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wyverncakes 9:08 am
(9:08:02 AM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddyd8WxIOUY
(9:09:00 AM): It's been another quiet day for the Unity Group.
(9:09:51 AM): Yes, there certainly still are plenty of enemies out there, but the looming shadows of some of the greater threats have been defeated.
(9:09:57 AM): But then... alarms!
wyverncakes 9:10 am
(9:10:34 AM): Huffman: "What... it's them?"
(9:11:16 AM): And thus, available pilots are summoned to the hangar for both briefing and immediate sortie!
cubey@aol.pl 9:11 am
(9:11:34 AM): Chris: "What? What's going on now!"
drascin 9:12 am
(9:12:41 AM): you don't need to ask if Ashe is ready for sortie. Ashe was born ready
wyverncakes 9:13 am
(9:13:05 AM): When you arrive, the base commander is standing alongside the image of a truly gargantuan turtle.
tengusaur 9:13 am
(9:13:15 AM): Asagi: "...What is that."
wyverncakes 9:13 am
(9:13:23 AM): (Turtle: http://img08.deviantart.net/a474/i/2013/301/f/5/forest_turtle_monster_by_artofjustaman-d62btrs.jpg)
cubey@aol.pl 9:13 am
(9:13:24 AM): Chris: "A giant monster!"
wyverncakes 9:13 am
(9:13:36 AM): Huffman: "That... is a Beast of the Starmind."
drascin 9:13 am
(9:13:53 AM): Ashe and Model A, simultaneously: A what now?
cubey@aol.pl 9:14 am
(9:14:12 AM): Chris: "Don't tell me all those movies are real, now!"
wyverncakes 9:14 am
(9:14:27 AM): "They have been active for some time now, but entirely localized within one region of Japan... rather fortunate."
VJockey 9:15 am
(9:15:04 AM): [There's a rumbling growl from close by.]
wyverncakes 9:15 am
(9:15:17 AM): "But it seems they're branching out... and the defenders who've specialized in fighting against them have gotten caught with their pants down with the Beasts going after another city."
VJockey 9:15 am
(9:15:31 AM): "Then... we... kill. it."
drascin 9:15 am
(9:15:48 AM): Ashe: The giant dino guy makes a good point
wyverncakes 9:16 am
(9:16:07 AM): "Yes, yes he does."
cubey@aol.pl 9:16 am
(9:16:35 AM): Chris: "So they had their own specialized defense force? You have to be kidding... but it looks like they'll need some help now."
(9:16:39 AM): "So, what are we waiting for?!"
wyverncakes 9:17 am
(9:17:53 AM): The shuttle's prepped, and once everyone's situated you are indeed headed straight on an intercept course.
tengusaur 9:18 am
(9:18:39 AM): Asagi: "How come I never heard about those things until now..." He mutters while Blue One is preparing for takeoff.
VJockey 9:18 am
(9:18:42 AM): [Grimlock isn't alone. With him are two other Dinobots, one extremely surly looking one and a particularly bulky one as well.]
(9:19:05 AM): "Many. problems. on. Earth. You... expect... to know...all?'
drascin 9:19 am
(9:19:39 AM): Ashe: You'd think someone would have made a list by now
drascin 9:20 am
(9:20:08 AM): Ashe: Also, you'd think that after the kaiju business, giant monsters would at least appear on TV!
wyverncakes 9:20 am
(9:20:21 AM): The route leads through a stretch of mountains, with a city located at the far end of it. But even further beyond that, a mountain seems to be moving...
cubey@aol.pl 9:20 am
(9:20:27 AM): Chris: "Whatever! At least you know gunfire works, right?"
tengusaur 9:20 am
(9:20:39 AM): Asagi: "Maybe that's the reason. Everyone thought they're kaiju or something."
(9:20:45 AM): Asagi: "...Really big ones."
drascin 9:21 am
(9:21:12 AM): Ashe: So how aggressive are these guys?
wyverncakes 9:21 am
(9:21:12 AM): Or rather, as you get closer... you can see that it's the turtle trudging along and leaving a path of destruction in its wake.
Atrament Corel 9:21 am
(9:21:21 AM): One member of this team is busy on her phone while the shuttle goes on its course.
cubey@aol.pl 9:21 am
(9:21:25 AM): Chris: "What? Your eyes are playing tricks on... you..."
Atrament Corel 9:21 am
(9:21:42 AM): Nep: "Money~ Money~ Pudding fund~ Money~"
wyverncakes 9:22 am
(9:22:30 AM): The turtle nears the city as you come in the other way, but it seems to stop for a moment and stare at the craft.
tengusaur 9:22 am
(9:22:47 AM): Asagi: "This is not the time for pudding! It sees us!"
wyverncakes 9:22 am
(9:22:52 AM): Starbeast: "Hmmm... different defenders."
cubey@aol.pl 9:22 am
(9:22:58 AM): Chris: "It talks!"
drascin 9:23 am
(9:23:01 AM): Ashe: Wait, they talk?
wyverncakes 9:23 am
(9:23:02 AM): It's voice is deep and rumbling.
drascin 9:23 am
(9:23:23 AM): Model A: That really seems like something we should've been told!
Atrament Corel 9:23 am
(9:23:54 AM): Nep: "Actually, I'm managing my profit from the outfits I just sold not too long ago. So, it's about money to buy puddin- woah!"
VJockey 9:24 am
(9:24:09 AM): Slag: "No more talk! Fight now!"
wyverncakes 9:24 am
(9:24:10 AM): "'Tis a pity our goal will not go unimpeded... but not unexpected nor unaccounted for!"
tengusaur 9:24 am
(9:24:34 AM): Asagi: "Okay, it's definitely not a kaiju. What do you want? Why are you attacking a city!"
drascin 9:24 am
(9:24:44 AM): Ashe steps out and takes her hands to her mouth
wyverncakes 9:25 am
(9:25:02 AM): "You shall be the first to bear witness then... to the might of the Beasts of the Starmind!"
drascin 9:25 am
(9:25:03 AM): Ashe: "HEY MISTER TURTLE, WHAT IS THAT GOAL YOU WANT?"
(9:25:14 AM): seeing how huge it is, shouting seems a good idea
wyverncakes 9:25 am
(9:25:32 AM): A piece of its shell suddenly gets knocked loose, revealing... a gigantic cannon!
(9:25:41 AM): Pilot: "What the- hold on!"
(9:26:32 AM): It fires, the shuttle barely juking out of the way! The shell itself flies on past, tearing apart the windows on the side of a building.
drascin 9:26 am
(9:26:40 AM): Ashe: Is that a cannon!?
Model A: Why does a turtle have a cannon?!
Atrament Corel 9:27 am
(9:27:01 AM): Nep: "Hey guys... Remind me why us tinies are up against this now..."
cubey@aol.pl 9:27 am
(9:27:32 AM): Chris: "That's my kind of thing... woah!"
wyverncakes 9:27 am
(9:27:38 AM): More than just that, more hatches on the turtle's body pop loose! Some revealing more guns... but monsters emerge as well!
cubey@aol.pl 9:27 am
(9:27:48 AM): The Relic user stumbles about the shuttle as it evades.
tengusaur 9:27 am
(9:27:52 AM): Asagi: "...It's a carrier."
cubey@aol.pl 9:28 am
(9:28:00 AM): Chris: "Okay, that's it! I'm taking this oversized turtle down!"
drascin 9:28 am
(9:28:08 AM): Ashe kind of stepped out of the transport and is dodging on her own
VJockey 9:28 am
(9:28:13 AM): "Grimlock kill it first."
wyverncakes 9:28 am
(9:28:18 AM): Freakish centaurs and harpies, manning both the ground and the skies. It's not just a giant turtle, it's a mobile carrier!
(9:28:27 AM): (Harpies: http://pre10.deviantart.net/39c6/th/pre/i/2012/057/3/f/monster_hunter_challenge___harpy_by_spinebender-d4r31yx.jpg)
wyverncakes 9:28 am
(9:28:40 AM): (Centaurs: http://pre01.deviantart.net/8210/th/pre/f/2013/199/8/a/kyron_demon_centaur_concept_by_ptimm-d6e0mc1.jpg)
VJockey 9:28 am
(9:28:49 AM): [The Dinobots are disembarking from the shuttle, uncaring of a hard landing or not!]
wyverncakes 9:29 am
(9:29:07 AM): (Enemies: Giant Turtle, Harpies x 12, Centaurs x 8-)
(9:29:11 AM): ^ 8 )
drascin 9:29 am
(9:29:17 AM): Model A: Man, was there a bake sale on ugly when they made those guys?
wyverncakes 9:29 am
(9:29:38 AM): (Lineup: Grimlock, Ashe, Asagi, Chris, Neptune)
(9:29:59 AM): (Grimlock and Ashe, go)
drascin 9:30 am
(9:30:51 AM): Ashe: Alright then. You guys want to play? Then let's play!
Atrament Corel 9:31 am
(9:31:07 AM): Nep ungracefully makes her way out of the shuttle and lands on her bum.
(9:31:25 AM): Nep: "Ow!"
tengusaur 9:31 am
(9:31:53 AM): Asagi takes off into the air, taking aim at the monsters.
wyverncakes 9:32 am
(9:32:03 AM): The giant turtle just laughs boomingly.
tengusaur 9:32 am
(9:32:33 AM): Asagi: "...I wonder what kind of tactics the people who specialize against fighting these monsters use."
VJockey 9:34 am
(9:34:39 AM): *Grimlock and his Dinobots are going to transform and charge right in! Along with the roaring and enraged form of the fire breathing mechanical T-Rex is a Triceratops firing lasers from its horns and a Brontosaurus swinging its massive head and tail at any hostile that gets close to it... both ALSO burninating every foe within range!+
drascin 9:35 am
(9:35:21 AM): *And with that,, Aeolus surges forward to meet with the harpies on the sky, covered in lightning, rushing to meet them with raised swords... and fly past superfast with a zoom? Uh?
...and then the shockwave happens, as lightning and thunder and speed crash together in a very big, very disorienting boom!+
wyverncakes 9:37 am
(9:37:44 AM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVAeOi6QAxk
(9:38:58 AM): [Grimlock and friends] Your charge is answered by the centaurs making room for you as best they can. The TRI attack blasts and smashes up one, but the centaurs are exceedingly mobile, springing away and thrusting out with their hands, energy cannons firing at all of you!
(9:39:02 AM): (React: Dinobots)
wyverncakes 9:40 am
(9:40:21 AM): [Ashe] The sonic boom disrupts the harpies' ranks, one of them getting a wing cut off in the process! But as you blast by them the gigantic turtle turns its point defense guns on you while the harpies converge from behind!
(9:40:24 AM): But!
(9:40:42 AM): ???: "Worry about the turtle! We'll keep the birds off your back!"
(9:40:59 AM): That's a young girl's voice on the comm., but where's it coming from?
(9:41:06 AM): (At any rate, react Ashe)
(9:41:21 AM): (Asagi, Chris)
cubey@aol.pl 9:41 am
(9:41:50 AM): Chris: "Don't think I'll stay behind!"
(9:42:10 AM): The words of the song are in the air... and the Relic user jumps from the shuttle, landing on Grimlock's head!
wyverncakes 9:42 am
(9:42:33 AM): Turtle: "You bring a bard to the battlefield?"
cubey@aol.pl 9:42 am
(9:42:59 AM): Chris: "Somehow... this seems really cool..." *She takes aim - releasing a swarm of missiles which go up, arcing towards the turtle's shell. The barrage is aimed at one of the opened parts, which are probably a weak point!+
(9:43:04 AM): Chris: "A bard of destruction, maybe!"
drascin 9:43 am
(9:43:33 AM): *So that's gunfire from the front, and Harpies from behind. Yup, this seems like a good moment to GTFO. So there's a flash of purple, and a poof, and suddenly Ashe is something like fifty meters lower after a ninja vanish, leaving the cannon barrage and her pursuers to meet each other to their heart's content while she freefalls towards the ground+
VJockey 9:44 am
(9:44:29 AM): *The Dinobots simply tackle the attacks head on and move in to engage in melee! Despite any damage they take, all hits would simply just make them even angrier!+
tengusaur 9:45 am
(9:45:08 AM): Asagi: "Support incoming. Hold on Ashe!" Blue One rushes towards the harpies, firing a few missiles in order to throw their formation into disarray, and then charging into the smoke and slashing through whatever bird monsters are near with its razor sharp katana! +
wyverncakes 9:45 am
(9:45:25 AM): [Ashe] You deftly evadee the turtle's attack... but the harpies were not so foolish as to get caught by their own leaders' shots either. BUT more gunfire shoots out into the air from the side, catching several of the harpies anyways!
(9:46:44 AM): ???: "Not bad at all."
wyverncakes 9:47 am
(9:47:43 AM): Arriving on the scene are a slew of older mechs. A few Jenices and Shaldolls, lead by a single Gespenst.
cubey@aol.pl 9:48 am
(9:48:06 AM): Chris: "That voice is too high pitched to be Asagi... who's that?"
wyverncakes 9:49 am
(9:49:03 AM): [Grimlock] The shots come heavy with four arms for each of the centaurs. They're not enough to take any of you down but they certainly do hurt and make you angry... but another two centaurs are trampled in retaliation!
(9:49:10 AM): A girl's face comes up on the screen!
