Session 21-Mission 115: Raising Cain


[Snipe] Time Chart: October 11th
[Snipe] Location: The Control Room
* Paladin sits at the computer
[Snipe] Computer: GET YOUR ASSES IN THE CONTROL ROOM!  RED ALERT!  RED ALERT!
* Dias sits in a chair
* Slasher^ walks in slowly
* ShellX downloads to the control room
* Avatar sits in a chair
[Paladin] Why did you announce that into the control room?
[Snipe] ....Red Alert?
* Diamondback slides into the control room, holding a razor with shaving cream still covering half his face
[Avatar] [I guess so...]
[Snipe] Computer: ....Oh shut up
* Gravedigger strolls in and sits
[Dias] That comp is pretty bossy
[Avatar] [What's the situation?]
[Diamondback] [Great. Fricking red alerts stopping me from shaving. What next?]
* Dias looks at DB
* Spirit dashes for the control room, almost missing it.
[Paladin] Mummies and ghosts, DB
[Snipe] ComputeR: Wait until showers, Santa
[Diamondback] [Anyway, what's up?]
* Slasher^ looks at DB
* Diamondback throws his razor at the computer
[Slasher^] You must be BJ's son
*** Kalan is now known as Elayne_Vanguard
[Paladin] Computer, what's the problem?
[Avatar] NRP: Can the computer detent psionic communications anyway?
[Diamondback] [That I am. And you are?]
[Snipe] Computer: Steel's coming to tell you
[Snipe] ....STEEL?
[Dias] Slasher
*** Elayne_Vanguard is now known as Kalan
[Avatar] [Great...]
* Diamondback wipes the remaining shaving cream off and wipes it on Dias
[Dias] Thanks Roomy
[Diamondback] [Perfect addition to a shitty day.]
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* Dias wipes it off and flicks it towards the door
* Steel steps in
[Diamondback] NRP: Eep.
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[Dias] NRP: YIPE!
[Steel] ....SHUT UP AND LISTEN!
* Dias looks at Steel
[Diamondback] NRP: Eat shaving cream, Steel Balls!
* Gravedigger puts his feet up on that table
[Steel] You Asswipes caused alot of trouble.....Cain's pissed, seriously pissed
* Elayne_Vanguard walks in
[Matsuoka] ...
* ShellX throws holographic scraps of paper into the waste basket
* Slasher^ whispers to DB 1'Who's the hard ass"
[Diamondback] *all except Steel* [Remind me to read through our mission logs more often...]
[ShellX] Isn't that a good thing?
[Paladin] Oh, were we trying to make his life a nirvana?
[Steel] He's at the tallest building in Mega City, and is threatening to destroy the city.
[Avatar] [With what?]
[Snipe] ...He's what?
[Diamondback] *Slasher* [That's General Steel Balls. He makes our lives living hell. Get used to him.]
[ShellX] NRP: Remind DS to put up mission logs more often
[Slasher^] Steel Balls you say...*stops noticing he says it out loud*
[Steel] I don't know, with the love from his heart?!  *hits avatar's head*  Idiot
[Diamondback] [Destroy the city? How exactly does he plan that?]
* Elayne_Vanguard looks at Steel
[Slasher^] Hey, you shouldn't hit people
[Paladin] . . . Cain has the means
* Dias looks at his dad
*** Spirit has quit IRC (Ping timeout)
[Diamondback] [...]
* Avatar telekinetically makes Steel's hand bounce of air above his head
[Steel] NOW....he wants you all to come and fight him to the death....
[Diamondback] [Ok... That's just great...]
* Matsuoka grins
[Slasher^] Mr.Steel, why don't you go fight him.
[Avatar] [Well, I mean, he may be strong, but alone he can't really destroy the entire city... Anyway...]
[Steel] You have 1 hour before he goes and nukes the city.
* Elayne_Vanguard walks up to Dias
[Diamondback] *to Av* [You forget about the rest of the Mavs.]
* Steel ignores Steel
[Dias] He's using nukes.
