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

[Kalastryn]

Seeing that allies had arrived and not been so diplomatic, and the doctor seems to have called in even more reinforcements, clearly breaking his research (or threatening such as a bargaining chip) is not a good idea. Especially seeing how the rigidly trained knights seem intent on keeping the equipment safe as well.

ARES heaves out a dull sigh, "Why... why can people never just be reasonable and opt against throwing their lives away?" she asked as the compartment in her chest opened up from before, and instead of following through with her threats and tossing the clearly unspeakably powerful equipment she doesn't understand, or give it back, she places it inside. To the doctor, this would be a surefire tell of a couple things, if not previously known. Firstly, the fact that ARES has no internal organs and can open compartments on her body likely mean she's not human... or alive for that matter. Second... there may be a lot of things located in the nothingness within... including his possessions... which she is unlikely to willingly open up for taking back.

Rolling around the shelving with a bit of dexterity, she picks up her fusion cannon and starts taking uncharged shots upwards at the bird/blade demons that assail them from the air. Surely being able to transform into metal swords would protect from physical attacks by some measure, but let's see how plasma effects them?

"You know Doc I can say your loyal to a fault... I respect that, really." she says, making very many efforts to direct fire away from his general direction.

"I'll say though that for as smart and capable as you seem to be your logic is about as flawed as a gun made from paper mache . You know your working for a man who is hardly defensible, and yet you still wish to work for him? If your worried about being unemployed look around you! I come from a future where the whole world is practically military, and aren't this precise... even demons take orders from you." she says as she downs one of the birds... that is a point.

"Also, your worried about your job, and me throwing one or two of these things when the entire base is about to explode?! If one or two would "put the entire world in peril" THE WHOLE BASE GOING UP IN SMOKE ISN'T ANY BETTER GENIUS!!" she says as one of the knights maneuvered behind her while her attention was in the air. A lance digging into her shoulder was an interruption to her diplomatic attempts... though it met much resistance, somehow? ARES shrieks in a bit of pain as she turns around on him, her arm still (mostly) intact and gives him a swift kick to the chest, which sends him back much farther than he should have gone, landing in front of the nervous Doctor.

"Argh... I... am really trying not to shoot you here. Last chance to be on the side that wants to stop all of your research here being blasted into a crater... and whatever comes of that probably doing much greater damage. He trusted you for your intellect, and I know your smart enough to see that with the doomsday clock on this place ticking down right now if you don't help then just as you said, with all you have right here in this room, there is a lot more at risk. I've trusted you so far to change your mind... last chance."

She says as she levels her gun at the doctor directly, making clear that all bets are off after his next move.

 

[StormShaun]

Merlin [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/9/9d/Merlin.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width/1000?cb=20150321223917] and Dr. Zero.
[sub]Saint Ninja Security Team, Sir Bedivere [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/c/c3/Bedivere_front.png/revision/latest?cb=20130531223623], Sir Lancelot [http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/0/0b/Zero_berserker.png/revision/latest?cb=20121211184806], Sir Gawain [http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/8/82/Saber_extra.png/revision/latest?cb=20130726175824], The President, Wanderer.[/sub]
Location: Black Mesa Exterior (Dam) | USA: Black Mesa Research Facility

Wanderer and The President listened carefully to what the dark Doctor had to say. From the clues they gained, it seemed Denver was there next target. "Man, I hate Denver." He muttered before suddenly a bullet pierced his leg. Falling over, it seemed Wanderer screamed for about ten seconds before he got up like nothing happened. Yet he kicked Zero once again. "Surrender your soul!" The Dark Wanderer said with surprise, and a tone that sounded like a demon infested his body. " *Ahem* I mean, wizard, I would be happy if you put up something." The survivalist said with a twitchy eyes.

Sighing, The President crouched, avoiding any bullets that flew by. "Hmm, Armstrong and Vega." He said, scratching his growing blonde beard. "Looks like we have our targets, but what for a plan ..." He asked himself, mind trailing off into many plans that could completely fuck over both parties. Meanwhile the three Knights stood overlooking the Black Mesa complex, but as the bullets came flying, two stood behind the completely armoured Lancelot which only had bullets bounce off him.

"Why are you hiding behind me?"
"Well, because we have no helmets."
"Why don't we have helmets!"
"I believe you said something like, 'we look better without them'."
"Oh right."
"Than why do I have a helmet."
"Because, uh, you are ... Manly?"
" ... Are you saying I'm ugly?"
"Well I'm not saying you're handsome."
"You bastard!"

From over the other side of the raised floor, Merlin performed a simple spell to heal the downed Ninja. "Ugh, fine. I thought you people could handle danger." The Wizard said before clapping his hands together and uttered a few words lost to the wind. Yet that element of wind seemed to gather around the whole platform they stood upon, reflecting the dangerous bullets. Walking back to the downed but dark Doctor, Merlin gave a smirk. "I believe your office was just moved." He said, nodding towards the wooden and glass scraps on the floor platform they stood on. Even Zero's main desk was on the edge of the floor, yet when the wind spell was summoned, it was shred to pieces. "Huh, seems like everything of yours was destroyed ... Well, unless you have a backup of course." The Wizard taunted.

 

[000Ronald]

Outside on the dam: Ryan, Nadalia, Elise, Faith, Angelus, Cadolbolg, Edge, Nickolai Vs NOD Attack Bikes

Edge jumped down from the cliff face. The tank had been totally trashed, unfortunately. "Have you tried to conta-"

Nickolai jumped up from behind the cliff face, grabbed Edge, and pulled him to the ground. [sub]"Be very quiet..."[/sub] he said, pointing to where The President and his posse were standing. [sub]"My gut tells me those men could turn us into bloody smears on the ground.[/sub]"

Edge looked over the group. The President was there, and The President was...formidable, as far as Edge knew. Three knights, all three in heavy plate armor. Wanderer was with them, for some reason. And in the back...someone with silver hair...

[sub]"Is that Merlin?"[/sub] Edge whispered to himself. [sub]"I'd wondered what happened to him. He looks like he's doing pretty good."[/sub]

Nickolai looked surprised. [sub]"You know one of those people?"[/sub] he asked.

[sub]"Two of them."[/sub] Edge responded. [sub]"Wanderer's with them."[/sub]

Nicolai looked again, and nodded. [sub]"What do we do?"[/sub]

[sub]"We don't need to lie to them."[/sub] Edge said. [sub]"Call them, and we'll tell them that we're with The Rising Dawn and that I got hurt when the helo was shot down. I'm still covered in my own blood, they won't have any reason to doubt us."[/sub]

Nickolai nodded again, rose, and gestured to the group. "HELP! WE ARE WITH THE RISING DAWN! MY COMRADE IS HURT!"

Black Mesa: Biology Lab [http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1472587&stc=1&d=1335972646]: Dolores, Selmy, Insano, Anyone else

Stepping through the door to the lab, Dubstep Blaster was hanging from a strap on his shoulder, and holding what appeared to be a handgun version of the railguns Cortex had been building under MIT, Doctor Insano put four watermelon sized holes in the slime monster before it could wreak any kind of havoc. "[color=00ad83]YOU WITH THE CROWBAR![/color]" Insano, standing just inside the entrance to the lab, shouted. [color=00ad83]UNLESS YOU WANT A HOLE IN YOUR HEAD THE SIZE OF YOUR HEAD, BACK AWAY![/color]"

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Black Mesa: Biology Lab [http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1472587&stc=1&d=1335972646]avid, Teri, Garm, Insaneo, Anyone else

David had linked up with the rest of the biology assault group as Delores began to clear shop, allowing the rest of the supporting units to advance into the base, despite the researchers efforts to stop them.
"YEAH! Go New Girl! Kick their ass! Woo!....N-new girl?...You okay?...." He excited proclaimed right before all of a sudden Dolores began to go faint before suddenly collapsing right in the middle of battle.
"...Tch, Always a catch...AZAN! Get the girl out! All units, if you got something to use against those fumes, now would be the time to use them!" He shouted to his units as he brought up the fabric of his running up over his nose and mouth in a vain attempt to stop the quickly poisoned air from affecting him.
He did perk up a little when he saw Teri enter the lab, mounted on Garm like some kinda Medical Cavalry.
"Hey T, don't suppose you could ask Jesus for an air freshener or something?...*Cough Cough*" He quipped to the Cleric as Dr. Insaneo tried to convince some of the local researchers to maybe NOT release more monsters into the now bloody lab.
His efforts were in vain as the man with the crowbar successfully managed to release that horrible creature [http://i1.gensun.org/44e/61d/101/iimgurcomsMoK6z6jpg.jpg], Costing him his life as it impaled the poor bastard who was before casting his body aside in search of enemies.

