Mission 136: Knights, Science, and Mantras, Oh My!

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Aero: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFCU68Gim3o
Aero: After seeing Rana's message you are all now heading to what is most likely going to be a gigantic trap to try to rescue Alessandra's mentor Waylon. How do you feel about this?
Wyverncakes: Obviously Kei has every intention of shutting up this arrogant bitch!
Wyverncakes: And fortunately, Getter 2 can burrow through solid rock so hooray for surprise attacks
cubey@aol.pl: "Do not worry my dearest mentor, the rescue operation is commencing this very instant!" Alessandra barges into the hangar and starts Memento Mori, not waiting for any permission or confirmation. Unfortunately it still has to run out on its own power, so whomever wants to catch up with her actually has the ability to do so.
cubey@aol.pl: And it seems her genius plan to rescue the old guy is, of course, a head-on assault.
Overman Zappa: Lilly wastes no time pouting that she had to get called out to fight. See, she WAS going to wash her hair... or that's the excuse she gave hoping to get out of this. This isn't a date, this is MECHA COMBAAAAT!
Lilly: "Ick, I'm going to be so gross after this..."
tenebraelunaxiii: Emmy is a little worried. But with Mecha King Ghidorah she can at least work as a distraction so that the others can save the hostage.
kamikasei: Laura: "Alessandra, don't go out there on your own!"
Corel: For once, Nanoha has more than one reason to take part in a mission. Time to see if all that limiter-based training can really help others!
kamikasei: Just how much does the kidnap of a mentor alter the usual... sporting... tone of Alessandra's battles, anyhow?
Wyverncakes: Kei: "Heh, don't worry! She's got me for backup."
kamikasei: She's strapping on her helmet as she speaks, then summons the Pretender mid-run and lifts off the ground to catch up to Memento Mori.
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Overman Zappa: The worst part is that it's ALL girls... well, that's not so bad, but she really doesn't know any of these girls... It's either bonding time or, they're all going to remain weirdos... "S-so... we can do this, right? Like... I'll try my best and all."
Wyverncakes: Kei snorts when Lilly says that. "'Course we will! We've got a pretty good track record with hostages!"
kamikasei: Laura: "Don't worry. Everyone's got your back."
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "Most certainly! Just keep in mind to listen to the brilliant tactics as they appear dear lady, and everything should be most alright!"
kamikasei: She opens a private channel to Lilly.
kamikasei: Laura: "Alessandra's a little... hard to follow sometimes. If you're not sure what to do, follow Kei's lead."
tenebraelunaxiii: Emmy: We will be fine. Our combined strength and abilities should be more than enough.
Aero: As you approach the location of the coordinates you can make out a decently big canyon, hell you can even make out some large ruins located seemingly right in the middle of it.
Aero: Soon enough as (Most of) you enter you can see the Hokag- Hoc Age with the two Proeliators by it's side. Behind them is Waylon's Famulus.
Aero: Rana: "I see that you've brought lots of company Alessandra."
Overman Zappa: Lilly responds to Laura, theo nly girl she knows. "Uhm, right. I'll do my best though... i'm kinda like, suited for... aquatic stuff... I'll try though." says the girl in a mech with high heels.
kamikasei: Laura: "How do you want to play this, Alessandra?"
cubey@aol.pl: "I appreciate your tenacity to face me again, Rana, but I do not approve of your tendency to hold my dearest mentor hostage!" Memento Mori stands atop a tall rock, and shakes its fists angrily just as Alessandra does. "Unhand sir Waylon this instant, villainess!"
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cubey@aol.pl: That should be an answer to Laura's question.
Wyverncakes: Shin Getter 2's just gonna... hang back.
kamikasei: Since she's standing on Memento Mori's shoulder, Laura refrains from facepalming.
kamikasei: It'd be undignified.
Wyverncakes: Just so that it can make a fast burrowing in case things come to it.
Aero: Well Kei the Hoc Age raises it's hand and snaps it's robot fingers. Suddenly a huge number off Flumen Famulus' appear behind all of you.
Aero: Surprise it was a trap.
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra gasps in shock! Surely no one saw that one coming.
Aero: Rana: "I will Alessandra, but not before you fall by my hands."
Aero: [Enemy Count: Hoc Age (Rana), Proeliator Tigis (Cordell), Proeliator Lupus (Filberto), 30x Flumen Famulus]
Wyverncakes: Kei: "... You know, as far as choke points go you guys might've not thought this out."
Wyverncakes: And with that she begins to sport that classic Getter Grin.
tengusaur: (enemy descriptions?)
Wyverncakes: Not the Classic Getter Grin though, that one was honest and wholesome.
Corel: Didn't see it coming at all. Just when Nanoha was on the verge of actually negotiating, too...
Overman Zappa: Lilly: "They're... they're all so tiny!" she comments from her 45 meter mech.
cubey@aol.pl: (Unit descriptions on http://fermionprincess.dreamwidth.org/, just CTRL+F for Proeliator or Famulus)
Aero: Hoc Age: A very fabulous customized mech. It has a gigantic furcoat, goggles, and scarf...on the mech. It's also carrying a giant chain cannon.
tenebraelunaxiii: Emmy: Indeed. But I know that size isn't everything. If it was, Godzilla wouldn't be as big of a problem to Mecha King Ghidorah as he is.
kamikasei: Laura: "Be careful! That means they have an easier time hitting you than vice versa..."
kamikasei: Not that she'd know anything about the advantages of size differentials, cough.