[Paladin] Let's go, we'll make witty comments on the shuttle
[Diamondback] NRP: Good one, DS
[ShellX] Nukes, as in radioactive?
[Dias] NRP: OOH
[Avatar] NRP: LOL
[Matsuoka] NRP: LOL!
[Paladin] NRP: Even Steel ignores himself?
[Diamondback] NRP: That's pretty bad.
* Dias walks off towards HH
[Steel] He requested you and only you.  If he anyone else shows, he'll nuke the city
[Slasher^] Good luck son
* Steel walks off
[Steel] Heaven help you
* Paladin boards the shuttle
*** Steel has quit IRC (Leaving)
[Avatar] [Understood...]
* Slasher^ follows off behind Steel
* Diamondback flicks Steel off behind his back
*** Slasher^ has quit IRC (Leaving)
[Avatar] [No suggestions from the general it seems...]
* Snipe watches shaving crream hit DB
[Diamondback] [Tell me something else that's new... HEY!]
[Dias] What an ass. 
[Snipe] ..Alright, so, any planys anyone?
* Diamondback wipes it off and slings it to the floor
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[Diamondback] [What else can we do? Prepare for battle...]
[Avatar] [Well, it's a trap, obviously, but it seems we have to go...]
* Dias looks for Elayne
[Snipe] ....What, and DIE?
[ShellX] So, why can't we just disable the nukes?
[Avatar] [Do we have the stats of Cain? His weaknesses? HIs weap[ons? Anything?]
[Diamondback] [Do we really have a choice, John?]
[Snipe] I think Cain is going to fire it from his blaster, Shell
[Paladin] . . . he obviously wants to kill us himself.  He's got a personal grudge.
[Snipe] ...No, Avatar.
[Kalan] Dias?
[Kalan] (oops)
[Diamondback] [Well, we know he's tough as hell... That's about it...]
[ShellX] HE can do that?
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* Dias looks at Elayne
*** Elayne_Vanguard (dobahold@209-130-150-194.nas-1.MON.frontiernet.net) has left #TAW
[Avatar] [Not good...
[Paladin] So let's go
[Snipe] He's stronger than Crucifixtion -- we have no hope of stopping him
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[Avatar] [There must be some way...
[Avatar] ]
[ShellX] 'scuse me
* Dias continues to walk towards the shuttle
* ShellX walks out of the room
[Diamondback] [If there is, I can't think of any...]
[Elayne_Vanguard] Hey Dias
[Snipe] .......Okay, perfect...the clock's ticking and he goes off.
* Dias turns around
[Paladin] It doesn't matter.  If you didn't want to risk your life, you shouldn't have signed up.
[Dias] Hey Elayne
[Spirit] NRP: Am I still in this?
* Snipe glares at Pal
[Avatar] [Well, Paladin, what good will us all dying if we still don't defeat Cain?]
[Elayne_Vanguard] What is happening? Everyone is leaving the city..
[Snipe] Hey, look asshole, I'm not going in to kill myself, GOT IT?
[Paladin] NRP: Going to the shuttle, going to eat a lot of peaches*
[Dias] Cain threatened to nuke Mega City
[ShellX] Comm] Call me when you guys are ready to leave... I'm working on something
[Paladin] . . . I'm saying the lives of the city comes first
[Elayne_Vanguard] ?
[Avatar] [And he's challenged us to stop him.]
[Snipe] Lets go...
[Diamondback] [But there's no way we can! We have no options...]
[Elayne_Vanguard] We.. can't let him do that!
* Snipe marches off
[Avatar] [I guess it's decided...]
[Dias] Did you ever talk to Steel?
* Diamondback tries to act brave as he walks out, but fails miserably
[Diamondback] [Let's do this...]
* Avatar follows Snipe
[Elayne_Vanguard] I didn't find him...
* Snipe steps into the HH
[Elayne_Vanguard] But I can't just sit here!
[Dias] Well ya just missed him...Best Ask Snipe
[Snipe] I still think this is stupid
* Diamondback gets in the HH
[Diamondback] [Stupid, yes.]
