Eurasia - Skydeck

A park resides at the top of this station, which is as open to space as any place can get. Massive transparisteel windows cover this area, and pleasant grass and trees are maintained by careful gardening staff. It's very pretty, and not as dark as one might expect for a place that's exposed to space.

Bit [Samurai] [M] Castle In the Sky

Lift Down <LD> leads to Eurasia - Empire Central Square.

[Radio] Bastion sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "I've got news if you want to hear it."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "Sure."

[Radio] Bastion sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Expect a call from the crazed Russian. He's not going to try and kill you. I'll let him explain more."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "Ah see."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "Ya know Ah still don't trust him."

[Radio] Bastion sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "I know, but I know he won't try. It's up to you if you want to come back or not still, just relaying the note. I also need help on something sometime soon if yer up to it. I'm putting together a team."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "Whut sort a team?"

[Radio] Bastion sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Not anything that'll last long. Just a team for a mission I'm putting together. I want to destroy all the research that has let Doppler and Cossack resurrect dead Reploids."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "Count me in."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "Wait...Doppler's behind this?"

[Radio] Bastion sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Excellent. That doubles the team size right there."

[Radio] Bastion sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "From all indications and Vile's yabbering right after the revival of Dragon, Admiral, and Double, yes. He may not talk much, but if ya learn how to insult his ass enough, you can get a lot."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "*mutters a few words you know he'd never use in front of Kalinka*"

[Radio] Bastion sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "I want all this research destroyed. Beside the fact that its dangerous, morally its crap. We should stay dead when we're killed just as any human does. Its not right for us to be so easily resurrected, if it is even that."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "...agreed."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "No one else should have t'go through this."

[Radio] Bastion sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Exactly. As much as I miss Admiral and King Dragon as friends and comrades in Repliforce, these two aren't them. Its an insult to their memory."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "..."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "...thare's somethang Ah should tell ya. Hope ya won't thank less a me fer it."

[Radio] Bastion sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "That being?"

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "Ah might also be a clone."

[Radio] Bastion sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Ah. Why would I think less of you for that? You mistake my anger over what was done as hatred for those who came from it. It's an insult to the original Admiral and Dragon, but I respect those who are now trying to live up to that memory and be their own people for it. I hate the morons who bring about this though."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "Oh. Sorry Ah misunnerstood."

[Radio] Bastion sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Its cool, I tend to speak with a violent conviction at times."

[Radio] You send Bastion a direct message: "An Ah'm too much on edge. Call it even."

Bowie is seated in one of the park benches (a special type bench that leans back to make it easier to stargaze), a disposable coffee mug cupped in his hands. He's stolen away a few minutes for himself out of an otherwise very busy day.

Simian Monk steps out of the lift from the ground. He decided to come back here when he found out this was the place to stargaze. He spots Bowie and is unsure if Bowie wants to be alone or not. So he grabs a separate bench and gazes into the stars.

Bowie notices Simian and gives him a small but friendly wave. "Evenin."

Simian Monk sees that Bowie doesn't seem to mind company and waves back, "Good evening Bowie. How are you?"

"Pretty good." Bowie both looks and sounds in better spirits than yesterday. "Spent the day with Kalinka's family. Happy Thanksgivin, by the way."

Simian Monk smiles, "That is good. Never had a real Thanksgiving dinner ever since I left to explore the world." He stretches a bit enjoying the view, "What'd you have?"

Bowie raises an eyebrow. "So nobody cooked fer the Hunters this year? Shame." He takes a sip of steaming coffee. "Lesse. Turkey with dressin, sweet potaters, stuffed cabbage, beets, green beans, stuffed mushrooms, an a heap a other thangs."

Simian Monk turns his eyes to Bowie, "Someone cooks for the hunters?" Then he almost licks his lips, "Mmm.. that actually sounds good right about now."

Bowie looks up to the stars, expression wistful. "Last year, Kalinka, Miss Roll, an Ah whipped up a feast fer erryone. Surprised Miss Roll didn't cook something fer ya'll."

Simian Monk nods, "Hm.. I have yet to meet Kalinka or Roll. So I'm not sure who you are speaking of." His eyes turn up to the stars again, "Nice evening tonight. Guess I should be thankful for this and such."

Bowie notes, "Kalinka ain't exactly welcome in the Hunters anymore. Don't know whare Miss Roll has been."

Simian Monk glances at Bowie, "Not welcome in the Hunters?" Simian asks.

Bowie frowns faintly. Apparently no one's told Simian about the events of the last few months. "Kalinka wus stripped a her badge an banned fer life. Cossack's orders."

Simian Monk raises his eyebrows, "I'm hearing more and more ill news of this 'Cossack' I'm starting to fear the dreadful moment when I meet him." He was more concerned that no one told him also, it was a big thing if something like this happened.

Bowie shakes his head sadly. "Ah'm biased in this whole affair," he admits, "Seein as Kalinka's mah sweetheart. But Ah'd still say avoidin Cossack is the best thang t'do."

<Global News Network> "And now we return to our regularly scheduled program: "How about that Turkey?" produc..." *crackle* The screen changes to the familiar look of a GNN broadcast. "Hello this is Media Turkey, reporting live from Seattle! It seems that the Mavericks have launched a surprise attack right in the middle of the cities yearly Thanksgiving Day parade." The camera pans over to the scene of a large Ride Armor in the shape of a Manticore, stomping its way down a quickly emptying street. The words "Happy Tanksgiving" are spray painted on its side. The view returns to the reporter and he continues to talk. "As you can see this is pandemonium. The attack was completely unexpected and already dozens of people have been injured in their attempts to flee the scene."

Simian Monk pauses instantly, as he receives the GNN transmission. "I think we're needed elsewhere?"

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Simian Monk transmits, "I will go and investigate, anyone else wish to help?"

Bowie listens as the GNN Special Report buzzes in his ear. The dubious joys of internal radios. He gives Simian a nod, and without another word begins jogging for the teleporter station.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Special Ops Warrior Ten transmits, "Hold up. Bit and Byte are me and my brothers, we'll handle those ... two."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Wildrider transmits, "Saving cute reporters? Count me in."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Bowie transmits, "En route."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] King Dragon's choppy voice says, "I'm already en route." Anyone who flies alot would recognize KD as going EXCEPTIONALLY fast.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Wildrider transmits, "I mean, did you -see- the girl they have on commentary? Rrrowr."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Rigger transmits, "... Wild."

Simian Monk follows Bowie, "See you there."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] RF Captain Chi transmits, "Do as you will. Leave Bit and Byte to my Sister and myself."

(And off we dash!)

Pacific Northwest

Covered in dense forest and small towns, the vast majority of the large Pacific Northwest is made up of natural, untouched lands, left pristine and beautiful. Only the rare occasional city appears, long standing old cities like Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Most of the natural area found here consists of a mixture of traditional trees and pine trees, with a rich diversity of wildlife, including mountain lions, black bears, and the occasional sea otter along the shores, many of which almost risked extinction in the twentieth century. Now, though, they thrive thanks to the vast wildlife preserves and consolidation of the human population into cities.

Ten [Main] [RF] Barrage Raptor [Unarmored] [RF]

Wind Man [RM] Wraith Panther [M]

Ride Armor <Manticore> [M] Raffinato [Casual] [M]

Bit [Samurai] [M] Byte [Yoma] [M]

King Dragon [Combat] [RF] Family Residence

Submerge <D> leads to Underneath Central Pacific.

West <W> leads to East Pacific Ocean.

East <E> leads to Rocky Mountains.

South <S> leads to California.

North <N> leads to British Columbia.

Up <U> leads to Sky Above Western United States.

Chi arrives from the California.

Chi has arrived.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Wildrider transmits, "So are you coming, or what Rigs?"

Simian Monk arrives from the California.

Simian Monk has arrived.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Rigger transmits, "Depends. What do you intend on doing?"

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] RF Captain Chi transmits, "We are en route...."

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Wildrider transmits, "I'll start getting either the Vorpal or the Falcon for dust-off 'pending on who needs a lift."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Special Ops Warrior Ten transmits, "Goingoingoing."

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Hunter Discussion Simian Monk transmits, "I am on my way to Seattle who is all going to be there?"

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Main Rigger transmits, "... Um. ..."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Wildrider transmits, "About to unload some indiscriminate...well slightly discriminate justice. There's civilians, after all."

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Main Rigger transmits, "Wild? Have you seen the Gyrfalcon lately?"

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] RF Captain Chi transmits, "Be careful Ten."

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Wildrider transmits, "...no? I've been in the stove, remember?"

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Guardian Burn Dinorex transmits, "good luck, people"

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Special Ops Warrior Ten transmits, "Just worry about Byte!"

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Main Rigger transmits, "Right. And I was in the Gyrfalcon when it got scrapped. Thanks for keeping up to date on stuff."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] RF Sci. Capt. Spin Cougar transmits, "Bit and Byte are there!?"

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Bowie transmits, "Stove? Neer mind. Don't wanna know."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Special Ops Warrior Ten transmits, "Gonna tear them limb from LIMB. I didn't want this on The Friday -eve-."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] RF Sci. Capt. Spin Cougar transmits, "Kick their metal afts into orbit..."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Captain Jet Stingray transmits, "Yeah, but Ten are Chi are heading there as well, no worries. I am more concerned if Vile shows his face with his Ride Armor. Let me know if more people are needed."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Special Ops Warrior Ten transmits, "I'll put them in Andromeda if at all possible!"

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Guardian Burn Dinorex transmits, "but not before tearing them to pieces"

The first thing that you are likely to notice upon drawing near the scene of the Maverick assault is the noise. The sound of terrified screams echoes like a megaphone a thousand times over throughout the city, nearly deafening in it's magnitude. Countless people who had come to enjoy the parade run in all directions to escape the massive armored monstrosity as it crashes down the streets, stomping parades, buildings, vehicles and people alike without pause.

Within the cockpit of the Manticore Ride Armor, Omni grins broadly to herself at the sheer amount of destruction she is causing. "Hehe. You like that? Try this one then," she mutters to herself. Flicking a switch on the panel in front of her brings the armor to a screeching halt as it's long tail whips up and sends a massive needle-like missile screaming off into a building. Kaboom.

The Golden Samurai is among the attackers, wielding his blade and Aegis proudly as he goes about causing a surprising amount of chaos. Old habits die hard, however, as he's striking no metallic being in the back - all humans, on the other hand, are promptly getting skewered, incinerated, or bludgeoned by his weaponry. "You have not the right to celebrate a holiday you cannot understand," he murmurs. There's a strange lack of restraint today.

Byte hovers menacingly near Bit, and like his brother, is among the attackers. But instead of going in, fists flying, he's simply having some magnetic fun. Cars, floats and reploids are thrown this way and that, and the Dark Samurai is going out of his way to do as much damage as possible.

