Log started: 10/14/02 8:25:31 PM $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/7 Posted Author Hummingbirds in Oxford Sun Oct 13 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Note: this happens Tuesday, but I'm posting it today because I might not be here Tuesday.) Great Britan Local News Report: Residents of Oxford, still recovering from the recent Maverick attack, have reported seeing flocks of hummingbirds roaming around the city. Experts believe that they were disturbed by the recent attacks, which might have impacted their environment. Further details are unknown at this time. $$$$$$$$$ : Suddenly, the TV Premier of 'Bovines of Prey' is interrupted by an urgent newscast. " This is Alika Itruffendirty, reporting for Channel 894 News. Moments ago, Robot Masters attacked the central Headquarters of Ma Granny's Pie Megacorporation in the midwest. " Camera shows the inside of a Factory Complex. Metools run rampant. Punk, Pharaoh Man, Air Man, Gemini Man, and Blizzard Man (wearing 6 bras on his butt) are causing a rampage as the Metools loot assorted warehouses of pies, and load them onto a huge trailer hooked up to a tricked out hovercar. " It is unknown wether they are there for the free tour, or to cause trouble, but we will keep you updated as Pie Crisis 'Zelda' continues, with analysis of the last 25 Pie Crisies this month in comparison, because we have nothing better to do than to waste your time with useless facts until we get new ones. " Midwest Often confused with the South, the Midwest is the area between the Great Plains and the East Coast. Many of the areas here are a mixture of suburbs, cities, and sleepy towns, acting as a sort of transition area between the Great Plains, the South, and the East. Most of the identity of this area is tied to the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, which once acted as a lifeline to cities nestled along its banks many centuries ago. Filled with a rich diversity, many stories can be found about the adventure and excitement that once thrived along the rivers. Selene Chantrell [RF] Blizzard Man [Boarder] [RM] Air Man [Normal] [RM] Ma Granny's Pie Factory! Punk [Elite] [RM] Gemini Man [Normal] [RM] Pharaoh Man [Son-of-Ra] [RM] Robot Master Hovercar - Comrade [RM] Reploid Metal Factory Sam's Club leads to Eastern Seaboard. East leads to New England. West leads to Great Plains. South leads to Appalachian States. North leads to Central Canada. Up leads to Sky Above Eastern United States. Punk has stared at you! Huzzah! Rock arrives from the New England. Rock has arrived. Ride Armor arrives from the Sky Above Eastern United States. Ride Armor has arrived. Ring Redwing arrives from the Sky Above Eastern United States. Ring Redwing has arrived. Plasma Harrier arrives from the Great Plains. Plasma Harrier has arrived. Savannah Lioness arrives from the Great Plains. Savannah Lioness has arrived. Plasma Harrier soars into the area, spotting all the chaos ensueing, "Wow... glad we haven't missed all the fun yet." The Robot Masters are causing a big mess at the Pie Factory! Namely, looting the place silly. People and reploids run for their lives from the complex of multiple pie making, testing, and storage facilities. Metools cart pies of all sorts to and fro, storing them in a large trailer hooked up to a much smaller hovercar with obvious modifications. At the head of this all can be seen Pharaoh Man-Hovering slightly in the air, inspecting each pie taken out of the Bannana Cream storage area, holding a metal box in his free hand, the other with a scepter. " Too small. Too creamy..." Ra mutters, eyeing each pie in turn. Selene Chantrell is making her sneaky way into the back of the factory, opposite the oncoming Master forces. Why? Because she's evacuating workers to safety. As she hears approaching Masters, she slinks back out herself, before heading around to see what she can do to help with the fighting. One of the latest Cossack creations, the ride armor Triumph, flies in like an avenging angel. However, the pilot's first aim isn't vengeful...it is, in fact, to scope the area, and take a head count. Blizzard Man is waddling forward towards the factory, metools stuck to his rump... Dagnabit, those metools are cramping Blizz's style. He can barely move, it's like being a mini-ride armor. How eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil. One Gemini Man twin is half-way into a box of pies, head first. He's inspecting them. Same way Pharaoh Man is. Only for different reasons. "Too yellow..." He sets a banana cream pie aside, on a closed box... "Too cinnamony..." An apple pie is left behind... "Ah. Here we go." Blueberry? "THIS'll leave stains!" The second twin steps over behind him, picking up one of the banana pies for himself. First one through the door. He swears... Kain transforms to Strider. Your desc has been changed to 'Strider'. Selene Chantrell has stared at you! Huzzah! Savannah Lioness bounds towards the area on all fours in order to get there a little faster. Glancing up into the sky from time to time, she follows Plasma Harrier. Rock receives a radio transmission. Plasma Harrier looks down to the lioness, "Hey, Sav... I'm going to go pay that blowhard over there a visit." He points over towards Air Man's general direction. Air Man grabs a reploid and lifts him off of the ground. Shaking the poor fellow, the engine whines along with his demand, "Show me where you keep the cherry red pies and I will not destroy you!" With the twenty dollar threat accompanying the ten cent objective, the reploid hurriedly points to a pile of finished goods before being dropped by everyone's biggest fan. *kracka-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM* The sound barrier shatters like cheap plexiglass as the Hunter Commander, in his Falcon armor, powers his way through the Midwestern sky for the scene of the crime. Trailing behind him at a slower pace follows the red robodog Rush, and the little blue bird known as Beat. Rock drops himself out of hypersonic flight, and swoops low to recon even as Kalinka's radio buzzes into his ear. He quirks a little grin, blue eyes bright and eager, before cracking the fingers of his free hand, the right already morphed into the Buster. "I like pie," he muses quietly. "I don't like Masters." Rush has arrived. Rock drops Rush. Beat has arrived. Rock drops Beat. And a lone figure is jumping across building. It has been a long time since he has been in a fight... almost 4 months. .oO_I hope I'm not rusty..._Oo. Director K stops before the building in question and digs out his binoculars and peers at the situation... Beside him, an old, but still healthy Boxer waits beside his Master. Kain and Buster here... And they will help you. Punk comes out of the makeshift door he created with his hammer, which is now hanging from his side casually, along with many stacks of pies. He doesn't waste time inspecting, Quint can eat the bad ones for all he cares. Even with his arms full, people, in their last minute rush to get away, are bouncing off his armor.. even one poor individual, stuck to his knee spike.. Damnit. He dumps the pies off at the hovercar before turning back around. Buster> Kain drops you. Buster has arrived. You drop Buster. Plasma Harrier eyes the blue wonder with the oversized air-conditioner in his chest as he threatens the poor, helpless reploid worked, "Hey you... why don't you pick on this bird instead of him? I bet you'll have a hell of a time!" He begins to dart his way straight towards Air Man. Savannah Lioness nods to Harrier "Good luck... and be careful..." Glancing about, she notes hunters and gives a soft smile "Well, this shouldn't be too bad." Padding onward, she heads towards the factory. Within the Triumph, Kalinka narrows her eyes, and brings the Triumph swooping around the area in a wide arc, then swings it down, warming up the ride armor's weapons array. Time to get down to business. RMs, POSE! Air Man's fat yellow hand lifts up the finest, warmest, sweet-smelling cherry pie that has left the conveyer belt. Though the pan itself is very hot, the Robot Master does not suffer the temperature levels. When Plasma Harrier addresses him, he turns and looks at the RF. Then he laughs. It's a caustic laugh. The sort bullies and those with inferiority complexes are fond of. "I am Air Man, you are Original Recipe!" He then lobs the pastry-in-a-pan directly at Plasma Harrier, seeking to stain the purest of white breastplates. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Civilian $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 13/13 Posted Author Back Fri Oct 11 Kain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Blue Dragons Only. Huzzah.) (Videofile: Kain.) First off, to answer any question of where I have been the past four months, I needed some time to sort things out for myself, so... I went on a self-discovery journey. Now, I'm back... I need information on what's going on in the world these days. Derek, that's your job. Sarah... use your contacts within the Yakuza and the Red Dragons, and see if they know anything that's new. That's shall it be for now. Kain out. (Cue the Spinny Kawaii Blue Dragon! Huzzah!) -- Special K $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Civilian $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 13/14 Posted Author BDS: Freqs Fri Oct 11 Kain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Dragons of Blue only.) (Text Only) New Frequencies as of 1:46 PM Friday, October 11, 2215: Main/Chat -- 7231 Secure -- 9276 Update as needed. (OOC: And of course, if any of the freqs are already in use by other factions, let me know, mmkay? :)) (Special K's Electronic Signature) (Blue Dragon Spinny) -- Special K $$$$$$$$$ Gemini Man's twin, not that you can tell them apart, is the one with the banana cream pie. He's also the one that perks up toward Punk's makeshift 'entrance' at the sound of Ride Armors...the sound barrier...and... "Oooo... lookie." "Do your eyes deceive me," says the Gemini Man holding blueberry... "or is that Megaman out there?" The twins look at each other. And then they laugh, and rush out to see if the fight has started yet. The second twin thinks better of...just one pie, and grabs the entire open crate. Stronger than he looks. Punk is heading back for another run of pie grabbing when the warning comes over his radio. Cursing into it briefly he turns around, "Of course the good guys are going to come, duh." He says loudly. He looks at Air Man.. Good move, but I have a better gift for them. Narrowing his eyes, he lends his chain to his other hand, and brings the other one up. A gift of kings for you all, The Finger! "Come get some Mutha F----'s." Goody Good Guys, Pose'n Time! Plasma Harrier acks, the pie being much to difficult to dodge at his speed, "By the maker... A... A PI--*SPLAT!*" The harrier gets the pie straight into his face, stopping right in his tracks, "MMPH!" He then grabs the tin off his face and throws it to the side, "Ok... I have to say that pie is good, but... just hitting me in the face with one is just WRONG!!" He shakes a fist towards the Blue Master, while licking a bit of the cream off his beak, "Mmm... not a bad taste to it though." Selene Chantrell shakes her head lightly at the showboating Punk, but readies for combat, crouched behind a parked truck, her hat slid comfortably into it's 'shield' configuration on her arm, quad-blades extended as she waits to see if she is needed. "Chicken Pot Pie...!" Air Man announces before guffawing in a hollow voice that reverberates inside of his chassis. The measure and volume of his amused tone is that of someone who not only told the greatest joke in the world, but the expense of the other person was an enrichment that could not be compared. Hand and turret go to his torso as he tries in vain to contain his laughter. Ride Armor regards The Blizz rolling up toward her warily, and Kalinka takes the ride armor into a defensive posture. "Well, if it is not the THUG brigade. Stealing pies. How very mature. Oh, do not tell me: You were sitting around that stinking heap of Skull Fortress, and did get BORED. So one of you says: 'Yes, let us go out and steal things!' And then all of the others went, 'Yes, me too!' The Triumph begins emitting a low-pitched whine. "Do you have any idea how sick that is? That is not normal. That is -sick-." How Dare the Masters steal pie from innocent sweet Grandmothers who slave away making delicious pies for all good grandchildren out there! They must be punished. For the safety of Grandmother's everywhere! But we don't know that Grandmother's work in that pie factory... It doesn't matter! The recipe had to come from somewhere! All of their labors must not go to waste in the bellies of Evil! Redwing's random thought process interferes with her taking immediate action, but bad guys should beware when she does. Rock actually isn't coming just for pie. That's just a side benefit, really. (Although Roll's are better.) He's actually coming because there are BAD GUYS (tm) trying to beat up stuff. Circling once around slowly, the Hunter Commander streaks across the sky, blue and white and gold and red, blatantly announcing his arrival. He's not afraid. A little, perhaps slightly dark, grin creases his young face, and his eyes narrow slightly in anticipation. The Buster hums and sizzles just slightly more eager than the Hunter's expression, the muzzle glowing yellow-white. He moves to touch down, swinging his legs out to land neatly, and in a crouch. "Good evening, children," he remarks in a quiet voice. "That eager to play?" The smile he flashes is all teeth, and surprisingly feral. Kain spies Punk through the binoculars, and hrms. (It looks like the Elite is headed up this assault. Maybe if I could convinence him...)Oo. He leaps down on his perch, the antigrav units on the Yang Cipher slowing down his decent until he lands in front of Punk. He ignores the... rather foul language emitting from Punk... and intones, "Leave. Now." with Buster growling lowly at the Elite... Savannah Lioness has disconnected. Savannah Lioness has connected. Somewhere on the MUSH, Colonel has disconnected. BADDIES! GO! "Chicken Pot Pie...!" Air Man announces before guffawing in a hollow voice that reverberates inside of his chassis. The measure and volume of his amused tone is that of someone who not only told the greatest joke in the world, but the expense of the other person was an enrichment that could not be compared. Hand and turret go to his torso as he tries in vain to contain his laughter. (That's my story, I'm sticking to it.) The metools gasp in surprise at X's appearence, flanked by the red pooch and blue birdie. They abandon their tasks at hand and run about in a panic of nerps and confusions, fleeing for safety. Ra growls with frustration at the interference. " Hello, Rock.....won't you join us for some pie? " A hand is raised towards a nearby pile of said confections, abandoned in the chaos. Tendrils of unseen gravitational force snatch them up, and fling them towards the blue Champion. He then begins to charge his blink, apparently to keep distance of the Hunter. Pharaoh Man misses Rock with his Generic Ranged attack. Punk snorts as no Good guy immediately steps forward, "Figures." He is about to go lookin' for em when Kain lands in front of him. Typical good guy banter 'Im going to give you a chance to leave' yadda yadda' 'Before I kill you' yadda yadda.. whatever $$$) Punk easily slips his hammer into subspace behind him and turns his attention towards Kain. He lowers his shoulder a bit, ready to charge, "You give me so many damn options human. I choose... "Now". He makes as though to charge Kain but instead he whips his arm up and around, swinging the heavy chain in a wide circle before sending it in the Strider's direction. Punk misses you with his Weighted Chain attack. Blizzard Man eyes Kali and the Triumph. "... Actually, all I heard was pie. So I went down to the docking bay and got stuffed into the trunk for several hours. Then the metools popped me out and I landed on them, so it looked like I had bras on my aft... And then you showed up." he states, calmly recapping the situation. For a long moment, Blizz seems to do nothing, before emitting something else. "Is this the part where we try and beat the living snot out of one another or is there more questioning to this that I'm forgetting?" The second Gemini giggles at Pharaoh's miss at Megaman, the crescendoing laugh of an evil child. The first Gemini is a bit more sedate. He lifts up that same, single blueberry pie, and tosses it up once on his hand. Well, looks like the blue one's all tied up. ...Who would CLASH? He pulls his arm back and tosses his own ammunition HARD at the Redwing. "Think fast!" Another giggle at it's launched... "Pie fight!" Napalm Man arrives from the New England. Napalm Man has arrived. Gemini Man misses Ring Redwing with his Generic Ranged attack. Savannah Lioness enters the Great Plains. Savannah Lioness has left. Start Crime-Fighting! Good Guys, Pose time! Within the Triumph, Kalinka grits her teeth in annoyance at Blizzard. When it comes to Masters, Kali has zero patience. She has more patience with Mavericks. She knows she just has to keep a level head about things, and try to gain the upper hand. "Wow, maybe you do have brain in there, -somewhere-, after all. That almost sounded like it made sense." With that, she lunges toward Blizz, non-utility arm swinging around in a swift punching motion. Ride Armor misses Blizzard Man with its Punch attack. Plasma Harrier narrows