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KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#358326: Sep 17th 2021 at 6:40:49 AM

The shoebill takes the water and bites the cap off before drinking it. How rude.

It then addresses Cara by clattering, its bill making sounds like machine-gun fire.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
vgm23 The woman of the hour from Your mom's house lol Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
The woman of the hour
#358327: Sep 17th 2021 at 6:42:30 AM

The employee looks at the stranger with confusion

"Is this your order? I was told to find a research facility here"

He said, totally oblivious

Your Jordans are fake, fake as hell. Dollar Store ass shoes
BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#358328: Sep 17th 2021 at 6:47:20 AM

Greetings, Cara. I'm the Inspector Gadget! He says, showing his badge... Upside-down.

I was sent here, by some reason. Oh, that's must be a local bird! GO-GO, Gadget-Camera!

He pops a huge camera from his hat, and tries to photograph the shoebill.

Edited by BombonBombin on Sep 17th 2021 at 8:49:55 AM

Three freaking ghosts!
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#358329: Sep 17th 2021 at 6:50:36 AM

A person is walking around the desert without a care, despite wearing rather thick garbs that would make the heat even more unbearable than it normally is. They appear to be wearing a heavy brown cloak with a fancy suit of armor beneath, as well as steel protections on their legs and arms, though the armor on the arms is a fair bit spikier, darkier and overall edgier. Their clothes are tattered with fiery-marks, as if they were recently put on fire and not fully extinguished.

Their helmet completely cover their face and is as edgy as the armor on their arms. On their left arm, they have a tiny wooden shield. On their right, they wield a massive black axe, which they appear content with wielding single-handedly for now.

They seems content to be rolling at the group for now. Should they arrive near them, the knight proceed to stare at them in utter silence.

Edited by Bolded1 on Sep 17th 2021 at 3:51:20 PM

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
ironcommando smol aberration from Somewhere in space Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#358330: Sep 17th 2021 at 6:51:08 AM

Something seems to be flying above the group, resembling a drone of sorts. A small, rather crudely-put together drone with a small light on it. It scans the group, blinking its light a bit, before flying past.


Cara shakes her head as she lightly kicks the sand, causing a dust cloud to form. This wasn't any normal dust cloud, it looked... rectangular and transparent. Clearly this was the work of something otherworldly.

"I know my research facilities around this area, and I'm quite sure there aren-"


Without warning, the soldier talking to Inspector Gadget raises its arms as a gun materializes in them. He fires, shooting a odd, rectangular shaped energy shot at the drone. A direct hit. The drone breaks apart as a red light flashes from it for a brief second, and it dissipates into odd, circle-shaped energy.

"...We've got company!" he exclaims as he waves towards the newcomer, as the other troops move towards the group to protect them.


Cara's unable to finish her sentence before she makes a "tch" sound.

"You capable of fighting? Sigh... We may have some hostiles on our hands..."


What looks to be a few humanoid figures in Arabian/Tusken Raider like tunics begin to approach the group from a distance. If one were to look at their faces... well, their everything appears to be covered in tunic, including their faces.

They don't seem too friendly, especially with their guns drawn like that.

Enemy: "Sand Trooper" x8

Edited by ironcommando on Sep 17th 2021 at 9:55:53 PM

...eheh
MicoolTNT Shadow of Legends from 'straya, m8 Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Shadow of Legends
#358331: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:00:22 AM

And yet another player stumbles across the geographically unusual desert, another seeming soldier, though this one is wearing black armor, and has something of a condescending swagger.

Seeing that he's apparently arrived just in time for some kind of a fight, he sighs wryly - though something about it suggests he may not be entirely displeased with this turn of events - and draws a high-tech pistol, the weapon unfolding itself from a partially collapsed state into a ready state.

"Just my timing... never a dull moment." He snarks.

"We can handle what is true, for we are already living it."
BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#358332: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:00:38 AM

Gadget takes a photo of the drone short before being hit by the shot. He thought it was another desert bird.

Hostile? They surely looks like good fellas. Hey guys! We have a party there! Come and have fun!

Three freaking ghosts!
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#358333: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:01:06 AM

The shoebill squawks in surprise as one startling thing happens after another.

Ultimately, it regains composure and lunges through the air to bludgeon a "Sand Trooper" over the head with its eponymous shoe-like bill.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
vgm23 The woman of the hour from Your mom's house lol Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
The woman of the hour
#358334: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:03:57 AM

"Huh"

He looked around at the chaos around him and had to think of a battle plan

So he called his boss

"Hey, so I think I'm gonna be late on the order"

Your Jordans are fake, fake as hell. Dollar Store ass shoes
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#358335: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:04:26 AM

The Unkindled sees the hostile forces gathered and silently grab their axe before running at them, not paying heed to the allied forces all around.

