Vehicle Bay - MavBerlin
The massive vehicle bay of MavBerlin is a testament to both Sigma and the might of his vast armies. Immense in every sense of the word, the vehicle bay could easily swallow all but the largest of vehicles. Long banners adorned with the Maverick Symbol worked in gold hang from the roof. Smooth metal decking stretches in every direction, the expanse broken only occasionally by seperate bays for smaller craft and refueling and rearming equipment.
Raffinato Donnaiolo [M] Heavy Ride Armor <Goliath> [Unoccupied] [M]
Hover Platform <Serges> [M] Ride Armor <Manticore> [M]
Maverick Aerospace Pod <Nighthawk> [M] [Stealthed] Maverick Airship <Osprey> [M]
Ride Armor <Kraken> [M] Maverick Hoverbike <Tachyon> [M]
Maverick Shuttle <Manta Ray> [M] Maverick Hoverbike <Muon> [M]
Maverick Transport <Dinosaur Tank> [M] Maverick Air Skimmer <Swordfish> [M]
Ride Armor Recharge Chamber <RARC> Morph Moth's Junk Pile <MMJD>
Maverick High-Speed Ground Transport <Ceratosaur> [M]
Stairs <S> leads to War Room - MavBerlin.
Up <U> leads to Germany.
East <E> leads to Computer Core - MavBerlin.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Lament transmits, "...As you wish."
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Raffinato Donnaiolo transmits, "Yes sir."
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Armored Armadillo transmits, "On my way."
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Bit transmits, "En route. For the Glory of Sigma, and the Honor of battle."
Armored Armadillo arrives from the War Room - MavBerlin.
Armored Armadillo has arrived.
Byte arrives from the War Room - MavBerlin.
Byte has arrived.
Bit arrives from the War Room - MavBerlin.
Bit has arrived.
Clompclompclomp down the stairs... here comes the fat miner girl!
Dr. Doppler is already here, overseeing the final preparations to the Kracken and Manticore. There is the steady thrum of machinery in the room, accentuated with the hiss of hydraulics and clanking of panels.
The massive Vehicle Bay has come alive with action, speeding past with even more movement than usual. Though most of the extra staff has been eliminated to make room for the hundred-plus strike force, their gear, and their dropships, a veritable horde of drones and technicians scour over every last detail. Sigma made it clear that everything had to be perfect for this attack, and Vile's reputation for cruelty enforced that mandate.
The Maverick general in question stands atop the gleaming Goliath, his blazing red optic seeming to watch every last person at once. He does not move, though once in a long while his head will turn to observe something particularly important. Already, the ships begin to load their cargo, waiting for the appearance of Sigma to seal the ceremony of preparation.
Dr. Doppler changes into his Unarmoured armor.
Raffinato Donnaiolo simply...walks in, straightened back, arms behind him, proper and sophisticated. So perfect....he gives a smile and a salute to Doppler. Around him, eyeballs keep him company by floating around him. An AK-47 is strapped to his back. Two, in fact. He stops, and salutes the General as well. He stands, still, as he seems to be the first one here, besides Arma...
And down comes Arma from the steps, quickly giving the proper respects to the proper people, and falling into rank.
Tap Tap Tap Tap
The one who failed Sigma before arrives, seeking to wash away his shame in the glory of victory. Bit is here.
Quickly, the robe clad servant of the Emperor skulked into the vehicle bay, scythe mag-locked to his back. Lament's blazing white eyes surveyed the forces that were hard at work. He saw that it was good, much as the Creator had surveyed his work on the seventh day and said the same. Yes, a day of glory was to come for the soldiers of the Empire...
And last, but certainly not least, Byte appears. Blink systems dropping him inside the Vehicle Bay with the smallest flash of light, the larger half of the Godmachine Binary sticks to the side, merely keeping an eye on the proceedings.
<Global News Network> "Yus, Ivan Starkanovapinskivalipopskalitemkin reporting this breakeeng news, We now go live to our Eurasian korrespondant Sally Forth." Sally Forth appears on screen for a moment, "Presently Eurasia is basking in a full lunar day cycle, and we have been bringing you reports on Irregular Overlord Activity on the Lunar Surface. " The camera swivels focusing on the brilliant and gigantic silver disc, the normally textured image is obscured by what looks like dust and debris rising up in a huge cloud. "Just moments ago observors have verified that there has been a several thousand megatonne explosion on the Lunar surface, The cloud of dust wich ha sbeen kicked up is obscuring even our best cameras, but we will keep you postedo n this breaking news."
Storm Eagle has arrived.
<Global News Network> We cut back to Sally Forth who looks mildly irritated and generally unimpressed. "The smoke has cleared and as you can see the moon now reads 'S period W I L Y' instead of simply W I L. " And the camera gives us a breathtaking shot of the dust clearing, and the moon does in fact read "S. WILY" in huge letters right across the Light Side. "You have to give those Irregular Overlord boys some credit I suppose. At least they have a good follow through. " and with a shrug you are retuned to your favorite programming.
Storm Eagle strides down the gantry from the Osprey, as the Osprey itself begins to power itself up to guard the city. The once Air Commander, stops at the bottom of the gantry and looks around.
Armored Armadillo is already here, among the ranks.
From the Osprey, a semi-large missile component is lowered... To those familiar with the mechanics of the ship's armament it will be instantly recognizable...
A sparrowhawk ecm charge.
Byte is off to the side, simply floating on the spot, watching, and waiting for the Emperor to make his fashionably late entrance.
Armored Armadillo pretends not to notice..
Raffinato is standing, smiling, with two AK-47 Model 2D's on his back.
Bit waits.
Lament seems to be lost in his own mind, optics blazing beneath his hood.
Storm Eagle hefts up a Benito Artillery Launcher onto his back with a visible grunt, as he goes about loading the Sparrowhawk.
Dr. Doppler nods in sarisfaction as the last rack of missiles is secured in the Manticore. All stands ready.
Magna Centipede is hanging from the ceiling stealthed. Imagine that!
Magna Centipede activates his stealth mode.
Storm Eagle sends a radio transmission.
Byte receives a radio transmission.
Byte sends a radio transmission to Storm Eagle.
Storm Eagle receives a radio transmission.
Storm Eagle brushes himself off and checks his petrol, he has a large single-shot personal artillery cannon hoisted on his back.
(Doppler pilots the Kraken)
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Vile stands atop his ride armor, watching the hustle and bustle of the vehicle bay with an unmoving glare. Under his watchful optic, crews scurry to load up all the equipment and back away the hundred-something members of the strike force.
Outside>
With a solid beam of white light, another presance enters the actual Vehicle Bay -- he who apparently is surprisingly late. And this particular person is Sigma, resplendant in his... well, nasty looking form. Tall. Tattered. With scythe. He appears -- standing atop the Osprey so that he may survey his charges, arms crossed -- optics intent. The picture of confidence, apparently.
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Byte is off to the side, floating on the spot, arms held loosely by his sides. Just waiting for Sigma to make his fashionably late entran-- ...Ah, there we go.
Outside> Armored Armadillo's stance of 'at attention' suddenly becomes much more reinforced as Sigma arrives!
Outside> Storm Eagle turns and salutes his commander, also sending a quick silent radio command.
Outside> Raffinato is standing, waiting around, his eyeball drones ready to film while he fights. Two AK-47 Series 9 BT4, two of them, are on his back. He salutes Sigma.
Outside> Spotlights from the Osprey begin to focus on Sigma, as steam rises up around his form, tainted a brilliant red by the running lights of the ship.
Outside>
Vile turns his head to the side, moving for the first time in a long time. Observing Sigma with his characteristic lack of emotion, he snaps off a quick tightbeam transmission, then settles down into the controls of the Goliath.
