(That's pretty cool, Ulti. I've had mine for about three months now. If I must say, please be careful driving during winter. At least up where I live, the roads get terrible every time it snows, and the only roads that get plowed are the main highways.)
Trevor's scan of the tank provided some useful information about it. The hull of the tank compromised of two half-inch layers of a titanium alloy sandwiching a quarter-inch of boron carbide, a ceramic able to withstand the high temperatures of thermite. The driving crew was located in the front while the engines were in the back. The tank rounds were located right under the turret in it's own armored box. It was impossible to determine the type of tank shells as a large amount of electrical interference was messing with the scans at specifically the tank rounds. The armor was thinnest at the bottom skidplate of the tank, and it was the bottom where the ceramic layer was absent. It was also where the ventilation vents were located.
The fires of the tanks outside helped a great deal in rapidly oxidizing the steel hulls, providing a plentiful supply of rust. The Bulldog tanks also have many aluminum-magnesium alloy parts to aid in it's lightweight design. There were no emergency flares in the tanks, but that didn't matter because of the alloy parts.
As the main group made it to the corner office building, both Parker and Jacques made it to the top of their ten story apartment building, giving them a good vantage over the area. Parker walked to the edge of the building and observed the powerplants, bringing the scope of the Intervention up to his eye. "Geez, that's quite the force over there." he thought to himself. He knelt down on the ground and deployed the bipod on the rifle, resting it on the ground. "There's absolutely no cover to the plants, how will they make it?" he shook the thought from his mind and went prone, resting his cheek on the stock. He prioritized the machine gunners on the turrets since they were supplied with a massive amount of ammunition when compared to the soldiers. After they were gone, he would focus on the Tesla soldiers. "Only 16 rounds left." Parker wasn't equipped with enough ammunition to take them all out, so the remaining soldiers would be the main group's problem. Meanwhile, Jacques stood beside Parker looking through a rangefinder he held in one hand. In the other, a wind speed and direction monitor. "The targets are 257 yards away. Wind is blowing at about 5 miles per hour from the east." Parker adjusted the knobs on his scope as he received the crucial data. Once the corrections were made, Parker reached into his coat and pulled out a handheld radio. His father always carried one as well so they could communicate on missions. "I'm all set, father. Awaiting your orders." Meanwhile, Jacques scanned the area with powerful binoculars, searching for any Soviet or Latin Confederation counter-snipers. The area was clear, and he was about to put the binoculars away until he spotted three IFVs on the move, witnessing them take down two enemy helicopters. He wouldn't be surprised about what he saw, until he realized they were heading towards the powerplants as well. "Parker, come over here." Parker heard and stood up, still holding the handheld radio. He took the binoculars from Jacques and looked through them, spying the IFVs. "It looks like you got some help, father. There's three IFVs heading to the powerplants." he said through the radio.
While Arith was playing her song, John had dozed off trying to make sense of the whispers. The sentences that Fiera whispered suddenly became coherent. She talked about power over fire, regenerative powers, and endless rage against everything alongside the desire to burn everything to the ground. The final thought scared John, but at the same time, he wondered about its uses. "If I let Fiera take control, it would spell disaster for anyone in her path. Doing that before my friends get inside the powerplant would result in them getting killed by Fiera. It'd be best to do that when they get inside and out of Fiera's sight. I could take on those Russians then, who would most likely go after them if not distracted by someone else." John was hesitant about the wild idea he had. He questioned how long Fiera would take control, but that answer came to him immediately. "After Firion weakened Fiera, she'll be in control for ten minutes." It was as if he drank the knowledge with the Mystery Mix. Once Trevor and Rune talked about their ideas, John snapped from his daze and paid attention. "I think it's best if we combine both Trevor's and Rune's ideas. Thermite is a good method of dealing with the Tesla Soldiers, though I'm unsure what we could use as a distraction." As soon as John finished what he said, the handheld radio in his coat came alive as Parker's voice was heard. After talking about being ready and the three IFVs, John smiled a little. "Well then, we got our distraction and sniper. Those poor sods in those IFVs are probably gonna end up dead, but they'll have served their duty when we get those plants running." John pressed the button on the radio to reply to Parker. "Copy that, son. However, your orders will be coming from Arith." With that, John tossed the handheld radio to Arith.
Elizabeth wiped her tears away as Arith played the song. She stopped crying, although she still didn't feel much better due to survivor's guilt. She listened to the ideas and followed along, though she remained silent. Elizabeth looked out the window again, waiting for the group to take action.
The two vulture helicopters were taken care of rather easily. Zeus' gravity blasts struck his helicopter and within moments, it had fallen from the sky and smashed itself into the ground below. Chance's punt gun blasted many holes into the helicopter, as well as tearing the rotors into pieces. It wasn't long before that Vulture lost control and smashed into an office building, causing it to collapse and block the path behind them. It wasn't long before the three arrived at the end of the road, where it was blocked off by a pile of destroyed Bulldog Tanks. A small corner building to the left was collapsed partially, making a rough ramp to jump over to the other side. Osaku actually stopped her IFV near the tanks and hopped out. She gestured both Chance and Zeus to come out and follow her. She wanted to see what was ahead for them. She climbed up the rubble ramp and peaked over, seeing the soldiers and Apocalypse tanks surrounding the plants. "Guys, you better come over here and see this."