"...Ohhhh this can't be good...FOCUS FIRE!" he shouted to the G-Corp masses, needing little prompting to fire at such a dangerous (And ulgy) beast, showing just how much the mutant's flesh was designed against gunfire, barely even drawing blood on the creature.
"Oh that's just mean spirited, that's what that is...Shit-THE FLANK! WATCH THE FLANK!"
Right as he said that, a bunch of Screaming men [http://i.ytimg.com/vi/DTFN8zGJO4Q/maxresdefault.jpg] carrying flags and strange glowing canisters ran right into the mass of soldiers before blowing themselves up in a large green blast, taking the bulk of the G-Corp grunts with them, allowing the Researchers to escape and flee deeper into the base.
There was only 4 survivors of the explosion, a bunch of disappointed looking Sucide Bombers, but their faces lit up right as they saw David, Teri and Insaneo, chanting the likes of "IT'S TIME!", "KANE REQUIRES IT!" "FOR THE BROTHERHOOD!" before sprinting as fast as they could towards them, detonators in hand ready to blow up...

Black Mesa: Robotics Lab [http://www.ontarget3d.com/site/images/thumbs/0001662.jpeg]: Katya, Caim, Anyone else

Back with Kayta and Caim, the Warrior's tried and tested methods of problem solving worked just as well as they usually did as his Ax quickly reduced the incoming Cyborgs to mere scrap and organs, the shockwaves sent out by the weapon keeping floored long enough for him to clean up before they could take aim and fire at him.
"Not bad. You think your hot shit, don't you? But remember the old Axiom: Brains ALWAYS beats Brawn!" a rather annoying smug voice said over the PAs right as a more suitable enemy was deployed against Caim.
The room began to shake slightly as a A Extra Large Robot [http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/cnc/images/e/ea/AvatarWarmech_CC3_Art1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140108123735] was deployed on the scene, so large it often had to duck under machinery hanging from the ceiling just to get close to swordsman.

"Avatar Ready."

a robotic emulation of a angry man's voice droned as it went to open fire at Caim, it's laser much larger then the ones the other cyborgs used.

Back with Katya, Her social media feed went off again, this time the oh-so-mature admin stating:

With his "Constructive Criticism" eating up her attention, The Admin then took the chance to compile a sample of the signal BEWP was using to control the marines.
A bit of coding later, he then began to send out the new signal, using it to try and confuse the marines with a mess of conflicting orders, resulting in a lot of them standing around trying to lick their own elbows and more importantly NOT fighting back against the Cyborgs still coming out of the machine.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Black Mesa: Demonology lab [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/killerinstinct/images/f/f8/Forbidden_Archive.png/revision/latest?cb=20150226170333]: Ton Ton, Blade, ARES, Guards, Agnus, Anyone else

Have to admit, Blade wasn't one to turn down a fight, but this was a bit of a dozy, having to kick all their asses without touching anything in the room, while part of him was curious to see what would happen (Namely to see if he could make the egghead's head explode), he decided against it.
Besides, with all these Flying/Steel types around, he had enough to worry about and that was BEFORE Ton Ton went all macho and attacked.
"Ton! Wait-WHOASHIT!?" He tried to protest before having to leap out of the way of a flying sword as it swung for his neck.
Using his Agility to his advantage, he quickly used another would be attacker to leap onto the ceiling, away from all the museum pieces, as he focused on the armors, avoiding their lances before pouncing on one, a quick Leaf Blade to the skull quickly slaying the guard.
With it's head rendered off his shoulder, a series of white souls began to race out of his open neck cavity, like air escaping a balloon before all the armor plates fell lifelessly to the ground.
"I got it! Without their heads, they're powerless! [https://youtu.be/CeQ_IVwQvdQ?t=30s]" He rather dencely said, right before having to duck under another flying sword, costing him his leaf-Ponytail.
"...Come here you little-!!"

Back with ARES, she was able to scan both of the objects she had just stored in her Hammerspace, The first was a Strange red orb [http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080804022208/devilmaycry/images/9/93/Orb_(red).png] made up of a unknown blood type, it wasn't human at least and there was a 90% probility of it being Demonic in nature.
The other was what looked like a Normal golden amulet [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/mkwikia/images/2/26/The_Amulet_of_Shinnok.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130528173224], but a quick scan revea-
Suddenly ARES's entire system locked up for a moment as the Amulet seemed to scan HER back, her body spasmed for a moment as an unknown driver was installed on her CPU.

The Amulet of Shinnok grants ARES the power to use Raise Dead.EXE. ARES can now use the Amulet in order to raise any target from the dead (So long as they were alive to begin with). The power of the Fallen Elder God allows them to retain their intelligence but binds their will to ARES's every command. Once raised, the target is given a corrupted version of their former body to use. While the Amulet does all the work, the power needed to run it is extremely intensive, much more so then any of her weapons. Several targets can be raised, each one adding to the hefty power bill

"No! T-t-t-that's the Amulet of Shinnok! Gah! I knew you were here to s-s-s-s-steal my research! I will handle you myself!" Angus stammered right as ARES snapped out of her trance, shooting his hand up into the air before one of his Sword Birds flew into his grasp, turning into a weapon he himself could use before pushing his way past his guards to attack the Android himself?...Doesn't he know what he's up against?

Back with Ton Ton, he was struggling with the bird/sword demon as he managed to slice down it's hilt, much like how Father would slice a man's spine, causing it to screech in pain.
The bird began to falter before crashing into the wall, shattering into a million fine pieces on impact and dumping Ton Ton on the ground away from the others, as well as causing a nearby coffin to fall down on its side.
There was a slight male groan from inside as Ton Ton could make out something coming out of it, it was a Strange White Snake [http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/skullgirls/images/f/fd/Lev_Shocked.png/revision/latest?cb=20140813022856] poking his head up though one of the cracks to look around.
"Ohhhh...you would wake the dead with that rack-....What the devil-...This isn't the New Meridian Cemetery!" He muttered to himself in a confused British accent, not unlike Dimitri's only older and more stern sounding.
"This is-....Oh! Pardon me Sir, but could you please tell me where we are right now?" He then asked the Tonberry.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Merlin [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/9/9d/Merlin.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width/1000?cb=20150321223917] and Dr. Zero.
[sub]Camelot knights, Saint Ninja Security Team, Sir Bedivere [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/c/c3/Bedivere_front.png/revision/latest?cb=20130531223623], Sir Lancelot [http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/0/0b/Zero_berserker.png/revision/latest?cb=20121211184806], Sir Gawain [http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/8/82/Saber_extra.png/revision/latest?cb=20130726175824], The President, Wanderer.[/sub]
Location: Black Mesa Exterior (Dam) | USA: Black Mesa Research Facility
Merlin OST: Fate/Stay Night, Kishi Ou no Hokori [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OixZKhcq1fQ]

"ARGH-.....Christ dammit, and people give out to ME about my eithics..." Zero groaned as Wanderer had the gall to strike him while he was down as well as then demand something of his.
"Urg, fine. My wallet is in my my jacket, top right inside pocket. I only carry Black Mesa credits however so don't expect them to be exchanged at any nearby bank..." He explained, looking around at all the mayhem going on as Merlin brought up a barrier around them.
It was then that Magician then brought up the contents of his office before shattering every last inch to the wind in a show of power, something was rather redundant as Zero pointed out.
"...We are one of the most advanced research labs in the history of the human race. Why wouldn't we have a backup server? It's in the Administrators office where Dr. Birkin alone. If Kazuya's people are able to capture him, He'll have access to all the technology and experiments of this entire base, not only my own. And if your administration actually reads the requests the DoD send us, that is not a good thing...Heh, in fact, there was this one hack job called Dr. Breen. He wants to open up this portal to allow some beings from another universe to take over the world. Have no idea where the hell he got his education, but he seems to rarely realize that he isn't going to be promoted if such a thing happens-"

The Dark Doctor rambled on for a while about his co-workers and their workings, some of the stuff he spoke up made Wanderer a little un-nerved but in hindsight, he was just stalling.
All of a sudden, a series of small grenades began to float around in Merlin's wind barrier, right before detonating and sending out a sickly yellow gas onto everyone inside.
The effects were rather instant as all of a sudden reality began to warp around them as the hallucinogens quickly took over their minds, causing the President's guard to all turn on each other and start trying to beat the shit of anything that moves, including them.
Zero was savvy enough to hold his breath as squad of Kane's Elite Guard [http://orig10.deviantart.net/1183/f/2008/121/c/b/confessor_cabal_by_bossofnod.jpg] suddenly attacked.
At first, Merlin wasn't really worried, the Fumes didn't really affect him and his barrier would protect them all against any and all projeti-
Next thing he knew, Merlin was getting peppered by red hot laser weapons which passed though the barrier with ease, as was everyone else who wasn't already tripping balls.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Back outside on the dam: Ryan, Nadalia, Elise, Faith, Angelus, Cadolbolg, Rugal Vs NOD Attack Bikes

Having held back in order to keep the path into the base secure, Rugal soon made his way back into the battleground, ducking under stray fire as G-Corp managed to ensure a foothold in the area, but the cost of that was quickly starting to become clear as Faith began to relay Nadalia's condition to the others.
"Dammit...Hang on, I'll try to get someone over." He said over the rings before grabbing the arm of a passing G-Corp medic and sending him towards the wounded Queen.
As he did that, one of the remaining bikes began to take the chance to finish off the both of them from the ridge.
Realizing that a normal Ki Projectile wouldn't make it in time, he did get a quick idea once he saw the ruins of the machine that Cadolbolg managed to disable (To put it lightly).
Dashing over and tearing his hands though the missile launcher (or what was left of it), he then managed to pull out an un-exploded missile out of it, quickly examining it to see if it could still be used.
In an impressive feat, Rugal then had a brief run up before tossing the missile skyward like a pigskin football, watching it soar though the air before landing square in the bikes path, it's explosion ringing like a touchdown display, much to the Fighter's satisfaction as the Medic began to run over to treat Nadalia.

