Mission 112: "Midnight" (part 2)
wyverncakes 10:12 pm
(10:12:46 PM): [Roads cont.] And if you were to turn, you would see the darkened image of a machine that almost seems Gundam-y standing over you... before a narratively placed bolt of lightning reveals its form to you!
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:13 pm
(10:13:01 PM): "…What the..."
Overman Zappa 10:13 pm
(10:13:11 PM): "...hell is that..."
wyverncakes 10:13 pm
(10:13:14 PM): (Vigna Zirah: http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120727171225/gundam/images/f/f3/Xm-07g.jpg)
(10:13:25 PM): ???: "... Been a long time, Roads."
(10:13:43 PM): [Roads concl.] And at that the machine suddenly snaps up both its VSBR guns before firing at the Zweilicht!
HyprKnux 1 10:13 pm
(10:13:44 PM): Christine: "Shit! Shit!" *Boosting back, Christine starts trying to dodge the acid bazooka shots, her beam rifle firing as she raises her shield up just in case.+
wyverncakes 10:13 pm
(10:13:46 PM): (React: Roads)
Tengusaur 10:13 pm
(10:13:51 PM): #Roads?
wyverncakes 10:13 pm
(10:13:57 PM): (Now we're approved!)
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:14 pm
(10:14:30 PM): *"That voice…wait, what!" The Zweilicht does a barrel roll, and hops up to its feet right away.+
Tengusaur 10:14 pm
(10:14:47 PM): *Werter disperses the energy wheel and raises Prometheus' arm, creating a plasma force field to protect Roads at least partially.
(10:14:51 PM): +
(10:15:08 PM): Werter: "What the hell? We're in the middle of fighting a terrible monster here!"
wyverncakes 10:15 pm
(10:15:35 PM): [Christine] The acid showers all over your shield unfortunately, quickly eating through parts of it and reducing it to swiss cheese... and your beam rifle isn't very lucky either as the topmost part of it is also splashed and corroded... but it seems your assault's still forced the Amalgamated Burai to use up most of its free refills!
(10:15:52 PM): (Luger, Alessandra)
cubey@aol.pl 10:15 pm
(10:15:56 PM): Alessandra: "Appearing out of nowhere while we are busy combatting a world-ending monstrosity? Some people develop the worst of habits!"
rainydayrp 10:16 pm
(10:16:51 PM): Roger: "Seriously? Can we just, maybe, work together for a few minutes and then you can fight like gentlemen after we're done?"
wyverncakes 10:16 pm
(10:16:53 PM): ???: "Maybe so. But from where I'm standing, I'm fighting my own personal demon here and I've had to wait patiently for this. No more waiting though. Not any more."
HyprKnux 1 10:17 pm
(10:17:09 PM): Christine: "...and I just got these!" Christine tosses the beam rifle and shield aside. "Still not unarmed, though..."
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:17 pm
(10:17:19 PM): "What the…Captain, what are you talking about! Everyone, leave the Vigna Zirah alone!"
VJockey 10:17 pm
(10:17:37 PM): Luger: ... *Luger raises his rifle at the Vigna Zirah and fires from his vantage point. SCREW YOU ROADS. LUGER DOES WHAT HE WANTS.+
cubey@aol.pl 10:17 pm
(10:17:38 PM): *Memento Mori's hand grows with an awesome power! But Alessandra is not reckless enough to charge into melee range against something like THIS, so she just finds a large piece of rubble, pumps it full of Beta Shower energy, and throws the now-irradiated trash straight at the enemy core!+
wyverncakes 10:17 pm
(10:17:49 PM): [Roads and Werter] Prometheus's barrier is strong... but unfortunately for him, a VSBR is meant to be a barrier-breaker! The Zweilicht barely escapes a hit from what the barrier failed to stop, but the explosion still sends it flying away a bit more!
Tengusaur 10:18 pm
(10:18:07 PM): Werter: "I don't suppose you're willing to explain why, are you?"
rainydayrp 10:18 pm
(10:18:18 PM): Roger: {Negotiator powers, IGNITE!} If you waited this long, what is another few inutes? You are patient, you can handle this! Help us out!
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:18 pm
(10:18:19 PM): "Gh…Still good as always..."
wyverncakes 10:18 pm
(10:18:30 PM): (Red: Infected Burai x 15, Amalgamated Burai (somewhat damaged, can no longer repair itself without eating more Burais), Sub-core (noticably damaged), Core (mildly damaged).)
wyverncakes 10:19 pm
(10:19:17 PM): ???: "Just because I've had to do a lot of grunt work for Nicolai doesn't mean I haven't dulled my skills at all, Roads."
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:19 pm
(10:19:27 PM): #Vigna Zirah vs Luger
frifreeman 10:19 pm
(10:19:29 PM): Elena: Who is it, Mr Roads?
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:19 pm
(10:19:49 PM): "An old friend, alright!"
wyverncakes 10:20 pm
(10:20:43 PM): [Luger] As your shots fly at the Vigna Zirah, the machine is already dodging out of the way with an almost double-image level of speed... and its beam rifle snaps up to fire at the Leo as well... not just where you are, but in the general directions a Leo would go to in order to escape most easily!
(10:20:46 PM): (React: Luger!)
(10:21:15 PM): ???: "This is between Blackwell and me, nobody else. But if you keep shooting at me, that's going to change."
rainydayrp 10:22 pm
(10:22:06 PM): Roger: /audible facepalm
HyprKnux 1 10:22 pm
(10:22:17 PM): Christine: "Oh, THIS kind of situation."