(9:49:17 AM): http://v.dreamwidth.org/9583686/2447721
wyverncakes 9:50 am
(9:50:04 AM): Girl: "We're part of the backup. The name's Kagami Tachibana."
drascin 9:50 am
(9:50:34 AM): Ashe: "Ashe. Did you bring any really big guns? 'cause this is going to take forever otherwise"
wyverncakes 9:51 am
(9:51:03 AM): "For once we actually got to the action before her... ut if you need a clue or help with dealing with these things say the word."
tengusaur 9:51 am
(9:51:18 AM): Asagi: "Her?"
wyverncakes 9:51 am
(9:51:37 AM): "These machines may be old but the men are the best that Father could buy... and they've made good money keeping the Starbeasts from getting what they want!"
wyverncakes 9:52 am
(9:52:08 AM): ^Beasts
(9:52:40 AM): [Chris] Grimlock's running around has given you a bit of a bumpy ride, but your shots still land, blowing up a segment of the giant turtle's shell! The monster doesn't realy seem fazed too much by it, but it does turn its high-caliber guns towards you and Grimlock again!
(9:52:44 AM): And fires!
(9:52:50 AM): (React, Chris and Grimlock)
Atrament Corel 9:53 am
(9:53:08 AM): Nep: "Well, the sooner we're done with this, the better!"
cubey@aol.pl 9:53 am
(9:53:10 AM): Chris: "Ha ha... dodge!"
wyverncakes 9:54 am
(9:54:10 AM): (Tachibana and her men are available for supports)
cubey@aol.pl 9:54 am
(9:54:28 AM): (That name sounds familiar)
VJockey 9:54 am
(9:54:49 AM): *Grimlock does so by charging into a nearby building that was most likely empty. Note I said charging. The other Dinobots do the same.+
cubey@aol.pl 9:55 am
(9:55:05 AM): *Chris leaps off Grimlock's head, jumping to the side in a different direction than where the Dinobot is going.+
wyverncakes 9:55 am
(9:55:28 AM): [Asagi] The harpies scatter in response to the missiles, but through the mist you chop one of them to pieces in short order. The monster cries its last, others flapping their wings at you as they transform into missiles mid-flight right at you!
(9:55:38 AM): (React: Asagi)
Atrament Corel 9:56 am
(9:56:36 AM): #Asagi?
wyverncakes 9:56 am
(9:56:43 AM): (Go for it.)
tengusaur 9:56 am
(9:56:48 AM): Asagi: "...I didn't expect that." Blue One quickly engages defensive maneuvers, Asagi letting the AHSMB's survival instincts take over for a second. If any of the missiles are still getting close, he tries to cut through it with his blade before it reaches him. +
Atrament Corel 9:57 am
(9:57:23 AM): Nep: "Heads up!"
wyverncakes 9:57 am
(9:57:26 AM): [Chris and Grimlock] You break off, the pulse of the blast sending you all flying when it crashes into the ground, shaking it heavily and leaving an immense crater where you all were previous!
Atrament Corel 9:58 am
(9:58:28 AM): *A strange glow will surround the AHSMB as it responds to the attack. That should help boost the unit's performance even further for a short while!+
VJockey 9:58 am
(9:58:54 AM): "Me... Grimlock say... need... new plan..."
cubey@aol.pl 9:59 am
(9:59:22 AM): Chris: "Ow ow ow..."
VJockey 9:59 am
(9:59:26 AM): "Break guns. Then break Turtle."
wyverncakes 10:00 am
(10:00:06 AM): [Asagi] The combined power of the JURIA System and a goddess's blessing are not to be trifled with. Blue One slips by the assault, the missiles exploding spectacularly but harmlessly in the sky over the city.
(10:00:14 AM): (Neptune)
tengusaur 10:01 am
(10:01:00 AM): Asagi: "I don't know what was that, but thanks."
cubey@aol.pl 10:01 am
(10:01:13 AM): She stands up, covered in dust and rubbing her back.
(10:01:29 AM): Chris: "This little is nothing! Bring it!" It's obviously not nothing.
Atrament Corel 10:02 am
(10:02:33 AM): *Nep follows up by transforming - accompanied by her usual pink burst of light - and charging in Asagi's wake. She'll take the opportunity to try to strike down another harpy with a quick series of sword strikes!+
wyverncakes 10:02 am
(10:02:52 AM): Turtle: "You flee and yet ask for more?"
drascin 10:03 am
(10:03:47 AM): Ashe: It's called dodging, you rockhead!
wyverncakes 10:03 am
(10:03:54 AM): "And mine name is not merely 'Turtle'!"
(10:04:06 AM): "I am Dodjukolos!"
drascin 10:04 am
(10:04:31 AM): Model A: So, Dodgy.
Ashe: Yup. Dodgy.
wyverncakes 10:04 am
(10:04:45 AM): Dodging would... actually be a smart plan of action though.
cubey@aol.pl 10:05 am
(10:05:03 AM): Chris: "Kolos?"
tengusaur 10:05 am
(10:05:11 AM): Asagi: "Is that in Greek? Where are all the history people when you need them..."
VJockey 10:05 am
(10:05:21 AM): "Name doesn't matter."
(10:05:25 AM): "Kill you anyway,"
wyverncakes 10:05 am
(10:05:51 AM): The centaurs seem to part from the front of the Beast as it starts lumbering forward, first slowly but then picking up speed as two thrusters pop out of the back of its shell to make it hurtle forwards!
(10:06:22 AM): It's heading straight for the city!
(10:06:26 AM): And also you grounded people too
(10:06:33 AM): (React: Dinobots, Chris, Ashe0
frifreeman 10:06 am
(10:06:38 AM): #
tengusaur 10:06 am
(10:06:38 AM): Asagi: "...Crap!"
wyverncakes 10:06 am
(10:06:43 AM): (Approved)
Atrament Corel 10:06 am
(10:06:56 AM): In the middle of her attack, Nep is wondering how to even pronounce that name.
cubey@aol.pl 10:07 am
(10:07:14 AM): Chris: "Damn, you're fast!"
(10:07:29 AM): She tries to aim her guns - but it looks like the turtle will stomp on her as well!
wyverncakes 10:07 am
(10:07:30 AM): [Neptune] You shoot by Asagi, managing to cut down one of the Harpies that'd previously been harasing him!
frifreeman 10:07 am
(10:07:47 AM): Suddenly a massive, giant figure drops down from the sky in between you and the giant turtle
frifreeman 10:07 am
(10:07:52 AM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-0MSxaYqes
arachnion01@gmail.com has left the room. 10:08 am
frifreeman 10:08 am
(10:08:29 AM): The drop shakes the earth, and you're sure it rattles most building in a quite large radius
wyverncakes 10:08 am
(10:08:36 AM): Kagami: "... Tch! Cutting it close there!"
VJockey 10:08 am
(10:08:47 AM): "Sludge! Slow Turtle thing down!" [The Bronto-bot transforms and makes to stop the incoming turtle with his own two hands but then]
drascin 10:08 am
(10:08:48 AM): Ashe: ...uh oh
Atrament Corel 10:09 am
(10:09:10 AM): Purple Heart: "Nnh...What's that?"
frifreeman 10:09 am
(10:09:13 AM): And as the dust settles, you see a massive igure, shining in dull metalic chrome, with two giant turret sticking on top of it.
cubey@aol.pl 10:09 am
(10:09:56 AM): Chris: "Ugh..." She averts her gaze, but the dust cloud in front of her was not from the turtle.
(10:10:00 AM): It's from something new.
frifreeman 10:10 am
(10:10:09 AM): http://www.kitsune.addr.com/SF-Conversions/Rifts-Other-Vehicles/bolo-MKXX-02-small.jpg
wyverncakes 10:10 am
(10:10:10 AM): (+?)
cubey@aol.pl 10:10 am
(10:10:22 AM): Chris: "A giant tank fell from the sky?"
(10:10:30 AM): "..."
tengusaur 10:10 am
(10:10:32 AM): Asagi: "...Apparently."
cubey@aol.pl 10:10 am
(10:10:36 AM): Chris: "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"
drascin 10:10 am
(10:10:44 AM): Ashe: It looks like a giant brick
frifreeman 10:10 am
(10:10:46 AM): The tank is at least as big as a grungust, and looks far more massive.
(10:10:54 AM): And from there, your comm line opens.
(10:11:27 AM): Hikari:"Sorry I'm late, You know that Shin Omega GetTank isn't built for fast travel"
(10:11:43 AM): Shin Omega GetTank: "I thought my name's Bahamut Metalia."
tengusaur 10:12 am
(10:12:22 AM): Asagi: "Oh hey. It's talking too."
frifreeman 10:12 am
(10:12:49 AM): Hikari: "Same difference! Now they're charging! Brace, Omega Chrome Bahamut!"
VJockey 10:13 am
(10:13:17 AM): "...Grimlock feel small. Not good feeling."
frifreeman 10:13 am
(10:13:39 AM): Omega Chrome Bahamut: "As you say, hikari." The voice sounds cool and calm, as contrast with the spirited voice of the girl.
drascin 10:13 am
(10:13:46 AM): Ashe: ...
Model A: ...let's hope these guys are better at stopping giant monsters than they are at keeping names straight
cubey@aol.pl 10:14 am
(10:14:06 AM): Chris: "This reminds me of someone..."
Atrament Corel 10:14 am
(10:14:12 AM): Purple Heart: "Those are indeed some names..."
frifreeman 10:14 am
(10:14:34 AM): And the giant tank brace there against the full charge of the enemy.+
wyverncakes 10:16 am
(10:16:51 AM): [Sludge and ... Shin Omega GetTank?] The you may both be big, but Dodjukolos is bigger still and has plenty of momentum. He crashes into both of you, slowing but not immediately stopped as he smashes a few hundred feet into the city before his charge is finally stopped.
(10:17:14 AM): Fortunately neither of you is fragile in any regard either.
Atrament Corel 10:17 am
(10:17:25 AM): Purple Heart: "It just took that straight on..."
cubey@aol.pl 10:17 am
(10:17:42 AM): And by that she means...
(10:17:52 AM): Chris: "The two of you really are idiots, aren't you?!"
wyverncakes 10:18 am
(10:18:00 AM): Dodjukolos: "... And so you have at last arrived!"
frifreeman 10:18 am
(10:18:03 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "Beast of the Starmind! Introduce yourself!"
wyverncakes 10:18 am
(10:18:19 AM): (Hikari and Bahamut can take their turn)
(10:18:38 AM): (Also, Grimlock, Ashe, and Asagi can go too)
drascin 10:18 am
(10:18:44 AM): Ashe: We already did that!
tengusaur 10:18 am
(10:18:46 AM): Asagi: "Even if they are, they're at least very tough idiots on our side."
cubey@aol.pl 10:18 am
(10:18:57 AM): Not that yelling through the dust clouds and chaos makes you easy to hear on the battlefield...
wyverncakes 10:18 am
(10:18:59 AM): (Updated lineup: Grimlock, Ashe, Asagi, Chris, Neptune, Hikari)
drascin 10:19 am
(10:19:23 AM): Ashe: His name is Dodgy, and basically he's a jerk!
frifreeman 10:20 am
(10:20:07 AM): Hikari: "Dodgy, eh? Usually their names are a bit more pretentious than that."
wyverncakes 10:20 am
(10:20:10 AM): Kagami: "If you'd gotten here sooner, Hikari Shimamura, you would've heard that his name is-"
(10:20:47 AM): Dodjukolos: "Mine name... is Dodjukolos!" the Beast declares once more.
frifreeman 10:21 am
(10:21:46 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "And I am Bahamut Metalia, the Bane Blade of your kind!"
cubey@aol.pl 10:22 am
(10:22:10 AM): Chris: "Baneblade?"
frifreeman 10:22 am
(10:22:56 AM): Hikari: "Bahamut Metalia! Omega Bahamut Beaaaaaaam!"
tengusaur 10:23 am
(10:23:03 AM): Asagi: "Enemy numbers are thinned out a little. I'll focus attacks on-" A soundless sigh. "Dodgy."
drascin 10:23 am
(10:23:03 AM): Model A: That name sounds... grim and dark, somehow. Uh.
frifreeman 10:23 am
(10:23:16 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "No need to yell, hikari!! Firing Both Hellbore Cannon, now!"
Atrament Corel 10:23 am
(10:23:48 AM): Purple Heart: "Is that what the tank is called?"
frifreeman 10:23 am
(10:23:52 AM): And the two giant turrets on top of it fire massive plasma beams, at least as big as a shot from typical dedicated battleships.+
VJockey 10:23 am
(10:23:54 AM): *Sludge simply growls. Dense as he was he didn't even think of moving away from Dodjukolos... rather he now simply attempts to pummel the shell as hard as he can to break it open! Grimlock and Slag make to flank the turtle beast and attack it from the sides in a clever manner!+
Atrament Corel 10:24 am
(10:24:01 AM): Really, the goddess is more confused here than anything.
tengusaur 10:24 am
(10:24:06 AM): * Taking off high up into the air, Blue One starts charging its particle cannon. Asagi takes careful aim, and then fires a few blasts, trying to hit the various hatches in the gigantic turtle's cockpit. +
drascin 10:25 am
(10:25:11 AM): *As for Ashe, well, there's a huge dust cloud from the clash of titans, which suits Ashe just fine, as Aeolus suddenly appears behind remaining harpies, hidden by the dust storm, and introduces them to plasma blades+
wyverncakes 10:26 am
(10:26:32 AM): (Shell, I presume asagi? Dodjukolos doesn't have a cockpit0
tengusaur 10:27 am
(10:27:05 AM): (I meant shell, brain fart)
wyverncakes 10:27 am
(10:27:30 AM): [Hikari and Dinobots] The beams cut through the air and smash into the Beast of the Starmind, knocking the creature off balance and leaving deep, smoking wounds in its body and paving the way for the Dinobots to mount a new offensive! But autocannons alongside the beasts's body open fire in response, and when you get too close they just SWING at you like impromptu, but effective, clubs!
