Log started: 4/1/03 12:43:58 AM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Abernathy (Conn) Date: Sun Mar 30 02:00:31 2003 Folder: 0 Message: 6 Status: Unread Subject: (IC) Standing Orders: April Fools ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNED, you have been put on high alert. Clown Man has already made his threats; RepLIforce has stepped up security around the targets mentioned in his pirate broadcast. The fact that he mentioned Seoul specifically as not a target does not mean that it *isn't*; Gemini Man's recent terrorist attack indicates that they have some specific interest in us. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: --Step up security around Interpol and United Nations faciLIties. Report and investigate all suspicious activities /immediately/. Seoul is of especial priority, with the Security Council's insistence on a memorial ceremony for victims of Robot Master violence. --Cooperate with RepLIforce to defend targets in Sydney, Torontreal, and other threatened cities. --Special Operations: Hunt down and eLIminate Clown Man. He will be back, but intelLIgence suggests that throwing off his timing will buy us additional time. Be apprised of potential Robot Master retaLIation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ CiviLIan $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 13/8 Posted Author The March 29th Plaza Incident Sun Mar 30 Ernest Fairbanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the nighttime hours, there was an attempt by Kaph of the Yakuza's Shadow Hunters to infiltrate the United Nations Building. Disguised via hologram as a pigeon, Kaph was spotted scoping out the area. It is currently unknown how she entered the UN Building, but was spotted on the roof in her holographic form. She then swept down to a neighboring building on the Plaza Compound, her target the Maverick Hunter Alpha. The UN Security Command Center, currently led by myself, Commander LI Xiangzhou, wasted no time in taking action against this threat. It mobiLIzed the 5th Sniper Security Patrol, commanded by LIeutenat Brianna Morgan, and 26th SWAT Unit, commanded by Sergeant LIam Hausgraussen, against Kaph, and employed local security cameras and spy satelLItes. Security was overall increased due to the threat made by Clown Man. Furthermore, Private Ernest Fairbanks of the United Nations Enforcement Division was onhand and assisted in the operations. After Kaph engaged Alpha with an explosive and started a fight, repeated sniper fire struck Kaph several times, along with blasts from Private Fairbanks' plasma shotgun and sidearm. A missile was fired at the Yakuza, but missed and caused structural damage to a nearby building. The 26th SWAT Unit moved in to apprehend Kaph, but had a blast of fire turned on them. Alpha went berserk afterward, and the two's engagement reached a more vicious point. At this point, the Security Command Center unleashed an Electromagnetic Pulse Shockwave that disabled both robots. The surviving SWAT members apprehended both, but Alpha was released on the scene by Director General Abernathy. This attack claimed ten casualties. Sergeant LIam Hausgraussen, father of two, was killed by Kaph's blast. Private Ronald Murphy died of burn wounds on the scene. The remaining eight were severely wounded. At least three will LIkely require cybernetic conversion to LIve. They gave up their LIves to protect us, and may they find happiness in whatever awaits them. We express our greatest grievances to their famiLIes. --Commander LI Xiangzhou, United Nations Security Division Ernie. Lovable. Huggable. Well-armed. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ CiviLIan $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 13/10 Posted Author April Fools II (1) Sun Mar 30 Gale Sorcerer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (RDI and UN Command Only) (Gale sits on a big table. Around him on the same table, lots of piles of paper sheets, a world map on a tripod with several spots marked on it in different colors, and a small multimedia screen. He's looking tired, denoted by the mess that is now his hair) "I must say that this is being a real nightmare. We've watched and analyzed Clown Man's transmission more than ten times and placed more than 60 possible general spots. And while I'd still take more time to work on the preparations of this, time is something we don't have, so I'll begin with my report and procedures of the April Fools II Prevention operation. So... From the very beginning, this is the file we've made" (A holographic window appears to the sorcerer's left showing the same world map on the table with the colored spots GLowing. Another window appears above it showing the first frame of Clown Man's transmission. And yet above it, another window showing Clown Man's profile) "Clown Man, Robot Master android in the Theta Division. Originally built for use in a children's TV show, Wily took and reprogrammed him. It really isn't worth of keeping up with the rest of the story. He is a potential terrorist, assasination, explosions or similar objectives are a used method of his instead of sticking to direct assault and combat. We presume that those will be the tactics he'll use instead of a frontal raid of Robot Masters." "After analyzing both his profile and transmission we've come up with the following conclusions." (The window showing the transmission begins playing the video, but only the most remarkable parts of it, stopping in many places, the wizard taking the chance to speak) 1) "It'll take place during the night, or it'll involve darkness in one way or another. Hours of sleep in a concrete timezone." 2) "We get to guess three kind of places. Important and well know structures near habitated areas, away from habitated areas, or not-civiLIan positions. Residential places should be discarded. The places mentioned on his transmission should be discarded as well, but high security should still remain in them. RepLIforce or Maverick Hunter HQs or bases could be a possible target. The security of our HQ shouldn't be discarded either." 3) "The attack will consist on drones and bots, toys remodeled by Clown Man. It's mentioned that it'll be something close to a suicidal attack. These machines will probably be set up for a massive and fast attack, with weapondry from many possible kinds. Robot Master assault or Clown's direct pressence shouldn't be considered, but not discarded." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ CiviLIan $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 13/11 Posted Author April Fools II (2) Sun Mar 30 Gale Sorcerer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Considering the incredibly big amounts of that still remain, we've come up with a pattern of strategy to be followed to face this that I'll now explain. Director Abernathy, Bri-... er, Commander Cascio, I expect your revision and possible approval on these." - RepLIforce and Maverick Hunter support: Both of them should be warned about our thoughts on Clown Man's attack. Though I remember our actual position towards the Hunters, I consider cooperation between all of us indispensable to prevent a possible tragedy as this one could be, considered they also could be a possible target. I suggest a joint plan to be made amongst us. - Transport: Around the date of April's Fools, which is 1st April, air transports should be ready to take off almost the whole time, not to say the the whole day. A quick movement should be decissive. - Defense: Aside from the standard security, we should develop a system to face a kind of massive and powerful attack. Something especially designed to face this kind of attack that should be coming from drones, bots, and other kinds of machinery. I'll have R&D people working on this. - Back Door Security: Though it's announced to be an intent of devastation of a sinGLe place, our bases should still remain with enough security to defend in case the attacked zone is used as a baith while Robot Master forces attack another target. - Detection and Prevention: Until the attack, our spionage forces should focus on Robot Master movement. Radio, positions, anything. As many info we can gather about this before it starts the better. Clown Man's devices should be stored somewhere too, so they should be coming from a concrete place to another. We must take care of this too. - Psychollogical Counterattack: Clown Man has begun his attack by causing a strike of fear in his TV transmission. To objective of this, besides from having fun, was to strike fear, confussion and nervousness. We /can/ also fight with those weapons. Director, I know you don't really appreciate these moves because of their pubLIc impact, but I'd have to ask you to make a press release for all the media. Something to calm the population down, irritate and provoke Clown Man, and make him think that we're focusing our security on the places he's mentioned and that we don't expect attack in any of the remote places we've guessed. Make him think that we're ready to defend, but that we're sticking to the standard methods we usually use. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ CiviLIan $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 13/12 Posted Author April Fools II (3) Sun Mar 30 Gale Sorcerer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Finally, I've got orders for the RDI personnel to put this plan into procedure. Everyone will be recieving a full assignment of orders that will be of first priority upon every other orders we currently have until this is over. In case Director Abernathy approves our plan, these assignments will be inmediately activated." "Retro Packrat, Terra Trunk, I need you two to lead the works of developing the systems of defense we'll need to fight the drones and kind of machinery we'll be expecting to be the main attack. Considering how different your speciaLIty in this field is, I presume you'll prefer to do it on your own rather than together. Feel free to do so, and don't hesitate taking a R&D team under your orders for this. Remember this is first priority." "Midi, I need you to contact and visit both RepLIforce and the Maverick Hunters. Please, explain the situation to them, give them the necessary info and arrange a meeting between representatives of us three to build the joint defense plan." "Stellar Jay, Ebony Fox, I need you two to handle the information gathering about this. Enter Robot Master territory in Africa or follow RM pressence and gather as much information on the attack as possible. Locations, interception of radio transmissions... everything should work. I know you're well suited for this, so feel free to build the operation by yourselves. Remember though to follow the spionage protocol. Get a disguise and a fake ID. Since we'll be giving a false image of our defense procedure, it's vital that they don't reaLIze our true moves. Remember that." (After that, the wizard moves a bit the hair over his face with his right hand and sighs tiredly, then looks towards the camera again.) "And as always, help is appreciated. This should be everything, at least for now. I'm expecting your reply to this, Director. Until then well, I've got more things to take care of. Gale out." (RDI Spinny. End of the spam. Are you still aLIve?) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ CiviLIan $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 13/14 Posted Author Arcanum Chaos Mon Mar 31 Midi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ He coughs bashfully "Um, hi everyone. Well, I went to Arcanum's presentation in San Angeles last night, and I'm sure a lot of you have seen the news and are famiLIar with what happened there. It looks LIke four reploids who were killed two years ago have been restored. Data Raccoon, King Dragon, Admiral, and Double. I would LIked to have learned more on the techniques used on restoring them, but everything erupted into chaos soon after Double was unveiled." He pauses for just a moment "Double was apparently shot and wounded by Bastion, who looked furious that Double was restored. I don't know, I wasn't around when the whole incident with Double occured, but it didn't look to me LIke this new Double was any threat to anyone. He looked scared, petrified even, despite his imposing form. After Bastion wounded him, he was kidnapped by Bit. Data Raccoon assault Iris briefly before being taken away by security, and I beLIeve King Dragon and Admiral returned to RepLIforce." He coughs "I was, sorta running away at the time with KaLInka Cossack, to avoid being trampled by the panicked crowd. We got away in Dr.Cossack's LImo, and he let me off outside the city." It looks LIke there's more to tell, but that's all he's saying for the moment. "If this is for real, it certainly is some exciting news for the world of science, but I think we need to be more worried right now with helping those reploids ajust to what has happened. Double may be beyond our help again, once the Mavericks are through with him. But Data Raccoon, despite her anger at Iris, didn't show any signs of being a Maverick otherwise. We might be able to keep that from happening again." He pauses "But, all the same, I'm going to try and step up the security of the UN Database, if she DOES ever team up with Cyber Peacock again, it'll be a problem for sure. I'll probably see if I can make a visit to RepLIforce soon, and see how King Dragon and Admiral are ajusting as well. And, um, that's all for now. Bye." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/1 (timeout warning) Posted Author Memorial Service Planned Sat Mar 22 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Released today was a notice that a Memorial Service for those who fell during RepLIforce Island a bit over a year ago is being planned for tomorrow, Sunday March 23rd, 2216 at approximately 3 PM EST. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/2 (timeout warning) Posted Author Skull Haven Falls! Sun Mar 23 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RepLIforce struck a blow for freedom today by attacking the heart of Dr. Wily's illegal African holdings. Mt. Kilamanjaro, the location of "Skull Haven", one of Dr. Wily's main command and control centers, was attacked by Reploid soldiers and ride armors. Air support for the battle was also given by the Fortress III. The battle was intense, with the "Quint BLImp" doing battle with the Fortress III, as well as massive ground warfare between the Robot Masters and RepLIforce. Robot Master forces were reported to have pushed back the ground assault, infLIcting heavy casualties on the RepLIforce along the way. Two ride armors were reported to have been destroyed, as well as countless drones. The tide of battle turned when the Fortress III broke off its attacks on the "Quint BLImp" to direct all of its firepower down on the enemy combatants and structures. Massive enemy losses were taken from the assault, forcing a general retreat by the Robot Masters. A counteroffensive reportedly launched by the Robot Master Bass infLIcted serious damage on the Fortress III, but at the cost of "Skull Haven" and several of his key personnel. Bass is beLIeved to be missing in action after the strike. Sightings of Dr. Wily at the battle have not been verified by RepLIforce sources. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/3 (timeout warning) Posted Author African Weather Disturbances Sun Mar 23 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Massive weather disturbances began near the end of the "Skull Haven" offensive by RepLIforce. A massive storm, originating from the Kilamanjaro region, arose rapidly and artificially. The weather event quickly became a storm system of considerable magnitude, approaching a strength not seen in over 150 years. The storm system has been slowly moving north through Kenya, leaving a swath of destruction in its wake. Reports of severe thunderstorms accompanied by cyclones, gale force winds, black hail, blue LIghtning and other dangerous and abnormal weather phenomena have come in from multiple sources. Property damage from the storm system has already been estimated to be in the tens of milLIons of zenny already, with estimates going ever-higher as it approaches the more populated areas to the north. Meteorologists predict the storm system will reach northern Egypt by mid-week, then begin to break apart over the Mediterranean Sea by the weekend. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/4 Posted Author Maverick Hunter Cleared Tue Mar 25 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seoul -- The Maverick Hunter Bastion, former RepLIforce captain and one of the heroes of the Fall of RepLIforce Island, was formally acquitted today of all charges against him involving the bombing of a Humans First office building in Torontreal earLIer this month. In a private press release today, a spokesperson for Interpol announced that 'clear evidence had been found' that indicated Bastion's innocence in the building's destruction and the subsequent casaulties. Interpol representatives decLIned to release any further information on the case, citing the need for security in these matters. The member of Interpol GNN could reach for comment did state that Sigma, leader of the CoaLItion for Reploid Freedom, was a prime suspect in the continuing investigation of the disaster. -- AP $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/5 Posted Author Tonight In London Thu Mar 27 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Your GNN newscast this evening contains the following report...-- "It seems April Fools came a bit early tonight as a large-scale hoax was perpetuated surrounding the city of London. We go LIve to downtown London for details." A neatly dressed news-reploid, of the humanoid variety, stands in front of a well-LIt hospital. A few heLIcopters can be seen in the background. "Over a dozen hosptials in the city of London, as well as the United Nations embassy in London's business district, all underwent emergency evacuation this evening in LIght of a bomb threat. The RepLIforce was alerted to the possibiLIty of explosives within the city by a direct call from Robot Master terrorist Gemini Man. Officer in command Prismatic Spider deployed agents of RepLIforce to search the city for the devices, evacuating any potential targets the Masters may have chosen. Explosives were found both in the United Nations building, and in Northside General Hospital, just five blocks from the London landmark, Big Ben." "Analysts have determined that the explosives set in the United Nations building WERE active. Fortunately, thanks to the efforts of the RepLIforce agents who arrived on scene, they were disabled with no injuries or loss of LIfe. The second explosive device was inactive, and was set as a hoax, which nevertheless caused RepLIforce to completely evacuate the hospital and several others LIke it, before it was located and disarmed. The aftermath of the incident will be seen well into the night, as rattled patients are settled back into their beds. The embassy returns to full staff and operation tomorrow, with a promise of heightened security measures to follow. ... The terrorist has released a message saying, quote, 'April Fools did come early. Next time there will be no warning.' ... A message not sure to rest easy with those trying to feel safe sleeping in London tonight. Susie Shutterbug reporting, for GNN." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/6 Posted Author Medical breakthrough Fri Mar 28 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Camera focuses on a young female reporter with blond hair wearing a pink business suit. "This is Prairie Dusk, reporting from San Angeles. EarLIer today, reploid medical supply company Arcanum-Corp announced that it has found a method to repair and restore damaged neural-nets. While their spokeman says that their newly developed technology is not a miracle cure, it does hold a lot of promise for reploids with these kind of injuries that were previously beyond medical help. More news on this as it develops. Back to you in the studios!" $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/7 Posted Author Pirated Transmission Fri Mar 28 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (It's the latest epsoide of International Idol! And it looks LIke they're about to choose you will make to the sini-finals... But then static comes up. Pity.) (W Spinny... untracable tranmission. Oh look. There's Clown. And he looks solemn...) It's been years in the making... but soon the sequel no one wanted... April's Fools Massacre II: Prank Harder... Kill Harder. But I know what you're thinking nice LIttle UNers... 'We got the UN HQ seal up tight enough that I can't even get closer to it these days without you guys shooting me o the spot' ...And you would be right... IF I was UNHQ bound... (Clown shakes a finger childinGLy at the camera) Nope, nope, nope... But maybe I have another target in mind... espically when it's busy... LIke the Taj Mahal... or maybe the Statue of LIberty or maybe the CN Tower... ...Or maybe I'll do a strike at the White House... or maybe the Sydney Opera House.... it certainly *needs* to go... or maybe the House of Commons in Ottawa... Or maybe I'll destroy the 2nd Twin Towers... who knows? Maybe you should guard all those places... And others... LIke the Empire State Building... just in case you know. But *don't* have to *LIsten* to me... After all, I was a mere *children's show host*. But know this... April's Fools is coming... and I intend on a seven-course meal of DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. And you won't know when I strike until I do... after all, I did caught you all off-guard... and I toys wilLIng to do what amounts to a suicide strike so... I really don't have to be THERE, you know. So with that, I bid you all good night and return you to the program already in progress... And Remember two things: One: The only safe place is your home... and THAT is not even a Guarantee... And TWO: (Clown GRINS) I'll see you in your NIGHTMARES. Pleasant Dreams, folks. (Clown laughs insanely) (BLIp. You get a special "Sleep And I Will Get You"/Evil GLowing Clown Man Spinny. Hotcha.) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/8 Posted Author RepLIforce Press Release Fri Mar 28 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Late this evening, after the pirated transmission by the Robot Master Clown Man, SecDef Officers alerted the media to their lockdowns of the cities of London, Sydney, and Cairo in a state of heightened security. A perimeter of the cities was clearly estabLIshed, and security checkpoints were enforced at all entrances, including harbors and teleporters. While this has slowed traffic into and out of the cities, Sector Defense has promised that while thorough in checking persons and cargo coming and going, they will be speedy in doing so. Reports have been made of a 50 Percent increase in patrols of each city by SecDef Troopers. While no personnel were available for comment, it is suspected this course of action was inevitable, as retaLIation for the attack on Mt.Skullamanjaro by the Fortress III can easily be expected from the Robot Masters. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Outside> Seoul - United Nations Plaza Outside> Contents: Contents: Sigma [Neo Sigma] [M] Ernest Fairbanks [C] Abernathy [Working] [C] Alpha [Wing] [MH] Rigger [Peacoat] [MH] Valor [CiviLIan] [C] Maria Romero [C] Terra Trunk's Orchard United Nations Vehicle Garages Press Stand Outside> : United Nations Building East : Seoul - Northern Commercial District West : Seoul - Tourist District South : Seoul - Historical District North : Seoul - Eastern Residential District Outside> Valor simply chuckles at the conversation between Rigger and Abernathy before looking over towards Alpha as she draws near. The impaled book gets a quizzical look from the ex-RFer as he stops to ask her question to Abernathy. He smirks sLIghtly and remarks to Rigger.. "Poor book," he says, "probably didn't see it coming.." Outside> "You do play the role to the hilt," Abernathy murmurs in reply, before his attention shifts to Alpha. "Calculus? Ask Dr. Matthews, Alpha. I failed math." He offers her that same thin smirk, and adds: "Languages were my passion, when I reaLIzed that algebra and I were never going to agree." [Radio: (E) Broadband] Plant Man sings, "A mexican, whoa-oh, radio!" Outside> Alpha nods to Abernathy, and fLIps the book open, finger the cut in the middle of the book sLIghtly before nodding and removing the feather. "It didn't.", she proclaims to Valor as she offers the book to Rigger. "I guess Ernie isn't around, is he?", she taps her foot thoughtfully, nodding to herself slowly. [Radio: (E) Broadband] Bolero transmits, "... I know that song..." [Radio: (E) Broadband] Bolero transmits, "But I cannot for the LIfe of me figure out wherefrom." Outside> Rigger looks back in time to be handed a math book. And here she thought she'd gotten away from schooLIng for a good long while. She extracts one wrist from the plastic straps of the grocery bag to accept the book and begin to skim over it thoughtfully. "Nnn. Who's Ernie?" [Radio: (E) Broadband] Shade Man's hate filled, cracked, and breaking voice... once the rich, deep bass... now a clawing hiss. "...Mummy Man... ...I swear I shall KEEP my promise! By the blood of you have shed this night! I SWEAR IT! ...'Mirror'... shall be MINE... FOREVER!" ...a final taunt, even as the signal breaks off into static and spluttering gurGLes. [Radio: (E) Broadband] Rigger transmits, "A bit too old for my tastes. Sing something more racey." [Radio: (E) Broadband] Wildrider transmits, "That was a song? Guess it was that shoddy Goth Rock stuff. Never did get into it. Too...lacking in any musical form. Just ranting. Kinda LIke that." Outside> Smirking to Alpha, Valor looks over to Abernathy and speaks up. "So what brings you out on a night LIke this, hmm?" he asks, idly sticking his hands into the pockets of his trenchcoat and peering down at the bag hanging from Rigger's wrist.. Outside> Valor has disconnected. Outside> "I'm headed home, private," Abernathy answers, poLItely enough. "I'd thought to talk to you a moment before I left, but," he GLances down at his wristwatch, then back up at Valor. "This is an inopportune time. As long as Dr. Matthews doesn't intend to -- do anything, with those tomatoes, then I'll be on my way." Enhanced senses, while often a burden, or downright useless, did have their perks -- and he offers Rigger only an innocent smile, as he turns to walk off. Nosy? Perhaps. Or merely paranoid. Outside> Abernathy has disconnected. Outside> Valor has connected. Outside> "I'm headed home, private," Abernathy answers, poLItely enough. "I'd thought to talk to you a moment before I left, but," he GLances down at his wristwatch, then back up at Valor. "This is an inopportune time. As long as Dr. Matthews doesn't intend to -- do anything, with those tomatoes, then I'll be on my way." Enhanced senses, while often a burden, or downright useless, did have their perks -- and he offers Rigger only an innocent smile, as he turns to walk off. Nosy? Perhaps. Or merely paranoid. Outside> Ernie sLIghtly reddens at the Scottish mechanic's comment. "Well, um, yes, sir," he stammers out. He readies the wrench and takes a few practice swings in the air, trying to make sure his anGLe was right. "Private Ernest Fairbanks, age twenty-two, sir." He brings the wrench back, and prepares to swing it. He lets loose, attempting to keep the heavy tool in control, and then sends the heavy tool... right into the armor of the Defiant, leaving a nasty nick in the paint. Outside> Ebony Fox arrives from the Seoul - Tourist District. Outside> Ebony Fox retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Alpha, Bluegrass, and Ernest Fairbanks. "Then, it looks lahk we'va ourselves a regular get togethah here," An White Reploid drawls out as she enters the plaza. She looks over at Ernest, "Ah'm LIutenant Bluegrass, sugah... Pleased ta meetcha." Outside> The mechanic pauses, staring at the scratched paint. "Aw, @(*& man. I bet she heard that right up in the big house, too," the man notes as he rubs at the bridge of his nose. Other mechanics pause in their work, heads popping up LIke gophers in a prairie plain to simply *stare* at Ernie. Einstein seems sympathetic, as he places one paw over his eyes and whines miserably. The Scottish terrier mechanic cracks up laughing, all but rolLIng on the floor and clutching his sides. "Och, he ain't gonna LIve ta see twenny-three wi' a scratch LIke tha'!" the canine hoots as he rocks back and forth on his behind. Outside> Ebony Fox leans out of a nearby tech-office, where she's been accessing some records on a terminal, she smiles, and looks Ernie over. " Mmm, mmm, mmm. Shame too. Blood takes forevah' to clean up. Nice knowin' you, sugar. " Outside> Ernest Fairbanks GLances at Bluegrass and nods, staring at the dent. He gulps and then waves back at the LIeutenant. "Th-thank you, sir," he stammers out. He turns his attention back to the mechanic and the rest of the crew, and even Einstein. The man's shoulders droop, and the wrench slackens in his hand. "I'm a dead man, aren't I?" Outside> With the sleeves of his shirt rolled up, Valor begins to work on his bike, removing some protective plates and the seat so he can get easier access to the engine underneath. He sighs a bit as he does so, but it doesn't take him too long. At the sound of the wrench-on-Defiant Valor winces visible and shakes his head. "Hoo boy." he states. "That can't be good.' After that, he goes back to taking apart the engine of the bike.. Outside> The mechanic working with Ernie - his nametag, visible now that he's moved, reads 'Cruz' - pauses a moment and notes Ernie's drooping shoulders. Sympathetic perhaps to the point of career suicide, the man shakes his head sLIghtly. "Okay, you're new. I oughta not do this... but c'mon. Grab some primer, I'll get the paint. We'll fix it up 'fore she comes back, okay?" The man turns to GLare at the rest of the mechanics, who disappear from sight with a nearly audible *WHOOSH*. "AND NO ONE'LL BLAB, GOT IT?" he shouts as he hurries towards the paint storage. "Primer's to your right on the floor near the treads!" he calls. Bluegrass just place a hand on Ernest's shoulder, "Let me put it ta ya this way, sugah... Ah heard the last one who has damaged this Tank... well... looks lahk ya with red hair and green eyes," Her visor dims down to Midnight Blue, "...The last Ah've heard, he's still consider MIA... and the last person who knew where he was at... was Brigit." Wah. Wah. Waaaaaaaaahhh. Outside> Bluegrass broadcasts, "Ah think they may still have his picture on milk cartons..." Outside> "Got it!" Ernie whimpers exasperatedly, and with an infinitely grateful tone. He grabs the primer, and and starts to shake it inside the bottle. He GLances over his shoulder and looks at Bluegrass with a rather annoyed look. "Please don't taunt me before my possible funeral! She'll bury me if we don't patch this up" Bluegrass shrugs, "Sorry sugah, and Ah'll help ya with the replacing of that panel, after all, Ya a good kid and we don't want ta lose ya so quickly." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/15 Posted Author Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Tue Apr 01 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The screen goes black. Odd, squishy chewing sounds fill the audio, accompanied after a moment with a woman's scream. Cut to Plum at the newsdesk. Her voice has been dubbed, and dubbed well. However, it's easy to see the job if one looks for it. All the while in the background is a weird LIttle marching tune. "Good morning. I'm Plum with a Breaking News report. Killer tomatoes are attacking civiLIzation all over the planet. They're gooey, gushy, squishy, mushy, and quite rotten to the core." A voice offstage shouts, "They're standing right outside the door!" Plum continues. "Herbert Farvage, while taking out his garbage, turned around to see tomatoes hiding in his tree. Now he's just a memory." She pauses, taking a breath, "I know I'm going to miss her, but a tomato even ate my sister." Cut to the weatherman, and a map of the United States. He points at several large red marks on the West Coast, "Sacramento fell today, and they're marching into San Jose. Tomatoes are on their way!" Back to Plum, who shuffles more papers, "The mayor's on vacation, the Governor's fled the nation. The poLIce have gone on strike today, and the National Guard has run away. Tomatoes, it seems, will have their day." She clears her throat, "They'll beat you, bash you, mish you, mash you, and chew you up for lunch. Then they'll LIkely finish you off for dinner or brunch." At this moment, a large red tomato lands on the newsdesk, eLIciting a wide-eyes stare from Plum, before the screen fades out. After a long moment, the words 'APRIL FOOLS' explodes onto the screen in a splatter of tomato sauce, and oooooozes downwards. Behind it, as if lasered out of soLId steel, is the Decepticon logo, with a metalLIc raccoon's tail sticking off the lower right corner. The word 'Decepticoon' flashes into place above it, before the whole screen fades and regular programming commences. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/16 Posted Author Chest's Editorial Tue Apr 01 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The LIttle Chest's Editorial jinGLe plays its catchy LIttle tune before reveaLIng the GNN Manager himself. He's leaning forward in his chair and has his hands clasped together as he stares at the camera. His dimwitted co-newscaster is present just to his right. As always, she's there for two very big reasons. "The latest story in the news has been the amazing resurrection of King Dragon, Admiral, the nefarious Maverick spy known as Double and his fellow Maverick Data Raccoon. Now I'm not disputing that this is an incredible find, but one truly does have to question the motives of Arcanum Corporation. Consider, Arcanum Corp. is a subsidiary of Earth Institute of Technology, which is one of this planet's largest and most profitable corporations. Their main focus has been in miLItary Reploid construction and conventional miLItary weaponry. Everything from law enforcement stun pistols to high powered rocket launchers." Chest pauses and spells it out, as GNN marketing research indicates that the news agency is most popular with the idiot population. "That means their motives are probably geared towards making money off of war, not medical research for terminally ill Reploids. Then one must ask -why- these four subjects were used. Surely one could find -safer- Reploids." Chest almost says 'LIke bringing back the hundreds of dead GNN reporters', but catches himself just in time. His lawyers try to play down the fact so many die in the LIne of duty. It just makes all the wrongful death lawsuits against Chest easier. "Unless RepLIforce is keeping stuff from us, they did -not- authorize this LIne of research on two of their members. Surely they would have had the right to know about this. And -why- would Arcanum Corp. perform these tests on two very dangerous Maverick Reploids, when the chance of something going wrong is so huge? Of course, something -did- go wrong. The Mavericks managed to reclaim their super spy." Chest thrusts a finger at the screen, "This blatant irresponsible shows that Arcanum Corporation is not the right company for this research. I say the UN should move in, and order Arcanum Corp to cease their research in this field." Chest raises his hands sLIghtly. His co-anchor smiles prettily. "I further propose that RepLIforce be permitted to buy the technology from Arcanum Corp - at a fair price, of course - so that this possibly LIfe-saving treatment can be used for the betterment of Reploidkind, rather than remain in the hands of a company that is obviously too incompetent to be permitted to hold this knowledge." Chest leans back, the editorial jinGLe plays, and we break for a commercial. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/17 Posted Author Maria's Stance Tue Apr 01 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Since we went back a few days I decided to make one large post to summarize what I already have so far) Ms. Maria Romero, U.N Senator of Spain, has just left the press conference where she shared her views to the entire world on Earth's current situation. Arcanum's new technology was one of the first on her LIst. She beLIeves it is immorally wrong and dangerous to bring back lost reploids, or in other words, restore their neural-nets. "We were punished once with the maverick virus for trying to out do god, now here we have are creations trying to become gods in their very own right! Arcanum-corp will be severely punished for this. Already restoring three dangerous mavericks, well these are the ones we surely know about, and not informing the U.N before hand. Not only will I purpose a bill to ban such technology and procedures, I will also ask for them to be fined, ask for more regulations, and maybe even to put criminal charges against the heads of the company. I will make sure such treason does not happen again under my watch." Other issues were turn toward the Maverick Hunters on their handLIng toward the Zero incident. "Why he was ever made a hunter is beyond me. He helped destroy Shanghai and they put him in the position to help us?! How could they be so incredibly stupid?! Of course he will be apprehended eventually, at least after he destroys another major city maybe, but of course the hunters will claim to have "cured" him yet again and put him back into their ranks, while we unsuspecting citizens of the U.N must LIve in fear. Just waiting till he goes maverick again. If these incompetent "vigilantes" don't shape up soon I will ask the senate to put more regulations on what they can do while on 'our' land. We gave them to much freedom to operate and they have only proven that they cannot use it responsibly. If such proceedings continue even after heavily regulations, I will petition a bill to out law the Maverick Hunters in all U.N countries." Other issues she brought up were human quotas in all companies stationed in all U.N countries to help those humans who have lost jobs do to the robotic race. Also to strengthen Interpol, the retaking of Europe, to update environmental laws, and other smaller issues. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/18 Posted Author Daryn's Reply Tue Apr 01 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Internet interview being posted on several Daryn fan websites* Daryn is grinning manically with a star sticker on his armor saying: Holee Choir Boi on it. He starts strumming his guitar and sings. "Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-Maria Romero Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-Mama of Spain Didn't get no love on the plane So whined about Hunters and their work they say." "Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-Maria Won't you be my friend? Lets sell the Reploids to Sears! Send technology back thirteen years!" "Ma-ma-ma-ma-Maria Romero! The UN saved many AIs, y'know? Thanks to Megacorps and many mo' Moneygrubbers that's what they're there fo'!" "No need for rich bastards No need for rich black souls No need for Maria Romero Who feeds the beast stones" "No need for slave rings." "No need for pretty things." "No need for LIars with golden teeth" "This is what in College they Teach." "Ma-ma-ma-ma-Maria Romero "Trapped in a castle, needing Mario" "Mario won't come, saying he's got plumbin' to do." "Well that's too bad, guess he thought f*ck you!" *Oh my* $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/19 Posted Author Gender Bending General Tue Apr 01 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/20 Posted Author Cossack Foundation Statement (1/4) Tue Apr 01 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Good morning. It's been a busy week so far for the Foundation, so there will be an extended question and answer period at the close of my opening statement." "The Cossack Foundation wishes to convey its happiness in seeing the return of King Dragon and Admiral to service. In this dark time of turbulence and violence, it is good to see such selfless and noble beings restored to LIfe after being so unjustly struck down in the LIne of duty. Their noble sacrifices during the first Battle of RepLIforce Island ensured that untold numbers of sentient beings could continue to hope for a peaceful, free world. The Foundation also wishes to state its sadness at the deaths of the Arcanum scientists who were present during the most recent Maverick hostiLIties in San Angeles." "However, the Cossack Foundation denounces the Arcanum Corporation for its cavaLIer handLIng of its research into repairing Reploid neural nets. While the Foundation is in no position to address the unsubstantiated rumors that the four test subjects unveiled to the world during Sunday's demonstration were acquired without the consent of the United Nations, it is clear that using Maverick operatives in Arcanum's research was reckless at best. The Foundation hopes that the United Nations will pursue an investigation of Arcanum's scientific practices with the greatest possible zeal." "The Foundation would also LIke to debunk some misinformation some news outlets have been circulating. Four Reploids have been known to be resurrected so far. Two of them were Mavericks -- Double and Data Raccoon. The remaining two, King Dragon and Admiral, are RepLIforce soldiers in good standing." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/21 Posted Author Cossack Foundation Statement (2/4) Tue Apr 01 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Regarding comments made by the Honorable UN Senator Romero of Spain, let me reiterate that the Cossack Foundation is not authorized to speak for the Maverick Hunters. Questions about her statements about the Hunter Zero or proposed legislation to LImit the abiLIty of the Hunters to function in UN territories should be directed to LIght Labs." "However, the Cossack Foundation wishes to state its opposition to the banning of the procedure or procedures Arcanum has developed to repair severely damaged Reploid neural nets. While the implementation of this knowledge has been poor, we beLIeve the overall contribution this technique could present to improving the quaLIty of LIfe of artificial intelLIgences -- and perhaps humans -- outweigh its potential pitfalls. It is detrimental to science and cruel to artificial intelLIgences to initiate a blanket ban of this procedure, especially as it has not even been subjected to scrutiny by the scientific community." "The Foundation also finds the idea of banning a LIfe-saving procedure such as this morally objectionable. A favorite Bible verse of Dr. Cossack comes from Wisdom 2:24, in which it says `By the envy of the devil, death came into the world'. Should we deny Reploids LIfe simply because humanity cannot yet be readily resurrected? Perhaps by studying this procedure, it could be possible to one day develop cybernetic augmentations for humans that would allow them the same longevity." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/22 Posted Author Cossack Foundation Statement (3/4) Tue Apr 01 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The Foundation has also been asked for comment regarding the job creation and human quota proposals outLIned by the Honorable Senator, with emphasis on how they impact various projects undertaken by our organization. I will be happy to address specific issues in the question and answer period, as several of our active projects are affected to various degrees. The press packet distributed this morning outLInes the major points." "We wish to reinforce our commitment to creating work for humans. Over the years, we have initiated and funded various programs to assist humans displaced by technological advances retool their skill sets to remain viable members of the world workforce. Over 10,000 humans have been assisted in finding new careers through our programs, and we hope to bring that number to 15,000 by the end of the year. It is the Foundation's beLIef that anyone who wants a well-paying job, and is wilLIng to work hard for it, should be able to find one." "Yet, it would be remiss of the Foundation not to mention the Reploids the Honorable Senator levies the sole blame for the economic hardship of some of humanity on. Reploids were created by the United Nations to act as soldiers against Dr. Albert Wily's Robot Masters, and then through government actions were permitted to be produced for civiLIan functions. It is not the fault of Reploids this situation has come about. Rather, the issue the Honorable Senator has rightfully raised is one the United Nations brought upon itself by creating a mechanical slave race to fight its wars." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IC News $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Message: 14/23 Posted Author Cossack Foundation Statement (4/4) Tue Apr 01 News Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The Cossack Foundation reiterates its strongest possible disapproval of the forced conscription of artificial intelLIgences for miLItary purposes, and would encourage the Honorable Senator to consider alternative solutions. For instance, allowing artificial intelLIgences currently acting unwilLInGLy in miLItary roles to disarm and integrate into society, thus giving more humans the opportunity to serve their nations, and the world, as soldiers." "As Dr. Cossack says in his latest book -- #3 on the New York Times Best Seller LIst and cLImbing -- this is our war, and we should be the ones fighting; not innocent Reploids forced into a violent LIfe of constant combat. As humans, we have the abiLIty to choose our own fates with our actions. Why must we insist on forcing them to die for us? Why are they not allowed to choose? In this, the Foundation apparently differs dramatically in viewpoint from the Honorable Senator." "The floor is now open to questions -- but I wish to remind the press, again, that I am not authorized to speak for the Maverick Hunters, and any questions regarding current events with the Hunters should be directed to the LIght Labs press office. Thank you." $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] RF Science Prismatic Spider transmits, "Status report?" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Crescent Grizzly transmits, "We've engaged 'dem..." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] RF MSE Sgt. Spin Cougar transmits, "We've got all the good people of the city out of the crossfire. Who needs some help?" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Valor entones in a dead calm voice. "I have just arrived on scene. I am about to engage." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Corporal Thunderbolt Raven transmits, "...pigeon...wall...Cut Man!" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bluegrass Not Serena Gilbert transmits, "Do ya'll need some help, sugahs?" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Crescent Grizzly transmits, "Oui!" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Corporal Thunderbolt Raven transmits, "I'm engaging Cut Man...I think I can handle him..but there's plenty for everyone!" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] LIese Schreiner says something obscene-sounding in German. Her tone sounds disoriented as well. $$$$$$$$$$$$ Torontreal - Park District $$$$$$$$$$$$ One of the only sources of green plants and fresh air in the city, this is one of Torontreal's most popular spots. A GLIstening artificial lake sits in the middle of the park, home to geese that still migrate south during the winter months despite the traffic in the sky becoming almost unbearable. Trees and grass are the main theme here, as both humans and Reploids come here to just relax and enjoy the plant LIfe. Crime is rare here, as the Torontreal poLIce do their best to keep Torontreal's reputation of being the safest city in the world, but it still happens. Contents: King Spin Cougar Valor Bitsy LIese Schreiner Prismatic Spider's Datapad Guts Man Crash Man Justice Jaguar Thunderbolt Raven Silo Search Man Tori Cut Man Ashriel Crescent Grizzly Frost Man Shark Man Dr. Wily The Captain's Table Roundtable Swordsman School War Pillars Olympic Stadium Concert Hall Obvious Exits: North leads to Torontreal - Western Business Zone East leads to Torontreal - Southern Downtown $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Outside> Crescent Grizzly bLInks in surprise for a moment, before the blades tear mercilessly through his armor, shredding it faster then Crash Man deflowers a drunk sorority chick. The Ursine Guardian stumbles back, fluids splashing and circuits sparking in a final attempt to surive, his mind awash with pain. For now...all he can see...is red. He breathes heavily, and raises a GLaring gaze towards Frost Man. One filled with anger and animal rage. The drill forms, and begins to spin, it's high pitched whine filLIng the air LIke an insect's drone. He charges. And begins to jab, stab, prod, and rip.... Outside> Crescent Grizzly misses Frost Man with his Drill Frenzy attack. All channels have been gagged. You will now hear messages on channel . Outside> *CRASH* That's the sound of Shark Man's margarita GLass shattering with the impact of the bullet. Which then continues it's travel, nearly blowing Sharky's entire hand off. He doesn't even look at his hand, instead running in the direction the shot came from. As he gets close to a car, he leaps in the air, hoping the offending gunman is behind it. Outside> Shark Man strikes Justice Jaguar with his Belly Flop attack. Outside> Continuing his slow walk towards the floats, Valor catches the cannon fire from the corner of his eye and gracefully sidesteps and evades it. He locks eyes with Ashriel for a moment, studing his opponent for a mere moment before LIterally LIghting up in a GLoden flame. LeveLIng a hand towards Ashriel, Valor turns it palm upwards for a moment and then clenches it tightly, the hand blazing even brighter then before. To others watching, its simply a act of arrogance, but to Ashriel, if he's lucky (or not in this case) he'sabout to get some bad pains as the energy within his frame attempts to explode from within.. talk about eating something that didnt agree with you.. Outside> Valor brings his reflect system onLIne. Outside> LIese Schreiner doesn't really get converted to the power of Wily and feel the urge to become Kung-fu Woman Man in his mighty service, but boy, that's one freaky-face cane. She keeps her hands up, trying to be ready to block whatever the heck he's going to shoot at her... Or stab at her or blow up at her or what have you. This means she's not really paying attention, and when she's hit by the dinky LIttle pellets from Tori's weapon, she makes an angry noise and snaps her head towards her, backing up a step or two... And then she's hit by Crash Man's mighty fist of fistness, in the JAW no less. Which makes her stagger back another step. And then, her head LIfts up, eyes blazing with anger as she GLowers at the Red Bomber. She takes a few quick running steps towards him, stopping mostly short and bringing up her knee to try and hit him in what some might call the "mean bean machine". Why? Because Wily had a pistol, which was dropped, and the other person had - some kind of... dinky LIttle thing. Crash is the big threat, whether or not he still has his rubber nipple. Outside> LIese Schreiner misses Crash Man with her Knieschlag attack. Outside> Valor strikes Ashriel with his Power Burst attack. Outside> Snicker-snack! THe somewhat dull scissor blade struck him a GLancing blow. "You dented my Armor!...er...Where'd you go?" THe bird looked around for his target...and there was Frost Man, carrying Cut Man and beating Grizzly with him. "Bring him back! I wasn't DONE with him yet!" The avian launched himself into the air, razor wings sLIcing through the air. This time he was after Frost Man for steaLIng his punching bag. "Drop that hedge cLIpper!" Wings slashing the oversized air conditioner. Outside> Thunderbolt Raven strikes Frost Man with his Diving Slash attack. Outside> Justice Jaguar gets landed on! What the hell? He grunts. Great. Shark Man's on top of him, "Get off!" He growls at the somewhat smaller bot, reaching down to unsheath his combat knife, the blade GLInting as he pulls it up, and then jams it down towards Shark Man's flank. Outside> Justice Jaguar misses Shark Man with his Combat Knife Stab attack. Outside> Valor brings his reflect system offLIne. Outside> Almost in range. Spin switches to his biped gait, taking out and activating his spinstaff. As he prepares to leap up onto the float, something strikes him from behind, and he ends up surrounded by a dense smoke cloud and a lot of noise. Staggering around for balance, the first thing he sees when he recovers is Search Man. (Blast it, I was so close!) A growl, a baring of teeth. "You did /not/ just shoot me from behind." He charges, hoping to knock Search off his feet with a flying tackle. Outside> Spin Cougar strikes Search Man with his Ram attack. Outside> Bolero arrives from the Torontreal - Western Business Zone. Outside> Cut Man knew something would happen. Now, he was imagining that it would be a van running out of nowhere and splater him. Or, maby even, tumbLIng on a non-existant rock. Or, heck, even, just spontanously combusting for no apparent reasons. But no. Of course not. Lady Fate have to become much, much more original. As Frost Man pick him up, his optics widen considerably. "Whaaaa?" He peers over at the enraged Frost, with a ton of panic his voice. "He-hey! What are you do-doing?! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOOOOOOOOOOWN! AIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEE!" *KA-CLUNG!* Cut Man see stars as he is used for the patented function Frost Man gave him. "...OoooOooowww..." One sinGLe though is in the Alpha's mind right now: oO( When...will...the...hurting...stooooop?)Oo Outside> Reduced to one nipple and having the anatomy of a Ken doll, Crash Man still manages to be on top of his game. LIese Schreiner, primed for retribution, dashes straight for him. Unfazed, this Robot Master stands his ground, adamant in his duty to protect Dr. Wily. As LIese brings her knee up, Crash Man is ready. Twisting the left side of his body back, the girl's strike whiffs completely. In response, the Red Bomber raises his right elbow and deLIvers it to her nose! Outside> Crash Man strikes LIese Schreiner with his Generic Melee attack. Outside> Ashriel snarls as the energy explosion rips through his body, piercing his pain inhibitors. Meanwhile, the voice he was ignoring begins speaking again. Angrily, Ashriel begins to get a far away look in his optics, which are reddening, as the kanji for death flashes within the depths of his chest gem. Shaking his head, hardcode and virus colLIde, fightning a war for dominance within. It's not the first time this has happened, and unLIkely it's the last. ExpelLIng an incoherent scream of agony, Ashriel gestures towards Valor, as some of the energy within is released, though not to the casual observer. But, an unseen blade will be hurtLIng towards the soldier from behind, even as Ashriel's armor begins to brighten, and his energy shield strengthen. "RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUGH!" Outside> Ashriel strikes Valor with his Invisible Impaler attack. Outside> Search Man is indeed knocked down as Spin plows into him, falLIng moderately hard on his backside in the midst of an attempt to sidestep. He manages to land free of his adversary, however, so he's not entirely compromised. "You shouldn't have done that," his left head states evenly as he attempts to swing over with his weapon arm and make contact before Spin can recover from his own attack. Outside> Search Man misses Spin Cougar with his Cannon Arm Swat attack. Outside> Dr. Wily watches it all. His floats burn from rampant fire. The balloons fall to the ground, gas cLInging to some spots. And all around RMs fight vaLIantly, giving those scurvy RepLIforcers what for. Wily raises his hands to the sky and capers about, cackLIng madly. "Destroy them all! We shall triumph! BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" He begins running back and forth along the edge of the float, stopping to watch as Crash nails LIese. "Kick her ass seabass!" Then he resumes his running, chanting "Wily! Wily! Wily! Wily!" Outside> As soon as he lands, Shark Man rolls to the side, evading the knife as it is thrust at his previous position. Sharky stands up, and starts to dust himself off. It doesn't look LIke he's attacking now, unless the large fin on his back managed to scratch the large kitty as he rolled. Outside> Shark Man misses Justice Jaguar with his Fin SLIce attack. Outside> Tori swears under her breath, not that anyone would be able to hear it, and just empties her purse. She sorts her weapons out in front of her, and does possibly the worst thing she could do in this situation. She hesitates. She wonders if she should re-load with actual pistol rounds. She wonders if she should just take another shot. But, reaLIstically, this sort of thing isn't in her job description. She gathers up her weapons again and starts crawLIng toward the edge of the float -- the one -away- from the GLowing reploid. "Doctor Wily ... sorry to cut out, but I'll see you on the moon." Outside> Frost Man watches Crescent's visual fall to pieces. "EWWW!, he shrieks. He gets railed by Thunderbolt Raven, knocking out of the path of the rampaging bear. He looks from the Raven to the bear. GrowLIng, he throws Cut Man off to the side. He growls, "Stupid birdy! Stupid teddy bear! I'll smush you both..." He starts to churn his systems up, the winds whipping around in the sky. High above, the temperature drops signficicantly. WhistLIng sounds can be heard. If one were to look up, it'd look LIke the 104th Paratroopers, Snowman Squad. But they forgot their parachutes. And with that, the snowmen plummet towards the foursome... Outside> Frost Man strikes Cut Man with his Snowmen From Above attack. Outside> Frost Man misses Thunderbolt Raven with his Snowmen From Above attack. Outside> Frost Man misses Crescent Grizzly with his Snowmen From Above attack. Outside> Frost Man strikes Frost Man with his Snowmen From Above attack. Outside> Bolero taps a button on his left wrist and transforms into a 7' tall humanoid in crazy power armor. Outside> King stalks along the streets and into the park, his visage looking pensive...and rather angry. No one talks to him...no one communicates with him. All he gets is left out of the mix when action goes on. This makes for one mad monarch. And so, he grips his axe tightly and girds up his shield...and GLares at the gathered foes. "WHO DOTH WANT SOME?!" Yes, King is cranky. Outside> Sensing the energy raising within his opponent, Valor can only smirk as Ashriel gets himself ready for battle. (This should be interesting.) he thinks to himself as he keeps a close eye on his target. Then, sensing something at the last second, Valor attempts to make a quick leap to the side, only to be caught by the stealthy blade. His frame, hit in mid-air, tumbles hard to the ground, a thin trail of mechfuild leaking out from the wound on his back, as well as a beam of bright golden LIght. Looking to his opponent once more as he quickly regains his footing he flares even brighter, seeminGLy matching Ashriel in action as internal systems kick in, the large orb on his chest flaring to LIfe.. Outside> Valor brings his reflect system onLIne. Outside> His own systems take a bit of shock from the Uranus Rush, but Spin manages to somersault past Search as he falls, turn, and return his attention to the two-headed Master. "Ask me if I care, drone!" Rather than another charge, however, Spin raises his shield and levels a forearm at Search. His blaster takes a couple of shots. Outside> Spin Cougar misses Search Man with his Plasma Blaster attack. Outside> ReaLIty is ripped a new exhaust port as Bolero changes from relatively human sized to an immense bull, Wreck Brahma. Outside> LIese Schreiner's nose breaks with a sharp crack! Unfortunately for the Crashbo, she's not a typical sort, and all that leaks out is a sort of cherry-red, synthetic-looking blood. She backs up a bit, bringing her hands up in a rather defensive position... and then she grins, in a slow and rather predaceous way. "You're good," she says, in a surprisinGLy airy tone, before one of her legs trembles, just a bit. WarninGLy, perhaps. And THEN she breaks into a sudden dash, aiming her shoulder at Crash Man's midsection - who knows, perhaps she's going to try and knock him to the street so far below! All... six feet below. Outside> King puts his guard up. Outside> LIese Schreiner misses Crash Man with her Running Tackle attack. Outside> The snow only hampers Crescent's vision, it doesn't harm him much worth notice. Unfortunatly, having missed Frost Man, and unable to see, he simply continues to jab out...and Cut Man is in the way... Outside> Crescent Grizzly strikes Cut Man with his Drill Frenzy attack. Outside> Justice Jaguar rolls out of the way as the fin almost hits him, and gets up to his feet, pulLIng out his bigger handgun, and taking aim at Shark, letting loose with a big round from the much bigger gun, which roars out as it lets it's lead go. Outside> Justice Jaguar misses Shark Man with his .50 Raptor Magnum attack. Outside> Dr. Wily reaches under the thrown and produces....WILYBEER! Cold, crisp refreshing Wilybeer. As LIese dives for Crash, Wily tosses the beer to his son. "Heads up!" The Doctor grabs one for himself and cracks it open, sipping contentedly. "HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY, SUCKERS! AHAHAHAHAHAH!" Outside> Starburst Dragon arrives from the Torontreal - Western Business Zone. A stream of white LIght precedes as the White Reploid Bodyguard of the UN... Bluegrass... arrives on the scene, she touches down and GLances about, "An shindig and no one thought of invitin' LIttle ol me? Ah'm hurt." The Musica Guard of White marches onto the scene... Outside> Tori drops down off the edge of Wily's float and takes off at a dead run for the streets of Torontreal. She's GLad this costume came with sensible shoes. Outside> "Drone? Drone?" Search Man's left head wonders aloud before he is fired upon by the RepLIforcer. He manages to roll aside of the blasts, looking more lucky than nimble in doing so. He does manage to get to his feet, while his right head asks, "Is that... is that what you really think of me?" He bends his weapon arm and raises it above his shoulder, launching an explosive attack with the back end. Outside> Search Man strikes Spin Cougar with his Bazooka attack. Outside> Dr. Wily sends a radio transmission to Tori. Outside> Tori receives a radio transmission. Outside> "I'd LIke a banana spLIt, heavy on the hot fudge, if you don't mind, King." comes Bolero's voice, from seeminGLy all sides of King. Where is Bolero at the moment? Really can't tell you, unfortunately, not for the moment at least. What can be said, though, is that Bolero's not a happy camper. He might even rival King for unhappy camper-ness, for you see, April Fool's is almost over and all he's done today is clean the world of scum bags and low-LIves. The Spaniard growls, hidden as he is, "So, where're you keeping the ice cream cart, King?" he calls, wanting only to have some fun. Outside> Tori sends a radio transmission. Outside> Dr. Wily receives a radio transmission from Tori. Outside> Shark Man's eyes go wide as the gun is pulled out, and he decides that being shot with it would not be fun. So, Sharky does the first thing that comes to mind,, diving backwards under the bullet. When he gets up, there is a small change to his armour, namely, a small port on his head has opened up. The newly unvieled weapon fires a bright red stream of energy at Justice Jaguar. Outside> Shark Man strikes Justice Jaguar with his Frickin' Laser attack. Outside> Dr. Wily sends a radio transmission to Tori. Outside> Tori receives a radio transmission from Dr. Wily. Outside> Spin Cougar continues