Main Event Dead or Lie

[Yun Lee]

"Ngh!" As he'd let go of the first rope, Christopher managed to avoid electrocution, but he did get quite a bit of static shock, enough to knock him onto his rear for a moment. His pride wounded, he glared at the lizard. "Eat later, Rattlor! We're gonna need rubber to deal with this one..."

@Ver @Jeremi @CrunchyCHEEZIT

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The truck weaved haphazardly, its driver clearly not very well-versed in modern automobiles. Medb, meanwhile, opened the back window and grabbed something from the back.

"Naughty little children need to be punished!"

RAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A! The machine gun she picked up fired all around Megatron, hoping to do whatever damage possible!

@Crow @will30358

---

The coast seemed to be clear, as far as the large machine was concerned. Ashe would notice a bullet lodged into the wall nearby, but other than that, the area seemed relatively untouched.

@Crimson Spartan

---

The hallway stretched out for quite a ways, with multiple rooms on each side. Peeking in, Nishiki would see offices, storerooms, even a break room or two...but there would really be no luck in looking through them for supplies or anything. All of then had been ransacked, items taken or left in pieces. Oddly enough, though, there was a light on in one room at the far end of the hall...

@Gummi Bunnies​

 

[will30358]

"Ngh!" As he'd let go of the first rope, Christopher managed to avoid electrocution, but he did get quite a bit of static shock, enough to knock him onto his rear for a moment. His pride wounded, he glared at the lizard. "Eat later, Rattlor! We're gonna need rubber to deal with this one..."

@Ver @Jeremi @CrunchyCHEEZIT

---

The truck weaved haphazardly, its driver clearly not very well-versed in modern automobiles. Medb, meanwhile, opened the back window and grabbed something from the back.

"Naughty little children need to be punished!"

RAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A! The machine gun she picked up fired all around Megatron, hoping to do whatever damage possible!

@Crow @will30358

---

The coast seemed to be clear, as far as the large machine was concerned. Ashe would notice a bullet lodged into the wall nearby, but other than that, the area seemed relatively untouched.

@Crimson Spartan

---

The hallway stretched out for quite a ways, with multiple rooms on each side. Peeking in, Nishiki would see offices, storerooms, even a break room or two...but there would really be no luck in looking through them for supplies or anything. All of then had been ransacked, items taken or left in pieces. Oddly enough, though, there was a light on in one room at the far end of the hall...

@Gummi Bunnies​

Candi didn't hesitate to roll repeatedly, tryingher hardest not to get hit... which Megatron kight've noticed was strange, considering her previous attitude. She cursed and looked at Megatron with desperate and angry eyes. "Can you turn yourself into a gun?" she asked, while searching her pocket to see if her gun was there. "I don't like the idea of using my hair again, but if I must, then I guess we have no choice."​

 

[Crow]

"Ngh!" As he'd let go of the first rope, Christopher managed to avoid electrocution, but he did get quite a bit of static shock, enough to knock him onto his rear for a moment. His pride wounded, he glared at the lizard. "Eat later, Rattlor! We're gonna need rubber to deal with this one..."

@Ver @Jeremi @CrunchyCHEEZIT

---

The truck weaved haphazardly, its driver clearly not very well-versed in modern automobiles. Medb, meanwhile, opened the back window and grabbed something from the back.

"Naughty little children need to be punished!"

RAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A! The machine gun she picked up fired all around Megatron, hoping to do whatever damage possible!

@Crow @will30358

---

The coast seemed to be clear, as far as the large machine was concerned. Ashe would notice a bullet lodged into the wall nearby, but other than that, the area seemed relatively untouched.

@Crimson Spartan

---

The hallway stretched out for quite a ways, with multiple rooms on each side. Peeking in, Nishiki would see offices, storerooms, even a break room or two...but there would really be no luck in looking through them for supplies or anything. All of then had been ransacked, items taken or left in pieces. Oddly enough, though, there was a light on in one room at the far end of the hall...

@Gummi Bunnies​

Candi didn't hesitate to roll repeatedly, tryingher hardest not to get hit... which Megatron kight've noticed was strange, considering her previous attitude. She cursed and looked at Megatron with desperate and angry eyes. "Can you turn yourself into a gun?" she asked, while searching her pocket to see if her gun was there. "I don't like the idea of using my hair again, but if I must, then I guess we have no choice."​

"Scrap!" Megatron exclaims as he maneuveured to evade the bullet volley, before moving to behind the truck.

"I do not believe I am capable of shifting my mass to such an extent even if I were to scan the human's gun, and even if I could, we would lose our only means of locomotion in this dire situation."

Megatron partially-transforms his frontal wheels into hands, pushing against the hind lower area of the truck a few times in an attempt to throw Medb off, then transforms his arms back into wheels before anyone in the truck could notice.

While in Megatron's interior, a tendril lined with glowing red lines emerged from the seatbelt area, holding the taser that Megatron got earlier.

"If you find it neccessary to take them on directly, now that we are hardly a foot's length away, I would suggest that you utilise the most viable weapon I currently possess."

@Yun Lee @will30358 @CarChase​

 

[will30358]

"Scrap!" Megatron exclaims as he maneuveured to evade the bullet volley, before moving to behind the truck.

"I do not believe I am capable of shifting my mass to such an extent even if I were to scan the human's gun, and even if I could, we would lose our only means of locomotion in this dire situation."

Megatron partially-transforms his frontal wheels into hands, pushing against the hind lower area of the truck a few times in an attempt to throw Medb off, then transforms his arms back into wheels before anyone in the truck could notice.

While in Megatron's interior, a tendril lined with glowing red lines emerged from the seatbelt area, holding the taser that Megatron got earlier.

"If you find it neccessary to take them on directly, now that we are hardly a foot's length away, I would suggest that you utilise the most viable weapon I currently possess."

