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  1. [23:14] <DrEvilKitteh> Shortly after being taken up into a room on the second floor of the pub, Iris had retrieved her phone. It was still bloody and had a dead battery, but Rosemary had helped clean it off and plug it into a charger. Once it was full, Iris had decided to contact two friends who she /needed/ to speak with. First, Alexa, and then Amelia. (L before M in her contacts, and all.)
  2. [23:14] <DrEvilKitteh> To both, she sent an identical message: “Important. Urgent. Come to the Wand and Circlet and go up to Room 08. We must speak in person.”
  3. [23:14] <DrEvilKitteh> After sending those messages, all she could really do was wait for the other two girls' responses and hope they would come soon.
  4. [23:15] <Tangent> It's surprisingly long before Amelia's reply- characteristically blunt and to the point. "coming now"
  5. [23:16] <Jran-Kri> Alexa takes a little bit longer, but not much. "be there soon," it says simply. And, presumably, they are off.
  6. [23:17] <Tangent> There's a knock on the door before too long however. "Iris?" Sure enough, that's Amelia's voice, muffled as it may be. "Are you there?"
  7. [23:18] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris gave a soft, slow sigh as she looked at her phone. It had been difficult to type with just the one hand. "...They are coming," she informed Rosemary. That gave her hope, that they were both still alive.
  8. [23:18] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ah, fugg. Sorry Tan, I missed your last post. I'll just post again and skip to "Now".)
  9. [23:18] <Tangent> (nah, s'fien)
  10. [23:19] <Tangent> (We just swap the order around in the log)
  11. [23:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yeah.)
  12. [23:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (Gimme a minute to write a description of Iris.)
  13. [23:19] <Jar_Mimic> "Who is coming?" the sheep doll asks, looking up from her ungloved nails. Yep, they're still as pointy as ever.
  14. [23:21] <DrEvilKitteh> "I am here." Iris raised her voice a bit so that Amelia could hear. She nodded at Rosemary. “Please let them in.”
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  16. [23:25] <Jar_Mimic> "Ah, okay." Without putting her black glove back on, she hops to her feet and makes for the door. It is opened by a girl in her late teenage years who's a bit taller than she is curvy. What it appears that she's wearing is a head to foot sheep costume. She’s covered in white fluff, with a cute, pink face. Her arms and legs are covered in long, black gloves and stockings. Her exposed hand bears fingernails sharpened to points.
  17. [23:27] <Jran-Kri> To anyone who would know her, Alexa would appear to be a ghost of her already slight self. Pale and skinny before, now she looks gaunt and ghoulish. She stares at the sheepgirl with some surprise. "H-h-h-hello," she stammers, her breath catching in her throat. "I-I-Iris. H-h-here. To s-s-see."
  18. [23:30] <Jar_Mimic> "Oh, she is in here. Please, do not touch her or excite her too much. She is still recovering." With that, the sheep doll steps aside to let her enter.
  19. [23:30] <Tangent> Amelia's standing there, but she looks...different from how Iris remembers her. She's taller. Older-looking. Almost like her own older sister. She's a slender, almost slight looking girl in her mid teens with her dark hair flowing down her back instead of its former ponytail, whose features could be called angular. But mostly, she looks tired. Drained. Still tense, but that conviction, that certainty in her blue eyes? That's gone, at least for now.
  20. [23:31] == Phosphor [cgiirc@Rizon-CFB2C1AC.cpe.cableone.net] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]
  21. [23:32] <Tangent> "Recovering?" She echoes, a flicker of life entering her eyes and concern in her voice, then rushes in. "Iris? What happened?"
  22. [23:32] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's dull blue eyes stare at the sheep with some interest. Nodding slowly, she takes off the red, wide-brimmed hat, exposing her shoulder-length brown hair. She lurches into the room, her stride uneven. "WH-wh-who d-d-did th-th-this?" She says, before even laying eyes on Iris.
  23. [23:33] <Tangent> Amelia...doesn't pay the sheep a second glance. She has other priorities right now.
  24. [23:33] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris was propped up on a few pillows on the bed, which allowed her to look around the room easier. She was untransformed, and also naked beneath the blankets, and only her left arm and one of her legs stuck out from beneath them, with the latter resting on a stack of pillows. She looked battered and injured, with nary a spot unmarred by a scratch, abrasion, or bruise, and the leg on the pillow
  25. [23:33] <DrEvilKitteh> stack looked especially bad, what with the broken ankle and foot twisted at an uncomfortable-looking angle. Fortunately, she did have a large amount of bandages and gauze wrapped around her, which helped with the more severe, bloody injuries, though many other ugly-but-fading ones were still visible. That being said, her right arm wasn't visible, though it was one of her...more grievous injuries.
  26. [23:33] <DrEvilKitteh> “Hello,” she greeted the Paladin and the bookworm. She only took a breath before speaking, and when she did, a pained look briefly crossed her face. "Are...you both well?"
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  28. [23:34] <Tangent> In her new outfit, she almost looks like some kind of knight. "You..you're hurt." Amelia says without preamble, shaking her head. "A-" She falters as though remembering something, and looks to her friend. "...Alexa, can you help?" She continues after a long, awkward pause.
  29. [23:35] <Tangent> "Who did this to you?" Amelia asks Iris a moment later, gaze skittering past her injuries and both her hands clenching. "Damnit, if I'd known you needed help..." She bites her lip.
  30. [23:36] <Jran-Kri> Alexa fails to respond to the question, staring at Iris with a strangely neutral look on her face. She cocks her head this way and that, peering at her. She adjusts her glasses. "... I-I sh-should b-b-be able t-t-to," Alexa says, a sardonic, grim note in her voice. Shifting her red mantle to free her arm, her gnarled black staff springs into being. The crystal ball at the end glows bright red as she runs the glow down Iris'
  31. [23:36] <Jran-Kri> form. [Miracle Worker]
  32. [23:37] <Tangent> Amelia winces at Alexa's reply, not really looking at her. Seems the two of them aren't really getting on at the moment...
  33. [23:38] <DrEvilKitteh> "No, stop!" Iris flinched and groaned, and Alexa could feel a...a dark magic inside the Ice girl, pushing back, resisting. It barely gave, and even when it did, just by centimeters.
  34. [23:40] == KatBranagh has changed nick to Pandasleep
  35. [23:43] <DrEvilKitteh> "...I know," Iris growled, voice hoarse. "I...was aware...after the angels tried...to heal me. They came...to the same...ah, conclusion." She finally managed to let her body relax and slumped back against the pillows.
  36. [23:44] <Jran-Kri> "A-ha. Ha ha. Ha ha," Alexa laughs, in a way that is really just her saying the word 'ha' over and over. Her crooked grin fails to abate. Apparently she finds some humour in this. At last, however, she sobers. "I-I-I a-a-asked wh-who d-d-did this t-t-to you. Th-that... w-w-would h-h-help. F-f-f-for f-fixing this."
  37. [23:44] <Jar_Mimic> The stitched on eyes of the sheep doll don't react to these sights. But her hands are still shaking from having to watch her special friend get hurt again.
  38. [23:48] <Tangent> "Damnit..." Amelia repeats. "Why didn't you say you needed help..." She echoes quietly, all but pacing in place and eyes fixed on Iris. She looks like she wants to reach out to her.
  39. [23:54] <DrEvilKitteh> "I tried," Iris said to Amelia. "But...I was too injured. Could not...use my phone...before it died." She looked at Alexa and sighed slightly. "...It was...an ambush. I have been...helping Walter, when I can. Went with another girl. Jenny. Attacked one...of the Alchemist's outposts. But he had help. A...metal man, or...someone in armor. Tall, with a hammer. Very strong and tough. It killed Jenny.
  40. [23:54] <DrEvilKitteh> Almost killed me. I ran. Barely escaped. Barely survived."
  41. [23:56] <Tangent> ...She should have been there. She should've known something was wrong...
  42. [23:56] <Tangent> "...Where was this?" Amelia asks simply.
  43. [23:58] <Jran-Kri> At the mention of Jenny's tragic fate, Alexa crosses herself, closing her eyes briefly. She mumbles something before opening them again. "Y-y-yes. W-w-we w-w-will, ah... f-f-finish. What you s-s-s-started."
  44. [23:59] <Tangent> Amelia...seems tense, armored and bare hands clenched. She's shaking slightly- fear or something else? But she nods at Alexa's last words.
  45. [00:00] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris made a single vague wave with her left hand. "Out. In the Overcity," she replied, rather unhelpfully. "...The metal man tried...to attack me after I was found. But...Rose, Rea, and the angels...helped and escaped. It did not come...very close to here." She was very obviously relieved by that.
  46. [00:02] <Tangent> "I'm going to kill it." Amelia lets slip, her expression twisting into an angry snarl. "Does Walter know the way to the outpost?" She reaches out, not quite touching Iris. "It'll be okay. I-We'll kill this thing." She hesitates. "Your...your injuries...Is there anything I can do?"
  47. [00:03] <Jran-Kri> Alexa sighs laboriously, staring flatly at Iris. She seems nothing short of enraged by Amelia's question, as if personally offended; her face twists into a wild look of hate. It's gone as quickly as it comes, though, her dour look returning in time for her to nod slowly.
  48. [00:06] <DrEvilKitteh> "You have to find...its weakness. Or you will be killed," Iris stated matter-of-factly. "He should, yes. I can call him soon." At Amelia's outstretched hand, Iris lifted her left to lightly take it. "I do not know. I...will eventually recover." She managed to muster up a small but weak smile for the Fire girl.
  49. [00:07] <Tangent> Amelia tries to smile back, but it's strained. "...Get well soon, okay? Don't worry. I'll deal with it. Whatever it is. Just...try and rest." She squeezes Iris's hand lightly, her own warm in hers.
  50. [00:07] <Jran-Kri> Pushing up her glasses to pinch the bridge of her nose, Alexa sighs again. Her teeth begin audibly grinding together. "R-r-r-right. R-r-right. W-w-well. I'm. Sure. Th-th-that th-th-there's a ch-ch-chink in the... a-a-armour. P-p-perhaps if w-w-we c-c-can... r-r-reach this o-outpost, w-w-we m-m-may f-f-find s-s-something on it."
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  52. [00:11] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris nodded at both of them, her weak grip cool in contrast to Amelia's. "I will do my best." She looked at Alexa, then. "Walter might...be able to help, too. Maybe. And...you should...take more Magical Girls to help. Just...two is...not enough..."
  53. [00:12] <Tangent> Amelia squeezes her hand. "We'll be back before you know it. Don't worry about me...Just rest, okay, Iris?" Her brow furrows in clear concern.
  54. [00:13] <Tangent> *about us
  55. [00:14] <Jran-Kri> "... P-p-probably," she admits, ducking her head ever so slightly. Her crooked grin leaps back to her face. "U-u-um. W-w-w-well. I don't. Um. Know too many. So, ah... W-w-we m-m-may h-h-have to r-r-recruit and I-I didn't s-s-see a-a-any i-i-in the p-p-pub a-a-a-and NODELAYS!" Alexa suddenly screams, her whole body jolting like an electric wire was run through it. She brushes on as if it had never happened. "W-w-we'll t-t-talk
  56. [00:14] <Jran-Kri> to W-W-Walter and s-s-sort th-this o-o-out."
  57. [00:15] <Jar_Mimic> "Iris. I want to help smash the person who did this to you," Rose cuts in, approaching the foot of the bed, "But I also do not want to leave your side."
  58. [00:15] <Tangent> Amelia looks to Alexa, but...looks back to Iris afterwards, though her free hand's clenched again. This is apparently not a surprise to her, even if she's not too happy about it.
  59. [00:16] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris' brow furrowed, and she looked back and forth from Amelia to Alexa. "...Something...is wrong," she stated hoarsely. "Amelia, you...are different. And...Alexa, why...are you talking like that? Did...something happen?" She shot Rose a worried look, but tried to let her know that she would talk with her in a minute.
  60. [00:17] <Tangent> Amelia looks to the stranger. The...sheepgirl. Whoever she is. Amelia feels an irrational dislike for her, but shakes her head. "...We'll take care of it." she tells Rose.
  61. [00:17] <Tangent> Iris's question distracts her. "...Yeah. Stuff...stuff happened. Puuchu...he's...he's a shit. And my magic...well, it still works. That's what matters." She sighs. "I'm fine." she says, none too convincingly.
  62. [00:18] <Jran-Kri> Alexa stares blankly at Rosemary, looking at her with a strangely scientific air. "W-w-we c-c-could u-u-use... h-h-help. Sh-she'll b-b-be s-s-safe h-h-here," Alexa assures the sheepgirl. Turning to Iris, she blinks slowly. "W-w-we'll t-t-talk wh-when w-we r-r-return."
  63. [00:18] <Tangent> "Don't worry about me. I can still handle this. It won't stop me from dealing with that thing, really." She tries to reassure.
  64. [00:19] <Jar_Mimic> "Are you sure? Then I will help! I will smash whoever did this for doing this to you! I will smash their face in so hard that they will wish they had never ever even been born!" She reaches a hand out and clenches it into a fist.
  65. [00:20] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris didn't look convinced. At all. Still, she looked at Rosemary next. "...I...would rather you not go, Rose. It is...far...too dangerous for you." She eyed Amelia and Alexa. "It is...almost the same...for you two," she muttered.
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  67. [00:22] <Jran-Kri> Alexa seems as glad to see the sheepgirl coming with them as she as capable of getting. That is to say, her crooked grin crawls up her face like a pair of crippled worms. It runs away from her face when Iris speaks. One eye twitches spastically as she slowly takes off her glasses, staring at Iris. "A-A-Amelia is... th-th-the o-o-only o-one of the tw-two o-o-of u-us w-w-with... f-f-fight in h-h-her. I-I c-c-could u-u-use
  68. [00:22] <Jran-Kri> a-a-another g-g-girl t-t-to h-h-hide behind." Alexa's mangled grin slithers back up her face, grimmer this time.
  69. [00:23] <Tangent> "It hurt *you*. It killed someone." Amelia insists stubbornly. "I need to stop this thing. WE need to stop this thing." She nods to Iris. "Rose...Iris is probably right. We'll handle it."
