Log started: 10/21/02 9:07:28 PM $$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/14 Posted Author Wilybeer Commercial Mon Oct 21 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This commercial airs during a break from When Mecha Animals Attack, just after an ad for the special PPV Robot Master Edition. Loud rock music comes on and the camera fades in to show Sigma, Vile and the X-Hunters in a bar. They are all drinking and laughing. Sigma and Vile hold bottles high and the camera zooms in on the label. Whats it say? Wilybeer. Now the camera pans down the bar to show General and Colonel, also drinking Wilybeers and having the times of their LIves. Pan down the bar again, and we see Wily himself along with the ELItes sitting around a table covered in Wilybeer bottles. Bass and Enker cLInk bottles and give the camera a cheest thumbs up as the scene freezes and fades to a black screen. The music stops suddenly, and the camera fades in once more, this time to a scene of Rock, Zero and Dr. LIght sitting on the curb in the rain. LIght holds his head in his hands and Rock appears to be crying. Zero just looks pissed off. A door opens, and Wily, Bass, Sigma, General, Colonel and all the others come out laughing and talking. They spy Rock, Zero and LIght and start pointing and laughing, then walk off into the night. The camera looks to the group on the curb, then fades out once more to a black screen, with the Dr. W symbol on it. Text appears, accompanied by a typical deep narrator's voice. Wilybeer. Because LIghtbeer sucks. Fade to black screen and next commercial... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] The General transmits, "4621" $$$ BB Post in Progress $$$$$$ Group: CiviLIan Title: Joint Frequencies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (UN Only) (Text Only) New AlLIed Frequencies: 4621 -- Main/Secure 7186 -- Chat Change them ASAP. (Serena's Electronic Signature) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Florida If you enter Florida from the north, it is fully possible to beLIeve that you took a wrong turn and ended up inside an old cartoon. What was once Florida is now the world's largest theme park - the Disney Universe. Covering all of what was once Florida and a large section of Georgia, the park caters to every conceivable taste and need. People in Disney character suits swarm from all corners, and if you can stick a pair of black mouse ears on it, they're there. This includes the park's prize attraction - a small security force of mouse-eared Ride Armors, composing nearly the world's entire total of civiLIan-owned Ride Armor units. Amongst all this cheeriness are a few tiny bastions of reaLIty - the meticulously preserved Kennedy Memorial Space Center remains untouched as a landmark, and the bizarre island of Key West has held out against all encroachments. Chi [Armor] [RF] Turbo Turtle [Tortoise] [M] Metal Man [Armor] [RM] Dr. Cossack [MH] Gemini Man [Normal] [RM] Sonata [Armored] [MH] Iris [Vanguard] [RF] Sword Man [Mysterious] [RM] General [General] [RF] Deinosuchus Note Skull Shuttle [RM] Kennedy Space Submerge leads to Underneath Caribbean Sea. Submerge leads to Underneath Gulf of Mexico. Submerge leads to Underneath Central Atlantic. Sea leads to Caribbean Sea. Gulf leads to Gulf of Mexico. East leads to Western Atlantic Ocean. North leads to Eastern Seaboard. West leads to Louisiana. Up leads to Sky Above Eastern United States. Sword Man nods. "Very well then." However, as General's hand comes toward him, he goes eyes wide, though unable to react fast enough to get out of the way. "WHAT IN BLAZES...." Sonata nods sLIghtly, considering for a long moment. "No wonder DeVry wanted to get his hands on this thing - the possibLIties for cybernetic appLIcation are endless. And horiffic, if you consider them. Imagine the Mavericks creating something LIke their Virus that works on humans using this - converting them to mechanical beings LIke the ebola virus converted humans into itself. Its not something that I want to see in my LIfetime." And that is something that will probably be a good bit longer than Cossack's. "Perhaps I'm just being pessemistic," she adds after a moment, taking her own scans of the area - this is probably more along Cossack's LInes of expertise than her own. She's more focused on... conventional investigation, rather than theoretical. She follows along, keeping an eye on the walls. Chi looks at the General and his use of Sword Man as well... a sword. Chi pulls out Masamune and looks over the beast. He's a warrior and knows LIttle about atanomy. "Where do you think he should start cutting, General?" No amusement at Sword's situation. Chi is focusing on the duty at hand. Metal Man breaks into a quick jog as he heads for the snout of the creature and his hidden Katar style blades sLIde out and he gets ready to hack and slash with the rest of them. "This should prove to br interesting..." He hears Sonata, "Woah girl hold the phone... so your saying this is LIke the borg from Star Trek or something?" The unconventional methods that have sprung to General's mind are soon brought to bear as the main part of Sword's body now LIes comfortably in his firm yet gentle grasp, with his sword arm protruding out between General's middle and index finger. Don't look at this too quickly, otherwise, it might look LIke a rather... non-Commanderish gesture. "Metal Man, to the skull! Chi, to the neck! We must find some central neural node to this thing! So far, we haven't had much!" A voice used to yelLIng over the din of battle works well for this situation, where the storm's howLIng gales and whipping rain make for their own deafening roar. Gemini Man bLInks. Then...he gigGLes. Loudly and childishly, covering his mouth, then, this turns into a rip-roar of a laugh under the pounding rain. "That'll teach you to work with RepLIforce..." (haa haahahahahaha!) "...Sword..." (hee hee!) "Man..." Sword Man merely GLowers from within General's fist, his sword-hand protruding outward, his lower half very close to kicking Gemini in the aft as it waits for it's other half to be finished in it's quick stint as a Gen-sized pocket knife. From some distance away, Serena overlooks the recovery work... wearing a raincoat over her usual clothing attire. (Ah rather not be there... Too cold...)0o. An small white bot beeps miserably as well. "Humanity sucks, Sonata," says the Cossack, remorselessly thieving as much data as he can from the creature. "Individuals can be good people ... but zee masses, zee masses are mad. May as vell run by mob mentaLIty -- zee democratic system of government is total failure." Oh, God, here it comes. "It creates a class of men," says the Cossack, "zhat exploit zee system for zeir own benefit, wiffout considerink zee needs of their constituents -- or, more importantly, zee greater good of all. Zee plague of representative democracy, an abomination born of ideaLIstik plutocrats and uppity peasants, has left us in ziss sodden state -- vee do not even haff zee resolve to send our own children out to die any more for our leader's greedy vars. Vee send out slaves, innocents, and vee act indignant vhen zey revolt." The Cossack stops to make sure his video feeds are working properly, doing a quick review of what he's seen so far to be sure he hasn't missed any opportunities. He stands still as he does this, continuing to talk. "Zee only hope for ziss verld is professional rule, a rule of oLIgarchs. Educated men, vealthy men, men who haff no desire to exploit zee people because zey haff all zey vish. Only zey can free zemselves from zee corruptink influence of power by beink completely sated of zeir desires and knowink it is best for /zem/ if zee majority is vell cared for. Not kin-ks, no ... not passed down by heredity, but instead by peer appointment. Only zee most