The Escapist Avatar Adventure: An Open RP (Now Re-Opened!)

000Ronald · Jun 6, 2015

[HEADING=1]Deployment Start Now![/HEADING]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0HrrezInSw]

Black Mesa: Hydro-Electric Power Facility [http://media.moddb.com/images/members/3/2345/2344853/HL_Black_Mesa34-Hydro_Electric_Dam_Overview.jpg]: Strike Team

"I don't like this." Edge said. He was dressed in his robe and hat again, although his hat was currently resting on his back, two strings pinning it to his robe, wind from the rotors billowing the loose clothing all around his body. He stood at the lip of the helo, scanning over the dam, looking for something...to be worried about, and finding nothing. "It's too easy."

"[color=00ad83]Neither do I.[/color]" Insano said. He had re-donned his lab coat, and had his dubstep blaster, along with a utility belt filled with a large array of gadgets. "[color=00ad83]Albert Wesker is too fastidious to neglect any kind of defense.[/color]"

Edge turned to Insano. "You know Wesker?"

Insano scoffed. "[color=00ad83]Only by reputation. Although if what they say about him is true,he's one of the few other 'mad scientists' I would be worried about.[/color]"

Edge nodded, and Nickolai (who was piloting) turned to face them. "LZ is clear. We are landing."

Insano chuckled, and took a swig from his tin flask. "[color=00ad83]Who knows. Maybe we'll luck out and this will all be-[/color]"

Without any notice, the top of the helo exploded, and the entire flaming mess plummeted to the ground. Insano, somehow, was not in it. He was thirty yards away, lying in the sand, grappling at a seatbelt that wasn't there anymore.

Insano sat up and looked around He saw the VTOL they had just been in hit the ground-now reduced to a pile of slag-saw everyone scrambling for cover from something they couldn't properly see.

"DOC!" Even though his voice was barely audible over the sound of the large-caliber gunfire, Edge's voice shocked Insano out of his stupor. "ARE YOU ALRIGHT?"

Insano turned to look at Edge. His shoulders and part of his face were covered with shrapnel; blood was running down his entire body, but he either had evolved beyond such minor things as pain, or he was doing a damn good job hiding it. "[color=00ad83]ME! ARE YOU ALRI-[/color]"

"I'LL BE FINE, I CAN HEAL!" Edge shouted, and helped Nickolai to his feet. "WE NEED TO MEET UP WITH THE REST OF THE GROUP!" Edge pointed to where Rugal, Teri and David had taken refuge behind the concrete barriers at the edge of the dam. "AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP THEM. ANY IDEAS?"

"[color=00ad83]I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIND WHERE THE FIRE IS COMING FROM![/color]" Insano shouted, then switched his goggles to scanning mode, going over every possible way that any kind of gunner could be hiding from them. Nickolai, similarly, pulled out a pair of binoculars and scanned the area.

"Helloo?" Boss yelled. "IS ANYBODY AROUND? FAITH? RYAN? ANYONE?"

Diablo1099_v1legacy · Jun 6, 2015

The President, Wanderer, and Merlin Feat. Dr. Zero and Kommander Kane
Location: Angel Research Sector | USA: Black Mesa Research Facility
OST: .Hack/Infection: Castle Dungeon extended [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3LvM-Z1FSk]

"I doubt you can tell us everything, but I have three questions. How the hell did you get this? What are you doing with this? And why the fuck does Desperado Enforcement have some? !"

"...Nice to see that you are just as formal as you are in your interviews..." Zero deadpanned as Kane took a moment to bring his hand to his ear piece.
With a worried expression, he suddenly paced quickly out of the room with his guards in tow, what set him off?
Either way, Zero examined the group and noticed that a bunch of them seemed uneasy in his domain, namely Wanderer.
"...You seem uneasy Doctor. Don't be. Despite my appearance, I can assure you, we are both humble servants in the pursuit of human advancement though knowledge." He calmly explained, trying to be comforting but failing miserably.
"All of the creatures you see here were detained during the Angel War. The taint of their dark lord still flows though them. And yet, no one has seemed to come for them, to bring them to salvation...Perhaps there is a limit to God's Forgiveness?..." He said as he walked over to one of the pods (Though there was no footsteps to be heard) and lightly rattling on the glass with his finger, prompting the Angel inside to stir slightly.
"During the early phases of the war, humanity soon realized that we were woefully outgunned. After all, it's not every day that our very creators seek our demise. As the situation drew dire, some of your military leaders realized that perhaps that the answers they seeked didn't exist in the light, but rather in the dark. Hence why I was brought in."

"I was once a mere scholar of the Dark Arts, I did not know what I could do to avert humanities demise at the hands of the Dark Lord Tomoya. But then I did what I always do: Learn. A scrap of metal here, a discarded limb there, piece by piece I learned how the servants of God himself existed. Though my research, some of few victories that UNIT and the US Military could pull off against the enemy were born. Once the Rising Dawn brought the end to the Dark Lord and the Angels came back to "Save" us, I found myself without purpose once more...Then your Dr. Birkin contacted me, informed me of the foundation of this fine vessel of human intellect, of the containment of Live Angels...How could I say no?..."

"My work went on, Humanity learned more. Not only merely in warfare, but even in the most mundane manners. You ever noticed how since you took office, the quality of your WiFi connections improved to the point of being able to download entire terabytes at a time? That upgrade was taken from a mere communicator taken from the glove compartment of that aircraft over there." Zero then explained as he gestured to a crashed transport ship, the scorch marks of the missiles that shot it down still clear as day as it laid suspended in that strange gel.
"The more my research proceeds, the more we learn. The more we learn, the more we are the masters of our own fate. Who knows? Perhaps one day I might even learn the secrets of God himself..."
It was at this point he realized, he was rambling, a slight embarrassed look appearing on his face before he broke into a small laugh.
"oh my...My apologies. I tend to get rather passionate about my work. Now...where were we?...Ah, yes. This "Desperado" you speak of? I am sad to say I know nothing of them. When my services are commissioned by the government on a certain project, they are done though official channels. What I can give you is a listing of my most recent works and where they were sent off to. If this "Desperado" got their hands on my work, I can assure you, it was though no fault of ours, but I could imagine there being a possible breach of security elsewhere down the chain of production that they might have exploited."
Closing his eyes slightly, his entire body slowly turned into pure shadow before quickly racing back towards his desk, reforming on top of his chair as he went to bring up the files from his computer.

"Now, aside from this invoice, is there anything else I can do for you gentlemen?..."

[hr]

Johnny Gat and Krizalid Vs. Monsoon.
Location: Old Saints Hideout: Old Stilwater | USA: Stilwater City

"...Hm...Perhaps this will be worth my time after all..." Monsoon said, not even bothering to dodge the fireball as it went clean though his chest, knocking the segments of it away like bowling pins as he merely reformed himself afterwards.
Krizalid was doing a bang up job taking down Monsoon's men, but unless Gat figured out a way to disable the man himself, there wasn't much chance of him walking away from this.
"And for my next trick..." He taunted before throwing down a smoke grenade of sorts, sending out a blinding cloud of thick smoke though the entire underground.
"Red Phosphorous, Mr. Gat. Lets see a human eye see this coming..." He gloated from his smoke screen before repeatedly pouncing on Gat from several directions, retreating back into the smoke after every strike, hoping to wear him down for a more lethal blow.

bluerocker · Jun 8, 2015

Diablo1099 said:
Disclaimer: Some of the silly content below was approved by the DM before I posted it.

Rising Dawn: Newly Re-furbished Hanger: Entire Crew, Kazuya

Caim blinked at Kazuya's directions, but gave a nod, understanding the need for him to be groundbound and providing Angelus as few of distractions as possible. Grabbing Ton Ton and putting the Tonberry on his shoulder, Caim 'spoke' quietly,

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"You'll be going with me then, little one. Cadolbolg, be sure to follow your mother's lead if you go with her, understood?"

[color=15650D]"I'll do my best, Mr. Caim."[/color]
"Of course, father~!"

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"And Angelus?"

"Hmn?"

Wrapping an arm around her shoulder, the Warrior Prince gave a small peck on the dragoness' cheek before brightly requesting,

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"Give em hell."

[HEADING=1]Deployment Start Now![/HEADING]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0HrrezInSw]

Black Mesa: Hydro-Electric Power Facility [http://media.moddb.com/images/members/3/2345/2344853/HL_Black_Mesa34-Hydro_Electric_Dam_Overview.jpg]: Strike Team

Angelus, Cadolbolg

Angelus (and her silver scaled son) winged over with the VTOLS in the air, the great red dragon giving a frustrated growl at the proceedings. From what she could gather on the ground, some invisible or intangible menace was giving them trouble, and she could not detect any anomalies in the air, Cadolbolg complaining, "Mother, I don't smell anything funny, just gunpowder and smoke!"
"Likewise... I wonder, however - do you suppose anything else lays in wait? Keep an eye out up here. Your father is competent enough on his own, much less hearing our worry through pact bonds."
"Yes ma'am!"

Caim, Ton Ton
At the sound of the shots beginning to fire out and Blade shot forward, Ton Ton pulled the little hood to his cloak down as far as he could to avoid the green of his skin from poking through and began to cling to Caim's shoulder for dear life; for he knew damn well what the warrior was about to do. And true to Ton Ton's prediction, Caim reached into the Wheel for and pulled out a serrated blade [http://lparchive.org/Drakengard/Update%2012/29-swordsmasher1.jpg]. Following that, he braced his legs before leaping up to the high ground Blade had taken, and began charging ahead into the fray, Ton Ton still clinging to Caim's shoulder (and silently praying to the Mistress that he wouldn't get shot along the way).