Back in the sky, the last 2 bike still standing out of the original group went about engaging Angelus, coming up with a joint plan to try and take her down.
Both bikes halted for a moment before planting a strange metal device to the ground next to them, each one containing a grapple line of sorts tied to their bikes.
In perfect sync, both drivers then leaped from opposite sides of the canyon, crossing by each other (As well as the angry dragon) in midair.
Before landing, they both fired off another projectile, a pair of specialized grapple hooks digging into Angelus's scales.
Once both hooks were in place, both devices lit up before an extremely painful current began to flow though the dragon's body though the power lines hidden in the grapple, hopefully keeping her in place long enough to allow them to finally line up some good shots on the struggling dragon.

 

[Kalastryn]

Offering a mechanical groan and holding her head, stunned as unwelcome though... potentially useful software installed itself into ARES' headspace. Snapping out of her lockup just in time to see the researcher decide to engage her himself, she shook her head with a sigh.

"You have no idea what you're dealing with..." she says as, instead of looking down the iron sights of her Fusion cannon at him...

She unloaded it and tossed it aside, making a gesture of cracking her knuckles. "Mr. Mishima said that though the personnel in this base were to be classified as our opposition we were free to subdue the researchers, such as yourself, through less harmful means. I had hoped you would see reason, but still I am intent not to kill you, and you can have your damn stuff back when we're done here. For now though, let's settle this like gentlemen."

She says as from her too palms extend two beams of, presumably sharp plasma energy.

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

Not completely finished, but saving it for a bit of a surprise, the million fine pieces of sword bird that Ton Ton had slain then begin to shift around on the floor as it puts itself back together...

 

[StormShaun]

Merlin [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/9/9d/Merlin.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width/1000?cb=20150321223917], Dr. Zero, Crazed Saint Ninja Security Team, Sir Bedivere [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/c/c3/Bedivere_front.png/revision/latest?cb=20130531223623], Sir Lancelot [http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/0/0b/Zero_berserker.png/revision/latest?cb=20121211184806], Sir Gawain [http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/8/82/Saber_extra.png/revision/latest?cb=20130726175824], The President [sub](Power suit edition [http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-_dUyCohizs/maxresdefault.jpg])[/sub], and Wanderer.
Location: Black Mesa Exterior (Dam) | USA: Black Mesa Research Facility
Shadow Wanderer OVERDRIVE OST: Survivor by Sick Puppies [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccHSfrtg-cE]

Listening carefully to Zero's information, Merlin nodded. "Hmm, how convenient. I mean, I remember everything since I can use all of my brain." Merlin said full of confidence, while not many knew, but the Master Wizard was a hybrid between a human and a incubus, which allowed him to become stronger in many ways, but mostly magically. Spotting and hearing the two in the distance, Merlin rubbed his chin. "Is that ... Edge? How neat." He said happily and clapped his hands.

Yet with the sudden announcement of injury, Merlin pointed at the three knights standing near the platform's edge. "Lancelot, Bedivere, Gawain, go over there and protect those two." He ordered gently, feeling ever cautious. The three gave a nod and jumped off the platform, quickly running toward the two. If either Edge or Nickolai had a sharp eye for flying metal, they could see all three easily deflecting the bullets that came from a distance.

"What is wrong?" Gawain immediately said to the two, flashing them a gentle, concerned face. Both Lancelot and Bedivere stood guard in front and behind, seemingly to move their blades in fast motion. "Why ... Aren't we bringing them back?" Bedivere asked with worry, which Lancelot huffed a sigh, "The magician knows something is about to happen." The suddenly back at the raised floor of a platform was covered in yellow gas which swirled around Merlin's magic. Slightly distracted, the three immediately took up their stances, luckily that was when the Elite Guard showed up.

"Oh, such 'charming' armour." Bedivere hummed.
"Rather ... Phallic though." Bedivere said and cocked his head.
"Arg, let me just kill them!" Lancelot bellowed.

The three Knights than went to battle, all whilst protecting the two in the center of their triangle position.

Back on the platform, Merlin was surprised by the gas and guards, yet ended up dodging the lasers. "Oh my, projectiles built from light." Merlin said, yet with another surprise, Zero did not notice his mouth move at all. Surveying the battlefield, it seemed that he notice the figure of Wanderer was standing unusually still, and The President seemed to have fun throwing his own men around.

"This will be something to see." He muttered, giving a smile at Zero. "Enjoy." He said before a gust of wind swept across the platform, and it seemed the Magus was gone, but really he was just taking out a few elite guard under the cover under his invisible air spell, which was made up of multiple layers of wind compressed into super-high pressure air with a massive amount of magical energy, which distorts the refraction of light and renders what is inside completely invisible.

Wanderer was one of the only members to be affected by the gas, there was no air-tight suit or spell to ward it off. Yet as a survivor of the Wastes, he had gained resistance to many toxic substances. Yet for someone who has a body of radiation and the mind of a peeled onion, crazy plus crazy would only equal overdrive. "Woo, my time to shine!" A yellow passed throughout the gassed platform.

Several of the guards stepped into the platform to eliminate the group, yet with most allies missing, this was only a playground for Wanderer. One of the elite guards patrolling through the gas suddenly felt a pain within his chest. Feeling that it was just a small pinch, upon looking down, a hand was sticking out from it. "Oh what a day! What a lovely day!" Shadow Wanderer said before completely ripping the body into what could only be called a bloody mess.

If a gurgling scream piercing the thick gas did nothing to the other guards, the ungodly machine [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/7/78/Chainsaw_1_2_3.png/revision/latest?cb=20110929205114] sound coming from within struck fear. Then with seconds, more screams pierced the field, and even limbs started to fly. One head particularly rolled across Zero's lap. That was when a grinding sound came close, as if someone dragged heavy metal across the ground with speed. A shadow quickly zipped across his vision. "Don't you ever feel the need to punish those that stole your possessions? I do." A voice whispered. The shadow sped by once again, yet Zero only felt pain.

If he looked down, it seemed that the dark doctor was missing both of his legs.

 

[Generic NPC 22]

Avatar Adventure | Black Mesa | Robotics Laboratory
Got you now you bastard...​

Looking at her social media feed, Katya smiled. No, she hadn't lost her mind, not completely anyways. She was happy that the Network Administrator had taken the time to send out yet another one of his brainless twats, allowing the Rising Dawn's resident computer intruder to get a fix on the IP address of the terminal that he was sending his Twats from. He might have been the master of his domain here in the the installation's network but out in the Wild West that was the Internet, he was nothing more than a peon.

"Got you now, asshat." The Ryuko look-a-like muttered as she pulled up a command line window.

tracert 192.168.1.69
Tracing route to godterm.nod.com [192.168.1.69]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.30.1
  2    <1 ms    <1 ms     2 ms  sw-cdc-b_1-14.nod.com [192.168.255.5]
  3    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  godterm.nod.com [192.168.1.69]

Trace complete.

That was a simple enough route. That just placed one managed network switch between her and the Nod Asshat. Which brought her to phase two of her plan.

"Caim. Keep these CyCocks off of me!" The woman called out as she cleaved another of the Cyborgs in half with the black scissor shaped sword, the spray of oil and blood coating the walls behind Katya's victim. Walking up to a wireless antenna, the woman pressed her hand against the wall, the cement turning black as a layer of nano-agents flowed from the palm of her hand and started climbing onto the Wireless Antenna. Following the Catagory 6 Ethernet cable, the black tendril followed snaked along the cable's insulated exterior until it reached a Network Switch. Snaking from port to port, B3WP quickly identified which of the cables went directly to the target terminal and continued the journey of the killer tendril.

Emerging through a wall plate, the black tendril noted the sheer size of the behemoth man that was seated on the strained and stressed desk chair, a fine layer of cheesy orange dust covered the carpet. To call the man corpulent would have been an understatement.

Oozing over to the power outlet, the black sludge started crawling up the monitor's power cable and into the monitor itself. Another twat was sent to the Network Administrator.

As the man read the message, the monitor suddenly went dark, it's glass face cracking as the chassis started to warp as the monitor morphed into a large plastic and glass Venus Man Trap. Before the man could scream, the monitor monster chomped down on his head.


