Mission 121: "At the End of the World" (part 2)
Doc S 9:53 pm
(9:53:48 PM): Tsukasa: Easy there. They'll get what's coming to them.
(9:53:56 PM): He is also rooting through MarKus's things.
(9:54:06 PM): Looking for a wrench.
wyverncakes 9:54 pm
(9:54:58 PM): [Casshern] More RIP and tear commences! Mad, now you've got a freaky, scary white robot indulging in carnage right in front of you... maybe even reminding you of another white machine indulging in serious carnage from way back... way back in your memory!
(9:55:11 PM): (React: Mad)
wyverncakes 9:55 pm
(9:55:21 PM): (And after that, Mad can take her turn again. Hayato can also act)
EricOverbringer 9:55 pm
(9:55:38 PM): *Black Getter banks around through the air and comes back around to the Fatboy at high speeds, drill arm stretched out before it like a knight's lance, Getter Tomahawk in it's normal hand. The plan is to impale one of Fatboy's arms to the ground, then fucking chop it off.+
Tengusaur 9:56 pm
(9:56:04 PM): Werter: "Crap, don't tell me you went crazy too! Can you hear me, small guy? Respond!"
wyverncakes 9:57 pm
(9:57:49 PM): [Hayato] Still repairing from Resnick's attack and your own previous efforts, Rigger tries to repeat the same tactic as before... but this time you're ready and off goes one of Fatboy's limbs! "Still trying this bullshit?" Rigger snorts as he grabs at Black Getter's cape with its remaining hand and then suddenly thrusts those earthquake generator pillars at you!
(9:57:51 PM): (React: Hayato)
VJockey 9:58 pm
(9:58:13 PM): Mad: [It felt like something grabbed her heart.... and squeezed. She was choking and coughing violently, grasping at her head as ghost images and voices overlaid themselves, flickering in and out around her. '-eally?! You mean big sis is a-' ..."No..." ... [Blood... so much of it... nonononono... there was screaming now. In her head and in her cockpit]
Tengusaur 9:59 pm
(9:59:09 PM): Werter: "Scheisse! One more guy to disable..."
Doc S 9:59 pm
(9:59:34 PM): Tsukasa: The little guy went berserk?
wyverncakes 9:59 pm
(9:59:36 PM): Finch: "Now listen to that. Bitch is freaking out on the battlefield. Lik I always say... makin' and bakin', only things whores are good for."
Doc S 9:59 pm
(9:59:41 PM): He's coming back by the way.
VJockey 10:00 pm
(10:00:03 PM): Mad: *Where Casshern was, Mad now saw... that thing. The thing that slaughtered all those people... the thing that was glared right into her soul and tried to murder her without a thought... "GET AWAY FROM ME!!!" She fires a wild shot from the bazooka at him!+
HyprKnux 1 10:00 pm
(10:00:10 PM): Gen: "I think so..."
wyverncakes 10:00 pm
(10:00:32 PM): [Casshern] Oh snap man, you've got a bazooka shell coming your way now! A horribly aimed one, sure... but one nonetheless!
Tengusaur 10:00 pm
(10:00:34 PM): Werter: "Well, just look what he's doing!"
wyverncakes 10:00 pm
(10:00:35 PM): (React: Casshern)
EricOverbringer 10:00 pm
(10:00:40 PM): 8Fast as lightning, the axe flashes again, this time at the arm grabbing his cloak. If getting the hit in means taking a hit from that earthquake pillar, so be it.+
(10:00:41 PM): *
wyverncakes 10:03 pm
(10:03:03 PM): [Hayato] And Fatboy is disarmed! The bad news about all of this though is that the pillar still strikes Black Getter, and the effects are rather grevious as the entire machine suddenly vibrates like it was a gong! You're lucky your injuries are healed Hayato, because otherwise they probably would've been all torn up just now! Black Getter is knocked back, with certain, more fragile parts of it shattering and lots more of it cracking severely... not exactly your finest moment there.
HyprKnux 1 10:03 pm
(10:03:08 PM): Gen: "Sorry, little on the angry side now!" Focus, Gen! You are going to befriend the world! Even this assholes!
wyverncakes 10:03 pm
(10:03:08 PM): (Resnick, Werter)
Tengusaur 10:04 pm
(10:04:14 PM): *Werter throws a plasma net on a tether towards Fatboy, hoping to catch the other robot. Time to kill two birds with one stone by using his favorite tactic... &
wyverncakes 10:04 pm
(10:04:16 PM): Rigger: "Heh! Bet you can't repair your way about that, can you, you yellow sack of shit!"
EricOverbringer 10:04 pm
(10:04:19 PM): Ooh, he's gonna feel that in the morning
(10:04:47 PM): Hayato: "Maybe not, but at least I still have arms."
wyverncakes 10:04 pm
(10:04:54 PM): [Werter] But again, all that grandstanding and boasting is Rigger and Finch's greatest weakness it seems, and suddenly you ensnare the Fatboy!
wyverncakes 10:05 pm
(10:05:06 PM): "So will I in another five- HEY WHAT THE FUCK, GET OFF ME!"
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 10:05 pm
(10:05:54 PM): Resnick: [Repeating the pattern, as fatboy slaps Black Getter around, he's maneuvering around again, to whatever spots show visible damage on Fatboy. One LRM-15 fires into his back, and one into the pillar, to ensure that he can't Kail Allard Liao him again. The pulse laser assists too. Heat spikes in his cockpit, but he's doing OK so far...]
Mister Giggles 10:07 pm
(10:07:05 PM): *Casshern's head turns just in time to see the wildly aimed bazooka shell coming at him. Of course, the poor aim makes it fairly easy to dodge, which Casshern does by using the 'disembowled' robot he was just mauling as a springboard, leaping off of its head with such force that the head snaps clean off of its rusted neck. Blue eyes glaring, an absolutely crazed probably filling Mad's optics... Casshern is now making a beeline for the machine that just fired at him. &
EricOverbringer 10:07 pm
(10:07:05 PM): Hayato does a systems check. Is the Getter Beam still working?
