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<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus siiigh.
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus says, "Why can't you all be blood crazy psychos?"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Taro says, "I prefer to be more restrained."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Androgynous voice, Envy says, "Sometimes restraint helps get things done. But there's still nothing like a bit of cold-hearted killing sometimes~"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Ganondorf says, "Pure blood rage is illbefitting when one seeks a bit more than destruction."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Empress Zelda says, "Sometimes destruction is soothing."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Ganondorf chuckles, "That it can be."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus gnnnnnnnn.
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus says, "Wannakillwannakillwannakillwannakillwannakillwannakill."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Androgynous voice, Envy says, "Find something. /Murder/ it."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Androgynous voice, Envy says, "Tear its innards out through its ears!"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Soft Japanese Accent, Azami says, "If you must kill, please direct it towards enemy forces. Preferably soldiers over civilians."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus says, "What am I going to do to catch their attention? Run up to a base and shout 'I'm an elk! Shoot me!'?"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Logan Trieste says, "Hm. Prometheus. I actually have a suggestion. I have been toying with the idea of building one of those devices Robotnik had, based on his plans… Tell me. Wouldn't it be /so/ much better if we had a device that could turn organics into robots, robots that are more or less powered by the flesh of organic beings? A shame that a certain Union base would likely have /perfect/ parts for me to build this device with. A human populated base, that is."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus says, "-Wrong.-"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Logan Trieste says, "Mm?"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus says, "Once Humanity is destroyed, I'll destroy everything Humanity has created. Including myself."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Logan Trieste says, "…Hm. Okay. Nevermind, then."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Soft Japanese Accent, Azami says, "You want to get their attention, tell them you're going to go… knock down an orphanage."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Soft Japanese Accent, Azami says, "That'll bring them running."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus says, "… Two seconds."
<IC-Broadband> Prometheus says, "HEY EVERYONE!!"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Androgynous voice, Envy says, "… Destroy humanity, eh?"
<IC-Broadband> Prometheus says, "I'M GONNA GO BURN AN ORPHANAGE DOWN!"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus says, "How's that?"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Androgynous voice, Envy snickers a little. "No objections."
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "The hell'd the orphanage ever do to you?"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Soft Japanese Accent, Azami says, "it works."
<IC-Broadband> Ashtar Ryu says, "You realize by saying this, you have just assured failure. Every orphanage will now have elites waiting for you."
<IC-Broadband> Ashtar Ryu says, "Strike silently, and without warning. That is the key to victory. *sighs* When will people /learn/"
<IC-Broadband> Prometheus says, "But maybe that's the PLAN?"
<IC-Broadband> Freya says, "Some people out there like the attention."
— After some moments… --
<IC-Broadband> Prometheus transmits a live feed. … It's Prometheus, standing infront of an orphanage. Of course. A sign proves that the orphanage is in the Planetary Planes area. "And here, we have the object in question… a simple orphanage, filled with playful little human -meat-." He glares at the camera, making a nice long fanged grin. "When will I attack? Who knows! Better get here quick, or I might just burn down the whole city! KHAAAAA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!" *Bwip*
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda sigh…
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "You guys /owe me/ for this one."
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "Taking on maniacal killer robot is not part of the job here guys."
<IC-Broadband> Winry Rockbell says, "Fill us in on your usual rates later."
<IC-Broadband> Shir says, "Well, what is your job then?"
Prometheus. That crazy machine is walking back and forth on the sidewalk of that Orphanage. Oh no, he doesn't have his weapon out, he isn't even preparing anything to attack! Just… walking… back and forth… back and forth… …. … *Fangy Grin*
"Que Union appearance in… Five… Four… Three… Two…"
… Just what is he up to…?
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "Hunting demons."
Among the first Unionites to arrive, if not The first to arrive, is a bright blue and amber streak coming down from the sky, traveling at nearly mach speed on a self-sustained bright cyan road of energy. The road crashes into the ground carelessly, and Subaru's form, enveloped in a scintillating blue aura, rolls off it on her rollerblades, stopping there. Her amber eyes, different from her normal green and peaceful ones, just -stare- at Prometheus. You don't need a psychiatrist to tell she's angry right now.
"Who the hell would stoop low enough so as to attack CHILDREN, HUH? WHO DOES THAT?!"
In her skates, a bright blue crystal flashes and speaks.
"LIMITERS OFFLINE. PLEASE EXERCE CAUTION."
"I don't care about caution! I'll just use my Oscillating Breaker and see if he's going to fancy that grin afterward!" She glares up at the machine. "So come on! Explain yourself NOW!"
SUMMARY - Subaru «< - Subaru arrives via Wing Road, is all glowy, looks angry.
He may not be union, but Dante is not one to approve of burning down orphanages.
That said, he's en route to the location via his motorcycle that is also a briefcase, rocket launcher, and GOD KNOWS HOW MUCH ELSE. It has 666 forms, but only a fraction of them have ever been witnessed.
That said, when he arrives and hops of the bike, which turns back into its normal form, a briefcase, the devil hunter just shakes his head.
"…I cannot believe I'm helping with this…This is NOT my job, but…Ugh…Burning down orphanages really pisses me off."
SUMMARY - Dante Sparda «< - Dante is here to kick some non demonic ass.
Meanwhile, from the distance, a small brown speck can be seen approaching quickly from the Straits. As it grows closer and closer, it shows itself to be vaguely…horse shaped. At least, to the point where it's recognizable as one without losing any functional shape as it's real purpose: a hovercraft. And it's rider?