Back in the robotics lab, Katya smiled to herself as she removed her hand from the wall, but not before a Cyborg raked a clawed cybernetic hand across her back, ripping both cloth and skin open, causing the woman to scream out in pain. Turning, the Hacker hacked the legs out from under her assailant, causing the machine man to topple backwards, landing on its back before it attempted to turtle itself upright so that it could attack once again. Attempting to turn, Katya felt the pain radiating outwards from her wounds. Through the haze of pain, the woman realized that she could feel the pain above the wound but nothing below.

"B3wp... little... help." Katya muttered though the A.I. inside her head was quiet, it devoting most of its processing power to repairing the severed spinal cord.

 

[bluerocker]

Black Mesa: Robotics Lab [http://www.ontarget3d.com/site/images/thumbs/0001662.jpeg]: Katya, Caim, Anyone else

Caim turned when he heard Katya's cry of pain, and was ready to charge in to help, but something happened that he did not anticipate. Pain, white hot and sharp, shot through his body; his muscles clenched and his chest felt tight. Caim's mouth gaped open, and the sound of a gasp escaping his lips where a scream should have been. Something terrible must have been happening to Angelus for him to be in this much pain, and there was nothing Caim could do. He felt paralyzed, but so very aware of every jolt of agony coursing through his body; and Caim was almost certain that this could possibly spell his end, should whatever madness attacking his draconic partner not end soon.

Of course, the enemy was not one to take chances with suddenly motionless attackers. One of the shots launched by the new mech landed just short of Caim's, sending the swordsman flying back towards the entrance and landing with a harsh *clang* as metal scrapped the floor.

*K-SHNK* The mechanical monstrosity took another step closer. The Mute Swordsman, on the other hand, would not allow himself death just yet. With a groan, and Crimson Hood stubbornly in his grip, he crawled towards Katya and thrust the Axe upwards, concentrating before activating the magics built up within. There was a rumbling sound, and from the ceiling, huge rocks began to appear, and rained themselves on the enemies below. As for Caim? He weakly planted his arms around the young woman, making a shield of his body, and scrunched his eyes closed as the axe's magic did it's worked, silently hoping that the magic would save them both from painful deaths.

Black Mesa: Demonology lab [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/killerinstinct/images/f/f8/Forbidden_Archive.png/revision/latest?cb=20150226170333]: Ton Ton, Blade, ARES, Guards, Agnus, Anyone else

Ton Ton blinked in confusion at the new being, considering that it A) Sounded a lot like one of their resident AIs, and B) it's appearance reminded him of Cadolbolg, if only a little. However, with the battle raging around the group, the Tonberry would have to keep explanations to short and sweet. Taking a quick look around to make sure that nothing was about to stab him in the back, Ton Ton turned back towards the strange snake,
[color=15650D]"You're in a research facility called Black Mesa. Lots of bad guys work here, and we're in the part that researches I think there's a lot of Daemonic stuff here. I think the better question is, who are you, and how did a dragon-snakey get stuck in a place like this?"[/color]

The snake-like creature didn't seem to pay that much attention to Ton Ton's response, it's gaze seeming to be locked on the spectacle about it before murmuring to itself, "...This is-....Madam. Madam! We need to move!" before running and ducking back into the coffin from whence it came.

Ton Ton, however, could sense something lurking within, and desperately called out to the snake creature, [color=15650D]"Wait, no, there's something nasty in there!"[/color]

Black Mesa: Biology Lab [http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1472587&stc=1&d=1335972646]avid, Teri, Garm, Insaneo, Anyone else

"Hey T, don't suppose you could ask Jesus for an air freshener or something?...*Cough Cough*"

Garm gave a snort of displeasure at David's comment, quipping, [color=356D60]"He's not kidding, it smells like the worst bog full of the dead set on fire. If I didn't know better, I'd say that the Pack Slayers were here! Either way, we gotta get rid of those running guys!"[/color]

Teri scanned the scene quickly, and took note of the NOD fanatics that charged towards them. With a wave of her right hand and an incantation, a large sheet of ice appeared underneath the fanatic chargers, making their run a lot more difficult, considering that the ground underneath them became much slipperier than they remembered. However, there was another thing that brought the Cleric's attention - a particularly nasty looking undead like creature.
Raising her right hand again, the Cleric exposed the cross that hung from her wrist and intoned, [color=0E59E4]"In the name of the Lord, I command thee to GET BACK!"[/color]

The Cleric felt a surge from her aura, and the sensation of Positive Energy moving from her body and "shooting" outwards, and reaching the Undead abomination nearby, which in turn froze in place. Seeing that her turning worked, the Cleric shouted to her allies, [color=0E59E4]"Get that thing from afar. and get it quick! It only lasts a minute, and if I get within 10 feet of it, the effect'll wear off!"[/color]

Teri casts Ice Slick! [http://dndtools.pw/spells/frostburn--68/ice-slick--1256/] This creates a 20 foot sheet of ice, which the NOD fanatics have found themselves on. Unless they make balance checks (to move at half speed), or they'll fall. It'll remain for 8 rounds, or 48 seconds. (it can be dismissed).

Teri also uses Turn Undead to make the Tyrant cower in fear. This effect lasts for 10 rounds, or 1 minute. 
Turn Attempts Remaining: [s]6[/s] 5 Undead/5 Fire 
[b]12 Seconds till next 1st Level Spell[/b]

Outside on the dam: Ryan, Nadalia, Elise, Faith, Angelus, Cadolbolg, Rugal Vs NOD Attack Bikes

Angelus had little time to respond as the grappling hooks buried themselves in her skin, growling "What devilry is thi-!" before the current began to run itself through her body. Were Angelus in a better state of mind, perhaps she'd be reminded of the Pokemon world, and a creature known as an Electibuzz, but right now, she could only just flap her wings to keep herself afloat, the trumpeting, yet pained sounds of her roar piercing the air.

As for Cadolbolg, he would have done a happy loop de loop in the air for Faith, were it not for the sound reaching his little ears. Turning back towards Angelus, the tiny turtle shouted to the Pokemon before flying off towards the red dragon, "Belly rubs will have to wait - I gotta help my mother!"

Tucking his little limbs in, Cadolbolg flew as fast as he could manage before angling his wings; shooting him high up in the air. Extending his tail properly, the tiny turtle dragon closed his wings towards his body and spiraled downward, the combined momentum and sharpness of his tail cleaving through one of the cables. However, he saw that his mother's pain didn't end just yet, and the little creature flew upwards and did the same thing to the other cable, finally freeing Angelus (and unknowingly, Caim) from the agony. With the deed done, Cadolbolg flew to his mother's face and nuzzled his small form against her enormous snout, calling out,"Mother! Please be okay!"

The great red dragon gave a sigh of relief in reply, the scent of her burnt flesh intermingling with that of Cadolbolg's in a grim, but ultimately familiar combination. No longer needing to flail, in light of the painful experience, one of her great eyes turned towards one of the NOD bikes, "Little one.. the deed is not finished quite yet. Can you handle you handle one of my tormentors?"
"Yeah! I'll go get that guy, and you make the other one pay for hurting you!"
"Good child, use any means you need to. Break!"

Of course, by this point, the NOD bikers had realized that something was amiss with their operations - the dragoness had no longer flailed in the air as she was previously, and some little speck in the air seemed to have cut the cables. To the unfortunate biker on the right, he saw a small point in the air begin to speed towards him, shining brightly in the sun; almost made of metal, but not quite. A crackling filled the air, and the biker tasted electric karma as Cadolbolg's lightning coursed through them and their mount; causing both to explode rather voluminously.
As for the other biker, he had the unfortunate fate of seeing Angelus turn towards him head on, her eyes fixated directly upon her attacker and sparks beginning to dance around her lips. An angry flap of wings brought her closer to her attacker in a seemingly impossible speed, and the biker found himself staring red death in the face. With an angry scowl, the dragon turned her gaze to the mortal and intoned, "My flames will turn your bones to ash." Before anything else could be said or done, the dragon's maw opened, and a stream of fire fell upon the assailant, leaving naught in his place when the flames blew out.[footnote]This part is twofold in reference to parts of the game. The "impossible speed" thing is reference to a game mechancic where the player could mash X to make Angie fly faster (and she flapped her wings faster), so no super speed. The second, however, is related to the opening FMV [https://youtu.be/JS2vp0n17BE?t=3m7s]. In her second form, Angie could turn bone and metal to ashes.[/footnote]

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Merlin [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/9/9d/Merlin.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width/1000?cb=20150321223917], Dr. Zero, Crazed Saint Ninja Security Team, Sir Bedivere [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/c/c3/Bedivere_front.png/revision/latest?cb=20130531223623], Sir Lancelot [http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/0/0b/Zero_berserker.png/revision/latest?cb=20121211184806], Sir Gawain [http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/8/82/Saber_extra.png/revision/latest?cb=20130726175824], The President [sub](Power suit edition [http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-_dUyCohizs/maxresdefault.jpg])[/sub], and Wanderer.
Location: Black Mesa Exterior (Dam) | USA: Black Mesa Research Facility
Shadow Wanderer OVERDRIVE OST: Survivor by Sick Puppies [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccHSfrtg-cE]