Tengusaur 10:22 pm
(10:22:42 PM): Werter: "If you two are both fine with having your duel in the middle of this... Fine, but because there's something way more important here on our plate right now."
wyverncakes 10:22 pm
(10:22:49 PM): [Alessandra] And the blow lands! The Core roars in pain, and you can almost begin to even see the outlines of human faces on the sides of the Core's head, trying to break free of the skin surface, with mouths open wide as they cried out in pain... and the sub-Core's crying out as well as it lurches towards you. And you know that big hole Luger put in it? Well, that's just going to let out a HUGE jet of acid straight at you!
(10:22:52 PM): (React: Alessandra)
VJockey 10:23 pm
(10:23:28 PM): Luger: *leaps backwards onto another building. Of course it would probably rock the building but either way an escape is an escape+
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:23 pm
(10:23:37 PM): "We're not having a duel, alright! C'mon Captain, what's wrong?"
Overman Zappa 10:24 pm
(10:24:00 PM): Gainer: "Honestly, it's going to be better to just let them handle their duel so the rest of us can focus on the important things here."
wyverncakes 10:24 pm
(10:24:22 PM): ???: "What's wrong, Roads... is you sold us out."
HyprKnux 1 10:24 pm
(10:24:42 PM): Christine: "...woah, woah, time out. What?"
cubey@aol.pl 10:24 pm
(10:24:49 PM): * "Memento Mori, it is time to run again!" Alessandra snaps from observing the terrible imagery and makes her machine hustle, backing away and trying to outrun the acid flow.+
wyverncakes 10:24 pm
(10:24:59 PM): "... I'll be the first to admit we did a lot of horrible things in our last days... but nobody else turned tail, ran, and sold out his comrades to save his own hide!"
(10:25:10 PM): (Roger, Werter)
rainydayrp 10:25 pm
(10:25:17 PM): Roger: For Christ's sake, you two, take it somewhere else and leave the world-saving to us! You can bicker and fight somewhere that's not here if you're going to fight and bicker!
Overman Zappa 10:25 pm
(10:25:18 PM): Gainer: "No offence but... it's going to be easier if you entertain him, otherwise you're going to get hit in the back by something else! Just play with him for now, Roads!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:25 pm
(10:25:19 PM): "Wait, I…I didn't do that! I just left, that's all!"
Overman Zappa 10:25 pm
(10:25:55 PM): (retroactively Correcting all pronouns)
wyverncakes 10:25 pm
(10:25:57 PM): [Luger] It's unfortunately an escape route that this mystery pilot had predicted... and a beam shears through the Leo's left shoulder and take off half of it!
Tengusaur 10:27 pm
(10:27:20 PM): * "Hey, stay away from her!" Werter rushes towards the sub-core lashing at Alessandra, creating a huge plasma blade in each of Prometheus' hands and connecting them into a pair of giant scissors! He use them in an attempt to catch the sub-core between the blades and cut it in two!+
wyverncakes 10:27 pm
(10:27:28 PM): ???: "... That's what you've probably convinced yourself so you could look in the mirror Roads, but the timing is too perfect to believe that."
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:27 pm
(10:27:45 PM): "Timing…Sophia, what are you talking about?"
rainydayrp 10:27 pm
(10:27:58 PM): *Roger sees the opportunity to do some damage, and braces himself as Big O prepares his Chrome Buster! He's going to aim for the massive beam of energy to try to cut the huge core in half! The wave of purple energy bursts from Big O's forehead.
VJockey 10:28 pm
(10:28:04 PM): Luger: [There are alarms. Not a good sign. But Luger just snarled, another burst of pain... he grips his controls tightly... There's no time for this shit. Just kill her and be done with it!]
frifreeman has left the room. 10:28 pm
frifreeman has entered the room. 10:28 pm
wyverncakes 10:29 pm
(10:29:04 PM): [Alessandra] Close, but half a cigar, Alessandra. The acid wash gets half of your left arm (which may or may not have anything in it depending on this), and at a fast pace you'd almost swear was time-lapsed, you can watch as all but the innermost parts of the limb are completely dissolved into nothing!
wyverncakes 10:30 pm
(10:30:44 PM): [Werter] The sicissors stab into the sub-core, and in one forceful snip the creature is cut in twain! Too bad it dying requires a bit more effort, though the two halves cry out in dear pain. And the actual Core's not going to let this stand as countless tentacles lash out to constrict and crush Prometheus!
(10:30:47 PM): (React: Werter)
(10:31:25 PM): Sophia Bradshaw: "Roads... do you know what happened to our team after you left? After our last effort of 'raising funds' as it were?"
rainydayrp 10:32 pm
(10:32:11 PM): +Werter
wyverncakes 10:32 pm
(10:32:24 PM): (You've got your own action to worry about0
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:32 pm
(10:32:42 PM): The Zweilicht straightens up, following Roads' movements. "…No, I don't know what happened after I left. But I remember what we did to those girls, yes."
rainydayrp 10:32 pm
(10:32:55 PM): (Aye aye)
Tengusaur 10:32 pm
(10:32:56 PM): * "Do you think you are the only one who can use these?" Werter grins slightly. Several plasma tentacles grow out of Prometheus' back and tangle themselves among the ones coming into his direction, trying to grab and pull them away.+
wyverncakes 10:32 pm
(10:32:56 PM): [Roger] The beam strikes the creature, beginning to slowly and steadily cut into it! But there's too much bulk, and the best you can do is just rip into the fat... all while the remaining Burais charge and open fire on you with more acid bazooka shots!
(10:33:06 PM): (React: Roger)
frifreeman 10:33 pm
(10:33:08 PM): Elena: Ah this situation. How romantic. Being obsessed with that one person, eventhough hell is happening around you. Don't worry, I won't get in the way
wyverncakes 10:33 pm
(10:33:15 PM): (Elena, Gainer)
cubey@aol.pl 10:34 pm
(10:34:06 PM): Alessandra: "Ah, my arm! Do you not realize how difficult it is to replace? My apologies for not being too involved in the personal drama!"
rainydayrp 10:34 pm
(10:34:30 PM): Roger: Dammit, dammit! *The only thing he can think to do is slam down the buttons for his Plasma Gimmick! His strong parrier shield might protect him from those acidic shots, the effects of which he had observed already on other mechs!
wyverncakes 10:34 pm
(10:34:32 PM): [Werter] It's somewhat a success... although not entirely! A few tentacles still manage to land crushing blows, their size and speed letting them at least smack into Prometheus with enough force to dent the machine!
wyverncakes 10:35 pm
(10:35:04 PM): Sophia: "... They're dead, Roads."