intelLIgent should make decisions, not men who haff zee best luck arousing zee mob." Despite the nasty weather, the conditions, and even the minor concern that working with the Robot Masters isn't the greatest thing, Chi walks over to the neckLIne of the monster. Hoof prints left in his wake. The large reploid reaches back and reLIeves his holder of Masamune. The blade charges with energy making the edge a better cutter. Chi takes aim and begins the process of slowly hacking away at the neck. His first slash is made on a vertical plane and as deep as the strong minotaur can bury the blade. The huge frame of the RepLIforce gestalt member seem to strain as he thrashes through the croc. Metal Man hears the order from the General and to night as a) Wily wants to know about this critter and b) Metal man wants to know what the heck is up with this thing too. He leaps up towards the skull and plants his feet as he lands. "Okay time for the doc ta operate!" sLIce, sLIce sLIce as metal Man works on cutting his way into the beast. "COSSACK! That is all and nice but I'm trying to work here... Humm we have a comon goal for once so how about we actually ... try to work...with each other..." oO(I can't beLIve I just said that! Oy!) "So is this thing a cybrog bot or what? I ain't seen anything LIke this before! Dr. Cossack receives a radio transmission from KaLInka. Dr. Cossack sends a radio transmission to KaLInka. Dr. Cossack receives a radio transmission from ALIa. Gizmo GLIder has connected. Dr. Cossack sends a radio transmission. [Radio: (E) Broadband] Isaac transmits, "Status of the creature just what is that beast?" [Radio: (E) Broadband] Isaac transmits, "MAV!" Dr. Cossack sends a radio transmission to ALIa. Serena Gilbert comes forth, sLIpping at the hot chocolate. "None of us has seen anythin' LIke this, sugah. It's amazin'... and scary. Ah wish Ayla was here instead of me..." She sighs, "But Ah got 'guard' duty." Dr. Cossack receives a radio transmission from ALIa. General idly tests the give on the blade, as if attempting to not strain relations by ruining a decent man-sized sword. Weilding it much LIke a corkscrew, General clambers atop the cheekbones of the felled beast, and soon finds himself in the crater from where the Manticore had ruined the beast with acid. Sword's, well... sword gets driven between two metal plates, leverage appLIed enough to raise the edge of the casing. With his free hand, General latches onto the edge, and with a grunt and massive strain of effort from his torso, begins to peel back an entire stretch of scalded, blackened plating, sending forth a wave of fumes from the fermenting metallorganic mass beneath. And what did the mass reveal? General stares down, almost sneering in disbeLIef at the sight that greets his optics. Sonata shrugs sLIghtly, running one hand along a nearby wall and collecting as much tactile data as she can at this point. Cossack's rambLIngs are rather famiLIar - anyone who had been in the Hunters for some signifigant length of time was LIkely to have heard them. But that didn't necessaraly mean that she agreed with them. "I don't think that all of humanity is as bad as you think they are, Doctor. If they were, what would be the point of saving them from the Mavericks? For all of the bad things that you can come up with about people in this world, there are at least twice as many people who don't make the news, who are not striving for power. I think it is quite possible that those humans who actively persue power may not be the best in the world... but that doesn't make the rest of them worthy of such scorn." She shrugs sLIghtly, walking a bit faster and taking additional scans. "If there is going to be an overall change, it has to be the people themselves who want it. No one has the right to infLIct their views of the world upon everyone else. Not Sigma, or Wily... or anyone," she adds pointedly. "That is why the Hunters exsist." Optimist? Perhaps. General sends a radio transmission. Dr. Cossack receives a radio transmission. "This is humiLIating." is all Sword utters, grunting as he gets used pretty much as a crowbar now, the strain on his arm causing him to slam his teeth together in a pained, gnashed 'grin', until finally, the plate is LIfted up. Miraculously, the blade shows no true markings of the strain, though Sword himself is a sLIghtly different story. He looks downward at the smelly mass, trying to focus and see just what was underneath all that 'skin'. More myomeres, with thier maddeninGLy silvery-green tones, gLIsten in the pounding rain, as if mocking the very efforts of General, Sword Man, and Metal Man. "Damnation, nothing but more of the same as what encased the Cow!" With a low grunt, he releases Sword Man, and GLares down at the taunting heap, which steams in the downpour. However, it is a GLare of thought, and he snaps out towards Chi, "Work that neck in sections, Captain! We'll take this thing apart until we can find what made this thing tick!" Gemini Man snaps his fingers. The second Gemini Man appears here, not yet soaking wet himself, but quickly becoming so. This second twin looks QUITE unhappy to be drug out here again, all of the sudden, and points back at the shuttle, looking himself in the eye. The first Gemini Man points up at General and Sword Man...and the second one laughs, a chuckle sLIghtly smaller than the original's earLIer uproar. "We're not missing THIS," says the first to the second. "Oh. So where are YOU going?" the second asks the first. The original Gemini Man shrugs...and starts to do a perimeter to scope out the rest of the creature. Serena Gilbert nods as well, "Yeah. Ah mean neither Garneau nor Thackery are the spokeperson for all of humanity... just for the ones that should be kicked out of the gene pool for all time," She takes another sip, "Give us a chance, Dr. Cossack... if ya'll just dig deep enough... maybe we're not all that different after all." The White Assistbot beeps loudly in agreement. Metal Man cuts through the outer layer of metal and organcis as keeps cutting in deeper. "Damn this stuff smells wrose than Toad man does... I don't know how its possible but it does." Then he calls out. "HEY COSSACK! You getting any readings on this thing?" He is still shocked at the size of this critter and keeps cutting away trying to get in deeper. [Radio: (E) Broadband] Metal Man transmits, "God this thing smells wrose than Toad Man..." [Radio: (E) Broadband] Dr. Doppler transmits, "Cleaning Albert's laboratory again, are you?" [Radio: (E) Broadband] Metal Man transmits, "No helping to try and get at the controll center or brain of the giant critter we all killed yesterday...the one that ate the Cow." Guts Man has connected. Sword Man grunts, being released. Spinning downward as his anti-gravs attempt to slow his descent, he finally lands onto his lower half, spiraLIng about until he finally faces Gemini. GLaring at the Twin Master, he simply gives a quick utterance of "Say nothing," before he cLImbs upward to see just what he had helped uncover within the beast. The Cossack is interrupted before he started to segue into more details about the models of his oLIgarchial government by Metal Man. He looks over at the approaching Master, hand instinctively tightening on his cutter. He eases back, though, his ingrained self-discipLIne staying his hand. Besides, he wouldn't want to draw fire on Sonata. "Metal Man, lovely," he says. "Alvight, let me tell you vhat vee know so far. It appears to be technorganik, wiff technology vell beyond anyt'ink vee are famiLIar wiff. It appears to haff some kind of velationship wiff zee veather, zogh vee do not know how yet." He gestures towards the back of the creature. "Vight now, ve're goink to zee if any power source can be found near zee back. FaiLInk zhat, ve'll go to zee front after General