Parasol Labs - Earth 3912(#1916Ten)
A small laboratory located in a forest, in Wisconsin, which looks ordinary enough, save for the lack of signs of life. It's almost like the lab was abandoned. But there's something out there in the woods…
<IC-Broadband> Young voice, Negi Springfield | The Crackling of radio as screaming can be heard, with one frantic speaker, "-Is it on?! Turn it on quick-Hello? This is Parasol Labs, in Earth 3912! Please, somebody help! Somebody send assistance, please! It's not stopping! We tried everything, but it won't stop-" *CRASH* Someone screaming in the background, "Oh god! Help! Somebody help me-AAARG-" More crashing and screaming before it's cut off…
<Union-IC> Saber says, "Three situations at once…"
<Union-IC> Zelgius says, "Unfortunate."
<Union-IC> Yuna Kagurazaka says, "I can only be in one place at a time … I'm focusing on the wolves raiding the sheep festival."
<IC-Broadband> Amalthea says, "Seriously? Seriously? Really?"
<IC-Broadband> Amalthea says, "God dammit."
<Union-IC> Saber says, "Understood. Then I will check on the naval base. Please be careful, Yuna!"
<Union-IC> Saelus says, "We're coming with you, Yuna! I wanna check that place out."
<Union-IC> Saber says, "There is also the matter of the lab!"
<Union-IC> Freya says, "I'm on it Saber. Going to be one of those nights.."
<Union-IC> Edward Elric says, "I'm on my way with you, Freya."
<Union-IC> Edward Elric says, "Can't let Winry show me up!"
<Union-IC> Freya says, "Thanks for the assitance Edward."
<IC-Broadband> Nathan Hall says, "Three incidents, all happening at once. Strange and interesting. I wish luck to all those choosing to respond, though I cannot provide any support besides that."
<IC-Broadband> Yulia says, "Just another night in the multiverse…"
<IC-Broadband> Freya says, "Busy night."
<IC-Broadband> Nathan Hall says, "Well, yes, but usually the chaos is spread out."
Welcome to Parasol Labs in Wisconsin, out in the middle of the boonies of a woodland area. There's always something out there that's going to kill you. Some giant monster or a psycho killer. And it's at a laboratory, so that doubles the possibility that it was a man made monstrosity, so it was times like this that people need to be extra careful.
Thankfully the lab has a helicopter landing pad, that makes dropping in easier if one doesn't want to trek through the forest. However, once anyone arrives, they will be able to notice quite easily that something is wrong, as was implied by the earlier distress message. There's no activity on the outside. If there's someone surviving here, they were hiding, and it was our hero's job to find them.
Freya human sized, get dropped off at the helicopter landing pad. Easyer acess this way and it better to work your way down from the tp that go through the obvious front entrace, the a possibly there be a trap at that entrance anyway. She hms looking around for the entrace to inside the building..
"Mooou…" A certain white haired girl tore her way out of the forest, muttering to herself. "…I think I spent too much time at home. Where am I?" she said, looking about for a moment. She blinked as the lab building came into view, tilting her head. "Parasol? Hey, that sounds familiar…wait, no. That was umbrella. Probably just a coincidence!" she said, picking bits of hedge and brush out of her sweater as she walked forward, humming to herself. "Maybe I can find some directions…? Maybe not. Oh well!"
With a skip, she was suddenly off, running at full throttle through the rest of the woods, adroitly jumping over branches, inbetween trees, and making her way past several obstacles.
Jumping off the Helipad along with Freya, is the State Alchemist known as Edward Elric. Sporting his blood red coat, golden hair and eyes, the human strides up next to Freya, standing atop Parsol Labs. "I hope you're right about this, Freya." He intones simply, looking down. "The roof could be a bad place to get caught up in, especially if there are monsters around." Pulling his white gloves tight around his hands, he glances around for a stairwell that will lead them into the building proper.
Freya looks to Edward. "I hope so too.. we'll we can always jump of the side of the building if things get really bad!", she sounds like she done that sort of thing before! "Right lets see what's inside..", she makes her way toward the entrace, wondering if it is locked or not..
It's one thing to be a fast courier. It's another thing to be a lost courier. Cutting through woodland usually makes for a fast trip, but it looks like tonight, the boonies woodland has gone and gotten confusing. Because from the brush of the forest, and on the edge of the helipad where the Unionites arrive? A unicorn emerges from the woods.