his eyes at Air Man's laughing, "Hmmph... you're really getting a kick out of this, aren't you?" He clutches his right hand talon tightly, which starts to glow a bright blue. In a second or two, a blazing, sky blue plasma saber extends out of his closed fist. The avian RF'er then grins, beginning to barrel-roll straight down at Air Man, swinging the saber straight at him when he gets close enough, "Let's see if you get a kick out of this!" Plasma Harrier strikes Air Man with his Plasma Saber Slash attack. Ring Redwing catches the thrown pie and sets it down gently. "Don't waste food! Mou.. you Masters are so wasteful!" She grumbles aloud. She then fixates the Gemini Twin with a glare that would cook said pie. Cue Anime eye-glare cackle and then... Ring Redwing strikes Gemini Man with her Eye-laser attack. The pie, delivered fresh from Pharaoh's hand, comes zipping towards the freshly landed Hunter Commander. He doesn't blink, doesn't move, doesn't do anything except watch it from under the prow of his helmet, smothering a little smile. Because in a flash of red, Rush lunges forward and with a snicker-SNAK! of teeth, devours the pie gleefully, hunkering down to chew and snarf over his caught treat. "Really, for the supposed deity you are, you'd think you could at least hit this stripling," he remarks in a dry, cool tone. Chuckling softly to himself, the Hunter rises slowly, even as his armor begins to shift and meld on his body. White is replaced with cerulean, gold replaced with navy. Fins and prongs slide away to melt at joints, turning to glittering crystals and semi-shiny armor. When the glow fades, the Hunter stands tall and proud in his familiar blue-on-blue armor.. the same armor he's been saving the world in for fifteen years. And that everpresent Buster snaps out, muzzle white with stored energy, just ready to rock and roll. "But that's all right. Let me show you how it's done," he suggests as he opens fire quickly, laying down a low-powered shot just for Pharaoh's amusement. Rush and Beat hover close by, hunkered down and ready to fight if they need to. Rock changes into his Mega Man armor. Selene Chantrell frowns as Punk lashes out at what she has tentatively ID'ed as a civilian. A human one to boot, if her scanners are correct. Gritting her teeth, she slides the hat into attack mode, grasping the brim lightly as she flicks her wrist, launching it like a discus. Halfway there, the polkadots on it flare sickly purple, exploding into a shower of system-clogging particles as it reaches Punk and rebounds seemingly off thin air to return to her. Those with sharp ears will catch the whine of ion drives as it reverses course. All right. K is open to playing that sort of game. As the Chain hits... Kain is no longer there. Rather, he is sliding forth... and underneath Punk, intending to trip Punk up. Meanwhile, Buster is rushing at the mets running about, barking at them, and just intending to make their day... just plain bad. Rock strikes Pharaoh Man with his Mega Buster attack. Selene Chantrell misses Punk with her Poison Smoke attack. You strike Punk with a glancing hit from your Slide Attack attack. Evil Doers! Unite! And please, pose too while you're at it. Blues arrives from the Great Plains. Blues has arrived. Title set for channel . Blizzard Man cackles madly, zipping to the side as the punch drops down towards his body. He rolls quickly out of the way, bouncing about a bit. "MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Of course I have a brain in here, Child." he states with utter calm. "Why do you think it's going to be so easy to beat you? Unlike my brothers, I do know how to form a decent plot and execute it." he cackles a bit more. The Snowball spins laterally at a high rate of speed, a telephone pole suddenly jutting out of his side, trying to smash the Triumph in the mid-section-y-area-type-thing. Blizzard Man strikes Ride Armor with his Generic Melee attack. Pharaoh Man grunts, and is struck by the blast. " So be it, Rock..." he says, and blinks off to another part of the factory. In fact, its the same part in which Ring Redwing is tangling with Gemini Man, not far from said Repliforcer. " Well well..." the Master comments with a grin, grabbing a squirming robotic scarab from beneath his rotting bandages, " We seem to have a little birdie...have a nice juicy insect! " The Scarab is thrown at the Repliforcer, pincers snapping... Pharaoh Man strikes Ring Redwing with his Scepter Sting attack. Punk snaps his chain back and around his fist again. "Damn." He curses and turns his body sharply, ducking the smoke-spewing hat and shutting his systems to said smoke that was meant for his systems. He is about to respond, when Kain comes sliding in to his leg. Thunk. The attack is noticed, but not reacted to.. you don't slide kick a 10 foot android in the boot. Choosing to ignore Kain for a moment. He rears back and sends the afore-used chain at Mushroom-girls neck, "Come 'ere!" Punk misses Selene Chantrell with his Chain Tangle attack. "Ow!" Gemini Man lets out a slight screech as he's hit with a laser from Ring's eye. "Wow. If looks could kill..." The second Gemini puts his face in his hand. "That was terrible." "You get one bird, I'll get the other," Gemini says to his twin. "Right." And the second Gemini Man grabs a coconut cream pie, and throws it in an arc at Beat. Meanwhile, the first Gemini has gotten involved in combat. She hits him, he'll hit her... He raises his gun and fires a shot aimed for the pie that Ring set on the ground. It bounces back up, of course. The second Gemini looks at the first. "Oh. I thought this was still about PIES." Gemini Man strikes Ring Redwing with his Ricochet Blast attack. Gemini Man misses Beat with his Grasp attack. Beat has left. Rock takes Beat. Beat has arrived. Rock drops Beat. Air Man's laughing is no more. The energy blade of Plasma Harrier's spins him around with a dazed expression on his face and a hissing black mark across his armor. He stumbles on one foot, trying to regain his balance as his circuits register the grievous damage. He fails, of course, and collapses to the ground. Combat subroutines deliver shocks to his legs and arms to pivot his body back nto his feet. He thuds the turret arm against his skull before shouting, "You are not as funny as me! I will destroy you!" Aspiring to the accomplished goal, the fan in his chest roars as it builds up a tremendous amount of wind speed. And finally, a cone-shaped blast of dust is sent directly at the RF! Air Man strikes Plasma Harrier with his Dust Devil attack. Good Guys, Go Go Go! Ride Armor is caught off-guard by the... telephone pole slam to the bodice of the ride armor. "Oh, I will not even ask where you keep that thing," she says with a smirk, "Though I have pretty good idea." Since she's still in close proximity to Blizz, though she isn't quite sure, at this point, if this is where she can do the most good. In a quick, sweeping move, Kalinka suddenly sweeps the Triumph's foot around toward Blizzard in a low kick, trying to knock him off balance. Ride Armor misses Blizzard Man with its Shin Kick attack. Selene Chantrell shakes her head slightly at Punk, easily ducking under the chain attack. The obvious silent comment of 'Too slow' is followed up by her hat once again, this time flaring up orange and on an impact course directly for him. Explosive fungus, anyone? Selene Chantrell strikes Punk with her Blast Powder attack. Plasma Harrier grrs as the dust kicks up into his face, blowing him back a bit as his body rattles from the force of the winds. Once regaining control, he puffs his feathers out, shaking some of the dust out, "Erf... and I just got washed before I got here... Oh well... guess I should've expected some dirt to handle." He hovers there above Air Man, and points his left hand talon down at him, "Dance for me, buddy..." Like a blur, the hand talon begins to rotate quickly, unloading explosive "nail" slugs down at the Master like a vulcan. Plasma Harrier misses Air Man with his Vulcan Talons attack. Ring Redwing is struck by two near simultaneous blasts. And both solidly connect, singing her red armor quite a bit. It doesn't look like it's going to hold together much longer under added stress. o0(Etoh... I didn't want to use this after being out of commission for so long, but for the sake of pies and the grandmothers that make them everywhere, I don't think I have a choice.) Turning to the Master that first struck her, she points at the Egyptian-like Android. "Prepare to be ring-struck! Ougi! RING! RAID!" Gathering up her energy, she explodes into a sudden motion, half a dozen crimson rings appear to explode off her body and hurtle towards Pharoah Man, obscuring the Master's form in the blur of red color. Ring Redwing strikes Pharaoh