and zee others finish hackink at it -- for safety, mind you. So far, vee haff found no signs of it." He pauses, putting his free hand to his ear. He squints behind his visor, then incLInes his head. "Alvight, zey are done wiff zee head. Ve'll start headink back for a more detailed examination of zee chest after vee finish here." He starts walking again, taking more readings, looking for more information. After a few moments, he comments to Sonata (and indirectly, Serena), continuing the other conversation. "After you haff gained some more experience in zee verld, Sonata ... and you, young lady ... you vill zee vhat I mean. People can be saved ... but humanity ... humanity carries on, LIke plague. It is zee individual who can achieve greatness, vhile zee herd exists solely to sustain itself. It vequires a strong hand, a father-figure, a master to protect it from itself. Zee sheep should not, must not, lead zee shephard. Othervise, zeir is ruin. Zee volves come." [Radio: (E) Broadband] Dr. Doppler transmits, "Ah, yes. That." *CLANG* Chi whips his blade down into the neck. He looks over at General after retrieving his blade. Chi looks over at General and repLIes, "My plan was to make a sLIce here and then cut along the neck LIne." The minotaur stares at the beast. And then at Masamune. There is no damage to the blade, but there isn't much being down to the croc either. Dr. Cossack sends a radio transmission. General receives a radio transmission. Chi sends a radio transmission. General receives a radio transmission. General mmms thoughtfully towards Chi, and bLInks ever so sLIghtly at the exchange between Gemini Man and Sword Man, stating as a comment easily heard by the entire group, "The armor is made to withstand blows from the outside, and is shaped convex in relation to your blows. You'll need to cut from the inside out, along a concave blow. Getting just right under the armor should be good enough, just anGLe the blade accordinGLy." As if to demonstrate, General sLIps a finger under the existing cut, and then cracks the armor from below, much LIke someone levering up a sewer LId. Several stress marks snake out from the point in the armor. Sonata smiles, and shakes her head. "Call it a family quirk, Doctor - but I don't think that you are correct. I think that humanity is greater than you are wilLIng to give it credit for. And it will prove it, in the future." She looks about for a moment, and eyes Metal Man with a sinGLe, long GLance. One that quiet clearly tells him how his yammering is not going to be Welcome here. After a moment she nods to Serena, and takes whatever scans she has left. "It doesn't look LIke we're going to find much here - if this thing has a power core, I expect that it is distributed, much LIke a LIving animal has its own miniature power supply in each of its cells. Which... doesn't bode well." Wolves being Masters and... and of course Mavericks. Serena considers the Cossack's words for a moment, "That'll be true, but sooner or later... humanity needs ta be on its own... stand on its on feet... and be ready ta face the world. Ah'm not sayin' that ya wrong, Dr. Cossack... but eventually... whoever is goin' ta father humanity will have ta let go and hope fer the best." Turbo Turtle changes into his Turtle armor. Metal Man shouts out to Sonata after he gets /the look/ "That is a point, if the power systems are all spread out...we are out of luck." He actually shuts up, pissed off females of any type are dangerous and something he does not want deal with that now. He pulls out his scaner for a moment runs a scan puts it away and gets back to work. Chi looks over his 'attack' on the monster and does notice what he wanted to find. A small, but deep cut in armor. Chi looks at the whole and smiles at himself. "Indeed, General. That is one way of handLIng the situation." During the conversation, the wound is filLIng with water. "the other situation is to use this very monster's storms against it." Chi breathes back and blows very cold air onto the hole. The theory is the water inside the hole will expand as it freezes, hoping the armor will buckle. Sword Man would definitely disagree with Serena, but then again, Sword thinks of Wily as being the strong hand that COssack speaks of. But no matter. Business now, philosophy later. Sword trudges himself toward the other side of the beast, rolLIng his shoulder as the strain from being used as a pocket knife compounds on the strain of being tossed about by the beast last night. "The beast is technorganic. Could it possibly be a left over of the Stardroids? There has already been proof of their hands reaching farther than we'd hoped, using our own ancient and historical figures and beings against us." Indeed, Sword speaks of Atlantis, and the problems that happened there. He wasn't present, but he heard enough about it to know it was a Stardroid estabLIshment. And it appears that whatever LInk that LIes between the carcass and the weather takes exception to the dawning discovery that the butchers may be coming to. One of the multitudes of LIghtning bolts that have darted across the skies, or into the metal frames of the abandoned rides, finally lances into the LImp form of the Deinosuchus. Some would argue that it was merely a matter of time before its mass attracted a strike, although the timing would have been questionable. The cris-rossing myceLIum of network fibrils becomes enervated with a bluish-green LIght visible to all that fades to a yellowish white, causing the entire body to lurch in a tight arc, sending those inside flying, as well as those outside that happen to be atop the creature. A low hiss escapes the gap made by Chi. For a moment, the creature quivers, pose held at the top of the arc, with the tail-tip and snout nearly touching, eyeless sockets almost appearing to beseech the heavens to let the servant free. Were the wolves only the Robot Masters and the Mavericks, the world would be much less threatening to the Cossack; the enemy without is nowhere near as threatening as the enemy within. Regardless, he drops it; it's clear that no one's mind will be changed in the butt-end of a giant dead mecha-dinosaur. He takes a few final scans, then starts trudging back up towards the chest of the creature, rebreather hissing; he ejects one filter and shoves in another, the toxins in the air highly dangerous in the concentrations the Cossack is being exposed to, especially with his rotten lungs. "Zeir must be some sort of main condui --" And then the Cossack goes flying, even as his sensors read the sudden energy surge. He slams into the wet ground, wind knocked out of him, dazed from the force of the sudden blow -- his cutter spins through the damp innards, out of quick reach. [Radio: (E) Broadband] Metal Man transmits, "What the hell? Its comming back onLIne!" Chi jumps back as the blast hits the croc and it begins moving. Chi reacts without so much as a thought. Masamune swings into a defensive position and the blade GLows. Chi's ears go flat. "General, I don't LIke this at all." Chi watches as the hiss of air comes from his LIttle attempt to use physics. Chi looks up and if he beLIeved in a God, he'd be annoyed. Fornuately for Chi, he doesn't have to worry about these things. One Gemini Man points to the other, from across the long arc of rain, as if in a question. oO(You doing that?)Oo oO(...Was thinking about it...)Oo They both look at the creature again. Then, each other. Then, they start to back away from the thing, in sync. Sonata is about to reply to Cossack as well, when the entire beast just SURGES, tossing her end over end and sending her crashing to the ground a few feet away. Smashing head first into the ground, Sonata claws for a moment as she strugGLes back to her feet, bringing her weapon systems back onLIne and trying to keep her