@Yun Lee @will30358 @CarChase​

Shit! Candi thought, growling. I don't know what'll happen to me if I get hurt, but it's probably nothing good!
"Do you think you could run - no ride around her or something to distract her?" she asked, grabbing the taser.​

 

[Crow]

Shit! Candi thought, growling. I don't know what'll happen to me if I get hurt, but it's probably nothing good!
"Do you think you could run - no ride around her or something to distract her?" she asked, grabbing the taser.​

"A distraction you say? That is possible. Now, let us execute this plan."

After Candi readied her part, Megatron starts to ride, his frontal bumper facing the truck as he begins to drive backwards, ready to face the drivers.

What exactly was he planning?

@Yun Lee @will30358 @CarChase​

 

[0ttonomous]

Pyke
@Ver @Jeremi @Crow @will30358 @Ottonomous Ghost @Takumi @Yun Lee @MainPlan

The urge to fight was now nearing overwhelming levels when the enemy team's car drove by and their goons advanced. He had sidestepped when the car zoomed by, his nerves shaken by the futuristic vehicle. He had definitely underestimated his enemy, and it wasn't exactly a fair fight since he didn't have his blade with him. He swore he'd tear them to shreds if he did...

Just at that thought, he remembered that he still had a sharp glass shard that he had looted from the fallen vending machine back at the tower. He reached a hand into his vest and retrieved it. It glimmered in the sunlight like a Bilgewater treasure. Flashbacks to the dreaded city came to his mind once again, and with it, a hunger for revenge.

Of his opponents, the one that pissed him off the most was Medb, the one who was referred to as the 'queen'. She had a condescending attitude and riding crop, as if she intended to control everyone she came across. Just like a captain. Who cares about the plan? He just wanted her dead. But that would be difficult since she drove away.

In an attempt to stop himself from acting rashly, he imagined his enemies being crushed by the fallen buildings, a sight he would be delighted to see.
​

Dagran, instinctively, rolled to the side to dodge the incoming vehicle. Well, this little brawl would of gone better had he had some form of weapon but the point was to lead them away to the towers after all. The mercenary was at Pyke's side then, looking up at the seaman with a bit of a glint in his eye. It might of been the adrenaline pumping through him at the sudden change in the situation. Either way, he planned to stick by Pyke's side for both of their sakes for now.



Things seemed to really go downhill rather quickly, though, and really, it could be expected in such a chaotic mess of a plan they had.



Dagran took a quick look around for anything he could use as a makeshift weapon for the time being. Shooting Ashley an unimpressed look. Then again, he understood the need for survival but...really?

Larxene and Izuru quickly found a shadow looming over them. "Hrrn...Medb wanted the girl..."

"But she didn't say anything about the boy." The snake man replied his jaws unhinging slightly his intentions made clear and wasn't paying attention to what Larxene was doing.

@Ver @CrunchyCHEEZIT

Ashley meanwhile stared at everything dumbfounded. This had turned into an absolute shit show and Bossk was nowhere to be seen no doubt having slinked away to prepare for the so called end game of this feud. Dhaos was fighting the blue haired man, though he seemed to not even falter when Dhaos connected with a punch.

"Rrraaaagh!" And Ashley was being charged by the large orange woman. Despite having lost much of her power Ashley still had some of the proportional skills of a spider and vaulted over the charging woman who went head first into one of the cars.

"Still have full control of your people, don't you Medb? Guys! We're fucking off! If you can't shake them well, it was nice knowing you!"​

"Ngh!" As he'd let go of the first rope, Christopher managed to avoid electrocution, but he did get quite a bit of static shock, enough to knock him onto his rear for a moment. His pride wounded, he glared at the lizard. "Eat later, Rattlor! We're gonna need rubber to deal with this one..."​

Snapping back to reality, he looked down at Dagran, who had come to his side. Slightly warmed that the closest person he could call a comrade was still with him, his usual scowl lightened up and he offered a hand to the mercenary, helping him to his feet. When the spider-woman announced that it was time to flee, Pyke scanned the field before taking action. He noticed that the rope guy was knocked down, and that both the suited man and blonde woman were in a bind. He grimaced a bit at some sudden realization and then his eyes moved onto the large creature called Rattlor. He'd never seen a snake man before, so this was an interesting encounter.

"Take this," the harpooner said urgently to Dagran, handing him the sharp piece of glass. "Try cutting the rope. I'll deal with the beast. After that, we gotta move." In order to give his crew a bit more time to breath while also running for the building traps, he sprinted forward, closing the gap between him and the snake man. When he got close enough, he let his mind go slightly to let the Deep lend him its power.

His right eye glimmered as he leaped forward, briefly materializing into Ghostwater and phasing through Rattlor.

Right at the spot where he initially dashed, a watery phantom of himself stood and also bounded toward Rattlor, attempting to return to Pyke's body. Upon impact, the force of it would cause the enemy to stumble toward Pyke. Meanwhile, Pyke, returning to a more tangible form, attempted to throw an uppercut punch at Rattlor's chin as a way to take advantage of his stumbling.

This would all happen in theory.
​

 

[Takumi]

Pyke
@Ver @Jeremi @Crow @will30358 @Ottonomous Ghost @Takumi @Yun Lee @MainPlan

The urge to fight was now nearing overwhelming levels when the enemy team's car drove by and their goons advanced. He had sidestepped when the car zoomed by, his nerves shaken by the futuristic vehicle. He had definitely underestimated his enemy, and it wasn't exactly a fair fight since he didn't have his blade with him. He swore he'd tear them to shreds if he did...

Just at that thought, he remembered that he still had a sharp glass shard that he had looted from the fallen vending machine back at the tower. He reached a hand into his vest and retrieved it. It glimmered in the sunlight like a Bilgewater treasure. Flashbacks to the dreaded city came to his mind once again, and with it, a hunger for revenge.

