Log started: 5/16/02 8:42:16 PM Teleporters - Skull Fortress Tradition demands that the teleporter room be a row of open capsules, some linked to specific cities, others with programmable coordinants. These ones are pink, lit by rows of pulsing red lights. A square teleportation field in the middle of the room is provided for those Masters too large to fit into the standard capsules. Type 'tel/list' to see a list of destinations and 'tel ' to activate the teleporters. Sideshow [RM] [#4560 Tp] Obvious exits: Reinforced Doors leads to Medical Support - Skull Fortress. Blast Doors leads to Gathering Room - Skull Fortress. East leads to Lift Landing - Skull Fortress. $$$+++++ IC News $$$++++++ Message: 9/44 Posted Author In the news Thu May 16 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "... and said, 'We cannot confirm nor deny the existence of space monkeys at this time.'" "Recently, Ghandi Guppie, a reploid well-known as a champion of reploid rights in recently industrialized regions of India, has vowed to go on a hunger strike until employees at the NeoNike plant in Calcutta are given better working conditions, including fewer hours and more generous pay. Ghandi Guppie declined to comment when it was pointed out that he does not require food. "Across the world in Belgium, cleanup efforts..." $$$$$$++++++++++++++++++++ [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Quick Man transmits, "What do we do- WAI!- now? We're in big, BIG trouble! YATTA!" $$$+ Battle and Chase $$$+ Message: 22/15 Posted Author Entrants so far Thu May 16 Uranus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The next few posts list all the entrants for all the events. Note that eligibility (for things like fencing, rule-following on the cars and battlebots) are -not- checked yet. Combat requirements are checked, though. Consider this a last call to enter or submit your combat stuff. Remember, entry closes at noon Eastern tomorrow. These are all as of 4:30pm Eastern. Air race: Andromeda, Astro Man, Bloom Seraph, Chance Tanuki, Clef, Dawn, Ether Skunk, Firestorm Phoenix, Fugue, Fusion Phoenix, Gale Sorcerer, Gyro Man, Hailstorm Couatl, Lunar Vixen, Pink Elephant, Quell Quetzalcoatlus, Ring Redwing, Rock, Spiral Pegasus, Storm Eagle, Ten, Tengu Man, Varia Beetle Extreme Damage: Accelerator Allosaur, Andromeda, Archer Colossus, Artillery Chasmosaurus, Assault Koala, Astro Man, Ballade, Barrage Raptor, Bass, Bomb Man, Bombast Glyptodon, Burner Man, Byte, Chill Penguin, Clown Man, Colonel, Dawn, Dynamo Man, Elec Man, Fire Man, Firestorm Phoenix, Guts Man, Hailstorm Couatl, Knight Man, Overdrive Ostrich, Quint, Rock, Search Man, Seismic Earthworm, Sigma, Slash Man, Thunder Triceratops, Varia Beetle Dodgeball captains: Astro Man, Broadcast Ocelot, Colonel, Dynamo Man, Elias Kiritsu, Flare Feline, Number Man, Overdrive Ostrich, Quell Quetzalcoatlus, Quint, Red Tide, Varia Beetle $$$$$$++++++++++++++++++++ $$$+ Battle and Chase $$$+ Message: 22/16 Posted Author Entrants (2) Thu May 16 Uranus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fencing: Agile, Arafina, Blade Raven, Centaur Man, Colonel, Dawn, Dr. Thomas Light, Dust Man, Dynamo, Dynamo Man, Elias Kiritsu, Ether Skunk, Fencer Naiad, Fugue, Gale Sorcerer, Jack, Jared Kintane, Javelin Whitetail, Kain, Loki, Magic Man, Matic, Pallbearer, Proteus Fox, Rhapsody, Ring Redwing, Rollcage Pillbug, Sarah Storm, Shinobi Pixie, Sigma, Silver Mane, Slash Man, Smite Squirrel, Solar Draco, Sword Man, Tomahawk Man, Wave Lotus Foot race: Accelerator Allosaur, Agile, Arafina, Barrage Raptor, Bombast Glyptodon, Broadcast Ocelot, Centaur Man, Clown Man, Dawn, Elias Kiritsu, Fire Man, Flare Feline, Guts Man, Javelin Whitetail, Kalinka, Metal Man, Overdrive Ostrich, Proteus Fox, Quick Man, Rollcage Pillbug, Silver Mane, Slash Man, Smite Squirrel, Thunder Triceratops, Top Man, Varia Beetle, Wave Lotus Sharpshooting: Andromeda, Archer Colossus, Artillery Chasmosaurus, Ballade, Barrage Raptor, Bowie, Burner Man, Byte, Centaur Man, Dawn, Dr. Wily, Dust Man, Dynamo Man, Elias Kiritsu, Ether Skunk, Famine, Fire Man, Flare Feline, Gemini Man, Guts Man, Gyro Man, Jack, Javelin Whitetail, Job, Lifesaver, Loki, Medieval Fox, Michael Eildath, Number Man, Overdrive Ostrich, Proteus Fox, Red Tide, Rhapsody, Ring Redwing, Rollcage Pillbug, Search Man, Shinobi Pixie, Shyster, Sigma, Slash Man, Smite Squirrel, Synth, Ten, Thunder Triceratops, Varia Beetle, Wave Lotus, Wire Sponge $$$$$$++++++++++++++++++++ [Radio: (B) Masters-Secure] Ballade sounds like he's willing himself through something. "...engage...enemy." Then his concentration slips. "WAI!" $$$+ Battle and Chase $$$+ Message: 22/17 Posted Author Entrants (3) Thu May 16 Uranus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Water race: Bass, Chance Tanuki, Chill Penguin, Dawn, Fencer Naiad, Fugue, Fusion Phoenix, Jet Stingray, Kain, Metal Man, Proteus Fox, Red Tide, Silver Mane, Varia Beetle, Wave Lotus Car race: Alex Reinfield, Anthem, Arafina, Auto, Barrage Raptor, Blues, Bridgit Cascio, Chill Penguin, Clown Man, Code Shrew, Dr. Pavel Cossack, Dr. Thomas Light, Dr. Wily, Elias Kiritsu, Fencer Naiad, Fire Man, Gemini Man, Guts Man, Jared Kintane, Jazz, Loki, Magic Man, Michael Eildath, Number Man, Overdrive Ostrich, Quick Man, Rickshaw Chimp, Rollcage Pillbug, Seismic Earthworm, Sewa, Shyster, Slash Man, Solar Draco, Top Man Battlebots: Andromeda, Arafina, Auto, Barrage Raptor, Dr. Pavel Cossack, Dr. Thomas Light, Dr. Wily, Gale Sorcerer, Hailstorm Couatl, Kain, Number Man, Plum, Rollcage Pillbug $$$$$$++++++++++++++++++++ [Radio: (B) Masters-Secure] Synth transmits, "We need to smash -WAI!- them... YATTA!" $$$+ Battle and Chase $$$+ Message: 22/18 Posted Author Entrants (4) Thu May 16 Uranus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Single combat: Accelerator Allosaur, Agile, Andromeda, Arafina, Archer Colossus, Artillery Chasmosaurus, Barrage Raptor, Blues, Bombast Glyptodon, Burner Man, Byte, Centaur Man, Clown Man, Dawn, Dynamo, Dynamo Man, Elec Man, Ether Skunk, Fire Man, Firestorm Phoenix, Guts Man, Hailstorm Couatl, Javelin Whitetail, Knight Man, Magic Man, Magna Centipede, Metal Man, Neon Tiger, Rhapsody, Rollcage Pillbug, Search Man, Seismic Earthworm, Sigma, Silver Mane, Slash Man, Spiral Pegasus, Sword Man, Thunder Triceratops, Tomahawk Man, Varia Beetle Still need to pick armor mode: Andromeda, Barrage Raptor, Blues, Firestorm Phoenix, Sigma Team combat: (Ghost, Rhapsody, Kalinka), (Elias Kiritsu, Quickdraw, Gale Sorcerer), (Fugue, Dawn, Rock), (Overdrive Ostrich, Agile, Quick Man), (Colonel, Archer Colossus, Bastion), (Bass, Ballade, Guts Man), (Sword Man, Enker, Centaur Man), (Thunder Triceratops, Firestorm Phoenix, Byte), (Metal Man, Flash Man, Search Man) Still need to pick armor mode: none. $$$$$$++++++++++++++++++++ [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "Okay... WTF are you guys on? And it better not be my secret stash of Pixie Sticks..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Search Man transmits, "How can we -WAI!- do that... This cannon yatta is hard to move with."" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Mmm... I Chibified them all, Clown Man." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Quick Man transmits, "Pixie Stix? YATTA! Gimme gimme gimme!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "They're all... cute." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Number Man transmits, "The YATTA! @*$)#!@ing WAI! Chibi-ray-nyu!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Synth transmits, "YATTA! It should be about the WAI! same size as you, Search... YATTA!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "I see." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Ring Man transmits, "that's frightening... and rather disturbing Doc" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, "The heck is wrong-eth with all of ye?" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dynamo Man transmits, "YATTA! Dad! We'll WAI destroy Them! Sword, get yourself to YATTA Safety!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, "Oh don't telleth me..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Quick Man transmits, "Wai! I need a target! YATTA!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "...Um...Need some help, Swordy?" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, " Ahem... PLEASE telleth me that Tron Bonne twas affected this time?" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Mmmm...no." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "Dunno. Tronnie... How are you today?" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, "Blasteth it..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Search Man transmits, "Why did you put another here?... YATTA! I can see the tactical use of it, but we're at a disadvantage." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Fine, fine. We'll just choose a different barrel... Hmm... wonder what /this/ one will do..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, "Ye know, I have to admiteth, this IS funny when it happenseth to someone else! Bwahahaha!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "Well, I could come. A normal Master would make things a bit more even..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Search Man transmits, "What happened to me... We seem to have split apart and have turned into a human." [Radio: (D) Global] Number Man transmits, "Oh, what the hell. Secret's out anyhow. Matthew Wagner. Ryu-no-bujitsu school. Target downed." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "...WHAT?" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Synth transmits, "Doctor, what IS this?" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "....BwaHaHaHa... *ahem* I'm not certain..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Number Man transmits, "We all turned into humans for a minute. I....I want my genetalia back....." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Transdimensional Physics is a new field." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Should wear off quickly..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "He's not certain. I'm very worried now." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dynamo Man transmits, "Doc... please don't use that on us again... I had /acne/... ugh." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Flash Man transmits, "And I a significant amount...excess mass. Mmph." CHAT: You join channel . Fusion Phoenix misses Ballade with his Plasma Blaster attack. Bolero peers at 'Metal Man' the punch hitting his considerable gut and just bouncing off. He peers, before suddenly shooting up to 18 feet of angry mech-bull again. "... Chingao... My head..." he mutters, before gravity wraps around his body. He then attempts to crush Metal underhoof. "GET OUT OF MY WAY!" he rumbles, trying to clear more freaky memories from his skull. Bolero strikes Metal Man with his Slam attack. Flare Feline strikes Dynamo Man with his Punch attack. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, "Turned into humans? Milord thou truely art a genius...." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Hrmph. It's a pity the effect isn't predictable..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Quick Man transmits, "Bah, it wasonyl for a short time. Now I'm back to normal! I'm not even chibi anymore!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "And so short term..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Search Man transmits, "You wouldn't like it... Glad that it didn't last long." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dynamo Man transmits, "Dad... couldn't you fire some kind of deadly weapon at them? I mean, most of us can be rebuilt, they can't!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "...I forgot to label which barrel does which." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "Heck, we got E-Ring Systems. THEY *DON'T*. Do it, Dad!" Iris lays on the ground, dazed from the kick and the...well, whatever THAT HORRIBLE THING was. Was it some kind of mass hallucinogen?! She blinkblinks, slowly getting back up...everything's back to...'normal'? It would appear that way, on the surface. "Back off!" she 'warns' Quick. Scary stuff. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dynamo Man transmits, "Try another one? Sooner or later one of them is going to be "Vaporize All"." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, "Mayhap thou couldst pusheth EVERY button?" As the 20-something year old that was formerly Archer begins to walk off to swipe something worthwhile to use in actuality, he fizzles out, and Archer's back again. "Bloody hell. What kind of crap was that???" yells Arch, clenching his fists, and staring irritably. And then, he sees Quick kicking at Iris. Or was that? Naw, it's Quick Man. Smugly, he grabs his bow in one hand, and dash jets over behind the Master of Speed. "Hey Boomerang for brains? Didn't Wily tell you not to pick on chicks that can turn into armor?" And rapidly, Arch grabs his bow in both hands, and brings it down upside Quick Man's head. *KABONG* [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Knight Man... mixing Transdimensional barrels could rip a hole in space time and doom us all to an eternity of Chibification. Are you willing to risk it?" Archer Colossus misses Quick Man with his Bow Clubbing attack. Metal Man is nailed from the massive hit and the distortion wears off as he returns to his normal self. Metal's torso armos is caved in from the force of the hit as the massive freak pummles him. Finally he gets back to his feet snarling. "No more playing around you freak! METAL BLADE!!!" He yells and slings the blades of death towards Bolero Metal Man strikes Bolero with his Metal Blade attack. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "I am. *cackles!*" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, "Er... us ALL? Uh.. on second thought thou shouldst followth thine own brilliant instincts in the matter Milord, don't listeneth to me" Number Man looks at Red, the lights spinning. "Nuh-uh. I said that she dies tonight. I SLICED HER UP with a @$^#ING SWORD to make sure that she is GOING. TO. DIE. And so are you!" Then, he tosses a set of large balls at the phage based reploid. Number Man strikes Red Tide with his Number Balls Odd attack. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Number Man transmits, "Oh, what the hell. Cross the streams." War is hell. Especially for Ballade's enemies. The Elite busts off a blast at Red Tide, deftly evading the ... stuff that flies at him -- and in the process evades a blast from above, which pounds into the turf nearby, sending up a cloud of smoke. The Elite switches the boomerang from one hand to the next, cocking back his arm to wing the lethal blade at the approaching air support, assuming Number Man can soften up Red Tide enough to keep Anthem from being rescued. Ballade misses Fusion Phoenix with his Horn Boomerang attack. Red Tide steps forward, not even bothering to react to Number Man's attack - most of them stick in her paraplasm, but a few bounce off bones and crack them with their force. Head lowered, she bends down in an attempt to scoop up Anthem rather then attack. Out over the Ocean, Wily's still analyzing the results of that last blast. "Hrmph. Interesting, interesting... very strange..." He shrugs, and listens to his radio for a moment. And taps in a few more commands. Slowly the barrels rotate until two are lined up... "In the name of SCIENCE!" And then he presses the button. What happens... is up to you. CHAOS! Flash Man growls a bit as he shakes his head, then sees Red Tide attempting to make her getaway with Anthem as Fusion provides cover fire. He raises his hands, then concentrates, swirling lights flickering under the top of his helmet as he starts to calculate energy states. His deep voice rings out over the battlefield. "I do not believe you will be going ANYWHERE!" Panels hiss open all over his body, pulsing with building energy, then with a bright FLASH a shockwave of temporal energy reaches out, eddying around the Masters but attempting to crash over the Repliforcers in the area. Since quite a few are near a Master they might be able to escape by using them as a shield. This, however, may be a VERY odd thing, as it intersects with the oncoming blast of Wily's latest invention. Time and wackiness collide! :) *Kabong!* The club hits nothing, as Quick Man is already somewhere else, "So, you're like that huh? Well, it's time to show you what I've really got!" Taking out a boomerang, Quick Man takes another one, and another one.. After a few moments he ends up holind more boomerangs than one could count. He throws them all at both Iris and Archer Colossus, when suddenly the boomerangs turn into eggs, and Quick Man turns into a giant chicken! "Pacock?" Bolero stumbles backwards, blades ripping into his chest. He snorts painfully, pulling the blades from his chest. "I. Am. Not. Food. So don't try cutting me up like a side of beef." he rumbles darkly, swinging his arm cannon down at Metal, "KISS MY SHINY, METAL SKIDPLATE!" he roars, thunder just exploding outwards... Vaguely... Before he blinks, poking his cannon. "Heeeeeeeeeeey! It's not working!" he grumbles, shaking it around, spinning his arm about a bit too, accidentally trying to smash Metal with his arm cannon. Flash Man strikes Archer Colossus with his Time Stopper attack. Archer Colossus is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Flash Man misses Iris with his Time Stopper attack. Flash Man strikes Flare Feline with his Time Stopper attack. Flare Feline is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Flash Man strikes Red Tide with his Time Stopper attack. Red Tide is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Flash Man strikes Bolero with his Time Stopper attack. Bolero is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Flash Man strikes Fusion Phoenix with his Time Stopper attack. Fusion Phoenix is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Bolero freezes in time. Fusion Phoenix dodges the the boomerang, swooping lower to face the Elite Master in personal combat... Untill he sees Number Man attack Red. He charges the math based master... just as Wily's latest Ray strikes. Suddenly, there is a rogue Wily Bot made of old met hats flying at Number Man's head, and then is time stoped mid air. "..." Quick Man misses Iris with his Multi-boomerangs attack. Quick Man strikes Archer Colossus with his Multi-boomerangs attack. Flash Man strikes Metal Man with his Time Stopper attack. Metal Man is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Flash Man strikes Synth with his Time Stopper attack. Synth is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Flash Man strikes Ballade with his Time Stopper attack. Ballade is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Flash Man strikes Search Man with his Time Stopper attack. Search Man is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Flash Man strikes Dynamo Man with his Time Stopper attack. Dynamo Man is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Flash Man strikes Centaur Man with his Time Stopper attack. Centaur Man is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Flash Man strikes Sword Man with his Time Stopper attack. Sword Man is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Flash Man strikes Number Man with his Time Stopper attack. Number Man is temporarily disoriented by Flash Man's Time Stopper attack. Dynamo Man recoils from Flare's punch.... but winds up human as he steps back a few feet. Again. Not the same human mind you, this one looks a bit taller, and has a bit more dandruff. Anyone who's studied the history books will recognize him as one of the fathers of Applesoft. Yes, Dr. Wily's chaos beam turned Dynamo Man into Bill Gates. He is also temporarily under the belief he is Bill Gates. The billionaire sort of stands there... sees himself surrounded by... Robots! Killer robots! He runs for it! Or would, if it weren't for the fact that he finds himself frozen! And surrounded! By Killer Robots! Meanwhile, Archer begins to get pelted with...eggs? And as Science and temporal chaos meld, the Repliforce sharpshooter shifts once more. Into... a small toy, made up of 5 individual vehicular robots. As he begins to speak, the time wave takes over. "I...AM...RUINATIO-" oO(Damnit...)Oo In a blink, the entire area explodes into song, as several *thousand* blades of grass transform into Disney-esque singing cartoon characters, each and all bearing a large smiley face and piping out 'Love Shack', backwards, at 150rpm. Probably not what the cannon was *supposed* to do, but.... Flash Man grunts, then falls off the bleachers with a clunk, twitching. Iris is struggling to get up, slightly hurt and very confused...as the waves of Wily's cannon-blast, coupled with the near-miss of Flash Man's timestopper, wash over her. Confusion -- and then... Iris vanishes out of reality, with a <*blink*> Lady Viris appears just behind Quick Man...wearing only a leather leotard and a nasty grin. "Come here, -boy-," she hisses -- flinging her gauntlet-clad hand in his direction. Iris strikes Quick Man with her Slap attack. Number Man blinks as he suddenly is...clad in a sailor senshi outfit? What in the mother@($#*ing.... Oh, hell with it. "MOON! CRYSTAL! @#$WHOOPING!" However, just as he rises upwards, he is frozen in the middle of a ball of black energy. Red Tide grabs ahold of Anthem - and then, stops. Absolutely