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Hailey made a small unimpressed sound as she watched Shop crane his neck a little as he glanced back to the room they'd just left. With an irritated sound she let go of his wrist.|
Originally Posted by Big_Game_EU
As Shop was dragged away he couldn't help but look back at Big Game and Kimi with pangs of jealousy. Knowing his father's reputation, and considering Kimi's own alley cat morals he couldn't help but think where negotiations might lead to. Normally it wouldn't be much of an issue but during his time with Kimi he'd unintentionally developed some feelings for the crazy woman.
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"If y'really wanna go spy on'm go do it, I ain't gonna stop ya. But y'might not wanna see" She commented, placing a hand firmly on her hip. Her body language tense. Whilst Shop had clearly developed some feelings for Kimi the slightly younger girl couldn't help but feel like his reaction was a slight on her company.
"I c'n go hang out on my own"
Sword dropped onto the street by Kimi's hideout. his stealth field activated he walked up to the building and looked around at the nearby hiding places and rooftops as if scanning for defences. he stopped and pulled out a phone, typing Hailey, im sorry about breaking up with you. I want us to work this out together. We know how to undo what Kimi did to you, and im going to come and find you. I dont care about anything else i just want to talk.
Having sent the message, Sword pulled his swords out and knocked on the door to the hideout.
"Wha?.. Huh?.. No, no! It's nothing like that. It' just... y'know... It don't matter. Just all this business about people wanting our heads, Kimi capturing me, that sword freak guy and stuff just messing with my head." Blurted out Shop, embarrissed that Hailey had noticed him looking back. He then realised his wavering attention had obviously hit a nerve with Hailey.
"I, um... I'm sure they can work stuff out. Um... Didn't you say Kimi had a TV or something we can watch?"
"Yeah, I get it. My life ain't been so great neither so I know how it c'n be. The Corp got me outta an awful place, so fer a while I was kinda focuse on stuff with them.." Hailey stated a little bluntly before shaking her head to clear it. She opened her mouth to speak again but was interrupted by the sound of her phone bleeping.
Reading the text message she gave a small sigh. "Speakin'f the 'sword freak guy' he's tryin' t'track us down. He jus' don' get that I c'n take care'f myself. So.. yeah'm gonna get yeh t'where y'can relax an' watch TV an' avoid more stuff with Sword"
Cracking her knuckles once more she grabbed hold of Shop's wrist again to lead him into the next room.
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A quiet whirr emenated from the front door and a barely perceptible beam of light travelled up Sword's body, scanning the man knocking on the door. "Sorry, we're closed!" Came the sound of a gruff workman from behind the entranceway.
Inside his helmet, Sword smirked and moved as quick as lightning, slicing the door apart in a few strokes, sending the fragments flying, impaling the robot worker behind the door and making it explode. Walking through the door way, alarms started going off to alert people inside to Swords presence.
As laser fire and gun fire ring out towards the door, Sword is already away, paut the guns and in combat with Kimi's robotic drones, cutting them apart as if not getting hit, though the ripples in his shileds and the occasional ping off his armour show the accuracy of the robots. Sword could feel the magic barriers in the place making him feel sick, but he focused on pushing through.
All Sword could see was robots and turrets ahead of him, and the realisation downed that this fight would ake some time. Sword began teleporting around the corridor as the machines fired at him. Slicing and dashing around, Sword had to use all his skill to avoid being blown apart.
A few minutes after defeating the last of the robots, Sword arrived at the door to where Kimi and Big game where waiting, his sensors detecting two life signs in the room ahead, and another two off in the distance. The destoyed robots and turrets littered the corridor behind him. Bracing himself for whatever he might find on the other side of the door, Sword spun his swords, and cut through the door cleanly, entering with this swords spinning around his hands.
