Logfile from M3
[Radio: (L) None] Shield Shellfish transmits, "I could
help..."
[Radio] Transmission detected: An ... ... species called ...
... ... be in a container resembling an ... Notify us ... if you spot ...
labelled ... that name.
You enter the
Often confused
with the South, the Midwest is the area between the
Contents: Contents:
Signas [Black_armor]
[MH] Barrage Raptor [Heavy
Armor] [RF]
Saladin [RF] Frost Man [Popsicle] [RM]
Enker [Armour]
[RM] King
[Royal_armor] [RM]
Quick Man [
Wind Man [RM]
Stealth Transport
[RM] Blast Hornet's Secret Hideout
<BHSH>
Southeast
<SE>: Eastern Seaboard
East <E>:
West <W>:
South <S>: Appalachian States
North <N>:
Up <U>: Sky Above
Your desc has been changed to 'Touchstone'.
Shield Shellfish arrives from the Sky Above Eastern United
States.
Shield Shellfish has arrived.
Saladin
Saladin stands
seven feet and two inches tall, a stocky brute in metal armor. He has no 'face'
in the traditional sense, simply a shiny gray plate that betrays no emotion or
expression. A cool, blue visor houses his optic circuitry, the only break in
the monotony of his faceplate. A dark blue helmet is affixed to the rest of his
cranial case, sleek curves swooping over his head and covering the sides and
back of his cranium. A smooth, gray neck disappears into a wide, heavy metal
collar, a part of his Khan PS-33 armor's torso piece. His armor is blue, a
heavy chestplate with a Repliforce logo on the right breast between two large
shoulder-plates. His bulky armor cover his abdomen in a seperate piece,
allowing his chest to pivot left and right. His arms are also covered in blue
plating, housing powerful servos, with unarmored points at the joints of the
elbow and wrist to allow for articulation. The backs of his hands have armor
plates, although his gray fingers and palms are left bare. His forearms house
plates that look as if they can move aside, to reveal integrated weaponry.
A ring of
armor loops around his waist, large pouches on either side housing extra
ammunition and supplies. His thighs are covered in the same robust, blue armor
that protects the rest of his frame, a compartment jutting out from his left
thigh. Small armored bulbs protect the fronts of his knees, his shins and feet
encased in rugged blue durasteel.
Typically
slung over his back, or carried in his hands, is a stocky Byron MX-600 bullpup
carbine, the gunmetal gray surface kept meticulously in shape. A large clip is
loaded into the back of the stock in typical carbine fashion, taking full
advantage of the shorter barrel. A hand grip is farther up on the rifle, just
below where the barrel begins. A pair of clasps on the underside of the barrel
supports a large, long serrated bayonet, extending beyond the end of the
rifle's barrel.
From afar, Wind Man (XSM) copies: This just in! A group of
Robot Masters have been spotted attacking the Legitimate Science Research
Facility in
Flash Man himself is taking his time, checking everything to
see if it is what he wants. Though there is the occasional explosion sound,
it's usually a muffled scream instead. Unlike Quick Man, he's not looking for
guards. He's looking for the experiment. Of course, the fact that he is much
slower might have something to do with the fact that there's less guards when
he gets to most areas.
Barrage Raptor is on the same dropship as Saladin, going
over a final check on her primary weaponry, "Everything looks green."
She murmers to herself, mostly, as she gets ready for deployment.
Frost is around and about. Actually, he's out near King.
Searching isn't his forte, and ther'es a good chance he'd actually break what
he's trying to find, so he's here for the 'just in case' scenario. As in, just
in case people decide to give the Masters a hard time.
King stands at the entrance of the lab and sees the
dropship. King steps forward where he can obviously seen. "Come,
Repliforce. Challenge the might of King." King reaches behind him and
pulls out his royal shield. The ambient light reflecting off the well polished
shield.
Shield Shellfish flies into the area from the skies above,
landing outside of the building and trying to figure out how exactly and where
the Masters are. Of course...this probably draws some attention...but she has
to get inside and fast to help defend.
"<We got a big boy,>" the voice of the pilot
crackles into the belly of the dropship. The VTOL craft, after doing an initial
circle of the facility, slowly moves to set down about fifty yards away from
King at the entrance as it lays down a broad dispersal of gatling fire in
King's general direction, as well as the rest of the facility - not meant to
hurt anyone or do significant damage, just force Masters and drones outside the
lab's entrance to take cover. Don't want the 'forcers to be sitting ducks. "<Go!
