the pain. Eva, if it moves forward to strike, attack it from here. If it falls back for cover, attack after 0.6 seconds from here. It still has openings we can exploit." +
Peter Kampschroeder (00:13:16): *"...Roger." Eva moves according to Kei's orders. "I'm going to be tearing the idiot apart after that, though."+
tengusaur (00:13:21): Asagi: "Why? What do you gain from all this?" While asking, he fires a swarm of missiles as Eightball - and as they explode around the AC, he readies the now-ready photon cannon, and fires a focused beam at the enemy! +
tormterra (00:14:09): Kei: "It's probably another alien invasion plot...Or maybe these aliens just really hate Earth for some reason and want it destroyed."
Wyverncakes (00:14:13): [Izuru] Red Five charges, then suddenly changes direction! As the lances come hurtling in the Nineball instead charges at them, its own laser blades crashing into them as a violent parry before overpowering them! Swarms of missiles hurtle straight up after the Red Five, their positions coordinated to form a dragnet of no escape for the machine!
Wyverncakes (00:14:15): (React: Izuru)
cubey@aol.pl (00:15:23): *Red Five's energy wings surround the main body - the armored AHSMB spins, the wings becoming momentarily spiky to intercept the missile swarm.+
aldo salt (00:15:31): #Izuru?
Wyverncakes (00:15:36): (Approved)
Aero (00:16:12): * "It has an advantage in ranged combat I think." Willis regathers his nanomachines and manages to spot the arm he severed from Ethermaster earlier. Draping the cloak back over itself, Strahlend leaned down to pick up the MOONLIGHT and did a bit of manual hacking to get it working for him. Once it was operational he unleashed several waves of energy at the resurrected AC. +
cubey@aol.pl (00:16:13): Izuru: "Of course an AI would come back from the dead... but..."
cubey@aol.pl (00:16:36): Izuru: "As a mastermind you need to be stopped!"
Wyverncakes (00:16:47): [Asagi] Your own missile storm hurtles at the Eightball, but the machine dives out of the way as it draws the same old machinegun as before! It fires, but this time its attacks all are pinponit-precise, sniping every single missile out of the air in a matter of seconds!
Wyverncakes (00:17:17): ???: "My purpose is what it always has been."
Wyverncakes (00:18:09): "The corporations, the ACs, the Ravens’ Nest..."
Wyverncakes (00:18:29): "Leos Klein's life, his growth, his fall."
aldo salt (00:18:40): *"Not a chance, you nihilistic clutch of code!" Dido shouts. "Arc Thorns, Launching!" a diamond of Arc Thorns launch towards the incoming missiles. "Lance Shock, Discharging!" The thorns pick up a net of lightning that sears the missiles during the flyby!+
Wyverncakes (00:18:48): "This was for the sole purpose of recreating the world, and humankind together with it."
cubey@aol.pl (00:19:36): Izuru: "How much of Leos' troubles were you the cause?!"
Wyverncakes (00:19:44): Hustler Two: "Yeah! Not too many schemes out there hinge on also having to die after revealing you're really a robot, are there?!"
tormterra (00:20:44): Kei: "Recreating it as what exactly?"
Wyverncakes (00:21:30): ???: "A more acceptable state."
tengusaur (00:22:29): Asagi: "The only acceptable state is one without you."
Wyverncakes (00:22:54): [Izuru, Willis, Dido] The blast of missiles still scorch your wings, the pulse from the blasts knocking you against the ceiling (but fortunately doing no more damage. The MOONLIGHT slashes and arc thorns coming Novem's way suddenly stop mattering at all as it dives and spins away... also falling in line with Kei's predictions
Wyverncakes (00:23:15): (Willis, Ken, Eva, Dido)
tormterra (00:23:19): Kei: "Yes...But, acceptable for who and what does that mean?"
Wyverncakes (00:23:25): (Eva can combine this action with her Kei one if she wishes)
Peter Kampschroeder (00:23:36): (already took kei one)
aldo salt (00:24:17): "…if there's anything we've learned today," Dido notes. "it's that creating broad social change with giant asteroid impacts is a terrible idea." She crack her knuckle. "Let's Hustle, Hustler!"
Wyverncakes (00:24:46): ???: "You do not understand."
Wyverncakes (00:25:31): "You cannot recognize the errors that the program cannot accept."
