The Alien Wars 6: Reality Strikers

Classic Session 4

Session Start: Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 2023
Session Ident: #fumoffu
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-647.4.3
<DeathStar> Location: Asteroid C
<DeathStar> *Ren is going through various things they can do once they finish their Striker business, tossing snacks into mouth*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmmm... road trip?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> Mmm. **eyes reports from back home catching up**
<DeathStar> <Ren> Oh yeah, how did that magical girl thing end?
<Seraphna> Jaime> It seems Makai were trying to remove It. But just caused pandemonium and chaos in trying to.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Also I may have to murder someone.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm? And who has earned you ire?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> A mage hexed Terra.
<DeathStar> (That was ages ago
<DeathStar> (by a month)
<Seraphna> (Cut or assume she hasn’t murdered him yet? :P ))
<DeathStar> (just cut)
<Seraphna> Jaime> At any rate I will likely be less able to help with my planet in peril like this.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "So are you returnign to Geyze for the time being?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> As Ren said, the magical girl stuff is over by now. *Sits* There's probably still some scragglers about here and there.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Not yet, but when there’s smoke there’s fire. Just as a heads up.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh, I figured it wasn't just a one off occurance."
<DeathStar> <Ren> You plan to go Makai hunting for any that are left? That could take ages.
<Seraphna> **Si crawls into the room in a sleeping bag like an inch worm**
<Seraphna> **Jaime shrugs** No but I’ve put out feelers.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Besides it’s dangerous to give Adeline ideas sometimes. **smirks**
<DeathStar> *Taiga adjusts her glasses, mumbling about Jaime as Adeline comes in with some stuff* <Adeline> What about me?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I'm sure Jaime has the utmost trust and faith in you."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... Jaime is trying to kep you down."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I am using these mixed messages to wisely say only this. **darts over and dipsmooches Adeline**
<Seraphna> **TK lifting what she might drop**
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Has anyone seen Kaori by the way?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Is she missing?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Not lately. Granted, I don't know what she does in her spare time."
<DeathStar> <Ren> I figure she's Hess' you know what
<DeathStar> *Ren nods*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Check your tails, Ren.
<DeathStar> *Ren blinks, then slowly turns around*
<DeathStar> *tossing Akatsuki a snack*
<Alicia> * Akatsuki munches
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Alright, it would have been easier to have Kaori here but I suppose we can go without her.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "For a moment, I thought you were going to say she'd gone missing and we have to look for her."
<DeathStar> <Ren> I hope not
<DeathStar> <Taiga> While our alternate counterparts get their acts together, we need to find Wind and have a chat.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> His reality should be normalish now, so lets go
<DeathStar> <Taiga> And maybe learn more about this heart business
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And we're certain he is in his own reality, and not hiding in another?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Well, if that is the case, the twins can tell us more. *Adeline moves over to the controls and begins to power up the gate*
<Seraphna> Jaime> We could always get Momma Meg and wave her around to get his attention.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Well, uh, try that
<DeathStar> *as she steps through the gate, dragging Si, Ren follows, taking Aka with her*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *passes through the gate*
<Alicia> * Charlotte follows through
<DeathStar> *As the group arrives in the city, it seems strangely empty.* <Taiga> ... hm. I should have brought Alouette along
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...is there anyone here?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> There's normally a lot of humanoids and Reploids here
<Jackieness> <Noire> "My point exactly."
<DeathStar> *As they're talking, there's a marching sound in the empty streets*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh. Lets get out of the open streets."
<DeathStar> *Taiga nods and moves for the nearst building, picking a store*
<DeathStar> *stepping inside and ducking in to peer out the window*
<DeathStar> *Ren leads Akatsuki inside with her and ducks down*
<Seraphna> **Si sticks with Taiga**
<Alicia> * Charlotte hides with Ren
<DeathStar> *the marching grows louder; there's over turned vehicles and various store fronts to hide in as well as other places to hide*
<DeathStar> *down the street figures can be seen*
<Jackieness> <Noire> 8hides with the others*
<DeathStar> *soon humans can be seen with glowing white eyes, moving oddly, turning their heads and a few stop and peer at the group's hiding spot, their glowing eyes peering over the spot as if scanning it; then moving onward8
<DeathStar> *soon the mass group of 'humans' have moved on*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "... ... ...what?"
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Did they feel strange to anyone else?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... that was terrifying
<Seraphna> Si> Very creepy.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Those didn't seem like humanoids
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...we're operating without intel here."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "It's not like we can capture one to study."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> We need to find someone in the Hunters like Seraphna
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Yes, hopefuly they are sitll alive and free..."