Go! Go!>" the co-pilot's voice crackles into the belly, as Saladin
stands and lumbers out the back of the transport, his servos whirring as he
makes a break for a hovertruck on its landing props near the facility, while
the situation is appraised.
Quick Man appears at the door with King and Frost Man, a
whole pile of canisters in his hands.. a variety of differant things, it
appears. "I grabbed everything that looked like an E-tank." He
notes.. just in time to be shot at by the descending craft. "Holy crap!"
He cries, dodging back inside the entrance and dropping the canisters in a big
pile with a tremendous racket. "We've got incoming!"
Just rushing
into the situation wasn't going to help anything... besides getting you shot at
quite a few times and then having your body tossed outside by the Masters. Such
a situation required some planning, and the Masters wouldn't be able to escape
if the location was surrounded. Of course, that wouldn't help the people who
are stuck inside - and tha would not sit well with the public. Signas flicks
his cigarette away with two fingers, stifling his irritation. These sort of
things always tended to happen on his day off. But for the moment, he wanted to
see if there was an appropriate disposition of forces here - and so he watches
from atop a nearby hill, waiting for all of the players to reveal themselves.
Wind Man is not making quite as much noise as the other two
non-Elites, proceeding in a more efficient and methodical search pattern
instead, bowling guards out of his way with powerful blasts of wind as he
wanders through the many rooms on the top level looking for what might be a key
laboratory or a project storage area. Mostly so far he only finds unimportant
facilities, restrooms, cafeterias, communications, and the like.
Now, let's see. What is the worst possible place for a
civilian noncombatant to be?
Why, here, of course. Where else? Upon hearing of the
impending attack by the Robot Masters, a certain Fool went, 'ahah! There is my
night's entertainment, and so there I shall go,' and being the complete fool
that he is, he did exactly that.
At least he's smart enough to stay well away, but just close
enough to hear and watch with his enhanced senses, and possibly to be seen and
stepped upon.
And he's brought a lawnchair. How Robot Masterish of him.
Of course, Enker is watching-- it's something that comes
naturally to him, and he never hesitates to follow along with his fellow
Masters... and Elites, if it is permitted. This time? Oh, of course it has. But
he is not within the facility-- he is quietly observing, though not hiding
himself, his Mirror Buster leaned up against his shoulder. He's not too far
away from the Stealth Transport, but not close enough that someone would spot
him /near/ it, specifically.
Flash Man walks out of the building with a piece of paper in
his hand, and then sees who is waiting for him. "Um..." He, too,
ducks back in, but not without taking the paper with him. It seems that he is
protecting it.
Slash Man arrives from the Great Plains.
Slash Man has arrived.
You can see Frost's optics boggle ats the guns start to open
fire. In a rare moment of brillance, Frost slams his fists into the ground, a
big wall of ice forming up before him. Of course heavy weapons of a VTOL knock
massive pieces off the wall, but it works for the first round fired.
"King. I t'ink they found us."
As the blasts from the VTOL launch down at King, the huge
warrior-ruler simply throws his shield up in the way. The bullets bouncing off
the shield... denting it and tarnishing it. King glances back at Frost Man.
"Maintain position. They are nothing compared to the destiny of
Wily."
Barrage Raptor hops out of the dropship and quickly moves to
find some kind of cover big enough to hide her form. She crouches behind it, as
she attempts to assess the situation. What? You thought she was just going to
run in blasting?
With a throaty hum, the dropship turns and flies off, after
giving the Masters a final volley. "<You're on your own, folks. We'll
stay on station for pickup.>" Saladin glances to the form of Barrage
behind cover nearby, before looking around the corner of the truck at King and
Frost Man. He's thinking of thinking this out, too, but running in blasting
sounds tempting. "I say we leapfrog up there until backup arrives,"
his voice crackles at Barrage.
[Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... two out here at the
entrance; ... Man and King. ... ... engage targets ... ... infantry
reinforcements ... ... ...
Wind Man comes to the end of the hallway he's currently
searching, and therefore doubles back, bowling over the same people he just
bowled over last time, who have by now regained their footing but to no avail.
Ignoring them all, he glides back to the door just past the one he started on,
but finds it to not open. So he blasts it in with a concentrated burst from his
windcannons, and walks inside, finding himself surrounded by wires,
electronics, computers, and technology of all sort. But is it what they're
looking for, or not? If only the researches would label these things better.
Shield Shellfish is down inside of the building now, having
found an enterance that she has forced into. Her mission is seeming to be to
protect whatever they are after. Looking and listening, she hears that
statement from Flash Man, walking up carefully behind him, then stopping,
"...freeze right there. What do you have with you?"