(I have to go somewhere this weekend, so I'll get to my Steampunk characters later. In the meantime, have an arc post.)
(Since you asked earlier Ulti, here's the specs for my PC when it's built: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core processor, Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 Graphics with 6GB VRAM, and 16GB of RAM.)
"Just remember that when you are falling, turn it into a dive." ~Wookiefoot
"Why isn’t my life like a situation comedy? Why don’t I have a bunch of friends with nothing better to do but drop by and instigate wacky adventures? Why aren’t my conversations peppered with spontaneous witticisms? Why don’t my friends demonstrate heartfelt concern for my well-being when I have problems?… I gotta get my life some writers." ~Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
As Ulti and Drake leave the cafe, the barista starts to clean the table off and collect payment. He's very surprised and speechless when he finds the crystals and generous tip. Outside, the space where Ult parked the truck was no longer filled by a truck. In its place a grey and blue exotic car proudly sat. Ulti snaps his fingers and the doors open scissor-style for the two to get in. "So, since we need to find an exposed root, do you have any ideas?"
Feronia nods and walks into the kitchen, coming back out carrying a plate with a moonleaf sandwich (no idea what it would look like...) on it. She places it down on a table near Ezmer and takes her place behind the counter again. 'Information: Enjoy!' It seems strange that a hologram could hold a physical object.
As Julie enters the city, she makes her way towards the center. Landing in an alleyway, she finds and electrical box on the side of one of the buildings. She breaks the lock with the Amp and places a palm on the system. A bit of what looks like liquid metal forms out of her dragon arm scales and transfers onto the electrical system. Though this, she takes control of the city's whole electrical system and, through this, the communications and TV systems as well. She holds her phone up and lets go of it, though it just overs in the air before larger holographic screens appear. A little red dot appears in the top right corner of the middle screen. It was recording her, then sending it through the electrical system into just about every screen in the city. "Ahem. Hello city-dwellers. I have come to inform you that I am very displeased with some of you." She flicks the holographic screen and the view from the peoples' perspectives changes to the picture she took of the graffiti. "What you are seeing is an image of the vandalism done to my friend's house due to her acquaintance with one of the creatures you call Endermen. As some of you appear to be prejudiced against non-humans, you should know that the Endermen are simply misunderstood. Using a special translator, I have information that may shock you. Enderman do not attack humans out of disdain or instinct, like other creatures do. They are being forced to, even if they do not want to. I assure you, the issue will be resolved so that humans and Endermen can live in peace. That is, assuming you cooperate as well. In any case, the more immediate matter I wish to convey is the immediate cessation of the vandalism my friend receives. Failure to do so will result in immediate action to track down the culprits and see to it they receive justice in the form of community service. Not only will I have the culprits clean the vandalism from my friend's house, but I will track down any graffiti in the city and have them clean that as well, regardless of whether they made it or not. That is all I have to say. Have a wonderful day." With that, the transmission cuts out, Julie collects the metal from the electrical box and her phone, and flies off back towards Erin's house.
I/O follows Endie into the kitchen and stares at him for a moment, a bit confused, though you couldn't see it because his face didn't move. "Well, it's a good thing my model is water resistant." He grabs the bucket and moves it into the sink, turning on the water to fill it up.
", palatino, serif">Arith takes the radio from John and looks back to Trevor. "So how effective is this thermite plan going to be against those tanks?"
Trevor, whom just finished processing the data scanned from the tank, shakes his head. "Looks like the ceramic plating under the armor will make thermite a no-go on the tanks. Not unless we can get under it without being crushed. The bottom skid plate is the most vulnerable part. No ceramic, and the ventilation is there. If we could flip it and get the thermite into the vents, they're taken care of. That would pose a problem, though. Even with the cybernetic limbs John and I have, it'd take all of us to flip one of those tanks. Besides, even with backup, we'd be swiss cheese or red paste before we could get to one."
", palatino, serif">Arith frowns quite a bit before holding the radio up to her ear, a bit awkwardly seeing as her ear was way higher than that of a human. "Parker, can you tell me what kind of firepower the IFVs have? I'm not familiar with your world's weaponry."
Chance and Zeus both stop as Osaku did and get out to follow her. Upon seeing the tanks, both of them don't seem too scared. Zeus speaks up first. "Some tank. Gonna be difficult to deal with. Unless... Chance do you think we could..."
Chance looks a bit surprised at Zeus. "Pull a Panama?"
Zeus nods, looking back at the tanks. "Exactly."
"But the Panama didn't work, last time!"
"We didn't have these IFV things then. And it almost worked. Yin tanks aren't that much smaller than these."
(If anyone gets the "Pull a Panama" reference, you get +5 cool points.)
(I'm not quite sure how to respond with City and Cyber...)
Jim nods in agreement before taking one more shot of the whiskey. "You'd best get equipped when you can." Soon, a voice could be heard from a sound system near the robotic bartender. "Captain Cylark to Medical. Repeat. Captain Cylark to Medical" Jim pushes his glass back to the robotic bartender and looks at Nezo. "Sounds like the good doctor has something to show us."
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Firion looked at the tank part, and then got his bag open, before going quickly to put the alloy into his bag, bringing as much as he could, as well as any rust that he can in another bag. He then started to run back, going back to the group, putting the bags full onto the ground, having used haste to get there.