  70. [00:23] <Tangent> *to Alexa
  71. [00:24] <Jar_Mimic> "Do you really want me to stay here with you, Iris?" She kneels down by her bedside, just has she had done quite frequently during Iris's stay. "Because I will stay if you ask me to. But if you do not, I will go with."
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  74. [00:26] <Tangent> Amelia's brow furrows, and her boot grinds into the floorboards a bit as she fidgets...but looks to Iris.
  75. [00:26] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris was visibly conflicted about that. "...I...I do not want you to go. It...is too dangerous for you. It is not...about me. I do not want my sister...to get hurt and...die." She reached out and took one of Rosemary's hands, now.
  76. [00:27] <Jran-Kri> For a single, dreadful moment, Alexa's whole expression shifts. Without her glasses, the wild look of fear and anger -- but mostly fear -- that crosses her face is unobscured. It lingers there for only a moment before it is dismissed as she shakes her head emphatically. "I-I-I th-th-think w-w-we c-c-could u-u-use the h-h-help. B-b-but... w-w-we should be f-f-fine," Alexa's expression softens at the word 'sister.' Then it falls,
  77. [00:27] <Jran-Kri> like she was just reminded of some terrible tragedy. She looks away. "A-A-Amelia's r-r-ruh-right. W-w-we're f-f-fine. L-l-let's g-g-go."
  78. [00:29] <Jar_Mimic> "I will stay, then." She turns to these two girls she doesn't know. "Please, smash the face of whoever did this to her. Make them wish that they were never born!" The smile stitched on her face really isn't representative of her feelings.
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  80. [00:31] <Tangent> Amelia nods to the stranger. "Oh, yes. I can definitely do that." She looks Rose in the face. "Help Iris, okay?"
  81. [00:31] <Jran-Kri> Alexa smiles thinly at Rose, her crooked smile terrible in the low light. "'Y-y-yea th-th-though I w-w-walk th-through the v-valley of the sh-sh-shadow of d-d-death, I will f-f-fear n-n-no e-e-evil,'" she recites shakily. She nods at Amelia. "Y-y-yes. H-h-help h-h-her. W-w-we'll f-f-fix this."
  82. [00:33] <Jar_Mimic> "I will do my best." And then she turns back to Iris before putting her head down on the bed. "I am sorry about how useless I am for you."
  83. [00:37] <DrEvilKitteh> "You are not useless," Iris said, voice hard despite how low it was. "You just...do not have...much experience yet. This is the last thing...you should be fighting...when you don't have...experience." She squeezed the sheepdoll girl's hand once, then looked up at the other two. "Stay safe. I do not want...my friends to be hurt or die."
  84. [00:39] <Tangent> Amelia nods. "I'm not letting some tin can get the best of me. I'm making it burn for what it did, so don't worry, okay? And it'll have to get through me to hurt Alexa."
  85. [00:40] <Jran-Kri> All this talk of uselessness makes Alexa's expression darken even further. She turns to stare at the wall adjacent to the door. Her fingers dig into her palms, her clenched fists shaking. "L-l-let's j-j-just g-g-go."
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  87. [00:41] <Tangent> Amelia turns. She starts to reach out to Alexa, instinctively...
  88. [00:42] <Jran-Kri> Alexa snatches her hand before it closes half of the distance between them. Her free hand finally replaces her glasses as she stares at Amelia with her crooked grin.
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  90. [00:43] == WhitePaladin has changed nick to WhiteKnight
  91. [00:43] <Jar_Mimic> After a minute or so of silence, the sheep doll replies, "If I can not help you, and I can not heal you, then what use am I?" She raises her head to see how Iris answers.
  92. [00:44] <Tangent> Amelia smiles back at Alexa, her own smile genuine a bit strained. "Let's do this." she says quietly. A look back, to Iris...
  93. [00:47] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's nostrils flare as she sighs, her eye twitching again. She jerks her head towards the door.
  94. [00:47] <DrEvilKitteh> "...I am glad that you two regularly hold hands, now," Iris remarked in a murmur to the two girls. As for Rosemary, she just wrapped an arm around the Frankstein doll's neck and pulled her into a hug, though she winced from the contact. "You are my sister," she whispered softly. "You have and can helped me. And...seeing you happy, living a good life, makes me happy. You do not have to be my
  95. [00:47] <DrEvilKitteh> warrior or healer. You are Rosemary, my sister." Iris gave Rose a light kiss atop the head.
  96. [00:48] <Tangent> Amelia shifts uncomfortably. She feels like an intruder...and nods to Alexa. She closes the door once they're out.
  97. [00:49] <Jran-Kri> Alexa laughs in her same hollow, lifeless way as her and Amelia leave the room. She stares straight ahead of her, failing to let go of Amelia's hand as she immediately directs them downstairs. "A-a-a-alright. L-l-let's f-f-find W-W-Walter. A-a-and e-e-end this n-n-nonsense."
  98. [00:49] <Jar_Mimic> Naturally, knowing how bad of a condition she's in Rose doesn't hug back very tightly. But she does. And It makes her feel better. "That does not sound very useful to me, but, if it will make you happy then I will do it. Thank you, Iris. I should be making you feel better, but now I feel much, much better."
  99. [00:50] <Tangent> (brb 2 min)
  100. [00:51] <DrEvilKitteh> "Rose. You are silly." Iris smiled softly, arm still held loosely around her sister. "Being happy helps me. And I am happy when you are happy. It...is that simple."
  101. [00:54] <Tangent> "...Nonsense?" Amelia shakes her head angrily. "Damnit, it nearly killed Iris...That *psycho* nearly got her killed...Why didn't she just tell me...I mean, us...before"
  102. [00:55] <Jar_Mimic> "Then we must both be happy right now. It is good that it is a simple thing. I am good at that." When she returns to kneeling at the bedside, she desides to return the smooch on her head by pressing Iris's hand to her mouth. It sinks into her a bit. She then sits up and giggles.
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  104. [00:57] <Jran-Kri> "P-p-perhaps sh-sh-she d-d-didn't w-w-want to w-w-worry y-y-you," Alexa suggests, dragging Amelia down the hall once she fails to move as quickly as Alexa likes. "I-i-it's i-i-irrelevant. J-j-just f-f-find wh-who n-n-needs t-t-to b-b-be k-k-killed."
  105. [00:58] <Jran-Kri> "... G-G-God, i-i-if I w-w-weren't s-s-such a c-c-coward..." Alexa grumbles to herself, her grip on Amelia tightening.
  106. [00:58] <DrEvilKitteh> Iris' smile widened as she nodded slowly.
  107. [00:59] <DrEvilKitteh> (That will be curtains for Iris and Rose, I think. You two can keep going a bit, though.)
  108. [00:59] <Tangent> Amelia shakes her head, but moves. "You're not a coward." She says, squeezing Alexa's hand once. "But yeah, let's go. That thing needs to die."
  109. [01:00] <Tangent> (We done for tonight orrr)
  110. [01:00] <DrEvilKitteh> (That's on you and Jran.)
  111. [01:02] <Jran-Kri> Alexa closes her eyes, failing to respond except in more recitations as she tromps down the stairs. "'The w-w-wicked b-b-boasts o-o-of d-d-desires of the h-h-heart, a-a-and the m-m-man g-g-greedy f-f-for g-g-gain c-c-curses and r-r-renounces the L-Lord,'" she mumbles almost feverishly. She opens her eyes, finally actually replying. "Q-q-quite."
  112. [01:03] <Tangent> ...Amelia shouldn't be getting used to Alexa quoting the bible like that. It still bothers her. "We'll deal with it together, alright?" She insists.
  113. [01:05] <Jran-Kri> "O-o-o-of c-c-course," Alexa agrees with a jerky nod. "I-I'll s-s-stay b-b-behind y-y-you wh-while y-y-you d-d-do the h-h-heavy l-lifting."
  114. [01:06] <Tangent> "Alexa...Without you, I'd be dead." Amelia says bluntly. She puts her armored hand on Alexa's arm, looking into the shorter girls' eyes. "I need you, okay?"
  115. [01:08] <Jran-Kri> Glancing over at Amelia, Alexa stares into her eyes for a moment before looking ahead as quickly as if she had just stared at the sun. "... I-I n-n-need y-y-you, t-too. Um. Let's... j-j-just s-s-sort this."
  116. [01:10] <Tangent> "R-right." Amelia looks a bit flustered too, as though her mouth's outrun her brian. "Yeah. Let's do this." She bobs her head and starts walking.
  117.  
  118. ===
  119.  
  120. (Alright. Due to timey-wimey shenaniganry, Seo-Hyun can call either while they're talking to Walter, or a little after they finish. Up to Vox, I suppose, but I don't think it should be right at the start of this bit, either.)
  121. [23:56] <fox_de_lumine_> (Let's go with after they finish.)
  122. [23:56] == fox_de_lumine_ has changed nick to Seo-Hyun
  123. [23:57] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alright. Jran, Tan, whenever either of you wanna start, since it'll basically be your characters making/receiving the calls.)
  124. [23:58] <Tang> Amelia slams one finger down on the call button, pacing in place on the stairs.
  125. [23:59] <Jran-Kri> Alexa halts in place, wringing her hands in front of her absentmindedly. She stares straight ahead of her, waiting for the aforementioned robot to pick up.
  126. [00:00] <Tang> "Walter?" She blurts. "Where are you?"
  127. [00:01] <DrEvilKitteh> The phone rings about six times before it's answered. "...Hello?" The clockwork android sounded haggard and out of breath, if that was even possible for him. "Amelia, right?"
  128. [00:02] <Tang> "Yeah. I just...Iris told me what happened. Where are you?" She repeats.
  129. [00:04] <DrEvilKitteh> "Iris?" There was a rustle of something against the phone's speaker. "...She's alive?" he whispered, almost too low to hear. "I, er, I'm trying to hide," he added. "Out in the Overcity somewhere. Not quite sure where now."
  130. [00:07] <Tang> A long, long pause. "From the metal man? You okay? I'm with Alexa, we're getting help, and we'll find you. If you see something, a landmark or something, just tell us."
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  134. [00:13] <DrEvilKitteh> "You say that like I haven't been fighting an army of metal men," Walter said wryly. "...But no, I'm not bringing you out here. Not now. Everything this past week or two has been a set-up. The Alchemist has been watching my movements and planning. He made sure to keep feeding me reliable intel up until the point where he could launch simultaneous ambushes on multiple groups of Magical
  135. [00:13] <DrEvilKitteh> Girls aiding me. As far as I know, only Iris and maybe one or two others escaped. The rest..." There was the sense that he shook his head sadly. "...I can escape these automatons soon. As long as those stealthy ones don't take my other arm." He chuckled self-deprecatingly.
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  137. [00:15] <Tang> "...Damnit, let me help you!" Amelia snaps. "We're coming out here, like it or not, so where are you?" She looks to Alexa.
  138. [00:17] <Jran-Kri> Alexa stares blankly back at Amelia, utterly ambivalent.
  139. [00:18] <DrEvilKitteh> "It's the Overcity. It doesn't have set landmarks, so it would be difficult even if I /wanted/ you to come."
  140. [00:20] <Tang> "Urgh. Just...stay alive!" Amelia shakes her head. "You don't see ANYTHING?"
  141. [00:23] <DrEvilKitteh> "I do, but like I said, I'm not bringing you out here if I can help it." Walter paused, and judging from some background sounds, he relocated over the span of about seven seconds. "...Tell you what. I'm making my way back to the Wand and Circlet, so you can meet me near there and help me take out the automatons that will be stubborn and good enough to keep up with me. That way, there's
  142. [00:23] <DrEvilKitteh> less danger for you two."
  143. [00:23] <DrEvilKitteh> "I do, but like I said, I'm not bringing you out here if I can help it." Walter paused, and judging from some background sounds, he relocated over the span of about seven seconds. "...Tell you what. I'm making my way back to the Wand and Circlet, so you can meet me near there and help me take out the automatons that will be stubborn and good enough to keep up with me. That way, there's
  144. [00:23] <DrEvilKitteh> less danger for you two."
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  146. [00:32] <Tangent> Amelia grits her teeth. "...Fine."
  147. [00:34] <DrEvilKitteh> "I'll call when I get closer." Walter then hung up.
  148. [00:35] <Tangent> "...Let's save the tin can." Amelia grumbles, closing her phone with more force than necessary. "Come on, let's go!"
  149. [00:36] <Seo-Hyun> Very shortly, however, as if serendipitously timed through the chrono-fuckery that suffused the overcity, Amelia's phone began to ring once more, receiving a call from an unknown number.
  150. [00:38] <Jran-Kri> Alexa makes to immediately resume marching down the stairs, but is halted by this renewed ringing. Her hateful smile tugs at one corner of her mouth. "Ha. Ha ha. D-d-does the c-c-can h-h-have s-s-something e-e-else to s-s-say?"
  151. [00:40] <Tangent> Amelia halts, pulling out her phone.
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  153. [00:48] <DrEvilKitteh> (...I assume Amelia /also/ answered the phone?)
  154. [00:51] <Tangent> (yep)
  155. [00:53] <Seo-Hyun> When the call went through, a voice came through almost immediately - judging by the sound of it, from a girl somewhere around 17 years old, and with a hint of a Korean accent. "Hello. This is Amelia, correct? I'm a friend of Iris."
  156. [00:59] <Tangent> "Hi, yeah, I'm Amelia. Iris is...she's alive. We just talked to her. Where are you?" Amelia says rapidly.
  157. [01:02] <Seo-Hyun> "I'm... near the pub, more or less. It's complicated. Point is: I was talking to Iris a little while ago. Helped her get medical attention. I know you're going after the fucker responsible for what happened to her, and I want in."
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  159. [01:06] <Tangent> "...Okay, cool. Good to have you on board, then." Amelia nods. "We're grabbing who we can, we'll meet you on the way out the pub, okay?"
  160. [01:09] <Seo-Hyun> "Got it. I'll be waiting outside once I get there." And the mystery caller closed the connection.
  161. [01:09] <Jran-Kri> "... I-I-I p-p-presume th-th-that w-w-was p-p-productive," Alexa says simply, her unblinking stare never wavering from Amelia.
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  163. [01:25] <Tangent> "Yeah, come on, let's...let's do this."
  164. [01:30] <Jran-Kri> Without wasting any more time, Alexa marches down the stairs.