Outside> Vile sends a radio transmission to Sigma.
Outside> Sigma receives a radio transmission.
Outside> Vile has left.
Outside> The zealot stood off to the side, letting the workers finish preparations. Blazing white optics rose to meet Sigma's form, one cloaked so similarly to his. Lament raised his skeletal, robed arms to the sky before exclaiming loudly. "Lo! Out savior and Lord hath arrived to lead us all to victory over those who stand against us! Lord, guide our righteous and true hand in our act of divine justice! Let our weapons strike true, and let them be driven before us, like bulls to the slaughter! Amen." The zealot's head dipped forward deeply, his hands dropping to his sides as he nearly seemed to swoon, much like many humand did when 'in the presence of the divine'
Outside> Bit waits for the chance to redeem himself for his mistake. He stands near the Ospry, waiting.
Outside> Meanwhile, the lights within the cockpit of the Kracken illuminate, followed by the slight creak of machinery as the Ride Armor shifts in its support cradle.
Outside> Armored Armadillo keeps herself solid. This is no time to think of how she can please her Lord and Master! This is only the time to do her job. Her duty, to herself, her brethren, her planet. This is her time to Do. Her. Duty.
Outside> Raffinato grins. His first real battle, his first taste of war, his FIRST CHANCE TO SPILL BLOOD! He glances over to lament (Oh boy...I bet he is /very/ popular with the ladies...) he thinks.
Outside> Storm Eagle is rather dispassionate, despite the display. He hefts the weight on his back again, trying to get it into a comfortable position as he lets Sigma speak. Morale is vital to a battle, but for good or ill...Storm's emotions rarely affect his effectiveness.
[Radio] Hailstorm Eagle sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "*Incoming Call*"
Outside> Sigma is silent for the space of several seconds as the floodlights pass over his admittedly warlike form. Both hands are raised then, for a brief silence -- and amplified speakers from the Osprey itself and the surrounding areas cut in. "Comrades! Warriors of the Maverick Empire!" He yells, voice booming across the packed vehicle bay. He lowers his hands then, scythe clutched in his right fist -- glowing slightly in the visible light. "Today..." He states, quietly -- but still loudly across the place. "We show the world that we are *NOT* going to quietly hide away in the darkness, and in the night. Today -- we stand togeather in the face of an inexplicable enemy, who has delt us severe blows. We have lost face -- and we have lost property. I care nothing for Mavlunar, in truth, friends and comrades. One thing... one simple thing vexes me the most. These.....irregular overlords...Epsilon and his fools.... have made us appear weak. They have made us look to the world to be a spineless bunch. But NOT TODAY! Today, we show the WORLD that we will not quietly hide away in the darkness! Today, we show the WORLD that our enemies will pay in flesh and blood for every single insult! TODAY, we show the world who we are! WE ARE THE COALITION FOR REPLOID FREEDOM -- AND WE WILL EVEN THE SCORE!"
His scythe flares, making a sweeping gesture across the bay. "To your assigned transports, and wait for the Signal!! KILL THEM ALL! And leave EPSILON FOR ME!" HE blinks away then, dissapearing...
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Magna Centipede wriggles his serpentine body along the ceiling, patiently waiting for a general's command. From here, everyone else looks like mecha-rats. As it should be.
[Radio] You send Hailstorm Eagle a direct message: "*acceptance code* Guten Abend."
[Radio] Hailstorm Eagle sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Guten Abend doctor.. I have a question, if you have the time?"
Outside> Storm Eagle raises his arm, "DEATH TO THE ENEMIES OF THE COALITION! GLORY TO SIGMA! GLORY TO THE CAUSE!! DEATH TO THE ENEMIES OF THE COALITION! GLORY TO SIGMA! GLORY TO THE CAUSE!"
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The Goliath rumbles into action, fully sitting up on its legs and stomping towards its designated transport.
[Radio] You send Hailstorm Eagle a direct message: "If it's a brief question, I can answer. I fear you've caught me at a bad time."
[Radio] Hailstorm Eagle sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Who is Storm Eagle?"
Outside> Raffinato cheers by throwing an arm to the air, yelling in cheer once, then settling down, already planning ahead of what he will do on his part.
Outside>
Byte nods slowly at Sigma, before he glances sideways in the direction of his brother... A second later, the gigantic reploid disappears.
Outside> Sigma enters the Germany.
Outside> Sigma has left.
Outside> Heavy Ride Armor <Goliath> enters the Germany.
Outside> Heavy Ride Armor <Goliath> has left.
Outside> The cheer goes up, apparently led by Storm Eagle. Arma follows, raising an arm the same, raising the shout. And then she heads for a transport.
(Dear Gaia I hate to be apart from you.. but I have no choice, here.)
Outside> Bit nods, adding to the shout, "HONOR IN BATTLE! GLORY TO SIGMA! GLORY TO THE CAUSE!! HONOR IN BATTLE! GLORY TO SIGMA! GLORY TO THE CAUSE!!"
Outside> Raffy flies, for the record.
Outside> Raffinato Donnaiolo enters the Germany.
Outside> Raffinato Donnaiolo has left.
Outside> Byte enters the Germany.
Outside> Byte has left.
Outside> Bit enters the Germany.
Outside> Bit has left.
Outside> Magna Centipede enters the Germany.
Outside> Magna Centipede has left.
Outside> Storm Eagle enters the Germany.
Outside> Storm Eagle has left.
Outside> Lament enters the Germany.
Outside> Lament has left.
Outside> Armored Armadillo enters the Germany.
Outside> Armored Armadillo has left.
Outside> You enter the Germany.
Outside> (You proceed to get lost.)
Outside> You enter the Korea.
Outside> Korea
Outside> Korea
Outside>
Once forced to become two separate nations after a fearsome war, the peninsula of Korea is now united as one nation once more. Much of the natural landscape is delicately, painstakingly preserved with the exception of the Seoul MegaCity Metrodome, which dominates the center of the country, encompassing most the original city of Seoul and what was once the Demilitarized Zone, as well as spilling into parts of what was North Korea. Most of the country north of the immense Metrodome remains rural, with scattered small towns and farms, while areas south of it appear to be more developed suburban towns and smaller cities, but seemingly the small far east nation has managed to keep its beautiful, natural undeveloped areas preserved despite its population increase, thanks to the uniting of the country and expansion of Seoul.
Outside> Contents: Contents:
Quiet Man [Normal] [IO] Magna Centipede [M]
Byte [Yoma] [M] Bit [Samurai] [M]
Lament [Reaper] [M] Sigma [Tattered] [M]
Raffinato Donnaiolo [M] Armored Armadillo [Armored] [M]
Storm Eagle [Normal] [M] Bon Bonne [Standard] [IO]
Shaunybear Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> [IO]
Assault Tank <Priscilla> [IO] Wilysaucer II [IO]
Heavy Ride Armor <Goliath> [Occupied] [ Seoul
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East <E>: Hokkaido
South <S>: Eastern China
Up <U>: Sky Above China
Outside> Assault Tank <Priscilla>(#2999Te)
Outside> Superficially resembling a tank, this assault vehicle is fairly unique. Standing at about sixteen feet tall, it nonetheless seems squat, though it towers over most other vehicles. It bears some resemblance to the Russian World War III tank that formed the chassis, but is radically altered to fit the needs of the Maverick Hunters.
Four oversized wheels start the vehicle, black with red trim, composed of metallic hubcaps and hard grey rubber-like tires. The treads are optimized for off-road travel, and each appears to have a separate power source. The four tires are connected to a central drive system by a complicated system of shocks and hydraulic jacks, black with a red maintenance housing beneath. Another complex array of shocks and hydraulics connects this to the main vehicle. The engine itself is in this center section, and four exhaust pipes trail behind it, one for each tire, each painted with trailing flames.