Of his opponents, the one that pissed him off the most was Medb, the one who was referred to as the 'queen'. She had a condescending attitude and riding crop, as if she intended to control everyone she came across. Just like a captain. Who cares about the plan? He just wanted her dead. But that would be difficult since she drove away.

In an attempt to stop himself from acting rashly, he imagined his enemies being crushed by the fallen buildings, a sight he would be delighted to see.
​

Snapping back to reality, he looked down at Dagran, who had come to his side. Slightly warmed that the closest person he could call a comrade was still with him, his usual scowl lightened up and he offered a hand to the mercenary, helping him to his feet. When the spider-woman announced that it was time to flee, Pyke scanned the field before taking action. He noticed that the rope guy was knocked down, and that both the suited man and blonde woman were in a bind. He grimaced a bit at some sudden realization and then his eyes moved onto the large creature called Rattlor. He'd never seen a snake man before, so this was an interesting encounter.

"Take this," the harpooner said urgently to Dagran, handing him the sharp piece of glass. "Try cutting the rope. I'll deal with the beast. After that, we gotta move." In order to give his crew a bit more time to breath while also running for the building traps, he sprinted forward, closing the gap between him and the snake man. When he got close enough, he let his mind go slightly to let the Deep lend him its power.

His right eye glimmered as he leaped forward, briefly materializing into Ghostwater and phasing through Rattlor.

Right at the spot where he initially dashed, a watery phantom of himself stood and also bounded toward Rattlor, attempting to return to Pyke's body. Upon impact, the force of it would cause the enemy to stumble toward Pyke. Meanwhile, Pyke, returning to a more tangible form, attempted to throw an uppercut punch at Rattlor's chin as a way to take advantage of his stumbling.

This would all happen in theory.
​

"Thanks Pyke." Dagran spoke up upon being helped. From there Dagran took the glass shard with a nod, heading to Larxene and Izuru's side to attempt to cut the adhesive rope without touching it with his hands. There was some doubt from the mercenary that it would work, and if it didn't then they would just have to haul Larxene and Izuru back one way or another.

@Jeremi @Yun Lee @Ottonomous Ghost @Main plan

 

[Jeremi]

"Ngh!" As he'd let go of the first rope, Christopher managed to avoid electrocution, but he did get quite a bit of static shock, enough to knock him onto his rear for a moment. His pride wounded, he glared at the lizard. "Eat later, Rattlor! We're gonna need rubber to deal with this one..."

@Ver @Jeremi @CrunchyCHEEZIT

---

The truck weaved haphazardly, its driver clearly not very well-versed in modern automobiles. Medb, meanwhile, opened the back window and grabbed something from the back.

"Naughty little children need to be punished!"

RAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A! The machine gun she picked up fired all around Megatron, hoping to do whatever damage possible!

@Crow @will30358

---

The coast seemed to be clear, as far as the large machine was concerned. Ashe would notice a bullet lodged into the wall nearby, but other than that, the area seemed relatively untouched.

@Crimson Spartan

---

The hallway stretched out for quite a ways, with multiple rooms on each side. Peeking in, Nishiki would see offices, storerooms, even a break room or two...but there would really be no luck in looking through them for supplies or anything. All of then had been ransacked, items taken or left in pieces. Oddly enough, though, there was a light on in one room at the far end of the hall...

@Gummi Bunnies​

"Do not speak to me like that human," Rattlor snarled at Slipknot his focus still being on Izuru.

@Ver @Jeremi @CrunchyCHEEZIT

Meanwhile Dhaos was still fighting off Azrael. Though perhaps fighting was not the best word for it, it was rather Dhaos trying to fend off an oncoming storm. "Hahaha! You got my blood boiling! I'm looking forward to devouring you!"

At this point Dhaos didn't even know if the man meant it in a figurative or literal sensem the only thing Dhaos knew was if he didn't find an opening soon then this battle was over for him. While his foe looked human his thirst for battle was overwhelming.

Pyke
@Ver @Jeremi @Crow @will30358 @Ottonomous Ghost @Takumi @Yun Lee @MainPlan

The urge to fight was now nearing overwhelming levels when the enemy team's car drove by and their goons advanced. He had sidestepped when the car zoomed by, his nerves shaken by the futuristic vehicle. He had definitely underestimated his enemy, and it wasn't exactly a fair fight since he didn't have his blade with him. He swore he'd tear them to shreds if he did...

Just at that thought, he remembered that he still had a sharp glass shard that he had looted from the fallen vending machine back at the tower. He reached a hand into his vest and retrieved it. It glimmered in the sunlight like a Bilgewater treasure. Flashbacks to the dreaded city came to his mind once again, and with it, a hunger for revenge.

Of his opponents, the one that pissed him off the most was Medb, the one who was referred to as the 'queen'. She had a condescending attitude and riding crop, as if she intended to control everyone she came across. Just like a captain. Who cares about the plan? He just wanted her dead. But that would be difficult since she drove away.

In an attempt to stop himself from acting rashly, he imagined his enemies being crushed by the fallen buildings, a sight he would be delighted to see.
​

Snapping back to reality, he looked down at Dagran, who had come to his side. Slightly warmed that the closest person he could call a comrade was still with him, his usual scowl lightened up and he offered a hand to the mercenary, helping him to his feet. When the spider-woman announced that it was time to flee, Pyke scanned the field before taking action. He noticed that the rope guy was knocked down, and that both the suited man and blonde woman were in a bind. He grimaced a bit at some sudden realization and then his eyes moved onto the large creature called Rattlor. He'd never seen a snake man before, so this was an interesting encounter.

"Take this," the harpooner said urgently to Dagran, handing him the sharp piece of glass. "Try cutting the rope. I'll deal with the beast. After that, we gotta move." In order to give his crew a bit more time to breath while also running for the building traps, he sprinted forward, closing the gap between him and the snake man. When he got close enough, he let his mind go slightly to let the Deep lend him its power.

His right eye glimmered as he leaped forward, briefly materializing into Ghostwater and phasing through Rattlor.