* Dias enters hH and takes the controls powering the puppy up
* Gravedigger gets up from the table and follows
[Diamondback] [But remember, the Hunters were stupid, but they got the job done...]
* Dias flips some switches above him
[Paladin] I resent that.
* Elayne_Vanguard walks onto the HH
[Avatar] [Here goes nothing...] *boards the shuttle and sits at the weapons consol*
* ShellX walks into the HH carrying quite a few bottles of chemicals, a hoverboard, and a deactivated mine
[Diamondback] [Hey! My hoverboard!]
[Spirit] *To Vesps* [I think Pal ment resembles that]
[ShellX] No, this is the one I modified for the race
* Snipe removes Elayne
* Diamondback snickers
[Dias] All aboard who's coming abord
[ShellX] ..actually during, but...
[Snipe] I'm sorry, but you can't come....I can't have Cadets running around on a mission of this proportions
[Diamondback] NRP: We're no longer the enhanced. We're the Vespertons.
* Gravedigger gets in the shuttel
* Elayne_Vanguard is on
[Diamondback] [Why do you have my board, Shell...?]
* Snipe throws Elaytne off
* ShellX keeps modifing the board using some parts from the mine and some of the chemicals
[Elayne_Vanguard] Hey!
[Avatar] NRP: *isn't from Vesperton though8
[ShellX] It's not yours
[Matsuoka] @.@¡
[Snipe] Like I said...
[Elayne_Vanguard] Sir..
[Diamondback] [Wh... what're you doing, Shell...?]
[Snipe] I can't allow you on this mission.  *closes the door to the HH*
[Elayne_Vanguard] I can't just sit here.. In thee city!
[ShellX] Working on a backup plan
* Elayne_Vanguard bangs on the doors
[Snipe] Alright, anyone know what the largest building in Mega City is?
* Dias picks the shuttle up slowly
[Diamondback] [Hrm, looks like mine... Oh, the viper patterns missing from the underside. SOrry, false accusation.]
* Spirit runs to the shuttle
[Dias] Tony's Pizzeria?
[Paladin] Why don't we fly out there, and land on the tallest one?
[Snipe] Funny Dias...
[Avatar] [Not sure...]
[Diamondback] [Actually, no... I'm not sure...]
[Snipe] Alright Paladin
[Spirit] [Wait up!]
[Dias] Thanks, glad I could make you happy
* Matsuoka looks out a window
* Dias presses a button adn the door opens up
[Avatar] [Spirit, you seem to be late alot...]
[Dias] She's gotta look pretty you know
[Diamondback] *to Av* [She's always been late a lot.]
* Snipe helps Spirit in
[Snipe] Alright, close it Dias
* Elayne_Vanguard slipps in unnoticed
* Snipe throws Elayne off
* Dias closes it and flies off towards Mega City
[Snipe] Nice try, only one entrance
* Avatar psionically notices her...
[Matsuoka] ... -.-¡
[Diamondback] NRP: Give it up, Sera
* ShellX makes a small device which he slips on his wrist and goes back to modifying the board
[Spirit] [Thanks...  Well, it's a bad habbit Av]
[Avatar] [What will your device do, Shell?]
[Avatar] [I see, Spirit..]
* Elayne_Vanguard falls on her knees..
* Snipe closes the door and returns to his seat
[Elayne_Vanguard] Good luck...
[Snipe] Damn Cadets.
[Spirit] NRP: And about you not being from Vesperton, I'm not an enhanced.
* Gravedigger picks his teeth with his sai
* Matsuoka snickers
[ShellX] Fight a bomb with a slightly smaller one
* Snipe they fly into Mega City
*** Elayne_Vanguard is now known as Seraphna
* Dias presses a button and the shuttle rockets off for mega City
* Snipe lightning scatters across the sky as a storm is picking up
[Snipe] ....This isn't good....
* ShellX a bright flash lets loose as Shell works
[Snipe SOUND]
* Diamondback idly forms a psychic blade, morphing it into a spear, then into a staff, then back to a blade before letting it dissipate
[Dias] Just the way I..AHH..like it
* Snipe points at the tallest building, Cain on top of it
[Avatar] [No, it's not... Prepare yourselves...]
