Session Start: Fri Jul 04 00:00:00 2003
Session Ident: #taw
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<Junior> Poor, poor Garland.
<Ire> Session 80: Serpent's Bite
<Ire> Time Chart: September 20th, 2222. More than a week later
<Ire> Location: Brahnk's Temple, Night
<Stark> Subtitle: Stark's ex-girlfriend.
<Ire> GM: *the Alt team are lying in their hammocks, sound asleep as it is night here in the Capital City. No sounds are heard, except for Pope's snoring.*
* Ire lays in his hammock, eyes closed, his guns resting on the hammock next to him. He sways back and forth, silent, as if he doesn't notice the shadows creeping into the room
<Ire> GM: *the shadows draw their blades as they move closer in the dark --- until, Stark flips on the lights, revealing them*
* Ire sits up, handguns trained on the three assassins.
* Dahok wakes up, and looks over from his hammock
<Ire> GM: *the assassins, draped in black with their faces covered behind masks, freeze, looking around. They raise their blades, as if to fight*
* Stark stands stoicly, studying the intruders.
* Dahok hears a snapping noise
* Junior walks towards their room, having gone out for a walk.
<Dahok> Ahh shit...*the hammock he's laying in snaps and he slams onto the ground*
* Ire gets off his hammock, raising his weapon at the lead attacker, ignoring Dahok's bad luck.
<Ire> Don't think about it. Stark - Junior, bound them with something.
* Junior has yet to arrive.
* Stark cuts free a hammock, using the twine to bind them.
* Junior enters the room, looking around "What, did I forget to lock the door?"
<Ire> GM: *the assassins are quickly bound. They say nothing, opting for silence*
* Ire holsters his weapons.
<Ire> It seems the rumors of an attack on us were true.
* Dahok push's himself up and walks over to the assassins and looks at them
<Junior> Now who would want you dead?
<Ire> I would say Janus, but I don't see them resorting to sending...*grabs a mask and yanks it off, revealing the tan skin of Dahok's people* one of the natives.
* Dahok quirks his eye at the one with the mask off and kneels down
<Dahok> Who sent you?
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<Stark> Intreguing.
<Junior> Do you think they made the connection already?
<Ire> <Assassins> ...
* Dahok smacks the assassin upside the head
<Dahok> Who sent you...
<Ire> It's possible. But I can't see these three getting into the Brhank temple so easily. It's almost as if they were let in.
* Ire eyes Dahok
<Stark> Hrm..
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<Junior> Well, this could be their way of saying it's time to go?
* Ire crosses his arms.
<Ire> Fine way.
<Ire> I still have been denied a meeting with the leader of this zone.
* Dahok grabs the assassin's head and pulls it forward, looking at the back of his neck
<Dahok> This one used to study here.
* Dahok shoves the assassins head back
<Ire> ...what do you mean? He was once part of this Brahnk Temple?
<Ire> <Assassin> ... 6Glowers at Dahok.
* Dahok nods
<Ire> ...
<Dahok> That's why he was able to get in easily.
<Ire> Any idea why they would come back just to kill us?
* Dahok shakes his head
* Ire turns to look back at Junior and Stark.
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<Ire> You two have anything to add?
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* Dahok stands up
<Ire> I suppose not.
* Ire gestures at the hammocks.
<Ire> Let us get some more sleep. We'll deal with this in the morning.
* Ire casually hops back into his hammock, closing his eyes
<Dahok> You think you can trust them there?
<Ire> Point. Knock them all out.
<Dahok> Alright. *turns back around and punches one of the assassins across the face*
<Ire> Assassin: *falls limp, obviously out cold*
* Dahok grabs the other two assassins heads and slams them together several time*
<Ire> GM: *they, too, fall limp. All three of them are out cold now*
* Dahok pats down one of the assassins to check for anything
<Ire> GM: *they have no information of any sort on them. Except for some lint. They have lint*
* Dahok stands up and leaves the room, making his way to the top of the temple and then leaps over to a tree branch and sits on it, looking out at the moon
<Ire> Time Chart: September 21st, 2222. Early Morning
<Ire> GM: *as night fades and turns to day, the hot sun casts it's rays down upon the Brahnk Temple, warming it up. The humid air of the landscape takes effect instantly and the wildlife begins to awaken. All around the capital city, the people get up and begin to head into the Marketplace to begin their daily trade*
<Ire> GM: *it is another typical day and all the people's lives go by without fail. It's as if the world has taken no notice to the assassins the night before, which Ire, as soon as awakening, had removed and arrested.*
* Ire has made his way to the dinning room, grabbing various fruits to munch on. He leans against the wall, opting not to sit at the table with the other "monks" of the temple. He stares at them as he eats.
* Dahok is down in the Training Hall, going through an old daily ritual that he used to do while he lived here. Sweat beads off his body as he trains strenously.
* Ire grabs an apple, taking a bite into it. He finally decides he's had enough of the temple interior and steps outside of it, glancing towards the bustling city, both on the ground up in the giant trees.
<Ire> GM: *all around people go about. Up in the trees people exit their homes and climb the vines, much like monkeys do. And on the ground, the marketplace and businesses thrive.*
* Ire moves through the marketplace, which is unusually crowded as a new shipment of food as come in. Tons of people crowd the dusty ground, standing around the food booths, bartering things.
* Dahok slides his feet apart, his arms reaching out to his sides as he lowers himself to the ground
* Ire pauses in mid-bite, glancing up and around, as if he has this strange feeling.
* Dahok plants his right hand onto the ground and kicks himself upwards, he stops his body so it stands vertical on his hand
* Dahok plants his other hand on the ground and he stands there, sweat dripping off his nose and onto the cobblestone floor
* Ire moves through the marketplace, resuming his eating of the apple. He seems to have no concerns.
* Dahok 's body bends backwards and he flips himself back onto his feet
* Ire is currently wearing a grassweaved shirt and his tattered uniform pants. He seems to be out of place in his "half native gear"
<Dahok> *as soon as he foot hits the floor, its slips out from underneath him and he slams onto his back, knocking his head against the floor*
<Dahok> GAHH!! *bends up, grabbing his head and rubbing it furiously*
* Ire gets crowded by two people trying to get him to buy some experimental fruit. He frowns, tries to step away, and is again stopped by them. He begins to get angry.
* Dahok shakes his head and regains his composure, only to hear what sounds like a faint laugh echoing through the temple
* Ire finally escapes the barters and walks out of the marketplace. He sighs, finishing his apple. He looks totally uneasy.
<Blindeye> 6* A small girl in a parka and straw hat watches Dahok timidly from the doorframe into the room he's ritual in.
* Ire picks a quiet spot and sits on a treestump. He closes his eyes, trying to piece together last night's assassination attempt.
<Dahok> NRP: Doorframe?! Frames are made of wood, this is a temple of stone merged with trees
* Dahok blinks and looks up at the girl staring at him.
<Ire> NRP: ... the same idea holds true!
* Blindeye gives a big-blue eyed look at him, and then seems to get shy and turn away and walk from the corridor.
<Dahok> Strange...*pushes himself off the floor and stands upright. He runs his hand through his hair, pulling the braids to the back of his head*
* Ire brushes back some black hair, sighing. He opens his eyes and looks around, watching people walk by, not giving him a moment's notice as they live their daily lives out.
<Blindeye> 6* Ire catches a sudden glare of light hit him in the face from his peripheral vision, from deeper in the forest.
* Ire raises a hand to block the sun, frowning. He tries to pinpoint the location as he uses his hand to shield his eyes. A grimace forms on his face.
<Blindeye> 6* It flickers annoyingly at him, shimmering from the trees.
* Dahok shakes his head again and steps out of the room, looking down the hall for the girl
* Ire finally stands, getting above the light. He glances at the forest, trying to decide if Steven has finally found his way to the city and is now playing a game. He walks towards it.
<Blindeye> 6* Her head turns to watch him, a frightend look on her face and she goes into a faster paced walk, roudning the corridor.
<Blindeye> 6* A few more shimmers pass before Ire's eyes... and then they stop.
<Dahok> ...*begins to walk down the hallway after the girl*
* Ire stops at the edge of the woods, scanning into green bushes and trees.
<Ire> ... if this is a game, Frost, get out. Now.
<Blindeye> 6* The girl seems to be heading for the entrance
<Blindeye> 6* Ire is responded to with a glint of light in the eye, the source slightly higher than before
<Ire> ...
* Ire steps into the forest, bushing away various bushes and branches.
<Blindeye> 6* There is nothing for a moment... Then a sound like a reverberating whistle begins to emminate from the forest's depth, getting closer, quicker
* Ire stands there, hands at his side, as he glances forward.
* Dahok shoots off down the hall to the left, leaving the hallway the girls running down
<Blindeye> (Is Dahok going after her?)
<X-One> NRP: Use 'NRP:', boy!
<Blindeye> NRP: Is Dahok going after her?
<Dahok> NRP: Aye, but he's gonna try to cut her off...
* Dahok runs through a room and leaps out of it's window and grabs onto a tree branch, he then drops onto the side of the temple and slides down it, hitting the ground and rolling
* Ire suddenly jerk his head from side to side, his eyes narrowing. His body tenses as finally his glance stops to the right.
<Blindeye> 6* The whisltling approaches Ire and the source of it catches a glint of sun off of it. The whirling metal object, about 4 feet in diameter, mows down the folliage just by Ire's right, tearing towards Ire's legs.
* Ire suddenly leaps straight up and grabs the branch of a tree just above him. He swings himself forward and past the spinning object, landing on the ground behind it. Already his handguns are in hand.
* Dahok sprints around the temple and slides to a halt infront of the entrance, where he waits
<Blindeye> 6* The blades whirl away, curling through the air and become hidden in the trees.
<Blindeye> 6* The girl rounds the corner towards the entance and stops short. She lets out a small gasp from her pale lips.