King Dragon's one of the first oncomers overhead in North America today, both wings drawing sharp contrails from both wings, two on each tip, two closer to the base of the wings. He spirals, a somewhat slow spiral at that, but the rest of his body is creating tremendous backlash, a ripple of airstream created at the tip of his snout. The Ride Armor that was mentioned on the GNN-report is getting his first attention, but the Dragon extends his senses, attempting to catalogue all other maverick signatures in the other. Marking the other Mavericks, he does catch wind of the Maverick Ride Armor Manticore, and barrels down towards it.

A DRAGON appears. Command?

One of the advantages of being a reploid is that being stuffed full of home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner doesn't slow then down.

Bowie sprints from the closest commercial teleport hub, his rifle beating a tatoo on his back as he makes his way towards the scene of destruction. At the nearest opportunity, he'll look for a good sniping position, but for now he's simply running.

King Dragon misses Bit with his Frightful Presence attack.

King Dragon strikes Byte with his Frightful Presence attack.

King Dragon strikes Ride Armor <Manticore> with his Frightful Presence attack.

King Dragon strikes Raffinato with his Frightful Presence attack.

King Dragon misses Wraith Panther with his Frightful Presence attack.

Of course, King Dragon is not the only representitive of the defenders of humanity this night! No, instead a glittering form can be seen winging it's way forth from the nearest teleportation grid. It's TEN! As she comes surging in, Murasame in hand, there's one odd thing about her expression. Unlike how she typically starts a battle at least with some chatting and the like, she looks entirely enraged. Why? HOW DARE THEY ATTACK ON The Friday EVE!?!? If she has her way, reploids will die messily tonight.

Also from one of the nearest teleport hubs comes the massive form of Chi. Already the Masamune was blazing as his hooved feet nearly left dents in the asphalt. Byte....the vile creature..he would pay for his crimes. Now, usually when the hero sees the villain commiting his atrocities, the hero screams the villain's name. Chi doesn't. He merely says the Demon's name, confidant that he will be heard. "...Byte."

Vile arrives from the Rocky Mountains.

Vile has arrived.

Leaping from building to building from the direction of the teleporters comes Simian Monk. He continues to leap when he comes across the destruction he crouches low. His eyes scan the scene, he calculates who the most potent target would be. However, he still looks for the female maverick that has no sense of honor.

What's that speck, high in the distance? Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

It's... well, still a speck.

A slightly bigger speck, now.

The object is now an even larger speck than it was a moment ago.

Whatever it is, it's not moving nearly fast enough to be flying that high. As the Mavericks' actual opposition begins to gather below, the object reveals itself to be a fat android who has forgotten that one who can't fly is supposed to dash in along the ground, and not along the lack-of-ground. Clearly identifiable now as Wind Man, the son of Wily watches the chaos unfold from several dozen meters in the air, bringing himself gradually to a stop and standing on a convenient patch of nothing. He notices King Dragon from the side of his vision - how could anyone not notice King Dragon? - but doesn't seem worried by his presence.

As his blade tears through a human's spine graphically, Bit whirls toward the whistling of wind. A dragon, high above... no matter what the foe, thinks Bit, he will prevail. About to throw a nice grav-blast upward, Bit is distracted as his sister appears in his viewport. The normally cool blue optics seem to shimmer red for a moment. "You will not hold us back," he murmurs mostly to himself as he advances on her. "TEN! Leave this area or I -will- be forced to cut you down," he shouts, brandishing his shield and blade.

Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> arrives from the Sky Above Western United States.

Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> has arrived.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] King Dragon transmits, "Confirmed threats in Seattle area: Bit, Byte, Ride Armor Manticore, pilot unknown."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] King Dragon transmits, "More may be present."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] RF Captain Chi transmits, "Byte is /mine/"

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Rigger transmits, "Thanks for the heads up."

Ride Armor <Manticore> enters the British Columbia.

Ride Armor <Manticore> has left.

King Dragon enters the British Columbia.

King Dragon has left.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Bowie transmits, "Copy that. Any stragglers ya see?"

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] King Dragon transmits, "Unknown at this time. Will relay sensor feedback. I think we may have two additional targets, three at most."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] King Dragon transmits, "Stay frosty, folks."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] RF Captain Chi transmits, "...."

And he calls to her. Maybe that was a Bad Thing <TM> considering her present attitude. As soon as he does call, the phoenix quite literally SCREAMS his name back as she decends downward from the air with her Naginata before her in a massive overhead stroke. The impact as she lands splinters the pavement, to say the least. With whatever momentum is generated from the weapon striking either Bit, or the pavement, she uses it to spin about and swing the blade at the Binary's side as well. Someone is distinctly unhappy today and VERY straight forward.

Ten misses Bit with her Slice attack.

Easily stepping backward from the downward swing, and then catching the blade swing on his shield, Bit only grins behind his facemask as he flings her weapon aside. "You seem angry. Anger is a weapon only to one's opponent," he comments before swinging out at her with his blade.

Bit misses Ten with his Generic Melee attack.

Ten deflects Generic Melee from Bit.

Well. Amongst the so-called 'Evil Doers', the one known as Wraith Panther makes his way along through the streets. Well. Not -in- the streets. He doesn't want to be stampeded by the numerous humans that run through the area. More along through the alleys, watching as the humans run by, giving a sudden leap forward to one human, the blade within his arm extending outward and stabbing directly into the human's neck. Growling loudly, he gives another stab into the by-stander's chest, then lets the bloodstained weapon slide back into his arm. This one certainly didn't protest at Australia. And more than likely, he wasn't one of the scientists who were working on dumbing down Reploids.. But he's been angered by humans definitely too much recently, and he makes his way off, leaving his victim to bleed in the street, making his way in the direction of a discarded float.

As several hovercars fall from high in the air, Byte's smile coldly, and turns his eyes upward, where they narrow upon seeing King Dragon. He too is about to attack the reploid when more... suitable opponents arrive. His smile turns into a grin, and he watches both Ten and Chi arrive. Leaving the Phoenix for his brother, the larger half of the Nightmare Police turns his attention to his Repliforce counterpart. "...Hello, Chi," he rumbles, and immediately sends a car flying in the Minotaur's direction. ...However, the car veers off its cause at the last second, and Byte blinks to Chi's side, one gigantic fist flying forward.

Byte strikes Chi with his Punch attack.

Of course, Ten's hardly in a talking mood, espeically to her rival on a day such as this. The back end of the Murasame is put between herself in the blade, knocking the attack off course before she thrusts one palm at Bit as she's point blank. "Not when it's focused," she says in all to calm a tone as a fireball explodes off her palm.

Ten misses Bit with her Flame Palm Blast attack.

Bit deflects Flame Palm Blast from Ten.

Bowie frowns at the rampant destruction, both property and human, already caused by the Manticore and its attendants. The downtown skyscrapers are too tall to make a good vantage point for the street. However...that abandoned two-story parade float sculpted in the likeness of a cornucopia looks like it will do nicely. Sliding his visor down to protect his eyes, he begins scaling the ladder to its top.

Some distance away, a random teleporter keys itself into firy life -- giving birth to a somewhat humanoid figure -- which immediately moves into the shadow of a tall building and promptly dissapears; blink systems carrying him a good deal distance towards where the sounds of violence are audible -- and into the cover of a tall building. Him of course, is Vile -- who heads towards the scene at a rather brisk jog -- only half paying mind to not advertising himself. A few spectators are left staring as he rushes past -- vanishing again as his blink systems recharge -- appearing into the general area itself -- this time atop a fourth floor balcony where a fairly startled reporter happens to be. Without hesitation, Vile's hands reach out -- aiming to grasp the woman by her belt and camera -- and heave her out onto the street below as he surveys the situation itself -- passive for the moment, but looking to see where his weight can lend assistance -- or to where things can be approved.

There's a Repliforce transport ship flying overhead, getting near the scene. The back door of the vehicle opens up as it gets closer to the scene, and Barrage Raptor leaps out of the vehicle, falling down towards the ground at a rapid speed. She's going to kill herself! Oh no! However, Barrage fires a blast down into the ground, the shell bursting into a large pile of green goo, which she lands in, and floats safely to the ground before it dissipates into liquid, "Alright." She says, looking around, "Who's next?"

Oh look, it's a clown. Seem happy and harmless, like Feste or any regular performer....

Not really. This is Raffinato, the anti-clown! To add to the carnage, Raffy's drones are tearing, shooting, eating, acid-spraying, etc., at the civvies. Not an army, but a sizable group. Raffinato himself is leaping literally off of buildings with his cat-like agility, using his guns and explosives to blow up stuff. Amazingly, all of this is happening around Wraith Panther, like WP has his own bubble. The drones and Raffy keep in tune with Wraith's movements. One human catches Raffy's attention. Leaping to him, he rips off the man's head, and emits a war cry as it deconnects. He shakes his fist with the head in the air. "Nice day for a raid, isn't it Wraith?!" he comments calmly and gleefully as if he were taking a stroll on a noisy beach.

Wind Man adjusts his stabalizers slightly to counteract the turbulence from Bit and Ten's impressive whiffing of one another. His windcannons spin lazily, not needed just yet, since the Robot Masters have no particular interest in a victory for either side of this conflict, just so long as plenty of people get severely hurt.

It was fairly obvious that the larger half of the Godmachine wasn't going to throw a car at him, no matter what it appeared. Chi watched the car sail in his direction and, as assumed, veer away. Chi's brown eyes were flat as he stared at Byte and was somewhat surprised that the behemoth blinked and simply hit him with a massive fist, causing the minotaur to stumble slightly. "So the eternal struggle begins again, hm?"

With speed belying his size, Chi hopped backwards, away from Byte and began to spin the Masamune before grasping it in both hands and swinging it repeatedly at Byte, sending forth a volley of small energy waves.

Chi misses Byte with his Energy Barrage attack.

Bit is no fool, and even as the weak slash is deflected, his own shield is brought up to send the avian's hand away, the blast heading into the sky somewhere. Abruptly, he disappears in a flash of gold, reappearing behind her... only to once again blink back to her front and lash out with the shield's heavily armored edge.

Bit strikes Ten with his Shield Bash attack.

Bowie takes up a one-kneed kneeling position at the top of the cornucopia float, then takes a moment to assess the situation. It appears that Repliforce has already closed in on the Mavericks, and while he's loath to fire into melee, he trusts his aim enough to keep from hitting his allies. He unslings his rifle and pumps a round into the chamber. The gunslinger raises his rifle, lines up the closest Maverick - in this case, Bit - in his crosshairs. And then he pulls the trigger.

Bit deflects Buffalo Rifle from Bowie.

You miss Bit with your Buffalo Rifle attack.