[Snipe] There he is...lets shoot him!
[ShellX] This should work in theory
* Dias flies the HH towards it and lands it ontop of it
[Snipe] We can end this battle right now
[Diamondback] [I've got Dad's skill... I could take him from here...]
* Avatar arms weaponry and locks on
[Spirit] [You gotta teach me that DB...]
* Snipe cain blasts the HH, sending it spiralling away from the building
[Avatar] Wait... What if he has the nuke?
[Snipe] .....Damn! 
* ShellX tosses the board out the back of the shuttle, away from the battle
[Diamondback] [GAH! Screw the sniper strategy!]
[Avatar] [Damn! I need a clear shot!]
[Snipe] Dammit, we're going down...
[Dias] Damnt!
* Snipe holds onto a chair
[Diamondback] [...That's obvious, John...]
[Snipe] NRP: Well the session to begin TGC starts off with...CRASHING!
* Dias frantically flips switches
* Avatar braces himself
[Paladin] Too damn obvious
[Paladin] NRP: They ALL start like that . . .
* ShellX downloads onto the roof of the building
* Dias lands it the best he can
[Dias] HOLD ON!
* Snipe it smashes head first into the ground, destroying the cockpit
[Diamondback] [AAAACK!]
[Dias] ARG!
* Snipe smashes into a chair, coughing up blood, and flips onto his back
* Avatar hopes his shield protects him, 1"[ARGH!]
* Matsuoka jolts out of her seat
* Dias his armor appears taking most of the blows
* Dias gets up slowly
* Diamondback slams around the shuttle, unbuckled and with no armor
* Avatar flies backwards, his seat being dislodged from the floor
* Paladin flies down, into the remains of the cockpit
* Snipe it tips over and lands on it's belly
* ShellX downloads back to the group
[Dias] THAT BASTERD! He took out my baby! I'm going to rearrange his organs damnt!
* Spirit tears the broken seatbelt off.
* Matsuoka falls onto the floor
* Diamondback slams back into his original seat, dizzy
* Gravedigger unbuckles from his seat and leaps out
* Avatar gets up dazed
* Snipe hears another blast coming from them
[Avatar] [Move!]
[Diamondback] [Urrgh... Next time, I buckle up...]
[Snipe] HE'S STILL ATTACKING!
* Dias kicks the door open, steps out and looks up at Cain
[Diamondback] [EVERYBODY... OUT!]
* Snipe grabs Maki and dives out the broken window
* ShellX helps people out
* Avatar telekinetically throws the doors open and jumps out
[Matsuoka] Wah!
* Diamondback dives out of another broken window
[Dias] YOUR MINE!
* Diamondback catches some broken glass in his arms and legs
* Dias runs to the entrance of the building and walks in
* Snipe the blasts smash into the ship, blowing it up in a brilliant light
* Snipe is thrown back
[Avatar] NRP: The question we should be asking ourselves is "If Cain can highly damage our shuttle in one shot, what can he do to us?]\
* Diamondback is caught by the explosion and is thrown a good distance off
[Matsuoka] Not another one...
[Snipe] GRAVE!!!!
* ShellX downloads away from it
* Dias enters the building and heads to the elevator
[Paladin] There goes that escape route . . .
* Spirit is sent flying as she didn't get clear in time.
[Avatar] [Chris!]
[Avatar] [Spirit!]
[Gravedigger] NRP: Uh, I already got out....
[Snipe] Christ!  We're screwing up already..
[Snipe] NRP: Oh
* Diamondback slams into a nearby building, crashing his head into it
* Dias taps the up button on the elevator
[Matsuoka] Dias?! *Chases after hiim
* Snipe the elevator crashes down to the basement
* Gravedigger follows the group
* Snipe coughs and follows Maki
[Diamondback] [Unngh...]