* Ire begins to listen for sounds of movement within the trees or folliage.
* Dahok stands there looking at her
<Dahok> What's your game girl?
<Blindeye> 6* A slight rustling in the trees, and a lank figure drops down like a dart from the treetops, the points of his dual swords directed at his back.
<Blindeye> <Girl> 6*She speeks in a meek voice1 "Uh... Ic.. Isis." 6She stammers
<Blindeye> <Isis> "What do you want?"
* Ire rolls forward, ignoring the cuts and scratches his bare arms are getting from the act, then spins around, aiming with his handguns. He fries.
<Blindeye> 6* She cowers back a few steps, her parka dragging on the ground a bit.
<Ire> NRP: Fires.
<Blindeye> 6* There is a quick rust-colored blur as Ire rounds to fire. More rustling is heard over head. Then a familiar reverberating whistle desending on him from behind.
<Blindeye> NRP: You sure? It's a pretty hot day.
<Dahok> NRP: There a second girl now?
* Ire twists and leaps at the nearest tree, grabbing it's trunk. He climbs up the tree and on top of a branch.
<Ire> ... Bad move.
<Blindeye> NRP: Just one...
<Dahok> I want to know who you are and what your doing here.
<Blindeye> 6* The blades curl away from the ground and ascend disapeering into the tree tops. A sandy colored figure sits on a brance a tree or two from Ire, his hand flicking out to catch the spinning blades on their return.
* Ire aims his weapons at them, firing off two quick shots, one from each handgun.
<Ire> NRP: Them being the figure and his blade.
<Blindeye> <Isis> "I... I'm trying to find someone who can help me.." 6She quivers.
<Dahok> What do you need help with? Money?
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<Blindeye> 6* Sparks fly as one of Ire's bullet richochets off a blade, the figure falling to the ground. The other impacts with the tree and sends splinters dancing into the air. The thin 5-foot figure lands on the ground, his long legs bending like a spider before leaping back into the forest, dissapeering amongst a veil of foliage.
<Blindeye> 6* Isis shakes her head 1"No... A man... He's been following me. I'm scared."
<Ire> ... What is your game?! *he shouts, balancing on the branch. He frowns, leaping down onto the ground, scanning the area*
<Dahok> NRP: *strangles Ire for copying him*
<Ire> NRP: GAAACK
<Blindeye> NPR: Whoops. I thought he had said 'name' earlier.
* Dahok sits down on the ground
<Dahok> Can you tell me why he's been following you?
<Blindeye> 6* Leafs rustle in the distance. The leathery figure slinking out from a tree a good distance away and catching Ire's eyes with his own red-on-black glaire, grimmacing menacingly at him before leaping away to the side. A high-pitched mocking laugh follows.
* Ire carefully presses his back against the thick tree, using it for some means of protection. His hands grip both handguns as he looks out through the folliage, waiting for any signs of movement. His body remains perfectly still except for breathing.
<Blindeye> <Isis> "I dunno. He just looks at me all creepy. I don't know him."
<Blindeye> 6* Isis still edges away from Dahok, making it hard for him to see her face under the shade of her hat.
* Dahok looks her up and down, trying to see what color her skin is
<Blindeye> 6* The rustling of leaves settle down. Only the natural sounds of the jungle prevent a tense silence.
<Ire> ... *begins to use his technique for finding general locations of his enemies, his eyes narrowing in concentration as he tries to find where his attacks are*
<Ire> (attackers)
<Blindeye> 6* The last sound of motion places his assailant higher in the trees, several meters away.
* Ire suddenly leans forward and fires off two shots up into the trees. He follows it up with a spinning around and firing into the trees BEHIND him. He then aims one handgun leftward and one rightward, firing off two shots.
<Blindeye> 6* There is a yelp in between his two bursts of fire and a dropping sound somewhere in the vicinity. More towards his first shots than the other.
<Dahok> Whats your name anyway?
* Ire runs quickly forward to the location of the landing, leaping up into the air and firing several blasts into the overgrown bushes where he thinks the person landed.
<Blindeye> <Isis> "I... I said Isis..." 6She ducks her head uncomfertably, placing her eyes now on the floor. Her nearly white pale skin now hidden from him under her hat.
<Dahok> Ahh yes...Your not from around here are you Isis.
<Alicia> NRP: x.x
<Blindeye> 6* A quick flash of sparks and the whirrling blade suddenly wizzes over Ire's head, just barely being deflected accidentally by Ire's shots. There is motion ahead of a figure running low to the ground away. The whistling sound of his weapon arcs through the air back towards him.
* Ire lands on the ground and runs after the spinning weapon, trying to keep it in sight as the figure runs.
<Blindeye> <Isis> "N..no. I'm afraid to walk home, though."
<Dahok> How'd you get here anyways? You look too young to afford a ticket to fly. And it's way too dangerous to walk here from another area.
<Blindeye> 6* Just ahead the two meet. The figure dashing to the side to catch it, then hold it behind his back not to interfere with his dash. He glances back towards Ire, than changes his vector again, running away from him. There is a flash of excitement on his face. You cannot yet place the race, but it isn't human.
<Ire> .... *stops, aims, and fires at his back, trying to stop him from running. After firing, he turns and runs in the same direction, moving at an angle that leads him further away*
<Blindeye> <Isis> "My... parents are explorers. We got lost somewhere. No body will help me. And that man is still out there... "
* Dahok push's himself up
<Dahok> So where are your parents then?
<Blindeye> 6* The figure stumbles as your bullet catches him somewhere on his upper body. He keeps running, glancing over your shoulder and leaps over some obstacle in his way before falling back into its dash.
<Blindeye> 6* Isis only gives a shrug 1"Are you a soldier?" 6She asks curiously, expectantly.
<Blindeye> (Glancing over his shoulder even)
<Dahok> Soldier? *laughs to himself* I used to train here, but I'm a guest now.
* Ire runs up and puts his back against a tree, keeping it between him and his attackers. He holds his handguns, looking from side to side.
<Blindeye> <Isis> "Can you help me?" 6she asks 1"I'm scared of that man out there." 6She indicates outside.
<Dahok> I've got nothign to do, so why not.
<Blindeye> 6* Isis wiggles with delight 1"Thank you... I think he's lookin' for me outside still... I was hiding from him in here"
<Dahok> Well I don't see anyone. *looks around*
* Ire silently looks around his tree, examining the folliage.
<Blindeye> 6* It seems, just as you said that, a man with a tall blong mohawk at thin triangular sunglasses scours the edge of the temple grounds, his hands stuffed in the pockets of his long leather duster.
<Blindeye> 6* Ire notes a brownish shape kneeling on the ground a blade gleaming sunlight just ahead.
* Ire whips a handgun around the tree and quickly fires at the blade, then fires another shot slightly higher than the blade, hoping to nail his face. He ducks back behind the tree.
* Dahok narrows his eyes at the man with a tall blonde mohawk
<Blindeye> 6* Both shots connect, their energy flaring, the blade skitters away and the shape crumples to the ground
<Dahok> That the guy following you?
<Blindeye> 6* Isis stands out of arms reach at Dahoks side and nods. The man looks up and gives a bit of a nervous drag of his cigarette before hesitantly looking away. Acting all casual before strolling off.
* Dahok moves his head from side to side, cracking his neck
<Blindeye> 6* The mohawked man glances over his shoulder and tosses the stub of his smoke onto the ground, shooting a amber-eyed look back up at Dahok and the girl. Shaking his head, he strolls around, as if examining the scenery.
* Dahok head moves as he follows the man
* Ire leans around the tree, scanning for the guy's partner.
<Blindeye> 6* At first the mohawked man doesn't notice, then he glances, spots Dahok's approach and begins a brisk walk away. Just a ways ahead, Dahok can see a hovercycle parked. The man seems to be intent on going right for it.
<Blindeye> 6* Ire sees nothing than the leathery brown mess on the ground. Just ahead.
<Dahok> NRP: I haven't moved
<Dahok> NRP: I'm just moving my head as I watch him
<Blindeye> 6* Oh
<Blindeye> NPR: Oh.
<Blindeye> 6* The man then seems to decide to sit at the grass on an incline up by the temple wall and chill-out casualy. Giving a bit of a paranoid glance to Dahok, saying nothing.
<Blindeye> (Scratch the walk away, I guess you can see the motorcycle though)
<Blindeye> 6* Isis says silently 1"See? He's creepy..."
<Dahok> MiniGM: *a low growl suddenly fills the air near the man*
* Ire fires off two shots at the brown mess.
<Blindeye> 6* The man glances around nervously
<Blindeye> 6* There is a shot of some material tearing away from it as it twitches with the impact on the ground.
<Blindeye> <Isis> "What's that sound?" 6She asks timidly to Dahok
* Ire instead of heading towards it, moves away from it, back towards the city.
<Dahok> Lupis: *a grey wolf stands behind the man, growling at him, her teeth showing*
<Dahok> My friend...
<Blindeye> 6* The man jerks up and raises his gloved hands from his pockets at the dog, palms out 1"Whoa there..." 6He says in a low paniced voice
<Dahok> Lupis: *takes a step forward to the man, still growling*
* Dahok begins walking towards the man
<Blindeye> 6* The man begins the earlier described brisk walk towards his bike
<Blindeye> 6* He seems to let out a nervous chuckle
* Ire quickly moves through the folliage, coming up on the Capital City once again. He keeps alert, though, as he moves.
<Dahok> Lupis: *sprints forward and past the man, sliding around and infront of the man, keeping herself between the man and the bike*
<Blindeye> 6* Somewhere in the trees, a voice silently curses Ire.
<Blindeye> <Man> "Aw Crap..." 6He begins to dig into his pockets, glancing behind him at Dahok 1"Your dog, buddy?"
* Ire enters the outskirts of the city again, leaving the folliage behind him. He clicks his comm. link to get anyone's attention who is listening.