Should they reach the desert warriors, they then try to cleave two of them in half with massive swings of their axe.

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
ironcommando smol aberration from Somewhere in space Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#358336: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:16:54 AM

As the "Sand Troopers" head towards the group, four begin to open fire with their energy guns, shooting orange pulse blasts at Cara's troops.

Another three seem to be using what appears to be a focuser beam weapon, targeting the Employee, the Unkindled, and Inspector Gadget. An orange, thin streak like a laser sight is set upon them — while not damaging, what comes next would be much more painful.

They don't seem to have noticed the black armored soldier yet.

While silent to the group, they appear to be communicating within their own ranks.

[Found you! There's a few outsiders among them too. We can take care of those.]


Cara's entourage of soldiers begin opening fire at the "Sand Troopers". The four armored troops fire at the sand troopers in an exchange of bullets. The hail of bullets aimed at two of the "Sand Troopers" tears through them, ripping their tunics apart only to reveal a strange, orange cyber/virtual energy underneath, which quickly dissipates away into the air.

"Ah, these guys. Don't like them. They're likely hired by a bigger army."


The eight initially ignore the bird, thinking that it's just some odd animal not native to this domain and not too much of a threat.

They're Instantly Proven Wrong as the bird slams down on the head of the one targeting Inspector Gadget, distracting it and disrupting its attack.

Meanwhile, Cara herself seems to be behind her entourage, charging up odd, green, almost cyber-looking energy balls in her hands and tossing them at the one being harassed by the Shoebill. It explodes on the Sand Trooper, knocking it back. The entity's tunic seems to tear away from it, revealing an orange energy below — and a second green orb crashes into the trooper.

So concentrated were the Sand Troopers targeting the Employee and the Unkindled, that they didn't realize the huge axe coming towards them. The Unkindled's attack easily cuts through one, tearing it into half, while the other attempts to backstep, getting cleaved but not demolished — but disrupting its attack as well.

Things were definitely not going well for the enemy. And soon, things would also be going a bit more chaotic for the group.

Enemy: Sand Trooper x 4 (1 heavily damaged)


In the distance, what appears to be a bit of Worm Sign can be seen, before it soon disappears for a short moment.

Edited by ironcommando on Sep 17th 2021 at 10:17:17 PM

...eheh
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#358337: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:18:11 AM

William hesitantly reaches for the wolf's head, placing his palm over their head and gently rubbing.

"i- it's softer than i expected honestly-"

"i swear if this thing chomps your hand i am NOT healing it!"

"you gotta be more hopeful that that...."

real
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#358338: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:21:07 AM

The Unkindled doesnt get tech but get that glowing beam means pain. They grab the corpse of the one Sand Trooper they killed and yeet it at the ones aiming at the knight, to stop them even if briefly.

They then twirl their axe and dash forth,aiming to split the one Sand Trooper they didnt kill in half.

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
MicoolTNT Shadow of Legends from 'straya, m8 Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Shadow of Legends
#358339: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:22:31 AM

The black-armored soldier returns fire with his pistol... oddly enough, though, it doesn't appear to be firing actual solid projectiles, rather kinetic pulses which are... actually pretty weak, really, only strong enough to knock people down off their feet.

...however, he then activates some kind of orange holographic interface over his right forearm, and uses it to fire off a seeking bolt of incendiary plasma at the undamaged Sand Troopers, most likely any that haven't been hit by his concussive(?) gunshots. And unlike the faux-gunshots, this attack is the real deal, capable of dealing intense thermal damage and setting foes aflame - a status that may be able to combine with further attacks for even more damage and/or chaos.

Incinerate power from Mass Effect, though the gunshots are not Mass Effect pistol fire.

"So are these guys hired on a budget, or do they really suck that bad?" He asks, regarding the Sand Troopers, and the fact that they've already taken four fatalities.

Edited by MicoolTNT on Sep 18th 2021 at 12:31:28 AM

"We can handle what is true, for we are already living it."
BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#358340: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:23:56 AM

Desert

Oh, fireworks! Says Gadget, unfazed as ever by the events unfolding. They are such party animals. Let's show them we know how to party hard too!

GO-GO, GADGET-FIREWORKS!

He stores his camera within his hat, and from the top of it a bunch of fireworks fires, going towards the sand-troopers in chaotic directions.