Well…why not send a robot to fight a robot? Sure, Sword Man is 'just' an android, but he's a veteren of the Union and been weathered enough through trials to be able to take on so-called 'superior' models. As he gets closer and closer, Sword lifts up his right hand, leaving Excalibur at his side for now while his given blade, the runed broadsword known as the Flame Sword, shimmers and replaces his right hand up to the wrist just as he starts to slow for his approach.
A magical teleport nearby deposits Winry Rockbell, still in her mechanic's coveralls - she was in too much of a hurry to do more than to meet up with the person who teleported her. But she's here now, and as soon as she sees Prometheus …
"Shining heart, blazing courage!
To restore the wounded and broken,
To strike down those who do evil,
To protect that which is most precious!
Hex Driver, Set up!
… it's pretty clear she wasn't actually TALKING to him.
/Initializing,/ a voice responds, seemingly from the bracelet on the mechanic's left wrist, and a magic circle appears on the ground around her feet. In the next second, her form is hidden from view by what looks like a waterfall surrounding her - but rising, instead of falling. Shortly thereafter, the waterfall dissipates … and Winry is now clad in armor over a snug jumpsuit, with a technomagical-looking staff held firmly in her right hand.
SUMMARY - Winry Rockbell «< - Arrived and transformed.
Maya isn't a happy camper, her mecha's in the shop at this point and she's comming on foot. She's not a happy camper at all, this Maverick should be put down for good and that's what she's planning to do!
SUMMARY - Sword Man «< - Sword Man on (hover)Horseback. CHARRRRRGE!
Maya arrives with her overkill rifle that would give Fefir a wet dream in hand.
<OOC> Prometheus says, "yes yes, summary summary summary!"
SUMMARY - Maya «< - Maya shows up angry with a rifle that would make Fefnir wet dream over.
Prometheus looks up.. "Ahhh… Right on time for tea!"
His eyes blank out, and turn a deep shade of green, as scanners move out to look at the opposition. "…Oooo… A Combat Cyborg…" He moves down the row of arrivals. "…A half-demon energy source… iiiiinteresting…" Onto the next… … and he gives a long hard stare at Sword Man, before he moves down… and stares at Winry's form for a second. "…Pandora…? Oh, no, just a -HUMAN-…"
He continues down the row of arrivals.. his smirk grows, staring at the last person to arrive. "…What a rifle…"
His eyes bwip again, and they go back to that dark red coloring. His arms cross as he looks onto the Union with that same fangy grin.
"Time! … *bwip* Twenty seven point two nine six seven seconds… highly impressive… But…" He looks behind him. "The orphanage is still intact! Funny, I thought I was going to burn it down!" He laughs a bit, chuckling… and turning at the group. His voice suddenly grows cold. "…I wonder why…?" … Suddenly, his shift stance, to a form of surprise. "POP QUIZ! Why are you all here?!"
SUMMARY - Prometheus «< - Scanning, timing, laughing, and then… questioning! :O
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus says, "Let's seeeee~"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Slight british accent Kain says, "Good evening."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus says, "We have a Combat Cyborg, a half-demon combatant, a .. -HUMAN- woman… wait, Envy, I know this girl, it's Winry! Ohhh JOY! I'll give her a nice scar with love from you~. Who else… … Oh, one of Wily's children, Sword Man I guess, typical easy names… and some girl with a gigantic rifle…."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus hehehehehe. "I had twenty seven seconds to start burning the orphanage… I wonder if they notice this…."
Subaru continues glowing and staring at Prometheus rather menacingly.
"Because I'm going to kick you halfway across this planet and rip off every last of your LIMBS if you so much as TOUCH the door to that orphanage! That's why I'm here!"
That's very informative and straight to the point. Also it's full of anger. Maybe she's losing it.
"So stop messing around and GET OUT OF HERE!"
Yeah, attacking children will do that to her.
SUMMARY - Subaru «< - Subaru threatens. Would be more effective if she was taller.
Winry glares at Prometheus. . o O ( 'Just' a human? You'll eat those words from the wrong end, bolt-brains … ) "Because you're an idiot and telegraphed where you were planning to make trouble," she answers, her tone sharp enough to cut a steak with. "Either that, or you *wanted* to see how many people would come after you. I don't see the orphanage burning yet, so either it was just bait, or you've got something else set up." Or possibly both, it occurs to her …
SUMMARY - Winry Rockbell «< - Taking the situation apart and putting it back together
Sword Man arrives with the others…just in time to see that 1) the orphanage is intact, and 2) Prometheus seems to simply want to play with them. He looks over to Subaru as she seems to hotly respond to him with anger, before he takes in Winry's response as well. "Because this was a ruse, and you wanted to lure us here for whatever reason," he says, quickly scanning for any signs of an overt trap as he hefts the Flame Sword up. "Either way, reploid…"
SUMMARY - Sword Man «< - Scanning for traps, pointing the Flame Sword at Prometheus
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus says, "I think they're realizing iiiiiit~"
Maya looks to PRomethus for a moment she doesn't seem much but with scanners one could pick up WTF levels of magical energy comming from her. She looks to him for a moment and then smirks for a moment. "…To kick your ass." Maya levels the weapon at him for a moment sure her missed her but who cares. Maya also at this point just opens fire on him! Hey she's a proactive sort.