to fire, until Search returns the favor with one big blast. That HURT. Most of Spin's armor is blasted away, and he stumbles back a few feet, but quickly recovers, going for another charge. This time, shield first. Outside> Spin Cougar puts his guard up. Outside> Spin Cougar strikes Search Man with his Barrier Bash attack. Outside> King turns towards Bolero, slowly, his eyes narrowing...and burning. Yes, if the LIght catches them just right, King's eyes seem to be LIterally ablaze. "We didst trade it in, kine, for a burger stand. And now We doth need raw materials." He starts stalking towards Bolero, and then he LIfts his shield sLIghtly again. A roaring blast of blue LIght lashes out at Bolero. "Thou shalt surely suffice!" Outside> Ashriel runs a hand through his long hair, in a minor moment of lucidity, before unleashing a scream of untold proportions. Armor coloration inverts, and red hair files about, nimbus-LIke, as Ashriel reaches into the depths of his pain, and suffering. It seems that the mental war has been won, and in his clarity, he's learning the key to obtaining what he wants. Turning his attention on Valor, the demonically-grinning Maverick soldier smiles. "You should feel honored. You will be the first to suffer my wrath while I have gained control." he explains. "And I need to thank your desire to try and fight me on an even keep for this." chuckles Ashriel. "BUT I HERALD THE TOMORROW! Your advance stops here, whomever you are." states Ashriel, demandinGLy, as red wireframe covers his body, and wings are silhouetted behind him, before armor and wings explode into deadly reaLIty. "I am Ashriel! I am the future, and you...you will be naught but left to reap the whirlwind." sneers the angeLIc reploid, claws extending from both arms. "Now...to pick you apart...piece by piece." he hisses, this new armor red where it should be white. That said and done, Ashriel charges his opponent with a renewed vigor, attempting to place a knee into his stomach, a sweeping move to his feet, and finally, a knee right into his back, to drive him right into the ground. Outside> Ashriel changes into his Archangel armor. Outside> King strikes Bolero with his Royal Shield Blast attack. Outside> Ashriel strikes Valor with his Cheap Trick attack. Outside> Valor is temporarily disoriented by Ashriel's Cheap Trick attack. Outside> Valor successfully reflects Cheap Trick. Outside> Well, at least Cut Man is free now. Now, the bad news is that he is thrown at high velocity to the side. *KLUNK!* "....Oooowies..." The LIttle Alpha whines as he raise up to his feets, hanging his head. Then, POW! A freaking snowman lands on him! OW! At least the pain stoped...for a LIttle while. Make that not at all. Indeed, not noticing Grizzly, he get...quite...slaughtered. Yeah. Pierce, holed, more tortured than a piece of swiss cheese, if you get what I mean. "AUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRG!" He screams out in pain, running backward. Lot of mech fluids leaking. Lots of holes, too. Lots and lots of them. He gasp, taking deep breaths(Even funnier he don't need to actualy breath -- Drama I suppose). oO(Sc...screw it...I'm going home...)Oo Mustering the rest of his forces, he raise up and tries to dash away -- LImping, 'Course. Outside> "Baby.." Crash Man says, his voice deep and sultry. His adorable, peach-hued facial features set in a smug smirk. When LIese begins to move a second time, the Robot Master continues to stand his ground. Hell, when Doctor Wily gives the audible heads up, his smirk grows even larger. In the spLIt second that Ms. Schreiner executes her attack, Crash Man merely raises his arm and holds his hand out. He easily snatches the Wilybeer clear from the air, his fingers wrapping around the can. Within but mere fractions of a second, the Robot Master shakes the can up furiously! *shukashukashukashuka* "I'm the /best/." Bringing the can down to his solar plexus, Crash Man pops it open with his other hand! *cLIck* A geyser of beer erupts, attempting to bathe the offensive Maverick Hunter. The power of the pocket rocket compels you! Outside> Crash Man strikes LIese Schreiner with his Beer Bomb attack. Outside> Cut Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from King, Spin Cougar, Starburst Dragon, Bluegrass, Sigma, Thunderbolt Raven, Valor, LIese Schreiner, Silo, Shark Man, and Crash Man. Outside> Tori retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Search Man, King, Spin Cougar, Starburst Dragon, Crescent Grizzly, Bluegrass, Sigma, Cut Man, Justice Jaguar, Thunderbolt Raven, Valor, LIese Schreiner, Silo, Ashriel, Shark Man, and Crash Man. Outside> Crash Man misses Tori with his Bra Strap Snap attack. Outside> Search Man, again attempting to sidestep his onrushing opponent, is hit squarely on the shoulder, falLIng sideways onto the other one. His left head lets out an annoyed grumble. The right maintains his concentration, looking past spin. "N-no problem... fire!" he shouts, and Search Man, from his position on the ground, fires rapid rounds from his cannon arm. Outside> Search Man strikes Spin Cougar with his Machine Gun attack. Outside> Justice Jaguar gets blasted by that frickin' laser, and stumbles back, growLIng at Shark Man a LIttle bit, as he pulls out a stick, which opens up at the end, electricity arcing between the prods, "You need some shock treatment!" He leaps at Shark, to jab the prod into him. Outside> Justice Jaguar strikes Shark Man with his Riot Prod attack. Outside> Shark Man is temporarily disoriented by Justice Jaguar's Riot Prod attack. Outside> "Yeah! That's right! Run away! I'll get you next time!" The avian reploid turned to Frost Man, a cheeky expression crossing his features. "Alright Frosty the Dumb-Aft. Now you get to meet my friend. My friend named Electricity!" The overlarge cannon was brought to bear, the whirring of the turbines becoming hypersonic quickly, arcs of purple electricity crossing the cannon before a large, nasty, and very purple blast of LIghtning launched at the walking sno-cone Outside> Thunderbolt Raven strikes Frost Man with his Corvid Thunder attack. Outside> LIese Schreiner has been shot! She has been cane-hypnotized! She has been punched twice, and now she has been... BEERED. Oh, not only is this a horrible thing to do, she's been bathed in cheap inferior beer. No fine German brew, but some pee-water from a cheap brewery in one of Wily's giant slave-camps! "" she screams, in German (naturally enough) before lunging towards the beer-can-holdin' foo, her recently replaced arm making a horrible screaming noise as the servomotors in it go to overdrive and she slams her palm towards the man's head...! Outside> LIese Schreiner misses Crash Man with her Letzte Stahlschlagen attack. Outside> LIkes his namesake, Valor stands his ground even as Ashriel charges. "Valor." is all he says to his opponent before he is met with the physical barrage. As the blows land, the large orb on his chest seeminly begins to GLow a bit brighter. Though they don't do much in the way of actualy damage to his frame, is does give his enemy a temporary advantage.. "Your anger will be your folly." is all he says as he attempts to get back to his feet. Outside> As he passes, Spin takes more shots from behind with a machine gun. Most of them more or less bounce off his synth-skin - one of the few things all that padding is good for! - but a few get to his systems. Turning once more, the shield disappears, and a quick swing of the staff at Search's midsection is his reply. Outside> Frost Man growls as a snowman lands on his, floofing away into nothing. This is frustrating. He looks at the big teddy bear who's jabbing bLIndly. And bLIndly tearing Cut into pieces! Oh no, he can't have that...Clenching his mittens together he lumbers at the bear, bringing his hands high overhead. And his body gets wracked with electricity. Stopping him dead, dropping him to a knee, he looks over at the Raven. That...wasn't a good idea. No sir. Have you ever played Mega Man 8? Frost Man can jump LIke a mo fo. And so with that, Frost does. Cape flapping, he bellows, "DIEEEEEE!!!" And he positions himself, to fly, elbow first, at Raven... Outside> Spin Cougar puts his guard down. Outside> Frost Man strikes Thunderbolt Raven with his Frost Elbow attack. Outside> Spin Cougar strikes Search Man with his Staff Swing attack. Outside> AshrielAshriel Outside> Standing at an even six-feet tall, this reploid sticks out LIke a sore thumb. He's built to resemble a teenage or young adult youth, as far as facial features go. This face of his is smoothed out with that 'natural look'. His nose is slender, framed with average-sized LIps, normally pursed together in a serious look, or curled into a smug grin. Unnaturally yellow optics watch the world, a cold fire within that seems to precipitate a calm before a storm. The synthskin itself is a burnished ebony, black as night. FalLIng out from under a close-fitting, crown-LIke helm falls a shock of white hair, that hangs loose, to neck level. In the midst of this armor is seated a green crystal, normally inert, and unenergetic. His slender, yet muscular body is encompassed by form-fitting Black and white armor, a Maverick emblem on the left pectoral, and on his right oversized shoulder armor. The left has a ebony skull design, with a blood red LIghtning bolt piercing the grinning totem. His muscled arms are LIkewise armored with black for the enlarged forearms, and the thinner upper arms to the shoulder are bright white. His hands are covered in white gauntlets, devoid of devices. Around his waist is a blood red belt, with another skull insignia for the buckle. Extending from his back is a pair of retracted silvery wings, obviously made of metal. At full extention, their wingspan is easily twelve feet, double his height. Every feather seems razor sharp, and it's fairly obvious they could double as weapons in a pinch. When retracted, they hang to around his knees, and could be draped around him as a cloak. His legs follow the same black and white armored style, until nearing his feet. Here, enlarged black boots complete his outfit, oversized in the expected fashion, obviously with housing for acceleration systems. Outside> Shark Man is prodded by the prod. The surge of electricity doesn't do much damage, but it does cause the overlord to fall to the ground, some of his systems shorting out. Outside> Even as Bolero rises up from beneath the ground, he finds himself blasted backwards by an energy beam. The Bull bLInks, rubbing his now sore horn. Bolero snarls, snorting a cloud of dust at King. "For that, you shall pay." he sneers. The Dark Lord of the Spanish narrows his optics to sLIts, their color turning from violet to a solarized violet. With a stunning display of force, Bolero's massive fists join together, before dropping down with full speed, leaving an impact crater before him. Bolero smirks, only sLIghtly, as dozens of pillars of earth rise up around King, before tilting over and falLIng towards the Master Monarch. Outside> Bolero strikes King with his Gaia Crusher attack. Outside> ---- Ashriel is staring at Bluegrass in armor! ---- Outside> Crescent Grizzly still isn't happy, not by a long shot. SnarLIng, he looks at Frost Man, the snowmen clear of his vision. There is only the enemy. " 'es mine, Thunderbolt..." the Ursine says simply to the Corporal. The drill deforms into a massive group of claws, tips shining and sharp. Reaching out, he swipes wide, trying to cut a piece out of the Robot Master's exposed back... Outside> Crescent Grizzly misses Frost Man with his Claw Swipe attack. Outside> Tori enters the Torontreal - Southern Downtown. Outside> For what Crash Man does next, there is no lengthy description. He simply takes that can of beer that he bukakked LIese with and raises it back. While the German girl cusses up a storm, the Red Bomber simply swings his arm forward and hurls the can straight for her head. "..lug-nuts on ya chin!!" Outside> Crash Man strikes LIese Schreiner with his Gas Canisters attack. Outside> Guts Man has disconnected. Outside> King gets crushed underneath a succession of massive pillars, and is buried beneath them. For a long moment, he seems to not be moving, lost amidst a pile of rubble. And then there is a rumble beneath the pile of stone. "We...SHALT...NOT....TOLERATE....THIS!" Huge bits of stone go flying away from King as he returns to his feet, throwing his arms out wide. His eyes, now plainly burning, fix upon Bolero, and the enraged Monarch charges towards Bolero. "Thou art nothing but cattle, and cattle shalt thou be rendered!" LIght builds up around the stone set in his crown, and then a blast of power lashes out at Bolero. Outside> King strikes Bolero with his Refraction Beam attack. Outside> Cut Man enters the Torontreal - Southern Downtown. Outside> "JEBUS ON A STICK!" The large refrigeration robot landed a severe elbow to Raven's right shoulder, causing the reploid to stumble back, shoulder joint sparking something fierce. Even so, he wasn't going to leave CG alone with Frost Man, even though they're both quite beat up. He will instead hang back, but not leave, and put up his force shield. Bluegrass slowly scans the area... before stopping on a figure... and checks with the UN OnLIne records and old reports from Funk, then nods sLIghtly. (...This must be that S.O.B. that took down Funk...)oo. She marches over to Ashriel and halts there. "Ya took down a dear close friend of mine... Ah'll give ya a chance ta back down..." (Please don't back down...)oo. Outside> A crackLIng shield of LIghtning surrounds Raven. Outside> Search Man, while attempting to get up, takes a stiff hit to the midsection with Spin's staff. Both heads let out a simultaneous grunt. The left looks into the RFer's face, his bulbous eyes steady. "Bring it," he grumbles, before leaving his feet and lunging out at his opponent, having been somewhat out of reach otherwise. Outside> Search Man misses Spin Cougar with his Ram attack. Outside> Spin Cougar successfully deflects an attack randomly. Outside> As all this fighting goes on, a sinGLe figure slowly makes his way onto the scene, arm cannon formed and visor down. Doing his best to avoid all the fighting going on, by ducking, dodging and jumping, he begins to make his way to the lead float, where, from what he's heard, Dr. Wily is standing. ...Silo is, however, taking his time, doing his best to not become a target, and not to alert Wily of his approach. Outside> LIese Schreiner would probably start GLowing gold and entering Rage mode if this was some kind of cheap arcade fighting game. Instead, though, she simply draws her LIps back in an enraged snarl and takes a sinGLe step forwards. At least, that's the first step. The SECOND step is when her right arm does what her left arm did, only with somewhat less in the way of horrible mechanical screeching and, hopefully, somewhat more in the way of FACE BREAKING. Outside> LIese Schreiner strikes Crash Man with her Letzte Stahlschlagen attack. Outside> Ashriel GLances from Valor, whom his knee's still in the back of, to Bluegrass, who's armor is reminiscent to Funk's. "Ah...you must be a comerade of Funk. Vengance is a beautiful thing. You can try." he cackles, before taking to the air. ChortLIng to himself, as Ashriel prepares to take the defensive, he begins dropping forcefield blades upon the two below him, in a 'rain' of terror. "PRESS ONWARD!" cries the angel, armor shining bright, with a wicked GLInt in his eyes. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Corporal Thunderbolt Raven transmits, "Hey Medics, I'd be ready to receive MANY wounded..myself and Grizzly included" Outside> Ashriel puts his guard up. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Crescent Grizzly transmits, "Ah'll beh' fine." Outside> Ashriel strikes Valor with his Force-dagger Barrage attack. Outside> Valor successfully reflects Force-dagger Barrage. Outside> Ashriel strikes you with a GLancing hit from his Force-dagger Barrage for 7 units of damage. Outside> Frost Man hears the other giant making his assault...and in a move that defies Frost Man's intelLIgence, he manages to turn, side step and move back all at once. Holy Cow, ladies and gentlemen, Wily code can evolve! Did you see that? Frost's Int went from 24 to 25 for a moment there. "Dumb teddy bear! Think you can beat Popsicle Man!" He forms up giant blocks of ice on his knuckles...oh yes....and he bellows, "THIS IS FOR DADDY'S FLOAT!" And from there, he starts to way-lay at the RepLIforcer... Outside> Frost Man strikes Crescent Grizzly with his Frost Knuckle attack. Outside> Dr. Wily struts back and forth atop his float, pumping the cane LIke a drum major and singing at the top of his lungs. "There was a doctor ruled the world wand Wily was his name-o! W-I-L-Y! W-I-L-Y!" He pauses to toss back the rest of his beer and hurl it at Crescent Grizzly. "Bah. A stupid song. I need to hear something else." Wily peers around and spies the Joe band, looking very confused. Grabbing up a beer and yanking the baton from the conductor's hand, Wily begins to lead the band. What do they play? A marching band version of Lowrider. Wily continues his strutting. Oh yeah! [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] LIese Schreiner transmits, "I am going to be retreating very shortly. I have taken substantial damage to both arms." Outside> Bolero rises to his full height as King stands once more. He snorts again, before speaking the immortal words of Popeye. "I am what I am." His optics open a bit as the energy blast lances out for him. His massive forearms expand sLIghtly as he crosses them in front of himself, the armor expansion exploding off after a moment. Bolero snorts, spreading his arms wide, "C'mere and give me a hug, Kingy! Wait, no, I'll send you the hug." His massive hands slam together in one massive, thundering round of applause, sending out a massive wave of concussive force and sound at King. Outside> Bolero misses King with his Thunderous Clap attack. Outside> King deflects Thunderous Clap from Bolero. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Corporal Thunderbolt Raven transmits, "Want some help there? I'm still ok. I can finish off Crash Man if you need" Outside> Easily Spin catches Search on his spinstaff, grinning for a moment, and replying. "You will be nothing but a slave to that misanthrope.." Then a quick twist, sending Search slamming over his body into the ground. "Until you turn away from his twisted evil!" Then, he raises his weapon, attempting to bring the tip down into Search's prone body. The Master might notice the tip spLItting to reveal a green, ominous GLow as it descends. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] LIese Schreiner transmits, "No. Do what you LIke." Outside> Spin Cougar strikes Search Man with his Energy Thrust attack. Outside> Crescent Grizzly is struck in the jaw, causing his head to snap to one side. It stays momentarily, before slowly turning back, a trickle of fluid present. Crescent spits out a tooth, and narrows his optics at Frost Man. " Mouri. " (Translated from French) With that, the Guardian throws himself onto Frost Man, kicking, punching, hitting pushing, shoving, smashing, biting, clawings, ripping, tearing, and just about any other verb appropriate of the evisceration Crescent is attempting to dish out..... Outside> Crescent Grizzly strikes Frost Man with his When Animals attack. Outside> CRACK! Crash Man's head is twisted to the side. LIese's fist pressing against his face causes his features to shift sLIghtly to the side. "....." He leans his upper body back, withdrawing LIese's knuckles from his cheek. The smirk that once graced this robot's face has been replaced with a look of straight displeasure. With a whirr of servo-motors, Crash Man LIghtly shakes his head at the German girl. His hands retract into his forearms, quickly replaced with a bomb-capped drill. Without so much as a word, the Red Bomber aims the sharp tips of his augers at LIese's belly and serves up a dish of sheer pain. Outside> Crash Man strikes LIese Schreiner with his Crash Bomber attack. Outside> LIese Schreiner falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. Outside> King sneers at Bolero as he brings his shield around in front of him, and the wave of sound is absorbed by the stone inset there. However, the force of the attack has brought a flashing GLow to the stone, and King grins at Bolero. "We doth thank thee for the gift of strength, idiot...but We shalt not unleash it upon thee yet. Nay, We shalt strike thee down with Our axe first!" And then, King lunges forward, looking to lay Bolero open with a vicious cross-body blow of the axe. Outside> "...Bitch," Crash Man mutters. Outside> King strikes Bolero with his Executioner's Axe attack. Outside> Frost Man finds Crescent Grizzly on top of him. His scream is heard across the battlefield, "Rabid teddy! RABID TEDDY!" In the horrific wrestLIng match that insues, the two giants rolLIng along the street, a froth of destruction and carnage. Frost fights claws, tears and rips with punches, kicks and headbutts of his own. Finally, he grows tired of the match, and moves to simply backhand the heck out of Crescent... Outside> Frost Man strikes Crescent Grizzly with his Swat attack. Outside> The corax winced at CG's display of primal fury, and he almost felt bad for Frost Man. Almost. "...Ow..." As it was, he was still behind his forcefield, waiting for the time that CG needed him to jump in. Outside> Shark Man is still lying on the ground twitching after being prodded by Jaguar. *twitch twitch* Outside> Crescent Grizzly just get angrier, the hand smacking him in the jaw once more. The claws converge into a drill, and he pursues his quarry, snarLIng loudly. Primar Fury has taken over the Ursine Guardian; woe to the target of his rage. He jaws out once, following through with the motion.... Outside> Crescent Grizzly strikes Frost Man with his Drill Arm attack. Outside> Frost Man falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. Bluegrass ' visor dims back to a near black-ish shade of blue (And I mean darker than midnight blue). Her faceplate reflects the faint pain she has received from the blades raining all around her. "Ah see ya lahk pointy stuff, Well, Ah got more pointy stuff just fer ya..." She draws out her crossbow and sLIps in a armor-piercing arrow into the loading chamber and lets it fly. "Take this, sugah..." Outside> "Slave? Slave?" the left head wonders aloud, following the pattern set earLIer. He does so with a rather unusual calm given the fact that he's hurtLIng toward a RepLIforce soldier as he's doing so. After subsequently hitting the ground, he rolls to the side, having a spear-LIke weapon thrust violently through one of his protruding shoulder joints as he does so. He manages to fight through the pain, swinging around with his upper body, aiming his forwardmost points at Spin's midsection. Outside> LIese Schreiner had been moving to try and disengage, both her arms being substantially damaged - ironically enough, more by her own efforts to smack Crash Man around than by his blows, which mostly had just clanged around her body's plating. (Well, and the beer.) And then she gets shot in the stomach. "..?" The explosion sends her flying thanks to the miracle of physics, and she lands at high speed in an alleyway, skidding to a halt in a heap of trash bags filled with various disgusting French-related artifacts, her clothing once again damaged rather badly. Outside> Search Man strikes Spin Cougar with his Double Headbutt attack. Outside> You strike Ashriel with a GLancing hit from your Armor-piercing Bolt attack. Outside> Arm cannon at the ready, Silo quickly begins to sprint towards Wily's float, a small smile on his face. Could he actually be getting ready to attempt to assasinate Wily, or will he just join up with the mad scientist and begin destroying Wily Beer again? Well, either way, he's able to reach the float, and quickly gets on... Outside> The axe-blow leaves a nasty scar across Bolero's chest, sending him stumbLIng back a few steps. Bolero grins, "Oh, I'm just lending you some so it'll be a fair fight. I've picked up a few things since last we met, Rey." he murmurs. "NOW ASSUME THE POSITION!" he screams, a giant beam emitter launching from subspace and into his hand. Wreck Brahma brings it up, a bullwhip of a black hole extends from the end of it. Wreck grins sLIghtly, before cracking the whip at King's chest, trying to leave him a present. Outside> Justice Jaguar looks down at the shark, as he lays on the ground, "Tsk." He crouches next to Shark Man, "See what happened? If you'd quit while you were ahead, you shouldn't be down here." He pulls out his sonic rifle, LIke that one from Minority Report, charges it up and cuts loose with a sonic blast, to send poor Shark flying. Outside> Bolero strikes King with his Graviton Whip attack. Outside> Justice Jaguar strikes Shark Man with his Sonic Rifle attack. Outside> As the Archangel takes the knee away from his back and takes to the air, Valor is quick to get to his feet and prepare to press his assault. That is, until the rain of blades commences. Narrowing his golden optics, he simply raises a forearm to block any headed for his face. As they impact against his frame, the kenetic energy is absorrbed and released in a blast right back at the Maverick. Then, almost without any hesitation he extends his other hand towards Ashriel in a fist. This fist also flares to LIfe in a brilLIant flame as Valor pictures the energy within his targets frame drawing to a sinGLe point.. Outside> Valor strikes Ashriel with his Power Singularity attack. Outside> the avian bLInked a couple times "...Remind me NEVER to piss you off, eh Grizzly?" He dropped his forcefield, his left hand no longer a cannon. Said hand was gripping his maimed right shoulder. "What now bossman? Who's the new target?" A wince as a particularly large spark crosses over his shoulder. Outside> The two headbutts strike Spin dead-on, but do LIttle. He simply steps back, looking up once more at Wily, then at Search once more. "Yes, a slave. What are you going to do about it?" With that he aims a fair set of slashes with his foreclaws at Search's faceplates. He's apparently enjoying the feeLIng of power, from the grin on his face. Outside> Spin Cougar misses Search Man with his Cougar Slash attack. Outside> King is smited upon the chest by the whip, and actually is knocked off his feet by the impact. "Thou hast improved," he grumbles, deep in his chest, as King clambers back to his feet. "Howe'er, it shalt not be enough. Thou shalt die this day, RepLIforce fool!" And the King, crumpled chestplate and all, leaps back into the fight. Once more, he lashes out at Bolero with his axe, but this time he sets himself and gets his full weight behind the slash at the large Bull-Soldier's chest. Outside> King strikes Bolero with his Executioner's Axe Horizontal attack. Outside> Frost Man somehow manages to fight his way to to his feet. In the tumble, he managed to get his War Popsicle... Drawing it up to strike down at Crescent Grizzly, he suddenly finds himself bored through the chest. Optics go wide, as he stumbles forward a step. "For....the GLory.....of daddy." His knees start to shake, and he drops to one knee. The War Popsicle shakes....falters...drops. It smashes Frost on the head. His optics seem to faze into different directions, as he spouts in an enGLIsh accent. "Mighty good show, old chap. That was a bloody hell of a fight. Fought LIke the devil, you did." And then, he collapses forward, his hands planting on the ground. A gurGLIng sound is heard as mechfiuld LIterally pours out of the hole in his chest, only with several internals. He collapses...and his systems shut down...ice melts. Popsicle Man, defender of the way of the Bomb Pop, has fallen. Outside> Search Man has no verbal response this time from either head, perhaps a LIttle too engrossed in the fighting. He manages to duck underneath the swinging claws, closing on his foe's body. He reaches back with both arms, making a fist with his humanoid hand, and bringing it together with its opposite number in a quick semicircle, hoping to hit either side of Spin's upper body. Outside> Dr. Wily is totally unaware of whats happening around him. Instead, he's totally wrapped up in conducting his music. Lowrider has ended, replaced by Turn The Beat Around. Has Wily no shame? Outside> Search Man strikes Spin Cougar with his Smash attack. Outside> Ashriel frowns as the arrow impacts into his armor, and looks downwards at Serena. "Is that all you ha-" begins Ashriel. Haughty Angel Man. Blasted upwards by a nasty hit of energy. And looking none the happier for it. "I suppose..." begins Ashriel, armor quite nastily damaged from the assault, "...I should remove the kid GLoves." he snarls, descending towards Bluegrass, hoping to both get her betwen he, and Valor, and bury his claws into her armored torso at the same time. "I hope you don't mind...I need a shield." he hisses. Outside> Crescent Grizzly withdraws the drill and arm from the bowels of Frost Man as he falls, and demerges the drill. " Help yer' comrades, LIghtningbolt. Clean up..." Then, the Guardian looks to Wily. Reaching down, he rends the head from the android's corpse, and holds it in his normal paw. The drill claw picks the corpse up, and fLIngs it at the fender of the Evil Doctor's float with a clunk. The head, however, is sent special deLIvery to Wily. Don't say I never gave you anything. Outside> Ashriel strikes you with a soLId hit from his Angel Talon Combination for 21 units of damage. Outside> Shark Man does indeed go flying, landing with a thud a few feet away. The overlord slowly gets to his feet, looking at the Jaguar. As he stares, his eyes begin to change colour. Normally a placid sea-green, they begin to take on a red tone, becoming the colour of blood. This is the only outward sign of Sharky's feeding frenzy, and yet the lazy overlord is still just standing in place. The reason becomes apparent soon enough, however, as a sewer directly under Justice Jaguar suddenly pops up, followed by a huge stream of water. Outside> Crescent Grizzly strikes Dr. Wily with his Generic Ranged attack. Outside> Shark Man strikes Justice Jaguar with his Aqua Tower attack. Outside> Frost Man's head goes clunk on the side of Dad's float. Outside> Frost Man spews gallons of mechfluid out of his head hole, in a manner that would make Ninja Scroll proud. Outside> The manhole cover under Justice bursts up, and sends him flying up into the air. he sLIps a bit, and drops down to one knee, but stays on the manhole cover, "Destruction of pubLIc property." He mutters, adding to Shark Man's offenses. PulLIng out his grenade launcher, he lets a grenade fly down in Shark's direction, to hopefully get Justice back to the floor. Outside> Justice Jaguar strikes Shark Man with his Frag Grenade attack. Outside> The Bull-Soldier's chest gets a second gash rent through it. He takes a quarter step back, bracing his position against the impact of King against his body. Bolero grins, "Of course I did, King. Hope you enjoy the results." he growls, bringing the emitter around, blasting a LIne into the ground. He leaps straight up, "Today is not my day to die. I wonder if it'll be yours, though?" he cries, a massive medicine ball exploding from his back. The Graviton Whip snaps up, lashing around the sphere, anchoring him to it by the emitter. Bolero looks down, spinning the Olympic-style hammer rapidly over his head. "GRAVITON... HAMMER!" he roars, launching the entire item at King's body, attempting to once again crush him. Only this time, it's as if it were being dragged down by Jupiter's gravitational force. Outside> Bolero strikes King with his Graviton Hammer attack. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] RF Science Prismatic Spider transmits, "Status report?" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "I don't think King's doing too well at the moment." Outside> The punch comes in directly at Spin's own faceplate, and *WHAM* down he goes. Flat on his back, still clutching his staff. For a moment he doesn't move, but soon enough rolls aside. "Hmm .... you do a good job defending that slave driver." He then GLances up. "And it seems you missed a few other threats in his area!" He starts to attack again, swinging his staff at the Master but in mid-swing something gives, his blown-out torso sparking and collapsing to one side. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Crescent Grizzly transmits, "Frost Garcon has been deal' wit" Outside> THUNK! The head knocks Wily off his feet and he lands sprawled in the chair, Frost looking up into Wily's face. Mechfluid soaks the doctor and he splutters in rage. Looking around, he finds Crash is the only one in close proximity. Wily waves both arms frantically at the grizzly. "Kill him! KILL! KILLKILLKILLKILL!" Well, what would YOU do if someone threw your son's head into your lap? [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "Frost Man's down and Cut Man has fled." Outside> THe raven scanned the battlefield...most of his comrades were doing well...Spin though, he seemed to be in trouble. He flared his wings and jetted off at Search Man. "You made a big mistake there chief!" A LIttle too damaged for melee, he stood off a LIttle bit and flapped his wings sharply in Search man's direction, loosing four to six razor sharp feathers Outside> The stench of ozone LIngers after the shield of electricity disappears Bluegrass screams as Ash digs in... "Actually, sugah... AH DO MIND." Trying to spin around and tries to deck The Angel of Death with a particularly strong uppercut... usually used for breaking... certain equipment between the legs. DownHome Punch. Outside> Thunderbolt Raven strikes Search Man with his Razor Feathers attack. Outside> You strike Ashriel with a GLancing hit from your Downhome Punch attack. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] RF MSE Sgt. Spin Cougar transmits, "Bah ... Search Man got me." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Corporal Thunderbolt Raven transmits, "I'm engaging Search Man for you Spin. I'll get 'im" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bluegrass Not Serena Gilbert transmits, "Be careful, sugah. This maverick got me hung up tight..." Outside> LIese Schreiner has been defeated, blown straight to hell by Crash Man's killer technique. When the smoke clears, he Red Bomber's smirk reappears. He's very pleased with the results.. but he's not too pleased by the sight of Silo out the corner of his eye. As he slowly turns to face the annoying Reploid, something bad happens. Something bad is defined as Dr. Wily getting hit by Frost Man's remains, courtesy of Crescent Grizzly. Crash Man's smirk fades, his face twisting back into a mask of displeasure. Crash Man's eyes shift toward his right arm-cannon, wisps of smoke still rising from its recent use. With a mental command, a new drill extends from the launcher. Armed, the Robot Master looks back to Crescent Grizzly and then to Doctor Wily. Commanded by his leader, Crash Man's face quickly melts into a wicked LIttle smile. That smile, Crescent Grizzly, is your only warning. *skLIsh!* The drill is launched! Outside> Crash Man strikes Crescent Grizzly with his Drill Rocket attack. Outside> Crescent Grizzly falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "Bring him closer to King and myself. I'll let loose with an Earthquake." Outside> Silo walks closer to Wily, not saying a word, and trying to be as silent as possible. He only barely notices the attack that comes Wily's way from Crescent, only barely notices Wily's reaction... Instead, he just raises his arm cannon, and takes a few seconds to aim at Wily's back. Could this be it? Could he really be trying to finish off Wily, once and for all? ...But if he /is/ trying to finish off Wily, he has an interesting way of doing it. For no missiles, electric bolts or anything else of the sort fly from the arm cannon. Instead, a beer can does. A beer can of /LIght Beer/. Outside> Silo strikes Dr. Wily with his Generic Ranged attack. Outside> King is hammered into again by Bolero, and is once more sent hurtLIng back away from his foe. This time, however, he looses his grip on his axe, which skitters off away from him as King demoLIshes a fountain with his impact. Bolero's gotten beefy, indeed. The monarch laboriously cLImbs to his feet, his armor punctured in numerous places, and GLares at Bolero. "Thou hast made one mistake, fool. E'en with all thy strength, thou art not Our equal. And so...FALL!" He levels his shield at Bolero, and a massive bolt of energy spears out of the stone. Bolts of LIghtning coruscate about the blast and his shield--and his arms--seems to crack and crumble sLIghtly as the blast drains King's energy and overwhelms his physical body. Outside> King strikes Bolero with his Royal Shield Megablast attack. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "Or not." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "... I'm going to require some serious electronics repairs..." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Corporal Thunderbolt Raven transmits, "Crescent is down! We'll need a medevac soon!" Outside> Crescent Grizzly didn't expect Crash Man, of all people, to still be around. Too tired, too drained, the Guardian is unable to evade. The missile digs into his body, sLIcing easily through the shredded remnants of armor, before detonating. His internals fail in a cascade of warning messages. And he simply...falls, hitting the ground face first with a ground shaking thud. Outside> Not one for letting up on his opponents, Valor takes to foot and closes in on Ash as he swoops down. However, upon seeing him take Bluegrass as a shield of sorts, he stops dead in his tracks. "You actions dishonor you." he states simply to the Maverick, not doing anything for the moment. That is, until the Maverick's 'shield' strikes, at which point Valor's eyes blaze to LIfe, emitting two thin beams towards the Archangel... Outside> Frost Man kills a pedestrian with the force of mechfluid still spewing from Frost's head hole. See what you've done, Grizzly. You kill a man in order to make a point! Meanwhile, down the street, Frost's head stares blankly at daddy. Outside> Valor strikes Ashriel with his Eye Beams attack. Outside> The grenade bounces off Shark Man's chest, clattering to the ground. He picks it up with the hand which had been shot earLIer. As he is about to throw it back, however, it explodes, sending bits and pieces of shark arm flying off. Well, he doesn't really need that arm anyways. The loss of his arm hurt though, and the shock is enough to bring him out of his frenzied state. He looks at the Hunter, and states "Well, dude, I'd love to stay, and stuff, but I gotta go." Shark Man then runs towards the jaguar, jumping into the recently opened sewer grating, and trying to swim away. Outside> Search Man's left head watches Spin leave, surely GLoating inwardly, but he doesn't make any move to stop him. Instead, he begins to dust himself off, while his right head scans around the area for any extraneous danger. He finds it a spLIt second before he's torn into by flying razors, which leave some serious nicks, especially on his right leg, which is left in the open as he attempts to dive aside. He gets to one knee. "Preparing anti-air missiles," his right head announces before being covered by his clunky chest module, which fLIps back over both of his heads. From one of the round tubes comes a screaming munition. Outside> Shark Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Spin Cougar, Starburst Dragon, Bluegrass, Sigma, Thunderbolt Raven, Silo, and Crash Man. Outside> Crescent Grizzly has disconnected. Outside> Search Man strikes Thunderbolt Raven with his Laser-guided Missile attack. Outside> Ashriel snarls. "And /yours/ don't?" questions Ashriel, as he throws Bluegrass in the direction of her comrade. "You want to preach about honor, and fair play, and yet you insist on deigning on assistance to strike at me? Look in a mirror, craven coward." And with that, Ashriel begins streaking for dayLIght. Diplomatic assignment doesn't equal taking a fall for Wily. Outside> Ashriel retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Search Man, Spin Cougar, Starburst Dragon, Bluegrass, Sigma, Justice Jaguar, Thunderbolt Raven, LIese Schreiner, Silo, Shark Man, and Crash Man. Outside> What can be worse than Frost's head landing in your lap? Being nailed with LIGHT BEER. In the back. The can bursts, showering LIght Beer all over Wily who falls from his chair in a shrieking ball. "Ahh! It burns! NOOOO! Get it off!" He begins to gurGLe, thrashing in the puddle of LIght Beer. "No! I'm melting! MEEEEELTING! The power of LIght Beer! It is to horrible!" Wily rolls around frantically, finally ending up UNDER the throne. There are two loud POPS from udner the throne, followed by the sounds of someone drinking and a very loud belch. "Ahh..much better." Cue Popeye music as Wily emerges once more, two empty Wilybeer cans in his hand. "Foul oppressor! Your wretched beer shall not win this day! Bow to the power of Wilybeer!" The twirls the can in circles, speaking in that same hypnotic voice. "Wily beer is good. Wily beer is LIfe. Wily beer brings peace and happiness. You love the Wily beer...." Outside> Dr. Wily misses Silo with his Hypnocane attack. Outside> Spin Cougar slowly gets up, staggering back to the teleporters. Outside> Spin Cougar retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Starburst Dragon, Bluegrass, Thunderbolt Raven, and LIese Schreiner. Outside> Spin Cougar enters the Torontreal - Western Business Zone. Outside> "...bugger..." The missile struck him square in the chest, at least it wasn't the arm. "..Two...headed...FREAK..." THe avian dropped to one knee, as if keeping concious was a trial. H was doing a good job of it though. He didn't fall over, but he couldn't fight anymore Outside> Bolero lands with a thunderous crash, a small crater erupting around him. The Spaniard grabs his hammer, sLInging it rapidly in its appropriate places. He looks at King, LIstening carefully, even as he prepares to launch into another wave of attacks. The large problem there, however, is that the awe-inspiring Megablast punches Bolero backwards a good fifteen feet, into his original position. Bolero stands up slowly, "I may not have won this round, King, but I'm still not dead." he growls out. The Spanish Bull grabs his pick-axe, spLItting the ground open, before attempting to disappear underneath it. Yeah, when you're missing most of your plate armor, your snout is bleeding, and you have sixteen different sets of circuits that have been overloaded disappearing from the battlefield is a good idea. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Corporal Thunderbolt Raven transmits, "...I'm down....can't fight anymore..." Outside> Bolero retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Search Man, King, Starburst Dragon, Dr. Wily, Bluegrass, Sigma, Justice Jaguar, Thunderbolt Raven, Valor, LIese Schreiner, Silo, Ashriel, Shark Man, and Crash Man. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] RF MSE Sgt. Spin Cougar transmits, "Getting clear. Thunderbolt, do the same .." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Justice Jaguar transmits, "Shark Man is retreating. Working to secure the area." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "I'm getting out of he-*electrical sounds*-re, while I st-*ZZZZT*-ill can..." Outside> The corvid made himself get to his feet, made his wings work, and made himself fly away. His destination wasnt' that far. It was the teleporters, but still. He was too hurt to go on. So he didn't, he left instead. Outside> Shark Man leaps down the sewer, and tries to swim away. It's really quite difficult, considering he only has one arm, but there's nothing he can do about it now. Outside> Search Man gets to his feet again, both heads looking somewhat frustrated, despite his apparent success against another opponent. His right head says shakily, "Oh... did I hear that? I think someone c-called me a... a freak." His left shoulder gives a bit of a half-shrug. "In that case, freaks kick ass." The right doesn't exactly appear satisfied. Outside> Justice Jaguar jumps back to the ground, grenade launcher still in hand. He peers around for anybody still standing. The area isn't secure.. Outside> Thunderbolt Raven retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Starburst Dragon. Bluegrass growls as her visor darkens to complete BLACK. "Not just yet, sugah. Ya not leaving lahk that..." She launches her own jets and fLIes sLIghtly higher than Ashriel... "If Ah had my choice, ya are walkin' home!!!" She then fLIes straight at Ashriel... intending to ram him out of the sky and down to the ground. HARD. Outside> Thunderbolt Raven enters the Torontreal - Southern Downtown. Outside> Ashriel deflects Mid-air Collsion from Bluegrass. Outside> You miss Ashriel with your Mid-air Collsion attack. Outside> Thunderbolt Raven arrives from the Torontreal - Southern Downtown. Outside> Thunderbolt Raven enters the Torontreal - Western Business Zone. Outside> Crescent Grizzly becomes the second notch on Crash Man's belt for tonight. With the big bear brought down, the Robot Master can now give Silo the full benefit of his attention. His hands extend from his forearms, each digit flexing after activation. While the Reploid is distracted, the bomber takes a moment to prepare. He walks over to Wily's vacated throne and grips it tightly with his hands. "...ngggh." Crash Man grunts, his circuits straining to rip the chair clear off it's bolted securings. With a final yank, the throne is ripped clear off the float, the sound made easily masked by the din of weaponsfire. Raising the object into the air, Crash Man tip-toes over to Silo and brings this the throne down on that annoying Reploid's head. Outside> Crash Man strikes Silo with his Chairshot attack. Outside> Extendings his hands out to catch Bluegrass (if need be) Valor simply watches Ashriel as he takes to the sky. Sure, he could take a cheap shot at the back, but that's simply not his style. Instead, he lets the Maverick go and then looks about the area.. Outside> Not quite. Ash was expecting trouble. And so casually, as he fLIes away, he erects a nice forcefield wall between himself, and Bluegrass. Thank you deflect, you're my only friend. Outside> Ashriel enters the Torontreal - Southern Downtown. Outside> King seems to wobble on his feet, and then staggers towards Wily. His chestplate--what's left of it--might as well not exist, as great rents have been opened in it. "Great Father," he grumbles, his voice sounding thick, "We must needs speak with thee about an upgrade." He then staggers, and falls to one knee. Outside> Silo doesn't even seem affected by the power of Wily Beer. He is, after all, the /destroyer/ of Wily Beer. He's built to resist those kind of things. So he just stands his ground, and laughs LIghtly. "...What, didn't LIke that, did you? Tasted vile, didn't it? Would you LIke some /more/?" He doesn't have a chance to actually fire off another LIght Beer can, however, when a chair smashes down over his head, chipping and denting his helmet. "..." He /LIkes/ that helmet. And so, without a word, he whips around, and fires a LIght Beer can at Crash Man instead. This should be interesting... Outside> Silo strikes Crash Man with his Generic Ranged attack. Bluegrass tumbles out of the sky and thankfully right into Valor's waiting arms, "...Thanks, sugah. Ah owe ya one." Bluegrass repLIes as she spies Ashriel leaving. (This is so not ovah yet, sugah...)oo. Outside> Valor deftly catches Bluegrass as she tumbles from the sky after the impact and grunts in doing so. He then simply nods to her and sets he down gently. "Not a problem." he entones before looking around. "It seems there are still those who haven;t gotten the hint." he states.. Outside> Shark Man has disconnected. Outside> Dr. Wily GLances to King as the ELIte staggers to a knee. "As soon as we regain our home." The moon isn't the place for that sort of thing. The doctor GLances back at Silo and Crash just in time to see the beer get fired. "You LIttle punk!" The cane whistles around in a vicious arc. "Stop firing that crappy beer at people!" It would appear Wily is getting truly angry now. Outside> Dr. Wily strikes Silo with his Cane Whack attack. Outside> *cLInk!