Barrage Raptor glances at Saladin, "Sounds good to
me." She replies, "You fire first, I'll move up into a better
position. Just give me the signal." She gets ready to move when Sal fires.
Quick Man peeks back out the door as the barrage from the
ship subsides. Then he steps outside.. his much-smaller form looking child-like
between the two larger Masters. "Ha! HA!" He shouts, making a rude
gesture towards the carefully considering Repliforcers out there. "What,
are ya scared? You should be! All shall fall before our might!"
Frost nods as the remaining pieces of the ice wall are
oblirated. Hey, that's a nice outline of Frost, there... "Yea. Daddy's
Destiny is greater than them!" As the VTOL propels away, Frost drives his
fist through the remaining ice wall in a brutal display of brutality.
"YAAA!!" He peers around. "Ok, I'm holdin' my position."
"Hiding behind cover, Repliforce?" King glares in
the general area of Barrage and Saladin. He begins to slowly walk towards
them... each step taken with a measured purpose. His cape blowing out as he
walks. "We expected more of the United Nation's army." King laughs.
"Face us if you have any honor or courage."
Saladin nods at this, pulling a switch back on his selector.
This will likely waste most of this clip, but hey - excessive firepower is
certainly worth it! With a smooth motion, he steps out from behind the
hovertruck and crouches, bracing his MX-600 carbine at his abdomen's side as he
squeezes the trigger down. The bulky weapon emits a series of of staccato
coughs seperated by quarter-second intervals, spraying King and Frost's general
area with armor-piercing fire while Barrage moves up.
Saladin misses King with his Mx-600 Automatic attack.
Saladin misses Frost Man with his Mx-600 Automatic attack.
Rain Turtle arrives from the New England.
Rain Turtle has arrived.
Of course the
Repliforce were going to think to shoot first - never mind about all of the
hostages who might be inside at the mercy of the Robot Masters. Signas sweeps
his gaze across the compound, trying to take in who has gathered here to
protect the innocents, and who is launching the attacks. He shakes his head,
before blinking away, vanishing as he teleports across the distance to appear
nearby to the building. And he shouts, hoping to attract the attention of every
Master in the location.
"ROBOT
MASTERS! You are currently surrounded with no chance of escape! Drop your
weapons, and you will not be harmed!" he transmits, amplifying his voice
in attempt to ensure that everyone in the building can here.
Deciding that
some of his opponents may be more inclined to shoot first, he punches one
button on his gauntlet - thus activating his ultimate defense.
Signas projects a Diplomatic Immunity field around himself.
Previously unnoticed just behind Feste, one of the Robot
Master's hovering non-combat cargo drones slowly lowers itself.
<<ANAYLSIS>>, comes the drone's simplistic computerized voice, as
it directs its single unblinking eye at the fool, <<ATTIRE:
UNFASHIONABLE, LUDICRUOSLY EQUALS TRUE. POWER LEVEL: NEGLIGABLE.>>
The drone pauses for a moment, a series of clicks audible as
it computes. <<CONCLUSION: INACTIVE DRONE, PROPERTY OF DWN ZERO-SIX-ZERO.
PROCEDURE: SALVAGE>>
Having come to this conclusion, the free hovering drone
moves to attempt to clamp its suction-cup-style holders onto either side of
Feste's head.
Quick Man curses as Saladin opens fire. Quickly dodging to
the side, behind Frost Man, he uses the larger Master as Cover until the
barrage ceases. "Cowardly bastards!" He cries, springing up onto
Frost Man's back. "You shall meet your end by our hand!" Maybe King's
theatrical speeches have infected him a little bit. Regardless, he lets a
boomerang fly towards Saladin with a low *phoot*.
Flash Man turns around. "Freeze? Oh, I'll freeze. As
for what I have with me..." Suddenly the air around Shield Shellfish
begins to get cold as Flash Man sprays a cone of ice out of his buster arm.
Trying not to hit any experiments, he aims the cone at the shellfish, hoping
that it doesn't miss and hit something important. "...it's none of your
business."
Quick Man strikes Saladin with his Ballistic Boomerang
attack.
Rain finally enters
the scene running full speed, and slides in like Tom Cruise would do in his
socks. *DUH DUH DUN DUH DUH DA DA DAH DUN!* Collapsing on the ground, panting
verrrry heavily, Rain looks to the nearest ally. "What *pant* be the
*pant* situation? *pant*" The poor slow turtle can't run very fast,
accounting for his lack of speed to the scene.