Tengusaur 10:35 pm
(10:35:05 PM): Werter: "No penetration or fluids happened, I count that as success."
wyverncakes 10:35 pm
(10:35:20 PM): "Not even a day after you left, we got ambushed."
Overman Zappa 10:35 pm
(10:35:32 PM): Gainer: "It worked before... I hate to be a one-trick pony but..." Already with the storm-clouds, it's hard to tell them apart from the icy ones that Gainer's OverSkill causes. "OverFreeze Blizzard!" Swinging his chaingun downward, an ice storm, massive rocks of hail and all descend upon the core! But... you know... massive AOE and all that... he honestly forgets to consider his allies getting hit this time! What, he can't control WHERE the hail falls!+
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:35 pm
(10:35:36 PM): "What…that can't be right."
(10:35:51 PM): "There's no way we'd lose! There's no way you'd lose!"
wyverncakes 10:35 pm
(10:35:57 PM): "I don't care how things came to be that you decided to sell us out... maybe you wanted to get money a different way... or maybe you needed to save your own hide."
frifreeman 10:36 pm
(10:36:11 PM): Elena flies low, straddling the ground in high speed, before start shooting at the amalgamated burai's head. But at the same time, she also throws her sonic knife at it! &
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:36 pm
(10:36:30 PM): "Sophia…"
wyverncakes 10:36 pm
(10:36:31 PM): "But everyone's dead, Roads! And I'll be damned to hear you play dumb any longer!"
VJockey 10:36 pm
(10:36:32 PM): @ Elena
wyverncakes 10:36 pm
(10:36:42 PM): (Approved)
frifreeman 10:37 pm
(10:37:28 PM): (the @ or the &-)
VJockey 10:38 pm
(10:38:10 PM): Luger: *Was taking aim at the knife... and fired a round behind it - if the knife hit before the shell.. Luger was counting on the ensuing explosion to maim the creature and dig the knife deeper. If not - explosion propelled knife.+
wyverncakes 10:38 pm
(10:38:36 PM): [Roger] Thankfully Big O's defenses are a cut above other mechs on the battlefield... but suffice to say even with the Plasma Gimmick there's still a glaring weakness: the holes in its hand from before. And once a bit of acid works its way in there... well, soon the arm begins to waver... and eventually it just falls over limp!
(10:38:53 PM): (Both)
rainydayrp 10:39 pm
(10:39:40 PM): Roger: BIG O! Shit! *Big O's right arm is out of commission.
wyverncakes 10:40 pm
(10:40:01 PM): [Gainer] Thankfully your mod is a kind a loving one, and the only allied mech in danger of the hailstorm happens to be Werter! But in the meantime the sub-cores begin to freeze over, and even more of the actual Core as well... though with some effort it still manages to break free!
(10:40:07 PM): (React: Werter)
wyverncakes 10:42 pm
(10:42:01 PM): [Elena] Said head happens to currently be a massive eye... and the Aries's knife does stab into it... right before Luger's shot blows a hole into it even more... though the creature still didn't need it to see as it looses a stream of tendril Slash Harkens at the Aries worthy of a danmaku to cage it in before spamming bullets at it!
(10:42:05 PM): (React/Continue: Elena)
Tengusaur 10:42 pm
(10:42:27 PM): * "I don't need cooling down, thank you very much..." Werter disperses the tentacles, hoping that the freeze will get rid out of the enemy ones already, and tumbles away from the incoming hailstorm, forming a half-spherical shield above Prometheus with one hand!+
wyverncakes 10:42 pm
(10:42:32 PM): Sophia: "Roads... do you think I should tell the story?"
(10:42:40 PM): "... So everyone will know the truth before I kill you here?"
(10:43:17 PM): [Werter] Fortunately it's a smart way of escaping, and now you currently have an icy dome on top of your plasma dome!
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:43 pm
(10:43:30 PM): "…You can't mean…Sophia, don't do that. Please."
wyverncakes 10:43 pm
(10:43:33 PM): (Christine, Roads)
frifreeman 10:43 pm
(10:43:51 PM): Elena: That was a nice knife...
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:44 pm
(10:44:16 PM): *Gonna back away here, get closer to where he left the rifle…But he's still not firing on the Vigna Zirah.+
Overman Zappa 10:44 pm
(10:44:19 PM): Gainer: "You're seriously worried about a knife?
wyverncakes 10:44 pm
(10:44:20 PM): Sophia: "Stop running away from the horrors you took part in Roads! If there's one thing I don't do now, it's that!"
cubey@aol.pl 10:44 pm
(10:44:43 PM): "By all means!" For supposedly not being interested, Alessandra sure does have a lot of personal input. "Truth should not be obscured."
wyverncakes 10:45 pm
(10:45:48 PM): [Roads] As you move towards your rifle, the Vigna Zirah moves to flank you and deny you the weapon, right before igniting a beam saber and slashing at one of the machine's legs!
(10:45:54 PM): (React: Roads)
HyprKnux 1 10:45 pm
(10:45:58 PM): *With the sub cores and core being frozen, Christine takes aim at the cores, using the cannons on her pack to fire at them+
wyverncakes 10:46 pm
(10:46:09 PM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfDe0Mv5PPc
wyverncakes 10:46 pm
(10:46:24 PM): Sophia: "Glad someone wants to hear..."
