The Alien Wars 6: Reality Strikers

Session 60

Session Start: Tue Sep 06 00:00:00 2022
Session Ident: #fumoffu
<DeathStar> 3
<DeathStar> 1
<DeathStar> -0-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-644.3.11
<DeathStar> Location: Classic Reality
<DeathStar> *Taiga and maybe Charlotte have escorted their Reliforce guests out, outside Aloutte who has remained with the Sage Trinity to learn all she can for the time being, leaving the Strikers to walk through the sandy wastelands outside the city; in the distance a beautiful forest can be seen growing by the city as well, indicating parts of the ecosystem is being restored at a massive rate*
<Seraphna> **Anyata has also remained behind, but it's impossible to get her to leave Allouette's side considering what she was made for.**
<Seraphna> Si> Pretty nice out here.
<DeathStar> <Ren> A sandy wasteland?
<DeathStar> *Ren is fanning her tail*
<Seraphna> Si> What's wrong with sand?
<DeathStar> *Ren deadpans* Oh yeah, fire based
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Si runs hotter than us
<DeathStar> <Ren> This is nothing to her
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...I see."
<Seraphna> Si> Fuuu. Well I am the Flame Dragoon.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Tell me, Si...how adept at you with your element?"
<DeathStar> *They soon spot the floating Grand Nuage, massive air ship over 200m, floating in the air. Ren cranes her head upward*
<Seraphna> Si> Very. I can control heat, both create and quell fire, and it doesn't really damage or harm me.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "What about manipulating a bubble where heat is kept out or channeed away from its occupants?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> *looks up* "Mmmmmm...and the Legion is unable to find or track that? Seems suspect."
<DeathStar> <Ren> They probably know. I think one of them said they do contract work or something. Or did. We don't have the whole story yet.
<DeathStar> *Ren lifts Kaori by her collar and wiggles her like a magical item*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "It sounded like they had some manner of falling out..."
<DeathStar> <Ren> So how do we get up there or get noticed?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "The invitation was extended to Allouette and Repliforce, not us."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Hm.
<DeathStar> <Ren> You think we can use comms?
<DeathStar> *Ren wiggles Kaori around her still*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Let's see.." *opens a channel* "Alouette sent us."
<DeathStar> <Ren> I'm using Kaori's power of reality to keep cool
<DeathStar> *After a few moments, the group is warped up, a group of reploids standing there staring at Ren twirling Kaori and Si hunched over in the corner*
<Seraphna> **Si snaps up** Found the pocky... hey where are we?
<Seraphna> **Kumiko rolls her eyes**
<DeathStar> <Reploid A> ....
<Seraphna> Si> Hi?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Ahem....Strikers, we're here."
<DeathStar> *The reploids nod and turn to lead them through the ship, walking along the various hallways of it. There's people walking around doing various work and they can see rooms off to the side of the ship*
<Seraphna> Si> I can see that from the reploid ellipsising us.
<DeathStar> *There also appear to be Humanoids working the ship*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "please don't be meta, Si. Its rude."
<Seraphna> Kumiko> **nods in agreement**
<DeathStar> <Ren> I don't get it
<Seraphna> Si> I'll tell you when you're older.
<DeathStar> *Ren pauses - opening and closing her mouth*
<DeathStar> *Ren props Kaori up to watch the entrance*
<Sara> * Kaori makes a noise
<DeathStar> *Ren aah's*
<DeathStar> *They are led to what looks to be the bridge where they find Praire, standing at about 16 years old. She wears a hat and is looking over information as they enter it, frowning in thought*
<DeathStar> <Reploid C> Strikers!
<DeathStar> *The blonde reploid turns to look at the team*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "That would be us."
<Seraphna> Si> Are you the one called Prairie?
<DeathStar> <Prairie> That is me. You're friends of Alouette?
<Seraphna> Si> Yep, actually my Mom built her.
<DeathStar> *Ren hands Kaori pocky*
<Seraphna> Si> So she's kinda my sister.
<DeathStar> *the blonde studies Si at that, setting down her data machine* Is that correct? So you're from another reality.
<Seraphna> **Si nods** That's our deal.
<DeathStar> <Ren> We're just going to tell them that?
<Seraphna> Si> Mmm, if Prairie is who I think she is, she already knows.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Well...Si already did. So no reason to bother hiding it."
<DeathStar> <Prairie> We met people like that long ago. I thought that may be the case.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...well, we came to investigate this reality. The last time we had contact with you...things were different."
<Seraphna> Si> Yep, my Mommas were among them. As was Kumiko's... Mom here.
<Sara> * Kaori eats pocky
<DeathStar> <Prairie> Of course. I was a child when I met many of the heroes of your world before.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> It's been so long that I cannot recall much of that time well anymore.
<DeathStar> *she turns to look out the window* <Prairie> Is there anything I can help you with? We're on a time crunch right now.
<DeathStar> *Taiga sips in behind them*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...we met with the leaders of the Legion. Thy said some things, but we aren't taking what they say as fact yet."