SUMMARY - Maya «< - maya snarks then shoots
Prometheus hears them all out… one at a time…
At Maya's Bullet, with an instant flash of energy, Prometheus whips out the P-Scythe, and activates it just ontime to block the bullet. … Even though it was a clear miss.. "…Such ANGER! You know, that bullet could have EASILY went into the ORPHANAGE!" … HE smirks a bit. "You know, maybe you're cut out for this job more then -I- am…"
Sword Man's scans would see no traps… NOTHING has been set up in the area to consider that Prometheus was going to attack them…
Subaru's outburst gets a look from Prometheus… and he grins in return. "Messing around? What, you want me to get to the point?" .. He gives a soft …mmmmmmm…. then he smirks. His form seems to… split into two, quickly fading away into nothing, and VERY shortly after, he appears behind…
Winry Rockbell.
A sharp strike of his hand to her neck is delivered, not aiming to hurt her, more, aiming for a point to put her in a temporary stun, while grabbing her from behind, and positioning the P-Scythe right at her neck!!
SUMMARY - Prometheus «< - Step one: Hostage taken!
"Hrgk!" Winry's body twitches briefly as Prometheus strikes one of THE main nerve clusters … and then she's caught and held. Her senses would clear for her to be VERY aware of the scythe hovering way too close to her throat for comfort. Her arms are pinned behind her … but she still has a hold of her staff, even if she can't really bring it to bear. "Ghh … I swear I'll take you apart with my bare hands, you slag-snorting scrap-heap!"
"…Alright. Why am I here? Simple. You're an asshole. And not the /awesome/ kinda asshole like I am." Dante shakes his head, drawing Ebony and Ivory and levels them at Prometheus.
"See, there's two kinds of jerks in this world. The kind that are like me…Jerks, we talk rude, we're mean to people, but in the end, we at least mean well. We're misunderstood, but we're still nice guys where it counts. Me, I'm that kinda ass. You, you like to burn down orphanages. You're the other kind of ass…The kind I HATE."
And then Winry is taking hostage, causing Dante to keep his guns aimed, but NOT pull the trigger.
"Oh, and you take hostages too. That's the OTHER think I don't like about you types."
SUMMARY - Dante Sparda «< - Dante gives the 'Well meaning jerk' speech, holds fire!
SUMMARY - Winry Rockbell «< - Caught … (?)
"T-Tch! Hiding behind an hostage!" Subaru just grips her right fist for now.. yeah, she's not going to rush right in and risk hurting Winry.. she's not pulling back right now, it'd be too dangerous..
"Why can't you fight us head on, huh?!"
SUMMARY - Subaru «< - Subaru goes :( and holds fire.
Well…no strange traps. Just….the reploid. Sword doesn't relax though, still glaring toward Prometheus as he seems even more enigmatic in his aims than before.
And then he zips away, showing speed he's vaguely familiar with…but unfortunately not designed to react to quick enough. As a result, Winry is quickly taken hostage before Sword can even ready is blade to stop Prometheus. "…nnn……"
SUMMARY - Sword Man «< - Lifting his sword to the readym just a moment too late
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "…Is he /usually/ this much of an ass? Seriously."
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "He's making me look NICE."
<IC-Broadband> Risa says, "Who, mister angry?"
<IC-Broadband> Lotor says, "I'm afraid Prometheus is that. Very that."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus says, "Ohh if I could just GIVE YOU a live feed!"
Maya looks at Promethus she's already made move. "I'm a good shot." Maya admits and she's now watching as Winry's taken hostage, fine. She's still got her weapon up at this point. She's thought what would Prime do? He's shoot the damn bastard without hitting winry that's what he'd do. She snaps off a shot aimed for Winry, sorry she's not some dumbass peacenick she's studied. She takes aim and fires, aiming fight for a good point on what parts of Promethus which if she misses shouldn't be fatal to Winry. Sides Maya is a healer even if everyone forgets she is!
Maya pulls the frigger. "No."
Most here wouldn't have noticed anything happening.
Well, not anything that wasn't blatantly obvious to the situation at hand. Such as a form silently moving through the shadows and slipping into an air duct… and then moving along quietly… sniffing for traps, detection devices… and getting into the orphanage.
Such as Ash's Umbreon. The Pokemon trainer, having gotten *AHEM* geographically displaced, is using that to his advantage this time around. The Eeveelution attempts to get as close to the kids as possible…
And outside Ash kneels in the bushes, mentally listening in on the Eeveelution's movements. At his belt are a few teleporting Pokemon - all ready to attempt to get the entire group out in one go if necessary. Fortunately Ash was working on teleportation tactics when he came here…
. o O (Idiot).
*CHING!* With a quick motion, Prometheus quickly moves Winry into the direction of the bullet…! But, instead, the bullet SMACKS into the pole of the P-Scythe. "…Putting your friend in MORE danger, I see! Really, I don't want -any- of you Unionites to get hurt! I want you all to return home! Unscathed! Victorious!" That -SICK- and twisted grin returns to his face, as he glares at the four infront of him.
Ash goes about undetected. All his scanners are focused on Winry and the four infront of him at the moment…
"Now now, just follow the dear orders of your MAJOR, and we'll get through this!" He makes a quick grip on Winry's hip, speaking once more in that cold voice as he whispers in her ear.
"Alright, -Major- … tell your troops, and that -idiot- mercenary, to cut off their radio communication.. And drop that staff… you remind me too much of Pandora with that…" He pauses. "Three seconds to comply, Major…"
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "What the hell?! You shot while he had a hostage."
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "/EVEN I DON'T SHOOT WHEN THEY HAVE A HOSTAGE/"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus, cold… "Since I have time…."
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "And I'm the CRAZY GUY AROUND HERE."