While regal and poised at first, the image dramatically shifts when she skittishly steps out further to reveal the wagon strapped on and wheeling behind her. Unicorns should not be pack animals.
But more importantly, this one seems rather pissed to have arrived to the sight of people- and apparently at the location of that signal on the radio.
"… God damn it. Serves me right for taking the wrong turn."
Those who reached the place from the Woods would have noticed… Something. There was something out there. One could tell from the erie way the wind blew through the trees and the grass, the feeling was almost like it was haunted. Anyone with half a brain or trusting their gut feeling would know that lingering in the forest is just a bad idea right now, because… Something was out there.
Anyone entering the facility would notice that the place has been thoroughly trashed by something. There were bodies lying around, that looked slashed up pretty badly, but it was more like thousands of small cuts rather than a few large ones. Something had messed the place up good.
Alys would manage to catch the sound of something that sounded like speaking, sort of, inside a nearby door inside labeled 'Janitor's Only'.
<Union-IC> Edward Elric says, "…looks like we were too late. Everyone looks… decimated."
<Union-IC> Freya says, "How awful.. That thing that did this must be still around.."
Ed sweatdrops a little. "…jump off the building? Right. Feel free to do that." Frowning a bit, he sighs as he trails after Freya. She didn't seem too reliable, but oh well! She was with the Union, and as far as Ed knew, quite a good member. "Lead the way." Entering the facility and boggling around, Edward heaves a sigh as he rubs the back of his head. "Looks like we were too late. Everything's already been hit really hard." He sticks with Freya for the moment, not seeming to notice the others quite yet.
Freya eehs. "It was just a suggestion..", she enters the building and gasps looking around at all the dead bodies.. "How awful..", she says. "That thing that did this must be still around.", she pulls out her mace from somewhere looking around, a bit on edge..
Alys suddenly went into a low crouch, her nose sniffing a bit. Blood. Some fresh? Sprinting low, she kept her head down, her eyes thinning in a predatory gaze. She screeched to a halt in front of one of the bodies, putting a finger to the blood and giving it a lick. Then, suddenly, the noise came from the janitor's closet, causing her ears to perk up as her eyes focused on the source of the sound. After licking her finger clean, she made her way towards the door, pressing herself against the wall next to it, straining her ears to see if she could hear anything past a whisper.
Amalthea has a brain. And she also some finely honed instincts, and a quick glance back at the woods behind her, and the Unicorn snorts. Rearing on her hind legs quickly, the familiar 'woop-woop-woop' of a transforming Cybertronian calls out, and where there was a unicorn is now a Robot-unicorn-girl. And she scowls. Sifting through the cart- which she detaches from, grabs her backpack and opens it. It takes all of a few moments to hastily throw on a suit of armor, and then…
Hey Union. She's following you now.
No seriously. Amalthea just kinda slides into place at the back of the group as they make their way in. Though the obvious look of distaste that crosses her face when Alys licks at the blood shows that she may just be questioning if this is a good idea.
"Yeah. Because that's totally sanitary." She chuffs.
Further listening to the closet would yield that there are in fact voices on the inside, three in fact. One of them seems to be almost crying, while the other two seem to be bickering and telling the third one off for making noise. 'Be quiet, they'll hear us..!' 'Don't tell me to be quiet..!' The third voice doesn't actually say anything in response.
The place as a whole is a wreck. There are signs of gunfire all over the place, walls and doors riddled with bullets, as even a few of the bodies are holding makeshift weapons.
Ed and Freya, so busy not able to spot anything on purpose, will find themselves walking face first into a Door which says 'Restricted Area'. (unless they roll to not hit the door.)
Walking along the various hallways of this lab, Edward tries his best to get a bearing that might help suggest where he is. Unfortunately, this is just… so unlike anything he's been in before. Labs weren't really his thing. "…this is really gross. All these bodies are starting to stink, too." Turning about, it's only at the last second he realizes that he's about to walk right smack bang into a door! Stopping in his tracks, Ed's gold eyes glisten over it a little.
"Shall we, Freya? I'll do the honors." Restricted Area indeed. With a turn of the door-handle, he attempts to open and step through.