(10:27:34 AM): (React: Dinobots)
Aldo Salt 10:27 am
(10:27:47 AM): #Dinobots?
wyverncakes 10:27 am
(10:27:51 AM): (Approved)
wyverncakes 10:28 am
(10:28:59 AM): [Asagi] Your shots scar and cut open several of Dodjukolos's shell plates, but as another gets punched in another gigantic cannon pops out in response and fires on you right back with a beam twice the size of your own!
(10:29:08 AM): (React: Asagi)
Aldo Salt 10:29 am
(10:29:12 AM): *A brassy foghorn cuts through the air…the battle cry of a Jaeger! Cherno Alpha drops from the sky, then charges and shoulder tackles the Starmind beast, knocking its weapons out of alignment!+
(10:29:33 AM): Sasha: "Poekhali!"
VJockey 10:30 am
(10:30:23 AM): *See this is where TACTICAL GENIUS comes into play! Grimlock and Slag transform into their more agile humanoid forms to avoid the shots to continue to close in, and as they do all three Dinobots draw their Energo-Swords and seek to use the momentum of the cannon barrels against them and cut them apart!+
wyverncakes 10:31 am
(10:31:53 AM): [Ashe] Your blades cleave through two more harpies, the rest scattering quickly. Four surround you in each direction, flapping their wings visciously... kicking up a tornado with you stuck in the middle of it before a fifth comes flying down from above, clawing at you!
(10:31:57 AM): (React: Ashe)
cubey@aol.pl 10:32 am
(10:32:17 AM): # Ashe
wyverncakes 10:32 am
(10:32:21 AM): (Approved)
cubey@aol.pl 10:32 am
(10:32:35 AM): Chris: "Watch out from down below!"
(10:33:04 AM): *Homing crossbow bolts fire up above, cutting the air between Ashe and the harpies, embedding themselves into the flesh of those that get too close... and exploding!+
tengusaur 10:33 am
(10:33:22 AM): Asagi: "It worked! ...To an extent." Blue One quickly flies in a zig-zaggy arc over the head of Dodgy, trying to avoid the blast. Even with the energy shield, Asagi doesn't want to get hit by a beam this large. +
drascin 10:33 am
(10:33:24 AM): Ashe grins ferociously
Ashe: "Wind? Really!? Let me tell you why this was a terrible idea!"
wyverncakes 10:35 am
(10:35:06 AM): [Jaeger and Dinobots] The smaller (in relative terms) autoguns are still numerous enough to land some hits on all of you, but trying to club you when you have big energy blades? Yeah, not good. And with Cherno Alpha crashing into Dodjukolos, the gigantic beast staggers back! "Your strength... 'tis most impressive!" But the turtle pushes back and his thrusters flare, knocking the Jaeger away!
(10:36:56 AM): [Asagi] The beam cuts up and away from you, fortunately not hitting anything serious
wyverncakes 10:38 am
(10:38:03 AM): (Updated lineup: Grimlock, Ashe, Asagi, Cherno Team, Chris, Neptune, Hikari)
drascin 10:38 am
(10:38:06 AM): *Aeolus opens his arms, and suddenly the wind picks up, faster - much faster - as Aeolus's power multiplies the force of the wing-created wind from a vortex into a vicious, growing, sucking hurricane to absorb the four harpies around into the vortex as well - which is only worsened at the fact that now the wind is filled with lightning!+
wyverncakes 10:38 am
(10:38:43 AM): (Cherno Team, Chris, Neptune, and Hikari can go)
(10:39:35 AM): [Chris and Aeolus] The harpies' plan ends up working a bit too well. The strengthened twister sucks the other four in, and between Chris's shots and lightning, all five are done away with!
cubey@aol.pl 10:40 am
(10:40:05 AM): Chris: "Good! Now, you guys! Tachibana squad or whatever..."
drascin 10:40 am
(10:40:21 AM): Ashe: and that's that! Thanks for the fire support!
wyverncakes 10:40 am
(10:40:45 AM): (Enemies: Giant Turtle Dodjukolos, Harpies x 3, Centaurs x 5)
cubey@aol.pl 10:40 am
(10:40:53 AM): "Make yourselves useful!" *She aims the crossbows, new energy bolts materializing in their notches. She shoots them, carefully aiming - the bolts homing in on the centaurs' inhuman heads and then exploding, a series of blasts around the giant turtle's feet!+
Atrament Corel 10:41 am
(10:41:19 AM): @Chris
(10:41:30 AM): (Also my action, if that's okay)
wyverncakes 10:41 am
(10:41:32 AM): Kagami: "We're always useful!"
(10:41:34 AM): (Go right ahead)
Aldo Salt 10:41 am
(10:41:41 AM): *"Cherno Alpha will engage the Starbeast close on its right" Sasha declares stoically. Cherno strides back towards, arms raised, and slams its fist into one of the autocannon emplacements on Dodjukolos, arm piston firing on impact!+
wyverncakes 10:41 am
(10:41:46 AM): There's more than a hint of annoyance at that comment.
Aldo Salt 10:42 am
(10:42:10 AM): Sasha: "So. Who is the giant tank?"
Atrament Corel 10:42 am
(10:42:13 AM): Purple Heart: "I'll assist as well...uh..."
(10:42:18 AM): What was her name again...?
(10:42:27 AM): Purple Heart: "Christina."
cubey@aol.pl 10:42 am
(10:42:46 AM): Chris: "Is everyone here an idiot?!"
drascin 10:43 am
(10:43:29 AM): Ashe: We don't know. Apparently the tank's name is Bahamut or something.
Atrament Corel 10:43 am
(10:43:39 AM): *The homing bolts are accompanied by blue energy swords that strike the ground around the centaurs, each exploding in geysers of pink energy!+
frifreeman 10:44 am
(10:44:17 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "I believe my original designated name is Bahamut Metalia"
wyverncakes 10:45 am
(10:45:41 AM): Kagami: "Not that it stops Hikari Shimamura from calling him something else every chance she gets."
frifreeman 10:45 am
(10:45:58 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "My commander seems to like to make up different names for me to psych up ourselves though."
tengusaur 10:46 am
(10:46:16 AM): Asagi: "These people seem kind of... Yeah. Like that."
frifreeman 10:47 am
(10:47:28 AM): Hikari: "Well Kagami. You know super-cool tank deserves super cool names."
wyverncakes 10:48 am
(10:48:15 AM): [Chris and Purple Heart] The centaurs move to try to avoid your attacks, but someone else joins in the effort as small mines are kicked across the ground towards them! As they near the explosives detonate into a massive burst of adhesive, trapping the centaurs in place and making sure they eat explosions and swords.
(10:48:26 AM): Kagami: "You were asking?"
(10:48:31 AM): Directed at Chris.
(10:48:52 AM): The explosions also rock Dodjukolos's legs as well!
cubey@aol.pl 10:49 am
(10:49:55 AM): Chris: "Yeah... and... I know how you feel."
VJockey 10:50 am
(10:50:28 AM): "...Grimlock feels pity."
drascin 10:51 am
(10:51:11 AM): Ashe: Oh cheer up, you pack of grumps.
frifreeman 10:51 am
(10:51:56 AM): Hikari answers Sasha's question. "He's Bahamut Metalia Zenith Omega, and we are the defender of earth against these Starbeasts. Usually they only appears around our city, but for some reason they decide to appear here today."
Aldo Salt 10:52 am
(10:52:15 AM): "Mmm," Sasha grunts in response to the tank. "Good to meet you, Bahamut Metalia."
frifreeman 10:52 am
(10:52:17 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "Affirmative. And I don't even know that it's possible. It's quite disconcerting."
wyverncakes 10:52 am
(10:52:41 AM): [Cherno team] The cluster of autocannons get crushed, but with Cherno being so big, it's easy for Dodjukolos to swing larger, heavier cannons into the Jaeger in retaliation! "Thine strength befits thine size. But it will not be enough this day!" The strike knocks you away again, repositions itself as a beam emerges from the barrel of the gun... not as a shot but as a melee instrument to stab with!
tengusaur 10:52 am
(10:52:44 AM): Asagi: "Do you have any idea why they do this? I mean, they're intelligent. They need to have a reason."
Aldo Salt 10:52 am
(10:52:46 AM): "How long have you fought these Starbeasts?" Sasha asks.
wyverncakes 10:52 am
(10:52:49 AM): (React: Cherno team)
cubey@aol.pl 10:53 am
(10:53:20 AM): Chris: "Ask this kind of thing after the fight!"
frifreeman 10:54 am
(10:54:03 AM): Hikari: "It's been almost a year since his awakening."
VJockey 10:54 am
(10:54:03 AM): "Gun. Human. Has. Point."
(10:54:08 AM): "Kill thing now!"
cubey@aol.pl 10:55 am
(10:55:06 AM): Chris: "Hmm. I like the sound of that..."
frifreeman 10:55 am
(10:55:13 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "Agreed, my robotic dinousarian comrade. Let's focus on defeating the Beast of Starminds now."
Aldo Salt 10:55 am
(10:55:30 AM): *Cherno sidesteps right, trying to dodge out of range of the lightsaber turret's mechanical pivot!+
wyverncakes 10:57 am
(10:57:20 AM): [Cherno team] You juke of the way, but Dodjukolos just lets the attack carry on through... smashing through another building that'd been nearby.
(10:58:13 AM): (Grimlock, Ashe and Asagi can go as well)
VJockey 10:58 am
(10:58:19 AM): "Dinobots attack guns, Humans. Drag turtle head out of shell. SMASH."
frifreeman 10:58 am
(10:58:31 AM): Hikari: "We should clear up the surrounding now so everyone can focus on Dodjukulos. Kagami! I leave the harpies on you. Bahamut Metalia: Burning Needle Missiles!"
(10:58:54 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "They're neither burning or needly, Hikari. At least they're missiles though."
wyverncakes 10:59 am
(10:59:01 AM): Kagami: "We can take out more than just the harpies!"
Aldo Salt 10:59 am
(10:59:03 AM): *Sasha hisses under her breath at the destruction of people's homes. "Da," she says to Grimlock. "Orders confirmed."
tengusaur 10:59 am
(10:59:47 AM): (what enemies are left?)
VJockey 10:59 am
(10:59:55 AM): *And the Dinobots transform once more to do that, blasts of blazing energy roar from equally destructive maws, seeking to sear the exposed weapons and possibly literally cook off any ammunition inside the Beast of Starminds!+
frifreeman 11:00 am
(11:00:28 AM): Many slots opens around Bahamut Metalia's hules, and from all of them, dozens and dozens o micromissiles launches to the sky like a massive firework festivals, before homing toward all remaining centaurs.+
wyverncakes 11:00 am
(11:00:38 AM): (Enemies: Giant Turtle Dodjukolos (damaged), Harpies x 3, Centaurs x 3)
tengusaur 11:00 am
(11:00:40 AM): (or are our allies taking care of other minions?)
wyverncakes 11:00 am
(11:00:58 AM): (They'll take care of them)
cubey@aol.pl 11:01 am
(11:01:36 AM): Chris: "Okay, there's something I must do. I'll show you how much guns the gun human has..."
cubey@aol.pl 11:01 am
(11:01:47 AM): @ Grimlock
drascin 11:02 am
(11:02:50 AM): Ashe: Alright, then. First, let's check how tough you are!
(11:03:19 AM): *Well, Ashe is going to fly up, turn into a certain Gazelleroid,charge, and just surge down at great speed, to Falcon Kick Dodgy right in the mouth with a fiery foot+
tengusaur 11:03 am
(11:03:37 AM): Asagi: "Well then. Focusing on weak points works. Let's try that again!" Blue One drops down towards the gigantic turtle, spinning its spear around a few times before brandishing it with both hands and stabbing hard at one of the previously-attacked points in the shell! After the thrust Asagi shoves his machinegun into the hole, and fires a big burst! +
wyverncakes 11:04 am
(11:04:03 AM): [Hikari] Missiles rain down on the Centaurs as they try to escape, but two of the Jenices break off to get ahead of them, firing a cable between each other and then using it to trip the smaller monsters up! The missiles, and a bit of gunfire from Kagami's mercenaries finish them all off as the rest of the mercs focus their fire on the remaining Harpies with aerial mines on delayed timers.
(11:04:20 AM): For what the mercenaries lacked in terms of hardware, they made up for with tactics.
(11:04:48 AM): Kagami: "Done and dealth with."
(11:04:58 AM): (And yes, approved)
tormterra has left the room. 11:05 am
cubey@aol.pl 11:05 am
(11:05:26 AM): Chris: "This way, this way! Don't look down on us just because you're huge!"
Aldo Salt 11:05 am
(11:05:27 AM): Sasha grunts in approval. Feel blessed, Kagami, for she does not often bestow that grunt on others.
cubey@aol.pl 11:06 am
(11:06:27 AM): *The crossbows transform into large gatlings in a flash of light. A barrage of bullets and missiles falls upon Dodgey's shell, originating from Grimlock's back. That's because Chris is riding a fire-breating robot dinosaur.+
(11:06:36 AM): Chris: "Take that! This is awesome!"
(11:06:38 AM): Cough.
(11:06:41 AM): Chris: "I... guess...
(11:06:42 AM): "
wyverncakes 11:09 am
(11:09:34 AM): [Ashe, Asagi, and Chris and the Awesomesauruses] Your attacks all hammer Dodjukolos, making the Beast stagger and parts of his shell just exploding off, revealing the touch, but still damaged tissue underneath and an array of gun turrets bristling up like quills. And seeming to realize he might be at his end... Dodukolos turns his guns...