<IC-Broadband> Lotor says, "Thats because you are part what you are, Dante. You have no idea if your inner self might say 'Whats one human life?'"
Only three seconds? Sheesh. She's just a human, how fast do you think she is?
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus uploads a quick screen shot. From Prometheus' view… he has Winry hostage, and everyone else is looking on. Apparently, the P-Scythe is to Winry's neck. "…This Winry girl reminds me -too- much of Pandora… so she became my hostage…"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Androgynous voice, Envy says, "Are you gonna kill her?"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus, cold, "Not yet… I'm going to have their dear major give them a few orders…"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus says, "I'm sure -you'd- want to kill her for yourself, Envy."
"…What the hell." Dante just LOOKS at Maya. "…You shot while he had a damn hostage! Even I don't shoot when they have a hostage, and I'm the CRAZY ONE around here! …Well, okay, cept for him." Dante motions over to Prometheus.
"But still, you /shot at a damn hostage!/ The HELL is wrong with you?!"
Dante shakes his head, muttering. "…'sides, I had a better plan. Figures, the ONE TIME I have a plan someone /else/ goes and does something crazy. *bleep* you irony *bleep* you…"
Muttering, Dante just keeps Ebony and Ivory levelled, but he doesn't shoot. He just keeps the two .45s of infinite ammo ready to fire. "It's gonna be one of those damn nights, huh."
SUMMARY - Dante Sparda «< - Dante trying to be the voice of SANITY? WTF. Holds fire.
<IC-Broadband> Seth says, "Actually, it's pretty Ess-Oh-Pee to shoot hostage-takers if they're not backing down pretty quickly. Not so much with elites, I guess, but for yer regular everyday lunatic, you just pop 'em at the base of the skull."
Sword Man winces. While he understood Maya's rationale, it wasn't what he would have suggested….and it definitely was not called for, at least not immediately after the hostage was taken. "Nnnnhh…" He, himself, lowers his arm, letting the flame sword drop to the ground beside him, upper half slightly tilting as the blade rests against the ground, until it shimmers away and is replaced by his normal right hand. "Somehow, I doubt this," he answers to Prometheus. At least he still has Excalibur, should rapid action be required…
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "Yeah, in the back. You don't shoot from the direction the hostage is /being held from/."
Only three seconds? Sheesh. She's just a human, how fast do you think she is?
But even as she's used as a shield, Winry is gauging angles and leverage, grip tightening on Hex Driver - which her captor *did not* take the time or energy to remove from her grip other than by telling her to drop it. And while she's moved into shield position, she deliberately relaxes her arms, hoping the lunatic Reploid (or whatever he is) will relax his grip as well. "No stupid moves, folks," she says, trying to sound calm … and ironically, the attempt helps *her* calm back down. "Comms off … ID Armor, lock; Hex Driver, standby mode."
/Hex Driver, standing by/ a voice responds from her staff, which … dematerializes. Prometheus might or might not notice a bracelet rematerializing around Winry's left wrist. "I can't guarantee that the crazy mercenary will obey," she says, "but … what *are* you after?"
Meanwhile, in the middle of the orphanage, in the small chapel, Sister Mary Margret, Sister Mary Maria, and Sister Mary Mary try to keep the children calm. 23 or so; they've all been gathered up quietly. The door is barricaded.
"Don't worry, children." says Sister Mary Maria. "Jesus will protect us."
*CREEEEKSWING* goes a vent, and out goes Umbreon. "um, bre…" <Heh, that was — >
"FOUL DEMON SPAWN!" Sister Mary Mary declares, picking up the crucifix from the altar and attempting to bludgeon the cloaking Pokemon with it.
*THUD*
"UMBREON!" <GODDISH, LADY, I'M HERE TO HELP! I'M FROM THE UNION!>
"…they sent… a… mutant beagle?" one of the kids inquires, staring.
"Um, breon breon." <Long story, I'm a Pokemon.> she replies. "Umbreon bre…" <Look, I don't have time to explain but we're teleporting you out of here. Everyone grab onto everyone else and standby.>
"…are you SURE you're not a demon spawn?" inquires Sister Mary Margret.
"Umbreon." <I'll drink that whole thing fulla holy water if I am.>
The group begins to grab on to each other…
<IC-Broadband> Seth says, "Beggars can't be choosers, buddy. A clear shot's a clear shot, 'far as I'm concerned. 'Course, I also believe in 'acceptable casualties', so that's usually just me."
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "…Wasn't a clear shot."
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "Was just plain /stupid/ is what it was."
<IC-Broadband> Winry Rockbell | Masi says, "Winry doesn't. And I think her armor blocked it, judging by the sound of the ricochet.
<IC-Broadband> Dante Sparda says, "Well thank heaven for small favors."
<IC-Broadband> Seth says, "Hey, I'm not the one handlin' the sitch /anyway/. I'm just sayin'."
SUMMARY - Prometheus «< - Oh! Right! DEMANDS. :/
Subaru stays still for now. She looks down toward her rollerskates. "Mach Caliber. Shut down radio reception."
"YES MY MASTER."
She still looks angry, though.
Oh and she shoots Maya the angriest glare ever too. Amplified by her glowy aura and amber eyes.
Dante, belatedly, complies with the radio order and clicks an earpiece off.
Maya looks to Dante with a, odd look at this point she does lower her weapon at this point Maya looks at him for a moment. She says nothing for the fact she's actually got the rank here let him not know that they can try to stall she does have reget on her face from hitting Winry but wha can she so she sighs in defeat at this point. She lowers her weapon."