Edited by BombonBombin on Sep 17th 2021 at 9:24:31 AM

Three freaking ghosts!
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#358341: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:24:57 AM

Assuming the Sand Trooper that the shoebill just attacked didn't die from that, it then attempts to stab the Sand Trooper in the head with the tip of its bill.

If they are dead, it lunges for the nearest one to do the same thing.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
ironcommando smol aberration from Somewhere in space Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#358342: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:40:01 AM

Cara notices a barrage of fire shots targeting the Sand Troopers from both the new black armored person, and the fireworks from Gadget. The incendiary attack all find their mark, but seem to do little to them, not even setting them ablaze.

The scientist shakes her head.

"Sigh... I'd suggest using something else. They're adapted to the desert, and likely heat resistant like the wildlife here!"

At the same time, she notices the Shoebill violently peck the everloving crap out of another Sand Trooper, pinning it down. As it takes heavy damage from the bird, Cara's soldier entourage focus their fire upon it. The bullets seem to pass through the bird and hit the poor schmuck being pinned down, finishing it off.

(Interesting. The shoebills here seem to be much more violent and stronger than the usual fare)

The Unkindled's axe finds its mark as the sand trooper it hits is cleaved in two, dissipating into orange particles.


The last Sand Trooper tries to aim its gun at Cara, as it raises a hand in the air to call for reinforcements. Indeed, another two begin to arrive from a blind angle...

Sand Trooper x3


The lady scientist begins to charge a glowing green energy ball in each hand, ready to toss at the Sand Troopers... when she stops. The Worm Sign from earlier appeared right near the three troopers' feet.

She knew what these were, and decided to hold off her attack. She even motioned to her entourage to stop the attack.

Cara's pink-irised eyes gazed rather curiously and intently at the scene unfolding, as if she were recording it like a documentary.

As soon as the oddly square-shaped dust particles stopped, what appeared to be three sets of huge, polygonal mandibles shot out from the sand, grabbing each of the Sand Troopers by the legs. The mandibles then begin to pull back into the sand, as the three troopers struggle to escape, their legs sinking lower and lower by the split-second.

In a matter of seconds, those three were no more, pulled into the sand by a new enemy.

"It seems that the wildlife is here to greet us. The desert's coming alive... and I'm quite sure it's hungry!" Cara exclaims excitedly.

Sand Trooper "Desert Beetle" x3

[NOTE: These things are burrowing under the ground. It'll be hard to reach them for now. They are hungry, though, maybe baiting them and dodging could work?]

Edited by ironcommando on Sep 17th 2021 at 10:43:53 PM

...eheh
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#358343: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:43:41 AM

The Unkindled wisely doesn't approach the three remaining troopers, and behold as they get nom'd by an unknown beast! Soon revealed to be a desert beetle.

Having dealt with creatures similar enough, the Unkindled grab their axe two-handed and begins to pace about, waiting for an attack to be made. Should it happen, they take a step back, lift the Greataxe overhead and S-S-S-S-SSLAM it down on the sand.

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
MicoolTNT Shadow of Legends from 'straya, m8 Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Shadow of Legends
#358344: Sep 17th 2021 at 7:50:51 AM

"Oh, I'm sorry, I don't usually see that," the soldier(?) says, a little bitterly. He's unable to immediately follow-up anyway, as his tech cools down, so it may look like he's following Cara's gestured order.

"You sound awfully excited about going down something's gullet," he snarks again, seeming to reload his pistol and wait for a clear shot, since the targets aren't immediately accessible.

"We can handle what is true, for we are already living it."
BombonBombin Nightmare lord from Across time and space Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: In love with love
Nightmare lord
#358345: Sep 17th 2021 at 8:02:17 AM

Gadget don't care if the fireworks works. He's just having fun... Until now.

Ooof... It's too hot there. What about some cold drinks, my friends? GO-GO, GADGET-HOSE!

One of Gadget's fingers turns into a gardening hose, and shoots water against the foes!

Three freaking ghosts!
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#358346: Sep 17th 2021 at 8:09:29 AM

The shoebill beats its wings, jumping away from the Desert Beetle.

It stops being so aggro for a moment, instead choosing to cautiously (and intimidatingly) stare at the new foe.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
ironcommando smol aberration from Somewhere in space Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#358347: Sep 17th 2021 at 8:21:46 AM

Cara grins and winks back at the Black Armored Guy. The sands become quiet for a bit, as the three poor schmucks are destroyed and consumed by the beetles.