<Seraphna> Si> Well we're seeing what heroes we can find from the old batch, and we want to know more about the world from your perspective.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> The Sage Trinity. We're hoping to clear up some of the misunderstandings that is going on right now. The Legion is the world government for the most part in this region; the outer regions where we're mostly helping out is still having a lot of Maverick outbreaks. The outlands also have a lot of ruins sometimes. *she brings up the world map and Legion space seems to be here with there being other regions that have not yet expanded full influence, included some space belonging to something called Slither Inc. in the Outlands*
<DeathStar> <Prairie> Right now those you're seeking our further out here. *She points in the Outlands* We're investigating the Biometals and something called Slither Inc.*
<Sara> <Kaori> Like... a big company of snakes?
<DeathStar> <Prairie> Um, no. IT's run by this reploid.
<Seraphna> Si> Does those misunderstandings include why the Wily one thinks that Seraphna and the Wind Twins are baddies?
<DeathStar> *She brings up the image of a reploid called Serpent, a giant reploid with a red triangle on his forehead and reddish pink hair that looks spikey in the front*
<Seraphna> Kumiko> Serpent... interest.
<DeathStar> <Ren> We found our Serpent!
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I doubt that its our Serpent."
<Seraphna> Si> What are the red gem things on people's foreheads anyway?
<DeathStar> *Prairie looks confused*
<Sara> <Kaori> I'm... with Noire on this one
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Si means the red triangle mark."
<DeathStar> <Prairie> *looks a little uncomfortable. It doesn't look like she had one, but with her hat it's hard to tell*
<Seraphna> Si> What's wrong? If so many people have one I can't see what's embarrassing about it.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *just watches this interaction*
<DeathStar> <Prairie> The Legion law has it so that humans and reploids are now are essentially one if you do not know. The triangle does identify reploids. But it also means reploids now have age restrictions on them. To live "natural" life spans. To become more human.
<Seraphna> **Si muses** Weird.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Blue and Cole would flip
<Seraphna> Si> Where we come from there's many different species, lots of alien life lives together, so age is only a relative thing.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *pulls out a small datapad* "Mmmmm...does the name of Senreich mean anything to you?"
<DeathStar> <Prairie> Yes. He was a monster.
<DeathStar> *she turns back to her information pad*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...we know. He invaded our reality not too long ago."
<Seraphna> Si> Also what happened to the old heroes who were working with you? Wily claimed they were dead and called them Fiends.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> Wily? As I said, if you want to talk to them you could work with me. They're in the Outlands helping trying to clear up the mess with Slither Inc. We think he is the bad guy in all this, but he has a lot of pull
<Seraphna> Si> Sorry, Albert.
<Seraphna> Si> Hard not to think of them based on the scientists they were based on.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> They specialize in digging up technology and have been after Biometals.
<Seraphna> **Si nods** Sounds like something we can do.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> But they're also the ones who have made a lot of great developments and so no one wants to challenge them. We've probably are not very popular.
<Seraphna> Kumiko> Digging, treasure hunt?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We'll see."
<DeathStar> *She nods and points; the ship begins to head out to the location, leaving the Legion space behind*
<DeathStar> <Ren> We're going on an adventure.
<Seraphna> Si> Fuuu... so Prairie... were you Allouette before? Or are there like a whole bunch of you.
<Sara> <Kaori> That's rather frank of you
<Seraphna> Si> It's a Gitari thing. Despite my long life I come from a race that normally doesn't live long enough to waste time.
<DeathStar> *Prairie turns her head at Si* Yes, I was Alouette once.
<Seraphna> **Si smiles** Good to know. From all the records I read you're good people.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *looks up then thumbs through her pad* "Ah, another question: does the name 'Bot World' mean anything to you?"
<DeathStar> <Prairie> Bot world. *She thinks hard* There is probably a world of Bots that the heroes of this world encountered eons ago.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Bot World?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Oh jeeze
<DeathStar> <Taiga> You've been reading Striker files?
<Seraphna> Si> That's the one Airym got all personal with right?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...I'm field leader, aren't I?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I believe this world's Leviathan and Harupia helped Airym with that
<Jackieness> <Noire> "However, based on that answer, they have clearly lost contact with Bot World. I'd dare say they have no contact with any off-world faction anymore."
<Seraphna> Si> I think Seraphna used to be like, Galactic President or something. Or was that Elayne?
<DeathStar> <Prairie> It's likely due to us moving ourselves through time
<DeathStar> <Ren> 'scuse me what?
<DeathStar> <Prairie> We moved ourselves through time to try to help with future crisis that were going to crop up. Not all of us did. Some of us stayed in the past and moved normally through time
<DeathStar> <Prairie> But we realized that when communication with the other realities were cut off we needed to plan for the future.
<Seraphna> Si> ...You know that might account for the issue. How far ahead did you go?
<DeathStar> <Prairie> Copy X's time. Ragnarok sort of jumbled things up
<Seraphna> **Si muses** I wonder if that is why your reality is out of Sync with the rest time wise.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...explain Ragnarok."
