Marbury, Hospital

Loran still hadn't found anybody as he wandered through the halls... come to think of it, how should he even reckognize other pilots if they hadn't infused themselfes or something like that. Still, he had to find allies so he wandered around the building.

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

Arcade (1/5)

"Time for Vesper." Johann steps out of the control room, making his way to the kitchen. While he is cooking, he activates the Hologram in the bay and enters the data he knows about the building.

edited 25th Apr '16 7:17:31 AM by Blackie

Eires walked along one of the roads leading into north Marbury and tried to keep it together. Hopefully, no one had noticed the activation of a new suit, or had followed them.

they made it a point to check the social media to see if anyone had mentioned the fortress class' destruction yet; even though it hadn't been all that long, the kickback from that sort of thing these days was so quick that it was worth making sure.

Convincing themself that no one had seen them leaving (or at the least, connected them to Slepnir at the time of its destruction), Eires sighed and continued on.

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City Hall

Mid-dive Vanessa was unable to dodge the first shot which streaked straight through her stomach, forcing her to land heavily. She let out several gasps of pain as her nanites quickly healed the hole in her stomach.

Knew those would come in handy...still, no need to waist a golden opportunity.

Vanessa continued to make pitiful sounds, drew her sword, only to appear to fumble it, the blade dropping on the ground right in front of her.

Take the bait, you damn fool, nothing but a wounded deer to see here.

-dramatic music ensues-

Marbury City Hall 2/5

Pride moved closer to his wounded opponent. However, upon seeing the "fumble", he stops.

There is no way in hell that was an accident. All of those suit choices would have made sure of that. Still, thanks for disarming yourself.

Pride opened it's mouth again. Out from it comes another shot from his Starlight Breaker. However, this shot is aimed at the other suit's fallen weapon, rather than the suit itself.

The measure of a man is not his courage, but rather the size of his gun.

College Dropout is the best Ye album

After Elise returned Emma to her crib in the dorm, they would've gone into an intense fight of what the fuck has happened in the arcade and Elise's recent reckless behaviour if it weren't for the fact that Emma was incredibly car sicked. She insisted that she walked her own way to her own bed but considering that she meandered all over the room with the grace of a wavy inflatable tube man, Elise rolled her eyes and helped her along the way with a hand on the shoulder, despite the weak protest of her love.

Once they reached the bed, Elise took it a bit too far when she helped her girlfriend take out her dirty clothes and tuck her into bed.

"I'm liking the teddy bear pattern on your blanket by the way," Elise commented cheekily. "It's looks far better than that plain ol boring green sheets-"

"Shut up," Emma said as if her mom comes in and told her to wake up for school. She rolled over to the other side and cover her face with the fluffy, puffy blanket and went fast asleep. Elise knew, because Emma snores like a motherfucker.

Elise respects her privacy, and that she can't stand to be in the same room with the world's loudest vibrator, she take a step outside of the dorm building and take a deep breather. There is...a lot going on with her mind; the destruction of the arcade, the pancaked arcade owner, the possible destruction of Emma's car, possible degradation of her relationships...

And then she spotted a drone running out of the college, on its way to the highway. What in the world-?

edited 29th Apr '16 6:11:59 PM by sgtpendulum

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Hospital To Arcade

Laura then nodded as the pieces of Izanami began flying back onto her and assembled around her.

"Alright then, I'll see you there.", she said from the suit's speakers before flying up into the air. However, as she neared the arcade, she spotted the fleeing drone on the highway.

Hm, what's a stray drone like that up to on the highway?, she pondered to herself.

"Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible." - Monty Oum, 1981-2015

Making contact again

Reaper, having noticed that larger suit that had landed on the hospital, would send a Wi Fi message to it.

[Hello there! Noticed you land on the hospital. I take it you're here to join our par- I mean alliance too?]

...eheh

City Hall

Vanessa looked up as the enemy began charging their beam weapon again.

Well it was worth a shot.

Vanessa activated her grapple to give he a boost, picking up her sword as she sped past the mech. He was unharmed but there was now a long, deep gash in the side of the building next to the two combatants. Kitsune's blade was still buried deep in the corner of the building.

"You are smarter than I gave you credit for. But this is check. Withdraw. Even if you don't care about the people in this building, you cannot survive a whole side of a building being dropped on you while I attack you. Currently all I need to do so is shift my blade just slightly."

-dramatic music ensues-

Marbury City Hall 2/5

Jay chuckled to himself as he turned on his speaker.

A clever idea. While I wouldn't care if you dropped that building, you might eventually suffer the consequences. Let's consider, for a moment, what would happen if you moved your sword. Sure, it might daze me for a bit, but my suit is still quite durable and quick. You, however, lack protection. Chances are, you would be crushed, no matter how fast you may be. Even if you survived it, and by some miracle kill me, you would paint a massive target your head. Not only would the other suit-users single you out as a murderer who needs to be stopped, but you would also erase any evidence that I was a suit-user. In other words, you would be hunted and eventually killed.

edited 30th Apr '16 6:46:32 PM by ZenithBloodedge

The measure of a man is not his courage, but rather the size of his gun.

Hospital to Arcade

And she's airborne again, Anastasia thought. I seriously need to do something about this clothes-ripping issue.

With that, Ana got to walking back to the Arcade. She spotted the Konstrukteur I immediately (it's hard to miss) and recognized it as one of the large machines she'd seen from above earlier. (She was unaware of the Fortress class' rapidly dwindling numbers.) Assuming that the massive construction machine had things under control, she looked around for Laura or any other persons of interest present.