  165. [01:31] <DrEvilKitteh> (Okay, pausing here.)
  166.  
  167. ====
  168.  
  169. [00:14] <Tangent> The doors burst open. "Hey!" A shrill, loud voice yells. It belongs to a tall, slight girl in what looks like a mix of blue cloth and knightly armor. She looks agitated. Angry. Twitchy. "Listen up! There's a metal monster out there in the city that needs killing! It hurt Iris, and it's already killed someone! Who wants to help us stop it?"
  170. [00:14] <Nidhogg> (It's a machine monster?)
  171. [00:15] <Tangent> ...This girl has a good set of lungs on her.
  172. [00:15] <DrEvilKitteh> (>Implying you're gonna be fighting /that guy/ right now)
  173. [00:15] <Tangent> (Amelia's guessing probably. She doesn't care.)
  174. [00:15] <Jran-Kri> Just before they close again, a much less impressive girl slithers in after her. Almost completely covered by a dark red mantle, and her face further covered by a wide-brimmed, similarly-coloured hat, she keeps as close to the other girl as her shadow.
  175. [00:16] <LeftHandofGod> A girl wearing a bulletproof vest and...short shorts turns her head. "I came here for vacation, but... Yes, I'll help." She stands.
  176. [00:18] <Tangent> "Okay, great!" Amelia raises what looks like a greatsword up in a quick, brisk salute. "I'm Amelia, this is Alexa. Welcome aboard." She looks around. "Anyone else?" She calls. "This thing's already killed people. The guy behind it's killed people. It HAS to be stopped."
  177. [00:21] <LeftHandofGod> "Lin." Without another word, she stands, hand on the pistol at her waist.
  178. [00:21] <Poplartree> "Would you mind if I joined too dear?" A tall blond asks, wearing a tightly fitting cocktail dress emphasizing her curves.
  179. [00:23] <Tangent> Amelia blinks at her. "Uh, yeah, sure. That's five. Six if Walter's okay...Anyone else?"
  180. [00:24] <Jran-Kri> "... I-I-I'm s-s-s-sure th-that's e-enough," Alexa stammers, shifting in place uncomfortably.
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  183. [00:25] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yes, plz, 5 is good.)
  184. [00:27] <Tangent> "...Guess so. Come on, let's go...Walter better not have gotten himself killed..."
  185. [00:27] <Tangent> Amelia turns and strides out the door, pulling out her phone and calling Walter. "Come on, pick up..."
  186. [00:27] <LeftHandofGod> "Roger." Lin leaves her drink half finished on the bar, following close behind.
  187. [00:28] <Jran-Kri> "Th-th-that w-would b-b-be u-u-unfortunate," Alexa says, in the same way someone says that a spot of rain on their way to work would be unfortunate. She lurches after Amelia, her walk stilted and uneven.
  188. [00:28] <Eprlide> (I'd let the Windego join but the beast tree is vastly undone and some of their skills are weak D:)
  189. [00:28] <Tangent> (Eh, if you want to and Dr's okay with it?)
  190. [00:29] <DrEvilKitteh> (5 is...kinda enough for now.)
  191. [00:29] <Eprlide> (That too)
  192. [00:29] <Poplartree> The blond follows the rest of the group out the door
  193. [00:29] <DrEvilKitteh> "Yes?" Accompanying Walter's reply were a couple gunshots. "Did something go wrong? I'm not quite at a good place yet, but I'm drawing closer."
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  195. [00:30] <Tangent> "We've got enough girls to handle it. We're ready when you are." Amelia says simply, grip tightening on her sword's hilt as she speaks.
  196. [00:31] <DrEvilKitteh> "Got it. You'll know my signal when you see it." Walter hung up.
  197. [00:33] <Tangent> (Move to Chronicle or?)
  198. [00:34] <Tangent> Amelia paces in place.
  199. [00:34] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yeah, let's go Chronicle. That's where Vox's Seo-Hyun instance is.)
  200.  
  201. =====
  202.  
  203. [00:36] <Seo-Hyun> As the rest of the group step out of the door of the Wand and Circlet, a 19-year-old Korean girl falls into line with them, a fox's ears and nine tails marring her appearance and making her seem just barely inhuman. She says nothing, simply following with a grim expression on her face.
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  205. [00:37] <Tangent> Amelia automatically tenses a bit, head snapping around at the newcomer's arrival, then forces herself to relax. "You're...Iris's friend, yeah?"
  206. [00:39] <Seo-Hyun> "Yeah. Let me guess. Beacon affiliations. Let's set that aside until after we've made the bastards pay for what they did to Iris, yes?"
  207. [00:39] <DrEvilKitteh> The distinct sound of gunshots echoing through the mostly-empty Overcity fell upon their ears. About a minute, maybe a minute and a half after stepping outside of the Wand and Circle and waiting, a green flare shot high into the sky, pulsing brightly as it hovered. Its source appeared to be a few blocks away, within the pub's stable zone and close enough to retreat to the pub itself if
  208. [00:39] <DrEvilKitteh> things went horribly horribly wrong.
  209. [00:40] <Poplartree> "Ah, Seo, you're here too? What a surprise!" Collete smiles
  210. [00:40] <Jran-Kri> "Ha. Ha ha. Ha ha ha," Alexa says, her head twisting to stare at the new arrival. She blinks behind her glasses, her head cocking this way and that as a visible shudder runs through her. "Th-th-they'll g-g-get th-th-theirs. L-l-later. VENGEANCEUPONTHESINNERS!" She suddenly shrieks, her whole body seizing up as her staff springs into her hand in a flash of light.
  211. [00:40] <Tangent> "I'm not...affiliated with anyone." Amelia all but snaps, then seems about to say something else. Then the flare shoots up. "LET'S GO!" She yells.
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  213. [00:41] <DrEvilKitteh> Amelia's phone rang again.
  214. [00:42] <LeftHandofGod> Lin racks the slide on her pistol and readies herself for combat.
  215. [00:42] <Seo-Hyun> "Well, how about that. Really does take all kinds. I'd say it's good to see you, Collete, but I seem to remember not liking you all that much." And very abruptly, Seo-Hyun took off, moving towards the source of the noise with an apparent complete disregard for her own safety.
  216. [00:43] <Jran-Kri> Alexa lurches after Amelia, keeping a good distance behind the other girl.
  217. [00:43] <Poplartree> "As shy as ever~" Collette giggles, and takes her mic out and runs after everyone else
  218. [00:43] <Tangent> "Yes?" Amelia calls into the phone as she starts to run. "Walter?"
  219. [00:44] <DrEvilKitteh> "I'm fine," he started off with. "I just needed to warn you about the stealthed automatons, what the Alchemist calls Stalkers. Nasty pieces of work, sneaky and smart. Keep an eye open for them."
  220. [00:45] <Tangent> "Right, got it, thanks." Amelia blurts. "Hey, look out for sneaky robots!" She yells to the others, but doesn't break stride.
  221. [00:46] <LeftHandofGod> Lin's eyes glance back and forth, trying to search for targets on the sidestreets the group is running past.
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  223. [00:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (Quick note before we begin: I add 3 base dice to every roll, which essentially gives a +3 dice bonus to everything.)
  224. [00:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (But first, everyone roll Initiative.)
  225. [00:50] <Seo-Hyun> (On the enemies, or on everyone?)
  226. [00:51] <DrEvilKitteh> (Everyone gets +3 Dice.)
  227. [00:51] <Seo-Hyun> !ex 5 agi!Init
  228. [00:51] <Molbot> Seo-Hyun: [1, 6, 1, 5, 2]. Botch!
  229. [00:51] <DrEvilKitteh> (All the PC's, all the enemies.)
  230. [00:51] <Seo-Hyun> (that +3 dice sure helped me out there)
  231. [00:51] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 13 (Initiative, AGI)
  232. [00:51] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [5, 3, 3, 2, 1, 6, 2, 7, 2, 10, 5, 5, 10]. Successes total: 5
  233. [00:51] <DrEvilKitteh> (Heh.)
  234. [00:51] <Tangent> !ex 5 (shit for agi)
  235. [00:51] <Molbot> Tangent: [7, 2, 4, 2, 2]. Successes total: 1
  236. [00:53] <Poplartree> !ex 6 agi!Init +2 successes from Awareness
  237. [00:53] <Molbot> Poplartree: [5, 8, 10, 4, 6, 7]. Successes total: 4
  238. [00:53] <Poplartree> (Total 6)
  239. [00:53] <Jran-Kri> !ex 7 AGI
  240. [00:53] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [4, 2, 5, 7, 1, 10, 5]. Successes total: 3
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  242. [00:55] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 10 (Walter Initiative)
  243. [00:55] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 3, 5, 5, 3, 9, 9, 6, 4, 2]. Successes total: 3
  244. [00:55] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 (Soldiers Initiative)
  245. [00:55] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 3, 2, 9, 2, 2]. Successes total: 2
  246. [00:56] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 (Stalkers Init)
  247. [00:56] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [5, 9, 5, 5, 7, 7, 9, 7]. Successes total: 5
  248. [00:58] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alright, now everyone roll Perception~)
  249. [00:58] <DrEvilKitteh> (Anyone who has Third Eye, state so during your roll.)
  250. [00:59] <Seo-Hyun> !d 1d20
  251. [00:59] <Seo-Hyun> >molbot doesn't do simple dice
  252. [00:59] <LeftHandofGod> .d 1d20+5
  253. [00:59] <Internets> :: Total 8 / 25 [32%] :: Results [3] ::
  254. [00:59] <Tangent> .d 1d20
  255. [00:59] <Internets> :: Total 19 / 20 [95%] :: Results [19] ::
  256. [00:59] <Seo-Hyun> oh
  257. [00:59] <Seo-Hyun> .d 1d20
  258. [00:59] <Internets> :: Total 5 / 20 [25%] :: Results [5] ::
  259. [00:59] <LeftHandofGod> (that +5 is from Super Map)
  260. [00:59] <Poplartree> .d 1d20 +5 from Awareness
  261. [00:59] <Internets> Error: invalid format
  262. [00:59] <Poplartree> .d 1d20
  263. [00:59] <Internets> :: Total 2 / 20 [10%] :: Results [2] ::
  264. [01:00] <Poplartree> (+5 from Awareness so Total 7)
  265. [01:00] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ooh, Super Map. That'll be useful~)
  266. [01:01] <Jran-Kri> .d 1d20
  267. [01:01] <Internets> :: Total 5 / 20 [25%] :: Results [5] ::
  268. [01:01] <DrEvilKitteh> On Lin's map, whatever form it took, she would be able to tell that around twenty contacts of roughly humanoid shape (at least) were nearby. One of them, a more isolated one, was Walter. The others...were not.
  269. [01:03] <DrEvilKitteh> A few of them were...sporadic, however. Hard to pin down and tell where they were with any accuracy.
  270. [01:03] <DrEvilKitteh> Nothing attacks them en route to the fight, but Amelia noticed a flicker of movement on one of the rooftops. And soon, very soon, they came upon the battle scene. It was heralded by the sound of whirring, grinding gears, and sporadic gunfire. At the far end of the street were several Clockwork Soldiers, each 5' tall and wielding a ranged weapon, either an automatic crossbow or musket of
  271. [01:03] <DrEvilKitteh> some kind, though they had short swords sheathed at their sides. Walter was barely visible in an alley nearest the group of Megucas, revolver held in his teeth as he worked on reloading it-- the reason why was fairly obvious, as the android was missing his left arm from just above the elbow. The building he used as cover was being peppered with projectiles, bolts imbedded in it and lead
  272. [01:03] <DrEvilKitteh> balls gouging out chunks. Slowly, steadily, the group of Soldiers advanced towards Walter's position.
  273. [01:03] <DrEvilKitteh> (Everyone, including Walter, begins at Far from the Soldiers. Lin goes first.)
  274. [01:04] <LeftHandofGod> (You, uh, you can shoot from far, right?)
  275. [01:04] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yes.)
  276. [01:04] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh, also, brief mechanics explanation.)
  277. [01:05] <LeftHandofGod> (please and thanks)
  278. [01:06] <DrEvilKitteh> (There are 16 of the Soldiers, IC, but mechanics-wise, they are treated as 4 different monsters, or Soldier Quartets. Each Threshold represents destroying a single Soldier that is part of a given Quartet. You can target a Quartet with no penalty, because they work in tandem and as a team.)
  279. [01:06] <LeftHandofGod> (Roger. Two squads attacking Walter right now?)
  280. [01:06] <DrEvilKitteh> (Four.)
  281. [01:07] <LeftHandofGod> (Four, got it.)
  282. [01:07] <Tangent> "Oh, these assholes again...CHARGE!" Amelia yells, sword drawn.
  283. [01:07] <LeftHandofGod> "Contact!" barks Lin as she opens fire into the foes in the distance. (Barrage)
  284. [01:08] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 13 (Barrage, AP, FP spent)
  285. [01:08] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [9, 6, 4, 6, 8, 1, 4, 10, 6, 6, 8, 10, 4]. Successes total: 7
  286. [01:08] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Well.)
  287. [01:08] <LeftHandofGod> (ehehe, whoops)
  288. [01:08] <Poplartree> (Leftie, theres a turn order to adhere to!)
  289. [01:08] <Poplartree> (What is the turn order anyway?)
  290. [01:08] <LeftHandofGod> (wasn't I at the top?)
  291. [01:09] <DrEvilKitteh> (Lin was first.)
  292. [01:09] <Poplartree> (Nope, I got 6, but DeK said Lin goes first)
  293. [01:09] <DrEvilKitteh> (Wait what?)
  294. [01:09] <LeftHandofGod> (Uhh...whoops!)
  295. [01:09] <Seo-Hyun> (I'm so confused right now.)
  296. [01:09] <DrEvilKitteh> (OH. I missed that Awareness.)
  297. [01:09] <Poplartree> (Didnt Lin get a 1?)
  298. [01:10] <DrEvilKitteh> (5.)
  299. [01:10] <DrEvilKitteh> (Lin will go first right now, then Colette. I'll put her at the top of the initiative order, next.)