The main body of this vehicle is red and dome-shaped, the housing containing an access port on either side, and fading to a blue transparisteel canopy on the top of the machine, which separates and flips backwards to allow the pilot access. A red rim stretches over the rear wheel, and a black spoiler pokes out of the back, flame deco trailing up and across it. A pair of headlights rest on the front of the vehicle, under the transparisteel canopy. The most striking feature of this vehicle, however, is the cannon. A long grey barrel, marked by only a few lines, extends from the boxy housing on the right side of the vehicle.
This vision of red and black metal is unique, no other vehicle like it existing anywhere, but its allegiance is clear from the Maverick Hunter symbol engraved on either side of the cannon, painted flames trailing from it. This was once the custom racer of Michael Eildath, now given over to the Maverick Hunters to be their newest weapon in the war against evil.
Outside> Bombshell Vixen arrives from the Eastern China.
Outside> Wraith Panther arrives from the Eastern China.
Outside> Vowel arrives from the Outskirts of Seoul.
Outside> Wraith Panther activates his stealth mode.
Outside> Mega Water S has left.
Outside>
The Irregular Overlords move in a convoy, heading south into Korea from China. They are led by the Vorpal, with the Wilysaucer flying behind it. Within the Vorpal is the newly rechristened Priscilla, as well as the majority of the Irregular Overlord force.
Within the Vorpal, Epsilon sits. Waiting. He knows what's coming; he knows his brother well. This errand of Scott's is a doomed enterprise, but Epsilon wants something. He wants to put his brother down.
Outside> Consonant is beside Epsilon. Is there any other place? She looks, at the moment, for all the world like his personal secretary...nothing more, but those who saw her do battle in Tartarus are already aware of her real function, and power.
Outside> Vowel is with her counterpart and Epsilon, though she isn't waiting with as much patience as either the Irregular leader or his bodyguard. The Hellnurse is busy sharpening her needles, crooning to herself as she puts the equipment of her deadly trade to rights. "This is going to be so much FUN!"
Outside> Scott sitts cheerfully within the cockpit of the Wilysaucer MK II. He lifts a green terry cloth wrapped arm to scratch his nose, and then takes a swig from his big 40 of beer. He runs his hand through his unkempt hair and smiles as he hovers above and behind the Vorpal, maintaining an easy flightpath. Droptop hovers behind the Wilysaucer chucking pennies down at the ground below.
Outside> iLuz sits in the Vorpal, prettying herself up by filing her nails. She prepared so much for this occasion, that she's even considering putting her glasses on. She taps her foot a bit before shrugging faintly and sliding them on, "Eegh...I see things now. Freaky.", she chuckles a bit to herself before leaning back, "Guess it'll be a calllm riiide ooover. Don't even hear a thing on the radios.", she glances to Vowel, "For the shinies, eh?"
Outside> Hyper Storm H is, by now, completely bored. Trips are always long and boring. Not to mention he has to restrain his exhaust expulsion systems in order to not drive everyone else out of the craft. "Are we there yet?"
Outside> iPod is sitting at the back of the Vorpal, rehearsing his acceptance speech as he continues to play the same looped bit of victory music over and over and over again, while monitoring the airwaves for any signs of anything interesting that he can listen in on.
Outside> Quiet Man moves with the Convoy, piloting the VTOL. Next to him, the Panda naps silently, dreaming of leaves and booze. He doesn't seem to really care that the trip is long. And boring.
Outside> Mega Water S had been assigned to pilot the Priscilla. Despite the indignity of driving anything called the Priscilla, he actually followed the directions to the letter. Sticking out of the open hatch to get in is an Irregular Overlords flag: besides that, the Priscilla looks about like it normally does. That is, pink.
Outside> iBluegrass is seated in the Vorpal at the moment, just looking around aimlessly at the moment, although she is also peircing together her acceptance speech as well... thanking Epsilon and Scott wily greatly in that speech... She looks out the window of the VTOL as she does so. (Seoul. Mah old home.)0o.
Outside> Bon Bonne burbles happily, letting his big brother drive.
Outside> Jet Man meanwhile flies escort alongside the Vorpal, peering down below carefully from his vantage point, before he turns to the ship and gives it a quick wave off. Sure, it's not an exciting fly, but at least he's not groundbound or cooped up in a little ship.
Outside> Teisel does, indeed, drive, having liberated the controls from one of the Servbots. Thus far, he's said nothing; he has, however, been checking his handgun and his dirk unusually frequently. He's cautious about this situation, as well-planned as it is; the best laid plans often go awry, and Teisel is no stranger to this fact.
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Ah little do the Irregular Overlords know, that the relative peace of their trip here is about to be utterly shattered by utmost violence. Fun it may be, but perhaps in a different way than many seem to expect. At least, little does everyone but Epsilon know. Near to Korea, but far enough away to attack the convoy before they reach for Seoul -- a predator waits. Or to be more accurate, a school of predatores -- a veritable colony of pirannah fish that wait to pounce upon their respective targets.
Upon the ground -- anti air weaponry is poised and ready. And in the air, a slew of airborne reploids hold position and wait -- for indeed, the Maverick empire has sent quite a number of individuals out to do this little deed.
And then, all at once -- the convoy is detected upon Sigma's radar screens -- hovering among the air cover as he is. And all at once as well, a command is bellowed out across the open Maverick commline. The question is ripe as to weather it will be intercepted, but nonetheless -- with the commands come the first shots, and the attack it self begins.
To make a long story short -- It's On.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Emperor Sigma transmits, "ATTACK!"
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Raffinato Donnaiolo transmits, "*KA-CHINK*"
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Armored Armadillo transmits, "Deploying!"
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Lament transmits, "Thy will be done."
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Bit transmits, "For the glory of Sigma!"
[Radio: (B) Mav-Main] Storm Eagle transmits, "Engaging."
Outside> Bombshell Vixen appears from the clouds overhead, even unexpected to her teammates, she's heard rumors of a certain IO member who just has a knack for acting just like her. Reguardless of position, the vixen appears, eyes narrowed even as she is wearing her old armor, what's left of it anyway, almost all of the chest armor is gone as well as some of the leg armor, she blames Vile for being an ass and making her upset, her new armor could have already been done and on her body. Bomby spots the convoy and then her fellow mavericks all around her. Although she waits for the word to attack, Bomby's attention is drawn more by the convoy, and the nail filing iLuz, she seeks blood, or oil, or atleast a good smack bottom, eather way she's gonna leave with a smile on her face.
Outside> Lament enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Lament has left.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Storm Eagle transmits, "Engaging."
Outside> Sigma arrives from the Sky Above China.
Outside> Jet Man enters the Sky Above China.
Outside> Jet Man has left.
Outside> Consonant enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Consonant has left.
Outside> Consonant arrives from the Hokkaido.
Outside> Quiet Man sets the VTOL on autopilot while one of the IO Gumbies takes the controls. Moving to the entrance, the Panda follows, rubbing his eyes sleepily. Grabbing Quiet Man, it's noticed that it has a large parachute strapped to it's back. And then it leaps forth from the exit to the vehicle, valiantly in defense of its masters.
Quiet Man just sits there, a blank expression on his face, even as the parachute opens up.
Outside> Jet Man arrives from the Sky Above China.
Outside> Lament arrives from the Hokkaido.
Outside> Storm Eagle arrives from the Sky Above China.
Outside> Bon Bonne has disconnected.
Outside> On the grond below, there is a heavy rumble, almost as if the Korean penninsula were suffering yet another small earthquake...of course, that could just be from the Maverick ordinace being launched into the sky, couldn't it?