"Here we go... it took some time to get all this.. but I got the alloy and some rust... I hope this helps." he says to the group, hoping they were ready for all this. He listens to what they wanted to do, looking worried a bit.
Nezo smiled as he then looked at Jim and smiled.
"Lets go then.... If things went well... I just hope she will be fine with her implants and all." he then says, going to move and head towards the medical bay, hoping for the best in all this. She did save his life... he was glad he made it possible to save hers.
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Drake sits down in the car and pulls out a pentagonal mirror. He taps it and the mirror creates a small blue raven that begins to fly around the city. Drake puts the mirror on the dash of the car and lets out a sigh. "Give the bird a couple of minutes and we will have found one exposed root." Drake picks up the mirror and looks into it, ruffling his hair and checking his teeth for food.
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In a large castle on a desert planet...
Chinru is thrown against a wall, creating a dent in it. A very large man bearing a large gauntlet with red and black spires protruding from his back stands before him. He knelled down and pulled him off of the ground by the neck and held him in the air. The man smashed him against the wall, knocking a couple of bricks out this time, letting in the red desert light. He pulled Chinru close to him and began to whisper soft torments into his ear. "Do you really think I like messing up my perfectly sound walls? Ruining my own temple of secrecy on this back-washed off world piece of garbage? The people here aren't horrid like on the others, but the sandstorm just get annoying."
Hazzian walks in followed by a robed man. Hazzian fires off a black bolt of lightning at the ground near the demonic man. "Yes, Thavi. We hate to interrupt your conquering spree or your dusty palace, but we needed to come here. Direct orders from "His Supremacy" himself." The robed man takes off the hood to reveal himself as Izikiel.
Thavi grins and tosses Chinru over to the two. "So the big man is actually taking some initiative for once?" Thavi walks over to a throne of gold and blue crystal. He throws himself down in it and claps twice in applause. "I remember when I first met the demonic son-of-a-*****. He and I went on a blood soaked rampage through a whole galaxy. So what do I owe the pleasure to his- how do I say, lackeys?"
Hazzian pulled out a shard of a an ancient vase. "Well, we do need some help in his war he is orchestrating, which is the reason we need Zeke here. We also need the last shard to a very important vase of his.'
Thavi smiled as he reached in the sleeve of his gauntlet and pulled out a similar shard. "I take it this is what you seek? I didn't have time to put it on my own vase." He pointed to a vase of many shards on a pedestal. "I may be a conqueror of worlds, but I have downtime."
(So, I have three characters I'll be entering in soon. One is during this Ulti/Drake arc (I'll call it "Calling"), one is after the casino heist, but one can be done at any point. Do you think it's a good time to enter that third one? Or should I wait?)
Ulti chuckles a bit, seeing Drake groom himself. "Expecting to pick up a date on this little adventure?" Meanwhile, the bird manages to find several exposed roots. The closest two are a highway overpass made from an exposed root and a root that goes over a small park.
Jim nods and gets up. "I hope as much as you that they fixed her up enough..." He leads Nezo back the way they came, down the bland, metal corridor to the tram, which then went to the medical wing. From there he leads Nezo until they meet an older gentleman. His surgeon outfit was stained brown and red from blood. His receding hair was grey, and his glasses were loosely on his nose. Jim greets him with a handshake. "Dr. Nazim, I hope you have good news."
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Nezo looked worried a bit from all this, looking at the doctor.
"Please tell me she is alive... considering she saved me... I would never forgive myself if she just died like that." he then says, hoping for the best here, hoping she was alve and well.
Dr. Nazim nods slightly before looking curiously at Nezo. "Yes. The process was... messy... but it was a success. She is alive and conscious. She's very shaken up, though. She's not taking the whole 'back from the dead' situation very well. I can heal the physical wounds and scars, but I can't help the mental strain caused by the revelation of death and revival. Maybe one of you can help."
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Nezo nods at this as he looks at Jim.
"I think we should both go and talk to her about this, alright? It might be best if you have a word with her first though, cause I am unsure how else to talk her about this." he then says, sad a bit. It must have been very hard on her.
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Ulti chuckles a bit, seeing Drake groom himself. "Expecting to pick up a date on this little adventure?" Meanwhile, the bird manages to find several exposed roots. The closest two are a highway overpass made from an exposed root and a root that goes over a small park.
The bird perches on Drake's shoulder after returning. "No, Mr. Fox. Just in case we do come across any bad guys, I don't want to look like a mess."
The bird whispers into Drake's ear of the locations of the roots. Drake nods to the bird as the bird dissolves into a blue smoke and returns into the mirror. Drake pockets the mirror and pulls out a small dagger, which he picks his teeth with. He pockets the dagger. "The bird informed me of several roots. Two nearby. One is over a park, and one was made into a highway overpass. We can either split up, or go after one together. If we are looking for where the poison was put in so we can investigate that, the highway is our best bet due to its accessibility. However, the highway also means we cannot be discreet in our efforts."
Ulti thinks for a moment and cranks up the car. "I think the park is the best bet. Parking on the side of a highway risks a wreck and I like this car." Shifting the vehicle into gear, the fox pulls out of the parking space and drives off. "So which way is this park?"