  300. [01:10] <Poplartree> (Ah right, shit, sorry)
  301. [01:10] <LeftHandofGod> (Also missed that awareness; sorry man)
  302. [01:10] <Poplartree> (thats fine)
  303. [01:11] <LeftHandofGod> (target of that barrage was all visible enemies attacking our compatriot)
  304. [01:11] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 (Quartet #1 Dodge!)
  305. [01:11] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 10, 6, 1, 10, 1]. Successes total: 5
  306. [01:11] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 (Quartet #2 Dodge!)
  307. [01:11] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 (Quartet #3 Dodge!)
  308. [01:11] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 (Quartet #4 Dodge!)
  309. [01:11] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 4, 10, 5, 4, 1]. Successes total: 2
  310. [01:11] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 2, 6, 10, 4, 9]. Successes total: 4
  311. [01:11] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 1, 9, 3, 4, 2]. Successes total: 2
  312. [01:12] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alright, aaand...AP. Lemme calculate real fast...)
  313. [01:12] <LeftHandofGod> (4, 7, 5, 7 net successes respectively)
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  318. [01:16] <DrEvilKitteh> Six out of sixteen of the Soldiers go down, shot to bits, and a few others are damaged by the shots. (Quartet #1 is at -1 Threshold, #2 is at -2, #3 is at -1, and #4 is at -2.)
  319. [01:16] <DrEvilKitteh> (Colette!)
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  321. [01:18] <Poplartree> "BREAK!" Collette shouts into her mic, the soundwave crushing towards all the soldiers (Ultra-Hi-Frequency Barrage, MP20->17)
  322. [01:18] <Poplartree> !ex 13 FP
  323. [01:18] <Molbot> Poplartree: [5, 2, 6, 7, 2, 4, 7, 7, 9, 5, 2, 10, 9]. Successes total: 7
  324. [01:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Erm, would you please PM me that spell so that I know its effects? Looking at a bunch of Titanpads gets kinda...eek.)
  325. [01:20] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alright.)
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  327. [01:21] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 (#1 Resist!)
  328. [01:21] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 9, 1, 9, 2]. Successes total: 2
  329. [01:21] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 (#2 Resist!)
  330. [01:21] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 (#3 Resist!)
  331. [01:21] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 (#4 Resist!)
  332. [01:21] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 4, 1, 9]. Successes total: 3
  333. [01:21] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 7, 7, 2, 5]. Successes total: 3
  334. [01:21] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 2, 1, 3]. Successes total: 1
  335. [01:22] <Poplartree> (7,6,6,8)
  336. [01:22] <DrEvilKitteh> (They dead.)
  337. [01:22] <DrEvilKitteh> (Write it out~)
  338. [01:23] == Shavyla has changed nick to ShavylAFK
  339. [01:24] <Poplartree> The impact from the soundwave, along with previous barrage of bullets from Lin completely shatter the robots into scrap metal and gears, rolling on the ground. "Now that that's over with, we should check up on our friend, shouldn't we~?" Collette says to the group.
  340. [01:25] <LeftHandofGod> "There are more," states Lin, who has an eye on a handheld display. "Covert foes."
  341. [01:26] <Jran-Kri> Alexa bursts out laughing. It is, unlike her previous lifeless laugh, a shrill, hacking and all-too alice sound. She sobers, fortunately, at Lin's comment. "O-o-of c-c-course. N-n-nothing's e-e-ever s-s-so e-e-easy."
  342. [01:26] <Tangent> "Great." Amelia grumbles, skidding to a halt with her sword raised...then looks to Alexa. "We can handle them, Alexa...together." She starts to reach over, then realizes she's too far away and drops her free hand. "Come on then!" She yells.
  343. [01:27] <DrEvilKitteh> (Everyone roll LCK)
  344. [01:27] == RaincoatNotHere has changed nick to Raincoat
  345. [01:27] <Poplartree> !ex 7
  346. [01:27] <Molbot> Poplartree: please make sure the dice pool size is specified correctly. Must be a number between 1 and 100.
  347. [01:27] <Poplartree> !ex 7 Luck
  348. [01:27] <Molbot> Poplartree: [7, 8, 2, 5, 9, 8, 7]. Successes total: 5
  349. [01:28] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 6 [Luck pls]
  350. [01:28] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [6, 5, 10, 10, 4, 3]. Successes total: 4
  351. [01:28] <Tangent> !ex 5 [no luck]
  352. [01:28] <Molbot> Tangent: [7, 1, 1, 8, 7]. Successes total: 3
  353. [01:28] <Seo-Hyun> !ex 5 please god have mercy upon me
  354. [01:28] <Molbot> Seo-Hyun: [7, 8, 7, 2, 1]. Successes total: 3
  355. [01:29] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6
  356. [01:29] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [1, 3, 10, 10, 8, 1]. Successes total: 5
  357. [01:30] == TorqueAFK has changed nick to torque_
  358. [01:35] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 13 vs Dodge (Stalker #1 vs Amelia!)
  359. [01:35] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [6, 1, 3, 3, 6, 6, 1, 4, 2, 8, 7, 2, 10]. Successes total: 4
  360. [01:35] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 10 vs Dodge (Stalker #2 vs Lin!)
  361. [01:35] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 vs Dodge or Parry (Stalker #3 vs Colette!)
  362. [01:35] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [6, 10, 1, 1, 2, 8, 3, 4, 9, 10]. Successes total: 6
  363. [01:35] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 8, 9, 4, 3, 5, 10]. Successes total: 5
  364. [01:35] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ah, bugger.)
  365. [01:35] <DrEvilKitteh> On-cue, a dart and a bullet fired from a silenced gun came whizzing out of seemingly nowhere, the former at Amelia's throat, and the latter at Lin's. As for Colette, a spindly, shadowy figure sprang down from a rooftop and rushed her. However, only Amelia failed to notice and react in time, however. (And thus the Stalker shooting her receives the full +3-4 Dice bonus for a Sneak Attack.)
  366. [01:35] <DrEvilKitteh> (^That was supposed to go first. Oh well, it works.)
  367. [01:36] <Tangent> (No defense roll then?)
  368. [01:36] <DrEvilKitteh> (Nah, you roll.)
  369. [01:36] <DrEvilKitteh> (It just gets a bonus 'cuz Sneak Attack.)
  370. [01:36] <Tangent> (against agi lol?)
  371. [01:36] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yyyyep.)
  372. [01:36] <Tangent> (Lucking)
  373. [01:37] <Tangent> !ex 5 vs Dodge
  374. [01:37] <Molbot> Tangent: [3, 4, 9, 2, 9]. Successes total: 2
  375. [01:37] <Tangent> (and two more successes from the luck)
  376. [01:37] <DrEvilKitteh> (You take off 1 point of Soak, since I'm giving ties to the winner.)
  377. [01:37] <LeftHandofGod> (Ah, you want a defensive roll now too, right?)
  378. [01:37] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yes plz.)
  379. [01:38] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 9 [Dodge]
  380. [01:38] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [1, 10, 5, 2, 8, 7, 5, 8, 10]. Successes total: 7
  381. [01:38] <Poplartree> !ex 7 vs Dodge
  382. [01:38] <Molbot> Poplartree: [4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 10, 3]. Successes total: 2
  383. [01:39] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh, wait no, actually: Tan, remove /2/ points of Soak. Forgot the 1 Piercing.)
  384. [01:39] <DrEvilKitteh> (Lin dodges.)
  385. [01:39] <Tangent> (Okay.)
  386. [01:39] <Tangent> Amelia staggers. "Argh!" She chokes, stumbling back a step and the air around her suddenly baking hot.
  387. [01:40] <DrEvilKitteh> (Colette takes...1 Soak, then 3 more Soak damage. Or 1 point of damage per success if it gets through all her Soak.)
  388. [01:40] <LeftHandofGod> Lin notices the glint of a weapon, and ducks instinctively; the bullet whizzes over her head.
  389. [01:40] <Poplartree> (SP 4->3->1)
  390. [01:40] <Tangent> ( SP 5/7)
  391. [01:40] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alright.)
  392. [01:42] <Poplartree> Collete tries to dodge out of the way, but the bullet still manages hit, barely stopped by her magical clothing. "Ara~, It's not very nice to jump out of nowhere like that you know~"
  393. [01:42] <DrEvilKitteh> The tall, lanky, spindly automaton whirred and slashed a wickedly-curved sword against the side of Colette's body, but she absorbed the blow. It didn't seem to care or register her words, and with that, the Stalker immediately sprang away and returned to the darkness.
  394. [01:43] <Poplartree> (Er, fuck, whatever just strke the previous description from the records)
  395. [01:44] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter fired a shot after the retreating Stalker, but the bullet went wild. "Damn!"
  396. [01:44] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa's turn.)
  397. [01:47] <Jran-Kri> Mercifully, Alexa has fallen silent, and merely flicks her staff to summon a bright red shield to overlay Amelia and Lin's armour. [Divine Aegis, 4 Mana: +4 Soak on two targets for 4 turns]
  398. [01:47] == POJO [~quassel@PO.JO] has joined #MGChronicle
  399. [01:48] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
  400. [01:49] <Tangent> (Any visible enemies?)
  401. [01:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (Roll LCK for that~)
  402. [01:50] <Tangent> Amelia recovers, stumbing forward with her sword raised as she looks for the stalkers. Alexa's got her back- and she's angry. "Right, burn now." Amelia snaps.
  403. [01:50] <Tangent> !ex 5
  404. [01:50] <Molbot> Tangent: [1, 4, 10, 6, 9]. Successes total: 3
  405. [01:51] <DrEvilKitteh> Amelia would barely spot the outline of a Stalker--she wasn't sure which one--as it relocated, flitting behind the windows of a nearby building. (Far)
  406. [01:52] <Tangent> "GET BACK HERE!" Amelia yells, dashing forward with her sword raised. (FLAME ON for 2 more dash dice)
  407. [01:52] <Tangent> !ex 7
  408. [01:52] <Molbot> Tangent: please make sure the dice pool size is specified correctly. Must be a number between 1 and 100.
  409. [01:53] <Tangent> !ex 7
  410. [01:53] <Molbot> Tangent: please make sure the dice pool size is specified correctly. Must be a number between 1 and 100.
  411. [01:53] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 v
  412. [01:53] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 6, 1, 5, 10, 1, 2]. Successes total: 3
  413. [01:53] <Tangent> (Do I still roll?)
  414. [01:53] <DrEvilKitteh> (If you don't want to use my roll, sure.)
  415. [01:53] <Tangent> !ex 7 v
  416. [01:53] <Molbot> Tangent: [8, 6, 8, 8, 1, 3, 4]. Successes total: 3
  417. [01:53] <DrEvilKitteh> (Pfft.)
  418. [01:53] <Tangent> (lolol)
  419. [01:54] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 v Stalker Dodge!
  420. [01:54] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 6, 6, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4]. Successes total: 0
  421. [01:54] <Tangent> Wreathed in blue fire, Amelia crashes towards the stalker, sword-first!
  422. [01:55] <DrEvilKitteh> In a rather dramatic and cinematic moment, Amelia, on fire, smashed through the wall and the windows and sliced two of its left arms off. Oh yeah, and it had four arms. The automaton writhed and shrieked out a metallic sound.
  423. [01:56] <DrEvilKitteh> (Seo-Hyun!)
  424. [01:56] <Seo-Hyun> Seo-Hyun calmly scans the battlefield for any traces of the machines ambushing her comrades...
  425. [01:56] <Tangent> "Ha! BURN!"
  426. [01:56] <Seo-Hyun> !ex 5
  427. [01:56] <Molbot> Seo-Hyun: [5, 4, 4, 2, 6]. Successes total: 0
  428. [01:56] <Seo-Hyun> (these dice tho)
  429. [01:56] <DrEvilKitteh> ...And sees jack-shit. Well, apart from the one Amelia was engaging.
  430. [01:59] <Seo-Hyun> It would do. Seo-Hyun called upon her fox-fire, creating an ethereal mass of blue flame that lashed out at the already-engaged automaton almost more like a beam of light than true fire. [Fireball (Greater)]
  431. [01:59] <Seo-Hyun> !ex 16
  432. [01:59] <Molbot> Seo-Hyun: [3, 2, 4, 7, 4, 9, 2, 4, 4, 1, 3, 7, 2, 4, 9, 1]. Successes total: 4
  433. [01:59] <DrEvilKitteh> (/Wow/.)
  434. [01:59] <LeftHandofGod> (dam son)
  435. [01:59] <Seo-Hyun> (Holy fucking shit what is wrong with my dice. Jesus.)
  436. [01:59] <DrEvilKitteh> (That is impressive.)
  437. [02:00] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 v Stalker Evade!
  438. [02:00] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 2, 8, 5, 3, 6, 7]. Successes total: 2
  439. [02:00] <DrEvilKitteh> (Welp.)
  440. [02:00] <DrEvilKitteh> (It ded.)
  441. [02:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (Write it out~)
  442. [02:01] <Seo-Hyun> The bolt of flame struck its target, despite rather haphazard aim on its wielder's part, sticking to the automaton and ripping it apart as if it had a mind of its own. Seo-Hyun didn't quite manage to restrain a bit of cruel cackling at the destruction she had wrought.
  443. [02:03] <Tangent> Amelia whirls, looking surprisingly...disgruntled? "Hey, I had that one! What if the rest went after the others?"
  444. [02:03] <Seo-Hyun> "Sorry! Only one I had line of sight on!" Seo-Hyun didn't look very sorry.
  445. [02:04] <DrEvilKitteh> Heavy metal footfalls sounded, fast and methodical. They approached from the same direction the Soldiers were, but didn't show itself just yet. (Very Far, out of line of sight)
  446. [02:04] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 4 v Initiative (A New Challenger Has Appeared)
  447. [02:04] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 6, 1, 6]. Botch!
  448. [02:04] <DrEvilKitteh> (Pfft.)
  449. [02:04] <DrEvilKitteh> (Top of the round. Colette! You've still got 2 Stalkers around!)
  450. [02:05] <Tangent> "Urgh, fine, just keep them off Alexa's back!" Amelia shouts, already keen to burn them up before it comes to that.
  451. [02:08] <Tangent> (Whose turn?)
  452. [02:08] <DrEvilKitteh> (Colette.)
  453. [02:09] <Poplartree> (Sorry, give me a sec)
  454. [02:09] <LeftHandofGod> (Is the incoming baddie visible on Lin's map?)
