IC Solitarus

[Streyll]

(15) JUGGERNAUT boosts to the side, rotating its torso as well to face Vrajlax, narrowly avoiding the attack.

It them attempts to fire an accurate shot at his back as he flies by.. (12)

(12)
It hits almost precisely where intended, except the angle was just a bit too much and so it simply ricochets off the metal, just marring the surface.
Vrajlax would turn to face JUGGERNAUT, then catches a glimpse of ARSENAL, and goes to fly past for a closer look.
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[MechaDasÜberGoober]

(yes)

The machine would then fully detach itself, now marked with tons of little holes that could be seen as good places to aim.. (@MechaDasÜberGoober )

*Cyra looks fully ticked off, but also really ing tired...*
*She loads a revolver in one quick movement, emptying the clip more at the machine than into it. (D20: 13-1)*

 

[Banana_=P]

And during this time, STITCHER would throw itself at Aurora, attempting to claw at them like a feral animal. (8-5 = 3)

Aurora floats back and out of the way as she notices ENFORCER run off, snickering. (D20: 10)
<...>
<Wow. Wildly inconsistent in thoughts.>
<..either way though, at least that...other guy has the other tin-can's attention. Meaning...>

Aurora smiles as she throws out a wisp to blast STITCHER with a beam of Mystical Fire. (D20: 8)
<Gotta get after Helanne though..>

The spear quickly dissolves out of W.O.R.T's grasp, returning to the base of the knight, who hastily throws itself backwards and morphs both arms into a large shield, kneeling to brace for the beam. (20..)

(10, 17) The first arrow sticks through the machine's head, causing it to go limp. It almost reflexively swats away the second.. and then falls into Helanne, lights shut off.

This prompts her to scream and push the machine off, continuing to sort of wobble towards Vell.

Aurora notes this out of the corner of her eye.
<...huh.>
<...guess that means I'm free to finish off the teleporter first.>

 

[Esther]

(I think I'll have to drop out of the battle for now, sorry... I just keep forgetting to respond and I'm worried that I'm not getting enough sleep and might mess up or something. I'll be back after the battle is over, sorry again for the disappointment.)

 

[Akira Nishikiyama]

(12) Which the machine only seems to dodge because it nearly falls over when throwing itself at Miar.

It would them turn and recover before lunging at Miar and attempting to bash into him with its shoulder, trying to send him sprawling. (14)

[15] Miar dodges to the side and attempts a kick into FLOOD's back. [4]

 

[AVARUS ODIUM]

(@appleNsauce and @Beyond , I think you both still need to respond, but I'll keep going regardless as of tomorrow if said response isn't present...)

 

[Shovel 4: Tool's Revenge!]

The spear quickly dissolves out of W.O.R.T's grasp, returning to the base of the knight, who hastily throws itself backwards and morphs both arms into a large shield, kneeling to brace for the beam. (20..)

And the laser fires, a scorching ray of plasma that definitely should not be coming from W.O.R.T. (20,15,10).... And then a smaller laser sticks out off the top, adding one last bit. (5) (Assuming based on how they're just sitting there they'll stay in the entire time)

(10, 17) The first arrow sticks through the machine's head, causing it to go limp. It almost reflexively swats away the second.. and then falls into Helanne, lights shut off.

This prompts her to scream and push the machine off, continuing to sort of wobble towards Vell.

As the machine dies, the detached bits of Hive start moving towards Vell. It might take a while....

 

[AVARUS ODIUM]

(... continuing on then..)

Horn instinctively tries chomping it, having decided to not allow this machine to survive the encounter (15).

And SUPRESSOR boosts back just as Horn clamps down on its arm.. ripping the entire arm off at the shoulder. (1)

SUPRESSOR is obviously not pleased, firing two incendiary grenades at Horn. (6,10)

(12)
It hits almost precisely where intended, except the angle was just a bit too much and so it simply ricochets off the metal, just marring the surface.
Vrajlax would turn to face JUGGERNAUT, then catches a glimpse of ARSENAL, and goes to fly past for a closer look.
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ARSENAL in turn looks up...

She seems unable to comprehend the language spoken by the creature, and so begins trying to use another language.
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During this time, JUGGERNAUT would begin to charge towards Vrajlax, preparing its sword, but shooting at him again. (14)

It then sees Horn, and is filled with some sort of primal hatred. Immediately turning to face him and starting to charge, totally disregarding anything else involving Vrajlax.

REASSEMBLY is now flying behind JUGGERNAUT, trying to keep up.. It might honestly be a pretty easy target...

(yes)

*Cyra looks fully ticked off, but also really ing tired...*
*She loads a revolver in one quick movement, emptying the clip more at the machine than into it. (D20: 13-1)*

(11) Most of the bullets ping harmlessly off, but two manage to hit solidly into the machine's torso, causing 2 bouts of sparking where the machine stumbles a bit.