<DeathStar> <Prairie> Well, Copy X was already defeated and when we stopped things should have been resolved.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> It was a matter of restoring order to the city. And for a while we did. There was no Omega and nothing to indicate there was any threats.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> But then out of nowhere a terrorist group of some sort inacted an attack on the city and Harpuia and a few others managed to sacrifice themselves to break most of the attack, but it still did a lot of damage to the surrounding area
<DeathStar> <Prairie> We used the time device to try to slow the attack and things got jumped
<DeathStar> *jumbled
<Seraphna> Si> The only thing buggging me still... how do you still have Mavericks? Didn't Seraphna kill Sigma?
<DeathStar> <Prairie> .... *peers to the side* Do you need Sigma to have Mavericks? Mavericks will always exist in some form. We're here
<DeathStar> *the ship lands in the outlands, where another city can be seen in the distance*
<Seraphna> **Si muses** I suppose. We were led to believe he was the "mind" behind the virus though.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> Let me lead you to the site.
<DeathStar> *she marches off and Ren watches her go* Looks like the virus evolved past Sigma
<DeathStar> *She helps Kaori up
<DeathStar> *Taiga gathers a few things and sets off*
<Jackieness> .noi "Mmmm...are you certain this Sigma was not simply another victim of the virus?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...are you certain this Sigma was not simply another victim of the virus?"
<Seraphna> Si> I guess that could be the case. Our own encounters of something like it have evolved with time too.
<DeathStar> *as they walk off the ship they can see a massive dig site being done by Slither Inc, and Mechaniloid security forces and some of them even digging taking place*
<DeathStar> *they look like they have the entire area sealed off doing work looking for this, tearing the place up*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "They certainly aren't gentle."
<DeathStar> <Prairie> This way. *She moves around the large mechaniloids*
<DeathStar> <Ren> I wouldn't enjoy fighting that.
<Seraphna> **Si bounces along, Kumiko floating**]
<DeathStar> *they come across a tunnel and Prairie slips in, pulling out a cyber elf that floats about*
<DeathStar> *it seems to light the tunnel*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> ... what the hell
<Seraphna> Si> Hey! It's like your AI love.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Thinking on it, I don't think the virus ever came from Sigma
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Based on what data I have on the Classic Reality
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...come on." *follows down*
<DeathStar> *she crawls along after them, her tail swishing*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Mind you it probably mutated thanks to him
<Seraphna> **Si fuus and provides more light, moving with them**
<Seraphna> **Kumiko tilts her head and slides in and out of the walls, peering at people as they move**
<DeathStar> <Taiga> It came from... *Suddenly the tunnel slides down into a cavern where they find the Wind twins*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...what?"
<DeathStar> *the male and female twins eye them, glowing, standing over something*
<Seraphna> Si> Well there's two of them!
<DeathStar> <Ren> My butt
<DeathStar> <Taiga> MY tail
<Seraphna> Si> Short tails have benefits!
<Seraphna> Si> And big butts!
<DeathStar> <Soma> It's them. <Fuyu> Yes.
<Seraphna> Si> We came looking for you and Seraphna. You two okay?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...it seems we might have been expected."
<DeathStar> <Prairie> *stands up* Hello. Sorry I'm late. I brought company
<DeathStar> <Soma> Why do you want Seraphna? *Fuyu looks defensive, her famfrit ears twitching as she glows*
<Seraphna> Si> Huh? Cuz she was a friend. I'm also mildly more interested because her proxy in our reality is my Mom.
<DeathStar> *The being on the ground seems to have wires hooked up to running into the darkness*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> What is going on here?
<Seraphna> Kumiko> Ears... Megumi is your Mom?
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> Yes. *She turns and on the ground is a female looking Mega Man X, the armor and style looking like X from the Zero games indicating an upgrade, but the armor breasts are unmistaken*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> ... I know this reploid
<DeathStar> <Soma> They're broken right now
<Seraphna> Si> That looks like X but it's a girl...
<Sara> * Kaori raises an eyebrow
<Seraphna> Si> If you know Seraphna can't you have her fix it?
<DeathStar> *Soma lifts his hand, glowing with progenitor light and in the darkness is Seraphna where she lurks with Biometal X, hooked up to some machines that are running to the female X reploid*
<DeathStar> <Soma> That's what she's doing, along with this biometal we found
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> We're also trying to find other biometals before Slither Inc does. *The sound of digging can be heard above*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Everyone's too loud. **she looks vaguely like Angela, but her hair has a distinct green tint to it and she wears a lab coat over her tactical suit** The drilling is bad enough.
<DeathStar> *Soma and Fuyu go back to the cavern, using their power to blast away rock*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I feel a bit lost
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...is it safe to move?"
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Any of you know basic Biomechanical Engineering? **she keeps working**
<Seraphna> **Si's eyes cross**
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I don't think anyone knows what that is!
<Jackieness> <Noire> "..Taiga...what about just engineering?"
<DeathStar> *Taiga moves over to the machine to help Seraphna power the biometal to the female reploid*
<Seraphna> **Seraphna tuts, applying the transfer a bit faster** See you're pretty good at this Ch... **she pauses, eyes going a bit dark** Sorry you remind me of someone.
<DeathStar> <Soma> I think I found something *they dig while Prairie holds out the Biometal they retrieved earlier* Here, do one of you think you might be compatible with this? Incase Slither comes in?