Jim nods in agreement, then turns to Dr. Nazim. "Take us to her. We'll see if we can talk some sense into her." Dr. Nazim obliges, turning to lead the two down the corridor. A few doors down, he stops, types on a keypad, and the door opens. Inside, there were a couple of doctors monitoring screens displaying vitals. In the hospital bed, Kerry lay down, shaking a bit. Her hair was mostly gone, though some of it had already started growing back. It'd be a week or two before it returned to normal. Her face and skin were more or less back as it was, though she had a few scars the doctor couldn't fix. A lot of her was wrapped in bandages. The limbs that were missing seemed to still be missing, but the nubs left were replaced with what looked like a base on which to attach mechanical versions. Sitting next to the bed were those mechanical limbs. One left arm from the forearm down, one left leg from the thigh down, and one right leg from the knee down. She seemed spooked as the door opened up.
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Drake pauses for a moment, then snaps his fingers. The bird immediately appears on his shoulder. "Doctor, please take us to the park you found earlier."
Doctor nods and flies out of the car, right in front of it. Doctor gets several meters in front of the car before materializing into a motorcycle with a blue smoke man on the back. Doctor begins to lead them to the park.
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Nezo looked at Kerry, looking down right now. Seeing here like that, scared...
"Its ok.. your safe... I.. I am just glad your alive... The battle and the horde I had to face to bring you back to this ship to try to get you alive.." he says, shaking, the memories still fresh. One thing for sure... that was not an easy fight for him. He stayed silent then, hoping Jim could talk to her about all this.
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Most of the city's citizens saw the message from Julie and their reactions were mixed between being confused or being shocked by this information. However, some people believed it was a prank, or she was just flat-out lying. As Julie began to fly away, many citizen watched in sheer awe as she did.
Meanwhile back at Erin's house, Erin went inside and ran upstairs to the second floor. She ran into Jax's and quickly searched around for the wooden practice sword. Eventually she found it propped up against the wall in a brown leather sheath. The sword itself, despite being made of wood, is made of solid, sturdy oak and is heavier than one would expect. It was shaped to look like a long sword. "There you are." Erin said as she picked it up. She then quickly made it back down stairs and out the door.
Endie was relieved that he didn't have to explain why he didn't want to fill the bucket with water. He plans to give I/O an explanation later, but right now they were racing against the clock to get back to the bar as soon as possible. As the bucket was being filled with water, the water mixed with the soap and suds began to accumulate at the surface of the mixture and slowly begins to rise above the buckets rim. "Okay, that should be good. Now, let's get back outside." Endie said as he grabbed the dry sponge and teleported outside.
(Arith is currently the only one with a filled-out info sheet, so I'll be working on ones for the others. Feel free to poke around, though. The characters I have had songs made for have said songs on their profiles.)
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ti and Drake leave the cafe, the barista starts to clean the table off and collect payment. He's very surprised and speechless when he finds the crystals and generous tip. Outside, the space where Ult parked the truck was no longer filled by a truck. In its place a grey and blue exotic car proudly sat. Ulti snaps his fingers and the doors open scissor-style for the two to get in. "So, since we need to find an exposed root, do you have any ideas?" Feronia nods and walks into the kitchen, coming back out carrying a plate with a moonleaf sandwich (no idea what it would look like...) on it. She places it down on a table near Ezmer and takes her place behind the counter again. 'Information: Enjoy!' It seems strange that a hologram could hold a physical object.
As Julie enters the city, she makes her way towards the center. Landing in an alleyway, she finds and electrical box on the side of one of the buildings. She breaks the lock with the Amp and places a palm on the system. A bit of what looks like liquid metal forms out of her dragon arm scales and transfers onto the electrical system. Though this, she takes control of the city's whole electrical system and, through this, the communications and TV systems as well. She holds her phone up and lets go of it, though it just overs in the air before larger holographic screens appear. A little red dot appears in the top right corner of the middle screen. It was recording her, then sending it through the electrical system into just about every screen in the city. "Ahem. Hello city-dwellers. I have come to inform you that I am very displeased with some of you." She flicks the holographic screen and the view from the peoples' perspectives changes to the picture she took of the graffiti. "What you are seeing is an image of the vandalism done to my friend's house due to her acquaintance with one of the creatures you call Endermen. As some of you appear to be prejudiced against non-humans, you should know that the Endermen are simply misunderstood. Using a special translator, I have information that may shock you. Enderman do not attack humans out of disdain or instinct, like other creatures do. They are being forced to, even if they do not want to. I assure you, the issue will be resolved so that humans and Endermen can live in peace. That is, assuming you cooperate as well. In any case, the more immediate matter I wish to convey is the immediate cessation of the vandalism my friend receives. Failure to do so will result in immediate action to track down the culprits and see to it they receive justice in the form of community service. Not only will I have the culprits clean the vandalism from my friend's house, but I will track down any graffiti in the city and have them clean that as well, regardless of whether they made it or not. That is all I have to say. Have a wonderful day." With that, the transmission cuts out, Julie collects the metal from the electrical box and her phone, and flies off back towards Erin's house. I/O follows Endie into the kitchen and stares at him for a moment, a bit confused, though you couldn't see it because his face didn't move. "Well, it's a good thing my model is water resistant." He grabs the bucket and moves it into the sink, turning on the water to fill it up.
Arith takes the radio from John and looks back to Trevor. "So how effective is this thermite plan going to be against those tanks?"