(10:46:53 PM): "Because, you see... once there was a group of military contractors... with myself at the helm and Roads as a member!"
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:47 pm
(10:47:01 PM): *Time to jump the hell away, then open fire on the not-gundam machine with his shotguns. Though, if you pay close enough attention, none of them are actually aimed at the Vigna Zirah's cockpit area…+
wyverncakes 10:47 pm
(10:47:17 PM): "And for a time, we could find pay, enough to stay resupplied and-"
frifreeman 10:47 pm
(10:47:45 PM): Elena continues skating forward, her chain rifle keep shooting at the incoming tentacles, before finally flying upward, sommersaulting above the amalgamated burai so the aries is keep facing the monster, and landing behind it, still facing at the monster, while keep shooting all the time.
(10:47:48 PM): +
VJockey 10:48 pm
(10:48:03 PM): Luger: "Meh... I'll give you mine later Elena..."
wyverncakes 10:48 pm
(10:48:31 PM): [Roads] Which Sophia just chuckles at. "... Holding back now, Roads? Ashamed at the lives you destroyed? Afraid of robbing me of my own? PATHETIC!" With no dedicated killshots, it's easy enough for the Vigna Zirah to weave through them and deftly cut through the Zweilicht's waist in one strike!
(10:48:57 PM): (Christine: the Core and the Sub-cores?)
HyprKnux 1 10:49 pm
(10:49:56 PM): (Sub-cores)
wyverncakes 10:50 pm
(10:50:07 PM): [Elena] Unfortunately some of those tentacles are sturdier than you'd expect, and there's a few that pierce through the Aries before they're shot away! But your shots to its back pelt it further... though now you've got all the Burais it was protecting shooting at you with their guns too!
(10:50:10 PM): (React: Elena)
(10:50:18 PM): (Luger, Alessandra)
wyverncakes 10:51 pm
(10:51:42 PM): [Christine] There's certainly a lot of Sub-Core to kill, that's for certain, but the Zero Astray also has an awful lot of firepower! The assault pounds both of them... and by the time it's stopped one of them is very weakly collapsing to the ground dead, with more of it missing than there. The other isn't much better off
cubey@aol.pl 10:51 pm
(10:51:51 PM): *Memento Mori is at its limit... damaged and half-disarmed, all it can do is activate Exemplum Mode once again, using up what little of its power yet remains.
wyverncakes 10:52 pm
(10:52:17 PM): The Zweilicht's bisected body falls to the ground, all while Sophia continues her monologue!
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:52 pm
(10:52:27 PM): "Damnit Sophia, you're my friend! Don't do this!"
VJockey 10:52 pm
(10:52:50 PM): Luger: *Quickly sends the Leo scrambling to another vantage point, crouching down... with the left arm damaged it was hell to properly aim his rifle, so he needed to use the Leo's leg to help aim.... he coughed up more muck from his body before weakly licking his lips. Tasting the blood and bitter filth that left his body before he pulled the trigger and sent another barrage of explosive death at the Core, trying his best to steady his breaths before he hyperventilated or something+
wyverncakes 10:52 pm
(10:52:56 PM): Sophia: "... But then, jobs began to dry up. The world began to shift again, and the market for what was needed shifted as well."
cubey@aol.pl 10:53 pm
(10:53:17 PM): *And so, the Champion unit jumps high into the air, and lands behind... Sophia's mobile suit!
wyverncakes 10:53 pm
(10:53:26 PM): "It's at that point we began to take on less... savory jobs. And sometimes actions purely for our own sake in the hopes we'd find funds."
Tengusaur 10:53 pm
(10:53:47 PM): Werter: "Banditry, in other words."
frifreeman 10:53 pm
(10:53:50 PM): Elena never panicked for this whole mission, and it doesn't look like she's going to start now. She calmly maneuver her glorified fighter plane, flowing motions as if she's dancing in the air, spinning in the air and dodging, and before flying toward some building for cover.+
wyverncakes 10:53 pm
(10:53:56 PM): "And then there was the last 'job' we ever did... kidnapping over two dozen- oh, and what have we here?"
frifreeman 10:54 pm
(10:54:15 PM): Elena: This is it Mikail, we're alive. We're alive. Ah, so exhilirating~
cubey@aol.pl 10:54 pm
(10:54:19 PM): "One ill-needs duels without rules or judges!" Alessandra draws the heavy rapier, and tries to impale the enemy machine from behind, in a single, dedicated hit.+
HyprKnux 1 10:54 pm
(10:54:28 PM): Christine: "Kidnapping...?!"
wyverncakes 10:55 pm
(10:55:16 PM): [Luger] The shots sailed out, pelting into the side of the Core's head as the "face" there once again contorted in pain and agony... right before all of it exploded in a shower of blood... and additionally, human remains as they poured out as well!
rainydayrp 10:55 pm
(10:55:37 PM): Roger shudders at the sight.
wyverncakes 10:55 pm
(10:55:51 PM): And at that, some of the Burais began to twitch and convulse... their organic components suddenly going up in a shower of blood as well!
(10:56:39 PM): [Elena] You might not be afraid, Elena, but the Aries still gets pelted quite a bit by those shots... to the point that when you fly to that building, it's more an awkward glide/crash than anything else!
(10:57:05 PM): (Roger, Werter)
Tengusaur 10:57 pm
(10:57:12 PM): (enemy list?)
VJockey 10:57 pm
(10:57:34 PM): Luger: [For a moment. Exhiliration. Laughter. Then PAIN. SUFFERING. It felt like a thousand upon thousand needles lined with salt were jammed into his body and made to break inside of him. He screamed. Loudly.]
wyverncakes 10:57 pm
(10:57:46 PM): (Red: Infected Burai x 9, Amalgamted Burai (severely damaged), Sub-Core (severely damaged), Core (severely damaged)
(10:57:50 PM): (Yellow: Vigna Zirah)
wyverncakes 10:58 pm
(10:58:30 PM): [Alessandra] As you stab, the Vigna Zirah is already moving forward and spinning around, and it smacks your sword aside before responding in kind with its own beam saber, targeting your limbless side!