It puts away its regular hammer, drawing one that seems to have a combustion device at the end.

It lunges at Cyra, swinging as the hammer's back half seems to explode, boosting the whole hammer forwards even faster towards Cyra's torso. (18)

Aurora smiles as she throws out a wisp to blast STITCHER with a beam of Mystical Fire. (D20: 8)
<Gotta get after Helanne though..>

STITCHER seems to become intangible just as the beam would've hit, barely dodging the blast. (3+5 = 8)

Shuddering, STITCHER winds up, slashing at the air and creating a distorted slash that ripples towards Aurora. (1 -5 = -4)

.. which actually just dissipates the minute it comes into existence.

(I think I'll have to drop out of the battle for now, sorry... I just keep forgetting to respond and I'm worried that I'm not getting enough sleep and might mess up or something. I'll be back after the battle is over, sorry again for the disappointment.)

(It's ok.. I'm gonna have to do this then.)

Lunus and IMPALER continue to duke it out until Lunus is cut several more times, beginning to grow tired. IMPALER then kicks them to the ground, leaving them open to be struck down with the burning lance of the machine...

Only for IMPALER to be called for by COMMANDER, abandoning the exhausted and battered Lunus on the battlefield.

[15] Miar dodges to the side and attempts a kick into FLOOD's back. [4]

(3) And it barely connects, but it's just enough to cause the machine to fall due to its imbalance.

After slowly hobbling to its feet, FLOOD tries to take two diagonal swipes and Miar, both uncharged and sloppy. (3,2)

And the laser fires, a scorching ray of plasma that definitely should not be coming from W.O.R.T. (20,15,10).... And then a smaller laser sticks out off the top, adding one last bit. (5) (Assuming based on how they're just sitting there they'll stay in the entire time)

(8, 17, 3, 5) ARMAGEDDON's shield is burnt through near immediately, nanomachines sluffing off in the thousands. The knight getting hit by the full brunt of the laser for a second or so before morphing some of it's torso into another barrier, which manages to block the laser for a while before sluffing off too.. it is then hit by the remaining second or so of the blast.

ARMAGEDDON, still in the shape of a knight, slowly gets to its feet, both arms totally gone aside from some stubs at the shoulders, and a massive chunk of their torso missing, along with some of their head..

The knight shape then collapses back into a blob, now slightly smaller than W.O.R.T.

It seems to be thinking..

As the machine dies, the detached bits of Hive start moving towards Vell. It might take a while....

Vell glances at the fractured Hive bits and then back at Helanne.

Helanne, still crying and crawling/limping over finally reaches Vell, who gestures for her to get behind him as he reassesses the situation.
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COMMANDER gets up, beginning to utter commands to IMPALER, who leaves Lunus behind to begin attacking ARSENAL.

IMPALER lunges at ARSENAL with a quick succession of plasma-lance thrusts (10) which ARSENAL is able to dodge easily enough, (16), reaching for the machine's head with both hands. (15) And succeeding, the far more primitive IMPALER flailing wildly in response (7).

ARSENAL's hands morph into blades, aiming to impale IMPALER's head with both hands. (13) which works.. IMPALER going limp immediately. (2)

With a quick yank of both arms outwards, ARSENAL tears apart IMPALER's head, splaying bits of machinery everywhere as her hands turn back to normal. She begins to close the distance to COMMANDER.

COMMANDER just looks afraid.
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Innominatus and ENFORCER are doing another session of offscreen fighting...

 

[Orchamut]

And SUPRESSOR boosts back just as Horn clamps down on its arm.. ripping the entire arm off at the shoulder. (1)

SUPRESSOR is obviously not pleased, firing two incendiary grenades at Horn. (6,10)

(10,3) He snorts at them, which manages to blow the first one back (19) but then mistakenly inhales as the second one approaches, getting it lodged in his nostril as it explodes which is obviously very painful.
He roars and charges, swiping senselessly with his claws (14, 13).

 

[Esther]

(I'll unwatch this thread for now, ping me when the battle is over so I can re-watch. Just keeping my notifs clean for now.)

 

[MechaDasÜberGoober]

(11) Most of the bullets ping harmlessly off, but two manage to hit solidly into the machine's torso, causing 2 bouts of sparking where the machine stumbles a bit.

It puts away its regular hammer, drawing one that seems to have a combustion device at the end.

It lunges at Cyra, swinging as the hammer's back half seems to explode, boosting the whole hammer forwards even faster towards Cyra's torso. (18)

(Where did it pull it's hammer from..? It's ???)
*Cyra attempts to jump out of the way and mostly succeeds, but the hammer catches the edge of her foot on the way down, crushing it to a pulp. She screeches in pain. (D20:17)*
*She slowly attempts to reload her revolver and hobble away at the same time, drawing her coat over herself as camouflage. Her foot is dripping blood onto the ground though, so it's not very effective (I'm going to roll for stealth, D20:11).

