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wyverncakes 5:49 pm
(5:49:46 PM): Approximately fifteen minutes ago, an anonymous message was received at Sakihama, informing of an immenent attack by the forces of VIPER.
wyverncakes 5:51 pm
(5:51:52 PM): In spite of its briefness and anynymous nature, Commander Huffman nevertheless seemed to take it seriously, issuing a base-wide alert with all non-combatants heading to one of the other bases, while all available fighters would be brought in via TSEN.
(5:52:13 PM): ^anonymous
(5:53:11 PM): As soon as they were ready, various teams were sent out into the city at strategic points why laying low, and in the case of your group... you are getting to take point.
(5:53:41 PM): Or rather what allegedly would "be" point: the beachfronts closest to the city.
cubey@aol.pl 5:54 pm
(5:54:46 PM): "To attack from the waterside..." Sielje rubs her eyes. But even if she felt sleepy, the situation dissolved her drowsiness very quickly.
wyverncakes 5:54 pm
(5:54:58 PM): Time ticks down to the supposed time of the attack, but as the minutes dwindle down, no oncoming assault force can be seen.
cubey@aol.pl 5:55 pm
(5:55:05 PM): Sielje: "The men of VIPER..."
(5:55:32 PM): She can't forget who is among their ranks.
wyverncakes 5:55 pm
(5:55:42 PM): Huffman: "Be ready. Another fifteen seconds..."
tengusaur 5:55 pm
(5:55:44 PM): Daniel: "They have a submarine. That's the kind of attack they're gonna prefer."
wyverncakes 5:55 pm
(5:55:50 PM): Then ten.
(5:55:54 PM): Then five.
(5:55:57 PM): And then-!
(5:56:30 PM): Missiles burst from the waters, soaring up and arching down towards Sakihama and the surrounding city!
Atrament Corel 5:56 pm
(5:56:55 PM): Fyra has taken up position with the others, but Morte is not with her.
wyverncakes 5:57 pm
(5:57:01 PM): After that, two massive submarines rise to the surface as well, contingents of VIPER Formors following after!
cubey@aol.pl 5:57 pm
(5:57:04 PM): Sielje: "A subm...ah!"
Atrament Corel 5:57 pm
(5:57:10 PM): And when that happens, she looks up, following the trail of the missiles.
tengusaur 5:57 pm
(5:57:12 PM): Daniel: "...Here they come."
wyverncakes 5:57 pm
(5:57:33 PM): Doomstar: "HAHA! LET THE CONCERT OF DESTRUCTION COMMENCE!"
(5:57:35 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddyd8WxIOUY
wyverncakes 6:00 pm
(6:00:29 PM): Formors branch out to strike the city from various directions, but plenty are heading straight towards your ambush position. Time to spring the trap
(6:00:39 PM): (Sielje, Daniel, and Fyra can all go)
(6:00:48 PM): (Enemies: Formors x 10)
cubey@aol.pl 6:01 pm
(6:01:02 PM): Spring the trap? No.
(6:01:05 PM): Sielje: "..."
tengusaur 6:01 pm
(6:01:20 PM): Steel Wanderer is waiting behind a building, its gun drawn already as it waits for enemies to get close. And that's about to happen...
cubey@aol.pl 6:01 pm
(6:01:27 PM): Sielje: "Assailants of VIPER! Hold your attack, or face the wrath of my blade!"
(6:01:37 PM): The Knight's Arm walks out into the open.
(6:01:48 PM): Sielje: "I, the Knight Sielje, will be your opponent!"
tengusaur 6:01 pm
(6:01:54 PM): Daniel: "..."
Atrament Corel 6:01 pm
(6:01:55 PM): Fyra: "..."
wyverncakes 6:03 pm
(6:03:16 PM): [Sielje] The Formors... just pause for a moment, but then another voice urges them on! "Attack!" And so they do, firing with their flechette rifles at you!
(6:03:19 PM): (React: Sielje)
(6:04:18 PM): One Formor in particular moves to the front of the group, the machine appearing more decorated than the others. And the woman piloting it?
(6:04:24 PM): None other than yet another Julia Cantor!
(6:04:30 PM): (Julia)
tengusaur 6:04 pm
(6:04:39 PM): Daniel: "Should've known this will happen." Steel Wanderer quickly jumps behind the corner, its short cape swirling in the air as it slams the hammer of the Gun of God and sends three armor-piercing Longinus bullets in the direction of the attackers! +
cubey@aol.pl 6:04 pm
(6:04:44 PM): *Sielje saw this coming, and seeks refuge under cover of the beasthide cloak - with a few metal plates underneath for extra improvised protection.+
wyverncakes 6:05 pm
(6:05:34 PM): Julia: "Well look at that... the knight from before rushing forward to be the face of the massacre! Can't say I don't appreciate that!"
(6:05:51 PM): But then, another Julia's voice calls out!
cubey@aol.pl 6:06 pm
(6:06:12 PM): Sielje: "Honor pushes my hand to action..."
wyverncakes 6:06 pm
(6:06:25 PM): Julia2?: "Oh she better not be the only one!"
Atrament Corel 6:06 pm
(6:06:26 PM): *Seeing this, Fyra decides to take the opportunity to strike the Formors from the side - black chains that are part of her weapon suddenly burst out from the ground and lash out at one of them, to rip it apart!+
wyverncakes 6:06 pm
(6:06:29 PM): And then another...!
tengusaur 6:07 pm
(6:07:09 PM): Daniel: "..."
wyverncakes 6:07 pm
(6:07:15 PM): Julia3?: "We can make an example of her too, to get back at our death that one of her fellows were responsible for!"
wyverncakes 6:08 pm
(6:08:23 PM): [Sielje] The fletchet attacks are more meang for cutting, and don't have as much kick behind them as shotguns. Your cloak does get torn a bit from it, but is perfectly serviceable still and with that extra plating you weather the barrage!
cubey@aol.pl 6:08 pm
(6:08:55 PM): (Time to take my action then if I can
(6:08:56 PM): )
wyverncakes 6:09 pm
(6:09:02 PM): (Yes, go right ahead)
(6:09:28 PM): [Daniel and Fyra] But in their over-eagerness, the Longinus bullets pierce through several formors and the chains similarly tears another apart!
tengusaur 6:09 pm
(6:09:35 PM): Daniel: "How many of them are Julia clones?"
cubey@aol.pl 6:10 pm
(6:10:04 PM): Sielje: "But... you are the ones who made a mistake! Not I!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:10 pm
(6:10:57 PM): *As foes explode around her, Sielje leaps from under cover. The cloak fluttering, she lunges at one of the Julia's fomor, with a rising kick to knock it over...
(6:11:40 PM): *Or so it would seem, but using this movement as leverage, she follows up with an under-handed (literally, not figuratively) slash at the unit.+
wyverncakes 6:12 pm
(6:12:55 PM): (Just to clarify: only one of the Formers you're engaged with is one of the Julia/decorated ones)
wyverncakes 6:13 pm
(6:13:36 PM): [Sielje] The kick makes the machine stumble back before it tries to launch a counterattack. Too bad the slash comes where it was least expecting it though, cutting into the machine and taking off its head, arm, and a good bit of its torso!
cubey@aol.pl 6:13 pm
(6:13:59 PM): Sielje: "... My apologies..."
wyverncakes 6:14 pm
(6:14:01 PM): Julia1: "W-what? I'm not going to die here! Not yet anyways! Not until the missiles-"
(6:14:05 PM): -Start exploding.
cubey@aol.pl 6:14 pm
(6:14:12 PM): That was aimed at her allies, and not the opponent.
wyverncakes 6:14 pm
(6:14:15 PM): Julia1, 2, and 3: "YEEEEEES!!!!!"
(6:15:20 PM): But unfortunately, the city is still standing.
wyverncakes 6:15 pm
(6:15:54 PM): Interception fire from city defenders and Unity Group forces alike minimizing the damage before they move to meet with the various groups of attacking Formors.
cubey@aol.pl 6:18 pm
(6:18:07 PM): Sielje: "Your attack was foretold."
wyverncakes 6:18 pm
(6:18:09 PM): Doomstar: "... Nor noooo! They're crashing the party before it's even begun! But no matter!"
tengusaur 6:18 pm
(6:18:13 PM): Daniel: "...If there's a second barrage, we need to intercept."
wyverncakes 6:19 pm
(6:19:36 PM): From one of the submarines, Doomstar's hulking Brute sorties, accompanied by more Formors, Apogee 13's own nameless machine, and one other newcomer.
(6:19:50 PM): (Nemain: http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/steel/1/re/images/common/ver.3.8_suits_koki_03.gif)
vertigojockey@gmail.com has been invited. 6:19 pm
Invitation result for buddy VJockey : VJockey is busy. 6:19 pm
Atrament Corel 6:20 pm
(6:20:04 PM): Fyra: "Enemy reinforcements."
vertigojockey@gmail.com has entered the room. 6:20 pm
wyverncakes 6:20 pm
(6:20:58 PM): Julia1: "Well... no matter! This city and your little undermanned base won't be able to hold out forever!"
(6:21:16 PM): "VIPER doesn't pick fights it cannot win!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:21 pm
(6:21:59 PM): Sielje: "Their main force is in advance now..."
(6:22:23 PM): She does not see the Cethlenn, which makes her feel a little relieved actually.
wyverncakes 6:22 pm
(6:22:30 PM): Julia1: "Correct, and joining us is even your good friend who saw the light..."
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:22 pm
(6:22:33 PM): The black and orange unit flies just above the water, coming to rest near Julia's formor. Jen: "Hey. Miss me?"
cubey@aol.pl 6:22 pm
(6:22:43 PM): Sielje: "!!"
tengusaur 6:22 pm
(6:22:44 PM): Daniel: "Except the previous fights with Unity Grou-"
(6:22:49 PM): Daniel: "..."
tengusaur 6:23 pm
(6:23:43 PM): Daniel: "...I knew you'd show up sooner or later."
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:24 pm
(6:24:11 PM): Jen: "...That's it? No speeches on how I need to reconsider and join back up with you guys? Nothing on friendship or honor? I'm disappointed."
cubey@aol.pl 6:24 pm
(6:24:15 PM): Sielje: "Jen Douglas..."
(6:24:43 PM): Sielje: "Is your treason not enough? Do you need to taunt us as well?!"
tengusaur 6:25 pm
(6:25:00 PM): Daniel: "I said that next time we meet I'll treat you like all other VIPER members, Remember?"
wyverncakes 6:25 pm
(6:25:02 PM): Julia1: "Yes, she's here to see each and every one of you dead!"
Atrament Corel 6:25 pm
(6:25:03 PM): Fyra just glances at Sielje here.
cubey@aol.pl 6:25 pm
(6:25:16 PM): Sielje: "I realize honor of Ankaia applies not on Earth, but to do this..."
tengusaur 6:25 pm
(6:25:20 PM): Daniel: "That means shooting you dead."
wyverncakes 6:25 pm
(6:25:46 PM): (Enemies: Formors x 15, Formor (Julia version) (damaged), Apogee 13's machine, Brute (Doomstar), Nemain (Traitor Jen)
(6:25:48 PM): (Jen, go)
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:26 pm
(6:26:04 PM): Jen smiles. "There we go, that's more like it."
(6:27:06 PM): *Nemain draws a small baton from its back, which extends into a beam spear. She spins it in a circle, feeling its weight. "Yo, Sielje...watch this." With that, she plunges it straight into the cockpit of Julia's Formor.+
wyverncakes 6:27 pm
(6:27:41 PM): Julia1: "Yes, it's time for-!"
tengusaur 6:28 pm
(6:28:20 PM): Steel Wanderer spins the chamber of its revolver, releasing the empty shells and loading fresh bullets. Daniel's about to enter the fray again. Then this happens.
wyverncakes 6:28 pm
(6:28:37 PM): [Jen] ... But she never finishes. Beam spear to the cockpit really shuts you up quick.
(6:28:51 PM): Julia2: "... I ALREADY DIED?!?"
cubey@aol.pl 6:28 pm
(6:28:52 PM): Sielje: "Watch?"
(6:28:55 PM): Sielje: "..."
wyverncakes 6:28 pm
(6:28:57 PM): Julia3: "AGAIN!?!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:28 pm
(6:28:57 PM): "Eh?"
Atrament Corel 6:28 pm
(6:28:59 PM): Fyra: http://v.dreamwidth.org/9139297/2407766
tengusaur 6:29 pm
(6:29:04 PM): Daniel: "..."
wyverncakes 6:29 pm
(6:29:30 PM): But Jen! Apogee 13's machine lunges in while you're doing that, slashing down at your backside!
cubey@aol.pl 6:30 pm
(6:30:04 PM): # Jen
wyverncakes 6:30 pm
(6:30:07 PM): Apogee: "Turning traitor? A pity, but die!"
(6:30:10 PM): (Approved)
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:30 pm
(6:30:57 PM): *Jen: "What can I say? Perhaps, such impassioned speeches finally drove me to-ah shit shit shit!" Nemain dives forward with a thrust from its jets and turns around, putting up that spear to block.+
wyverncakes 6:31 pm
(6:31:01 PM): (Lineup: Sielje, Jen, Fyra, and Daniel)
(6:31:16 PM): (Sielje can also take a move or combine it with her action)
(6:31:53 PM): Doomstar: "Of all the no good... playing on VIPER's goodwill and excellent employment packages!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:32 pm
(6:32:01 PM): *With a quick release of breath from its pilot, the Knight's Arm presses forward, its left hand slamming with an off-handed punch aimed at attacking Apogee 13.+
wyverncakes 6:32 pm
(6:32:12 PM): "There's no forgiving this!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:32 pm
(6:32:43 PM): Sielje: "If this is a trick, strike now!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:32 pm
(6:32:59 PM): Sielje: "I... do not want to be unsure anymore!"
tengusaur 6:33 pm
(6:33:15 PM): Daniel: "Jen. Explain."
wyverncakes 6:33 pm
(6:33:26 PM): [Jen and Sielje] Apogee 13's blade crashes against the Nemain's spear, stopping its descent and freeing Sielje to strike the VIPER combatant! It raises a fist to block as well, but it still gets knocked backwards!
(6:33:33 PM): (Daniel and Fyra can also attack)
tengusaur 6:33 pm
(6:33:44 PM): (got an enemy list?)
wyverncakes 6:33 pm
(6:33:52 PM): Huffman's voice comes through on the comms! "Actually... allow me!"
(6:34:27 PM): (Enemies: Formors x 15, Apogee 13's machine, Brute (Doomstar))
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:35 pm
(6:35:31 PM): Jen: "I'll have to decline, Sielje. Disagreements aside...I could never want to hurt you like I do these assholes."
wyverncakes 6:35 pm
(6:35:36 PM): "To put it simply... all this time Jen was working as a double agent!"