<Ire> Comm: Hey. Anyone there?
<Dahok> Lupis: *snaps her teeth at the man when he calls her a dog*
<Dahok> I wouldn't call her that, she doesn't like it.
<Blindeye> <Man> "Whatever. Sorry. Whats the big deal?" 6He shrugs innocently
<Junior> Comm: I'm here.
<Dahok> This girl here says you've been following her.
<Ire> Comm: Good. I was attacked outside the city by two people. One of them was definitely not human. It seems we have more assassins on our tail.
<Blindeye> <Man> "What girl? I don't know a girl."
<Junior> Comm: Any idea what the non-human was?
<Ire> Comm: None. But they're resisilent, whatever they are. You should becareful. There might be more than 2 of them."
* Dahok points to the girl behind him
<Junior> Comm: What's your location? I'll find Shades and meet you there.
<Ire> Comm: Just past the marketplace.
<Junior> Comm: Roger, on my way.
<Dahok> Lupis: *grows again*
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<Blindeye> 6* Looks to her, a flash of annoyance on his eyebrows, his eyes covered by the visor-like sunglasses. A ways ahead, his motorcycle turns on a silently begins to hum as it turns itself towards them. 1"I've never seen her before... Don't know what you're talking about, pal."
<Blindeye> 6* The man pauses as if he heard something, makes a half glance around behind him, towards the bike. He looks back again towards the Dog, than at Dahok and the girl. He seems to be looking for something.
<Dahok> Lupis: *moves around, keeping herself between the man and the bike
* Junior comes running up a few moment later.
<Dahok> You look nervous, like your hiding something
* Ire rubs his arms, which are scratched. He's wearing a native grass shirt, which doesn't cover much of anything
<Ire> Good. You're here.
<Blindeye> 6* The bike roars and begins streaking towards him, not seeming to mind to have to go through Lupin to get to him. 1"Yeah, sorry. I was hiding these" 6He chucks double-fisted grenades at Dahok.
<Junior> Nice clothes. *looks around*
<Blindeye> 6* Isis screams and runs out from Dahok's side, the Man dives towards her as he expects his bike to fly right over the place he had just been.
* Dahok leaps backwards and grabs the girl, spinning around and squating
<Blindeye> NPR: Don't forget Lupin and the hoverbike.
* Ire nods at the folliage of the forest.
<Dahok> Lupis: *darts forward and rams into the man, biting onto his arm*
<Ire> They're in there.
<Junior> NRP: Lupin the XVIII!
* Stark stands next to Ire. "I see."
* Ire draws his handgun.
<Ire> Lets try to take him down alive. Find out who hired him.
<Junior> We'll have to disarm them if we're going to do that.
* Junior draws his pistol, as well.
<Ire> Indeed. Lets go.
<Blindeye> 6* The Man lets out a cry of pain. The Hoverbike aims itself to ram right through Lupin. Isis is caught right by her parka and is thrown to the ground with a small yelp.
* Dahok is thrown forward as the grenades explodes. He takes the blunt of the explosion
<Junior> Right, I'll watch your six.
* Ire steps into the folliage again, holding up his handguns as he slowly works his way through the folliage.
<Dahok> NRP: It's Lupis
<Blindeye> 6* Ire's second entrance into the forest is this time not met with an immediate attack.
<Blindeye> NPR: Sorry.
<Dahok> Lupis: *Lets go of the man and sprints to the side of the bike*
* Ire looks back at Stark and Junior. He motions with his hand to spread out some.
* Dahok push's himself up and looks at the girl
* Junior keeps low, following Ire.
<Dahok> You ok?
<Blindeye> 6* Isis rolls away, her parka ripped from the flames at shock wave. She comes to rest motionless away, her pale skin showing from underneath.
* Stark stands there, looking into the jungle
* Ire moves forward slowly, looking from side to side. He waits for any signs of his attackers.
<Blindeye> 6* The Man runs out and grabs the girl from the ground, chucking a grenade at Dahok again and leaping to his bike as it tears past Lupis. Isis screams.
<Blindeye> <Isis> "Help!
* Dahok leaps over the grenade and sprints towards the man
<Junior> You hear that? Some girl's in trouble.
<Ire> NRP: We're too far away to hear that
<Dahok> Moron...*narrows his eyes and raises his finger. Seconds later several vines shoot out from the ground. One grabs onto the girl and another grabs onto the man, ripping them off the bike*
<Junior> NRP: Didn't know the two groups were that far apart, let's just attribute it to Chiere senses.
<Ire> NRP: Oh yeah. VERY far apart. Like, totally far apart.
* Ire looks at Junior oddly.
<Junior> Too far away... right... sorry.
<Ire> Huh?
<Blindeye> 6* The bike wheels around, now without passengers, going for Dahok this time.
* Stark stands with his back to a tree. "Would you two please discuss the 'voices' another time?"
<Blindeye> 6* The man pulls himself out from his Duster as the vines tangle around it and wrenches the girl from the vines. His body now visible, he is undoubtably a Reploid.
<Dahok> Lupis, get the girl!
<Ire> ... well, the woods seem empty. Maybe our opponents don't want to take on three of us.
<Dahok> Lupis: *nods and sprints off towards the man*
<Junior> Well, there's only one way to tell. *glances at Ire*
* Dahok throws his hands up and several vines shoot out of the ground and wrap around the bike, pulling it down to the ground*
<Blindeye> 6* Now running, the man glances over his shoulder, the girl under his arms tearing her barely away from the vines before, without warming, the Duster detonates into a huge fireball. The Man and the girl are sent to the ground.
* Ire scans the folliage, trying to pick up any sign of anyone watching them.
<Blindeye> 6* The bike struggles and whines, before seemingly giving up.
<Ire> GM: *the duster, when it explodes, takes out any all vines in it's path, sending a shockwave at Dahok and Lupis*
<Blindeye> 6* Ire: There is a distance sound of movement deep into the jungle. Something large seems to be rushing through. Although it seems to be going away from them.
<Ire> ... there they go.
* Junior looks around and gets to his feet.
<Ire> I doubt it wise to blindly follow them.
<Junior> I don't think it's because it's scared of us, though.
<Dahok> What in the...*squats and leaps into the shockwave*
<Blindeye> 6* The man scrambles to his feet, the girl under his arm. He dashes away, hoping the clouds of smoke billowing from the explosion will disguise his escape. The girl's hat falls to the ground and rests there as he flees.
<Dahok> Lupis: *fades away*
* Ire holsters his guns.
<Ire> Agreed.
* Dahok bursts through the shockwave and hits the ground
* Junior lowers his gun to his side, furrowing his brow as he thinks.
<Stark> Where are the others?
<Ire> ...good question. I didn't get anyone else to link in to me.
<Dahok> Where did...*sniffs the air and looks at the direction he ran and sprints after them*
<Blindeye> 6* Eventually, Ire can probably see the brown mess still lying on the earthen ground a ways away.
* Ire grabs his comm, ignoring the mess for now.
<Ire> Comm: Anyone read me?
<Blindeye> 6* Dahok only has the scent of gunpowder to track the reploid with...
<Blindeye> NRP: Assuming Reploids have no natural smell to use.
<Junior> Who needs contact when you're a tight-knit team like these elite guardsmen? *shakes his head* This should be our cue to leave the Rainforest Zone asap.
<Blindeye> 6* Ire finds his Comm's single annoyingly sustaining more static.
<Dahok> NRP :The girl?
<Ire> Agreed. Unfortantly, Altros needs 5-7 more days. *lowers his comm* They're jamming us.
<Ire> ...that means someone else is probably under attack right now.
<Blindeye> NRP: For some reason he can't smell her either.
* Dahok slides to a halt and picks up the girls hat
<Junior> Damn, we can't camp out there, either or we'll draw attention to the ship.
<Dahok> ....Come on...
<Blindeye> '6* The waft of gunpowder that fortells the path of the kidnapper's escape directs into the forest away from the temple. It is still quite fresh. It could be possibly disguising whatever smell the girl has.
<Junior> We shouldn't stay here, let's go find the others.
<Ire> Something tells me these aren't the same type of assassins that hit us last night.
<Dahok> There...*sprints after the smell?*
* Ire exits the folliage and back into the city limits.
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* Junior follows Ire, holstering his gun.
<Ire> One group was ex-Brahnk people and the other is a group who is not human.
<Blindeye> 6* Just a ways ahead, the powdery smell begins to be clearing, but he spots the girl's parka laying against the leafy ground. It still has ash clinging to it from the blast.
* Ire walks back towards the temple at a steady pace, going around the marketplace to save time.
<Junior> Which is a little odd, don't you think? Last I heard there was a strong anti-nonterran movement on Earth.
<Blindeye> 6* A plume of smoke rises from the base of the temple, indicating some kind of explosives had been set off.
<Ire> Indeed. It makes me think two different sources are sending people after us.
* Ire stops, frowning
<Ire> Janus might be onto us already.
<Junior> But what non-terrestrial source would be against you?
<Ire> Janus would hire anyone or anything after us. Terrestrial or not. If they're sending this group after us, we can expect trouble. However, I think the Brahnk group is someone else --- and not Mega City. Mega City has Cyborg 01 lookign for us.
<Blindeye> NRP: Would the vines still be around the hoverbike? I'm assuming Dahok has a bit of a range to it.
* Ire starts walking again.
<Junior> I doubt it. We didn't leave any evidence to incriminate us specifically. But I think we're suspects. *looks at Stark, who's lagging behind* After Shades' stunt with getting the shuttles I have no doubt he's on the list. But I don't think they'd connect us to it yet.
<Dahok> NRP: Yeah
<Blindeye> NPR: Gotcha.
<Blindeye> 6* Dahok: Just a ways ahead, the powdery smell begins to be clearing, but he spots the girl's parka laying against the leafy ground. It still has ash clinging to it from the blast.