Trevor, whom just finished processing the data scanned from the tank, shakes his head. "Looks like the ceramic plating under the armor will make thermite a no-go on the tanks. Not unless we can get under it without being crushed. The bottom skid plate is the most vulnerable part. No ceramic, and the ventilation is there. If we could flip it and get the thermite into the vents, they're taken care of. That would pose a problem, though. Even with the cybernetic limbs John and I have, it'd take all of us to flip one of those tanks. Besides, even with backup, we'd be swiss cheese or red paste before we could get to one."
Arith frowns quite a bit before holding the radio up to her ear, a bit awkwardly seeing as her ear was way higher than that of a human. "Parker, can you tell me what kind of firepower the IFVs have? I'm not familiar with your world's weaponry." Chance and Zeus both stop as Osaku did and get out to follow her. Upon seeing the tanks, both of them don't seem too scared. Zeus speaks up first. "Some tank. Gonna be difficult to deal with. Unless... Chance do you think we could..." Chance looks a bit surprised at Zeus. "Pull a Panama?" Zeus nods, looking back at the tanks. "Exactly." "But the Panama didn't work, last time!" "We didn't have these IFV things then. And it almost worked. Yin tanks aren't that much smaller than these."
(If anyone gets the "Pull a Panama" reference, you get +5 cool points.)
(I'm not quite sure how to respond with City and Cyber...) Jim nods in agreement before taking one more shot of the whiskey. "You'd best get equipped when you can." Soon, a voice could be heard from a sound system near the robotic bartender. "Captain Cylark to Medical. Repeat. Captain Cylark to Medical" Jim pushes his glass back to the robotic bartender and looks at Nezo. "Sounds like the good doctor has something to show us."
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"Thank you" She says while starts to eat the sandwich. She looks around the bar seemingly lost and lonely.
(Do you guys have any suggestions for what I could add tot he site? I've been thinking of adding a section on more minor characters that probably won't show up outside this RP. I don't want to spend too much time on them, though, so maybe, once I'm done filling out full info sheets like the one of Arith's profile for the Main and Secondary characters, I can do a condensed version for the minor characters. Like, just the "Main" field and a couple paragraphs of summary about the character. Nothing huge. What do you guys think?)
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(That's pretty cool, Ulti. I've had mine for about three months now. If I must say, please be careful driving during winter. At least up where I live, the roads get terrible every time it snows, and the only roads that get plowed are the main highways.)
Trevor's scan of the tank provided some useful information about it. The hull of the tank compromised of two half-inch layers of a titanium alloy sandwiching a quarter-inch of boron carbide, a ceramic able to withstand the high temperatures of thermite. The driving crew was located in the front while the engines were in the back. The tank rounds were located right under the turret in it's own armored box. It was impossible to determine the type of tank shells as a large amount of electrical interference was messing with the scans at specifically the tank rounds. The armor was thinnest at the bottom skidplate of the tank, and it was the bottom where the ceramic layer was absent. It was also where the ventilation vents were located.
The fires of the tanks outside helped a great deal in rapidly oxidizing the steel hulls, providing a plentiful supply of rust. The Bulldog tanks also have many aluminum-magnesium alloy parts to aid in it's lightweight design. There were no emergency flares in the tanks, but that didn't matter because of the alloy parts.
As the main group made it to the corner office building, both Parker and Jacques made it to the top of their ten story apartment building, giving them a good vantage over the area. Parker walked to the edge of the building and observed the powerplants, bringing the scope of the Intervention up to his eye. "Geez, that's quite the force over there." he thought to himself. He knelt down on the ground and deployed the bipod on the rifle, resting it on the ground. "There's absolutely no cover to the plants, how will they make it?" he shook the thought from his mind and went prone, resting his cheek on the stock. He prioritized the machine gunners on the turrets since they were supplied with a massive amount of ammunition when compared to the soldiers. After they were gone, he would focus on the Tesla soldiers. "Only 16 rounds left." Parker wasn't equipped with enough ammunition to take them all out, so the remaining soldiers would be the main group's problem. Meanwhile, Jacques stood beside Parker looking through a rangefinder he held in one hand. In the other, a wind speed and direction monitor. "The targets are 257 yards away. Wind is blowing at about 5 miles per hour from the east." Parker adjusted the knobs on his scope as he received the crucial data. Once the corrections were made, Parker reached into his coat and pulled out a handheld radio. His father always carried one as well so they could communicate on missions. "I'm all set, father. Awaiting your orders." Meanwhile, Jacques scanned the area with powerful binoculars, searching for any Soviet or Latin Confederation counter-snipers. The area was clear, and he was about to put the binoculars away until he spotted three IFVs on the move, witnessing them take down two enemy helicopters. He wouldn't be surprised about what he saw, until he realized they were heading towards the powerplants as well. "Parker, come over here." Parker heard and stood up, still holding the handheld radio. He took the binoculars from Jacques and looked through them, spying the IFVs. "It looks like you got some help, father. There's three IFVs heading to the powerplants." he said through the radio.