[Matsuoka] @.@
* Avatar heals DB a bit (+300HP)
* Spirit shifts into a half-panther and manages to land on her feet,
[Dias] And now I have to run up the stairs..That ass
[Snipe] Cain: HA HA HA HA HA HA
* Diamondback stumbles up painfully
* Dias runs up the stairs
[Matsuoka] Guess it's the stairs...
* Snipe chases Dias
[Diamondback] [Thanks for the help, Ryan...]
* ShellX download behind Cain and tries to get a lock
[Snipe] YO, COWBOY, HOLD IT!
* Matsuoka chases Snipe
[Paladin] . . .
[Avatar] [No problem, Chris...]
[Diamondback] [This is suicide, dammit! We can't win!]
[Snipe] Cain: *blasts Shell off the roof (2000 aP)
* Dias doesn't hear Snipe
* Snipe follows Dias closer, preparing to tackle him
[Avatar] [Dias, wait!]
* ShellX downloads before he hits ground
* Matsuoka sprints past Snipes
* Dias slows down to a stop.
[Diamondback] [Unless... I inherited Dad's skill at sniping... Maybe I could take a shot off a nearby building...]
[Avatar] [We need to stay together everyone. And try to overwhelm him.]
* Paladin walks after the group, thinking, 1,0"Nobody in this unit has ever heard of protocal, it seems . . ."
* ShellX flickers in behind Snipe
[Snipe] Cain: *aims at the roof and shoots, the blast flying down the stairs at Dias, Maki, and Snipe, destroying the stairs on the way down*
* Spirit takes cover behind an airduct and pops out her scope.
[Snipe] ....Oh shit, run back donw!
[Avatar] [You forget this is the tallest building int he city, Chris... Much taller than all others...
* Snipe runs down the stairs as the blast flies downward
[Diamondback] [Don't tell me about the odds, Ryan...]
* Dias leaps onto the banister and slides down it to the bottom
* ShellX downloads out immediatly
* Dias hits the end and rolls out of the stairwell
* Matsuoka tumbles down
* Avatar hovers psychokinetically to follow
* Snipe dives into the lobby as the blast smashes into the ground, hitting Maki (3000 AP)
[Snipe] OUF!
* Snipe rolls with the blast
[Dias] Question..He wants us to fight him to the death..But he won't let us up there.
[Avatar] [Matsuoka!]
[Diamondback] [Maki!]
[Snipe] MATSUOKA!!!
[ShellX] Hey, we could try taking him down a few notches, literally
[Paladin] He doesn't want to fight to the death, he wants to kill us . . .
* Snipe punches Dias in anger
[Snipe] You IDIOT!  If you didn't tear off like some damn cowboy!!!
[Diamondback] [Eep.]
[Dias] OOF! *keels over losing all air in his lungs*
* ShellX scans the building
* Snipe runs to the ruins of the stairs, looking for Maki
[Snipe] MAKI!!   CAN YOU HEAR ME!
* Gravedigger leans on his shovel, thinking
[Dias] After..Sav..ing your..life..You repay me like this..*gets up slowly and walks off down a hallway
* Diamondback looks upwards, trying to get a clear view of Cain
[Snipe] Cain: *Waves*
[Matsuoka] ...Snipe...?!
* ShellX downloads his Spydirbots to key positions in the buildign
* Snipe pulls Maki out
[Snipe] Are you alright?
[Avatar] [What now...?]
* Dias heads down the hallway looking for another set of stairs
* Matsuoka groans "Not really..."
[Snipe] GM: Dias finds one
[Diamondback] [We can't get up there unless we can fly...]
* Dias looks up it
[Diamondback] [Where's Dias, anyway?]
[Paladin] NRP: Are we all together?
[Snipe] NRP: no
[ShellX] Might I suggest backing away from the building?
[Avatar] *psionically picks up on Dias's discovery* [You've foudn something, Dias?]
* Matsuoka shakes her head
* Snipe leans against Paladin, holding Maki
* Dias doesn't respond
* Avatar glances at Shell questioiningly
[Snipe] Why leave the building, Shell?
[Dias] Should I..
[Diamondback] NRP: I REALLY need to remember about the enhanceds' "other" abilities...