 

[Shovel 4: Tool's Revenge!]

(8, 17, 3, 5) ARMAGEDDON's shield is burnt through near immediately, nanomachines sluffing off in the thousands. The knight getting hit by the full brunt of the laser for a second or so before morphing some of it's torso into another barrier, which manages to block the laser for a while before sluffing off too.. it is then hit by the remaining second or so of the blast.

ARMAGEDDON, still in the shape of a knight, slowly gets to its feet, both arms totally gone aside from some stubs at the shoulders, and a massive chunk of their torso missing, along with some of their head..

The knight shape then collapses back into a blob, now slightly smaller than W.O.R.T.

It seems to be thinking..

W.O.R.T is tired of this and tries ending this with Excessive Firepower. (19 ig the dice agree)

 

[Banana_=P]

STITCHER seems to become intangible just as the beam would've hit, barely dodging the blast. (3+5 = 8)

Shuddering, STITCHER winds up, slashing at the air and creating a distorted slash that ripples towards Aurora. (1 -5 = -4)

.. which actually just dissipates the minute it comes into existence.

"..."
Aurora smiles, disappearing.

Before reappearing in their face, ramming their head one more time with Phantom Force, following up with a Shadow Ball aimed at them to capitalise on their vulnerability (D20: 13, 13).

 

[Streyll]

ARSENAL in turn looks up...

She seems unable to comprehend the language spoken by the creature, and so begins trying to use another language.
"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?"

During this time, JUGGERNAUT would begin to charge towards Vrajlax, preparing its sword, but shooting at him again. (14)

It then sees Horn, and is filled with some sort of primal hatred. Immediately turning to face him and starting to charge, totally disregarding anything else involving Vrajlax.

REASSEMBLY is now flying behind JUGGERNAUT, trying to keep up.. It might honestly be a pretty easy target...

Vrajlax stops and hovers for a moment, before then replying more slowly than he spoke with the other system.
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Vrajlax then turns and notices REASSEMBLY...

COMMANDER gets up, beginning to utter commands to IMPALER, who leaves Lunus behind to begin attacking ARSENAL.

IMPALER lunges at ARSENAL with a quick succession of plasma-lance thrusts (10) which ARSENAL is able to dodge easily enough, (16), reaching for the machine's head with both hands. (15) And succeeding, the far more primitive IMPALER flailing wildly in response (7).

ARSENAL's hands morph into blades, aiming to impale IMPALER's head with both hands. (13) which works.. IMPALER going limp immediately. (2)

With a quick yank of both arms outwards, ARSENAL tears apart IMPALER's head, splaying bits of machinery everywhere as her hands turn back to normal. She begins to close the distance to COMMANDER.

COMMANDER just looks afraid.
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Innominatus and ENFORCER are doing another session of offscreen fighting...

And upon ARSENAL going to fight with IMPALER and COMMANDER, Vrajlax would quickly fly up, before diving done towards REASSEMBLY, aiming to quickly cross his wing blades in a sort of flattened cross pattern. (D20: 14)

 

[AVARUS ODIUM]

(@Akira Nishikiyama , you’re the last response we need to progress..)

 

[Akira Nishikiyama]

(3) And it barely connects, but it's just enough to cause the machine to fall due to its imbalance.

After slowly hobbling to its feet, FLOOD tries to take two diagonal swipes and Miar, both uncharged and sloppy. (3,2)

[1] Exhausted from the battle, Miar is hit by the first swipe and falls to the ground.
Crap...

 

[AVARUS ODIUM]

(10,3) He snorts at them, which manages to blow the first one back (19) but then mistakenly inhales as the second one approaches, getting it lodged in his nostril as it explodes which is obviously very painful.

(20) And by some miracle, SUPPRESSOR hits the grenade back with his launcher like a baseball bat, sending it flying back it Horn. (10)

He roars and charges, swiping senselessly with his claws (14, 13).

The machine manages to dash backwards from the first swipe and roll under the second. (14, 19)
It then boosts forwards in the opposite direction of Horn, putting some distance between the two before turning around and firing a few standard missiles. (1, 15)
JUGGERNAUT has now appeared on the scene and begins boosting towards Horn to ram into him. (19)

(Where did it pull it's hammer from..? It's ???)

(Do not question REASSEMBLY...)

*Cyra attempts to jump out of the way and mostly succeeds, but the hammer catches the edge of her foot on the way down, crushing it to a pulp. She screeches in pain. (D20:17)*
*She slowly attempts to reload her revolver and hobble away at the same time, drawing her coat over herself as camouflage. Her foot is dripping blood onto the ground though, so it's not very effective (I'm going to roll for stealth, D20:11).