Barrage Raptor dashes forward to a new bit of cover as
Saladin opens fire on the two Masters. Finding something else to get behind,
she glances back towards him. She'll give him a signal. She pops up from behind
her cover, and lets loose with a pair of grenades, aimed at the same RMs that
Sal just attacked.
Barrage Raptor strikes King with her Frag Grenades attack.
Barrage Raptor strikes Frost Man with her Frag Grenades
attack.
Flash Man misses Shield Shellfish with his Frost Spray
attack.
And as before, Enker simply watches.. his gaze set upon
Signas for the moment. He seems to have no intentions of getting involved just
yet. He takes this opportunity to sit down on the ground, against a rock, and
smiles a bit as he observes the going-ons. Waiting for a nice opening in how
things are going on-- at the moment, he'll stay out of it. But as far as the
fighting goes, he really seems to be disinterested in how things are going.
Feste is making himself comfortable in his lawn chair,
propping his feet up on a piece of random debris and putting his hands behind
his head. Ahhh, chaos. Ooooh, shooting! See, this is quality entertainment. If
only he'd brought a drink or two--
The computerized voice of the drone coming from directly
behind him certainly startles the Fool out of his relaxation. He plants his
feet back on the ground and whirls around in his chair. Oh bollocks. What is
THAT? And what--?
"I am /so/ not unfashionable!" Feste cries,
indignant. "Or negligible! You're negligible! And you're ugly!" With
a firm 'hmph', he crosses his arms over his chest and turns back around,
perhaps thinking it's over with. Little does he know... but alas. He's too
foolish to, ah, get out of the way, eyes simply going wide as he senses
something in very close proximity to his head.
King stands tall as the pellets from Saladin strike at his
feet. The Elite remains unmoved. "Pathetic attempt, Repliforce. Wily shall
see his destiny... and it shall include your ends." With that, Barrage's
explosion blasts fragments over King's body. Still, he remains unmoved.
King patiently lifts his hand and unleashes a quick blast of
laser power. The blast slides between Saladin and Barrage Raptor... seeming to
miss. Only, it does hit something... a light post. The blast hits the glass of
the light... refracting the beam back.
King strikes Barrage Raptor with his Refraction Minibeam
attack.
King strikes Saladin with his Refraction Minibeam attack.
Shield Shellfish dodges the attack, it hitting the ground
harmlessly as she runs to a different spot, her shells coming out this time
behind her. Now she says nothing, running up to him and slapping her shells on
either side of him in a clamping motion, trying to get him to freeze by
herself, "I ask for your cooperation again."
Shield Shellfish misses Flash Man with her Shell Clamp
attack.
[Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... ... three out ...
Quick Man.
[Radio] Transmission detected: ... ... ... ray ...
[Radio] Transmission detected: Possibly; we will see ...
Barrage ... I ... against the ... ... ... ... Master ...
Wind Man takes some small capsules from the laboratory he's
currently 'investigating' and tucks them into his armor, but none of the larger
experiments seem to look like what he came here for. Leaving this room, one of
the guards shoots a laser blaster at him at point blank, but he is a non-combat
human and therefore his firepower is pathetic and laughable, as are the levels
of all of his secondary attacks. Wind Man strikes the attacker dead with a
fanblade to the throat, and blows any others who might be so foolish down the
hall. He then enters the neighbooring lab in the same manner as the first and
sends a radio transmission to his brothers. Perhaps do to the lack of major
noise he's generating, Wind Man hasn't been assaulted by any significant
resistance yet, but since he's not exactly being stealthy either that's bound
to change soon.
[Radio] Transmission detected: WHAT IN ... ... O' ... ... BE
GOIN ON ... Ah come ... the ... only tah ... ... bein' ... ...
[Radio] Frequency Cracked! +setintercept to save it.
[Radio] Transmission detected: ... Any ... locating ...
objective?
Slash Man enters the Eastern Seaboard.
Slash Man has left.
[Radio] Transmission detected: I found a ... ... ... they're
... the front ...
Jet Stingray arrives from the Sky Above Eastern United
States.
Jet Stingray has arrived.
Flash Man backs up, getting barely out of the way of the
shells. "Cooperation? I'll tell you what. All I have is a paper that
includes notes on what I have found in the facility." He shows Shield a
piece of paper. Why is he being so cooperative with the enemy? Well, it's
covered in mathematical equations, but upon closer inspection it is revealed
that they are copied from a math textbook. His whole plan relies on the fact
that the attacker falls for it.