Maya also looks back to Subaru for a moment amd obeys. Then again she's not sure about Subaru's world, but on her's its not a pretty place, if you punkec a hostage taker others would be very less likely to do it as they know you'd kill them for such a stunt.
Sword Man's main blade is already gone, but for the most part, he's already standing down, arms at his side, waiting to see what the else this Reploid seems to want from them, with Winry held hostage.
The reploid has all eyes on everyone… and his scanners pick up the bracelet forming. … He considers it the 'sheathed' form of the staff. "-Make- him. You're a Major, aren't you… use your military power over him. Order your soldiers to attack if he doesn't obey." He looks onto the unioners.. "That's right… NO FUNNY MOVES. I can see EVERYTHING you're doing right now. Temperature, energy, light, adrenaline, mind waves, YOU NAME IT!"
… Of course, to prevent Winry's ear form going out, he manages to block his voice a little by shouting away from it, but towards the group. "Awww, don't be so sad and lower your weapons… you're going to use them shortly…"
It's at this point, Prometheus returns to Winry's ear, whispering in his cold voice again. "My goal, Major… is to break every last one of your minds, and make you -quit- your positions… and here's how…" He pauses, and VERY gently whispers into her ear. He only wants the Major to hear this one, for sure..
"Order them… and your -paid- Mercenary… to burn down and kill everyone in the orphanage…" His large fangy grin starts to show again. "I'll give you more time for this one… It's a hard command… … Twenty seconds, starting now."
SUMMARY - Prometheus «< - Making the decisive demand.
You paged Winry Rockbell with 'One more pose round for Winry's hesitation to give the command, then Prometheus' next pose is counting down the last five seconds… and then you're free to spring the wings and beat his circuits in. :)'
There's one hell of a funny move in store, not that Prometheus knows about it just yet.
They're ready. Ash quickly glances down into his pocket, making sure that a Psistablin dose is in a hypospray in there. Ready that it's there if he needs it, he flicks out his phaser, taps a few buttons, and… fires at the side of the orphanage.
A blast set to stun.
It burns off a tad of the paint, which likely has a bit of lead in it, to make absolutely certain this will work. His other hand presses the Pokeball buttons at his side, revealing all of his other 'mon - his Espeon, his Kadabra, his Butterfree, and a loaner Abra from Professor Oak. He doesn't even speak as he executes his plan.
The little group vanishes in a flash of light as they teleport into the orphanage.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEK! DEMON SPAWN!" Sister Mary Mary once again decrees, raising up the crucifix to smash Ash — but his Pokemon quickly touch kids, and drawing on their master for omph, do a massive teleport. Their destination? The nearest warp gate OUT of there. Umbreon acts as a high-grade teleportation booster even if she can't teleport herself…
Leaving Ash, Pikachu, and his Eeveelutions in the now-empty chapel. He pants, kneeling after the exhertion, Pikachu and Espeon following suit as they, too, contributed their power.
Winry's eyes narrow, her expression hardening behind her armor's visor. It's just as well she's the only one who heard the full demand … but it was, in its way, bad enough. For a split second, she looks like she might actually be sick … "Keep your weapons ready, everyone … Maya, reload … full clips, everyone." She looks from one person to the next, swallowing. "Prometheus, what do you know about your namesake from Greek mythology?"
"Y-Yes.." Subaru steps forward a bit, lifting her right hand and pumping it.
"Right!"
The crystal on the back of Subaru's Revolver Knuckle slides back, revealing the revolver cylinder inside. It spins, two cartridges are eaten with loud KA-CHINK noises, and the crystal slides back in place as a heavy puff of steam comes from between the two wheels at the wrist-level of the gauntlet.
She sure hopes Winry knows what she's doing.. but she's not about to burn an orphanage to save a life either ways. Oscillating Breaker.. if it came down to using it.. she could probably disable Prometheus in one good strike.. it's especially lethal to machines, whereas against humans.. well, Winry probably wouldn't enjoy it, but it shouldn't hurt her either.
SUMMARY - Subaru «< - Subaru readies her weapon.
Sword Man frowns. He's got a worrisome feeling about what Prometheus' demands are, if Winry's ordering people to re-arm. Rather than summon up his Flame Sword, he unsheathes Excalibur from his side instead, holding it aloft in his right hand and keeping it at the ready, all the while glaring past Winry toward the Reploid calling the shots.
Dante keeps his weapons levelled, blinking at the order. "…Okay, um…Whatever. Not that I use clips but…" Dante keeps his guns levelled, indeed…Clips? What're those. These things have an ammo capacity of VERY YES.
But again, he doesn't fire, he just looks at Winry, then Prometheus. "Never was an expert on that subject, lady…So I'll let you fill the blanks. Though frankly I'm still having reservations about shooting. Frankly it'd be a real waste, you turning into a pretty stain."
He's almost ready to try and use Air Trick to simply teleport himself behind Prometheus, and end it there. Except this robot is apparently fast…Fast enough he might even be able to see Dante move during the air trick. Thus, he holds off, simply ready to shoot when he sees an opening. Unfortunately, he does NOT see one…So he'll be standing there awhile it seems.
SUMMARY - Dante Sparda «< - Dante showing patience? Clearly, the universe is going to end. He still waits.
SUMMARY - Sword Man «< - Taking out Excalibur, glaring at Prometheus
Maya looks at Prometheus and wonders jut what he is, the Captain will not reveal her greater rank as that would put Wriny at risk. So she's backing off at this point she'll play along for now as she looks to Proemthus she's playing along now and nods to Winry. Though when this is over. "Yes' ma'me." She'll play along and is glad everyone else is wise enough to not mention her rank.