Ten awks loudly as her hand is smacked with the Aegis, sending the blast careening into the sky to burn itself out. Those green optics lock onto Bit's, but when he blinks behind, the phoenix expects an attack, hence her sudden movement to her right, but it's to no avail when the binary appears right infront of her again. Wings snap open to move her upward, but not in time to remove her from the Aegis' path, the shield slamming into her side. She staggers back a moment, but in a sudden firey flash, the avian is just gone. Where? Most ground bound enemies only think in two dimensions, so she uses this and descends rapidly downward from the sky, talons and metal heel careening straight for his head. Hit or miss she vanishes again, reappears before him, sweeps a leg at Bit's own, disappears yet again, and tries to roundhouse the maverick from behind.

Ten misses Bit with her Talon Swipe attack.

"...It won't remain eternal for too much longer," Byte remarks coldly, magnetically holding up a reploid in front of him to take the energy barrage. Once the attack concludes, the battered reploid is thrown to the side, forgotten, and the Dark Samurai raises his right hand - it glows brightly for a second, before a curved energy beam is launched forth.

Byte strikes Chi with his Crescent Beam attack.

Certainly, the sounds of green goo well.. Splatting against the ground would definitely be something different from the chaos that goes on. Just as Wraith had climbed atop the float, apparently he was lucky enough to get on Santa's sleigh, he turns around to face Barrage. He remembers her. Sometime back when Lament had decided to do a bit of preaching. The feline tilts his head to the side and then crouches down atop the sleigh, his elbows propping themselves at his knees. "Greetings.. Take it you've come here to fight something you should be joining in..?"

There is another, thinks Bit. He abruptly rolls aside as the shot comes in, and the blast glances off of his shield - leaving Ten to strike the ground. Her next attack gets a block, but her last one strikes only air as Bit blinks some distance away. A flick of his armored hand, the one that carries Aegis, and something spirals toward Ten's chestplate - it's a wooden dagger of some sort.

Bit misses Ten with his Bokken attack.

Raffinato pierces the tires of a float, and manages to BLOW IT UP after inserting round after round from his chain gun into it. "Stupid Parades, I hate them," he mutters. He eviscerates another human without concentrating on him, just looking at the fighting

For a moment, there is a bit of static in one channel's transmission as their reporter is sent to the somewhat distant ground by the Maverick General's initial throw -- the body seeming to bend in ways that are unnatural as it strikes the ground; the snapping sound of breaking bones audible from quite a distance away. His attack completed, Vile leans forwards in an almost casual manner; arms folded across the railing of the balcony upon which he stands, visor reflecting the scene before him in an unobtrusive manner. The battle of Bit and Byte versus the other two is noted, as are the other various confrontations. The smashed remains of once jubilant floats and festive decorations are taken in -- and then the glint of light is seen from a raised weapon, along with the muzzle flash of Bowie's gun as it discharges towards Bit. Unconcerned with weather or not the attack itself struck, Vile turns his body at the waist to respond in kind -- hopefully from an unexpected direction. A mental command activates his inertial targeting system -- which brackets the Maverick Hunter with a set of crosshairs -- and a moment later, a firing solution. With a sharp crack like a bit of snapped leather, an ovular shape of glowing white energy is discharged from the General's shoulder mounted cannon -- streaking downrange towards the Gunman.

Vile misses you with his Vile Cannon Shot attack.

In order to keep the blast from nailing him in the face, the minotaur crossed his arms in front of his face to absorb the blow. The golden plating on his forarms became scorched dark. Chi pulled the Masamune back after he uncrossed his arms, and then he lunged at Byte, making as if he were going to swing the weapon. It was odd. He didn't. Instead he snapped off an akward kick at the Youma. "You will not end me Byte. Not today. Not ever."

Chi misses Byte with his Hoof Kick attack.

Barrage Raptor tilts her head at Wraith, as he speaks to her, "... Yeah.." She says, "I have no idea what you're talking about? But you look like you're causing trouble...So I'm gonna shoot you now, cool? Didn't think you'd mind."

Raffinato suddenly slaps a bloody hand to his head. "Sh**! I forgot, bloody hell!" he snaps his fingers, and ten invisible camera drones scatter around the area, almost immediately rolling film.

Barrage Raptor receives a radio transmission from Spin Cougar.

Barrage Raptor tilts her head at Wraith, as he speaks to her, "... Yeah.." She says, "I have no idea what you're talking about? But you look like you're causing trouble...So I'm gonna shoot you now, cool? Didn't think you'd mind." Her hand reaching behind her back, she grips her rifle, and unlocks it, bringing it out into firing position, and letting loose with a spray of rounds in Wraith's direction.

Barrage Raptor strikes Wraith Panther with her Ar-283 Custom attack.

Of course Ten is quite fast enough to slip out of the path of Bit's flying weapon, looking as a blur, perhaps, the red and gold phoenix rushes toward her binary counterpart. The Murasame envelops in flame and suddenly vanishes. Looks like she's ready to do this the old fashioned way! The only problem is, as she rushes, her body looks as if it's becoming enveloped in flame. When she's nearly reached Bit, she blinks away but that doesn't stop the fire from rushing toward the binary at all! Meanwhile, Ten hovers in the air for a mere moment...

Ten strikes Bit with her Inferno Engulf attack.

Barrage Raptor sends a radio transmission to Spin Cougar.

Wind Man notes the shot deflecting off of Aegis that didn't seem to originate from Ten, and his eyes quickly sweep to trace the source. Spotting the telltale flash of movement by the float, Wind Man glides over in the Hunter sniper's general direction on his plane of air over a dozen meters above. Once he's situated himself properly, he lowers his altitude to come down right behind Bowie - not that Wind Man runs silently, far from it, but he expects that the sounds of explosions, energy shots, clashing blades, and general chaos will be sufficient to mask his hover jets. He notices the incoming Vile Cannon Shot too late, but fortunately it doesn't come close to hitting him, not having been aimed at him in the first place.

Barrage Raptor receives a radio transmission.

The flames cover Bit, and they BURN! OH SWEET DOPPLER THEY BURN. He falls backwards, contorting and sputtering, but as they pass.. he spots Ten again. "Worthy foe, indeed... it's a shame I will have to destroy you," he comments in a low, confident tone as he launches himself forward. His shield leads the way as it begins to glow...

Bit strikes Ten with his Shield Dash attack.

Simian Monk has left.

Bah. Damnedable humans, and they're infecting the reploids to be more violent than they should be. Though it's not like Wraith entirely didn't expect it. As Barrage moves back to grip the rifle and heft it into the firing position, Wraith stands quickly and leaps away from the shots fired, taking one or two in his shoulder armor or chest, then growling a bit. Bah. She'll be paying for that. Both hands flex some, and he releases a quick breath. Stepping out from behind the float, he gives the Raptor a wave, then begins to activate the cloaking device for him, his image fading out in front of the female reploid.

Byte, while most likely awaiting the Masamune to be swung, is quick to respond to the akward kick, dashing back slightly. "...Do not be so sure of the future, Minotaur." Abruptly, jagged peices of metal, debris from those things already damaged, flies to the Yin Yoma's left fist, attaching itself harmlessly to the Maverick. This act is followed by another punch - one that could be slightly more painful then the last.

Byte strikes Chi with his Spiked Punch attack.

Wraith Panther activates his stealth mode.

Bowie does on occasion have lady luck on his side. But only on occasion. Somehow he manages to catch the low reverberation of hoverjets over the din of battle, and quickly turns to face its source. He hides any surprise at having a Robot Master interfering in what appears to be a Maverick attack, and begins to raise his rifle once more. A glint of something catches the corner of his eyes, preprogrammed instincts take over, and he throws himself forward to avoid the plasma bolt that came from seemingly nowhere. Of course, this also means that he's made himself an open target for Wind Man, but lady luck can only be so generous. (ooc - No attack)

Is that a smirk? It sure looks like it. When the fires Ten created slam into Bit, she does indeed smirk. .oO(I know you won't stay down) she thinks, and low and behold, he does indeed rise. She simply shakes her head, awaiting the incoming attack which she was entirely NOT prepared for. Why? No Murasame to put in the way of the shield. Ten crashes back down to the pavement below, but quickly flips back up onto her feet. Focusing, the avian generates a fireball between both her palms, glares toward the binary, and lets loose the firey mass in his direction.

Ten misses Bit with her Flame Burst attack.

Bit deflects Flame Burst from Ten.

Barrage Raptor blinks as Wraith goes and disapears, "Well that's not very nice." She mutters, "You could be a man and fight, but nooooo, you have to be a little wuss and run away scared! Well fine, I didn't want to beat the slag out of you anyway, you weren't worth my time!"

Raffinato hears this, and makes the biggest mistake yet. He says to Barrage, laughing meanly "Oh-ho, not worth your TIME? My dear lady, you really should learn to not underestimate my brothers, as they are more intelligent and....better looking than you. Wuss indeed. Why Wraith can take you out anytime!"

As he crashes through Ten's space, Bit lands lightly on the pavement again, turning to face her. "You still insist on fighting? You are courageous," he compliments. "I would expect no less." The flames come inward, and he just smirks as he again catches them on the brightly glowing shield. They seem to make it glow brighter...

Abruptly, he pulls Aegis closer, the jewel gracing its front gleaming as if it held the sun itself. His other hand glows red as he thrusts his palms forward, shouting in Japanese, <Taste the fire!> A blast of flame spews forth, seeking out the avian.

Bit misses Ten with his Fireball Comet attack.

This time, Chi /does/ hit, the energy slamming into Byte, forcing a brief grunt of pain from the Dark Samurai. "...No, but I can have a hand in moulding it," he rumbles, then blinks to Chi's left, then Chi's right, then finally to his back - and, showing that Byte really likes using his large limbs, the Maverick swings an electric covered fist towards the side of the Minotaur's head.

Byte strikes Chi with his Electric Punch attack.

The hefty crackling blow sent Chi stumbling to his knees. "...Demon...I /will not fall/." The minotaur's free hand began to glow a brilliant gold as he used his legs to thrust upwards at Byte, the glowing fist lashing out, leaving a trail of sparkling motes in its wake.

After Bowie hits the ground, he bounces back off, in a way that humans and reploids alike definitely should not. The source is apparent, as both of Wind Man's primary windcannons have now sprung to life, creating a vortex which is quite sufficient to lift Bowie clear off the ground without actually damaging him. "Eurasia is a much safer place this time of year," says the Robot Master coldly. His eyes search for a moment for the source of the blast that just missed his new toy, but a spray of debris from the attack of another combatent prevents him from identifying it.

Chi misses Byte with his Energy-fused Fist attack.

Luckily enough for the phoenix, she's smart enough to know what it is the Aegis can do. Winging aside, the avian even lands upon the pavement as the Murasame reappears in her hands, "Stop holding your punches! I'm not going to any more!" She calls out as the naginata glows an impressively bright orange color. A blast lances forth of the weapon, a bolt of fire shaped after Ten's weapon of choice.