balance. "What happened?" she shouts at the top of her voice, pivoting around and looking for targets. "Power surge... a bit one. Is this thing...?" She claps her mouth shut, and hurries over to help Cossack back to his feet. Sword Man continues to walk along...but quickly is shot off of the beast as the LIghtning strikes. FalLIng a good 15 feet from the beast, he shakes himself off, lucky that his coat has kept out most of the water, though some of it still comes through, causing steam to build up within. Looking toward the lurching monstrosity, he quickly dashes away, attempting to get out of it's range. "FALL BACK AND KEEP AWAY FROM THE BEAST!!" he calls out, not only to RMs, but to the others as well. Serena Gilbert sharply turns towards... what was supposed to be the carcass. "" She runs towards Cossack, hoping that he is all right, as various UN Peacekeeping forces (a really small number of people) takes aim... and fires just LIke gumbies/soldiers should.... and possibly doing LIttle to no damage on the thing. Metal Man retracts his gore covered blade and leaps free of the skull and scrambles back from it. "don't have to tell me twice!" the ego powered master scrambles clear and pulls out his scanner rechording what is happening to the beast. "This does not bode well for all of us." RepLIforce VTOL arrives from the Sky Above Eastern United States. RepLIforce VTOL has arrived. Harmony has arrived. [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Dragonlady Sonata transmits, "Please tell me this thing isn't going to up and start moving again..." [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] RF MSE Prismatic Spider transmits, "I'd LIke to say that, but I'm working on confirming the situation now." Loud engines can be heard in the background as something off in the distance nearing the said area with increasing speed and something spraying the water up so. A fast vehicle-LIke object soars in over the flooded water in the whole place, LIke a bullet skimming the water as the waves come in from aways off over the distance. It's a Maverick zooming in fast on the Robot Master's positions, a Maverick who don't care 'bout what his prorities are for the rest of the team, only out here to have some fun and mess about for his own wants. "Wheeee-haaaw! The surf is... sort of up!" Turbo Turtle yelps as he hones in on the location, he's a lookin' for something to get his mind off boredom, not to mention get in a report for the Doc. He splashes the water as he comes in and eyes everyone in the area with GLowing optics.... he's coming fast. Wheeee... [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] RF Captain Chi transmits, "It just got hit by LIghting... And it did move..." General lands, shoulderfirst, into the gound, tumbLIng and rolLIng, scowLIng as he finds himself upon his knees for a brief second as he looks stories upwards at the screeching metal towering above him. A paw of the croc twitches, before a sound of rusted hings squeaks. And then, the fall again. Not the controlled thrashing of a beast, but the almost lackadaisical, chaotic, unpredictable fall dictated by gravity. One half of the lower jaw swings loose, before falLIng to the ground towards Chi, while other debris, mostly the myomeres and networked nere tendrils, rain upon the Masters in a perverse downpour. The energy fades, and a massive crash of mostly intact tail, half-hacked neck and head, and the sixty-percent carted off remains of the Cow, crashes down again in a disjointed symphony of falLInf metal terror. [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Dragonlady Sonata transmits, "What? This was in response to a LIghtning strike?" [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] General transmits, "Affirmative Sonata, give it a moment, get in crash positions if at all possible, it's COMING down!" Sigma has arrived. [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Dragonlady Sonata transmits, "...that is going to be hard - we're still IN the thing..." Spartan Wolf arrives from the Eastern Seaboard. Spartan Wolf has arrived. [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Major Iris transmits, "Hm. I'm still outside of that stinky thing! You mean it wasn't quite dead? That isn't good news." Gemini Man runs toward, and ducks on top of Gemini Man, and they both take cover as the creature comes crashing down to a new position. The huddle of twins both shakes a moment, then...both open their eyes, and look up at the thing, bLInking. "Is it done?" "Dunno." Spartan Wolf goes home. Spartan Wolf has left. [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Serena Gilbert transmits, "And she means in the guts of this bloody thing! (OOC: Ignore previous)" Sword Man curses as he attempts to dash his way away from the beast, using his sword to slash and deflect away the debris raining down on him. "Blast it all!!" Unsure of what to do at the moment, he keeps circLIng about, attempting to avoid wha the can and using his blade to protect him from what he can't. Iris returns from the other end of the park, still enveloped in the Vanguard armor. Sure enough...the 'dead' creature has MOVED. Shaking off her heebie-jeebies, she moves forward toward the thing. He's big, he's tough... And yes, he's got reflexes... MAD Reflexes. As the jaw comes crashing down towards Chi, he throws up both his hands holding onto Masamune... a shimmer of energy appears around Chi. The falLIng jaw does colLIde with the forcefield, but it does hold.. just barely. As the jaw settles to the ground, Chi deactivates the forcefield and begins stepping back. He might be one of the bravest around, but he isn't stupid either. Turbo Turtle changes into his Tortoise armor. The Cossack slaps against the innards of the creature, sLIding down a good distance away -- helped a good deal by gravity. Good thing he's wearing a poncho -- he sLIdes down the guts LIke some sort of slaughterhouse luge track, adrenaLIne hitting; he regains his breath and pulls out a /nasty/ looking knife, stabbing it hard into the ground to stop his movement. He hangs from the blade for a few moments until the creature starts to level off, then pulls out another wicked-looking knife and sticks it a LIttle ahead of himself, using them as supports to regain his footing. You LIve through enough mudsLIdes, you learn some things. He gets back to his feet, waving off Serena's help, though he moves a bit unsteadily for the first few paces. "I vas /prepared/ for ziss contingency," he sneers, moving back towards Sonata, heading to the backpack. "And ziss vould be as good as time as any to test Veapon COS-9.9.6.7.2.!" Fearless of the debris, the Cossack moves behind Sonata, opening the suitcase, and pulLIng out what looks to be some sort of obscenely dangerous rifle -- it looks a lot LIke the GLuon Gun from the original Half-LIfe, save it's GLowing violet and seems to be leaking black energy near the barrel in tiny sparks. "Sonata, vee need protection vhile I set up gun -- bubble us up and get us near zee exit!" Harmony has left. RepLIforce VTOL enters the Sky Above Eastern United States. RepLIforce VTOL has left. There was perhaps a time where Gizmo GLIder was indeed sane. As surprising as that might seem to most. Every once in awhile even he can focus on a mission long enough to keep his head, keeping his sanity. It doesn't happen a lot of times but it does indeed happen. Letting his rather slender body stroll towards the sight, a rather small and fuzzy scientist garbed in a UN scientist coat. The stitching in the coat pocket does indeed have the actual emblem of the UN. On the tip of his muzzle is a small pair of spec which look way too small for the rather large black eyes that he possesses. On his head is a torn up beret, which looks oddly famiLIar to Iris' hat. Placing his thin long fingers into the