<DeathStar> *Ren scans the streets, eyeing the wrecked vehicle* So.. how do we find them?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> *pats her pockets* I think she gave me something to summon her
<Seraphna> Si> Fuuu?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... if you cna summon her, then we should do so in a safe place."
<DeathStar> *Taiga nods* Alright. *She gets out of the store*
<DeathStar> *Taiga leads them along the wrecked highway, trying to get out of the city when there's sounds of fighting nearby*
<DeathStar> *Ren's ears perk up*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Come on." *goes to investigate*
<Seraphna> **Si keeps up with her**
<Alicia> * Charlotte hurries over
<DeathStar> *An extremely damaged Leviathan is facing off with one of the Mega Man the group faced off during their time skip in the Game of Destiny that they didn't have time to go over; it seems one of them has strangely survived, and looks powered up, with glowing white eyes, using Model L despite Leviathan being alive and no models should have been made of her. Thetis hovers there with his weapon*
<DeathStar> *having flooded part of the highway*
<Seraphna> Si> Well, I've got the fire. But Lightning would screw with it more.
<DeathStar> <Thetis> I must say, I truly respect you, *smiling* but --- I need what you have more to rid all the remaining people in the world do we can start fresh. <Leviathan> Truly disgusting
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... move udner stealth into position and then hit fast and hard."
<Alicia> * Charlotte moves closer, staying hidden
<Seraphna> **Si starts taking stuff out of subspace and putting it on**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *tries to get into aflanking position*
<DeathStar> *Ren creeps along the flooded highway, dogpaddling*
<Seraphna> **Si seems to be waiting, since transversing the water would weaken her**
<DeathStar> *Leviathan and Thetis clash; it seems this one will likely be the final one for one of them and they're putting all their powers into it*
<Seraphna> **Si gets into a running position, then blasts from her feet like engines, rocketing towards Thetis with a flaming kick**
<DeathStar> *He's caught off guard and Leviathan hits him with her weapon; the smile vanishing from his face* <Thetis> You.
<DeathStar> *He sends an ice dragon at Si*
<Seraphna> **Si fuus and bounces off him, sending a wave of fire out in front of her to melt the ice dragon and keeps it going on to Thetis**
<Seraphna> So> Steam Dragon!
<Alicia> * Charlotte moves into position, preparing
<Jackieness> <Noire> *rises up, slamming a dark matter ball toward Thetis while he focuses on Si*
<DeathStar> *his eyes flash white and his body begins to grow larger, a maelstorm forming to attack the dark matter ball*
<DeathStar> *Ren floats by Charlott*
<Seraphna> **Si touches one foot to a rail as she falls and hops back up, holding out a hand and sending a concentrated firebolt at Thetis**
<DeathStar> *Thetis is hit and jerks and stabs at Si, the weapon extending right for her, on and on on and on*
<DeathStar> *As Taiga reaches out to grab it*
<Alicia> * Charlotte launches a dark tendril at Thetis, partly as an attack, partly just a distraction
<DeathStar> *He jerks, sparking* <Thetis> ... *he begins to prepare to teleport* ... next time
<Jackieness> <Noire> 8splits the remnant of the dark matter ball into 'bullets' launching them for Thetis' back*
<DeathStar> *Ren foxfires him at the same time as Noire*
<DeathStar> *Taiga takes his own weapon and stabs him with it as her hand bleeds*
<Seraphna> **Si gasps and lands by Taiga, giving her her own healing**
<DeathStar> *Thetis manages the warp, but it makes a weird sound*
<DeathStar> *like a poof kack*
<DeathStar> *The water begins to slowly drain and Leviathan kneels there, sparking*
<Seraphna> **Si lands and looks over Leviathan.** What happened Levi?
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... should I play some .... victory music?
<DeathStar> *Taiga leans on Si, flexing her hand*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We should try to get to safety before whatever is in the city comes to investigate."
<DeathStar> <Leviathan> It's complicated.
<DeathStar> *she nods to Noire, handing them something* Come, follow me
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Right, lets get to safety first."
<Seraphna> Si> A safe place so we can summon Seraphna was the goal after all.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *nods and follows*
<DeathStar> *the blue haired reploid begins to lead them out of the city toward the ruins and deserts nearby, though it takes time with her damaged body*
<DeathStar> *After a bit they arrive at some ruins of an ancient structure and Leviathan hands them something to use, before powering down*
<Seraphna> **Si checks it out**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *looks at what they were handed*
<DeathStar> *it seems to be some sort of device to send out a signal*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> ... everyone ready?