(10:58:35 PM): (React: Alessandra)
(10:58:55 PM): Sophia: "... Yes. Kidnapping."
(10:59:09 PM): She says the words with an amount of guilt, but also anger.
frifreeman 10:59 pm
(10:59:19 PM): Elena: You're not a crybaby, right Mikail? These kind of wounds won't make you cry.
wyverncakes 10:59 pm
(10:59:38 PM): "... Twelve girls; wealthy Federation girls. The children of movers and shakers. The idea was to hold them for ransom."
arachnion01@gmail.com 10:59 pm
(10:59:59 PM): (See Roads. See Roads do the best sneaky impression a half a mobile suit can do.)
wyverncakes 11:00 pm
(11:00:23 PM): "Of course..." she laughed bitterly. "We stupidly kept them all in the same room. That's what got us killed. What got everyone killed."
rainydayrp 11:00 pm
(11:00:25 PM): Roger: If we take the core, we're done, right? Then let's get it done! *Big O's eyes flash, and a concentrated beam of purple energy rockets from his eyes, aiming directly for the heavily-damaged sub-core, trying to completely incinerate it!
wyverncakes 11:00 pm
(11:00:40 PM): (Roger, Werter)
cubey@aol.pl 11:00 pm
(11:00:56 PM): *As the Vigna Zirah knocks the blade aside, Memento Mori's arm - and in fact, the rest of the unit, follows! It tries to jump up, spin and deliver a powerful kick while letting the beam saber harmlessly go under the smaller unit. And because Exemplum Mode is still active, it can do it all really, really fast.+
Tengusaur 11:01 pm
(11:01:52 PM): * "Gott. Those things..." Werter jumps back and points with Prometheus' drill lance at the twitching core. The white robot's eyes flash green brightly for a moment and the weapon splits in two, becoming a plasma cannon - with energy already charging between its prongs! "Let me end your suffering." Werter fires a huge blast of brightly green plasma towards the core and as many infected enemies as he can catch in it!+
(11:01:59 PM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSq_nfTs4Ko
wyverncakes 11:02 pm
(11:02:37 PM): [Roger] The eyes flash... and they add another burning beam through the still-living Sub-Core and before long the creature is annhilated at last... but the Amalgamated Burai is now charging at you in response! It's bloody and wounded, but it lets its guns and acid bazookas do the talking as it attempts to finish you off in revenge!
wyverncakes 11:02 pm
(11:02:41 PM): (React: Roger)
HyprKnux 1 11:03 pm
(11:03:07 PM): #(Roger)
wyverncakes 11:03 pm
(11:03:25 PM): (Approved)
(11:03:55 PM): [Alessandra] And indeed, the Vigna Zirah is fast, but Memento Mori is faster still... and the kick manages to send the machine stumbling back as the woman grunts in annoyance!
(11:04:28 PM): Sophia: "But I'm not... done with my story yet am I?" she asked before she suddenly points her beam rifle at whats left of the Zweilicht and fires to wipe it out once and for all!
(11:04:34 PM): (SOMEBODY better support defend Roads there!)
Overman Zappa 11:04 pm
(11:04:46 PM): #Roads
wyverncakes 11:04 pm
(11:04:55 PM): (Approved!)
arachnion01@gmail.com 11:04 pm
(11:04:55 PM): "Augh…Stop it, you-!"
wyverncakes 11:05 pm
(11:05:03 PM): Sophia: "... In the middle of the night it happened, right under our noses."
(11:05:18 PM): "... One of the girls got desperate. She got scared. Panicked."
cubey@aol.pl 11:05 pm
(11:05:30 PM): Alessandra: "While your story may be fascinating, I do not intend to listen to it over anyone's dead body!" Memento Mori is too busy spinning after the attack to defend Roads in any way. Alas!
wyverncakes 11:05 pm
(11:05:32 PM): "... She smothered the other twenty-three to death before hanging herself."
HyprKnux 1 11:06 pm
(11:06:51 PM): Christine: "Heads up, big guy!" *Racing behind the big monstrosity, Christine unloads the Zero Astray's missiles at it& (Responding after Roger makes his move)
Overman Zappa 11:06 pm
(11:06:57 PM): *Gainer zips in, actively kicking the Zweilicht out of the way! Revving the chain gun, the speedy white mech charges the Vigna. It's smaller, so Gainer's hoping for that advantage before he does anything further &
wyverncakes 11:07 pm
(11:07:27 PM): [Werter] The blast hurtles out... unfortunately there's no infected Burais in spitting distance of the blast... but it still manages to blow through a sizeable chunk of the other side of the Core! More bodies and blood fall out the other side... and it seems like finally the critical turning point has been reached as the remaining infected begin to collapse and die on themselves!
Tengusaur 11:08 pm
(11:08:48 PM): Prometheus drops down to one knee, supporting himself with his lance, plasma sparking in the air behind his back for a few seconds before disappearing.
wyverncakes 11:09 pm
(11:09:02 PM): [Gainer and Roads] The Zweilicht again manages toevade destruction... but as Gainer charges at the Vigna, Sophia is unphased as she easily picks out the machine's location and swipes at it with her saber all the same!