Mister Giggles 10:07 pm
(10:07:21 PM): crazed expression*))
wyverncakes 10:07 pm
(10:07:31 PM): Good news Hayato.... Ryouma did a good enough job that it still is!
(10:07:42 PM): (Werter can continue, by the way)
Doc S 10:07 pm
(10:07:44 PM): #Mad
EricOverbringer 10:07 pm
(10:07:45 PM): Badass
wyverncakes 10:08 pm
(10:08:19 PM): [Renick] Attack spam ahoy... you're sequentually blowing apart as much of Fatboy as you can, although there's just too much armor for you to really get through to the cockpit, even with the heat spikes!
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 10:09 pm
(10:09:33 PM): Resnick: "Great Father's Ghost, how much armor is on this savashri thing?" +
EricOverbringer 10:09 pm
(10:09:57 PM): Hayato: "Doesn't help that it's probably repairing itself between hits."
wyverncakes 10:10 pm
(10:10:03 PM): [Casshern] It's an easy dodge alright, and now you're hurtling straight towards Maria to tear it down! However...
EricOverbringer 10:10 pm
(10:10:06 PM): "Goddamn I hate things that can regenerate"
wyverncakes 10:10 pm
(10:10:13 PM): (Support defend approve. Go for it, Tsukasa)
VJockey 10:10 pm
(10:10:19 PM): Mad: *Her blood ran cold, that white hand rushing forward to grab at her... to crush the life out of her. She CHUCKED the bazooka at Casshern before drawing the MMP-80s at Maria's hips before firing wildly at him, nothing was going to hit of course... just flashes of white... it was so fast...so fast- the voices again... one in particular 'See this? This is a shining hope.' "No..no its not..."
(10:10:23 PM): +
wyverncakes 10:10 pm
(10:10:30 PM): (And also, Tsukasa can take his next turn after that, and Gen can act too)
Doc S 10:10 pm
(10:10:33 PM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx8_5MhCGeE
Tengusaur 10:10 pm
(10:10:37 PM): * "Enough to serve well as a wrecking ball!" Werter spins around, lifting the Fatboy off the ground with Prometheus' significant physical strength and using the heavy round robot as an impromptu flail, which he slams into the Ruin robots. +
Doc S 10:11 pm
(10:11:12 PM): *ATTACKRIDE CLOCK UP. In a blur of motion, Tsukasa is in front of Casshern, defending Mad from the attack as he is already in motion, preparing to dodge the next attack.+
wyverncakes 10:12 pm
(10:12:41 PM): [Casshern and Tsuksa] Suddenly Casshern, there's an armored figure in red in front of you running interferance! Incidentally, this is one of those Riders you were told about before. What do you do now?
(10:12:48 PM): (React/Continue: Casshern)
wyverncakes 10:14 pm
(10:14:56 PM): [Werter] Prometheus's strength does manage to see it through the action. Though it's kinda a strain though. Goddamn, just how HEAVY is this bastard? But as you swing the machine down, it does flatten the Ruin wholesale. Aaaaaand... also further fracture the town's walls as a few more pieces of roof fall down (though not on anyone in particular).
(10:15:21 PM): Ayame: "Dammit... Werter, you are not in a competition with those two to see who can creat ethe bigger seismic disturbance!"
Tengusaur 10:15 pm
(10:15:49 PM): Werter: "Crap, that wasn't intentional!"
wyverncakes 10:15 pm
(10:15:50 PM): ^create the
Tengusaur 10:16 pm
(10:16:16 PM): Werter: "I should've used the other one..."
wyverncakes 10:16 pm
(10:16:25 PM): However... as the repairing Fatboy tries to pull itself back up however, suddenly it's thrown aside!
(10:16:34 PM): ???: "Pfft... weaklings!"
Mister Giggles 10:16 pm
(10:16:48 PM): *OBSTRUCTION AHEAD. That blow that was originally intended for Mad is now going to be directed at Tsukasa's face!+
wyverncakes 10:17 pm
(10:17:02 PM): Underneath much of where Fatboy landed, there are countless scrapped robots... howevever there is one exception!
(10:17:06 PM): http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h454/Steamrollerssolveall/SmasherRobot_zpsee996fee.png
(10:17:31 PM): [Tsukasa] And now Casshern is swinging a punch at you! Time to make good on your efforts to protect Mad!
(10:17:35 PM): (React: Tsukasa)
(10:17:54 PM): This one last robot is somewhat taller, maybe around three meters tall... and surprisingly un-Ruin'd.
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 10:18 pm
(10:18:15 PM): Resnick: ...a utilitymech?
Doc S 10:18 pm
(10:18:26 PM): *Tsukasa knows he's fast, he's also strong. So he moves into an arm parry, moving to sweep it aside as he clashes again into Casshern with a powerful strike against the kidneys. If he has them.+
HyprKnux 1 10:18 pm
(10:18:29 PM): Gen: "Eh...?"
wyverncakes 10:19 pm
(10:19:01 PM): Robot: "... All those weaklings... we were just here to devour that damned Casshern and become immortal!"
Tengusaur 10:19 pm
(10:19:02 PM): Werter: "I doubt it's a piloted one."
wyverncakes 10:19 pm
(10:19:13 PM): "But at least now... more for me!"
Tengusaur 10:20 pm
(10:20:33 PM): Werter: "Look how tiny you are. Are you sure you don't want to leave this place and stay alive?"
wyverncakes 10:20 pm
(10:20:33 PM): [Tsukasa] It *hurts* to actually parry that punch. Casshern is fast and he's definitely capable of monstrous strength, enough that even the near-hit might leave you shaken. But fortunately not shaken enough to knee the robot hard and knock him back. And yeah, no kidneys, but at least you stopped his offensive for now!