still. Guess who got hit with the timestop /before/ the Chaos beam? As she stays put, though, her nucleus slowly starts to divide. It's metal! But it's still dividing. Flare Feline growls, as he turns back to normal, but Dynamo Man turns into ANTOHER human. "Well, whatever." He'd attack again, but he ALSO turns into something.... another cloud of smoke appears this time with 'BAMF' written in it, and in his place is.... a giant panda wearing a ballerina tutu, with a flamingo head on his head (First seen here http://onlinelife.keenspace.com/d/20010830.html) He blinks, then the timestopper hits him "What in the name of crap happened NOW?" Search Man blinks as he looks around everything seeming normal before they look at eachother optics widening saying, "WHAT THE!.. This is crazy!", they look around as they are seperated once more almost knocking into eachother as they move forward before being stopped in time In a matter of seconds, several things happen. One, the cannon from Wily's ship hits Sword, and turns him into.....Rambo?! WHat the hell? "What manner of sorcery is this?! And where did all these arms come fro..." Of course, he stops as the time field ceases around him. His Assault rifle, bandolier, even that headband of his freeze, as if someone pressed pause on a videotape. The giant chicken gets slapped, "Packaa!!!" it flutters it's small wings, and charges at Lady Viris, ready to peck as soon as he gets in range... Only that he stumbles, and half-falls on her instead, beak first. Quick Man strikes Iris with his Generic Melee attack. Meanwhile, Ruination turns his sights towards Quick Chicken, covered in egg yolks. "FOOLS! WE ARE...RUINATION! DECEPTICONS! DESTROY THEM! ASTRO CANNON!" screams the 1 foot tall toy, raising his space-ship arm to fire a cute widdle energy blast. *KRACKA-phoot* oO(DAAAAAMNIIIIT!)Oo Metal Man watches the titan get frozen in time and grins as he prepares a dagger drone to launch at his foe. "Oh I know you can hear mean now watch this! Dagger Drones attack and destory!" he blings the self propelled weapons towards Bolero Archer Colossus changes into his Micron armor. Archer Colossus misses Quick Man with his Magna Sting attack. Metal Man strikes Bolero with his Explosive Drone attack. And far overhead Wily watches the results of Crossing the streams on his monitors. And falls out of his control seat, laughing his damfool head off. "BwaHaHaHaHaHaaaaa!" MetBoy is unfrozen, and finishs flying into Number Man, blunt sides out. Fusion Phoenix strikes Number Man with his Wing Slap attack. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "I'm going to come in... if only to make sure Swordy gets outta there." Synth vanishes in a bright flash of light - and from somewhere in the distance, Wagner starts to play at maximum volume - blaring out over a pair of loudspeakers that appear on the side of the stage. For where Synth was standing before, there is now a blonde haired Norse woman, dressed in battle armor and carrying a massive broadsword in one hand. Thats right, the poor meek young hacker has been transformed into a Valkyrie. The timestopper effect passes, and she raises the blade to the sky. "For Lord Odin, Valhalla, and Asgard!" she shouts, before sprouting a pair of wings and leaping off of the stage, flying towards the fray. Ballade's boomerang goes wide, missing the phoenix; the wave of timestopper energy hits him then, locking him in place. He has no way of evading the second chaos pulse sent out from the dam, which swipes across him, causing changes... A 16-year old extremely pale Goth girl appears where Ballade had been, with dark kohl around her eyes and an ankh earring in her ear. She wears a black t-shirt and jeans, with dirty sneakers on her feet. Death blinks and falls down out of the timestopper, landing on her feet. She puts her hands on her hips and looks around the chaotic scene, getting her bearings. She seems more amused than irritated. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "...I wonder what barrel five will do..." Barbary Coast The former countries of Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, as well as several wilder areas such as the Western Sahara and the Tripolitan wastelands make up a grouping of factions now united here under Robot Master rule. The southernmost parts of the areas are merely a dumping ground for the dregs of life, filled with communities still operating under simplistic and outdated technology. One can find many an illegal item here among the colorful streets of the conquered cities, and many a criminal character. On the northern coast, the technology level of the area sharply rises, as new city construction makes way for the Tidal Dam. No matter where you are, however, one thing remains the same...the constant presence of an outside gaze, as if someone, somewhere, was tracking your movements with every step. This is Wily's territory, under the control of his Gamma Masters. You are being watched. Ring Redwing [Normal] [RF] Red Tide [RF] Fusion Phoenix [Armored] [RF] Archer Colossus [Micron] [SD] [RF] Anthem [Uniform] [Uniform] [RF] Flare Feline [Rei] [RF] Metal Man [Armor] [RM] Synth [Armored] [Armored] [RM] Enker [Armour] [RM] Spica's Camera Ballade [Powered] [Suit] [RM] Iris [Iris] [Formal] [RF] Bolero [Wreck Brahma] [Robotux] [RF] Search Man [Trenchcoat] [RM] Dynamo Man [Normal] [RM] Flash Man [Robot] [RM] Quick Man [Quick] [RM] Centaur Man [Meril] [RM] Sword Man [Chibi_Sword] [RM] Number Man [RM] Dr. Wily [Wily] [RM] Wilyworm [RM] Sphere Outpost [Gamma> [RM] Obvious exits: Submerge leads to Underneath Mediterranean Sea. North leads to Mediterranean Sea. Southeast leads to Eastern Sahara. West leads to Atlas Mountains. Southwest leads to Mirror Desert (Western Sahara). East leads to Nile Delta. Up leads to Sky Above Sahara. Bill Gates looks at the giant panda in a tutu and frowns. "What the hell is that?" Then he remembers he's surrounded by giant killer robots. He Runs Away!!!! Dynamo Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Fusion Phoenix, Flare Feline, Ballade, Ring Redwing, and Quick Man. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Search Man transmits, "Don't fire... Let us get back to normal... We don't need to be seperated." Sailor ERWIN pops back into reality, and is then knocked down by Metboy. "MOON....SCEPTRE....EXPLOSIVES!" And with the power of the moon, LOTS of bombs arrive for Red at Metboy. "Die in the name of the Moon!" Number Man strikes Fusion Phoenix with his Time Bomb attack. Number Man strikes Red Tide with his Time Bomb attack. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Synth transmits, "*rants about killing the Vanir, and glory to the fallen*" Bolero blinks, frozen in time for an instant, before his arm cannon glows with the mechanical resonance of the Wily Ray. He stares, blinking as the drones slam into his side, exposing more of his internals... Which look oddly more organic than his externals... Of course, that's all paint and synthetic tissues... He blinks a few more times, moving from the explosive based ruts. "Alrighty... Time to pay..." he swings his left hand around, grabbing the hammer from his side, which turns into a giant rubber chicken instead. "WRECK HAAAAAAAAAM.... er?" he blinks, spinning it back, before spinning it again, swinging it at Metal Man's head. "WREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECK POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he screams, attempting to slap Metal Man across the face with the world's largest rubber chicken. Bolero misses Metal Man with his Wreck Hammer attack. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Number Man transmits, "I WILL PUNISH THEM ALL IN THE NAME OF THE MOON!" Flash Man remains nicely unconscious, a sort of amber shell forming around him, then solidifying like a coccoon. Flare Feline has no idea what's going on. But attacks in the only way he knows how! Suddenly the ground around him turns into a pile of ridiculous stuffed animals, and he starts to twirl around on one foot, tunneling into it, and sending a ton of stuffed plushies FLYING towards the retreating nerd. PLUSHIE ATTACK!!! Sideshow> Clown Man drops you. Sideshow has arrived. You drop Sideshow. Flare Feline misses Dynamo Man with his Generic Ranged attack. The bombs splat into Red - and just /sit/ there, for a few moments. Then, abruptly, they explode - taking gouts of paraplasm out of her, as well as one arm spiraling off into the distance, paraplasm sliding off with a messy thud as it does. And yet still Red grabs onto Anthem's feet; hefting her onto her shoulder, Red starts to jog toward shore again. Red Tide retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Centaur Man, Sword Man, Search Man, Fusion Phoenix, Flare Feline, Dynamo Man, Enker, Ballade, Ring Redwing, Metal Man, and Quick Man. Red Tide also has two nucleuses sitting quite calmly in her torso, now. Search Man continues to move forward, both of them knocking into eachother saying, "Lets get out of here... Yeah this has to wear off soon." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Synth transmits, "Stop the Slime! FOR THE GLORY OF LORD ODIN!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, "Dare I ASKETH?" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, "Milord, mayhap thou shouldst not tempteth fate..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Quick Man transmits, "Bawk, baaawwwk!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "You don't wanna know, Knight." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dynamo Man transmits, "*Sounds just like Bill Gates* Why am I surrounded by Killer Robots! AAAAAAAAAAAH!" And then massive Main Cannon slowly locks barrel 5 into place. A soothing Sky Blue energy glows about the tip of the cannon... Wily staggers back to his feet, and accidentally slams his hand down on the fire button. "Whoops..." The beam lances out one last time... and turns everything back to normal. Phase shift. Reality is reasserted. Be glad Paradox hasn't noticed. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, "Mayhap something wouldst goeth awray and you'd turneth them all into a group of Tron Bonne clones or somethingeth..." Iris SCREAMS in rage as she gets pecked by a...chicken! "!$!@ing poultry!! DIIIIIEEEE!!!" She unsheathes the dagger from her thigh-high boot, and begins swiping at the chicken with it. (Lady Viris, that would be.) 8) Not anymore Iris misses Quick Man with her Dagger Lunge attack. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Number Man transmits, "The repliforcer cell jello-thing is taking Anthem! Stop the viral agent of the negaverse!....er....what the hell was I saying?" Synth flies through the air, dancing over the top of the fight as she seeks, searches, and... there! The Valkyrie points with one finger, gesturing dramatically at the Panda. "Thou shalt perish, mine mortal enemy!" she cries, leaping over and... turning back to normal, landing on the ground with a thud. She grumbles, pushing herself to her feet and looking about. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Quick Man transmits, "Well... That.. Was... An experience I don't wanna experience ever again." Metal Man leaps away from the rubber chicken of doom as he laughs. "Looks like you got some problems there boy!" he then pulls two blades but oddly they have been effected too as they look like those disks from Tron now and Metal Man throws those two disks of doom at Bolero. "COME ON AND GET SOME!" Metal Man strikes Bolero with his Twin Blades attack. Search Man's optics widen as they are hit with the cannon once more, looking back at eachother saying, "Alright back to work... I still say retreat before he fires another cannon." Sword Man finally shakes himself free of the stun. He has the same inflection as Sword...but he's turned into a walking artillery. "This be strange..." He throws the guns to the side and simply sits down, waiting for things to calm down. This is all too much of a mind**** for him to process... MetBoy is rather light, so he gets blown REALLY far, reverting to Fusion Phoenix just before he hits the dam. *WHAMMMMM* That'll leave a mark. In both of them. Fusion shakes his head and flys back to the fight. (No attack) Bill Gates runs as fast as his weak little lets will take him... and he turns back into Dynamo Man. He begins yelling into the radio, and tries to assess the situation. He sees Red Tide escaping with Anthem, the others locked in combat. Jets active, he soars into the air giving chase. The amber shell around Flash Man shimmers for a moment, then disintegrates. For a moment, within the coccoon, you can see a shimmering field of energy that hurts your eyes...or more precisely, your brain, when your senses try to figure out what it is. Then with a flicker it's gone, vanishing to a specific point in space, leaving only the downed form of Flash. Archer Colossus changes into his Archer armor. Quick Man, now back to normal, has no problem avoiding the lunge, "Hah, like you even had a chance!" Taking the remenants of some eggs, he starts throwing them at the now completely normal Iris. This should get messy. Quick Man misses Iris with his Generic Ranged attack. Clown Man runs in with Sideshow and thusly starting searching for Swordy, all the while trying to attract attention. "Swordy?" The little clown questions... "Well, this is the wrong mythos for me," says Death, taking a long look around, ultimately noticing Dr. Wily in the saucer. She smiles at him -- he no doubt feels it -- and then, before the ray is even fired, disappears in a puff of logic. Shortly after the ray hits, Ballade winks back into existence with another *poof*, quickly regaining his bearings. Where he went? You don't want to know. He sees Red Tide trying to flee with his quarry and fires off both blasters at her, looking to put her down for the count. Anthem is carried on Red Tide's.. uh, shoulder-ish thing. Number Man is...well...normal again. And this Phoenix guy is -not- on the happy list. Smiling, he drops a massive set of 5 wrecking balls on the prone form. "Think it's funny to backcheck someone? Huh? EAT THIS!" Ballade strikes Red Tide with his Dual Plasma Blasters attack. Red Tide falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. Number Man strikes Fusion Phoenix with his Number Balls Prime attack. Anthem is now fallen down. Again. This