The confessors pushed forward, attempting to secure the target though the chaos, but Wanderer's madness was working against them as their grenades only seemed to make things worse as he began to literally rip people apart.
Zero was watching in horror as he tried to squirm away, Merlin's binds being sure to keep him from phasing back into the shadows, something he was soon to regret when the mad doctor came down upon him with a chainsaw, a threat that was universal along all the scientific professions.
"No-NO! WAIT! DON'T-GRAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The Doctor screamed at the top of his lungs before Wanderer began to violently pry his legs from the rest of his body, blood and bone spraying from the machine as the Mad Doctor (No, not Zero, Wanderer!) finished his work of art, leaving a pale, shaking Zero at his feet, crawling back from him as he saw his legs no longer attached to his body.
Wanderer most likely would have finished the job if it wasn't for a timely intervention by a laser beam to the skull, followed by a NOD Commando [http://img14.deviantart.net/ff1e/i/2014/329/4/7/nod_commando__tiberium_wars__by_linblack-d87ltf5.jpg] coming out of stealth beside the wounded doctor.
"GAH...The Binds! Cut the Binds!" he screamed before the Commando managed to blast them off with her laser weapons, freeing Zero as he began to make his escape.
"you-....will pay for this-!" He managed to say before slowly making another dark portal on the ground and crawling into it, leaving a trail of blood in his wake before he disappears from view, right as the commando turned her camo back on and make her own exit.

The Confessors tried to hold their ground, but soon allied forces began to sweep into the area as a detachment of G-Corp solders moved in to mop up whatever was left, right as the grenade's effects began to wear off.
Their CO moved over to the President before saluting and stating "Sir! G-Corp 233th Airborne. We need to get you out of the combat zone." as his men began to secure the grounds of the Dam.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Black Mesa: Robotics Lab [http://www.ontarget3d.com/site/images/thumbs/0001662.jpeg]: Katya, Caim, Anyone else

The two wounded Rising Dawn Members took cover as the ceiling above their heads began to glow, prompting the Avatar Warmech to look up momentarily right before the entire structure began to fall down all around them.
The Cyborgs were unable to full comprehend the nature of their situation and were the first to get struck down by the magic projectiles, the Avatar meanwhile made a vain attempt to prevent the roof from falling down as it reached up and tried to hold it up.
But despite it's best efforts, the steel was melted by the magic and rained earth and stone upon the entire lab, causing a massive cave in that all but destroyed the nightmare-ish work of the Black Mesa research staff, along with Caim and Katya...
...

Some Time Later

There was a blinding light for a moment as Caim and Kayta watched one of the rocks entombing them get pulled away, revealing a tired looking man in G-Corp armor wiping some sweat from his brow.
"Urg, piece of shi-...holy-HEY! WE GOT A LIVE ONE!...MAKE THAT TWO!" He then shouted to his friends who were trying to clear the lab to advance though the base.
Motioning his allies over, they began to dig the duo out of the rubble while some medical teams stood by, getting caught up in a cave in tends to leave some bumps and scrapes at the very least...
G-Corp managed to secure the area as they were digging them out, more then a few of them now picking up robotic parts and Cyborg limbs as if they were mere litter and collecting them for analysis back home.

Black Mesa: Demonology lab [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/killerinstinct/images/f/f8/Forbidden_Archive.png/revision/latest?cb=20150226170333]: Ton Ton, Blade, ARES, Guards, Agnus, Anyone else

Agnus was not deterred by ARES's threats as he engaged the android, striking against the bio-steel of her armor with his Demonic Sword.
Only thing was, once the impact was made, it turns out that he was a lot more then her scanners let on as the impact of his sword managed to send her sliding back, estimates indicating that his being was about 10 times above that of the average human male of his build.
"G-g-g-gentlemen?...Is that so?...Well, fair be it for me to d-d-d-d-decline a challange...Now then..." He mocked before bringing his hand to his chest and focusing, causing a strong golden glow to radiate from his being.
While it did look holy, Ton Ton's Senses and ARES's Sensors quickly picked up a massive surge of demonic power coming from the researcher as his entire body transformed.
"BEHOLD! THE POWER OF AN ANGEL!" Angelo Agnus [http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/devilmaycry/images/7/72/Angelo_Agnus.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080215175359] crackled as he advanced on the Android, bringing another one of his flying sword pe-
"OW!? What in the-" He winced when the sword suddenly raced past him, grazing his shoulder on the way over before coming over to ARES's side, offering itself up as a weapon.
"BAH! No matter! It's time to dissect you!" The Demon/Angel/Insect...Thing barked before attacking, trying to take the robot's head off.

Back with Ton Ton, he watched as the strange snake creature went back inside before the coffin began to stir, followed by the groan of a young woman as the lid began to open.
"zzzz....zzzz-eh-wha?...Leviathan, what is i?...!?!?!-What do you mean we aren't in New Meridian anymore?!" She said before there was some frantic banging as she kicked down the lid of the coffin before falling the ground in front of Ton Ton.
The smell of rotting flesh filled the air as a strange looking zombie [http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/skullgirls/images/2/27/Squigly_curious.png/revision/latest?cb=20140717140335] picked herself off the ground, dusting herself off before looking around.
"...This-...Is new?...But-...The Skullheart was just 3 years ago, there shouldn't be any reason we are awake..." She murmured to herself before the snake chimed in "I believe the fool in white might have something to do with it, Milady?" before pointing his tail towards the now demonic Agnus.
"...What is it with men of science and grave-napping?" She groaned before finally noticing a series of surgical markings on her body, ones that she knew weren't there before.
"Argh!? Well, I never! The Nerve of him!" She then grumbled, as annoyed as someone might be about being dug up and experimented on like some kind of lab rat.
"Hmmm...Pardon my manners, sir, but would it be correct that you are in need of some assistance with this one?" The snake then asked, bringing up the bladed tip of his tail, clearly offering their assistance.

Blade meanwhile was attempting to reign in the dozens of flying swords, using his speed and his own Leaf Blade in order to take down as many of them as possible, already standing in a sizable pile of the creatures as more and more kept coming.
"Oh yeah, just stand around and chat, not like we're in the middle of a battle or anything..." He grumbled to himself as he sliced another airborn sword, only to get slashed along his back for his efforts.
"Gahhh....THAT ALL YOU GOT-oh shit!" He tried to taunt, only to have to avoid an entire volley of the dammed things.

 

[000Ronald]

Black Mesa: Biology Lab [http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1472587&stc=1&d=1335972646]: David, Teri, Garm, Insano, Anyone else

*Scanning...*

"[color=00ad83]You don't understand![/color]" Insano said, looking over the now-immobile suicide bombers. "[color=00ad83]Gunfire isn't going to work against it! This gun shoots bullets at a tenth the speed of light and it still can't pierce that thing's skin![/color]"

*Targeting...*

"[color=00ad83]But if you have magic that can cure disease, try throwing it at that thing![/color]" Insano said. "[color=00ad83]That monster is a walking cancer; purging it of all the diseases it's carrying might at least weaken it![/color]"

"[color=0E59E4]I CAN'T![/color]" Teri shouted. "[color=0E59E4]I'd have to lay a hand on him, and like I said: if I get too close, the Turn'll stop working - and then we'll have a rampaging cancer monster on our hands, on top of the suicide bombers[/color]"

*Targeting Complete. Fire At Will*

Insano fired a barrage of rounds from his hand-rail-gun, blasting the detonators out of the hands if the bombers. "[color=00ad83]On top of nothing, now.[/color]" Insano said. "[color=00ad83]But I see your point. And I apologize; I'm not overly familiar with how your magic might work.[/color]" Insano pulled a slender blue rod out of his coat and threw it in the ground in front of the group; a dome of energy-like a thin sheet of water [http://content.luxology.com/asset/items/images/f1cbcb17fa2a5f61f83643068b5ca890.png]-surrounded the group, including the injured. "[color=00ad83]And we have to be delicate because any one of these beakers could contain something like Captain Tripps...this is going to be difficult.[/color]"

Spoiler: Meanwhile...On The Rising Dawn...

"So it is." Boss said. "You're The Morning Star. Little Horn."

"[color=eca222]What of it?[/color]" Luke asked

"The Adversary." Boss continued. "Old Scratch. El Diablo." Boss thought for a moment, then shook his head. "...no, that's all I can think of."

The ever-present mysterious grin on Luke's face was replaced with a grimace of frustration. "[color=eca222]...I was hoping you'd keep with the sublty approach from earlier. I see I am sorely mistaken. Look, I'm trying to keep it low key. Just call me 'Luke', or 'Lucas' if you absolutely have to.[/color]"

"I'm not sure why I should." Boss said. "It's not like we've had weirder people on the ship. OK, maybe not WEIRDER, but..." A thought occured to Boss"...come to think of it, what are you even doing here? Are you planning something mischievous? Or even malevolent?"

Luke sighed "[color=eca222]No. I'm doing this as a hobby... That and I've private buisness with a couple of crew members.[/color]"

Boss studied Luke for a moment. "...I don't get the feeling you're lying to me. So I guess I'll take your word for it."