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 10:20 pm
(10:20:47 PM): Resnick: It looks like someone welded plumbing hoses onto a mech's torso.
wyverncakes 10:20 pm
(10:20:49 PM): Robot: "... Casshern... Casshern is all that matters!"
wyverncakes 10:21 pm
(10:21:14 PM): [Casshern] And with you reeling from that blow from Tsukasa, the robot makes its move as it suddenly swings its arms out to impale you from behind!
(10:21:17 PM): (React: Casshern)
(10:21:22 PM): (Tsukasa and Gen can take their turns)
Tengusaur 10:21 pm
(10:21:25 PM): Werter: "This is not my sanest day..."
Doc S 10:21 pm
(10:21:42 PM): #Casshern since we're kinda in close proximity
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 10:22 pm
(10:22:00 PM): Resnick: This is nothing. You should have been here when we finished off the Invaders.
wyverncakes 10:22 pm
(10:22:38 PM): (I'll approve that, but it might blow up in your face. Still, go ahead)
Doc S 10:22 pm
(10:22:50 PM): *That leaves him room for his actual offensive as he slots a card in. FINAL ATTACKRIDE K-K-K-KABUTO! And power creeps down into his leg as he -- sees the new enemy take a potshot. Why couldn't this be easy? So switching targets, Tsukasa redirected his Rider Kick to slam against the giant arm!+
Mister Giggles 10:22 pm
(10:22:50 PM): *Casshern doesn't have lungs or any real internal organs, but the blow had its effect. That was one of the hardest blows he's ever felt, and he's indeed reeling. His sensors are already detecting the incoming blow from the new robot. (pausing for #)
Tengusaur 10:23 pm
(10:23:03 PM): Werter: "I were there. You forgot already?"
HyprKnux 1 10:23 pm
(10:23:13 PM): Gen: "Heh." *Gen's gonna pluck back one of his twin rockets to insert the Ichigo Switch and activate it. "Oy, meat heads! It's time to show you what a real hero can do!" With that, he's going to race towards that new robot, intending on delivering a powerful, high speed kick.+ "And these gifts... they're from my NADESHIKOOO!"
VJockey 10:23 pm
(10:23:35 PM): Mad: [Grabs the side of her head...no...no... focus... please..] "Come on...g..get it together...I...I'm a h-" [More pain, that girl looking thoughtful "Hero? Maybe. I want to be one. But it's not going to happen, not easily anyhow."] "Aagh!! M..make it stop! Makeitstop!" [That same girl, in her minds eye... fire suddenly enveloping all around her, screams of the damned, a crazed grin far too large for a human... old nightmares long buried pulling themselves out of their graves to haunt her again.] "C'mon little sis, you're just fine the way you are." ..."Stop...n..no... no more..."
wyverncakes 10:24 pm
(10:24:03 PM): [Casshern and Tsukasa] Your kick does manage to knock the speeding arm away from Casshern, but it simply alters its trajectory and swings forward, letting it knock you into a building for your efforts!
(10:24:09 PM): (Casshern can now continue)
Mister Giggles 10:25 pm
(10:25:36 PM): *... but thankfully, Casshern's ability to recover almost instantly kicks in here. Almost as soon as he 'lands' against a nearby rock, his body snaps back into position, contorting in ways that shouldn't even be physically possible. Bending backwards a bit, Casshern flips back onto his legs, and uses the rock as a launching pad to burst forward right at the robot that just tried to impale him. &
wyverncakes 10:25 pm
(10:25:41 PM): [Gen] Your speeding kick comes surging down at the robot, but he has another arm to block your strike with! Your attack is stopped cold, although the robot is somewhat strained in holding you back! "I... just want Casshern... to devour Casshern! THAT'S ALL I WANT-"
HyprKnux 1 10:26 pm
(10:26:21 PM): Gen: "Wha...?"
wyverncakes 10:26 pm
(10:26:21 PM): [Gen] "THEN YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE FUCKING FUCKED WITH RIGGER, DICKMAGGOT!" Finch suddenly roars, the Man 'O Taur now back at full strength and swinging down its massive axe at both the robot and you as well, Gen!
(10:26:24 PM): (React: Gen)
HyprKnux 1 10:27 pm
(10:27:31 PM): Gen: "Uh-oh...!" *Reverse speed! And now, Gen's going to push away from that robot and head towards the Man 'O Taur like a rocket!+
Doc S 10:27 pm
(10:27:32 PM): Climbing out of the house, and apologizing to the family, Tsukasa groaned. He'd feel that in a while. Still, there was still something he could do.
wyverncakes 10:27 pm
(10:27:56 PM): [Casshern] And now you're joining Gen and the robot in the killzone for the Man O' Taur's axe as well!
(10:28:06 PM): (Continue/React: Casshern)
(10:29:17 PM): (Gonna wait for this clusterfuck to resolve itself before starting up the next batch of actions)
Mister Giggles 10:30 pm
(10:30:52 PM): *... well, Casshern isn't that imperceptive. Seeing the incoming blow from the axe, Casshern has to break his own momentum somehow. So, why not use a quintessential Red Shirt, i.e. another Ruined mook? Flash-stepping into another mook, Casshern actually tried to imitate a Rider Kick, and tries to launch a Ruined mook as a makeshift projectile launched from his foot at the swinging arm of that Man O'Taur!+
VJockey 10:31 pm
(10:31:11 PM): Mad: [Gentarou's yell... echoed in her head.... resonated. cracked. tore. shredded... every wall in her mind was crumbling down with that enthusiastic cry as a haunted look clouded over her face.] "Nadeshiko!" "That's not my name..." "Come on Nadeshiko, be nice to your big sister." "No! I have a family! Not you! Never you!" "See? Why can't you two get along?" "Shut up! SHUT UP! GO AWAY! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" [The Maria's just an open target, Mad's panic attack was leaving her unable to pilot!]