Outside> Storm Eagle blazes down from the heavens above, with squads of others following behind him. His wings are flared out, and he's wearing an assembly...a special armor unit, with a massive rocket like assembly loaded on the back. He snarls out a cry, thats answered by the others behind him, "DEATH!!!!!!!!" All forms of attack begin to be launched, most of them at the Vorpal. And yet...Storm doesn't use that big ass missile...hrm.
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STanding proudly on a hill, Raffinato Donnaiolo looks over the convoy, guns and bombs ready, and has his drones turn invisible and scatter, to film all around the area (15 drones in all, video cams). He then tosses some high-grade shrapnel bombs (Raffinato Bombs) at the convoy, to get someone's attention. "Hear me, Irregular goons! You will taste the jelly and peanut butter of defeat by none other than..." he sheens, using cheesy holo-effects "...Raffinato Donnaiolo is here!" he suddenly twitches, as a glitch opens up. "For...I am like many angry sunbeams of rage! I have fury!" he shouts, cackling madly.
Outside> Armored Armadillo is on the ground. She's waiting. When the order comes, she still waits, but gets all her weaponry into active status. She can't do anything until the ships are taken down, but when they do, she's ready to engage.
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The Demon Musica's visor flashes as the rounds starts to strike against the Vorpal (called so... for now). The Evil White Musica leaves the Vorpal, flying in the sky, eyeing the battlements of guns and such. (Ah knew this will be too easy. Ah knew it.)0o.
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The Vorpal shudders from the assaults that begin to hit it. Some of the Irregular gumbies start to panic. Epsilon, however, is deceptively calm. He unbuckles himself and rises up, moving to the hatch of the Vorpal -- opening it, the battlefield is revealed.
"It's time," Epsilon says, looking back over the assembled crew once, stopping on Vowel and Consonant. "he's come for me."
He marches to the edge of the hatch, eye lasers blasting out at some of the projectiles to offer the Vorpal some cover. He bellows out into the fray:
"IRREGULAR OVERLORDS! ATTACK!"
Outside> Standing with those better at long range attacks is Bit, looking impassive, but eager. Very eager.
Outside> iLuz says, "..Bloody f*cking, f*cking, f*cking, gonna tear them apart and argrghhhrh...", unpleasantly. She glances towards Epsilon, nodding briefly, but she doesn't waste much time. She leaps out of the exit, but doesn't fall outside. She instead grabs ahold of an edge and flips herself towards the roof. She walks towards the center of the roof, cocks her guitar, blinks as she glances towards Storm Eagle, frowns, looks back to the approaching Fox and opens fire with some sexy sexy bullets. Enjoy! Actually, it's really just -one- bullet. A shrapnel shell.
Outside> Actually, Raffy throws the bombs up at the convoy, since it's in the air,
Outside> ILuz misses Bombshell Vixen with her Clint Eastwood attack.
Outside> In a rapid series of Blinks, Lament finally made himself known. Standing atop a hill, with his robed flaring and his optics blazing a heavenly white, he awaited the arrival of the usurpers. "Come unto me, the visage of death! All shall cower before the might of my Lord!"
Outside> Lament enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Lament has left.
Outside> *CRUNCH*
Inside the Priscilla, Mega Water S pushes one of the buttons at the first sign of trouble, closing the hatch and crushing the flag's support. The tattered cloth flaps forlornly as he works very busily at getting its weapons online, keeping the Priscilla moving in its path toward Seoul so he doesn't have to bother steering yet.
Outside>
And hovering beside Bit is the very large form of Byte, his arms hanging loosely by his sides as he waits, and watches through narrowed eyes...
Outside> Consonant narrows her eyes, and gives Epsilon a brief nod. Very well. It was, after all...only Sigma, and Epsilon could, and would, join this battle to destroy him...with or without her assisstance, or her objection.
She stands up within the craft, herself, and exits, her light leap striking the ground as the tank rolls on.
She doesn't stand in that place for long.
Outside> The form of Consonant, the schoolteacher, rises up into the air, and panels of armor fold out from subspace around her body, in a series of red and purple flashes. They layer her with thick metal, more than doubling her size...
Outside> Bon Bonne has connected.
Outside> Hyper Storm H blinks a moment as they're suddenly under fire. But then as the moment settles in that they're being attacked, a broad smirk curls the porcine Omnidroid's lips."About time the enetertainment arrived!" Needless to say, Hyper Storm is one of the first people out of the ship, ground cracking as he lands on it, and pounds a fist into his palm. "Alright, who wants some?!"
Long distance to Mega Water S: Dr. Doppler thought you might a been loaded on the Vorpal.
Outside> Lament arrives from the Hokkaido.
Outside> iPod squeaks worriedly, shaken from his reverie as he looks around at the chaos. "Do... attack? Oh man, oh man, oh man," he babbles nervously as he tries to figure out a way to get out of the Vorpal without killing himself. He can't figure out the best way, and so instead grabs a parachute from under his seat and clings to it desperately. "I don't wanna jump! I'm too young to die!"
Outside> iBluegrass enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> iBluegrass has left.
Outside> iBluegrass arrives from the Hokkaido.
Outside> Lament enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Lament has left.
Outside> Sigma enters the Sky Above China.
Outside> Sigma has left.
Outside> Storm Eagle enters the Sky Above China.
Outside> Storm Eagle has left.
Outside> Lament arrives from the Hokkaido.
Outside> Wraith Panther enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Wraith Panther has left.
Long distance to Mega Water S: Dr. Doppler waits for all the exit spam to pass.
Outside> Scott Wily's grin is mangified a hundred times as he hearsEpsilon's command broadcast across the skies. He taps a few buttons leisurely as he sips on his beer, the Wilysaucers tracking systems beginning to pinpoint Maverick Signals on the radar screen. "ssssssSSSSExcellent." He hisses rubbing his hands together gleefully. "I didn't really want to pick up my award without properly earning it first."
Outside> As the warning cry is called over the radio, Vowel looks up from what she's doing, green eyes narrowing dangerously. She slips her whetstone and needles back into her 'uniform'. "We'll take care of them, Master Epsilon," she says, beginning to grin as she rises from her seat to follow Consonant. Once her counterpart's away, Vowel, too, leaps--tucking into a roll and falling to the ground to land behind the other reploid. Time to get busy.
Outside>
The strike force sweeps towards the Overlords, well-coordinated and obviously trained in their advance. Some one hundred reploid souls deploy at Sigma's clarion call, riding into battle on thundering dropships. As the first shots roar down from above to cripple the foes, the army races to follow.
One dropship swoops low, a platform lowering from the belly of the beast. On it stands a ride armor, fierce and gleaming in what light presents itself. Carelessly, it leaps from its position, landing on the ground with an earth-shattering thump. A single red optic flares into the sky, targetting the Overlord convoy with intensity unattainable by man, but easily associated with one reploid.
The Goliath has arrived, and with it, Vile: "Let none live!"
Outside> Wilysaucer II enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Wilysaucer II has left.
Outside> Consonant enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Consonant has left.
Outside> Epsilon enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Epsilon has left.
Outside> Byte enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Byte has left.
Outside> Jet Man snaps his head about and slows, hearing the sounds of explosions smacking into the Vorpal. Not good. Twisting about, he sees the aerial units descending upon them. He growls at the cries he hears from the Mavericks. "Death my ass," he mutters, before he speeds up and rises, vulcan cannons going hot as he tries to take out some of the minor mavs Storm commands. "No one tries to take my skies, boyo!!" he shouts up to the Eagle with a sneer as he loops around, trying to get a better angle on the flying squad.
Outside> Jet Man enters the Sky Above China.
Outside> Jet Man has left.
Outside> Wraith Panther arrives from the Hokkaido.