"Ano…" Alys opened the door, blinking for a moment before tilting her head. "Who are you guys…?" she questioned, tilting her head at whoever happened to be in there. Luckily, she hadn't transformed, or done anything offensive. Maybe she could find out about something about what was going on. "Did something go wrong? Are all of you alright?"
Freya erks stopping before the door. She look over the sign. "Definlty!", she says smiling. There eletes after all, no door mark restited area is going to stop them! "Off we go!", she follows Edward through.
"Uh."
Really. Amalthea would be perfectly content to keep her trap shut, but the wannabe Rocket Knight unsheathes her sword, pointing the tip to one of the nearby corpses. "Gee. I mean. I don't think anything went wrong. Do you?" She quips at Alys as she opens the door, nose scrunching a bit. "I mean. Other than the place just reeking of death."
Inside the closet, Alys would find three people, a man in a suit who is definitely a SUIT type of guy, and two women in lab coats, though one of them is older and has this air of superiority, and given that the other woman is younger and not really looking annoyed at anything, this may indicate their respective positions in the labs.
They're all holding makeshift weapons, the man holding a fire extinguisher over his head ready to bash whoever was coming in, but stops himself when he sees that there are different people, and asks, "Are you people here to get us out of here?" Any response indicating 'Yes' will get a collective sigh of relief from the three of them.
Meanwhile, up in the restricted lab section, there place looks like it was set on fire, lots of scorch marks everywhere. It looks like a room where they developed chemical stuff, probably experimental.
Almost nothing salvagable except a vile of blue liquid, marked 'Sample #13'.
The small amount of light in the room causes Ed to narrow his eyes a little, scanning over the various burn marks. This was something he was a bit more familiar with. An alchemical genius, he knows his way around Science. "…looks like something was burnt. But this smell… Chemicals. Chemical fire, maybe?" He shakes his head, as if disproving his own theory. "No… Scorch marks suggest some sort of open flame." Bending down to crouch on a knee, Ed's fingertips brush the top of some of the burnination. He stands up, then proceeds to walk around the room a little.
"What do you think, Freya? Some sort of lab? What went on here? These chemicals suggest some sort of experiment. I don't know any standard practice that goes with mixing these ingredients."
Alys turned around for a moment, then blinked. Her eyes went wide at the gigantic array of colors suddenly barraging her, but the most interesting thing that caught her eyes was…well, the horn. A hand went out to poke it, before Alys suddenly remembered she was in a place where a very large amount of people had just endured very nasty fates, and she shook her head. "Well, um…I think whatever did this is gone now, so I think you can run, if you can. But, ah…"
Alys eyes returned to the technicolor-haired individual behind her. "Who're you? And why is your hair so…rainbowy?" she asked, tilting her head as her eyes curiously looked at the short girl in front of her, resisting the urge to try and touch the unicorn horn again.
Freya hmms looking around. "Looks like some sort of lab. Not sure what kind.. They said it was some kind of monster.", Freya shivers a little. " mabye they were keeping it here and it broke loose? But not sure what to think about the fire.. not sure if the monster casued it or they were trying to destory the creature with flame.. or a by product?", she hmms thinking..
Amalthea draws her head back, brow knotting into an irritated looking glower at Alys, just from making the motion to touch the boney-looking spire jutting out of her forehead. "I'm Amalthea. And it's all rainbow-y and crap because I'm a robot."
That makes perfect sense.
But she motions at the people in the closet. "Kinda have more important things to focus on, other than my hair." She points out. "Like what happened here."
And then she turns to the closet-dwellers. "So you wanna enlighten us on that, or should we leave you be to your little terror party?"
The Closet Dwellers respond first to Alys, since she opened the door, with the Suit guy saying, "Running out is no good. Out in the woods is where it'll be waiting for us…" He pauses for a moment, before asking, "You didn't come from out there, did you?"
The Older Woman scientist cuts the chatter, "Mr. Hains, the less time spent talking and the more time spent leaving, the better." She then looks to the younger labcoat woman, "Samantha, get up and stop sniveling, help is here."
Samantha is still trembling, but she nods a little and stands up, simply answering, "Yes, Dr. Albright." The three shuffle out of the closet, as Albright says, "We've got to get moving. Do you have a helicopter to lift us out? Otherwise we're stuck here and it'll be back after catching your scents."