wyverncakes 10:33 pm
(10:33:39 PM): [Casshern and Gen] A Ruin'd robot and Fourze both launch themselves at the Man O' Taur's axe, but in spite of the blinding speed you all possess, the axe has speed as well, coupled with size! The Ruin'd machine crashes futitely against the axe and shatters, and Gen? Well, it's like hitting a brick wall full-speed. It fucking HURTS... but it at least halts Finch's attack! But Casshern, don't think about celebrating or whatever you'd do in your berserker state though, because that darned robot's now got his attention on you, and just like Tsukasa before you're pounded into the dirt!
(10:33:48 PM): Robot: "Casshern... he's so close... he's so close...!"
(10:34:01 PM): (Casshern, Mad, Hayato)
HyprKnux 1 10:34 pm
(10:34:19 PM): Gen: "...ow..."
wyverncakes 10:35 pm
(10:35:00 PM): Not even bothering to entertain the notion that Casshern still has any fight in him, the robot begins to move towards the impact site!
EricOverbringer 10:35 pm
(10:35:59 PM): *"GETTER BEAM!" With that, the beam emitter opens up and Fatboy is treated to the same energy that defeated the dinosaur empire and the Invaders, in concentrated beam form. The beam might not be at full capacity, but that's because while firing, the Black Getter is walking towards it, and Hayato's got a dangerous glint in his eye. "Five minutes might as well be ten thousand years for all the good it will do you."&
VJockey 10:38 pm
(10:38:16 PM): Mad: *Reality, memory and fevered imaginings were all blending as one in Mad's eyes... everything was wrong. All these ghosts were all over the place, calling for Nadeshiko... some even reaching out for her, the Dom seems to jerk around, moving in this direction and that as if trying to avoid invisible opponents before emptying its guns at the Man'O Taur... its sihlouette replaced by the nightmarish image of that girl+ "S..someone ..please.. help-" "Help me out here, okay?"
wyverncakes 10:38 pm
(10:38:43 PM): [Hayato] And the beam strikes Fatboy hard, its energy finally managing to deliver lasting damage to Fatboy that doesn't seem to be fixing itself any time soon. But don't get too complacent Hayato, because now it's the Man 'O Taur's turn to charge at your flank. "WHAT DID I JUST FUCKING SAY, YOU GODDAMN NIP?!?" And the Man 'O Taur lets fly its massive ace to cleave the Black Getter!
(10:38:47 PM): (React: Hayato)
(10:39:17 PM): (Will wait for Hayato's react to resolve your action, Mad)
VJockey 10:39 pm
(10:39:28 PM): (okay)
Mister Giggles 10:40 pm
(10:40:02 PM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uBUtlq2fwE
EricOverbringer 10:40 pm
(10:40:49 PM): *Damn, Hayato has to abort his attack to dodge the axe.+
Mister Giggles 10:41 pm
(10:41:36 PM): *Casshern takes just a split second to turn on the robot that dared advance on him. A death glare that the grim reaper himself could have given might be briefly glimpsed by the quick-sighted before Casshern attempts to literally flash-step backawards and jump on topp of that morning star just before it hits him. &
wyverncakes 10:42 pm
(10:42:39 PM): (Resnick, Werter)
Tengusaur 10:42 pm
(10:42:46 PM): (enemy list?)
wyverncakes 10:43 pm
(10:43:19 PM): (Enemies: Man O' Taur, Fatboy, bad guy robot (though probably not for long), and Casshern)
(10:43:57 PM): [Hayato and Mad] And as soon as Black Getter relents... the Man O' Taur is suddenly reaching out, grabbing its axe just as it reaches the very edge of its grasp. Why? Because... "And so you're finally bothing to use those piss-shit guns you gave your bitchbot, whore?!?" Finch snorts. Yeah, he's plenty angry now that he's had to pull Rigger out of the fire TWICE now. And he swings around, slicing with his axe to cleave its guns and its arm off.
(10:45:13 PM): Robot: "Close... Casshern is close!" And the robot suddenly lashes out with its arms again... only to have the attacks miss at the last possibly second! But it's already moving to counter the same way it incap'd Tsukasa before!
wyverncakes 10:45 pm
(10:45:21 PM): (React/continue: Casshern)
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 10:45 pm
(10:45:54 PM): #Mad
VJockey 10:46 pm
(10:46:16 PM): (Sorry Hedge, I kinda need this to happen)
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 10:46 pm
(10:46:24 PM): [k]
(10:46:59 PM): [so Man O' Taur is not an available target until after its hit Mad then?]
VJockey 10:47 pm
(10:47:37 PM): Mad: *The sound of shrieking metal filled the air... fear. terror... She was coming for her... no..NO...NO!NONONONONO! Mad blindly hits the Scatter Beam Flash and reverses as fast as she could! SHE HAD TO GET OUT OF HERE! SHE HAD TO! All the while never noticing that the Ruin was beginning to slowly attack Maria+ "Don't run, okay?" "YOU WON'T GET ME! YOU WON'T!!!"
Mister Giggles 10:48 pm
(10:48:28 PM): *Fool me once, fool me twice, etc. One of Casshern's berserk mode's primary functions is analyzing and exploiting enemy attack patterns. Actually predicting this move, Casshern runs along the length of the morning star, and attemps to front-flip over the incoming arm... while extending his own arm outwards, fingertips extended, to rip along the entire length of the arm. If successful, he will continue on his course right for the machine itself. &
wyverncakes 10:48 pm
(10:48:32 PM): (Yes. Assume it's hit Maria but the Man O' Taur is still fair game)
(10:49:24 PM): [Mad] Maria's counterattack is pretty pathetic and worthless, to say the least, the scattershot pretty much missing everything. And part of its foot suddenly corrodes and shatters, making the machine get knocked off-balance!