(11:09:05 PM): (React: Gainer)
rainydayrp 11:09 pm
(11:09:06 PM): @Roger sees the missiles coming in, and takes that second it will give him to chunk back the piston on his remaining functional arm! Sparks float down from the piston as it reaches its full range. He brings the collossal fist back, and takes one great step forward! Sudden Impact, if it works, would blow the entire top portion of this thing into little bits! &
cubey@aol.pl 11:09 pm
(11:09:23 PM): # Gainer
wyverncakes 11:09 pm
(11:09:43 PM): (Well, react/continue)
(11:09:55 PM): (Gonna nix that since it'd be a support defend of a support defend)
Tengusaur 11:10 pm
(11:10:32 PM): Werter: "Ugh... Head hurts too much... Shouldn't have happened..." He grabs his temple, feeling the same unpleasant sensation he does every time he overexerts Prometheus' power lately.
wyverncakes 11:10 pm
(11:10:47 PM): [Christine and Roger] Your combined efforts hit the combined monster high AND low... and finally the fusion of multiple Burai's is no more!
arachnion01@gmail.com 11:11 pm
(11:11:05 PM): *Well, best not let that opportunity go to waste. Roads Slash Harkens his way up to where his rifle is. "Damnit guys, I told you to leave her alone…I don't want her dead. Awaken." And he preps a rifle shot, aiming for the head sensors on the Vigna Zirah!+
wyverncakes 11:11 pm
(11:11:15 PM): Sophia: "And after that incident... well, Roads panicked. He realized how deep in it we all were, but he turned and ran, abandoned us!"
Overman Zappa 11:11 pm
(11:11:22 PM): *There's the attack he'd expected, and Gainer pulls the lever for his OverSpeed! However, it's not an offensive measure, but rather, a distractive measure as he starts strafing circles around her, making it appear as if more than one Gainer is there! Gainer keeps dropping non-lethal potshots, mainly for the legs while leaving Roads a long enough distraction to get away, or, otherwise. BUT CAN SOPHIA TELL WHY KIDS LO- I mean can she tell which one is the rea?+
wyverncakes 11:11 pm
(11:11:41 PM): "And barely a day later the Federation officers came knocking on our door... with me as the only survivor of that all."
Overman Zappa 11:11 pm
(11:11:44 PM): ^real
wyverncakes 11:12 pm
(11:12:42 PM): [Gainer] More nonlethal potshots! They didn't phase or throw Sophia off when Roads pulled them either! And no, she's not going to bother shooting Gainer directly. Rather, she's going to blow up part of a building to make a huge chunk of it fall down in King Gainer's path!
(11:12:44 PM): (React: Gainer)
arachnion01@gmail.com 11:12 pm
(11:12:55 PM): "Sophia, what we did was wrong. If everyone else died…Maybe…we deserved it."
HyprKnux 1 11:13 pm
(11:13:16 PM): Christine: "Wait... 23? You said there were twelve girls..." Maybe she heard wrong...
wyverncakes 11:13 pm
(11:13:27 PM): ^two dozen girls. My bad
HyprKnux 1 11:13 pm
(11:13:45 PM): (Okay, scratch that response)
wyverncakes 11:14 pm
(11:14:04 PM): Meanwhile, during all of this, the remaining Burais are in their death throws... in fact the entire infected part of the island is as well!
(11:14:07 PM): ... BUT!
(11:14:19 PM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQgD2yr8y7o
Tengusaur 11:14 pm
(11:14:26 PM): Werter: "Can you..." He shakes his head, trying to focus. "...Really blame him? Everyone would panic if accidentally the blood of two dozen girls was on their hands..."
Overman Zappa 11:14 pm
(11:14:48 PM): *Gainer doesn't see it coming but... well, heck, let him slam INTO it, and stay there, deliberately buried in rubble... Hopefully using his Photon Mat to hold the stuff up will make it look like he's out for the count! +
frifreeman has left the room. 11:14 pm
cubey@aol.pl 11:14 pm
(11:14:58 PM): Alessandra: "Of course it was wrong. Is that even a question?"
frifreeman has been invited. 11:15 pm
Invitation result for buddy frifreeman : frifreeman is busy. 11:15 pm
cubey@aol.pl 11:15 pm
(11:15:11 PM): "You only try to evade responsibility!"
wyverncakes 11:15 pm
(11:15:15 PM): The Burais all seem to be exploding a generally similar area!
wyverncakes 11:15 pm
(11:15:49 PM): Before long there is ultimately just a bloody mess located in that general area...
(11:15:56 PM): ... But it's starting to move.
(11:16:28 PM): Ayame: "Goddamn what's going..."
rainydayrp 11:16 pm
(11:16:30 PM): Roger: Oh, no, no...
wyverncakes 11:16 pm
(11:16:38 PM): And suddenly water begins to geyser up into the air!
Tengusaur 11:16 pm
(11:16:45 PM): Werter: "Damnit... It's not dead yet..."
wyverncakes 11:16 pm
(11:16:46 PM): Now rainwater... seawater!
HyprKnux 1 11:16 pm
(11:16:46 PM): Christine: "...oh, jeez..."
wyverncakes 11:17 pm
(11:17:31 PM): [Gainer] Yeah, it's a pretty painful impact, to say the least! The machine crumples somewhat, but the photon mat does keep you from being completely crushed!
(11:17:34 PM): ^Not rainwater
(11:17:40 PM): Ayame: "Don't tell me..."
HyprKnux 1 11:17 pm
(11:17:53 PM): Christine: "...it's trying to sink it, isn't it?"
wyverncakes 11:17 pm
(11:17:58 PM): Ayame: "I don't care how it is, but it's trying to escape into the water!"
(11:18:09 PM): "Old sunken Japanese warships, life forms..."