[Spirit] [Well, that doesn't rule us out Chris...]
[Paladin] I wouldn't say this has been the greatest success, so far . . .
[ShellX] We can't get up there, but we can bring him down here
[Snipe] ...We can't blow this building!
[Dias] SNIPE!
[Paladin] NRP: Are DB and Av with us?
[Diamondback] [Good point, but... he'd shoot us out of the air anyway.]
[Snipe] It costs too much money!  We'll be sued.
[ShellX] Why not, it would work in theory
[Snipe] NRP: Yes.
* Dias yells for the others
* Snipe hears Dias
[Matsuoka] ...huh?
[Snipe] WHAT?
[ShellX] We'll save them money overall
[Dias] I FOUND ANOTHER SET OF STAIRS!
[Avatar] [And it would bring the fight down to the street levels...]
* Dias slowly heads up it
[Matsuoka] ...great...
[Paladin] And I"m sure Cain was lazy enough to NOT booby trap them all . . .
[Avatar] [We're civilians might be...]
[Snipe] ....Damn, we gotta go....
[Diamondback] [When does he learn? We can't take the stairs up!]
* Snipe puts Maki in Paladin's arms and follows
* Snipe runs up the stairs
[Avatar] [Commander, orders?]
[Snipe] COWBOY!!! WAIT!!!
* Paladin holds onto Maki and watches up the stairs
* Dias sees Snipe behind him and stops not more than 5 steps up
* Snipe steps up to him
[Snipe] ..I'm sorry...
[Dias] I understand.
* Diamondback extends the scope from his rifle
* Snipe activates his battle suit
* Avatar psionically senses what Cain's doin
[Snipe] Cain: *shoots DB*
[Dias] You ready for this?
[Diamondback] [If they can keep him distracted... We could attack from down here... GAH!]
* Diamondback quickly dives aside
* ShellX charges his Saber
* Matsuoka breaks away from Pal and stumbles after Snipe
* Avatar telekinetically pushes DB out of the way to help
[Snipe] ...Aye, let the race begin..if we fail, Shell will blow the building
* Paladin slaps forehead
[Dias] LETS ROLL!
[Snipe] .....1...2....3...GO!
* Snipe runs
* Diamondback telepathically listens in
* Avatar follows Snipe
[Snipe SOUND]
* Dias sprints up the stairs
* Paladin runs after Maki
* Gravedigger takes off after Snipe
[Diamondback] [NOW OR NEVER!]
* Snipe takes three stairs at a time
[Snipe] Cain: Those IDIOTS!
* Diamondback sprints after the small group, finally just levitating up the stairs
* ShellX downloads to the top of the building and fires at cain (600 AP)
* Snipe rounds a corner and keeps going
* Avatar picks up on DB's idea and hovers over 'em
[Snipe] Cain: Ah, yes...care to blow the building up still?
* ShellX downloads to another corner
[Snipe] Cain: .......
* Dias flies past Snipe using his rage to increase his speed
[Diamondback] [Go screw yourself, Cain.]
* Avatar activates his psychokinetic siheld
* Spirit dashes in werepanther form
* Diamondback throws up a telekinetic shield
* Snipe uses his jets to glide up
* Paladin thrusts past Maki and stands in front of her
* Gravedigger leaps up entire sets of stairs at a time
* ShellX fires again and downloads to another corner of the roof
[Snipe] Cain: Fool!
[Gravedigger] NRP: BRB
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[Diamondback] [You're not the first to call me that, Cain...]
[Cain] PREPARE TO DIE!!!
* Dias adrenaline pumps and he goes even faster
* ShellX fires and downloads off the roof
* Cain shoots madly across the oof
* Snipe is halfway
* Matsuoka forces Paladin out of her way and starts running again
* Diamondback catches up with Snipe
* Cain aims at the roof and fires downward, blowing up half of the stairway
* ShellX download behind Cain, firing again
* Avatar unleashes a psionic and telekinetic assault on Cain, doubled psionically (1,700AP total)
[Snipe] WHAO!!  *totters and falls*
* Cain side steps
* Paladin rubs his face and puts his helmet on
* Cain punches shell
* Diamondback telekinetically catches Snipe
* Dias grabs Snipe
[Snipe] Thanks
* ShellX downloads to a corner and fires
[Diamondback] [Anytime... We've gotta keep goin'...]