Ten strikes Bit with her Murasame Charge attack.

Run away? Wraith? Of course not. He's just making sure he's got a small advantage. Since, apparantly, Barrage has a bit more armor and firepower than him. The cloaked figure continues to make his way along to where he is directly behind the Raptor, grinning to himself as the cloak deactivates, and the blade extends from his palm. He bursts forward, the blade lowered down at first. Then once he is close enough, he gives a hard slash to Barrage's back, spinning off and running away to begin the cloak-run around-decloak-attack-run-cloak again fighting.

Wraith Panther deactivates his stealth mode.

The Maverick General is an opportunist -- this much is fairly well known. One who does not seize opportunities as they come simply does not reach the kind of rank that he has. And, as Wind Man floats down into view -- and Bowie throws himself to the ground an opportunity is seen. The straight energy emitters of his cannon are still recharging as he re-computes his firing solution -- steading himself into a feet-at-shoulder-width stance, one hand upon the railing of the balcony to make himself absolutely rock-like. A mental command sends a solid shell slamming into his cannon's breech -- and a second later a resounding *KERBLAM!* is heard from the balcony, along with a considerable muzzle flash as the weapon discharges it's slug towards the two. Downrange it streaks, trailing white smoke -- only to suddenly detonate some hundred feet from the duo. All at once, an expanding cloud crimson darts of energy streak towards the two -- seeking to surround and immolate them in searing energy. Certianly, his attack is fairly obvious -- and it would seem that he does not mind drawing the ire -- and fire of both. No, it would seem that he is taking the aforementioned oppertunity whilst he still can.

Wraith Panther misses Barrage Raptor with his Bladed Palm attack.

Barrage Raptor tilts her head a little bit as Raff speaks up, "Uh...Right." She turns to face Raff, and starts walking towards him, "Well, you know...I suppose I could just mess you up instead." Then of course, the panther decides to stealth attack Barrage from behind. But she just smirks, and hops to the side, watching him run past, as she tosses a C-4 grenade at his back after he goes past.

Barrage Raptor misses Wraith Panther with her C-4 Charge attack.

Vile strikes you with a solid hit from his Scatter Blaster for 19 units of damage.

Vile strikes Wind Man with his Scatter Blaster attack.

Simian Monk has arrived.

Byte chuckles darkly, "I thought you could not see the future!" A quick dash to the side, and a slight ascension into the air, and the Nightmare Policeploid not only avoids the fist, but moves into a perfect spot to attack back. Which as you can expect, he does, extending his elbow and attempting to plow it down into the hopefully off balance Minotaur.

Byte strikes Chi with his Smash attack.

Raffinato is about to scream like a woman, but then she is distracted. "WRONG MOVE, BIMBO!" he screeches, and summons five drones, all looking like tiny rotting zombies. However, these zombies are wearing fast-food worker clothes, complete with the hat and microphone thing. They immediately begin throwing a barrage of....burritos, pizza, and corn dogs at barrage. However, they are all small and surprisingly powerful.

Raffinato strikes Barrage Raptor with his Toy Drone Assault attack.

Before he can raise the shield again, Bit is struck by the fiery bolt. Now it becomes he's very badly damaged, his frame sparking all over but the shininess of his golden armor seems to blunt it somewhat. Yes, he is just that good. But he is losing time... as she draws her weapon, the shield's charge dissipates. He has no time. Jetting forward, his blade and shield disappear, to be replaced by a large sheath at his side. One hand moves to it... and there is a flash as he passes Ten.

Of course, when the flash is gone, the two stand facing away from each other, both with blades drawn....

But who will remain standing?

Bit misses Ten with his Slash Dash attack.

Glancing over his shoulder to catch the C4 charge that flies to his back, Wraith smirks and twirls around to watch it hit the ground, then leaps to the side, away from the explosives before they well.. Explode. Skidding to a stop, he turns around to crouch down and stare at Barrage, grinning at her. He releases a small sigh, his hands running along the concrete slowly. He again lets the cloak activate, his image flickering away, one hand raising up to wave at Barrage. "Hope you don't get hurt too bad."

Crescent Grizzly arrives from the California.

Crescent Grizzly has arrived.

Raffinato sends a radio transmission.

Wraith Panther receives a radio transmission from Raffinato.

Shark Man arrives from the East Pacific Ocean.

Shark Man has arrived.

Wraith Panther activates his stealth mode.

Bowie finds himself lifted into the air, clutching his rifle firmly to prevent it from being torn from his grasp. Wind Man is met with a cool gaze, without the irritation one would normally expect from someone in his position. He does not answer...but neither does he have the opportunity. Crimson bolts rain down upon them both from above, several of them striking his back, arms, and the back of his helmet, tearing holes through the armor plating. Now frowning only slightly, he turns his gaze to the building above, and spots the Maverick general. Still stubbornly silent, he transfers the rifle to his left hand, then raises his air cannon towards Vile. There's a loud *crack* as a blast of concussive air blasts towards the Maverick.

Ten will stand! And tall she'll stand! Though she doesn't deflect the attack as may be expected, she instead blinks away in a flash of fire, only to reappear before the golden warrior. "You missed," she whispers before blinking away again. The phoenix seems to be gone for a good while before she blinks into existence, the Murasame already on the swing! The blade is heading straight for the binary's side. Hit or miss, she whips back around the other direction to try and slam him with the back end of her weapon, before coming back forward with an underarcing slash that goes right -there-. You know. THERE. Right between the legs with that blade.

Ten misses Bit with her Murasame attack.

You strike Vile with a minor hit from your Windstorm attack.

Wraith Panther sends a radio transmission to Raffinato.

Raffinato receives a radio transmission.

Once again, the great Minotaur is driven into the ground. This time, he remains silent, but he looks up at the Yoma with nothing but hate in his eyes. He will see the larger half of the Godmachine dead...or...Well..that was obvious. But as it were, he shoved himself to his feet somewhat shakily and growled at the Maverick and charged him, his head lowered. Chi's needle sharp horns gleamed in the light as he did so.

Chi strikes Byte with his Horn Ram attack.

Barrage is about to attack Wraith again, but he vanishes once more. And of course, she's been attacked by Raff's toys, "Okay.." She mutters, as she looks at Raff, "You. Sit down, shut up." Her gatling cannons start to spin, and then cut loose, locked onto Raff.

Barrage Raptor misses Raffinato with her Gatling Cannons attack.

As the debris cloud clears, Wind Man spots the attacker, but it's already too late. The missile launched by the Maverick general explodes and unleashes its energy discharge, a group of the little yellow darts impacting in a random spread pattern on the front of his armor for minor damage. "My apologies," states Wind Man in a barren and unapologetic tone, "it looks like you've got other fish to fry..." Raising his left cannon, morphed into an auxiliary windcannon, the smaller fan begins to spin rapidly even as his primary windcannons are redirected. The air current lifting Bowie off the ground blows faster now, and suddenly shifts direction. The powerful jetstream send Bowie hurling through the air on wings of wind, right at Vile. Wind Man stays behind.

Wind Man misses you with his Grasp attack.

Raffinato leaps onto a building, dodging all the bullets. "Petty weapons. Look at /my/ gatling gun!!!" his right hand explodes into the gleaming barrel of a chain gun, emitting a whir as it spins, then Raffinato unleashes his /own/ rain of bullets at Barrage, the gun making that cool sound when you fire a machine gun.

Raffinato misses Barrage Raptor with his Jolly Chain Guns attack.

And as was fully expected by Bit, hit or miss, Ten comes back with an assault from her own blade. The two engage in a timeless duel, as he holds the Katana to one side, the Murasame glancing off, and then in comes the back strike. He blinks past her to avoid that, and then comes the downslash. Parrying it neatly, the two are locked for that moment. Bit's blue optics stare into Ten's, and he seems to be almost pleased, albeit sparking wildly. "Yes, my lady. This is what I expected of you.." And with that, he begins to press the attack himself. Swinging upward, blinking to her side, then slashing downward and then crosswise. Finally a third blink, and a deep stab of the Energy Katana.

Bit misses Ten with his Energy Katana attack.

Ten deflects Energy Katana from Bit.

Simian Monk twitches his tail still. He keeps an eye out for any mavericks that don't have a... 'partner'

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Hunter Discussion Simian Monk transmits, "Seems all the mavericks are occupied with everyone else.. however I'm still here if you need help."

Byte grunts, Chi's horn charge knocking him back slightly. But using the ram to his advantage, the Dark Samurai attempts to simply grab the Minotaur, lift him into the air, and then throw - using his magnetic powers to make sure he flies just that little bit more.

Simian Monk sends a radio transmission to King Dragon.

Byte strikes Chi with his Magnetic Throw attack.

And as the weapon's spark and grind against each other, Ten locks eyes with the binary, "And I of you," she says, gritting her beak as she pushes against Bit's weapon. When he vanishes, she of course staggers quickly, but with the Murasame as long as it is, the blade is quickly put in place at her side to deflect Bit's overhead swing. Both wings snap open in the blink of an eye, then beat hard as she enevelops entirely if fire, trying ram herself into Bit at point blank with the Naginata leading the charge.

Ten strikes Bit with her Inferno Impact attack.

Bit falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

Simian Monk receives a radio transmission from King Dragon.

Crescent Grizzly comes striding into the battlefield, backed by a fresh squad of SecDef Troops, mingled with MSE Field Medics ready to clear away the wounded. Looking the area over, his eyes narrow. " Naw' den'. Les' git' dawn' tah' business..."

A forcefield is raised, and he moves into the fray...

Crescent Grizzly projects a forcefield around himself.

Simian Monk sends a radio transmission to King Dragon.

Chi sends a radio transmission to Crescent Grizzly.

Crescent Grizzly receives a radio transmission.

Simian Monk receives a radio transmission from King Dragon.

Simian Monk receives a radio transmission.

As he speaks on the radio silently he seems to pause and start to leap from building to building going to assist King Dragon. Simian Monk leaps rather quickly across the buildings.

Simian Monk enters the British Columbia.

Simian Monk has left.

Vile remains fast as his cannon begins to recycle once again -- breaking the cardinal rule that a sniper must always move after firing two shots -- and it would seem, he pays for it as a charge of compressed air strikes him across the abdomen -- knocking him backwards, through the wall in fact, of the apartment behind him. It is some seconds later, when balance is restored and he pushes himself away from the damaged structure that he suddenly finds Bowie incoming towards him at a rather high velocity -- something made possible by the influences of Wind Man. There is no time to launch any kind of planned attack -- Vile's only response being an instinct-powered uppercut of the shield that is mounted upon his right arm -- a swipe taken at the flying Maverick Hunter whilst the chance is available. Wind Man, for the moment is passed by due to the other's close proximity -- and Vile's lack of time for thought.