While Arith was playing her song, John had dozed off trying to make sense of the whispers. The sentences that Fiera whispered suddenly became coherent. She talked about power over fire, regenerative powers, and endless rage against everything alongside the desire to burn everything to the ground. The final thought scared John, but at the same time, he wondered about its uses. "If I let Fiera take control, it would spell disaster for anyone in her path. Doing that before my friends get inside the powerplant would result in them getting killed by Fiera. It'd be best to do that when they get inside and out of Fiera's sight. I could take on those Russians then, who would most likely go after them if not distracted by someone else." John was hesitant about the wild idea he had. He questioned how long Fiera would take control, but that answer came to him immediately. "After Firion weakened Fiera, she'll be in control for ten minutes." It was as if he drank the knowledge with the Mystery Mix. Once Trevor and Rune talked about their ideas, John snapped from his daze and paid attention. "I think it's best if we combine both Trevor's and Rune's ideas. Thermite is a good method of dealing with the Tesla Soldiers, though I'm unsure what we could use as a distraction." As soon as John finished what he said, the handheld radio in his coat came alive as Parker's voice was heard. After talking about being ready and the three IFVs, John smiled a little. "Well then, we got our distraction and sniper. Those poor sods in those IFVs are probably gonna end up dead, but they'll have served their duty when we get those plants running." John pressed the button on the radio to reply to Parker. "Copy that, son. However, your orders will be coming from Arith." With that, John tossed the handheld radio to Arith.
Elizabeth wiped her tears away as Arith played the song. She stopped crying, although she still didn't feel much better due to survivor's guilt. She listened to the ideas and followed along, though she remained silent. Elizabeth looked out the window again, waiting for the group to take action.
The two vulture helicopters were taken care of rather easily. Zeus' gravity blasts struck his helicopter and within moments, it had fallen from the sky and smashed itself into the ground below. Chance's punt gun blasted many holes into the helicopter, as well as tearing the rotors into pieces. It wasn't long before that Vulture lost control and smashed into an office building, causing it to collapse and block the path behind them. It wasn't long before the three arrived at the end of the road, where it was blocked off by a pile of destroyed Bulldog Tanks. A small corner building to the left was collapsed partially, making a rough ramp to jump over to the other side. Osaku actually stopped her IFV near the tanks and hopped out. She gestured both Chance and Zeus to come out and follow her. She wanted to see what was ahead for them. She climbed up the rubble ramp and peaked over, seeing the soldiers and Apocalypse tanks surrounding the plants. "Guys, you better come over here and see this."
(I have to go somewhere this weekend, so I'll get to my Steampunk characters later. In the meantime, have an arc post.)
(Since you asked earlier Ulti, here's the specs for my PC when it's built: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core processor, Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 Graphics with 6GB VRAM, and 16GB of RAM.)
"Just remember that when you are falling, turn it into a dive." ~Wookiefoot
"Why isn’t my life like a situation comedy? Why don’t I have a bunch of friends with nothing better to do but drop by and instigate wacky adventures? Why aren’t my conversations peppered with spontaneous witticisms? Why don’t my friends demonstrate heartfelt concern for my well-being when I have problems?… I gotta get my life some writers." ~Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
(Is this the same pile of tanks that John & company passed by? How close is the IFV group to the main group?)
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As Ulti and Drake leave the cafe, the barista starts to clean the table off and collect payment. He's very surprised and speechless when he finds the crystals and generous tip. Outside, the space where Ult parked the truck was no longer filled by a truck. In its place a grey and blue exotic car proudly sat. Ulti snaps his fingers and the doors open scissor-style for the two to get in. "So, since we need to find an exposed root, do you have any ideas?"
Feronia nods and walks into the kitchen, coming back out carrying a plate with a moonleaf sandwich (no idea what it would look like...) on it. She places it down on a table near Ezmer and takes her place behind the counter again. 'Information: Enjoy!' It seems strange that a hologram could hold a physical object.
As Julie enters the city, she makes her way towards the center. Landing in an alleyway, she finds and electrical box on the side of one of the buildings. She breaks the lock with the Amp and places a palm on the system. A bit of what looks like liquid metal forms out of her dragon arm scales and transfers onto the electrical system. Though this, she takes control of the city's whole electrical system and, through this, the communications and TV systems as well. She holds her phone up and lets go of it, though it just overs in the air before larger holographic screens appear. A little red dot appears in the top right corner of the middle screen. It was recording her, then sending it through the electrical system into just about every screen in the city. "Ahem. Hello city-dwellers. I have come to inform you that I am very displeased with some of you." She flicks the holographic screen and the view from the peoples' perspectives changes to the picture she took of the graffiti. "What you are seeing is an image of the vandalism done to my friend's house due to her acquaintance with one of the creatures you call Endermen. As some of you appear to be prejudiced against non-humans, you should know that the Endermen are simply misunderstood. Using a special translator, I have information that may shock you. Enderman do not attack humans out of disdain or instinct, like other creatures do. They are being forced to, even if they do not want to. I assure you, the issue will be resolved so that humans and Endermen can live in peace. That is, assuming you cooperate as well. In any case, the more immediate matter I wish to convey is the immediate cessation of the vandalism my friend receives. Failure to do so will result in immediate action to track down the culprits and see to it they receive justice in the form of community service. Not only will I have the culprits clean the vandalism from my friend's house, but I will track down any graffiti in the city and have them clean that as well, regardless of whether they made it or not. That is all I have to say. Have a wonderful day." With that, the transmission cuts out, Julie collects the metal from the electrical box and her phone, and flies off back towards Erin's house.