* Stark coughs.
<Blindeye> NRP: Where's Stark?
* Ire walks up to the temple clearing, spotting a motorcycle covered in vines. He pauses, raising an eyebrow.
<Ire> It seems either Dahok or his fellow Brahnk friends are having some fun.
* Dahok continues sprinting forward doing his best to follow there trace
<Stark> NRP: Stark's following Ire and Junior.
<Blindeye> NPR: Does Dahok pass over the parka?
* Dahok eyes the parka and runs around it
<Blindeye> 6* Suddenly, the ground gives way underneath Dahok, as the leaves seemed to have been covering a 10-foot diameter pit. Which descends a good 15 feet downwards.
<Dahok> *begins falling but a vine shoots out from over the edge of the hole and grabs onto his arm, sending him swinging against the holes wall*
* Ire walks up to the motorcycle, bending down to look at it.
<Junior> Certainly looks like Tank's handywork.
<Ire> ...
<Blindeye> 6* The parka and the leafy covering tumble down the whole 15 feet past Dahok. Sounds of movement come towards the egde of the hole.
<Dahok> *begins to climb up the vine but then stops waiting*
* Dahok loses his control of the vines that are holding onto the motorcycle, causing them to become weaker*
<Blindeye> 6* Dahok hears a grunt and the wall trembles, and then collapses, as a tree is uprooted over the top of the hole, and the wall crumbles.. Something up there is trying to seal him in!
* Junior looks around for any other clues.
* Ire touches his hand to the ground, seeing blast residue on the grass.
<Blindeye> 6* The hovercycle growls the life and snaps from the vines, circling once.
<Ire> ...an explosion occurred.
<Ire> ?!
* Ire whirls around, aiming his handguns at it
* Dahok spits dirt out of his mouth and then begins swinging, he gains enough momentum to run up the side of the wall and onto solid ground
<Blindeye> 6* The bike nearly sideswipes Ire and starts driving off
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<Junior> Hey, Ire was it you or me who were supposed to look out for the security cameras?
<Ire> You.
<Blindeye> 6* Dahok is met with a tree truck swung towards him with a grunt. It's weilder's mass surprises you with its girth.
* Ire fires at it.
* Dahok is caught off guard and ends up catching the tree trunk with his entire body, sending him flying across the ground.*
<Blindeye> 6* The hoverbike swerves and skims against the temple wall, sparks flying.. It regains control and continues into the forest
<Dahok> Oooof...*hits the ground and rolls, kicking up dirt*
<Ire> ...bizzare.
<Blindeye> NPR: Note that the bike is going the opposite direction that Dahok went.
<Junior> Hm... Janus may yet be onto us.
* Ire points at footprints leading off.
<Ire> I think Dahok went that way.
<Ire> But...the motorcycle isn't.
<Stark> A footprint trail. How clich・
<Dahok> NRP: Would you rather have a handprint trail?
* Ire holds up a handgun, moving the way Dahok went. He moves rapidly.
* Dahok push's himself up, coughing up some blood
<Blindeye> 6* A lanky figure then descends towards Dahok, with what looks like a huge pair of scissors, each blade 4-feet long, that hand threateningly around his neck, stuck into the ground as the 5-foot lithe reploid straddles him
<Blindeye> "Don't move!" 6It hisses, threatening to snip his neck from
<Blindeye> (his shoulders)
<Junior> We should hurry.
* Dahok puts his hands against the blades out of reaction, the sharp edges cutting into his skin
<Dahok> What do you want?
* Junior takes a wide stride, holding his gun with both hands.
<Ire> ... *moves faster through the area, coming up behind the Reploid straddling Dahok. He raises a hand to Junior to stop*
* Ire kneels down, staying out of sight as he watches Dahok's plight.
<Blindeye> 6* A massive figure also hunches behind the reploid. To which Ire recognises to being his previous assailant. The Maroonish Hulk, however, is a new one.
* Junior kneels to one knee, and takes aim. Though he doesn't take action yet.
* Ire seems to be watching.
<Blindeye> <Skinny Reploid> "Unless you don't like your head where it is. You're going to come with us quietyly
* Ire nods at Junior, nodding back at the massive figure. He then takes aim at the scissored fellow, one eye closing as he takes aim with both handguns.
<Dahok> ...*smiles* Unless you want to walk away from this I advise you give up.
<Blindeye> 6* the Hulkish Reploid turns its gorilla like body to the side a bit, looking nervous under its thick brow. The Tree in its arms angels a bit to the ground. In the distance, the hoverbike is still audible.
* Ire mouths "1".
* Ire mouths "2".
* Ire mouths "3".
* Dahok strains against the scissor blades
* Junior pulls the hammer back on the gun, taking a shot at the Maroon Hulk.
* Ire fires a charged ice blast at the Scissor Reploid.
<Blindeye> <Skinny> "You're in no place to threaten me..." 6His head perks as Junior snaps the Hammer back 1"Guts! Behind you!"
* Ire spins his handguns, stands up, and fires a second ice shot at the Scissor Skinny dude.
* Dahok fists glow fiery hot and punch's the skinny reploid in the gut with his left hand
<Blindeye> 6* Guts, the Hulkish Reploid takes the shot in the head and flings the tree wildly through the air, his grip leaving it, sending it hurtling through the air in a general direction towards Junior and Ire.
* Junior dashes out, firing at the Maroonish Hulk, the flashes from his barrel flickering light to th ewhole area.
<Ire> .... 6Is hit by the massive tree, being sent falling backwards and crashing heavily onto the ground as he slides back. His vision goes into a black void of stars.
<Dahok> Lupis: *drops from a tree above the skinny reploid and rams into him*
* Stark steps out of the shadows, casting healing mojo on Dahok.
<Blindeye> <Skinny> "AAaugh!" 6He squitns and staggers back, off of him. Still however, his face crumples in hatred and he thrusts out the scissors towards Dahoks neck, snipping them together at him, point blank. His abdomen sears and his shoulder shows sign of previous damage.
* Dahok thrusts his head to the side and slams the scissors to the opposite side with his right hand
* Junior rolls on the ground, getting to his feet.
*** TAW is now known as Cyborg-01`
* Junior pulls the hammer back on his gun and aims at Guts. "Don't move!"
* Cyborg-01` lands nearby the fighting, his hands crackling with energy.
<Cyborg-01`> Oooo, lookEE here...I fouuuuund YOUUUUU
<Blindeye> 6* Skinny is sent sprawling. His blades are flung from his hands by Dahoks hand, They impale into a tree. Skinny growls at the dog, curling the cloven fingers of his arms and legs on Lupis and attempts to kick it off
* Cyborg-01` is a tall, half-human/half-machine freak, his long black hair greasily thrown behind him. He seems to have a twitch in his right eye and he kinda shakes.
<Dahok> Lupis: *is kicked off and slams against a tree*
* Dahok flips off the ground and onto his feet, he lunges forward roundhouse kicking ath Skinny*
<Blindeye> 6* Guts is taking every shot and staggers back, just before pounding the ground underhanded, his fist surging with a strange intensity. The ground tears up and huge pieces of it are sent in a wave towards Junior.
<Cyborg-01`> ..H-Hey. QUIT IGNORING ME! *He charges up and sends electricity flying at Junior, Stark, Dahok, and Guts*
<Stark> Hm... he's slowly deteriorating into a nerotic twitchy toaster from the late 1950s.
<Junior> Shit, that's not good!
* Junior jumps out of the way of the electricity
* Ire lays there, still stunned
<Blindeye> 6* Skinny springs out his long-limbed body away from Dahoks kick and picks up the scissors, seperating them into dual blades, while kipping up to his feet.
* Dahok lands on the ground and slides towards Skinny, going for a slide tackle
* Junior jumps over to Ire and pulls him up. "This is bad."
<Ire> x.x
<Blindeye> 6* Guts' rubber skinned body is still seared against by the electricity and he roars in pain as it falls to one stumpy knee. It looks up pleadingly towards the Cyborg.
<Cyborg-01`> HeeHEEheeHEE
<Junior> Out cold? Damn.
* Dahok is nailed by the electricity, causing him to scream out in pain
<Stark> I suggest we escape in the confusion, Junior.
* Cyborg-01` aims his hand at Junior. It glows, then fires a plasma ball at Junior.
<Junior> !
<Cyborg-01`> I will...TErminATE...AlT tEam
* Dahok shakes and push's himself up again
<Blindeye> 6* Suddenly, a hovercycle tears out over them, going for Cyborg-1. The mohawked man jumps off of it, now accompanied by a short blue Reploid with very large feet, which flies off of it.
* Junior drops Ire and and ignights his sabre, slicing at the blast.
* Dahok turns to the skinny reploid
* Dahok stumbles a little
<Cyborg-01`> GM: *the blast is cut in half, each half flying into the ground where it explodes, sending soil up in the air. Junior is unharmedU*
* Stark casts healing mojo on Dahok once more.
<Blindeye> 6 The skinny reploid whips the blades through the air at Dahok in wild slashing motions, each going for vital points of his body.
* Cyborg-01` turns around, eyes widening as the hovercycle crashes into him, sending him flying back into a tree, which he smashes totally through. The tree falls forward, it's trunk flying downward at Stark.
* Stark dives, rolling hard on the ground to avoid the trunk.
<Blindeye> 6* Explosive Charges on the bike then detonate on impact.
<Cyborg-01`> NOOOO-----
* Cyborg-01` is engulfed in the explosion
* Dahok leaps backwards, spining his body inbetween the blades and lands on the ground with a thud
* Stark slides to Dahok's side.
<Dahok> That's it...*stands up again and thrusts his hands into the air, the ground below the skinny man begins to rumble*
<Blindeye> 6 The small blue Reploid goes to Guts and stands before him, silvery jets of mist escaping from the bottom of her feet. The area begins to get strangely colder and colder...