Teri, Garm
Teri began thinking over how to best enter the Dam's waterways, when Edge, Doctor Insano, and Nicolai entered the scene; each looking a little banged up from the VTOL explosion. Putting the waterway aside for a brief moment, Teri popped half of a piece of gum in her mouth, chewed vigorously, and muttered a pair of incantations before pointing to the survivors of the VTOL crash and David. At the end of the incantation (and Teri spitting the gum out), the quartet of men began to feel the effects of their wounds beginning to stitch back together - and not only from Teri's Aura but from something else. Furthermore, whatever fatigue or disorientation they felt, had disappeared in one fell swoop. However, with that out of the way, that left the waterway.....

Then it hit her. Teri removed her satchel and placing it around a perplexed Garm's neck, before drawing a water bottle out of it. After doing so, the Cleric pointed to her bag and said to her faithful wolf companion, [color=0E59E4]"Garm, you know what I keep in there, right?"[/color]
[color=356D60]"Your spellbooks and other stuff, right?"[/color]
[color=0E59E4]"Exactly. Since I'm going down there to the water stuff, I need you to sit tight and guard that while I'm away, okay?"[/color]
The wolf gave a solemn nod before lowering his head down to the ground, and the Cleric turned to her father, her plan forming as she tapped his shoulder, [color=0E59E4]"Dad.... I have an idea. But I need you to do two things for me. One, trust me and two, throw me towards that water."[/color]

Rugal didn't say anything initially, before slowly blinking and asking very pointedly, "...I'm sorry, what?"

Holding up the water bottle, the Cleric motioned towards the water, [color=0E58E4]"Okay, so when I summon Squishy, he comes out of one of these, right? So, if I was launched towards the water, I could summon Squishy, and he could vortex to catch me. But I need you to throw me that far, I can't jump that far on my own."[/color]

"...Alright, just be careful..." He said before hoisting Teri up over his shoulders before lobbing her high into the air right in the middle of the valley. Flying through the air, the next part of Teri's plan unfolded. Quickly unscrewing the top to the water bottle, the Cleric tapped into her Water Devotion feat, and called forth her elemental with a panicked, [color=0E59E4]"SQUISHY, VORTEX!"[/color]
Throwing the bottle towards the waters below, the Cleric closed her eyes and braced for impact as the sound of rushing water grew closer and closer until - SPLOOSH! Rather than feeling the pained throws of death, Teri instead felt herself surrounded by a 30 foot tall vortex of water, as per commanded to her elemental moments ago. With the magic of the boots activating, the Cleric could sigh in relief before swimming down towards the entrance of the waterway, instructing Squishy to disengage his vortex form and follow her along. As the two made their way inside, those possessing rings heard a triumphant, [color=0E59E4]"I'm in!"[/color]

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Teri Casts Healing Lorecall [http://gaming.corellonshand.com/spells/HealingLorecall.html] and Mass Lesser Vigor [http://gaming.corellonshand.com/spells/Vigor_MassLesser.html]. Healing Lorecall allows Teri to remove negative status conditions when using a Conjuration (Healing Spell). This buff will last for 8 minutes. Mass Lesser Vigor grants 1 person/2 caster levels (4 people, in this case) Fast Healing 1, which is essentially a weak Regen. Combined, the two spells give David, Doctor Insano, Edge, and Nicolai Fast Healing 1 as well a removal of fatigue. The Fast healing will last for 19 rounds, or 114 seconds (1.9 minutes)

[b]12 seconds until next 3rd level spell[/b]
[b]30 seconds till next 2nd level spell[/b]
Teri also uses her Daily use of Water Devotion. If she wants to summon more elementals, she will have to use Turn attempts.
Turn Attempts Remaining: 6 Undead/5 Fire

[hr]

Black Mesa: Dr. William Birken's Office: Inuart, ~~Albert Wesker~~ Dr. William Birken

Inuart entered Wesker's office in a hurry, still adjusting a strap on his gauntlet as he burst in, "Albe- er, Doctor Birken! I got your phone call, and I came as quickly as I was able, seeing as I had to get the majority of my battle gear on....What's wrong? It's not like you to sound as...worried, as you did."

Mood Music - Also Sprach Brooks [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n08b1ptdnYM]

At Boss' call, the lights above a bar came on, and a new face entered his field of vision. A rather tall fellow he was, standing at about 6'6", but with enough flesh to fill out that height and give his figure an imposing appearance. Yet, despite this, his face was equal parts inviting and unnerving - it appeared to be a man in his 30s, yet Boss couldn't see the usual indicators of time on him. No wrinkles, no laugh lines, nothing; not even a freckle. Pair that with impeccably slicked back hair (a very pale tint of blonde, Boss would note) and eyes that better resembled a part of the ocean rather than a human shade, and Boss could tell something was..off.

That was when the rest of the lights came on, and the bartender gave an amused smile, [color=eca222]"Apologies if I alarmed you. I enjoy engaging in theatrics now and again. Now, my name is Lucas, but please, call me Luke. Shall I get you anything from the bar, or would you prefer something non-alcoholic?"[/color]
It was strange, one moment the bartender looked foreboding, and yet all those notions from a moment ago were suddenly missing. A trick of the light, perhaps?

NotYetForsaken · Jun 8, 2015

Perseverance
Location: Hydro-Electric Dam | Black Mesa
The Devil is not so black as she is painted.

First Lieutenant Dolores Selmy

Too quick! Way too quick!I couldn't hear anything through the ringing in my ears. The first barrage of shells detonated so closely to me that it had knocked me flat on my stomach. I could feel it then, a churning heat in my chest and belly, a sudden realization of a tremendous and absolute fear.

Somehow, one way or another, I had found my way to cover. Behind a cement wall I had laid my head to rest. The entire world was shaking with explosions.

The other Rising Dawn members were shouting. This is the type of shit they get up to? There was no way. There was no way that this was the norm. Even the other heroes were in a state of shock.

My body hurt, everything felt tender. My heart was sore to the beat and every time I drew breath my ribs ached sharply. I could almost feel the bruises forming under my skin.

Calm down. I closed my eyes and tried to focus. Calm down. Visualize the surroundings. See everything at once, and see everything in its entirety. Look at the world and control the world. Another shell detonated prematurely and shook the foundations, tossing me a few inches into the air.

What the fuck! What the fuck! I can't do this. This is absurd, not just for me, it has to be absurd for the other heroes too!

Wet, my hands are wet. What happened? Is this blood? I looked down and found nothing on my hands other than dust and rubble. More of the warm liquid dropped onto my hands. It took a second, but I realized it suddenly. I touched my cheeks and my fingers came away wet. I was crying. I didn't want to cry. Why am I crying? My hands trembled. Suddenly I couldn't hold it in and the breaths came out of me without my will. I gasped and gasped as the tears rolled down my cheeks. I'm going to die.

Something tugged at the back of my uniform and pulled me up. And a voice, something even louder than the barrage of shells shook my bones.

"LITTLE BOY. DO NOT BE AFRAID. AZAN IS HERE. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR EVIL. THEY WILL NOT HARM YOU." Azan had his great-mace hoisted over his shoulder. He looked outward toward the dam with an arcane expression.

Little... boy?

The giant of a man ran out toward the middle of the pathway and swung his mace as he went. The great hunk of steel cracked the concrete and let craters the size of tires.

"COME OUT AND FIGHT AZAN LIKE A HONORABLE SOLDIER. COME AND FIGHT AZAN!" He bellowed such absurdities that I couldn't help but be transfixed at how absolutely fearless he was. By the time he reached mid-way through the dam, he started to attack the structure in earnest. He took his mace in both hands and thrust it repeatedly into the concrete below him. The first hit bounced off, but the second cracked the static-materia. The third tore chunks from the structure, and then the following strikes dug more and more into the artificial stone. Cracks started to appear on the surface of the structure.

What in the world is he doing!? He's going to get blown to smithereens!

Though moments passed and none of the cannoneers directed their fire at Azan. The bridge knight just kept smashing into the concrete like a human wrecking ball. After about two minutes he had already dug about a foot into the structure.

He's... he's calling their bluff? Are they not firing on him because they're afraid they'll damage the dam?

Suddenly that absurd brashness that the knight embodied no longer seemed so naive and earnest. I realized that beneath that moral and stupid persona lay a cunning and brave soldier. I should get up. I should get up.

I am First Lieutenant Dolores Selmy, eldest daughter of Major Rhodes Selmy. I am the inheritor of these accursed eyes. I will most definitely not fail before this mission begins in earnest!

I am she who suffers!

Manifest! CHAIN REVOLVER! Dimension Rending Guns! Arcus Diabolus: Bolverk!

Nox Nyctores Ability: Spatial Rend - Creates explosions at target location without using projectiles.
Emotional Crux - Suppresses the emotions of its wielder.

Diablo1099_v1legacy · Jun 9, 2015

Black Mesa: Hydro-Electric Power Facility Exterior [http://media.moddb.com/images/members/3/2345/2344853/HL_Black_Mesa34-Hydro_Electric_Dam_Overview.jpg]: Strike Team Vs. NOD Stealth Tanks
OST: C&C: Tiberian Dawn - Prepare for Battle (Remix) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AToYv8crw4A]

ARES Plasma weapon was more then able to blow apart the metal door to the building on their side of the dam, but when she went to jet in, she suddenly impacted against...thin air?
After the force of the impact, there was static charge in the air as A advanced looking Tank [http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/cnc/images/4/4d/StealthTank2047.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080621224549] suddenly appeared, it's stealth cloak getting damaged slightly after ARES impacted into the front of it.
Not caring for the war bot's interruption, it then rolled out of the building as a few dozen Armored soldiers [http://www.cncseries.ru/images/sbs/nod_204.png] piled out from one of the stairwells that lead down into the dam and used their Tank as cover as they began to open fire on the incoming forces.
The Tank (which the serial number labelled it "NOD-4") meanwhile came to a halt in order to toss ARES off it before it's mounted cannons pointed downward at the mech on the ground before opening fire.