Prometheus is caught a little off guard by the question… but he answers it honestly.
"My namesake… is after the being that stole fire from the gods… and gave it to humanity. … I fail to see your logic, Winry… What exactly are you plotting.." The grin only becomes SO Much larger as he watches them reload. Prometheus already scanned those… 'custom-made' weapons of Dante's… and sees that the capacity is … very yes.
…
"…Finish your command, Major… Counting down…"
Prometheus suddenly stiffin's his grip on Winry, holding the P-Scythe just mear centimeters away from her neck.
"Five…"
"Four…"
"Three…"
"Two…"
"One…!!!"
SUMMARY - Prometheus «< - Final Countdown. (The second that lasts a poseround!)
Dante continues to hold his fire, looking a bit annoyed. "…Damnit girl…" He says to himself… "If you have a plan, you'd better spit it out while your neck's still in one piece…!" Despite the stress, he remains steady, aim not wavering.
SUMMARY - Dante Sparda «< - Dante wants to shoot something already! but somehow doesn't!
Winry grimaces, her arms tensing back up to resist Prometheus tightening his grip, and shouts:
"FEATHER OPEN!!"
Fortunately, the ID Armor boosts her physical strength somewhat - combined with the surprise of her sudden move, she's hoping to pull her arms out of the way as her 'backpack' suddenly expands, unfolds, and unfurls into the mecha-angelic wings which are her primary means of flight while armored. But honestly? She doesn't care if this move takes both of her arms off (again, in one case) - she's doing this to break free of the Reploid's hold … and the laws of physics are very much on her side for that; Prometheus may have a hold of her, but he's not in any position that would restrain her wings.
Assuming that Winry does successfully break free, her next move is straight to her left, out from behind Prometheus's scythe, and she shouts three more words: "TAKE HIM DOWN!!"
"FEATHER WHAT?!"
Prometheus is caught WAY too off guard. He was just about to slice a neck, but from the sudden surprise… HE DROPS HIS P-SCYTHE.
He staggers back from the sudden force of those wings opening, taking just a bit to catch his balance before looking at Winry. "YOU SON OF A-" …
He hears the words, and looks at the unioners. All with … loaded … weapons… .. ..
"…F-"
SUMMARY - Prometheus «< - … . o O (I'm fucked.)
As soon as Winry springs his surprise on Prometheus, Sword points Excalibur straight toward the reploid, eyes narrowing, and only two words leaving his lips in a dull, dark monotone. "Luminous Ray."
Suddenly, a beam of white light shoots forth from the blade, aimed straight at Prometheus' chest like a laser, trying to pierce him with pure holy energy.
"…" And that's when Dante doesn't even FIRE his handguns. Oh no, he immediately drops them and pulls out…The briefcase. Yes. THAT BRIEFCASE.
"…Jackpot." Dante grins, as the briefcase pops open…And somehow, something that should not fit inside a briefcase pops out from the opening…A gatling gun. A fully sized one.
…And I think we can all imagine what happens once the thing starts whirring up. But in case you really don't know? It fires bullets. it fires a LOT of bullets. The thing can fire several hundred rounds in a matter of SECONDS afterall.
…Wait, the minigun just retracted. What's going on? Wait, why is Dante hoisting that briefcase over his shoulder?
…Oh snap, did that briefcase just transform into a full sized, triple chambered rocket launcher? …Yes, it did.
And a few rockets LATER…
Okay, wait, what the hell, it's still not done. Now it's turned into a freaking LASER cannon? Yes, a laser cannon. You can bet it fires a laser.
"…Think I may have overdone it a tad." …No Dante, you THINK?!
SUMMARY - Dante Sparda «< - Dante? Overkill? Naaaaaaaaaah…
"Hex Driver - SET UP!" Winry's staff rematerializes as her wings carry her into the air, and she points her device at Prometheus. "Activate Spell Card!" vortex of water-elemental bullets … and finally, down the center, a fat ol' *lightning bolt*. If her aim was off far enough for Prometheus to get tagged by any of the water, that oughta hurt even *more* if the bolt connects as well …
SUMMARY - Maya «< - MORE OVER KILL! :D
SUMMARY - Sword Man «< - Holy Laser'd!
SUMMARY - Winry Rockbell «< - Tempest Flash, Winry's favorite spell card
Signal! Subaru nods when Winry breaks free, and her bright cyan glow intensifies as she lifts her right hand. The cartridge system eats another three rounds with loud clicking noises and both wheels on the Revolver Knuckle start spinning, steam and magical feedback shooting from inbetween the two rotating pieces of machinery, especially since they're spinning in opposite directions. There's even sparks. "RYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
In a flash, the girl is speeding toward Prometheus. The blast of holy energy, the spell card, the shots from the Pokemon— everything zooms right by her, and a lot of it hits -her- in the process. Does she care? Nope. There's a reason she's glowing. There's a reason her eyes are amber, not green. Reason isn't part of the way she thinks anymore, at least not until Prometheus is down for the count. Nonetheless, her course does zigzag a bit, so no direct hits -should- happen until she gets to the punching.
"MACH CALIBER!"
"YES MY MASTER. ADJUSTING. RADIO ONLINE. COURSE SET."
Still rushing in at full speed, Subaru lifts her left arm and creates a large ball of cyan energy in front of herself; it moves along with her, and once she's in range of Prometheus, just in time for everything else to hit him too.