<Seraphna> **Si eyes it curiously**
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Won't be too long now. My bots might be able to act like biomech life but they're a finite resource until we can get back to building.
<DeathStar> *it seems to be greenish - Biometal H*
<Sara> <Kaori> H... H... Oh, it's a perverted Biometal!
<Sara> * Kaori then turns red when people inevitably correct her
<DeathStar> *Ren jerks*
<Seraphna> **Seraphna snickers** That is a Wind Attuned Biometal.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...ahem...I'm all Dark."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> You'll essentially gain the powers of Harupia if you wear it.
<Seraphna> Si> I'm all fire.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> It was made from Harpuia
<DeathStar> *Soma and Fuyu return with another biometal, this one all reddish*
<DeathStar> <Soma> Got it. Model F. We still haven't found Z.
<Jackieness> <XX> /noi "F is... fire?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "F is... fire?"
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> Yes.
<Seraphna> Si> Now THAT I can do.
<DeathStar> *Biometal X jolts energy through the wires into the female reploid*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Si, can you handle it?"
<Jackieness> <XX> *suddenly sits up stiffly*
<Seraphna> **Si nods and takes it**
<DeathStar> <Prairie> XX? Can you hear us? Are you alright? <Taiga> That really is XX? How is she? <Prairie> She was one of the heroes of Ragnarok. She might have suffered memory damage
<DeathStar> *Biometal X floats over to XX and floats around her*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> If necessary, she can use any Biometal.
<Jackieness> <XX> *turns her neck then moves her arms, creaking
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Better than anyone with Biometal X.
<DeathStar> *Biometal F floats to S and the two begin to hold a conversation only the two can hear. Taiga eyes them oddly*
<Sara> * Kaori tilts her head
<Sara> <Kaori> What are they doing?
<DeathStar> <Ren> I have no idea.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Oh they contain a copy of the conciousnesses of their sources.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Fefnir and Harupia are essentially chatting.
<Jackieness> <XX> "Feel....stiff..."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Being a lazy pants for 300 years will do that.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> We'll get you out of here--- *At that moment part of the cave collapses as the mechaloids begin to dig and search for biometals. Security forces begin to come toward them*
<DeathStar> <Soma> They're here. We've run out of time to find it
<Seraphna> Seraphna> We either need to leave or be prepared for a fight.
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> There's a lot of them to fight. But I'm willing...
<DeathStar> <Prairie> If we fight them now we'll definitely be branded traitors.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Mmm, my ancestor's copy has been making our lives harder and harder.
<DeathStar> *She begins to back up*
<Seraphna> Si> We could exit with them, Taiga?
<DeathStar> <Prairie> We need proof that Slither Inc is the problem to provide to The Sages.
<Jackieness> <XX> *tilts looks around*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Lets.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...indeed."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> A reality jaunt? Just don't open the portal in a wall please.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We've had practice."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I got another idea. *foxholes and leaps through8
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Everyone through!" *heads through the foxhole*
<Sara> * Kaori hops through
<DeathStar> *Ren hurries in and Soma and Fuyu zoom in as Prairie helps XX in*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Fascinating, is that Miyuki? **She muses and hops through after grabbing the chatty biometals, Si and Kumiko doing the same**
<DeathStar> *The foxhole takes them outside the digsite a little bit. Taiga flexing her right hand thoughtfully; a few moments later the Slither Inc mechaloids begin to bust forward and head toward the city, carrying two Biometals*
<DeathStar> *Prairie grabs her looking glasses and looks and then cries out in panic*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "What is it?"
<DeathStar> <Prairie> He has Biometal Z and has ... an unknown Biometal. *She hands it to Noire*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *takes a look*
<DeathStar> *Taiga tries to use her fox eyes to look*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Mmm, is there a way we can borrow those anonymously? If I go Dragon Form it'll give me away. I prefer the council assume I am dead for now.
<DeathStar> *it looks to be a reddish black biometal with a yellow casing top, and it's emitting evil as the mechaloids seem to be going Maverick as they carry it into the city. The entire Slither Inc army infact. Which is a lot*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmmm..well, they do think you're a fiend."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...is there a chance that is this Sigma we were discussing earlier?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I Think it might be worse.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I'm listening."
<DeathStar> <Prairie> It looks like Dr. Weil
<DeathStar> <Prairie> Who was behind Copy X
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Can people turn into Biometals?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...I have no idea who that is." *looks* "However, and entire army of Mavericks is now marching toward the city."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> We will call it Model W for now.
<Seraphna> Si> We should stop them right?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Well, Guaedians fight Mavericks, right?"
<DeathStar> *Prairie nods* Lets get back to the ship and head them off
<Seraphna> Si> Yo, Fire Biometal, let me kick ass with you!
<DeathStar> *Prairie uses the ship to warp them up and flies ahead of the marching army on the city; by now they're already beginning to enter the small city, much smaller than the Legion based city, but still fairly impressive. Humanoids are running around panicking in the streets*
<DeathStar> <Soma> I'll take care of them all. *he boasts, teleporting down to the street*
<Seraphna> **Seraphna muses and checks over XX's systems, putting on a pair of glasses to work**
<DeathStar> *Biometal X floats over XX*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Equip what you can and head in. I have to act as an Operator for now.