Insaneo was able to use the terminal mode on his goggles to make out a series of 4 tanks in the air, all but one (The one ARES just got to know) using their camo to avoid detection.
NOD-1 was parked in the middle of the road going over the dam, in front of the Blast Doors they would have to take down to enter the base, NOD-2 was mounted on the building itself behind it, NOD-3 was on their side of the dam atop the mesa and the last one was currently rolling into battle right in front of them. (Tank Locations Diagram [http://i.imgur.com/bT3hFop.jpg?2]).

While he wasn't entirely sold on Teri's idea first, upon hearing her confirm she was on the inside, all doubt left Rugal's mind.
Once she was done and inside the dam, he wouldn't help but feel a bit of pride, stating "That's my little girl..." as Edge began asking for their next move, snapping him out of it.
"We need to take out that those tanks before they take us out! See if you can get under them, armor will be weaker there. Me and West will handle the grunts. Garm, follow my lead and and don't let that thing turn you into road kill. Go-GO!" He ordered before bringing up his Dark Barrier over his arm like a shield and charging into battle, attempting the draw the fire of the infantry.

David meanwhile was forced to pull back, I mean, NOD-4 was getting uncomfortably close to his original sniping perch for his liking.
Vaulting behind cover and firing off a few well placed body shots in the process, he was considering his next move then Azan decided to go all man-mode on the dam, trying to knock it down.
"HEY! MIND TAKING OUT YOUR AGGRESSION ON SOMETHING SMALLER THEN YOU INSTEAD!? LIKE THE GUYS SHOOTING AT US?!" He quipped as the pair of tanks posted on the far side (NOD-1 and NOD-2) began to fire upon him, while one could argue the merits of using tank cannons to stop someone from damaging the dam, it still meant they were raining down fire on the Knight.
It was then he noticed Dolores pull out a fair of pretty awesome looking pistols, anything that exploded was always welcome in his book.
"LIEUTENANT! GO FOR THE THREADS! THE ARMOR WILL BE WEAKER THERE!" He called out as he took a few more shots from cover, nailing a few unlucky sods who stood still for too long.
"SO...ENJOYING YOUR FIRST DAY ON THE JOB?! PRETTY AWESOME, AIN'T IT?!" He quipped, even in the heat of battle, he was a slave to a good joke.
Glancing back at Faith and Ryan as they seemed to be casually strolling though the battlefield, he looked back before saying "OI JENN-...FAITH! CAN I GET SOME BARRIERS OVER HERE!? CONCRETE ONLY SO DOES SO MUCH FOR TANK SHELLS!"

Back with Blade, Caim and Ton-Ton, their attempts to avoid most of the fire instead lead them right into the path of NOD-3 as it uncloaked in front of their path.
"I got this!" Blade cockily said to his partners before sprinting towards the firing tank, pulling out a series of kunai before swiftly jumping above the machine and peppering it with about half a dozen of them.
He landed behind them, posing slightly before he pressed a button on his belt, causing them all to flash orange for a moment before each knife exploded.
"Thank you! Tank You, you've been a wonderful audience! Haha!" He gloated as the smoke began to settle...
Revealing a scorched, but very much still intact NOD Tank slowly turning around to fire at him.
"Huh-oh shi-" The amateur Strider said as he realized his mistake before retreating behind one of the rocks as the tank opened fire, right before it rotated back at Caim and Ton...

Back in the skies above the Dam, NOD-2 began to engage the remaining targets, namely Angelus and Nadalia.
The pilot hit a button that made large metal spikes appear on the threads before using them to dig into the rock face, allowing it to "Climb" along side it like a spider up a wall.
Now positioned at a 90 degree angle on the sheer rock face above the valley, the main unit of the tank began to rotate into a better firing position before doing just that: opening fire on everything it saw.

Diablo1099_v1legacy · Jun 9, 2015

Black Mesa: Hydro-Electric Power Facility Interior [http://media.moddb.com/images/members/3/2345/2344853/HL_Black_Mesa34-Hydro_Electric_Dam_Overview.jpg]: Teri

As the battle raged on outside, the Cleric was able to push though the currents of the outflow tunnel (Squishy taking care of that for the most part).
Before long, she soon found herself staring down the main turbine array for the dam, about 4 series of rotors all spinning dangerously fast from the water current.
If she got too close to them, they would turn her into a fine red mist.
Now, it was just a matter of figuring out how to disable them all, as well as not get sucked in and torn apart.

Black Mesa: Dr. William Birken's Office: Inuart, ~~Albert Wesker~~ Dr. William Birken

Wesk-..."Birkin" quickly turned around his chair before bringing up the fake email that Katya had sent.
"Our fears are confirmed, they managed to find some way to track me down. Cortex is in their grasp and we can only assume they are coming for us next. Now, our defenses are top of the line and we should be able to hold, but I still think you should get out of here. I don't believe they know you are still alive and for your safety, I suggest we keep it that way." He explained as he brought up another display, this time detailing a small transport being loaded up in the hanger.
"I'm doing to try and get in contact with Bison. You meanwhile will take this transport out of the state. Once I get though to Bison, He'll instruct the pilots to bring you to him. We'll need to be fast about it, I'm not sure how much of a head start we have." He then added, speaking too fast for Inuart to even get a word in.
"If they have my name, then they must know where I work, so I'm guessing we have about a day or two before they show up in for-"

"Attention all personnel! There is a enemy force trying to make it's way into the base from the Hydro-electric plant. All Black Hand units report to sector 4 surface access. We are now at DEFCON 1, This is not a drill, repeat, This is not a drill!"

"...Dammit, Dammit, DAMMIT!" Wesker said as the Base's Kommander spoke over the intercoms before bringing up a feed of the battle raging above them, the hidden camera catching a familiar looking shadow in the sky as G-Corp VTOLs began to land.
What Inuart might have noticed more though was the appearance of a red dragon flying past one of the cameras.
"How the hell-...Inuart, get to the hanger. I need to get the Redeemer online. We don't have much time before they breach the labs. You need to get out of here before then. Get going!" The Administrator ordered as he began to rally the base's online defense grid as alarms sounded throughout the base.

I'll leave it up to you when you want the President scene to go DEFCON 1, seeing how it's set slightly before the Rising Dawn attack

NotYetForsaken · Jun 9, 2015

Outsider
Location: Hydro-Electric Dam | Black Mesa
Liberty is a thing beyond all price.

Azan

The Bridge Knight leaped backwards and let the tank shells slam into the dam. The kinetic shells did more damage to the wall than Azan ever could with his great-mace, causing slabs of concrete to slip off of the larger superstructure and smash into the valley below. There are none that may challenge me upon a bridge.

"HEY! MIND TAKING OUT YOUR AGGRESSION ON SOMETHING SMALLER THAN YOU INSTEAD!? LIKE THE GUYS SHOOTING AT US?!" Azan faintly heard David over the constant barrage of explosions. This was a chaotic fight indeed.

Yet there are none which my command Azan. Not now. When a second barrage of tank shells and missiles converged on Azan's location, he charged forward. The barrage of shells broke hard against the concrete of the dam. By now the outer shell of the dam was beginning to become compromised. Any more and the internal superstructure would be open to damage. Yet, heading David's half-plea half-snark Azan ignored his original catch-22 strategy and charged the infantry lines, tackling into one of the soldiers and slamming another off into the gorge with his great-mace. Their low-caliber rifle fire did little to deter Azan, whose armor was built to withstand the hard strikes of demon Apostles.

Azan turned to watch the fight on the other side of the dam.

There the little boy was, standing up. His long blonde hair had come undone and he had in his hand two massive weapons. His voice was soft, but Azan could hear it, strangely enough. It was a voice that seem to come from all around him at once.

"Type XI: Optic Barrel."

His voice was soft and calm. Almost without emotion. It was so serene, especially in this sort of chaos, that it was more unsettling than anything he had experienced in this world so far.

NOD-4 was launched into the air as a massive detonation ripped the ground under it asunder. There was no projectile, no logic. Not even line-of-sight, but whatever those weapons had summoned had created an explosion that shook Azan's armor even this far out.

"Engaging combat parameters. Combat limiters removed. Unit memories repressed. Combat paradigms activating. Kido, kido, kido. Engaging combat." His voice was flat. Lifeless. Like a doll. That boy wielding the guns ignored David and dashed forward with an astounding speed, beating even Azan at his best. Such a small creature packing such strength!

The gun-wielding boy slammed into the back of NOD-4 as it was about to land from it's trip into the sky.

"Type V: Assault Through."

Then he flipped and slammed the bottom of the tank with the heel of his foot, launching the tank back into the air.

"Type III: Spring Raid."

He jumped after the tank and spun in the air, firing those strange weapons all the way, filling the air around him with yellow fire.

"Type XIII: Revolver Blast."

The tank was in free-spin now, but the Lieutenant was not done. He vanished again and appeared on top of the tank, aimed his guns down and the started firing mercilessly into the cockpit of the tank.

"Flash Suppressor: Finisher"

And then one last 'bullet,' larger than the previous ones, hit NOD-4 and slammed it back into the ground. The Lieutenant reappeared back in his original position and placed the two pistols together. They clicked and let out a soft hiss alongside smoke and two spent shell casings.

"Combo Complete. Chain Revolver cooling down. Damage dealt: 4500, combo length - 10. Heat gained, 50%. Distortion Drive ready."

Oh. Azan slowly realized as he fended off the CQC attempts of another one of the soldiers. That actually might be a maiden. How embarrassing.