  455. [02:09] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ah, yes, it is. It's big.)
  456. [02:11] <Poplartree> "For such brave warriors, a song to help you fight better~" Collete says and begins singing. (Aria of Glory MP 17->16 Everyone gets +1 offensive dice) BGM: https://soundcloud.com/erika-anne-lastierre/macross-frontier-op2-lion
  457. [02:11] <DrEvilKitteh> (Lin!)
  458. [02:12] <Tangent> (Does that just last one turn?)
  459. [02:12] <Poplartree> (As long as I continue to provide Mana)
  460. [02:12] <DrEvilKitteh> (It's sustained. ^)
  461. [02:12] <LeftHandofGod> (Would moving to... Walter, right? Would moving to our beleaguered friend's position put me in range to shoot at the big guy?)
  462. [02:13] <DrEvilKitteh> (No, he's at roughly the same distance from it as you, and not in line of sight.)
  463. [02:13] <Tangent> (Amelia's planning to engage it straight in melee to stop it charging.)
  464. [02:13] <LeftHandofGod> (Righto. Let's find some targets.)
  465. [02:13] <DrEvilKitteh> (Roll LCK if you wanna hit a Stalker~)
  466. [02:13] <LeftHandofGod> "We have incoming!" Lin calls as she scans her map, trying to find a target. (Luck roll, right?)
  467. [02:14] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 3 [damnit]
  468. [02:14] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [7, 8, 7]. Successes total: 3
  469. [02:14] <Tangent> "I'm on it! I'll keep the new guy busy!" Amelia shouts back, already clutching her sword to her and bracing as though about to...jump?
  470. [02:14] <Poplartree> (Isnt it +3 dice to evrything?)
  471. [02:14] <DrEvilKitteh> (Erm, did you factor in the Base +3 Dice, too?)
  472. [02:14] <LeftHandofGod> (Fuckin oops, lemme roll 3 more)
  473. [02:15] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 3 [double damn]
  474. [02:15] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [4, 5, 7]. Successes total: 1
  475. [02:15] <DrEvilKitteh> Lin spots a second Stalker, crouching on the roof, peeking over the edge and aiming, readying to open fire!
  476. [02:16] <LeftHandofGod> She turns her attention to this foe and fires!
  477. [02:16] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 13 [Hollow point]
  478. [02:16] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [1, 4, 10, 5, 10, 9, 2, 7, 5, 8, 4, 5, 4]. Successes total: 7
  479. [02:16] <DrEvilKitteh> (Dayum.)
  480. [02:16] <LeftHandofGod> (forgot marksman earlier; that totals to 9)
  481. [02:16] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 v Stalker Dodge!
  482. [02:16] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [6, 8, 8, 7, 9, 8, 6, 3]. Successes total: 5
  483. [02:17] <DrEvilKitteh> The Stalker's chest explodes from a single well-placed shot, head thudding to the sidewalk far below.
  484. [02:18] <DrEvilKitteh> (Stalker #1...whom should it target~)
  485. [02:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (Seo-Hyun and Alexa, roll LCK.)
  486. [02:19] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6
  487. [02:19] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: please make sure the dice pool size is specified correctly. Must be a number between 1 and 100.
  488. [02:19] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6
  489. [02:19] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [2, 1, 4, 2, 10, 10]. Successes total: 4
  490. [02:19] <Seo-Hyun> !ex 5 (tfw majority of your stats are base)
  491. [02:19] <Molbot> Seo-Hyun: [8, 8, 7, 6, 3]. Successes total: 3
  492. [02:20] <DrEvilKitteh> (Shit, man.)
  493. [02:20] <Ral> (Is this 3 additional base dice?)
  494. [02:21] <Seo-Hyun> (Yes.)
  495. [02:21] <DrEvilKitteh> Both Seo-Hyun and Alexa feel the tingle on the back of their necks that alerts them to the fact that two crossbow bolts have been launched at them, one a piece.
  496. [02:21] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 11 v Stalker Ranged Attack!
  497. [02:21] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 10, 4, 7, 5, 8, 10, 9, 2, 7, 9]. Successes total: 9
  498. [02:21] <DrEvilKitteh> (Fuuuck. Roll Dodge to avoid.)
  499. [02:22] <Jran-Kri> !ex 7 Dodge + FP
  500. [02:22] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [1, 5, 7, 7, 5, 4, 1]. Successes total: 2
  501. [02:23] <DrEvilKitteh> (Seo-Hyun, too.)
  502. [02:23] <Seo-Hyun> [DECOY] Seo-Hyun makes no attempt to avoid, and as the bolt strikes she dissolves into blue flames and mocking laughter. Unfortunately, it seems that her strike on the stalker drone was also false and no fire truly struck it.
  503. [02:25] <DrEvilKitteh> (AP, so -1 Soak and 5 Successes against Alexa, 1w/s.)
  504. [02:25] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia, roll LCK)
  505. [02:26] <Tangent> !ex 5
  506. [02:26] <Molbot> Tangent: please make sure the dice pool size is specified correctly. Must be a number between 1 and 100.
  507. [02:26] <Tangent> !ex 5 v
  508. [02:26] <Molbot> Tangent: [8, 8, 9, 1, 1]. Successes total: 3
  509. [02:26] <Jran-Kri> ((Right, so that's all of her Soak, -2 HP))
  510. [02:26] <Jran-Kri> ((Sorry, *-3))
  511. [02:27] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 11 v Stalker #1 Melee Sneak Attack!
  512. [02:27] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [6, 10, 4, 5, 3, 2, 10, 1, 9, 2, 6]. Successes total: 5
  513. [02:27] <DrEvilKitteh> (Roll Parry or Dodge, Alexa.)
  514. [02:27] <DrEvilKitteh> *Amelia
  515. [02:27] <Tangent> !ex 12 v
  516. [02:27] <Molbot> Tangent: [10, 3, 3, 6, 7, 4, 8, 10, 7, 1, 10, 9]. Successes total: 10
  517. [02:28] <Poplartree> (Dat parry?)
  518. [02:28] <Tangent> "Oh, no, you DON'T!" Amelia snarls, less parrying and more battering away...before carving into the drone.
  519. [02:28] <DrEvilKitteh> The Stalker Amelia had gone for, having /apparently/ been destroyed--but not actually, because Illusion's kinda bullshit--took a moment to recover before lunging and swiping at Amelia...only to get a hand sliced off.
  520. [02:30] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 v Walter shooting Stalker #2!
  521. [02:30] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 3, 5, 4, 8, 6, 2, 5, 5]. Successes total: 1
  522. [02:30] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter's next shot goes wild. Again. Must've been kinda shaky from missing that arm.
  523. [02:31] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
  524. [02:31] <LeftHandofGod> (wait, wut)
  525. [02:31] <LeftHandofGod> (he's missing an arm?)
  526. [02:31] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yeah. I said so earlier. He's also an android. Looks like...hold on, lemme find the link.)
  527. [02:32] <Tangent> (she does an extra parry wound btw)
  528. [02:32] <DrEvilKitteh> ( http://imgur.com/a/JWmoN )
  529. [02:32] <DrEvilKitteh> (I know. I factored that in.)
  530. [02:32] <Jran-Kri> Alexa staggers forward, reeling from the blow. A shudder runs through her body, but she makes no effort to mend herself, waving her staff again and summoning another pair of shields, this time around Colette and Seo. [Divine Aegis, 4 Mana]
  531. [02:33] <Tangent> "Damnit, Alexa, are you okay?" Amelia's utterly distracted.
  532. [02:34] <Poplartree> "Thanks dear~"
  533. [02:34] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
  534. [02:35] <Tangent> Amelia wordlessly lunges for the one that shot Alexa, blade flashing once again!
  535. [02:35] <Tangent> (is it close or far?)
  536. [02:36] <DrEvilKitteh> (That one's still hiding. You'd have to roll LCK to spot it. Also, the Stalker directly next to Amelia is still standing.)
  537. [02:37] <Tangent> But she realizes there's nothing there...and slashes at her attacker instead!
  538. [02:38] <Jran-Kri> "'A-a-afflicted a-a-and in p-p-pain, M-m-m-may y-y-your s-s-salvation, G-G-God, p-p-protect m-m-me,'" Alexa dully recites, evidently unconcerned.
  539. [02:39] <DrEvilKitteh> (Roll, Tan?)
  540. [02:40] <Tangent> (checking)
  541. [02:40] <DrEvilKitteh> (It has literally 3 HP left. Chop the bastard in half.)
  542. [02:41] <Tangent> !ex 11 v
  543. [02:41] <Molbot> Tangent: [4, 6, 2, 5, 9, 5, 7, 4, 3, 7, 4]. Successes total: 3
  544. [02:41] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 6 v Dodge!
  545. [02:41] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 3, 6, 8, 3, 4]. Successes total: 2
  546. [02:42] <DrEvilKitteh> The Stalker, almost bisected by that strike, wobbles around uncertainly, clearly /almost/ done for.
  547. [02:42] <DrEvilKitteh> (Seo-Hyun!)
  548. [02:46] <Seo-Hyun> (Sorry for the wait, had to step away from the computer.)
  549. [02:47] <Seo-Hyun> A new Seo-Hyun steps out from behind a nearby building, looking none the worse for wear and incredibly smug. "Let's try that again, shall we?~" As she stepped out she took a quick glance around, hoping to spot a new target.
  550. [02:47] <Seo-Hyun> !ex 5
  551. [02:47] <Molbot> Seo-Hyun: [3, 5, 2, 10, 9]. Successes total: 3
  552. [02:49] <DrEvilKitteh> ...Nope. The Stalker on the roof has moved on, but the one near Amelia is still...well, not really /alive/, but active. Barely.
  553. [02:49] <Tangent> ...She's never good enough. She can never burn these MONSTERS fast enough to stop Alexa from getting hurt. Somehow seeing it wobble like that just makes her angrier because she didn't do it WELL enough. Fast enough.
  554. [02:50] <Tangent> (regen means she's back to 6/7 soak btw)
  555. [02:51] <Seo-Hyun> Wow. That was barely even worth wasting mana on. With a callous wave of her fingers, Seo-Hyun sent a flurry of fox-fire sparks flying towards the drone like a hail of bullets. [Arcane Barrage]
  556. [02:51] <Seo-Hyun> !ex 16
  557. [02:51] <Molbot> Seo-Hyun: [10, 2, 10, 6, 1, 10, 2, 8, 1, 1, 8, 5, 2, 10, 1, 6]. Successes total: 10
  558. [02:52] <DrEvilKitteh> (It's dead. Again.)
  559. [02:53] <Seo-Hyun> The sparks tore through the drone once more, devouring it with almost the same intensity as the bolt of fire from earlier. Hopefully this time it was real, and not just Seo-Hyun fucking with everyone again.
  560. [02:56] <DrEvilKitteh> From around the building at the end of the street tromps a large, bulky, mean-looking machine. With four stubby but powerful legs, it had two long arms, one ending in a large blunt appendage and the other terminating in a wide axe head. Its triangular head was on its chest, meaning it lacked a neck, and small glowing red photoreceptors stared out of it. From a shoulder, a short-barreled
  561. [02:56] <DrEvilKitteh> cannon turned, aimed, and fired a shell at the Meguca down the road. (Clockwork Juggernaut is now at Far.)
  562. [02:56] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 8 v AOE Ranged! (Alexa, Seo-Hyun, Lin, and Colette, all roll Dodge.)
  563. [02:56] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 7, 3, 5, 2, 5, 1, 2]. Successes total: 1
  564. [02:56] <DrEvilKitteh> (Holy shit, man. Way to make an intro, dumbass.)
  565. [02:56] <Seo-Hyun> (I don't know about you, but I'm intimidated.)
  566. [02:56] <Ral> (BOOM. 1 SUCCESS. FEAR ME.)
  567. [02:56] <LeftHandofGod> (Oh dear)
  568. [02:56] <Seo-Hyun> !ex 5
  569. [02:56] <Molbot> Seo-Hyun: [5, 3, 1, 8, 1]. Successes total: 1
  570. [02:56] <Poplartree> (Kyahahaha)
  571. [02:57] <Poplartree> !ex 7 vs Dodge
  572. [02:57] <Molbot> Poplartree: [4, 8, 6, 7, 4, 10, 9]. Successes total: 5
  573. [02:57] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 9 [so scare]
  574. [02:57] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [4, 6, 2, 9, 3, 5, 8, 8, 3]. Successes total: 3
  575. [02:57] <DrEvilKitteh> (PFAHAHA)
  576. [02:57] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 v Walter Dodge!
  577. [02:57] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 8, 9, 6, 1, 8, 6, 9, 10]. Successes total: 8
  578. [02:57] <Seo-Hyun> (Hey it's almost like maximum monostat isn't a good idea.)
  579. [02:57] <Seo-Hyun> (at least i didn't retcon seo into not actually being there this time)
  580. [02:57] <Jran-Kri> !ex 7 Dodge
  581. [02:57] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [10, 2, 7, 3, 3, 9, 8]. Successes total: 5
  582. [02:58] <DrEvilKitteh> The shell hits and explodes. Heated shrapnel thudded into Seo-Hyun, dealing 1 Soak Pen and 2w/s. So basically just 2 Soak damage.
  583. [02:58] <DrEvilKitteh> (Colette!)
  584. [03:00] <Poplartree> "Make sure you take care of yourselves out there~" Collette shouts, as she somehow begins another song while the previous one continues. (MP 16->14 Ballad of Fortitude: +1 Def dice, sustained) BGM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgISzVQVBvg
  585. [03:00] == ShavylAFK has changed nick to Shavyla
  586. [03:01] <Seo-Hyun> (wait i forgot to take the extra attack die into account on seo's only-does-one-damage ping, shit, this is game-changing)
  587. [03:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (Lin! One Stalker still at large, and one Juggernaut ready to ruuuumbllllllle!)
  588. [03:02] <Poplartree> (Dont forget you +1 attack dice~)
  589. [03:02] <LeftHandofGod> Lin does the only thing that comes to mind: Firing her very small gun at that very large...thing. She aims in the general direction of the cannon.