Aero: [Initiative: Alessandra, Laura, Nanoha, Kei, Emmy, Lily, ]
Corel: Nanoha: Mm, I wouldn't underestimate them because of how small they are. (says the really tiny one)
Aero: [Alessandra, Laura, Nanoha go]
kamikasei: @ Alessandra first?
Aero: (Go ahead)
cubey@aol.pl: * "My apologies, but I have no intention of holding back from the very start!" Alessandra jumps down behind the rock on which her unit was standing. She obviously did it for cover - but then, why is the rock suddenly shaking?
kamikasei: *Laura drops to a knee on Memento Mori's shoulder, laying her hands on the metal of the machine and infusing it with a few wisps of her Sophium cloud, boosting its strength!+
cubey@aol.pl: * This is because Memento Mori lifts it all up like some super-strong hero. "I believe you two are already acquinted. Beta SHOWER!" Alessandra pumps the boulder full of energy, and throws the gigantic projectile right towards Hoc Age.+
cubey@aol.pl: (*acquainted)
Overman Zappa: Lilly gawks... "H-how'd she do that!?
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "Is it not obvious? SCIENCE!"
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kamikasei: *And after Alessandra throw the rock, Laura kicks off, following hot on its heels as she forms an enormous crystal sword in flight - aiming to come out of the explosion, whether it hits or is defended, with a surprise slash at Hoc Age's chaingun!+
Wyverncakes: Kei: "It's just how she rolls, blndie!"
Corel: Nanoha: "Well then, let's get started!" *One quick wave to Axel Mode later, Nanoha speeds towards the general direction of those enemies, trailing pink feathers! "Axel Shooter, shoot!" And cue the usual barrage of pink energy missiles!+
Overman Zappa: "S-science can make rocks explode!?"
Aero: [Alessandra and Laura] "Hmph, child's play." With a single squeeze of the trigger she unloads her chaingun into the Beta Shower powered rock, breaking it up into several smaller chunks. Which she then captures using her net gun before swinging it around
Aero:
Aero: [Alessandra and Laura] "Hmph, child's play." With a single squeeze of the trigger she unloads her chaingun into the Beta Shower powered rock, breaking it up into several smaller chunks. Which she then captures using her net gun before swinging it around tossing it back at you Laura. [React!]
tenebraelunaxiii: Emmy opens her mouth to comment on Lilly's statement before closing it and sighing a little. "...I will get back to that statement when we are not in the middle of a battlefield."
Aero: [Nanoha] Pink energy blows through 2 of the Famulus' that were underestimating how much firepower you had. The others aren't making the same mistake though and 3 of them begin to fire at you. [React]
Aero: [Kei, Emmy, Lily go]
kamikasei: *That's a faster reaction than Laura expected, but conveniently, she already has a response underway - the blade that was going to cut Hoc Age's chaingun in half comes around to slice the thrown net of shattered boulder in half, as Laura darts down to be under the line of attack!+
Wyverncakes: * And Kei's already got a plan in mind! Getter 2's drill is revving up nice and loud, the Getter getting poised to smash through the forces that sprang up behind them! "... Sorry about this... but you've got nowhere to dodge!" And thus Shin Getter blasts forward, drill thrust forward!+
Overman Zappa: "S-so... like... Am I going to get in trouble if I hurt them?" she asks. She doesn't mind fighting monsters and all but... Well, for an opening act, seh stands at attention, chest forward, and opens fire. YES folks, her breasts have machine guns.
Overman Zappa: +
Corel: Nanoha: *She's gonna try dodging those shots with her Axel Fins. Might be a gamble but size difference should make it easier!+
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "Most certainly not! This is a honorable all-out brawl, so pay no attention to collateral damage!"
Aero: [Laura] Cutting the net sends the Beta Shower rock chunks scattering through the area. Conveniently very far away from you. However you now have a Famulus chasing after you, and it's already swinging it's blade down. [React]
Aero: [Nanoha] Focusing completely on dodging gets you safely away from those shots.
tenebraelunaxiii: Emmy revs up MKG's beams and focuses down on the enemy to use the electricity to disable them.+
kamikasei: *It turns out the disadvantage of being a ten-metre-tall mech swinging a sword is that there's a lot of dead space between the blade and your body - space that Laura fills, darting forward inside the arc of the Famulus' swing! She doesn't attack, but puts herself in a position to keep the enemy from attacking her - and adjusts her grip on her enormous sword as she does so, splitting it in to two smaller blades, with which she slices at the enemy's sword arm and then its head to disable it!+
Aero: [Kei] You would have gone straight through most of the Famulus' had they not been support defended by the Proeliator Tigis. Two shields are now in your way. However you do seem to be pushing him back but you notice electricity begin to build from the shields. [React]
Overman Zappa: *(revised)"S-so... like... Am I going to get in trouble if I hurt them?" she asks. She doesn't mind fighting monsters and all but... Well, for an opening act, seh stands at attention, chest forward, and opens fire. YES folks, her breasts have machine guns. At best, she just turns and fires at the enemy, but eventually she picks out one Flumen and chases it down with boobie-dakka+
Aero: [Lily] Considering you're 45 meters tall and firing bullets from your chest most of the Famulus just choose to bumrush you, he easily manages stay lower than the stream of bullets. And now he is thrusting his sword towards you. [React]
Wyverncakes: * Oh, they were trying to bring electricity into this then? That was pretty cute. Shin Getter's drill begins to spin even faster in response... but not to try to drill through Tigris! "Plasma Drill Tempest!" No, instead it releases hurricane-strength winds crackling with electricity!+
Aero: [Laura] His sword goes crashing into the ground where you used to be, the aggressive move was definitely the best choice here. Both of your swords easily go through the arm and the head, sending the chunks of metal flying.