"Well, I wouldn't want to be the one going down — but seeing nature in action does thrill me."

She then shakes her head a bit and corrects him.

"Technically, these things don't even have a proper 'digestive system'. Their bites break down stuff on the ontological level and then they absorb that into their own being for sustenance."


"Be on your guard!" Cara's entourage exclaims. "We don't know who's going to be next."

Indeed, one of them was being targeted by the beasts...


These creatures were... odd, to say the least. On first glance, one would definitely figure out a beetle with huge mandibles... except it looked like they had a polygonal, virtual design of sorts. It was like they were made of floating "armor" pieces held together by energy, in the shape of a beetle.

It was fortunate that the Unkindled had experience fighting a burrowing foe before, as a very hungry pair of mandibles shoot out from the sand, revealing the beast! It attempts to do a quick rush towards the Unkindled, only for a huge axe to greet it right in the face.

The beetle rears back, but unlike those Sand Troopers, it wasn't going down without a better fight. Angered by a prey that could fight back, it spreads its "wings" as some of the anomalous "sand" around it begins to be sucked into its "wing", before firing out a rather large blast of sand at the Unkindled from them. This was no ordinary sand, it was compact, almost like a large bullet if anything.

A second beetle pops up from the sand, aiming its grasping jaws at the Shoebill... which simply flies away. Yeah, using a ground-based attack on a flight-capable target ain't really a good tactic. It changes its target to something much less flighty, namely, the dude in the black armor, as it rushes towards them at a swift pa-

-right when Gadget's hose fires a huge spray of water at the beetle.

IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE!

As entities that were accustomed to a perpetually dry, hot, arid, windy, and sandy climate, these beetles had resistances to the elements there. Water and moisture, however... was a thing that they were not. The liquid quickly seeps into the "beetle's" shell, causing it to angrily struggle. Turning the ground around it moist was also a huge advantage, as the beetle opened its wings, but struggled to absorb the wet, hardened anomalous "sand" from the ground around it.

The Black Armored guy easily gets a few shots off at the temporarily stunned beetle, piercing through its soaked "armor" and hitting the energy flesh inside. The creature was most definitely not in good condition.

"Good observation, sir. They've adapted to a dry environment, but lack the traits to handle moisture." Cara smiled, as she went to check on her troops.


"Dammit, they got one of us!"

The scientist's face tuned from a smile to one of worry. The third damn beetle had ambushed one of Cara's entourage of troops, quickly dragging him down and the three other soldiers were focusing their attacks on it.

"Ah, fuck!"

With a quick green flash, Cara teleports right to the beetle attacking her cohort as she slams her hand down on the sand in front of her, causing an odd green wave to emanate from it. This didn't seem to hurt the beetle — but it certainly caused it to stop its grip on the soldier.

"Desert Beetle" x3 (1 moderately damaged, 2 heavily damaged, one underground).

Edited by ironcommando on Sep 17th 2021 at 11:29:41 PM

...eheh
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#358348: Sep 17th 2021 at 8:29:22 AM

The shoebill lunges to attack the weakened beetle, intending to bite one of its mandibles and smash it against the ground until it hopefully tears off. Brutal, but effective.

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
MicoolTNT Shadow of Legends from 'straya, m8 Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Shadow of Legends
#358349: Sep 17th 2021 at 8:30:15 AM

"So, trippy meta shit?" The guy bluntly and reductively summarizes. Though his face isn't really visible, his tone has a faint smirky hint of maybe trying to piss her off with the simple, reductive summary.

Then, seeing that the water has clearly had a lasting effect on the beetle, such that even his normally near-fake gunshots have had a damaging effect, and hearing the comment about its strengths and weaknesses, he decides to launch another Power at it from his cooled-down Omni-Tool - this time, a Cryo Blast of super-chilled particles, hoping to combine with the water-based attack to freeze it solid, and render it both immobile and (even more) heavily vulnerable to further damage. Or maybe even just outright functionally dead.

Mass Effect powers to try to cause a Genshin elemental reaction? Sure, why not. This. Is. The ARENA!!!

Edited by MicoolTNT on Sep 18th 2021 at 1:37:47 AM

"We can handle what is true, for we are already living it."
vgm23 The woman of the hour from Your mom's house lol Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
The woman of the hour
#358350: Sep 17th 2021 at 8:30:51 AM

The Wolf suprisingly seemed ok with it, though probably due to it being under Ella's influence

"Would you happen to know where this is?"

Your Jordans are fake, fake as hell. Dollar Store ass shoes

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