<Seraphna> Si> Yep!
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... yes. Proceed."
<DeathStar> *Taiga taps it after a bit*
<DeathStar> *There's a woosh sound behind them. Ren turns slowly*
<DeathStar> *floating there is Soma and Fuyu, hands raised at them, glowing with hyperspace* <Soma> What happened to Lev?
<Seraphna> Si> THat douche from the games. We kicked his butt though.
<Seraphna> Si> ...We probably still need Seraphna to fix her huh?
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> Which ... doooooche?
<Seraphna> Si> Feetis.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "That's Thetis."
<DeathStar> <Soma> That one. 4 of them are back, serving as Generals.
<Seraphna> Si> Right, Feetus.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Are we really still going with that 'game' thing?"
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> There's no game anymore
<Seraphna> Si> Just armies of zombie white eyed people and Feetus guys?
<DeathStar> <Soma> We'll take you to the ship. Dad was trying to prevent this, but he's probably dead now
<DeathStar> *they grab the group* Come on
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Wait, Wind is dead?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We were looking for Wind..."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Shit. *The group is zoomed up toward a giant skull castle in the sky*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> ... what?
<DeathStar> *they land inside*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "We can't just assume... really? A skull? Someone lacks subtlety."
<Jackieness> <Noire> *looks around* "...this is a bad guy lair."
<DeathStar> <Soma> .... talk to Aunt Sera. *they carry Leviathan* Seraphna
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "An obvious bad guy lair."
<Seraphna> **Seraphna looks up, shorter than before again and even a bit more darker skinned, hair now almost entirely green, as she tisks at Leviathan.**
<Seraphna> Seraphna> The real irony is who is using my grandfather's style.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Why is she shrinking?
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Me! **she grins a bit, almost like she's lost it, but then starts deftly repairing Leviathan**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "... how is that ironic?"
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Complicated, but common among my species once we reach several thousand years.
<Seraphna> Si> The hair thing is another odd Dragoon similarity.
<DeathStar> *Soma moves over and presents an upgraded XX that Seraphna has been working on*
<Seraphna> **Seraphna sighs and kicks what seems to be a garbage can, which gets up on two legs, eyes peeking out of the darkness** Get the extra Model scraps will you Trashy.
<DeathStar> <Soma> Alright, we'll give you answers - we were preparing a counter attack anyway
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> Assuming XX can handle it after the Grey/Asha incident
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm? Now.... what is this about Wind?"
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Oh him, usual solo heroics. Probably fine. The kids worry too much.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We need an audience with him."
<DeathStar> *Soma glances over from checking on XX's readings* Right. Basically, dad was going on about that Sage Albert wasn't the only threat
<Jackieness> <Noire> "That's obvious now..."
<Seraphna> **Seraphna fixes oversized glasses and peers at Leviathan, before attaching charging cables** Mets, buff out those dents! **little helmet bots start crawling off a shelf of what seemed to be construction helmets**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Unsurprising."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> It was Thomas, dramatic shock everyone.
<Seraphna> Si> **Gasps**
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> Right, before we could act on Dad's intel
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Light was the real villain all along? Surely that's just a theory?"
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> He someone had used the bodies of all the humans who were turned into humanoids.
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> And downloaded the immortal reploid data into them, turning them into something else.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> A ghost in the shell, or a virus basically he left in their "code". Free will my pink tail!
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "...with a greek letter, right?"
<Seraphna> Seraphna> No Sigma, I shot him in the head.
<DeathStar> <Soma> I don't even know what they are anymore.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "And that stopped him?"
<DeathStar> <Soma> But there's a massive amount of them.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And where is Thomas now?"
<Seraphna> **Seraphna muses, then starts putting replacement parts on Leviathan**
<DeathStar> <Soma> Dad tried to stop the entire enterprise when Thomas used something we never saw and the entire place just went up in a bright light and only Thomas, and his 4 generals, and the army remained.
<DeathStar> *Megumi walks by* We're running out of funds to keep this place cloaked and flying. We'll likely run out of power soon
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Also XX's new functions cost way over budget.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> I theorize a dimensional shunt. Someone is helping Thomas no doubt. He's too dumb to put that together on his own.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Budget!? Put it on Wind's allowance tab.