Overman Zappa: *"Hey! Get away! you're supposed to get hit!" She's no expert at fighting, but, Mo-Cap plus gynmanstics mgiht make for a mighty fine back bend, moving into that sort of flash-kick motion with those sharp feet +
kamikasei: Laura: "I didn't let the Major whack me over the head all those times just to learn nothing about swordfighting!"
kamikasei: You didn't "let" her at all, though...
Aero: [Kei and Emmy] The pilot of the Tigis speaks to the rest of the Flumen forces. "Scatter NOW!" Kei the moment that he sees the energy build up the Tigis disengages completely flying off to the side before being blown away and sent flying into the edge of the canyon. He seems to be alright though. Emmy your lightning destroys 4 of the Famulus' as well. HOWEVER, both the Plasma Drill Tempest and lightning from MKG slam into the ruins. Completely destroying what remained of it.
Wyverncakes: Aaaaand Kei wincess at that.
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Wyverncakes: Hopefully that historian guy wouldn't be bent out of shape over this.
tenebraelunaxiii: Emmy rubs her head a little. She is used to the idea of collateral damage, comes with the territory of fighting kaiju with a kaiju. But it still upset her to see all that possible history destroyed.
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "Shame on you, Rana! I expected a friend of mine to pick a less culturally significant place for her ambush."
Aero: Rana: "This was the perfect place for us to settle this, it isn't my fault that your friends love inflicting collateral damage."
Aero: As the dust clears you see something...strange. A gigantic hole where the ruins used to be, with shadow like energy pouring out of it.
kamikasei: Laura: "Oh come on."
Wyverncakes: Kei's annoyance begins to shift into confusion and worry though as the shadows begin creeping out though.
tenebraelunaxiii: Emmy's eyes widen. "Everyone get ready for anything."
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "The spirit of history rises to punish us on the spot? How unscientific!"
Wyverncakes: "... What the heck is...?"
Wyverncakes: Wouldn't that be all the luck?
Corel: Nanoha: "What is it now...?"
Overman Zappa: Lilly: "EWWWW! Can we go now?"
Corel: Because shadows wat.
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Aero: Rana however seeing that you're distracted opens fire on you Alessandra. There's now a huge barrage of bullets now coming at you. [React!]
kamikasei: #
Aero: [Alessandra take your turn after you react, Laura, and Nanoha go s well.]
Aero: [Approved]
Aero: Nothing seems to be coming out of the hole...yet.
cubey@aol.pl: *Memento Mori immediately jumps into the large hole left behind by the rock it hurled at the enemy. Alessandra is going to hunker down until the barrage of bullets ceases!+
kamikasei: *Seeing Rana sighting on Alessandra, Laura grabs the first thing that comes to hand and chucks it at Hoc Age to spoil her aim! The first thing that comes to hand happens to be the severed arm of the Famulus she just fought, still holding its sword.+
Aero: [Lily] And the Famulus is cut completely in half vertically. Really he could not have seen that one coming at all.
kamikasei: *She doesn't hang around though, seeing that Nanoha and Lilly need support against the Famuli - she takes a blade in each hand and flies toward the mass of smaller enemies, aiming for legs, arms and heads to take them out as efficiently as possible!+
cubey@aol.pl: * "How opportunistic of you, my dear friend! I would not have it any other way!" And as soon as the storm of gunfire is over, Memento Mori jumps out of the hole. The Champion machine runs straight at Hoc Age, its twin blades drawn. "And yet, you too in the end shall accept the outcome of this duel!" Alessandra stabs her rival repeatedly, and follows up with a low kick and a downward slash of her offhand blade.+
Corel: Nanoha: "It won't do any good if I keep shooting them without a plan..." *After switching Raising Heart over to Buster Mode, the A.C.S. is engaged! The device releases several Axel Spheres to accompany Nanoha as she charges head on into a group of Famulus!"+
Aero: [Laura] Rana gets a support defend of her own coming from the Lupus, the improvised arm was easily parried away by the large saber of the machine. After parrying he sets his eyes on you Laura and follows you even as you move towards the other enemies. He opens fire with his wrist launchers which are now firing dozens of knives at you. It doesn't look like he wants you cleaving up any more units.[React]
kamikasei: Laura: "Whoa!"
Wyverncakes: # (Laura)
Aero: [Approved]
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "Please watch out my dearest comrades, for House Flumen does know its tricks and underhanded movements!"