(10:49:30 PM): Ayame: "Wait... is that"
wyverncakes 10:49 pm
(10:49:49 PM): "This is bad.. there's too many holes in the town. The humidity's leaking out!"
Tengusaur 10:50 pm
(10:50:35 PM): Werter: "Bad news indeed... But not if I can help it!"
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 10:50 pm
(10:50:37 PM): Resnick: Poor Hayato. Every time he takes another hit, Resnick gets to line up another shot. Have some more LRMs, timed for the end of your swing. Then he hits the jump jets again, hoping to use the stagger from the barrage to keep Man O' Taur in place long enough to...jump on its head. Yeah, he's temporarily set aside the clanner distaste of physical attacks to break out some Mario action, AKA the Death From Above, AKA The Highlander Burial
HyprKnux 1 10:50 pm
(10:50:46 PM): Gen: "Crap...!"
wyverncakes 10:50 pm
(10:50:54 PM): "... Stay close to the water... and if you start to see it spread, destroy anything contaminated!"
Tengusaur 10:51 pm
(10:51:03 PM): Werter: "Everyone else, take care of these assholes! I'll be kinda busy!"
wyverncakes 10:51 pm
(10:51:06 PM): "And get Madeleine back on the ship! She's gonna get herself killed at this rate!"
wyverncakes 10:52 pm
(10:52:20 PM): [Casshern] Unfortunately for the other robot, it was kinda counting on this move. It's a one-trick pony in that regard... and in one deft action you cleave right through the robot's limb! But it's not giving up! It's trying to lurch forward, to actually bite you in the midst of battle. "Just one bite... if I devour Casshern...!!!!!"
Tengusaur 10:52 pm
(10:52:22 PM): * Prometheus raises both hands high, to create a wide-area defensive plasma field and block the area from getting dried out! Werter cannot exactly do anything more at this point, it seems... +
VJockey 10:52 pm
(10:52:27 PM): Mad: "NO!" [She struggles to keep her Machine under control.] "Careful, don't slip and fall." "No please! Maria! Don't! Don't do this to me! Please! You gotta save me! Please!!!!" [She was begging and pleading for her machine to get hold together... all of it four naught as alarms kept ringing and the Dom Tropen began to gutter out.]
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 10:52 pm
(10:52:28 PM): Resnick: Let her fight. We are winning.
(10:53:05 PM): Resnick: ...nevermind that. S and R, we have a mech down.
wyverncakes 10:54 pm
(10:54:59 PM): [Resnick] WIth only an axe and no other weaponry at its disposal, the Man O' Taur has to take all those missiles without complaint! But when you move to jump on its head... well, the machine's got massive horns fitting for its name, and your Mario stomp only gets one of the Prowler's legs gored while the machine's main body is also pierced! "... Fucking dumbass!" Finch snorts as he reaches up to grasp the Prowler and ideally crush it!
(10:55:02 PM): (React: Resnick)
(10:56:07 PM): [Werter] The plasma energy shoots up and then arcs out... covering the entire town in barrier energy! At the very least, what little humidity that's left won't leak out any more, and emergency sprinklers come online to try to restore what's been lost! Good job!
(10:56:13 PM): (Gen, Tsukasa)
(10:56:25 PM): (Casshern can finish his action too)
Doc S 10:56 pm
(10:56:31 PM): (Enemy Count?)
Tengusaur 10:56 pm
(10:56:57 PM): Werter: "I'll have to request defense if someone is dumb enough to attack me when I'm trying to save the city. Just saying."
Mister Giggles 10:57 pm
(10:57:02 PM): *It's a battle of speed at this point. Predicting, and split-second reflexes. Unfortunately, the robot kind of gave itself away with the "just one bite" bit. Waiting until the absolute last possible second, Casshen withdraws his hand, leans forward, and jumps off of the side of the arm he was running on... his body perfectly flat, and aiming himself well below where it would be physically possible to bite him, aimed for the robot's 'abdomen.' Both of his arms are outstretched, fingers making 'claws,' aiming to impale the robot in two different areas. If this blow lands... the force should be mroe than enough to make it tumble backwards.
(10:57:05 PM): +
wyverncakes 10:57 pm
(10:57:15 PM): (At this point it's really just Man O' Taur, Fatboy, and Casshern)
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 10:58 pm
(10:58:37 PM): Resnick: "Hah!" Even though Prowler's alarms scream as its birdlike foot is impaled, then up to the hip joint, he realizes something: All he has to do to take the Man O' Taur out is fire down at his own feet. He aims the arm weaponry...down. Down at what's just under his feet. And fires all of them. At that range, and stuck together, he has a perfect shot at Man O' Taur's cockpit. Heat alarms blare and it's suddenly hotter on the inside of Prowler than outside. He slaps the heat shutdown override button.
wyverncakes 10:59 pm
(10:59:39 PM): [Casshern] As tough as this robot is (compared to the others), you're still a cut above him and then some. Your hands stab inside of the robot and completely impale him as various liquids begin to gush out in massive quantities. And a light begins to dim in the robot's eyes as it stumbles back. "But so close... I was... so close..." And after that it falls onto the ground. Dead.