* Cyborg-01` emerges from the smoke, his left arm gone, sparks flying out of the side. He grimaces in pain.
<Cyborg-01`> Ter--Minate...EVERYONE
<Junior> Everyone, huh? That would include you.
<Blindeye> 6* Guts catches his bearing and charges Stark and Junior with a strength enhanced leap, looking to bodyslam to two into submission under it's mass.
* Cyborg-01` aims his right hand, forming three plasma balls. He sends all of them flying at the mohawk freka.
* Junior runs at C01 and slashes with his sabre, the greenish light blurring in the darkness.
<Cyborg-01`> !
* Cyborg-01` stumbles forward, sparking.
<Cyborg-01`> de...stroy...
<Blindeye> 6* The mohawked man looks up, a shuttle hovers ahead and he rushes to Ires stunned form, throwing grenades over his shoulder at Cyborg-01.
* Junior side kicks the Cyborg in the chest, "Hey, don't fall on me!"
* Cyborg-01` grabs his own sword, swinging it with his right arm at Junior in a downward slash, hoping to slash him in half.
<Cyborg-01`> ...? *tears around to look at a grenade*
<Cyborg-01`> ...mommy.
* Cyborg-01` is engulfed in an explosion again.
<Blindeye> 6* The Skinny reploid looks to the ground and leaps back against a tree, its clawed toes gripping it. It then combines both blades into a boomerang and flings it at Dahok.
* Stark jumps back, able to avoid the cyborg due to it's being distracted by the grenade.
* Dahok suddenly several vines shoot upfrom underneath the reploid and they follow the skinny reploid to the tree, trying to spear into him
* Ire suddenly stands, firing shots at the Skinny Reploid.
<Blindeye> 6* The shuttle lowers and the back opens. Mohawk begins lumbering Ire into it.
<Stark> NRP: Junior, that is.
<Blindeye> NRP: Never mind.
<Ire> NRP: I can predict your every move.
<Dahok> EEP! *rolls to the side, the boomerang blade cutting his side*
* Junior lands next to Ire.
* Cyborg-01` emerges from the smoke, his left leg missing now.
<Blindeye> 6* Mohawk rolls to the side away from Ire, lucky that he wasn't being aimed at. He sends a loose uppercut up at Ire's jaw.
<Cyborg-01`> 10110011011110001.
<Junior> Glad you could join us, Ire.
* Junior charges his pistol, aiming at the Cyborg's head.
* Ire is uppercutted, being sent flying up in the air from the impact. He lands on the ground several feet away, on his back.
<Blindeye> 6* Skinny is taken by surprise and attempts to jump and it shot down from the sky by Ire's bullets and sprawls into the foliage.
<Junior> ... *grits his teeth and shoots CO1 in the other leg*
<Cyborg-01`> ...10001110010000010100001.
* Cyborg-01` falls forward.
<Blindeye> 6*The shuttle hovers
* Cyborg-01` begins to crawl with it's right arm at Junior.
* Ire sits up, shaking his head, clearing it. He aims at Mohawk and fires.
<Dahok> *motions his hands over and down and the vines take a 90 degree turn and turn again downards at the skinny reploid, ready to impale him into the ground*
<Blindeye> 6* Guts lumbers over to Junior and Stark, trying to grip them both in a hand and fling them into the shuttle.
<Stark> Gah! Leave me be, you pompous oaf!
<Blindeye> 6* The small blue reploid hovers 5 feet in the air, frost begins to form over to area as the climate in the area begins dropping below zero.
<Junior> H-hey! I'll deal with you AFTER this guy. Wait your turn!
* Ire stands up, holding his jaw.
* Cyborg-01` aims it's right hand at Junior, firing a beam of energy that is strong enough to puncture right through him if not avoided.
<Ire> ...Everyone, re-group. We're outnumbered.
<Blindeye> 6* The mohawked guy stumbles to the ground, the shot taking him in the gut. From his hands as they flail. Two more grenades spiral out. He may not be quick footed, but his hands move like lightening.
<Dahok> NRP: I'm gonna assume that the skinny reploid isn't gonna dodge.
* Junior jumps to the side and fires at the blast in C01's hand.
<Cyborg-01`> !
* Cyborg-01` sparks, no longerm oving.
<Ire> !
* Ire dives to the side as the grenades explode, sending bush, limbs, and trees flying all over the place. He is thrown forward.
<Blindeye> 6* Another voice erupts from the shuttle 1"More so than you realise!" 6It leaps out, a golden and black reploid, a jagged tail-like wire coming from the back of his head, to which he whips out at Ire's back.
<Dahok> *the vines rain down on the Skinny Reploid, ramming into him*
* Ire twists, letting the wire scrape his side.
<Dahok> *some of the vines sharp enough to puncture through him and into the ground*
<Blindeye> 6* The Skinny reploid is sent dragging along the ground, dirt flinging up into the air. Dahok hears a slight whisteling, the spinning blade is curling around, and bearing on him quickly from behind.
<Stark> Warren, we should escape!
<Ire> Dammit...what are you guys!?
<Dahok> *turns around at the last split second and backhands the spinning blade away with his gauntlet*
* Ire holds his side, blood oozing out between his fingers.
<Blindeye> 6* Guts growls 1"No! You all must come with us!" 6 He swings an arm wildly, aiming to catch Cybord, Stark AND Junior in one fells swoop of his 6-foot arms.
* Cyborg-01` is caught.
<Dahok> NRP: Holy shit! 6 foot arms?!
<Blindeye> NRP: He's 7-feet tall. Gorilla-like.
<Junior> NRP: Stark and Junior are at seperate ends of the fighting ground, though...
<Dahok> NRP: ahhh..
<Blindeye> NRP: His arms go from his shoulders all the way to the ground.
<Dahok> Time to run guys...
<Blindeye> NRP: YOu decide who's closest then.
* Ire fires a few shots at the golden and black reploid, staying in the middle of the battlefield.
<Ire> Go. Head for the temple!
<Blindeye> 6* The wire tangles around Ire and the golden reploid tries dragging his bound body into the shuttle.
* Ire strains and falls forward, being dragged. He aims his handgun at the wire and fires.
* Dahok eyes glow slightly green and vines begin to pop up and around all the reploids, overing them
<Dahok> NRP: Covering them
<Blindeye> 6* Instead it takes the shots on the shoulder and rolls to the side. Sparks crack around him and a sudden surge of electricity strikes the area around him, including where Ire stands.
<Junior> I'm not leaving anyone behind. Shades, you go!
<Ire> ! *is hit by the electricity, being thrown back. He slams into the trunk of a broken tree*
<Blindeye> 6* The area now looks like it was in a bitter cold winter...
<Dahok> Everyone run now..
* Dahok begins backing off, trying to maintain his concentration, even through the extreme cold
* Stark glares at Guts.
* Cyborg-01` lays in the shuttle, sparking
<Blindeye> 6* Gurts looks at Stark and goes for a gigantic bear hug.
<Cyborg-01`> *beep* 30
<Dahok> *flicks his finger up and several vines shoot out of the snow covered ground and wrap around Guts, pulling him back and holding him where he is*
<Blindeye> 6* A Deep red Reploid within the shuttle silently goes about a impulsive surgery on Cybord-01. Scalple lazers aiming to deactivate it.
* Junior gets free from Guts's first hold when he goes for the hug.
<Cyborg-01`> *beep* 25
* Junior falls, and puts out his leg to trip Guts.
<Blindeye> (I didn't realise I caught Junior)
* Dahok continues to walk backwards
<Ire> NRP: I think he meant Stark.
<Cyborg-01`> *Beep* 20
<Junior> NRP: You never said anything different about grabbing us both, so I thought you meant you got one of us.
<Blindeye> 6* Guts arms are held back, and the kick takes one of his short legs out from under him. And topples to the ground, forcing snow to fly up in shockwave.
<Dahok> Lupis: *Howls loudly and begins running around several of the reploids*(
<Cyborg-01`> *Beep* 15
<Blindeye> NRP: It was a swing of his arm, like a back-hand slap.
<Dahok> *turns to Ire* Shit...
<Junior> Ire, do you hear that countdown...? I think our friend is going to blow.
* Ire finally stands, looking like he's been burnt.
<Cyborg-01`> *Beep* 10
<Dahok> Ire, run now!
<Blindeye> 6* The golden reploit once again tries to pull Ire into the shuttle.
<Ire> *cough* Indeed...
* Stark runs.
* Ire is yanked again, hitting the ground as he's pulled.
<Cyborg-01`> *Beep* 5
<Cyborg-01`> *Beep* 4
* Junior shoots the gold Rep's arm.
<Cyborg-01`> *Beep* 3
* Dahok swings his hand at the Golden reploid and several vines grab onto him
<Cyborg-01`> *Beep* 2
<Blindeye> 6* Deserpate the Silent red Reploid Surgeon uses a force wave to fire Cyborg out from the Shuttles Cargo hold
* Junior runs up and grabs hold of Ire, pulling on him, trying to run.
* Cyborg-01` is thrown out, landing on the ground
* Dahok turns and begins running
<Cyborg-01`> *Beep* 1
<Junior> ...Shit!
<Cyborg-01`> *Beep* 0
* Junior jumps onto the shuttle with Ire instead.
<Blindeye> 6* The golden reploid screams and sends bolts of electricity around the vines.
* Dahok leaps and dives down into the hole
* Cyborg-01` explodes, sending a firey wave through the ground, slamming into everyone still on it.
<Dahok> NRP: *the one that was made previously*
* Ire is pulled into the shuttle just in time.
*** Cyborg-01` is now known as TAW
<Blindeye> 6* The shuttle is sent reeling away, crushing trees. The Golden reploid flings throught the air, vines burning off of it.
<Blindeye> 6* Guts rolls over from the shockwave and falls into the hole, possibly pinning Dahok in it.
* Ire smashes against the shuttle hull, hitting his head. He grimaces as more stars explode behind his eyes.