Wyverncakes: * "Relax, I got this!" It's Getter 2 with the support defend this time, releasing another swirling vortex of wind to knock all those knives off course!+
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Aero: [Alessandra] "And how surprising from you to actually take an opportunity to attack me Alessandra. After spending so much time with morons who would rather wait for things to happen to them I did not think you would have it in you." As you make your lunge she jumps back. The stabs do make it through easily piercing through the large fur coat of the machine however she backs up before the rest of the combo can hit. Once again the chaingun begins revving up. "However you still don't stand a chance against me." Another barrage of bullets streams towards the Memento Mori. [React]
Overman Zappa: # (Alessandra?)
cubey@aol.pl: (Don't worry I got this)
Overman Zappa: (o7)
Aero: [Kei] The blast of wind does indeed blow away those knives....but it sends them flying towards both Lily, and Emmy. Also Laura...you seem to have been in the AOE of that so...there's now a giant drill tornado coming at you. [React all of you.]
cubey@aol.pl: * "My answer is..." Alessandra smirks. This is one trick Rana does NOT know she has mastered yet. "EXEMPLUM MODE!" Her unit explodes in a glowing white aura, and starts moving - moving so fast, it can literally dodge bullets. Memento Mori weaves to a side, then leaps forward - to situate itself behind Hoc Age. And that's when it delivers a devastating two-handed slash at the enemy's exposed back.+
Wyverncakes: Aaaand Kei's gonna wince in annoyance. "Sheesh... watch where you're standing!"
Aero: [Also Kei, Emmy, Lily take your turns.]
kamikasei: *Not much time to think! Laura adjusts her course to skirt the ground, and repurposes her blades - one becomes a clear shield she holds like a single tent wall at an angle to the ground, the other she throws towards the Lupus just before she hunkers down to weather the storm!+
Aero: [Nanoha] The charge somewhat works you blow through a few of the Famulus'. The others are already firing at you though. [React]
tenebraelunaxiii: "M11, keep an eye on that thing in the ruins for me." "Of course Emmy." Emmy has MKG charge forward to slam into the Famulus at high speeds, using its' energy shield to protect it and add more ramming damage to the charge.+
Overman Zappa: *Finding that she sucks at shotting things, she tries for the second plan, which is whipping it! And whipping it good, as she produces a plasma whip, lashing it out at Filberto! She doesn't know what's special about it! Hell, her teammates are all different robots! +
Corel: Nanoha: *Besides the sound of those projectiles, there is silence...that's suddenly broken by Raising Heart! '-Divine Buster-' Those attacking Famulus get a rather large beam swung in their direction in retaliation!+
Aero: Seemingly the activation of Exemplum Mode angers whatever was in the hole. There is a burst of shadow energy before something drags itself out of the hole. Now that they are in the light you can all make them out. They're...shadow...knights?
Aero: [Yellow Enemy Count: 3x ???????]
Wyverncakes: Kei: "So whatever was in there finally shows itself, huh?"
Wyverncakes: (Red enemy headcount?)
Aero: [Enemy Count: Hoc Age (Rana), Proeliator Tigis (Cordell), Proeliator Lupus (Filberto), 21x Flumen Famulus]
Aero: http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz111/TehCubey/Metal%20Knight%20Paragon/knight.jpg
tenebraelunaxiii: Emmy: What in the world are those things?
Wyverncakes: Kei: "No clue, and until they pull a dick move I've got other concerns! Like you!" "You" in this case being the Proeliator Tigris!
Wyverncakes: * Shin Getter blasts off towards the machine, after images springing up behind the machine which then suddenly break off at different angles? Which one's the real one? Who knows! They're all firing laser beams from their drills!+
Aero: [Laura] The thrown blade is surprisingly parried again. It seems like Filiberto has been doing some training as well. The tent seems like shield seems to hold well against the storm but you like with the Tigris soon get thrown back by the strong winds. Towards the same canyon wall as well. [React to being sent flying?]
Aero: [Kei] All three shadow knights are now glaring at you. "Gett---errrrrrrrrrrrr" Despite the afterimage spam the three seem to know exactly which one you are and fire several large blasts of shadow energy at you. [React]
kamikasei: *If she can't fight the wind, she'll use it! Burning off a little of her Sophium, Laura boosts her speed and flies straight up, letting the combination of the winds' force and her own impetus carry her, not horizontally into the wall, but diagonally up and out over the canyon rim!+
Aero: [Lili] And the whip slams into Filberto's Proeliator leaving a large glowing lash right in the middle of it. This causes 8 of the Famulus' to rush at you. They did not seem to appreciate that. [React]
Aero: [Emmy] Considering MKG is about 8 times their size a large chunk of the Famulus' are taken out by your charge. Clearly dealing with a 80m mechanical dragon was not something they were used to. Four that survive though still fire at you as you go past them. [React]
Wyverncakes: * And suddenly getting attacked and called out like that gets Kei's attention pretty quickly! "H-Hey! I'm in the midle of something here!" But unfortunately, under attack like this Kei can only Open Get and reform Getter 1 down at the crest of the canyon wall!+
Overman Zappa: *Lilly flips out, not actually flipping, as they try to swarm her. "G-go away! Stop it already!" and she starts whipping out wildly! Hopefully one of them will just get tangled and thrashed along!+
tenebraelunaxiii: Emmy keeps her shields up and speeds up a little to try and lessen the damage as much as possible while try to get the enemy in range of MKG's two tails which then lash out and slam down on the four of them to send them flying.+
Aero: [Nanoha] And that large beam evaporates those Famulus'. In fact, the canyon doesn't do much better. The Divine Buster easily cuts through a large section of the canyon. Sweeping a beam in a confined space is a bad idea Nanoha!