Outside> Lament has disconnected.
Outside> ILuz sends a radio transmission.
Outside> iPod receives a radio transmission from iLuz.
Outside>
Magna Centipede delegates the trumpeting and fanfare to his brethren, watching the Irregular Overlords descend from the sky. Shrouded under a cloak of invisibility, he stalks someone to make his b*tch. Exploding into a cloud of pixelated colors, his location is revealed only for a moment, as he has already blinked into the IOs' landing zone. His tail oscillates with satisfaction, keeping a watchful eye out for a worthy advessary.
Outside> Making imprints quickly along the ground.. Though unseen for the moment, Wraith Panther launches himself forward, running along and beginning to let his cloak deactivate. He unholsters his Plasma Carbine, looking over all the various Irregular Overlords.. Then narrowing his eyes as he spots one that hasn't been 'taken' so to speak. He growls and then begins to run forward in Quiet Man's direction.. Even if he hasn't landed. Settling down at one knee, his cloak entirely flickering off now, he fires off a quick burst in the direction of the 'Overlord'. .. Or was he an Irregular? .. Either way, he's still getting plasma shot at him.
Outside> Bit enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Bit has left.
Outside> Wraith Panther deactivates his stealth mode.
Outside> IPod sends a radio transmission to iLuz.
Outside> iLuz receives a radio transmission from iPod.
Outside> ILuz sends a radio transmission to iPod.
Outside> iPod receives a radio transmission from iLuz.
Outside> "We're taking fire!" Teisel calls out, reaching the radio as well. "ALL NONESSENTIAL CREW! DEPLOY!" With that order, some of the Servbots, as well as Teisel, begin to head for Draches and- by extension- for the ground, where they can do more fighting if they're without Tron. "Let's teach them a lesson they'll never forget!" One last equipment check... and the beam dirk in Teisel's right hand flares to life. He readies his pistol in his left hand as well, and does a couple stretches before he and a few Servbots are deposited on the ground by a Drache piloted by another.
Outside> IPod sends a radio transmission to iLuz.
Outside> iLuz receives a radio transmission.
Outside> Wraith Panther strikes Quiet Man with his Pulse Carbine attack.
Outside> Quiet Man falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.
Outside> ILuz sends a radio transmission to iPod.
Outside> iPod receives a radio transmission.
Outside> Bombshell Vixen is very agile actually, the shell is dodged with ease as she takes aim. "You missed!" shouts the angry vixen, no helmet even on her head, that was beond repair. " Oh f*ck this.." she growls, ejecting her partial armor, preferring to fight in her bikini anyway. She still has flight die to her verniers, she streaks down out of the sky, right for iLuz, a pair of missile pods beam onto her shoulders, firing a large volley at the gun toting gal who fired upon her to begin with.
Outside> Bon Bonne follows Teisel quickly, with simple adoration of his big brother guiding his every step. With a cheerful "BAABUUU!" He toddles on down with his brother toward the Draches... too big to ride one himself. He just hangs on to whatever one Teis uses.
Outside> Heavy Ride Armor <Goliath> enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Heavy Ride Armor <Goliath> has left.
Outside> IPod effects some repair work on Quiet Man.
Outside> IPod effects some repair work on Quiet Man.
Outside> iPod takes out a medical scanner and scans Quiet Man.
Outside>
Raffinato calms down a bit, and he looks on his right arm, showing angles the cameras are rolling. "Mmm...I didn't know...destruction could be so...good! Now...." he concentrates on firing, aiming his machine guns and strafing along up at the flying convoy. He stops, near iPod's, and begins to reload from a box he brought, scrambling to shove cartridges in.
Outside> Sigma arrives from the Sky Above China.
Outside> Sigma enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Sigma has left.
Outside> Wraith Panther strikes Quiet Man with his Pulse Carbine attack.
Outside> Bombshell Vixen misses iLuz with her Micro Rockets attack.
Outside> The rumbling of the ground continues, hightening for a moment as the Priscilla continues in the direction of Seoul. Then, with a thunder of moving earth and stone, the Kraken erupts from the ground mere feet from the much maligned tank. Grit scatters like so much rain as it appears from the self-created dust-cloud, the Armor's tentacles extending and waving through the air. It reaches out to slam its tentacles into the tank in a display of raw power.
Or maybe it's just mistaken the Priscilla for a Japanese school-girl.
Outside> You miss Assault Tank <Priscilla> with your Smash attack.
Outside> Vowel enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Vowel has left.
Outside> Quiet Man grunts as the plasma washes over him, just as the panda makes contact with the ground. It promptly sits upon it's rear, and Quiet Man hands Shaunybear some leaves to chew on.
And promptly turns his attention towards Wrait Panther. He'd heard this one approaching. But couldn't dodge, lest the Panda be harmed. And biological entities are much harder to fix. With a slight amount of effort, he unleashes a blast of sonic energy at the offending Maverick.
Outside> Quiet Man misses Wraith Panther with his Heavy Metal attack.
Outside> pose is remarkably quick for an assault tank, at least with Mega Water at the helm. As something bursts up next to him, he guns the engine, adding a quick burst of speed and letting the few tentacles that /do/ connect skim off the armor. Looking backwards quickly, Mega Water immediately flips it into reverse, small blades flicking out from the enormous tires for traction and slicing power.
Outside> iPod does the only thing he can do in this situation. He leaps out of the Vorpal with a scream of absolute fear, clutching the parachute for dear life. It deploys and somehow he hangs on, landing on the ground near Raffinato with a small *crunch* of noise. He stands up and blinks, still clutching the parachute nervously, and peers at the Maverick in front of him with wide silver eyes. "OH GOD!" he shrieks and in his panic, lets out a discordant wail of pure noise from his radio receiver towards Raffinato. "Get away from me! I just want to get my medal and go home! I'm not a fighter I swear it! Unless you're a human woman!"
Outside> iPod fails to strike Raffinato Donnaiolo with his Generic Ranged! he needs practice, no doubt.
Outside> Assault Tank <Priscilla> strikes you with a glancing hit from its All-terrain Tires for 7 units of damage.
Outside> Hyper Storm H flexes! He poses!... and then looks for a worthy opponent. Feak.. freak.. multi-armed bug thing.. freak... iLuz fighting with a fox in a bikini... freak.. freak... SCRRRRCH! Attention snaps back to the iLuz/Bombshell fight. "Oh YEAH BABEE!" The hog puts his hands to his mouth, grinning as he smirks. "Hey, iLuz! After ya pummel that vixen, skin her good. She's sexy enough to make the perfect fur coat for ya!" And thus, Hyper Storm's attention is on anything BUT the open attack that's most likely going to come his way while he's distracted.
Outside> That's not to say, of course, that Arma is moving - she is stationary. Keeping a wall raised, effectively, she remains where she is, buckled down into a partial curl. Targets begin to drop to the ground, and the armadillo is ready - sonar pulses start shooting forward toward the much larger of the two targets. Bon.
Outside> Armored Armadillo strikes Bon Bonne with her Sonic Emitter attack.
Outside> iLuz realizes... Bombshell is ... a Bombshell!! "Hey, that's not fair! I'm the only fanservice allowed on this battlefield!", she stomps her feet a bit before realizing fanservice also has missiles. "AwshIIIIII*****TT!", she smacks one missile away but is forced to leap away from the others. "Aw hell, aw hell...", she mutters to herself before she stumbles up to her feet, somehow unharmed, "That's insane!", she swears. Leaping onto her guitar, she blasts off towards the incoming Bombshell, trying to smack into her with the guitar before she grabs ahold of the weapon in midair and swings it down at Bombshell's face, trying to knock her down to the Vorpal's roof.