Meanwhile, the burn marks in the labs do indicate an open flame. They were trying to burn -something-. However, there is still nothing worth salvaging in the lab save the ONE VIAL, filled with Blue Liquid, marked 'Sample #13'. The downstairs conversation will also be audible to the upstairs by ventilation ducts, at last audible, if not coherent.
"Good point. I didn't even think that the monster itself could be responsible for breathing the fire. It's possible that they had some sort of counter-measure in place for the beast if it got free. That being fire. Fire's a pretty neat thing when you get down to it." He continues, looking around at the scorch marks. "It's capable of destroying anything if it's hot enough. Even water."
Tredding through the room, Ed's gold eyes fixate upon the one vial left, labelled as Sample 13. "I guess we should take this, see what the scientists at the Union think of it. That all good, Freya? Did you want to hold onto it? Have you got any pockets? Or shall I?" Picking it up, he takes a closer look at the vial. As if trying to make out what's inside.
The air ducts do indeed pick up the sound of calm talking, Edward looking down at the ground. "Seems there are some survivors below us."
Freya nods. "Good plan. You hold onto it Edward.", she hmms listening. "Sounds like someone other that us is here.. Hm they say 13 is a unlucky number.." Freya says.. "We should find those voices and get them and us out of here.."
<Union-IC> Edward Elric says, "Ed here. I've got a vial of something called Sample 13, at a Lab which has been torn to shreds by some monster."
<Union-IC> Edward Elric says, "I'm bringing it back to New Washington with Freya."
<Union-IC> Freya says, "You make it sound like I'm hurt or something.."
<Union-IC> Edward Elric says, "Oh. Uh, sorry?"
<Union-IC> Freya says, "It's allright."
"…helicopter? I ran through the woods to get here!" Alys said, tucking her hands in the small of her back, shrugging just slightly. "I got lost, so, I just started walking through the woods." Alys said, stepping back. "Is the thing still out in the woods? I could find it, if you'd like!" The white hair girl said as she grinned, cracking her knuckles. "What does it look like? There's really only one thing to do if it's going to hunt you down since it's got your scent, right?"
Looking over her shoulder at the robot, Alys smiled. "Well…what happened here already happened, right? We just have to make sure these guys get out alive. And that means we have to kill whatever is out in the woods. Simple, right?"
A helicopter? That is a good question. The armored unicorn-who-claims-to-be-a-robot turns to Alys, giving her a questioning look. The kind that wordlessly asks 'DID you bring a helicopter?'
But then she scowls.
"Yeah. I ran here, too." She admits. "I'd rather NOT be here." She tacks on, checking the strap of her shield. "You still didn't answer the question. WHAT is going to be tracking our scents?"
"Well, may as well check it out I spose." Ed declares, pocketing the vial in one of his pockets in his big baggy robe. Hidden from sight. Walking swiftly out of the lab room, gesturing for Freya to follow, he eventually makes his way down the stairs and approaching the other group. It takes a bit, as he's following their voices, but he gets there eventually! He makes his way there slowly to begin with, as if being cautious. He doesn't know any of these people!
"Is everyone alright? We're with the Union. I'm Edward Elric."
Freya heads downstairs to join up with everyone else that in the building. "oh hi Alys", she looks over the robot unicorn. Not something you see every day but this it the mutiverse so anything is possible. Even robot unicorns. "..and i'm Freya. Were here to help! anyone hurt? I'm a healer.."
Now that everyone one was in the same room, they could all hear the revelation of what kind of monster did this, though Hains and Albright are clearly not keen on discussing it, with Dr. Albright saying, "Never mind what did it, we can tell you once we get out of here…" She pauses, and asks, "You two came in from the roof? Then you've got a chopper, right? We can just call it down and leave before it comes back. We'd better salvage what we can from the place while we can, hopefully we can find an intact Sample 13…" Mr. Hains seems to be nodding in agreement, "I didn't invest millions of dollars for this place to go down the tubes and nothing to show for it… As long as we get out of here, you don't need to know what caused this… You wouldn't believe it anyway, and it's all confidential."
Then out of nowhere, Samantha yells at the two, "You're just worrying about your investments and work, when nearly everyone got killed!" The previously timid Samantha is still trembling, but she looks to the others and says, "You want to know what really happened…? It was… It was…" She gulps, as she gets angry glares from her higher ups, but she manages to spit it out right at the end.
