[2011-08-11 19::10:23] Doink: [DATE: APRIL 5TH, 2016]
[2011-08-11 19::10:47] Doink: [LOCATION: A RUINED TUNNEL, SOMEWHERE UNDERNEATH ARKHAM, MASS.]
[2011-08-11 19::10:58] Doink: Last time, on Nerv: Arkham...
[2011-08-11 19::11:31] Doink: The swarm, surprisingly, begins to slow almost to a stop, the chittering spawn colliding with each other in their attempts to change direction. Down the tunnel, at the trailing edge of the swarm, as far back as you can see, something else is moving. Its bloated form moves erratically across the swarm as the spawn hold it aloft, moving it tendril over tendril forwards, many being crushed under its weigth, staining its bulbous, wrinkled skin with black pus. It's mottled, furred in places, so bloated as to be unrecognizeable as any living form but definitely alive in some horrible way. It weezes out of orifaces down its massive length, covered in tendrils just like that of its spawn—
[2011-08-11 19::11:41] Doink: The mother has come back for its young.
[2011-08-11 19::12:36] Doink: Meanwhile, the team in the Command Bunker waits uneasily as their computer contact with the rest of HQ begins to cut out, one area at a time...
[2011-08-11 19::16:34] » Siege is now known as Kazimir_Prochazka.
[2011-08-11 19::20:19] Doink: Without warning, the swarm surges forward toward you again, slowed somewhat by the massive bulk it now bears on its collective backs.
[2011-08-11 19::31:12] Henri_DEllaine: Unit 03 touches down a bit in front of the group. Bracing his spear against the coming force, Henri turn's his AT field's attention to the swarm.
[2011-08-11 19::36:36] John_Kilanger: The platform carrying both unit One and Unit Two comes to a stop, and then descends, allowing it's passengers to leave.
[2011-08-11 19::37:57] » You are now known as Doink|L.
[2011-08-11 19::38:19] » Doink joined the chat room.
[2011-08-11 19::38:19] » Doink was promoted to operator by ChanServ.
[2011-08-11 19::38:24] John_Kilanger: "we're back." John shouts as he floats full speed and lands next to Henri and uses his AT field to neutralize the Swarm's.
[2011-08-11 19::40:34] Doink: The hideous form atop the swarm stirs, tendrils extending in strange geometries to grasp at stragglers from the mass beneath it, flinging them with sudden ferocity towards Henri!
[2011-08-11 19::46:05] Henri_DEllaine: jumps to the wall, narrowly avoiding the violent rupturing of the tentacles shot at him.
[2011-08-11 19::47:15] Mia_al-Misiri: drops gently to the floor. "Kaz, I am taking something of yours."
[2011-08-11 19::49:55] Kazimir_Prochazka: "...what?"
[2011-08-11 19::51:19] Mia_al-Misiri: grasps at Kazimir, eyes closed, and pulls his AT field from his Eva. It's gut-wrenching at best.
[2011-08-11 19::52:01] Kazimir_Prochazka: lets his Eva slump for a moment before steeling himself again: "I'm going to assume what you didnt won't kill me. Now..."
[2011-08-11 19::52:10] Kazimir_Prochazka: takes aim at the swarm once more: "Let's try this again."
[2011-08-11 19::52:41] Dmitriy_Platonov: rather casually adds to this: "Well, Kazimir, have something from me as a compensation. Targetting data inbound."
[2011-08-11 19::54:46] Doink: The swarm continues its advance, filling the tube almost halfway up its sides as the tide bears their... parent forward.
[2011-08-11 19::56:48] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Excellent. Henri, John, you guys weaken that thing like we did before and this should be easy."
[2011-08-11 20::08:58] Doink: The Mother lets out a horrible sound, vents opening on its sides to bealch foul gas as it screeches, tendrils lashing out again at Unit 03!
[2011-08-11 20::18:15] John_Kilanger: raises his spear and manages to block one of the tendrils aimed at Henri.