Right at the spot where he initially dashed, a watery phantom of himself stood and also bounded toward Rattlor, attempting to return to Pyke's body. Upon impact, the force of it would cause the enemy to stumble toward Pyke. Meanwhile, Pyke, returning to a more tangible form, attempted to throw an uppercut punch at Rattlor's chin as a way to take advantage of his stumbling.

This would all happen in theory.
​

Rattlor was too focused on his potential prey to see the water phantom coming towards him. The impact caused him to be pushed towards Pyke and his uppercut his head snapping back from the blow. "You have interesting powers..." Rattlor's head returned back and glared at Pyke. "Perhaps I should switch my focus?" As Rattlor said that his neck extended forward growing in length trying to bite down on Pyke's shoulder and bring him in closer.

@Ottonomous Ghost

 

[Crimson Spartan]

"Ngh!" As he'd let go of the first rope, Christopher managed to avoid electrocution, but he did get quite a bit of static shock, enough to knock him onto his rear for a moment. His pride wounded, he glared at the lizard. "Eat later, Rattlor! We're gonna need rubber to deal with this one..."

@Ver @Jeremi @CrunchyCHEEZIT

---

The truck weaved haphazardly, its driver clearly not very well-versed in modern automobiles. Medb, meanwhile, opened the back window and grabbed something from the back.

"Naughty little children need to be punished!"

RAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A! The machine gun she picked up fired all around Megatron, hoping to do whatever damage possible!

@Crow @will30358

---

The coast seemed to be clear, as far as the large machine was concerned. Ashe would notice a bullet lodged into the wall nearby, but other than that, the area seemed relatively untouched.

@Crimson Spartan

---

The hallway stretched out for quite a ways, with multiple rooms on each side. Peeking in, Nishiki would see offices, storerooms, even a break room or two...but there would really be no luck in looking through them for supplies or anything. All of then had been ransacked, items taken or left in pieces. Oddly enough, though, there was a light on in one room at the far end of the hall...

@Gummi Bunnies

'Seems clear...' Ashe thought to himself as he considered his next action carefully. Perhaps seeing what exactly those fingertips led to would be the best option for him. Slowly he crept closer to the large machine in an attempt to see what exactly was behind it where the fingertips poked out. His movements were slow and cautious as if he were expecting something to happen any second now.

@Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @Donder172 @FactoryPeeps​

 

[Gummi Bunnies]

...

No wonder why this factory was empty of people in the first place, much like someone beat them to it here. Nishiki was tempted to turn back to see what luck everyone else had searching the place, but stopped himself from leaving once he took notice of one of the rooms emitting light. Now that was odd.

He took care with his footsteps, especially in the possible case that there was someone here after all. It was odd in itself that the lights were left on. He held his breath, cautiously leaning against the wall so he could try and get a peek into that strangely lit room if he could. He wasn't a complete idiot to stroll on in by himself and without a care in the world.

@Yun Lee​

 

[Yun Lee]

"I miss prison..." Christopher muttered under his breath as Rattlor berated then completely ignored him. Getting back up he moved back to Izuru, preparing a rope as he did before, no doubt to tie him up. "Two for one...that should be enough for the Others to leave us alone for a few-oh, for the love of...!" Noticing Dagran working on the ropes, Christopher hauled back and attempted to suckerpunch him. "Leave it to Medb to stick me with all this bullshit!"

@Ver @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Takumi @Ottonomous Ghost @Jeremi

---

"Ugh!" As Megatron pushed the truck, Medb stumbled, barely keeping her footing. "Pheros! What the Hell are you doing?!"

"It wasn't me, I swear!"

"Tch! No matter! Keep your eyes on the road!" With that, Medb climbed to the roof of the truck, machine gun poised to shoot the second the car came forward.

"Q-Queen Medb!"

"Keep driving, no matter what they do! That is an order!"

@Crow @will30358

---

Walking foward revealed to Ashe just what was behind the machine: a girl. Wearing a pretty yellow and green dress, and with her hair in a stylish updo, she looked very out of place in this city...but then again, so did many here. She didn't seem to notice Ashe at all.

@Crimson Spartan

---

Glancing into the room, Nishiki would see a pile of weaponry stashed up. Guns, blades, blunt weapons...you name it, it was there, all nicely laid out on a tarp. Could this possibly be the Others' base, after all?

"Nishiki!" Akande had joined the yakuza, voiced hushed as he noticed Nishiki trying to play it safe. "Have you found anything?"

@Gummi Bunnies​

 

[Takumi]

"I miss prison..." Christopher muttered under his breath as Rattlor berated then completely ignored him. Getting back up he moved back to Izuru, preparing a rope as he did before, no doubt to tie him up. "Two for one...that should be enough for the Others to leave us alone for a few-oh, for the love of...!" Noticing Dagran working on the ropes, Christopher hauled back and attempted to suckerpunch him. "Leave it to Medb to stick me with all this bullshit!"

@Ver @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Takumi @Ottonomous Ghost @Jeremi

---

"Ugh!" As Megatron pushed the truck, Medb stumbled, barely keeping her footing. "Pheros! What the Hell are you doing?!"

"It wasn't me, I swear!"

"Tch! No matter! Keep your eyes on the road!" With that, Medb climbed to the roof of the truck, machine gun poised to shoot the second the car came forward.

"Q-Queen Medb!"

"Keep driving, no matter what they do! That is an order!"

@Crow @will30358

---

Walking foward revealed to Ashe just what was behind the machine: a girl. Wearing a pretty yellow and green dress, and with her hair in a stylish updo, she looked very out of place in this city...but then again, so did many here. She didn't seem to notice Ashe at all.

@Crimson Spartan

---

Glancing into the room, Nishiki would see a pile of weaponry stashed up. Guns, blades, blunt weapons...you name it, it was there, all nicely laid out on a tarp. Could this possibly be the Others' base, after all?