(15) Reassembly just ing stares at her before beginning to slowly waddle over, hammer primed to swing again..

W.O.R.T is tired of this and tries ending this with Excessive Firepower. (19 ig the dice agree)

ARMAGGEDON would then morph into the shape of a small kobolod befo- (4)
It is now a pile of sparking ashen metal flakes.

"..."
Aurora smiles, disappearing.

Before reappearing in their face, ramming their head one more time with Phantom Force, following up with a Shadow Ball aimed at them to capitalise on their vulnerability (D20: 13, 13).

(11+5 = 16, 5+5 = 10) STITCHER phases through the ramming and leaps forwards, spinning around.. only to still be tangible as it gets hit in the torso by the shadow orb.
It tries in vein to leap at and grab Aurora, and then slam them into the ground. (5-5 = 0) but it goes intangible just as it tries this, falling through them and spinning to face them again.

Vrajlax stops and hovers for a moment, before then replying more slowly than he spoke with the other system.
"

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Vrajlax then turns and notices REASSEMBLY...

ARSENAL would then turn to nod in acknowledgement before continuing towards COMMANDER.

And upon ARSENAL going to fight with IMPALER and COMMANDER, Vrajlax would quickly fly up, before diving done towards REASSEMBLY, aiming to quickly cross his wing blades in a sort of flattened cross pattern. (D20: 14)

(1) REASSEMBLY turns a bit in the air to look at Vrajlax and lets out an "eep!"
It ends up in 4 pieces on the ground, lights shutting off.
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COMMANDER taps the side of its head, issuing DART to transfer from fighting Trixy to go and fight Vrajlax, the already damaged machine zooming silently over and beginning to fire rapid and small laser pulses at Vrajlax. (13)

[1] Exhausted from the battle, Miar is hit by the first swipe and falls to the ground.
Crap...

And FLOOD now rotates its torso to wind up for a punch, firing up the thruster in its arm to aim and throw the heavily charged punch at Miar's ribs. (16)
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ENFORCER is noticeably beating Innominatus, not a bad idea to try and help there..
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COMMANDER begins to issue some other order, but ARSENAL's hand morphs into a rifle again, firing at its head (8)

COMMANDER dodges skillfully by moving its head a mere few inches (20), but still not finishing its order.

It then fires its own rifle at ARSENAL and begins walking towards her, staff lowered at its side in its other hand. (6)

ARSENAL stumbles a bit as she is hit in the knee-ish area by the rifle pulse. (1) She morphs her hands into blades and starts sprinting towards COMMANDER now.

 

[Banana_=P]

(11+5 = 16, 5+5 = 10) STITCHER phases through the ramming and leaps forwards, spinning around.. only to still be tangible as it gets hit in the torso by the shadow orb.
It tries in vein to leap at and grab Aurora, and then slam them into the ground. (5-5 = 0) but it goes intangible just as it tries this, falling through them and spinning to face them again.

Aurora smiles, another Shadow Ball forming in her wing...
...
This one seems to solidify a bit more, the shadow ball's edges starting to glow a bit more purple as Aurora lobs this one at STITCHER (D20: 17).
(No mechanics. It just does plain damage now.)

 

[Shovel 4: Tool's Revenge!]

W.O.R.T let's out a "war cry" that sounds like every computer failure and boot up noise stacked on each other, before deciding he wants the highest body count. Since ENFORCER over there is dominating his fight, this means W.O.R.T would have an easier time getting the kill as Innominatus wouldn't be in good condition to do it himself. This is definitely good logic.

So naturally W.O.R.T goes charging in with... a katana?! Guess he keeps the higher quality stuff buried within the junk... (19 I guess he really did save the high quality gear-)

 

[Orchamut]

(20) And by some miracle, SUPPRESSOR hits the grenade back with his launcher like a baseball bat, sending it flying back it Horn. (10)

(9) He doesn't have time to deflect it so he just tries to block the impact with a forelimb, which does burn it painfully.

The machine manages to dash backwards from the first swipe and roll under the second. (14, 19)
It then boosts forwards in the opposite direction of Horn, putting some distance between the two before turning around and firing a few standard missiles. (1, 15)

(5,14) The first missile... misses... and the second missile he gives the same treatment to, blocking with his other forelimb, though the blast hurts it as well.

JUGGERNAUT has now appeared on the scene and begins boosting towards Horn to ram into him. (19)

(11) Horn is too busy protecting against the projectiles to notice, and is knocked back, but not before immediately retaliating with a kick aimed to knock JUGGERNAUT backwards (16).
Not really knowing what to do against two enemies, Horn's instinct tells him to leap into the air, splay his limbs out, and slam into the ground as hard as he can, creating a powerful shockwave that targets both robots (14 for JUGGERNAUT, 12 for SUPPRESSOR due to a little extra distance).