The mysterious smirk re-appeared on Luke's face. "[color=eca222]I know the whole lying thing is part of one of my titles, but that doesn't mean I do it 24/7.[/color]"

"No, I just find it...curious." Boss said. "I know evil people when I see them. There's this guy-he calls himself Sheriff ************-who's evil. Rugal? Rugal used to be evil. There was this thing I fought at the bottom of the ocean-years ago-that was pure, unadulterated evil. At the time, I thought it was actually, literally hell." Boss gestured to Luke. "But you? You're not setting off my evil-dar. And that brings up a whole lot of theological questions that I'm going to have to consider very, very carefully."

"[color=eca222]I am-technically-the embodiment of evil itself.[/color]" Luke said. "[color=eca222]I have to be able to mask that sort of thing.[/color]"

"So you can mask that you're the embodiment of all evil, but not that you're The Jailer of The Damned?" Boss asked. "That seems a little backwards."

"[color=eca222]Hmn... Think of this in two ways - there are abilities that allow for the detection of evil, and you do some sort of... soul reading, I suppose. So, you saw one, but not the other. Simple. It also means I need to look into some stronger glamour.[/color]"

Boss nodded his head. "Does Icarus know about you? What about the other angels?"

"[color=eca222]Do you think I'd be stupid enough to be around with those guys on board?[/color]" Luke asked, his eyebrows raised. "[color=eca222]As far as the the little hybrid is concerned, I could look at him funny and keep him off my back. If my "brothers"were to show up, then I'd actually vamoose[/color]."

Boss nodded again. "So they don't know you're here. And there's some danger-to you or to us-in being here. Curious..."

Luke chuckled. "[color=eca222]What, do you think I'm going to start devouring your souls like some kind of buffet?[/color]" he asked, smiling.

"No." Boss said. "I don't think you could, frankly. But by the same token, I don't think that bartending is that serious a hobby. Even the kind of extreme bartending necessary to satiate folk like us."

"[color=eca222]It all depends on the drinks I make.[/color]" Luke said. "[color=eca222]That and there's the social aspect to bartending that I enjoy. I like listening to the stories of those on board.[/color]"

"But is it enjoyable enough for you to risk some kind of retribution for being here?" Boss asked. "I doubt it." Another thought seemed to dance across Boss's mind. "Do you even have a choice in being here? Did Rugal beat you up and bind you into the bar for funzies? He could do that, y'know."

Luke smiled again. "[color=eca222]I'd rather not get into the specifics, but...I am here by choice. Besides, if Bernstein attempted any form of casting, it'd blow up in his face. The man is about as competent at spell work as you are with your powers.[/color]"

Boss clutched his stomach, and doubled over on the barstool. "Oof! Right in the kidney! So painful!" Boss righted himself, and smiled. "But OK. I'll bite. What do YOU know about my powers? Can you tell me anything interesting that I don't already know?"

"[color=eca222]I'm afraid what I know is what I was told by one of your friends.[/color]" Luke responded.

"But that's not an answer." Boss said. "For all I know, it's Rugal who told you about my 'powers', and that may have only been to the extent of-" Boss puffed out his chest, put one fist on his hip, and put one finger under his nose, imitating a mustache. "'I do say, I landed quite the haymaker on that hipster's jaw, I did. All of his so-called defenses crumpled beneath my mighty fist, they did!'" Boss righted himself again. "Presumably while he was beating you into the bar. Did you know, for example, that I can throw skyscrapers at people?"

"[color=eca222]Wasn't that a one time thing?[/color]" Luke asked.

Boss sighed. "The skyscraper thing was a one-time thing because I save that for when I really need it. There aren't a whole lot of empty skyscrapers lying around, y'know. There's...like, one in North Korea right now, but that's it. I'm thinking next time I feel like doing that, I might have to borrow an aircraft carrier."

"[color=eca222]My question was an honest one. One of your friends told me that his comrade's powers were very inconsistent; and seemingly changed like the phases of the moon. Do you not deny what I said prior?[/color]"

"...nah." Boss said. "I do have problems with my powers. Let me show you."

Boss gestured towards the half-full glass of soda on the bar, and it slowly, shakily rose from the bar. Gesturing again, the glass slowly, slowly began to turn in midair before cracking and shattering, spilling glass and soda all over the bar.

"Big things aren't a problem." Boss said. "I could drop the moon on someone's head if I really, really, really felt like it, although I'm not sure I would live through that kind of effort. But anything that isn't throwing things that are at least the size of a car, or throwing up a barrier over something is...very, very hard. There's this guy named Tommy-he has powers a little like mine, but a lot weaker. He can't even stop bullets with his powers, but he can create what amounts to holograms, set things on fire, deconstruct everything from rifles to computers in seconds, and all kinds of things like that. One time he stopped a guy from shooting him by stopping the hammer of his gun from moving. I tried to do that and the gun literally exploded. And I don't know why that is."

"[color=eca222]Hmn... Unfortunately, I am not an expert of psionics.[/color]" Luke said. "[color=eca222]Magic and lore from realms long gone are more in my purview.[/color]"

Boss rolled his eyes. "Yeah, no one is an expert of psionics. No one. I've looked. The closest thing to an expert that I could legitimately find is a guy that died fifty years ago."

Luke raised an eyebrow. "[color=eca222]Didn't you get a tutor?[/color]"

"Yeah, some...tiny...girl-thing named Faith, but I've only met her, and she went down to help the others." Boss drummed his fingers on the bar. "...say, maybe you could help me with something."

"[color=eca222]It takes time to perfect an art.[/color]" Luke said, absentmindedly. "[color=eca222]And you should be happy your teacher has a sense of morality- hmn?[/color]"

"Things like angels and demons can possess people, right?" Boss asked. "Maybe grant them incredible powers?"

"[color=eca222]Occasionally.[/color]" Luke replied. "[color=eca222]However that typically is the lower demons who do that nowadays; typically from shoddy summonings. After the lines were heavily drawn, temptation/conversion was the primary means of getting mortals on one side or another.[/color]"

Boss nodded. "OK...so another question. Let's say that Rugal is a hundred and fifty years old, and his power has ebbed enough that Death feels he can be overcome by a lesser being; Theodore "I Punched A Battleship In Half Once" Roosevelt. And they fight, and Rugal loses, and Death claims his soul. But Rugal isn't happy with this. Could Rugal get in contact with little Timmy Notapuncher, and grants him the power of unbelievable powers of punching?" Boss leaned forward. "Or if you need a less hilarious example-could an extremely powerful mortal being that happens to have passed on grant a portion of their power to someone still alive? That's what this guy, Edgar Cayce, claims happened to him. And I'm not sure if it's on the level."

"[color=eca222]I'm glad you decided to rephrase that.[/color]" Luke said. "[color=eca222]I was going to point at many holes in your former example. From what I know - sometimes a wizard or a powerful martial artist can grant their students a portion of their power to another. It's a very common trope in you mortal's television, actually.[/color]"

Boss was stonefaced. "...did you just try to tell me that the thing I suggested to you is true because it was on TV? Are you going to try to tell me Robocop is real, too? "

"[color=eca222]Reality is stranger than fiction.[/color]" Luke said. "[color=eca222]And did I not JUST give you two examples of this phenomena?[/color]"

"-because if he is, I'm totally going to get him on The Rising Dawn." Boss continued, ignoring Luke. "I'm sure Insano can tend to him."

Luke chuckled. "[color=eca222]No wonder your teacher ran off, you are a poor listener.[/color]"

"No!" Boss said angrily. "No, no, no! You said 'wizards' and 'martial artists'. You didn't name any specific names."

"[color=eca222]That does not bar their existence, does it?[/color]" Luke said. "[color=eca222]You are literally on a ship with dragons, cyborgs, and several beings powered by magic. Your disbelief astounds me, especially considering the circumstances of this conversation.[/color]"

"But that's not the same thing." Boss said. "I can know what I see, and I can understand what I know. I see dragons and cyborgs and whatever that Violet guy is supposed to be-and I understand them. Except Violet, he creeps me out. But I haven't seen the kind of thing I'm describing to you, or if I have, I wasn't aware of it."

"[color=eca222]If not in this world, your ship will inevitably travel to another.[/color]" Luke said. "[color=eca222]You are bound to find someone like whom you describe. You simply need patience to do so.[/color]"

Boss thought again. "...but see, that doesn't help either. By that same logic, if I travel long enough, I'll find an indestructible cyborg unicorn that farts fire and plays "Battlefield" by Blind Guardian everywhere it goes. And I don't know if you're being deliberately obtuse, or if you're just not as smart as you think you are, but you're not helping. And that worries me. A lot."

"[color=eca222]I will admit that I can be obtuse when I need to be. That is because I'm not allowed to do much direct interference in this world. Gods are bound by rules, you know.[/color]"

Boss leaned back. "...so you're a deity now? I thought you were the Prince of Darkness? Can you be both at the same time?"