<DeathStar> *Fuyu shrugs at Seraphna's answer* He should be in the city, if we can find him.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...outside help?"
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> But good luck getting past that army and the 3 remaining generals. <Megumi> Adding jetpack unnessary feature
<DeathStar> <Megumi> As well as extra size cup
<Seraphna> Seraphna> The Jetpack will be vital! They always throw a dumb jumping puzzle in the way!
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Hm. If Thomas is hiding himself with dimensional help that will be a problm
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Only way to bring him out might be to dismantle his operation
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Taiga, I'm thinking Illium Lords again."
<DeathStar> *Taiga hmmms* If that is the case that is a problem. That is their goal with this heart business. WHAT is the hearts?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Heart of Darkness my ass.
<DeathStar> *The skull begins to receive a signal. Megumi trots over*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> **Seraphna grumbles and shoves some heart shaped containers into Leviathan** More health bar for you this time. My pretty Aquagirl.
<DeathStar> *Leviathan slowly opens one eye*
<DeathStar> <Megumi> .... you have coordinates in the city
<DeathStar> <Megumi> This call cost 10 zenny
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Beat actually WORKED?
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Actually it seems to be from a shadey link
<DeathStar> <Megumi> I wouldn't trust it
<DeathStar> *goes to block the call*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Aren't all of our comm links shady?
<DeathStar> <Ren> uh...
<DeathStar> <Ren> How does this place even work?
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Oh take the call.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...no wonder the bad guys keep tkaing over..."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> SCIENCE.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> But seriously, I've kept the contagion out by using my own technology.
<DeathStar> *Megumi hisses and puts the call on. The caller's voice is disguised* <Caller> You should go to these coordinates if you want to stop Thomas. *They disconnect*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...that is pretty shady."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Ah yes, a mysterious messenger. Reminds me of old times.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Well. Whoever it is just drops this on you, so they must have followed us here
<Seraphna> Seraphna> It's probably just whatever Blues is these days.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> ...Blues?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Are you depressed?
<Seraphna> Seraphna> It's a name. He was the original Mega Man's older brother. A creation of my Grandfather. He has a habit of showing back up somehow from time to time no matter the era.
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... *turns to Noire* What do you think we should do?
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Time compression? Whatever keeps causing this recurring memetic of danger we face?
<DeathStar> *Soma has already taken off*
<Seraphna> **Seraphna sighs and shoves a booster into Leviathan** There. Stop getting broken.
<DeathStar> *Lev checks her body over and nods*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... we'll go and investigate while you keep doign whatever it is that you do jere."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Someone's already run off."
<DeathStar> *Fuyu nods* Here, take this, it iwll help you on your journey
<DeathStar> *she powers up XX*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Send me a signal when yoiu need help and I'll provide.... **dramatic pause, a Bot even plays a stinger** Support.
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> ... *whispers* The jetpack really will help
<Jackieness> <XX> *sits up* "My everything is all stiff...how annoying."
<Seraphna> **Seraphna nods to the Met, which carries off a boombox**
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Nonsense! I increased your jiggle factor by 15%.
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> ... Try not to be top heavy now
<Jackieness> <XX> "... ... ...you're a moron."
<Seraphna> **Seraphna giggles** Yet enough of a genius to make you.
<Seraphna> Si> Maybe she is losing it a bit.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Alright, lets go. *Fuyu offers her hands*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Probably."
<DeathStar> <Ren> This woman is what they call mad scientist.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *rubs the bridge of her nose* "...come on then..."
<Seraphna> **Seraphna tosses them a comms**
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Meg and I will act as your operators.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Please keep the battle within the budget to please her.
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Try not to communicate too much; these calls cost money
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...our comms work for free."
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<DeathStar> *Megumi grabs the comms*
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Thank you for your patronage
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Ut! I'll simply hack into yours then. Network fees apply.
<Seraphna> Si> We should hurry before they figure out we're in a roaming zone.
<Jackieness> <XX> "If they are so annoying, then perhaps I should vanquish them."
<DeathStar> *The group soon arrives back in the city*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "LEt's head to these coordinates."
<DeathStar> *as they work toward the coordinates, the humans with the glowing eyes walk about the city enmass*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> The coordinates seem to be a tower. *the tower seems to tbe old legion HQ, or what's left of it*
<DeathStar> *it looks to be reduced to rubble now*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...a bit sad now..."
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> We have to get through all these humans. <Taiga> Anyone can fly?
<Seraphna> Si> I mean, I can go mech or you can and carry them?