"Doki Doki Lit. Club" is a happy game where nothing bad happens. seriously tho? not for the faint of heart.

Alexandros Control Sphere

"Another one?" Rose exclaimed, rather fed up with the sheer amount of people that had suddenly shown up. When she had mentioned Ciel making alliances, she hadn't expected such a large turnout all of a sudden.

"I guess this place is quite popular huh?" Ciel commented, munching on some more chips. "Quite the odd little group being assembled, huh Reaper?"

Marbury, Hospital

"Master, the sensors are picking up a message sent to us, how should I respond." She showed the message "Finally another pilot, ask where they are and that we are indeed interested... but... please try to not sound as desperate as I probably did just there, okay?" The Ai giggled "Sure, sure, Master."

edited 3rd May '16 2:09:54 AM by Sergey_Smirnov

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

Arcade

After doing the dishes, Johann steps back into the cockpit, still grumbling. Konstrukteur begins to slowly repair the arcade, scooping up the debris into the loading bay.

Alexandros

It wasn't long before Reaper got a message from the pilot of "Centaur Man". He would immediately WiFi back to Loran.

[We're at the floating fortress above the hospital. Four of us have already made an alliance of sorts, and you're welcome to join.]

At the same time, he would do another Hand Behind Head as he gave out a laugh. "Didn't expect to have a full party so quickly."

Hearing what Niket had told the group, he would then continue. "I might want to accompany Niket to his suit for the sake of his safety, Ciel."

Turning to Niket. "I'm around to make sure you're safe getting back to Aremarune."

...eheh

Alexandros

Niket nodded to Reaper. "Thanks." A look of clear relief at these words as he has his drone follow him out towards the exit of the control sphere. Looking a little nervous at the drop with the suits being so high in the air.

"Why did I think this was a smart idea again...?" Niket accidentally asked aloud looking over as he started climbing onto his drone.

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began."

Marbury, Hospital

Loran quickly got back into Ultimo, now an Alliance with 4 other pilots was much more than he had hoped for, he was sure that the Mayor would like that. Quickly he flew up to where the rest was. While on his way he send another message "Thank god another pilot who's not a terrorist of sorts, you won't imagine how relived I am."

edited 3rd May '16 7:28:19 AM by Sergey_Smirnov

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

City Hall

Vanessa attached a grapple to her sword so she could look at her enemy and move freely while retaining her threat. "Little lion cub, you don't realize the shit you've stepped in. So far you've survived this fight by tossing your not inconsiderable power about like a schoolyard bully throwing his weight around. This is not my first battlefield and I have survived collapsing building before I gained this suit. Furthermore, while I was unprepared to begin with I am now ready to fight. Retreat now or die."

-dramatic music ensues-

Marbury City Hall 2/5

Funny.

Jay deployed Pride's auto cannon and Rail Rifle, aiming both at his opponent.

I was about to tell you the same thing.

With that, he opens fire on Kitsune.

The measure of a man is not his courage, but rather the size of his gun.

City Hall

Kitsune fell apart in to figments of light which quickly scattered into nothing. The rend in the alley wall was still there but the sword was likewise gone.

Then her voice began echoing in the alley.

"Poor Kitten, are you sure that the strain of running a suit isn't getting to you? Maybe you should have checked with your thermal vision to make sure that was me."

Kitsune de-cloaked on the roof of a nearby building. "Oh wait, you can't. You've used your plasma blast in an enclosed space.

Another Kitsune came into view, jutting out of the wall at a ninety degree angle. "The heat bloom is too significant for your sensors to filter out to the point where you might actually be able to find me.

Another appeared leaning against the wall. "I know, I checked with my own thermals. Within this space you have no chance of survival"

-dramatic music ensues-

Marbury City Hall 2/5

The "kitten" chuckles. Switching on his Thermal Vision, he turns to face the Kitsunes. Opening its mouth, pink energy begins to gather in it.

True. But, you are forgetting a small detail. By that same token, your suit's heat is nowhere near the heat of plasma. You stick out like a sore thumb.

The Starlight Breaker finishes charging, and is sent streaking toward Kitsune's heat signature.

edited 5th May '16 5:03:34 PM by ZenithBloodedge

The measure of a man is not his courage, but rather the size of his gun.

Greenvale College, en route to Highway

Matt rocketed after the drone, refusing to give it a moment's rest as he intending to crush it beneath Kulay-Abo. When he felt he had the chance, he tacked the drone and tried to permanently disable it with his disrupting electrified fists.

Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%...

Marbury Suburbs

Eires thanked the gods, any gods, really, when they spotted the bus stop a few blocks ahead, bus just leaving the bay as they approached. Small favors, but at least the lines along this route were still running. Hoisting the bag they had and readjusting it to sit better on their shoulder, they made their way to the bench situated next to the stop.

Checking the schedule for the next bus time (45 minutes, not exactly an easy wait, but far better than some other lines) and settled in, popping in a pair of earbuds and cranking up the music. The sounds of Skinny Puppy blasting in their ear, Eires leaned back in the seat and tried to process everything that had happened.

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Alexandros Control Sphere- Exiting

Reaper would give a wave to Ciel. "I'll be talking from outside. Gotta escort Niket back to his suit."

He would then accompany Niket and hover close by via the help of Flight and Sever.

And then he'd see Loran's mech outside too, waiting for it to contact the participants outside Alexandros.

...eheh

Marbury, Outside Alexandros Control Sphere

Loran finally arrived and searched for a good place to land Ultimo on "Okay, hello? I'm here now. I'm Loran, and this is Ulitmo"

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"