"Nishiki!" Akande had joined the yakuza, voiced hushed as he noticed Nishiki trying to play it safe. "Have you found anything?"

@Gummi Bunnies​

Dagran noticed the incoming fist from the corner of his eye, and lifted his arm to try and block it without a second thought, and whether it worked or not would throw a punch back just as hard towards the man's jaw!

@Yun Lee @Jeremi @Ottonomous Ghost @Ver @CrunchyCHEEZIT

 

[will30358]

"I miss prison..." Christopher muttered under his breath as Rattlor berated then completely ignored him. Getting back up he moved back to Izuru, preparing a rope as he did before, no doubt to tie him up. "Two for one...that should be enough for the Others to leave us alone for a few-oh, for the love of...!" Noticing Dagran working on the ropes, Christopher hauled back and attempted to suckerpunch him. "Leave it to Medb to stick me with all this bullshit!"

@Ver @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Takumi @Ottonomous Ghost @Jeremi

---

"Ugh!" As Megatron pushed the truck, Medb stumbled, barely keeping her footing. "Pheros! What the Hell are you doing?!"

"It wasn't me, I swear!"

"Tch! No matter! Keep your eyes on the road!" With that, Medb climbed to the roof of the truck, machine gun poised to shoot the second the car came forward.

"Q-Queen Medb!"

"Keep driving, no matter what they do! That is an order!"

@Crow @will30358

---

Walking foward revealed to Ashe just what was behind the machine: a girl. Wearing a pretty yellow and green dress, and with her hair in a stylish updo, she looked very out of place in this city...but then again, so did many here. She didn't seem to notice Ashe at all.

@Crimson Spartan

---

Glancing into the room, Nishiki would see a pile of weaponry stashed up. Guns, blades, blunt weapons...you name it, it was there, all nicely laid out on a tarp. Could this possibly be the Others' base, after all?

"Nishiki!" Akande had joined the yakuza, voiced hushed as he noticed Nishiki trying to play it safe. "Have you found anything?"

@Gummi Bunnies​

Right as Medb finished speaking, a blue and white long braid or hair lashed out at her, before she could fire at Megatron. Candi attempted to hit her across the face before turning around and doing it again.​

 

[Lucky]

Will Nines

Will smiled and nodded. " I am sure that they will indeed be useful to the group. Perhaps we can use them as banadages or if we go somewhere really cold. The possibilities are endless."

@Jeremi

 

[York]

Spoiler: Replies

Chapter 2 - The Riders

They had waited long enough and the majority were set on following the plan. “I think we’ve sat around long enough. Everyone. We’re heading out. But before that, Bossk...” On cue the large lizard man removed a piece of paper from his pouch and sprawled it out on one of the larger tables.

It looked to be a map of some sort of where they were. “Yeah sorry about that, it’s pretty shit. Only one we could find was in a brochure so obviously not everything’s up to scale, but Bossk here as made some improvements.” She pointed to the other side of the map where police station had been written in read. “That’s where we’ll find the Riders. Probably think having the police station as their HQ is cute.”

“Weren’t you going to try and make that our HQ?” Matt asked sheepishly only to be met by a glare from Ashley that quickly shut him up.

“So, we just make a beeline for the station and bring them to…” Akande paused. “Er, where are the buildings where the traps are, Bossk?”

Bossk pointed to the north west area of the map. “Like the boss said, maps only really good a basic look of the area, but I’ve started to learn this city like the back of my own hand. I’ll get you where you need to be don’t worry.”

“Speaking of us,” Dhaos replied looking around at the group. “Right now we are quite many in our group, it will be hard to get through the city without being detected.”

“As it turns out, we may have a solution,” Moira said, pointing to an area near the Tower on the map, then a building surrounded by forest up st the top. “There’s a shopping district right here...as well as a factory up here. The former may have supplies, and the latter is either filled with weapons or a possible hideout for the Others. Some of us can investigate both places and stock up on supplies. Such a large group requires more resources than we had on hand.”

“Considering the distance,” Dhaos spoke aloud. “How will we know to regroup?”

“When you hear a loud ass explosion and smoke filling the air,” Ashley responded with a triumphant smirk.

“I see...but will we be able to navigate this city without...Bossk was it?”

“He’s not the only one who’s been out there,” Nadine spoke aloud. “Most of us from the team can get by. Well...except for Matt.” She pointed over to Matt who seemed to be ready to defend himself.

“H-Hey! Someone needed to be here and look after the fort you know? Besides not like any of you could have managed to pull off the stuff I did here.”

“Yeah yeah, you’re a really special part of the group,” Ashley replied waving him off.

“We did spend a fair amount of time out and about before falling back here,” Moira added. “Though not entirely explored, the city is somewhat familiar. Besides, we had to collect supplies somehow.”

“Well, I certainly trust you all to get us where we need to go,” Akande said merrily. “And once we get to the police station, I suppose we figure out from there how to get them to the trap?”

“Indeed. In the meantime, if there are no further questions...perhaps it is time to head out.”

“Oh trust me,” Ashley assured Akande. “Getting them to follow us is not going to be hard. But you’re right I think it’s finally time for us to do this.” Ushering everyone into the elevator the group returned back to the ground floor and lead by Bossk found an area where they could leave the tower without setting off any traps.

Once outside though they were met by a desolate wasteland. Once upon a time the city had no doubt been beautiful, but for one reason or another it now laid in ruin. Cracked pavement and ruined cars among other debris was strewn across the streets. “Alright we got the game plan. One team heads to the mall, another to the factory and a third one will head and get the main plan into action. I want to be at ground zero when we kill those fuckers and Bossk has the detonator, everyone else is free game. So make up your mind because the longer we stand out here in the open the quicker something will kill us. Let’s go.”