<Jackieness> <XX> "I was apparently equipped with a jetpack."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... I could try opening a shadowport into the tower's interior."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Lets try a combination
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Incase we are attacked
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I like the double pronged attack idea."
<DeathStar> *Taiga goes mech with Si*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Charlotte, with me."
<Seraphna> **Si lowers a wing for the group to climb on**
<DeathStar> *Ren gets on with Si while Fuyu goes with XX*
<Alicia> * Charlotte goes with Noire
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... we'll see you there. we'll port in from below. You take the high route."
<DeathStar> *As the group prepares to set out, the humans below begin to leap up with incredible height*
<DeathStar> *like spiders*
<Jackieness> <XX> "Hold on to me."
<DeathStar> *or grasshoppers*
<DeathStar> *heading for the team*
<DeathStar> *Fuyu nods*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *starts to workjopening the shadowpoert to the tower*
<Jackieness> <XX> (readied jetpack for flight mode*
<Seraphna> **Si blankets the cricketmen with fire**
<DeathStar> *Noire lands in the lower levels where a rancid smell hits and lots of machinary lies about; this being where the bodies and parts of the reploid data was at before. Movement can be heard down there*
<DeathStar> *Fuyu fires as well as the humans begin to shoot from their bodies as well, transforming somehow*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *places a finger to her lips*
<Alicia> * Charlotte moves in, hiding in the shadows as she does
<DeathStar> *Blowing up the area around those up top*
<Jackieness> <XX> *takes flight with Fuyu*
<DeathStar> *XX zooms past the humans and arrives at the tower in no time, or what's left of it, while Si keeps up her fire*
<Jackieness> <XX> *comes in to land in the surviving upper portions*
<Seraphna> **Si follows after providing cover**
<DeathStar> *Charlotte and Noire see somthing move into a lab nearby*
<DeathStar> *the others arrive on the rubble uptop*
<DeathStar> *Ren peers around at the army up top* How is it there are so many?
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<Seraphna> Si> Lots of civilians to convert.
<Jackieness> <Noire> 8gestures and tries to follow the movement*
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<DeathStar> *Ren moves along the rubble quietly and finds some stairs when she is jumped by a group of humans, who holds out their glowing hands*
<DeathStar> <Ren> So...strong..
<Seraphna> **Si blasts them away** Off the kidlet!
<DeathStar> *They go flying and another grabs Si; she begins to feel like her body is being downloaded when Taiga kicks her off*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Hands off
<Jackieness> <XX> "Am I allowed to exterminate these nuisances?"
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> Please
<Seraphna> **Si shivers** That was Wiiiiierd.
<DeathStar> *meanwhile Noire and Charlotte open the lab door to find Siarnaq stabbed against the wall*
<Alicia> * Charlotte checks on Siarnaq
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...cover me." *moves over to check Siarnaq*
<DeathStar> *the Mega Man villain seems to be dead - but by who?*
<DeathStar> *Ren begins to move downstairs when she makes a surprised yelp*
<DeathStar> *Taiga hurries down*
<Alicia> * Charlotte watches the entrance
<DeathStar> *Charlotte would see a figure grab Ren*
<DeathStar> *in the shadows as Taiga heads down*
<Jackieness> <XX> *begins firing at any attackers with her buster if they get too near*
<DeathStar> *then comically be grabbed*
<DeathStar> *As XX keeps the horde back, Fuyu covers her as well*
<Seraphna> **Si frowns and heads down after them, making a flare**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Ren's in trouble." *hurries out after her and the kidnapper*
<DeathStar> *Si flares the room and finds Pandora holding the two cute foxes while Prometheus is there near Noire, along with Atlas aiming at everyone from a hidden passage*
<DeathStar> *Promethus swings at Atlas*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "....what a cluster..."
<Seraphna> Si> Right, they hated Albert.
<DeathStar> *Atlas burns the ceiling and catches part of the lab on fire before escaping down the hallway.* <Promtheus> Insect.
<Seraphna> Si> So are you guys like, anti-heroes or trying to stop Thomas now?
<DeathStar> *Ren and Taiga worm free with Ren going to Charlotte*
<DeathStar> <Pandora> Anti..hero? *she says softly*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... we should pursue and talk later."