[Dias] You ain't dieing again
[Paladin] They're all going to get themselves killed . . .
* Cain fires a wave across the roof, hitting Shell (1000 AP)
[Dias] Now how do we get up
* Snipe leaps up the broken parts of the stairway
[Spirit] [He's gotta have some weakness...]
* Diamondback continues heading up the stairs, or what's left of them, by hovering
* Dias follows behind Snipe
* Paladin runs to the door to the roof
* ShellX falls to his knee, barely keeping from falling off the roof
[Cain] ,......Now, Shell...
* Cain steps towards him
[Diamondback] [Wonder how Shell's holding up...]
* Paladin cracks it open, taking in the scene outside
[Cain] Time to die....
* Cain charges a blast in his hand
[Avatar] NRP: Am I at the roof?
* Snipe follows Paladin
* ShellX downloads to the left
* Diamondback telepathically scans the roof
[Snipe] NRP: I guess
* Paladin fires a shot at the back of Cain's head, trying to knock him off the roof
[Cain] ....The others are here....
* Dias goes running through the door
* Cain takes the hit
[Diamondback] [DAMN! Move it, everyone!]
* Dias leaps at Cain bringing his arms back1"Cross Slash" and then forward cutting an X on Cain
* Cain stands still
* ShellX locks on to Cain's cannon
* Diamondback shoots up the steps, moving even faster
* Cain flips Dias over the roof
[Gravedigger] NRP: Back
* Avatar psionic scans for Cain's stats
* Dias grabs onto the edge
[Paladin] . . . aw shit
* ShellX fires his Ionizor at the cannon trying to disable it
* Snipe sighs
[Dias] NRP: Waits for the rain
* Dias looks down
[Snipe] The battle begins  *rain pours down as lightning crackles*
[Dias] SHIT!
* Paladin rolls out of the door and fires off a salvo of rockets, before moving behind some cover
[Cain SOUND]
* Spirit pounces on cain, raking her rear claws.
* Dias slowly pulls himself up
* Gravedigger takes out his sai
* Cain stabs a sword trough Spirit (fatal wound; 3000 aP)
* Diamondback blasts out of the stairwell, a half-hawk, knocking Spirit out of the way
* Gravedigger sizes up Cain with it
* Matsuoka staggers onto the roof, breathing heavily
[Snipe] Spirit!   Shiiiit!  *holds his saber awkwardly, not attacking*
* Avatar his sword telekinetically hovers by him
* ShellX fires another ion blast at the cannon (500 AP drained)
* Avatar rapidly slashes Cain at inhuman speeds, while psychokinetically reinforcing each blow, and psionically hammering the target, 1"Be Damned", after the third slash, stops his assault (4050AP)
* Dias stands behind CAin
* Cain dodges it
* Cain dodges all of Avatar's attacks
[Cain] Fool
[Avatar] [Damn!]
* Dias leaps at Cain bringing his arms back1"Cross Slash" and then forward cutting an X on Cain
* Cain throws Avatar into Dias
* Avatar pulls sword back to him
* ShellX fires another ion blast at the cannon using the lock on to hit the cannon (500 AP drained)
* Spirit limps weakly off to one side (and behind cover)
[Dias] OOF!
* Gravedigger throws his sai
[Avatar] NRP: I was at a distance from Cain though...
* Cain absorbs the stun
[Cain] NRP: He ran at you and threw; he's fast
[Avatar] [GAH!] *telekinetically lands safely*
* Snipe stands there
[Paladin] NRP: how can you be at a distance when you slash?
[Dias] NRP: Thanks, I think
[Cain] .....Who wants to take me 1 on 1?
[Avatar] NRP: Telekinetically moving the sword
* ShellX downloads a bunch of Spydirbots to attack Cain
* Dias looks around frantically
[Avatar] [That's what he wants... Our power is in the group...]