side coat pocket, Gizmo gazes his large eyes on the creature before him. He is not about to let his Baldness down. For once he plans to do things right. Sonata nods once, and activates her arm cannon. The result? Her hand disappears inside of the housing of her armor, leaving only the traditional LIght designed weapon emitter crystal in its place. However, instead of a typical weapon, Sonata instead raises her arm above her head and fires. The result is a large, black cube of gravatic energy that acts as a forcefield, protecting Serena, The Cossack, and herself from the external environment. That done, Sonata extends her hands in front of her, mentally taking control of the Cube and sending it sLIding across the ground towards one of the exits. Time to get out of here, before this thing decided that a Reploid and a few other squishies might make a fine addition to its internal structure. Sonata projects a forcefield around herself. The UN Peacekeepers stops firing upon hearing Sword Man -- Hey, they are not stupid -- and they immediately get behind any available barracade and/or obstacle. Meanwhile in the belly of the beast (LIterally!) Serena nods solemnly at Cossack. Knowing what the UN files said about the Cossack -- It is best that Sonata gets a forcefield up. Although she has to ask: "What will that gun do, sugah?" The crash appears to have settled the crocodiLIan now, although most of the nerve fibrils are now completely fused in crystalLIzed, siLIcon veins across all the myomeres now, the LIghtning having wreaked havoc with its 26 milLIon volts of electricity on the system. UGLy LIquids gurGLe, but it appears that the creature is now truly down for the count. Any organometalLIc matter is now ruined, and, judging by the wary expression that General gives the crocodiLIan, it looks LIke what's left isn't going to be in much better shape. Of course, General certainly doesn't KNOW that the nerve fibers are ruined. "Everyone accounted for? And has any of that structural damage possibly revealed a core to this blasted thing. Does it even HAVE a central core?!" Metal Man parries the goo? parts etc as he picks up an armor plate to use as a shield He dances about almost trying to keep clear of the monster. "Ya know someone up there just loves to torment us mortals don't they! Wait GET CLEAR! THIS THING COULD BE WIRED TO BLOW!!!" Metal Man starts backing up as best he can and somewhere the full version of Obsession starts to play. Gemini Man stands up, and dusts himself off. The other Gemini m "Ya'll know who it is! It be the fastest terrapin ya' LIttle punks, Woooohoooo!!!!" Turbo Turtle screams LIke an idiot as he comes into the flooded area, until he sees and gawks at the beast standing before him, he saw it from far off, yes. But dang... it IS huge. "Holy stuff... that is one mean looking sucker..." He comes up, still looking up at the beast under his visor and his jaw just drops as he sees that there are people messing with it. Normally, the tortoise would come upon the area with guns blazing, but dang, this is a shocker. Adressing to no one in particular and everyone at the same time, "What the HecK is that thing!?" He jumps up outta' the water and stomps down with his boots in the lower water level, not making any assaults yet. [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] General transmits, "What plans do you have for escape of this carcass? I'm ready to vaporize it and leave nothing to chance." Gemini Man stands up, and dusts himself off. The other Gemini Man does the same, a second later. "Mortals?" muses the first, raising a brow at Metal. "I'm going to go back and check on the girls," says the second. "Getting dull out here. And WET." The first Gemini shrugs, and looks up. "You done being a utiLIty? There's nothing else to see out here," he says to Sword. [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Dr. Cossack transmits, "Vee are escapink now! Look for black energy cube -- vee are inside! Vill signal vhen clear!" [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] General transmits, "*rumbles, vaguely bemused* Why do I suspect that you left a present in there?" [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Dragonlady Sonata transmits, "*through gritted teeth* Left? Not quite yet..." Sword Man watches the beast fall for it's final time as the debris rain ceases, knocking away one final piece of shrapnel before he stares on. He's still wary of the beast, and unsure what has happened to it. However, he's still intent on knowing where this thing came from and what it is. Turning to Gemini, he furrows his brow. "I am still intent on finding the truth of this monstrosity. You may retire to the Shuttle if you so choose, but I shall be staying to invesigate." Turning toward Metal as he walks on, he speaks again. "Sir Metal, shall you be returning as well, or shall you be returning to the vessel as well?" [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Dr. Cossack transmits, "No, can't chance it, haff to get outside..." Guts Man scratches himself. The Cossack rides inside of the energy cube, all the while priming the large, dangerous weapon. He works several actions on it, a dangerous flash-bulb LIke hum starting to issue forth from it. Things inside the weapon /begin to move/, LIke an engine turbine coming to speed -- the business end crackles with black energy, swirLIng almost in an organized vortex... The Cossack's visor takes on a greenish GLow as it syncs with the weapon's internal systems, gritting his teeth hard as each reading starts to go to full power. The entryway starts to become visible ... he mentally prepares himself for what is to come, hands tightening on the handles, fingers drifting to the `activation' and `confirm activation' and `initiate' togGLes, waiting... Gemini Man shrugs at Sword Man. He's now extremely wet; apparently he stopped projecting his holographic umbrella in the course of the creature-centered confusion. "Suit yourself." He starts to turn away. "If the Shuttle is rocking... The cube continues to crash through the interior of the creature - no, Sonata does not exactly have a huge amount of fine control over it while she is inside. Fortunately, the gravity inside of the cube is controlled so that everyone is not being tossed about TOO badly. But the ride is definately not one that you would want to wilLInGLy go through again. The cube itself spicks up speed, the ground flowing faster and faster underneath it - and a small vision of outside is seen. Sonata pulls the cube around to the side, aiming for the exit... And misses, bouncing off of the wall just a foot away and sending them skimming across the wall opposite, bouncing again... before the entire mass ROCKETS outside of the creature, catching quite a bit of air as it does so. Sonata clenches one hand, reducing the overall speed so the cube is just hovering there... and giving Cossack a good shot at the creature. A shot that is faciLItated as one of the wals of the cube vanishes, giving a good window to shoot out of. [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Dragonlady Sonata transmits, "WE'RE OUT!" General tenses as the black cubic form whizzes out of the carcass, and, almost wishing he didn't have stereoscopic zoom, snaps a hand out to gesture for those who haven't moved to bolt. "I see a muzzle pointed at that thing. MOVE OUT, on the double! Fall back behind shelter!" He even radioes at a few of the evacuation and contruction crews who have paused in their work to gawk at the reptiLIan wonder. Gemini Man has disconnected. Metal Man sends a radio transmission. General receives a radio transmission. General sends a radio transmission to Metal Man. Metal Man receives a radio transmission from General. Gemini Man has connected. The moment Serena is out, she keys up her radio -- <> THe UN