Wyverncakes (00:26:03): Hustler Two: "Eh, you're just wasting your-"
Wyverncakes (00:26:12): "... Well not breath because we dno't actually have them but yeah!"
Peter Kampschroeder (00:26:29): *Eva opens fire on the Nineball with her energy cannon and laser rifle as ordered-but once it breaks engagement, she switches targets to Eightball. He finds a volley of missiles thrown his way, while Eva slides closer to strike with her melee halbred.&
Wyverncakes (00:26:55): Hustler Two: "You think you get any right to talk about the Big Picture when all of this got planned out?"
Wyverncakes (00:27:04): "Every tiny special detail?"
Wyverncakes (00:27:31): "Not with Hustler One you don't!"
Meraxa (00:27:57): Ken: ...Shut up...
cubey@aol.pl (00:28:46): Izuru: "A single person can't decide on everything in the whole world! Even if you're an AI!"
aldo salt (00:28:48): *Dido has scattered a bunch of Arc Thorns about this chamber over the course of the fight with the Leos. Due to the small space of the chamber, many of them still have fuel. Dido sends out a command to those floating Arc Thorns, which all swivel about and rocket towards the highly verbose Hustler Two in a Spartan-worthy hail!+
Wyverncakes (00:29:44): [Eva] Nine-ball spirals around the shots and starts moving in to attack the Pale Rider, and it turning its attention to the Eightball is nothing but a boon! More missiles get sniped as it swings up its laser blade to try to parry, and then just slips and glides by, to throw the Pale Rider off balance for a few shots from behind for good measure!
Wyverncakes (00:29:49): (React/continue: Eva)
Wyverncakes (00:30:45): Hustler Two: "Well yeah but Hustler One doesn't do that! It's a corrective force... and this's been a looooong time coming!"
VJockey (00:31:31): #Eva?
Meraxa (00:31:35): Ken: Leos doesn't belong to you... and neither does this world! *Ken suddenly rushes towards the Nineball, Shotels drawn, he swings, looking like he aims to lock blades!+
Wyverncakes (00:31:40): (Approved?)
tengusaur (00:32:26): Asagi: "Corrective force... That's just an euphemism for controlling the world with strength, isn't it."
tormterra (00:32:33): Kei: "We can tell that, that moon has been known for centuries...Which is why I'm asking. Who made a fake moon near Mars to change humanity god knows how many years later?"
Aero (00:33:27): * With Strahlend back in fighting shape Willis switches to Zephyr and makes a beeline for Nineball with the small opening made. He ignites the MOONLIGHT and swings the weapon at point blank range of the Nineball, planning to cut in two with both the wave of energy that was unleashed from the weapon and the laser blade itself. +
VJockey (00:33:56): *There's a small movement from the smoking hulk that was once the Scarabeus. That was all the warning anyone would recieve before something tore its way through it and unleashed a veritable rain of Lasers at Eight and Nine to dissuade them from pushing on Eva+
Peter Kampschroeder (00:34:20): *Eva presses the attack towards Eightball, continuing her charge full force and aiming straight for the cockpit. Pale Rider's thrusters are too busy pushing the AC *closer* to dodge-and so it's with sheer force of will that the AC turns ever so slightly to sidestep Eightball's attack.+
cubey@aol.pl (00:34:33): Izuru: "!!"
Wyverncakes (00:34:41): [Ken and Dido] Nineball Novem suddenly breaks off from trying to backstab Eva to instead let its swords cut through the swarm of Arc Thorns with a single perfect slash, and without breaking stride it parries Ken's own strikes as well, before kicking the tiger Sol machine into its companion and loosing even more missiles at both of you!
Peter Kampschroeder (00:34:43): Eva: "Shut up and die!"
Wyverncakes (00:34:45): (React: Dido and Ken)
VJockey (00:34:46): (Filial: http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/armoredcore/images/a/a9/10-5-2010_1-23-42_AM.png/revision/latest?cb=20101005072422)
tengusaur (00:35:11): Asagi: "!"
aldo salt (00:36:20): Dido: "Whoahhhhh!" Both for the new unit that emerged from Scarabus…and both for the incoming Missilepocalypse!
aldo salt (00:36:23): #Ken?