<Blindeye> NRP: Is Ire inside or outside the Shuttle?
<Dahok> MiniGM: *all the vines on the ground are instantly turned into ash, Lupis disappearearing in the blast*
* Stark turns to Dahok "We have to find Warren and Junior.
* Dahok lies, pinned undernearth Guts
<Blindeye> NRP: Isn't Dahok in the hole? Under Guts?
<Dahok> .....Get him off me first...
<Junior> NRP: Dark has a habit of appearing in places.
<Dahok> NRP: It's 15ft wide though so..
<Blindeye> 6* The skinny reploid limps back, blades in hand
<Junior> NRP: STark.
<Dahok> NRP: 10ft I mean, 15 deep.
* Junior helps Ire up.
<Blindeye> NPR: Guts is 7-ft tall. 4-ft wide. That'd half the whole.
<Blindeye> (hole)
* Ire leans against Junior, grimacing in pain.
<Ire> Good thinking.
<Dahok> NRP: He's got good luck.
* Dahok looks up at Stark
<Dahok> Anyday now...
<Blindeye> 6* The golden reploid rushes to try to get into the shuttle. Which doesn't really look ready to take off any time soon.
<Blindeye> 6* Guts seems to be out cold.
* Ire holds up a handgun.
<Ire> Lets get going.
* Ire moves towards the back of the shuttle, hoping to get out through it.
<Stark> What am I supposed to do? You're the strong one.
<Blindeye> 6* The mohawked guy and the small blue reploid approach them around Guts. 1"None of you move!" 6He says, a hand ominously on a detonator
* Junior moves with Ire, changing charge clips in his gun.
* Ire pauses, eyeing the three of them, blocking the way off the shuttle.
<Blindeye> 6* A deep Red reploid stands before Ire inside the shuttle and its sides begin to glow incandescently... threateningly...
<Ire> NRP: We, wait, just one
*** Kimera is now known as Silouette
* Silouette slips onto the sceen, having heard the explosion
<Silouette> NRP: Ick.. that was out of order...
* Dahok grunts and his body begins to tense up as he slowly push's himself and Guts man up
* Ire aims his handgun at the deep red reploid.
<Blindeye> NRP: Yeah, I think we need to find out where everyone is... I'm losy.
<Blindeye> (lost)
<Ire> NRP: Alright, PAUSE TIME!
<Ire> NRP: Ire/Junior/Red Robot in shuttle!
<Blindeye> *PAUSE*
<Ire> NRP: Stark/Dahok/Sil - on ground near hole.
<Blindeye> Golden robot in shuttle as well!
<Blindeye> Guts on Dahok!
<Stark> NRP: Oh, Sil's here! :P
<Dahok> NRP: Sil to the rescue yay!
<Blindeye> Surrounded by Mohawk, Little Blue, and Skinny Reploid!
<Ire> Alright, everyone got your places?
<Blindeye> And note: The area is now -10 Celsius.
<Dahok> And note
<Dahok> With the temperatures there that would be incredibly hard to maintain not to mention the minute she stopped maintainig it, it would rise quickly
<Silouette> ...nice place you've got yourselves here.
<Ire> Gotcha
<Ire> Here we go:
<Ire> 5
<Ire> 4
<Ire> 3
<Ire> 2
<Ire> 1
<Ire> -0-
<Ire> RESUME
* Ire aims his handgun at the red reploid blocking his path off the shuttle.
<Ire> Move. I'm tired. I'm hurting. And I'm pissed.
* Dahok grunts again, lifting Guts man up even farther
<Silouette> ...nice place you've got yourselves here.
<Blindeye> 6* The small blue reploid never stopped maintaining the temperature, the mist that keeps her floating is connected to that machanism.
<Dahok> You fat piece of shit....
<Blindeye> 6* Guts is extreamly heavy and is possibly over a ton.
* Dahok muscles instantly buldge out, and light red aura appears around him
<Blindeye> 6* The golden reploid and the red reploid look at Junior1<Gold> "Sorry. You come alive or dead. Its up to you." 6A flick of his hand and the shuttle's back closes. The lights flicker a bit inside and the shuttle slowly begins to take off.
* Ire gives a wry smile.
* Junior raises his gun, staggering slightly.
<Ire> Have it your way. *leans on Junior for support as the shuttle takes off*
* Dahok growls again, lifting Guts completely up, he then takes several steps and faces the other three
* Silouette carefully watches the gathered company, seeming ready to act on an instant.
* Junior glances at Ire. "Just... great."
* Ire charges his handguns, aiming one on the Red and one at the Gold.
<Dahok> I think you dropped something...*growls and throws Guts up and out of the hole and at/ontop of the three
<Ire> Bang bang, bitches
* Ire fires one ice shot at each of them.
<Blindeye> 6* Mohawk taunts with the detonater at Dahok and Stark. 1"Nobody move or this place goes up in smoke!" 1He tosses a jacket he was wearing into the center of the group, and a satchel of exploisives hidden in it becomes appearent
* Dahok stops himself from throwing Guts
<Dahok> Fine.....Stark move now..
* Stark dodges to the side, pulling the trigger on his charge gun rapidly.
<Blindeye> 6* Red reploid's sides flare red and a sheet of glowing orange energy, radiating heat, seems to form between them and Junior and Ire.
<Stark> NRP: Junior...
* Dahok drops Guts behind him and ontop of the explosives
<Blindeye> 6* Skinny connects his blades and gets ready to throw at Stark just in case
* Stark moves, jumping to the side and healing Dahok.
* Dahok leaps forward and hits the wall, rebounding off it and out of the hole
* Ire steps back, eyeing the orange energy.
<Blindeye> <Mohawk> "I'm warning you! Come quiety and none of you dies!"
* Stark moves into the shadows avoiding Skinny's sight.
<Blindeye> 6* Guts moans and shifts on the ground
* Dahok turns and leaps back across the hole and at the Mohawk man throwing a punch *10x normal strength*
<Blindeye> 6* Little Blue eyes Dahok with her baby blue eyes. The Winter-like conditions getting worse, but the reploids don't seem to notice.
* Ire suddenly aims at the shuttle walls and begins to fire rapid shots at the hule, hoping to puncture the cheap hull.
<Ire> *hull
* Junior moves for the front of the shuttle.
* Ire follows Junior
<Blindeye> 6* Mohawk hits the detonater as he sees Dahok coming at him. The jacket detonates with the same about of force as the one did before in between Dahok and Stark. He is sent back by the force of the punch, still however and collides with a tree.
<Dahok> NRP: *notes that Guts is ontop of the explosives*
<Blindeye> 6* Skinny leaps out, his blades conforming to become scissors, ready to pin Stark by his neck if he can.
* Stark by this time, has already moved into the shadows.
<Blindeye> NRP: Uh, when?
<Blindeye> NRP: Ah crap.
<Ire> NRP: This ain't pretty.
<Blindeye> 6* Guts looks down just as the explosives begin to bleep and shoves himself away with his massive arms, barely preventing him from getting also in the blast.
* Silouette silently moves in and goes to impale Skinny from behind. Enough standing around.
* Dahok sprints forward and leaps towards Mohawk, throwing a massive punch aimed at his chest
<Blindeye> 6* Skinny is taken by surprise and black fluid escapes from his mouth. Siloughette got him right in the back. He slumps forwards, locked in stasis.
* Ire looks at Junior
<Ire> If we can get into the cockpit, this shuttle is ours.
<Blindeye> NRP: Despite from where Guts is, Dahok would still be passing right through the explosion.
<Junior> That's the idea.
* Junior keeps moving forward.
* Ire keeps following.
<Dahok> NRP: Shouldn't be, as I had leapt over the hole and punched Mohawk, meaning I was on the same side as him
<Silouette> *pushes Skinny off her blade with her foot* .oO( That should fill today's quota. )
<Blindeye> <Gold> "You think so? I'm controlling this ship... I doubt you can do anything when I've deactivated the manual controls!"
<Ire> ...You know, Junior, he's right
* Ire aims his handguns at the floor
<Ire> Where do you think these cargo shuttles keep the engines.
* Ire aims around.
<Junior> I work on these things all the time on my ship.
<Dahok> NRP: In the front.
<Blindeye> NRP: You put Guts in between you and Mohawk, which is where the explosives were. Guts shielded most of it, but he moved away and there's still quite the blast going around.
<Dahok> NRP: Just don't hit the energy tank, you might blow everyone up
* Junior hits the cockpit and rips open the dash, hoping the wiring system is familiar.
<Dahok> NRP: But we were in the hole, and I rebounded out of it.l
<Blindeye> <Gold> "That would be on our side of Incin's conveniant barrier, smart guy..."
<Ire> So smart.
* Ire walks up to the window of the cockpit.
<Ire> Tell me, smartass. You reinforce THESE?
* Ire fires at the glass.
* Dahok stands there, looking over at Mohawk
<Dahok> Glad you could make it Sil.
<Junior> Damn, why can't you people use volumous circuitry...
<Blindeye> <Gold> "I try..." 6*he chuckles 1"Really? Like I'm going to let you.." 6He purposely short circuits the wires that Junior oppens, sending sparks fling and a sizzling sound... The ship still goes and through the view screen. Janus' building draws closer.
<Dahok> It's kind of cold here, think you could do someting about it?
<Blindeye> NRP: Whatever... ignore the explosives.
<Ire> ...Janus.
<Junior> NRP: All I did was rip open the dash, not mess with the wires...
<Blindeye> NRP: I know, but he fried them before you could touch them
<Blindeye> 6* Guts cradles his gut where the explosives his
* Dahok turns to Guts
* Dahok begins walking over to him
<Blindeye> 6* Mohawk faces up at Dahok, and looks over at Little Blue 1"Lets make it even colder..."