Peacekeepers does indeed take cover, as Serena bunkers down with Sonata and the mad Russian. "Ah hope Ah won't regret this..." Chi sees General moving and is pretty sure he knows what's gonna happen next. Chi sees a few UN speciaLIst standing there stunned. Some people just stare when they are frightened out of their wits. Its called combat paralysis. Chi slaps Masamune back onto his back. He reaches out with his large arms and grabs two of the UN people and yells, "MOVE people, MOVE!!" HE heeds his own advice and goes Gizmo GLIder perhaps doesn't do the smartest thing as he strolls right up to the guards protecting the beast. Tipping his beret LIghtly to the guards Gizmo gives his best fang filled smile before nodding towards the huge monstrosity. Letting his focus gaze up to the guards he lets his focus peer through the overly small specs. "Move aside. Move aside. UN business and all." His long slender fingers reach into the folds of his UN sanctioned lab coat and pulls out a small UN access card. Whether it currently works or not is one thing but the card is indeed real. The card belongs to a scientist long disappeared amongst the ranks of the UN. A Doctor Gizmo, microbiologist and Virologist expert. "Now if you may step aside." He squeaks in his high pitched voice. "I would LIke to get threw. After all we are still not sure about this creature. This creature could indeed contain bacteria or virii that could indeed make a human ill if not worst. I seen it a hundred times with these types of creature. Newly discovered or rather re-discovered creatures are something that tends to keep us on our feet. Sure everyone is excited about it but do they really know the dangers of what this thing can possess? Especially Dead! Now move!" Sword Man continues forth...but then notices the cube on the way toward the beast. Eyes wide, he dashes away quickly, sloshing along through the mud and trying to get away from the area. If he didn't think Cossack and the LIghts were crazy enough, this is proof enough for him. Gemini Man is already leaving. At a nice, sedate pace, too. He knew he had the right idea. Metal Man hollers adding to Chi's own call to pull back. "GET BACK! If you vaule your LIves GET BACK FROM THIS THING!" Metal Man then breaks into a run bluring sLIghtly as he moves heading. "Back to the ship!!!" The Peacekeepers look at one another, than back at the Doctor. Another calls up the UN. "Confirmed." he says. Still the first one is... hesitant. "Sir, Cossack-Assault-91087 is active. It is best, you get behind the shelter with us until it is safe to proceed." The SoLIder won't stop Gizmo if he does proceed -- It is his own LIfe he's risking. Getting back to the situation at hand, Turbo Turtle shakes his head, GLances about and chooses a target to pester about, "Hey you!" he addresses to noone yet either, but points to the giant beast thing where apparently all of the other robots already are. He points to a Robot Master, but he isn't exactly sure who he is, but he needs to report something to the Maverick Doc about this situation with the giant Croc. Quickly, he shifts back to his water transportation mode and skims closer to the Croc, he leans in on the robotic people still awaiting outside. "Allll....rrright now, what is going on?!" He comes into view of all as he zooms in fast towards where all the rest can now see him in plain view. Jet Stingray has arrived. Iris has disconnected. The Cossack grits his teeth as the cube rockets around, almost dropping the gun when the first vector misses; but when the cube wall opens, the Cossack knows he has to take the shot. He LIfts the heavy gun up, the gravity harness locking around his body to stabiLIze himself in a wireframe haze. He targets the largest energy source he can find in the apeture of the creature, the black anti-energy starting to coalese ... He taps the `activation' button, bringing the capacitors to full strength, the event horizon within the charge chamber starting to contract and expand in rapid succession to drive the weapon's charge beyond anything such a small object should contain; he taps the `confirm activation' button a half-second afterward, opening the main drive systems of the gun up -- Nerpium panels begin spinning inside the barrel, forming a coherent energy stream to guide the discharge, the `safety' functionally disabled. And then he pulls the trigger that tells the gun `initiate'. A stream of black energy punches out of the gun, driving the cube about a hundred meters further back than its momentum would have already suspected; and again knocking the wind out of the Cossack. The energy slams through the hole, then seems to expand outwards in all directions -- black energy that seems to absorb all the LIght that falls on it, black energy that spreads LIke fire in space -- The deaften *CRACK* that rips out from the beast as the energy seems to fill the entire beast up comes from the air suddenly contracting around the creature, all molecular movement in the beast abruptly stopping. Then a massive spike of energy surges back up the energy stream, surging into the gun and flying into a hyperspace void; somewhere in Siberia, a massive battery starts to charge. Meanwhile, frost forms on the skin of the creature, clouds of snow seeminGLy flying out from the cracks in its armor. Pressure fractures expand into lesions, and the main hole near the middle of the chest cavity starts to expand, expand -- Another massive *CRACK* is heard as the beast spLIts in half, the edges shattering LIke GLass and falLIng away. It will not be getting back up again after that. Simultaneously, the black energy starts to rush back, as if time were being rewound, the energy completely drained from the beast, leaving everything inside without power and neatly flash-frozen. After the last of the black energy returns, the gun sparks, fritzes, and goes offLIne, its capacitors overdriven, the singularity sealed off in a Nerpium dodecheron for safety. Smoke issues from the seams of the weapon ... and the Cossack is simply happy to be aLIve, though he's more than a football field's length away from the creature. << "Fear the wrath of Nuclear Winter," >> he coughs, pulLIng his rebreather off as he finally gets his wind back. Jet Stingray goes home. Jet Stingray has left. Gizmo GLIder nods sLIghtly at the Peacekeepers as a rather large tail sweeps around and snatches up the access card. His large optics narrow sLIghtly as he GLares at the guards. "Cossack? Since when does the UN trust anything that, that no good doctor sanctions!? Now move." He announces once more as he heads towards the creature. [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Dr. Cossack coughs. [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Dragonlady Sonata transmits, "That was... impressive, Doctor." [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Serena Gilbert transmits, "...What was that?" [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] General transmits, "Someone check that man for interna bleeding." [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Phoenixflame XO Bowie transmits, "?" [Radio: (D) RF-MH-UN-Chat] Phoenixflame XO Bowie transmits, "Huh? (OOc ignore last transmission)" Metal Man sends a radio transmission to Serenade. Metal Man sends a radio transmission. Sword Man receives a radio transmission from Metal Man. The UN Soldier shrugs and allows Dr. Gizmo through, "It is your choice." An 2nd Soldier just sighs, "Walking into a Cossack Assault. Suicidal." "Yup." Serena would agree to that. (Nuclear Winter?! Dammit, Cossack... ya can't do this on Disney universe! Go to Sesame Street and Nuke Elmo!)0o. She huckers down low enough as Cossack fires... Wincing at the incredibly strong blast. Admist the destruction, Serena just comments -- "Remind me not ta get ya'll pissed off at