Wyverncakes (00:37:26): [Eva] "Face it, we're out of your league! This entire plan has gone off, from start to finish, exactly as predicted without a SINGLE-" But then Hustler Two's rant gets cut short as a number of lasers force it to fumble through a dodge. Eva's own evasion is successful as well, and her halberd runs straight through Hustler Two's cockpit!
Wyverncakes (00:37:44): (Approved)
Wyverncakes (00:38:06): ???: "... A second machine in the Scarabeus... was... not accounted for."
cubey@aol.pl (00:38:17): Izuru: "That unit is so weird... but, could it be? Leos!"
aldo salt (00:38:22): *Dido manipulates ShelLancer's arm to get a grip on ScarleTiger…then hurl him away! With luck, Newton's law and the microgravity will serve to propel Dido in the other direction!+
Peter Kampschroeder (00:38:49): Eva: "...Loudmouth." Pale Rider steps back from Eightball's wreck, and drops to its knees. "Ghh..."
VJockey (00:39:10): "... I surprised you once...didn't you think... I'd somehow find a way to do it again?"
VJockey (00:39:46): "... I don't know how you came back. And I don't care. I'm making sure you're gone this time..."
tengusaur (00:39:49): Asagi: "Leos! Are you the real you? Or an AI?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:40:22): Izuru: "Leos! See? This is how you can help the world!"
VJockey (00:40:42): "..."
aldo salt (00:41:34): "Glad you're alive, Leos," Dido says. "Howabout we save the world?"
aldo salt (00:41:52): "…like old times?"
Wyverncakes (00:41:52): [Willis] Your appropriated sword crashes against not the Novem, but instead an anergy field erupting around the machine, stopping both your attacks and Leos's own attempts at damaging it. After another second it vanished entirely through apparent cloaking technology, and after barely a moment there's a glimmer of energy before your MOONLIGHT-wielding arm is cut off from the invisible Novem! And before you can really think of grabbing it with your other arm, more telltale flashes, and thus attacks coming!
tormterra (00:41:53): Kei: "We can figure out what to do about things after that."
Wyverncakes (00:41:54): (React: Willis)
Wyverncakes (00:42:38): [Dido and Ken] Your quick thinking gets the two of you away from the missiles in the nick of time, but the blasts still buffet you into opposite walls though.
VJockey (00:42:57): "...Like old times...."
VJockey (00:43:10): [Leos said the words with some hesitation.]
Wyverncakes (00:43:11): (Leos, Izuru, Asagi)
cubey@aol.pl (00:44:37): Izuru: "Yeah!"
Wyverncakes (00:44:52): (For the record, Nineball Novem is still invisible, but as of this moment is attacking Willis)
tengusaur (00:44:58): Asagi: "You said you can't make up for what you did in the past. But I think you can. And you might as well start here."
cubey@aol.pl (00:45:03): Izuru: "Red Five will clear the way. I'm counting on you guys - time for a follow up!"
VJockey (00:45:49): *The fingers on the Filial flex carefully before blue white blades of energy roar out from its hands. The appropriated martian weapon tears towards Novem with downright insane speed and letting loose with a twin vertical slash. Invisible it may be, it had to stay in place if it was trying to attack Willis!&
cubey@aol.pl (00:46:11): *Red Five swings its blades - that extend into long whip-like weapons, not dissimilar from what Jiart used. They swoosh around the room, but as soon as they grab onto something, which must be the Nineball - they entagle themselves around it!&
Aero (00:47:19): * "Cloaking now also." That would be a problem but thankfully he was prepared for this situation. His nanomachines gather around the missing arm and in an instant the arm is regrown while the severed arm scatters into nanomachines. At the same time several dozen metallic spikes extended out in all directions, even if it was invisible he would make the Novem regret trying to use a technique that he was all too familiar with. +
tengusaur (00:47:41): * And at the same time, Asagi moves in to attack the Eight-ball. It looks like he's going to strike it in melee... But suddenly, before he reaches melee range, he swings a coil from Blue One's wrist at it from a longer distance, trying to entangle an arm! &
Wyverncakes (00:49:32): [Willis, Izuru, and Leos] The spikes surge forward, but the Nineball is already falling back in response. But Izuru's whip fortunately ensnares it... and Leos's Filial is moving in fast for the kill now that its location is determined!