(6:36:24 PM): "It was a plan we discussed privately, intent to take advantage of VIPER's tendency to try to recruit members from groups it fights against."
wyverncakes 6:37 pm
(6:37:56 PM): "And with a history of looking out only for herself, they would be less suspicious of Miss Douglas than they would of others. We have her to thank for the advance warning."
cubey@aol.pl 6:38 pm
(6:38:01 PM): Sielje: "So... it was a trick after all. Yet, aimed against the men of VIPER instead of Unity Group..."
Atrament Corel 6:38 pm
(6:38:20 PM): *Fyra converts Thousand Lives into a short-hafted scythe. With it, she takes a powerful upward swing, kicking up dust uplifting some sizeable pieces of rock that fly toward another of the Formors+
cubey@aol.pl 6:38 pm
(6:38:29 PM): Sielje: "Jen..."
tengusaur 6:39 pm
(6:39:05 PM): Daniel: "...I see. Would be good to know this in advance. Accidents could happen." Jumping from behind cover again, he fires a shot in the Brute's direction - one that turns into a net of sticky foam upon impact! His attack doesn't end on this, however, as he follows up by quickly peppering the enemy with beam shots using a Lucia generator, whether the former hit or not. +
cubey@aol.pl 6:39 pm
(6:39:10 PM): Sielje: "Why have you said nothing before! I was... worried so much!"
Atrament Corel 6:40 pm
(6:40:12 PM): Fyra: "She truly was."
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:40 pm
(6:40:26 PM): Jen: "...Sorry. I..."
wyverncakes 6:40 pm
(6:40:33 PM): Doomstar: "Of all the low, uncool moves to pull!"
tengusaur 6:40 pm
(6:40:45 PM): Daniel: "Well. You did a good job at fooling all of us."
wyverncakes 6:40 pm
(6:40:53 PM): Julia2: "IF I'D KNOWN YOU WOULD'VE DONE THIS I WOULDN'T HAVE LET THE ME THAT DIED EVEN THINK OF TRYING TO RECRUIT YOU!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:41 pm
(6:41:36 PM): Jen: "...Let's talk about this later." She looks over at doomstar. "Like you're one to talk! Do you even know how they get those commandos!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:41 pm
(6:41:46 PM): Sielje: "Now you know how I felt! You do not sound so sure of yourself anymore!"
(6:42:01 PM): The Knight's Arm accusingly points at the direction of the subs, where Sielje assumes the other Julias are.
wyverncakes 6:42 pm
(6:42:26 PM): [Fyra] Dust and rubble blows forward, crashing into a Formor as it tries to return fire. Its shots break off some pieces of the rubble, barely holding on as two of its comrades fire at Fyra instead with pistols instead!
(6:42:29 PM): (React: Fyra)
tengusaur 6:42 pm
(6:42:52 PM): Daniel: "Right. No offense. About wanting to kill you and stuff. I hope."
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:43 pm
(6:43:15 PM): Jen: "No, it's fine, you can shoot me after this."
cubey@aol.pl 6:43 pm
(6:43:27 PM): Sielje: "Ah! Please do not..."
Atrament Corel 6:45 pm
(6:45:31 PM): *The Rider attempts to sidestep to avoid that, but only the first few shots, because she throws the scythe toward the Formor after that. If it embeds itself in the enemy, she'll form the chain between herself and her weapon and pull it to use it as a flail. If not, hopefully it will deflect enough of the bullets before coming back.+
wyverncakes 6:46 pm
(6:46:19 PM): [Daniel] The Brute gets plastered by your sticky foam, the subsequent Lucia shots beginning to damage the machine. But... "Doomstar doesn't know what to think about all of this... but the plan here was for some rocking carnage...!" The foam's color darkens, growing purple as if something is spreading through the mass before worrisome cracks are heard! Another heartbeat later and they shatter, the damaged (but regenerating) Brute lunging at the Steel Wanderer, slashing down with its sword! "And some rocking carnage we shall have!"
(6:46:22 PM): (React: Daniel)
VJockey 6:46 pm
(6:46:33 PM): #Daniel
wyverncakes 6:46 pm
(6:46:44 PM): (Go for it)
cubey@aol.pl 6:46 pm
(6:46:46 PM): Sielje: "The giant comes!"
VJockey 6:47 pm
(6:47:02 PM): "The giant... leaves."
wyverncakes 6:47 pm
(6:47:49 PM): [Fyra] The damaged Formor can't get away in time, and suddenly it's being used against its allies! One of the Formors gets away in time as the ensnared mook comes smashing down, but the other isn't so lucky.
tengusaur 6:47 pm
(6:47:51 PM): Daniel quickly jumps aside, trying to evade, as he fires the last beam shot in the direction of the attacker and then ejects the burnt-out Lucia generator into the Brute's face. +
wyverncakes 6:47 pm
(6:47:59 PM): (Sielje and Jen can go)
VJockey 6:48 pm
(6:48:11 PM): *Rushing to defend the Steel Wanderer were the Dinobots! Sludge and Grimlock leaping to intercept the larger sword with their own while Snarl and Slag charged at the Brute's legs and Swoop assaulted from above!+
cubey@aol.pl 6:48 pm
(6:48:53 PM): Sielje: "The Autobots' beast machines are here!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:50 pm
(6:50:21 PM): *The Arm jumps away from its closest foe, Sielje using the opportunity to sink her blade into the Brute's foot, trying to pin it to the ground as she pushes the sword down with both hands!+
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:51 pm
(6:51:30 PM): *Jen: "Damnit Doomstar! This isn't some game! They've been taking over people's brains, you know!" Jen holsters her new spear, drawing a bullpup rifle-and firing full-auto at Apogee.+
cubey@aol.pl 6:51 pm
(6:51:33 PM): Sielje: "Jen... I trust us to talk later, then. For now - they need to be stopped!"
wyverncakes 6:52 pm
(6:52:02 PM): [Daniel and the dinobots] The Brute's sword is met with two of the dinobots', stopping it at least long enough for Daniel to get away and join in the counterattack. The machine is hammered backwards... but it's wounded frame is already repairing itself courtesy of nanomachines. And Grimlock and Sludge's swords both are sporting noticeable notches where their blades came into contact with the Brute's own corrosive one.
tengusaur 6:52 pm
(6:52:33 PM): Daniel: "Thanks, dino friends."
Atrament Corel 6:52 pm
(6:52:58 PM): Fyra: "You arrived in time."
tengusaur 6:53 pm
(6:53:03 PM): Daniel: "And Jen. I don't plan to shoot you anymore. But if you insist, I can still do that."
(6:53:14 PM): Daniel: "Just joking."
(6:53:17 PM): Daniel: "Probably."
VJockey 6:53 pm
(6:53:54 PM): "Timing... could be... better. Was... preparing."
wyverncakes 6:54 pm
(6:54:25 PM): Doomstar: "Taking over brains? You just don't get VIPER's loyalty! You don't get it at all!"
wyverncakes 6:55 pm
(6:55:24 PM): [Sielje] Your blade stabs into the Brute, but it doesn't go all the way through the thick, almost organic tissue. Instead the machine just kicks hard, sending you flying up and into range for a big meaty punch!
(6:55:29 PM): (React: Sielje)
cubey@aol.pl 6:56 pm
(6:56:54 PM): Sielje: "That does not sound like loya...h!"
wyverncakes 6:56 pm
(6:56:56 PM): [Jen] In the meantime, Apogee 13's machine dashes left and right, swords slashing out to cut through as many of your shots as possible. What few connect damage it a bit, but don't slow the machine down as it dashes past, spinning around to stab into your back!
(6:57:04 PM): (React: Jen)
wyverncakes 6:58 pm
(6:58:27 PM): Apogee 13: "We know everything about that machine. You won't live long against me."
tormterra has left the room. 6:58 pm
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:58 pm
(6:58:35 PM): Jen: "Get real! There's no way anyone would instantly fall in love with the Commander like that!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:59 pm
(6:59:26 PM): *Sielje is determined not to get thrown away. Even when the kick comes, she tries to stab deeper and at an angle to stay close to the leg - and away from the giant punch!+
tengusaur 6:59 pm
(6:59:29 PM): Daniel: "...What?"
wyverncakes 6:59 pm
(6:59:34 PM): Apogee 13's attacks... seem a little more aggressive in the wake of your words.
(7:00:00 PM): Julia2: "Ooooh, but you've never really met him! You've never been with him!"
wyverncakes 7:00 pm
(7:00:29 PM): Julia3: "You've never cloned yourself over and over again to make sure you be with him more than anyone with only one body!"
(7:00:47 PM): (Daniel, Fyra, Dinobots)
VJockey 7:01 pm
(7:01:34 PM): "Reprogramming... human brain... difficult. Not impossible. Copies... easier.. to reprogram."
(7:01:52 PM): [Trust the robot to point out such a thing.]
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:02 pm
(7:02:40 PM): *Jen whips Nemain around to meet apogee head-on with a punch, its right fist glowing pink as she goes. "Try me!" +
VJockey 7:03 pm
(7:03:06 PM): *Given the Brute was the largest and most destructive force on the field, the Dinobots were concentrating on keeping it from causing too much trouble, letting loose with a multi angle fire breath attack!+
tengusaur 7:03 pm
(7:03:12 PM): Daniel: "...This woman's messed up." He spins the chamber of his gun, putting a single bullet in while it's still turning, then aiming and firing as soon as it stops spinning! A single bullet flies towards the attacking Formors, but it splits mid-flight into ten, each one of them hitting with full force as they cover a large area! +
wyverncakes 7:03 pm
(7:03:24 PM): [Sielje] You're half-successful. Your position shifts, your blade managing to push in deeper... but the Brute's fist still wings you and knocks the Knight's Arm back! The blade tears through some more of its foot as the weapon is pushed back, the force of the strike nearling spinning you around and knocking your damaged arm free of holding the sword! Yet you still hang on!
cubey@aol.pl 7:04 pm
(7:04:12 PM): Sielje: "Agh!"
cubey@aol.pl 7:04 pm
(7:04:40 PM): Sielje: "The more I learn of you... the less I like your actions!"
wyverncakes 7:05 pm
(7:05:10 PM): [Jen] Your energized fist strikes into the machine's katana, the weapon's aim precise and piercing through your hand into the Nemain's arm. But the energy of the blast warps and burns the sword almost as quick... and Apogee 13's forced to discard the ruined weapon and spring away.
Atrament Corel 7:07 pm
(7:07:26 PM): Fyra: "..." *After a moment of pause, she follows behind Daniel's shots. Whatever the destructive bullet doesn't take out will face a close-ranged assault as Fyra multiplies her short-scythes - wielding one in each hand in an almost dance-like movement.+
wyverncakes 7:10 pm
(7:10:03 PM): [Daniel and Fyra ] The bullets arc out at the various Formors, some of them dodging but others not having enough time to realize what's coming at them. And those that do get out of the way are then hounded by a flurry of scythe blows. Six Formors in all fall to the combined assault, the remainder all still taking some damage.
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:11 pm
(7:11:32 PM): Jen falls back, nanobots gathering to repair the ruined hand.
wyverncakes 7:11 pm
(7:11:53 PM): [Dinobots] The energy waves wash over the Brute, the big machine keeping one arm up to try to protect it as the assault taxes its nanomachines! But yet it charges forward at Grimlock, swinging out with its sword to create a gap in this assault!
wyverncakes 7:12 pm
(7:12:52 PM): "The nanomachines of DOOMSTAR aren't meant for manipulating humans! Testing on animals is one thing... but the Commander knows and respects that there is nothing rocking about jamming them in someone's brain!"
(7:12:55 PM): (React: Grimlock)
(7:12:58 PM): Oh right, also.
(7:13:28 PM): [Sielje] You're still connected to the Brute's leg and now it's running AND there's dino-energy breath to worry about too.
(7:13:33 PM): (React: Sielje)
VJockey 7:14 pm
(7:14:38 PM): *Well with the incoming threat of sword Grimlock only has one thing to do here.... nimbly dodge the incoming blade!+
cubey@aol.pl 7:15 pm
(7:15:31 PM): *Grimlock's task may be a little easier - the Knight's Arm leaps from the leg, Sielje slicing at the inside of the enemy's attacking arm while jumping to the side!+
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:16 pm
(7:16:39 PM): "Well then he sure fooled you, because those soldiers have all the personality of a piece of furniture."
wyverncakes 7:17 pm
(7:17:26 PM): Doomstar: "Pretty big claim... too bad it's so easy for shut it down!"
wyverncakes 7:18 pm
(7:18:04 PM): [Grimlock and Sielje] The Knight's Arm springs to safety, cutting at the Brute's arm and making its swing go a little more wide. Easy enough for Grimlock to evade now!
(7:18:06 PM): But...
(7:18:09 PM): VIPER soldier: "..."
(7:18:16 PM): VIPER soldier 2: "..."
(7:18:32 PM): VIPER soldier 3: "..."
(7:19:04 PM): ... The deafening sound of silence makes Doomstar's strike a half-hearted one.
(7:19:44 PM): Julia2: "Oh, don't let that bother you Doomstar! They've just... they're just..."
(7:19:50 PM): Julia3: "They've taken vows of silence!"
(7:19:54 PM): Julia2: "Yes! Exactly!"
tengusaur 7:20 pm
(7:20:45 PM): Daniel: "..."
(7:20:51 PM): Daniel: "...Let's go with that."
wyverncakes 7:20 pm
(7:20:52 PM): Doomstar: "... Always just thought the roadies were just super hardcore dedicated..."
VJockey 7:20 pm
(7:20:55 PM): "Convenient excuse."
wyverncakes 7:21 pm
(7:21:30 PM): "... But even that's stretching is waaaaaay too much for me!"
(7:21:40 PM): ^for Doomstar
Atrament Corel 7:21 pm
(7:21:43 PM): Fyra: "...."
tengusaur 7:21 pm
(7:21:47 PM): Daniel sounds as sarcastic as possible when your voice is robotic and not very emotional.
wyverncakes 7:22 pm
(7:22:58 PM): But then, another Julia joins the conversation.
(7:23:52 PM): Julia4: "Doomstar, having reservations is one thing... but even so..."
(7:24:36 PM): -And then suddenly a massive sphere suddenly bursts from the water, rocking both of the submarines.
wyverncakes 7:24 pm
(7:24:59 PM): Julia2: "Aaah! She's bringing it out!"
(7:25:12 PM): Julia3: "At least give a warning! I didn't have my seatbelt on!"
(7:25:47 PM): It crashes into the ground at the shore, quakes rocking all of you.
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:26 pm
(7:26:05 PM): Jen: "Ah, christ."
Atrament Corel 7:26 pm
(7:26:19 PM): Fyra: "...It?"
wyverncakes 7:26 pm
(7:26:38 PM): Julia4: "Teh Commander's vission and insight are without peer!"
wyverncakes 7:27 pm
(7:27:17 PM): "Without him, where would ANY of VIPER's members be? The answer's the same for us all: not at the lofty positions we are at now!"