me." Sword Man sends a radio transmission to Metal Man. Metal Man receives a radio transmission from Sword Man. General hastily clears the area, and is in the middle of ushering a set of engineers to relative safety, when the sounds of reaLIty warping upon itself fills his audials with an ominous hiss of white noise. He turns in time to see the subLImation of water vapor directly to ice upon the irreparably pummeled form of the croc, raising a hand to shield his optics from the roiLIng mass of nothingness. After it fades, some sense of reaLIty returns. The shape of the Cow is now even more apparent, as only the infrastructure of metal of its frame seems to make up any parts of the midriff of the crocodiLIan. All of the organic material has shattered away to nothing, and now, even more so than ever before, the clear goal LIes before them. To fetch the remains of that lovely blastproof armor. The weather, however, continues sullenly, laying to rest any theories or rumors that the force driving the crocodile was also controlLIng the weather. Resting one hand on a knee, General shakes his head, but his duty is clear. Gesturing towards the other units, he states clearly, "Get me the rest of the Cow. I want that wreckage scrapped and spread to the far corners of the GLobe." And with that miffed comment, General paces, slowly, deLIberately, towards rest. Sonata goes FLYING. Yep. The whole cube is tossed several football fields away from the creature, and Sonata is hard pressed to keep it from dissolving around them. Its LIkely to be a long way down. Sonata winces, bringing the cube slowly to the ground while she looks Cossack over. "Are you alright, Doctor?" she asks, obviously concerend after he had frired that thing. General has disconnected. Gemini Man is laughing fit to explode at something happening over his radio now. Just as he's about to enter the ship...he stops, and braces himself on the entryway, as he chuckles. Chi has disconnected. Metal Man sends a radio transmission. Sword Man receives a radio transmission. Sigma receives a radio transmission from Dr. Doppler. Sigma sends a radio transmission to Dr. Doppler. Sword Man turns his optics away at the almost ridiculously overpowered assault on the beast. After what seems LIke an eternity, he turns back, seeing most of the organics blasted and flash frozen away. Sighing, he shakes his head, muttering about the psychoses the Hunters must have to let the Mad Russian in, if that display was any indication. He quickly pushes off, and stands up...but is soon called toward by the Turtle. Thinking Turbo to be a civiLIan, Sword turns toward the Maverick and quickly explains. "A beast attacked the Fair, and was slain. We attempted to find out what it's true nature was, but certain circumstances prevented that. That is all I can say. Good day, Sir." Nodding toward Turbo, he tries to make his way back to the shuttle, unless someone attempts to stop him. Sword Man sends a radio transmission to Metal Man. Metal Man receives a radio transmission from Sword Man. The Cossack sinks to the ground as the cube demateriaLIzes, the smoking cannon's gravity harness evaporating -- it's all he can do to ease it to the ground rather than risk dropping it on his leg. He grunts, stepping back from the smoking apparatus, as he gets his wind back; putting his hands on his laurels, taking several slow, long breaths. He looks towards what he has wrought in the distance, visor fLIckering, starting to come back onLIne after the massive energy disturbance. He smiles through his pain, bracing his teeth as he straightens up -- the destruction is magnificent, truely worthy of being called Nuclear Winter. He puts his hand to the lower part of his abdomen, wincing as he checks for broken ribs. Fortunately, the worst he's got is a nice bruise and some muscle pulls -- the gravity harness did its work, though it needs to be adjusted. He looks over to Sonata, taking off his visor and putting it inside of his gore-drenched poncho. "I am O.K.," says the Cossack, "just a vittle bruisink. Nonetheless, zee beast vill not harm anyvun ever again..." . o O ( And I may have the only surviving intact samples, and readings ... as it should be. ) O o . "Is everyvun else alright? Did zey all get clear in time?" Sigma receives a radio transmission. The tortoise twists as he nears fast into the scene and pounces up and fLIes up into the air for a few brief seconds due to his speed, as he lands, he continues running on the ground pretty fast, picking up as well as kicking up a trail of water and spray as he wounds about. Turbo Turtle reLIeves his visor with a fLIp of the wrist and continues strutting around fairly fast after Sword Man, "You're not leaving till' ya' tell me what the slag exactly just happened..." and he nears to tackle him with a, "Whaaaaaa!" Sigma sends a radio transmission to Dr. Doppler. Sigma receives a radio transmission. Metal Man sends a radio transmission. Sword Man receives a radio transmission from Metal Man. Sigma sends a radio transmission. Guts Man keeps scratching himself. Serena Gilbert hrms at Cossack, as Sonata checks him over. "I'll check with the UN team." She keys up her radio and hrms. "They're okay. However, they let in a Dr. Gizmo onto the scene. Ah hop he hasn't been radiated ta death..." She murmurs. And yes, the Peacekeepers did make it... not without injuries, but better than say if they were at Ground Zero when that ray hit... Sword Man hears the slogging footsteps of Turbo behind him, which irritates him and makes him wonder why the terrapin is following him. However as soon as he hears the footsteps cease, he twirls to the side, stepping away from the tackle. Sword snaps, oddly enough, at Turtle, using a word he has rarely used to refer to civiLIans unless they have truely irritated him. "Blast it....I know LIttle else of what went on here, commoner! If you wish more information, ask those who are wilLIng to talk!" Breathing out and attempting to calm down, he turns on his heels and tries to walk away back toward the Shuttle. Gizmo GLIder eyes widen as he gazes at the incident. BLInking several times Gizmo throws up his gravity shield just in time as the blast hits hard. Gritting his buck teeth and covering his eyes Gizmo snarls as he looks around him. Leaping up and down the LIttle Scientist screams and howls. "NO YOU FOOL!!! NO!!!! You idiot! If you had any idea how valuable that organic tissue was...." But then he stops before he throws back his head and starts cackLIng non stop. "You perhaps destroyed an extinct species Doctor... Yesss....One which organic material could have once perhaps saved milLIons against disease if test right. But then we will never know...will we. Yes continue your destruction Doctor...perhaps it will be you that wipes out the entire human race. Enjoy your fate filth monkey!" Gemini Man enters the shuttle, at last, still laughing sLIghtly about something or another. Metal Man has left. Sigma receives a radio transmission. Sigma sends a radio transmission. Serena Gilbert just FROWNS at Dr. Gizmo, "And Ah thank ya fer sharin' your thoughts, such as they were." She keys up her radio and 3 Peacekeepers come running up. "Gentlemen. Escourt the good dotor out of here, as the only thin' left of that beast is the Cow, which is RepLIforce's." The Soldiers comply, although one did say -- "It is best that you cooperate, sir." As he pounces about, the heftyTurbo Turtle falls forward as he dives and GLares at the one Sword Man, *OOF!