<Junior> NRP: You mean after I already concdeded I couldn't do it. :P
<Blindeye> 6* Little Blue strains and the temperature drops even furthur... the plants all around begin to die
* Dahok slides up behind Guts and taps him on the shoulder
<Dahok> You ok?
* Junior glances at Ire.
<Blindeye> NRP: Well, Elec is a bit impulsive
* Ire nods at the cockpit doors.
<Ire> If we can open those, we can escape.
<Blindeye> <Guts> "Ooooh... Fuse... Watch where your putting those things next time..>"
* Dahok feels the plants begin to die and his anger rises
<Dahok> Grrr......
<Junior> They placed us with the security cameras, I bet. *glances at Ire*
<Ire> No doubt.
* Ire rams the cockpit door.
<Ire> OPEN.
<Blindeye> <Fuse (Mohawk)> "Sorry, Guts. This guy's a live one, eh?"
* Dahok recoils his hands back and slams them together against Gut's head
* Junior flicks on his sabre and slashes the other door.
<Silouette> ...it's annual freak day, isn't it?
* Dahok pulls his hands back and slams them together against Gut's head again
<Ire> GM: *unless the reploids reinforced the cockpit doors, it will open. Blindeye?*
<Blindeye> NRP: Dahok, I noted something about the explosives. You put Gut's behind you, onto the explosives... which couldn't be behind you because you were facing Mohawk and he had tossed the explosives in front of him between you and him
<Blindeye> <Gold> "Your going to jump out from a shuttle in mid-flight? Oh well, we'll pick up your pancaked bodies later I guess... Still, good luck with the doors..."
<Dahok> NRP: He tossed them down in the hole, I had Guts ontop of me and I picked him up
* Junior glances at Ire. "Ever get the idea you should have stayed in bed some days?"
<Ire> Every. Single. Day.
* Ire kicks the door out, watching it fly down. He looks at the treetops.
<Blindeye> NRP: Okay, you control vines... AND are able to lift a possibly 1-2 ton (1000-2000 lbs.) Reploid off of your head?
<Ire> He's right. Unless you have some way of slowing us down.
<Dahok> NRP: *nods* Check the website.
<Dahok> NRP: I've got Iron Will activated.
<Blindeye> NRP: *looks around* Iron Will controls muscles now?
<Ire> NRP: It increases your strength 10x. ... but 1,000 tons?
<Blindeye> NRP: I don't mind if your telling the truth...
<Dahok> NRP: 1000 tons?
<Ire> NRP: That's something Garland could do only in his TGC days.
<Ire> NRP: Er, 1000 pounds.
<Silouette> NRP: It's 1000lbs
<Dahok> NRP: If I can lift 100lbs I can easily lift 1000lbs then
<Junior> He may have broken the controls, but I have an idea.
<Blindeye> NRP: 1000 lbs.... That's heavy. I don't remember what I put down for Guts' weight though
<Junior> NRP: 10x strength, he's got a point.
<Ire> Yes?
<Blindeye> 6* Janus' base is coming closer
<Ire> NRP: Conceded. You win this time, Dahok!
<Dahok> NRP: And I think I can easily lift 200lbs myself right now
<Junior> Well, I don't want to be taken, alive anyway.
<Blindeye> 6* Guts' small head is hit and he yells, his eyes rolling back and lashing his hand out in defense towards Dahok
<Ire> NRP: OF course, you can't do vines now!
<Blindeye> NRP: Righty then.
<Dahok> NRP: I know
* Junior grabs ahold of the hull, crawling out onto the shuttle.
<Blindeye> NRP: I'm cool with it, don't worry.
* Ire leans out, grabbing the roof of the shuttle and pulling himself up on top.
* Ire flattens himself as the wind blows him back.
* Dahok puts his arms out to his side blocking the swings
<Silouette> *glances over Guts, Fuse and... ChillyWilly* ....eenie, meenie...
<Blindeye> <Fuse> "Hey, buddy. Why don't you quit this eh? Your not doing so well."
<Junior> Ire, crawl over to the other wing, we gotta move these flaps manually.
* Junior starts crawling towards the leftward wing.
* Dahok latches his arms around Gut's head and begins to squeeze
<Blindeye> 6* Guts leans back into a siting position his hands up defensively
* Ire slides along the roof and kicks off, grabbing the right wing, barely. He wheezes as he hangs on.
<Blindeye> 6* Fuse's head snaps up and his visor kicks in, looking towards where he picked up what he does not yet know is Siloughette
<Ire> ....ungh....
<Blindeye> <Fuse> "Another one?"
* Junior slips on the smooth surface, almost falling of.
* Silouette throws a shuriken straight for Fuse's visor.
* Dahok lets go of the squeeze and begins his arms up and hammer blows Guts in the back
* Ire grips it, his hands almost sliding right off as they have little traction.
<Blindeye> 6* Guts smothers Dahok in his own grip and squeezes back.
<Ire> Junior...this is one dumbass idea.
<Dahok> Ooof...
* Junior grabs onto the flap and pulls it down, only to slip off. His hand holding onto the flap.
* Ire grabs the flap on his wing, pulling down. He hangs there.
<Blindeye> 6* Guts' head seem to be made for more than just fits, his skin is thick and the fists only rock him downwards, forcing his grip to slip slightly on your body.
<Junior> Yeah, yeah! Go back in if you're going ot whine!
* Dahok wraps his arms back around Guts and begins squeezing himself
* Junior looks at Ire, both of them dangling from the wings.
<Blindeye> 6* The shuttle begins to gain altitude.
* Ire looks at Junior
<Ire> This is taking us higher?
<Junior> That's not aerodynamically possible.
<Blindeye> <Gold> "Your a bunch of fools... You rightly are!"
<Blindeye> NRP: No? o_o
<Dahok> GRRRAAAAAAAGGGHH!!! *begins squeezing harder, sweat pouring off his face
<Junior> NRP: Flaps DOWN make it go down.
<Dahok> NRP: Yes...
<Ire> NRP: I don't know enough to add my two cents in
<Blindeye> 6* Mohawk comes from behind, and with his fist, descends from behind upon Dahok's neck
<Blindeye> 6* Does notice as he gets the Shuriken in the side and is sent off target a bit
<Junior> NRP: And junior's holding onto the shuttle by the flap. He weighs about 375, should at least be making a sharp turn if Ire's not heavy enough to pull it down.
<Dahok> *when Mohawk hits him, he feels like he just hit a wall of steel and not flesh and bone
<Blindeye> 6* The shuttle wavers
<Blindeye> NRP: Are you both on either wing?
<Ire> NRP: Yes.
<Junior> NRP: Yeah.
* Ire strains, his fingers becoming numb.
<Dahok> *veins begin showing up*
<Blindeye> 6* The shuttle begins to drop... Air brakes kicking in.
<Blindeye> 6* Fuse looks over 1"Who's there! This isn't your buisness.
* Junior bears his teeth, his fingers slipping on the smooth surface.
<Dahok> Gaaa.....*muscles suddenly relax and his body grows weak* AAHHHHHHhhhh....*collapses in Gut's grip*
*** Dahok is now known as Dias-Away
<Blindeye> 6* Guts is screaming 1"Rrraaagh!"
* Ire slips down to one hand, hanging on by it.
<Blindeye> <Little Blue> "Don't kill him!"
<Junior> I knew I should have exercised more... Father always said... Tch..
<Ire> *Ungh*
<Silouette> NRP: Where exactly is Little Blue?
<Blindeye> 6* Guts has his grip as hard as he can without inflicting serious damage
* Ire feels his fingers slipping.
<Ire> ...are...we...low...enough?
<Stark> *he speaks through clenched teeth* Only one way to tell...
* Ire feels his last energy slip and he drops through the air, falling towards the treetops.
<Blindeye> 6* Little Blue hovers its 2 foot tall body 5 feet off the ground, coming over towards Dahok, taking a tranquilizer needle out from her pocket. 1"I have a feeling a little more than normal human dosage should be good" 6She says intelligently, more mature voice than her size would denote
* Stark lets go as Ire falls, hitting the canopy.
<Blindeye> 6* Fuse rips the shuriken out from his robot body. Looking around wildly for the one who threw it
* Ire slams into the trees and branches, breaking every single one as he falls down. He finally comes to a halt when his stomach meets a particularly strong branch. His breath is knocked out of him and his body feels battered.
<Stark> NRP: Rawr, this is the last time I do a dual server window.
<TAW> GM: *a robotic hand crawls along the ground towards Dahok's body*
* Junior hits the limps, their snapping now slowing him down at all.
<Blindeye> 6* The ship pulls up from the tree tops, turning in the air just over the roof of Janus' base. Inside, the golden reploid sends a radio message to Janus himself.
* Junior hits the ground hard with a snap.
* Silouette moves towards Little blue, and moves in to take her from behind.
<TAW> GM: *the hand walks closer*
<Blindeye> 6* Fuse catches her with his scanners and races over, leaping into the air and sending a dropkick at her 1"No!"
<Blindeye> 6* Little Blue shudders a bit as Fuse races past her, but continues to administer the tranquiliser into Dahok in Guts' grip.
<Ire> GM: *the area that Junior and Ire in is quite familiar - if they're conscious. It's the path they took to get to Janus. This part of the woods is quiet and only the bird calls are heard. A snake slithers around Junior*
* Silouette is hit, and rolls to her feet, drawing her blade once more. "...quick moves there."
<TAW> GM: *the hand reaches Dahok and begins to slap his face repeatedly, then tightens it's grip around his throat. It's..CYBORG 01's HAND!*
<Blindeye> 6* Fuse also gets up, fists clenched. He realises who he is and opens a fist, pointing at her 1"You! Wait... I have a message from Janus!"
<Blindeye> (who she is)
* Ire finally rolls off his branch and lands next to Junior. He lays on his back, gasping in pain as he looks at Junior with a blurred vision.