(11:09:41 AM): .... All at the city!
(11:10:27 AM): "Even if mine strength shall fail, I shall not hesitate nor regret!"
cubey@aol.pl 11:11 am
(11:11:02 AM): Chris: "Dammit, he'll blow up the town in a tantrum!"
wyverncakes 11:11 am
(11:11:09 AM): "This city and the world will know of the Beasts of the Starmind!"
Aldo Salt 11:11 am
(11:11:13 AM): #City!
VJockey 11:11 am
(11:11:20 AM): "Me Grimlock say stop stating obvious. Dead cannot Hesitate or feel regrets."
wyverncakes 11:11 am
(11:11:20 AM): (Gogogo Cherno)
VJockey 11:11 am
(11:11:22 AM): #City
wyverncakes 11:11 am
(11:11:28 AM): (Also gogogo Dinobots)
VJockey 11:12 am
(11:12:44 AM): *With all the guns exposed the Dinobots unleash a sheer unrelenting blaze of fury and lasers upon the turrets! Guns can't fire if their barrels are melted!+
Aldo Salt 11:16 am
(11:16:35 AM): *"Nyet!" Cherno charges in at the Starbeast. "Flame Turbines, go!" Liquid fire spews from Cherno Alpha's head, aimed at the gap in Dodukolos's shell. Then Cherno charges, drives a piston fist into the flaming gap…and discharges its Z14 tesla coils, trying to cook off the turtle's ammunition!+
wyverncakes 11:18 am
(11:18:30 AM): [Cherno and Grimlock] A handful of shots get off, piercing through buildings and streets but not causing any catastrophic damage. The big, serious guns never get a shot off as the scorching heat and power of the Dinobots' attacks warp the structure of the guns and then Cherno Alpha punches into the creature's body.
wyverncakes 11:19 am
(11:19:03 AM): The explosion, needless to say, is catastrophic... knocking back everyone that was too close to Dodjukolos!
(11:20:02 AM): But still, the looming giant turtle stands as strong as it can manage, pressing on further! Its shell gone, its backside trashed and blown open, it's still trying to continue its attack!
Atrament Corel 11:20 am
(11:20:12 AM): Purple Heart: "...!"
wyverncakes 11:20 am
(11:20:26 AM): (Cherno team, Chris, Neptune, and Hikari can g)
(11:20:43 AM): Kagami: "As stubborn as a turtle can get!"
Atrament Corel 11:21 am
(11:21:18 AM): Purple Heart: "I did think that a giant turtle would be resilient, but..."
cubey@aol.pl 11:22 am
(11:22:00 AM): Chris: "Gah! It's still going!"
VJockey 11:22 am
(11:22:06 AM): "This... ridiculous."
(11:22:24 AM): "Shell gone... no armor left."
(11:22:29 AM): "Attack!"
(11:22:52 AM): "No stop until it does."
Aldo Salt 11:23 am
(11:23:23 AM): *Cherno, one arm blackened with char, sprints ahead of the turtle and stands in its path. Its leg crampons sink into the ground, securing it's position. It punches with both fists at the turtle and pushes back, trying to halt the Starbeast!+
frifreeman 11:23 am
(11:23:33 AM): Hikari: "Metallider! What's the status of Bahamut Beam?"
Aldo Salt 11:23 am
(11:23:34 AM): Sasha: "No…passing…!"
frifreeman 11:24 am
(11:24:06 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "It's still charging. You know the limitation of my Hellbore Cannon, Hikari."
tengusaur 11:24 am
(11:24:43 AM): Asagi: "...He's really dedicated to blowing up the city."
VJockey 11:25 am
(11:25:20 AM): "He want use power like this... join the rest like him."
drascin 11:25 am
(11:25:23 AM): #Ashe: Dang stubborn thing!
VJockey 11:25 am
(11:25:34 AM): "Dead."
Atrament Corel 11:25 am
(11:25:55 AM): Purple Heart: "Incredibly so. Perhaps our new tank ally has an idea."
cubey@aol.pl 11:26 am
(11:26:25 AM): Chris: "Just..." She quickly runs forward, trying to outmatch the turtle and get in front of it. While moving, the missile pods on her legs already open, making for a more clumsy and somewhat larger target.
cubey@aol.pl 11:27 am
(11:27:27 AM): "Stay down!" *And the second she's in front of the turtle, all of it is unleashed - remaining missiles, and fire from both chainguns. Rather than firing wildly all about the enemy, Chris focuses her firepower all on one point - Dodjukolos' head!+
frifreeman 11:28 am
(11:28:38 AM): Hikari: "Tsch, yes, I just didn't thought this beast will be that tough. But it's armor has been destroyed. a bit more push must be enough. Bahamut Metalia, fire Volcano Howitzer!"
wyverncakes 11:29 am
(11:29:37 AM): [Cherno and Chris] Dodjukolos charges right back in response, crashing into your punches! Your charred arm crumples a bit from the hit, but the turtle staggers and the missiles hammer its head! The creature seems to be sinking down but also... starts somehow rising up simultaneously!
frifreeman 11:29 am
(11:29:49 AM): A turret rise from the back armor of Bahamut Metalia, and fire an indirect parabolic shot toward the Turtle's cracked back. The shell explodes as massive fireball+
wyverncakes 11:30 am
(11:30:06 AM): There's a roar of thrusters once more as it rises up... a roar from thrusters firing from its feet!
(11:30:50 AM): The ground underneath it's now blackened severely... and with charging thrust it smashes into Cherno Alpha again, knocking the Jaeger on its back!
(11:31:22 AM): Kagami: "You're kidding me!"
Atrament Corel 11:31 am
(11:31:37 AM): Purple Heart: *"Tch..." The winged goddess flies at high speed along the ground, her sword glows as energy is focused into it. As she passes by the exposed sections of the giant creature, she slashes, minding its movement as it attacks Cherno Alpha.+
cubey@aol.pl 11:31 am
(11:31:39 AM): Chris: "Who put thrusters on a turtle anyway?!"
frifreeman 11:32 am
(11:32:05 AM): Hikari: "Well, you know, you'd thought that a turlte is tough, but its downside would be its lumbering speed."
(11:32:23 AM): Hikari "It's obvious that if you want to cover its weakness, you'd put a thruster on a turtle."
(11:32:44 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "Hikari, no time or that. It's coming."
Aldo Salt 11:33 am
(11:33:56 AM): "Gnnnh!" Cherno takes a dive…but keeps grasping and holding onto the Starbeast's shell, trying to hold it back!
wyverncakes 11:34 am
(11:34:22 AM): [Purple Heart and Hikari] Purple Heart's sword strikes fast and hard, further opening wounds all along the turtle's body and letting Hikari's Volcano Howitzer lands in one, scorching the gigantic turtle!
(11:34:39 AM): It gasps out furiously, eyes burning read and fire bursting out of its mouth and its other wounds!
(11:35:22 AM): Dodjukolos: "Till my last breath!"
(11:35:45 AM): "Though weakness betrays my body, my spirit will remain unbroken!"
wyverncakes 11:36 am
(11:36:44 AM): The thrusters brighten and grow even fiercer, Dodjukolos raising all four arms up parallel to the rest of his body before hurtling straight at Bahamut Metallia!
(11:36:54 AM): (React: Hikari!)
tengusaur 11:36 am
(11:36:58 AM): Asagi: "It's still not down...? Watch out!"
wyverncakes 11:37 am
(11:37:27 AM): (Hurling itself straight while spinning)
frifreeman 11:37 am
(11:37:38 AM): Hikari: "Bahamut Metalia! What's the status of Bahamut Beam?"
wyverncakes 11:37 am
(11:37:42 AM): (Must not risk loss of Gamera imagery)
frifreeman 11:37 am
(11:37:53 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "Still charging."
(11:38:09 AM): Hikari: "...no other choice. We must use that."
frifreeman 11:38 am
(11:38:56 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "You know my dislike on that, Hikari, but I don't see any other alternatives as well."
(11:39:32 AM): Hikari: "Okay, Bahamut Chromia. Hyper Attack. Preparation."
(11:40:28 AM): Unexpectedly, Bahamut Metalia turns its turrets backward, facing the complete opposite way of Dodjukolos. What's in their mind?"
(11:40:51 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "Hyper attack, preparation starting."
Atrament Corel 11:40 am
(11:40:58 AM): Purple Heart: "It turned its guns around?"
frifreeman 11:41 am
(11:41:06 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "...that attack name still sounds weird hikari..."
cubey@aol.pl 11:41 am
(11:41:18 AM): Chris: "Preparation? This better not take long!"
wyverncakes 11:41 am
(11:41:21 AM): Kagami: ".. You might want to get out of the way."
cubey@aol.pl 11:41 am
(11:41:31 AM): The turtle is on its way after all!
wyverncakes 11:41 am
(11:41:32 AM): "If Hikari Shimamura's doing that..."
frifreeman 11:41 am
(11:41:53 AM): The shimmering transparent energy shield tha'ts been vaguely protecting Bahamut Metalia since the beginning complteely disappears.
(11:42:24 AM): And in exchange, six giant wings of lights unfolds from Bahamut Metalia's sides.
drascin 11:43 am
(11:43:06 AM): Ashe: ...what
Model A: ...the heck?
frifreeman 11:43 am
(11:43:17 AM): The massive giant tank starts to rise toward the sky, leaving massive depression where it was.
tengusaur 11:43 am
(11:43:30 AM): Asagi: "...Really didn't see that coming."
Aldo Salt 11:43 am
(11:43:42 AM): Sasha: "…huh."
frifreeman 11:43 am
(11:43:46 AM): As it reaches high enough height...
Atrament Corel 11:43 am
(11:43:47 AM): Purple Heart is already getting out of there. Once she's far away enough and sees those wings, she starts to get why there was a warning.
VJockey 11:43 am
(11:43:54 AM): "...What."
cubey@aol.pl 11:43 am
(11:43:59 AM): http://v.dreamwidth.org/8769776/2368175
Atrament Corel 11:44 am
(11:44:01 AM): Purple Heart: "...It has wings."
frifreeman 11:44 am
(11:44:29 AM): Hikari: "Bahamut Metalia..."
(11:44:40 AM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofGjYcm9qI
frifreeman 11:45 am
(11:45:22 AM): Hikari: "HYPER ATTACK! SUPER GRAVITY DRAGON BURST SLASH!"
(11:45:43 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "You fight well, Dodjukolos. But this is the end of your line."
VJockey 11:46 am
(11:46:49 AM): "....Take cover!"
frifreeman 11:47 am
(11:47:04 AM): And the massive tank flies toward the charging, spinning turtle, putting all of its energy toward speed. Its whole being, all hundreds of even thousands of ton of its weight, is now used as a giant bullet toward the giant enemy. Helped by Gravity and Momentum.
frifreeman 11:47 am
(11:47:46 AM): Hikari/Bahamut Metalia: "DIE!"
(11:47:47 AM): +
VJockey 11:48 am
(11:48:12 AM): [The dinobots are moving for cover!]
Atrament Corel 11:48 am
(11:48:29 AM): Purple Heart: http://v.dreamwidth.org/9080727/2390309
drascin 11:49 am
(11:49:01 AM): Ashe is just kind of watching with a "bwuh face
wyverncakes 11:50 am
(11:50:02 AM): [Hikari and friend] With that much momentum and energy, against Dodjukolos's wounded body, there's no contest. The tank punches through the entire creature's body and shoots out the other side...!
(11:50:19 AM): ... And then keeps on going to smash through a mountain too for good measure!
tengusaur 11:50 am
(11:50:39 AM): Asagi: "..."
wyverncakes 11:50 am
(11:50:55 AM): Kagami: "... Yeah."
(11:51:10 AM): "At least this time she didn't ruin Mount Asaya."
tengusaur 11:51 am
(11:51:26 AM): Asagi: "...You know what. I'm not even going to ask."
drascin 11:51 am
(11:51:40 AM): Ashe: "...look, I'm no stranger to ramming, but were the wings really necessary?"
(11:51:53 AM): Ashe: "Like, it's a tank"
wyverncakes 11:52 am
(11:52:06 AM): What scraps of Dodjukolos are left fall to the ground in the wake of Bahamut's attack, the Beasts of the Starmind's offensive at their end.
tengusaur 11:52 am
(11:52:29 AM): Asagi: "Are you two still alive?"
drascin 11:52 am
(11:52:44 AM): Ashe: "Also, shouldn't we go grab it before it flies off into the sea?"
Atrament Corel 11:52 am
(11:52:49 AM): Purple Heart: "I have seen many things... but that was a first."
drascin 11:53 am
(11:53:00 AM): Ashe: "'cause it didn't look like stopping"
wyverncakes 11:53 am
(11:53:13 AM): MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Aldo Salt 11:53 am
(11:53:16 AM): Cherno Alpha slowly gets to its feet. "Not bad," Alexis mumbles, breaking his usual code of silence during missions.
Atrament Corel 11:53 am
(11:53:22 AM): Purple Heart: "...That would be a good idea.
cubey@aol.pl 11:53 am
(11:53:31 AM): Chris: "What is wrong with the world?!"
tengusaur 11:53 am
(11:53:32 AM): Asagi: "...Damnit!" Blue One rushes after the tank.
frifreeman 11:54 am
(11:54:43 AM): A bit away, you see Bahamut Metalia lodged on a hill somewhere, after leaving a bit of trail of skidding on the forest and the ground behind it.
VJockey 11:55 am
(11:55:40 AM): "...Impressive."
frifreeman
: Bahamut Metalia: "For the record, the name of the attack is still really weird, Hikari."