Metal Man arrives from the New England.
Metal Man has arrived.
Cracked Frequency is saved.
[Radio: (A) None] Barrage Raptor transmits, "It's
called a fight. Now start killing someone."
Since Frost was completely NOT ready, he catches the
grenade. in the head. It explodes and cause an obscene amount of pain. As the
smoke clears he looks...well...enraged. He hits that mode of looking for
something moving that doesn't resemble one of his brothers. And about that time
is when Rain Turtle makes his graceful entrance. Seething, he stews a moment,
before letting out a battlecry that is, above all, completely nonsensable.
Powering his massive girth across the field, he builds his rage all into this
one amazing attack.
A swift kick to the butt.
Frost Man misses Rain Turtle with his Kick attack.
Barrage Raptor points and laughs at King, until the shot
reflects and hits her in the back, "Now that was cheap." She growls,
"Fine then, you want to fight, King?! Let's do this!" She leaps from
behind her cover and rushes at King, whipping out her assault rifle and firing
upon him.
Barrage Raptor strikes King with her Ar-283 Custom attack.
[Radio: (A) None] Corporal Rain Turtle grunts as he rolls
off the ground
A dull clong echoes off of Saladin's armor as the boomerang
strikes him, while he exits from cover. While Barrage chucks grenades, Saladin
rushes past her, bounding over her cover with a leap and a roll as King's
attack washes over his armor in a shower of sparks. His heavy form clunks along
as he comes up into a crouch along a building nearing the laboratory, the two
Repliforcers slowly closing that 50 yard gap. He raises his carbine again,
firing a three-round burst at King, as Saladin's appraised him to be the most
dangerous target at the moment. He doesn't want to waste more of this magazine
with another full-auto spray, anyways.
Saladin strikes King with his Mx-600 Burst attack.
Quick Man watches King come under fire from both Saladin and
Barrage. "Ignore me, will you?" He cries, sounding somewhat insulted.
"We'll see about that!" He leaps down and charges up behind Saladin..
going fast. Really fast. He's tearing up the ground, before he launches himself
off of it.. attempting to smash into Saladin and knock him to the ground.
Long distance to Wind Man: Feste mutters. I don't have too
much time left, alas.
Quick Man strikes Saladin with his Speed Tackle attack.
<<OBJECTION REJECTED>>, replies the automated
drone voice, as it rises upwards lifting Feste about a foot off of the ground
<<ANALYSIS CONFIRMS INACTIVE DRONE. INACTIVE DRONES MAY BE UNSTABLE.
UNSTABLE DRONES MUST BE NEUTRALIZED FOR SECURITY. CONFIRM INSTABILITY?>>
Rain looks around, to
see people blasting away at each other, and gets up. There's no time for
explanations, only time for Rain to take action! Rolling up onto his feet, he
feels a slight rumble as he looks back to where he was just laying. There is a
large Robot Master, who would seem to have just missed kicking Rain literally
in the arse. With his back still to Frost, Rain opens his missile ports and
preps some of his weaker missiles... And launches them.
Rain Turtle misses Frost Man with his Terrapin Missile
attack.
... not cool. Not at all. The Fool is lifted right off of
his lawn chair in a most uncomfortable manner. His first reflex is to grab at
the arms that are attached to his head, and squirm. Kick, kick. The lawn chair
is knocked over with a loud clatter. Smart, Feste. Real smart.
"Am /not/!" he repeats stubbornly. "I am not
inactive, I am not unstable, I am n-- put me DOWN!" Certainly doesn't LOOK
stable.
As the two Repliforcers concentrate on King... the Elite
takes several steps back. The Elite growls in anger. "So, two of you
attack us. Let it be this way... We will crush you under our foot." King
walks towards them slowly. "Prepare to face the might of King." King
places his shield in the way of attacks. "We shall crush you under
foot."
Enker sends a radio transmission to Wind Man.
Wind Man receives a radio transmission from Enker.
You intercept Enker's transmission to Wind Man: I see that
some trouble has been stirred...
Shield Shellfish looks at the paper, then narrows her
optics, or at least the light coming from it, then she looks back to Flash,
"A decoy. This is just a decoy to keep me from finding the real
problem." They narrow even more, "I do not appreciate this. So if you
would kindly..." Her shell flies forward from behind her, curved outward
toward the face of Flash Man, "...get out of my way."
King brings his reflect system online.
Shield Shellfish strikes Flash Man with her Shell Club
attack.
Wind Man sends a radio transmission.