000Ronald · Jun 10, 2015

Black Mesa: Hydro-Electric Power Facility Exterior [http://media.moddb.com/images/members/3/2345/2344853/HL_Black_Mesa34-Hydro_Electric_Dam_Overview.jpg]: Strike Team Vs. NOD Stealth Tanks
OST: C&C: Tiberian Dawn - Prepare for Battle (Remix) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AToYv8crw4A]

[color=00ad83]Invisible...invisible tanks?[/color] Insano thought. [color=00ad83]That's impossible! That's insidious! That's ingenious! I might just have to nick that for myself...[/color] Standing up, he shouted, "[color=00ad83]TANKS! FOUR OF THEM! TWO ON THE DAM-[/color]" Insano pointed to their positions [color=00ad83]ONE ON THE CLIFF-[/color]" Insano pointed that one out, just as ARES collided with the tank rolling in on their position, uncloaking itself. "[color=00ad83]AND THAT ONE![/color]" Insano said, just as all the tanks uncloaked themselves. "[color=00ad83]Why do I even-[/color]"

Edge took a deep breath. Just a moment ago, he had thought he was done for, but now...he wasn't feeling 100%, but he felt better. Hearing a pattering in the dust, he realized that most of the shrapnel lodged in his body was gone, presumably pushed out by his own body, and had fallen on the ground. Snapping out of his daze, he turned to Nickolai. "Do you have any grenades?"

Nickolai looked on his person, and shook his had. "Niet, friend. My granada were on the helo."

Edge turned to Insano. "Brainy, do you have anything that blows up good?"

"[color=00ad83]Not the way you want, no.[/color]" Insano said. "[color=00ad83]About the best thing I can give you is a stinkbomb.[/color]"

"And I didn't bring any explosives..." Edge muttered. "I guess we're going to have to do this the hard way." Taking off his now shredded robe, he said, "I'm going to help David and that...green...gecko...thing with the tank on the cliff. Nickolai, does your rifle have APR's?"

Nickolai shook his head. "Not any that can pierce that kind of armor."

Edge nodded. "Insano, can you pilot one of these things?"

"[color=00ad83]Not only CAN I-[/color]" Insano said. "[color=00ad83]But I would consider it a privilege![/color]"

"Good. Then we're gonna try to do that. Nickolai, you help out over at the bridge and lay down suppressing fire. Insano, you see if you can do something about-" Just as Edge turned around, Selmy was laying the smackdown on the tank that had been heading their way. "...those two tanks on the dam. I suppose."

Nickolai and Insano nodded, and Insano began walking towards the dam, blasting metal at the tanks as he did. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsW95u5nmcc] Nickolai took up a defensive position at the bottom of the cliff, and began shooting at the soldiers that had come from the tank on the bridge. Edge, meanwhile, walked over to Ryan and Faith. "What are the odds that one of you would be able to attack the person in that tank up there without doing damage to the tank itself?"
[color=00ad83][/color]

Mood Music - Also Sprach Brooks [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n08b1ptdnYM]

Boss chuckled and walked over to the bar. "Sure. I could use a drink. Any decent dark sodas? I've decided to go sober."

"[color=eca222]Case by case basis.[/color]" Luke said, leaning forward onto the bar. "[color=eca222]Anything you have in mind?[/color]"

"Something good, preferably." Boss said, sitting at the bar. "Something you can't just pick up from Wal-Mart."

[color=eca222]Ah, a hipster, are we?[/color]" Luke said, smirking and reaching under the bar. "[color=eca222]Fine, if my coke is "too lowly" for you...[/color]"

As Luke poured a small bottle of dark-colored, bubbly liquid into a glass mug, Boss asked, "So when did The Rising Dawn get a bar? Last time I was here, I had to teleport my own beer in. From Minnesota."

"[color=eca222]It's always had a bar. Primairly it was used by those who had a need for it, such as David West.[/color]"

"...I guess a lot of people DO drink around here. Hell, I only stopped because of what happened at that factory." Boss looked around. "Are you part of Kazuya's group? Because I really, really don't recall you being around, and something like this-" Boss rubbed the bar. "-doesn't just come out of nowhere.

Luke shook his head. "[color=eca222]I am not affiliated with Mr. Mishima's organization. I am but a simple bartender. I tend the drinks, and listen to passenger's stories.[/color]"

Boss appeared to be taken aback. "Simple...simple..." Without warning, Boss burst out laughing, nearly doubling over. "Simple..." Boss said again, much more softly. "Let me tell you a story."

"So when I was at this factory, I used this power I have to see things...differently. I used to think it was looking at some kind of spirit-world, but...now I think it's just looking through the eyes of someone much more perceptive than I am. And all these people-these people cooking up and presumably using these drugs-all of them looked like emaciated, eyeless skeletons, with railroad spikes through their wrists. And they weren't white like skeletons usually are, they were this dark, grimy yellow color. It freaked me out, because these people were suffering-the were miserable and downtrodden and hopeless-and here we were, the good guys, beating them within an inch of their lives."

"But that's something I can do, even if I'm not good at using it. I can see...maybe a deeper layer of things. Now a lot of these things I don't understand-for example, I don't know why Caim has a crown burning with violet flames over his head, or why he has dragon wings, or why he has a chain on one of his wrists that connects him to Angelus and a red string on his thumb that's tied around her pinky. Seems a little redundant. I don't know-Edge, he shines, he shines with this brilliant white light, but you can barely see it because he's completely and totally wrapped in black cloth. It's...it's like...and this isn't going to make any sense, but it's like his emptiness is binded by his wholeness." Boss took a sip of his soda. "But other people? They're not nearly as hard. I mean, the one thing I know for sure about Caim is that he's killed a whole lot of people; his arms, almost up to his shoulders, and any weapon he draws are soaked with old, rust colored blood. I can smell it coming off of him, even though it's not even there. And Rugal-he's actually a lot like Edge. He's almost entirely white, except for these shredded candy-cane red colored cloth bands around his wrists; he used to be an evil, evil man, but decided he didn't want to be any more, and broke free. And Kazuya-Kazuya has those same bands around his arms, but they're whole, and they're so tight that they're making him bleed. Either he doesn't WANT to stop being evil, or-what I personally suspect-he just doesn't know how."

Luke smiled, and nodded. "[color=eca222]Your's is a rare gift then, to see so much about people in such interesting context. A shame you're not a painter, you could wow many people with what you see.[/color]"

"'s funny you mention painting-" Boss said. "I've been trying my hand at that, actually. And if I were to paint a picture of you...well, it wouldn't be very original. If you take my meaning."

Luke shrugged. "[color=eca222]Well, I might as well ask - what do you see? I've gotten quite a few answers in my years, might as well add yours to the collection.[/color]"

Boss laughed do himself. "Red skin. Long, pointed horns. Cloven hooves for feet. Eyes that burn with dark purple fire. Something that looks like a charm bracelet, running all the way up and down your arm, and filled with countless little trinkets. And gigantic, raven-black wings; big enough to fill this entire room if you wanted to. No, you're not a 'simple bartender', and I'm pretty sure I know exactly what you are."

Boss raised his glass, as though to toast Luke. In a sing-song voice, he said, "You've been around for a long, long time, and stole many a man's soul and faith. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRJOuA4uW1w]" Boss downed the glass of soda. "How close am I? Am I on the ball here?"

Kalastryn · Jun 10, 2015

As ARES was thrown from the tank she had collided with, the guns on an artillery unity pointed squarely down at her, her eyes went wide as she could almost hear the launch of it's shell crush her like an insect that wandered too close to someone's boot. Surprisingly however, as she leaped back and onto her feet she did hear the blast of an explosion, and was sent backwards from such concussive force that she wound up back at the landing site to see the tank being shot to shreds... by Dolores well over 30 feet in the air!!

(Well... I should make a mental note here to never criticize them on their choice of apparel again, thank them for saving my skin, AND TELL THEM THE HELL OFF FOR NEARLY BLOWING ME UP THEMSELVES!!)

Shaking the simulated shell shock from her skull as she got back onto her feet she quickly located her Fusion Cannon and, seeing the tank up on the cliff beside them about to give Caim and Blade a rough time, she figured it would be best to interfere with that...

Breaking into a sprint she used her jump jets to get on level with the tank as she let fly a few low charge (roughly 2-2.5 second charge out of a possible 5) shots, which would travel quite a lot faster and have less of an explosive radius, but if nothing else allow a higher rate of fire.

She landed on top of the tank, and using her afterburners to get as high into the air as possible (about 50 feet) a small dome of energy surrounds her feet as she begins plummeting feet first MUCH faster than she really should in the given time frame. As the distance grows shorter between NOD-3 and herself, the energy dome on her feet has evidently charged during the descent, and she crashes into it with such force that if she doesn't just go through it and leave a crater she'll probably have broken the guns off the top of it at very least.

Orinon · Jun 10, 2015

Black Mesa: Hydro-Electric Power Facility Exterior [http://media.moddb.com/images/members/3/2345/2344853/HL_Black_Mesa34-Hydro_Electric_Dam_Overview.jpg]: Strike Team Vs. NOD Stealth Tanks
OST: C&C: Tiberian Dawn - Prepare for Battle (Remix) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AToYv8crw4A]

The Many artillery shells firing from the Tanks were enough to make the ground tremble, and the concrete was shredded like paper.
Such a situation would normally inspire panic But Selena swallowed her fear and forced a calm mind set, this was one of the laws of elemental magic, emotional discipline, her fingers traced ancient runes, a simple Focusing charm
"OI JENN-...FAITH! CAN I GET SOME BARRIERS OVER HERE!? CONCRETE ONLY SO DOES SO MUCH FOR TANK SHELLS!"
The shout made her snap back into the reality she readied her wand and tilted her witch hat downward to keep the sun out of her eyes.
With a wave of her wand a murmured chant a suddenly the heroes found themselves surround by a prismatic sphere the large shells deflecting off the walls of the sphere.