[2011-08-11 20::22:29] Henri_DEllaine: deftly knocks aside one attack on to have another tendril smash through Unit 03's fore arm. In blinding pain, the tip of the spear falls to the ground as the right arm hangs limply.
[2011-08-11 20::23:55] Dmitriy_Platonov: just gives a short order to one of the technical aides beside him, and Henri feels a short bite of a needle, injecting stimulants. "Henri, stay with us!"
[2011-08-11 20::24:34] Henri_DEllaine: grits his teeth as the ringing in the lcl stops. "Thanks Dmitriy..."
[2011-08-11 20::32:49] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Don't worry Henri, I think I have a suitable retort."
[2011-08-11 20::33:29] Kazimir_Prochazka: proceeds to do what he does best, and with a now-perfected gesture sweeps over the swarm in front of him with a wave of bullets.
[2011-08-11 20::34:41] Dmitriy_Platonov: grins, watching a hail of bullets hitting the ancient abomination. "Such is our answer to threats from beyond. Resolve and science applied to firepower. Good job, Kazimir!"
[2011-08-11 20::35:56] Doink: The front wave of the swarm staggers and falls, getting trampled by the waves behind it, black acidic entrails hissing against the stone of the floor. The swarm is reduced, but not yet defeated.
[2011-08-11 20::37:40] Kazimir_Prochazka: "...Commander I assume it'd be too much to ask for ammo down here."
[2011-08-11 20::38:08] John_Kilanger: "Considering I'm to only one who can drive that thing, maybe."
[2011-08-11 20::38:39] Doink: Dr. Al-Misiri answers for him. "The only one who can get you in and out of there right now is John. Conventional transport would take at least an hour to arrive."
[2011-08-11 20::39:51] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Of course it would. Right."
[2011-08-11 20::40:10] Kazimir_Prochazka: answers with disdain, per usual. He also eyes his bayonet...
[2011-08-11 20::40:53] Mia_al-Misiri: raises her Eva's palm and faces the swarm, with an expression of childish determination on her face. "I am going to get rid of the little ones. Is that okay?"
[2011-08-11 20::44:06] Henri_DEllaine: coughs, still recovering. "Yes. Yes you may, Mia."
[2011-08-11 20::46:21] Mia_al-Misiri: "Okay." After a half-second's concentration, beams of eerie yellow light ooze from 01's palm, hastening as they move further from mia and into the swarm of creatures.
[2011-08-11 20::49:11] Doink: The swarm screeches horribly as the light impacts it, burning away wave after wave of the remaining creatures. The massive form atop them falls to the rounded floor with a sickening crunch, crushing the few of its spawn which remained, unable to bear its massive weight aloft. It lets out a horrifying screech, loud enough to cause your Eva's external mics to dampen the sound. You can /feel/ it through your entry plug, almost.
[2011-08-11 20::49:51] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Oh god that is miserable to listen to."
[2011-08-11 20::54:49] Henri_DEllaine: "Hey, Mia, what do you think are the chances that I could... Fuck it." Unit 03 simply becomes still for a second. And then a beam of light shoots from between it's 5 eyes and connects with that of the mother's. Henri retches a little.
[2011-08-11 20::55:47] Dmitriy_Platonov: stands up rapidly, to get closer to the screen, overwhelmed with total shock. "WHAT. WAS. THAT."
[2011-08-11 20::55:52] Doink: The creature's scream stops abruptly. It's tendrils retract, writhing around it's body almost as if in confusion.
[2011-08-11 20::56:17] John_Kilanger: "What the hell are you doing Henri!?"
[2011-08-11 20::56:24] Henri_DEllaine: "Ugh... I think I might regret trying to do that."
[2011-08-11 20::56:53] Dmitriy_Platonov: "Who in the world gave you that idea- We'll speak of that later."
[2011-08-11 20::57:18] Kazimir_Prochazka: "...since when did Henri start studying under Mia to become a demi-god?"