"It was the GRASS!"
<OOC> Negi Springfield says, "http://www.dramabutton.com/"
Freya ahhs. "That expalins the small scratch marks..", she very much accepting the whole story..
Funnily enough, the white haired girl was quite suddenly missing. It seemed that she had got tired of waiting and had dashed out into the forest, looking back. "If it's got my scent, it should be coming towards me, right? Just watch out for it!" she said, waving as she dashed back into the forest, vaulting over a low branch. "I'll make it as noisy as I can, okay?"
"Yeah, we've got a helicopter." Ed replies, gesturing up. "It dropped us off, and the Union will pick us up no problem if we need to use it." Head tilting a little bit, he just sort of hesitates. "..the grass. Right." It seems he's a little unbelieving, who turns to the male researcher. "I've recovered a portion of this Sample 13 from up in the labs, but it's not going back to you yet. The Union is going to check it out first, and make sure it won't cause any more trouble." Seems standard enough. "What is it, anyway? What's happened here?"
"…wait. Wasn't there someone else here?" Seems he just now noticed the white haired girl was gone. Oy.
<Union-IC> Freya says, "Killer Grass.."
<Union-IC> Edward Elric says, "I'll believe it when I see it."
<Union-IC> Freya says, "Be careful what you wish for. Let's get these people out of her Edward.."
Pause. Hold on. No. Seriously. Wait.
"The. Grass." Amalthea repeats.
Her brow lifts. "The grass?" She repeats, just for clarification. "Uh." With that she sheathes her sword, and flat out narrows at the former closet-dwellers. "You're joking right?"
The unicorn is not buying it.
"You realize I freaking EAT grass, right?" Pause. "Not that I like it or anything. It tastes like crap, but it's better than nothing when times are rough. But. Do you think I'm some kind of moron?"
… Hey wait.
She stops, beginning to glance around. "Little miss blood licker up and bailed didn't she?"
Freya sighs. "She did. Let's get these people out of here.. Then we can worry about the killer grass.."
"I still call complete and total bullshit." Amalthea comments.
Good thing Freya isn't the betting type..
Dr. Albright simply says, "The stupid girl is just stressed, she doesn't know what she's talking about…" Clearly denying the matter.
Hains in the mean time says, "That sample is this lab's livelihood. It's a Growth Accelerant. That's worth Billions once it's released to the farmers across the Multiverse."
Samantha in the meantime SHRIEKS! "It's coming in!"
Alys may have left the door open, but it becomes plainly obvious that there's nothing out there. Nothing but Grass……..
Wasn't there floor tiles there before?
Also: Alys will be the first one to confirm Samantha's story, as something something sharp may nick her from the ground.
Negi Springfield does 5 damage to Alys with an Average hit.
Negi Springfield hit Alys with his Nick! weak attack! <Standard Mechanic>
"Alright. Here's what we'll do," Ed comments, seeming to suddenly take command of the situation. "Freya? Did you want to go outside and see if there are any… uh, killer pieces of grass out there?" He doesn't seem convinced either, sighing a little. "I'll take these guys to the roof and get them on the Union helicopter. I'll meet you back up there, or I'll come back down here if you…need…backup." The alchemist almost feels like facepalming at the thought. His eyes then boggle at the grass which is coming inside. "…alright. So you've fed the grass super growth hormone. Smart." Pause. "..idiot."
"Everyone, stand around me. We'll go up the quick way." Clapping his hands together, blue streams of energy rocket out of seemingly no-where. Around himself and the three survivors, the floor will warp and form a sort of dome, protecting them. The inside is dark, but safe it seems. "Going up." Thrusting palms to the ground, the earth beneath the dome… rises. Quickly. It carries the dome upward, crashes through the various ceilings and eventually reaches the roof.
As it does, the dome opens back up, revealing that they are indeed on the roof. From here, Edward calls in the helicopter.
"Growth accererant? WHat did you do spill some of it?", Freya says. She looks at Eward makes his own elevator. "That's handy.", she start to head out the door. But outside is there and inside is here. With grass. "Oh crap."
<Union-IC> Freya says, "Oh crap."
<Union-IC> Edward Elric says, "For a bunch of researchers, they sure seem like morons. How are we meant to fight this? Get out our lawn mower?"