Austin Texas: Icarus
It was not a pleasant trip in Texas He landed in the city with his handheld device pining that indicated the door was close eh had to find a place to land, using an illusion to make him appear as a huge black bird he swooped down into an alley he sighed, the illusion fell apart the minute he touched the ground.
The sun was hot he had taken off his cloak but the black shirt and leggings were black and intensely hot even with the chain-mail serving as a heat sink he felt like he spent an hour in an oven, as he stepped out he saw a huge crowd listening a a man on the podium he felt dizzy and stumbled, onto the street leaning against a light post, the door t the Vault was close but he was dehydrated and in danger of a sunstroke.

Diablo1099_v1legacy · Jun 11, 2015

Austin, Texas: Icarus

As Icarus resumed his search for this father's vault, the rally went on as a man in a "Victory-Vote-Vega" shirt with a goofy American hat shouted at the crowd who seemed to agree with everything he was saying for the most part.
There was also a recording of Vega being played on a radio that spoke out to the crowd, seeing how he was still in hiding after the President deemed him a terrorist, he had taken to using pre-made speeches to get his message across the nation.
[color=6c1504]"-since our current bastard president came into the office, what have we gotten?! Fear! Oppression! Forced Government Healthcare! Vote Vega to overthrow the Tyrant in Chief. One Vision! One Purpose! PEACE THOUGH POWER! PEACE THOUGH POWER!"[/color] He roared as the crowd began to repeat the chant, it was strange, most of them had a almost deadpan response, like they weren't putting as much effort into it as they should, but totally enthralled by the speech none the less.
It was strange, but it wasn't as bad as the next corner the Dark Angel turned, showing a bunch of people burning a effigy of the President taking it in the ass from a anthropomorphic airplane with "Rising Dud" written on it, American Election Season was always an emotional time, but this seemed to be far worse then the usual nonsense.

Either way, it seemed that Austin was Vega town and, while there were a few banners for Armstrong hanging around, it was clear from the devil horns and Hitler mustaches penciled in on top of them that the Vega-block was running this town.
Might be best if he got in and out before he got too much attention, the Congressman had a massive anti-international streak and it seemed his supporters mirrored it, best not to ask them their stance on Angels...

Generic NPC 22 · Jun 11, 2015

Avatar Adventure | The Rising Dawn | Black Mesa Damn LZ

All hell was breaking out on top of the dam. The stealth tanks had been quite the surprise, especially for Katya who should have been able to sense some sort of radio transmission being emitted from their communications antennae. Fortunately it seemed that the group had it handled. There was an explosion on the near side of the dam as the new chick (Selmy) demolished the crap out of a Stealth Tank with some sort of combo chain attack.

Hopping off of the VTOL, Katya ordered her grunts to follow her as she took cover behind the wreckage of the freshly wrecked tank. Looking over the side, she saw that there were still 3 tanks remaining with one focusing on Anti-Air Attacks, specifically shooting missiles at the Dragon and Cadolbolg.

"Ballzzz." The Haxxx0r muttered to herself as she saw that there was yet another tank between her and the one focusing on the Dragon duo. Measuring her options, the young woman had two choices. She could have assaulted the tank closest to her but that would have burned more time than she would allow herself, potentially getting the Dragons injured. The other choice that she could see was dividing her group, sending a group to distract the closest tank while she and her main force assaulted the rear tank.

"I need 10 on that tank over there, B3WP." The l33t haxxx0r said to B3WP who relayed her orders.

Like the clockwork cogs that they were, Ten of the Former Mercs stood up and headed for the closest of the Stealth Tanks, their guns erupting in a percussive symphony, the reports of their guns bouncing off of the canyon walls, the tinkling of the bullet casing as they hit the ground. It was almost enough to bring a tear to the eyes of the haxxxor as she lead the remainder of the group towards rearmost tank, now perched on a 90 degree cliff face.

SPLOOOORCH!!!

Turning around, Katya noted the fact that she was now 10 grunts down, the agile tank having opted to squish them into a paste rather than waste its ammunition on them. It was fine though, if everything went according to plan, Katya would be up one tank by the end of this.

"Light that ***** up!" The techno-wizard yelled to her remaining marines who opened fire a few milliseconds like, sending explosive slugs around the tank. Inside the safety of the tank's cabin, the Stealth Tank's crew was probably laughing at what horribly poor aim the Infested Grunts had, never realizing the full danger that they were in. It wasn't until the cliff face started breaking off that they realized what was happening but by then it was already too late... the tank was in full free fall.

CRASH!!!

The Tank's treads and suspension too the brunt of the impact as it landed right side up. Despite the marvels of technology, the the fall left the crew dazed, disoriented and vulnerable. Outside, the Haxxxor opened up an access panel and popped the hatches on the tank, exposing the crew to both sunlight and her grunts.

"No no no no no NOOOO!!!' The tanks driver yelled as he was pulled out of the tank and tossed over the side of the dam. The gunner soon followed as did the loader. The Tank commander was the only one who made it easy as he opted to exit the tank while his crew was unceremoniously ejected from tank. Finding himself surrounded, he leaped over the side of the damn, aiming for the deeper part of the river below.

Waving to the dragon, Katya hopped into the tank's cabin and started working on the unlocking the controls.

Tank Interface said:

Code:

>> echo username
#209
>> login #209
password:
>> **********
Incorrect Password!
>> login admin
password:
>> echo | deepcrypt /usr/admin.passwd
access granted!
>> /etc/init.d/DRM disable
WELCOME COMMANDER!
>> install /dev/bt001/b3wp.src
.....
....
...
..
.
b3wp.src installation completed

"Now I have a tank, ho ho ho." Katya said with a smile as she hopped off the tank before it cloaked itself, heading off in the direction of Tank #3.

[hr]

Paradigm Story | A New Beginning

>>Location: Unknown
>>Source Signal Strength: Strong
>>eRR0r: S#n$0ry Sy_t4ms
>>Rebooting......

Darkness. B3WP hated this portion of the rebooting process. The portion where its consciousness matrix came online prior to its audio and visual sensors. The portion where it could not see, hear, feel or move. 3.28 seconds. That was the time it took between B3WP's consciousness matrix coming online and the remainder of its sensory subsystems came online. 3.28 seconds was a lifetime.

B3WP had forgotten why it was in this unknown location for a moment, but it didn't worry. The logs, when loaded into active memory, would tell it why it here.

There. B3WP's memories ... back in a flash.

It started with a signal trace. It was a signal that it had first noticed on Little Miss... Katya... but, to its surprise and delight, and had also detected on of the members of the group known as "Rising Dawn." Prior to Little Miss meeting the members of "Rising Dawn," B3WP had no way of deciphering what the signal was or its purpose. However, B3WP had multiple samples of the signal that it could analyse in order to determine its purpose and more importantly, determine the source of the signals.

It took a while, 5 minutes 12 seconds, to determine that the signal that B3WP detected was some sort of control signal and though the source of the signal was still a mystery, B3WP determined that tracing the signal back to its point of origin would not be a difficult... at least that was the hypothesis.

The 3.28 seconds had expired and B3WP's visual subsystems started a fraction of a second before it noticed a large vehicle bearing down upon it, its audio subsystems starting only a moment later as it heard the sound of an air horn normally reserved for commercial trucks. If only its motor subsystems had started earlier... B3WP could have avoided the humility of being hit by the large freight truck, its component nano-agents were strewn across the asphalt of a motor highway.

An eternity passed before it could reconstitute itself, the nano-agents collecting themselves into ever growing colonies until B3WP's form coalesced once again, this time on the side of the road. Looking at its reflection in a puddle, it saw Ruby's face staring back at it. The vision was somewhat disconcerting as this was not what B3WP was supposed to look like or rather this was not how B3WP was programmed to appear in the absence of a host. Looking away, the nano-agent colony looked for clues as to where it was and was answered by a brightly lit sign.

"Cupertino." B3WP stated quietly as it headed in the direction the sign designated.

"This is... familiar." B3WP said as he spotted a familiar figure walking rushing towards him.

"Hello Miss Selmy." B3WP stated, fighting the urge to kill the woman that would betray them in the future. He remembered what was coming next and he needed Selmy, for now.

StormShaun · Jun 11, 2015

Diablo1099 said:
Sorry for taking so long, had to finish the last of my assignments

The President, Wanderer, and Merlin Feat. Dr. Zero
Location: Angel Research Sector | USA: Black Mesa Research Facility
OST: .Hack/Infection: Castle Dungeon extended [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3LvM-Z1FSk]

With everything spouting from Zero's mouth, The President only grew angry when mentioning nothing with what he asked. Pulling out one of his signature pistols, The President seemed ready for blood. "I'll get something from yo-" Before finishing his sentence, the leader noticed that that Merlin smiled and walked ahead of the two, yet the aura around him was far from amused. "Hmm, you seem rather pitiful for one who studies higher beings. You learn, yet you believe you are above." Merlin said, his gentle, smooth tone turning colder.

Wanderer's instincts realized what could happen. Pulling back the President, he shook his head. "This is beyond both of our powers." As the two went to the back of the room where the guards lurked, Merlin gave a short burst of laughter. "I can see you believe humanity can control everything ... I've met people like that, not the best things have happened to them." Merlin said, giving a cold gaze towards Zero. Coming from the background of a legend, the master Wizard knew much about holy and dark magic, and how one should not mess with it.

Shaking his head, Merlin waved his hand quick enough to obstruct his face and body, and it seemed he took on a different appearance [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/9/9d/Merlin.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150321223917]. By the time he looked different, he sat in a stone chair that he seemed to spawn out of nowhere. Not only that, colourful, mystic flowers covered the floor below him, and his white hair grew very long. "I give you one chance to reveal your secrets ... One. Single. Chance." He smirked, playing around with his hair as he casually sat in that chair.

Of course Merlin did not take this man seriously, wanting only to play with his mind. Even if he underestimated Zero, it could only be delivered in return, but, Merlin has the advantage of not giving his identity away.