[2011-08-11 21::00:07] Henri_DEllaine: "... I mean, a few weeks ago I guess... Seemed easy enough."
[2011-08-11 21::02:17] Kazimir_Prochazka: "...you know, with everything else that's happened? Ok. That makes perfect sense."
[2011-08-11 21::02:29] John_Kilanger: gets into a firing position and targets the giant with his Wing Launchers, the missiles launching towards it's stunned mass.
[2011-08-11 21::04:24] » Henri_DEllaine left the chat room.
[2011-08-11 21::05:40] Dmitriy_Platonov: "Kazimir. If Mia won't finish this thing, you should do this. The less time we spend near it, the better. Use this targetting data. Don't think about it, don't analyze the formulas... just trust me."
[2011-08-11 21::06:11] Dmitriy_Platonov: hastily makes some corrections and feeds the data to Kazimir's Evangelion.
[2011-08-11 21::07:56] Doink: The missiles collide with the side of the massive form, exploding... but as the smoke clears, there appears to be no damage to the creature beneath. It doesn't appear to have been deflected, but... there is a faint sheen to the spot where they hit, for just a moment.
[2011-08-11 21::07:59] Kazimir_Prochazka: "I assure you, Commander, that this thing will barely resemble a grease-stain on the wall when we're through."
[2011-08-11 21::08:11] Kazimir_Prochazka: "...or maybe not."
[2011-08-11 21::08:16] John_Kilanger: "God damnit, these things are worthless!
[2011-08-11 21::09:40] » padgettish joined the chat room.
[2011-08-11 21::09:53] » padgettish is now known as Henri_DEllaine.
[2011-08-11 21::10:35] Kazimir_Prochazka: "It'd appear that secondary armaments are bad luck today. Commander: did you get that visual?"
[2011-08-11 21::12:35] John_Kilanger: "Everytime I try to use these things their either dodged, deflected, or bullshit happens like this!"
[2011-08-11 21::13:37] Mia_al-Misiri: "You should do this." Mia is extraordinarily calm. She raises her palm again, this time at the swarm's mother, and lets loose a second burst of creeping light.
[2011-08-11 21::14:41] Dmitriy_Platonov: "I did. Let me think about it... With its Youngs being gone, it shouldn't be able to... Oh, I get it. It's just very tough and durable, it's blasphemous structure reinforced with AT-Field..."
[2011-08-11 21::17:09] Doink: The light tears into the bulk, which lets out another strangles scream, almost rousing from it's stunned state at the pain. Bits of flesh slough off it's side where it connected, but the bulk of the beast remains standing.
[2011-08-11 21::18:10] » padgettish joined the chat room.
[2011-08-11 21::18:24] » Henri_DEllaine left the chat room.
[2011-08-11 21::18:34] » padgettish is now known as Henri_DEllaine.
[2011-08-11 21::19:40] John_Kilanger: "Still doesn't discount the fact that they suck."
[2011-08-11 21::31:50] Henri_DEllaine: "Let's just kill this childish... thing already." Unit 03 charges, sweeping one handed with it's spear as it goes and pulling back to put some distance between itself and the beast.
[2011-08-11 21::34:05] Doink: The spear-tip collides with the side of the fleshy mass... and rebounds off of it as if it hit a sheet of solid steel.
[2011-08-11 21::35:11] Doink: Back in the Command Bunker, Lt. Miles clears his throat "...Sir, not to bother you while you're busy, but... we've got another situation here."
[2011-08-11 21::36:40] Dmitriy_Platonov: "Please clarify."
[2011-08-11 21::36:48] Doink: Miles: "Well... we can't tell exactly what's causing it, because we lost access to the external cameras about 10 minute ago. The only reason we didn't lose the connection down below is because it had to be hardwired. Signals won't go through the ruins down there."
[2011-08-11 21::37:30] Doink: "But... we just got a confirmed Nth-phase signature just outside the command bunker. It's incredably weak, there's no way it could even be an AT field, but... there's something."