  590. [03:03] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 14 [AP, FP spent]
  591. [03:03] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [7, 9, 8, 8, 1, 10, 1, 5, 4, 6, 9, 5, 5, 10]. Successes total: 9
  592. [03:03] <LeftHandofGod> (uh, 2 marksman procs, +2 from FP, 13 total)
  593. [03:03] <DrEvilKitteh> (That's 14.)
  594. [03:04] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 11 v Juggernaut Deflect!
  595. [03:04] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 3, 2, 4, 8, 4, 5]. Successes total: 1
  596. [03:05] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Fuck, I'm rerolling. Everyone gets a FP back.)
  597. [03:05] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 11 v Deflect!
  598. [03:05] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 1, 8, 9, 3, 9, 8, 10, 1, 1, 1]. Successes total: 7
  599. [03:05] <DrEvilKitteh> (Much better.)
  600. [03:05] <Seo-Hyun> (Can I go over cap?)
  601. [03:05] <DrEvilKitteh> (For this battle, yes.)
  602. [03:05] <Jran-Kri> ((Whooo))
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  604. [03:07] <DrEvilKitteh> The Juggernaut moved to deflect the bullet off its armor, but it only /kinda/ worked. The ricochet got it along some barely-exposed gears and damaged it some, but only the outward armor.
  605. [03:07] <DrEvilKitteh> (Stalker~!)
  606. [03:08] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa, roll LCK.)
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  608. [03:09] <Jran-Kri> !ex 7 LCK
  609. [03:09] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [6, 7, 6, 5, 3, 4, 6]. Successes total: 1
  610. [03:09] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Welp.)
  611. [03:09] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 14 v (Stalker Sneak Attack!)
  612. [03:09] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [2, 4, 8, 7, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 5, 8, 2, 9]. Successes total: 5
  613. [03:09] <DrEvilKitteh> (Roll Dodge.)
  614. [03:09] <Tangent> (Oh jesus)
  615. [03:10] <Jran-Kri> !ex 8 + FP
  616. [03:10] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [1, 9, 3, 8, 8, 9, 2, 7]. Successes total: 5
  617. [03:10] <DrEvilKitteh> (Noice.)
  618. [03:10] <Jran-Kri> ((God ain't done yet.))
  619. [03:10] <DrEvilKitteh> Somehow, somehow, Alexa dodged a bolt. It literally whistled past her ear, cutting off a couple hairs from her head.
  620. [03:12] <Jran-Kri> "'Th-th-the L-L-Lord i-i-is m-m-my LIGHT AND SALVATION! Wh-wh-WHOM SH-SHALL I F-F-FEAR?!'" Alexa cries as she ducks away, cackling.
  621. [03:12] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter, now taking refuge inside a building and crouching behind a window, quickly leaned out and fired. The Stalker that shot at Alexa shrieked and moved to relocate again.
  622. [03:12] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa!)
  623. [03:12] <Tangent> "Damnit...KEEP IT OFF ALEXA! I'll keep the big one busy!" Amelia snarls, then...flies into the air on another burst of fire, right towards the hulking robot. Time to distract the robot, make it pay...and not die. Please, please, let Alexa stay safe...
  624. [03:12] <Tangent> (How far away is the big robot?)
  625. [03:13] <Seo-Hyun> (Far range.)
  626. [03:13] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yep, far.)
  627. [03:14] <DrEvilKitteh> (And I /did/ say Alexa's turn. Tho Amelia's is right after it.)
  628. [03:14] <Tangent> [Oops sorry D:]
  629. [03:14] <Tangent> [Yeah, go Jran]
  630. [03:16] <Jran-Kri> Alexa, making a small concession to reality, does acknowledge her own injuries, healing them with a flick of the staff. [Miracle Worker, 1 Mana: +2 Wounds]
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  632. [03:17] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia!)
  633. [03:17] <Tangent> !ex 7 v
  634. [03:17] <Molbot> Tangent: [3, 1, 10, 6, 10, 7, 6]. Successes total: 5
  635. [03:18] <Poplartree> (Did you add the +1 atk dice?)
  636. [03:18] <Tangent> Amelia dashes at the giant robot. She has to trust Alexa...but she can't let that giant robot shoot at her again!
  637. [03:18] <Tangent> !ex 1 v
  638. [03:18] <Molbot> Tangent: [8]. Successes total: 1
  639. [03:18] <Tangent> (I did now lol)
  640. [03:19] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 11 v Juggernaut Parry!
  641. [03:19] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [9, 6, 7, 10, 6, 3, 10, 9, 10, 4, 8]. Successes total: 10
  642. [03:19] <LeftHandofGod> (Oh shit, it's pissed)
  643. [03:19] <DrEvilKitteh> One of the Juggernaut's legs abruptly flicked forward at the charging Flaming Paladin Ace or whatever she's now called, batting Amelia in the face and dealing 2 Wounds.
  644. [03:19] <DrEvilKitteh> (Seo-Hyun!)
  645. [03:20] <Tangent> [can I trigger scald?]
  646. [03:20] <DrEvilKitteh> (PM that spell to me.)
  647. [03:22] <DrEvilKitteh> (Scald is triggered, but I'm ruling that it deals 1 Wound to the Juggernaut because it just did a Parry.)
  648. [03:22] <Tangent> She hasn't called herself a paladin for a while. But she still has fire magic coursing in her veins- burning hot enough for the blood pouring from her forehead to singe the leg's metal!
  649. [03:22] <Tangent> (Sure)
  650. [03:23] <Tangent> (mag at 10/12, should go back up to 11 turn after next because >lolregen if I don't burn through it. Which I will.)
  651. [03:23] <Seo-Hyun> Maybe it was ego. Maybe it was her incessant compulsion to fuck with people. Maybe she was just naturally a bitch. But Seo-Hyun considered her two options: Take out the assassin harassing them, or do her damn best to steal Amelia's kill... and went with the latter. Laughing manically, she gathered together a truly phenomenal amount of foxfire, compressing it into something more akin to a wall of fire than a bolt
  652. [03:23] <Seo-Hyun> or a ball, and cast it out towards the machine that Amelia had just failed to assault. [Fireball: OMEGA (Instant Cast)]
  653. [03:23] <Seo-Hyun> !ex 20 + Fortune
  654. [03:23] <Molbot> Seo-Hyun: [7, 6, 5, 7, 8, 7, 3, 3, 8, 3, 7, 6, 10, 3, 2, 5, 1, 8, 2, 2]. Successes total: 9
  655. [03:23] <Seo-Hyun> [11]
  656. [03:24] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 11 v Juggernaut Resist!
  657. [03:24] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 4, 3, 6, 6, 2, 5, 3, 6, 2, 6]. Successes total: 1
  658. [03:24] <LeftHandofGod> (Oh, if anyone drops a threshold, i have avenger so lemme know)
  659. [03:24] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Seriously?)
  660. [03:24] <Seo-Hyun> (Hey, at least he won't be jobbing to a weak spell. This is basically the Fire spec ultra-nuke.)
  661. [03:25] <Ral> (It is 12 mana.)
  662. [03:25] <DrEvilKitteh> (I seriously wanna reroll again for that. Muh Miniboss, tho)
  663. [03:26] <DrEvilKitteh> (...But I'm going with it.)
  664. [03:27] <Ral> (Least it wasn't a flurry.)
  665. [03:27] <DrEvilKitteh> The flames engulfed the Juggernaut, burning and searing... But it remained standing. (Congrats. You took away all of its Soak except for the 2 Permasoak, and took it down a Threshold.)
  666. [03:27] <DrEvilKitteh> (Juggernaut's turn~)
  667. [03:29] <DrEvilKitteh> Like the cover of a heavy metal album, the flaming clockwork behemoth charged, attempting to run over Amelia and going straight for the others, Seo-Hyun in particular.
  668. [03:29] <DrEvilKitteh> (Overclock Engaged.)
  669. [03:30] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 14 v CHAAAAAARGE MUTHAFUCKAAAAS
  670. [03:30] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 10, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2, 6, 2, 8, 7, 2, 10, 10]. Successes total: 11
  671. [03:30] <Seo-Hyun> (...oh)
  672. [03:30] <LeftHandofGod> (Oh, it's pissed now)
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  674. [03:30] <Seo-Hyun> (...I'm honestly tempted to Decoy that again.)
  675. [03:30] <DrEvilKitteh> (Amelia, Seo-Hyun, Alexa, Lin. Roll Dodge or Parry.)
  676. [03:30] <Tangent> (Parry?)
  677. [03:31] <Poplartree> (Dont forget to +1 def dice!)
  678. [03:31] <Tangent> !ex 13 (parry plus luck)
  679. [03:31] <Molbot> Tangent: [2, 10, 8, 10, 6, 1, 5, 2, 3, 10, 9, 3, 1]. Successes total: 8
  680. [03:31] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 10 [FP spent]
  681. [03:31] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [2, 6, 3, 4, 10, 4, 2, 7, 2, 10]. Successes total: 5
  682. [03:31] <Tangent> (And lucking for 2 successes)
  683. [03:31] <LeftHandofGod> (7; there any pen on that?)
  684. [03:32] <Tangent> Amelia doesn't even have time to yell a warning. All she can do is raise her greatsword and...brace.
  685. [03:32] <Seo-Hyun> !ex 6 + FP Oh jesus please don't have high penetration
  686. [03:32] <Molbot> Seo-Hyun: [3, 8, 10, 5, 7, 5]. Successes total: 4
  687. [03:32] <DrEvilKitteh> (1 Soak Pen, 2 w/s.)
  688. [03:32] <Seo-Hyun> (Soak is per success, not per wound, right?)
  689. [03:32] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yeah.)
  690. [03:33] <Jran-Kri> !ex 8 AGI + FP
  691. [03:33] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [9, 10, 6, 8, 6, 2, 2, 9]. Successes total: 5
  692. [03:33] <LeftHandofGod> (11-7 = 4 soak depleted; does the soak from Alexa's spell get depleted first?)
  693. [03:33] <Seo-Hyun> (Soak: 9/7 -> 3/7)
  694. [03:33] <Jran-Kri> ((I'm pretty sure, yeah.))
  695. [03:33] <Tangent> (+4 soak for 4 turns still is active right?)
  696. [03:34] <Jran-Kri> ((I don't believe it's been 4 turns, so yeah.))
  697. [03:34] <LeftHandofGod> (Soak: 10/6 -> 6/6)
  698. [03:35] <DrEvilKitteh> (Now, top of the round! Colette!)
  699. [03:36] <Tangent> (Amelia took 1 success's worth of damage, right?)
  700. [03:36] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yerp.)
  701. [03:36] <Tangent> So uh, she's down to 1 extra soak from spell heh
  702. [03:36] <Jran-Kri> ((Alexa ate three successes, by my count, so -6 wounds.))
  703. [03:36] <Tangent> (Oh jesus)
  704. [03:36] <LeftHandofGod> (That a threshold?)
  705. [03:37] <Jran-Kri> ((Believe it's 2.))
  706. [03:37] <Jran-Kri> ((Wait, no. Just 1.))
  707. [03:37] <Jran-Kri> ((No, no, I was right the first time. 2. In the 3rd threshold.))
  708. [03:38] <DrEvilKitteh> The Juggernaut's swings go wide, smashing into the ground and rending huge chunks of pavement in its frenzied rage. It didn't kill anyone, but it was /very/ intent on taking as many Magical Girls down with it as it could.
  709. [03:38] <LeftHandofGod> (Okay. A priority attack...would I roll that now for Avenger?)
  710. [03:38] <DrEvilKitteh> (Also now in Close.)
  711. [03:38] <DrEvilKitteh> (Er, close to everyone except Amelia.)
  712. [03:38] <Ral> (You would LHoG)
  713. [03:39] <LeftHandofGod> Upon seeing her allies wounded, Lin opens fire into the juggernaut. "Not today."
  714. [03:39] <Ral> (I believe you get an additional...4 dice was it?)
  715. [03:39] <LeftHandofGod> (extra 4 dice is for the next turn)
  716. [03:39] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 14 [Hollowpoint]
  717. [03:39] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [4, 7, 9, 5, 6, 1, 7, 3, 5, 2, 8, 6, 10, 2]. Successes total: 6
  718. [03:40] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 12 v Juggernaut Deflect!
  719. [03:40] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 3, 9, 3, 2, 2, 5, 4, 2, 6, 5, 7]. Successes total: 2
  720. [03:40] <DrEvilKitteh> The Juggernaut gets a hit in one of the arms, messing up the servos and gears there, but it barely slows.
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  722. [03:41] <DrEvilKitteh> (Colette!)
  723. [03:44] <Poplartree> While singing, Collette directs the soundwaves to also obstruct the Juggernaut's movements. (Pin Down, MP 14->12 from sustaining Aria and Ballad)
  724. [03:45] <Poplartree> !ex 13 v Pin Down
  725. [03:45] <Molbot> Poplartree: [6, 4, 8, 4, 10, 5, 10, 1, 3, 3, 4, 1, 3]. Successes total: 5
  726. [03:46] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 10 v Juggernaut Resist!
  727. [03:46] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 9, 1, 1, 4, 1, 9, 9, 5, 10]. Successes total: 6
  728. [03:46] <DrEvilKitteh> The four-legged tank of an automaton shakes off the soundwaves, unbothered by them.
  729. [03:46] <DrEvilKitteh> (Lin!)
  730. [03:47] <LeftHandofGod> Lin fires into the robot again, fury plain on her face.
  731. [03:47] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 18 [HP, FP spent]
  732. [03:47] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [8, 8, 3, 7, 10, 6, 7, 9, 5, 10, 1, 2, 5, 8, 2, 9, 10, 8]. Successes total: 14
  733. [03:47] <DrEvilKitteh> (Fuuuuck.)
  734. [03:47] <LeftHandofGod> (uh, with marksman and FP, that's 19 successes)
  735. [03:47] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 14 v Juggernaut Deflect!
  736. [03:47] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [3, 1, 4, 3, 10, 9, 4, 5, 9, 4, 8, 6, 6, 1]. Successes total: 5
  737. [03:47] <Tangent> (Welp)
  738. [03:48] <LeftHandofGod> (jesus)
  739. [03:48] <DrEvilKitteh> A single shot goes through the Juggernaut's body, piercing its head and chest and making it stagger, wobbling and twitching spasmodically, gears whining and snapping off.