(9:08:02 AM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddyd8WxIOUY
(9:09:00 AM): It's been another quiet day for the Unity Group.
(9:09:51 AM): Yes, there certainly still are plenty of enemies out there, but the looming shadows of some of the greater threats have been defeated.
(9:09:57 AM): But then... alarms!
wyverncakes 9:10 am
(9:10:34 AM): Huffman: "What... it's them?"
(9:11:16 AM): And thus, available pilots are summoned to the hangar for both briefing and immediate sortie!
cubey@aol.pl 9:11 am
(9:11:34 AM): Chris: "What? What's going on now!"
drascin 9:12 am
(9:12:41 AM): you don't need to ask if Ashe is ready for sortie. Ashe was born ready
wyverncakes 9:13 am
(9:13:05 AM): When you arrive, the base commander is standing alongside the image of a truly gargantuan turtle.
tengusaur 9:13 am
(9:13:15 AM): Asagi: "...What is that."
wyverncakes 9:13 am
(9:13:23 AM): (Turtle: http://img08.deviantart.net/a474/i/2013/301/f/5/forest_turtle_monster_by_artofjustaman-d62btrs.jpg)
cubey@aol.pl 9:13 am
(9:13:24 AM): Chris: "A giant monster!"
wyverncakes 9:13 am
(9:13:36 AM): Huffman: "That... is a Beast of the Starmind."
drascin 9:13 am
(9:13:53 AM): Ashe and Model A, simultaneously: A what now?
cubey@aol.pl 9:14 am
(9:14:12 AM): Chris: "Don't tell me all those movies are real, now!"
wyverncakes 9:14 am
(9:14:27 AM): "They have been active for some time now, but entirely localized within one region of Japan... rather fortunate."
VJockey 9:15 am
(9:15:04 AM): [There's a rumbling growl from close by.]
wyverncakes 9:15 am
(9:15:17 AM): "But it seems they're branching out... and the defenders who've specialized in fighting against them have gotten caught with their pants down with the Beasts going after another city."
VJockey 9:15 am
(9:15:31 AM): "Then... we... kill. it."
drascin 9:15 am
(9:15:48 AM): Ashe: The giant dino guy makes a good point
wyverncakes 9:16 am
(9:16:07 AM): "Yes, yes he does."
cubey@aol.pl 9:16 am
(9:16:35 AM): Chris: "So they had their own specialized defense force? You have to be kidding... but it looks like they'll need some help now."
(9:16:39 AM): "So, what are we waiting for?!"
wyverncakes 9:17 am
(9:17:53 AM): The shuttle's prepped, and once everyone's situated you are indeed headed straight on an intercept course.
tengusaur 9:18 am
(9:18:39 AM): Asagi: "How come I never heard about those things until now..." He mutters while Blue One is preparing for takeoff.
VJockey 9:18 am
(9:18:42 AM): [Grimlock isn't alone. With him are two other Dinobots, one extremely surly looking one and a particularly bulky one as well.]
(9:19:05 AM): "Many. problems. on. Earth. You... expect... to know...all?'
drascin 9:19 am
(9:19:39 AM): Ashe: You'd think someone would have made a list by now
drascin 9:20 am
(9:20:08 AM): Ashe: Also, you'd think that after the kaiju business, giant monsters would at least appear on TV!
wyverncakes 9:20 am
(9:20:21 AM): The route leads through a stretch of mountains, with a city located at the far end of it. But even further beyond that, a mountain seems to be moving...
cubey@aol.pl 9:20 am
(9:20:27 AM): Chris: "Whatever! At least you know gunfire works, right?"
tengusaur 9:20 am
(9:20:39 AM): Asagi: "Maybe that's the reason. Everyone thought they're kaiju or something."
(9:20:45 AM): Asagi: "...Really big ones."
drascin 9:21 am
(9:21:12 AM): Ashe: So how aggressive are these guys?
wyverncakes 9:21 am
(9:21:12 AM): Or rather, as you get closer... you can see that it's the turtle trudging along and leaving a path of destruction in its wake.
Atrament Corel 9:21 am
(9:21:21 AM): One member of this team is busy on her phone while the shuttle goes on its course.
cubey@aol.pl 9:21 am
(9:21:25 AM): Chris: "What? Your eyes are playing tricks on... you..."
Atrament Corel 9:21 am
(9:21:42 AM): Nep: "Money~ Money~ Pudding fund~ Money~"
wyverncakes 9:22 am
(9:22:30 AM): The turtle nears the city as you come in the other way, but it seems to stop for a moment and stare at the craft.
tengusaur 9:22 am
(9:22:47 AM): Asagi: "This is not the time for pudding! It sees us!"
wyverncakes 9:22 am
(9:22:52 AM): Starbeast: "Hmmm... different defenders."
cubey@aol.pl 9:22 am
(9:22:58 AM): Chris: "It talks!"
drascin 9:23 am
(9:23:01 AM): Ashe: Wait, they talk?
wyverncakes 9:23 am
(9:23:02 AM): It's voice is deep and rumbling.
drascin 9:23 am
(9:23:23 AM): Model A: That really seems like something we should've been told!
Atrament Corel 9:23 am
(9:23:54 AM): Nep: "Actually, I'm managing my profit from the outfits I just sold not too long ago. So, it's about money to buy puddin- woah!"
VJockey 9:24 am
(9:24:09 AM): Slag: "No more talk! Fight now!"
wyverncakes 9:24 am
(9:24:10 AM): "'Tis a pity our goal will not go unimpeded... but not unexpected nor unaccounted for!"
tengusaur 9:24 am
(9:24:34 AM): Asagi: "Okay, it's definitely not a kaiju. What do you want? Why are you attacking a city!"
drascin 9:24 am
(9:24:44 AM): Ashe steps out and takes her hands to her mouth
wyverncakes 9:25 am
(9:25:02 AM): "You shall be the first to bear witness then... to the might of the Beasts of the Starmind!"
drascin 9:25 am
(9:25:03 AM): Ashe: "HEY MISTER TURTLE, WHAT IS THAT GOAL YOU WANT?"
(9:25:14 AM): seeing how huge it is, shouting seems a good idea
wyverncakes 9:25 am
(9:25:32 AM): A piece of its shell suddenly gets knocked loose, revealing... a gigantic cannon!
(9:25:41 AM): Pilot: "What the- hold on!"
(9:26:32 AM): It fires, the shuttle barely juking out of the way! The shell itself flies on past, tearing apart the windows on the side of a building.
drascin 9:26 am
(9:26:40 AM): Ashe: Is that a cannon!?
Model A: Why does a turtle have a cannon?!
Atrament Corel 9:27 am
(9:27:01 AM): Nep: "Hey guys... Remind me why us tinies are up against this now..."
cubey@aol.pl 9:27 am
(9:27:32 AM): Chris: "That's my kind of thing... woah!"
wyverncakes 9:27 am
(9:27:38 AM): More than just that, more hatches on the turtle's body pop loose! Some revealing more guns... but monsters emerge as well!
cubey@aol.pl 9:27 am
(9:27:48 AM): The Relic user stumbles about the shuttle as it evades.
tengusaur 9:27 am
(9:27:52 AM): Asagi: "...It's a carrier."
cubey@aol.pl 9:28 am
(9:28:00 AM): Chris: "Okay, that's it! I'm taking this oversized turtle down!"
drascin 9:28 am
(9:28:08 AM): Ashe kind of stepped out of the transport and is dodging on her own
VJockey 9:28 am
(9:28:13 AM): "Grimlock kill it first."
wyverncakes 9:28 am
(9:28:18 AM): Freakish centaurs and harpies, manning both the ground and the skies. It's not just a giant turtle, it's a mobile carrier!
(9:28:27 AM): (Harpies: http://pre10.deviantart.net/39c6/th/pre/i/2012/057/3/f/monster_hunter_challenge___harpy_by_spinebender-d4r31yx.jpg)
wyverncakes 9:28 am
(9:28:40 AM): (Centaurs: http://pre01.deviantart.net/8210/th/pre/f/2013/199/8/a/kyron_demon_centaur_concept_by_ptimm-d6e0mc1.jpg)
VJockey 9:28 am
(9:28:49 AM): [The Dinobots are disembarking from the shuttle, uncaring of a hard landing or not!]
wyverncakes 9:29 am
(9:29:07 AM): (Enemies: Giant Turtle, Harpies x 12, Centaurs x 8-)
(9:29:11 AM): ^ 8 )
drascin 9:29 am
(9:29:17 AM): Model A: Man, was there a bake sale on ugly when they made those guys?
wyverncakes 9:29 am
(9:29:38 AM): (Lineup: Grimlock, Ashe, Asagi, Chris, Neptune)
(9:29:59 AM): (Grimlock and Ashe, go)
drascin 9:30 am
(9:30:51 AM): Ashe: Alright then. You guys want to play? Then let's play!
Atrament Corel 9:31 am
(9:31:07 AM): Nep ungracefully makes her way out of the shuttle and lands on her bum.
(9:31:25 AM): Nep: "Ow!"
tengusaur 9:31 am
(9:31:53 AM): Asagi takes off into the air, taking aim at the monsters.
wyverncakes 9:32 am
(9:32:03 AM): The giant turtle just laughs boomingly.
tengusaur 9:32 am
(9:32:33 AM): Asagi: "...I wonder what kind of tactics the people who specialize against fighting these monsters use."
VJockey 9:34 am
(9:34:39 AM): *Grimlock and his Dinobots are going to transform and charge right in! Along with the roaring and enraged form of the fire breathing mechanical T-Rex is a Triceratops firing lasers from its horns and a Brontosaurus swinging its massive head and tail at any hostile that gets close to it... both ALSO burninating every foe within range!+
drascin 9:35 am
(9:35:21 AM): *And with that,, Aeolus surges forward to meet with the harpies on the sky, covered in lightning, rushing to meet them with raised swords... and fly past superfast with a zoom? Uh?
...and then the shockwave happens, as lightning and thunder and speed crash together in a very big, very disorienting boom!+
wyverncakes 9:37 am
(9:37:44 AM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVAeOi6QAxk
(9:38:58 AM): [Grimlock and friends] Your charge is answered by the centaurs making room for you as best they can. The TRI attack blasts and smashes up one, but the centaurs are exceedingly mobile, springing away and thrusting out with their hands, energy cannons firing at all of you!
(9:39:02 AM): (React: Dinobots)
wyverncakes 9:40 am
(9:40:21 AM): [Ashe] The sonic boom disrupts the harpies' ranks, one of them getting a wing cut off in the process! But as you blast by them the gigantic turtle turns its point defense guns on you while the harpies converge from behind!
(9:40:24 AM): But!
(9:40:42 AM): ???: "Worry about the turtle! We'll keep the birds off your back!"
(9:40:59 AM): That's a young girl's voice on the comm., but where's it coming from?
(9:41:06 AM): (At any rate, react Ashe)
(9:41:21 AM): (Asagi, Chris)
cubey@aol.pl 9:41 am
(9:41:50 AM): Chris: "Don't think I'll stay behind!"
(9:42:10 AM): The words of the song are in the air... and the Relic user jumps from the shuttle, landing on Grimlock's head!
wyverncakes 9:42 am
(9:42:33 AM): Turtle: "You bring a bard to the battlefield?"
cubey@aol.pl 9:42 am
(9:42:59 AM): Chris: "Somehow... this seems really cool..." *She takes aim - releasing a swarm of missiles which go up, arcing towards the turtle's shell. The barrage is aimed at one of the opened parts, which are probably a weak point!+
(9:43:04 AM): Chris: "A bard of destruction, maybe!"
drascin 9:43 am
(9:43:33 AM): *So that's gunfire from the front, and Harpies from behind. Yup, this seems like a good moment to GTFO. So there's a flash of purple, and a poof, and suddenly Ashe is something like fifty meters lower after a ninja vanish, leaving the cannon barrage and her pursuers to meet each other to their heart's content while she freefalls towards the ground+
VJockey 9:44 am
(9:44:29 AM): *The Dinobots simply tackle the attacks head on and move in to engage in melee! Despite any damage they take, all hits would simply just make them even angrier!+
tengusaur 9:45 am
(9:45:08 AM): Asagi: "Support incoming. Hold on Ashe!" Blue One rushes towards the harpies, firing a few missiles in order to throw their formation into disarray, and then charging into the smoke and slashing through whatever bird monsters are near with its razor sharp katana! +
wyverncakes 9:45 am
(9:45:25 AM): [Ashe] You deftly evadee the turtle's attack... but the harpies were not so foolish as to get caught by their own leaders' shots either. BUT more gunfire shoots out into the air from the side, catching several of the harpies anyways!
(9:46:44 AM): ???: "Not bad at all."
wyverncakes 9:47 am
(9:47:43 AM): Arriving on the scene are a slew of older mechs. A few Jenices and Shaldolls, lead by a single Gespenst.
cubey@aol.pl 9:48 am
(9:48:06 AM): Chris: "That voice is too high pitched to be Asagi... who's that?"
wyverncakes 9:49 am
(9:49:03 AM): [Grimlock] The shots come heavy with four arms for each of the centaurs. They're not enough to take any of you down but they certainly do hurt and make you angry... but another two centaurs are trampled in retaliation!
(9:49:10 AM): A girl's face comes up on the screen!