<DeathStar> *Prometheus gestures* After you. *As the fire begins to pick up*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *heads after Atlas*
<Seraphna> **Si sighs and waves a hand, starting to absorb some fire to power up while dousing the rest**
<DeathStar> **As they go down the passage, Atlas has stopped, the young female panting; it appears she is a human and is standing over where the discarded human bodies of those who become humanoids lay*
<DeathStar> *all hooked up to machines as they begin to rise up, the data flowing into them from reploids, eyeing glowing*
<DeathStar> *eyes
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "So, what's going on here?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> *lashes out with her tendrils to sever the wire connections*
<DeathStar> **as she cuts them and the bodies flop over, a wind attack hits Noire into the tanks and a nother figure in green floats down*
<DeathStar> *holding a sword*
<DeathStar> <Pandora> *covers Prometheus and the two begin to circle the enemy Mega Men*
<Seraphna> Si> So... why are you helping Thomas? What's the point of this? You've pretty much trashed your reality.
<DeathStar> <Atlas> Exactly. The point is to wipe the slate clean so everything can start fresh
<DeathStar> *Prometheus just cackles at the two*
<Seraphna> Si> You do realize if you clean the slate then there'd be nothing to START fresh with, right?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "How will any of this help?"
<DeathStar> <Atlas> Master Thomas' new forms will be what is left. And us Mega --- *suddenly her head flops on the groun*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Oh Lord.
<Seraphna> Si> Well the distraction worked.
<DeathStar> <Prometheus> I'm sorry, am I suppose to care?
<Jackieness> <Noire> *picks herself up from the mess* "...how irritating."
<Seraphna> Si> Zealots.
<DeathStar> *the remaining one launches his attack with wind, blowing Si away*
<DeathStar> *And slashes at Charlotte and Ren*
<Alicia> * Charlotte blocks with the Zero Saber
<Seraphna> **Si fuus and throws her arm back, punchinginto the floor with her other one and holding on, licking flame she uses the wind to stir it up and throws it back**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *forms her Dark Edge and leaps at Aeolus*
<DeathStar> *he pushes against Charlotte when he curses and ducks it. Pandora comes in, stabbing and swinging and Taiga punches with her good hand. Aeolus is forced back from all the combined attacks, stumbling against the tank*
<DeathStar> *Soma floats in, upside down, having been exploring*
<Seraphna> **Si then grabs the floor she was using to stablize herself and pulls it up, hurling the chunk at Aeolus**
<Jackieness> <Noire> 8tries to slash Aelous while he's unsteady*
<DeathStar> *he hurks and falls into the tank; trising up, Noire cleaves him and he falls apart
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And don't let me see you again!"
<DeathStar> <Soma> I might have found something
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "It sucks that we have to say things like that even when they fall apart like that."
<DeathStar> *Soma turns and begins to float off, heading back for the surface*
<DeathStar> *Promethus and Pandora, hand in hand, begin to leave, as if done with the group*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "MMmmm..." *follows after Soma*
<Seraphna> Si> Think we've disrupted his operation enough yet?
<DeathStar> *Ren snuggles against Charlotte as they go up to the top; Fuyu and XX stand there, with all the bad guys gone oddly, outside the bodies of the defeated ones*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Hard to say. Lets keep going."
<DeathStar> *Prometheus cackles a bit*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "That should account for all of the four generals."
<DeathStar> <Soma> Here, this way. *He heads away from the broken down tower and towards part of a Legion military building, where more of the humans are guarding it*
<DeathStar> <Prometheus> ... *prepares his weapon and Pandora floats up, preparing her ice*
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> I guess if we want in we have to take them ou
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Or sneak in
<Seraphna> **Si muses** Or...
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...?"
<Seraphna> **Si taps the comms** Can we get support now?
<Seraphna> **Seraphna cackles over the comms and starts teleporting in an army of Mets and Treshcanbots to assault the humans**
<DeathStar> *something strange begins to happen*
<DeathStar> *At first a few of them are easily beaten
<DeathStar> *but then they begin to adapt and grow stronger, their eye glowing eyes seem to become more glowy as their bodies seem to become stronger and more invulnerable*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> We need to go in now
<Seraphna> **Si nods, punching a hole of flame in front of them and running forward**
<DeathStar> *Prometheus and Pandora join in the assault*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Minions! Cover the heroes! And the Twins too!
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I wonder how they're doing that..."
<Jackieness> <XX> *picks up Fuyu and zooms through the break in the line*
<Seraphna> Si> When one touched me it felt like it was... downloading my body.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> The reploid data must be adapting.
<DeathStar> *As they rush along behind them*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Then don't let them touch you!" *dashes forward*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Of course... they must have some version of the W-Model's ability to absorb the DNA of things... or copy machine structure.