@Yun Lee as Akande Ogundimu/Doomfist
@Gummi Bunnies as Akira "Nishiki" Nishikiyama
@ShadowCoyote0 as Albert Wesker
@Crimson Spartan as Ashe Bradley
@will30358 as Candi Cottonswirl
@York as Cinder Fall
@dark as Colonel Radec
@Takumi as Dagran
@Jeremi as Dhaos
@Xelian as Envy
@Minerva as Esdeath
@Siege as Hela
@Atomic Knight as Isa
@CrunchyCHEEZIT as Izuru Kamukura
@Ver as Larxene
@Crow as Megatron
@Space_Candy as Nathan Prescott
@Ottonomous Ghost as Pyke
@Lucky as RK-900
@RebornRainbow as Sally Boyle
@Kaykay as Sera Himeura
@Sark as Thaal Sinestro​

❝ ... suppose I'll head over to the factory. ❞ Nishiki figured to go along with this for now. A part of him felt a gut feeling with not being able to readily contribute to the main plain, as much as he personally didn't want to admit that to himself. On a better note, there might be something worth while from going to the factory with some few others.

@Yun Lee @FactoryGroup​

" I'll go with you two!... I may not be all that strong but I hope I can be of use..." Ashe would speak to Akande deciding to join up with those heading to the factory.
@Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @FactorySquad​

"Well then...let's be on our way." Without further ado, Moira took charge of the factory group, leading them off further into the city. All around them were signs of decay and ruin, both old and fairly recent. It was clear this city had served its purpose as a battleground effectively.

"Stay on your guard, everyone," Moira warned, stepping over a small pile of debris. "We have no knowledge of where the other teams may be at this time."

"But you do know that there is weaponry at this factory, right?" Akande asked.

"It's an educated guess, if I'm to be perfectly honest. None of us made it that far while in the city, so whatever may lay ahead is completely unknown. But at the same time, it's one of our only chances to get some sort of advantage in this little game, if there truly is something of worth there."

@Crimson Spartan @Donder172 @Gummi Bunnies @Factory

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❝ Figures. ❞ Nishiki grumbled in a low voice. Stuffing his hands into his pants pockets, he treaded his way through the bushes. Of course, he ended up having to push aside some of the bush branches with his left hand when it became clear that it needed a bit more effort to navigate past these. Oh how he wasn't a fan of this, but if it was going to be worth it in the end, he supposed that it would make up for this.

@Yun Lee @Crimson Spartan @Donder172 @Factory​

As Nishiki ventured forward into the bushes, he would feel his ankle hit some sort of snag. It didn't hurt him, and it seemed very small, but it was durable enough to cause him to trip.

@Crimson Spartan @Donder172 @Gummi Bunnies @Factory​

"Understood..." Ashe spoke before attempting to cross through the bushes. His steps were slow and precise determining where he should step to to make the least amount of noise possible. Ashe has had to do stealthy things before so it came to no surprise just how careful he was being when given the task of making as little noise as possible. Using both hands to push away troublesome brush branches while he focused on getting through.

@Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @Donder172 @Factory
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❝ Shit- ❞ Nishiki cursed to himself in a low voice moments before he tripped over a snag in the bushes. He was definitely not the type of person to be wandering an environment like this. So much that he practically found himself tripping over something so minimal. At the very least it didn't feel like he hurt himself that bad over a minor fall, carefully lifting himself back up onto his feet as if nothing happened. It did take him a bit to do so with only the use of his left hand for some reason, but what's done is done.

❝ Goddamn bushes... ❞ Nishiki grumbled to himself in a hushed tone, briefly patting any dirt that got on his clothes before continuing onward.

@Yun Lee @Crimson Spartan @Donder172 @Factory​

"Careful!" Moira hissed as Nishiki tripped. The yakuza fortunately didn't make a whole lot of noise, save for a momentarily increase of rustling leaves.

Akande, who had been following behind him, glanced down at the spot where he had tripped, saying nothing until he stepped over it. "Are you alright?"

Alright or not, they would need to press on. After the bushes, there was nothing but trees leading on into the woods. "It won't be long now," Moira said. "Do try to watch where you're going. We can afford to be a bit cautious even if it means moving at a slower pace."

@Crimson Spartan @Donder172 @Gummi Bunnies @Factory​

"Ah yes cautious would be the best approach. After all how fast we are isn't going to matter if we get caught..." Ashe spoke seeming to agree with the idea of being a bit more cautious considering the situation they were in.

@Yun Lee @Donder172 @Gummi Bunnies @Factory​

As Moira said, it didn't take long at all for them to make it to their destination in a clearing.

The imposing factory loomed above them all, showing early signs of rot and decay. Clearly, it had been one of the first places forgotten about by the original citizens when whatever wiped them out had started. The metal exterior, which would once have been described as hi-tech, was now rusting, with loose panels in various places hanging by a few bolts. The occasional graffiti tag could be seen here and there, and external metal walkways on the buildings were broken, with huge gaps.

Moira held her arm out, as if to halt the others momentarily. Vanishing into her smoky haze again, she left for a few moments, before returning as abruptly as she had vanished. "Not a single Other in sight," she said. "Good thing for us, for that means the theory that this is their base is incorrect."

"Though that does mean we still have to find it, don't we?" Akande asked.

"That's a given. But for now, at least we can stock up on some weapons until that time arrives. And believe me when I say that we absolutely need them." That being said, Moira ushered their little group towards the entrance. Once they arrived, they were greeted by an odd scene: the large metal doors to the entrance had been completely blown apart, and the pavement inside had a noticeable skid-mark. "So, the other teams had been here...let's hope they left us something behind."

It was a stark contrast to the exterior of the building, as the interior was highly futuristic. Even so, the eerie silence matched the outside perfectly, with all activity frozen in time, as if the metal doors had preserved the inside of the factory in time. Row after row of advanced machinery filled the entire area, which seemed relatively unscathed. Whoever had been in here clearly had not stayed for very long, though they had left an impact. Near the entrance, a few computer screens had been smashed, and some machines had been damaged, and most importantly, an augmented motorcycle lay on the other side of the room.