Wyverncakes (00:49:37): (Continue, Izuru and Leos)
VJockey (00:50:47): *He has a solid fix on where it is now. Leos lets loose with a flurry of slashes before opening fire point blank with its shotgun-like laser cannon built into the 'AC' 's head+
Wyverncakes (00:51:10): [Asagi] With a melee halberd through its chest, one might think the machine is over and done with. Not so, as the machine instead pulls the weapon out as its other arm gets entangled! Well, no worries! "Blame your friend for the new gear!" Eightball grabs hold of the coil and yanks on it with freakish strength, pulling Blue One in close so the Eightball can cut you down!
Wyverncakes (00:51:14): (React: Asagi)
Wyverncakes (00:52:56): [Leos] Nineball responds to your vicious strikes with its own, matching you blow for blow... but...
Wyverncakes (00:53:35): ???: "One mistake does not change a trend running nearly two decades."
Wyverncakes (00:53:58): "Your actions and reactions are predictable."
Wyverncakes (00:54:16): And as you move to make that shotgun laser blast-
tengusaur (00:54:35): Asagi: "Gh... I'm not done yet!" With a single strike of his katana, he's going to cut through the coil being yanked on, and then kick away! This weapon can't work all the time, it looks like... +
cubey@aol.pl (00:54:54): *Having secured the grip, Izuru yanks mightily! The blades suddenly become more solid - and very, very sharp...
Wyverncakes (00:55:03): Izuru?: "I'm taking back your honorary Team Rabbits membership. Grey Zero... yeah, right. If we knew what you'd be up to, no one would agree to it in the first place."
Wyverncakes (00:55:13): Asagi?: "We already got a replacement. They're a little crazy, but they're at least not a murderous terrorist."
cubey@aol.pl (00:55:17): Izuru: "Here we go! It's a combo... eh?"
Peter Kampschroeder (00:55:30): Eva: "...What?"
Wyverncakes (00:55:32): Eva?: "
We have so much more in common, perfect monsters that we are. Innocent and sinner alike have died by our hands..."
VJockey (00:55:37): [And if there was any way to throw Leos off... it was that.]
Peter Kampschroeder (00:55:41): Eva: "...."
Wyverncakes (00:56:00): Dido?: "Man, it's a good thing you let Optimus get killed when you did!"
aldo salt (00:56:00): Dido: "Oh, you Fudging Bast–"
aldo salt (00:56:06): "?!"
tengusaur (00:56:13): Asagi: "..."
tengusaur (00:56:21): Asagi: "...What was that?"
cubey@aol.pl (00:56:58): Izuru: "It wasn't me... that's not me!"
tormterra (00:57:01): Kei: "...Don't listen to those voices."
Wyverncakes (00:57:02): [Leos cont.] -Nineball slips out of the way, to strike at you while it keeps broadcasting the words of your "friends"!
Wyverncakes (00:57:07): (React: Leos)
Aero (00:57:13): #Leos
aldo salt (00:57:14): #Leos?
cubey@aol.pl (00:57:16): # Leos (still not done with my action yet)
VJockey (00:57:40): *Except with just how shaken he was the most Leos could do was try pull back to put up a token defense.+
Wyverncakes (00:58:03): (Izuru can finish up his action. This has been another fairly long chain)
Wyverncakes (00:58:17): (Other defense requests tragically nixed.)
Wyverncakes (00:59:14): Hustler Two: "Shocked? How come? Best thing about when someone makes themselves part machine is that reality or not, data's data you can upload to anything willing!"
cubey@aol.pl (00:59:42): *The main reason for the yank was not to cut into Nineball Novem. Not yet... but to add momentum! "This is not us! What we are... is standing right here before you!" Pulled in, Red Five is thrown at the red AC, foot first. Izuru kicks like a masked hero - followed by a cross-slash with his now normal-length blades!+
Wyverncakes (00:59:53): [Asagi] The tether is fortunately cut, and in kicking Hustler Two you manage to narrowly avoid his counterslash, knocking the machine away again.
cubey@aol.pl (00:59:59): Izuru: "This is who we are, right here, right now!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:00:13): Izuru: "Nineball was already manipulating you all along Leos!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:00:21): Izuru: "Don't let it do it anymore."