Corel: Nanoha: "Ah! Sorry about that!"
Corel: Well she's used to it by now anyways.
Aero: [Alessandra] "You don't think that you're the only one that mastered it did you Alessandra, EXEMPLUM MODE!" The Hoc Age follows it's opponent and begins to glow as well. Before the slash can even touch her the Hoc Age raises it's hand. "ELECTRON STREAM." Memento Mori completely freezes in it's tracks, completely immobilized by the Electron Stream. [Try to react Alessandra?]
Aero: [Leelee] Only two are wiped out. The other 6 begin to poke you with their swords. Creating several (probably more) holes into your machine. [React?]
cubey@aol.pl: *This is bad! Alessandra tries to struggle mid-air, but there's only so little a machine can do when in grip of an enemy electric attack!+
Aero: [Kei] They really seem to hate your guts. Getter was definitely their main target here. Each of them form a large shadow halberd and toss them at you. [React! AGAIN!]
Overman Zappa: +Again, acrobatics, but more evasive! Flips, tumbles, bending... stuff you'd see a woman do at the olympics done in a 45 meter feminine machine! Hopefully that'll get her the HELL out!+
Wyverncakes: * Just a single halberd? "Get on my level!" Kei shouts out before Shin Getter suddenly releases an absolute hailstorm of Getter Tomahawks from its body to cut through their assault and straight into their ranks!+
Aero: [Alessandra] Flailing will not help you here. "I've told you already, someone who simply waits for opportunities to come to them won't defeat me!" Not content with just holding you in place she begins to slam Memento Mori into the ground. Grinding the machine against the stone. "You can't do anything by just being complacent Alessandra."
Aero: [Kei] That would have been great....if the Getter Tomahawks didn't literally just go right through the Shadow Knights. The weapons don't even look like they made contact with them. They just slammed into the ground. They're happy to return them to you however. Each one grabs two Tomahawks, covering them with shadow energy before being tossed back at you. [React]
cubey@aol.pl: "Eek! Ow, ow..." Alessandra rubs her head after bumping it against the inside of her cockpit. "If the alternative is to grab at alternatives as they appear, even underhandedly, then accepting fate as it appears is the reasonable alternative!"
Wyverncakes: Kei: "OH SON OF A-"
Aero: [Lenali] Acrobatics does get you out of there. When you finally find a moment to rest though you find dozens of huge slashes now on your machine.
cubey@aol.pl: And yet, despite her brave words, she feels the damage is getting worse and worse. This is really bad!
Overman Zappa: She doesn't feel it so she's fine... But now she just wants to go home
Wyverncakes: * Okay. NEW PLAN! So long as these guys focused on her they wouldn't really be in a position to inconvenience anyone else! Shin Getter banks to the right to try to avoid the axes... firing off a Getter Beam to test its effect on the weapons but NOT going after the Shadow Knights themselves with the beam! She'd worry about testing Getter Rays on the Knights themselves after seeing their effect on the weapons!+
cubey@aol.pl: ( *Grab at opportunities, is what Alessandra meant to say)
Aero: Rana continues to beat Memento Mori into the ground. "You are defeated yet you still act like a fool, how can you keep having blind faith in fate when Memento Mori is scrap right now!"
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "One... cannot change their fate as it already happened. The only logical course of action is to accept that." Memento Mori going to shut down any second now...
Aero: [Kei] The Getter Beam does indeed destroy your tomahawks...but the shadow energy continues to fly at you. All of them dig deep into Shin Getter, oil pouring out of the wounds inflicted by them. Kei your controls are going wild now.
Wyverncakes: Kei: "Shit... shit... shit!"
cubey@aol.pl: "And yet, that does not exclude you from trying to change the future. Fate becomes unavoidable only once it finally... happens?"
cubey@aol.pl: That's it!
Wyverncakes: Still, considering Hayato's tactics and willingness to sacrifice shit... she at least could rule out attacking these things directly now!
Overman Zappa: Lilly: "Hey! Hey are you okay! That thing looks old!"
cubey@aol.pl: "Just as acceptance of one's circumstnces does not exclude grasping for opportunities, so are our ideals not exclusive. As a matter of fact, my dear friend - they complement each other perfectly! House Consensesco and House Flumen... their ideals are one!"
Aero: [Emmy] One tail lash later those four are indeed sent flying but they're STILL shooting at you even as they are sent away. [React]
Aero: [Alessandra, Laura, Nanoha go]
tenebraelunaxiii: Emmy lands with her shield up and has the heads shoot electric beams to disable the four shooting at her.+
cubey@aol.pl: *The electric wave that holds Memento Mori in its grasp starts to weaken. It is as if Alessandra was taking control. "And the same applies to the very fundamental forces that rule the universe! The weak atomic force and the electromagnetic force... they are one! The electro-weak theory!" No, it's not that - Alessandra is generating an Electron Stream of her own - and throwing it back at Rana!+
Corel: (Can I get an enemy count please?)