<Union-IC> Freya says, "Burn it."
<Union-IC> Edward Elric mutters something about Roy Mustang.
"…"
Amalthea halts. Her brow lifts. And then her jewel-colored eyes blink repeatedly. Door is gone. Floor tiles are gone. There's a clang as her palm meets her forehead. "I-. … Seriously. Really?"
So it really is grass.
She turns to Albright. "… Why?" Clearly, the android agrees with Ed's assessment. "For scientists you guys are… Morons."
With a sigh, she… Just stands by Ed. He said to stand around him.
And the stone elevator makes for a safe way up, right?
"Ara?" The girl screeched in her tracks, blinking a moment at the fact that her pants seemed to have slashed open, by…grass. Tilting her head, she poked at the blade of grass for a moment, before shrugging. "It's just grass that cuts you. It's not as if it does anything bad. Besides, if we need to fly…" With a little hop, she jumped into the air, closing her eyes for a moment. Something organic grew from the girl's back as it covered her, wrapping around her. Her figure was obscurred as she tore through the top level of foliage. Instead of the girl, it was a large, muscular figure with a set of monstrously large wings. The creature hovered in the air, its wings giving a tremendous flap every now and then to keep the figure aloft.
<Union-IC> In a warped voice, Alys says, "It's just the grass…grass that can cut you and might eat you, but…arrgh, I wish Gai-san were here."
<Union-IC> Edward Elric says, "Leave it. We'll get the Union to put fire all over the place."
The fact of the matter is that the Grass is indeed moving along the floor, even as Edward makes a makeshift elevator for everyone. Hains is the first one of the three to step onto it, and the next was GOING to be Samantha, but Dr. Albright abruptly pushes her assistant off, "Get out of the way you clumsy bitch. Spilling the accelerant on the plant samples like that…" That answers the question of how it happened. "The Scientific community doesn't need its collective intellect diluted by the likes of you!"
Before anyone can break up the Doctor's cursing out her assistant, suddenly long reeds and vine like leaves of grass lash out like whips at the whole lot of you, one of them in particular catching Dr. Albright around the neck and yanking her off the elevator, and promptly dragging her out of the building as her screams disappear!
The grass isn't stopping there, of course.
Negi Springfield does 13 damage to Alys with an Above Average hit.
Negi Springfield hit Alys with his The Grass Attacks! strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Negi Springfield does 5 damage to Amalthea with a Graze hit.
Negi Springfield hit Amalthea with his The Grass Attacks! strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Negi Springfield does 22 damage to Freya with a Critical hit.
Negi Springfield hit Freya with his The Grass Attacks! strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Negi Springfield does 14 damage to Edward Elric with an Above Average hit.
Negi Springfield hit Edward Elric with his The Grass Attacks! strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Seems Ed was struck before he moved into the elevator! Grunting a little as the group wait on the roof, Edward approaches the edge of the roof, looking down at the grass which is alive. "What would happen if Freya drank this stuff?" It'd probably kick her giant-form into overdrive. Making her SUPER giant.
That could be cool.
…but the thought is quickly hurried away. "You scientists stay here. Wait for the helicopter."
Performing another transmutation by clapping his hands together and putting palms to the ground, Edward raises the walls along the roof to be much, much higher than what they were before. Seems that would hopefully protect them for now!
"Freya! Get back up here! We can't beat grass. The helicopter is coming back with napalm!"
<Union-IC> Edward Elric says, "Freya! Get back up here! We can't beat grass. The helicopter is coming back with napalm!"
Freya get slashed up by the grass. "Crap crap crap..", she takes out that handy gourd of unlimted sake Suika gave her and start to pour it as she runs to the elevator. "This should slow it down a bit.. Burn.",and fires a small bolt of fire at the sake she poured. Alchol is flammable you know.. Thought she has to hit her target first..
Freya missed Negi Springfield with her Fire is hot you know? moderate attack! <Standard Mechanic>
The winged gargoyle-like figure growled as the vines slashed at it, before finally ripping its way free, rising throughout the air. An othewordly eldritch roar echoed through the sky as the creature swooped down, claws bared. The odd field that surrounded the reature's claws seemed to also be handy against plant life, hopefully wilting the plants as well as slashing and tearing the vines, attempting to cover the people who were currently running towards the helipad.