Man with her Ring Raid attack. Kain frowns as Punk goes after the Repliforcer Bioroid. (You're not hurting anybody else, as long as I've any say in it...)Oo. He leaps back as Selene attacks, and without checking to see if the Repliforcer's attacks hits, Kain allows the Cipher line with blazing white... ...before firing a Yang White Plasma Blast at the Elite Master. Oh, yeah... Buster is still harassing the poor Mets.. o.o You miss Punk with your Plasma Blast attack. The Hunter Commander stands at ease now, the Buster still smoking from its recent discharge. He can't help but chuckle softly, one hand on his hip. "If only they were all that easy," he muses as he darts towards the blasted factory, in the hopes of finding Pharoah Man again. However, to do that, he's probably going to have to pass by Gemini Man's clone.. or is that the real one? He never can tell. And that's the one that just tried to Hit Beat, as evidenced by the bird's squawking and fluttering, Rush barking ferally. "No, see, you just don't hit my bird," Rock remarks as he dashes past the Master. "Because then I may get cranky." He drops to the ground as he races past, intent on colliding into the clone - or the real one? - with his leading foot. "You don't want me cranky!" Rock strikes Gemini Man with his Slide Kick attack. Goooooo Baddies! Punk chuckles like a mad man when his chain comes back, sans little fungus girl. What it does seem to come back with, however, is a mushroom shaped hat sailing towards his chest. Boom!! Fizzle... uh.. "What the f--- was that?" He waves a hand to dismiss the small ammount of smoke that remains, he also manages to spot Kain's glowing sword. "Oh great, and now you are going to shoot some glowing s--- at me." He turns around and presents his chest as a good target... but Kain misses. He grunts, and laughs, "That's what I thought." He says simply, before charging Kain. His right hand comes across in a wide hook for his head, while he steps forward and throws his left hand towards Kain's body. "Eat this sucka." Punk misses you with his The Ol One-two attack. That fanboy could dance. Air Man performs an unorthodox--and fairly quick--rendition of the Electric Slide as the vulcan talons rip up the ground beneath his feet. The tile suffers the worst of the damage, while the braveandstrongandhardy RM known as Air Man remains unscathed. Thankfully so, for he appears to be compromised. He pumps the turret arm twice in time with the roar of his fan, optics flickering red as he glares with unabashed hate for the RF above his head. He has only petty, unadulterated vindiction for his opponent and wants to see him suffer. He is soulless and wrong. Wily would be proud. The knob on his head flashes brightly twice before he aims the turret directly at Plasma Harrier, bracing with the other hand as he sends a line-drive of whirlwinds no greater in circumference than the turret itself. Ra cackles evilly as Ring Redwing is assaulted from both sides, " Pathetic Reploid! You shall fall broken at our fe- Oh dear.." Midsentence, the Pharaoh notices the swarm of rings heading for him, and can do nothing less than try and shield his face with crossed arms as he is sliced and diced by the attack. He is quickly forced through a nearby window, and out into the open...where he spots the Ride Armor Triumph. A wince is mixed into a smirk as he blinks his slashed form down towards the large machine, and raises the scepter before him. " It's time you cooled off..." he murmers, and fires a blast of water, laced with raging flames towards the Hunter. Thus is the might of the Nile. Air Man misses Plasma Harrier with his Windcannon attack. Pharaoh Man strikes Ride Armor with his Nile Floods attack. Gemini Man's sidekick, appropriately, is the one struck. Tripped up by Rock's sidekick-slidekick, he falls right on his back, then rolls up to a seated position. And...he laughs. "Yay!! Megafight!" Standing up IMMEDIATELY, he jumps up as if to tackle Rock in an unexpected, and definitely unwanted, hug. Well...that's weird. Of course...while you are distracted by this, the better for Gemini Man to shoot you, right? And with much less fanfare than his twin provides, Gemini visibly yawns, raises his blaster, and shoots, leaving Pharoah Man to deal with the fluttering meanace in red. Gemini Man strikes Rock with his Twin Trap attack. Rock sends a radio transmission to Kalinka. Napalm Man has disconnected. Rock receives a radio transmission from Kalinka. Blizzard Man forms a gaping maw in his Snowball mode, "... You've got a sick mind, kid... A damned sick mind... Lord Wily'd like you. We've got a wonderful dental and retirement plan y'know." he states, before rolling backwards. The Grand Snowball easily evades the shin kick, as he lacks shins at the moment. He rebounds off a speed bump and starts burning snow, spraying it at the Triumph, attempting to impale it with a giant icicle... Now if only the water would assume a good pointy shape when he freezes it... Blizzard Man misses Ride Armor with his Generic Ranged attack. Gooooodies! Ring Redwing has however, summarily blown Pharaoh Man away which leaves her free to deal with the pair of Gemini Masters. Most of her energy was expended in that explosive blast however, so she can't muster up enough energy for a stronger attack at the moment. But perhaps she can trick the enemy into believing that she's going to deliver another power-strike. Speeding in front of the Gemini Man that she thinks was the one that shot her, she holds out a ring in front of her, and sets it spinning super-rapidly. "Aaah! Ha! Thousand Winds technique! CRIMSON! TYPHOON!" Flapping her wings hard, she then switches the spinning ring 'on.' And then... hundreds of little bubbles sprout forth from the ring in a constant stream, guided by the gusts of wind Redwing is generating the speed towards the targeted Gemini Twin in a rapid rush. "Psyche" Redwing grins at her little deception. It'd be really cool if she had an attack called Crimson Typhoon though wouldn't it? Plasma Harrier raises an eyebrow at the small linear cyclones headed his way, "Er... right... like I'll let a little breaking wind stop me." He swoops off to the side and clenches his left fist, which glows similarly to his saber hand. After another second or two, a fan for five plasma daggers appears, and Plasma seems more than happy to toss the beams at his target. "Catch these if you can, pal." When thrown, the "daggers" spread out to different directions, though essentially heading for Air Man. Ring Redwing misses Gemini Man with her Bubble Rings attack. Selene Chantrell shakes her head at Punk's showboating, then glances around, taking in the tactical situation. A faint grin on her face, she begins a slow turn. Those with exceptional vision would note a white light glittering behind the surface of her right eye, as her tracking system picks out the Masters in the area, as well as a few Mets and some rubble for good measure, before it glows red and the quad blades on her weapon extend, glinting wickedly in the light. She spins gracefully, and throws... at a chunk of rubble. The hat rebounds, sparking off and it's internal ion drives kicking in with a spine-quivering howl as it begins to fly around like a demented pong ball, bouncing off of rubble, mets, and the three Masters in target range crazily. Plasma Harrier misses Air Man with his Plasma Dagger attack. Ride Armor sparks and shorts terribly, from the water/fire combination Pharaoh belts the ride armor with. Within, Kalinka waves smoke away from the controls, coughing and trying to get her bearings. She grabs a little fire extinguisher, zapping a smoking console with it. And BARELY avoids Blizz's snowball -- taking evasive maneuvers away at the last possible second. That water/fire shot, to Kali, seemed to come out of -nowhere-. Once she manages to right the Triumph again, she takes it airborne, and hopefully away from the immediate danger so she can bring the weapons systems back online. At a certain height, the engines on Triumph cut out, adding insult to injury. Within, Kalinka uses some very colorful Russian language one wouldn't find in a dictionary, and then she extends the Triumph's wings to their fullest extent. With a sudden grin, she realizes that she can do a little bit more than glide back to a landing...if her timing is good, she can also give a nice painful slice to one of the Masters. Re-checking her trajectory, she sees who's in her way...why, it looks like those twin-annoyances-in-one, Gemini Man. She swoops in right toward him, kamikaze style, wings fully extended. "Pick on Beat, will you! Not a smart thing." Ride Armor strikes Gemini Man with its Wing Smack attack. Selene Chantrell misses Pharaoh Man with her Arc Impulse attack. Selene Chantrell strikes Gemini Man