Aero: Rana: "W-what!?"
Aero: [Enemy Count: Hoc Age (Rana), Proeliator Tigis (Cordell), Proeliator Lupus (Filberto), 15x Flumen Famulus]
Aero:
[Yellow Enemy Count: 3x ???????]
tengusaur: (it's okay to say Shadow Knight)
Aero: As if to match Alessandra's counterattack music begins to start playing from behind all of you. It sounds like it's getting closer.
Aero: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFP9WIi7ft0
Wyverncakes: Kei: "What the... did that Argi guy decide to come along or something?"
tengusaur: (permission to act?)
Aero: [APPROVED]
tengusaur: The music continues! Whatever is its source, it's really close now!
tengusaur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM1BmmPm4FY
tengusaur: *Suddenly something bursts out through the nearby ruin wall, sending bricks flying everywhere! Emerging from the cloud of dust, a red Gundam-sized robot appears, riding a motorbike, holding a giant sword in one hand and blasting the music everyone is hearing from its speakers, into the Shadow Knights' direction!
tengusaur: http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz111/TehCubey/Metal%20Knight%20Paragon/fighter.jpg
tengusaur: *The red robot doesn't stop and keeps going even faster, and immediately rams into the closest Shadow Knight with the motorbike's spiked front wheel. That's just to throw the target off-balance; the robot swings the giant sword above its head with a mighty, horizontal slash aimed at the monster!
tengusaur: ???: "Cross..."
Aero: [Alessandra] "That's ridiculous!" As her own Electron Stream is broken Rana goes back to her tried and true tactic. CHAINGUN DAKKA. [React]
tengusaur: *And then it turns its grip on the two-handed sword around and follows up by leaping straight up from the motorbike's seat, launching a jumping horizontal cut from below at the enemy!+
tengusaur: ???: "Slash!!"
Corel: "Alright!" *Nanoha is too young to understand all that SCIENCE and this sudden music, but she knows a comeback when she sees one! And on her own front, the mook crowd looks like it's been thinned enough, so she proceeds to fire upon the Proeliator Lupus with four Buster shots!+
Wyverncakes: And now Kei's gonna be paying attention. This guy either has no fucking clue what he's doing, or the opposite.
kamikasei: *Proeliators, Famuli and Shadow Knights all around, oh my... Laura can see it all from atop the canyon rim, where she's running at reduced strength thanks to wasting a blade on Lupus and leaving her shield on the canyon floor. But it's clear that Kei and Lilly are hard pressed, so she forms a pair of swords from what Sophium she has left and charges the Proeliator closest to them, making a head-on attack - except that at the last moment she burns off a little of her remaining cloud on another speed boost, ducking under the robot's guard to pass between its legs, slashing at its knees as she goes!+
cubey@aol.pl: *Alessandra: "My dear friend, how can you look at others' openings but be so blind to yours?" She controls the Electron Stream so as to aim the electric waves at the bullets itself, pushing them around and away like tiny gnats.+
Overman Zappa: Lilly: "Woooooah! That was totally hot! Who's that badass!" Swoon
cubey@aol.pl: "All your powers are mine to command as well!"
Aero: [???] And unlike that loser Kei your giant sword cleaves through the Shadow Knight with ease. The Knight being cut in half easily, the knight screams for only a moment before it dissipates into shadow energy and disperses.
tengusaur: As the bike zooms next to it, the red robot grabs its handle with a free hand, causing it to stop in its tracks. It's turned away from the destroyed Shadow Knight the whole time.
Aero: DYNAMIC KILL
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "Oh my, a sudden ally appears as unexpected reinforcements! How dramatic!" It seems only now she starts paying attention to the battlefield as a whole, rather than just Rana.
tengusaur: ???: "Loud sounds are their weakness. They make them solid."
kamikasei: Laura: "Is she... providing her own soundtrack?" Hard to tell whether that makes the dramatic entrance more impressive, or less.
Aero: [Laura] The Proeliator's leg goes flying. Cordell is not one to stop after a small wound like that. Slamming the shield into the ground he unleashes a huge current of electricity to try to catch you Laura. [React]
Overman Zappa: Lilly: "So, we totally needed that DJ guy, right? Man, I wonder if I could fight as good as I strip if he were around!" Yes, she said that. Aloud.
Corel: Nanoha can't help but blink in disbelief for a while. "A giant robot with a motorcycle...? That was pretty amazing, though."
tengusaur: ???: "You're White Chalice, aren't you?"
Aero: [Nanoha] Pink lasers meet the Proeliator Lupus' chest. The wound inflicted by Lilly earlier makes it easy for the shots to go right through the machine. He's still going to unleash another barrage of knives at you though. [React Nanoha]
Aero: [???, Kei, Lilly, Emmy go]
Wyverncakes: Kei: "Yeah, that's us."
Wyverncakes: "... And I'm really glad to hear about that noise thing!"
Wyverncakes: "CHANGE... GETTER THREE!"
tengusaur: ???: "Metal Knight Paragon. I'll provide music so we can finish them!"
Corel: Nanoha: "It won't be that easy!" *Time to actually make use of active defenses! Nanoha activates Round Shield to defend against those knives!+
tengusaur: Paragon: "Paragon of honesty! Change, mage form!"