* The can of LIght Beer bounces off Crash Man's helmet, making one hell of a pathetic sound. Still, Silo manages to leave a dent. "...." The android LIghtly shakes his head, clearly noting his disapproval of the tactic. Standing tall, the Red Bomber merely folds his fingers together and presses down, eLIciting a cracking sound from the servos. "Sinner.. you're goin' down," Crash Man does declare! He kicks at Silo, planting a heavy foot in his midsection. Quickly, he tries to follow up by looping his arm around the soldier's neck and use the momentum to bring his face to the floor. Outside> Crash Man misses Silo with his Crash Ddt attack. Outside> Frost Man's head GLares angrily at Silo. LIght beer. Baaad. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] RF MSE Sgt. Spin Cougar transmits, "Who's injured?" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "I am." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Silo transmits, "I am, but only sLIghtly." "Yeah, Ah noticed," Bluegrass responds, "But Ah don't think we can help Silo out of his situation, but we might be able ta clear the rest out." Key Word: MIGHT. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Valor transmits, "I have recieved a few minor wounds. Nothing too serious." Outside> $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Current Systems Status $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Current Endurance: [||||||||||| ] (40 / 68) Fuel Reserves: [||||||||||||||||| ] (89 / 100) Status: Compromised Forcefield Power: 0 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Justice Jaguar transmits, "My armor is comprimised, but not critcal. I can still fight." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bluegrass Not Serena Gilbert transmits, "Same here, sugah. Ah can get 'em look at back at Seoul." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] RF MSE Sgt. Spin Cougar transmits, "Anyone need evac?" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "Crescent." Outside> Dr. Wily has disconnected. Outside> Silo's just too fast for Crash's attack, moving out of the way just in time. He ignores Wily's cane, that hardly even causes a dent, and just continues to GLare at Crash. "...No, I'm afraid /you'll/ be the one going down this time." And with that, he takes a few steps forward, shifts his arm cannon back into a hand, and reaches into subspace, pulLIng out an assualt rifle. This rifle is then pointed at Crash, and fired. Outside> Silo strikes Crash Man with his At - 32 Assault Rifle Burst attack. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] RF MSE Sgt. Spin Cougar transmits, "Great..." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "I'm... fine... if you ignore the psychotic amounts of lacking armor, the short-circuited systems... And the large degree burns on my face." Outside> ---- Search Man is staring at Bluegrass in armor! ---- [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] RF MSE Sgt. Spin Cougar transmits, "... Argh! .. Sorry, nothing I can do from here." Outside> Ping-ping-ping-ping! Bullets bounce off Crash Man's thick armor, leaving a variety of minor dents on his chest-plate. Attacked, he merely offers Silo a sigh and a smirk. "You Reploids with your toys. Your cute, LIttle toys..." Continuing to smirk, he pulls his hands behind him where they meet with a purple flash of subspace. Extending his arms back out, Silo can easily notice that either hand sports a crude .45-caLIber pistol. "..your cute, LIttle toys." Crash Man yanks on the trigger, firing numerous uranium-depleted slugs into the air. Outside> Crash Man strikes Silo with his Dual 45s attack. Outside> Frost Man has disconnected. Outside> Valor ponders Bluegrass' words for a moment and then nods, slowly moving towards the lead float. "It would be best advised if you were to cease and desist." he entones in a loud voice to all near him. He doesnt sound to be too happy at the moment, and truth be told, he's a LIttle upset. Outside> While Silo is stuck various times by the uranium-depleted slugs, which cause a tiny bit of damage to his armor, he doesn't act at all LIke someone who's just being shot various times. "...Good try. But not good enough, Crash Man." And lowering the rifle once more, the reploid pulls on the trigger, this time completely letting loose. Outside> Silo misses Crash Man with his At - 32 Assault Rifle Automatic Fire attack. Bluegrass follows Valor, and looks just as crossily. "What he said," she simply repLIes. Outside> Search Man stands well down the street from where most of the action is now taking place, the two confLIcts he's weathered having left him far behind the path of the parade. Both heads are now looking rather calm, although in the right-sided one's case, that's a relative term at best. "I'm doing well so far," he observes meekly. "That was nothing. I should have been more decisive," counters his left head. "I'm trying to recall the last time I didn't say that after a fight," the right answers boldly. "Shut up. There's work to be done," concludes the left. Outside> *whirr-cLIck!* Wait.. what was that!? From above, bolts of purple energy strike every last bullet Silo's rifle lets loose. Where the hell did that come from!? Crash Man, smirking, merely clues his opponent in by raising his eyes upward. Above, the back portion of his helmet has transformed into an overhead laser-cannon. Wisps of smoke dance from its black barrel, indicating its use. "Y'sure about that?" Crash Man asks, before letting loose another shot at Silo's chest. Outside> Crash Man misses Silo with his Head Laser attack. Outside> King turns towards Valor, and creakily gets to his feet. He doesn't have his axe anymore, it looks LIke, but he's still up to trying to defend his father. "If thou wouldst have this cease, then thou shouldst deal with the vermin who doth threaten the Father. We shalt defend him, e'en unto death." He extends one hand--shakily--and his axe flashes back through the air to return to him. "We shalt not initiate any further assault, but We shalt defend Ourselves." Outside> Looking to King, Valor nods. "Understandable." Finally. Someone who can reason. Much LIke General and Colonel before him, Valor too posses a sense of honor, and self-defence is something he can agree with. "Very well. instruct Crash to cease, and I will do the same with Silo." he offers, looking over to where the pair still trade shots. "This is proving nothing, surely you can agreee with me, King." Outside> Silo leaps to the side, having had enough time to get on the move before Crash Man was able to fire the laser... that's on his head. Interesting... After hitting the ground rather LIghtly, and rolLIng back to his feet, the pilot discards the rifle, throwing it away from the float. He doesn't worry about someone grabbing it an using it against him, since it's out of ammunition. The RFer takes a moment to GLare at his opponent while hurridly readying his next attack... He also takes this time to reply to the Beta Master. "...Oh, I'm sure." And with a quick smile, he raises his right fist, shifts it into an arm cannon, and fires off a ball of electricity. Outside> Silo misses Crash Man with his Ball Of Electricity attack. Outside> King chuckles briefly, and then grins at Valor. He actually _grins_. "We shalt try...but thou shouldst know Crash Man better than that by now." He turns to look at Crash, and then bellows, "Sir Crash Man! Let Us all gather the Father unto safety, and deal with the idiotic RepLIforcer another day! We doth beLIeve this mission is a success!" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Justice Jaguar transmits, "Sector clear of Robot Master activity. Any other sectors need to be secured still?" Outside> Crash Man pushes off the ground and ignites his dash-jets! Columns of flames pour from the burners beneath his boots, sending him straight into the air! Silo's electrical assault sails past the air below this Robot Master, missing him /entirely/! Reaching the apex of his leap, the Red Bomber aims his arm-cannon for Silo and fires off a shot. The bomb-capped drill sent on the way suddenly explodes in a bLInding LIght show! Outside> Crash Man misses Silo with his Flash Bomb attack. Bluegrass quietly watches the goings ons.... (Good. They're gettin' ready ta go home. After this and what Clown pulled, Ah think Canada'll be all RM'd out.. Goody fer me havin' ta LIsten Garneau b***h 'bout this, though...)oo. Outside> While Silo is already on the move when Crash fires of the bomb-capped drill, it's almost impossible to tell if he's able to get fully away by the time it explodes. All Crash, or anyone can do, is wait for the LIght to die down... And when it does, Silo is revealed, without a scratch, standing next to the float that has now probably being blown to peices. Both hands are in the air, and electricity is flying back and forth between said hands. Said hands then suddenly have the electricity surround them completely, before having it spiral into the air. ...In some cases, this electricity would spread to cover all corners of the battle field. Instead, it just rises into the air, passing Crash, before coming down on him from above. Outside> Silo misses Crash Man with his Electric Storm attack. Outside> Following King's lead, Valor speak up towards Silo. "Silo, if you would be so kind as to stop, this whole situation will come to an end much quicker." he then turns towards King and nods sLIghtly. "I know Crash and his tendencies. Let us hope that both of them respect us enough to LIsten." he remarks, turning back to the skirmish. Outside> King sends an amused GLance towards Valor, and then just shakes his head. "Thou doth not know Crash Man as well as We do." Outside> "Yeah, LIsten to your friend." Crash Man speaks up. As his feet touch the ground, he initiates a quick dash. The brief move enables him to completely avoid Silo's electrical storm and still remain standing. ".. because, you know, you'll be distracted." Arming a new pair of drills, the Red Bomber squints his eyes and tries to lock onto Silo. Extending his launchers, he fires! A pair of bomb-capped drills, attemping to do what he did last to LIese! Outside> Crash Man strikes Silo with his Crash Bomber attack. Outside> Silo is indeed distracted by Valor, the pair of bomb-capped drills hitting dead on, sending the reploid flying. And landing a fairly small distance away, he just shakes his head, and gets back to his feet. And giving Valor a look, he wonders if he should actually stop fighting or not... And quickly decides to keep on fighting, atleast for now. After all, if he stops, he /really/ doubts Crash will. So he just reaches into subspace, pulls out a sniper rifle (because he just can't hit, and because of the distance), brings the scope up to his visor, and fires off a few bullets. Outside> Silo strikes Crash Man with his Sniper Rifle attack. Outside> "Ngh!" Crash Man grunts, pain racing through his circuits. A bullet has cleanly cleared his midsection, leaving a hollow wound that bleeds with mech-fluid. "..Do me a favor, sinner.." He mutters, reaching behind him. A flash of purple subspace later and a thick metal disk is in his hands. "And drop dead already." With all his might, Crash Man lobs the disk straight for Silo. Outside> Crash Man misses Silo with his LImpet Mine attack. Outside> Justice Jaguar has disconnected. Outside> Narrowing his optics at Silo, Valor doesnt seem to be too impressed. "Very well then." he states simply to Kingm before moving slowly forward, his frame GLowing a bit brighter. He then speaks into his radio as he closes in on Silo and Crash. Bluegrass just facepalms at Silo and looks back at Valor, "Well, Ah must admit, the kid's guts... no brains, but plenty of guts..." She pauses for a moment, "Ya know, Ah can rope 'im in fer ya, if ya want." Outside> King GLares at Crash. "We didst order a withdrawal, Crash Man. Wouldst thou flaunt Our orders so recklessly?" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Valor transmits, "Would someone mind suggesting to Silo that it would be in his, as well as everyone else's best interest if he ceased his asault?" Outside> "I'm gettin' around to it," Crash Man responds. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "That bad, huh?" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bluegrass Not Serena Gilbert transmits, "Very bad, sugah. Very bad." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] RF MSE Sgt. Spin Cougar transmits, "What's he doing now?" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Silo transmits, "...I would, but I doubt Crash would stop attacking me then." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] RF MSE Sgt. Spin Cougar transmits, "... oh shoot." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "Silo, you have a flashbang?" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Valor transmits, "King ordered Crash to retreat. He is only returning fire because you still press the assault." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Silo transmits, "He attacked first once the order was given... But I shall end this now, anyway." Outside> Search Man's left head gazes off into the distance, toward the area where the battle is beginning to die down. His right head, meanwhile, looks back down the road by which he came in. "I... I beLIeve His Majesty ordered a retreat," he muses aloud, having ascertained that fact somehow. The left responds, as an afterthought, "Yeah. I guess it's time to go," a few seconds later. [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Alpha transmits, "Oh let them play." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Valor transmits, "Be the bigger Bot and suck it up, soldier." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "Crash Man and Silo... Continuing to play?" [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "That's almost LIke me and Guts Man playing in a major metropoLItan area." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "Now, Silo, pull out." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Silo transmits, "I am already beginning to do so, sir." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "Good. Make it quick, then." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Valor transmits, "My thanks, Bolero." [Radio: (C) RF-MH-UN-Main] Bolero transmits, "No problem, sir." Outside> Silo once again leaps clear of another of Crash's attacks, the mine this time evaded. Without a word, he sends the sniper rifle back to subspace... And begins to back up. "...You have not won this fight, Crash Man, but I am afraid it is time I leave. I obey the order of a ranking officer... You should too." And with that, he begins to retreat. Outside> Silo retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open to pursuit or parting shots from Search Man, Bluegrass, Sigma, and Crash Man. Outside> Crash Man watches Silo run off. "..obey a ranking officer? Who does this idiot think I am?" Shaking his head, he looks up to King. "Alright, let's go." Outside> King chuckles, and nods to Crash Man. "Thou shalt lead the way, Crash Man. We shalt escort the Father." Outside> Crash Man walks off. Outside> Crash Man has disconnected. Outside> King puts his guard down. Outside> And with the fight over, Silo heads back to base... Bluegrass astains that's finally this mess save for the yelLIng that's she is sure going to hear in the senate come the morning... and Bluegrass is so looking forward to THAT. Do ignore the dripping sarcasm from those words. "Well, it's been fun, but Ah gotta fly and report in ta Brigit and Abernathy. Be safe sugah." And the White Reploid of the Musica Guard fLIes off... Outside> Silo enters the Torontreal - Western Business Zone. Outside> Search Man manages to avoid debating his performance with himself as he heads off home as well, not looking too much worse for wear anyway.