<DeathStar> *many of them lunge out at the group like zombies*
<DeathStar> Ughhhh
<Seraphna> **Mets start jumping into the humans and detonating instead of letting themselves be absorbed**
<Seraphna> Met 1> DOOD!
<DeathStar> *As they get into the hanger, Ren pants* <Ren> What is with this world?!
<DeathStar> *Fuyu thanks XX* <Fuyu> You mean Sera
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...I don't know..."
<DeathStar> *inside the hanger is a massive ancient ship from XX's time*
<DeathStar> *it's clear the Legion had unearthed it and was working on it, downloading information from it*
<Jackieness> <XX> "This vessel, or some like it are known to me."
<DeathStar> <Soma> Yeah. But what's weird is what I found glancing inside
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "What's that?"
<DeathStar> *As they walk up inside the ship's ramp*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Hmm...
<DeathStar> <SHIP> HeLO, ZeraPHna
<DeathStar> <Ren> Oh lord, there's another one
<Seraphna> Seraphna> My sister's ship.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "is it sitll airworthy?"
<DeathStar> *the screen shows information on the past as well as whoever it was looking into past events, including the Illium, alternate realities, including the Alternate Reality, and the Prime Reality*
<DeathStar> <Soma> It should be
<Seraphna> Seraphna> It would be coded to our DNA. But it should work.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Then we should use it to put distance between ourselves and that army outside."
<DeathStar> <Megumi on comms> Strangely, Zeraphna should still be alive if this one is alive. I wonder what happened to her to allow the Sages to get their hands on her ship
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Perhaps the record I found is making more and more sense...
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh?"
<DeathStar> *Soma sits down in the seat*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> We had hunters that went to the far distant future once. The records show I was there and one of two... let's say caretakers of Earth.
<DeathStar> <Megumi on comms> I should poison her now
<Seraphna> Seraphna> If I had a twin it would be Zeraphna. She is my identical twin.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> That would be against the budget.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Mmm..."
<DeathStar> <Megumi on comms> Drat.
<Jackieness> <XX> "This budget sounds annoying."
<DeathStar> *Soma a-has and the ship begins to move*
<DeathStar> *he shakily flies it through the wall, pratically running over Pandora and Prometheus*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "They usually are."
<DeathStar> *then heads up into the sky*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... are those two going to be alright?"
<DeathStar> *As they are flying, the ship as well as the Skull detect something on the sensors - a reality signature going in and out in the city*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> ... *eyes her watch*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> A reality blip.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "What do you have?"
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Target acquired."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> There's a flicker very faint. We should urn around.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Get us back closer to the city."
<DeathStar> *Soma shakily turns back around; as he does, Prometheus and Pandora slide along the side of the ship*
<DeathStar> *From where they were bumped*
<DeathStar> *The group arrives outside the city where a massive wasteland is and it appears bright as they near it*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Can you scan it?"
<DeathStar> *coming in for a shaky landing, due to the brightness, the scans pick up a figure in the center made of hyperspace*
<DeathStar> *and around is reality*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Why is a massive amount of reality there? It's like a gate.
<DeathStar> *Taiga steps out and studies the bright light*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "..it must be Wind!"
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I hope so."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Perhaps a temporal containment pocket.
<DeathStar> <Ren> A what now?
<DeathStar> *Ren squints as Taiga reaches into her subspace, ahnding out goggles*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Pocket dimension meant to hold something, like you Aliens hold food in yours.
<DeathStar> *Prometheus and Pandora hop off the side*
<DeathStar> *Ren jerks*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> And goggles.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *puts on the goggles*
<DeathStar> *the goggles allows them to see Wind, in an almost cross like position, or perhaps arms spread and pressed back against something to holding it back; it's clear he's burning a lot of power to do so*
<DeathStar> *the brightness begins to die down, as everything is dying down*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I think we're losing our chance to interact or whatever is going on
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Either pull him out or reinforce the breach.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "How?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> He seems to be pushing something back
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Taht might be a bad idea
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... maybe he is trying to prevent na incursion."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Then help him push.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Taiga, do we have anything to shut down the breach?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Not a this time. We might can talk to him though and learn more.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> You can see it, use your ability to breach reality and strikes!