<Blindeye> 6*The shuttel rockets overhead, back towards Fuse, Guts, 'Skinny'and 'Little Blue'
<TAW> Hand: *keeps choking Dahok*
<Blindeye> 6* Guts notices the hand and tries to pry it off 1"No no! No killing!"
* Ire coughs out blood, which runs down the side of his mouth. He rolls over onto his gut, holding it tentatively, the other shaking Junior.
* Junior rolls onto his back, painfully.
<Blindeye> 6* Little Blue removes the needle from Dahok, hoping it works. And shrieks at the sight of the hand.
<Ire> We..mahst...goe....nowww.
<TAW> Hand: *stops choking, waves, then goes back to choking*
<Silouette> Your other... friend... is out of commision at the moment... If you want to help him.
<TAW> GM: *the hand is pried off*
<Blindeye> 6* Guts squeezes his grip on it
<TAW> Hand: *is gripped!*
<Blindeye> 6* Fuse looks at Skinny on the ground, than back at Little Blue 1"Ice, go help Cutter..." 6She nods obediantly and floats over to his fallen body...
<Blindeye> 6*Guts tries to destroy the hand in his grip
* Ire gets to his feet shakily, bending down to try and help Junior to his knees. Of course, it's like helping a rock move.
<Blindeye> 6* Guts cradles Dahok's body in his other arm.
<TAW> Hand: *escapes by popping out. It flees*
* Junior yells in pain at the movement.
<Silouette> NRP: Ire> *rolls Junior down a hill* Wheeeeee!
* Ire puts Junior's arm around his neck and forces him to stand on his feet.
<Blindeye> <Fuse> 6 * looking back to Silloughette 1"Janus says he's ready to have you back with him... Please, don't resist coming with us back to him" 6He glances to the side, seeing the very scratched and dented Shuttle coming closer over the tree tops.
* Ire wheezes, each breath like fire. He takes a step forward, wobbily, his vision blurring and his head growing dizzy.
<Blindeye> 6* Guts lashes out for it, than gives up, thinking instead to walking with Dahok's body towards the shuttle, which begins to lower near by.
<Silouette> *hesitates* And what of the others?
* Junior clenches his teeth and eyes. "You're right, that plan was s-stupid.
<Blindeye> 6* Ice looks up 1"Guts, help me with Cutter." 6* Guts complies and handles Cutter and Dahok into the Shuttle
<Ire> Aw...shut...up..
* Ire hobbles forward, the sounds of people off in the distance. No doubt --- Janus personnel.
<Blindeye> <Fuse> "We're trying to bring your friends in safely to Janus. I can tell he'd rather see them all dead, but I prefer the challenge of capturing them. He also wanted us to return you to him, he values you greatly, I could tell."
* Junior stumbles, his arm limp at his side, oozing silvery blood.
<Ire> ...we...can't outrun...them...
<Blindeye> 6* Soon, Cutter is taken by the golden Robot (Elec) and the Red Robot (Incin) and taken in. Ice floats out again and begins returning the temporature to normal
* Ire moves forward, blinking his eyes several times.
<Silouette> *sheaths her blade* ...I have my own interest in seeing them kept alive. No point in not accompanying you.
<Ire> GM: *the sounds of people are getting closer to Junior and Ire. They're closing in fast. Less than a mile*
* Junior limps forward, the drops of blood hitting the leaves and weighing them down.
<Blindeye> 6* Fuse smiles and sighs with relief 1"Thank you... It was beginning to get harder to keep things non-lethal. My name is Fuse." 6He holds his hand out towards her.
<Silouette> *pauses, but shake's Fuse's hand* "...well, you probally already know my name."
<Blindeye> 6* Ice smiles as she sees the Ice beginning to melt as she dethaws them like a blowdryer. 1"Cutter would have killed me if we had messed up any more of this jungle..." 6 She mutters to herself
* Ire falls to one knee, the fight gone in him. His stomach aches with a fire. His ribs...gone.
<Ire> ...sorry...
<Blindeye> <Fuse> 6*nods* 1"Please... This way." 6*He begins to go towards the shuttle.
<Junior> Shut.... up, Ire.. *he grunts, pushing himself up despite the pain and pulls Ire along*
* Ire stumbles to his feet, wheezing. His vision goes out and he falls to the ground, passed out.
<Ire> GM: *less than half a mile. Janus is drawing in*
<Silouette> *follows behind, and smirks slightly* ...no hard feelings about this whole mess.
* Junior gasps in pain, throwing Ire over his shoulder with his good arm, stumbling out onto a dirt road.
* Stark swerves out of the foliage in a (stolen) jeep. "Ire, Junior, get in!"
<Junior> ... Where the... hell were you?
<Stark> Get in.
<Blindeye> <Fuse> Most of it is our fault. Your friends are surprisingly competant 6He enters the shuttle.
* Junior crawls in with Ire, groaning as he holds his arm.
* Ire looks to be pretty defenseless...fresh blood rolling down his mouth. His rubs broken. He lays there.
<Ire> GM: *Janus shows up, firing plasma rifles at the jeep*
<Ire> GM: *the Janus troops are all over the place, firing away*
<Silouette> ...they... aren't what I expected, when I was assigned...
* Stark hits the gear stick, flooring it as the wheels spin on the ground, kicking up dirt as they pick up speed.
<Ire> GM: *Janus personnel watch helplessly as the three escape*
<Blindeye> <Fuse> "Hmm?" 6 The door closes behind and the shuttle takes off. Going towards Janus' HQ again.
* Junior yells out in pain with what looks to be two jagged metal bars sticking out of his arm.
<Silouette> *pauses* ...they're quite skilled for what has been regarded as a joke.
<Stark> It looks like you two fell out of a plane.
<Blindeye> <Fuse> "I see. I don't really have the full story, myself. Asking too many questions would get us less high-paying jobs."
* Ire becomes conscious, opening his eyes
<Ire> ...where..?
* Junior glares at Stark.
<Blindeye> 6* 4 other reploids inhabit the back. Incin, the silent boxy red reploid, seems to be welding Cutter back up, Ice helping him out, as he had no real arms to use, Guts cramped against the wall, holding his lower torso tenderly.
<Stark> You're in the 'Starkmobile', Warren.
<Ire> ...gawd...
<Stark> Sorry, I was trying to lighten the mood before giving you some grave news.
<Blindeye> 6* The shuttle flies over the 'Starkmobile' , a trail of white smoke innocently trailing it, as some thing was leaking slightly from the damage.
* Ire tries to sit up, but only causes his ribs to hurt.
* Stark drives into the jungle, where the canopy should obscure most of the smoke.
<Stark> Silouette has betrayed us. She is working with the mercenaries whom are working for Janus. Though I place her more to be on Janus's side than these seemingly random Mercenaries.
<Ire> ....
* Ire flops back, as if drained of his energy.
<Blindeye> 6* Soon the rickety shuttle lands at Janus' complex and the back opens up again.
<Stark> I suspected her existance was for something less than noble, why else would someone create an undead being and set it loose. *sighs* I should have spoken up sooner.
<Ire> GM: *the black hair man in charge of this place is standing there. He's not Janus, but just one of his Lieutenants. He stands there, arms behind his back, as he watches*
<Ire> I've known for a while know about her condition.
* Junior leans back in the seat, sweating and breathing through clenched teeth, in agonizing pain from his compound fracture.
*** Sherinmir has joined #taw
<Ire> ...We need to get back to the temple and regroup. The Mercs. won't try another attack so soon.
<Blindeye> 6* Fuse leads, and Guts, limping, carries Dahok's body. Fuse motions for Siloughette to follow.
<Ire> Plus we franky...have nowhere else to run in our shape.
<Ire> (frankly)
<Stark> Perhaps, though I should have made the connection sooner. She seemed to dodge my questions about her purpose.
* Silouette follows silently, nodding slightly to the lieutenant
* Stark heads back onto a random road, heading for the temple.
<Stark> We need to get you two medical attention.
* Stark casts healing mojo on Ire.
<Blindeye> <Fuse> "We've captured one of the eight designated targets. And we have returned to Janus this woman he requested us to invite back here. I believe that is 4,000 more gil towards our payment?"
<Ire> Lt. ????: Welcome back, Setsuna.
<Blindeye> (oops)
* Stark attempts to do the same for Junior, though he lacks the mastery of non-human healing.
<Silouette> *pauses* ...that's aweful informal of you.
<Ire> Lt. ????: Fine fine. *nods at his assistant, who hands over another suitcase.*
<Blindeye> (nevermind)
<Blindeye> 6* Grins, and checks the amount in the case to be 4,000. Just in case
<Ire> Lt. ????: No worries. You are our guest here for a few days before we move you back to the main headquarters. *gestures at some men to lead Sil into the building*
<Ire> GM: *it's all there*
<Ire> GM: *the temple is up ahead*
<Silouette> *nods, but pauses again* ...what happens to him? *nods to Dahok*
<Ire> GM: *the natives stare in awe at the jeep, wondering how in the hell such a vehicle got here. All the natives stare at it in awe*
<Blindeye> 6* Fuse tosses the suitcase to Elec, who grabs it out of the air with his head-wire and carries it inside.
<Blindeye> NRP: Awe x 2! Ooh!
<Ire> Lt. ????: He'll be transferred to our prison facilities. ... then, perhaps, we give him...to Mega City.
<Silouette> ......
* Stark skids to a stop infront of the temple.
<Ire> GM: *several Brahnk monks step out and surround the jeep in meer seconds*
<Blindeye> 6* Guts lumbers back towards the shuttle after delivering Dahok and Fuse glances between the Lieutenant and "Setsuna"
* Junior falls out of the jeep onto the ground, bleeding.
* Stark continues to heal Ire with mojo.
<Ire> Brahnk Monk: You are all to surrender and await your execution.
<Ire> To Be Continued
<Ire> Session Ends
Session Close: Fri Jul 04 23:09:21 2003