Outside> ILuz strikes Bombshell Vixen with her Deep Sexy Space attack.
Outside>
Raffinato shuts off his audio sensors. He grins, maliciously. "I don't know you, but your about to be my first victory! Tell you what, I won't kill you, I'll just give you a large amount of pain. Pain is good for my research. Here, tell me: does this hurt?" he asks, and he tosses what look like little clown heads...except they are rather low-grade bombs.
Outside> Raffinato Donnaiolo strikes iPod with his Clown Bombs attack.
Outside> ILuz sends a radio transmission.
Outside> iPod receives a radio transmission from iLuz.
Outside> IPod sends a radio transmission.
Outside> iLuz receives a radio transmission from iPod.
Outside> ILuz sends a radio transmission.
Outside> iPod receives a radio transmission.
Outside> IPod sends a radio transmission to iLuz.
Outside> iLuz receives a radio transmission.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Storm Eagle transmits, "Does Jet Man have any known exploitable weaknesses?"
Outside> Pants Man arrives from the Outskirts of Seoul.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Bit transmits, "His own speed. He is reckless and foolish."
Outside> Bombshell Vixen takes a guitar to the head, but she manages to adjust so she isen't moved too much by the hit tho she circles her opponent, grinning very evilly. " Such a naughty little girl." she growls, a handle ejects from her side, the vixen grabbing it and loosing a legnth of monowire. Bomby holds it in an admiring way before she licks the wire. "Mmmm I can be naughty too.." she grins, letting the wire fall as it bursts into crackling energy. " Like this!" she calls, snapping the whip at the girl, aiming for that butt of hers no doubt.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Storm Eagle transmits, "His foolishness is presently of no value. I am speaking of specific structural issues."
Outside> Ride Armor <Kraken> has taken on this particular tank before....at least, in its previous and less colorful incarnation. The metal blades embed themselves in the yellow and white tentacles that had smashed into the ground after the opposing armor moved, a few of which are jarred loose as they shrink back. Doppler - who now that the dust has cleared somewhat, is visible in the cockpit - presses buttons and maneuvers control sticks with practiced measure, sending the blue tentacle whipping towards the armor. There is a hiss of frost wherever it happens to land, whether on its intended target or random scenery.
Outside> Bombshell Vixen strikes iLuz with her Energy Lash attack.
Outside> You strike Assault Tank <Priscilla> with a minor hit from your Blizzard Tentacle Whip attack.
Outside> Teisel sees Arma take aim for Bon, and immediately the Big Brother aspect that's ingrained deep into his heart takes effect. The shot's already taken, sure, and Bon is likely not going to get out of the way. That isn't going to stop Teisel from rushing at the Armadillo, however, and grabbing her tail... with a steady electric pulse rushing through his hand shortly thereafter. "I'm giving you /one/ /last/ /chance/! You can run, or you can stay here and get defeated!" Teis isn't confident in his abilities at all, no sirree.
Outside> Teisel Bonne misses Armored Armadillo with his Shocking Grasp attack.
Outside> iPod is sent flying back under the force of the blows from the bombs, and the little reploid squeals in pain. "Yes, yes it does! Augh! Why does everyone insist on hurting me all the time? I'm just a radio guy!" he protests, and he drops the parachute with a growl. "Fine, okay, you want hurting? I can give you hurting!" he shouts, trying to find a little bit of bravery somewhere in his soul. It's there in the form of pure static, which he focuses in his hands and sends streaking towards Raffinato in a column of pure noise.
Outside> iPod strikes Raffinato Donnaiolo with his Tuned Out! he hurt poor raffy!
Outside> Solid hit. Very good. Wraith gives his weapon a good twirl, and does all the show off stuff. And then watches as Quiet Man turns to face him. He chuckles and kicks a little at the ground. He pushes off to the side as he watches the ground take the brunt of the attack from the quiet one. He begins to move in a circle around him, raising up his weapon and taking aim again as best he can, sending off another burst of the black energy rounds off in the direction of the android. Feels good to start getting revenge for these people embarassing the Empire. .. Or Coalition. There's a lot of names for the Mavericks.
Outside> Wraith Panther misses Quiet Man with his Pulse Carbine attack.
Outside>
Magna Centipede's head snakes around his shoulder where an obviously larger (and louder) IO has crashed into the ground, his pompous display making him an easy selection to engage. "He is losing focus with his flaunting," he rasps harshly under his breath, metallic limbs digging into the earth as he tears off on a dead spring toward Hyper Storm H. He blinks behind him, whispering in his right audial sensor, no his left, wait, right behind him. Suddenly and unexpectantly, he reintegrates directly in front of his chosen opponent, four arms of fury going to work.
Outside> Magna Centipede strikes Hyper Storm H with his Blinking Suckerpunch attack.
Outside>
Raffinato takes his time to watch the battle between the fanservices...and his jaw drops. (Butt-smacking...dad didn't tell me the females did this...) he thinks. He turns back, and gets a blast of sonic, which goes right through him, damaging him internally. He slinks to the ground, and has enough time to send out a variety of pretty fireworks at the iPod. "YES! IT IS VERY PAINFUL!" he gasps. "IN FACT...NO! NOT GOOD ENOUGH!"
Outside> iLuz stares dumbfoundedly as she swoops around on her guitar. "Double U Tee Ehf Mate.", she says, "There's naughty, and then there's just -wrong-.", she bursts forward towards Bombshell, but is hit on the butt! Growling, iLuz doesn't let this deter her as she attempts to grab ahold of Bombshell's neck with one hand, as she grabs ahold of the guitar and attempts to smack it repeatedly at Bombshell's head.
Outside> Magna Centipede deactivates his stealth mode.
Outside> Bon Bonne is struck, falling from his perch with an angry cry! "BAaaabuuu!" Landing, he sniffles for a moment, the steps up behind his big brother. Teisel is brave! So Bon shall be too!" "BAAABUUU!" he cries defiantly, blowing his party streamer at Armadillo with a defiant anger seemingly improbable in one who's just a baby.
A baby, yes. A BIG baby.
Outside> Raffinato Donnaiolo misses iPod with his Fireworks attack.
Outside> ILuz strikes Bombshell Vixen with her Instruments Of Destruction attack.
Outside> Bon Bonne strikes Armored Armadillo with his Tongue Whip attack.
Outside> This one, the Priscilla is unable to avoid. Frowning as a line of iced-over metal appears on his tank, a muffled clank audible from deep inside as he attempts to make a turn using frozen parts, Mega Water abruptly stops the Priscilla completely in place for about two seconds as he brings the cannon around. A click-click-click as ammunition cycles, and Mega Water launches a single missile. In deference to the Priscilla being a heavily armed war vehicle, it beeps as it locks onto the Kraken. In deference to it being an Irregular Overlords war vehicle, it's green and has a smiley face painted on it. The side has the lettering 'Don't Panic'.
Outside> Quiet Man dodges this time, ducking to one side, before narrowing his optics upon the target. Concentrating, he unleashes a wider, more disorienting burst of sound around the stealthy one. Time he learned to stand still and die, for the glory of wily.
Shaunybear just eats his leaves, and watches.
Outside> Quiet Man strikes Wraith Panther with his Soundburst attack.
Outside> Wraith Panther is temporarily disoriented by Quiet Man's Soundburst attack.
Outside> ILuz sends a radio transmission.
Outside> iPod receives a radio transmission.
Outside> Bombshell Vixen blinks as he throat is gripped and her head pounded on a little. " Please stop, your messing my hair!" she growls, familiar objects locking over her fists as she hugs iLuz, bringing both hands down on her rear, the objects detonate on impact.