Enker receives a radio transmission.
You intercept Wind Man's transmission to Enker:
Acknowledged, commander. We are searching for an experiment called 'Zeroft,'
but judging from the radio response and ambient violence, I suspect all of the
others have already encountered too much resistance. Unfortunately I estimate a
low bot nonzero probability of success if this is true.
Saladin eyes King. He's leaving his defensive position; this
would be the perfect opportunity to rush past and completely negate the Elite's
defensive efforts, if Saladin can manage to get by. He looks sidelong at
Barrage, to see what she's doing,
Frost Man had a little too much force in that kick, and
manages to throw himself off his feet as the missiles scream by. Blinking, he
rolls up to his feet and stops dead still. This is new. Frost looks around at
the rest of the field and then back to Rain. Definately a totally new
experience.He points a mitten at Rain Turtle, as code kicks in.
"You're bigger den me....so I gotta smash you extra
good." He draws this into something really fun. Taking a few steps
forward, he aims an a giant open mittened pimp slap at Rain. OH SNAP!
Enker sends a radio transmission.
Wind Man receives a radio transmission from Enker.
You intercept Enker's transmission to Wind Man: And what if
I am present?
Frost Man misses Rain Turtle with his Swat attack.
Well, he
didn't really expect them to listen to him. But he did have to hope as well.
Signas shakes his head, and deactivates his loudspeaker, before looking about
and trying to ensure he had the coordinates and locations of all of the
fighters present. There were likely going to be some inside as well, but for
the moement... it all appared to be good. And so the Diplomat strides out onto
the field, and raises one of his arms in front of him, a like *ka-CHACK* coming
from within the guard of his right hand. "Alright then, if you're going to
keep this up - I have no choice but to stop you," he comments quietly to
himself. Come Masters - let us see who is best girded for battle this day.
Wind Man sends a radio transmission to Enker.
Enker receives a radio transmission.
You intercept Wind Man's transmission to Enker: Your
assistance would be greatly appreciated, commander, although I do not propose
to give you orders. I seem to have located the core laboratory area, however,
there are likely to be many more on the secondary level of the left wing that I
will be unable to access in any reasonable time.
Enker sends a radio transmission to Wind Man.
Wind Man receives a radio transmission.
You intercept Enker's transmission to Wind Man: Hm. I will
do as I can out here... Or am I needed inside?
Metal Man sends a radio transmission.
Enker receives a radio transmission from Metal Man.
You intercept Metal Man's transmission to Enker: Reporting
Wind Man sends a radio transmission to Enker.
Enker receives a radio transmission.
You intercept Wind Man's transmission to Enker: I believe
that the greater need for the success of the mission is within the facility, if
you would be available to do so.
Enker sends a radio transmission to Metal Man.
Metal Man receives a radio transmission from Enker.
You intercept Enker's transmission to Metal Man: Wind Man is
in charge of this mission.. Speak with him, Metal Man.
Metal Man sends a radio transmission to Wind Man.
Wind Man receives a radio transmission from Metal Man.
You intercept Metal Man's transmission to Wind Man:
Reporting,
Rain starts turning
around, to hear Frost talk like that. Rain may be stupid himself, and talk
funny, but he has NEVER heard anyone talk like that. Collapsing onto his knees,
and then his stomach, Rain pounds the ground, laughing uncontrollably, creating
a booming laugh that echoes in a 3 mile radius. Collapsing like this, Rain
unknowingly dodges Frost's attack. Looking up from his laughter, Rain sees
Frost's leg. Thinking surprisingly quickly, which is in fact, slower than
anyone here, Rain attempts to bite the big Robot Master on his leg.
Flash Man flies backward, hitting a wall. "Alright,
it's not the real information. But if I wanted you to have the real one then I
would've given it to you. I didn't, now did I?" He laughs and points his
buster toward Shellfish. "Now you'll see what I do when I'm not given an
alternative." It begins to spark and his head bulb begins to glow. The
sparks dance through the air, zeroing in on their target as Flash Man gets
ready to run in case the clam gets angrier.
Rain Turtle strikes Frost Man with his Bite attack.
Barrage Raptor gives Sal a hand motion, telling him to go,
as she eyes King, "Oh, like I'm so scared." She says, "You're
just another Wilybot. Some mismash of parts that the old man threw together
while on too much crack." She reaches a hand behind her back, "I
almost feel pity for you. But don't worry, your suffering won't last too much
longer." Whipping her hand out from behind her back, she launches
something at King.