Vile misses you with his Punch attack.

Crescent Grizzly sends a radio transmission.

[Radio] Crescent Grizzly sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Yew' need un' o' dem' taken offah' yer 'ands, mon ami?"

Ten abruptly rockets out of where Bit expected her to be, and the resulting slam carries apocalyptic results. Bit's form is seared, charred, crumpled by the impact. Yet still he stands... facing Ten as she moves past, he holds the weapon in a defensive stance, but he knows the fire burning within him will not let him continue. Waiting for her to turn around.. but he must stand as long as he can.

Then, as she presumably turns around, he stumbles to his knees, putting his hands to the ground.. no strength left. He is beaten. "Nice...ly... done," he rasps heavily. The katana shimmers back to subspace before he finally falls completely prone, motionless.

Bowie knows a thing or two about wind attacks - as evidenced by his air cannon - and so uses the blast of air to his advantage. As he sails towards Vile, he activates his dash boots, the counterthrust keeping from landing on top of him. As soon as he lands (next to his sweetheart's brother, something he tries not to think about), the gunslinger ducks under the uppercut, then quickly discharges the spent shell and chambers a round of something not unlike heavy buckshot. He aims directly at Vile, and if lady luck still likes him, he may catch Wind Man as well.

You miss Vile with your Scattershot attack.

You miss Wind Man with your Scattershot attack.

Ten takes a few deep breaths after the massive assault, it drained her a little bit too, after all. After a few moments the phoenix stands and slowly starts to turn around, green eyes locking on the binary's form..

Wraith continues on his way throughout the area as he stays cloaked. He observes the others as they come in. Well. It was definitely expected that they were going to come sooner or later. And apparently they chose later. The Maverick pushes his way in through a door, climbing the stares of a building up to where he's at the roof, then decloaking again as he unholsters his rifle, settling down into position at one knee, the stock pressed against his shoulder as he peers through the scope, firing off the black energy bolt in the direction of Barrage.

Wraith Panther deactivates his stealth mode.

Wraith Panther strikes Barrage Raptor with his Night Strike attack.

Ten just shakes her head at the fallen form after a moment, but then a radio catches her attention. The same thing that is shouted onto the radio is shouted into the area, "Chi?!" Of course, the phoenix's eyes quickly scan across the area for the two massive forms.

Crescent Grizzly receives a radio transmission.

[Radio] You send Crescent Grizzly a direct message: "Thare still civilans in the area?"

Crescent Grizzly sends a radio transmission to Bowie.

[Radio] Crescent Grizzly sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Mah' troops 'r clearin' deh' wounded as weh' speak."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] King Dragon transmits, "Maverick Ride Armor Manticore disabled. Simian Monk, see what you can do about the pilot."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Simian Monk transmits, "I am on my way, Simian out."

Barrage throws herself to the ground to get out of the way of Raff's gatling guns, but then Wraith comes out of nowhere and blasts her, "That's it!" She looks at Wraith, and her HUD chimes <Target 1 Locked>. She turns and looks at Raff as well, <Target Two Locked>. She grins, and gets up, crossing her arms over her chest, as a swarm of missiles flies off at both Mavericks.

Barrage Raptor strikes Wraith Panther with her Total Barrage attack.

Barrage Raptor misses Raffinato with her Total Barrage attack.

Crescent Grizzly sends a radio transmission.

[Radio] Crescent Grizzly sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Deh' civilians 'ave been cleared, as well...'n yew a bit outnumbered, non?"

Raffinato cackles as he literally bends his whole body to avoid the blasts. "You like missiles, girly? The taste THIS! FEAR THE NAME OF RAFFINATO! HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!....." suddenly dozens of panels open up on the clown's body, firing off thousands of tiny missiles at Barrage, all shaped like a grinning raffinato head.

Raffinato misses Barrage Raptor with his Splendid Missile Barrage attack.

Crescent Grizzly receives a radio transmission from Bowie.

[Radio] You send Crescent Grizzly a direct message: "If thay're clear, help would be nice."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Rigger transmits, "Be careful."

The blast that goes off fails to hit Wind Man, which is not surprising since he wasn't the primary intended target, and since the remnants of the jetstream probably would have knocked any random projectile off course anyway. Deciding that he'd best avoid leaving himself as a potential target any further, at least until his enemies have had some time to tear one another apart, Wind Man's hoverjets carry him straight up into the air and away from the ground-bound fighters will have more trouble directing their attacks his away. Before totally removing himself from weapons range, however, he leaves the two with a parting gift... Directing his windcannons at the balcony where they stand, the air begins to spin in a tight circle, whipping at their armor, and growing steadily in intensity. It doesn't stop there, building until pieces of the balcony itself are being torn and blown into the circle. As the windcannons reach their maximum for this particular style of assault, small tighter vortexes capable of shearing even reploid armor form within the loop.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Simian Monk transmits, "Duly noted I have arrived at the scene contemplating possible approaches to the pilot."

Wind Man strikes Vile with his Whirlwind attack.

Wind Man strikes you with a minor hit from his Whirlwind for 7 units of damage.

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Hunter Discussion Simian Monk anger apparent in his voice transmits, "Hmm it appears to be an old aquaintance of mine.. this one will not leave Canada alive.. nor in one piece.

King Dragon arrives from the British Columbia.

King Dragon has arrived.

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Main Rigger yawns. "Mm, that's fine."

Ah, finally, he got a hit on Barrage. Wraith is pleased. Even if it was a small hit. Anyways. The feline watches the actions of Barrage with a tilt of his head. Then just well.. Gapes some as he sees the missiles come in on him. He holsters his rifle quickly, then falls back onto the ground, beginning to roll away.. Though a missile catches the bit of building next to him, and is then launched forward. He growls to himself, pushing up from his part of the roof and running forward, leaping from the top of the building to where he falls down to the sidewalk, crouching down as he lands and then raising a arm up, extending it out in the direction of Barrage, his hand clenching shut as he fires off one of the sparking nets in the direction of the female.

Wraith Panther strikes Barrage Raptor with his Shock Net attack.

Barrage Raptor is temporarily disoriented by Wraith Panther's Shock Net attack.

Grabbed and thrown, Chi /sailed/ through the air, unfortunately careening into the side of a building and utterly demolishing it. Somehow, he retained his hold on the Masamune as he climbed from the hole, battered and bleeding, but not yet broken. "...Simple defeat is not good enough for you.....I will /rend/ you...They will not find your body!" With a bellow coming from the depths of his beaten body, the minotaur stamped his heavy feet and he began to charge. This wasn't just any charge, he was moving /much/ faster than something his size should be able to. The clatter of his hooves on the shattering pavement was akin to the sound of a locomotive careening down the tracks. His goal? Run Byte down and /crush/ him beneath his hooves.

Chi strikes Byte with his Midnight Train attack.

Crescent Grizzly sends a radio transmission to Bowie.

[Radio] Crescent Grizzly sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Yew' wan' 'elp 'r nah', mon ami?"

The Repliforce Dragon of the skies soars upwards from his engaging of the Manticore Ride Armor. After, of course, putting it down, the dragon is returning to the fight at hand, after disabling the focal point of the assault. Most notably, he's coming to help an old, close friend of his, most notably Barrage Raptor. It isn't long, of course, before the dragon's tuned senses detect them down there, before he spirals down towards the three of them. Seeing Barrage in the rather uneven odds as she is in, King Dragon lets loose a roar of rage as he charges up a particle blast of energy within his maw. The energy ripples before issuing out a storm of particle blasts, sailing down towards Raffinato and Wraith at the same time. As for King Dragon? His flight path brings him on the side of Barrage. Should he have the time, he'll try to cut Barrage out of the net. But probably won't have the time.

King Dragon misses Raffinato with his Particle Storm attack.

King Dragon misses Wraith Panther with his Particle Storm attack.

Barrage Raptor receives a radio transmission.

Vile is surprisingly slippery, many have found over the years. It is something that Bowie might learn at the moment as the General quite suddenly disappears the split second before the other's shot is fired -- leaving only empty air for the portion of the blast that was meant for him to flail at. This particular empty air closes behind him with a resounding bang -- his form shimmering into being on the balcony above the Maverick hunter -- only to be caught in the sudden catastrophic windstorm that engulfs not just the balcony he had been formerly on, but the one he now rests upon. This is the problem with suddenly blinking out -- you are gone for a second or two. And as such, Vile is not only battered by debris but slammed into -- and through the wall of the building -- emerging into the living room of a fairly startled family -- but they are paid no heed. Snarling viciously to himself, Vile trains his cannon on the floor -- letting go with a shot that drops him into the room below -- his hand reaching to his belt as he strikes the ground; landing in a half crouch.

From his belt, a cylinder about six inches long is drawn forth. A button is pressed -- and it extends into a five foot long pole -- a long scythe-like blade shimmering into effect upon the end of it. He hesitates not -- charging for the conflagration on the balcony outside -- or the Maverick Hunter himself if he catches his gaze first -- lashing out in a manner that can only be called wild. His voice is heard as well -- first snarling at the radio -- and then searching for Bowie as well. "Ironic." He states, as he swings -- repeatedly -- "Is it not? I had, after all, sent one of my troops to deal with you." Now, what does he mean by that?

Vile misses you with his Military Pick attack.

Vile sends a radio transmission to Dr. Doppler.

Vile receives a radio transmission from Dr. Doppler.

Barrage Raptor is stunned by that damned panther. He can't play fair, between disapearing and stunning her, she's starting to get rather frustrated. She goes down to one knee thanks to the electric net around her.

Byte's eyes close slightly as he concentrates - electricity begins to slowly crackle along his form, gathering and gathering, ready to use against Chi. ...And then, Bit falls. The electricity evaporates, and the Dark Samurai's gaze sweeps over to where his brother lies - it is then Chi charges. Caught by surprise, the Yin Yoma is knocked back, and while not actually stomped over, still catches the brunt of the ram. Normally, Byte would probably say something about now, but he doesn't. His brother has just been knocked out. And he is not happy.

Turning his attention back to Chi, his eyes narrow, and what he does next is a near blur - he moves to the Minotaur, attempts to grab him, before focusing a great deal of his magnetic power through those hands. While not one of his most powerful attacks, it could very well end with a magnetically crushed Chi.

Byte misses Chi with his Magnetic Crush attack.

Raffinato laughs shrilly. "YOU CANNOT MESS WITH A COALITION FIGHTER!!! EAT THIS!" he takes out his cane, and fires a humongous blast of cold, frozen energy at Barrage from the tip, particles ready to freeze and tear at Barrage's armor.

Raffinato strikes Barrage Raptor with his Lethargic Laser attack.

Somehow Chi found the energy to dive to the right, rolling away from Byte before regaining his feet. Then he swung the Masamune...