<Jackieness> <XX> *just stares at Seraphna as she works*
<DeathStar> *Fuyu joins Soma and Taiga foxholes her group down to the ground*
<Seraphna> **Seraphna eyes her** Equip X already will you dear.
<DeathStar> *The mechaloids seem to be mostly machines, giant machines*
<DeathStar> <Ren> I can do this. I can DO this. *She begins to smash things and break leegs off, beating mechaloids up*
<Seraphna> **Si comes down and starts blasting mechaloids with fire of her own**
<Seraphna> **Kumiko floats in front of one and starts imploding it with a gravity well**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm..." *leaps down and spawns tendrils, moving to smash the Mavericks*
<DeathStar> *it seems they;re not that tough, but it's the number that is the problem*
<DeathStar> *As they blow up and drop energy pellets*
<DeathStar> *one fairly large mechaloid smashes through the wall and is 16 feet and rolls into a ball, trying to use it's size to steam roll the group*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Aah! *She dives to the side*
<DeathStar> *Taiga attacks the ball form but it seems invulnerable*
<Seraphna> **Kumiko arrests it's gravity and makes it a floating ball**
<DeathStar> *it floats*
<Seraphna> **Si fuus and starts superheating it**
<DeathStar> *in the distance, a building begins to burn as fire shooting mechaloids attempt to burn it and the citizens inside down*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Dammit all
<Seraphna> **Seraphna muses and taps XX's head** Low response time. We may need to rework your wiring.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Si, is there anythign you cna do to control that building fire?!"
<Seraphna> **Si nods and holds out her hands, starting to kill the fire and draw excess to herself**
<Jackieness> <XX> "My body feels like...like...like...somethign stiff."
<Seraphna> **Seraphna gets out oil and starts lubricating her**
<DeathStar> *Si gains energy due to the Biometal and glows*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Si is glowing
<Seraphna> **Si aims the Biometal's fist cannon at the next big target and blasts out the fire**
<DeathStar> *low to the ground mechaloids begin to charge the ground while a massive one moves forward and is blown up
<DeathStar> <Taiga> We're being overrun!
<DeathStar> *Ren dshes and smashes the little one with her duplicate*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *drops down into the path of the charge and then forms a singularity, tossing its into the center of the oncoming line to pull them back in*
<DeathStar> *they're sucked in*
<Seraphna> **Kumiko exerts gravity on some of the small ones to crush them**
<DeathStar> *And crushed*
<DeathStar> *finally three ball ones come rolling in and begin to charge them bouning around*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Hey hey. *she tries to foxhole dodge*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "This is getting annoying!"
<Seraphna> **Seraphna grabs the X model and pushes it against XX** You know if you equip this you'll feel better. Embrace the Metaloid.
<DeathStar> *Taiga duplicates and they both grab the ball and strain, but the other two bounce toward her to crush her*
<Seraphna> **Si ground slams and blasts a flame geyser at one**
<DeathStar> *Si saves her*
<Seraphna> **Kumiko floats the other**
<Jackieness> <XX> *takes and equips the biometal*
<DeathStar> *As Taiga strains and throws the ball at the others while XX glows and looks like Mega Man XX*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Good, now go out and destroy the enemy minions, my minion.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> ....
<Jackieness> <XX> "I am ready for action!" *runs and leaps off, charging a buster blast as she goes, lettign loose on one of the balls*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> What? I've been using that joke since you were half that size Prairie dear.
<DeathStar> *Soma and Fuyu work to save people and blow up things, stopping by to blow up a ball along with XX, leaving just one left*
<DeathStar> <Soma> Good to see you back in action, Miss XX.
<DeathStar> *suddenly, a lance comes down and pierces the lst ball*
<DeathStar> *blowing it up despite being in a ball form*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Took them long enough.
<Jackieness> <XX> "No tiem to chat, one more to smash. Until just now."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Grab the biometals before the smoke clears."
<DeathStar> *I guess more of a spear*
<Seraphna> **Seraphna taps her hand and the non-W metal flies to her hand**
<DeathStar> *it looks like - it's a fake?! They've been had. AT least Z is real*
<DeathStar> *as the army is destroyed, Leviathan lands, her armor beat up and she looks sparky these days. Leaning on her spear, she eyes the group before her*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> ... She's seen better days
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Contain the Metal-W.
<Jackieness> <XX> *turns to Leviathan*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> And you, Levi, get your aquatic behind over to me for repairs.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> Looking for Metal-W.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> This attack on the city should be enough to clear our names but we can't let W fall into the wrong hands.
<DeathStar> <Leviathan> After we finish this.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> There's more?
<DeathStar> *the data comes up - Slither Inc is in Area D-2 and data comes up on the HQ* <Prairie> It's at their HQ already.
<Seraphna> **Seraphna raises a brow**
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Looks like it already has. At least it's not in Albert's.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "The fake biometal must has been a MAverick virus trap."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Should we stop by for a visit.
<DeathStar> *Taiga holds Metal Z*
<DeathStar> *giving it over to KAori for now*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Indeed. Also be careful with Z, you will make Prairie blush.