"I wonder..." As Moira went off to inspect the bike, you were now free to explore the factory. There was a hallway out to the right of the room, in case you didn't want to look around here much. And, if anything, maybe there would be something of value outside?

@Crimson Spartan @Donder172 @Gummi Bunnies @Factory​

"Hmm.. I suppose checking the main room here would be wise to start with. Perhaps there's something among all this machinery we can use as weapons..." Ashe spoke to himself as he decided to check out some of the machinery. He figured he could find something of use among all this machinery.

@Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @Donder172 @FactoryPeeps​

Ashe would find the machinery had nothing truly of value to it, though certain bits and pieces seemed to have been ripped or cut off, most likely to be used by other teams for weapons or God only knows what.

Though if he were to walk a bit further down, he would see something: fingertips lay poking out behind one large machine.

@Crimson Spartan @Donder172 @Gummi Bunnies @Factory​

❝ Hm... ❞ Nishiki let a thoughtful sound out briefly. Just where should he start here? Surely it wouldn't be as painfully tedious as it was navigating to get here in the first place, especially with the accursed outdoors. Well, they were the only ones scavenging the place, and he didn't have spare patience for the day to work alongside someone else for the time's being. He sighed and moved along to that hallway to the right. He wasn't really much of a tech-savvy person to get something done by himself.

@Yun Lee @Crimson Spartan @Donder172 @Factory​

'Fingertips...? They're poking out from behind that large machine there. I should be careful.' Ashe thought to himself stopping in place. Suspecting a possible trap Ashe decided to first focus on the area around the large machine trying to see if he could see anything else out of the ordinary around the large machine. Since he was alone currently he knew he had to play it safe and cautious.

@Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @Donder172 @FactoryPeeps​

"Ngh!" As he'd let go of the first rope, Christopher managed to avoid electrocution, but he did get quite a bit of static shock, enough to knock him onto his rear for a moment. His pride wounded, he glared at the lizard. "Eat later, Rattlor! We're gonna need rubber to deal with this one..."

@Ver @Jeremi @CrunchyCHEEZIT

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The truck weaved haphazardly, its driver clearly not very well-versed in modern automobiles. Medb, meanwhile, opened the back window and grabbed something from the back.

"Naughty little children need to be punished!"

RAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A! The machine gun she picked up fired all around Megatron, hoping to do whatever damage possible!

@Crow @will30358

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The coast seemed to be clear, as far as the large machine was concerned. Ashe would notice a bullet lodged into the wall nearby, but other than that, the area seemed relatively untouched.

@Crimson Spartan

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The hallway stretched out for quite a ways, with multiple rooms on each side. Peeking in, Nishiki would see offices, storerooms, even a break room or two...but there would really be no luck in looking through them for supplies or anything. All of then had been ransacked, items taken or left in pieces. Oddly enough, though, there was a light on in one room at the far end of the hall...

@Gummi Bunnies​

'Seems clear...' Ashe thought to himself as he considered his next action carefully. Perhaps seeing what exactly those fingertips led to would be the best option for him. Slowly he crept closer to the large machine in an attempt to see what exactly was behind it where the fingertips poked out. His movements were slow and cautious as if he were expecting something to happen any second now.

@Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @Donder172 @FactoryPeeps​

...

No wonder why this factory was empty of people in the first place, much like someone beat them to it here. Nishiki was tempted to turn back to see what luck everyone else had searching the place, but stopped himself from leaving once he took notice of one of the rooms emitting light. Now that was odd.

He took care with his footsteps, especially in the possible case that there was someone here after all. It was odd in itself that the lights were left on. He held his breath, cautiously leaning against the wall so he could try and get a peek into that strangely lit room if he could. He wasn't a complete idiot to stroll on in by himself and without a care in the world.

@Yun Lee​

"I miss prison..." Christopher muttered under his breath as Rattlor berated then completely ignored him. Getting back up he moved back to Izuru, preparing a rope as he did before, no doubt to tie him up. "Two for one...that should be enough for the Others to leave us alone for a few-oh, for the love of...!" Noticing Dagran working on the ropes, Christopher hauled back and attempted to suckerpunch him. "Leave it to Medb to stick me with all this bullshit!"

@Ver @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Takumi @Ottonomous Ghost @Jeremi

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"Ugh!" As Megatron pushed the truck, Medb stumbled, barely keeping her footing. "Pheros! What the Hell are you doing?!"

"It wasn't me, I swear!"

"Tch! No matter! Keep your eyes on the road!" With that, Medb climbed to the roof of the truck, machine gun poised to shoot the second the car came forward.

"Q-Queen Medb!"

"Keep driving, no matter what they do! That is an order!"

@Crow @will30358

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Walking foward revealed to Ashe just what was behind the machine: a girl. Wearing a pretty yellow and green dress, and with her hair in a stylish updo, she looked very out of place in this city...but then again, so did many here. She didn't seem to notice Ashe at all.

@Crimson Spartan

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Glancing into the room, Nishiki would see a pile of weaponry stashed up. Guns, blades, blunt weapons...you name it, it was there, all nicely laid out on a tarp. Could this possibly be the Others' base, after all?

"Nishiki!" Akande had joined the yakuza, voiced hushed as he noticed Nishiki trying to play it safe. "Have you found anything?"

@Gummi Bunnies​

Cinder Fall
@Gummi Bunnies @Yun Lee @Crimson Spartan
@Factory

Cinder fell silent, biding her time ever since she had received intel on her forbidden action.

She didn't say anything as they met up with others, and made their way out of the building, into the streets, and she picked up that alot of the other teams had since died, either to their bracelets, or to other teams.

However, there were 8 left, which meant that, as Cole remarked... They were 'lucky' to be the last team in.

Now all she had to do was find an opportunity to fulfill the conditions of her forbidden action before she ran out of time.