Outside>
!CLONK! Hyper Storm H just blinks a few times as he's abruptly struck from behind.. er.. side.. err... well, you get the general idea. "Hey, don't hit a guy while he's busy oogling!" A big beefy, er, hammy hand grabs for the bug ninja, to throw him out of the way if it succees.
Outside> Bombshell Vixen strikes iLuz with her Knuckle Bomb attack.
Outside> iPod scrambles gracelessly away from the fireworks with wide horrified eyes. "Yes it is, yes it is!" he babbles nervously, and when the pyrotechnics explode behind him in a conflagration of colour without hurting him, he looks... cocky. "Ha! You suck, dude!" he calls out mockingly as his speakers begin to hum. "Maybe you ought to try actually aiming for me instead of yelling about pain! So just chill out already!" Strains of the stylings of Miles Davis variety swirl out from the little Irregular, and as it slips towards Raffinato, it starts to get supercooled to the point of forming frost where it comes in contact with metal. Interesting.
Outside> Hyper Storm H strikes Magna Centipede with his Throw attack.
Outside> iPod fails to strike Raffinato Donnaiolo with his Cool Jazz! he needs practice, no doubt.
Outside> The incoming Teisel gets a nice tail-smack in the face, almost out of reflex, from the Armadillo. Being double-teamed? That's not so bad. She turns to face Teisel, scowling and raising her bucklers, when she gets clocked in the side by an extend-o-tongue. Just skitters off her armor and pushes her aside, there's really not too much damage at all. So she continues pressing the attack, both armored guards brought up and sharply down toward the pirate.
Outside> Armored Armadillo misses Teisel Bonne with her Smash attack.
Outside> .. And Wraith is hit! He takes the sound hit, and stumbles back some, dropping his weapon and cupping his hands over his ears. Bah. He'll have to remember to get Quiet for that sometime later. .. After the inside of his head stops ringing, that is.
Outside>
Raffinato guhs and jumps before the attack can hit him. "Ha! Your the one that does the sucking, punk!" he suddenly turns on his holograms, and he is replaced by....a woman, shapely, in a red dress, red high-heels, red purse, and a red hat, and lipstick. Her voice is Raffy's, though. "Eat Lead, you idiotic, reject of society!" she/he screams, and pulls out heavy AK-47's, and fires in quick, controlled bursts. Why is he holo-lady? To confuse iPod, of course.
Outside> Raffinato Donnaiolo misses iPod with his Bullet Rain attack.
Outside> iLuz 's bum is hurt! As the bumbombs explode, iLuz is sent spiraling upward into the air, giving Bombshell Vixen a panty shot (but no timestopper as this is accidental). "Stop attacking my ass!!", she yells as she falls towards Bombshell Vixen, gripping her guitar tightly as she swings in a wide arc toward Bombshell Vixen's face. And then swings it again. And again. And again. iLuz starts to laugh and laugh as she slowly loses her grip on reality. The resulting soundwaves from each successive blow reverb at iLuz and her frame creeks under the assault, assume she even manages to connect in the first place.
Outside> ILuz misses Bombshell Vixen with her Bloody Sunday attack.
Outside> iPod stares. "... wow. You're hot, dude." Pause. Pause. "WAIT. I so did not say that! You're a dude, dude! Augh!" he squeaks as he scrambles out of the path of bullets, before he slides to a halt. "If you want heat, I can give you heat!" He begins to dance to some spicy Latin-inspired music - a samba, as a matter of fact. He dances well without a partner, and as he does wreathes of flame begin to curl around him, following his little form as his speakers pound out the music. With a dramatic flourish, he sends the spiralling mix of music and fire towards Raffinato with a grin. "I'd ask you to dance, but I don't dance with dudes."
Outside> iPod strikes Raffinato Donnaiolo with his Hot Latin Beat! he hurt poor raffy!
Outside> You know, you think it'd be REEEEEAL simple. For crying out loud, there's nothing else to worry about. It's just a pair of legs. How hard can it possibly be to get a pair of tuxedo slacks for some pants? It doesn't have to match anything, just be a nice pair of pants. But noooooo.
And that is the issue that was plaguing Pants Man a while ago. It's been corrected, and the Trousers are balling it all out, in a pair of dress slacks and a small bow tie fixed to the loop of his belt. Tuxedo Mask, eat your heart out.
Skidding to a stop at the edge of the carnage, "By the ever lasting virility of the crotch of Scott, what the heck kind of parade is this....", the freshly polished bowling ball inquires.
Outside> Bombshell Vixen ducks under the guitar attack, smiling as she could read that a mile away. "Your slow." she pouts. " But I can make you faster!" she calls out, an odd looking cannon beams onto her shoulders, firing large gusts of wind energy at the grount, forming a ripping and tearing wirlwind around iLuz.
Outside> Bombshell Vixen strikes iLuz with her Gale Cannon attack.
Outside> Quiet Man has left.
Outside>
Magna Centipede is brushed backward as the flailing hand grazes his arm. He studies the limb, then back up at Hyper Storm H with a fiery passion illuminating his optics. "My mistake." He blinks and reappears a few paces ahead of the IO. "Finished?" Regardless of the answer, the centipede-Reploid fluidly crouches down, crawls along the ground and stands up right in HSH's grill. His body contorts into a variety of perplexing positions as his hands, legs and tail attempt to teach him the finer points of ninjutsu.
Outside> Magna Centipede misses Hyper Storm H with his Martial Arts attack.
Outside>
Raffy-Lady grunts as he/she is seared by the flames. "Heh. I date EVERYBODY, KID!" he screams, shrilly. His eyeball drones suddenly surround iPod...and the pupils, since they are modeled as eyeballs, flash, sending the timestopper tech at iPod.
Outside> Raffinato Donnaiolo strikes iPod with his Lens Flare attack.
Outside> iPod is temporarily disoriented by Raffinato Donnaiolo's Lens Flare attack.
Outside> iLuz growls, "Slow?!", she tears out a set of headphones and attempts to plunk them on Bombshell's ears, even as the whirlwind tears apart her sexy skin and sends splatters of sexy mechfluid (or -something- that isn't blood) across the roof of the Vorpal, ruining the paint job. She raises her guitar again, and merely plays a very loud chord. Unfortunately, the sound is focused in the headphones. Ouchies.
Outside> Teisel recoils from the light smack- and when he recoils, he tends to overreact. Fortunately, it saves him, as he overreacts just barely out of the way of the incoming death. "Is that all you've got?! How long are you going to keep up this act?!" he inquires, before driving his fist squarely into Arma's tail. This time minus blazing shocking death, but it should sting a little, just the same.
Outside> ILuz strikes Bombshell Vixen with her That's How The Story Ends - Megalomania attack.
Outside> Teisel Bonne misses Armored Armadillo with his Punch attack.
Outside> Time ... stops. iPod freezes in the middle of making a smart comment, and even his music hangs on the same long note: 'dooooooooo'. One thought crosses the IO's mind, and that is... unrepeatable in this rating and environment. Needless to say, he knows he's in trouble.
Outside> But wait, what's this?
Apparently the Priscilla is, in fact, not going to fire the rocket. In fact, it's not going to do anything. Once it stops, it STAYS stopped. Mega Water just sits there as the tank powers down around him. "...he's not going to like this." Pushing the hatch open with his bare hand, the International Sponge of Mystery clambers out, pulling a small sidearm from his tuxedo and firing at the Kraken's knees.
Outside> Mega Water S strikes you with a minor hit from his Pistol for 15 units of damage.
Outside>
And now, the ultimate insult: Raffinato, still in lady form, walks up to the frozen iPod...and gives him a kiss on the lips. iPod would find fuzziness from his moustache that suddenly appears. After he's done, he plants a small top, and inserts the whip into after giving it a lick, and releases the top, sending it spinning (also with blades) to Ipod, and to explode.