Barrage Raptor misses King with her C-4 Charge attack.
Flash Man misses Shield Shellfish with his Lightning Zap
attack.
Now, Enker finally rises-- and moves forward to enter the
facility, after speaking on his radio for a bit.. and seems to be replying to
someone. He's making for Wind Man, though he isn't really sure what /precisely/
it is that they are looking for. Something about nanites? Eh. Oh well. He just
chuckles, as he makes his way inwards. He shows no signs of hostilities at the
moment, not raising his mirror buster to strike out at anyone for the moment.
[Radio] Transmission detected: I ... ... to search ... the
... Those enganged in ... ... your ... and report ... ... ... becomes
significantly ... ... ... preferable ... destruction ... ... already engaged.
Saladin eyes King. He's leaving his defensive position; this
would be the perfect opportunity to rush past and completely negate the Elite's
defensive efforts, if Saladin can manage to get by. He looks sidelong at
Barrage, to see what she's doing. As she gives him the signal, he stands and
ducks as he runs forward, attempting to rush right by King's flank, about
twenty yards to the left. The blast of C-4 certainly covers his advance, the
entrance to the lab now much, much closer than it was when he first deployed.
[Radio] Transmission detected: Anywhere you guys need ...
... ... ... ... ... of the ...
Shield Shellfish dodges to the right of that blast, just the
same angry...but angry none the less. She notes the door that he pointed his
head out of to talk to someone outside. Her eyes then move toward Flash again.
"Since you don't have the ability to get out of my way on your own, let me
help you." Her shell comes out, sparking with electricity this time as a
large amount arcs toward Flash, hopefully punching him out the door.
Shield Shellfish strikes Flash Man with her Shellshock
attack.
"YEEEAAAAOOOOO!" howls Frost as the giant turtle
chomps down on his leg. He tries his best to shake his leg, and flail at the
turtle for release. Oh, insufferable pain, WHY?
"Leggo!Leggo!Leggo!Leggo!" Growling he reaches down and tries to get
a good grip on Rain Turtle. From there, he tries to do what few even have a
hope of achieving. He tries to flip Rain over his head, and hopefully pull that
mouth from his leg in the process.
Frost Man strikes Rain Turtle with his Throw attack.
<<INSTABILITY CONFIRMED,>> reports the drone,
<<COMMENSING NEUTRALIZATION>>. From a hatch panel in the front of
the drone's main section, a gloved hand extends outwards on a jointed metal
'arm', carrying what looks like a baseball bat. This neutralizing instrument is
swiftly conked down on Feste's head as the drone moves to carry him off to
salvage storage.
"Old Man? Too much crack? Mismash?" King's optics
tighten down on Barrage Raptor. "You will pay for your insolence." It
would appear King is completely concentrating on killing Barrage as he marches
towards her. He fights old school... in formation towards his enemy. And then
out the corner of his optics, he spots the incoming Saladin. King's hand lashes
out and attempts to grab the moving enemy by the throat. "Where do you
think you are going?"
King misses Saladin with his Neck Crush attack.
Flash Man takes the hit but seems to almost absorb it.
Quick Man ricochets off Saladin after knocking him to the
ground, doing a somersault in the air and landing on his feet. "That's
right, 'foo!" He shouts, making another rude gesture. "That's what
you get for ignoring me! A little of that, and a little of this!" He
points his arm at Saladin and lets loose yet again. Boomerang time!
Quick Man strikes Saladin with his Boomerang Blaster attack.
King drops outside.
Barrage Raptor loves pissing off Robot Masters. Because then
they do stupid things like not pay attention to her. The clip from her assault rifle
drops to the ground as she slams a new one into the reciever, and pulls back on
the bolt, feeding a new round into the chamber, "Bad idea!" She fires
on King again, sending out a burst of high explosive firepower.
Barrage Raptor strikes King with her Ar-283 Custom -
Explosive Rounds attack.
[Radio: (D) Informant] Super Anonymous Feste is rather
choppy in his speech, but when he does get out a few steady words, he sounds
/quite/ indignant. "Ugh--ah-- help-- being STOLEN-- hel--" A loud
'THWACK' is heard in the background.
Frost Man has left.
Metal Man is here powling the battle feild stalking RF
Gumbies like some sort of bladed god of death. He is toying with on in
particulr some green troopering using just light Gears. "Come on! Your
nothing to me! You can't win!"
[Radio: (D) Informant] Ayla Ericson transmits,
"...hello?"
[Radio: (D) Informant] Super Anonymous Feste transmits
static.