Wyverncakes (01:02:44): [Izuru and Leos] Filial recoils, but Nineball can't follow-up on its opening as it's suddenly pulled away into the course of Izuru's Rider Kick! The Nineball's barrier is thrown up again, only to buckle against the force of the strike! The cross-slash is met by the Nineball's own swords... but a hair too late, with two cuts scarring the top of the Nineball's body!
tengusaur (01:02:55): Asagi: "So much for that weapon today... But I still got more."
Wyverncakes (01:03:06): (Kei, Willis)
tormterra (01:05:14): * "Willis, the copycat is down for a moment, follow up on Asagi's strike to try to take it out and remove the last distractions from facing the Nineball itself. With the gravity of this place, it should land around here, try to make your nanomachines both strike from the front and be there at the landing spot to minimize possibilities of dodging." +
cubey@aol.pl (01:06:25): Izuru: "Snap out of it!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:06:31): Izuru: "And... I mean ALL of it!"
tormterra (01:07:20): Kei: "I'm not sure it's something pure willpower can do...We might have to defeat the Nineball to make it stop."
Wyverncakes (01:08:12): (Since it's also Willis's action at the moment you can combine your actions if you wish)
tengusaur (01:08:15): Asagi: "I have no intention of leaving it alone, anyway."
VJockey (01:09:41): [Sadly Kei's right on this account Izuru. Leos is currently experiencing a particularly crushing state of panic and despair.]
Wyverncakes (01:09:50): (Eva, Dido, and Ken can also act)
Wyverncakes (01:10:23): ???: "He will not."
Aero (01:10:28): * "Understood." Willis switches his target to the copycat for a second, giving simple insturctions to his nanomachines to swarm Eightball from two directions the moment it landed. As his nanomachine swarm spread he instructed them to form a haze over the area as well. The purpose of this was to make it so that he could track Nineball's movements. +
Wyverncakes (01:10:56): "From different views I've seen Leos for how he is."
Wyverncakes (01:11:28): "And how to guide him to this point."
Wyverncakes (01:12:03): "He thought he was his own master, but even if a pawn reaches the other side of the chessboard, it cannot become a player in the game. It will always remain a piece."
Meraxa (01:13:58): Ken: ...I said before... for you to shut up. Leos is a PERSON, not a piece. A person who has made many, many mistakes for sure... but there is something between us, that you could never have controlled! *Ken charges the Nineball again, but this time, it is a charge of flame, as ScarleTiger attempts to engulf the machine in the Inferno from its face+
Meraxa (01:14:56): Ken: And he will owe me a LOT of pudding for all the crap he's pulled!
cubey@aol.pl (01:15:56): Izuru: "People who treat others as only their own pieces and not as human beings are the worst!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:16:05): Izuru: "Everything that is happening here is your fault."
aldo salt (01:16:36): *"Leos…Make this guy SHUT UP!" Dido fires one last volley of Arc Thorns, steering them toward the rear of Nineball so he'll have to choose between getting punctured, or tanking Ken's face flame!+
Wyverncakes (01:17:15): [Ken] Nineball is bathed in ScarleTiger's flames, but even through them you can see its chest beginning to open up again and a faint glimmer before suddenly another high-end energy blast is loosed at you! If not for the distance between you two (in contrast to when it fired on Leos) it would hit nearly instantly, but at least you have a few split seconds!
Wyverncakes (01:17:17): (React: Ken)
VJockey (01:17:40): #Ken?
Wyverncakes (01:17:47): (Go for it)
Peter Kampschroeder (01:17:49): *Eva: "...I really don't like you.". She opens up with her energy cannon on Nineball.+
VJockey (01:19:13): *Filial jolts a moment before it activates its OB system to move and get Ken out of there... however that was not why it initially twitched. Nineball would find its open torso under attack by bit-weapons!+
Wyverncakes (01:20:07): [Willis] The nanomachine swarm spreads out, enveloping the Eightball just as Kei predicted. But the machine is already trying to move and escape to safety!
Meraxa (01:20:10): Ken is kinda caught by surprise by the Filial's rescue, so... yeah+
Wyverncakes (01:20:42): "... Nice try, but I'm Hustler One's heir... the very best of Ravens!" Its thrusters flare up... right before the nanomachines eat through one of its fuel lines.
Wyverncakes (01:21:17): There's a sudden explosion, and, well...
Wyverncakes (01:21:18): Hustler Two: "Aaargh!"