I/O follows Endie into the kitchen and stares at him for a moment, a bit confused, though you couldn't see it because his face didn't move. "Well, it's a good thing my model is water resistant." He grabs the bucket and moves it into the sink, turning on the water to fill it up.
", palatino, serif">Arith takes the radio from John and looks back to Trevor. "So how effective is this thermite plan going to be against those tanks?"
Trevor, whom just finished processing the data scanned from the tank, shakes his head. "Looks like the ceramic plating under the armor will make thermite a no-go on the tanks. Not unless we can get under it without being crushed. The bottom skid plate is the most vulnerable part. No ceramic, and the ventilation is there. If we could flip it and get the thermite into the vents, they're taken care of. That would pose a problem, though. Even with the cybernetic limbs John and I have, it'd take all of us to flip one of those tanks. Besides, even with backup, we'd be swiss cheese or red paste before we could get to one."
", palatino, serif">Arith frowns quite a bit before holding the radio up to her ear, a bit awkwardly seeing as her ear was way higher than that of a human. "Parker, can you tell me what kind of firepower the IFVs have? I'm not familiar with your world's weaponry."
Chance and Zeus both stop as Osaku did and get out to follow her. Upon seeing the tanks, both of them don't seem too scared. Zeus speaks up first. "Some tank. Gonna be difficult to deal with. Unless... Chance do you think we could..."
Chance looks a bit surprised at Zeus. "Pull a Panama?"
Zeus nods, looking back at the tanks. "Exactly."
"But the Panama didn't work, last time!"
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(I'm not quite sure how to respond with City and Cyber...)
Jim nods in agreement before taking one more shot of the whiskey. "You'd best get equipped when you can." Soon, a voice could be heard from a sound system near the robotic bartender. "Captain Cylark to Medical. Repeat. Captain Cylark to Medical" Jim pushes his glass back to the robotic bartender and looks at Nezo. "Sounds like the good doctor has something to show us."
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Firion looked at the tank part, and then got his bag open, before going quickly to put the alloy into his bag, bringing as much as he could, as well as any rust that he can in another bag. He then started to run back, going back to the group, putting the bags full onto the ground, having used haste to get there.
"Here we go... it took some time to get all this.. but I got the alloy and some rust... I hope this helps." he says to the group, hoping they were ready for all this. He listens to what they wanted to do, looking worried a bit.
Nezo smiled as he then looked at Jim and smiled.
"Lets go then.... If things went well... I just hope she will be fine with her implants and all." he then says, going to move and head towards the medical bay, hoping for the best in all this. She did save his life... he was glad he made it possible to save hers.
Drake sits down in the car and pulls out a pentagonal mirror. He taps it and the mirror creates a small blue raven that begins to fly around the city. Drake puts the mirror on the dash of the car and lets out a sigh. "Give the bird a couple of minutes and we will have found one exposed root." Drake picks up the mirror and looks into it, ruffling his hair and checking his teeth for food.
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In a large castle on a desert planet...
Chinru is thrown against a wall, creating a dent in it. A very large man bearing a large gauntlet with red and black spires protruding from his back stands before him. He knelled down and pulled him off of the ground by the neck and held him in the air. The man smashed him against the wall, knocking a couple of bricks out this time, letting in the red desert light. He pulled Chinru close to him and began to whisper soft torments into his ear. "Do you really think I like messing up my perfectly sound walls? Ruining my own temple of secrecy on this back-washed off world piece of garbage? The people here aren't horrid like on the others, but the sandstorm just get annoying."
Hazzian walks in followed by a robed man. Hazzian fires off a black bolt of lightning at the ground near the demonic man. "Yes, Thavi. We hate to interrupt your conquering spree or your dusty palace, but we needed to come here. Direct orders from "His Supremacy" himself." The robed man takes off the hood to reveal himself as Izikiel.
Thavi grins and tosses Chinru over to the two. "So the big man is actually taking some initiative for once?" Thavi walks over to a throne of gold and blue crystal. He throws himself down in it and claps twice in applause. "I remember when I first met the demonic son-of-a-*****. He and I went on a blood soaked rampage through a whole galaxy. So what do I owe the pleasure to his- how do I say, lackeys?"
Hazzian pulled out a shard of a an ancient vase. "Well, we do need some help in his war he is orchestrating, which is the reason we need Zeke here. We also need the last shard to a very important vase of his.'
Thavi smiled as he reached in the sleeve of his gauntlet and pulled out a similar shard. "I take it this is what you seek? I didn't have time to put it on my own vase." He pointed to a vase of many shards on a pedestal. "I may be a conqueror of worlds, but I have downtime."
Hazzian walks over to Thavi and takes the shard.
Hazzian:
Chinru:
Thavi:
Izikiel:
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Ulti chuckles a bit, seeing Drake groom himself. "Expecting to pick up a date on this little adventure?" Meanwhile, the bird manages to find several exposed roots. The closest two are a highway overpass made from an exposed root and a root that goes over a small park.
Jim nods and gets up. "I hope as much as you that they fixed her up enough..." He leads Nezo back the way they came, down the bland, metal corridor to the tram, which then went to the medical wing. From there he leads Nezo until they meet an older gentleman. His surgeon outfit was stained brown and red from blood. His receding hair was grey, and his glasses were loosely on his nose. Jim greets him with a handshake. "Dr. Nazim, I hope you have good news."
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Nezo looked worried a bit from all this, looking at the doctor.