HyprKnux 1 11:01 pm
(11:01:19 PM): Gen: "Alright, I've had enough! I'm Kamen Rider Fourze, the man who's going to befriend the world! And as horrible as you two are, that means you and I'm going to do it the way a friend of mine does: by kicking your butts! This is how a REAL MAN FIGHTS!" *With that, he reactivates the Super-1 and Ichigo Switches and flips the level, a cry of [LIMIT BREAK] echoing as he flew around and headed for Man O' Taur. "RIDER DOUBLE ROCKET ICHIGO KIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!" And Gen prepares to deliver a high-speed (re: Escape Velocity) Rider Kick!+
Doc S 11:01 pm
(11:01:28 PM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8HnaYRsSBI *While everyone was engaged, no one had noticed Tsukasa who had changed forms on the fly, and had snuck up behind the Fatboy. One thing he knew was that if you took out the legs, as in clean off, then it would have difficulty moving. ATTACKRIDE G-BLAST! And a massive explosion in the shape of a stylized G would blossom as a sort of cutting explosion right across the two bigger robots legs.+
wyverncakes 11:02 pm
(11:02:15 PM): [Resnick] Your attackspam begins in earnest even as Finch realizes what's happening! "Son of a bitch!" And as the Man O' Taur's head begins to suddenly rock and buck to get the Prowler off of it, it's assaulted by a massive amount of firepower! After a few moments the Prowler is thrown clean of, sent flying into the air before crashing HARD into the barrier of Werter's erected... but the damage has still been done!
Mister Giggles 11:03 pm
(11:03:26 PM): *As the blow lands... Casshern slams the robot to the ground. And suddenly, there are robotic components flying everywhere. Screws, wires, motor oil. And all anyone can see is probably this.
wyverncakes 11:03 pm
(11:03:32 PM): "SON OF.... A BITCH!" Finch repeats furiously. Half of the Man O' Taur's head is just GONE, including one of its horn. And a good chunk of its upper body is gone too... the repair system in fact desperately working to at least fix that massive gaping hole you can spot the cockpit out of.
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:07 pm
(11:07:04 PM): Resnick: "Stupid surat. Did you...think that was...going to be enough?" [And sliding slowly down the barrier like a spitwad thrown at the wall, Resnick lets loose the LRMs now, since they were unable to fire while he was impaled. He's panting to get enough oxygen in the heat of the cockpit, despite his cooling suit. Hopefully that will finish Finch off because if not, he's going to be able to hobble around at most.]
wyverncakes 11:07 pm
(11:07:11 PM): [Tsukasa and Gen] It's a crushing tag-team assault. And the Man O' Taur gets struck again, the machine finally stumbling back and looking down for the count from Fourze's devestating kick that just SHATTERS its axe, its arm, and leaves most of its torso in shambles. And then there's Tsukasa's attack! The G blast blows apart both Fatman's legs and helps finish off the Man O' Taur's own.
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:07 pm
(11:07:15 PM): [+]
wyverncakes 11:07 pm
(11:07:27 PM): (You've already taken your action, Resnick, and there wasn't a prompt for another one)
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:07 pm
(11:07:43 PM): [k]
wyverncakes 11:07 pm
(11:07:55 PM): *pat pat*
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:08 pm
(11:08:07 PM): [looks like it's dead anyway]
wyverncakes 11:08 pm
(11:08:32 PM): At any rate... it looks like the Man O' Taur and the Fatboy are down for the count at any rate, neither of them in any real condition to fight back as they lie slumped down on the ground together
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:08 pm
(11:08:42 PM): Resnick: Battle armor trooper, I wanted to finish that one off...
wyverncakes 11:08 pm
(11:08:44 PM): (Hey Casshern. You've still got threatening enemies to worry about...)
HyprKnux 1 11:09 pm
(11:09:18 PM): Gen: "Now THAT'S how a hero handles things!"
wyverncakes 11:09 pm
(11:09:34 PM): At Gen's comment though... Rigger and Finch just begin to laugh.
(11:09:42 PM): Rigger: "Hey... Finch..."
(11:09:57 PM): "My arms are good to go again. And my treads are fine too."
(11:10:09 PM): And at that, Finch's laughter grows even more amused
VJockey 11:10 pm
(11:10:26 PM): Mad:...[Hero..... hero...... she wanted to be....]
wyverncakes 11:10 pm
(11:10:32 PM): Finch: "W-wait, really? Hot damn... I'd actually thought we were goners there for a moment then!"
HyprKnux 1 11:11 pm
(11:11:13 PM): And you can just see Gen droop his arms and stare at those two. "Seriously?!"
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:11 pm
(11:11:28 PM): Resnick: Oh what now? We could have killed you while you were lying in a heap, freebirths. Accept the mercy.
Mister Giggles 11:11 pm
(11:11:39 PM): *The robot now reduced to a pile quickly disintegrating scrap metal, Casshern, covered in motor oil that seems to be sliding off of him without leaving so much as a stain behind like rain off of something coated in Rainex, slowly turns his face towards Finch and Rigger, his eyes still glowing bright blue. It's a slow, menacing motion.*
(11:11:42 PM): +*
wyverncakes 11:12 pm
(11:12:55 PM): Fatboy, even without its legs, still tries to move into an upright position. And when it succeeds suddenly out from its sides pop dozens of massive caterpiller treads! The thing can still move, alright!
(11:13:15 PM): Rigger: "Weapons are beyond fucked right now... but this'll do!"
HyprKnux 1 11:13 pm
(11:13:19 PM): And Gen FaceRockets in annoyance.
wyverncakes 11:13 pm
(11:13:42 PM): And then Fatboy actually PICKS UP the Man O' Taur, holding it over its head with its massive, sharp horn still poking out!
(11:14:04 PM): Finch/Rigger: "Alright then... time to show you what these things can really do!"
(11:14:33 PM): From out of the Man O' Taur's legs suddenly emerge DOZENS of thrusters... and as soon as they flare, the two machines are launching out like a bullet!
(11:14:54 PM): Finch/Rigger: "THE LONG HORN TRAAAAAAIN!!!!!!"