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A tall dark-skinned man with slightly glowing white hair crossed the dancefloor heading to the Rogue Isles exit. He wore smart black trousers, black tie and a resplendent white shirt. He produced some sort of ID and was waved through into the elevators by the Arachnos guards. With a low ding the lift reached its destination. The doors slide open and the government man stepped out. He greeted the succubi demoness with a nod and made his way to the Saint Martial exit. A doorswing later and Reverend Pious Hunter was on Rogue Isle soil. He slid open a cellphone and dialled a short number before placing it to his ears.
"I'm here" he grumbled, "Just outside a Pocket D wormhole. Looks like some kind of electric power plant. Listen, recruiting Big Game to the Coalition of Hunters is key to this manoeuvre so let's meet here face to face and discuss your status report. Alright, don't be long."
Watching Pious from a rooftop in the distance, Adrian Wolf rubbed his chin with a smirk "The old fool" he mumbles before letting out a fearsome howl and his features change. A wolf-man leaps of the roof and makes his way towards Pious on all four "Time to go to work"
Pious heard a distant howling and nearly dismissed it. His survival instincts kicked in just in time to spot a silverback werewolf charging for him from a rooftop. Instinctively, he encased himself in a small field of protective electromagnetic force. "Storm wasn't kidding. This place is literally crawling full of psychopaths."
Priest stood there, shielded by an invisible field and unthreatened by the incoming animal. He would wait patiently for the thing to calm down and dialogue.
"One minute" he muttered. "Just one minute in this madland and already I'm hounded."
Adrian, commonly known as "The Silver Wolf" charged of the roof towards the priest, claws like raptor teeth cocked back and ready for impact. He lets out a growl as he hits the protective field around Pious and is repelled, getting blown back from his own momentum, biting the dust a few meters from Pious's person.
Angry and humiliated he gets to his feet and exposes his fangs, snarling at the white-haired man "Face me, face me like a man and lower your cowardly barrier"
"I'm not going to fight you friend" said Pious, stepping forward to get a closer look at his assailant, "but maybe I can help you."
Still within his electromagnetic sphere, the Priest addressed the beast with a calm and soothing tone. "I know you don't I? You're the Silver Wolf. You were there when I met Alex Balfear. You don't have to slave yourself away at the behest of Elizabeth you know. Look at you. You're a magnificent creature; beautiful silver fur, fearsome canines and a powerful muscular build. You could live as ruler instead, lead your own esteemed pride of wolves, feed off the small animals and off the land as nature intended. There is no need for violence and aggression. Greed, money, power... these are things of the human world."
"What importance is a mere bounty to a king of the wild like you, Silver Wolf?"
The Silver Wolf seems a bit puzzled and set back by Pious words but collects himself and speaks in his rasping voice, his breath holding a strong stench of blood and rotten flesh "First of, i aint your friend, seccond. I am not "slaving" myself to bathory, she can go to hell for all i care, but she pay me to kill you guys, and third, What wilderness is better to roam in, than the the chaotic wilderness of humans?"
He cracks his spine while studying the priest in front of him, his jaws forming something that could resemble a grin
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The lights in the room were out, although there was a strange light from above. As Sword stepped in, however, they snapped on, bright neon flaring into life.|
Originally Posted by Blade Racer
A few minutes after defeating the last of the robots, Sword arrived at the door to where Kimi and Big game where waiting, his sensors detecting two life signs in the room ahead, and another two off in the distance. The destoyed robots and turrets littered the corridor behind him. Bracing himself for whatever he might find on the other side of the door, Sword spun his swords, and cut through the door cleanly, entering with this swords spinning around his hands. |
The strange light was, in fact, a hole in the cieling. What had caused the hole was stood right in front of him.
There was a rising, growling hum. Ruby optics glared as plasma and laser cannons powered up, the sublte click of a flamethrower pilot light igniting, the metallic whirring of seeker drones being deployed.
Six robots were arrayed in front of Sword. The first three were the shortest, all with an arm mounted laser cannon aimed levelly at him, triple optics pulsing in non-humanoid heads. Behind them and slightly to the side were two bulkier robots, jacobs-ladder style devices rising from their backs. They too had their weapons aimed, while disk shaped, bladed seeker drones hovered beside them.