Aero: [Alessandra] To say that Rana is mad would be an understatement. In fact she's angry enough that she just took off the fur coat of Hoc Age and tossed it at you Alessandra. [React?]
tengusaur: A flash of light emerges from inside the robot, and its colors change to predominantly blue!
tengusaur: http://i819.photobucket.com/albums/zz111/TehCubey/Metal%20Knight%20Paragon/mage.jpg
tengusaur: Its music changes as well!
tengusaur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCv7kHYTIjg
Wyverncakes: * And Shin Getter switches to its tanky mode, and it's hurtling straight at the knights! It's missile pod snaps open en-route though, and the Getter unleashes its entire arsenal not AT the knights, but all around them! She's gonna fill the battlefield with the caucaphony of a tremendous amount of dakka while getting into punching range!&
Wyverncakes: ^amount of explosions, not dakka
tenebraelunaxiii: Emmy has MKG's two organic heads lash out and snap down on nearby enemies while the mechanical head fires several orbs of energy at the shadowy figures.+
Overman Zappa: Lilly: "Better make it good!" Yeah, seriously, make it good music! If those things are big and nasty, she's got one for them. Lilly pulls one of the breasts OFF of the Donna Matrix and readies it like a grenade. Chucking it at one of the Shadow Knights, it bursts, unleashing thousands of 2 meter spikes. Probably tons of collateral too! +
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "Oh, a gift? Why thank you!" She does not seemingly react to the coat in any other way.
kamikasei: *Electricity - Laura can't parry that! Her left-hand blade becomes a round shield large enough to cover her body, which she levitates between her and Cordell's shield - that in her right hand shifts form to become a spear, which she hurls at the Proeliator's head, aiming to connect it to the shield and short-circuit the whole thing - or at least, decapitate the enemy and take it out of the fight!+
tengusaur: * Paragon starts to gather crackling energy between his hands, making the rest of the robot shadowed as he does so. And then he releases it, launching a large ball into the direction of the enemies! The ball travels slowly, but suddenly, two small beams fire from the robot's eyes, hitting it and causing it to explode into dozens of homing energy projectiles that fly into the directions of all nearby enemies! +
tengusaur: Paragon: "Missile Storm!!"
Aero: [Nanoha] The Round Shield holds for a moment, as each one hits the shield however they release a surge of electricity. Eventually breaking the shield. The rest of the knives then begin to slash through your Barrier Jacket. In fact combined with the surges your Barrier Jacket is not looking so great right now.
tengusaur: (mostly targetting the Shadow Knights here, though)
Aero: [Kei and Paragon and Lilly...AND Emmy] Between missiles, nipple spikes, homing lasers, and giant fiery orbs on top of the music blasting loudly the formerly almost invincible Shadow Knights are seemingly wiped out by the barrage. Kei as you close in though you can see that one has survived and is thrusting it's halberd at you. [Continue/React]
tengusaur: # Kei
Aero: [Approved]
Wyverncakes: Kei's grin is growing pretty much Hayato-tier right now.
Wyverncakes: "Just keep the music blaring, this fucker's got shit to pay for!"
Corel: Nanoha: "Nngh!" That was a lot better than trying to dodge a whole bunch of those knives obviously. But with her Barrier Jacket ruined (like we somehow time-jumped to ViviD), it's probably best to end this ASAP.
Aero: [Alessandra] Good that means you're not paying attention. When the fur coat finally stops blocking your vision you see that the Hoc Age isn't aiming at you anymore...instead her chaingun is turned to Waylon's Famulus...and she unloads all of her ammo at the machine. There is only a brief pause before it erupts into a huge explosion.
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: !!
Wyverncakes: * And thrusting a halberd? That's pretty adorable now... especially once Getter 3 suddenly unleashes its stretchy arms to grab hold of the knight's arms and crush them! "... And pops taught me this!" And presuming she has a good hold, Kei's gonna suddenly spin Getter 3 like a tornado, the Knight getting brought along for the ride before slamming it HARD into the ground. "Daisetsuno.. OROSHIIIIIIII!!!!!"
cubey@aol.pl: "S... SIR WAYLON!"
tengusaur: * "Not so fast. Mage Armor!" Paragon moves in front of the thrown halberd, reaching out with both arms towards it, covering them in flickering pieces of energy that forms giant gauntlets, providing extra protection in addition to its armor.+
Aero: [Laura] Not making any effort to dodge the Proeliator just tanks the hit, the head coming clean off. That does not stop the surge however. The pilot only increase the power of it sending a devastating surge of electricity throughout your entire body Laura.
kamikasei: Laura: "Eyaaaaaah!"
Aero: [Kei] The gauntlet easily stops the halberd, and the Shadow Knight is sent for a terrifying ride before coming crashing back to the ground dissipating as well.
Aero: However while you were all busy with other things.
Aero: Rana has just killed Alessandra's mentor.
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Aero: Rana: "I told you didn't I, you should always watch out for other opportunities."
Aero: [Enemy Count: Hoc Age (Rana), Proeliator Tigis (Cordell), Proeliator Lupus (Filberto), 11x Flumen Famulus]

[Yellow Enemy Count: 0]
cubey@aol.pl: *For once, Alessandra is wordless. Instead, she activates Exemplum Mode. You wanted an opportunity, Rana? Have one - as Memento Mori charges straight at Hoc Age's exposed back, and stabs it with its heavy rapier in the most vulnerable point - at the cockpit level. "N... no YEAAAARGH!" The quiet does not last long, either.+
Aero: Filberto: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO."