<DeathStar> *Prairie flusters* What are you saying? Huh.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Just that I know my little one.
<DeathStar> *As they approach the Slither Inc, the people nearby seem to still be in a daze from the attack. The mechaloids that are protecting it still seem to be acting strange, keeping anyone from getting near it*
<Sara> * Kaori takes it gently
<DeathStar> *so far no one seems to be blaming Slither Inc, which is odd, probably due to thinking it was a mistake*
<Jackieness> <XX> "There are too many civilians around."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Yeah, and they still seem to be too dependent on Slither in this part of the world.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> They aren't likely to believe that it's gone corrupt
<Seraphna> Seraphna> We should regroup and prepare a proper mission.
<Jackieness> noi "Mmmmmmm...agree. We need a plan."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Ah, it's been so long since I sent heroes into a base to take out Maverick Bosses.
<Seraphna> **Seraphna fixes her glasses, she probably doesn't need them, but close observation will show the glasses appear to be showing data on each lense.**
<DeathStar> *Leviathan begins to march forward with her spear, sparking*
<DeathStar> <Leviathan> I will provide you an opening
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Levi. Here. Now.
<DeathStar> *she seems to be listening to Sera as she walks*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> We're doing this the right way. And you're getting repairs so you can break more of them.
<DeathStar> <Leviathan> The right way takes too long.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> The right way saves lives.
<DeathStar> *she stops, then shrugs; the group returns to the ship*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> So what is the "right" way?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...stealth approach, I imagine."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> We repair and gear up and take a targetted attack on those within without alerting the civilian population.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> This will also allow us to gather evidence inside with less risk that it gets destroyed.
<DeathStar> <Ren> How do we get in outside the front door? I imagine their HQ has defenses.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Can we drop on to their rooftop?"
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Teleportation usually, but you have unique methods of travel that this reality is not prepared for as well.
<DeathStar> <Ren> IT's got some sort of beam coming out of the top
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Such as... Short Miyuki's Foxholes and your Dark One's ability to pass through shadows.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> ...You are a Prime Dark One and not a Motenks, right?
<DeathStar> *Leviathan paces the room*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I can't blind foxhole without getting us kileld
<Seraphna> **Seraphna sighs and uses her hand thing again, wind blasting Leviathan into a chair where she starts repairing her**
<DeathStar> <Taiga> It'd be super risky.
<Jackieness> <Noire> I'm not even sure what a Motenks is."
<DeathStar> ,Taiga> And that's depending on if I could get past the shields.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> A type of Dark One like creature in this reality
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Regardless, the same...blind portals would be dangerous to both sides."
<DeathStar> <Soma> We could just shoot the building but it'd be public
<Seraphna> Seraphna> The shielding should not be too much of an issue. I'm probably the only person alive who has ever encountered your powers before to know how to shield it. Prairie, do we have a map of their base?
<DeathStar> <Leviathan> I was just going to scare the civilians way
<DeathStar> <Leviathan> But someone stopped me
<Seraphna> Seraphna> I'll take care of that.
<DeathStar> <Prairie> No
<Seraphna> **Seraphna taps something on her arm** Done. In about 30 minutes we'll have a cover assignment to destroy wild Gatorbots.
<DeathStar> *At that moment the building begins to quake with dark energy*
<Seraphna> **Seraphna peers up and tilts her head** That's unexpected.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> But saves on Gatorbots.
<DeathStar> *it's something on par with the time of Ragnarok even*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...and they appear to have done somethign stupid."
<Jackieness> <XX> "This situation requires emergency action."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> They were always going to do that. But now we have reasonable excuse to publicly assault the building to... rescue them.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Prairie dear, set up the mission. We must rescue those poor Serpent Inc workers.
<DeathStar> *she nods and sets up the paperwork*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Gatorbots...
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Ah, politics, and I only have to guard one planet these days.
<DeathStar> *Taiga prepares to head down while Ren steals the last of the pocky from Kaori*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Taiga..it seems methgators are a cosmic constant."
<Seraphna> **Seraphna nods** Without having to destroy the gatorbots we preserve the budget and Megumi will not hit me.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> IT seems so. *as the group lands, Soma nd Fuyu zoom in ahead of them with their Progenitor speed*
<DeathStar> *There's cracks in the walls of the building as they enter and stuff seems to be coiling through it; people are fleeing past them to the exit*
<Seraphna> **Si rushes after while Kumiko protects fleeing civilians**
<Jackieness> <XX> "Leviathan, are you ready?" *holds up her buster*
<DeathStar> <Leviathan comms> I'll join as soon as the mad scientist lets me go
<DeathStar> *as they head in they see Serpent has become something different, floating there, the Metal W seeming to have powered him up* <Serpent> Who ... are YOU? *he ask with no recognition*
<Jackieness> <XX> *comm* "Don't miss too much."
<Seraphna> **Seraphna stuffs an energy capsule into Leviatan** There. Go battle dramatically.
<DeathStar> *Leviathan joins behind XX as they enter the chamber*
<Seraphna> **Seraphna sits back and has tea**
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Well. He's a big boy now. *eyeing the large mechanical form*
<Seraphna> Si> Do we commence the fight scene now?