  740. [03:49] <DrEvilKitteh> (Stalker!)
  741. [03:49] <DrEvilKitteh> (Alexa, Lin, roll LCK.)
  742. [03:49] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 3
  743. [03:49] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [4, 1, 5]. Botch!
  744. [03:50] <Jran-Kri> !ex 4 LCK
  745. [03:50] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [10, 6, 6, 1]. Successes total: 2
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  747. [03:50] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh goody~)
  748. [03:51] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 14 v Stalker Ranged (Hollowpoint, no Pen, 2 w/s)
  749. [03:51] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [5, 4, 6, 1, 2, 7, 5, 9, 1, 10, 6, 5, 6, 1]. Successes total: 4
  750. [03:51] <DrEvilKitteh> (Dodge.)
  751. [03:52] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 10 [AGI dodge, bonus die]
  752. [03:52] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [4, 10, 7, 10, 2, 1, 7, 2, 8, 10]. Successes total: 9
  753. [03:52] <LeftHandofGod> (Would you like me to reroll? Because this is some bullshit)
  754. [03:52] <Jran-Kri> ((You're just TOO GOOD))
  755. [03:53] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Uhh. Nah, that's fine.)
  756. [03:53] <DrEvilKitteh> (Jran, u rollin'?)
  757. [03:53] <Tangent> (agi monostat?)
  758. [03:53] <Seo-Hyun> (This is just proof that machines cannot match the might of mahou shoujo.)
  759. [03:54] <LeftHandofGod> (yep)
  760. [03:54] <Jran-Kri> ((Right, sorry, whoops!))
  761. [03:54] <Jran-Kri> !ex 5 AGI
  762. [03:54] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [8, 8, 6, 2, 2]. Successes total: 2
  763. [03:54] <DrEvilKitteh> (2 w/s.)
  764. [03:55] <Jran-Kri> ((-2 Wounds, for 1 HP. Down to last threshold.))
  765. [03:56] <LeftHandofGod> (y'know what that procs?)
  766. [03:56] <DrEvilKitteh> However, just after shooting Alexa, Walter manages to draw a bead on the Stalker again and shoot it. The wounded stealth automaton falls from its perch and lands splayed on the concrete below, still active but quite damaged as it attempted to stagger to its feet.
  767. [03:58] <LeftHandofGod> (shall i roll avenger once more, or nah)
  768. [03:58] <DrEvilKitteh> (Wellll, it won't matter if you target ol' Juggy.)
  769. [03:58] <LeftHandofGod> (thoguht it had to be on the thing that made the ally drop a threshold)
  770. [03:59] <DrEvilKitteh> (Possibly? I dunno. But if you wanna shoot the Stalker, go ahead~)
  771. [03:59] <Jran-Kri> ((It does specify against the enemy that caused the threshold drop))
  772. [03:59] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 10 [HP]
  773. [03:59] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [5, 4, 5, 2, 4, 1, 5, 3, 9, 10]. Successes total: 3
  774. [03:59] <LeftHandofGod> (4 with marksman, also fucking AGI builds yo
  775. [04:00] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 5 v Dodge!
  776. [04:00] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 9, 6, 5, 8]. Successes total: 2
  777. [04:00] <DrEvilKitteh> (It dies.)
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  779. [04:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (Now...gimme a minute.)
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  781. [04:04] <Seo-Hyun> (I'm probably gonna have to go to bed pretty imminently over here. It's pretty late.)
  782. [04:05] <DrEvilKitteh> Overclock still engaged, the Juggernaut was shaking /violently/ after Lin's /extremely/ well-placed shot. It lashed out furiously, wildly, desperately, and even the cannon on its shoulder boom, firing at Amelia as she (presumably) attempted to close the distance. (Out of order attack action. Makes a Melee Smash/AOE attack vs all Close enemies, and a Ranged attack vs Amelia. However,
  783. [04:05] <DrEvilKitteh> /everyone/ gets a priority attack on it after the attack and defense rolls have resolved, as it leaves itself wiiiide open. So basically everyone gangs up on it at once and tears it to shreds.)
  784. [04:05] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 12 v Melee AOE! (1 Soak Pen, 2w/s)
  785. [04:05] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 v Ranged Cannon shot! (1 Soak Pen, 2w/s)
  786. [04:05] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [10, 4, 8, 1, 10, 1, 2, 7, 4, 5, 1, 9]. Successes total: 7
  787. [04:05] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [8, 5, 6, 2, 7, 2, 10]. Successes total: 4
  788. [04:05] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yes, that means even if Alexa gets KO'd, she can shoot it or something before falling.)
  789. [04:06] <Seo-Hyun> !ex 5 + Fortune
  790. [04:06] <Molbot> Seo-Hyun: [8, 4, 9, 2, 7]. Successes total: 3
  791. [04:06] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 10 [AGI dodge]
  792. [04:06] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [5, 8, 10, 8, 5, 7, 2, 6, 7, 9]. Successes total: 7
  793. [04:06] <Tangent> !ex 5 v
  794. [04:06] <Molbot> Tangent: [10, 6, 10, 3, 2]. Successes total: 4
  795. [04:06] <Jran-Kri> !ex 4 AGI
  796. [04:06] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [9, 10, 1, 3]. Successes total: 3
  797. [04:07] <DrEvilKitteh> (Poplar?)
  798. [04:07] <Tangent> Amelia is indeed running towards it, murder in her eyes as she sees Alexa take hits. She's not good enough. She's never good enough to kill the monsters before Alexa gets hurt. What's even the point of her if she can't keep her safe...
  799. [04:07] <Poplartree> (Ah sorry!)
  800. [04:07] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 v Walter Dodge!
  801. [04:07] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [1, 5, 6, 3, 7, 6, 2, 1, 2]. Successes total: 1
  802. [04:08] <Poplartree> !ex 7 v dodge
  803. [04:08] <Molbot> Poplartree: [6, 1, 9, 7, 8, 4, 10]. Successes total: 5
  804. [04:08] <DrEvilKitteh> The axe arm smashes through the building Walter was in during its frenzy, eliciting a cry of pain from the android...and a retaliatory gunshot in return.
  805. [04:09] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 7 v Walter Attack!
  806. [04:09] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [7, 3, 9, 1, 9, 3, 7]. Successes total: 4
  807. [04:09] <DrEvilKitteh> (Everyone, roll for attack.)
  808. [04:09] <Tangent> (Dash?)
  809. [04:09] <Tangent> (Or melee?)
  810. [04:09] <LeftHandofGod> !ex 14 [HP]
  811. [04:09] <Molbot> LeftHandofGod: [8, 6, 1, 6, 5, 9, 9, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 4, 5]. Successes total: 3
  812. [04:09] <Seo-Hyun> !ex 17 Purging Flame
  813. [04:09] <Molbot> Seo-Hyun: [9, 7, 3, 9, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 9, 10, 8, 3, 6, 1, 3, 3]. Successes total: 7
  814. [04:11] <Jran-Kri> !ex 6 [Magic Missile]
  815. [04:11] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [5, 4, 5, 6, 10, 9]. Successes total: 3
  816. [04:11] <Poplartree> !ex 14 Ultra-Hi-Wavelength Blast
  817. [04:11] <Molbot> Poplartree: [4, 4, 7, 2, 7, 2, 8, 7, 8, 2, 2, 9, 10, 8]. Successes total: 9
  818. [04:11] <DrEvilKitteh> (Either or, Tan.)
  819. [04:12] <Tangent> !ex 12 [Smash smash smash]
  820. [04:12] <Molbot> Tangent: [6, 2, 1, 3, 1, 10, 9, 10, 6, 1, 1, 6]. Successes total: 5
  821. [04:12] <DrEvilKitteh> (Doesn't matter much at this point.)
  822. [04:15] <DrEvilKitteh> !ex 9 vs Juggernaut Resist!
  823. [04:15] <Molbot> DrEvilKitteh: [5, 1, 5, 8, 6, 9, 3, 1, 2]. Successes total: 2
  824. [04:16] <DrEvilKitteh> In a combo-attack that is terrifically executed and would undoubtedly be all the rave at the cinemas for the rest of the year were it in a movie, the five girls and Walter dealt many rapid blows that, essentially, culminated in the Juggernaut falling to pieces. And exploding. No one was harmed by shrapnel or anything, fortunately.
  825. [04:16] <DrEvilKitteh> (Combat Over.)
  826. [04:17] <DrEvilKitteh> (Is Alexa still barely standing, or down?)
  827. [04:18] <Jran-Kri> ((Deader than disco.))
  828. [04:18] <Tangent> (Oh jeez, critical wounds?)
  829. [04:19] <Jran-Kri> ((Well, I mean, that last hit knocked her below 0, is all.))
  830. [04:20] <DrEvilKitteh> (She's not dead, btw.)
  831. [04:20] <DrEvilKitteh> (I'm doing GnG Lite, so to speak. Sorta.)
  832. [04:21] <DrEvilKitteh> (She might have a wound or something, but that can be healed in a week or two at the absolute most, probably.)
  833. [04:22] <Tangent> Amelia pulls her sword free. "Ha..." She coughs. "Stupid tin can...Right, Alexa?"
  834. [04:22] <Tangent> ...
  835. [04:22] <Seo-Hyun> "Haha! This is way more fun than just fighting a bunch of petty street-level criminals!" In spite of her words, however, Seo-Hyun cast a quick wistful glance to the shattered remains of the robots, muttering something under her breath about the remains not being edible, before refocusing her attention on the rest of the group. "Everyone alright?"
  836. [04:23] <Poplartree> "I'm fine~" Collette says as she waves to Seo and begins walking towards Walter
  837. [04:24] <LeftHandofGod> Lin checks her map, then scans her surroundings. "Clear." She scans the party. One, two, three, four...uh oh.
  838. [04:24] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter pulled himself out of the rubble of the building's first floor. His metal skin was dented and crumpled in place, and he was limping a little, but he was at least faring better than Alexa. "I yet live," he muttered, voice a little hazy and distorted.
  839. [04:24] <Tangent> "A-Alexa?" Amelia rushes over, desperately looking for her friend. "No, no, no..."
  840. [04:25] <Jran-Kri> Alexa lays on the ground, face up, half-staring up at the sky, one eye forced shut by a deep gouge in her face. The other, of course, was closed due to her being completely unconscious, her body wrapped up in her mantle like a flag.
  841. [04:26] <Tangent> "Oh god, oh god....ALEXA!" Amelia rushes over, shaking her friend. "Wake up, come on, just wake up..." She looks afraid for the first time in this fight. No, not like this. It should have been HER, not Alexa, and why didn't she notice, keep her safe, why couldn't she have stopped it...
  842. [04:28] <Seo-Hyun> Amelia's cry seems to startle Seo-Hyun out of her adrenaline rush, as she quickly quiets down whilst approaching the two girls. "...Shit. Anyone here have healing abilities?"
  843. [04:29] <Tangent> "please just wake up..." It shouldn't have been like this. She was supposed to be SAFE. She didn't even really want to come...What good is her magic if she can't even keep her best friend safe? Alexa has to be okay. She has to be...
  844. [04:30] <LeftHandofGod> "...I don't." Lin looks on, concern etched in the lines of her face.
  845. [04:31] <Poplartree> "Unfortunately, I can't heal her either."
  846. [04:31] <DrEvilKitteh> "I have a small medkit with supplies that can prevent her from getting worse due to bloodloss and internal bleeding," Walter wheezed, checking one of the pouches on his belt.
  847. [04:32] <Tangent> Amelia looks up, desperation on her face...then looks to Walter. She doesn't seem to register his injuries for a moment, looking to his pouch without moving away from Alexa. "How do you use it?"
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  851. [04:35] <DrEvilKitteh> "Give me a moment." Walter fumbled with it a bit, locking a few pieces in place, and the like. "Place this end against her chest, over he heart. Depress the button on the other side. It will flow through her body fairly far, that way." He handed a small tube to Alexa, perhaps four, five inches long.
  852. [04:37] <Tangent> Amelia snatches it, fear making her fingers shake as she uses the device. "please be okay, please..."
  853. [04:38] <Jran-Kri> !ex 2
  854. [04:38] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [5, 6]. Successes total: 0
  855. [04:38] <Jran-Kri> !ex 4
  856. [04:38] <Molbot> Jran-Kri: [5, 9, 7, 2]. Successes total: 2
  857. [04:40] <DrEvilKitteh> Alexa would feel a buzzing, tingling feeling go through her body, an alien feeling as it spread from her heart to the top of her head and the tips of her toes. With it preventing the worse of her wounds from hemhorraging blood for the time being, she would find herself returning to hazy consciousness.
  858. [04:41] <Tangent> And Amelia's hovering over her, clutching her firmly...but not hard enough to hurt her.
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  861. [04:43] <Jran-Kri> The moment her one eye that isn't swelled shut by blood opens, an expression of nothing short of euphoria flits across her face. She grins wide enough to split it in two, her good eye darting around hurriedly to focus on something. Then she sees Amelia, and realizes how much everything hurts. Her face falls as she stares up at her friend. "O-o-o-oh. I-I-I'm a-a-alive."
  862. [04:45] <Tangent> "Y-yy..." Amelia stammers, then hugs her. "D-don't...You...Don't you d-dare do that again...H-heal yourself...I don't care what h-happens to me or a-any of us, heal yourself..." She stammers.
  863. [04:47] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's good eye twitches spastically. With clunky, robotic motions, she attempts to return the hug while lying down. She settles for lightly patting Amelia on the back. "... I-I-I'll... k-k-keep th-that in m-m-mind."
  864. [04:48] <Tangent> Amelia takes a long time to let go of Alexa- her grip's surprisingly gentle. She hovers over Alexa anxiously. "You...your face..." She whispers, sounding horrified. "We...we can get you back to the Wand, we can find someone to heal you...Don't move..."
  865. [04:48] <Tangent> She seems about to move to scoop Alexa up.
  866. [04:49] <DrEvilKitteh> "...I think it best if you heal yourself at least a little before we retreat to the pub," Walter remarked to Alexa from the side. "If you are unable to do much, then the Wand should be able to provide something."