"[color=eca222]Arguably, I am a demi-god.[/color]" Luke said. "[color=eca222]That said, what gives a god power?[/color]"

Boss laughed. "Between you and me, I don't believe in God. Not...not like yours. Any idiot can say, 'DUR, I'M A DEITY.' I've even met a couple people who did. Left one of them stuck at the bottom of the ocean. The way I see it, if there is something like a God, at least in the Abrahamic sense, then it wouldn't be one person or thing, but something closer to the collective unconscious." Boss smiled. "But really powerful people? People like you? Like me, if I may toot my own horn? Like Rugal, God Of Punching People Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Hard? I don't think there's any one place. You got your powers from existing before creation presumably, Rugal got his powers from doing lots of push-ups and sit-ups and drinking lots of juice, and I literally don't know where my powers come from."

Luke heaved a heavy sigh. "[color=eca222]Well, that is..Not exactly where I was going with this.[/color]" Luke stared Boss right in the eyes. "[color=eca222]Belief. Gods are as powerful as they are believed to be. Without it, they would cease to exist.[/color]"

Boss chuckled. "Oh. I didn't know I had worshipers. I'll have to look into that..."

Luke slammed his head on the bar. "[color=eca222]...you're not the brightest tool in the shed, are you.[/color]"

"At least my daddy didn't throw me out of the house after I tried to kill him." Boss said. "I think. Actually, scratch that, that may have actually happened. BUT! At least I didn't get a house that was an actual literal prison where I had to keep all the broken junk my dad didn't want. I have Edge. And if we're being honest, he's the one that takes care of me."

Luke raised his head, rubbing his temples. "[color=eca222]I'm not dealing with this. Not from you. how about you blather on about your personal quest of fufillment again? At least i didn't want to drink when I was listening to that.[/color]"

Boss leaned forward. "Because when I tried to ask you about that, you told me that, 'Hey! It's on The Internet! That means it must be true! You know what Abe Lincoln said about the internet, right?'" Boss leaned back, again. "If you're gonna give me the runaround, then I'm going to try to get a rise out of you. I do the same thing with Edge all the time."

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Black Mesa: Biology Lab [http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1472587&stc=1&d=1335972646]: David, Teri, Garm, Insaneo, Anyone else

"WATCH WHERE YOU SHOOT!" David warned the mad doctor, not in any mood to end up like a civi on the streets of Gaza as he attempted to disable the incoming bombers, last thing he wanted was to trigger some kind of kill switch and get his face fried off.
Still, Teri's Ice Slick was enough to keep them slowed long enough for both him and Insaneo to either kill the bombers or cut the cords before they could trigger their explosives.
"KANE SEMPAI, NOTICE ME!.........Awwwwww man..." A rather disappointed bomber whined when he tried to detonate, only to find his power supply cut off along with his only chance of getting noticed in the Brotherhood.
Either way, with the 4 bombers all taken care of, attention then turned to the Elephant in the room, namely the one that was shrugging off gunshots, railgun fire and didn't really look like an elephant as he marched forward unopposed.
Least until Teri was able to stun the creature in it's advance, whatever it was about her aura, the Tyrant seemed extremely unwilling to move closer to her as a force that felt like several people pushing against it kept him in place, though his skin and rock-like armor proved to make it rather durable if Insaneo's "Borrowed" railgun was having a hard time breaking though.
"Shit, shit, SHIT!-...Wait! I got an idea!" David shouted before leaping from cover, sliding along the ice to one of the Bombers Insaneo managed to nail in the forehead.
Quickly ripping off one of the glowing containers, he then threw it into the air above the Tyrant before shooting it, expecting it to explode when in fact all it did was coat the Tyrant in glowing green gunk.
"...Fuck, was hoping that would work..." He cursed before quickly doubling back to safety, but paused when a strange hissing noise began to fill the air.
The Tyrant looked confused at first, but suddenly started to scream as it felt it's flesh being melted like boiling fat, least until all the flesh was burned off his face and it began to seep into his skull, eating though bone just as fast it seemed.
The process was a short one as the formerly imposing Tyrant flopped to the ground lifelessly before being reduced into a putrid green and red soup, much to David's surprise.
"...T, what's the name of that spell that Devon uses all the time? Makes you really clean?..." He asked in a concerned voice as the remains began to leak out though the small gaps the toxic material was now eating though the solid steel floor.
[color=0E59E4]"...Prestidigitation?"[/color]
"...Y-yeah that one...Might want one of those..." The sniper nervously said as he examined his own throwing hand, worried if he got any on himself.

As he worried for his own personal health, another squad of G-Corp moved in to push deeper into the base, managing to secure a foothold and even catching a few of the biohazard lobbing doctors.

 

[Kalastryn]

Surprised at the force behind Angelo's strike carrying so much force, ARES used what reflexes they could to parry the blow, but still recoiling quite a formidable distance as she then re-evaluated his strength.

"I see, so looking and sounding like little more than a nervous coward of a scholar was just a facade. No matter." She says as the reanimated blade raced it's way past the doctor.

"Thing could have had a little more precision, but oh well." she says as she gently bats the sword away with one hand, and it goes to roll under a unit of shelving.

Seeming to decline arming herself, if only for a moment, a good chunk of the energy reserves that remain within ARES extend out of her hands, shaping themselves into a razor sharp form, of plasma hot energy.

Not waiting for Agnus to make the next strike, as her morality already afforded him the first, closing the distance very quickly by exhausting only a very minute amount of her jet energy in every step forward as she leaped over his head and whirled around to bring both of the energy blades in diagonal swings upwards across her chest, simply to parry whatever attacks he had.

At the first opening, she activated the reserve energy from her afterburners not to propel herself forward, but kick him back with as much force as possible. Now facing away from where ARES was when they started, the reanimated sword flies out from under the shelf for a much more devastating backstab the second time around.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Black Mesa: Inner circle: Basically everyone

[HEADING=2]After pushing into the base, the forces of the Rising Dawn arrived at a staging area deep in the heart of Black Mesa...[/HEADING]

Once the crew reconvened with each other in the lower levels, they found themselves by a G-Corp staging area where a bunch of men were trying to cut their way into the base with explosives and power tools.
Rugal made his way in after the ground battle topside was won, Angelus's reign of terror going on unopposed, greeting the others as they arrived.
"Good. You made it. The officer in charge said this bulkhead leads into the main office complex for the base. Once we are in there, we should find Wesker. Kazuya has the Rising Dawn in the sky to ensure he can't escape though the skies, so we should have him cornered. As a result, I want EVERYONE on their highest guard. A cornered rat is the most dangerous, especially one as smart as he is." He warned everyone while David conversed with one of the other officers.
"-Alright, good work soldier. HEY LISTEN UP! Got 2 demo squads outside the lab Wesker sent that order to. We still have no idea whats inside and it's behind a door even bigger then this one. They are making good progress but whatever he has cooking up in there can't be go. I say we go in and cut the snake by the head before he can finish his little science fair project." He then added while the men in the background got ready to blow the door wide open.
"Everyone stand back...Charge is Primed...3...2...1-"

Instead of an explosion, something even stranger happened: It opened up.
All units were on guard as 2 large figures [http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/residentevil/images/f/fb/1ivan.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/480/height/480?cb=20100412133219&format=webp] marched into the hallway.
"Hold positions! Fire on my command!" David shouted as every single unit in the group trained their weapons on the two men, something that didn't seem to concern them all that much.
They glanced over the room before the one with the blue visor spoke in a robotic tone:

[The Administrator will see you now. Please accept his invitation and his gesture of peace.]

Their cryptic message delivered, they then turned around before walking back into inner circle of the complex.
Their departure was then followed by several squads of unarmed, grumbling NOD soldiers with their hands behind their heads marching right in the middle of the staging area.
"The hell is this?..." David understandably asked before getting an answer: "Kane has ordered us to stand down and surrender, but the second he changes his mind, we are going to destroy you!" one of the men spat (Literally) before one of the more senior members of their ranks smacked him upside the head.
"What he means to say is that as a gesture of goodwill, we have laid down our arms to allow the Administrator to speak. I advise you accept. Enough blood has been spilled this day..." He explained, much to Rugal's skepticism.

"...This would be exactly the kind of thing he would do...And he would know that this would be our best chance to catch him so we wouldn't say no..." He sighed, trying to figure out how this would play out from Weskers POV to attempt to avoid a possible trap.
"...Alright, might as well go and be social about this...But While we are doing this, I want that damn lab opened!" David then added as the team began to split up once more.