Chi swings the Masamune in a wide arc, loosing a wave of golden energy that widens and turns tanslucent to encircle the minotaur.

Vile sends a radio transmission to Dr. Doppler.

Bit continues to lay prone and defeated on the ground...

Of course, BEFORE THE ATTACK HAPPENS, Raffinato weaves and jumps to avoid the rain of particles being shot by King. He looks up and shakes a fist. "Oy, mate, yer facking stoopid if ya think ya can hit me!" he shouts, his accent heavier.

As soon as Ten knows her brother is clear of Byte, his field raised to protect him, Ten lurches forward though the Murasame vanishes. Why? She knows better then to try and fight someone so large up close and personal. Similarly to how she fought Bit, the phoenix's body becomes engulfed with flames before she blinks away, allowing the firey form of herself to try and slam into the larger half of the Godmachine... "You'll not fall either of us today!"

Ten misses Byte with her Flame Burst attack.

Crescent Grizzly sighs at the Hunter-his funeral, taking on Vile. Regardless, Wind Man's attacks are devastating the surrounding area. He needs to be stopped. Lowering the forcefield, Crescent pulls out a rather...large shotgun. " Eh'. EH'! " He yells to the Robot Master in midair, " Ah' gat' sumtin' fer yew! "

The 'shotgun' is fired, discharging a massive blast of energy. Not exactly...standard Repliforce issue...

Crescent Grizzly lowers his forcefield.

Bowie seems to be on the outs with lady luck. The wind blast catches and flings him through the plate glass balcony doors, landing with a crash against some poor person's china hutch. Broken china, crockery, and wood flies everywhere from the impact. Shaking his head to clear it, he then looks around just in time to catch the ceiling of the apartment collapsing from above.

Vile.

The gunslinger ducks and weaves, circling around as Vile lashes out with the scythe, eventually placing himself closer to the balcony from which he unintentionally entered. "Didn't know ya cared," he answers. He brings his air cannon to bear again, using a slightly lower setting to prevent backlash to himself.

You strike Vile with a minor hit from your Texas Twister attack.

Ah, and that's -exactly- what Barrage gets for trying to blow him up with those missiles. Ahem. ANyways, Wraith, rather pleased with being that damned Panther, enjoys stunning the Raptor. And then his attention is brought to well.. The huge dragon that makes its way in, bringing down particle beams in his direction. And here he was going to just attack Barrage some more. Leaping away from whatever attacks that come his way, Wraith skids along the concrete, unholstering the carbine when he comes to a stop, taking aim and firing a burst at the 'Ride Armor With A Brain.'.

Wraith Panther strikes King Dragon with his Pulse Carbine attack.

Towards Raffinato's comment of "Eat This!!" towards his comrade, King Dragon simply states, "How about I eat you?" The dragon issues a snort of displeasure as he comes back down after Raffinato, the pulse carbine not even scratching King Dragon noticably.. His intent? Nothing more than simply plucking up the irrascible Raffinato into one claw, and taking a bite out of him, hopefully to take a large chunk out of his will to fight, mind you. If it connects, King Dragon will likely need a great deal of breath mints after this battle.

King Dragon misses Raffinato with his Snatch And Bite attack.

Crescent Grizzly strikes Wind Man with his Illegal Weaponry attack.

Barrage Raptor gets blasted by Raff, and goes down again thanks to that net she was wearing. She growls loudly, and gets up, pointing a finger at Raffinato, "That's it." She says, "YOU'RE DEAD, MAVERICK!" The hand which has the finger pointing on it gets her cannon sliding down onto it, as she drops her foot anchors, and takes aim at Raff, "Dodge this."

Barrage Raptor strikes Raffinato with her Armageddon Barrage attack.

Byte's eyes flash as Chi hides behind his forcefield, before the Yin Yoma slowly turns around to face Ten. However, he does have some words for the Minotaur. "...Now, watch as I do to your sister what I promised I would do." And as the fiery form of Ten flies at Byte, he lazily blinks out of it's way, appearing a tiny bit to the side. Without a word, he extends his right hand, which begins to glow - simultaneously, the Great Ring attached to his back begins to whirl dangerously, energy engulfing it. A second later, a great black beam is fired from the Dark Samurai's hand, and it, of course, heads right for Ten...

Byte misses Ten with his Yin Beam attack.

Bit has disconnected.

Thank her maker that she has insane agility. Ten's wings quickly shift her in the air, away from the deadly blast as it lances up through the sky, "You'll not do anything!" She yells before plummeting toward Byte. Both her arms become as inferno's as she descends. Two massive pillars of fire flow off her arms and at the large binary, trying to engulf his body entirely as she makes the fly-by attack.

Ten misses Byte with her Inferno Engulf attack.

Ow.

The blast consumes him in a dome of light and explosions, then he appears again.....as a half-skeleton. His face aside from his lower jaw is a complete skull, slightly white and slightly metallic. Synth skin around it sizzles, and synthmuscle is a deep red. The rest of him, his left arm, right leg, and midsection, is mostly wire. The rest is black. "Pain....so much...." the skeleton hacks. It stares at Barrage with eyeless sockets. "You won. Give yourself a prize," it spits, and runs away.

Raffinato retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Ten, Wraith Panther, King Dragon, and Shark Man.

Waiting for a final attack from Bowie or Vile, Wind Man is oblivious to the new attacker that's just arrived behind him, and gets nailed in his rear maneuvering fan with the large energy blast. Fortunately, the blast isn't all that powerful in spite of its size. Turning around, Wind Man quickly spots the giant Repliforcer, and greets him in return with a quick blast from his auxiliary windcannon while rising slightly higher into the air.

Wind Man misses Crescent Grizzly with his Windcannon attack.

His armour dented in several places, torn in others, Vile is beginning to appear as though he has actually been wading through a battle -- not to mention the fact that his exterior paint is stained by mortar and the like. Screaming can be heard from the apartment above, as Vile turns his head to answer Bowie's own question. Somewhat annoyed, but not to be outdone, the General's cannon points upwards through the hole that he just fell through a moment ago -- discharging a wash of flames into the room above -- turning the woman, and her family into a series of screaming pyres that flail wildly for several seconds and then lay still -- the weapon having the effect of setting the apartment above awash with flames as well. This done, Vile seems to be satisfied -- his attention turned back towards Bowie himself -- flickers of orange light from above reflected in his optic visor, along with the visage of his opponent. "Of course I do." He states then, in a tone that is almost mocking -- warily sidestepping as he waits for his weapons to recharge -- keeping his shield raised to defend any attacks the other might have as he explains himself somewhat. "How could I not have an interest in the individual who holds Kalinka's fancy, however misplaced it might be? How could I not have an interest, in the individual who is at least a part responsible for her separation from father?" He steps forwards, quietly -- chromed hands upraised in a ready stance. "I could go on, and on. Suffice to say, that we have issues that require discussion." He grunts, as he suddenly steps forwards -- aiming a roundhouse kick towards the other's nose, as he finishes up with his speech. "I find it sickening as well, your influence on her. Has it not dawned on you that she is not yet even legally an adult, and certainly not one in maturity?"

Vile strikes you with a glancing hit from his Kick for 1 units of damage.

Well.. Seems Raffinato had woken up Barrage and well.. Gotten her mad, then made her get him to run away. Damned cyborg. That name will be added to his list back in berlin. He swings his left hand out, the chain flowing from the hole within his palm. Wraith waits until the chain is at a good length, then rolls onto his side, sending a out a lash in the direction of Barrage's ankles, in an attempt to wrap the chain around her legs and well.. Tug her down to the ground.

Wraith Panther strikes Barrage Raptor with his Wraith Chain attack.

Bit has connected.

The pillars of fire, as fast as they may be, are currently no match for the plenty annoyed Byte. He simply blinks out of the way, right into Ten's path. "...I won't?" His hands whip forward in a blur, and begin to smack and smack and smack - whether they actually hit is another question entirely.

Byte misses Ten with his Hundred Hands attack.

Crescent Grizzly just stands there as the wind blows over him. And stares. " Yew' kiddin' meh', raht'? Yer' Wind Garcon. Yew' 'tink yew coul' blow little ole' meh' 'way? " A shrug, and the shotgun is dropped. " Naw' com' dow' 'ere 'n play wit' deh' Grizzlay..." Grabbing the concrete itself, the Ursinal Guardian pulls out a massive slab, before flinging it at Wind Man, hoping to pin the android to the ground in the process of crushing him.

Crescent Grizzly misses Wind Man with his Seismic Disturbance attack.

The Dragon snorts with amusement at his comrade's maneuver to otherwise skin the poor Raffinato down to a former shell of himself, The Dragon turns his attention towards Wraith Panther. "Running.. such a poor sport.." Snarling as the Panther managed to land a blow around the Raptor's legs, the Dragon does what he does best. Finishing things off. He turns to Raffy, and builds up a particle-based energy blast within his maw, before cutting loose with it to slam Raffy to the ground. One hopes. Dodge this?

King Dragon misses Raffinato with his Particle Blast attack.

Luckily they don't since the phoenix soars farther upward, away from the flailing hands of Byte. From on high Ten just glares down upon Byte's form, "NO you Won't!" She roars as the Murasame reappears within her hands. Though this time, when the lance erupts in flame, no form lurches from it, instead she hurls the weapon much like a javelin from high in the air.

Ten misses Byte with her Murasame Charge attack.

Barrage Raptor receives a radio transmission from Spin Cougar.

Raffinato leaps from building to building, his skeleton hands grasping the coarse rock. He shouts to King. "REMEMBER THIS, DRAGON! HEED THE NAME OF RAFFINATO! TELL YOUR FRIENDS! I SHALL NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED, INFIDEL! HA HA HA HA HA HA!....." his laughs fade as he disappears.

Wind Man crosses his arms and watches the slab with his eyes. Rather than get out of its way, his primary windcannons flare to life, buffeting the slab back with a tremendous force of wind. "No thanks," he says to Crescent as the slab comes to a halt in its approach, "it doesn't go with my furniture." Once the slab's upward momentum has been neutralized, Wind Man cuts the power to his fans and allows gravity to do as it will

Wind Man misses Crescent Grizzly with his Smash attack.

Of course, Raffy dodges, the blast again.

Bowie scowls deeply as the apartment above them becomes a funeral pyre, the woman's screams echoing in his ears. His jaw tightens as he clamps down on the anger rising within him. He will not lose control. He refuses to allow Vile that satisfaction.

The general's kick comes in a bit too low for his nose, striking his jaw instead. Grimacing, Bowie snaps it back into joint with an audible *chink*. "Cossack emancipated her, so tell him that," he replies. "An at least Ah don't use her the way he did." As he talks, his left hand reaches for his sidearm. "Ah don't ask her t'be whut she's not." He quickdraws the e-pistol, shooting straight from the hip.