"Please tell me she is alive... considering she saved me... I would never forgive myself if she just died like that." he then says, hoping for the best here, hoping she was alve and well.
Dr. Nazim nods slightly before looking curiously at Nezo. "Yes. The process was... messy... but it was a success. She is alive and conscious. She's very shaken up, though. She's not taking the whole 'back from the dead' situation very well. I can heal the physical wounds and scars, but I can't help the mental strain caused by the revelation of death and revival. Maybe one of you can help."
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Nezo nods at this as he looks at Jim.
"I think we should both go and talk to her about this, alright? It might be best if you have a word with her first though, cause I am unsure how else to talk her about this." he then says, sad a bit. It must have been very hard on her.
The bird perches on Drake's shoulder after returning. "No, Mr. Fox. Just in case we do come across any bad guys, I don't want to look like a mess."
The bird whispers into Drake's ear of the locations of the roots. Drake nods to the bird as the bird dissolves into a blue smoke and returns into the mirror. Drake pockets the mirror and pulls out a small dagger, which he picks his teeth with. He pockets the dagger. "The bird informed me of several roots. Two nearby. One is over a park, and one was made into a highway overpass. We can either split up, or go after one together. If we are looking for where the poison was put in so we can investigate that, the highway is our best bet due to its accessibility. However, the highway also means we cannot be discreet in our efforts."
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Ulti thinks for a moment and cranks up the car. "I think the park is the best bet. Parking on the side of a highway risks a wreck and I like this car." Shifting the vehicle into gear, the fox pulls out of the parking space and drives off. "So which way is this park?"
Jim nods in agreement, then turns to Dr. Nazim. "Take us to her. We'll see if we can talk some sense into her." Dr. Nazim obliges, turning to lead the two down the corridor. A few doors down, he stops, types on a keypad, and the door opens. Inside, there were a couple of doctors monitoring screens displaying vitals. In the hospital bed, Kerry lay down, shaking a bit. Her hair was mostly gone, though some of it had already started growing back. It'd be a week or two before it returned to normal. Her face and skin were more or less back as it was, though she had a few scars the doctor couldn't fix. A lot of her was wrapped in bandages. The limbs that were missing seemed to still be missing, but the nubs left were replaced with what looked like a base on which to attach mechanical versions. Sitting next to the bed were those mechanical limbs. One left arm from the forearm down, one left leg from the thigh down, and one right leg from the knee down. She seemed spooked as the door opened up.
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Drake pauses for a moment, then snaps his fingers. The bird immediately appears on his shoulder. "Doctor, please take us to the park you found earlier."
Doctor nods and flies out of the car, right in front of it. Doctor gets several meters in front of the car before materializing into a motorcycle with a blue smoke man on the back. Doctor begins to lead them to the park.
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Nezo looked at Kerry, looking down right now. Seeing here like that, scared...
"Its ok.. your safe... I.. I am just glad your alive... The battle and the horde I had to face to bring you back to this ship to try to get you alive.." he says, shaking, the memories still fresh. One thing for sure... that was not an easy fight for him. He stayed silent then, hoping Jim could talk to her about all this.
((I'll post something tomorrow. I've been getting ready for my final exam in Chemistry, which is happening tomorrow. So, wish me luck!!))
((Also, to answer your question Ult, feel free to add the character whenever you feel is right. I've never been really good at making calls like this. So if this doesn't help you, I apologize.))
My current avatar is my fursona version of Jax.
Most of the city's citizens saw the message from Julie and their reactions were mixed between being confused or being shocked by this information. However, some people believed it was a prank, or she was just flat-out lying. As Julie began to fly away, many citizen watched in sheer awe as she did.
Meanwhile back at Erin's house, Erin went inside and ran upstairs to the second floor. She ran into Jax's and quickly searched around for the wooden practice sword. Eventually she found it propped up against the wall in a brown leather sheath. The sword itself, despite being made of wood, is made of solid, sturdy oak and is heavier than one would expect. It was shaped to look like a long sword. "There you are." Erin said as she picked it up. She then quickly made it back down stairs and out the door.
Endie was relieved that he didn't have to explain why he didn't want to fill the bucket with water. He plans to give I/O an explanation later, but right now they were racing against the clock to get back to the bar as soon as possible. As the bucket was being filled with water, the water mixed with the soap and suds began to accumulate at the surface of the mixture and slowly begins to rise above the buckets rim. "Okay, that should be good. Now, let's get back outside." Endie said as he grabbed the dry sponge and teleported outside.
My current avatar is my fursona version of Jax.
(Well. It took most of the day, but I finally got my character dump site up to a publishable standard. Check it out! https://park83.wixsite.com/ultis-chara-shack )
(Arith is currently the only one with a filled-out info sheet, so I'll be working on ones for the others. Feel free to poke around, though. The characters I have had songs made for have said songs on their profiles.)
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((That is a clever idea to organize characters. Thumbs up!))
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(Do you guys have any suggestions for what I could add tot he site? I've been thinking of adding a section on more minor characters that probably won't show up outside this RP. I don't want to spend too much time on them, though, so maybe, once I'm done filling out full info sheets like the one of Arith's profile for the Main and Secondary characters, I can do a condensed version for the minor characters. Like, just the "Main" field and a couple paragraphs of summary about the character. Nothing huge. What do you guys think?)
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