(7:27:36 PM): (New enemy: Prima Materia)
cubey@aol.pl 7:28 pm
(7:28:47 PM): The Knight's Arm stands up from where it fell, Sielje adopting a fighting stance once more.
wyverncakes 7:28 pm
(7:28:51 PM): (Prima Materia: a massive, metallic, semi-flattened dome with a 40m radius. Seemingly no weapons or irregularities in its design right now.)
cubey@aol.pl 7:28 pm
(7:28:51 PM): Sielje: "What... is that?"
wyverncakes 7:28 pm
(7:28:58 PM): (Sielje and Jen)
tengusaur 7:29 pm
(7:29:13 PM): Daniel: "...Jen. Do you know that thing?"
wyverncakes 7:30 pm
(7:30:25 PM): (Enemies: Formors x 6, Apogee 13's machine, Brute (Doomstar), Submarine Sundaland (Julia2), Submarine Zealandia (Julia3), Prima Materia (Julia4))
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:30 pm
(7:30:30 PM): Jen: "Yeah. It's dangerous...energy weapons will help peel away the outside, but...Well, I hope you have your affairs in order."
wyverncakes 7:30 pm
(7:30:54 PM): Apogee 13: "You should be worried about your own."
(7:31:20 PM): The ninjabot is still facing the Nemain, its remaining katana still drawn.
VJockey 7:32 pm
(7:32:02 PM): "Just... another obstacle."
(7:32:09 PM): "Simply need... proper weapon."
tengusaur 7:32 pm
(7:32:37 PM): Daniel: "Energy weapons... Well. This will be interesting."
cubey@aol.pl 7:34 pm
(7:34:46 PM): Sielje: "What may it do? It just... lies there..."
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:35 pm
(7:35:21 PM): *Jen: "...Don't think I've forgotten about you, Apogee." Nemain draws that rifle again, firing a few times to get the ninja moving-and then lanches a grenade from the underslung barrel on its gun.+
cubey@aol.pl 7:36 pm
(7:36:01 PM): *The Arm starts circling the Brute, trying to run around it and then between its massive feet, initiating a flanking maneuver!&
wyverncakes 7:37 pm
(7:37:56 PM): [Jen] The ninjabot goes on the defensive, releasing a cloud of mist to somewhat obscure its position... and when you actually fire that grenade it becomes enveloped in mist... only to come bouncing right back at you!
(7:38:02 PM): (React: Jen)
(7:38:39 PM): Apogee: "Your memory isn't bad... soon soon that's all you yourself'll be!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:40 pm
(7:40:00 PM): *"Tch!" Jen puts Nemain's small size to use, and jets sideways to avoid that grenade. "Come on, is that all you've got!?"+
wyverncakes 7:40 pm
(7:40:57 PM): [Jen] Doomstar seems to hesitate for a moment as you begin your charge- "At least move backwards so we can take a shot at her!" -before heeding one of the Julia's words and springing backwards, just as a slew of missiles come from one of the submarines at the Knight's Arm!
(7:41:04 PM): ^Sielje, not Jen
(7:41:08 PM): (React: Sielje)
tengusaur 7:41 pm
(7:41:35 PM): # Sielje (against missiles)
wyverncakes 7:41 pm
(7:41:38 PM): (Go for it)
tengusaur 7:42 pm
(7:42:38 PM): Daniel: "Got your back." Steel Wanderer quickly opens fire, slamming the hammer of its gun repeatedly and firing a barrage of beam shots towards the flying missiles, trying to shoot as many down as possible before they reach the target. +
cubey@aol.pl 7:42 pm
(7:42:48 PM): Sielje: "I may not be able to parry such a giant..."
wyverncakes 7:43 pm
(7:43:08 PM): [Jen] The explosion rocks your machine even though you dodge it, and then Apogee 13's lunging towards you in the aftermath, sword biting into your machine's side! "It's more than you have!" Hand on one of your machine's wrists Apogee wrenches her sword free and stabs it at your chest!
(7:43:10 PM): (React: Jen)
(7:43:27 PM): (Also, Daniel can take his action afterwards. Fyra and the Dinobots can also act)
cubey@aol.pl 7:43 pm
(7:43:28 PM): *But she doesn't have to! The Brute is out of the way, and all Sielje has to do is to outrun the missiles - quickly turning around to catch whatever reaches her on the cloak, and...
(7:44:01 PM): *That was a part of her offensive circular slash. Her blade bites towards Apogee's unit, from behind.+
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:49 pm
(7:49:00 PM): *"Shit!" Jen's grabbed by the wrist, so-no easy way out! She takes the still somewhat-roughed up fist from their earlier clash, and shoves an energy punch right towards Apogee's torso. If it gives out-+
cubey@aol.pl 7:49 pm
(7:49:56 PM): Sielje: "Just hold on, prevail!"
Atrament Corel 7:50 pm
(7:50:18 PM): *Fyra takes to the air as the fighting against the Brute continues. She swings both scythes again to unleash black crescent waves of energy. Her target however, isn't the hulking machine, but one of the Submarines responsible for firing those missiles.+
wyverncakes 7:50 pm
(7:50:57 PM): [Jen, Daniel, and Sielje] The missiles are intercepted mid-course, blasting the area between your group and Doomstar's Brute... and that in turn gives Sielje the breathing room to stab her blade into Apogee 13's mech's body. The ninjabot falters, and Nemain's fist smashes into its side afterwards, knocking it away!
wyverncakes 7:51 pm
(7:51:13 PM): Apogee 13: "... If it hadn't been for your friend..."
cubey@aol.pl 7:52 pm
(7:52:44 PM): Sielje: "It was no duel...."
tengusaur 7:54 pm
(7:54:17 PM): Daniel: "Alright. That worked. Medard, Nicholas, go." He takes aim at the Brute and fires two shots at it, in quick succession. The first one zaps the opponent with electric currents if it hits, trying to make the controls go haywire at least for a moment... And the second one unfolds mid-flight into a rocket-propelled fist, which flies around on a circular trajectory and smashes with great force into the side of the large machine! +
wyverncakes 7:54 pm
(7:54:47 PM): [Fyra] Your waves surge forward, smashing into the top of the Zealandia and tearing two massive scars along the ship's hull. Water starts seeping in as well!
(7:55:13 PM): Julia3: "Aaaah! Repair crews, get to work! And someone get me a damage report!"
cubey@aol.pl 7:55 pm
(7:55:17 PM): Sielje: "You are the ones with no honor, do not even try to complain!"
wyverncakes 7:55 pm
(7:55:36 PM): Julia4: "... Oh? One moment."
(7:55:56 PM): The Prima Materia's body seems to ripple for a moment... and then silvery tentacles surge forwards.
(7:56:06 PM): Julia3: "Julia what are you-AHHH!"
wyverncakes 7:56 pm
(7:56:23 PM): Julia4: "Oh don't panic."
(7:57:18 PM): There's a screaching noise as parts of the submarine are torn free, being pulled inside of the Prima Materia. "All I did was trim off a few loose layers of metal and seal the hull leaks. You're welcome."
(7:57:44 PM): "Autocannibalism's a little too much for me!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:58 pm
(7:58:46 PM): Jen: "Good to know..."
wyverncakes 7:59 pm
(7:59:54 PM): [Daniel] The electrical shot strikes at the Brute, making it stumble... and then Daniel gets to join in the body blow club with Jen! The Brute's dropped to one knee as well.
(8:00:28 PM): Doomstar: "... Doomstar to the Zealandia...!"
(8:00:43 PM): "This whole operation stinks of being a bust!"
wyverncakes 8:01 pm
(8:01:08 PM): "And you're busted too, so let's blow this stand!"
(8:01:32 PM): Julia3: "... Y-yes that might be for the best! Zealandia preparing to depart..."
(8:01:54 PM): "... And repair crews make sure that I... I mean the OTHER I was right about the sealed leaks!"
(8:02:35 PM): The damaged submarine begins to move away, the Brute falling back with it!
Atrament Corel 8:02 pm
(8:02:45 PM): Fyra just sort of...observes this commotion.
wyverncakes 8:03 pm
(8:03:05 PM): (Enemies: Formors x 6, Apogee 13's machine, Submarine Sundaland (Julia2), Prima Materia (Julia4))
wyverncakes 8:03 pm
(8:03:18 PM): Julia2: "I never liked that me anyways."
(8:03:21 PM): "Reminded me too much of myself."
cubey@aol.pl 8:03 pm
(8:03:23 PM): Sielje: "They flee!"
wyverncakes 8:03 pm
(8:03:40 PM): (Dinobots can still take their action. Jen and Sielje can also go)
tengusaur 8:03 pm
(8:03:48 PM): Daniel: "There's still a lot of enemies left."
(8:04:06 PM): Daniel: "Including the big dome. Don't let your guard down yet."
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:04 pm
(8:04:10 PM): Jen: "It's okay. I took more than just Nemain with me today."
VJockey 8:05 pm
(8:05:00 PM): (Derp. Didn't notice I could)
(8:05:02 PM): (sorry)
cubey@aol.pl 8:05 pm
(8:05:18 PM): *The Knight's Arm makes sure to stay away from the dome. Sielje does not like the looks of it... but she continues her assault on Apogee 13, not giving her a time to regain her balance, each step forward coming with another slash or thrust.+
(8:05:34 PM): Sielje: "You know well of my presence here..."
VJockey 8:06 pm
(8:06:11 PM): "Dinobots... we destroy... big dome. Show... VIPER... had bad idea coming here."
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:06 pm
(8:06:18 PM): Jen: "...Alright, Apogee. You know all my ricks in this, right? So let's see if that helps you any..." She circules around the ninjabot, getting on the other side from Sielje.
cubey@aol.pl 8:06 pm
(8:06:37 PM): Sielje: "I will be your opponent!"
VJockey 8:06 pm
(8:06:52 PM): "DINOBOTS!"
(8:07:16 PM): ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8KRGcX1GSI )
VJockey 8:07 pm
(8:07:23 PM): "COMBINE!"
(8:08:32 PM): The air was split by a roar as the Dinobots transformed as one. The large sauropodal form that belonged to Sludge seeming to partially split open as gears and armor shifted rapidly as two heavyset legs extended from what was now was a lower torso. Slag and Swoop, approaching from below and above respectively in their dinosaur modes. Their lower bodies opened and extended, the ferocious roaring heads turning outwards, Swoop's wings folding closed as the pair formed a mighty pair of arms.
(8:08:53 PM): All of them surging with energy as they connected to Grimlock who formed the core of the combination. Snarl soon joining his comrades as his body became the armored back of the massive warrior, sections of his body mimicking the winglike crest formed from his own tail in his own robot mode.
From the headless torso emerged a black-helmeted head, its face set in a fierce scowl as its optics flashed red. The mighty warrior bared their fangs and let loose a mighty battle cry as he drew his mighty blade. Their voice a sharp contrast to the already palpable fury of the Dinobots, carrying in itself the rumble of the approaching storm and the promise of battle most ferocious.
cubey@aol.pl 8:09 pm
(8:09:19 PM): Sielje: "... What in the..."
VJockey 8:09 pm
(8:09:23 PM): "I AM..."
wyverncakes 8:09 pm
(8:09:31 PM): [Jen and Sielje] More mist begins to spread from Apogee's machine... seemingly distorting its position from you two... and then suddenly it rights itself! Sielje... somehow you've gotten past Apogee... and your strikes are coming straight at Jen!
VJockey 8:09 pm
(8:09:32 PM): "WE... ARE.."
wyverncakes 8:09 pm
(8:09:35 PM): (React: Jen and Sileje!)
(8:09:37 PM): ^Sielje
VJockey 8:09 pm
(8:09:37 PM): "DINOBOT"
cubey@aol.pl 8:10 pm
(8:10:47 PM): Sielje: "They could do that?!"
cubey@aol.pl 8:11 pm
(8:11:25 PM): No, there is no need to get distracted. The enemy evades her attacks, but even an enemy who uses clever tricks has to move somehow...
VJockey 8:11 pm
(8:11:41 PM): *Now as one, Dinobot strode towards the Prima Materia, their optics going from red to a searing green as a blast of energy erupted from them towards their target!&
tengusaur 8:11 pm
(8:11:42 PM): Daniel: "...I didn't know." He sounds weird. Is that awe?
cubey@aol.pl 8:11 pm
(8:11:52 PM): And if Apogee moved away from where Sielje struck, then it means...
wyverncakes 8:12 pm
(8:12:08 PM): Julia4: "... All that raw material in one big package."
(8:12:20 PM): "Oooooh the fun I'll have once the Prima Materia makes it mine!"
Atrament Corel 8:12 pm
(8:12:59 PM): Fyra watches the gattai from some distance, looking confused.
cubey@aol.pl 8:13 pm
(8:13:31 PM): Sielje: "You must be here!" *The Knight's Arm spins, its mass trying to only harmlessly bump into Jen's unit (even if it's much smaller) - with Sielje grabbing her blade with two hands and delivering a side-and backwards, broad slash, the sword striking where she suspects the enemy to have moved to!+
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:15 pm
(8:15:19 PM): *Jen ducks under and to the side from Sielje's attack, dropping into a crouch. "Cmon..." Nemain draws its spear as its legs tense-and then it's flat-out gone, a shockwave of sand and air left in its wake. In the tiniest fraction of a second, she's on that nanobot cloud, making a broad slash through where Apogee should be.+
wyverncakes 8:15 pm
(8:15:26 PM): [Dinobot] Your blast shoots forth, straight at the Prima Materia... and blows a hole clean through it! But...! "Oh yes, you're quite the powerhouse aren't you?" Branches form from the still-being-shot-Materia, and suddenly they're sending a flurry of blasts straight back at Dinobot in retaliation, focusing for the moment at the machine's neck!
wyverncakes 8:15 pm
(8:15:32 PM): (React/continue: Dinobot)
cubey@aol.pl 8:16 pm
(8:16:43 PM): Sielje: "F... fast!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:16 pm
(8:16:59 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svyCX2qHWXU
wyverncakes 8:18 pm
(8:18:22 PM): [Jen and Sielje] You crash together, but with far less damage being done than Apogee had hoped for. The shockwave helps scatter the mist, and then you both see the ninjabot. More than that, you both strike! Sielje's blade stabs into the machine's side and Jen's own strike is parried... but parried too late and scrapes along the abdomen of Apogee 13's machine!
(8:18:39 PM): Apogee: "... Still not good enough...!"
(8:18:43 PM): The machine stumbles back!
(8:18:46 PM): (Jen, finish it!)