Vile deflects Trick Shot from Bowie.

You miss Vile with your Trick Shot attack.

Rigger has left.

Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> enters the Sky Above Western United States.

Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> has left.

Crescent Grizzly rolls his optics, and raises a fist to meet the slab, smashing it to bits upon impact. The drill claws cut from the air a crescent shaped orb of sorts made entirely of a softly glowing yellow-white energy. " Catch. " Flinging it at Wind Man, Crescent then searches for something a bit more 'suited' to his method of combat...

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] King Dragon transmits, "Hunter Simian Monk. Your status?"

Crescent Grizzly strikes Wind Man with his Spinning Crescent Moon attack.

Barrage Raptor wins! Only to have a Maverick wrap her legs up with a chain and haul her to the ground. She growls loudly, and grabs her rifle again, reaching a hand out to try to grab the chain, and yank on the chain, to haul Wraith into close range, so she can blow him away with her shotgun.

Barrage Raptor misses Wraith Panther with her Ar-283 Custom - Close Range Shotgun attack.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Simian Monk his voice insinuates he is concentrating "We have begun fighting--" He is cut off short as a sound of a reploid connecting, then coming back, "I'll be fine."

Raffinato sends a radio transmission to Cut Man.

Raffinato receives a radio transmission.

Raffinato sends a radio transmission.

Crescent Grizzly sends a radio transmission to King Dragon.

King Dragon receives a radio transmission.

Raffinato receives a radio transmission from Cut Man.

Raffinato sends a radio transmission to Cut Man.

King Dragon sends a radio transmission to Crescent Grizzly.

Crescent Grizzly receives a radio transmission from King Dragon.

Again Wind Man's primary windcannons flare to life to buffet back the projectile, but since the energy crescent is virtually without mass, the winds do nothing to slow its approach. The crescent slashes across his right windcannon, its energy absorbed by the Robot Master's damage dampener grid without significant consequence. "Your turn," he replies in the same barren tone. Morphing each hand into a secondary windcannon, he blasts forward the fanblades in each, another blade reforming to take their place and creating a turbulence stream that causes each projectile to criss-cross back and forth like a string in multiple harmonics as they zoom towards the giant bear.

Wind Man strikes Crescent Grizzly with his Fan Blade attack.

Twirling around on the ground to where he's at his feet as Barrage hits the ground, using that earlier tug as momentum to help him in doing so. As Barrage grabs the chain, he grins widely and watches her, moving forward as she tugs him in. then once close enough to see her lift up the shotgun, he leaps over her, and when in her line-of-sight, Wraith gives her a small wave with a wide grin and a wink. "Have a nice time cleaning this up." He states clear enough down to her, pulling his chain back from around her legs, back into his arm as he lands down on the ground. Then runs off in the direction that the other Mavericks are going. Or just Raffinato for the moment.

Of course, Wraith did all that.

Wraith Panther retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Bit, and Ten.

Crescent Grizzly is suddenly struck by the fan blade in his shoulder-a flesh wound, really, but annoying enough. Sending a radio transmission, he stands at full height, arms out and ready. " Well, iffin' yew 'nsis, Wind Garcon..." A cruel grin comes accross his face.

Bit bleeds.

Blinking a little bit as he receives a radio transmission from his CO, Crescent Grizzly, a wide glint of a grin comes across the Dragon's features. Flying over to the slightly smaller Reploid, the dragon gets ready for the Grizzly reploid, his massive paws as he squats down slightly. Giving Crescent a quick check to gauge his is weight, he looks at his commander. "Ready to go sir?" He looks like he's ... oh no he isn't.. is he?

Vile is about to make a reply to the Maverick Hunter, when the other's pistol is suddenly reached for. Some would say that he is quick -- and they would be right, but the sudden burst of blinding Cossack-engineered speed that he shows is almost stunning as his right arm lifts -- whistling around in time to send the projectile winging off of his shield and into the room above. For a moment, Vile is silent -- his hands opening and clenching like one who is about to let fly at his opponent and tear him apart with his bare hands -- which is exactly what he's about to do, until he sees the fact that Ten is still engaged with Byte -- and he knows full well that Byte will be needing to pick up his brother for his retreat. Duty somehow prevails within his enraged mind -- and he sidesteps, bringing his cannon to bear on Bowie's abdomen with an audible growl.

"Of course you use her." He says. "Even if you do not realize it. You're taking advantage of a child -- a human one at that, for your own use. I suppose, you desire comfort. Companionship. I do not care, especially. Only that you should know better, as a superior species. However inclined as I would nominally be to ignore this, the fact that it involves my sister means that I cannot ignore it any longer. I will not allow this to continue. The only reason I do not kill you right at this moment, Hunter, is that I am not ready to deal quite such a blow to her. However, the time may come at a later date. For the moment, consider the fact that I could have killed you now. Tell Kalinka that. And that I will, should I believe that change is not happening."

And with that, the leveled cannon takes a bead not only at Bowie, but past him -- letting go a shotgun like blast that tears out across the area. Several of the projectiles head for his body and the like -- threatening to cling to him, and generate an interlocking magnetic field -- a net of sorts that one would find temporarily immobilizing. Weather or not the shot strikes him, the projectiles continue on past -- streaking downrange towards Ten, carefully calculated to put her on the absolute edge of the cloud as the General attempts to give the Commander an out to rescue Bit. Compassion? Certainly not. Simply that Vile does not wish to loose an effective soldier.

Crescent Grizzly gives a solemn nod, " Les' do 'dis'..."

Vile strikes Ten with his Magnetic Scatterblast attack.

Ten is temporarily disoriented by Vile's Magnetic Scatterblast attack.

Vile strikes you with a glancing hit from his Magnetic Scatterblast for 0 units of damage.

Bowie is temporarily disoriented by Vile's Magnetic Scatterblast attack.

"A one.. and a two.. AND A HEAVE!" The Dragon takes Crescent Grizzly in both paws, and after getting /just/ the right leverage, he literally HURLS the Repliforce Defense Commander UP into the air. And guess where he's heading? You guessed it... Wind Man.

CRESCENTDOOOOOKEN!

Byte just twists out of the way, the Murasame flying by. Using the twist as a springing point, he dashes up at Ten, open hand pulled back - before suddenly stopping. His form relaxes slightly, but he still glares up at his brother's counterpart. "...For once, you are right. But you will not be safe forever." And abruptly, he disappears in a blink just as Vile makes his move. Appearing next to Bit, Byte lifts his brother into the air magnetically, and then both make a rather slow exit. Several hovercars are moved to try and protect the Dark Samurai's back, though.

Byte retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Bit, Wind Man, Barrage Raptor, Ten, Chi, Raffinato, Crescent Grizzly, Wraith Panther, Bowie, Vile, King Dragon, and Shark Man.

Crescent Grizzly goes flying into the air towards the Robot Master, that sadistic Cajun grin still plastered upon his face. " Nah', yew' com' play wittin' yer' Oncle Grizzly! " The drill claws extended, Crescent tries to tackle into the Robot Master, and promptly tear him apart as they both fall earthwards. It always hurts...

Crescent Grizzly strikes Wind Man with his When Animals attack.

Bowie is built of, as Cossack would say, cheap Amerikan parts, and thus is unable to move quickly enough to escape the effects of the magnetic field. He grunts as the joints of his armor seize up, effectively immobilizing him. He teeters...teeters...and falls flat on his back like a tin toy soldier.

Ten huhs? "Hey you big fat Chi-*BZZT*" Ten's rant is quite aptly cut off as Vile's scatterblaster takes a hold of her form, tugging her hard down to the ground and holding there against her will. Beak gritting, glaring at the general, she can't do much else but try and break loose. .oO(This wasn't your fight darn it!!)

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Simian Monk transmits, "The maverick ran away.. I am on my way back to Seattle what is the current status?"

Simian Monk arrives from the British Columbia.

Simian Monk has arrived.

His shots made, and his talk talked, the Maverick General steps back -- away from Bowie and turns towards the shattered balcony that Wind Man so aptly demolished before. Five quick steps carry him to it, and a smooth leap has him sailing in midair a moment later -- boot thrusters kicking in as he begins to make his exodus, weaving from building to building in an effort to discourage pursuit.

Vile retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Bit, Wind Man, Barrage Raptor, Ten, Chi, Raffinato, Wraith Panther, King Dragon, Simian Monk, and Shark Man.

Chi looked to Byte and bellowed at the Yin Yoma. "This isn't over Byte! Next time I won't need to be helped to rip you apart!" He frowned as the behemoth retreated. His ire grew greater when Vile's assault struck Ten. "TEN!" Not like there was anything he could /do/ He could barely keep upright as it was.

That Darn Panther, otherwise known as Wraith, is already gone.

That darn cat got away again!

So is raffy! OMG

Raffinato enters the California.

Raffinato has left.

If the situation weren't so serious, King Dragon would be wearing one /heck/ of laugh. In fact, he does, as he turns, and watching as Vile attempts to leave the company of so many onlookers, he's laugh s'more. In any event, the Dragon issues a snarl of rage, before issuing forth a pillar of seeking flames, which takes the form of a wyvern of itself, and soars after Vile. Not much he can do, mind you, but merely that.

King Dragon misses Vile with his Dragons Ire attack.

Vile deflects Dragons Ire from King Dragon.

Wind Man begins to hold Crescent Back with a massive blast of wind as he approaches, but before he can create a stream of adequate force, Crescent Grizzly is already upon him doing mean nasty ugly horrible things with his various implements of destruction. Not the most agile of robots, several blows are rendered to Wind Man's armor before he finally manages to break free, windcannons still spinning madly. Boosting himself back into the air again, Wind Man revs his cannons to something approaching full speed, directing the winds down at his attacker, not focused enough to damage directly but good to hold him back. "I'm afraid I can't stay and play," he says, "there's nothing of interest to Father here. Do get in touch if you want to try again some other time," he says entirely evenly, and boosts off into the open night sky.

Simian Monk leaps from building to building, apparently annoyed that his target ran away in fear. He wanted to get back at her. Another day he supposes. He arrives in the scene as Vile is leaving. Angry that he didn't take home any maverick trophies decides to make a few parting shots. He raises his arms releases two shurikens as he leaps.

Wind Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Bit, Barrage Raptor, Ten, Chi, Crescent Grizzly, Wraith Panther, Vile, King Dragon, Simian Monk, and Shark Man.

You are now unstunned.

Simian Monk misses Vile with his Shuriken attack.

Crescent Grizzly begins to slip earthwards as Wind Man breaks away, still functioning at that. Now, that would ruin the Guardian's perfect record of harassing Wily. We just can't have that. Stretching out with his drill arm, the bear swipes out at the Robot Master, trying to dig his claws into him. " Naw', ah' dinnin' say yew' coul' leave, Win' Garcon..."