with her Arc Impulse attack. Selene Chantrell strikes Punk with her Arc Impulse attack. Gemini Man has reconnected. Rock is first pounced by one Gemini, and then is shot by another. The blast tags him in the side, right about where someone less robot-y would have kidneys. The Hunter Commander jerks under the assault, and rams his foot up into the midsection of the pouncing Twin to throw him off harmlessly. "This is where you get off, buddy!" he exclaims as he rolls, leg lashing out in a blur of twtone blue. Scrambling to his feet, Rock whips around that ever-present Buster again and fires a slightly heavier shot, nimbly leaping backwards to put some distance between himself and the Geminis so they don't get the drop on him again. Meanwhile, a certain little blue bird is not very happy with Pharaoh Man. It's hardwired into his head - you just don't attack a Cossack without the bird flying into a fit of rage. It doesn't really help the fact that, of course, Beat is a Cossack creation and therefore full of hate for Wily, learned at the Russian's knee. The little bird darts forward in a streak of blue, squawking noisily all the way and aims to bounce himself off of Amun-Wily's head. Rock strikes Gemini Man with his Mega Buster 2 attack. Kain dodges out of the way of Punk's wildly fisticuffs... he shakes his head and just sighs... "If that's the way you want it..." He leaps upwards... And for Punk, it's time for Kung-Fu Fighting. With Fists and Kicks as fast as Lightning. And for Punk it will be a little bit frightning... Beat strikes Pharaoh Man with its Divebomb Crash attack. Gemini Man has partially disconnected. You strike Punk with a minor hit from your Martial Arts attack. Baddies! Retaliate ! In the Name of Pies! "Hah!" Air Man says as the plasma daggers cause greater damage to the ground without so much as a scratch on him. Of course the incredible mark on his armor is still displaying some sensitive circuity within. The plasma blade cut in fairly deep, and the wound still burns. "If I were that stupid, I'd be a member of the Repliforce! You will not defeat me, you are weak!" taunts Air Man as he clambers to his feet from the dive taken in an act of self-preservation. . o O ( I am not obsolete.) Again, he braces the cannon arm with the more humanoid one, the knob on his head flickering three times. Debris around his body begins to lift from the ground as a rush of wind speeds are distributed within his chassis and directed to the arm. His legs stand shoulder-width apart, and a blast of pressurized air ripples the atmosphere as he surges toward the Plasma Harrier! Air Man strikes Plasma Harrier with his Pressurized Air attack. Blizzard Man peers upwards, "... Well damn..." he grumps, before spying Punk. "... Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!" he screams, rolling forward with all due speed, attempting to avalanche-consume Kain. Instead, the Master of Disaster hits another speed bump and flies through the air, perhaps clocking the ninja with his own skull, which he extends from the snowball, to try and make heads or tails of his current flight-path. "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Blizzard Man misses you with his Kick attack. O.k, Punk thinks, This is getting damned aggrivating. He's been nice thus far, but all that is about to change. Yea.. inside... The mushroom hat, yet again, comes at him, this time only to rebound of his chest and strike his allies. What does he care, they suck anyhow. There is not a scratch on his chest, but a ringing that his internal systems can feel. He steps forward to respond to that, when he is yet again, attacked by Kain. It is not each individual punch or kick that hurts him, but the sheer number, in many places that aggrivates him.. no, that pisses him off to that point. He moves back from Kain a bit, his arms at his sides shaking violently. His head is down, but his face is not seen like usual, all you can see is his tightly shut eyes. //I can feel inside you, the sickness is rising..// His eys snap open, glowing a bright red. "ERRRAGH!", a angry yell cuts through the air and he steps forward, his large hand open and going for the throat. Kain's throat. Punk strikes you with a glancing hit from his Chokehold for 1 units of damage. Kain is temporarily disoriented by Punk's Chokehold attack. It all seems to happen at once. The Gemini grasping onto Megaman is tossed off, and shot directly in the gut. The blast sets off smoke and fireworks in the holographic, yet nevertheless solid, target, and he smacks down onto the ground just as the original Gemini is being smashed with a swipe from the Triumph's diving wing, and clocked in the back of the head with a chunk of Selene's rubble. Suffice to say, this dizzies the twins for some time. Both of them shake their heads out in unison, and look at each other. And, then, still from the ground, they both open fire on the heroes. (Oh, yes, it's on now...) The air is filled with small white blasts from their two identical guns. Heroes better run for cover. Pharaoh Man sidesteps the hat, chuckling under his breath. " Pathetic..." Thats when Beat, the robot not even a quarter his size, smacks him upside the head. Hard. Ra is driven into the ground, leaving an imprint about an inch deep of the Master of Sands. Peeling himself off, Pharaoh spits out concrete, and glares at the offending Blue Bomber Birdie. " You shall pay...hmmmhmmm...yes....mwhahaha! " This low, dark chuckle grows slowly, getting louder. That is, along with the constant skittering of thousands of insects, coming from everywhere. Their location can't be pinpointed by hearing alone as the noise grows, until finally Ra stands, " Here, have a nice little buggy..." He then lurches forwards, as if to vomit...but instead erupts in a swarm of robotic scarabs from every crevice and opening in his body....all at Beat.... Pharaoh Man misses Beat with his Scarab Swarm attack. Gemini Man strikes Selene Chantrell with his Laser Barrage attack. Gemini Man strikes Ride Armor with his Laser Barrage attack. Gemini Man misses Rock with his Laser Barrage attack. Good Guys! Pose Away! Plasma Harrier 's eyes widen as the pressurized air soars at him. He raises his arms in a blocking position, only to get rattled up by more air again. He glares down at the master, "I'm getting sick of that air you keep belching out. Maybe I should give you another papercut from this friendly neighborhood harrier!" He goes into a nosedive, like a missile down towards Air Man once again. He thinks, . o O (Hmm... He's going to duck, thinking all go high like last time. Let's see if this catches him off guard.) He grins, rising at the few last seconds, then cuts his boosters, flipping in the air and landing on his back in a slide. During his fancy move, he holds the plasma saber out to the side, seeing if the gaseous wonder knows how to jump. Plasma Harrier misses Air Man with his Plasma Saber Slash attack. Selene Chantrell frowns as Punk catches Kain up by the throat, letting her hat bounce around a little longer as she moves forward at a fast run. The observant will note glimmering metallic objects extruding from her palms into her grasp as she reaches Punk, lashing out with open-hand strikes in a pinpoint attack pattern, each attack driving one of those glimmering needles of steel towards a critical point in one of Punk's joints as she tries her best to freeze him up for the time needed for Kain to break free. Kain is l33t Neenja. Espically with the Yang Cipher. The Yang has gone off... and has warn Kain about Blizzard's approach, which Kain dodged... ...right into Punk's grasp. "GAAAAAAAAAACCCKKK!!!" chokes out the Director of Blue, as Punk slowly but surely starts to strangle the life out of the Director. (Can't... Breathe... Windpipe... being... crushed...)Oo. Selene Chantrell misses Punk with her Mechashiatsu attack. Well, that's apparently there are negatives to having two of yourselves as well. You and your other self can get hit at the same time. Now it's Redwing's turn again, flying hard and fast she pursues the Gemini Man she had just missed with her false attack. Like a Ruby Lightning Bolt she flies haphazardly towards the one Gemini Man, and then bouncing away from him after an overhand smash she then suddenly changes direction and goes after the other Gemini Man as well. Her form a mere blur as she attacks one Gemini Twin and then the other. Double the Attacks, double the damage. She can use this tactic too. Ring Redwing misses Gemini Man with her Double Ring Smash attack. Kalinka isn't able to get the Triumph out of harm's way in time, and the bodice and legs of the ride armor are peppered with Gemini's retalitory laser-fire. Warning lights begin to flash in the cockpit, but Kali ignores them, for the time being. Seeing what