(11:15:20 PM): And... well that was pretty unexpected, and now you have a supersonic, makeshift train hurling straight at all of you!
(11:15:23 PM): (React: Everyone!)
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:15 pm
(11:15:52 PM): Resnick: ...We. Are. Inside. A. Dome. You. Stupid. Freebirths. [Resnick just fires the remaining working jumpjets and lets it crash into the barrier.]
HyprKnux 1 11:16 pm
(11:16:00 PM): Gen: "RUN RUN RUN RUN!" *And Gen's hoping Rocket State has enough juice to fly him out of the way+
Doc S 11:16 pm
(11:16:32 PM): *Tsukasa's nowhere on the battlefield. Seems like he dropped out of G and went straight into an old classic: Attackride Invisible.+
Mister Giggles 11:16 pm
(11:16:48 PM): *Casshern's Bersker Mode is meant for survival, after all, and he knows damn well when to avoid something, even if there's little possibility for a counterattack. Making use of Casshern's ridiculous speed, he attemps to get out of the way as far as he can.+
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:16 pm
(11:16:55 PM): Resnick: Wait...I suppose the honorable thing to do would have been to take that instead of letting the dome take it...
VJockey 11:17 pm
(11:17:07 PM): Mad: *Heroes.... heroes can't let the bad guys get away!!! Mad forced the ghosts and memories away as best as she could as she charged towards the oncoming machine! Not the best of ideas but she HAD to try stop them SOMEHOW!!+ "FUCK YOUR STUPID TRAIN!!!"
wyverncakes 11:17 pm
(11:17:21 PM): (Kinda in a barely-functioning mech, Resnick.)
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:17 pm
(11:17:39 PM): [ok better idea]
EricOverbringer 11:17 pm
(11:17:40 PM): Black Getter takes to the air, letting the Long Horn Train roar along beneath it.+
Tengusaur 11:18 pm
(11:18:11 PM): Werter: "Scheisse, are you complete idiots? Do you want to destroy this town completely?!" He can't dodge because that would make his barrier go away, so he settles for the second best thing: he kneels down, sustains the field with one hand, and holds the drill lance in front of him with the other. They have the choice: avoid charging at him, or run straight into the lance.+
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:18 pm
(11:18:15 PM): Resnick: [He lets Prowler just fall off the barrier. Why even bother trying to tax his damaged mech when gravity can do the work for him?]
(11:18:48 PM): *[and into a prone position]
wyverncakes 11:18 pm
(11:18:59 PM): (Actually, was commenting on Resnick wanting to try to take the hit. Either option's fine)
wyverncakes 11:20 pm
(11:20:20 PM): [Tsukasa, Resnick, Casshern, Werter, Gen, Tsukasa] All of you manage to either get out of the way of the train or at least redirect its path (in Werter's case)... but Mad...?
(11:21:17 PM): [Mad] Yeah. Not the smartest of ideas at all, especially when no sooner do you get in its path does the horn run straight through Maria in a grisly fashion!
(11:21:31 PM): Finch: "HOW ABOUT NO! AND WE FUCK YOUR STUPID BITCHBOT!"
wyverncakes 11:22 pm
(11:22:27 PM): Rigger: "FUCK THIS TOWN, FUCK YOU, FUCK EVERYONE! THERE'S A MILLION OTHER SUCKERVILLES OUT THERE LIKE THIS ONE! AND IF WE WANT TO SHIT OVER EVERY ONE WE SET FOOT IN, NOBODY'S GONNA STOP US!"
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:22 pm
(11:22:41 PM): Resnick: Pup!
HyprKnux 1 11:23 pm
(11:23:02 PM): Gen: "NO!"
wyverncakes 11:23 pm
(11:23:43 PM): Fatboy and the Man O' Taur continue charging along, with Fatboy grabbing Maria between its thighs and then pulling, dragging that massive horn all the way up the Dom Tropen's body before pulling it free...
(11:24:07 PM): .... Just so the machine can be further pulverized as it's run over by Fatboy's numerous treads.
VJockey 11:24 pm
(11:24:17 PM): Mad: "AAAAAAA-" [Impact... whatever control she had to keep the memories at bay failed completely and utterly...panic is beginning to set in as her machine creaked and cracked...No... nono! This can't be happening!! It can't!...S..she was a hero!] "I'll always look after you, even when I'm away." [The shock was too much... her eyes pinpricks as the entire cockpit went dark.... this... wasn't supposed to happen...-]
Tengusaur 11:24 pm
(11:24:35 PM): Werter: "Damnit! Eject before it's too late!"
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:25 pm
(11:25:19 PM): Resnick: Aff, eject!
wyverncakes 11:25 pm
(11:25:21 PM): It all took less than five seconds. And from there? Freedom. The two machines crash into Prometheus's barrier, straining for a few moments... but the Man O' Taur's thrusters add on another burst of speed and finally breach the shield.
(11:25:50 PM): The two machines make off into the Ruin, free to continue their scams and brutal practices.
HyprKnux 1 11:26 pm
(11:26:16 PM): Gen: "Damn... those cowards!"
wyverncakes 11:26 pm
(11:26:51 PM): There's an uncomfortable silence during all of this... and it's a woman's voice that finally breaks it.
(11:27:08 PM): ???: "To imagine someone could be responsible for carnage even worse than yours, Casshern."
(11:27:16 PM): (Lyuze: http://www.pureanimegallery.com/d/7779-1/lyuze-ruins.jpg)
(11:27:45 PM): The woman is sitting ontop of a ruined hovel. Where she came from? Nobody knows.
Tengusaur 11:27 pm
(11:27:51 PM): Werter: "Arschlochs... How's the pilot? And watch out for the berserking small guy!"
Mister Giggles 11:27 pm
(11:27:54 PM): Casshern turns to the source of the voice, glaring. His IFF system is trying to identify whether or not this new person is hostile.
wyverncakes 11:28 pm
(11:28:01 PM): The woman snorts.