The path to the inner administrative areas of the base was marked by dozens more unarmed men standing around, insulting and berating anyone who walked past.
Before too long, the group found themselves entering a Strange "James Bond" style office [http://cdn.decoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/White-Mountain-Office-1.jpg] as a man in a White Leather Lab Coat [http://fast1.onesite.com/capcom-unity.com/user/number6/9d53d0384f6e43946a656ffe38b038e4.jpg?v=270000] stood in the middle of the glass office with his hands behind his back.
"Ahhhh...Good. I knew the Rising Dawn was more then just a bunch of hired hands. Probably not how Kazuya sees you, but that's neither here or there. Before you try anything, this material this office is made from is designed to withstand nuclear impacts, one of the many gifts this lab has given to the world under my guidance. I know you are here after all and, despite what you might think, I will not resist. I will however offer you something..." He spoke over the intercom as his two assistants from earlier relayed some orders to the unarmed soldiers.
"Rather then attempt to fight you, I instead propose this: Immunity from prosecution, safe passage out of the country, assurance of my safety from future..."Incursions" with your organisation and a new identity. In exchange, I will surrender, explain any questions you have about Bison's plan and also transfer all remaining Black Mesa Discretionary Funding to your faction." He then added as his men began to bring in several Large pallets of $100 bills [http://goodsitesforkids.org/images/100bills_pallets.jpg].
"This is merely the backup funding we store on site, there is billions more where that came from on our offshore accounts. All of this, plus the information on M. Bison's plan is all yours. In exchange, I merely ask that I be allowed to leave. I've lost my interest in global conquest in my age and now all I wish is to be left in peace to resume my research...The choice is yours..." He explained as he and his men stood before them, more then a few sweat drops visible, even on Wesker's face...

Spoiler: Notes (@StormShaun, Kalastryn, Caramel Frappe, Bluerocker)

-Alright, what happens here is up to you guys, go nuts!

-If you wish to check out the lab he ordered to be locked down, feel free to do so as I have an encounter planned there too

@StormShaun: If you wish to have the President in this scene, go ahead. And if you wish to follow up the Backup Server plot thread, go ahead on that too! And just to be clear, Wanderer is (Naturally) able to get up from that laser shot to the head. How much damage that did I'll leave to you

@Kalastryn/Caramel Frappe/Bluerocker: I'll pick up on the "Demonology" and "Outside on the Dam" scenes in a post tomorrow, kinda busy tonight

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Black Mesa: Demonology lab [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/killerinstinct/images/f/f8/Forbidden_Archive.png/revision/latest?cb=20150226170333]: Ton Ton, Blade, ARES, Guards, Angelo Agnus, Nadalia, Elise, Squigly, Anyone else

Angelo Agnus laughed at ARES's comment about a nervous coward.
"Coward?! COWARD!? I have you know all the samples here I acquired myself and DAMMED if I'm going to let any Mishima dog just walk in and take them from me!" He shouted before the android attempted to strike with a kind of energy blade, resulting in him bringing up his sword to block, slight whines of pain coming from the living weapon as he did.
ARES began to evade him as she leapt over him, prompting him to block again before she landed, but her combination of the afterburner kick and the sword stabbing him in the back did much to slow down the demonic "Angel" as he slid along the ground of his lab.
"GAH!....AHHH, THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" He grumbled as he picked himself back up, now with a large sword stuck in his chest, but it didn't seem to slow him down too much, he even attempted to pull it out of his body and wield it!
It was around this time that Nadalia and Elise arrived, backed up by some more G-Corp soldiers, the lot of them bearing witness to the demon attacking their fellow crewmates.

"Holy-SOLDIERS! OPEN FIRE!" The CO shouted as they began to pepper the creature with lead, something that Agnus didn't approve of.
"More of you?! Grrrr, BASILISK! [http://devilmaycry.wikia.com/wiki/Basilisk]" He then shouted before a pair of fire breathing hellhounds leapt out of nowhere and opened fire on the soldiers, allowing him to focus on the other threats.
Taking aim at Elise, he then brought his hand up to his chest, flexing almost as a demonic aura began to form around it.
"Your strength...Will...Be...MINE!" He then roared before racing though the hair and attempting to grab the Summoned champion.
Back with Blade, he was starting to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of flying blades, all the little wounds starting to add up as their number merely grew.
It was then that Ton Ton's newest ally began to enter the fray, the undead girl simply walking over before asking "Leviathan, would you kindly?..."
Taking a moment to bow, the parasite in her head then began to spew purple flame in all directions on top of the flying swords, much to both Blade's delight and regret as the fire licked his skin.
"OWACARUSFUCKSHITDAMN! WATCH WHERE YOU FIRE THAT THING!" The Strider whined as he had to pat himself out slightly while the toasted reminds of the swords fell to the ground.
"You're welcome..." Leviathan snarked afterwards, making his "Apology" with a blow of smoke from his nostrils while Squigly "You go on, we'll handle these." before the duo went to cut off the Demonic Doctors reinforcements.

Back outside on the dam: Ryan, Faith, Angelus, Cadolbolg,

Ghost

Once the remaining ground forces were mopped up, Faith could finally ease up a little as the NOD assault began to lessen, their small pockets of resistance starting to get surrounded and put down.
With Angelus still the superior force in the sky and more and more VTOLs landing, the invasion was successful and she could finally rest easy.
Or so she thought.

No sooner then the Gardevoir got a chance to sit down, a Strange Soldier [http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starcraft/images/0/0f/Ghost_SC2_Head3.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100906195635] walked to up her, seemingly of a high rank from how the others were treating him, and his helmet make communicating with him nearly impossibly as she was unable to access his mind though that strange material.

*TSK!* "Nicely done, good to see there is more to ya then a pretty face and silicone gel implants..." *TSK!*

Ghost chuckled in a creepy manner as he walked on by, pausing only to kick over a dead body to examine it.

*TSK!* "Keep up the good work and maybe, just maybe, you won't end up like this poor bastard...Heheheh, Later Hooters..." *TSK!*

The Spec Ops agents said before waltzing past the remains of the battle as he entered the base, but strangely he wasn't going the same way as the rest of the crew...

Back in the skies above, Angelus was reigning supreme as several more G-Corp aircraft began to flank her, getting close enough for her to see their pilots giving her a thumbs up before breaking off again.
As that was going on, a bunch of the fighter craft began to patrol around the base's airspace, forcing all other aircraft in the area (Aside from the President's own airship) to land, either willingly or crashing into the ground.
"-So what, do I just speak in here or-oh-OH! *Ahem* Hey Angie! Dr. Violet here, one the soldiers managed to get me one of those rings you guys always use. Nice job out there, Kaz actually almost smiled for a moment there. Keep the area under our control, I'm being told we nearly got the bastard..." Violet then chimed in over the rings, letting her know how the operation was going.

 

[000Ronald]

Black Mesa: Inner circle: Basically everyone

Insano chuckled. "[color=00ad83]Let...let you go?[/color]" Insano chortled, before pulling a flask out of his lab coat. "[color=00ad83]Why?[/color]" Still holding the rail-pistol in one hand, he took a long swig from the flask, upending it, and tossed it aside. "[color=00ad83]So you can make more of these...things, that tear people apart, eat them alive?[/color]" Insano stumbled backwards, still laughing. "[color=00ad83]Or maybe you'll get smart and just make something that kills people outright? Eh? Is that what all this is about? Is that why you set up a biological weapons research department inside a fucking dam?[/color]" Insano shook his head, and pointed his gun at Wesker's heart. "[color=00ad83]No. One way or another, this is the place you die.[/color]"

 

[Kalastryn]

Black Mesa: Demonology lab [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/killerinstinct/images/f/f8/Forbidden_Archive.png/revision/latest?cb=20150226170333]: Ton Ton, Blade, ARES, Guards, Angelo Agnus, Nadalia, Elise, Squigly, Anyone else

ARES was dumbfounded at Agnus' fortitude. A strike like that would most certainly have rendered most men incapable of doing much other than waiting to bleed to death.

Yet if his boast about acquiring most of this technology himself was to be believed, certainly he was not like most men.

Without stopping motion, several computerized calculations rushed through her mind seeing him change targets to one of her allies as raw, programmed instinct briefly took total control at this.

The sword that Agnus drew out of his chest and attempted to wield, still a weapon animated under the command of ARES alone struggled fervently to break free of his grip before in the end simply crumbling back to dust as ARES had no further use of it.

Her Fusion Cannon still being left on the ground where she had previously been trying to negotiate A foolish endeavor from the start it seems. she processed regarding her decision in the attempt of avoiding violence. such is what I was built for... I suppose it was wasteful to try and step away from such when it comes to the enemy. Once more looking at Angelo Agnus' attempt at harming Elise, and yet more reinforcements bathing the G-corp members in fire. Any who would harm those who have proven themselves to me otherwise, are more than fitting to be my enemy.

Racing over to the Fusion Cannon and picking it up, she then turned on a dime and- her relay responded negative to using afterburners? Shit... the afterburners charge on a slow overflow of reserve energy from the usual jets in her feet, which themselves charge quite quickly... but at the frequency she had been using both, this is the WORST time for them to wipe out...

Originally, they had planned to use their afterburners to close the distance between her and Agnus, fully charging the Fusion Cannion point blank into the hole now left just shy of his spine... however her systems failing her in doing so, her programmed instinct as a decoy overtook all else.

sprinting at full speed only to drop to the ground and slide without interference from friction or exertion, she then rose to her feet haphazardly and lunged between the two of them... her throat being caught in Agnus' grasp.