isn't her day, is it? Flare Feline blinks his huge panda eyes at Synth "Pipo?" He readies to go plushie twirling AGAIN... when he BAMFS back to normal. He almost goes off balance... and looks around "Ok, what the hell was that??" He looks at Synth who was apparently trying to attack him, maybe? Archer meanwhile, is also back to normal. "DECIPTI-Aaaarrrrgh!" Drawing his shotgun, Colossus cocks the double barrels, and moves up behind Quick. "****ing fall alreaaaadyyyy!!" screams Archer, as the barrels speak thunder. "Stinkin blasted crazy rays." grumbles Archer. Bolero emits a roar of anger, before he's... returned to normal. He blinks several times, not seeing the blades headed his way. They slam into his arms, lodging in their like buzz saws. He blinks a few times, finding himself with new shoulder gears. "Hate to smack down and run, pero corro..." he hisses softly, his pick ax coming to hand as he starts chopping his way into the ground at super-speed. Bolero retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Centaur Man, Sword Man, Clown Man, Search Man, Iris, Fusion Phoenix, Anthem, Flare Feline, Number Man, Dynamo Man, Red Tide, Enker, Ballade, Ring Redwing, Archer Colossus, Metal Man, Quick Man, and Flash Man. Archer Colossus strikes Quick Man with his Plasma Shotgun attack. Sword Man just waves over to Clown, still lookin' like Rambo. However, soon enough, he shifts back into his plastic temporary body. He's doing nothing but watching, and wishing he was in a position to fight. Red Tide manages to make a grand total of eight steps before the shot pounds into her back, neatly blasting the second nucleus apart - which immediately disappears as the renormalization ray hits. Fortunately...maybe? - she still has a good grasp of Anthem, and the compressed air tank was just hit...she's sliding across the ground, leaving two thirds of her paraplasm in a wet trail, towards the water as the tank pushes her along. It's like a jet! But not as good. Iris sobs, as her really nifty leather teddy and MEAN, MEAN alter-reality self vanishes from whence it came. "Heeey, not eggs! Not the dress!" She gingerly dodges the egg-missiles, and begins beating tracks back toward the teleporters. Iris retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Centaur Man, Sword Man, Clown Man, Search Man, Fusion Phoenix, Anthem, Flare Feline, Number Man, Dynamo Man, Red Tide, Enker, Ballade, Ring Redwing, Archer Colossus, Metal Man, Quick Man, and Flash Man. Search Man turns back to the battle but holds back on firing as he looks around, optics narrowing as he checks his weapons, frowning behind the facemask as he watches Archer Colossus strikes Iris with his Grasp attack. Number Man misses Iris with his Grasp attack. Fusion Phoenix swoops back into the fight, but seing Red fall, he swoops in again, moving to lift the two before getting the heck out of there. Flare Feline strikes Iris with his Grasp attack. Fusion Phoenix retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Ring Redwing, and Quick Man. Quick Man damns as at first he misses Iris, then gets hit by a plasma cannon, "That's it! Time to show you what's speed all about!" Quick Man starts running around everywhere, picking up speed, all the time grinning madly, until the sonic boom is clearly heard. And it follows him all around the area. Clown Man whews, "I'm glad you're okay, Sword..." Of course, just then... Bolero runs by, and Sideshow ever so innocently tries to trip him up with his ever so extendable tail. Huzzah. You strike Bolero with your Sideshow - Extend-o Tail attack. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "BwaHaHaHaHaa... Mmmyes. So I lost a Wily Bot. But I know have valuable Data upon the powerful effects of the Transdimensional Morphic Field Projector. I'll have to play with a few more frequencies, mmyes..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Number Man transmits, "True....but...so...odd......." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dynamo Man transmits, "Stop them! They're supposed to die!" Quick Man misses Iris with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man strikes Archer Colossus with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man strikes Ballade with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man misses you with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man misses Ring Redwing with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man strikes Fusion Phoenix with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man misses Flare Feline with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man strikes Metal Man with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man strikes Bolero with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man strikes Search Man with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man misses Sword Man with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man misses Number Man with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man strikes Centaur Man with his Sonic Boom attack. Quick Man strikes Synth with his Sonic Boom attack. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Mmm... perhaps I should attempt to create a field to protect against the ray's effects." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Number Man transmits, "You think?" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "I expect Repliforce will be... wary... before attacking again." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Number Man transmits, "That's an understatement...." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "I certainly would be, mmyes." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "Amen." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, "Brilliant Inventions Milord, as expected. Though mayhap next time it would be best to testeth them in a controled environment?" Fusion Phoenix feels the blast from Quick Man, but is hella tough, so he survives to carry out Red Tide and Anthem, taking them to safety. Iris enters the Eastern Sahara. Iris has left. Synth just watches and waits to see how this is going to turn out. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Controlled Environment? Whatever for?" As Red's grabbed, the rest of her paraplasm and most of her bones fall below. THe nucleus stays in, though! Sword Man just watches the scene, standing up, but still wary. It'll be good to have his real body back soon.... The Elite marches onward, advancing on the fallen Red Tide and Anthem. His weapons systems start to charge all the way up, a yellow-gold sparkling surrounding him as everything gets ready to fire... His quarry is scooped up by Fusion Phoenix -- he switches targets and is about to fire when, abruptly, a sonic boom rips across the field, striking him down to the ground. He falls hard, charge evaporating, grunting as he detects the enemy get out of range. Another day, Anthem. Another day. Dynamo Man tries to follow after Fusion, but can't keep up. He shakes his fist wearily and heads back. Metal Man watches Bolero start to flee for his life and laughs. "Run you fool run for it!" Metal Man flings one last blade at the fleeing reploids just as a Sonic boom hits him and sends him spralling. "QUICK MAN!!!!" Metal Man bellows as he gets to his feet. Metal Man strikes Bolero with his Sawblade attack. Bolero falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. Search Man blinks as he's knocked back, he slowly gets back up and turns to head back to the stage finding nothing to do while the others are fighting [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Knight Man transmits, "Er.. don't mindeth me Milord. I cannot graspeth thine brilliant ways apparently" And over it all, an old man sits in his saucer, waggling his eyebrows and laughing. Number Man sighs. "I am just. Going. To. Bed." Heading away, he shakes his head. Number Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Centaur Man, Search Man, Fusion Phoenix, Flare Feline, Dynamo Man, Enker, Ballade, Ring Redwing, Archer Colossus, Quick Man, and Flash Man. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Enough. Let the rest run... the important one has escaped. I am... content." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Quick Man transmits, "Aaah... Can someone carry me? I'm kinda out of fuel here..." Guts Man arrives from the Eastern Sahara. Guts Man has arrived. Flare Feline looks around. Looks like Anthem's being taken care of, and the rest of the forcers can fend for himself. Rather risking being blasted AGAIN, Flare just sighs "Getting the heck out of here.." He follows down the same trail that Iris went, leaving THIS huge mess behind. He is NOT writing a report for this farce. Flare Feline retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Fusion Phoenix, Ring Redwing, and Quick Man. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dynamo Man transmits, "I'll get you back to base Quick, you ok out there Sword?" Guts Man appears like ninja wearing a hat and holding a cane in his hand, Guts Man can be seen dancing throughout the Barbary Coast as he sings and dances, "Hello my baby! Hello my darling! Hello my ragtime gal!" Archer Colossus screams out in agony, as his audio receptors are blown out, smoke coursing from his ears. Even though he cannot even hear his own voice, he knows what he's saying. "*********!!!!! Damn little *@@$$$ SUCH AND SUUUUCH! I got an arrow just for you, you wing-headed ***! And tell Star Man, He's NEXT!" screams the sharpshooter, though his voice he only hears in his head. Unfortunately, he can't hear his radio either. That got blown out too. And so, from his quiver-pack, he produces a new arrow. A shiny mettallic arrow. A silvery metal arrow. Nocking and drawing it back, he takes careful aim at the sprinting Quick. "Little ****ch. This one you'll like. Synchs to your speed, leeches from the wake of your speed trail. The faster you run, the harder it hits. HAVE FUN!!!!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Flash Man transmits, "*distracted tone* I...too require refueling." Archer Colossus strikes Quick Man with his Velocity Synchronizing Arrow attack. Flare Feline is going going GONE! Outta here! In your face fuelless Quick Man! Mwahahaha!! Zip!! Flare Feline enters the Nile Delta. Flare Feline has left. Dynamo Man lands amidst the chaos, trying to head toward Quick Man and refuel him, and possibly help some others off the battlefield. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "BwaHaHaHa." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Number Man transmits, "I'm going to get some more alcohol." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Gyro Man transmits, "Doc, by the sound of your laughing, I can guess something very good has happened..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Ballade transmits, "Prepare the medical bay for our injured. I have some minor armor fissures that require mending." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Hee hee... the Repliforcer turned into a giant Panda!" Metal Man l [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Quick Man transmits, "Err... Sorry if I hit any of you... I kinda got crazy with that sonic boom.." Red Tide has left. Fusion Phoenix takes Red Tide. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "Okay, Dad. You can turn off the gun now. I really don't want to be turn into Wheelie anytime soon..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Mmmyes... and I do believe that looks like... VIRUS!? Hrmm....interesting..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Search Man transmits, "Next time we're gonna be behind a shield... Yeah best to stay hidden before their fired again." Fusion Phoenix enters the Sky Above Sahara. Fusion Phoenix has left. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Number Man transmits, "Unfortunately, Lady Viris has left the building. Damn shame. That outfit on her is just too hot for words." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Gyro Man transmits, "Medical support is ready and waiting." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dr. Wily transmits, "Hmmm? Oh, yes. I'm done firing..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dynamo Man transmits, "I'm walking over to get some of you back on your feet, afterward I'll start tending to people in the medbay." Quick Man ows as he gets hit 2 times in a row, and he looks at archer, "Grr..." He runs up to the huge archer guy, and... Punches him, right in that leg area since he can't get any higher. Number Man heads out, since no-one took the parting shots. Woohah. Quick Man misses Archer Colossus with his Punch attack. Number Man enters the Mirror Desert (Western Sahara). Number Man has left. Synth heads out of the area as well - time to be off - there is obviously work to be done. Anthem is carried off by Fusion, but remains to watch... IN SECRET! Or, OOCly, whichever would be more logical. Synth retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Centaur Man, Sword Man, Clown Man, Search Man, Anthem, Dynamo Man, Enker, Ballade, Ring Redwing, Archer Colossus, Metal Man, Quick Man, and Flash Man. Sword Man just shakes his head. Thoroughly fed up with this debacle, he walks over to his truck, minding to pick up his cloak and bring it with him as he climbs into the bed. "Sir Dynamo, Sir Clown, we are departing. Inform any others that wish to get a ride back to the city." He then orders the joes to start up the engine and waits. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Flash Man transmits, "For a moment.....I could see it all." Sword Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Centaur Man, Clown Man, Dynamo Man, Enker, Ballade, Ring Redwing, Archer Colossus, and Quick Man. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Number Man transmits, "Heading to the fortress." Dynamo Man walks over to Flash Man because he's nearby and begins a quick refuel. Ballade pulls himself to his feet, briefly rubbing at his right shoulder before starting to walk around the battlefield, looking for more unfriendlies to crush. It's now a matter of mop-up now ... and anybody who isn't smart enough to run will be squeegeed off the edge of the dam. Bolero blinks, getting hit three times consecutively. He smashes into the ground one last time, falling into the deep ditch he just dug for himself... How fitting, a grave. It's about this point that a stylized jet appears over the area. The black, super-sonic jet rumbles, decloaking. A speaker system pops out, "NO STEAK FOR YOU! COME BACK, ONE YEAR!" It's about this point that the cargo hatch on it opens, hundreds of cables shooting down. The magnetic lines latch onto the remains of Bolero's ride armor-y hide... Which consists of his arm cannon, head, and hooves. The rest is just skeletal systems and synthetic tissues. He's latched onto, wrapped, and then hefted as the beefy military VTOL strains its engines haul him off... Which eventually occurs, dragging him along the ground and water at high speed, before retracting him... Stupid weak winches... Search Man smirks as he gets back to his tank and climbs aboard, looking at eachother saying at almost the same time, "TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE!", he starts up the engine and starts to move out of the area Search Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Centaur Man, Sword Man, Clown Man, Dynamo Man, Enker, Ballade, Ring Redwing, Archer Colossus, Metal Man, Quick Man, and Flash Man. Clown Man nods. I shoulda stayed at the Outpost. If I had, I would've been here faster..." He shrugs. Mind you, Archer's at his normal 6 feet tall height right now. Sneering, his disgusted look turns into a sly, cruel smile. "You punched my leg!" frowns Archer, bringing back the punched limb, as his frame begins to increase in size. "YOU ****KKING PUNCHED MY LEG!?!?" yells the deaf Colossus, as he snaps to his full 20 foot height, as his enormous foot swings up in a punt. Bye now. Dont come back. Archer Colossus changes into his Capital C armor. Archer Colossus misses Quick Man with his Mass Decompression Strike attack. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dynamo Man transmits, "Someone get that crazy tall guy!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Quick Man transmits, "No thanks, I'm out'ta here!" Bolero enters the Nile Delta. Bolero has left. Quick Man might not have enough fuel to attack, but he can still mvoe around pretty quickly, "Hah, missed!" He shouts more as a reassurance than anything else, "Well, this fight was rather fun, but I gotta go, you know hwo it goes." Quick Man leaves the scene, and he dares you to be able to give him a parting shot! Quick Man retreats from the area swiftly, outdistancing all pursuit and parting shots. Synth enters the Mirror Desert (Western Sahara). Synth has left. Archer Colossus just stares. "I missed. That never misses." grumbles the titan, crossing his arms irritably. "And the little ***t ran off, to boot." grumps the repliforcer, tapping his large foot off the ground. "Note to self..." booms Archer, monologuing. "Hunt down Quick Man. Staple said Man of Quickness to a telephone pole with arrows, crucifixtion style. Wrap, and present to Punk, preferably via his output port." Ballade begins walking through the battlefield, the nice party he had arranged now a smoking, burning wreck. He didn't want trouble today. He got it. And people have already paid the price. More will soon, unless this irritating event comes to an end. Ballade's voice is amplified to carry across the battlefield, his cool, impassive voice loud enough to be /felt/ by all. "ATTENTION UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL. YOU ARE TO LEAVE THIS AREA IMMEDIATELY OR FACE SUMMARY EXECUTION. THANK YOU." With that, Ballade selects the largest target in the area -- the 20-foot tall Archer -- locks a set of mini Crackers onto it, and fires. Ballade misses Archer Colossus with his Mini Ballade Crackers attack. Dynamo Man is trying to get his fellow masters out of here and on their way to the repair bay when he notices a really tall repliforcer talkingto himself. He begins talking into his radio. [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dynamo Man transmits, "Ballade, do you need any assistance against him if he decides to stay?" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Theta Squad Advisor Clown Man transmits, "I doubt it..." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Ballade transmits, "No. Attend to our wounded. I will rout the remaining stragglers." Quick Man enters the Nile Delta. Quick Man has left. Enker goes home. Enker has left. Search Man enters the Nile Delta. Search Man has left. Dynamo Man frowns at his radio, and shrugs. He continues getting his fellow masters out of here, taking care to get Sword man out in one piece, meanwhile he sends a frown to the large 20 ft repliforcer. Metal Man is battered beaten but has wone his battle and his foes is now a smoking wreck on the battle feild. Metal Man falls back towards the Damn as he been battered enough as it is. He radios to the other Beta's in the area. Flash Man lies where he is, mostly. he responds distractedly. Archer Colossus looks down at the Donut-style crater around his oversized feet, and narrows his optics at the source. Ah well. Guess it's time to try the....nah. He'll save the Master specific arrow. Shrinking to normal, the deaf Colossus begins jetting away, flipping the bird towards Ballade, and Mr. Frowny bucket head. oO(Smeg.)Oo Anthem has left. Archer Colossus changes into his Archer armor. Archer Colossus retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Centaur Man, Ballade, and Ring Redwing. Dynamo Man gets some of the wounded into the truck with Sword. "Let's get out of here." He mutters to himself a bit. Dynamo Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Centaur Man, Ballade, and Ring Redwing. Ballade continues to advance on Archer, hitting his dash jets to speed up. He continues to keep his sonic boosters on, starting to hum ... a distortion wave building up around him as he proceeds onward. "Wiiiiiiiiiiii....." Ballade's optics take on a dull glow, fully concentrating on his task. "...iiiii..." Sparks crackle around his armor, dancing around his bare helmet, the sonics in his body turning up and focusing on the target in front of him. "WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILY!" The sonic wave streaks forward at Archer, flying at the speed of sound. It may not be the most devestating thing in Ballade's arsenal, but know this -- Dr. Wily's name is a killing word. Ballade strikes Archer Colossus with his Power Chord attack. THe truck with Dynamo and Sword speeds off. Enough chaos for the night. Ring Redwing enters the Sky Above Sahara. Ring Redwing has left. From somewhere off-screen, a cry can be heard, after a massive *THUD* "DAMN PYRAMIIIDDD!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Dynamo Man transmits, "I'm heading to the medbay to tend to the wounded, any supersceding orders?" Ballade slows down as Archer takes off into the air, the place he cannot go. He comes to a halt and powers down, the enemy dispatched; the visor on his helmet lifts back up into place. He pulls up his hand -- the boomerang zips back into it from some distant place, and he rests it on his helmet. Satisfied with his performance, Ballade begins heading for the dam to make a damage assessment, getting reports in from drones immediately. Not a moment's rest; time to get back to work. Ballade changes into his Normal armor.