* Cain blows the spydirbots up with a blast
[Dias] How can we beat up
[ShellX] What do you think we are, crazy?
* Paladin sits behind the outcropping
[Cain] Perhaps...you came, didn't you Shell?
* Spirit uses her PsiHealing on herself.
* ShellX begins charging his grav-a-rang
[Cain] You want to know something?  I killed my own brother..want to know who that was?
[Avatar] [Get it straight, Cain, we play by our own rules.]
* Cain hands glow with energy
[Paladin] Who?
[Cain] Crucifixtion./
[Paladin] Ha!
[Avatar] [What...?!]
[ShellX] Yes, but I'm a scientist... it's part of the definition
[Dias] Oh my god..
[Cain] Quite fun too.  Him near death and all after your battle
[Paladin] I saw Crux die.
[Paladin] You weren't near there.
* Diamondback raises an eyebrow, silent
[Cain] Ah, but like Crux, I have many forms
[Gravedigger] NRP: Crux has many forms?
[Avatar] [But... I thought... Crucifixtion was on the ship/planet when it blew up...]
[Diamondback] NRP: Er, scratch that, forgot hawks don't have eyebrows...
* Dias clenches his fist 4"POWER RAISE" +550AP
[Cain] He was still alive, and hunting you.  Wanted to kill you for what you did.  I took the moment to kil him and escape the planet before he died
[Cain] NRP: He had 2 forms..remember.
* ShellX lets loose a localized G-Crush at Cain (900 AP)
[Avatar] NRP: He only had 2, and the second wasn't much different...
[Cain] ARHGHH!!!!!
* Cain stumbles back
[Avatar] NRP: Though that would explain him not being dead
* Matsuoka climbs to the safest place she can find and takes out her bow
[Cain] Bastard.
* Snipe kneels donw
* Dias leaps at Cain bringing his arms back1"Cross Slash" and then forward cutting an X on Cain
[Gravedigger] NRP: Sooooo Crux didn't have many forms then...
* Avatar glances at Snipe
[Diamondback] [Don't wuss out on us now, John McCormick...]
* Cain runs at Shell so fast he's a blur and blasts him into oblivion (2000 aP)
[Avatar] NRP: We didn't fight his last form, apparantly
[Cain] NRP: Aye.
* Dias misses and turns around facing Cain again
[Snipe] ....
* ShellX tries to phase through the attack
* Paladin charges his sabre and his cannons
[Cain] ....It seems I got your strongest warrior...
* Cain turns around, grinning
[Avatar] [... Snipe!]
[Snipe] ...
* Gravedigger slinks off to the side of the battle
* Dias walks towards Cain
[Diamondback] [Snipe! Don't lock up now...]
* Paladin sprints forward, slashing at Cain, then firing off the charged shot from point-blank range
[Avatar] [Hunters, we have to attack him, overwhelm him...]
* Matsuoka fires off 5 arrows towards Cain's head
* Cain stumbles
[Cain] Dammit
* Diamondback holds back, pumping shots off from his rifle
[Paladin] Attack, dammit!
* Avatar fires a charged rifle shot (500AP)
* Dias leaps in while he's stumbling slashin at his gut
* Paladin leaps back
* Cain stumbles back
* Spirit pops her scope and carefully aims her rifle.
* Cain falls off the roof
* Dias he then ducks and does a trip kick
* Avatar telekinetically and psionically pounds Cain (850AP total)
* Cain plays TGC Battle
* Diamondback runs to the side of the roof
* Dias looks over the edge
* Paladin walks over to the edge that Cain fell off of
* Avatar plays [tgc-battle.mp3] - 1727k - [i²]
* Spirit stumbles over.
* Cain grabs DB's throat and throws him over
[Dias] I have a feeling...he's aint' quite dead
* Cain leaps back up
[Diamondback] GAAAAH!
* Dias grabs DB
* Cain fires at Dias (4000 AP, fatal wound)
* Matsuoka jumps down and runs over to Snipe
[Avatar] [So do... !!!]
Continued...