Crescent Grizzly misses Wind Man with his Claw Swipe attack.

Byte has disconnected.

Considering his Commander's hasty descent, the Dragon kicks up into the air, bursting forwards towards Crescent, coming up under the bear Repliforcer. It's close, but King Dragon narrowly manages to get there just in time to stop Crescent's aerial descent. Sliding the Grizzly down into his upper arms more adequately, he stifles a groan of pain as he lowers Crescent down to the ground, safe, and sound. Hey! It rhymes!

Ten remains magnet locked, and no, she's still not happy about it.

Vile does have several advantages over the average Reploid. One of them is the fact that Pavel Cossack employed a Kitchen Sink style of philosophy to his construction. This doesn't mean that plumbing parts were used within the General's body. No, more that he was designed with just about every kind of situation in mind -- at least with some considerable amount of adaptability. One of the systems that contribute highly to this is his blink system -- which will be mentioned in just a moment. But either way, as King Dragon makes his assault -- Vile rolls onto his back in midair; boot jets blazing orange fire as he accelerates -- only to be overtaken by the rageful flyer. Quite the slippery opponent, Vile simply lets him come -- neatly deflecting the flames themselves with his shield, and then letting the same motion shield him from Simian Monk's own attack -- before activating his blink systems and disappearing a split second later to parts unknown.

Barrage Raptor has left.

After several moments, far too long in Bowie's estimation, the effects of the electromagnetic burst wear off. Somewhere in the hall outside the apartment, the fire alarm begins to wail, and the automatic sprinkler system kicks in. Water and fire suppressant drenches him as he pulls himself to his feet, then climbs through the gaping hole left in the ceiling.

Too little, too late. He finds the woman...they'll need dental records to identify her. Her husband he finds collapsed halfway to the kitchen. He quickly kneels next to him, turning him over to check his vitals. Dead. The small child, surely no more than two, that the man clutched protectively from the chaos, still show weak signs of life, her pulse erratic. He cradles the child in his arms, dashing for the other hole that the Maverick made on his way in.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Bowie transmits, "Ah need an ambulance. Now!"

Vile enters the British Columbia.

Vile has left.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Crescent Grizzly transmits, "MSE Units 'r 'n saht'. Transmi' yer' coordinahts."

Bit goes home.

Bit has left.

Bit enters Kyakuma no Bit <KB>, not knowing what to see.

Wraith Panther goes home.

Wraith Panther has left.

King Dragon enters the British Columbia.

King Dragon has left.

King Dragon arrives from the British Columbia.

King Dragon has arrived.

Ten has seemed to have calmed down, at least, in that magnetic grip. Heck, she's humming Jeopardy now.

Bit arrives from the California.

Bit has arrived.

The barrier of golden energy shatters into millions of motes of light that swiftly fade away.

Bit goes home.

Bit has left.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Bowie transmits, "Tell me whare it is. Ah can move, but this kid's not goin t'last long like this."

Soon as Ten's released from the hold, she races to her brother's side. The Naginata vanishes, in it's place, a tool kit flashes into view, she's got repairs to get done on her bro! "Gah, you're a mess," she muses, setting the kit down to open it.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Simian Monk transmits, "Bowie I hear several EMS vehicles on high street can you make it over here?"

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Crescent Grizzly transmits coordinates of all available MSE Units.

Chi merely grunted. "...I'll be fine..Really." So he was oozing mechfluid and his armor was cracked and dented. And every movement caused him agonizing pain. He'd live! Really!

Bowie appears at the mouth of the gaping hole Vile left in the side of the apartment building, Battered, singed, flame licking at his heels. "Hold on, darlin," he murmurs to the child, even though he know she can't hear him. Kicking down the emergency exit ladder, the gunslinger double-times it down the metal ladder-ramp to the street below and to the nearest MSE unit. If none of them know human medicine, then, hopefully his EMT skills can help until a proper doctor can help.

The dragon, after taking care of Crescent, heads over to where Bowie is, leading an MSE unit to Bowie. "Hunter! Over here!" The dragon directs traffic, as it were, getting the wounded accounted for by RF MSE teams. "They'll take care of him.." he muses. His earfan audials twitch slightly as he extends his senses to smell, hear, or even notice erratic or other sorts of life signs.

In the meantime, the medical teams quickly strip off the girl's shirt for stabilizing her, injecting her with painkillers and otherwise going to work.

Ten shakes her head, getting out some sealant and a few other things, "Shh, let me just seal a few lines and get some bypasses done and you can get yourself home," she muses going to work on the more serious injuries. Any major leaks are taken care of first, then smaller ones. After that she bypasses a few circuits to get some backup sources running again...

Ten effects some minor repair work on Chi.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] King Dragon transmits, "Fire Teams, check on Block 5B, there were some fires reported there. Let's get this place under control.. lord."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] King Dragon transmits, "MSE Teams, setup triage ASAP."

Ten takes out a medical scanner and scans Chi.

Ten takes out a medical scanner and scans King Dragon.

Simian Monk leaps from his lookout and crashes into a window hearing several people screaming. Ducking underneath fallen beams he finds a family grouped together cowering, fully expecting to die in the inferno. Simian uses quick thinking and gathers them up in his arms. Three people altogether the monkey leaps around looking for more victims to save.

[Radio: (B) H-Chat] Durandal transmits, "Hmmm, tomorrow is going to be so /great/! Turkey, and cranberry sause, and mashed potatoes and MORE turkey....heheh, I could get used to this holiday."

Wind Man enters the Sky Above Western United States.

Wind Man has left.

Shark Man goes home.

Shark Man has left.

Bowie waits in triage, just outside the medical tent. The medic that tries to see to his own injuries is brusquely brushed off.

The scarred behemoth rose shakily to his feet. He couldn't fight, but he could at least walk. "Thank you Ten." Chi sighed and shook his head. "You go and help the people that need it. I'm...going to go think for a while. Don't worry. I wont' be gone long. I just need to be alone for a while. You be careful, alright?" With a slight smile, Chi patted Ten on the head gently before turning away and walking for the edge of town. He was a strange sight, a massive reploid with battle scars just solemnly walking away from the city.

Ten chirps lightly at the pat. She knows Chi needs time like that once in a while, so she doesn't mind letting him go, "Just make sure you get back and get fixed!" she calls out caringly before he walks out of sight. Another deep breath and Ten puts her tools away and starts back for the teleporters, confident in her brother. He always comes back, after all.

Chi has disconnected.

Ten enters the California.

Ten has left.

Crescent Grizzly goes home.

Crescent Grizzly has left.

Simian Monk crashes through a window trying to escape the fire. His back is first of course protecting the three lives in his hands. He uses his agility and lands lightly on a roof below. He continues to the MSE triage and sets the family there, he notices Bowie, "Think we're needed here anymore?

Barrage Raptor goes home.

Barrage Raptor has left.

King Dragon enters the Sky Above Western United States.

King Dragon has left.

Bowie is a mess by the time Simian finds him, his armor pierced with holes and scorched with soot. "Search an rescue's already on it," he says in a bone-weary voice. His gaze remains firmly on the tent, listening to the babble of people trying to save the lives of the wounded.

Simian Monk gazes with a concern, not really showing it as not to hurt Bowie's dignity, "Shall we return to base? I'm sure MSE has it handled?"

Bowie says "Go on back, Simian. Ah'll stay here, jus in case thay need another set a hands." He turns his head towards the rookie Hunter, eyes as tired as his voice. "Ah'm a trained EMT," He explains.

One thing Simian may notice is that in spite of his obvious injuries, he doesn't seem to be bleeding. Of course, that may also be because plasma burns are self-cauterizing...

Simian Monk pauses slightly, "Bowie? Are those open wounds...?" the monkey is obviously surprised by the human's.. well lack /of/ blood.

"Ah've had worse," Bowie says, partly in assurance and partly in truth. "Ah'll be fine. Not enough t'trouble the folks at home over."

Simian Monk furrows his brow slightly, "Bowie, I have a question. Are you human?" Getting to the point.

Bowie blinks at the question. Apparently it hadn't occurred to him that Simian might have mistaken him for one. "No, Ah'm reploid," he states plainly.

Simian Monk smiles, "Ah, alright wasn't quite sure." He straightens ready to leave.

Bowie gives him a weak smile. "Ah'm sorry if Ah fooled ya. It's no secret or anythang." He tugs on the straps to remove his helmet, then cradles it in the crook of his left arm. "Ah'll see ya later."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] King Dragon mutters something obscene about the Manticore.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Simian Monk silently hears King Dragon's muttering, "Do not worry the pilot did not leave without any scars."

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] King Dragon transmits, "It actually managed to hurt me. But it's weak. Probably luck, for that pilot."

Simian Monk smiles at Bowie, "Evening then Bowie. See you later." The monkey turns to the teleporters and leaves. The sound of a teleporter activating and being used is heard as he bwips out.

[Radio: (E) Joint-Chat] Simian Monk transmits, "I am unaware of the pilot's name, but we have met before.. I owe her much for what she did."

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Message: 10/25 Posted Author

AAR: Seattle Fri Nov 28 Bowie

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The Mavericks attacked the Thanksgiving Day parade taking place in Seattle this evening. Known Mavericks Bit, Byte, Vile, and the Manticore Ride Armor were involved, along with possible others. The Robot Master called Wind Man also was a participant, for reasons unknown. Repliforcers Ten, Chi, King Dragon, Barrage Raptor, and Crescent Grizzly responded, as did Simian Monk and myself. We were too late to prevent the attack, but were able to contain the battle to a small area. Vile also set fire to a nearby apartment building just to get my attention, but the fire is now contained. Casualties are still being tallied, but are expected to be high given the time and nature of the attack. End report.

- Bowie

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Message: 14/8 Posted Author

Mavericks Attack Seattle Thu Nov 27 News Report

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<You are watching GNN.>

"Earlier this evening, the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Seattle was attacked by a Maverick force for unknown reasons, resulting in tremendous property damage and a over a dozen reported deaths, nearly all humans. Although Maverick General Vile was present, the attack appears to have been orchestrated by the Nightmare Police and the pilot of the Manticore Ride Armor. The Repliforce responded swiftly, sending King Dragon and their own gestalt team to counteract the most significant threats. Aside from massive collateral damage, the battle was a clear Repliforce victory. Maverick Hunter Bowie was the only non-Repliforce defender present. For more on this story, we go to Tom in Seattle."

<The camera has apparently fallen on the ground. In center of the frame is what one assumes to be Tom, very much dead, lying in a pool of what one assumes is Tom's blood on the streets of Seattle. A turkey wanders over and begins pecking at his eyes.>

"Thanks for that report, Tom. We turn now to Bill with sports."

<Cut to a camera on the ground facing Bill, lying in a pool of his own blood on a basketball court. A turkey wanders over and begins pecking at his eyes.>

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