<Jackieness> <XX> "Classic."
<DeathStar> <Serpent> And why should we fight? I am merely here to help the world. *it's clear the Metal W- is affecting his mind as it glows with dark purple energy*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...and 'obviously evil' is what I'm thinking."
<DeathStar> <Serpent> The world will evolve under Slither Incs.
<Seraphna> Si> Dude you’re like, Ragnarok Part II: The Raganing mode.
<DeathStar> *his massive hand reaches out and grabs Ren and yanks her form as the room begins to crumble under whatever is going on, revealing the skyline*
<DeathStar> *it squishing her like a Vegeta toy*
<Seraphna> **Si fires a flame blast at his face**
<Seraphna> **Kumiko attempts to wrench the hand open with a gravity pull**
<DeathStar> *Serpent makes a noise, the other hand going for Si*
<DeathStar> *Ren drops and rolls, looking a bit crushed at the situation*
<DeathStar> *Taiga pulls Ren to her*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Take evasive action!" *forms her Dark Edge and moves to slash off the hand with Ren*
<DeathStar> *Leviathan gathers water from the air and throws it at the main body*
<Seraphna> **Si leaps up high and fires at the hand**
<Jackieness> <XX> *charges her buster and fires straight up the middle*
<DeathStar> *The hand breaks off and a new one forms*
<DeathStar> *Si breaks it off and an ew one forms*
<Seraphna> **Kumiko ripple slices at the body**
<DeathStar> *the main body meanwhile is taking damage slowly*
<DeathStar> *Serpent begins to fire blasts all over at the group - area attack prepare*
<DeathStar> Up, Down, Left, Down, Left, Right, Right, Down
<DeathStar> 5
<DeathStar> 4
<DeathStar> 3
<DeathStar> 2
<DeathStar> 1
<Jackieness> dururllu
<DeathStar> -0-
<Seraphna> dururllu
<DeathStar> *All of Sera's people are knocked back as is Taiga and Ren, but all of Jackie's make ir*
<Seraphna> **Kumiko creates a gravity shield to protect some of the group
<DeathStar> *Leviathan zooms to stab the chest with her spear and leaves it there*
<DeathStar> *pouring water in*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *charges up a darm matter ball and tosses it at Serpent to try to lock it down*
<Jackieness> dark
<DeathStar> *Taiga and Ren push themselves up as as the dark matter ball seems to partially effect it*
<Seraphna> **Si risers looking unhappy and snaps her fingers, flash lighting air, sending something like lightning at the water spear**
<DeathStar> *The main body is now sparking as Taiga and Ren begin to duplicate themselves, and the 4 Foxes leap in and begin to attack the center a t a rapid rate, pouring foxfire into the crack and leap off, something exploring with reality as the four slide back*
<DeathStar> *Serpent forms a cannon and lowers it to cover the entire room*
<DeathStar> *charging*
<DeathStar> *it seems to come from the right hand*
<Jackieness> <XX> *charges her buster and fires at the Serpent cannon*
<DeathStar> *XX's Mega Buster XX hits the cannon and knocks it upward.*
<DeathStar> *Taiga lays flat*
<DeathStar> *Ren gones prone*
<Seraphna> **Kumiko creates a well near his face, pulling at the canon**
<DeathStar> *The cannon fires and blows up the skyline in the distance*
<DeathStar> *Kumiko then suddenly rips the cannon off*
<DeathStar> *it flying at her*
<DeathStar> *As a new hand grows and it reaches to grab her and the cannon*
<Seraphna> **Kumiko let’s it, then opens a ripple for it with the other end at his face**
<DeathStar> <Leviathan> *begins to summon a tidal wave, leaving herself open. The other hand goes for hre*
<Seraphna> **Si leaps in front of her and punches the hand with her fist cannon**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *uses her tendrils to try to lash the hand before oit reaches Leviathan*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Okay, it's busy. *She charges and uses reality power to weaken Serpent*
<DeathStar> *The hand slams to the ground*
<Jackieness> <XX> *aims and fires her buster at the spot that Leviathan had lanced earlier*
<DeathStar> *Ren uses hands to crush it's sides as XX fires at the center*
<Seraphna> **Kumiko starts rippling the hand after the canon is sent flying at his face**
<DeathStar> *XX shoots through it's center, both hitting the face and center. Suddenly, Serpent begins to glow and beginsto blow up*
<DeathStar> *Serpent falls down, a normal reploid gain minus the Metal W as he lays there broken*
<DeathStar> <Serpent> ... there would have ... been a world without ... suffering and pain....
<DeathStar> <Serpent> You are all ... Mavericks for stopping me...
<DeathStar> *Leviathan grabs her spear back*
<Seraphna> **Seraphna appears and claps** Says the Maverick.
<Jackieness> <XX> "We are your legendary heroes."
<Seraphna> **Seraphna peers for the Metal-W.
<DeathStar> *he eyes XX and Leviathan a moment, studying their faces; it's hard to tell what his expression is before he subcums to explosions*
<DeathStar> *Seraphn can pick up no sign of it. Perhaps it was destroyed when his body was. Case closed?*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> So is it over?