[2011-08-11 21::38:27] Dmitriy_Platonov: "Any precision in location this?"
[2011-08-11 21::38:35] Dmitriy_Platonov: looks incredibly grim and serious.
[2011-08-11 21::39:28] Doink: Miles gulps, looking towards the imposing, steel-plate doors which lead into the right side of the command bunker.
[2011-08-11 21::39:39] Doink: "Over there, Sir."
[2011-08-11 21::40:19] Dmitriy_Platonov: "Well. Ladies and gentlemen, draw your arms and prepare your prayers, if you are belivers. Actually, you should be all armed already, as I ordered before."
[2011-08-11 21::41:19] Doink: "Sorcery," says Commander Carter, the first thing he's said in almost an hour. "If Stanford is there, there can be no other... explanation." He says it rather matter-of-factly.
[2011-08-11 21::42:13] Dmitriy_Platonov: "Knowing what exactly comes for us is a relief, Commander."
[2011-08-11 21::43:53] Doink: "Hardly." Carter's expression is grave. Or at least, graver than usual. "He is quite skilled. And I am afraid I am rather... out of practice."
[2011-08-11 21::44:37] Doink: The beast stirs itself, its scream beginning once again as it lashes out angrily towards John, who nimbly dodges its still half-dazed strike
[2011-08-11 21::45:37] Doink: Back in the command bunker, the rest of the bridge crew nervously takes out their sidearms, eyeing the door fearfully.
[2011-08-11 21::46:16] Dmitriy_Platonov: "If you are a practicer of occult arts as well, you should at least try. We need a counterfeit. Doctor, by any chance, can you help us with this in any manner?"
[2011-08-11 21::47:19] Doink: Dr. Al-Misiri shakes his head. "I'm afraid my knowledge is strictly theoretical. I can't do the, um, hands-on sort of stuff. No-one should, really." He looks at Carter, concerned.
[2011-08-11 21::48:02] Doink: Carter: "I understand, Alfred. But I have no choice in this matter." He gets to his feet slowly, facing the door, waiting.
[2011-08-11 21::48:11] Dmitriy_Platonov: "Well, we here do what we need to do, just because we can, I think. It's now or never if Stanford gets past this door. Actually, I don't even know to expect from him."
[2011-08-11 21::48:24] Mia_al-Misiri: raises her Eva's arms in the air above it, and connects to it with a blinding beam of light, bridging her to the swarm mother.
[2011-08-11 21::48:26] Dmitriy_Platonov: is taking cover behind a panel, aiming at the door.
[2011-08-11 21::49:44] Kazimir_Prochazka: says to no one in particular as he hears the chaos from the bridge: "If only I was there..."
[2011-08-11 21::50:53] Doink: The creature's screams die again. It rocks back and forth, agitated, but unable to move.
[2011-08-11 21::51:21] Dmitriy_Platonov: "Yes, that would be great, Kazimir." - Dmitiry is quite surprised to find that idle chatter really helps to keep the cool facade on. The only sight of his nervousness is a slight eye-twitching.
[2011-08-11 21::58:30] Kazimir_Prochazka: raises his rifles to the large, lumbering, ugly mass in front of him.
[2011-08-11 21::58:49] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Bad place to be, ugly."
[2011-08-11 21::59:23] Kazimir_Prochazka: then begins firing with his chainguns on full auto per usual, but is slightly more restrained in his battlerifles...despite this he still hears an alarming *click* from his right hand.
[2011-08-11 21::59:26] Kazimir_Prochazka: "...oh shit."
[2011-08-11 22::00:37] Doink: The bullets tear into the mass. Some of them ping off of its strangely resiliant hide, but a few hit their mark in softer flesh and tear off chunks. It's bleeding, now, horrible brownish pus oozing from its wounded orifices.
[2011-08-11 22::01:52] Kazimir_Prochazka: "...I...well...it worked."