<DeathStar> *Taiga fumbles with her pockets*
<Seraphna> **Seraphna is posing despite them not being able to see it**
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Here, use your suits and cover yourself entire and get as close as you can
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Make sure to use your watch to get yourself out of there if it goes bad
<DeathStar> *entirely
<Seraphna> **Si fuus and suits up, getting ready**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *nods and shifts her suit to full body before approaching*
<DeathStar> *Wind at first does not seem to acknowledge anyone until Noire has gotten closer, the brightness dying down; he opens his eyes* You should not be here. If this place collapses, you could be stuck between realities.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Tell us, what is going on? What happened that you needed to take Kaori's power?"
<Alicia> * Charlotte does likewise, listening
<Seraphna> **Si nears, battle ready**
<DeathStar> <Wind> My own powers are not what they were anymore; a group has been approaching the original trinity of realities looking for relics they dubbed the heart of the reality, it's... remnants. From back when the three were tied closely. I have no idea how they even learned such information
<Jackieness> <Noire> "They are called the Illium Lords. We have encountered them already."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "How can we identify these relics?"
<DeathStar> <Wind> They been seeking it out to make themselves masters and tricking people to push their agendas to locate it. And now they've caused a breach and if occurs, this reality will breach with the alternate reality.
<Seraphna> Si> So how do we fix it?
<DeathStar> <Wind> IT's a massive tear. Like any tear, there's ways to fix it. I'm attempting to heal it naturally, but it takes time
<DeathStar> <Wind> As for finding these Lords..
<DeathStar> <Wind> ...Seek a reality where the Illium won and you'll likely find them. And for the relics. *He thinks*
<DeathStar> <Wind> All I can hazard is what is the heart of each world in your opinion. *As it begins to grow brighter, Wind is growing harder to see and the watches begin to warn them the breach is vanishing*
<Seraphna> Si> Time to go.
<DeathStar> <Megumi on comm> Every day you're gone the budge is ballooning!
<DeathStar> *budget
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Plus she keeps using me as a bed when you're gone. Get back here soon you dolt!
<DeathStar> *oddly, with the two yapping, the alarm goes off faster*
<Seraphna> **Si grabs people and pushes back**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Right. Strikers, go!" *retreates*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Come on, lets go." *retreats with Noire and Ren*
<DeathStar> *The group appears back in the Asteroid*
<DeathStar> *Rolling hard*
<DeathStar> <Ren> OW ow ow
<DeathStar> <Taiga> *lands on her tail*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *lands on top of Ren*
<DeathStar> <Ren> *makes a comical squeak*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> ... did you all have fun? I lost contacr with you for a bit there
<Alicia> <CHarlotte> "Everyone okay?"
<Alicia> * Akatsuki waves
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...found...Wind..."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I'll see if I can help speed up his healing process, but in the meantime I'll also seek this Illium reality
<DeathStar> *Taiga dusts herself off*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...though it seems like that reality has essentially destroyed itself..."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> But it disturbs me that Thomas is still out there as well as a few other of their minions. *She thinks* I wonder if they're trying to do something like that. Break down the walls between realities. Make it like one again in a way.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> If you read the original notes, the 3 realiies were connected at a time, they might want to make a massive reality that they can rule
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We will need to deprive these Illium Lords of their victory."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> But I have no idea what each reality's heart is.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I have to guess Yggdrasil is ours. There's no other option
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Unless it's people
<DeathStar> *Taiga grabs her head*
<DeathStar> <Ren> I think mom is broken
<Seraphna> Si> Hmm... how'd things go here?
<Seraphna> **She looks around, assuming Adeline and Jaime were monitoring to some extent**
<DeathStar> <Adeline> For the most part, it was calm outside losing contact with you.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Pretty relaxing really. **leans against Adeline**
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Lets ... take a break from all this for now. For the most part
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Each reality can be considered a state of ... at least resolved.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Until we get more data. Even Tareh
<Seraphna> **Jaime feeds Adeline a strawberry**
<DeathStar> *Adeline eats it* Alright. I can help with the data part.
<DeathStar> <Ren> I can help with break part.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... yes, I've got a hot tub with my name on it."
<DeathStar> *Ren takes Charlotte's hand* Hey, Char
<DeathStar> *She walks off with her* You were sexy when you saved me~
<DeathStar> *Taiga lets out a breath while they go, flopping into her seat*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *heads to the teleporter back to Tokyo*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Illium Lords... pray this is just some mis-direction
<DeathStar> *she eyes the reality map*
<DeathStar> -END-
* DeathStar changes topic to 'Season 3 | Tuesdays | Phase 3 | Session 72: The Heart of Darkness Foreward - January 4th'
<Jackieness> :o