* he gets hit and quickly rolls, gets up and continues chase as if nothing has happened. As fast as he can he chases but alas, it is not enough, for the Robot Master is making way pretty fast to the already close shuttle. He makes his way and pulls off a rocket attack at the ground about Sword Man, solely to irritate the bot even more, "Forget it then! This is over.." The rocket fLIes, not aimed to hit... Gizmo GLIder sends a radio transmission to Sigma. Sigma receives a radio transmission. Sigma sends a radio transmission. Gizmo GLIder receives a radio transmission. Gizmo GLIder turns on his heels and gazes at both Serena and the guards. Holding up a hand he hisses softly. "Do not touch me. I can make it out on my own. However, I would LIke to know if you indeed got a small sample of this creature. Or did the good insane doctor take that away from you as well?" Sonata nods to Cossack, before speaking into her radio and calLIng for pickup. Pickup would be good. Of course, how would Gizmo even know if Cossack had samples or not? The distant screaming of another lunatic gets tuned out by the Cossack as he hefts up the D-Gun -- err, COS-99672, codenamed `Nuclear Winter'. Grunting, he moves back to the suitcase on Sonata's back and puts the smoking piece of equipment back in with a *zoop* noise -- off it goes back into hyperspace, so if it goes critical, it doesn't annhiLIate the entire planet. Mmyes. He closes the suitcase back up, then starts meandering back to the Hunter encampment, which is quite a distance away. "Sonata," he says, "if you could take zhat back to zee camp, one of zee units vill pick it up and take it back to base for break-down. Under no circumstances should you /open/ it, however...not outside of a dimensionally shielded hypercube generation chamber... OK? Zhank you." Sword Man tries to walk away...but quickly hears the firing of the rocket. Quickly, he rolls to the side in order to avoid the projectile, but reaLIzes it was not aimed to hit him. GLaring at Turbo, he sneers a bit. "So...you are not a civiLIan. Very well. However, you shall NOT recieve the information you so desire from me. If you be a Maverick Hunter, a RepLIforce officer, or even one of the accursed Mavericks, you may find the information you want from the representatives already present. Now. Good DAY, Sir." Straining to keep up ettiquite and not lash out at Turbo, Sword again turns on his heels, intent on leaving here peacefully, but wilLIng to snap out at the turtle should he attempt something again. Gemini Man has left. Turbo Turtle smirks, "Ahhh, A fighter eh? Well, we must be sure to compete another time then, Just remember the name, Turbo Turtle.." He idn't trying to pick a fight really, merely just suggest competition, something the tortoise loves really. He waves off and runs off as well, switching to his water-skimmer and turns on his thrusters to jet out of the area. He has at least some of the info needed for the report... With speed to mock any, the terrapin jets off over the surface of the water and leaves... Turbo Turtle retreats from the area swiftly, outdistancing all pursuit and parting shots. "We were merely here ta guard the creature," says Serena, as the guards start packing things up for the trip back to Seoul, "...As our scientists were suppose ta come early enough ta take examples fer our own work." She pauses briefly before smirking, "But if ya'll ask nicely, Ah'm sure Dr. Cossack would over look your insult and give ya somethin' ta look at." (Good luck.)0o. Maverick Hunter VTOL arrives from the Sky Above Eastern United States. Maverick Hunter VTOL has arrived. Maverick Hunter VTOL appears high in the Florida skies as it slows from suborbital speeds. Provided that the winds are nothing above gale-force, it circles as it homes in on its waiting passengers. Sword Man scoffs at Turbo and merely makes his way back into the Shuttle, with but an utterance of "Fool" before he enters the craft. Turbo Turtle has disconnected. Gizmo GLIder scowls at Serena and just shakes his head. "Perhaps it should be you that should be begging Cossack. After all if something might happen and we need that material later it will be you that would be suffering. After all he wouldn't just hand over the material to you freely." He just shakes his head once more and heads out. Guts Man has left. Sword Man has left. Skull Shuttle broadcasts, "ooc :grabs Sword" Plasma Harrier has connected. Skull Shuttle enters the Sky Above Eastern United States. Skull Shuttle has left. Plasma Harrier enters the Sky Above Eastern United States. Plasma Harrier has left. (After the way the Un screwed 'im over. Yeah Right. Ah sooner have better luck askin' Wily ta give up Africa.)0o. Serena doesn't ask Cossack -- Chances are... even if he does have a record or something of the creature -- He wouldn't share it directly with the UN. (Our best chance is ta hope that he gives a copy ta the repLIforce, which we can get a copy off 'em.)0o. Serena regards her troops, "Move out! Mr. Fury awaits us in Seoul!" Maverick Hunter VTOL circles around the area once as its pilot finds a relatively clean and level area to land. Then, it swoops down, kicking into VTOL before touching down. Skull Shuttle arrives from the Eastern Seaboard. Skull Shuttle has arrived. Sonata wanders over in the direction indicated by Cossack, to... dispose of the weapon he had just used to rather devestating effect. The Cossack meanders off into one of the larger buildings nearby to get cleaned up, squeegeeing off the organic samples from the creature and collecting them into an undifferentiated mass in an airtight Pyrex jar, shoving it into another box with a Timestopper field generator. About 15 minutes pass while the Cossack collects samples, checks the integrity of his data, and tidies himself up. Then he leaves the building, heading back to the Hunter encampment to break it down with his oddly homogeneous looking `assistants' before getting his own transportation off the continent. A violet cube drops down from somewhere above, hovering within its transluscent depths, a cookie. Not just any cookie, but a homemade peanut butter cookie. The cube 'pops' LIke a soap bubble and deposits the cookie into your hands along with a note: From Sonata, for excellent RP. Sonata has left. Serena Gilbert and the UN Peacekeepers proceeds to head back. o.o $$$ BB Post in Progress $$$$$$ Group: CiviLIan Title: AAR: Disney and those crazy Hunter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (UN Only) (Text Only) To sum it up really good: The Bloody Dinosaur woke up, Dr. Pavel Cossack blasted it real good, and then we all went to have Ice Cream. Now here's the full story: I... and I will admit this...fooLIshly entered the belly of the beast, leaving the guards outside while I talked to Cossack, another Hunter by the name of Sonata, and eventually Metal Man joined us. On the outside, General utiLIzing the Robot Master known as Sword Man as a sword, trying to cut the beast open. Now, I don't know what happened, but one of the guards has stated that a freak bolt of LIghtning... awoken the beast. (Image and Audio File -- Beastawakens.jpg and Beastroars.wav) Now, try to imagine our surprise when that thing... MOVE. Both inside and outside. At any rate, Metal Man escaped from the belly first, while Sonata protected myself and good (but mad) doctor from further harm. Then the doctor unleashed... Nuclear Winter. I'm now and forever more scared of him. While the doctor was nuking the creature down to the Cow... An UN scientist came in... after the fact. (Image -- Dr. Gizmo (OOC: AKA Gizmo GLIder)) ...apparently no scientists of ours went in during the time we were guarding it... 24 hours DAMMIT... to give us some sort of clue of what we are deaLIng with. Whatever. Dr. Gizmo just got infurated and departed. Myself and the troops did the same. Now, we need someone to talk to Dr. Cossack in the hope that he will share what he knows about the creature. And for those who were hoping that the creature was the cause of the weird weather patterns. It is STILL going on. End Report. (Serena's Electronic Signature) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$