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:21 pm
(8:21:00 PM): *Jen: "Just one more-" The air around Nemain is warped and hazy, the asphalt at its feet melted and sticky. That move generated a lot of heat, but Jen gets into the same position as before. "Go!" It blasts out again, shattering any nearby glass and setting off car alarms in a supersonic lunge attack at Apogee!+
VJockey 8:21 pm
(8:21:31 PM): *The plating that lined the armored crest on Dinobot's back seemed to take on greater vibrance as they drew more power from Snarl's solar collectors. Pushing more power into the energon greatsword they swing it at the blasts, using its energy field in urder to attempt to deflect the incoming shots with a swing, refusing to lose momentum as they used the momentum to swing around.... and let loose with a tremendously rapid rocket punch towards the breach they made in the Prima Materia with the Swoop Arm to damage it further! Its wings undfolding partially to let loose with rockets as it tore towards its target!+
wyverncakes 8:22 pm
(8:22:28 PM): [Jen] You charge in, your spear plunging into Apogee and-
(8:22:55 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRp_mVi969I
wyverncakes 8:23 pm
(8:23:07 PM): The machine's hands swing out, grabbing your spear by the handle!
(8:23:21 PM): Momentum still carries you both forward, but...
(8:23:41 PM): Apogee: "We know how your machine works! Didn't I already tell you that?!"
tengusaur 8:23 pm
(8:23:49 PM): Daniel: "..."
wyverncakes 8:24 pm
(8:24:14 PM): Hurtling towards a building, Apogee has her machine's legs slam into the ground. They buckle, the armor bulging and bursting as the machine starts to skid....
(8:24:30 PM): ... And it spins around, slamming the Nemain into the building instead!
wyverncakes 8:25 pm
(8:25:14 PM): The structure quakes, dust being kicked up everywhere. The machine's mist adds to that too.
cubey@aol.pl 8:26 pm
(8:26:12 PM): Sielje: "Jen!"
wyverncakes 8:27 pm
(8:27:39 PM): [Dinobot] The blasts meet your greatsword, and indeed getting deflected. Right into... "D-Dive! Hurry!" ... the Sundaland. Unlike its sister submarine, this one doens't get off with just considerable damage, but instead blows up entirely. Your rocket punch continues on full-speed at the Prima Materia, but when it strikes...
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:28 pm
(8:28:22 PM): Nemain crashes not just into but through the building, skidding to a stop on the street on the other side.
wyverncakes 8:28 pm
(8:28:44 PM): ... The fist punctures the membrane of the Materia, slowing considerably. It barely pops out the other side seconds later... looking considerably less there.
(8:29:06 PM): Julia4: "Only a fly-by? Oh well. It was decent for an appetizer."
(8:29:22 PM): As the mist settles away again, Apogee 13's machine is gone.
wyverncakes 8:29 pm
(8:29:49 PM): Julia4: "Well now."
VJockey 8:30 pm
(8:30:01 PM): [Dinobot visibly grimaces, connected as they were - that was painful. Still though...]
wyverncakes 8:30 pm
(8:30:02 PM): "I suppose in this situation there's only one thing left to do then!"
tengusaur 8:30 pm
(8:30:10 PM): Daniel: "...Jen. Can you move?"
wyverncakes 8:30 pm
(8:30:33 PM): Jen, you're probably rather dizzy and maybe not fully conscious right this moment.
cubey@aol.pl 8:30 pm
(8:30:34 PM): The Knight's Arm runs up to where the Nemain has landed.
wyverncakes 8:30 pm
(8:30:40 PM): There's alarms going off inside of the Nemain too.
(8:31:01 PM): Somehow though, the most criticaly of the systems are still holding on somehow though.
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:31 pm
(8:31:24 PM): Jen: "...ow...Yeah...I can move." Nemain struggles to stand up, sparking and stumbling.
wyverncakes 8:32 pm
(8:32:00 PM): In the meantime, the Prima Materia reaches out again with more tendrils, hefting up the entire trashed submarine and the remaining Formor mooks... and immeidately pulling them in to be subsumed by her machine.
(8:32:34 PM): The holes that Dinobot punched through it are quickly filling themselves back in, the Materia swelling to even greater sizes with that much extra mass.
(8:32:44 PM): (Daniel, Fyra, and Dinobot can go again)
(8:32:53 PM): Julia4: "Ah, much better. Much, MUCH better!"
(8:33:30 PM): "So like the commander to trust me with such a machine... not one of those trashy clones stuck with just a Formor."
Atrament Corel 8:34 pm
(8:34:00 PM): The first thing Fyra does is land closer to where the others are.
VJockey 8:35 pm
(8:35:03 PM): *Dinobot lets out a snarl before turning the Slag-Arm towards the Prima Materia, the Triceratops' head opening its mouth and letting loose a raging deluge of blazing fury to redamage what was repaired, and attemping to do it faster than the Nanomachines can fix!+
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:35 pm
(8:35:12 PM): Jen: "...If we can peel off enough of it...expose the core, taking that out will end it."
cubey@aol.pl 8:35 pm
(8:35:24 PM): Sielje: "To think they can foresee all your moves just because of the machine you have... such arrogance!"
tengusaur 8:35 pm
(8:35:38 PM): Daniel: "Do you really think he doesn't treat you as expendable?"
(8:35:38 PM): * Daniel quickly loads three bullets into the Gun of God, then jumps up on top of a nearby building. From this vantage point, he fires three times at the Prima Materia, the Medard bullets creating a large net of electric currents between themselves as soon as they embed themselves in its body! +
VJockey 8:36 pm
(8:36:05 PM): "A simple enough task..."
wyverncakes 8:38 pm
(8:38:27 PM): [Daniel and Dinobot] The energy blasts and electric net begin to fry Materia, but its response is to go mobile. Spikes emerge all along its surface, and the machine suddenly spins its way towards both of you, spiraling beams of energy lancing out from the tips for good measure!
(8:38:30 PM): (React: Dinobot and Daniel)
(8:39:08 PM): Julia4: "Of course I'm not expendable! If I were, the Commander wouldn't make sure I always have clones in reserve to be with him and serve him in all the ways that only i can!"
Atrament Corel 8:39 pm
(8:39:42 PM): *On the ground, the Rider conjures an aura of black energy that intensifies, and even the lifeless ground she stands on starts to change color. Parts of this aura shoot forth as countless beams/tendrils that should hopefully at least slow down the Materia's restoration rate.+
tengusaur 8:40 pm
(8:40:33 PM): Daniel: "...Yes. Think that." Steel Wanderer quickly jumps off the roof of the building it perched on, trying to use its wall as cover from the incoming massive attacks. +
VJockey 8:44 pm
(8:44:16 PM): *Dinobot seemingly focuses on fending off the incoming energy bolts... however there's more to it than that. Raising one of their ponderous legs, they slam it down hard enough that the ground itself shakes, seeking to make of a mess of the ground so that the Prima Materia's spin attack may spin out of control without stable ground to spin on.+
wyverncakes 8:44 pm
(8:44:46 PM): [Fyra] The Prima Materia's silver form is beset by Fyra's black aura, ripping, tearing, and shooting at its form. "W-what? There's no mass to that to absorb?" With a frustrated grunt Julia4 changes gears somewhat to fire a single, focused metal stake straight at Fyra lest this mystery girl prove to be too much for her.
(8:44:48 PM): (React: Fyra)
cubey@aol.pl 8:45 pm
(8:45:03 PM): # Fyra
wyverncakes 8:45 pm
(8:45:06 PM): (Approved)
cubey@aol.pl 8:45 pm
(8:45:20 PM): Sielje: "Continue the assault! I may not be able to contribute much, but..."
cubey@aol.pl 8:46 pm
(8:46:27 PM): *The Knight's Arm leaps to the side, getting in front of Fyra - and slices down, trying to deflect the stake or cleave it in two.+
Atrament Corel 8:49 pm
(8:49:16 PM): Fyra answers with a nod as she continues to focus the same aura. It's a bit more difficult to pull this off without Morte, but she manages...somehow the darkness converges into a cloak that surrounds her and changes her form...
(8:50:17 PM): http://i.imgur.com/aTlDV3O.jpg
Atrament Corel 8:51 pm
(8:51:18 PM): *It's only temporary, but what effect it has will hopefully be enough. She slashes - aiming to cleave...or rather, kill...as much of that liquid metal as possible.+
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:51 pm
(8:51:27 PM): Jen: "What..."
cubey@aol.pl 8:52 pm
(8:52:15 PM): Sielje can't see that, but she has a very ominous sensation for a moment.
wyverncakes 8:52 pm
(8:52:33 PM): [Sielje, Dinobot and Fyra] Dinobot's powerful stops do a number to the ground, throwing the Prima Materia off-balance. Between that and Sielje parrying the Materia's stake, it's easy enough for Fyra to away the better part of the Materia's arsenal leaving behind barely half of what it started with.
(8:52:38 PM): (Everyone can go again)
(8:52:47 PM): Julia4: "T-this is... ridiculous!"
wyverncakes 8:53 pm
(8:53:32 PM): Several tentacles emerge to try to eat into the damaged ground, but the going is slow compared to the metal-rich mooks she gorged the Materia on prior.
VJockey 8:54 pm
(8:54:01 PM): "You attacked a strong foe in their home territory and believed a single weapon could ensure your victory."
cubey@aol.pl 8:54 pm
(8:54:27 PM): Sielje: "The heart is almost exposed! Quick, what to do?"
(8:54:37 PM): Her options are limited with only a melee weapon at disposal...
VJockey 8:54 pm
(8:54:42 PM): "This is a tale told by an idiot. Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:55 pm
(8:55:16 PM): Jen: "I'll carve it up some more. Sielje, you can take my spear-When the core comes out, shove it in her face."
tengusaur 8:55 pm
(8:55:52 PM): Daniel: "I'll work on the surface. Break the core." He jumps behind the corner of the building, quickly firing two explosive rounds at the center of the enemy, and follows up by repeatedly peppering it with as many energy blasts as he can before another Lucia beam generator burns out! +
cubey@aol.pl 8:56 pm
(8:56:20 PM): Sielje: "I will do so."
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:57 pm
(8:57:00 PM): Jen activates and sets aside her beam spear, then draws her gun. She's had some time to gather herself, and Nemain to repair itself, but the damage is still severe.
cubey@aol.pl 8:57 pm
(8:57:23 PM): The Arm takes the weapon in its own two hands. The grip is unsteady at first, with Sielje unsure how to handle a beam weapon... but it grows tight quickly.
VJockey 8:57 pm
(8:57:38 PM): *Dinobot unleashes an assault of his own with his optic lasers, along with Snarl's horn blasters and a good heaping helping of killing things with fire!+
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:58 pm
(8:58:19 PM): *"...Just used one shot so far...Right, here goes." Jen's grenade launcher fires-five times. Each time, a shaped charge comes whistling straight for the Prima Materia.+
cubey@aol.pl 9:01 pm
(9:01:18 PM): Sielje: "Such a familiar sensation..." With the spear held along its side, the Knight's Arm rushes forward with small but quick steps, following the mark of explosions caused by all the attacks.
wyverncakes 9:04 pm
(9:04:00 PM): [Daniel, Dinobot, and Jen] Your flurry of shots hammer into the Prima Materia, blowing off and destroying more and more of its remaining nanomachines... but... it's still not enough to expose the core!
Atrament Corel 9:04 pm
(9:04:14 PM): "..." The cloaked, skeletal form of Fyra doesn't do any more. It watches the other UG members attack though.
wyverncakes 9:04 pm
(9:04:14 PM): Julia4: "... Jen Douglas..."
(9:04:25 PM): "I'm not dying here alone!"
(9:04:41 PM): "All those VIPER pilots don't even count so I don't... want to die aloooooone!"
(9:05:10 PM): Another stake surges out of the Materia, abruptly impaling the Nemain through its chest!
cubey@aol.pl 9:05 pm
(9:05:23 PM): Sielje: "!!"
wyverncakes 9:05 pm
(9:05:28 PM): But Sielje...
(9:05:40 PM): Drawing away that much material to attack Jen...
(9:05:43 PM): It's exposed the core!
tengusaur 9:05 pm
(9:05:44 PM): Daniel: "...Don't hesitate. Quickly!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:05 pm
(9:05:44 PM): In its wounded state, Nemain is in no shape to dodge. It is impaled, and then goes limp.
wyverncakes 9:05 pm
(9:05:45 PM): (Sielje, gogogo)
cubey@aol.pl 9:05 pm
(9:05:49 PM): Shocked may she be, Sielje's grip does not falter.
cubey@aol.pl 9:07 pm
(9:07:06 PM): *With her teeth grit, she sees it - the center of the mass. And now, it opens! The unit swings its arms forward, holding the back end of the spear's hilt. The movement adds extra thrusting strength to the weapon's piercing attack, the beam head aimed right in the center of the core!+
(9:09:00 PM): Sielje: "To protect... I learnt to slay beasts such as you!"
wyverncakes 9:09 pm
(9:09:24 PM): [Sielje] With the core exposed, it's all too easy. Julia doesn't even realize it until it's too late, trying to recall and focus her remaining material to protect the core. But with the force and speed of Sielje's attack, there's nothing the Julia clone can do. The spear runs straight through the Prima Materia's core and out the other side, blood on the weapon's hilt.
cubey@aol.pl 9:10 pm
(9:10:31 PM): The weapon is thrown aside before it or the wielder can be assimilated. Even though it is too late for it now.
wyverncakes 9:10 pm
(9:10:31 PM): The Materia's silvery nanomachine goo swarm just splashes to the ground uselessly after that, the last VIPER combatant present dead.
cubey@aol.pl 9:10 pm
(9:10:55 PM): Sielje: "Jen Douglas..."
tengusaur 9:12 pm
(9:12:30 PM): Daniel: "...Need a doctor here. Quick."
cubey@aol.pl 9:13 pm
(9:13:05 PM): Sielje: "Jen, can you hear me? Do something, give us a sign!"
VJockey 9:13 pm
(9:13:16 PM): [With that taken care of, Dinobot disassembles to his component Dinobots, the group approaching the Nemain.]
wyverncakes 9:13 pm
(9:13:16 PM): Huffman: "Understood. We're sending one now."
(9:13:21 PM): "Jen... hold on."
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:13 pm
(9:13:36 PM): Nemain makes no movement. It repains powered on.
tengusaur 9:14 pm
(9:14:06 PM): Daniel: "..."
VJockey 9:14 pm
(9:14:31 PM): "Jen. Answer.. Now."
Atrament Corel 9:14 pm
(9:14:33 PM): Reverting to normal, Fyra walks closer to inspect the situation.
(9:14:50 PM): Everyone is worried, and so is she.
tengusaur 9:15 pm
(9:15:22 PM): Steel Wanderer moves in to take a closer look at Nemain.
VJockey 9:15 pm
(9:15:26 PM): [Grimlock growls irritably, fist meeting the plating of the Nemain to rattle it.]
cubey@aol.pl 9:15 pm
(9:15:34 PM): Sielje: "Thinking you a traitor was bad enough!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:16 pm
(9:16:00 PM): Nemain's still impaled, and that stake is covered in blood-but, if you listen carefully, there is a sound.
(9:16:08 PM): A heartbeat, calm and steady.
wyverncakes 9:16 pm
(9:16:44 PM): MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
cubey@aol.pl 9:16 pm
(9:16:56 PM): Sielje: "..."