Wyverncakes: Kei: "Oh shut the hell up!"
Wyverncakes: "Your bitchy boss brought this all on herself!"
Aero: There is just silence. Rana does not say anything. The Hoc Age just falls over.
Aero: Filberto: "Sir Waylon wasn't in that Famulus..."
Aero: It sounds like he's trying to hold back tears here. Or well failing at it.
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "Wh... what? Filiberto McLatchy, could it be...?!"
Aero: Cordell: "We did not approve of Rana's actions here either, so we moved him out of the machine without her knowing."
tengusaur: Paragon just stares at this situation, watching it unfold quietly. He's ready to act if someone moves in to attack, though.
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cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "Then, Rana... your sister..." She falls quiet.
Wyverncakes: Kei: "... well shit. Knowing that might've helped!"
Aero: Despite the tensions. It doesn't look like any of the Flumen forces are moving.
Aero: Filberto: "My sister, your friend Alessandra...you just...you just killed her."
cubey@aol.pl: Memento Mori nods, very slowly and sadly as it mimics the movement of its pilot. Eventually, all you can hear is a very uncharacteristically quiet. "I'm sorry..."
Overman Zappa: Lilly: "That's... that's not fair! That only happened because you didn't tell us! That's not her fault at all!"
Aero: Filberto: "...as much as I want to avenge my sister I know that this isn't the place for it. I'll tell my forces to stand down...but could you at least let me retrieve my sister's body."
cubey@aol.pl: "By all means. That's all I can do to you now, is it not."
Wyverncakes: Kei supresses the urge to snort. One line of communication could've fixed all of this and it's the one he didn't say. Still, this wasn't her call.
Aero: Filberto: "And your comrades?"
cubey@aol.pl: Yeah, even sad Alessandra simply does not ask the rest of the Chalice for opinions and does her own thing.
Corel: Nanoha: "Ah...!" Really, there weren't many words Nanoha could use to express herself here. It's definitely better to keep quiet...
Aero: Filberto: "....thank you."
tenebraelunaxiii: Emmy nods. "I will not stop you."
tengusaur: Paragon goes off towards his mechas-sized motorbike, and gets up on it, ready to leave if nobody stops him.
Wyverncakes: Kei however does open a channel to him.
Wyverncakes: "And where do you think you're going?"
Overman Zappa: Lilly just kind of floats there in a cockpit full of water-stuff
Aero: The Flumen forces gather themselves and retrieve Rana's body from the Hoc Age, leaving the machine there before making their exit. As if on cue the Custodi show up soon after.
tengusaur: Paragon: "This is a sensitive situation, no? I don't want to intrude. Thanks for helping with the Shadow Knights."
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "Punctual as always, I see. I suppose it is one of a Custodes' many talents."
Aero: Faustina: "It is our job afterall."
Wyverncakes: Kei: "And thanks for your help. Shin Getter took enough of a beating as it is."
Wyverncakes: "... But I'm preeeetty sure the upper brass on the ship would like to hear everything you have to say on the subject of these things."
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Aero: However...as they begin to inspect the defeated Hoc Age Faustina suddenly blurts out. "That brat...he didn't just take his sister's corpse, he took the control gem with him."
tengusaur: Paragon: "Hmm... You're right. I don't know much, but I should share what I know, so others will know how to fight them too."
cubey@aol.pl: No comment on that, Alessandra keeps thoughts to herself for once.
Aero: Jarod: "It doesn't matter, this contest is at an end. The winner is House Consenesco. Congratulations Alessandra."
cubey@aol.pl: Alessandra: "I... accept. Rana, my friendship with you will not be forgotten, despite all the messy circumstances and murder attempts between the two of us."
Aero: Alessandra it seems like someone else is also here to see you. He's waving at Memento Mori at ground level. "Little Alessaaaaaaaa, congratulations on your victory."
cubey@aol.pl: And, just like that, the solemn atmosphere is gone.
Aero: Waylon is pretty good at ruining those.
cubey@aol.pl: "Ah, sir Waylon! I am as happy to see you alive and unharmed as annoyed by your constant referral to me by that name!" Memento Mori starts to shake its arms in frustration, then something inside breaks and one of the arms stops functioning. It only makes the other double in its furious movements.
tengusaur: Paragon: "Alright, I will go back with you to White Chalice, for... I wanted to say 'for the time being', but I'm on a journey myself."
tengusaur: Paragon: "Raynor."
Wyverncakes: Kei: "Raynor. Got it."
Corel: Since no one else is at it, Nanoha will help get Laura back to the Chalice. She might be in bad shape herself, but she can at least cast a lifting spell...
Aero: And so even though you all walked right into a completely obvious trap you have all gotten away safely. House Consenesco is the victor despite the circumstances around the fight.
Aero: MISSION COMPLETE
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tengusaur: Wounded people need help? It's kinda easy to miss when you're 20 meters tall and in the middle of battle, but the battle is over by now.
tengusaur: Paragon pats the back compartment of the giant motorbike.