And last but by no means least, a nine foot steel goliath stood behind the others, armed with massive plasma cannons on both arms, an underslung flamethrower on the right, and an entire launcher system bristling with missiles mounted onto the back unit.
A smaller figure suddenly climbed onto the giants shoulders, sitting comfortably as it unslung a laser carbine from its back, racking the slide with an ominous mechanical snap.
Techbot ALPHA chuckled nastily, before standing up and hovering into midair.
"It's not in the best interests of myself or my friends that you go any further," he stated calmly, as the entire team pointed every available weapon at Sword. "I'm going to have to ask you to leave. Before you...how shall we say...Leave."
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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A flash of bright white light enveloped a small area beneath the electricity generators but dimmed away as quickly as it had sparked. Positioned next to the Priest and rising to his feet was the wild-haired stubble-sporting trenchcoat-clad private investigator Mike Grayson, a firearm poised at the intruding werewolf.|
Originally Posted by Blazing Angel
...she pay me to kill you guys, and third, What wilderness is better to roam in, than the chaotic wilderness of humans?"
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"See now with that sorta perspective Snoopy, you shouldn't be too surprised to see police lights and a jail cell" came the deep grumbling voice of the drunken detective. "Worse yet, cause this man any more trouble and you'll be pissing blood out'ova dozen holes, dig? Now run along and scram. I gosta get to'a talkin."
Adrian studies the investigator for a long moment, looks to the gun, and then up to his face "Is this s'posed to be a joke?" he chuckles and cracks his knuckles.
"For your sake, i hope ya loaded with the right type a bullets" Crouches down as he prepares to charge.
Kimi wasn't usually one to run but her neotiations were getting interesting and she had no intention of being interrupted just yet. After rigging the room she and Game had been in with yet more devices and defences she'd grabbed the hunters hand and with a playful smirk lead him even further into the building. Slamming a thick door closed behind them a small grin settled on her features. "So, where were we?" She purred mischievously.
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Hailey felt conflicted as she heard the sounds of conflict elsewhere in the building, she wasn't one to run from a fight and she certainly wasn't one to let someone else fight on her behalf. It just made no sense to her how Sword could think he could be angry and upset on her behalf. Glancing beside her she looked over Shop and sighed a little, she'd promised to keep an eye on him and hadn't he been though enough already?
Reaching her decision she tooks two items off of her belt, her emergency teleporter and the card she'd been given to access The Corporation, she threw both to the other teenager. "Here, yer good with tech y'should b'able t'make summat t'get y'outta here with these yeah?" She ventured before looking back the way they'd come and to the sounds of destruction. She didn't have any armour with her but she knew she had to do something "I'll watch yer back til yer out'n then I guess'm going into all that"
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"I got all kindsa ammo locked and loaded Droopy, why don't we find out?" was all the investigator said before unloading two rounds at the crouched wolf, each resounding shot fired with impecable accuracy. Strangely, the gunman turned around and looked to his mentor as though he'd recieved a telepathic message.|
Originally Posted by Blazing Angel
Adrian studies the investigator for a long moment, looks to the gun, and then up to his face "Is this s'posed to be a joke?" he chuckles and cracks his knuckles. "For your sake, i hope ya loaded with the right type a bullets" Crouches down as he prepares to charge.
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The priest didn't look happy at all. "Stop kidding around Hells" said Pious, looking a little annoyed with the two fighters. "Status report."
Sword ripped his helmet off, tears streaming down his face as he looked at Techbot. "what? another of damned Kimiko's toys to keep me from the woman i love? how much does she want to hurt me? how much do i have to do to make her stop?! it doesnt matter, Kimi and Mr. Game aint here and no doubt Hailey and the kid are long gone too. so what good is it me bing here huh?" Sword stopped spinning his sword sna d pointed them at his own chest "if you want to stop me chasing after Hailey you will have to kill me here and now! cause no matter what Kimi does to us im never gonna stop until Hailey is in my arms and free from pain!"