(5:49:46 PM): Approximately fifteen minutes ago, an anonymous message was received at Sakihama, informing of an immenent attack by the forces of VIPER.
wyverncakes 5:51 pm
(5:51:52 PM): In spite of its briefness and anynymous nature, Commander Huffman nevertheless seemed to take it seriously, issuing a base-wide alert with all non-combatants heading to one of the other bases, while all available fighters would be brought in via TSEN.
(5:52:13 PM): ^anonymous
(5:53:11 PM): As soon as they were ready, various teams were sent out into the city at strategic points why laying low, and in the case of your group... you are getting to take point.
(5:53:41 PM): Or rather what allegedly would "be" point: the beachfronts closest to the city.
cubey@aol.pl 5:54 pm
(5:54:46 PM): "To attack from the waterside..." Sielje rubs her eyes. But even if she felt sleepy, the situation dissolved her drowsiness very quickly.
wyverncakes 5:54 pm
(5:54:58 PM): Time ticks down to the supposed time of the attack, but as the minutes dwindle down, no oncoming assault force can be seen.
cubey@aol.pl 5:55 pm
(5:55:05 PM): Sielje: "The men of VIPER..."
(5:55:32 PM): She can't forget who is among their ranks.
wyverncakes 5:55 pm
(5:55:42 PM): Huffman: "Be ready. Another fifteen seconds..."
tengusaur 5:55 pm
(5:55:44 PM): Daniel: "They have a submarine. That's the kind of attack they're gonna prefer."
wyverncakes 5:55 pm
(5:55:50 PM): Then ten.
(5:55:54 PM): Then five.
(5:55:57 PM): And then-!
(5:56:30 PM): Missiles burst from the waters, soaring up and arching down towards Sakihama and the surrounding city!
Atrament Corel 5:56 pm
(5:56:55 PM): Fyra has taken up position with the others, but Morte is not with her.
wyverncakes 5:57 pm
(5:57:01 PM): After that, two massive submarines rise to the surface as well, contingents of VIPER Formors following after!
cubey@aol.pl 5:57 pm
(5:57:04 PM): Sielje: "A subm...ah!"
Atrament Corel 5:57 pm
(5:57:10 PM): And when that happens, she looks up, following the trail of the missiles.
tengusaur 5:57 pm
(5:57:12 PM): Daniel: "...Here they come."
wyverncakes 5:57 pm
(5:57:33 PM): Doomstar: "HAHA! LET THE CONCERT OF DESTRUCTION COMMENCE!"
(5:57:35 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddyd8WxIOUY
wyverncakes 6:00 pm
(6:00:29 PM): Formors branch out to strike the city from various directions, but plenty are heading straight towards your ambush position. Time to spring the trap
(6:00:39 PM): (Sielje, Daniel, and Fyra can all go)
(6:00:48 PM): (Enemies: Formors x 10)
cubey@aol.pl 6:01 pm
(6:01:02 PM): Spring the trap? No.
(6:01:05 PM): Sielje: "..."
tengusaur 6:01 pm
(6:01:20 PM): Steel Wanderer is waiting behind a building, its gun drawn already as it waits for enemies to get close. And that's about to happen...
cubey@aol.pl 6:01 pm
(6:01:27 PM): Sielje: "Assailants of VIPER! Hold your attack, or face the wrath of my blade!"
(6:01:37 PM): The Knight's Arm walks out into the open.
(6:01:48 PM): Sielje: "I, the Knight Sielje, will be your opponent!"
tengusaur 6:01 pm
(6:01:54 PM): Daniel: "..."
Atrament Corel 6:01 pm
(6:01:55 PM): Fyra: "..."
wyverncakes 6:03 pm
(6:03:16 PM): [Sielje] The Formors... just pause for a moment, but then another voice urges them on! "Attack!" And so they do, firing with their flechette rifles at you!
(6:03:19 PM): (React: Sielje)
(6:04:18 PM): One Formor in particular moves to the front of the group, the machine appearing more decorated than the others. And the woman piloting it?
(6:04:24 PM): None other than yet another Julia Cantor!
(6:04:30 PM): (Julia)
tengusaur 6:04 pm
(6:04:39 PM): Daniel: "Should've known this will happen." Steel Wanderer quickly jumps behind the corner, its short cape swirling in the air as it slams the hammer of the Gun of God and sends three armor-piercing Longinus bullets in the direction of the attackers! +
cubey@aol.pl 6:04 pm
(6:04:44 PM): *Sielje saw this coming, and seeks refuge under cover of the beasthide cloak - with a few metal plates underneath for extra improvised protection.+
wyverncakes 6:05 pm
(6:05:34 PM): Julia: "Well look at that... the knight from before rushing forward to be the face of the massacre! Can't say I don't appreciate that!"
(6:05:51 PM): But then, another Julia's voice calls out!
cubey@aol.pl 6:06 pm
(6:06:12 PM): Sielje: "Honor pushes my hand to action..."
wyverncakes 6:06 pm
(6:06:25 PM): Julia2?: "Oh she better not be the only one!"
Atrament Corel 6:06 pm
(6:06:26 PM): *Seeing this, Fyra decides to take the opportunity to strike the Formors from the side - black chains that are part of her weapon suddenly burst out from the ground and lash out at one of them, to rip it apart!+
wyverncakes 6:06 pm
(6:06:29 PM): And then another...!
tengusaur 6:07 pm
(6:07:09 PM): Daniel: "..."
wyverncakes 6:07 pm
(6:07:15 PM): Julia3?: "We can make an example of her too, to get back at our death that one of her fellows were responsible for!"
wyverncakes 6:08 pm
(6:08:23 PM): [Sielje] The fletchet attacks are more meang for cutting, and don't have as much kick behind them as shotguns. Your cloak does get torn a bit from it, but is perfectly serviceable still and with that extra plating you weather the barrage!
cubey@aol.pl 6:08 pm
(6:08:55 PM): (Time to take my action then if I can
(6:08:56 PM): )
wyverncakes 6:09 pm
(6:09:02 PM): (Yes, go right ahead)
(6:09:28 PM): [Daniel and Fyra] But in their over-eagerness, the Longinus bullets pierce through several formors and the chains similarly tears another apart!
tengusaur 6:09 pm
(6:09:35 PM): Daniel: "How many of them are Julia clones?"
cubey@aol.pl 6:10 pm
(6:10:04 PM): Sielje: "But... you are the ones who made a mistake! Not I!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:10 pm
(6:10:57 PM): *As foes explode around her, Sielje leaps from under cover. The cloak fluttering, she lunges at one of the Julia's fomor, with a rising kick to knock it over...
(6:11:40 PM): *Or so it would seem, but using this movement as leverage, she follows up with an under-handed (literally, not figuratively) slash at the unit.+
wyverncakes 6:12 pm
(6:12:55 PM): (Just to clarify: only one of the Formers you're engaged with is one of the Julia/decorated ones)
wyverncakes 6:13 pm
(6:13:36 PM): [Sielje] The kick makes the machine stumble back before it tries to launch a counterattack. Too bad the slash comes where it was least expecting it though, cutting into the machine and taking off its head, arm, and a good bit of its torso!
cubey@aol.pl 6:13 pm
(6:13:59 PM): Sielje: "... My apologies..."
wyverncakes 6:14 pm
(6:14:01 PM): Julia1: "W-what? I'm not going to die here! Not yet anyways! Not until the missiles-"
(6:14:05 PM): -Start exploding.
cubey@aol.pl 6:14 pm
(6:14:12 PM): That was aimed at her allies, and not the opponent.
wyverncakes 6:14 pm
(6:14:15 PM): Julia1, 2, and 3: "YEEEEEES!!!!!"
(6:15:20 PM): But unfortunately, the city is still standing.
wyverncakes 6:15 pm
(6:15:54 PM): Interception fire from city defenders and Unity Group forces alike minimizing the damage before they move to meet with the various groups of attacking Formors.
cubey@aol.pl 6:18 pm
(6:18:07 PM): Sielje: "Your attack was foretold."
wyverncakes 6:18 pm
(6:18:09 PM): Doomstar: "... Nor noooo! They're crashing the party before it's even begun! But no matter!"
tengusaur 6:18 pm
(6:18:13 PM): Daniel: "...If there's a second barrage, we need to intercept."
wyverncakes 6:19 pm
(6:19:36 PM): From one of the submarines, Doomstar's hulking Brute sorties, accompanied by more Formors, Apogee 13's own nameless machine, and one other newcomer.
(6:19:50 PM): (Nemain: http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/steel/1/re/images/common/ver.3.8_suits_koki_03.gif)
vertigojockey@gmail.com has been invited. 6:19 pm
Invitation result for buddy VJockey : VJockey is busy. 6:19 pm
Atrament Corel 6:20 pm
(6:20:04 PM): Fyra: "Enemy reinforcements."
vertigojockey@gmail.com has entered the room. 6:20 pm
wyverncakes 6:20 pm
(6:20:58 PM): Julia1: "Well... no matter! This city and your little undermanned base won't be able to hold out forever!"
(6:21:16 PM): "VIPER doesn't pick fights it cannot win!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:21 pm
(6:21:59 PM): Sielje: "Their main force is in advance now..."
(6:22:23 PM): She does not see the Cethlenn, which makes her feel a little relieved actually.
wyverncakes 6:22 pm
(6:22:30 PM): Julia1: "Correct, and joining us is even your good friend who saw the light..."
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:22 pm
(6:22:33 PM): The black and orange unit flies just above the water, coming to rest near Julia's formor. Jen: "Hey. Miss me?"
cubey@aol.pl 6:22 pm
(6:22:43 PM): Sielje: "!!"
tengusaur 6:22 pm
(6:22:44 PM): Daniel: "Except the previous fights with Unity Grou-"
(6:22:49 PM): Daniel: "..."
tengusaur 6:23 pm
(6:23:43 PM): Daniel: "...I knew you'd show up sooner or later."
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:24 pm
(6:24:11 PM): Jen: "...That's it? No speeches on how I need to reconsider and join back up with you guys? Nothing on friendship or honor? I'm disappointed."
cubey@aol.pl 6:24 pm
(6:24:15 PM): Sielje: "Jen Douglas..."
(6:24:43 PM): Sielje: "Is your treason not enough? Do you need to taunt us as well?!"
tengusaur 6:25 pm
(6:25:00 PM): Daniel: "I said that next time we meet I'll treat you like all other VIPER members, Remember?"
wyverncakes 6:25 pm
(6:25:02 PM): Julia1: "Yes, she's here to see each and every one of you dead!"
Atrament Corel 6:25 pm
(6:25:03 PM): Fyra just glances at Sielje here.
cubey@aol.pl 6:25 pm
(6:25:16 PM): Sielje: "I realize honor of Ankaia applies not on Earth, but to do this..."
tengusaur 6:25 pm
(6:25:20 PM): Daniel: "That means shooting you dead."
wyverncakes 6:25 pm
(6:25:46 PM): (Enemies: Formors x 15, Formor (Julia version) (damaged), Apogee 13's machine, Brute (Doomstar), Nemain (Traitor Jen)
(6:25:48 PM): (Jen, go)
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:26 pm
(6:26:04 PM): Jen smiles. "There we go, that's more like it."
(6:27:06 PM): *Nemain draws a small baton from its back, which extends into a beam spear. She spins it in a circle, feeling its weight. "Yo, Sielje...watch this." With that, she plunges it straight into the cockpit of Julia's Formor.+
wyverncakes 6:27 pm
(6:27:41 PM): Julia1: "Yes, it's time for-!"
tengusaur 6:28 pm
(6:28:20 PM): Steel Wanderer spins the chamber of its revolver, releasing the empty shells and loading fresh bullets. Daniel's about to enter the fray again. Then this happens.
wyverncakes 6:28 pm
(6:28:37 PM): [Jen] ... But she never finishes. Beam spear to the cockpit really shuts you up quick.
(6:28:51 PM): Julia2: "... I ALREADY DIED?!?"
cubey@aol.pl 6:28 pm
(6:28:52 PM): Sielje: "Watch?"
(6:28:55 PM): Sielje: "..."
wyverncakes 6:28 pm
(6:28:57 PM): Julia3: "AGAIN!?!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:28 pm
(6:28:57 PM): "Eh?"
Atrament Corel 6:28 pm
(6:28:59 PM): Fyra: http://v.dreamwidth.org/9139297/2407766
tengusaur 6:29 pm
(6:29:04 PM): Daniel: "..."
wyverncakes 6:29 pm
(6:29:30 PM): But Jen! Apogee 13's machine lunges in while you're doing that, slashing down at your backside!
cubey@aol.pl 6:30 pm
(6:30:04 PM): # Jen
wyverncakes 6:30 pm
(6:30:07 PM): Apogee: "Turning traitor? A pity, but die!"
(6:30:10 PM): (Approved)
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:30 pm
(6:30:57 PM): *Jen: "What can I say? Perhaps, such impassioned speeches finally drove me to-ah shit shit shit!" Nemain dives forward with a thrust from its jets and turns around, putting up that spear to block.+
wyverncakes 6:31 pm
(6:31:01 PM): (Lineup: Sielje, Jen, Fyra, and Daniel)
(6:31:16 PM): (Sielje can also take a move or combine it with her action)
(6:31:53 PM): Doomstar: "Of all the no good... playing on VIPER's goodwill and excellent employment packages!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:32 pm
(6:32:01 PM): *With a quick release of breath from its pilot, the Knight's Arm presses forward, its left hand slamming with an off-handed punch aimed at attacking Apogee 13.+
wyverncakes 6:32 pm
(6:32:12 PM): "There's no forgiving this!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:32 pm
(6:32:43 PM): Sielje: "If this is a trick, strike now!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:32 pm
(6:32:59 PM): Sielje: "I... do not want to be unsure anymore!"
tengusaur 6:33 pm
(6:33:15 PM): Daniel: "Jen. Explain."
wyverncakes 6:33 pm
(6:33:26 PM): [Jen and Sielje] Apogee 13's blade crashes against the Nemain's spear, stopping its descent and freeing Sielje to strike the VIPER combatant! It raises a fist to block as well, but it still gets knocked backwards!
(6:33:33 PM): (Daniel and Fyra can also attack)
tengusaur 6:33 pm
(6:33:44 PM): (got an enemy list?)
wyverncakes 6:33 pm
(6:33:52 PM): Huffman's voice comes through on the comms! "Actually... allow me!"
(6:34:27 PM): (Enemies: Formors x 15, Apogee 13's machine, Brute (Doomstar))
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:35 pm
(6:35:31 PM): Jen: "I'll have to decline, Sielje. Disagreements aside...I could never want to hurt you like I do these assholes."
wyverncakes 6:35 pm
(6:35:36 PM): "To put it simply... all this time Jen was working as a double agent!"