(9:49:17 AM): http://v.dreamwidth.org/9583686/2447721
wyverncakes 9:50 am
(9:50:04 AM): Girl: "We're part of the backup. The name's Kagami Tachibana."
drascin 9:50 am
(9:50:34 AM): Ashe: "Ashe. Did you bring any really big guns? 'cause this is going to take forever otherwise"
wyverncakes 9:51 am
(9:51:03 AM): "For once we actually got to the action before her... ut if you need a clue or help with dealing with these things say the word."
tengusaur 9:51 am
(9:51:18 AM): Asagi: "Her?"
wyverncakes 9:51 am
(9:51:37 AM): "These machines may be old but the men are the best that Father could buy... and they've made good money keeping the Starbeasts from getting what they want!"
wyverncakes 9:52 am
(9:52:08 AM): ^Beasts
(9:52:40 AM): [Chris] Grimlock's running around has given you a bit of a bumpy ride, but your shots still land, blowing up a segment of the giant turtle's shell! The monster doesn't realy seem fazed too much by it, but it does turn its high-caliber guns towards you and Grimlock again!
(9:52:44 AM): And fires!
(9:52:50 AM): (React, Chris and Grimlock)
Atrament Corel 9:53 am
(9:53:08 AM): Nep: "Well, the sooner we're done with this, the better!"
cubey@aol.pl 9:53 am
(9:53:10 AM): Chris: "Ha ha... dodge!"
wyverncakes 9:54 am
(9:54:10 AM): (Tachibana and her men are available for supports)
cubey@aol.pl 9:54 am
(9:54:28 AM): (That name sounds familiar)
VJockey 9:54 am
(9:54:49 AM): *Grimlock does so by charging into a nearby building that was most likely empty. Note I said charging. The other Dinobots do the same.+
cubey@aol.pl 9:55 am
(9:55:05 AM): *Chris leaps off Grimlock's head, jumping to the side in a different direction than where the Dinobot is going.+
wyverncakes 9:55 am
(9:55:28 AM): [Asagi] The harpies scatter in response to the missiles, but through the mist you chop one of them to pieces in short order. The monster cries its last, others flapping their wings at you as they transform into missiles mid-flight right at you!
(9:55:38 AM): (React: Asagi)
Atrament Corel 9:56 am
(9:56:36 AM): #Asagi?
wyverncakes 9:56 am
(9:56:43 AM): (Go for it.)
tengusaur 9:56 am
(9:56:48 AM): Asagi: "...I didn't expect that." Blue One quickly engages defensive maneuvers, Asagi letting the AHSMB's survival instincts take over for a second. If any of the missiles are still getting close, he tries to cut through it with his blade before it reaches him. +
Atrament Corel 9:57 am
(9:57:23 AM): Nep: "Heads up!"
wyverncakes 9:57 am
(9:57:26 AM): [Chris and Grimlock] You break off, the pulse of the blast sending you all flying when it crashes into the ground, shaking it heavily and leaving an immense crater where you all were previous!
Atrament Corel 9:58 am
(9:58:28 AM): *A strange glow will surround the AHSMB as it responds to the attack. That should help boost the unit's performance even further for a short while!+
VJockey 9:58 am
(9:58:54 AM): "Me... Grimlock say... need... new plan..."
cubey@aol.pl 9:59 am
(9:59:22 AM): Chris: "Ow ow ow..."
VJockey 9:59 am
(9:59:26 AM): "Break guns. Then break Turtle."
wyverncakes 10:00 am
(10:00:06 AM): [Asagi] The combined power of the JURIA System and a goddess's blessing are not to be trifled with. Blue One slips by the assault, the missiles exploding spectacularly but harmlessly in the sky over the city.
(10:00:14 AM): (Neptune)
tengusaur 10:01 am
(10:01:00 AM): Asagi: "I don't know what was that, but thanks."
cubey@aol.pl 10:01 am
(10:01:13 AM): She stands up, covered in dust and rubbing her back.
(10:01:29 AM): Chris: "This little is nothing! Bring it!" It's obviously not nothing.
Atrament Corel 10:02 am
(10:02:33 AM): *Nep follows up by transforming - accompanied by her usual pink burst of light - and charging in Asagi's wake. She'll take the opportunity to try to strike down another harpy with a quick series of sword strikes!+
wyverncakes 10:02 am
(10:02:52 AM): Turtle: "You flee and yet ask for more?"
drascin 10:03 am
(10:03:47 AM): Ashe: It's called dodging, you rockhead!
wyverncakes 10:03 am
(10:03:54 AM): "And mine name is not merely 'Turtle'!"
(10:04:06 AM): "I am Dodjukolos!"
drascin 10:04 am
(10:04:31 AM): Model A: So, Dodgy.
Ashe: Yup. Dodgy.
wyverncakes 10:04 am
(10:04:45 AM): Dodging would... actually be a smart plan of action though.
cubey@aol.pl 10:05 am
(10:05:03 AM): Chris: "Kolos?"
tengusaur 10:05 am
(10:05:11 AM): Asagi: "Is that in Greek? Where are all the history people when you need them..."
VJockey 10:05 am
(10:05:21 AM): "Name doesn't matter."
(10:05:25 AM): "Kill you anyway,"
wyverncakes 10:05 am
(10:05:51 AM): The centaurs seem to part from the front of the Beast as it starts lumbering forward, first slowly but then picking up speed as two thrusters pop out of the back of its shell to make it hurtle forwards!
(10:06:22 AM): It's heading straight for the city!
(10:06:26 AM): And also you grounded people too
(10:06:33 AM): (React: Dinobots, Chris, Ashe0
frifreeman 10:06 am
(10:06:38 AM): #
tengusaur 10:06 am
(10:06:38 AM): Asagi: "...Crap!"
wyverncakes 10:06 am
(10:06:43 AM): (Approved)
Atrament Corel 10:06 am
(10:06:56 AM): In the middle of her attack, Nep is wondering how to even pronounce that name.
cubey@aol.pl 10:07 am
(10:07:14 AM): Chris: "Damn, you're fast!"
(10:07:29 AM): She tries to aim her guns - but it looks like the turtle will stomp on her as well!
wyverncakes 10:07 am
(10:07:30 AM): [Neptune] You shoot by Asagi, managing to cut down one of the Harpies that'd previously been harasing him!
frifreeman 10:07 am
(10:07:47 AM): Suddenly a massive, giant figure drops down from the sky in between you and the giant turtle
frifreeman 10:07 am
(10:07:52 AM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-0MSxaYqes
arachnion01@gmail.com has left the room. 10:08 am
frifreeman 10:08 am
(10:08:29 AM): The drop shakes the earth, and you're sure it rattles most building in a quite large radius
wyverncakes 10:08 am
(10:08:36 AM): Kagami: "... Tch! Cutting it close there!"
VJockey 10:08 am
(10:08:47 AM): "Sludge! Slow Turtle thing down!" [The Bronto-bot transforms and makes to stop the incoming turtle with his own two hands but then]
drascin 10:08 am
(10:08:48 AM): Ashe: ...uh oh
Atrament Corel 10:09 am
(10:09:10 AM): Purple Heart: "Nnh...What's that?"
frifreeman 10:09 am
(10:09:13 AM): And as the dust settles, you see a massive igure, shining in dull metalic chrome, with two giant turret sticking on top of it.
cubey@aol.pl 10:09 am
(10:09:56 AM): Chris: "Ugh..." She averts her gaze, but the dust cloud in front of her was not from the turtle.
(10:10:00 AM): It's from something new.
frifreeman 10:10 am
(10:10:09 AM): http://www.kitsune.addr.com/SF-Conversions/Rifts-Other-Vehicles/bolo-MKXX-02-small.jpg
wyverncakes 10:10 am
(10:10:10 AM): (+?)
cubey@aol.pl 10:10 am
(10:10:22 AM): Chris: "A giant tank fell from the sky?"
(10:10:30 AM): "..."
tengusaur 10:10 am
(10:10:32 AM): Asagi: "...Apparently."
cubey@aol.pl 10:10 am
(10:10:36 AM): Chris: "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"
drascin 10:10 am
(10:10:44 AM): Ashe: It looks like a giant brick
frifreeman 10:10 am
(10:10:46 AM): The tank is at least as big as a grungust, and looks far more massive.
(10:10:54 AM): And from there, your comm line opens.
(10:11:27 AM): Hikari:"Sorry I'm late, You know that Shin Omega GetTank isn't built for fast travel"
(10:11:43 AM): Shin Omega GetTank: "I thought my name's Bahamut Metalia."
tengusaur 10:12 am
(10:12:22 AM): Asagi: "Oh hey. It's talking too."
frifreeman 10:12 am
(10:12:49 AM): Hikari: "Same difference! Now they're charging! Brace, Omega Chrome Bahamut!"
VJockey 10:13 am
(10:13:17 AM): "...Grimlock feel small. Not good feeling."
frifreeman 10:13 am
(10:13:39 AM): Omega Chrome Bahamut: "As you say, hikari." The voice sounds cool and calm, as contrast with the spirited voice of the girl.
drascin 10:13 am
(10:13:46 AM): Ashe: ...
Model A: ...let's hope these guys are better at stopping giant monsters than they are at keeping names straight
cubey@aol.pl 10:14 am
(10:14:06 AM): Chris: "This reminds me of someone..."
Atrament Corel 10:14 am
(10:14:12 AM): Purple Heart: "Those are indeed some names..."
frifreeman 10:14 am
(10:14:34 AM): And the giant tank brace there against the full charge of the enemy.+
wyverncakes 10:16 am
(10:16:51 AM): [Sludge and ... Shin Omega GetTank?] The you may both be big, but Dodjukolos is bigger still and has plenty of momentum. He crashes into both of you, slowing but not immediately stopped as he smashes a few hundred feet into the city before his charge is finally stopped.
(10:17:14 AM): Fortunately neither of you is fragile in any regard either.
Atrament Corel 10:17 am
(10:17:25 AM): Purple Heart: "It just took that straight on..."
cubey@aol.pl 10:17 am
(10:17:42 AM): And by that she means...
(10:17:52 AM): Chris: "The two of you really are idiots, aren't you?!"
wyverncakes 10:18 am
(10:18:00 AM): Dodjukolos: "... And so you have at last arrived!"
frifreeman 10:18 am
(10:18:03 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "Beast of the Starmind! Introduce yourself!"
wyverncakes 10:18 am
(10:18:19 AM): (Hikari and Bahamut can take their turn)
(10:18:38 AM): (Also, Grimlock, Ashe, and Asagi can go too)
drascin 10:18 am
(10:18:44 AM): Ashe: We already did that!
tengusaur 10:18 am
(10:18:46 AM): Asagi: "Even if they are, they're at least very tough idiots on our side."
cubey@aol.pl 10:18 am
(10:18:57 AM): Not that yelling through the dust clouds and chaos makes you easy to hear on the battlefield...
wyverncakes 10:18 am
(10:18:59 AM): (Updated lineup: Grimlock, Ashe, Asagi, Chris, Neptune, Hikari)
drascin 10:19 am
(10:19:23 AM): Ashe: His name is Dodgy, and basically he's a jerk!
frifreeman 10:20 am
(10:20:07 AM): Hikari: "Dodgy, eh? Usually their names are a bit more pretentious than that."
wyverncakes 10:20 am
(10:20:10 AM): Kagami: "If you'd gotten here sooner, Hikari Shimamura, you would've heard that his name is-"
(10:20:47 AM): Dodjukolos: "Mine name... is Dodjukolos!" the Beast declares once more.
frifreeman 10:21 am
(10:21:46 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "And I am Bahamut Metalia, the Bane Blade of your kind!"
cubey@aol.pl 10:22 am
(10:22:10 AM): Chris: "Baneblade?"
frifreeman 10:22 am
(10:22:56 AM): Hikari: "Bahamut Metalia! Omega Bahamut Beaaaaaaam!"
tengusaur 10:23 am
(10:23:03 AM): Asagi: "Enemy numbers are thinned out a little. I'll focus attacks on-" A soundless sigh. "Dodgy."
drascin 10:23 am
(10:23:03 AM): Model A: That name sounds... grim and dark, somehow. Uh.
frifreeman 10:23 am
(10:23:16 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "No need to yell, hikari!! Firing Both Hellbore Cannon, now!"
Atrament Corel 10:23 am
(10:23:48 AM): Purple Heart: "Is that what the tank is called?"
frifreeman 10:23 am
(10:23:52 AM): And the two giant turrets on top of it fire massive plasma beams, at least as big as a shot from typical dedicated battleships.+
VJockey 10:23 am
(10:23:54 AM): *Sludge simply growls. Dense as he was he didn't even think of moving away from Dodjukolos... rather he now simply attempts to pummel the shell as hard as he can to break it open! Grimlock and Slag make to flank the turtle beast and attack it from the sides in a clever manner!+
Atrament Corel 10:24 am
(10:24:01 AM): Really, the goddess is more confused here than anything.
tengusaur 10:24 am
(10:24:06 AM): * Taking off high up into the air, Blue One starts charging its particle cannon. Asagi takes careful aim, and then fires a few blasts, trying to hit the various hatches in the gigantic turtle's cockpit. +
drascin 10:25 am
(10:25:11 AM): *As for Ashe, well, there's a huge dust cloud from the clash of titans, which suits Ashe just fine, as Aeolus suddenly appears behind remaining harpies, hidden by the dust storm, and introduces them to plasma blades+
wyverncakes 10:26 am
(10:26:32 AM): (Shell, I presume asagi? Dodjukolos doesn't have a cockpit0
tengusaur 10:27 am
(10:27:05 AM): (I meant shell, brain fart)
wyverncakes 10:27 am
(10:27:30 AM): [Hikari and Dinobots] The beams cut through the air and smash into the Beast of the Starmind, knocking the creature off balance and leaving deep, smoking wounds in its body and paving the way for the Dinobots to mount a new offensive! But autocannons alongside the beasts's body open fire in response, and when you get too close they just SWING at you like impromptu, but effective, clubs!