Pharaoh's doing to Beat makes her narrow her eyes in annoyance. Turning slightly, she begins heading in his direction. A portal opens on the Triumph's shoulder, and a small turret comes out, shooting a focused laser at the Master. What she's trying to do is buy her beloved Beat some time, so he can get away from the scourge of...bug things. Ride Armor misses Pharaoh Man with its Generic Ranged attack. Rock is nimble, Rock is quick. Rock jumps over that blazing laser schtick... that Gemini is so fond of. The Hunter Commander hasn't survived this long without picking up a trick or three, right? He springs and launches himself into the air, twisting and turning, assisted by his dash jets as he backflips and somersaults, hardly ever touching the ground. As he's doing this, however, his armor begins to shimmer and warp in that familiar 'I'm about to hit you with something you've seen before, sucka' way of his... two tone blue gives way to lavender and white, and even as the Hunter touches down onto the ground, crouching slightly (and looking, perhaps, a little bit swishy), a long, deadly-sharp spear materializes in his hand. It's probably familiar to Gemini - and every other Master present. But it's to Gemini that the Hunter stands, turns, and charges for at top speed with nary a word, but a look of pure concentration. Beat, on the other hand, watches Pharoah fling bugs at him... which is silly! Beat is a bird. Birds like bugs. Bugs are lunch. And the mechabird eats the mechabugs without a twitch, just *crunchcrunchcrunch*. Hey, he's Russian. He's eaten worse before, during the revolutions and the occupations and the.. er, well. Squwarking in anger as Kalinka's ride armor rocks under the assaults, the bird lunges forward for Ra, little flipper-feet swinging as he tries to scratch up the Master something fierce. Rock strikes Gemini Man with his Yamato Spear attack. Beat misses Pharaoh Man with its Scratch attack. Blues has left. Baddies! //Don't try to, deny what you feel..// Punks hand locks on the throat of his human enemy. He effortless lifts the human up to look in his red eyes. "You're going to wish you had breath to beg me to stop.. not that it would work!" Punk has no exposed joints, armored knees and elbows all the way. Growling at Selene, he turns and laughs evilly, "Use a bigger weapon weapon next time b----!" The small needle misses any key spots that -might- be reached. So he ignores the attack by Selene, concentrating fully on his opponent who's fate is in his hands. Literally. With another loud growl of rage, he lifts his arm high in the air, before bringing it back down, plunging Kain towards, and into the very earth he futiley fights to protect. Punk strikes you with a major hit from his Chokeslam for 31 units of damage. Blues has arrived. Blues goes home. Blues has left. Blues enters Blues' Secluded Cabin, not knowing what to see. The Master of Sands finds himself between a Bird and a Ride Armor...and blinks away, leaving poor Beat scratching at air, while Kalinka shoots it. You take down that air! Meanwhile, Pharaoh materializes over by the hovercar and trailer, now only a 1/3 filled with pies of assorted flavor. Not what he had hoped for. " Hrmph...this is becoming a waste of time. " Ra gets out the car keys, and starts to get into the hovercar. " I'm going home. " Pharaoh Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Blizzard Man, Rock, Rush, Selene Chantrell, Beat, Plasma Harrier, Ring Redwing, Ride Armor , and Air Man. Blizzard Man continues to gyrate through the air wildly, a snowball with nowhere to go. "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" he screams, jetting past Kain's previous position, sending him into Punk's grasp... Just as the Master of Disaster intended... Yeah... right... However, there's still the problem of him trying to land. The Snowball rockets along, flying through the air, right... towards... a certain Redwing. Therefore, since we're on early-warnings... o/~ LOOK OUT! HERE COMES THE BLIZZARD MAN! o/~ Blizzard Man misses Ring Redwing with his Punch attack. Ring Redwing deflects Punch from Blizzard Man. Two attacks, two doses of NOTHING. Gemini Man and Gemini Man see Ring Redwing coming in, and part ways, splitting up from side to side as they dive to dodge. Not a problem at all... But they forgot about Rock. The real twin turns his head a bit too late. Out of the corner of his eye, he sees Rock switch Buster weapons... And his eyes widen. Not good. The spear pierces him clear through the stomach, an unarmored part of his body. Gemini flies back, and the clone behind him flickers and flashes, then, with a sound like a burst of static, he disappears entirely. Gemini Man, impaled, pulls the sudden spear out of his gut. "NOT...funny." And he trips forward, then looks behind himself. "And here I wanted an honest piefight... But you all HAD to start shooting..." He sighs. No clone means... time to go. He starts to run back for the hovercar. Gemini Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Blizzard Man, Rock, Rush, Selene Chantrell, Beat, Plasma Harrier, Ring Redwing, Ride Armor , Air Man, and Pharaoh Man. $$$$$$ Current Systems Status $$$$$$ Current Endurance: [|||||||||| ] (34 / 66) Fuel Reserves: [||||||||||||||||| ] (86 / 100) Status: Compromised Deflect Status: Down $$$$$$$$$ Air Man is not your ordinary Robot Master, in case the gigantic engine fan in his torso was any sort of clue. He not only talks the talk, but he walks the walk. Dances the dance. And... avoids those plasma sabers coming at him with intent to sever his body and make more of that unwanted pain. The seven foot tall and four foot wide air conditioner leaps over the attack by Plasma Harrier, crashing back onto the tile and crackling the plates beneath his fat, yellow boots. He whips around and says nothing. Words tend to get in the way when he can feel the victory coming expeditiously. His taunt only comes in the deafening sound of his engine fan as it touts another series of drafts that are forming before his very body. A whirlwind, nearly a foot taller than himself, is made manifest in under a seconds' time, with speeds accelerating well past two hundred kilometers per hour. Satisfied, he throws his gloved hand forward to direct the product of his demented design directly at the RF. Air Man strikes Plasma Harrier with his Whirlwind attack. Good Guys, Pose. And Please...be kind! Selene Chantrell grits her teeth and almost, ALMOST throws another attack at Punk for that one... but her training kicks in and she tuck and rolls, using the hyperextension of the chokeslam to break Punk's grip on Kain and cushioning him with her form as she rolls away. A mental command calls her hat back, medbag dangling from it. She retrieves both and gets to work on his throat, making it a quick-and-dirty job as she can see the need to get back into the fight in his eyes. Her medical professionalism won't let her go back into the fight until she's made sure that didn't crush his throat, however, and she's got more than enough strength to back her stubbornness. It isn't long before Kalinka can no longer ignore the warning sirens within the cockpit proper -- especially when they're warning about the imminent failure of Triumph's motor systems. After sending off a few terse radios, Kalinka then lifts the Triumph airborne, and begins to depart in a hasty manner. Ride Armor retreats from the area swiftly, leaving it open to pursuit or parting shots from Ring Redwing. Selene Chantrell effects some minor first aid to Kain. Selene Chantrell takes out a medical scanner and scans Kain. $$$$$$ Current Systems Status $$$$$$ Current Endurance: [||||||||||||||||| ] (58 / 66) Fuel Reserves: [||||||||||||||||| ] (86 / 100) Status: Nominal Deflect Status: Down $$$$$$$$$ Ring Redwing strikes Ride Armor with her Glitter Rush attack. Plasma Harrier lays there... just about to get up from his botched slide slash, "Damn... I--Not good!" only to get sucked up by the whilrwind and spun around. After a few moments of a ride on the airy Tilt-a-whirl, he gets thrown out harshly into the side of the factory, "ARRRRGHHH!!!!" He groans as he weakly gets up, "I'm... out of here." No sooner with that said, he leaps back up into the air and begins to hightail it out of there! Plasma Harrier retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Rush, Beat, Ring Redwing, and Ride Armor . Ride Armor enters the Sky Above Eastern United States. Ride Armor has left. Ring Redwing is still going at too fast of a speed after her missed attempt at the Gemini Twins. And thus when Blizzard Man comes, he gets ricocheted off one of her large smashing rings by chance and goes flying away further from her. Reversing her direction immediately, Redwing speeds after the sailing Android snowman and then launches