(11:18:21 PM): "DON'T LET IT GET THROUGH TO THE OCEAN!"
rainydayrp 11:18 pm
(11:18:44 PM): Roger: I feel like I should re-mention that Big O CAN'T FLY! If this thing sinks, I'm toast!
wyverncakes 11:18 pm
(11:18:48 PM): (Open initiative for anyone who wants to stop its last-ditch escape)
frifreeman has been invited. 11:18 pm
Invitation result for buddy frifreeman : frifreeman is busy. 11:18 pm
rainydayrp 11:19 pm
(11:19:17 PM): *Big O?
frifreeman2 has been invited. 11:19 pm
Invitation result for buddy Fri Freeman : Fri Freeman is not available. 11:19 pm
arachnion01@gmail.com 11:19 pm
(11:19:42 PM): *With the last little bits of glow beginning to fade from the Zweilicht's torso, Roads whips it around and fires a railgun shot right at the retreating monster. The recoil's enough to chunk the MS right off of the building…+
wyverncakes 11:20 pm
(11:20:01 PM): (As said before, please hold on any more posting until Fri gets back on)
(11:20:02 PM): (Please0
frifreeman has been invited. 11:20 pm
rainydayrp 11:20 pm
(11:20:25 PM): *Big O braces himself one more time, and all the panels on the outside of the frame open up, revealing countless missiles. Missile Party time! And they ALL fly dorectly toward the Thing.
frifreeman2 has been invited. 11:20 pm
frifreeman2 has been invited. 11:21 pm
frifreeman2 has entered the room. 11:21 pm
VJockey 11:22 pm
(11:22:25 PM): Luger:... [Was feeling far too much pain to be an accurate shot.... he tries to squeeze off a round but - CLICK - he didn't reload. He struggles to do so... but by the time he switches out the mag it would undoutably be too late.]
Overman Zappa 11:23 pm
(11:23:15 PM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgUfIAnBNwI
*Getting away? Well... that's an unfortuante cue to quit hiding! The OverMan bursts from the rubble and tries to give chase. Pulling from a pouch on it's knee, the Overman takes out the rare and powerful Anti-OverSkill grenade and CHUCKS it at the monsterous core. For non-Overmen it's just a cluster of smaller grenades with some electircity between them +
Tengusaur 11:24 pm
(11:24:44 PM): *Werter doesn't have much energy left in Prometheus' reactor, but what he can do is throw a plasma harpoon on a rope towards the escaping monstrosity, and then pull hard on the line, trying to slow it down enough to let others pummel it harder! +
Fri Freeman 11:29 pm
(11:29:15 PM): Elena: Time to get away from here it seems.
(11:29:43 PM): Elna can only wobbly fly from the starting-to-sink island
HyprKnux 1 11:29 pm
(11:29:48 PM): Christine: "Like hell it's getting away!" *Taking to the sky once more, Christine's going to Full Burst with what's left of her weaponry - missiles, cannons, the gatling guns on her pack's extra boosters - and just unloads it all+
rainydayrp 11:30 pm
(11:30:48 PM): [Repost] *Big O braces himself one more time, and all the panels on the outside of the frame open up, revealing countless missiles. Missile Party time! And they ALL fly dorectly toward the Thing.
cubey@aol.pl 11:31 pm
(11:31:35 PM): "Ah, where might you think to be going! Stay right where you are!" Ranged combat is out of Alessandra's reach, so she can only wave her weapon at the escaping monstrosity menacingly.
wyverncakes 11:32 pm
(11:32:20 PM): [Everyone involved] Needless to say, in spite of any geographic deficiencies in water the attacks may have, the fact is there's just a sheer bulk of it... and the harpoon also pins the creature to the side of the island as everyone else blow apart the goo!
Overman Zappa 11:32 pm
(11:32:22 PM): [Repost]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgUfIAnBNwI
*Getting away? Well... that's an unfortuante cue to quit hiding! The OverMan bursts from the rubble and tries to give chase. Pulling from a pouch on it's knee, the Overman takes out the rare and powerful Anti-OverSkill grenade and CHUCKS it at the monsterous core. For non-Overmen it's just a cluster of smaller grenades with some electircity between them +
wyverncakes 11:32 pm
(11:32:30 PM): (I don't need reposts)
arachnion01@gmail.com 11:32 pm
(11:32:59 PM): "Damnit Sophia, give us a hand here!"
wyverncakes 11:33 pm
(11:33:40 PM): [Everyone cont.] Plus, as desperate as the infection is to stay alive, it is still without a core to coordinate and sustain it! And the amount of ordinance leveled against it does manage to finally blow it apart!
(11:34:06 PM): Oh, and Roads, your pleading's amounting to jack shit as Sophia is lining up for a second go for your life.
(11:34:19 PM): "I didn't come here to save an island, Roads. I came here to kill you."
rainydayrp 11:34 pm
(11:34:37 PM): Roger: Yes!
wyverncakes 11:34 pm
(11:34:45 PM): [Roads] And one last time, the Vigna Zirah charges, ready to stab down into your cockpit with your beam saber!
(11:34:47 PM): ^her beam saber
(11:35:02 PM): (React: Roads)
arachnion01@gmail.com 11:35 pm
(11:35:10 PM): *Gonna try to slash harken grappling hook outta the way here. Never give up!+
rainydayrp 11:35 pm
(11:35:25 PM): +Roads?
wyverncakes 11:35 pm
(11:35:35 PM): (I'll approve it)
rainydayrp 11:36 pm
(11:36:34 PM): *Big O's pretty out of ranged weaponry, but one thing he's never out of? Mobydick Anchors! One of whish fires from his hip and rockets toward the red mobile suit, aiming to either pierce it or wrap it, and swing it harshly into the ground!
wyverncakes 11:36 pm
(11:36:44 PM): Luger, fortunately even though you couldnt take part in exterminating the last of the infection, you still can tell it's finally gone for good here. So at least there's that.
rainydayrp 11:36 pm
(11:36:54 PM): Roger: KNOCK IT OFF! You want a fight, then fight FAIR!
wyverncakes 11:38 pm
(11:38:50 PM): [Roads and Roger] The Zweilicht grapples its way to safety! And even though Sophia is tempted to take a swipe at him, instead she changes to focus on the Big O and parries the rocket anchor instead!
rainydayrp 11:39 pm
(11:39:15 PM): Roger: Come on, little girl! Show me what you've got!
wyverncakes 11:39 pm
(11:39:17 PM): "I was the one who said to you that my concerns was Roads alone... which you failed to respect."