(10:27:34 AM): (React: Dinobots)
Aldo Salt 10:27 am
(10:27:47 AM): #Dinobots?
wyverncakes 10:27 am
(10:27:51 AM): (Approved)
wyverncakes 10:28 am
(10:28:59 AM): [Asagi] Your shots scar and cut open several of Dodjukolos's shell plates, but as another gets punched in another gigantic cannon pops out in response and fires on you right back with a beam twice the size of your own!
(10:29:08 AM): (React: Asagi)
Aldo Salt 10:29 am
(10:29:12 AM): *A brassy foghorn cuts through the air…the battle cry of a Jaeger! Cherno Alpha drops from the sky, then charges and shoulder tackles the Starmind beast, knocking its weapons out of alignment!+
(10:29:33 AM): Sasha: "Poekhali!"
VJockey 10:30 am
(10:30:23 AM): *See this is where TACTICAL GENIUS comes into play! Grimlock and Slag transform into their more agile humanoid forms to avoid the shots to continue to close in, and as they do all three Dinobots draw their Energo-Swords and seek to use the momentum of the cannon barrels against them and cut them apart!+
wyverncakes 10:31 am
(10:31:53 AM): [Ashe] Your blades cleave through two more harpies, the rest scattering quickly. Four surround you in each direction, flapping their wings visciously... kicking up a tornado with you stuck in the middle of it before a fifth comes flying down from above, clawing at you!
(10:31:57 AM): (React: Ashe)
cubey@aol.pl 10:32 am
(10:32:17 AM): # Ashe
wyverncakes 10:32 am
(10:32:21 AM): (Approved)
cubey@aol.pl 10:32 am
(10:32:35 AM): Chris: "Watch out from down below!"
(10:33:04 AM): *Homing crossbow bolts fire up above, cutting the air between Ashe and the harpies, embedding themselves into the flesh of those that get too close... and exploding!+
tengusaur 10:33 am
(10:33:22 AM): Asagi: "It worked! ...To an extent." Blue One quickly flies in a zig-zaggy arc over the head of Dodgy, trying to avoid the blast. Even with the energy shield, Asagi doesn't want to get hit by a beam this large. +
drascin 10:33 am
(10:33:24 AM): Ashe grins ferociously
Ashe: "Wind? Really!? Let me tell you why this was a terrible idea!"
wyverncakes 10:35 am
(10:35:06 AM): [Jaeger and Dinobots] The smaller (in relative terms) autoguns are still numerous enough to land some hits on all of you, but trying to club you when you have big energy blades? Yeah, not good. And with Cherno Alpha crashing into Dodjukolos, the gigantic beast staggers back! "Your strength... 'tis most impressive!" But the turtle pushes back and his thrusters flare, knocking the Jaeger away!
(10:36:56 AM): [Asagi] The beam cuts up and away from you, fortunately not hitting anything serious
wyverncakes 10:38 am
(10:38:03 AM): (Updated lineup: Grimlock, Ashe, Asagi, Cherno Team, Chris, Neptune, Hikari)
drascin 10:38 am
(10:38:06 AM): *Aeolus opens his arms, and suddenly the wind picks up, faster - much faster - as Aeolus's power multiplies the force of the wing-created wind from a vortex into a vicious, growing, sucking hurricane to absorb the four harpies around into the vortex as well - which is only worsened at the fact that now the wind is filled with lightning!+
wyverncakes 10:38 am
(10:38:43 AM): (Cherno Team, Chris, Neptune, and Hikari can go)
(10:39:35 AM): [Chris and Aeolus] The harpies' plan ends up working a bit too well. The strengthened twister sucks the other four in, and between Chris's shots and lightning, all five are done away with!
cubey@aol.pl 10:40 am
(10:40:05 AM): Chris: "Good! Now, you guys! Tachibana squad or whatever..."
drascin 10:40 am
(10:40:21 AM): Ashe: and that's that! Thanks for the fire support!
wyverncakes 10:40 am
(10:40:45 AM): (Enemies: Giant Turtle Dodjukolos, Harpies x 3, Centaurs x 5)
cubey@aol.pl 10:40 am
(10:40:53 AM): "Make yourselves useful!" *She aims the crossbows, new energy bolts materializing in their notches. She shoots them, carefully aiming - the bolts homing in on the centaurs' inhuman heads and then exploding, a series of blasts around the giant turtle's feet!+
Atrament Corel 10:41 am
(10:41:19 AM): @Chris
(10:41:30 AM): (Also my action, if that's okay)
wyverncakes 10:41 am
(10:41:32 AM): Kagami: "We're always useful!"
(10:41:34 AM): (Go right ahead)
Aldo Salt 10:41 am
(10:41:41 AM): *"Cherno Alpha will engage the Starbeast close on its right" Sasha declares stoically. Cherno strides back towards, arms raised, and slams its fist into one of the autocannon emplacements on Dodjukolos, arm piston firing on impact!+
wyverncakes 10:41 am
(10:41:46 AM): There's more than a hint of annoyance at that comment.
Aldo Salt 10:42 am
(10:42:10 AM): Sasha: "So. Who is the giant tank?"
Atrament Corel 10:42 am
(10:42:13 AM): Purple Heart: "I'll assist as well...uh..."
(10:42:18 AM): What was her name again...?
(10:42:27 AM): Purple Heart: "Christina."
cubey@aol.pl 10:42 am
(10:42:46 AM): Chris: "Is everyone here an idiot?!"
drascin 10:43 am
(10:43:29 AM): Ashe: We don't know. Apparently the tank's name is Bahamut or something.
Atrament Corel 10:43 am
(10:43:39 AM): *The homing bolts are accompanied by blue energy swords that strike the ground around the centaurs, each exploding in geysers of pink energy!+
frifreeman 10:44 am
(10:44:17 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "I believe my original designated name is Bahamut Metalia"
wyverncakes 10:45 am
(10:45:41 AM): Kagami: "Not that it stops Hikari Shimamura from calling him something else every chance she gets."
frifreeman 10:45 am
(10:45:58 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "My commander seems to like to make up different names for me to psych up ourselves though."
tengusaur 10:46 am
(10:46:16 AM): Asagi: "These people seem kind of... Yeah. Like that."
frifreeman 10:47 am
(10:47:28 AM): Hikari: "Well Kagami. You know super-cool tank deserves super cool names."
wyverncakes 10:48 am
(10:48:15 AM): [Chris and Purple Heart] The centaurs move to try to avoid your attacks, but someone else joins in the effort as small mines are kicked across the ground towards them! As they near the explosives detonate into a massive burst of adhesive, trapping the centaurs in place and making sure they eat explosions and swords.
(10:48:26 AM): Kagami: "You were asking?"
(10:48:31 AM): Directed at Chris.
(10:48:52 AM): The explosions also rock Dodjukolos's legs as well!
cubey@aol.pl 10:49 am
(10:49:55 AM): Chris: "Yeah... and... I know how you feel."
VJockey 10:50 am
(10:50:28 AM): "...Grimlock feels pity."
drascin 10:51 am
(10:51:11 AM): Ashe: Oh cheer up, you pack of grumps.
frifreeman 10:51 am
(10:51:56 AM): Hikari answers Sasha's question. "He's Bahamut Metalia Zenith Omega, and we are the defender of earth against these Starbeasts. Usually they only appears around our city, but for some reason they decide to appear here today."
Aldo Salt 10:52 am
(10:52:15 AM): "Mmm," Sasha grunts in response to the tank. "Good to meet you, Bahamut Metalia."
frifreeman 10:52 am
(10:52:17 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "Affirmative. And I don't even know that it's possible. It's quite disconcerting."
wyverncakes 10:52 am
(10:52:41 AM): [Cherno team] The cluster of autocannons get crushed, but with Cherno being so big, it's easy for Dodjukolos to swing larger, heavier cannons into the Jaeger in retaliation! "Thine strength befits thine size. But it will not be enough this day!" The strike knocks you away again, repositions itself as a beam emerges from the barrel of the gun... not as a shot but as a melee instrument to stab with!
tengusaur 10:52 am
(10:52:44 AM): Asagi: "Do you have any idea why they do this? I mean, they're intelligent. They need to have a reason."
Aldo Salt 10:52 am
(10:52:46 AM): "How long have you fought these Starbeasts?" Sasha asks.
wyverncakes 10:52 am
(10:52:49 AM): (React: Cherno team)
cubey@aol.pl 10:53 am
(10:53:20 AM): Chris: "Ask this kind of thing after the fight!"
frifreeman 10:54 am
(10:54:03 AM): Hikari: "It's been almost a year since his awakening."
VJockey 10:54 am
(10:54:03 AM): "Gun. Human. Has. Point."
(10:54:08 AM): "Kill thing now!"
cubey@aol.pl 10:55 am
(10:55:06 AM): Chris: "Hmm. I like the sound of that..."
frifreeman 10:55 am
(10:55:13 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "Agreed, my robotic dinousarian comrade. Let's focus on defeating the Beast of Starminds now."
Aldo Salt 10:55 am
(10:55:30 AM): *Cherno sidesteps right, trying to dodge out of range of the lightsaber turret's mechanical pivot!+
wyverncakes 10:57 am
(10:57:20 AM): [Cherno team] You juke of the way, but Dodjukolos just lets the attack carry on through... smashing through another building that'd been nearby.
(10:58:13 AM): (Grimlock, Ashe and Asagi can go as well)
VJockey 10:58 am
(10:58:19 AM): "Dinobots attack guns, Humans. Drag turtle head out of shell. SMASH."
frifreeman 10:58 am
(10:58:31 AM): Hikari: "We should clear up the surrounding now so everyone can focus on Dodjukulos. Kagami! I leave the harpies on you. Bahamut Metalia: Burning Needle Missiles!"
(10:58:54 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "They're neither burning or needly, Hikari. At least they're missiles though."
wyverncakes 10:59 am
(10:59:01 AM): Kagami: "We can take out more than just the harpies!"
Aldo Salt 10:59 am
(10:59:03 AM): *Sasha hisses under her breath at the destruction of people's homes. "Da," she says to Grimlock. "Orders confirmed."
tengusaur 10:59 am
(10:59:47 AM): (what enemies are left?)
VJockey 10:59 am
(10:59:55 AM): *And the Dinobots transform once more to do that, blasts of blazing energy roar from equally destructive maws, seeking to sear the exposed weapons and possibly literally cook off any ammunition inside the Beast of Starminds!+
frifreeman 11:00 am
(11:00:28 AM): Many slots opens around Bahamut Metalia's hules, and from all of them, dozens and dozens o micromissiles launches to the sky like a massive firework festivals, before homing toward all remaining centaurs.+
wyverncakes 11:00 am
(11:00:38 AM): (Enemies: Giant Turtle Dodjukolos (damaged), Harpies x 3, Centaurs x 3)
tengusaur 11:00 am
(11:00:40 AM): (or are our allies taking care of other minions?)
wyverncakes 11:00 am
(11:00:58 AM): (They'll take care of them)
cubey@aol.pl 11:01 am
(11:01:36 AM): Chris: "Okay, there's something I must do. I'll show you how much guns the gun human has..."
cubey@aol.pl 11:01 am
(11:01:47 AM): @ Grimlock
drascin 11:02 am
(11:02:50 AM): Ashe: Alright, then. First, let's check how tough you are!
(11:03:19 AM): *Well, Ashe is going to fly up, turn into a certain Gazelleroid,charge, and just surge down at great speed, to Falcon Kick Dodgy right in the mouth with a fiery foot+
tengusaur 11:03 am
(11:03:37 AM): Asagi: "Well then. Focusing on weak points works. Let's try that again!" Blue One drops down towards the gigantic turtle, spinning its spear around a few times before brandishing it with both hands and stabbing hard at one of the previously-attacked points in the shell! After the thrust Asagi shoves his machinegun into the hole, and fires a big burst! +
wyverncakes 11:04 am
(11:04:03 AM): [Hikari] Missiles rain down on the Centaurs as they try to escape, but two of the Jenices break off to get ahead of them, firing a cable between each other and then using it to trip the smaller monsters up! The missiles, and a bit of gunfire from Kagami's mercenaries finish them all off as the rest of the mercs focus their fire on the remaining Harpies with aerial mines on delayed timers.
(11:04:20 AM): For what the mercenaries lacked in terms of hardware, they made up for with tactics.
(11:04:48 AM): Kagami: "Done and dealth with."
(11:04:58 AM): (And yes, approved)
tormterra has left the room. 11:05 am
cubey@aol.pl 11:05 am
(11:05:26 AM): Chris: "This way, this way! Don't look down on us just because you're huge!"
Aldo Salt 11:05 am
(11:05:27 AM): Sasha grunts in approval. Feel blessed, Kagami, for she does not often bestow that grunt on others.
cubey@aol.pl 11:06 am
(11:06:27 AM): *The crossbows transform into large gatlings in a flash of light. A barrage of bullets and missiles falls upon Dodgey's shell, originating from Grimlock's back. That's because Chris is riding a fire-breating robot dinosaur.+
(11:06:36 AM): Chris: "Take that! This is awesome!"
(11:06:38 AM): Cough.
(11:06:41 AM): Chris: "I... guess...
(11:06:42 AM): "
wyverncakes 11:09 am
(11:09:34 AM): [Ashe, Asagi, and Chris and the Awesomesauruses] Your attacks all hammer Dodjukolos, making the Beast stagger and parts of his shell just exploding off, revealing the touch, but still damaged tissue underneath and an array of gun turrets bristling up like quills. And seeming to realize he might be at his end... Dodukolos turns his guns...
