VR Game
-You are indeed able to line up for one last bombing run on the base barracks, Quartz-
-But then you get another missile lock warning. Just the one this time, as the Hanged Man immediately wheels about at impossible speed to face you and fires a single missile-
-Of course, however, in doing so the Hanged Man also does not anticipate Asagi lazing him down with the Thunder Beam and a good quarter of his aero's health is shaved off as he immediately engages evasive maneuvers to avoid being incinerated-
The Hanged Man : Your ideals aren't worth the oxygen you waste espousing them. Now stop struggling.
Terminus
Elana: Diurnal or nocturnal? Just to start.
Edited by SpartyMcFly on Oct 4th 2018 at 4:24:21 PM
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."VR Game
Quartz: All that silicon and they couldn't come up with the space for an humility chip?
-Hits the flares if possible, once again engaging in evasive maneuvers, even if it costs him the bombing run; The longer he can distract the Hanged Man, the better-
Voldh: Neither, actually. We do not require sleep.
VR Game
-The Medved is slow as hell and can't evade worth much, but you eventually do manage to pop your flares again after they recharge-
-The missile explodes close-by, and a second missile lances out, streaking right towards the flare and blowing it to hell in an impressive detonation-
-Asagi, in the meanwhile, is finding her attack is now much less effective. The Hanged Man is dancing around the Thunder Beam and taking very little damage as he now closes in on Asagi, which fortunately means Quartz will probably be able to flare again by the time the Hanged Man's AI resets-
Terminus
Elana: You don't need to sleep? Really?
Edited by SpartyMcFly on Oct 4th 2018 at 4:39:31 PM
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."VR Game
Quartz: -Decides to press the offensive and approach the dogfight between Asagi and the Hanged Man as soon as his flares have recharged, intent on providing a distraction at least, or engage gunship_tactics.exe at best-
Terminus
Voldh: -nods- An evolutionary necessity. Xen did not have much in the way of a diurnal cycle.
VR Game
-As Quartz closes in, Asagi and the Hanged Man get the same idea-
-From Asagi's Aurora flies a single missile, which travels a hundred metres or so before immediately detonating into eight smaller missiles-
-Two of them travel off towards the dogfights the remaining AI wingmen are still having, but the other six converge on the Hanged Man as he launches his own cluster missile at Asagi-
-The Hanged Man's missile splits off into five warheads... two of which break off to track Quartz, another one heading towards the dogfight surrounding them, and the last two homing in on Asagi-
Terminus
Elana: Xen?
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."VR Game
-Only one thing for Quartz to do: Hit the flares once again, and use the opening to get in close and use a Meteor, maybe even giving the turrets some action-
Terminus
Voldh: A place between worlds, an haphazardly woven connector between the tapestries of many universes. We had been living there for eons 'fore the Black Mesa Incident allowed us onto Earth.
VR Game
-Fortunately, with just two missiles it's quite easy for Asagi to dodge them, and Quartz is able to spoof his with his bomber's flares-
-The Hanged Man is much less fortunate, and for all his bluster he only manages to dodge two of the Circus' cluster missile before the other four smash into him-
-And then the Meteor hits him-
-Combined, the damage has shaved enough health to put him at about 22%-
The Hanged Man : No! I will not be felled by inferiors! You are just flesh in machines catering to your whim! I am the machine! I am the ultimate fighter! YOU HAVE TO DIE!
-The Hanged Man activates an overboost and screeches off into the distance, though it's clear he's doing this to reposition and not to retreat-
Terminus
Elana: -Writes all of this down in her journal-
Freaky. So it's... not a place, but it's a place between places. How can you survive there?
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."VR Game
Quartz: Well, he's mad now. I say we watch ourselves and wait for him to commit a mistake.
... I'm sure he'll give us just enough rope to hang him with >.>;
-takes as much altitude as he can in the meantime-
Terminus
Voldh: We were not alone in our exile; The border world had accumulated quite the disparate ecosystem, hosting refugees from many worlds such as ourselves.
Monomi: (has her hands and feet ready to fly when the Hanged Man reappears)
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.VR Game
-The Hanged Man turns around-
The Hanged Man : Begone.
-Asagi, Quartz, each of you are getting ten missiles-
-Each-
-...Monomi isn't getting any missiles, however-
-Because the incoming cluster of five missiles that her Schwalbe has been warning her about all connect with it-
-Just two of those would have been enough to punch it out of the sky, but as it is, all five of them turn her fighter into a very, very impressive fireball-
-From Monomi's view, the camera detaches from her fighter as it detonates in mid-air, and her instrument panel goes blank-
-It then cuts to the Hanged Man as he launches his attack on Asagi and Quartz-
you died
💀: the hanged man - GEIL focused cluster missile
In a high maneuverability aero, you can dodge most incoming missiles. Save your flares for emergencies, like missile swarms or missiles with strong tracking.
Terminus
Elana: So you aren't a native of Xen.
Edited by SpartyMcFly on Oct 6th 2018 at 9:05:36 AM
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."Monomi: Darn! I gotta pay more attention. I feel like this is unlike me somehow.
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.VR Game
-Asagi gets hit by all ten missiles because of her lack of dodging, and dies in a very similar vein to Monomi-
-Quartz takes a fair bit of missiles, but barely scrapes by-
-The good news is, however... that those last few parting blaster shots and thunder beam waves were enough to wreck the Hanged Man-
The Hanged Man : NOOOOO͏̷̧O̵͢O͏Ò̧͠Ǫ̡̢Ơ͟O̢O̴̡O̕O̸͞O͘͠҉̷O̢͏̷Ǫ̴̀͞O҉̀O͏͡͡!̶͢͜͠
-And with that, his plane pitches down and down into the landscape-
Yokai Lead: ...by the gods. He nearly took out Wendigo Squadron. What hope is there?
Scalar Lead: We can doomsay after we're safe back at base. The way I see it, we've taken care of everything we need to do and Tarot 12 is dead. Let's go home.
-And so everyone still watching gets to see a MISSION SUCCESS screen, as well as score indicators-
-Asagi got first place, with Quartz getting a close second simply because he survived-
Terminus
Elana: That sounds like an... incredibly strange place. I need to visit on an expedition sometime, if I am able. See what type of ecosystem has developed there.
Edited by SpartyMcFly on Oct 8th 2018 at 2:31:21 PM
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."

VR Game
Asagi: Ooh, I hearda those types. They're some of the nastiest to fight...but maybe the easiest to kill. After all, a lack of self-preservation brings down the best men.
-She aims a thunderbeam shot right at sir Hanged Man-
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