*Entering combat* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0rkfT6R4pM]

Suddenly a loud siren flared overhead.

"Attention all personnel! There is a enemy force trying to make it's way into the base from the Hydro-electric plant. All Black Hand units report to sector 4 surface access. We are now at DEFCON 1, This is not a drill, repeat, This is not a drill!"

"Hmm, how interesting." Merlin said mockingly.
In the back of the room, both President and Wanderer knew what was happening.

[hr]

Johnny Gat and Krizalid Vs. Monsoon.
Location: Old Saints Hideout: Old Stilwater | USA: Stilwater City

Clicking his tongue, Gat could not see one thing, and a single stomp wouldn't be able to clear the area of the smoke. Yet, still Gat smiled, his cocky nature forever equipping determination as its weapon. "I'm much more than that asshole." Gat said, admitting one of his better secrets. After all, for one who has killed more than hundred of thousands, and many of those aren't even human, Johnny Gat had acquired many abilities ... Especially after one certain adventure that led all of the Saints to this current universe.

Giving a laugh, Gat only cracked his knuckles. Biting into his thumb and allowing his blood to drip, he drew a unknown symbol.Then suddenly, it seemed that Gat burst into flames, yet he only changed into another form [http://assets.vg247.com/current//2015/01/gat_out_of_hell_launch.jpg] and at his side, he had a flaming sword [http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/saintsrow/images/0/0f/7_Deadly_Weapons_-_Envy_promo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141122193737]. It would look pretty badass to anyone in the area that could see him. Taking several hits from Monsoon for that, Gat still smirked. "Hmph, is that it?"

Johnny certainly bled from Monsoon's attacks, so what was this man?

NotYetForsaken · Jun 12, 2015

She Who Would be God
Chapter: 7-Fate Reforged
Kindle not the fire that you cannot extinguish.

Selmy

Selmy was sitting at the bus stop near the city limits next to the high school when some strange girl was hit by a truck. The construction zone directly across from the bust stop had increased traffic in the area nearly three fold, but for an accident to happen at this time of day was unthinkable. Selmy rushed out, crossing three lanes to get to the fallen body, strangely unhurt, and scooped her up. By the time a minute passed, both people were on the sidewalk across from the bus stop.

"Hello Miss Selmy." B3WP stated.

Selmy paused. Her light-green eyes shimmered in the dim lamplight. "Excuse me?" Selmy said softly. She tentatively put her hand on Ruby's head. "What? Why? How do you know my name? Do I know you?"

This is weird. I don't like this. Selmy bit her lip and looked around. There was no one to save her if this strange looking girl turned out to be some sort of psycho.

Dreaming Girl
Chapter: 1 - Yearning Heart
Hover between hope and fear.

Titania

The light spilled into the room from outside. The night was dark, but the ambient lights of the city cast a dim yellow glow that seeped into the room. Titania wore her long white hair in a ponytail. Her shoulders were bare. Slender in form and almost as white as the paper she worked on. It was a chronicle months in the making. The fifteenth volume of arduous text. She yawned, Her eyes were weary and her hand was sore. Titania wore a simple sheer dress and nothing else. The autumn air was still brimming with the heat off the past summer.

It all felt disappointingly familiar.

There was a Phenomenon Intervention. She could hear the static and feel the paradox in the air. It tasted awful. She picked up a cupcake and put it in her mouth. The icing frosted her lip and dripped onto her dress, spreading a thing sheet of white cream on her as it rolled down to the crest of her legs. Titania liked to sit cross-legged even in chairs. An odd habit she picked up somewhere down the line.

Titania turned around and looked at Deborah. She was still sleeping off the excitement of the earlier night. She looked tantalizingly beautiful in her slumber. Titania smiled. Love was a strangely peculiar thing. Inexplicable, unexplainable, and consuming. Nevertheless Titania returned to her quiet scribework. Content to eke out the rest of the remaining days doing what she could to make life as good as possible for the poor souls she was in charge of.

And await the coming of the Master Unit.

The room settled in with the night. Dust drifted in the soft lamplight. Warm winds wandered within. Titania noticed something off though. A phantom. A girl in a red robe and hat, with long untidy hair, and piercing green eyes. Faint, but present in the room. She was staring so intently at Titania.

Titania frowned. Her red lips trembled as she turned to face the apparition. Her Observing eyes could see it easily, the person within. Another Observer. Someone who looked just like herself. A more powerful Observer.

"I get the strange feeling that I am being Observed right now," she looked straight at the ghost, "Am I being given an acting role?"

Titania got up and tread carefully not to wake her sleeping lover. And left, dress wafting in the warm wind. She had somewhere to be.

Diablo1099_v1legacy · Jun 12, 2015

StormShaun said:
No bother man, I've been there

The President, Wanderer, and Merlin Feat. Dr. Zero
Location: Angel Research Sector | USA: Black Mesa Research Facility
OST: KOF 2002 UM: Dark Gravitation [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehv__iNeqpw]

"I give you one chance to reveal your secrets ... One. Single. Chance."
"It seems that you share the misguided anger that plagues your comrade's administration. You presume that merely because I thread past the comfort zone of the arcane arts, that I am "Pitiful". And who are you to come before me? I have used my talents to do more for humanity then you could ever dream. The fact I work from the shadows where men fear to venture doesn't sully my intent..." Zero explained as as too flexed his power to match Merlin's display, a dark aura starting to surround him as the alarms and sirens blared around them, the cries of the lab's defense forces being able to be heard over them barely.
The Aura began to grow as pair of feral looking creatures oozed from the shadows behind him, taking a form akin to a panther as they snarled at Zero's "Guests".

"Attention Angel Research Staff, secure the President, repeat, secure the President!" Kane shouted over the intercom, resulting in a evil smile appearing on Zero's face.
"I believe that could be arranged...." He said before-...disappearing? as his panthers began to dive into the floor as if it was mere water.
A tense silence filled the air as the soldiers moved to get the president out-
"GAHHHHHHHHHH!" one of them screamed before holding their chest, twitching for a moment before suddenly falling flat on the floor.
This quickly happened to much of the remaining forces, Merlin able to see way as the panther's attacked the shadows of the men, focusing not on their mortal shells but rather their very souls, dispatching them without so much as a papercut.
Panic quickly sank in as they opened fire on the panthers, pumping the floor full of lead to no avail as they were each taken down one by one.
Wanderer quickly moved over to the President before trying to get him out of the room, a plan that was halted once Zero suddenly appeared before them.
Quickly striking the floor with his fist, he suddenly brought up a Dark Vortex [http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/zero-dm.gif] of some kind, swiftly taking them off their feet before sucking them inside to some shadowy prison.
Once they were inside, he closed it again with a swift toss of his bladed cloak, sealing up the portal before saying "They are safe where they are...more then I can say for you..."
Taking a moment to recall his pets, he then slowly cracked his knuckles [http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/zero-crack.gif] as he said "Not all of my research was hand delivered by the military, I've learned how to use my life's work to my advantage...And it's times like these I find the most interesting of all..."
A evil laugh escaping his lips, he then sicced his beasts on Merlin.

[hr]

Johnny Gat and Krizalid Vs. Monsoon.
Location: Old Saints Hideout: Old Stilwater | USA: Stilwater City

"What the-!?" Monsoon stammered as he watched this "Human" suddenly transform into some kind of demon, right before shrugging off some of his attacks.
Realizing that he would have to end the fight now or risk losing, the magnetic field his body was putting out began to grow massively as he focused on the supports that kept the streets above Old Stilwater-...."above" Old Stilwater.
"You will not prevail, Mr. Gat. Our power is too great even for a lone Demon!" He said before spreading it out to basically every piece of metal he could find, pulling and pushing them all around him as he attempted to cave the entire tunnel in on top of them.
He would be fine, his head was the only "Human" part of his body left, but it would crush everyone else unlucky enough to be down here.

Diablo1099_v1legacy · Jun 15, 2015

bluerocker said:
Some content was written by this chick!

Kalastryn said:
And this dude!

Black Mesa: Hydro-Electric Power Facility Exterior [http://media.moddb.com/images/members/3/2345/2344853/HL_Black_Mesa34-Hydro_Electric_Dam_Overview.jpg]: Strike Team Vs. NOD Stealth Tanks
OST: C&C: Red Alert 3 - Rock and Awe [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSepa672f0s]

It went without saying that the driver NOD-4 REALLY wished that he had went into ANY of the other tanks when Delores suddenly ended up unleashing a massive combination of attacks, the only thing that really gave him comfort in death was how cool that most likely looked from the outside, something David was keen to point out.
"...NOW THAT'S HOW YOU FIGHT! FROM NOW ON, THAT'S HOW YOU FIGHT!" He shouted over to Delores as he pushed up along with the rest of the G-Corp grunts, only to stop when Faith suddenly teleported right beside him.
"Alright, move up and take the-JESUS CHRIST?!....God! Faith, you trying to give me a heart attack?!" He whined as he brought his hand to this chest for a moment to calm himself down, right as both the Gardevoir and Selena began to cover the main forces advance from projectiles.
"Nice one, Keep it up girls! They'll be raining fire on us until we get inside and I forgot to pack my umbrella!" He urged the two spell casters[footnote]I think Faith is close enough to the term to be counted as such[/footnote] As Ryan came over, talking about bringing in some backup.
"Alright, come with me. BLONDI! (Rugal) Need to cover the kid for a moment while he phones a friend, Keep the push going!" He said before dragging Ryan by the arm towards one of the walls that had yet to be blown up, shoving him behind it as he peered out of it to land a few more shots.
"I hope for both our asses that you aren't just getting Sonia O'Sullivan or something...Then again, I heard she was in the Navy at one point..." The sniper casually quipped as the battle raged on around them.