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Alpha and the giant Assault bot, Omega, exchanged a glance. Despite not having actual faces, it was interesting to imagine just what they would have been like had they had them.|
Originally Posted by Blade Racer
Sword ripped his helmet off, tears streaming down his face as he looked at Techbot. "what? another of damned Kimiko's toys to keep me from the woman i love? how much does she want to hurt me? how much do i have to do to make her stop?! it doesnt matter, Kimi and Mr. Game aint here and no doubt Hailey and the kid are long gone too. so what good is it me bing here huh?" Sword stopped spinning his sword sna d pointed them at his own chest "if you want to stop me chasing after Hailey you will have to kill me here and now! cause no matter what Kimi does to us im never gonna stop until Hailey is in my arms and free from pain!"
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"If you're gonna stab yourself, don't let me stop ya," Alpha said after a second or two. "Saves on power, time and plasma chafe. Try not to bleed too profusely all over the carpet, as well. I dare say whoever cleans this place would appreciate that."
"Do we shoot him, or wait for him to do it for us?" Omega rumbled. "My shoulder servos are going to lock at this rate..."
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Without hesistation Sword ran forward, past the drones infront of the huge robot and sliced at Omega's legs, running up the bots front towards Alpha, his swords spinning as he climbed, he shields recharged to full. "like i'd give up so easily!"
Alpha nodded.
"Thought not," he said simply, before boosting out of arms reach.
The swords skittered off OMEGAs massive, stocky legs with little more than a scratch. OMEGA leaned almost ninety degrees staight back before jerking sharply forward, attempting to throw Sword off. The other robots backed off to get clear arcs of fire, while the seeker drones whirred in like a swarm of angry, metallic, buzz-saw armed bees.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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As omega flung its body around, Swrd's grav-lock boots activated and gripped hard, stopping him from begint flung off the massive machine. A whirring sound came from Sword's armour as an EMP was detonated, spreading from the armour out around the robots. Without noticing the effect, Sword swung his swords at the robot's head with all the force he could muster.
Adrian confidently stands there, taking both bullets, doesnt really seem affected for a moment, before letting out a furious growl as he feels the silver sting.
He clutches the wounded area and despite the pain, charges forward at the detective's back, claws first, growling "Bad move *******"
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Originally Posted by Blade Racer
As omega flung its body around, Swrd's grav-lock boots activated and gripped hard, stopping him from begint flung off the massive machine. A whirring sound came from Sword's armour as an EMP was detonated, spreading from the armour out around the robots. Without noticing the effect, Sword swung his swords at the robot's head with all the force he could muster.
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"Y'know, people are so quick to judge robots," Alpha said matter of factly, as he hovered down into Swords view. "'Ha, dumb machines, lets EMP them'. Guess what the first thing I proofed the team against was? One guess."
Without waiting for the answer, OMEGA raised his right arm, massive mechanicap fist balled, aiming a gut-punch of painful proportions sqaurely for Sword.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Sword's shield took the blow from Omega, his suits energy levels spiking, and he smiled up at Alpha. "you think thats gonna stop me you piece of scrap metal? EMP's may not work, but i think i may know something that will" Sword said, using his swords to swing upwards and kick at Alpha, letting go off the swords to get greater height.
"She's got a TV an' a bed through here" She commented in an offhand tone before giving a snort of laughter at his expression "Fer somethin' t'sit on rather than a crate, are y'always like this? How've you not been eaten alive out in the Isles?"
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Big Game watched Hailey drag Shop out of the room. By the look on the kid's face it was obvious he'd developed a bit of a crush on his captor. Turning to give Kimi another once over he could understand the attraction, however he knew a girl like that would eat Shop alive. Him on the other hand?... That was another matter.
"LetÂ’s talk numbers." He said to Kimi with a suggestive wink.