Outside> Raffinato Donnaiolo strikes iPod with his Raffinato Spin Top attack.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Dr. Doppler transmits, "The.../pink/....tank has been halted."
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] General Vile rasps, "Destroy it completely."
Outside> Bon Bonne burbles unhappily as the Armadillo tries to hurt his big brother! "BAAABUUU! BAAABUU!" Bon is outraged, and it shows rather handily as the little toddler opens up, missiles extruding from ports somewhere on his back and streaking around toward Armored. Bon's not happy, and is really rather on the very of throwing a right fine temper tantrum! "BAABU! BABU-BABU!"
Outside> Bon Bonne misses Armored Armadillo with his Bombastic attack.
Outside> iBluegrass drops Camera Puppet.
Outside> Camera Puppet enters the Hokkaido.
Outside> Camera Puppet has left.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Emperor Sigma transmits, "And then move on to other targets. Assist Mavericks in need."
Outside> Bombshell Vixen is blasted by the noise, holy crap that was loud. O.o Bomby glares at the femme before her and raises her hand and hands her an old photo of Siegfrid and Roy. Bomby hops back a bit before said photo explodes largely.
Outside> Bombshell Vixen misses iLuz with her Dual Flamers attack.
Outside> Quiet Man walks up to the stunned Wraith Panther. Not so smug now that he's visible, it seems. Without any comments, he simply unleashes another pulse of sonic energy upon the reploid. There is no mercy or kindness in those cold, hard optics.
There is only pain and death.
Outside> Quiet Man strikes Wraith Panther with his Crescendo attack.
Outside> "OH MY GOD," are the first words out of iPod's mouth. "THAT WAS SOOOOO DISGUSTING!" He flails, wiping at his face and trying to spit out as much of his mouth as he can possibly do, which honestly isn't much. Actual fury alights in the little IO's eyes as he glares at Raffinato with an intent to kill. "You are SO hosed, buddy," he growls as he begins to hum with the discordian strains of pure heavy metal. iPod headbangs along with it, the air actually crackling with explosive power as he does so. Gesturing with both hands, the song of bad hair metal and explosive power is sent Raffinato's way. "You will SO NEVER DO THAT AGAIN! I'LL BLOW YOUR FACE OFF!"
Outside> iPod fails to strike Raffinato Donnaiolo with his Headbanging Heavy Metal! he needs practice, no doubt.
Outside> Armored Armadillo's tail has apparently become someone else's love interest. So what else does it do? Thwap Teisel again, if only just trying to keep him away. The missiles just bounce right off the armadillo's back-plate, thankfully enough. But no, Arma isn't done. She reaches out, as if to grab Teisel--
--and follows it with a swift turn and -fling- at the toddler!
Outside> Armored Armadillo strikes Teisel Bonne with her Throw attack.
Outside> Armored Armadillo misses Bon Bonne with her Throw attack.
Outside> Hyper Storm H watchs the centipede crawl towards him, then get up and do some of that weird martial artsy fartsy stuff Monkeyboy seems to like. And just takes a step back, which seems to be more than enough to get out of the range of Magna's attacking. "Hah! Stupid reploid heap of junk. I'm gonna blow you away!" And that is exactly what Hyper Storm tries to do, with enough huffing and puffing to put the big bad wolf to shame, and blasting out a whipping stream of air from his big mouth.
Outside> Hyper Storm H misses Magna Centipede with his Shockwave attack.
Outside> iLuz runs forward as Bombshell Vixen leaps back, running past the blastrange of the photo. She doesn't seem to notice or care about it at all. She could just play the guitar again, but iLuz wants to make matters a wee more personal as she swishes her hair around and attempts to grab ahold of the Vixen's throat with her hair, and -squeeze tightly-. Yes, Bombshell, she's trying to kill you with -hair-.
Outside> ILuz strikes Bombshell Vixen with her Last Resort attack.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Dr. Doppler transmits, "*mutters curses banned by the FCC*"
Outside>
Raffy smirks, and bends all the way back, contortionist style, and avoids the blast. He is about to fire when...his systems jam. "DAMN!" he cries. He then smirks at iPod. "Well, your lucky today, but we will finish this another day...I'm out of fuel..." he says, and cackles, very, very, madly before retreating.
Outside> Raffinato Donnaiolo strikes iPod with his Psycho Laughter attack.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Armored Armadillo transmits, "Father!?"
Outside> Raffinato Donnaiolo retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Mega Water S, Wraith Panther, iBluegrass, Pants Man, Bombshell Vixen, Quiet Man, iLuz, and Magna Centipede.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Raffinato Donnaiolo transmits, "...no! System lock up! I can't fire at all! Curses.."
Outside> Getting smacked directly in the head with this new attack, Wraith stumbles back a few steps.. Then gives a little grin down to the ground. He continues to act as if he's still going through the stunning effect of that last attack.. Then gives a sudden extend of his left arm, a chain shooting out from his exposed palm. Twirling around, the felinoid uses the momentum to send a lash of the whip in the direction of Quiet Man's.. Head? .. Does he have a head? Either way, he's lashing at him!
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Dr. Doppler transmits, "The Kraken has been compromised. That swine!"
Outside> Wraith Panther misses Quiet Man with his Wraith Chain attack.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Emperor Sigma transmits, "Well, Doctor? I trust you know how to fight, on foot?"
Outside> iPod wrinkles his nose at the crazy cackling, and then blinks as Raffinato begins to run away. "Wait.. wait... I won?" he asks, standing in the middle of a battlefield and looking confused. "I won? Wait... I won! I won!" he chirps happily, doing a little dance of victory.
Outside> Teisel is thrown, and lands... on the hard, cold ground. It isn't too painful, really, but it still stings quite a bit- but, just like falling off your bike, you can't let skid marks keep you from glory. He scrambles to his feet, and takes a quick, largely unaimed shot at the Armadillo. A-- snap shot, if you will. It was originally a hunting term, and it actually makes more sense here than in the business it's associated with today.
Outside> Teisel Bonne strikes Armored Armadillo with his Snap Shot attack.
Outside> Raffinato Donnaiolo has disconnected.
Outside> Bombshell Vixen blinks as she is wrapped around the throat by hair. Bomby growls deeply for a moment before she just smiles, wrapping the monowire whip tightly around iLuz body. " You realize i don't need to breathe.."
Outside> Bombshell Vixen strikes iLuz with her Energy Bind attack.
Outside> iLuz is temporarily disoriented by Bombshell Vixen's Energy Bind attack.
[Radio: (C) Mav-Sec] Dr. Doppler's radio is cut off by the noise of klaxons and other generally unpleasant things.
Outside> Quiet Man catches the chain with one hand. His head turns to examine the chain, and the optics slide over it back up to look upon Wraith. Suddenly, all sound drains away from around the Panther. It's so sudden, not even any sort of drop off...there's just suddenly nothing to hear. As if a vacuum had been created, he may even feel his circuitry losing power as it's pulled away into Quiet Man's sound nodes...
Outside> Quiet Man misses Wraith Panther with his Silent Killer attack.
That is not a valid player.
Outside> Lament has connected.
Outside> iLuz is bound by her arms and legs! She can't move! "Rrgh...That's not the point, it's a philisophical statement to go for someone's throat."
Outside> Bon Bonne screams with anger as Teisel is hit. "BAAAAAAABUUUUU!" He rushes toward Armored Armadillo, those big industrial-looking arms swinging out to try and crush the little Maverick mammal into paste. "BAABUU! BAAAAABUUUU!" Bon loves his big brother... and he will not see him seriously hurt.
Outside> Bon Bonne strikes Armored Armadillo with his Crush Clap attack.