"OSCILLATING—"
She punches the sphere with her right hand, the Revolver Knuckle-wearing hand, and it breaks into a big blast of energy in front of herself. So Prometheus has to worry about both the punch -and- the energy.
"BREAKEEEEEER!"
Someone will be fully entitled to scolding Subaru for, huh. Charging at someone with a punch while everyone else is using big guns.
More than fully entitled, in fact.
— oh yeah. When Ash blasted the wall? A nice, FRIGGIN' HUGE EXPLODINATION!
A dramatic entrance. Perhaps the UAF's insurance charges extra on their already insane premiums for that… though it DID get him out there fast, and create a nice bit of debris.
Maya smirks at Promethus as she opens fire not with bullets but LASERS! Freken lasers. She then follows it up wqiht a birst of fire at Promethus. "What can I say big guy but my subornates know their stuff well." She then flips a toggle on the rifle and it's front end starts to glow! Oh dear, here comes a not a blast but several energy disks that are seeking out Promethus!
SUMMARY - Maya «< - more overkill with 100 percent less stupid lunging.
Push push push. If Ash wanted to PUSH crap, then he'd have gone to Lolo's world, he thinks to himself. He, Pikachu, Umbreon and Espeon are all moving to push away the barricade furniture in order to get out without causing an undue fuss. They don't want to give TOO much away in terms of what they're doing for noise… but Winry's order quickly makes that moot. With a quick grunt Ash snaps off a kick flurry that reduces both the furniture and the doors to splinters. He leaps out along with his Pokemon - they've got stamina yet so they didn't take THAT long to recover - and follow the sounds of the gunfire and explosions and death (hopefully Prometheus').
They arrive near the front door - which coincidentally has windows in it, from which they watch the fire and the blasts. There… that's their target, he thinks, as he sees Subaru attempt a melee attack. What the… he shakes his head. No, they need to take care of this NOW. He reaches for his phaser, taps a button to change the setting, and takes a quick look…
*SCREEEEEEEEBLAM!*
The door vaporizes and the coast is clear for Ash's Pokemon - already preparing an attack. The place is on a bit of a hill, so they look to be in good shape for raining down fiery judgement…
"PIKACHU, ESPEON, UMBREON, /KILL/!"
And that looks to be EXACTLY what they're intending, as they fire a cascade of Dark Pulses, Psychic wide-beam bursts, and a VERY LARGE burst of Zap Cannon, all intending on putting Prometheus down - and aiming to kill. They're not playing around this time.
— oh yeah. When Ash blasted the wall? A nice, FRIGGIN' HUGE EXPLODINATION!
A dramatic entrance. Perhaps the UAF's insurance charges extra on their already insane premiums for that… though it DID get him out there fast, and create a nice bit of debris.
Prometheus doesn't even get time to finish what he was going to say. Luminous Ray strikes -dead- on with Prometheus so off guard, the beam itself pressing into his chest, a small shiver of that beam passing through his back. A large funnel-like hole is now glaring through his chest, wires sparking and mechafluid starting to pour out. Then, 'A LOT' of bullets pour into the frame of the reploid, some bouncing off, some further damanging his chest area, others tearing away at the synth-flesh of his face. And the rocket launchers are just … unfair! But it's at this time that Prometheus manages to FINALLY get some defense up, passing through rocket one and rocket two, but Rocket three explodes on contact with his left arm, making only the mechanical skeletal frame visiable, the arm itself dying without wires or mechafluid powering it. The laser, however, is ducked under.
Winry's spell keeps Prometheus in one place as well, hit by water elemental bullets. Really, water was … kind of a useless thing against Prometheus. But with so many exposed wires, they start doing internal damage. Prometheus can see his view going out of sight, fizzling and readjusting. Scanners start going crazy, as little warning messages start flashing to his CPU of injuries and malfunctions. The big lighting bolt actually causes a SHUTDOWN, but a shock-prevention system that still functions starts Prometheus right back up.
Ash's attacks with his pokemon with their attacks, electricty further shocking his systems, energy attacks smacking on target and damaging what armor plating he has left.
Maya's own attacks connect on, as the other attacks are leaving him still open. Lasers and energy discs! Each of the rifle's attacks catch onto a piece of Prometheus, taking away armor plattings and cutting down circuits.
.. And then, Subaru's Oscillating Breaker. The energy AND punch connect with a blocking skeletal arm.. which completely DECIMATES it, sending metal shattering EVERYWHERE.
After the smoke and dust clears from all of the attacks… everyone can see… Prometheus… is still standing… but his so called -human- likeness causes him to start panting, hard. Half of his face is torn off, revealing the skeletal frame underneath, with still red eyes. His left arm his completely gone, his right leg with parts missing, wires hanging and sparking, mechafluid spilling out. His left leg… is the only thing still intact.
His right arm is much like his leg, but minus the wires and the mechafluid. These come out of his shoulder. His chest has a large hole in it, with black-red mechafluid pouring out, sparking wires going about. His voice is almost distorted, and distant, speaking just as the smoke clears.
"..Y-y-y-you… d-d-d-d…d-d—dd"*FFSHSHSHSST!* A large spark of a short circuiting bit in his head causes his head to throw back, his crippled form falling back on the ground. "…D..A…A…Alber…r..r.t.. … W…Wi..ly… I…C…c..C-c-c-curse…you….." *…..BEEP* "Activating recall."