Wyverncakes (01:21:30): The AC is covered by explosions that engulf it fully.
Aero (01:21:39): Willis: "One down."
aldo salt (01:22:08): "Hustler One to go," Dido adds.
cubey@aol.pl (01:22:51): Izuru: "Was he really an AI...?"
tengusaur (01:23:24): Asagi: "He had to be. How else would he survive being killed?"
Aero (01:23:48): Willis: "Well..."
VJockey (01:23:51): "People die when they're killed."
Wyverncakes (01:24:24): [Eva, Dido, Ken, and Leos] The massive blast is maintained even as the Nineball moves to avoid Eva's beam cannon. But even then, Dido's thorns manages to flank it, pinning it in place for the beam to strike it anyways! Nineball's rattled... and as Ken's tackled out of the course of the blast Filal's bits pierce into the Nineball's chest! The cannon shorts out entirely, Hustler One wrenching the thorns free again.
tormterra (01:24:39): Kei: "I doubt we'll ever really know..."
Wyverncakes (01:25:07): Still, the Nineball's frame is damaged greatly from that last attack, front and back scarred heavily!
Wyverncakes (01:25:22): ???: "Systems criti-criti-"
Wyverncakes (01:25:26): "You do not understand."
Wyverncakes (01:25:29): "You do not understand."
Wyverncakes (01:25:33): "You do not understand."
Wyverncakes (01:25:42): (Anyone who wishes to act can)
tengusaur (01:25:53): Asagi: "I'd rather not understand!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:26:00): Izuru: "Your kind of understanding doesn't belong!"
tengusaur (01:26:35): Blue One aims its photon cannon at the malfunctioning Nineball, quickly firing several beam blasts at it before it recovers! +
Peter Kampschroeder (01:26:40): *Eva: "...You talk too much." Pew pew goes the laser rifle.+
cubey@aol.pl (01:27:03): *Red Five jumps again - one of the blades held close to its body, and swinging with a spinning slash at the enemy's torso. Izuru stabs with the other light blade... but it doesn't just stab. It explodes into a point blank range beam cannon shot!+
Meraxa (01:27:12): Ken: Go to hell! *Pulling himself free of the Filial, Ken draws his Scarlet Shotel, and rushes at the side of Nineball for one last strike!+
VJockey (01:27:16): "I'm an idiot remember? A pawn. Its not my job to understand."
tormterra (01:27:30): * "Well, we'll certainly not understand without being told." And with that, she unloads all of her rather modest weaponry into the faltering robot. +
VJockey (01:27:56): *Leos follows up at the last, triggering his overboost and ramming into the Nineball with both blades, repeatedly firing point blank blasts into the machine+
aldo salt (01:28:08): "You missed some variables, Hustler," Dido shout, raising ShelLancer's lance, pointing at the Thorns in Nineball's back. "Lance Shock…Discharging!"
Aero (01:29:01): * Willis gathers his nanomachines and orders them to surround Filial to greatly amplify the power of those point blank blasts. +
Wyverncakes (01:30:37): [Ranged people] As the Nineball attempts to use its Overboost to get out of the way, the sudden storm of electricity beams, and bullets keeps it still the best way possible: getting blasted into one of the chamber's walls. Its armor was nothing to sneeze at, but even then it can't simply no-sell this...
Wyverncakes (01:31:42): [Sword people] Nor the now-realized x-scar on the machine's front from Ken and Izuru's slashes! Red Five's beam cannon shot blows open what remained of the Nineball Novem's armor...
Wyverncakes (01:32:45): [Leos w/Willis help] And then the Filial moved in for the final, brutal takedown... tearing and blasting the Nineball apart with all his nanomachine-empowered strength!
Wyverncakes (01:33:22): By the end of it... the ruined remains are just falling apart onto the floor, but that's not all that was either.
Wyverncakes (01:33:30): Suddenly!
Wyverncakes (01:33:44): Elan: "-Unity Group! Unity Group for the last time!"
Wyverncakes (01:33:51): -Phobos's interior starts rumbling violently!
Wyverncakes (01:34:18): Elan: "We're out of time! Phobos has reached Earth! Whatever you need to do, do it now or at least get out of there for God's sake!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:34:22): Izuru: "It's mr Cubis! And..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:34:27): The shakes begin.
tormterra (01:34:31): Kei: "This is Pilot Kugimiya coming in, we have been jammed until now...Mission successful. If we can get out of here."
cubey@aol.pl (01:34:40): Izuru: "But what of Phobos? We need to stop it!"