a rapid melee assault of her own against him. While shouting out "kono... HENTAI YAROU!" What? He was wearing underwear in the GNN report after all wasn't he? Ring Redwing strikes Blizzard Man with her Ringing Leg attack. Having disposed of Gemini Man rather neatly, Rock stands up and retrieves the discarded Yamato Spear. This is fine, as it collapses down into a small cylinder, which he stores into the Buster via a small slot on the side. The lavender and white flickers out as waves of light roll across his armor, and the familiar blues return with a vengeance. The Hunter managed to catch enough of the scuffle around him to know that Kain is in dire need of attention, and the radio only confirms that. He races forward at that, aiming in for the Master Elite as the muzzle of the armcannon begins to hum and glow. Out of that muzzle, the tip of a crossbow bolt begins to form, flat and rounded. As he slides to a halt, dropping to one knee just far enough from Punk to give him a free shot, the Hunter Commander opens fire. A single long bolt, like one from a crossbow, surges forward and zooms for Punk's large backside. Oh, how rude. Beat seems content in the meanwhile, and hovers back to hang with Rush, cooing in disgust about Masters. Rock strikes Punk with his Super Arrow attack. Kain lies in the hole, that he made after being chokeslammed. He hurts... But then after what would absolutely KILL a normal human... He is stirring... just in time for Selene's medical adminstrations to take effect. "Thank You," The strider rasps. Ring Redwing strikes Plasma Harrier with her Full-auto Questioning attack. Pharaoh Man gets into the hovercar, and starts the engine. He honks the horn loudly at his brethren. " Air Man, Blizzard Man, Punk! Lets go! There is nothing left for us here! " he yells to them. " We've gotten enough pie for a week or so..." There's about a metric ton of it in the trailer, despite the small amount of the huge cargo carrier that it fills. " No need to waste Pharaoh Man's precious time, and Amun-Wily's resources..." Baddies, Pose. Pharaoh Man has left. Blizzard Man had metools stuck to him, damn it. It just looked like he had on 6 bras... Stupid A-cup metools and flipping him out of the trunk onto them... Muttermuttergrumble... Oooh, wait... There's a long, hard thwack in his top, which sends the Snowball to the ground. Blizzard Man slams into the ground rebounds and jets back up into the air. "... COCONUT CUSTARD CANNON!" he screams, jetting upward... o0(She kicked me in the aft... As if it weren't hurting enough...) Blizzard Man strikes Ring Redwing with his Ram attack. Pies? Oh, yeah, that WAS the purpose, wasn't it? Stealing pies. Gemini doesn't care much. He's been speared, after all. He simply clambours back into the hovercar, and settles into a seat. Robot Master Hovercar - Comrade honks its horn. " Dundundundundun-da-dundun-da-daaaaa! " "I am victorious; the Repliforce is nothing!" announces Air Man to everyone in the vicinity that cares to hear his hollow voice. But rather than sticking around to battle the rest of the foes, he turns tail and bounds to the hovercar. Air Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Blizzard Man, Rush, Beat, Plasma Harrier, and Ring Redwing. Pharaoh Man has arrived. Pharaoh Man takes Ma Granny's Pie Factory!. Pharaoh Man has left. Nothing feels better, than having your opponent crushed between the force of ones hand. Compressed between extreme strength, and unyielding stone... er, yielding and cushioning Selene Chantrell rather. Punk steps back suddenly, dipping down with his hands on either side of his head. "DAMNIT! Hell if I will go!" He yells out, loud enough for all the Masters to hear. oOYet anyhowOo Still having punishment to dispense. He begins shaking again. A loud rumbling is heard, then a consistant thumping. A beat is heard, adding to the thumping, then the ting, ting, ting of a Drum players symbol //1, 2, 3// BOOOOOOOM!! A stone shaddering symphony of loud metal music at full volume insues, rocking through audio systems and ears everywhere. <> Punk misses Rock with his Heavy Metal attack. Punk strikes you with a glancing hit from his Heavy Metal for 4 units of damage. Punk misses Selene Chantrell with his Heavy Metal attack. Air Man has left. Ring Redwing's vitals outline in the red, so she must flee from the giant android snowball although she would love to kick his aft some more, but it's not meant to be. Some other time she'll avenge all the various female reploids that were wronged by the perverted master... Someday, he will face divine judgement. Ring Redwing retreats from the area swiftly, outdistancing all pursuit and parting shots. The noisy thumping, rattling, and general bad music roll off of the Hunter Commander's back like water off a duck. His helmet's reinforced ear protectors muffle out almost all of the noise with a simple touch to one side of his head, and so Rock will only walk away with a slight headache from the musical assault. At the Elite's defiant cry, he finds himself... chuckling, but softly. "No, Punk," Rock remarks as he stands up from his crouch, the Buster already singing its deadly song of destruction. "You're going. And you're going -now-," he announces as he leaps up into the air, dashjets blazing defiantly to propel him upwards just that extra bit. He hangs in the air for a moment or two - it feels like an eternity as things seem to slow down... ... then the pinnacle of weapons engineering, the absolute apogee of ruination announces its intent. The Buster screeches as electricity and energy swirl around Rock's entire arm, encasing it in an unearthly yellow glow of power. "And here's your sendoff!" he cries aloud, unleashing the destructive energy towards Punk in a sizzling hailstorm. Rock misses Punk with his Mega Buster Disruptor Blast attack. Selene Chantrell finds the sonics rather nice, being a mushroom and thus generally uninclined towards sonic damage. She notes the Masters retreating, and rises to her feet, a malicious smile forming. Her hat comes up, targetting lock shining in her eyes, and she hurls the discus forward with all her might... past Punk. Blades extending, the entire hat turns a viscous, ugly looking green as it kicks up past supersonic speeds, ion drives throwing it headling into a suicide attack... on the trailer. Rending through the side of the carrier, it gives up the ghost, self-detonting in a squishy spray of nanoacid all over the cargo of pies. Hope y'all like Flavour of the Month. Pharaoh Man has arrived. Ring Redwing's combat roll has succeeded against Pharaoh Man. Kain waits until the medicine is in his system. Unlike his previous pose, he is waiting patiently like a good patient should... Then Punk Attacks. Injuring K just a tad more. (No more mister nice guy...)Oo. He gets up, and lunges at Punk, Yang's already a blazing white... fuelled by Kain's... emotions. Kain swings the Cipher in a X pattern, hoping to hit... or at the very least injure... the Elite. Selene Chantrell's combat roll has succeeded against Pharaoh Man. You miss Punk with your Cipher X Slash attack. Pharaoh Man has left. Gemini Man has left. Metools begin to use sticks to roll Blizzard Man towards the hovercar trunk... Blizzard Man eyes the metools... "... What're you doing?" Blizzard Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Rush, Beat, and Ring Redwing. Blizzard Man is rolled into the hovercar. "... NOT THE TRUNK AGAIN! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*THUD*!" Pharaoh Man leans out the window, and nods to the Metools as they stuff Blizzard into the trunk, and slam it shut. " Excellent. " The all scurry into the backseat, and Pharaoh honks the horn at Punk. Blizzard Man has left. The hideous sounds of Heavy Metal music at high levels may have stopped outside, but inside his head, Punk hears nothing but the pounding of drums and other loud instruments of metal. Even more profound are sounds of screaming, hellish things, that are driving Punk mad. So much that he does not even purposefully avoid Rock's blast, it merely dissipates around him while he stands with his head gripped by his hands. It is when he shakily raises his head, eyes that look pained and angry at the same time. Eyes that burn with rage. If you were looking from his point of view, one would see everything clearly.. everything, covered in a red haze. He watches Kain rush him, watches the glowing blade slash at him. Before he gets there he manages to go over the radio. <> He throws both his hands up, the shear force and denial with which he blocks the blade dispels the attack and it's effect. Stepping forward, he brings his spiked knee up towards Kain's stomach, meaning to gut him. Punk misses you with his Knee Smash attack. Selene Chantrell smirks as the hat scores on it's