VJockey 11:39 pm
(11:39:21 PM): Luger:... [Which actually gives him a chance to take a deep breath good and proper as the sheer pressure the vile thing exerted onto him just lifted.... sure the screaming was there... but it was fainter... more easy to deal with...]
wyverncakes 11:39 pm
(11:39:54 PM): At this point, water is pouring into the island more and more as it's sinking, and Sophia snorts as she realizes what the situation is as it stands.
HyprKnux 1 11:40 pm
(11:40:18 PM): Christine: "Told you it was sinking..."
rainydayrp 11:41 pm
(11:41:10 PM): *Roger swears loudly over the comm channel.+
wyverncakes 11:41 pm
(11:41:26 PM): Sophia: "... Roads, your luck hasn't run out just yet it seems. But that doesn't mean there won't be other times."
(11:41:51 PM): "You're going to die. Enjoy what little time this repreive gives you."
(11:42:02 PM): And at that, the Vigna Zirah takes to the sky and flees.
Fri Freeman 11:42 pm
(11:42:17 PM): Elena wobbles in the sky above luger's mech
wyverncakes 11:42 pm
(11:42:26 PM): At any rate!
rainydayrp 11:42 pm
(11:42:33 PM): Roger: [after a long, tense pause] Oh, thank god she didn't fight me...
wyverncakes 11:42 pm
(11:42:38 PM): Ayame: "... So... did you kill it?"
cubey@aol.pl 11:42 pm
(11:42:44 PM): Alessandra: "Oh? Why might that be?"
HyprKnux 1 11:42 pm
(11:42:55 PM): Christine: "...I think we did."
arachnion01@gmail.com 11:43 pm
(11:43:02 PM): "Ugh…yeah."
wyverncakes 11:43 pm
(11:43:08 PM): Ayame: "... Good."
Tengusaur 11:43 pm
(11:43:12 PM): Werter: "Are the survivors safe...?"
wyverncakes 11:43 pm
(11:43:23 PM): "They're fine. They're on the shuttle."
cubey@aol.pl 11:43 pm
(11:43:30 PM): Alessandra: "We may consider it victory! Though the sacrifice for the bonefire of success was significant."
rainydayrp 11:43 pm
(11:43:34 PM): Roger: Out of ammunitions, only one arm working, and the place is starting to sink? My odds are very low. Are we cleared to leave?
Fri Freeman 11:43 pm
(11:43:35 PM): Elena: Ah, how romantic. See you again lady.
Tengusaur 11:43 pm
(11:43:39 PM): Werter: "...Good. I'm going to pass out now."
wyverncakes 11:43 pm
(11:43:44 PM): Her tone softens somewhat. "Now haul ass back here before this entire place sinks."
rainydayrp 11:44 pm
(11:44:00 PM): *Roger does just that/+
arachnion01@gmail.com 11:44 pm
(11:44:16 PM): "…Anybody mind giving me a lift?"
VJockey 11:44 pm
(11:44:59 PM): Luger:..... [Gives Roads a look. Then.] Yes. [leaves like a jerkass baws.]
cubey@aol.pl 11:45 pm
(11:45:11 PM): What remains of Zweilicht's body will be picked up by Memento Mori.
Tengusaur 11:45 pm
(11:45:37 PM): Prometheus walks in a mechanical, twitchy way forward. Yeah, someone should probably direct Werter towards the right way.
cubey@aol.pl 11:45 pm
(11:45:55 PM): "All of your old friend's words were true, were they not?" Alessandra asks innocently, but there's a hint of a threat under that niceness. As if she was going to throw Roads into the dark sea instead of helping him.
HyprKnux 1 11:46 pm
(11:46:06 PM): With that, Christine heads back to the shuttle, the Zero Astray actually pretty safe save its weaponry
arachnion01@gmail.com 11:46 pm
(11:46:24 PM): "…Yeah."
cubey@aol.pl 11:47 pm
(11:47:08 PM): But that doesn't happen, and Memento Mori will simply carry the destroyed unit back to the shuttle.
(11:47:15 PM): Also, Alessandra says nothing more on that topic.
Fri Freeman 11:47 pm
(11:47:50 PM): Elena: A cool antihero with dark past...
rainydayrp 11:49 pm
(11:49:36 PM): *Big O has returned to the shuttle, and the cockpit opens, but Roger stays inside it, splayed out on the cockpit seat.+ Is everyone back?
Fri Freeman 11:50 pm
(11:50:25 PM): Elena: That was fun
VJockey 11:50 pm
(11:50:28 PM): Luger: [Now back on the shuttle and exiting the Leo...] "CAN SOMEONE CLEAN UP MY LEO?! ITS A MESS!"
Fri Freeman 11:50 pm
(11:50:40 PM): Elena wobbles back to the shuttle
wyverncakes 11:50 pm
(11:50:56 PM): The shuttle begins to lift off once everyone's settled in, the island finally sinking into the ocean
(11:51:14 PM): Still... after the encounter with the infection and its steadfast effort to not die, can we really say...
(11:51:17 PM): MISSION COMPLETE?
(11:51:20 PM): Well yes, of course we can
(11:51:24 PM): Luger said it was gone so it's gone
(11:51:26 PM): MISSION COMPLETE
rainydayrp 11:51 pm
(11:51:31 PM): LEVEL UP!
arachnion01@gmail.com 11:51 pm
(11:51:36 PM): Roads climbs on out of the Zweilicht, takes a seat on a bench, and sighs.
HyprKnux 1 has left the room. 11:51 pm
rainydayrp has left the room. 11:51 pm
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