Wyverncakes (01:34:48): All jamming in fact is disappating with Nineball's defeat.
VJockey (01:34:51): "..."
tengusaur (01:35:16): Asagi: "Is there a way to destroy it at this point? Leos!"
Wyverncakes (01:35:17): Kei and anyone else with more advanced sensors will see that Phobos's interior is collapsing in on itself!
tormterra (01:36:06): Kei: "It's collapsing. We can do nowhere near as much damage to it as it's doing itself...We'll just have to hope the debris gets caught in orbit rather than crash into the planet."
Wyverncakes (01:36:09): On a more worrisome note though... a huge chunk of rock comes crashing through the chamber... though fortunately not hitting anyone.
cubey@aol.pl (01:36:16): Izuru: "It's gonna turn into a giant meteor shower or something! What do we do?"
Peter Kampschroeder (01:36:40): Eva: "Then we leave."
tengusaur (01:37:06): Asagi: "Leos. If you know something, say it now!"
tormterra (01:37:07): Kei: "Yeah, that's about all we can do now..." And hopefully not to watch the apocalypse unfold below
VJockey (01:37:58): "No need... Nineball linked itself to the systems."
aldo salt (01:38:05): "Leos," Dido stammers, "You better have had a self-destruct!"
VJockey (01:38:21): "Destroying it shorted out everything. Including the stabilization systems."
VJockey (01:38:39): "Like Kei said... Phobos is collapsing."
tengusaur (01:39:08): Asagi: "Then I hope the parts burn out in the atmosphere... Let's get out of here. Quickly."
Wyverncakes (01:39:16): On an actually worrisome note though, a chunk of rock comes crashing down into the tunnel you all came through, blocking part of it.
cubey@aol.pl (01:39:35): Izuru: "Then, no time to waste. Let's go!"
tengusaur (01:39:49): Blue One starts to leave quickly, blasting at the rock with its beam cannon.
Peter Kampschroeder (01:40:07): Eva: "Then we're gone." Pale Rider grabs Filial-and stops momentarialy at the blockade to shoot it.
VJockey (01:40:37): "Eva-?"
Peter Kampschroeder (01:40:51): Eva:" Shut up. We're leaving."
Peter Kampschroeder (01:41:22): "Together. Understand?"
VJockey (01:41:39): ['Together']
VJockey (01:41:49): "..."
VJockey (01:41:54): "...Alright..."
cubey@aol.pl (01:42:11): Izuru: "No complaints!"
cubey@aol.pl (01:42:31): Red Five is still Awakened, and uses that power boost to push the slowest people out of the moon.
tengusaur (01:42:48): Asagi: "Don't think you're off the hook, Leos. You'll have to answer for what you've done."
tormterra (01:43:06): Kei: "And cooperate with counselors if they ask you not to fight."
VJockey (01:43:06): "I never doubted that."
tengusaur (01:43:24): Asagi: "...But you can't answer if you're dead. Everyone must live. You too."
Wyverncakes (01:43:51): As hastily as you're able to, you speed out of Phobos even as it collapses around you! But with time of the essence and its collapsing shape...
Wyverncakes (01:44:45): ... You finally break free of Phobos just as it slips into Earth's atmosphere, the heat and gs from re-entry making it start to break up and scatter into harmless fragments... just as Leos had said it would.
Wyverncakes (01:44:52): You made it out.
Wyverncakes (01:44:56): All eight of you.
Wyverncakes (01:45:02): The ninth... the Nineball...
Wyverncakes (01:45:17): ... Was not as fortunate.
cubey@aol.pl (01:45:38): Izuru: "We did it..."
Wyverncakes (01:45:42): MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
cubey@aol.pl (01:45:50): Izuru: "Why are you always the most troublesome member of Team Rabbits, Leos?"
cubey@aol.pl (01:45:53): Look who's talking.
VJockey (01:46:12): "... ha..."
VJockey (01:46:29): [There was a weak and somewhat hysterical laugh from Leos at that Izuru.]
VJockey (01:46:35): "I ... I don't know."
aldo salt (01:46:36): Dido sighs and slumps in her cockpit. "You said it, Leos…"