(6:36:24 PM): "It was a plan we discussed privately, intent to take advantage of VIPER's tendency to try to recruit members from groups it fights against."
wyverncakes 6:37 pm
(6:37:56 PM): "And with a history of looking out only for herself, they would be less suspicious of Miss Douglas than they would of others. We have her to thank for the advance warning."
cubey@aol.pl 6:38 pm
(6:38:01 PM): Sielje: "So... it was a trick after all. Yet, aimed against the men of VIPER instead of Unity Group..."
Atrament Corel 6:38 pm
(6:38:20 PM): *Fyra converts Thousand Lives into a short-hafted scythe. With it, she takes a powerful upward swing, kicking up dust uplifting some sizeable pieces of rock that fly toward another of the Formors+
cubey@aol.pl 6:38 pm
(6:38:29 PM): Sielje: "Jen..."
tengusaur 6:39 pm
(6:39:05 PM): Daniel: "...I see. Would be good to know this in advance. Accidents could happen." Jumping from behind cover again, he fires a shot in the Brute's direction - one that turns into a net of sticky foam upon impact! His attack doesn't end on this, however, as he follows up by quickly peppering the enemy with beam shots using a Lucia generator, whether the former hit or not. +
cubey@aol.pl 6:39 pm
(6:39:10 PM): Sielje: "Why have you said nothing before! I was... worried so much!"
Atrament Corel 6:40 pm
(6:40:12 PM): Fyra: "She truly was."
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:40 pm
(6:40:26 PM): Jen: "...Sorry. I..."
wyverncakes 6:40 pm
(6:40:33 PM): Doomstar: "Of all the low, uncool moves to pull!"
tengusaur 6:40 pm
(6:40:45 PM): Daniel: "Well. You did a good job at fooling all of us."
wyverncakes 6:40 pm
(6:40:53 PM): Julia2: "IF I'D KNOWN YOU WOULD'VE DONE THIS I WOULDN'T HAVE LET THE ME THAT DIED EVEN THINK OF TRYING TO RECRUIT YOU!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:41 pm
(6:41:36 PM): Jen: "...Let's talk about this later." She looks over at doomstar. "Like you're one to talk! Do you even know how they get those commandos!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:41 pm
(6:41:46 PM): Sielje: "Now you know how I felt! You do not sound so sure of yourself anymore!"
(6:42:01 PM): The Knight's Arm accusingly points at the direction of the subs, where Sielje assumes the other Julias are.
wyverncakes 6:42 pm
(6:42:26 PM): [Fyra] Dust and rubble blows forward, crashing into a Formor as it tries to return fire. Its shots break off some pieces of the rubble, barely holding on as two of its comrades fire at Fyra instead with pistols instead!
(6:42:29 PM): (React: Fyra)
tengusaur 6:42 pm
(6:42:52 PM): Daniel: "Right. No offense. About wanting to kill you and stuff. I hope."
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:43 pm
(6:43:15 PM): Jen: "No, it's fine, you can shoot me after this."
cubey@aol.pl 6:43 pm
(6:43:27 PM): Sielje: "Ah! Please do not..."
Atrament Corel 6:45 pm
(6:45:31 PM): *The Rider attempts to sidestep to avoid that, but only the first few shots, because she throws the scythe toward the Formor after that. If it embeds itself in the enemy, she'll form the chain between herself and her weapon and pull it to use it as a flail. If not, hopefully it will deflect enough of the bullets before coming back.+
wyverncakes 6:46 pm
(6:46:19 PM): [Daniel] The Brute gets plastered by your sticky foam, the subsequent Lucia shots beginning to damage the machine. But... "Doomstar doesn't know what to think about all of this... but the plan here was for some rocking carnage...!" The foam's color darkens, growing purple as if something is spreading through the mass before worrisome cracks are heard! Another heartbeat later and they shatter, the damaged (but regenerating) Brute lunging at the Steel Wanderer, slashing down with its sword! "And some rocking carnage we shall have!"
(6:46:22 PM): (React: Daniel)
VJockey 6:46 pm
(6:46:33 PM): #Daniel
wyverncakes 6:46 pm
(6:46:44 PM): (Go for it)
cubey@aol.pl 6:46 pm
(6:46:46 PM): Sielje: "The giant comes!"
VJockey 6:47 pm
(6:47:02 PM): "The giant... leaves."
wyverncakes 6:47 pm
(6:47:49 PM): [Fyra] The damaged Formor can't get away in time, and suddenly it's being used against its allies! One of the Formors gets away in time as the ensnared mook comes smashing down, but the other isn't so lucky.
tengusaur 6:47 pm
(6:47:51 PM): Daniel quickly jumps aside, trying to evade, as he fires the last beam shot in the direction of the attacker and then ejects the burnt-out Lucia generator into the Brute's face. +
wyverncakes 6:47 pm
(6:47:59 PM): (Sielje and Jen can go)
VJockey 6:48 pm
(6:48:11 PM): *Rushing to defend the Steel Wanderer were the Dinobots! Sludge and Grimlock leaping to intercept the larger sword with their own while Snarl and Slag charged at the Brute's legs and Swoop assaulted from above!+
cubey@aol.pl 6:48 pm
(6:48:53 PM): Sielje: "The Autobots' beast machines are here!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:50 pm
(6:50:21 PM): *The Arm jumps away from its closest foe, Sielje using the opportunity to sink her blade into the Brute's foot, trying to pin it to the ground as she pushes the sword down with both hands!+
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:51 pm
(6:51:30 PM): *Jen: "Damnit Doomstar! This isn't some game! They've been taking over people's brains, you know!" Jen holsters her new spear, drawing a bullpup rifle-and firing full-auto at Apogee.+
cubey@aol.pl 6:51 pm
(6:51:33 PM): Sielje: "Jen... I trust us to talk later, then. For now - they need to be stopped!"
wyverncakes 6:52 pm
(6:52:02 PM): [Daniel and the dinobots] The Brute's sword is met with two of the dinobots', stopping it at least long enough for Daniel to get away and join in the counterattack. The machine is hammered backwards... but it's wounded frame is already repairing itself courtesy of nanomachines. And Grimlock and Sludge's swords both are sporting noticeable notches where their blades came into contact with the Brute's own corrosive one.
tengusaur 6:52 pm
(6:52:33 PM): Daniel: "Thanks, dino friends."
Atrament Corel 6:52 pm
(6:52:58 PM): Fyra: "You arrived in time."
tengusaur 6:53 pm
(6:53:03 PM): Daniel: "And Jen. I don't plan to shoot you anymore. But if you insist, I can still do that."
(6:53:14 PM): Daniel: "Just joking."
(6:53:17 PM): Daniel: "Probably."
VJockey 6:53 pm
(6:53:54 PM): "Timing... could be... better. Was... preparing."
wyverncakes 6:54 pm
(6:54:25 PM): Doomstar: "Taking over brains? You just don't get VIPER's loyalty! You don't get it at all!"
wyverncakes 6:55 pm
(6:55:24 PM): [Sielje] Your blade stabs into the Brute, but it doesn't go all the way through the thick, almost organic tissue. Instead the machine just kicks hard, sending you flying up and into range for a big meaty punch!
(6:55:29 PM): (React: Sielje)
cubey@aol.pl 6:56 pm
(6:56:54 PM): Sielje: "That does not sound like loya...h!"
wyverncakes 6:56 pm
(6:56:56 PM): [Jen] In the meantime, Apogee 13's machine dashes left and right, swords slashing out to cut through as many of your shots as possible. What few connect damage it a bit, but don't slow the machine down as it dashes past, spinning around to stab into your back!
(6:57:04 PM): (React: Jen)
wyverncakes 6:58 pm
(6:58:27 PM): Apogee 13: "We know everything about that machine. You won't live long against me."
tormterra has left the room. 6:58 pm
arachnion01@gmail.com 6:58 pm
(6:58:35 PM): Jen: "Get real! There's no way anyone would instantly fall in love with the Commander like that!"
cubey@aol.pl 6:59 pm
(6:59:26 PM): *Sielje is determined not to get thrown away. Even when the kick comes, she tries to stab deeper and at an angle to stay close to the leg - and away from the giant punch!+
tengusaur 6:59 pm
(6:59:29 PM): Daniel: "...What?"
wyverncakes 6:59 pm
(6:59:34 PM): Apogee 13's attacks... seem a little more aggressive in the wake of your words.
(7:00:00 PM): Julia2: "Ooooh, but you've never really met him! You've never been with him!"
wyverncakes 7:00 pm
(7:00:29 PM): Julia3: "You've never cloned yourself over and over again to make sure you be with him more than anyone with only one body!"
(7:00:47 PM): (Daniel, Fyra, Dinobots)
VJockey 7:01 pm
(7:01:34 PM): "Reprogramming... human brain... difficult. Not impossible. Copies... easier.. to reprogram."
(7:01:52 PM): [Trust the robot to point out such a thing.]
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:02 pm
(7:02:40 PM): *Jen whips Nemain around to meet apogee head-on with a punch, its right fist glowing pink as she goes. "Try me!" +
VJockey 7:03 pm
(7:03:06 PM): *Given the Brute was the largest and most destructive force on the field, the Dinobots were concentrating on keeping it from causing too much trouble, letting loose with a multi angle fire breath attack!+
tengusaur 7:03 pm
(7:03:12 PM): Daniel: "...This woman's messed up." He spins the chamber of his gun, putting a single bullet in while it's still turning, then aiming and firing as soon as it stops spinning! A single bullet flies towards the attacking Formors, but it splits mid-flight into ten, each one of them hitting with full force as they cover a large area! +
wyverncakes 7:03 pm
(7:03:24 PM): [Sielje] You're half-successful. Your position shifts, your blade managing to push in deeper... but the Brute's fist still wings you and knocks the Knight's Arm back! The blade tears through some more of its foot as the weapon is pushed back, the force of the strike nearling spinning you around and knocking your damaged arm free of holding the sword! Yet you still hang on!
cubey@aol.pl 7:04 pm
(7:04:12 PM): Sielje: "Agh!"
cubey@aol.pl 7:04 pm
(7:04:40 PM): Sielje: "The more I learn of you... the less I like your actions!"
wyverncakes 7:05 pm
(7:05:10 PM): [Jen] Your energized fist strikes into the machine's katana, the weapon's aim precise and piercing through your hand into the Nemain's arm. But the energy of the blast warps and burns the sword almost as quick... and Apogee 13's forced to discard the ruined weapon and spring away.
Atrament Corel 7:07 pm
(7:07:26 PM): Fyra: "..." *After a moment of pause, she follows behind Daniel's shots. Whatever the destructive bullet doesn't take out will face a close-ranged assault as Fyra multiplies her short-scythes - wielding one in each hand in an almost dance-like movement.+
wyverncakes 7:10 pm
(7:10:03 PM): [Daniel and Fyra ] The bullets arc out at the various Formors, some of them dodging but others not having enough time to realize what's coming at them. And those that do get out of the way are then hounded by a flurry of scythe blows. Six Formors in all fall to the combined assault, the remainder all still taking some damage.
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:11 pm
(7:11:32 PM): Jen falls back, nanobots gathering to repair the ruined hand.
wyverncakes 7:11 pm
(7:11:53 PM): [Dinobots] The energy waves wash over the Brute, the big machine keeping one arm up to try to protect it as the assault taxes its nanomachines! But yet it charges forward at Grimlock, swinging out with its sword to create a gap in this assault!
wyverncakes 7:12 pm
(7:12:52 PM): "The nanomachines of DOOMSTAR aren't meant for manipulating humans! Testing on animals is one thing... but the Commander knows and respects that there is nothing rocking about jamming them in someone's brain!"
(7:12:55 PM): (React: Grimlock)
(7:12:58 PM): Oh right, also.
(7:13:28 PM): [Sielje] You're still connected to the Brute's leg and now it's running AND there's dino-energy breath to worry about too.
(7:13:33 PM): (React: Sielje)
VJockey 7:14 pm
(7:14:38 PM): *Well with the incoming threat of sword Grimlock only has one thing to do here.... nimbly dodge the incoming blade!+
cubey@aol.pl 7:15 pm
(7:15:31 PM): *Grimlock's task may be a little easier - the Knight's Arm leaps from the leg, Sielje slicing at the inside of the enemy's attacking arm while jumping to the side!+
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:16 pm
(7:16:39 PM): "Well then he sure fooled you, because those soldiers have all the personality of a piece of furniture."
wyverncakes 7:17 pm
(7:17:26 PM): Doomstar: "Pretty big claim... too bad it's so easy for shut it down!"
wyverncakes 7:18 pm
(7:18:04 PM): [Grimlock and Sielje] The Knight's Arm springs to safety, cutting at the Brute's arm and making its swing go a little more wide. Easy enough for Grimlock to evade now!
(7:18:06 PM): But...
(7:18:09 PM): VIPER soldier: "..."
(7:18:16 PM): VIPER soldier 2: "..."
(7:18:32 PM): VIPER soldier 3: "..."
(7:19:04 PM): ... The deafening sound of silence makes Doomstar's strike a half-hearted one.
(7:19:44 PM): Julia2: "Oh, don't let that bother you Doomstar! They've just... they're just..."
(7:19:50 PM): Julia3: "They've taken vows of silence!"
(7:19:54 PM): Julia2: "Yes! Exactly!"
tengusaur 7:20 pm
(7:20:45 PM): Daniel: "..."
(7:20:51 PM): Daniel: "...Let's go with that."
wyverncakes 7:20 pm
(7:20:52 PM): Doomstar: "... Always just thought the roadies were just super hardcore dedicated..."
VJockey 7:20 pm
(7:20:55 PM): "Convenient excuse."
wyverncakes 7:21 pm
(7:21:30 PM): "... But even that's stretching is waaaaaay too much for me!"
(7:21:40 PM): ^for Doomstar
Atrament Corel 7:21 pm
(7:21:43 PM): Fyra: "...."
tengusaur 7:21 pm
(7:21:47 PM): Daniel sounds as sarcastic as possible when your voice is robotic and not very emotional.
wyverncakes 7:22 pm
(7:22:58 PM): But then, another Julia joins the conversation.
(7:23:52 PM): Julia4: "Doomstar, having reservations is one thing... but even so..."
(7:24:36 PM): -And then suddenly a massive sphere suddenly bursts from the water, rocking both of the submarines.
wyverncakes 7:24 pm
(7:24:59 PM): Julia2: "Aaah! She's bringing it out!"
(7:25:12 PM): Julia3: "At least give a warning! I didn't have my seatbelt on!"
(7:25:47 PM): It crashes into the ground at the shore, quakes rocking all of you.
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:26 pm
(7:26:05 PM): Jen: "Ah, christ."
Atrament Corel 7:26 pm
(7:26:19 PM): Fyra: "...It?"
wyverncakes 7:26 pm
(7:26:38 PM): Julia4: "Teh Commander's vission and insight are without peer!"
wyverncakes 7:27 pm
(7:27:17 PM): "Without him, where would ANY of VIPER's members be? The answer's the same for us all: not at the lofty positions we are at now!"