[2011-08-11 22::03:46] Henri_DEllaine: makes another run on the creature, progressive spear glowing with it's eary, yellow light.
[2011-08-11 22::04:18] Doink: The spearpoint barely nicks the creature's hide before rebounding off.
[2011-08-11 22::04:55] Henri_DEllaine: "What is this damn thing made out of?"
[2011-08-11 22::06:07] Doink: Dr. Al-Misir: "Er, I'd explain it but you'd probably need a PHD to understand it."
[2011-08-11 22::06:27] Mia_al-Misiri: "Aw."
[2011-08-11 22::06:54] Doink: Outside of the command bunker, you can hear a scraping sound, something very like massive bits of rubble being moved.
[2011-08-11 22::17:23] John_Kilanger: "Fine then, if my missles can't break through that hide, then my Spear will!"
[2011-08-11 22::18:59] John_Kilanger: launches himself at the great beast, and thrusts his spear at it with all of his might, bringing his spear back only to thrust it again.
[2011-08-11 22::19:49] Doink: The thrusts strike true, finding the beast's soft, fleshy bits, ripping into it and causing more horrible brown ichor to pour forth.
[2011-08-11 22::20:32] John_Kilanger: "Ha! where missiles fail, my spear will stand true!"
[2011-08-11 22::27:13] Mia_al-Misiri: raises her palm to it again. "It isn't like Cthulhu. Or Jeanne. It doesn't feel like a person. It is just a monster."
[2011-08-11 22::27:31] Mia_al-Misiri: blasts it with gloops of light again.
[2011-08-11 22::30:04] Dmitriy_Platonov: just grins, hearing that. It's a rather sick grin, because these words are so wrong... and yet he has to trust Mia, and thus, to accept that one eldritch abomination is better than other.
[2011-08-11 22::31:45] Doink: They tear into its fleshy exterior, much more like flesh than steel this time, its bloated form charring and burning, acrid smoke pouring from its wounds. It hisses and weezes, a pool of pus forming around its base.
[2011-08-11 22::34:50] Kazimir_Prochazka: idly lets one of his rifles hang ans he begins targeting the fleshy hellbeast again, muttering: "Every shot counts..."
[2011-08-11 22::42:41] Henri_DEllaine: Another beam shoots out from Henri to connect with the beast, this time followed by a short scream and broken groaning. "I... think I threw up..."
[2011-08-11 22::44:31] Dmitriy_Platonov: "I told you to be careful! Good thing I gave instructions what to do when some of you is experiencing things like this!"
[2011-08-11 22::49:15] John_Kilanger: continues with his furious attack, thrusting his spear into the creature again and again.
[2011-08-11 22::51:15] Mia_al-Misiri: squeezes more horrible energy from the palm of her Eva's hand, continuing to fling bundles of disgusting yellow light at the mother of the swarm.
[2011-08-11 22::53:30] Doink: John's spear and Mia's light tear into the rapidly decaying form, brown pus seeping down the tunnel as it falls to pieces. As the top part of the form sloughs off, you can see the glimmering orb of shifting light at its core...
[2011-08-11 22::55:00] Doink: but then... the glow doesn't fade, this time. The core seems almost to absorb the light, glowing brighter and brighter, shining through the perforated form that remains of its body
[2011-08-11 22::56:05] Doink: Its flesh begins to decay faster, the brown muck that had seeped from its body /retracting/ back towards the orb, swirling, coming to orbit it, bits moving faster and faster almost to a blur-
[2011-08-11 22::56:35] Doink: Lt. Jackson: "... Pilots. I think you should, um, run. Like, right now."
[2011-08-11 22::57:33] Kazimir_Prochazka: "...huh. Well then."
[2011-08-11 22::57:45] Dmitriy_Platonov: "Report on the situation! What is happening?"
[2011-08-11 22::58:20] John_Kilanger: rushes to the Platform. "Hurry up and get on!"
[2011-08-11 23::00:49] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Noted."