target, only allowing a single teardrop to fall as she mourns the loss of a faithful friend and companion. Yes, she actually does care for those hats. Seeing as they're made of the same stuff as she is. Turning to Punk, she snaps one arm out, the arm seeming to melt and elongate outwards as she reshapes her body, a thin, sharp-tipped whip lashing out towards the Elite. Selene Chantrell misses Punk with her Shroom Whip attack. Kain leaps back just so Punk Kneespikes the air... then rushes at Punk from the other side. (Gotta take him out now, before any of us gets hurt!)Oo. The Yang flares brilliantly with blazing white light as Kain swings the Cipher about in a attempt to score multiple hits on Punk, with his fury. Yang's Fury. You strike Punk with a minor hit from your Yang Cipher attack. Well, damn. Rock dislikes it when he misses. Almost as much as he dislikes the Masters. But what he *really* dislikes is when bad guys just stand there and TAKE IT. Irritated, the Hunter decides to kick it up a notch. Yes, now Rock is cooking with gas - and then some. Dialing up the Buster just an extra bit, the Hunter Commander blazes towards the clunky form of the Master Elite. "You want a fight, Punk?" he cries out as the muzzle of the weapon streaks white. "I'll give you a fight, but leave the rest of them alone!" He lunges upwards, twists in the air, and as he sails over Punk's head, he opens fire. The shot is powerful - deadly, perhaps, as he lets go a well-charged Buster shot before landing in a crouch, back to Punk ... regardless of if it hits or not. Rock strikes Punk with his Mega Buster 3 attack. Ring Redwing strikes Selene Chantrell with her Ring Juggling attack. Punk throws his arm out, catching Sel's whip in his hand, and throwing it equally out to the side. The Mushroom girl is not the real threat. The strider and Mega Man are. He crouches down to launch another attack at Kain, when he finds his opponent rushing him again. This time, it hurts. He is hit in many places, and he must have some fury because it does hurt.. Deep cuts and slashes appear in his heavily armored form, the pain registers in his mind, but he tries to ignore it all the same. Then Rock, over his head, while he is still reeling from Kain's attacks, strikes him. The blast rips across the outter layer of his armor, peeling and shredding it in parts. Also.. messing up Punk's spiky hair! Bastard! However, that is enough. Punk is going home, he got to kick ass and chew gum... even without the gum, he still kicked, so that's a good deal. He stands straight shakily.. "You live today.. But next time, I'll really kick your a--es!" His last defiance, before turning towards the hovercar is... The Finger.(Be glad, I didn't attack with it. It's quite powerful $$$)) Punk retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Kain, Rock, Rush, Selene Chantrell, Beat, Plasma Harrier, and Ring Redwing. Plasma Harrier lays there, finally seeing the last of the Masters and their goons rush away. He groans in discomfort from the rather thorough rattling Air Man gave him. The avian peers around, asking, "Medic? I could use some help here... Anyone?" Selene Chantrell takes out a medical scanner and scans Ring Redwing. Selene Chantrell effects some repair work on Ring Redwing. Selene Chantrell effects some minor repair work on Plasma Harrier. Selene Chantrell takes out a medical scanner and scans Plasma Harrier. Selene Chantrell takes out a medical scanner and scans Ring Redwing. Kain steps back as he sees Punk is retreating. He simply stoles the Cipher away and just watches Punk retreat. "It is over..." He sighs. But glancing back at the factory, there is a brief frown on his face. (But at what price?)Oo. Ring Redwing has disconnected. Rock turns around from his crouch, panting slightly as he looks over at the fleeing form of Punk. He's not going to push his luck - he's not bloodthirsty, and lets Punk leave without further incident. "That's over," he remarks as he dusts himself off, barely scratched. He casts quick glances around before calling out, "Everyone all right?" Rush and Beat answer him in a hail of barks and chirrups, but he knew they were fine... Plasma Harrier has disconnected. Kain glances over at X. "I'm all right, X. Thanks to this lovely lady over here," he nods slightly at Selene. Punk has disconnected. Selene Chantrell smiles shyly. She looks... eerily human... without the hat to emphasize her mushroom qualities. Slinging her medibag, she looks over Rock and Kain professionally, "Hmm. Do either of you still need any help, before I head back to help with the pair that had to retreat from my group?" Robot Master Hovercar - Comrade enters the Appalachian States. Robot Master Hovercar - Comrade has left. Rock chuckles slightly at Selene, and inclines his head to Kain in understanding. "No, I'm all right. Just slightly sore, but I can get that looked at back at the Labs," he replies to Selene, patting his scorched side gently. "Glad to know you're all right, though," he notes to Kain. "Punk can... hurt, to say the least." Rush and Beat trot and flap up to stand and perch beside and on the Blue Bomber. You can figure out which does which. Selene Chantrell looks over to where a bit of acid dripped onto the ground before neutralizing, a wistful look on her face, "I need a new hat, it would seem... Pity. I've had that hat since just after the battle for Repliforce Island..." She smiles faintly, "Very faithful companion, as it were. Lasted through situations that demolished my dress numerous times, without a scratch... and gave it's all to make sure that all they got away with was sludge." Kain nods. Oh yeah it hurts. And he watched the WRWE. There is no way he can now say 'Chokeholds/Chokeslams don't hurt!' When it does. It REALLY does. X.X He nods wearily at X, "Yeah, but thank god that's over," he sighs. "Any Casualties... besides us?" Rock shakes his head slightly as he looks around the scene, the rubble and destroyed pies all about. "I believe there were a few on Repliforce's side, but I don't know which ones," he admits, looking to Selene for correction or confirmation. "Kalinka made it back to base in one piece, at least, although the Triumph's pretty badly rattled." Selene Chantrell nods, "Two injured, but they'll be treated as soon as they get back. I expect to see them up and about in a few days, tops." She frowns as she looks at the building itself, "In there, however... I evacuated as many as I could, but I don't know how many were still inside and might have been injured... The local paramedics should arrive soon, and I'll leave it to them... I have to try to figure out how to explain to my superiors why I went against orders and got into the fight." She grins at Kain, "I can probably use you as an excuse, thankfully. I don't like sitting doing nothing when people are getting hurt, so I owe you for giving me a good reason to step into things." Rock inclines his head slightly to Selene, and remarks, "You were helping someone obviously in need of medical assistance, and sought to protect him." He droops a little wink to the medic - now there's someone who doesn't mind bending a little protocol now and then. "I'd stay to help the wounded, but I really don't know anything about human medical care," he confesses. "I do, however, know something about cleaning this mess up, so I'm going to go take care of that. Will you be able to return home safely?" he inquires of Kain. "If not, I can give you a lift to where you need to go." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/8 Posted Author Ma Granny's Pies Attacked! Mon Oct 14 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Random Newscast* "...and thats why we no longer eat yellow snow. In other news, Ma Granny's Pie Factory, home of Ma Granny's Pies Inc., was attacked today by Robot Master forces...." *Picture of Pharaoh Man, Air Man, Punk, Blizzard Man, and Gemini Man (and his clone) rampaging about a half-destroyed factory complex, while metools load pies into a huge trailor hooked up to a modified hovercar.* " Thankfully, combined Maverick Hunter, Repliforce, and non-affiliated reploids arrived on the scene, including Rock himself, to stop the menace..." *Rock, Ride Armor Triumph (With Kalinka as Pilot), Ring Redwing, Beat, Rush, Kain, and Selene Chantrell are show, battling it out with the Masters.* " The Robot Master forces eventually retreated, but not before stealing an estimated 10,000 Z worth of Pies and Pie products, along with causing over 40 Million Z in damages, and injuring hundreds of workers. Ma Granny's Inc. promises to return to normal production schedules within two months, funds pending, and is open to donations for a relief fund to cover the medical bills of those injured and without insurance. Now, to Sports...." $$$$$$$$$