Log started: 6/23/02 3:17:54 AM $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 9/16 Posted Author From San An Dept of Health Wed Jun 19 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The San Angeles Department of Health ordered an evacuation and temporary shut down of the well-known high-class resturant, Le Snooter, this evening, following an unexplained infestation. Witnesses leaving the scene reported a swarm of large cockroaches, apparently living in the resturant kitchen. Patrons fleeing Le Snooter telephoned the health department with the complaint. However, when officials finally arrived, there were no such insects on the premises. Witnesses who stayed behind during the infestation claim that the insects in fact, simply vanished. Repliforce members Jet Stingray and Fencer Naiad were spotted on the scene chasing a perpetrator off the premises, making it possible that the health violation was nothing more than an elaborate hoax. However, the resturant is being fumigated as a precaution: Le Snooter is expected to do regular business again later in the week." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 9/17 Posted Author Violence in Mexico City Wed Jun 19 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A riot has broken out in Mexico City in response to a Maverick attack in the city today. All non-humans are encouraged to /stay clear/ of Mexico and Mexico City. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 9/18 Posted Author Gellion Feild Tests Wed Jun 19 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This Friday the UN will be holding the first official feild test of the Gellion compound. The tests will be held in Seoul and run by Dr. Matthews, the compound's creator. The presentation and test will include Dr. Matthews protoype weapon which uses Gellion, and the effects of Gellion in it's original intended capacity as a non-destructive ride armor deterent. (OOC: Shooting for it to be around 8pm EST. Any are invited to attend, though if you intend to attack or do anything similar, please contact Rigger to discuss matters.) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 9/19 Posted Author Memorial attacked in DC Thu Jun 20 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The scene is that of the United States capital, outside the Lincoln Memorial. A reporter stand outside the building that's surounded by various government agents. Behind the reporter the headless form of Abe Lincoln sits in the Memorial. "This is Brock Kentmen reporting live from the Lincoln Memorial, where earlier today a pair of Robot Masters took part in an act of terrorism against us. Androids matching the descriptions of the Masters, Metal Man and Ring Man, this treasured monument was targeted and beheaded in an act of unprovoked terrorism today. The offencive object that was put in place of Lincoln's head has already been removed as you can see." A split screen opens showing a picture from earlier, the head of Abe was replaced with the head of Wily by the pair, the words 'Happy Father's day, Dad.' are spray painted to the base of the statue. In this shot the two masters are engaged in battle with Alpha, Pyro Squirrel, and Fusion Phoenix. "Early reports say that damage done to the Lincoln head was minimal, in fact they say that it was sliced off in a clean cut. This brings hope that the head may be reattached soon. The to the efforts of Repliforce officer Fusion Phoenix, and an unidentified Maverick Hunter, with assistance from a brave if not foolish civilian," Splitscreen shot changes to footage of Pyro slashing at Ring Man, and getting Ring to look at him long enough for Alpha to shoot him... "The damage done was not as bad as it could have been. Restoration is to begin immediatly though no one if quite sure how long that will take or how much the final cost will be. This proves once again the utter disparity of the Robot Masters, again defacing a national landmark. The two masters were beaten back by the three heroesm unfortunatly both managed to elude capture by athorities they both sustained significant injuries..." OOC NOTE: Ringy here. Since we got some negative vibes from Pub when the event was GNNed let me say about an hour before hand there was nearly 15 minutes of talk on the RP channel about all this. In fact Blues was originally going to hand us our afts (and our afts were beaten mind you), but when the others came he bowed out, since we weren't going to call for any backup. Sorry if the fact it took place durring a B&C event angered some people, but we started this before the event started. I'm sorry to those who seemed to get angry about it. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 9/20 Posted Author Gellion Tests Attacked Fri Jun 21 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The feild test and explaination of Gellion by Dr. Matthews earlier today in Seoul was interupted by an unprovoked Master attack. They managed to cause considerable damage to the area. Additionally they escaped with the prototype weapon, and a cannister of the Gellion compound has disapeared. Where-abouts of the cannister are unknown, though it and the prototype apparently had a safety feature to self-destruct in case of such a situation. Dr. Matthews' reaction to the situation is as follows: "To those Masters who foolishly attempted to steal the labors of my work: Do you really think I'm stupid enough to allow anything outside of my labs without having failsafes ensured? As you've no doubt found out by now Gellion is as much a curse as a blessing without the solvent necessary to remove it. Do not attempt to cross me again." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 9/21 Posted Author Forte Studios Presents! Sun Jun 23 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE LITTLE TEAPOT In the middle of a stage is Ice Man, wearing a....teapot, and surrounded by several teacups from Disnyworld. The lights come up, the teacups start spinning around and around and around. Music cues up in the background, it's "I'm A Little Teacup" Ice opens his mouth to sing....then decides against it, looking off camera. "Do I -have too?!?" An ebony arm with a rather large gun on the end of it can suddenly be seen. "Heh...yessir....." The music strikes up again. Ice adjusts the overly large teakettle lid on his head a kicks up a rousing round. "I'm a little teacup short and stout..." His "handle" side goes forward. "This is my han-dle..." The spout side comes closer to the camera now. "This is my spout...." Boiling water vapor starts to billow forth from the spout. "When I get all steamed up......" The lid flips of his head, landing un even and roughly. "OWW! Stupid piece of cr...." He glances off screen, his face an instant (fake) mask of pure joy. "Hear me SHOUT!" He leans off to the side. "TIP! Me o-ver and pour. Me. Out." The efkimo then hangs his head in shame. Cut to the credits. The Little Teapot-Ice Man Director-Bass Producer-Forte Motivational Force-NeoBuster Lead Gaffer-Gaffer Man Camera Man-Treble Fin. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 9/22 Posted Author Strange website Sun Jun 23 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A strange website has popped up on the net. It's sole content is displaying what seems to be an auction, though it more resembles an online vendor purchase page. The item highlighted on it is a 2 liter supply of Gellion Solvent (patent pending). Before it even lists the price there's a small blurb on the page stating: Due to the unforseen events which transpired in Seoul, in which the Gellion containment unit a group of Robot Masters attempted to steal exploded within the sewers, the price of the solvent has been raised drastically to offset production prices so that cleanup of this disaster can be expedited. Due to this circumstance, any purchase of the solvent for purposes other than the immediate clean-up effort must offset this cost even further. Minimum bid: One million zenny. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/22 Posted Author Why I hate Mexico... Wed Jun 19 Tengu Man ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This is Tengu Man reportin'. So, those of you who didn't hear...me an' Quick Man got caught in a riot in Mexico City." He pauses, tired. "I was just out there checkin' out the place, in disguise of course. And so I'm walkin' along, mindin' my own business, when I notice these two Maverick airheads are stickin' up some liquor store. So I watch. And whaddya know, they order...pizza. Predictable, right?" He gestures. "Anyway, they order from Quick Man's place, and when he comes... I think what happened was the two Mavericks tried t'rope 'im in t'doin' somethin' for 'em. Gravity Cockroach and What-his-face Chameleon, I think. So I was just 'there'. Quick tries t'fight back an' stuff, and then... then the freaking GNN shows up and the COPS come. And that freaky chameleon was leerin' at me the whole time..." He pauses again. "And /THEN/, all these people...just came outta nowhere and started tryin' t'rip us apart! Quick was tryin' t'pull us outta there, and the Mavericks we're trying to get out, too, though they were jus' makin' it worse, and..." He pauses again, still a bit shocked by all this...chaos. Poor sheltered little Master. "I flew up to get out. I had to, or they woulda e-ringed me. I lost track of Quick in the chaos... I didn't see any e-rings, but I know they got him at least a little. Maybe he got to the teleporters in time... I dunno fer sure." Tengu looks up at the camera, as he's been sort of talking to his feet. "One thing's fer sure. I'm gonna talk to the Mavericks the first chance I get about this. They tried to hurt Quick... the Mavericks, I mean. They started the whole damn riot. Oh yeah, I'm gonna talk to 'em, alright, so don' worry, brothers. Tengu Man out." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/23 Posted Author Happy Fathers Day, from Ring and M Wed Jun 19 Ring Man ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ring Man appears after the spinny, he looks like he's in a lot of pain. In fact, the right half of his head looks about burnt off. He tries to smile and speak, "Surprise! Metal and I felt bad about not getting anything for you, dad. So we decided to make something for you, you know, from the heart. We took a trip to DC and cut off Ol' Abe's head and replaced it with yours." Picture from a news camrea, it seems, of the statue; Abe's head on the floor, Wily's perched on the statue, the words 'Happy Father's day, Dad.' spray-painted at the base of the statue. Also in frame is Ring and Metal, who are fighting with Alpha, Pryo Squirrel, and Fusion Pheonix. "Hope you like it dad. Now I gotta get patched back up." Return to spinny. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/24 Posted Author Re: Mexico Thu Jun 20 Dr. Wily ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It's Wily. He's staring at the camera, veins throbbing on his forehead. He says nothing at first. Or for several moments after this. There's an interesting grinding noise coming through the speaker... apparently it's Wily's teeth grinding against each other. After two or three minutes of this, Wily takes a deeeeep breath. " MAVERICKS!? WHO'S IDEA WAS THIS IDIOTIC ALLIANCE! THE ALLIANCE IS OFF! DO YOU HEAR ME!! OFF!!" Wily lashes at the desk in front of him with his cane, foaming at the lips. Finally, the cane takes more abuse than it can handle, and shatters into fragments. Wily glares at the stump, his tirade of cussing momentarily interrupted. He reaches off camera, and picks up what appears to be a solid steel cane. And resumes beating on the desk. "I want plans *WHAM* on my desk *WHAM* tomorrow for INVADING EUROPE! *WHAM WHAM WHAM* Attack my boys... *WHAM* Beat me in MY RACE!? *WHAM* They're probably planning on crushing us! *WHAM WHAM* Well, we'll GET THEM FIRST! *WHAM* *KRACK-SMASH*" "Right. Someone bring me a new desk. Orders... are this, mmyes. Spy on the Mavericks. Find their weak points. Then? Alliance is off. I don't want open war, mmmno. We're not equipped for a two front battle with a guerilla element. But if I catch a single Maverick ANYWHERE near Africa... I want it knocked out, tied up, and brought to my lab. For testing. IS THAT CLEAR!!!?" Wily hauls back and hurls his cane at the camera. ___ __ | |Dr. / / | |/ \/ / |__/\ / \/ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/28 Posted Author Re Tengu Thu Jun 20 Metal Man ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *spinny* "Tengu Man I want details on the Mavericks that did this to Quick Man. No stinking reploid messes with my squad and gets away with it. I also we need to send someone to search for Quick Man as well. Metal Man out and I need to go get some repairs..." *spinn* $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/29 Posted Author Back on track. Thu Jun 20 Quick Man ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quick Man appears on screen, looking rather embarrassed, "Sorry for not reporting sooner, I just got out of the repair chamber after getting hurt badly by the Mexican angry mob (someone should really look at the Repair Chamber, it was supposed to report my entrance). Anyway, when we strike at the Mavericks, just know this-" At this Quick Man's face turns from his embarrassed smile and to a rather angry one (but not as good as Wily's angry face), "-GRAVITY BEETLE IS MINE!!!" Quick Man's face goes back to its usual smile and generally unconcerned look, "Quick Man out." -This message has been slown down by the Quick Man Normalirator Speechulator(TM).- $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/30 Posted Author Video Memo Thu Jun 20 Ballade ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ballade is seen sitting in the Skull Haven control room, working on two or three things at the same time. All work and no play keeps Ballade just the way he is. "Plans to clear the Tidal Dam of Mavericks are prepared. Which contingency is enacted depends on whether the Master desires diplomatic action or the use of force to remove them. In related news, dam energy yields are exceeding quota, as planned." The image switches to a picture of southern Africa, with South Africa highlighted with blinking red. Ballade speaks as a voice over. "I also wish to make the recommendation that we secure South Africa and the outlying islands before we proceed into new territory. It will become important to us to be able to have additional seaports outside of the Zanzibar facility if we wish to gather additional resources via privateering. We should also secure the southern coast so we have a contiguous zone of control from Skull Fortress to Egypt. I have several proposals as to how this could be done cleanly and with minimal expenditure of Master resources." Ballade appears again. "Finally, Master, I have seen to it that you have received a new desk. This one is constructed from reinforced English Oak. It should give you years of enjoyment." Nodding to himself, Ballade ends the transmission. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/32 Posted Author Makening it happen Thu Jun 20 Guts Man ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hiya! Work mules! Work! Bwhahahahaha I am the slave master! If it does not happen you will be punished! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/33 Posted Author Visit to London Thu Jun 20 Magnet Man ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magnet Man, seated at his personal computer system, looking into his camera with a mixture of disappointment and vague, imprecise hope. "Hi, guys. I, uh... dropped by London earlier today. Tried to.. y'know.. get inside.. Repliforce HQ." He clears his throat. "Right. Well, I /didn't/, 'cause some tall red cat-dude with a long tail wouldn't let me in. But I didn't get shot, either, /and/ they never caught on, so I guess there's no harm done." He pauses, twiddling his thumbs, before words begin to tumble out of him as if his mouth were the apex of a verbal waterfal. "Well, I sorta kinda told the guy that I was a UN intelligence officer who was wanting to set up a meeting with my guys and Repliforce so we could do an information exchange about Mavericks, but I kinda was having to improvise when I said it sooo.. um, I need someone to get Colonel's personal radio frequency so I can set this meeting up, PLUS I need a couple volunteers to disguise yourselves as UN intel dudes so we can have this meeting with Repliforce.. I bet if we tell them what we know and get what they know, the Mavs are gonna be sittin' on nothin' but ruins pretty soon, y'know? So um.. yeah. That's it. "Oh, yeah..we can prolly set up an ambush too and, like, y'know.. beat up the Replifarcers if someone real nasty or someone one of you guys has a score to settle with comes along. We get the info, and.. bam! Or something. Just a thought! Okay, that's it." He flashes a victoly-sign, and taps a key on his keyboard. Blip. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/35 Posted Author Gellion Fri Jun 21 Gyro Man ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gyro Man tosses a towel aside, his synthetic hair messy but mostly dry. He clears his throat. "Whew. This evening Ring Man, Metal Man, Toad Man, Search Man, and myself attended the live demonstration of the new Gellion material. The presentation was fairly informative, and I managed to take notes before we started the surprise attack." "Thanks to Toad Man's distraction and Search Man's crossfire as cover, the surprise part went over pretty well. Our main objective though was stealing the Gellion. There was a weapon, a gun, that projected it in its liquid state, and also a seperate containment case." He sighs. "However, we did have to fight to get away, and both the gun and the case were... trapped. SO. We do have samples of the material in its solid state. I recovered what was in the case, and I believe Metal Man has what was left in the gun." He goes on, "The notes and a large sample are in the labs. Synth, hopefully you can do something with that, and I'm sorry about the robo-rats. So Dad, we got a new toy for you, however messy it was to get it. Belated as this message is, Happy Father's Day." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ Robot Master $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 12/36 Posted Author After Battle and Chase Sat Jun 22 Bass ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bass appears on screen, located at the old Egyptian Ruins. Behind him, the side of a giant blimp can be seen.. and behind that, something even bigger is being built. "The Blimp is done. I've had to say this a few times now. Once Battle and Chase is complete, both of these projects will be ready for launch. The low-orbit base is somewhere near eighty percent complete. That doesn't matter much. It's what comes after these infernal Games are over that really matters. We're going to go ahead with Ballade's plan." "We'll move to secure South Africa, then the islands that aren't yet in our reach. That's all fine and dandy, go right ahead and knock yourself out with that. It's that damn base in Kuwait I want destroyed, and that's what I'm handing off to Enker to deal with. Get the band together, Enker, and do what you need to in order to secure the region. I'll be coming along, but for the most part the operation is now yours. Operation: MBGB." "I'll particularly be joining you when you reach the base itself. Don't fret. You'll either do fine and get yourself some adulation. Otherwise I'll see to it that you spend some time without a leg to stand on." "I want the techies to look into the feasibility of constructing a shell of General for someone to operate. Nothing combat capable, but something that could fit the bill. I'm not entirely sure what it may be used for just yet, but it may come in handy at some point. Particularly as a way to remove Ditz Pinkmouse from the base for a while." "Otherwise, if you see a Maverick on our turf, go right ahead and do what Wily said. Unless it's someone IMPORTANT, then you want to call out one of our bigwigs, like the cardboard man or the princess, in order to deal with them." Behind him, the Quint Blimp raises off the ground, showing a little bit more of the massive project going on behind it. Is that a jaw being chiseled? "Bass out." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Snake Man transmits, "Be my guessst. But remember, Wily _doesss_ appear to like her for sssome unfathomable reassson." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Bass transmits, "NOT IN THAT STATE YOU WON'T, YOU INSIGNIFICANT WASTE OF A ROBOT! IF YOU CANNOT DISSOLVE THE SUBSTANCE, METAL MAN WILL BE REDUCED TO ENERGY!" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Synth transmits, "I believe its the hair. And her endowments, both mental and physical." [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Snake Man transmits, "... Where did that come from, Basss?" [Radio: (A) Masters-Main] Snake Man transmits, "Sssynth, I don't think that human hasss any mental endowmentsss."