The one chip they didn't manage to destroy… was the recall chip. Prometheus isn't a Robot Master. He doesn't E-Ring… oh no, a strong machine in his creator's lab actually finds his signal, and teleports him BACK to his energy pod, where automatic repairs can commence. … But with such a state Prometheus is in, it's going to be one hell of a long while before Prometheus can even see the light of the sun again.
Winry scowls as Prometheus manages to activate a teleporter … but ultimately, she seems satisfied, as she looks over the bits and pieces of debris which was blasted off of Prometheus's frame. "Hopefully he'll spend a few hundred more processor cycles before he tries a stunt like *that* again," she says, deliberately audible to the others. "I don't plan on letting him off the hook, though …"
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Ash cries out. "DO IT!"
With that prompting, Espeon and Umbreon open their mouths, before releasing a massive blast of Hyper Beam, attempting to drive the energy right into and THROUGH Prometheus as Pikachu executes Charge, building electricity in his cheeks, before he finishes the attempt with a rather HUGE burst of Thunder. "KAAAAAAACHUUUUUUUUUUU!"
And once the plasma and debris are gone…
Nothing. Ash pauses… did they… vaporize… no.
"God DAMMIT!" Ash mutters, punching at a nearby wall with a thud. Fortunately he doesn't have his ki power on or any sort of focus, so it's a sloppy punch of frustration… UN-fortunately… considering the number he did on the wall?
*CRACK* Another chunk. He and his Pokemon sweatdrop. "…aheheheh…" Exhale. He starts plodding forward, looking towards the hostage-turned-not-so-hostage. "You OK, Winry?…"
The smoke clears! And Subaru— is still standing there, arm locked inches away from Prometheus, where his arm -used- to be. There was a loud muffled PROTECTION! being shouted by Mach Caliber there when the blasts connected into a huge explosion, and this is why Subaru isn't quite as bad off as Prometheus.
She asked for it though by charging in, so she got hit hard.
Her clothes are reduced to a very skimpy outfit at best, with all too much of her skin completely blown off to reveal the cybernetics underneath. Had it not been for that barrier her Intelligent Device can activate on its own..
("THE UNIT CORE IS ALMOST DESTROYED. SHUTTING DOWN TO CONSERVE ENERGY.")]
With that, Mach Caliber shuts down, and with Prometheus' departure, Subaru herself falls down to her knees, eyes returning to green and.. well, she's panting and hurting now, too.
Today was a bad day to go berserk.
Thankfully she is still in one piece and it mostly looks like surface damage seeing as how she can still move. Still, all that blood and what have you has got to make it look nastier than it is.
"Owie.. he's gone at least.. but owie.. I'm not doing that again.."
"…Damn. Figures the bastard'd have a get out of asskicking free card…Okay, well, maybe he got SOME of it but…"
Dante sighs, shaking his head…And the massive laser cannon he was using? It folds back up into…A perectly ordinary looking (aside from the odd demonic symbol on it) briefcase.
"…Tell you what guys, this one? On the house. I hate jerks like him, and frankly I'm not about to charge money for helping to save an orphanage. I'm an ass, but I'm not THAT bad."
Sword Man's reaction is much more…impassive as Prometheus manages to teleport away. Mostly, all he does is scowl, looking in the direction where Prometheus once stood until the Reploid disappears, as he lowers Excalibur. "What did he mean by that?" he asks rather low, inaudible over the sounds of thunder that Pikachu sends in a late attempt to finish Prometheus off. Sighing, he sheathes his blade, walking over to Winry, with the crisis resolved it seems. "Are you ok, Major Rockbell?"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus *BEEEEEEEEEEEEP*
Maya lowers her weapon at this point and shakes her head. "That was too much like home before., She looks to the others and nods a bit. "I'm heading back to base, if Winry doesn't want to handle the report I will and we really need to put an end to that Maverick. He's not as stupid as he is crazy."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Androgynous voice, Envy says, "Hm?"
<X-Confed-Chatter> Prometheus A soft computer voice says, "CPU Diagnostics: Running at 10 percent capacity. Warning: Right arm functions ceased. Warning: Left arm unit undetected. Warning, severe mechafluid drainage. Caution: Exposed wiring. Danger: Critial damage to voice unit. Alert: Memory systems malfunctioning." … BEEEEEP. "System shutdown. Estimated time to repair: Six days."
Dante also adds something. "By the way, next time we have a hostage situation like that and I'm around? I'd like to remind you all…" And suddenly, Dante blurs…He's standing behind the group suddenly. "…That I can pull tricks like this which might make a proper takedown a /tad easier./ Just a little FYI…Now if you could excuse me, I need booze. I need LOTS of it to get this maniac and his scheme /outta my head./"
He slams down the briefcase, and it transforms again…This time into that Motorcycle from Hell that he rode in on. "…Later!" And assuming nobody tries to stop him (If you want to, tell me!) he fires the engines up and gets ready to punch it out of there.
Maya nods. "I'll rember that Dante." She says with a nod and heads back to base.
Winry Rockbell calls out, "We'll be looking for your bill for services rendered, Dante." Then she looks around at the others. "Yeah, I'm all right. Ticked off that he got away even partly intact, but I think he left with enough pain for the night."
<X-Confed-Chatter> Ashtar Ryu says, "…..I can't say I'm suprised."
Ash blinks as Dante makes his move. He's not entirely sure of what just HAPPENED before he got here, other than it probably wasn't too good.
He Pokeballs his Pokemon before skidding down the hill, arriving near the others. "I'm gonna call in for some regular forces to sweep the building, just in case he left any surprises, before those orphans get back here."
-— End Scene -—