Mister Giggles 11:28 pm
(11:28:05 PM): It's... having a bit of difficulty.
wyverncakes 11:28 pm
(11:28:37 PM): "The man who killed the Sun named Moon. Salvation to any who eat you, but death to all who fail."
(11:28:47 PM): Her eyes narrow. "And you're the cause of all of this in the first place!"
wyverncakes 11:29 pm
(11:29:00 PM): "The death of Luna, it made the Ruin happen!"
Mister Giggles 11:29 pm
(11:29:22 PM): Casshern's eyes widen. And suddenly... his eyes stop glowing. His facemask opens, and his posture relaxes. "Wh-... what?"
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:30 pm
(11:30:05 PM): Resnick: ...there is nothing wrong with the moon. [He says as he twists in his seat, trying to get out the medkit.]
wyverncakes 11:30 pm
(11:30:13 PM): "And you don't even remember. How about that," Lyuze says as she begins to turn away and begin helping with the wreckage.
(11:30:29 PM): And it's then that Ayame comes over your radios again.
Mister Giggles 11:30 pm
(11:30:43 PM): "W-wait! Who is Luna? I-- I don't remember killing anyone! And how--- how did I...?"
wyverncakes 11:30 pm
(11:30:50 PM): "... Check to see if Madeleine is still..."
wyverncakes 11:31 pm
(11:31:05 PM): "... The angle of the horn didn't look like it would hit the cockpit.."
Tengusaur 11:31 pm
(11:31:09 PM): Werter: "So it is amnesia after all... What have we stepped into?"
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:31 pm
(11:31:22 PM): Resnick: Aff, moving to help.
wyverncakes 11:31 pm
(11:31:23 PM): After another moment she continues.
(11:31:43 PM): "And if what this woman says is true, try to bring this 'Casshern' along as well."
(11:32:04 PM): "If he can somehow provide genuine immunity to the Ruin, it's too good to pass up. Just don't be hostile about it."
Tengusaur 11:32 pm
(11:32:19 PM): Werter: "Hopefully he won't attack us anymore..."
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:32 pm
(11:32:22 PM): [are we still waiting for prompts or is it free action now?]
wyverncakes 11:32 pm
(11:32:26 PM): "... And Werter? Try to maintain the barrier until we can get this place rebuilt. Or barring that, we get someone else to fill in for you."
VJockey 11:32 pm
(11:32:31 PM): Mad: [She was thrown around the cockpit, tears flowing from empty eyes as Maria crashed and bounced along the ground like so much trash... heroes.... heroes never let the bad guys get away.... they brought happiness.... and justice.... and... truth...] "Remember, you're Simple and Clean. Stay that way." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrKG1edPe_U) [...Blood was slowly trickling down her forehead... memories long pushed away in fear flooding back - reminding Mad of a life once lived in happiness before one cruel day snatched everything from her... mingling with every bit of despair in her soul.] "H....Himura.... d...dad... everyone.... w..why... did you all lie to...me?" [The veil of memories lifts... A happy family, her older sister trying to calm things down... as she tugged on Nanohana Himesaki's hair with a playfully mischevious expression.] "Everything's..... a lie...... th....there are no heroes left in man...."
wyverncakes 11:32 pm
(11:32:31 PM): (This is all free actions)
Mister Giggles 11:33 pm
(11:33:43 PM): Casshern drops to his knees, watching Lyuze slowly disappear into the dust-storms of the Ruin. "I... I did this...?" He slowly looks at the disintegrating leftovers of an absolute massacre he appearently caused. And then down at his motor-oil covered hands. "I... caused the Ruin?"
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:33 pm
(11:33:50 PM): Resnick: [He manages to twist Prowler enough to let him pop out of the cockpit. Medkit in hand, he goes running over to (How Do You Solve A Problem Like) Maria and tries to get in to the torso cockpit, probing at the metal for an opening.] Can you hear me, pup? Are you injured?
Tengusaur 11:34 pm
(11:34:11 PM): Werter: "Don't worry, I can keep this for a pretty long time... But I hope the repairs will be done soon. Worst case scenario, me and Herb will have to take turns."
(11:34:23 PM): Werter: "Try not to make it the worst case scenario."
wyverncakes 11:34 pm
(11:34:52 PM): Ayame: "I'm sure there's at least one other barrier-user we can recruit for this."
VJockey 11:35 pm
(11:35:01 PM): Mad: [Was curled up into a tight and bleeding ball inside the cockpit.... muttering the words like a mantra.] "There are no heroes left in man..... there are no heroes left in man..... there-" [And on it goes....]
Tengusaur 11:36 pm
(11:36:22 PM): Werter: "Right, the historian can still can use them, can't he... Either way, what's with the pilot?"
Mister Giggles 11:36 pm
(11:36:40 PM): And suddenly... a flashback enters Casshern's mind.
(11:36:45 PM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgmBcS6STL8 (first 11 seconds.)
(11:36:50 PM): His eyes go wide... and suddenly... he faints.
lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:37 pm
(11:37:17 PM): Resnick: [He climbs in as best he can.] She is...not severely injured. Still, send a medic down here, double time. Pup, I need you to move your arm. You are...safe now. They retreated.
VJockey 11:39 pm
(11:39:56 PM): Mad: [Her eyes were wide and haunted.... there was.... an emptiness in them Resnick... like a person who stared into an abyss and had their heart and soul stolen from them..]
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lionel boyd bokanon johnson 11:41 pm
(11:41:29 PM): Resnick: [He instinctively doesn't look into them, focusing on trying to asses her wounds. He removes one of the patches, enough to keep her from bleeding too badly. He's not good at comfort or anything like that, he just wants to keep her alive.]
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