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Mostly. We’ll recover his parts to inspect.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Scans for biometal just to be sure."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> IS there any cameras we can hack?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Or did the fool destroy them all?
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Check, his computer systems as well.
<DeathStar> *Taiga eyes the destroyed room*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> We'll have to check another floor
<DeathStar> *Ren holds her ribs, looking in abd shape*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Yes. That would be prudent.
<DeathStar> *Leviathan sparks a bit, moving for the door/elevator* Come
<Seraphna> **Seraphna looks Ren over** Let’s see… **she glows green and uses healing winds on Ren**
<Jackieness> <XX> *walks with Leviathan*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Oi! And you! How are you that damaged already!
<DeathStar> *Prairie can be heard typing on the ship's computers, trying to deal with the aftermath of their attack*
<DeathStar> <Leviathan> I overextended my limiters fighting
<DeathStar> *they soon arrive at a floor with computer terminals and files. Taiga begins to bring up screens*
<DeathStar> *showing Serpent and his hunt for Metal-W*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Looks like he was once a member of the Guardians long ago.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> And he encountered Metal W then.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> **taps her comms** Praire, destruction of the Maverick Metal confirmed. Send a retrieval team for Serpent’s parts.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> *Goes through the files*
<DeathStar> *Prairie acknowledges and sends a team*
<DeathStar> *Soma and Fuyu zoom about the place*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> This is interesting.
<DeathStar> *she brings up a figure that looks like crazed reploid with a scythe*
<DeathStar> *Talking to Serpent*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Who is that?"
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Prometheus.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> They seem to encounter her a few times. I can't hear all the audio, but they apparently wanted the Metal W too and are informing him that he cannot handle it.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> One of the top Mavericks.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> There's another figure behind him
<DeathStar> *she brings up a female standing with the scythe figure*
<Jackieness> <XX> "The he had dealings with the Mavericks the entire time."
<Seraphna> **Seraphna peers** Pandora.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> For some reason they did not take the Metal W from him. But it looks like they knew it would be too much for him in the end
<DeathStar> <Ren> So it's not over.
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Metals shouldn’t vanish like this after use…
<DeathStar> <Leviathan> ... this chapter is. We'll turn the data over to the Sages.
<Jackieness> <XX> "The Mavericks may have acquired it during the confusion."
<Seraphna> Seraphna> I’m beginning to get why X was such a baby.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Why?
<Seraphna> Seraphna> The cycle can be frustrating.
<DeathStar> -TIME HOP-
<DeathStar> Location: Legion Territory
<DeathStar> *The ship returns them back to where the Legion is set up and they return to the HQ to pick up Alouette and clear their name. Prairie joins them as they walk up to meet with the Sages*
<DeathStar> *Taiga looks around as they arrive*
<DeathStar> *Master Thomas looks up from the report*
<DeathStar> <Master Thomas> You all went above and beyond by stopping Serpent.
<Seraphna> Si> He was talking crazy talk. Had to be slapped.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And apapently intentionally unleashed the Maverick virus among his own security forces."
<DeathStar> <Master Thomas> IT seems that is so
<DeathStar> <MAster Thomas> Master Albert?
<DeathStar> *Master Albert nods* It looks like I Was wrong. It was Serpent and Slither Inc all this time
<DeathStar> <Master Albert> I apologize to Mistress Serapgna
<DeathStar> *Seraphna
<Seraphna> Seraphna> Accepted. **she smiles** Let’s try to make my legacy a better one shall we?
<DeathStar> <Prairie> We will continue to try to work to get the biometals out of the hands of any remaining Slither Inc hands. <Master Thomas> We will see that the company is slowly dissolved and the remaining assets allocated elsewhere. *Alouette arrives, holding a lot of data crystals*
<DeathStar> <Master Thomas> Your friend here has all they need. May you depart in peace
<DeathStar> *They three bow*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> *Turns to Seraphna and Prairie* The reality gate is open if you ever need us
<Seraphna> Seraphna> We’ll keep in touch, especially if there’s more invasions. The twins get grumpy and then I have to grill far too many cheeses to perk them up.
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> Also tell dad
<DeathStar> *She points at KAori*
<DeathStar> <Fuyu> To stop spending all his time with her
<DeathStar> <Soma> He's needed here
<Sara> * Kaori jerks
<DeathStar> *The twins sigh at Wind hanging around the fox training her with reality stuff*
<DeathStar> *giving her glares*
<Seraphna> Seraphna> To be fair I think he wastes time with their Erevis too.
<DeathStar> <Fufu> Creep
<DeathStar> *Taiga has Aurica open a reality portal and steps in. Ren quickly exits*
<DeathStar> -Epilogue-
<DeathStar> *After the team is gone back to the Prime and the Guardians have left, a shadowy figure - perhaps of the Sages if one knows their lore - meers with Prometheus and Pandora* <????> They are gone. I want to keep an eye on the so called heroes of legend, the Guardians, and those interlopers from another reality. *the figure moves over to a lab with dozens of Metal-W's, indicating this is far from over*
<DeathStar> -End?*
* DeathStar changes topic to 'Season 3 | Tuesdays | Phase 1 | Reality Strikers Session 61: The War of Redefining Reality Part I'
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