(11:09:41 AM): .... All at the city!
(11:10:27 AM): "Even if mine strength shall fail, I shall not hesitate nor regret!"
cubey@aol.pl 11:11 am
(11:11:02 AM): Chris: "Dammit, he'll blow up the town in a tantrum!"
wyverncakes 11:11 am
(11:11:09 AM): "This city and the world will know of the Beasts of the Starmind!"
Aldo Salt 11:11 am
(11:11:13 AM): #City!
VJockey 11:11 am
(11:11:20 AM): "Me Grimlock say stop stating obvious. Dead cannot Hesitate or feel regrets."
wyverncakes 11:11 am
(11:11:20 AM): (Gogogo Cherno)
VJockey 11:11 am
(11:11:22 AM): #City
wyverncakes 11:11 am
(11:11:28 AM): (Also gogogo Dinobots)
VJockey 11:12 am
(11:12:44 AM): *With all the guns exposed the Dinobots unleash a sheer unrelenting blaze of fury and lasers upon the turrets! Guns can't fire if their barrels are melted!+
Aldo Salt 11:16 am
(11:16:35 AM): *"Nyet!" Cherno charges in at the Starbeast. "Flame Turbines, go!" Liquid fire spews from Cherno Alpha's head, aimed at the gap in Dodukolos's shell. Then Cherno charges, drives a piston fist into the flaming gap…and discharges its Z14 tesla coils, trying to cook off the turtle's ammunition!+
wyverncakes 11:18 am
(11:18:30 AM): [Cherno and Grimlock] A handful of shots get off, piercing through buildings and streets but not causing any catastrophic damage. The big, serious guns never get a shot off as the scorching heat and power of the Dinobots' attacks warp the structure of the guns and then Cherno Alpha punches into the creature's body.
wyverncakes 11:19 am
(11:19:03 AM): The explosion, needless to say, is catastrophic... knocking back everyone that was too close to Dodjukolos!
(11:20:02 AM): But still, the looming giant turtle stands as strong as it can manage, pressing on further! Its shell gone, its backside trashed and blown open, it's still trying to continue its attack!
Atrament Corel 11:20 am
(11:20:12 AM): Purple Heart: "...!"
wyverncakes 11:20 am
(11:20:26 AM): (Cherno team, Chris, Neptune, and Hikari can g)
(11:20:43 AM): Kagami: "As stubborn as a turtle can get!"
Atrament Corel 11:21 am
(11:21:18 AM): Purple Heart: "I did think that a giant turtle would be resilient, but..."
cubey@aol.pl 11:22 am
(11:22:00 AM): Chris: "Gah! It's still going!"
VJockey 11:22 am
(11:22:06 AM): "This... ridiculous."
(11:22:24 AM): "Shell gone... no armor left."
(11:22:29 AM): "Attack!"
(11:22:52 AM): "No stop until it does."
Aldo Salt 11:23 am
(11:23:23 AM): *Cherno, one arm blackened with char, sprints ahead of the turtle and stands in its path. Its leg crampons sink into the ground, securing it's position. It punches with both fists at the turtle and pushes back, trying to halt the Starbeast!+
frifreeman 11:23 am
(11:23:33 AM): Hikari: "Metallider! What's the status of Bahamut Beam?"
Aldo Salt 11:23 am
(11:23:34 AM): Sasha: "No…passing…!"
frifreeman 11:24 am
(11:24:06 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "It's still charging. You know the limitation of my Hellbore Cannon, Hikari."
tengusaur 11:24 am
(11:24:43 AM): Asagi: "...He's really dedicated to blowing up the city."
VJockey 11:25 am
(11:25:20 AM): "He want use power like this... join the rest like him."
drascin 11:25 am
(11:25:23 AM): #Ashe: Dang stubborn thing!
VJockey 11:25 am
(11:25:34 AM): "Dead."
Atrament Corel 11:25 am
(11:25:55 AM): Purple Heart: "Incredibly so. Perhaps our new tank ally has an idea."
cubey@aol.pl 11:26 am
(11:26:25 AM): Chris: "Just..." She quickly runs forward, trying to outmatch the turtle and get in front of it. While moving, the missile pods on her legs already open, making for a more clumsy and somewhat larger target.
cubey@aol.pl 11:27 am
(11:27:27 AM): "Stay down!" *And the second she's in front of the turtle, all of it is unleashed - remaining missiles, and fire from both chainguns. Rather than firing wildly all about the enemy, Chris focuses her firepower all on one point - Dodjukolos' head!+
frifreeman 11:28 am
(11:28:38 AM): Hikari: "Tsch, yes, I just didn't thought this beast will be that tough. But it's armor has been destroyed. a bit more push must be enough. Bahamut Metalia, fire Volcano Howitzer!"
wyverncakes 11:29 am
(11:29:37 AM): [Cherno and Chris] Dodjukolos charges right back in response, crashing into your punches! Your charred arm crumples a bit from the hit, but the turtle staggers and the missiles hammer its head! The creature seems to be sinking down but also... starts somehow rising up simultaneously!
frifreeman 11:29 am
(11:29:49 AM): A turret rise from the back armor of Bahamut Metalia, and fire an indirect parabolic shot toward the Turtle's cracked back. The shell explodes as massive fireball+
wyverncakes 11:30 am
(11:30:06 AM): There's a roar of thrusters once more as it rises up... a roar from thrusters firing from its feet!
(11:30:50 AM): The ground underneath it's now blackened severely... and with charging thrust it smashes into Cherno Alpha again, knocking the Jaeger on its back!
(11:31:22 AM): Kagami: "You're kidding me!"
Atrament Corel 11:31 am
(11:31:37 AM): Purple Heart: *"Tch..." The winged goddess flies at high speed along the ground, her sword glows as energy is focused into it. As she passes by the exposed sections of the giant creature, she slashes, minding its movement as it attacks Cherno Alpha.+
cubey@aol.pl 11:31 am
(11:31:39 AM): Chris: "Who put thrusters on a turtle anyway?!"
frifreeman 11:32 am
(11:32:05 AM): Hikari: "Well, you know, you'd thought that a turlte is tough, but its downside would be its lumbering speed."
(11:32:23 AM): Hikari "It's obvious that if you want to cover its weakness, you'd put a thruster on a turtle."
(11:32:44 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "Hikari, no time or that. It's coming."
Aldo Salt 11:33 am
(11:33:56 AM): "Gnnnh!" Cherno takes a dive…but keeps grasping and holding onto the Starbeast's shell, trying to hold it back!
wyverncakes 11:34 am
(11:34:22 AM): [Purple Heart and Hikari] Purple Heart's sword strikes fast and hard, further opening wounds all along the turtle's body and letting Hikari's Volcano Howitzer lands in one, scorching the gigantic turtle!
(11:34:39 AM): It gasps out furiously, eyes burning read and fire bursting out of its mouth and its other wounds!
(11:35:22 AM): Dodjukolos: "Till my last breath!"
(11:35:45 AM): "Though weakness betrays my body, my spirit will remain unbroken!"
wyverncakes 11:36 am
(11:36:44 AM): The thrusters brighten and grow even fiercer, Dodjukolos raising all four arms up parallel to the rest of his body before hurtling straight at Bahamut Metallia!
(11:36:54 AM): (React: Hikari!)
tengusaur 11:36 am
(11:36:58 AM): Asagi: "It's still not down...? Watch out!"
wyverncakes 11:37 am
(11:37:27 AM): (Hurling itself straight while spinning)
frifreeman 11:37 am
(11:37:38 AM): Hikari: "Bahamut Metalia! What's the status of Bahamut Beam?"
wyverncakes 11:37 am
(11:37:42 AM): (Must not risk loss of Gamera imagery)
frifreeman 11:37 am
(11:37:53 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "Still charging."
(11:38:09 AM): Hikari: "...no other choice. We must use that."
frifreeman 11:38 am
(11:38:56 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "You know my dislike on that, Hikari, but I don't see any other alternatives as well."
(11:39:32 AM): Hikari: "Okay, Bahamut Chromia. Hyper Attack. Preparation."
(11:40:28 AM): Unexpectedly, Bahamut Metalia turns its turrets backward, facing the complete opposite way of Dodjukolos. What's in their mind?"
(11:40:51 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "Hyper attack, preparation starting."
Atrament Corel 11:40 am
(11:40:58 AM): Purple Heart: "It turned its guns around?"
frifreeman 11:41 am
(11:41:06 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "...that attack name still sounds weird hikari..."
cubey@aol.pl 11:41 am
(11:41:18 AM): Chris: "Preparation? This better not take long!"
wyverncakes 11:41 am
(11:41:21 AM): Kagami: ".. You might want to get out of the way."
cubey@aol.pl 11:41 am
(11:41:31 AM): The turtle is on its way after all!
wyverncakes 11:41 am
(11:41:32 AM): "If Hikari Shimamura's doing that..."
frifreeman 11:41 am
(11:41:53 AM): The shimmering transparent energy shield tha'ts been vaguely protecting Bahamut Metalia since the beginning complteely disappears.
(11:42:24 AM): And in exchange, six giant wings of lights unfolds from Bahamut Metalia's sides.
drascin 11:43 am
(11:43:06 AM): Ashe: ...what
Model A: ...the heck?
frifreeman 11:43 am
(11:43:17 AM): The massive giant tank starts to rise toward the sky, leaving massive depression where it was.
tengusaur 11:43 am
(11:43:30 AM): Asagi: "...Really didn't see that coming."
Aldo Salt 11:43 am
(11:43:42 AM): Sasha: "…huh."
frifreeman 11:43 am
(11:43:46 AM): As it reaches high enough height...
Atrament Corel 11:43 am
(11:43:47 AM): Purple Heart is already getting out of there. Once she's far away enough and sees those wings, she starts to get why there was a warning.
VJockey 11:43 am
(11:43:54 AM): "...What."
cubey@aol.pl 11:43 am
(11:43:59 AM): http://v.dreamwidth.org/8769776/2368175
Atrament Corel 11:44 am
(11:44:01 AM): Purple Heart: "...It has wings."
frifreeman 11:44 am
(11:44:29 AM): Hikari: "Bahamut Metalia..."
(11:44:40 AM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofGjYcm9qI
frifreeman 11:45 am
(11:45:22 AM): Hikari: "HYPER ATTACK! SUPER GRAVITY DRAGON BURST SLASH!"
(11:45:43 AM): Bahamut Metalia: "You fight well, Dodjukolos. But this is the end of your line."
VJockey 11:46 am
(11:46:49 AM): "....Take cover!"
frifreeman 11:47 am
(11:47:04 AM): And the massive tank flies toward the charging, spinning turtle, putting all of its energy toward speed. Its whole being, all hundreds of even thousands of ton of its weight, is now used as a giant bullet toward the giant enemy. Helped by Gravity and Momentum.
frifreeman 11:47 am
(11:47:46 AM): Hikari/Bahamut Metalia: "DIE!"
(11:47:47 AM): +
VJockey 11:48 am
(11:48:12 AM): [The dinobots are moving for cover!]
Atrament Corel 11:48 am
(11:48:29 AM): Purple Heart: http://v.dreamwidth.org/9080727/2390309
drascin 11:49 am
(11:49:01 AM): Ashe is just kind of watching with a "bwuh face
wyverncakes 11:50 am
(11:50:02 AM): [Hikari and friend] With that much momentum and energy, against Dodjukolos's wounded body, there's no contest. The tank punches through the entire creature's body and shoots out the other side...!
(11:50:19 AM): ... And then keeps on going to smash through a mountain too for good measure!
tengusaur 11:50 am
(11:50:39 AM): Asagi: "..."
wyverncakes 11:50 am
(11:50:55 AM): Kagami: "... Yeah."
(11:51:10 AM): "At least this time she didn't ruin Mount Asaya."
tengusaur 11:51 am
(11:51:26 AM): Asagi: "...You know what. I'm not even going to ask."
drascin 11:51 am
(11:51:40 AM): Ashe: "...look, I'm no stranger to ramming, but were the wings really necessary?"
(11:51:53 AM): Ashe: "Like, it's a tank"
wyverncakes 11:52 am
(11:52:06 AM): What scraps of Dodjukolos are left fall to the ground in the wake of Bahamut's attack, the Beasts of the Starmind's offensive at their end.
tengusaur 11:52 am
(11:52:29 AM): Asagi: "Are you two still alive?"
drascin 11:52 am
(11:52:44 AM): Ashe: "Also, shouldn't we go grab it before it flies off into the sea?"
Atrament Corel 11:52 am
(11:52:49 AM): Purple Heart: "I have seen many things... but that was a first."
drascin 11:53 am
(11:53:00 AM): Ashe: "'cause it didn't look like stopping"
wyverncakes 11:53 am
(11:53:13 AM): MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Aldo Salt 11:53 am
(11:53:16 AM): Cherno Alpha slowly gets to its feet. "Not bad," Alexis mumbles, breaking his usual code of silence during missions.
Atrament Corel 11:53 am
(11:53:22 AM): Purple Heart: "...That would be a good idea.
cubey@aol.pl 11:53 am
(11:53:31 AM): Chris: "What is wrong with the world?!"
tengusaur 11:53 am
(11:53:32 AM): Asagi: "...Damnit!" Blue One rushes after the tank.
frifreeman 11:54 am
(11:54:43 AM): A bit away, you see Bahamut Metalia lodged on a hill somewhere, after leaving a bit of trail of skidding on the forest and the ground behind it.
VJockey 11:55 am
(11:55:40 AM): "...Impressive."
frifreeman
: Bahamut Metalia: "For the record, the name of the attack is still really weird, Hikari."