(7:27:36 PM): (New enemy: Prima Materia)
cubey@aol.pl 7:28 pm
(7:28:47 PM): The Knight's Arm stands up from where it fell, Sielje adopting a fighting stance once more.
wyverncakes 7:28 pm
(7:28:51 PM): (Prima Materia: a massive, metallic, semi-flattened dome with a 40m radius. Seemingly no weapons or irregularities in its design right now.)
cubey@aol.pl 7:28 pm
(7:28:51 PM): Sielje: "What... is that?"
wyverncakes 7:28 pm
(7:28:58 PM): (Sielje and Jen)
tengusaur 7:29 pm
(7:29:13 PM): Daniel: "...Jen. Do you know that thing?"
wyverncakes 7:30 pm
(7:30:25 PM): (Enemies: Formors x 6, Apogee 13's machine, Brute (Doomstar), Submarine Sundaland (Julia2), Submarine Zealandia (Julia3), Prima Materia (Julia4))
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:30 pm
(7:30:30 PM): Jen: "Yeah. It's dangerous...energy weapons will help peel away the outside, but...Well, I hope you have your affairs in order."
wyverncakes 7:30 pm
(7:30:54 PM): Apogee 13: "You should be worried about your own."
(7:31:20 PM): The ninjabot is still facing the Nemain, its remaining katana still drawn.
VJockey 7:32 pm
(7:32:02 PM): "Just... another obstacle."
(7:32:09 PM): "Simply need... proper weapon."
tengusaur 7:32 pm
(7:32:37 PM): Daniel: "Energy weapons... Well. This will be interesting."
cubey@aol.pl 7:34 pm
(7:34:46 PM): Sielje: "What may it do? It just... lies there..."
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:35 pm
(7:35:21 PM): *Jen: "...Don't think I've forgotten about you, Apogee." Nemain draws that rifle again, firing a few times to get the ninja moving-and then lanches a grenade from the underslung barrel on its gun.+
cubey@aol.pl 7:36 pm
(7:36:01 PM): *The Arm starts circling the Brute, trying to run around it and then between its massive feet, initiating a flanking maneuver!&
wyverncakes 7:37 pm
(7:37:56 PM): [Jen] The ninjabot goes on the defensive, releasing a cloud of mist to somewhat obscure its position... and when you actually fire that grenade it becomes enveloped in mist... only to come bouncing right back at you!
(7:38:02 PM): (React: Jen)
(7:38:39 PM): Apogee: "Your memory isn't bad... soon soon that's all you yourself'll be!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:40 pm
(7:40:00 PM): *"Tch!" Jen puts Nemain's small size to use, and jets sideways to avoid that grenade. "Come on, is that all you've got!?"+
wyverncakes 7:40 pm
(7:40:57 PM): [Jen] Doomstar seems to hesitate for a moment as you begin your charge- "At least move backwards so we can take a shot at her!" -before heeding one of the Julia's words and springing backwards, just as a slew of missiles come from one of the submarines at the Knight's Arm!
(7:41:04 PM): ^Sielje, not Jen
(7:41:08 PM): (React: Sielje)
tengusaur 7:41 pm
(7:41:35 PM): # Sielje (against missiles)
wyverncakes 7:41 pm
(7:41:38 PM): (Go for it)
tengusaur 7:42 pm
(7:42:38 PM): Daniel: "Got your back." Steel Wanderer quickly opens fire, slamming the hammer of its gun repeatedly and firing a barrage of beam shots towards the flying missiles, trying to shoot as many down as possible before they reach the target. +
cubey@aol.pl 7:42 pm
(7:42:48 PM): Sielje: "I may not be able to parry such a giant..."
wyverncakes 7:43 pm
(7:43:08 PM): [Jen] The explosion rocks your machine even though you dodge it, and then Apogee 13's lunging towards you in the aftermath, sword biting into your machine's side! "It's more than you have!" Hand on one of your machine's wrists Apogee wrenches her sword free and stabs it at your chest!
(7:43:10 PM): (React: Jen)
(7:43:27 PM): (Also, Daniel can take his action afterwards. Fyra and the Dinobots can also act)
cubey@aol.pl 7:43 pm
(7:43:28 PM): *But she doesn't have to! The Brute is out of the way, and all Sielje has to do is to outrun the missiles - quickly turning around to catch whatever reaches her on the cloak, and...
(7:44:01 PM): *That was a part of her offensive circular slash. Her blade bites towards Apogee's unit, from behind.+
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:49 pm
(7:49:00 PM): *"Shit!" Jen's grabbed by the wrist, so-no easy way out! She takes the still somewhat-roughed up fist from their earlier clash, and shoves an energy punch right towards Apogee's torso. If it gives out-+
cubey@aol.pl 7:49 pm
(7:49:56 PM): Sielje: "Just hold on, prevail!"
Atrament Corel 7:50 pm
(7:50:18 PM): *Fyra takes to the air as the fighting against the Brute continues. She swings both scythes again to unleash black crescent waves of energy. Her target however, isn't the hulking machine, but one of the Submarines responsible for firing those missiles.+
wyverncakes 7:50 pm
(7:50:57 PM): [Jen, Daniel, and Sielje] The missiles are intercepted mid-course, blasting the area between your group and Doomstar's Brute... and that in turn gives Sielje the breathing room to stab her blade into Apogee 13's mech's body. The ninjabot falters, and Nemain's fist smashes into its side afterwards, knocking it away!
wyverncakes 7:51 pm
(7:51:13 PM): Apogee 13: "... If it hadn't been for your friend..."
cubey@aol.pl 7:52 pm
(7:52:44 PM): Sielje: "It was no duel...."
tengusaur 7:54 pm
(7:54:17 PM): Daniel: "Alright. That worked. Medard, Nicholas, go." He takes aim at the Brute and fires two shots at it, in quick succession. The first one zaps the opponent with electric currents if it hits, trying to make the controls go haywire at least for a moment... And the second one unfolds mid-flight into a rocket-propelled fist, which flies around on a circular trajectory and smashes with great force into the side of the large machine! +
wyverncakes 7:54 pm
(7:54:47 PM): [Fyra] Your waves surge forward, smashing into the top of the Zealandia and tearing two massive scars along the ship's hull. Water starts seeping in as well!
(7:55:13 PM): Julia3: "Aaaah! Repair crews, get to work! And someone get me a damage report!"
cubey@aol.pl 7:55 pm
(7:55:17 PM): Sielje: "You are the ones with no honor, do not even try to complain!"
wyverncakes 7:55 pm
(7:55:36 PM): Julia4: "... Oh? One moment."
(7:55:56 PM): The Prima Materia's body seems to ripple for a moment... and then silvery tentacles surge forwards.
(7:56:06 PM): Julia3: "Julia what are you-AHHH!"
wyverncakes 7:56 pm
(7:56:23 PM): Julia4: "Oh don't panic."
(7:57:18 PM): There's a screaching noise as parts of the submarine are torn free, being pulled inside of the Prima Materia. "All I did was trim off a few loose layers of metal and seal the hull leaks. You're welcome."
(7:57:44 PM): "Autocannibalism's a little too much for me!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 7:58 pm
(7:58:46 PM): Jen: "Good to know..."
wyverncakes 7:59 pm
(7:59:54 PM): [Daniel] The electrical shot strikes at the Brute, making it stumble... and then Daniel gets to join in the body blow club with Jen! The Brute's dropped to one knee as well.
(8:00:28 PM): Doomstar: "... Doomstar to the Zealandia...!"
(8:00:43 PM): "This whole operation stinks of being a bust!"
wyverncakes 8:01 pm
(8:01:08 PM): "And you're busted too, so let's blow this stand!"
(8:01:32 PM): Julia3: "... Y-yes that might be for the best! Zealandia preparing to depart..."
(8:01:54 PM): "... And repair crews make sure that I... I mean the OTHER I was right about the sealed leaks!"
(8:02:35 PM): The damaged submarine begins to move away, the Brute falling back with it!
Atrament Corel 8:02 pm
(8:02:45 PM): Fyra just sort of...observes this commotion.
wyverncakes 8:03 pm
(8:03:05 PM): (Enemies: Formors x 6, Apogee 13's machine, Submarine Sundaland (Julia2), Prima Materia (Julia4))
wyverncakes 8:03 pm
(8:03:18 PM): Julia2: "I never liked that me anyways."
(8:03:21 PM): "Reminded me too much of myself."
cubey@aol.pl 8:03 pm
(8:03:23 PM): Sielje: "They flee!"
wyverncakes 8:03 pm
(8:03:40 PM): (Dinobots can still take their action. Jen and Sielje can also go)
tengusaur 8:03 pm
(8:03:48 PM): Daniel: "There's still a lot of enemies left."
(8:04:06 PM): Daniel: "Including the big dome. Don't let your guard down yet."
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:04 pm
(8:04:10 PM): Jen: "It's okay. I took more than just Nemain with me today."
VJockey 8:05 pm
(8:05:00 PM): (Derp. Didn't notice I could)
(8:05:02 PM): (sorry)
cubey@aol.pl 8:05 pm
(8:05:18 PM): *The Knight's Arm makes sure to stay away from the dome. Sielje does not like the looks of it... but she continues her assault on Apogee 13, not giving her a time to regain her balance, each step forward coming with another slash or thrust.+
(8:05:34 PM): Sielje: "You know well of my presence here..."
VJockey 8:06 pm
(8:06:11 PM): "Dinobots... we destroy... big dome. Show... VIPER... had bad idea coming here."
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:06 pm
(8:06:18 PM): Jen: "...Alright, Apogee. You know all my ricks in this, right? So let's see if that helps you any..." She circules around the ninjabot, getting on the other side from Sielje.
cubey@aol.pl 8:06 pm
(8:06:37 PM): Sielje: "I will be your opponent!"
VJockey 8:06 pm
(8:06:52 PM): "DINOBOTS!"
(8:07:16 PM): ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8KRGcX1GSI )
VJockey 8:07 pm
(8:07:23 PM): "COMBINE!"
(8:08:32 PM): The air was split by a roar as the Dinobots transformed as one. The large sauropodal form that belonged to Sludge seeming to partially split open as gears and armor shifted rapidly as two heavyset legs extended from what was now was a lower torso. Slag and Swoop, approaching from below and above respectively in their dinosaur modes. Their lower bodies opened and extended, the ferocious roaring heads turning outwards, Swoop's wings folding closed as the pair formed a mighty pair of arms.
(8:08:53 PM): All of them surging with energy as they connected to Grimlock who formed the core of the combination. Snarl soon joining his comrades as his body became the armored back of the massive warrior, sections of his body mimicking the winglike crest formed from his own tail in his own robot mode.
From the headless torso emerged a black-helmeted head, its face set in a fierce scowl as its optics flashed red. The mighty warrior bared their fangs and let loose a mighty battle cry as he drew his mighty blade. Their voice a sharp contrast to the already palpable fury of the Dinobots, carrying in itself the rumble of the approaching storm and the promise of battle most ferocious.
cubey@aol.pl 8:09 pm
(8:09:19 PM): Sielje: "... What in the..."
VJockey 8:09 pm
(8:09:23 PM): "I AM..."
wyverncakes 8:09 pm
(8:09:31 PM): [Jen and Sielje] More mist begins to spread from Apogee's machine... seemingly distorting its position from you two... and then suddenly it rights itself! Sielje... somehow you've gotten past Apogee... and your strikes are coming straight at Jen!
VJockey 8:09 pm
(8:09:32 PM): "WE... ARE.."
wyverncakes 8:09 pm
(8:09:35 PM): (React: Jen and Sileje!)
(8:09:37 PM): ^Sielje
VJockey 8:09 pm
(8:09:37 PM): "DINOBOT"
cubey@aol.pl 8:10 pm
(8:10:47 PM): Sielje: "They could do that?!"
cubey@aol.pl 8:11 pm
(8:11:25 PM): No, there is no need to get distracted. The enemy evades her attacks, but even an enemy who uses clever tricks has to move somehow...
VJockey 8:11 pm
(8:11:41 PM): *Now as one, Dinobot strode towards the Prima Materia, their optics going from red to a searing green as a blast of energy erupted from them towards their target!&
tengusaur 8:11 pm
(8:11:42 PM): Daniel: "...I didn't know." He sounds weird. Is that awe?
cubey@aol.pl 8:11 pm
(8:11:52 PM): And if Apogee moved away from where Sielje struck, then it means...
wyverncakes 8:12 pm
(8:12:08 PM): Julia4: "... All that raw material in one big package."
(8:12:20 PM): "Oooooh the fun I'll have once the Prima Materia makes it mine!"
Atrament Corel 8:12 pm
(8:12:59 PM): Fyra watches the gattai from some distance, looking confused.
cubey@aol.pl 8:13 pm
(8:13:31 PM): Sielje: "You must be here!" *The Knight's Arm spins, its mass trying to only harmlessly bump into Jen's unit (even if it's much smaller) - with Sielje grabbing her blade with two hands and delivering a side-and backwards, broad slash, the sword striking where she suspects the enemy to have moved to!+
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:15 pm
(8:15:19 PM): *Jen ducks under and to the side from Sielje's attack, dropping into a crouch. "Cmon..." Nemain draws its spear as its legs tense-and then it's flat-out gone, a shockwave of sand and air left in its wake. In the tiniest fraction of a second, she's on that nanobot cloud, making a broad slash through where Apogee should be.+
wyverncakes 8:15 pm
(8:15:26 PM): [Dinobot] Your blast shoots forth, straight at the Prima Materia... and blows a hole clean through it! But...! "Oh yes, you're quite the powerhouse aren't you?" Branches form from the still-being-shot-Materia, and suddenly they're sending a flurry of blasts straight back at Dinobot in retaliation, focusing for the moment at the machine's neck!
wyverncakes 8:15 pm
(8:15:32 PM): (React/continue: Dinobot)
cubey@aol.pl 8:16 pm
(8:16:43 PM): Sielje: "F... fast!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:16 pm
(8:16:59 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svyCX2qHWXU
wyverncakes 8:18 pm
(8:18:22 PM): [Jen and Sielje] You crash together, but with far less damage being done than Apogee had hoped for. The shockwave helps scatter the mist, and then you both see the ninjabot. More than that, you both strike! Sielje's blade stabs into the machine's side and Jen's own strike is parried... but parried too late and scrapes along the abdomen of Apogee 13's machine!
(8:18:39 PM): Apogee: "... Still not good enough...!"
(8:18:43 PM): The machine stumbles back!
(8:18:46 PM): (Jen, finish it!)