Blade meanwhile was able to peak out of cover in time to see ARES suddenly zoom in before engaging the tank he had failed to disable, watching her slam clean though it before standing up from the impact.
"....Errrr...Thanks...I-...softened it up for ya..." He murmured, looking rather embarrassed about having to be bailed out like that, glancing over to a disapproving Caim as he seemed to grumble something to himself, whatever statement he made seemed to frighten Ton Ton a little.
"Hey, you guys alright?..."
[color=15650D]"...I heard him think "there had better be more inside."[/color] Ton answered, causing Caim to grin a little before adding

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[color=darkblue]"No matter. I'll just get the next enemy Blade "Thanks" in combat..."

[/color]
"Hey, normally that move works, alright?!" The Strider snapped as the Swordman threw him a cheeky grin, right before the ground started to shake beside them.
On both sides of the dam, a series of large imposing Obelisks [http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/cnc/images/c/c6/Obelisk.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110221141345] began to raise out of hidden compartments, a total of 5.
Each one had a rather large laser emitter at the top of them, something they were doing to find out first had as the began to charge an-

Hydro-Electric Power Facility Interior - Teri vs. Turbines?

The Turbines of the Dam spun ominously before the Cleric, who was in turn trying to assess what would take down the sources of power. Squishy had already began blubbering in Aquatic that he would require more elementals than himself to even consider Vortexing the turbines to destruction; and a lack of any proper bombs on her person made attempting to destroy the turbines difficult, which only left one other option. Instructing her faithful elemental to keep her steady in the water, Teri began to focus upon charging the Kaiser Wave.
Moving her arms back, he built up a nice bundle of Ki energy before firing it off, shouting out [color=0E59E4]"Kaiser Wav-WHOA!"[/color] before the surge of energy knocked her back, nearly cracking her skull against the concrete if it wasn't for Squishy padding her recoil with his mass.
Either way, it worked like a treat as the underwater wave cut though the turbines one by one, the fact it was pushing aside water seemed to increase it's effectiveness.

And back topside

Almost as suddenly as they appeared, The Obelisks soon seemed to shut down as Teri finished taking out the Dam's turbines, robbing them of power they needed, making them an impressive, but useless, piece of decoration.
"...Alright, that happened...Think we better get moving. I don't want to be around when they plug those things back in..." Blade then said as they re-grouped with the main body of the strike force.

Rugal was able to keep the attackers moving forward, him and Azan making a big dent in their forces as Katya showed a few unlucky defenders what "A-Move" meant and Elise gave a tank crew a lifelong case of arachnephobia (provided they even survived this encounter).
Soon, the entire landing team was able to make their way to the base's blast doors, Rugal taking a moment to give it a quick "Test", namely punching it and not even leaving a dent in it.
"Hm...I see Wesker still uses the fancy stuff for his blast doors...Alright, Demo team, Get in position. We need this door down before they can get the power back up!" He quipped to himself as he rubbed his fist before bringing up his Communication Ring.
"Teri, It's me, you get out alright?"
[color=0E59E4]"Everything's fine. Still got the water breathing boots, Squishy's leading me out of it no-
AND WE BLEW THE FUCK OUT OF THOSE TURBINES WITH THAT KAISER WAVE! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH~!
...That too."[/color]
"That's my girl. We're blowing the doors now, I'll have a few of Kazuya's men pick you up, unless you feel like climbing."
[color=0E59E4]"In soaking wet robes and in the desert? Pass."[/color]
"Tch, Alright, keep in touch." He smirked as he watched ARES get into position.

*chk* ARES stifled back a slight chuckle at Rugal's test on the door. "For all your strength I don't think an unarmed fist is the best way to open something meant to block explosives... let's see..." ARES trailed off jokingly as she raised her Fusion Cannon with a motion for everyone to stand back, barring anyone on the ground with any explosives handy.

"We'll probably be able to keep a lot of our ammo supply if we shoot all at once, and the rest of you aim for where the door meets the building." She said to what of the G-corp grunts managed to land with them.

"on three." She said as her fusion cannon was already charging. "One... Two..." As the Fusion Cannon's bolt reached it's full charge, a huge concussive ball of plasma was visibly extending out of the barrel of their gun.

"THREE!" She barked, as the explosives were let fly. The result was a musty cloud of dust choked air, and as it cleared, the combined explosives were enough to weaken the building around the blast door, not the door itself... however, the door lay a good 15 feet away from it's initial position, a HUGE scorch mark from it's central impact with the Fusion Cannon's blast having rent it wholly from the building it once defended.

The second the doors were blown open, every single combatant waiting on the otherside (Least the ones that weren't crushed by the door being blown up) in the Building's Lobby [http://wiki.blackmesasource.com/images//9/9e/BMSBackground11.jpg] opened fire, in some cases Literally [http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/cnc/images/0/0c/BlackHand_CC3_Art1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090521020818] from their cover, having moved in some of the more bulkier lab equipment in to re-enforce themselves.
There was also some laser gun turrets on the ceilings, but with the base's power cut, they wouldn't be shooting at anyone anytime soon, much to the concern of the base's security.
As the remaining G-Corp VTOLs began to try and set up a forward base by their landing zone, the sounds of missiles rang out as did the peppering of bullets all over the dam as a entire fleet of Attack Craft [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/cnc/images/5/5b/CNCTW_Venom_Concept_Art_9.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20101121181641] began to fly into the area, shooting at everything that moved, including the team.

Generic NPC 22 · Jun 17, 2015

Avatar Adventure | The Rising Dawn | Black Mesa Damn LZ
Damn this Damn Dam Dammit!

Great. Not only was there a horde of heavily entrenched goons firing from cover in the dam's lobby but there was a veritable fleet of NOD Venoms flying overhead, shooting at everything and everything that wasn't nailed down. Katya's newly acquired stealth tank took a few shots to its side before it was able to successfully stealth out... which didn't make a like of difference since the Venoms were able to detect the tank and rained more shots down on the vehicle.

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"Little Miss, I am afraid that this tank cannot sustain many more direct hits from the aircraft overhead."

B3WP stated as it maneuvered the tank onto the bridge, giving a bit more room to move.

"I know! I know!" The Rising Dawn's Resident Techhead yelled in frustration as she ordered the tank to fire a number of missiles on the assault craft overhead, causing a few of the fragile and lightly armored fighters to crash either into the side of the canyon or into the water of the reservoir.

Looking around with an eye for RTS strategies, Katya noted that area around the dam was fairly open with not a lot of space to hide from the assault craft overhead. There was one spot, however and Katya might have been crazy enough to do it.

"BEWP. Let's crash a party." Katya said as she ordered her remaining grunts behind the tank to offer covering fire from the Venoms, "Go!"

On her order, the tank's engines roared to life, it's treads kicking up a cloud of concrete as it sped towards its destination, the Dam's lobby.

"Everyone outta the way!" The Haxxx0r yelled as the tank crashed through the over sized doors and into the lobby, kicking up a tremendous amount of smoke and dust as lab equipment and met went flying through the air. The dust was soon joined by a overly liberal sprinkle of bullets as the grunts stormed the lobby.

[hr]

Paradigm Story | A New Beginning

"Excuse me?" Selmy said softly. She tentatively put her hand on Ruby's head. "What? Why? How do you know my name? Do I know you?"

BEWP cursed himself internally for the slip up. He was aware of the coming future and the role that this traitorous woman would play. His cells cried for him to consume her, absorb her being into his and yet, he did not. There was something within him that halted him from this course of action. It was like a soft hand being placed on his chest, pushing softly.

"I... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. My older sister, Katya, she shared classes with you." BEWP said in Ruby's voice, attempting to look rather embarrassed, even as she smiled at being touched on the head by Miss Selmy. To all appearances, things appeared to be rather similar between the previous instance of these events and now. It meant that the Murakumo units would likely appear soon. If BEWP was going to survive the night without the sacrifice of a large number of his nano-agents, he would have to move soon. But where could he go?

"We should go home." Said an internal process marked Ruby, "I'm sure that Mother Titania and Mother Deborah will be waiting for us."

"We don't exist to them in that form yet." BEWP responded to Ruby but not before Ruby took control of the speech processes.

"I... I'm sorta lost..." Ruby stated, her eyes tearing up a little, "Could you help me find my way home?"

NotYetForsaken · Jun 17, 2015

Perseverance
Location: Black Mesa Lobby | Black Mesa
The Devil is not so black as She is painted.

Dolores

I... I can't. The air around me is so cold. I don't like this. Mom! Dad! I don't like this! Where am I!? There's blood everywhere. Its flying out toward me. This fire, this cursed yellow flame exploding. No. I can't. What is all of this?

Who is this lunatic!?

She's not listening to anyone, her eyes. They're empty and dead. She doesn't acknowledge the camaraderie of her friends.

David, no get away. Don't get so close to her!

She dashed forward into the lobby, Bolverk shook themselves into action. They found the beating hearts of those soldiers and tore them apart with a foreign force. That girl had no remorse. No desire, not even respect in her killing. She was just walking forward, arms out and fingers on the trigger.

One, two, three, four, seven, ten, twenty. The gunshots are so loud my ears are ringing.

Something from behind. The roar of an engine. She ducks, doesn't even have to look and spins around beneath the tank, guns still firing. My clothes... they're filthy. Oil, smoke, dust, blood. The blood will never wash off. She ran forward, kicking off the tank as she went. Others charged in. Fire filled the room, but the lunatic does not feel the heat of the weapons. She spins in the air and lets of three more volleys, turning more men into nothing more than quivering piles of flesh. These guns, armor can not stop them. They do not fire bullets. No. These guns can tear apart people from the inside.

It's awful. They're awful. Awful, awful, awful, awful, awful...

Four and twenty. Four and twenty men. She's killed a quarter of a hundred men.

In a hail of bullets and flame she's untouched, this monster. This... devil. She's not human. She's not human. It's like she's some sort of doll being possessed by a demon.