Flash Man takes the hit but seems to almost absorb it.
"Get out of your way? My, my... I didn't think you were so pushy. Here,
I'll give you room to leave, if you want. But you'd better make it QUICK!"
He fires a small grenade onto the ground. He doesn't want to blow any
experiments up, but desperate times call for desperate measures. The grenade
begins to glow, building up power. It's gonna blow!
Signas has arrived.
Flash Man strikes Shield Shellfish with his Light Bombs
attack.
Well now,
here was someone who was - most likely - in charge of this effort. Which meant
he might also be reasoned with - and so Signas moves rapidly, blinking away for
a moment before reappearing in a flash of yellow and black energy a short
distance in front of the Elite Commander. And Signas pulls out... a cigarette,
lighting it with a snap of his fingers as he looks at Enker. "Well, I
didn't expect you to be leading something this trivial, Enker. Don't the Elites
usually spectate in armchairs, after all?" he asks, sounding a bit amused
at the entire prospect.
Shield Shellfish gently steps away, before placing her
shells up in front of her, keeping her eye on Flash Man almost beside her as
the bombs go off, then gently brings one shell around, picking off a piece of
glass that was the only damage as she looks to him, before dropping what looks
like a pearl...set on a lower timer right next to the Master.
Shield Shellfish strikes Flash Man with her Pearl Bomber
attack.
[Radio: (D) Informant] Ayla Ericson transmits, "Weird.
Though wouldn't a person be kidnapped? Mind you if the thieves didn't really
care, I guess the object would be stolen... hmm."
[Radio: (D) Informant] Super Anonymous Feste still transmits
static, but if he were conscious, he'd probably say something like,
'aughaughaguh HELP.'
Simian Monk arrives from the New England.
Simian Monk has arrived.
Wind Man gazes around the second room, finding it filled
mostly with tanks of water of various colors, mostly unnatural blues and
greens. Do nanites live in water? Probably not, as far as Wind Man knows, but
then what does he know about nanites? At least two of the tanks contain fair
sized metallic objects, so he smashes his fist through the glass and takes
those, the water pouring out all over the floor. In the back corner of the room
is a large computer and a storage case, but Wind Man decides this is unlikely
to be the proper location, so he skips them to save time.
"No!" yelps the Fool, still squirming
ineffectively. Having been grabbed from the rear, he can't see the fate that
awaits him... and is thus conked on the head.
"You c--" Whatever he was about to say is cut off
by the ensuing blow, which shuts his mouth quite forcefully. He stops
squirming, and simply goes limp in the drone's grasp.
Well. Doesn't that suck. Looks like the Fool will be
spending a little time with the Robot Masters... whether he likes it or not.
[Radio: (G) None] Simian Monk transmits, "Evening. Any
news today?"
[Radio: (G) None] Signas transmits, "We've got a
disturbance - Master raid taking place in the Midwest."
<<NEUTRALIZATION CONFIRMED>>, drones the drone,
and it almost-silently hovers off, with Feste secured in its clamps. The drone
curves around to the drone's entrance to the Stealth Transport, which opens as
it detects its proximity, and closes again behind it once the cargo is
deposited.
[Radio: (G) None] Simian Monk transmits, "Need any more
assistance?"
"... Hmph." Enker just shakes his head as Signas
blinks into sight, "I was only observing for the majority of the time. It
seems that one of my subordinates needs assistance. Should I not heed this
call?" He asks, as he clicks on his radio and begins to speak into it.
Though he then turns his gaze upon Signas, "Would you like to move, or is
this little dispute going to turn nasty?" Enker asks, bringing his mirror
buster forward, a light shining from it briefly.
Enker brings his reflect system online.
Enker sends a radio transmission.
Wind Man receives a radio transmission.
You intercept Enker's transmission to Wind Man: Signas has
interrupted me. I'll be there if I can.
Flash Man flies out of the building's entrance and struggles
to his feet. "There, you got me out, but I'm still in the fight." He
rushes toward the shellfish with his Buster in front... but instead of firing
off bombs or snowcones, he extends a metallic blade from it and attempts to
slash Shelldon in two. (Yeah, like that'll ever happen...) However, he moves
the blade around while coming toward his opponent, so as not to show where he
is trying to strike. (Of course, he himself doesn't know. Wherever it lands,
and hopefully it hits something solid.)
Flash Man strikes Shield Shellfish with his Flash Blade
Combo attack.
[Radio: (G) None] Simian Monk transmits, "Anyways, I am en route. What's the situation?"