You suffer 7 points of damage.
Alys does 7 damage to Negi Springfield with an Average hit.
Alys hit Negi Springfield with her RAWR WINGED LAWNMOWER strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Well. There goes Albright. Amalthea's face twists into a bit of a grimace as notsogood doctor is yanked off by the neck.
"What a bitch…" She muses. Before it looks like everyone has to contend with the wild growth.
"Oh shi-" She doesn't get to finish that statement as she stumbles back as some viny growth lashes her chestplate and thumps her down onto her rear. The girl scrabbles to get up quickly. But her ears flick upwards at something Ed says.
Napalm?
She glances at the jetpack mounted on her shoulders. And she unslings it. Her thumb finds the little blue button on the grip of her shield and she aims the pack at the nearest patch of grass. This seems to be the 'dump gasoline' button, as it starts spewing petrol for a moment before she lets go of the button. To save fuel for later.
Quickly she slings the jetpack onto her shoulders again. She doesn't unsheathe her sword, though. She aims her arms for the gassed up patch. Panels on her forearms opens up, and a tiny cannon pokes free.
And she shoots a ray of… …
She shoots a pair of rainbows at it.
Actually, these rainbow lasers are pretty hot. Hot enough to ignite gasoline.
Amalthea missed Negi Springfield with her Double Rainbow all the way~. It's so intense~. strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
The Elevator shunts the group up to the roof, and Ed manages to raise the walls up higher in order to keep the Grass at bay, but it seems to be crawling up the wall sooner rather than later, as it already begins shooting darts of sharp grass blades over the wall like archers aiming up high, and the grass rains down on the group.
Negi Springfield does 9 damage to Alys with an Above Average hit.
Negi Springfield hit Alys with his Rain of (Grass) Blades! moderate attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Negi Springfield does 15 damage to Amalthea with a Direct hit.
Negi Springfield hit Amalthea with his Rain of (Grass) Blades! moderate attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Negi Springfield does 20 damage to Freya with an Obliterating hit.
Negi Springfield hit Freya with his Rain of (Grass) Blades! moderate attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Negi Springfield does 11 damage to Edward Elric with an Above Average hit.
Negi Springfield hit Edward Elric with his Rain of (Grass) Blades! moderate attack! <Standard Mechanic>
"Jeez. It has no limits!" Ed cries, watching as the grass raises above to fire down on them. Grunting a little as he hears the sound of a helicopter in the background, perhaps the Union one approaching? Having no source of fire himself, the Alchemist rushes to one of the high walls that sticks up around the roof. Clapping and sticking his palms onto the wall, Edward focusses as a number of /spikes/ suddenly erupt! All along the outside of the wall, they hope to skewer the pieces or at least entangle them. Something.
"Jesus christ they're coming over the top." The unicorn snorts. Her shield comes up to deflect the darts and blades, but she's not fast enough. A trilled, bell-like, neigh escapes the robotic unicorn-girl as several slivers of grass find slots and joints in her armor and start getting through to her.
"God /damn/ it." She snarls.
Before her horn glows with a seashell light. A gentle, shimmering greenish color.
And without warning she nudges the tip against the State Alchemist.
The resultant flow of magic into him should amplify his alchemical powers.
Amalthea buffs Edward Elric.
You suffer 16 points of damage.
Edward Elric does 16 damage to Negi Springfield with a Direct hit.
Edward Elric hit Negi Springfield with his Skewer! strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
The swooping creature used its wings to bat away the incoming blades of grass. The deep warped voice echoed throughout the air as it hovered. "It's grass. Do we have to really fight it?" it said, before swooping down again and hacking at the vines, aiming to at least stem the growth of the grass-creature. "How long is that chopper going to take? Or do I have to life everyone off myself?" she said, inbetween hacking and slashing at all the plant material.
You suffer 7 points of damage.
Alys does 7 damage to Negi Springfield with an Average hit.
Alys hit Negi Springfield with her strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
There's a fell voice in the wind that blows through the grass, almost like a monster's roar, except distinctly leafier. Ed's spikes hurt.
However, this doesn't stop THE GRASS, which seems to tangle unto itself, and a large clump climbs over the wall. Then another, as well as on the other side a pair of clumps. The rise above the walls, and reveal themselves to have taken the shape of humanoids. Grass Golems!! They start throwing spears of grass into the area where the group is.