[2011-08-11 23::01:02] Kazimir_Prochazka: activates his thrusters and begins flying down the corridor towards the lift.
[2011-08-11 23::01:17] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Sir I believe the enemy is going to explode."
[2011-08-11 23::01:51] Henri_DEllaine: Unit 03 continues to stare at the core, unmoving.
[2011-08-11 23::02:34] Dmitriy_Platonov: "HENRY, MOVE!"
[2011-08-11 23::03:03] Dmitriy_Platonov: adds more weight to his words by adding the stimulant injection to them as well.
[2011-08-11 23::04:05] Henri_DEllaine: A choking cough comes through over the radio before a "y-yeah, thanks." Unit 03 turns and rockets off to the platform.
[2011-08-11 23::10:38] Mia_al-Misiri: "I don't think you can go fast enough." Mia's Eva floats up a few meters. "I'm going to take everyone to the Fragment. I think it is safe there."
[2011-08-11 23::11:41] Doink: Dr. Al-Misiri's eyes jerk up. "Mia? What do you mean?"
[2011-08-11 23::12:20] Mia_al-Misiri: "I can do it, dad."
[2011-08-11 23::12:20] Dmitriy_Platonov: "Oh god. Mia, what do you mean?" - Dmitriy echoes.
[2011-08-11 23::13:07] Doink: The light gets brighter. Cracks are beginning to form on its surface. You can /feel/ the force bulding up inside it's AT field, compressing on itself in fractal paterns that hurt to look at. It could go any second.
[2011-08-11 23::13:40] Mia_al-Misiri: "We are going now." Reality bends toward's Mia's Eva, and the other Evangelions are contorted as they are pulled towards it.
[2011-08-11 23::14:40] Kazimir_Prochazka: "...oh god whatshappeningtomyface"
[2011-08-11 23::16:20] Doink: At that instant, two things happen.
[2011-08-11 23::16:30] Doink: The world /twists/ just as the light from the rupturing core goes critical, seeming to wipe out everything in your vision-- and then, you are somewhere else.
[2011-08-11 23::18:04] Doink: It's an absolutely MASSIVE chamber. You've never seen a space this large before, stretching in either direction for what must be miles, an endless hazy expanse, its floor and ceiling, barely visible, completely covered in a tangle of pipes, wires, and tubing, all of which pulse with an eerie, low light that suffuses the cavernous space.
[2011-08-11 23::18:27] Doink: But, then, that isn't what draws your eyes.
[2011-08-11 23::19:33] Doink: It can't /not/ draw your eyes. It's almost as if it's the only thing in the room. As if it is /more real/ than the rest of the room. As if it is the only real thing you've ever seen, and everything else was just an illusion, a figment, a dream.
[2011-08-11 23::19:56] Henri_DEllaine: The sudden change in existence causes Henri to hurl again. "Gu-ah, how do I have anything left... in... me... Is that it?"
[2011-08-11 23::21:13] Doink: A shape of purest black, not a color but the abesence of such, the absense of /anything/ and the presence of /everything/. It doesn't hover above its dias; the dias seems to float beneath it.
[2011-08-11 23::21:43] Kazimir_Prochazka: "...Mia what the hell?"
[2011-08-11 23::21:48] Doink: It reminds you of anything, it reminds you, disturbingly, of Mia's new field.
[2011-08-11 23::22:08] Mia_al-Misiri: "This is the safest place I could get to."
[2011-08-11 23::22:40] John_Kilanger: "This is the thing that we've been protecting...?
[2011-08-11 23::23:18] Doink: Dr. Al Misiri: "...Yes. That is the Fragment of Azathoth."
[2011-08-11 23::24:15] Dmitriy_Platonov: "Well, at least you are all safe here. Just don't touch the Fragment."
[2011-08-11 23::24:56] Doink: The /second/ thing that happens, is the sound of a pair of heavy steel blast doors, fighting against their supports, grinding ever so slowly open...
[2011-08-11 23::25:03] Doink: [SESSION END]