She's not me... she can't be me...

Something in front of me. A man, a soldier. He's charging at me with his rifle, not firing anymore. He swings, I flinch. I close my eyes. I don't want to watch.

It wasn't me. It wasn't me. It wasn't me. I fell backwards, but I was behind him suddenly, I fell backwards into him, my entire weight launching him out, smashing his body into the ceiling. His armor, I heard it break. He's bleeding through the cracks in his suit. Blood, so much.

His body falls onto the tank below him, some rubble joins him in his rest.

Twenty-five. I've killed twenty five people today. I want to stop, so why can't I stop!?

This girl's a monster. She's not getting hit. She's too fast. She's... she's... oh my god! Someone help me! Bolverk clicked again and let out a hiss. Two more canisters fell to the floor.

"Chain revolver combo complete. Bolverk cooling down. 25 total hits. Four drive attacks, one counter-assault. total heat count currently at 47%."

She Who Would be God
Chapter: 7 - Fate Reforged
Kindle not the Fire you cannot extinguish.

Selmy

"I... I'm sorta lost..." Ruby stated, her eyes tearing up a little, "Could you help me find my way home?"

Selmy paused, her eyes flickered with a hint of worry. "I don't remember a Katya in my class - though I suppose it could have just slipped my mind." She put her hands on Ruby's cheeks and held them softly. "You are somehow familiar." Selmy stood up and looked around. The night was silent in the sleepy city. The construction site was filled with overturned dirt. Some derelict autumn wind blew in. The moon above was waning. Selmy breathed deeply. Her heart felt uneasy.

She couldn't remember why she was here in the first place. It was way too late to catch a bus. And what business did she have out here at her old high school? Selmy shook her head. Those were questions for another time.

"Okay, I'll help you get home." Selmy took Ruby by the hand and started to head down the road toward downtown. "I feel like you lived this way?" she said, "correct me if I'm wrong. I just... sort of remember going this way with a girl that kind of looked like you. Did your sister have... weird dyed hair like you? It might have been red or something like that..."

They walked for a little while and stopped at an intersection. Even though there were no other people in sight for miles, Selmy made them stop and wait for the walk signal. "I don't think I know your name," she said somewhat awkwardly.

As they waited another figure appeared behind them. There was a thump on the back of Selmy's head.

She turned around, "Jesu- Oh!" Selmy slumped to the floor, her face red and flustered. "You... you scared me. I thought... I thought..."

"You thought I was some sort of rapist Selmy?" the young woman grinned. She had red hair and brown eyes, and a demeanor that was similar and dissimilar to someone also vaguely familiar to Selmy, but Selmy smiled. She knew this stranger.

"Well I wouldn't put it past you to have actually done something like that in the past," Selmy got up to her feet and embraced the strange warmly.

"Hah! Good thing I guard my past so vigilantly!" The stranger gave Ruby a little tap on the head. "Watcha up to this late at night little tyke?"

Selmy looked confused, "Irina, you know this girl?"

"Know her? She's my little sister. I swear, all that anime is gonna bork your brain hella bad." Irina Rostikova replied while giving Ruby, and Bewp, a knowing and friendly glance and grin.

bluerocker · Jun 18, 2015

Diablo1099 said:
Some dude with this name wrote some parts

Black Mesa: Hydro-Electric Power Facility Exterior [http://media.moddb.com/images/members/3/2345/2344853/HL_Black_Mesa34-Hydro_Electric_Dam_Overview.jpg]: Strike Team - Breaking and Entering
OST: C&C: Red Alert 3 - Rock and Awe [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSepa672f0s]

Caim, Ton Ton

With the sudden disappointment of his query being stolen from him, (as well as some gentle ribbing in Blade's direction), the push of varying forms of destruction, from ARES' bomb, to Katya's tank "driving" skills and Selmy's rapid fire tactics with her guns, it was high time for Caim to show damn well why he was considered for the ground forces. Cracking a grin at his allies' choice of tactics, Caim plucked Ton Ton from his shoulder and gave him to Blade, patting the little Tonberry on the head before relaying his thoughts to the Grovyle,

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"I have an idea, but you can't go with me, Ton Ton. Not exactly. Keep an eye on him for me, will you Blade?"

before beginning a sprint towards the Tank Katya commandeered, leaving Ton Ton to hang onto Blade's shoulder while processing the request -
[color=15650D]"He...what?"[/color] Ton Ton paused; his mind beginning to receive 'images' of what Caim had planned, eyes widening in realization before giving an exasperated cry, [color=15650D]"Mr. Caim, you're crazy!"[/color]

Unfortunately, Ton Ton's objection fell on deaf ears, as the Mute Swordsman kept charging toward Katya's tank, hopped once, and began running up it's top, before giving one final jump. Caim went flying into the air, and readied Swordsmasher mid descent, bringing the blade's flat down on the floor and sending a shockwave out to the troops in front of him. Unfortunately for them, this also meant that Caim had gained some degree of magical energy within Swordsmasher. With his battle grin still plastered on his face, Caim stood, before activating the invisibility magics within Swordsmasher - and winked out of the soldier's line of fire.

Teri, Angelus, Cadolbolg

Teri gave Squishy one last wave as the elemental began to return to his home plane, wringing out her robes as she did so. With the arrival of another VTOL as pickup to the dam proper, the Cleric heaved a heavy sigh. Even if she did her job with the dam, that still left the rest of Black Mesa's facilities to crawl through; and even after interrogating Cortex about what lay in there, Teri felt ill at ease for what was to come. Gently tapping her ring to call Garm to the proposed landing site of the (currently airborn) VTOL she was in, Teri could only wait until - BZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

A violent array of red laser beams suddenly rained down on her transport as a pack of the black attackcraft descended from the sky. Alarms flared, and smoke began to billow through parts of the cabin, the personnel panicking as they attempted to get the VTOL back under control.
"Dammit! Hold on. I might need to go in Ho-" Was the last words of the pilot before a stream of red hot death tore though the windscreen; shredding him and his co-pilot. Now with a pair of lifeless charred husks for pilots and the flight controls ruined beyond repair, the VTOL began a downward spiral back to Terra Firma.

Left with no other choice, Teri began a summoning incantation as she threw herself from the doomed craft, holding her hand out as the spell's chant was finished. An abnormally large eagle [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/eagleGiant.htm] appeared underneath her, the Cleric giving a heavy [color=0E59E4]"Oof!"[/color] when she landed. Pointing to the dam's topside, she weakly called to her temporary mount, [color=0E59E4]"There, fast! Look for a black wolf."[/color] before clinging to dear life (and silently praying that those piloting the death machines wouldn't hit the eagle in the process).

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Teri casts Summon Monster 4, calling up a Celestial Giant Eagle for help. The Eagle will stick around for 8 rounds, or 48 seconds.
[b]12 Seconds till next 4th level spell.[/b]

However, a loud bellowing roar and the sight of a fireball flying past the eagle was a happy one indeed, as Angelus and Cadolbolg barreled past Teri; Angelus speaking to the Cleric via the rings, "Return to the ground swiftly, Cadolbolg and your's truly shall be getting our daily exercise and hold them off!"
Teri deigned it fit to not say much else, opting to keep a hold of the eagle as the sound of fireballs and lightning bolts filled the air and keep up the silent prayers to her God for safety.[footnote]I'm going to assume by the end of this post she'll be on the ground/meeting with Garm[/footnote]

Speaking of the draconic pair, with Teri nearing the edge of the dam and the fleet appearing to fire upon the ground forcees, it was time for them to properly stretch their wings and do their leg of the job. For Angelus, that meant opening her great maw and focusing upon as many targets as she was able. With a moment to focus upon her homing fire, 8 smaller fireballs began their swift journey towards the aerial forces, Cadolbolg following through with his mother by charging another fighter, before swinging downward; bringing his sharp tail upon the cockpit. The tiny turtle dragon gave a (much smaller) roar of his own in imitation of Angelus as he did so, filling the larger red dragon's heart with pride - at least, for the short moment before she shot another blast at a member of the aerial forces.

bluerocker · Jun 18, 2015

Diablo1099 said:
I'm sorry this is laaate! Q.Q

Black Mesa - Prior to the power outage ~~Wesker~~ Doctor Birkin, Inuart

Inuart felt a chill run down his spine when the finality of what was happening sunk in, his hand edging towards his sword as the alarms blared. With a confused look in his eyes, Inuart turned back to Wesker, his voice quiet with dread,"That dragon...Wes-... Doctor, I should stay here and fight by your side! You're my friend, and I owe you my life. Do you... really want me to leave?"

Wesker rubbed his temples at the query, knowing full well that while Inuart had his heart in the right place, this was not the time. Not if he wanted Bison to know what was going on...or for Inuart to remain out of the Dawn's hands. With a exasperated sigh, the doctor shook his head, and returned to his typing, but not before answering Inuart one last time, "Not really, but I do want you to live."

Inuart remained silent for another moment, before giving a quiet inclination of his head and turning towards the hangar, "Very well. I will not let your sacrifice be in vain!"
And so the bard ran to freedom, and yet, away from one of the few friends he had in this world.

Mood Music - Stray Sheep [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbBlOfUlhUs]

The bartender smiled, amused by Boss' rather on point summation of who he was, and what exactly his nature entailed. It wouldn't be the first time he was seen through by a mortal (and it probably wouldn't be the last), but it was an experience that was equal parts amusing...and annoying. He had his reasons for being on board, after all, and he didn't need this mortal blabbing to every oblivious soul on board who exactly he was. With a sigh, he refilled Boss' glass and spoke up again, electing to put on another coy smile before speaking, [color=eca222]"Careful now, they say that pride was my sin... That said, that little ability of your's is certainly interesting. Is it something you control at will, or is it one of those 'sensing' things, like seeing or hearing?"[/color]

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