In the mean time, Mr. Hains, clearly a jerk from the getgo, makes an attempt to pickpocket Edward for the vial of the chemical, and try to make a break for it.. The attempt is blocked by Samantha, the assistant, who tries to shove him off of Ed, but he pushes her away, "Get away from me! I need to get away with the sample!"
All this does is get the attention of a grass golem, who shoves wall of grass at the man, spearing nearly a thousand gass blades into the man, shredding him easy.
And the others get about as much treatment from the golems, with Samantha now hiding behind them since Hains is no longer in the picture.
Negi Springfield does 13 damage to Alys with an Above Average hit.
Negi Springfield hit Alys with his Death by a thousand cuts! strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Negi Springfield does 5 damage to Amalthea with a Graze hit.
Negi Springfield hit Amalthea with his Death by a thousand cuts! strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Negi Springfield does 18 damage to Freya with a Direct hit.
Negi Springfield hit Freya with his Death by a thousand cuts! strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Negi Springfield does 4 damage to Edward Elric with a Graze hit.
Negi Springfield hit Edward Elric with his Death by a thousand cuts! strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
"What—?!" Ed whirls about as he is practically rammed, the suit fighting over the vial in his pocket. "You idiot! What are you doing?!" With the man getting shredded, Edward manages to somehow avoid most of the damage at him in particular. He does get pinned a little, but the sound of the helicopter overhead is enough for him to shrug off most damage. A few ladders are thrown down from the Union chopper, with Ed practically throwing the female, or attempting to, onto the ladder. "Everyone up the ladders!" He calls, before a wave of napalm is fired off from some sort of canon, right onto the grass itself! The chopper just sort of hovers there, awaiting its final pickup.
##WARNING!## The next time you are hit you will be knocked out. No matter what.
You suffer 100 points of damage.
Edward Elric does 100 damage to Negi Springfield with an Average hit.
Edward Elric hit Negi Springfield with his Napalm! epic attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Negi Springfield has been knocked out!
"…well, that's that." Alys muttered to herself, before sending a huge gust of wind as she took off. "See? Not that hard!" she said, before hovering near the helicopter, making sure nothing nasty rose up.
Who knew Grass could be so deadly. "I forgot how fragile I am when I'm this small..", she taking a beating but she not going to give up! She start to climb up the ladder as the napam is dropped. "Good riddance."
The Grass golems are set aflame by the napalm, at which they fall over, the fire spearing over them, and taking them down, burning quickly like it was nothing. Samantha also climbs into the chopper, sighing in relief at the escape…
However, the forest seems to rumble as the grass seems to grow at an exponential rate, rising up into the sky like a huge wave. The Chopper probably doesn't have enough napalm to deal with them. The chopper's going to have to fly and get the hell out of dodge! Even then, the wave of grass is chasing you all!
It's right around then that you'll get some good news. The good news, there's a warp gate ahead. The bad news? A nuke was flying the way of the forest, the pilot saying, "We gotta get the hell out of here! There's a nuke coming our way!"
"What the?! A nuke?!" Edward yells at the pilot, the helicopter suddenly kicking up a notch. "We aren't even out yet!" Looking out the window to spot a wave of grass, Edward can only.. spectate to see what happens next. "We're way out-powered here. There's no way we can fight against that thing!"
"Anyone got any weed killer?", Freya says seeing the huge wave of grass coming there way! Not good.
With a huge flap of its wings, the eldritch creature dove past the helicopter, not bothering to look back after hearing the word 'nuke.' Needless to say, even the brave and slightly foolhardy girl knew how to run the other way from a gigantic nuclear explosion, not to mention the gigantic wave of grass.
The pilot yells back to them, "This is gonna be close!" The Warp gate is right there! And a nuclear missile flies in the opposing direction towards the lab! And the grass is gaining!
The Chopper goes into high gear, diving towards the gate. Moments later there's a FLASH.
Then there's a rumbling…
Then the chopper WOOSHES through the gate before the EMP from the nuke can knock it out of the sky, and presumably Alys in tow.
<!-Broadcast> Negi Springfield |There's a big flash of light over Wisconsin of Earth 3912, followed by EMP knocking out all power, and closely followed by a mushroom cloud.