And this opportunity came when they had the opportunity to split up. Deciding to take the 'safer' route, she headed to the Factory. Of course, if this did turn out to be a base the others had established, it wouldn't mean she didn't risk dying, but... It was also possible she could arm herself here.

Sometimes, it wasn't a matter of overpowering the enemy, but a matter of taking away what little power they had.

And as she had been following Nishiki, which meant she was hovering dangerously close to him, peering into the same room he was down the Factory hall, she found herself staring right at a jack pot.

"My my... What do we have here..." She mused to herself.

While she had her doubts the enemy would leave their weapons cache unguarded like this, it did mean they were merely inches away from properly arming themselves now. She had grown sick of just using pieces of rebar as a weapon. Although, her options are a bit limited, seeing that she only had one arm.​

 

[Jeremi]

Will Nines

Will smiled and nodded. " I am sure that they will indeed be useful to the group. Perhaps we can use them as banadages or if we go somewhere really cold. The possibilities are endless."

@Jeremi

Nadine nodded putting some of the hoodies in her pack before looking around. "Matt! Have you found something?" No answer. "Matt?" Both of them could hear a loud crashing from further into the darkness. Nadine readied her bow. "Matt? Are you there?" She didn't seem very keen on going to inspecting the sound by herself.

@Lucky

 

[Lucky]

Will Nines

Will looked over at her and wondered where Matt was. He got worried when he didn't answer. He couldn't exactly do that thing if there was an enemy or a thing would happen. He walked forward to show that he was going with her to help. " I will help as much as possible, but I can't exactly …. you know... or boom," he said to her.

@Jeremi

 

[Crimson Spartan]

"I miss prison..." Christopher muttered under his breath as Rattlor berated then completely ignored him. Getting back up he moved back to Izuru, preparing a rope as he did before, no doubt to tie him up. "Two for one...that should be enough for the Others to leave us alone for a few-oh, for the love of...!" Noticing Dagran working on the ropes, Christopher hauled back and attempted to suckerpunch him. "Leave it to Medb to stick me with all this bullshit!"

@Ver @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Takumi @Ottonomous Ghost @Jeremi

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"Ugh!" As Megatron pushed the truck, Medb stumbled, barely keeping her footing. "Pheros! What the Hell are you doing?!"

"It wasn't me, I swear!"

"Tch! No matter! Keep your eyes on the road!" With that, Medb climbed to the roof of the truck, machine gun poised to shoot the second the car came forward.

"Q-Queen Medb!"

"Keep driving, no matter what they do! That is an order!"

@Crow @will30358

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Walking foward revealed to Ashe just what was behind the machine: a girl. Wearing a pretty yellow and green dress, and with her hair in a stylish updo, she looked very out of place in this city...but then again, so did many here. She didn't seem to notice Ashe at all.

@Crimson Spartan

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Glancing into the room, Nishiki would see a pile of weaponry stashed up. Guns, blades, blunt weapons...you name it, it was there, all nicely laid out on a tarp. Could this possibly be the Others' base, after all?

"Nishiki!" Akande had joined the yakuza, voiced hushed as he noticed Nishiki trying to play it safe. "Have you found anything?"

@Gummi Bunnies

'It appears she hasn't noticed me. I wonder then how should I approach this situation...?' Ashe thought to himself slowly stepping back in the hopes of not being noticed yet. Considering his options carefully he figured calling out to her from a distance might work out.

"U-um miss...? If you would please step out from behind that machine. I would like to talk to you..." Ashe spoke in his usual cheery voice though he sounded a bit nervous as well. Considering he was confronting someone he didn't know at all in a way put Ashe on edge for the time being though he still appeared to be his usual friendly self.

@Yun Lee @Gummi Bunnies @Donder172 @FactoryPeeps​

 

[Gummi Bunnies]

Well, that made the whole "going back to grab some help from the others" deal easier. Nishiki would have to be the biggest idiot to walk straight into that room alone.

❝ Yeah, looks like a whole weaponry supply is set up here... and the light has been left on as if... ❞ ... someone already set up base here. He didn't bother finishing that statement but it was obvious enough for Akande and Cinder to find that conclusion. He ran through possible plans in his head. Of course, it was a huge risk, but the idea of raiding that room of its weapons could put them at an advantage and put whoever set this up in the first place in a disadvantage. Then came the bad possibilities if someone was merely waiting and hiding in that room, using this bountiful amount of supplies as bait for anyone that walks in. If that were the case, they would have to tread this carefully.

❝ A simple question: how fast do you think we can grab something and retaliate if needed? ❞ The yakuza inquired in a near silent voice. In a way, it wasn't him asking if they could do so, but more of him trying to reaffirm himself that this was possible.

@Yun Lee @York @Factory/WeaponStashingCrew​

 

[Yun Lee]

Dagran's block would land, as would the punch of his own. Christopher grunted as he was sent to the ground, but then got up and rushed at Dagran, ropes at the ready. It was clear he intended to restrain Dagran and prevent him from doing anything else.

@Takumi @Ver @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Jeremi @Ottonomous Ghost

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Medb cried out, more in indignation than pain, as Candi slapped her. As she whirled around to do it again, though, Medb grabbed the magical hair, aiming the machine gun right at Candi's abdomen. "How dare you assault me so cheekily?! Normally I'd torture you, but you leave me no choice! Any last words, you brat?"

@will30358 @Crow

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The girl didn't respond to Ashe at all; in fact, she didn't even seem to move even a fraction of an inch. It was about this time that Ashe would smell something putrid, akin to how that soldier smelled back in their first puzzle...

@Crimson Spartan

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Akande peeked his head into the room, as if sizing it up for himself. "If we all rushed in at once, perhaps we could each get an armful of weapons...and possibly equip Ashe and Moira, since they may not find anything, in the event that we are pursued afterwards. That also means that if someone is waiting in there, they won't be able to take us all on at once." He shrugged. "But that's just my idea."

@Gummi Bunnies @York​