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:21 pm
(8:21:00 PM): *Jen: "Just one more-" The air around Nemain is warped and hazy, the asphalt at its feet melted and sticky. That move generated a lot of heat, but Jen gets into the same position as before. "Go!" It blasts out again, shattering any nearby glass and setting off car alarms in a supersonic lunge attack at Apogee!+
VJockey 8:21 pm
(8:21:31 PM): *The plating that lined the armored crest on Dinobot's back seemed to take on greater vibrance as they drew more power from Snarl's solar collectors. Pushing more power into the energon greatsword they swing it at the blasts, using its energy field in urder to attempt to deflect the incoming shots with a swing, refusing to lose momentum as they used the momentum to swing around.... and let loose with a tremendously rapid rocket punch towards the breach they made in the Prima Materia with the Swoop Arm to damage it further! Its wings undfolding partially to let loose with rockets as it tore towards its target!+
wyverncakes 8:22 pm
(8:22:28 PM): [Jen] You charge in, your spear plunging into Apogee and-
(8:22:55 PM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRp_mVi969I
wyverncakes 8:23 pm
(8:23:07 PM): The machine's hands swing out, grabbing your spear by the handle!
(8:23:21 PM): Momentum still carries you both forward, but...
(8:23:41 PM): Apogee: "We know how your machine works! Didn't I already tell you that?!"
tengusaur 8:23 pm
(8:23:49 PM): Daniel: "..."
wyverncakes 8:24 pm
(8:24:14 PM): Hurtling towards a building, Apogee has her machine's legs slam into the ground. They buckle, the armor bulging and bursting as the machine starts to skid....
(8:24:30 PM): ... And it spins around, slamming the Nemain into the building instead!
wyverncakes 8:25 pm
(8:25:14 PM): The structure quakes, dust being kicked up everywhere. The machine's mist adds to that too.
cubey@aol.pl 8:26 pm
(8:26:12 PM): Sielje: "Jen!"
wyverncakes 8:27 pm
(8:27:39 PM): [Dinobot] The blasts meet your greatsword, and indeed getting deflected. Right into... "D-Dive! Hurry!" ... the Sundaland. Unlike its sister submarine, this one doens't get off with just considerable damage, but instead blows up entirely. Your rocket punch continues on full-speed at the Prima Materia, but when it strikes...
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:28 pm
(8:28:22 PM): Nemain crashes not just into but through the building, skidding to a stop on the street on the other side.
wyverncakes 8:28 pm
(8:28:44 PM): ... The fist punctures the membrane of the Materia, slowing considerably. It barely pops out the other side seconds later... looking considerably less there.
(8:29:06 PM): Julia4: "Only a fly-by? Oh well. It was decent for an appetizer."
(8:29:22 PM): As the mist settles away again, Apogee 13's machine is gone.
wyverncakes 8:29 pm
(8:29:49 PM): Julia4: "Well now."
VJockey 8:30 pm
(8:30:01 PM): [Dinobot visibly grimaces, connected as they were - that was painful. Still though...]
wyverncakes 8:30 pm
(8:30:02 PM): "I suppose in this situation there's only one thing left to do then!"
tengusaur 8:30 pm
(8:30:10 PM): Daniel: "...Jen. Can you move?"
wyverncakes 8:30 pm
(8:30:33 PM): Jen, you're probably rather dizzy and maybe not fully conscious right this moment.
cubey@aol.pl 8:30 pm
(8:30:34 PM): The Knight's Arm runs up to where the Nemain has landed.
wyverncakes 8:30 pm
(8:30:40 PM): There's alarms going off inside of the Nemain too.
(8:31:01 PM): Somehow though, the most criticaly of the systems are still holding on somehow though.
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:31 pm
(8:31:24 PM): Jen: "...ow...Yeah...I can move." Nemain struggles to stand up, sparking and stumbling.
wyverncakes 8:32 pm
(8:32:00 PM): In the meantime, the Prima Materia reaches out again with more tendrils, hefting up the entire trashed submarine and the remaining Formor mooks... and immeidately pulling them in to be subsumed by her machine.
(8:32:34 PM): The holes that Dinobot punched through it are quickly filling themselves back in, the Materia swelling to even greater sizes with that much extra mass.
(8:32:44 PM): (Daniel, Fyra, and Dinobot can go again)
(8:32:53 PM): Julia4: "Ah, much better. Much, MUCH better!"
(8:33:30 PM): "So like the commander to trust me with such a machine... not one of those trashy clones stuck with just a Formor."
Atrament Corel 8:34 pm
(8:34:00 PM): The first thing Fyra does is land closer to where the others are.
VJockey 8:35 pm
(8:35:03 PM): *Dinobot lets out a snarl before turning the Slag-Arm towards the Prima Materia, the Triceratops' head opening its mouth and letting loose a raging deluge of blazing fury to redamage what was repaired, and attemping to do it faster than the Nanomachines can fix!+
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:35 pm
(8:35:12 PM): Jen: "...If we can peel off enough of it...expose the core, taking that out will end it."
cubey@aol.pl 8:35 pm
(8:35:24 PM): Sielje: "To think they can foresee all your moves just because of the machine you have... such arrogance!"
tengusaur 8:35 pm
(8:35:38 PM): Daniel: "Do you really think he doesn't treat you as expendable?"
(8:35:38 PM): * Daniel quickly loads three bullets into the Gun of God, then jumps up on top of a nearby building. From this vantage point, he fires three times at the Prima Materia, the Medard bullets creating a large net of electric currents between themselves as soon as they embed themselves in its body! +
VJockey 8:36 pm
(8:36:05 PM): "A simple enough task..."
wyverncakes 8:38 pm
(8:38:27 PM): [Daniel and Dinobot] The energy blasts and electric net begin to fry Materia, but its response is to go mobile. Spikes emerge all along its surface, and the machine suddenly spins its way towards both of you, spiraling beams of energy lancing out from the tips for good measure!
(8:38:30 PM): (React: Dinobot and Daniel)
(8:39:08 PM): Julia4: "Of course I'm not expendable! If I were, the Commander wouldn't make sure I always have clones in reserve to be with him and serve him in all the ways that only i can!"
Atrament Corel 8:39 pm
(8:39:42 PM): *On the ground, the Rider conjures an aura of black energy that intensifies, and even the lifeless ground she stands on starts to change color. Parts of this aura shoot forth as countless beams/tendrils that should hopefully at least slow down the Materia's restoration rate.+
tengusaur 8:40 pm
(8:40:33 PM): Daniel: "...Yes. Think that." Steel Wanderer quickly jumps off the roof of the building it perched on, trying to use its wall as cover from the incoming massive attacks. +
VJockey 8:44 pm
(8:44:16 PM): *Dinobot seemingly focuses on fending off the incoming energy bolts... however there's more to it than that. Raising one of their ponderous legs, they slam it down hard enough that the ground itself shakes, seeking to make of a mess of the ground so that the Prima Materia's spin attack may spin out of control without stable ground to spin on.+
wyverncakes 8:44 pm
(8:44:46 PM): [Fyra] The Prima Materia's silver form is beset by Fyra's black aura, ripping, tearing, and shooting at its form. "W-what? There's no mass to that to absorb?" With a frustrated grunt Julia4 changes gears somewhat to fire a single, focused metal stake straight at Fyra lest this mystery girl prove to be too much for her.
(8:44:48 PM): (React: Fyra)
cubey@aol.pl 8:45 pm
(8:45:03 PM): # Fyra
wyverncakes 8:45 pm
(8:45:06 PM): (Approved)
cubey@aol.pl 8:45 pm
(8:45:20 PM): Sielje: "Continue the assault! I may not be able to contribute much, but..."
cubey@aol.pl 8:46 pm
(8:46:27 PM): *The Knight's Arm leaps to the side, getting in front of Fyra - and slices down, trying to deflect the stake or cleave it in two.+
Atrament Corel 8:49 pm
(8:49:16 PM): Fyra answers with a nod as she continues to focus the same aura. It's a bit more difficult to pull this off without Morte, but she manages...somehow the darkness converges into a cloak that surrounds her and changes her form...
(8:50:17 PM): http://i.imgur.com/aTlDV3O.jpg
Atrament Corel 8:51 pm
(8:51:18 PM): *It's only temporary, but what effect it has will hopefully be enough. She slashes - aiming to cleave...or rather, kill...as much of that liquid metal as possible.+
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:51 pm
(8:51:27 PM): Jen: "What..."
cubey@aol.pl 8:52 pm
(8:52:15 PM): Sielje can't see that, but she has a very ominous sensation for a moment.
wyverncakes 8:52 pm
(8:52:33 PM): [Sielje, Dinobot and Fyra] Dinobot's powerful stops do a number to the ground, throwing the Prima Materia off-balance. Between that and Sielje parrying the Materia's stake, it's easy enough for Fyra to away the better part of the Materia's arsenal leaving behind barely half of what it started with.
(8:52:38 PM): (Everyone can go again)
(8:52:47 PM): Julia4: "T-this is... ridiculous!"
wyverncakes 8:53 pm
(8:53:32 PM): Several tentacles emerge to try to eat into the damaged ground, but the going is slow compared to the metal-rich mooks she gorged the Materia on prior.
VJockey 8:54 pm
(8:54:01 PM): "You attacked a strong foe in their home territory and believed a single weapon could ensure your victory."
cubey@aol.pl 8:54 pm
(8:54:27 PM): Sielje: "The heart is almost exposed! Quick, what to do?"
(8:54:37 PM): Her options are limited with only a melee weapon at disposal...
VJockey 8:54 pm
(8:54:42 PM): "This is a tale told by an idiot. Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:55 pm
(8:55:16 PM): Jen: "I'll carve it up some more. Sielje, you can take my spear-When the core comes out, shove it in her face."
tengusaur 8:55 pm
(8:55:52 PM): Daniel: "I'll work on the surface. Break the core." He jumps behind the corner of the building, quickly firing two explosive rounds at the center of the enemy, and follows up by repeatedly peppering it with as many energy blasts as he can before another Lucia beam generator burns out! +
cubey@aol.pl 8:56 pm
(8:56:20 PM): Sielje: "I will do so."
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:57 pm
(8:57:00 PM): Jen activates and sets aside her beam spear, then draws her gun. She's had some time to gather herself, and Nemain to repair itself, but the damage is still severe.
cubey@aol.pl 8:57 pm
(8:57:23 PM): The Arm takes the weapon in its own two hands. The grip is unsteady at first, with Sielje unsure how to handle a beam weapon... but it grows tight quickly.
VJockey 8:57 pm
(8:57:38 PM): *Dinobot unleashes an assault of his own with his optic lasers, along with Snarl's horn blasters and a good heaping helping of killing things with fire!+
arachnion01@gmail.com 8:58 pm
(8:58:19 PM): *"...Just used one shot so far...Right, here goes." Jen's grenade launcher fires-five times. Each time, a shaped charge comes whistling straight for the Prima Materia.+
cubey@aol.pl 9:01 pm
(9:01:18 PM): Sielje: "Such a familiar sensation..." With the spear held along its side, the Knight's Arm rushes forward with small but quick steps, following the mark of explosions caused by all the attacks.
wyverncakes 9:04 pm
(9:04:00 PM): [Daniel, Dinobot, and Jen] Your flurry of shots hammer into the Prima Materia, blowing off and destroying more and more of its remaining nanomachines... but... it's still not enough to expose the core!
Atrament Corel 9:04 pm
(9:04:14 PM): "..." The cloaked, skeletal form of Fyra doesn't do any more. It watches the other UG members attack though.
wyverncakes 9:04 pm
(9:04:14 PM): Julia4: "... Jen Douglas..."
(9:04:25 PM): "I'm not dying here alone!"
(9:04:41 PM): "All those VIPER pilots don't even count so I don't... want to die aloooooone!"
(9:05:10 PM): Another stake surges out of the Materia, abruptly impaling the Nemain through its chest!
cubey@aol.pl 9:05 pm
(9:05:23 PM): Sielje: "!!"
wyverncakes 9:05 pm
(9:05:28 PM): But Sielje...
(9:05:40 PM): Drawing away that much material to attack Jen...
(9:05:43 PM): It's exposed the core!
tengusaur 9:05 pm
(9:05:44 PM): Daniel: "...Don't hesitate. Quickly!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:05 pm
(9:05:44 PM): In its wounded state, Nemain is in no shape to dodge. It is impaled, and then goes limp.
wyverncakes 9:05 pm
(9:05:45 PM): (Sielje, gogogo)
cubey@aol.pl 9:05 pm
(9:05:49 PM): Shocked may she be, Sielje's grip does not falter.
cubey@aol.pl 9:07 pm
(9:07:06 PM): *With her teeth grit, she sees it - the center of the mass. And now, it opens! The unit swings its arms forward, holding the back end of the spear's hilt. The movement adds extra thrusting strength to the weapon's piercing attack, the beam head aimed right in the center of the core!+
(9:09:00 PM): Sielje: "To protect... I learnt to slay beasts such as you!"
wyverncakes 9:09 pm
(9:09:24 PM): [Sielje] With the core exposed, it's all too easy. Julia doesn't even realize it until it's too late, trying to recall and focus her remaining material to protect the core. But with the force and speed of Sielje's attack, there's nothing the Julia clone can do. The spear runs straight through the Prima Materia's core and out the other side, blood on the weapon's hilt.
cubey@aol.pl 9:10 pm
(9:10:31 PM): The weapon is thrown aside before it or the wielder can be assimilated. Even though it is too late for it now.
wyverncakes 9:10 pm
(9:10:31 PM): The Materia's silvery nanomachine goo swarm just splashes to the ground uselessly after that, the last VIPER combatant present dead.
cubey@aol.pl 9:10 pm
(9:10:55 PM): Sielje: "Jen Douglas..."
tengusaur 9:12 pm
(9:12:30 PM): Daniel: "...Need a doctor here. Quick."
cubey@aol.pl 9:13 pm
(9:13:05 PM): Sielje: "Jen, can you hear me? Do something, give us a sign!"
VJockey 9:13 pm
(9:13:16 PM): [With that taken care of, Dinobot disassembles to his component Dinobots, the group approaching the Nemain.]
wyverncakes 9:13 pm
(9:13:16 PM): Huffman: "Understood. We're sending one now."
(9:13:21 PM): "Jen... hold on."
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:13 pm
(9:13:36 PM): Nemain makes no movement. It repains powered on.
tengusaur 9:14 pm
(9:14:06 PM): Daniel: "..."
VJockey 9:14 pm
(9:14:31 PM): "Jen. Answer.. Now."
Atrament Corel 9:14 pm
(9:14:33 PM): Reverting to normal, Fyra walks closer to inspect the situation.
(9:14:50 PM): Everyone is worried, and so is she.
tengusaur 9:15 pm
(9:15:22 PM): Steel Wanderer moves in to take a closer look at Nemain.
VJockey 9:15 pm
(9:15:26 PM): [Grimlock growls irritably, fist meeting the plating of the Nemain to rattle it.]
cubey@aol.pl 9:15 pm
(9:15:34 PM): Sielje: "Thinking you a traitor was bad enough!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 9:16 pm
(9:16:00 PM): Nemain's still impaled, and that stake is covered in blood-but, if you listen carefully, there is a sound.
(9:16:08 PM): A heartbeat, calm and steady.
wyverncakes 9:16 pm
(9:16:44 PM): MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
cubey@aol.pl 9:16 pm
(9:16:56 PM): Sielje: "..."