  867. [04:52] <Jran-Kri> Laboriously shifting in place, she eventually rises. She touches her face, wincing as she touches the wound. A bitter smirk tugs at one corner of her face as her hand trembles. "'... F-f-for in d-d-due s-s-season w-w-we sh-shall r-r-reap, i-i-if w-w-we d-d-do n-n-not l-l-lose h-h-heart," she mutters to herself as, recalling her staff, she begins to knit herself back together.
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  871. [00:38] <LeftHandofGod> "Shouldn't we get to safety? There may be reinforcements coming," states the vested girl, an eye on a display in her hand.
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  873. [00:42] <Seo-Hyun> "Yes, let's not give them time to send in more of those behemoths. One was bad enough." Seo-Hyun started moving for about a fraction of a second before she stopped, taking a look around. "...Er. Where to?"
  874. [00:42] <Tangent> "Right." Amelia says shakily. "Let's...let's get you back to the Wand, alright, Alexa?"
  875. [00:43] <Tangent> She stands, gently holding Alexa and scooping her off her feet again.
  876. [00:44] <DrEvilKitteh> "The Wand," Walter hissed out, voice severely distorted and almost static-y by the damage he'd received. "They won't attack there." He started limping surprisingly quickly in the direction of the establishment in question.
  877. [00:44] <Jran-Kri> Alexa shakes her head as if to clear it as Amelia helps her up, surprise colouring her face for a moment. She merely nods as she attempts to mop up the blood with her red mantle, the stain fortunately only sort of showing.
  878. [00:46] <LeftHandofGod> "Are you going to be able to walk there?" asks Lin, concern etched into her brow.
  879. [00:47] <Tangent> Amelia shakes her head, still holding Alexa- strangely looking completely unstrained by the weight. "She won't have to."
  880. [00:48] <DrEvilKitteh> "Probably," the android wheezed in response. Well, not really "wheezed" since he lacked a respiratory system, but that's what it sounded like. "It's not far." He double-checked a little radar doodad. "...Yeah, not far."
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  883. [00:49] <Seo-Hyun> "Then let's get moving, yes? The sooner we reach safety the better." And with that, Seo-Hyun moved to join Walter.
  884. [00:49] <Jran-Kri> "I-I-I a-a-am f-f-f-fine, now," Alexa insists, through she makes no effort to leave Amelia's grasp. She glares at Lin. The expression is made instantly worse by the brand new scar running right along her eye. She takes a moment to retrieve her glasses, miraculous survivors they are.
  885. [00:49] <Tangent> Amelia's fingers tighten around Alexa briefly as she looks down at her shorter friend, but then she starts walking.
  886. [00:50] <LeftHandofGod> Lin notices the glare, but ignores it, instead choosing to check her map once more. "No contacts yet, but they could be hiding like the first ones."
  887. [00:53] <DrEvilKitteh> "Wouldn't be surprised. Keep your guards up." They were only a few blocks from the pub, so if they hurried, the group would likely be able to reach it fairly swiftly.
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  890.  
  891. [01:07] <DrEvilKitteh> Soon, within a few minutes, the party reached the door of the Wand and Circlet pub. They'd traveled the rest of the way unmolested, with no contacts appearing on Lin's map save for the inhabitants of a couple nearby buildings and those in the pub itself. Walter pushed the door open, managed not to stumble to the floor upon stepping inside, and hobbled over to the bar. "Can't help but wonder
  892. [01:07] <DrEvilKitteh> if Alexa's healing magic might work on me," he grunted out.
  893. [01:09] <Seo-Hyun> Seo-Hyun shrugged, quickly joining Walter at the bar and ordering a glass of scotch for herself. "Might be best if we let her rest for the moment. She's not exactly in the best state after what's happened to her."
  894. [01:04] <Tangent> A tall, knightly girl bursts in through the door, her blue outfit stained with deep crimson splatters, and a smaller girl in her arms. "Hey, someone help!" She yells. "She needs another healer!"
  895. [01:05] <Jran-Kri> "... N-n-no I d-d-don't," Alexa grouses in her arms, her deep red mantle covering most of her. Her eye twitches, the scar running down her face twisting. "I-I-I a-a-am p-p-perfectly f-f-functional."
  896. [01:06] <Tangent> "Yes, you do." Amelia says, a bit sternly, but without letting go. "Hold still, you're hurt..."
  897. [01:07] <Jran-Kri> "CANINOTEVENFIXMYSELF?!" Alexa suddenly barks, her body seizing up like an electric current ran through it.
  898. [01:09] <Tangent> Just inside, Amelia clings to Alexa. "You don't HAVE to heal yourself. Not when you're hurt like this."
  899. [01:10] <DrEvilKitteh> "That's why I didn't ask her to try earlier," he groaned to the fox girl. "Ah. Better." Walter slumped against the bar.
  900. [01:10] <LeftHandofGod> Lin sits with Seo-Hyun and Walter at the bar, requesting another of what she left half finished earlier.
  901. [01:10] <Jran-Kri> "IAMFULLYFUNCTIONAL!" Alexa insists, her good eye twitches spastically. She swivels her head this way and that, adjusting her glasses. "I-I-I c-c-can f-f-fix a-a-anything."
  902. [01:12] <Tangent> "You shouldn't have to." Amelia insists, equally stubbornly. "I...You shouldn't have gotten hurt. Shouldn't have been there...Just try and relax, okay?" She looks around. No healers coming to help. "It doesn't look that bad." She lies. "You'll be good as new, soon as someone helps..."
  903. [01:13] <Seo-Hyun> "Well, hey. We all made it out alive. Things could be going a lot worse. Shame we don't have a medic on call, though."
  904. [01:14] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter rapped his one and only hand on the countertop and slid several coins across it to the Bartender. He was promptly handed a healing potion, which he held out to Amelia and Alexa. "You got anyone on call who can heal?" he asked of the man. The Bartender thought, then nodded and snapped once. A girl hurried out of the kitchen with a healing artifact in her hands, looking around curiously
  905. [01:14] <DrEvilKitteh> and nervously. "Alexa, you alright with her healing you?"
  906. [01:14] <Jran-Kri> If she looked angry before, now she looked utterly murderous. Or she would, if she were at all capable of such a thing. The phrase 'shouldn't have been there' has the opposite of a relaxing effect, as she furiously attempts to twist out of Amelia's grasp to stand under her own power. Her staff springs back into being as she turns to glare at Seo. "IAMTHEMEDIC!"
  907. [01:15] <DrEvilKitteh> "..." Walter just blinked, unsure what to make of that.
  908. [01:16] <DrEvilKitteh> Meanwhile, amused chuckling came from a man reading a newspaper a few tables away.
  909. [01:16] <LeftHandofGod> Lin recoils slightly from the raging girl, but remains silent.
  910. [01:16] <Jran-Kri> Alexa glares daggers at the poor girl who's just been sent out, her nostrils flaring as she breathes heavily. She almost looks ready to calm down until she hears someone laughing. Then she rounds to scream at him. "SOMETHINGFUNNYé!è
  911. [01:16] <Jran-Kri> *?!"
  912. [01:16] <Tangent> Amelia doesn't let go. "Yeah, but this time, you're getting healed. You'll hurt yourself, Alexa." She nods to the girl with the artifact. "Alexa, shh, shh..."
  913. [01:17] <Tangent> She holds Alexa tighter.
  914. [01:17] <Seo-Hyun> "Yes, and you're hardly in a state to treat your own wounds, from what I've seen. Just because you have power doesn't mean you're in a condition to use power."
  915. [01:18] <DrEvilKitteh> The man just chuckled harder at that. He flipped the page of his newspaper over to look at the next two pages.
  916. [01:22] <Jran-Kri> Looking between the assembled company like a cornered animal, Alexa continues to rage against Amelia's grasp, her breathing growing heavier. Her face is flushed and twisted in rage and possibly even fear. More likely embarrassment. Her hat shifts as she grabs a fistful of hair. "Sh-sh-sh-shut u-u-up! I-I-I'm f-f-fine! STOPLAUGHINGATME!"
  917. [01:24] <Tangent> Amelia just holds her tighter. "Shh, it's okay...you're okay..." She risks a glance to the girl with the healing artifact. A meaningful, worried jerk of her head.
  918. [01:24] <LeftHandofGod> Anger tugs at Lin's neutral expression as well. She stands and walks to the table where the man is reading. "What is it you find funny?"
  919. [01:25] <Seo-Hyun> Seo-Hyun didn't move, but a perfect copy of her formed across from the man, glaring at him. She spoke mere moments after Lin did, not seeming to care about maintaining any semblance of diplomacy. "Yo, peanut gallery, mind keeping it down?"
  920. [01:26] <Tangent> Amelia has other things- Alexa- on her mind, but she's never felt more tempted to throw a fireball at a bystander.
  921. [01:26] <DrEvilKitteh> "But it's just such a delightfully amusing scene!" The man's voice was familiar to both Amelia and Alexa. Walter, as well, stiffened. "The heroes enter, all battered and bruised and injured. And one of them's so batshit crazy that she's lost touch with reality!" He neatly folded the newspaper and grinned at the girls.
  922. [01:27] <Tangent> Amelia's grip becomes bone crushing. "Stop talking." She snarls. Why does she know that voice?
  923. [01:28] <Tangent> The air around her is suddenly warm. Her skin and armor are almost scaldingly hot.
  924. [01:28] <LeftHandofGod> "I believe you're the one out of touch with reality if you laugh at the wounded," growls Lin. "Take her advice and be silent."
  925. [01:28] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter gripped his pistol so tightly that his hand created from the stress, green eyes glaring at the man. "Lin, Seo-Hyun, back off," he said quietly, seriously.
  926. [01:30] <Jran-Kri> Alexa clearly doesn't quite know where she's heard this voice, but something about it -- or maybe just what he says -- throws her over the edge. She writhes and thrashes, clutching her gnarled wooden staff in a death-grip. "'H-h-he v-v-violates h-h-his c-c-covenant! H-h-his t-t-talk is s-s-smooth, b-b-but w-w-war is i-i-in his heart!'" She shakily recites, breaking out into a sweat.
  927. [01:30] <Tangent> "Alexa, stay with me here...Listen to me, it's okay..."
  928. [01:30] <LeftHandofGod> Without hesitation Lin backpedals to the bar, hand on her pistol in its holster.
  929. [01:30] <Tangent> ...Something's wrong with Alexa. She can't pretend there isn't any more. And she has no idea how to help her.
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  931. [01:32] <Seo-Hyun> Seo, unfortunately, wasn't typically the kind to listen to advice. "Fan of Lovecraft, then? You know, you could always go read a fucking book instead of loitering in a pub waiting for people to get injured and go mad just so you can get your rocks off."
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  934. [01:34] <DrEvilKitteh> “Oh, now that wasn't very nice. You'll hurt my feelings, little one.” At which point, the man's form faded like mist, to be replaced by a figure wearing cream-colored robes, a gold mask, and gold-like segmented armor of sorts covering his entire body beneath the robes. He looked at Seo, though she couldn't actually see his face, and there was the distinct impression that his grin
  935. [01:34] <DrEvilKitteh> widened. “Lovecraft? Garbage. Far from the incredible reality, my dear. But no, that's not actually why I'm here...Seo-Hyun, was it?”
  936. [01:36] <Tangent> And that's when blue fire shoots from Amelia's suddenly outstretched hand.
  937. [01:36] <Tangent> Or at least, when she tries to.
  938. [01:37] <DrEvilKitteh> There's a blur of wind, and the fire spirals and dissipates harmlessly in the air.
  939. [01:37] <Jran-Kri> Alexa seizes up like she's suddenly been put in an invisible straight jacket. Her empty eyes stare at the figure listlessly for a moment, her wild look of hate giving way to incredulity. She doesn't seem to process anything until Amelia tries to fight inside the fine establishment. "KILL! G-g-go, k-k-kill! S-s-send f-f-forth to e-e-eternal j-judgement!"
  940. [01:38] <Seo-Hyun> "I'm Seo-Hyun only among friends. In your case, stick to 'demon'. But really, Lovecraft, garbage? Finally, I found someone with taste in literature!" Suddenly, Seo's voice went from sarcastically jovial to icy serious. "Why are you here?"
  941. [01:39] <DrEvilKitteh> "Neutral Zone rules, I do believe," the man said in a smug tone. "You can't touch me in here, and likewise, I can't touch any of you."
  942. [01:39] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter said nothing, though his hand was still on his revolver's grip.
  943. [01:39] <Tangent> "Some rules need to be broken. You're a murderer. You're going to die. And you deserve it." Amelia spits, her loathing clear.
  944. [01:40] <Seo-Hyun> "That's not an answer. You clearly know who we are, enough so to have an interest in what happens to us. Why?" The real Seo-Hyun, meanwhile, was burning through... wait, her third glass of scotch?
  945. [01:43] <LeftHandofGod> Lin eyes the exchange, hand still not moved from her pistol. She gives Walter a look, hoping for some information on who this could be.
  946. [01:44] <DrEvilKitteh> "You wound me," he said to Amelia, a hand clutched dramatically to his chest. "...Ah, that's quite simple. See, Seo, I'm here out of curiosity. And you could also say I'm scouting out the enemy. Yeah, that's a good way to phrase it. But, first, proper introductions." The man stood and bowed with a flourish. "I am the man whom you know only as The Alchemist. I remember you two from when
  947. [01:44] <DrEvilKitteh> you blew up one of my mining sites not too long ago. That wasn't very nice," he chided them. "And the least you could've done was leave a bill for the damaged property and equipment. I mean, come on! Those automatons are ruddy expensive to make!" The Alchemist gesticulated in a way that would put Italians to shame as he meandered about, walking with a spring in his step.
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  949. [01:46] <Tangent> Another burst of pointless fire.
  950. [01:47] <DrEvilKitteh> That, too, was dissipated in a blur and gust of air.
  951. [01:47] <Jran-Kri> As much as her burning desire for murder is foiled by their present location, Alexa doesn't show another burst of displeasure until now. She seizes up, another sharp recitation tearing out of her trembling throat. "'The l-l-love of m-m-money i-i-is the r-r-root of a-a-all k-k-kinds of e-e-evil! S-s-some, e-e-eager f-f-for money, h-h-have s-s-STRAYED from the f-f-FAITH and p-pierced themselves w-w-with g-g-grief!'"
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  953. [01:54] <DrEvilKitteh> (Vox, Lefty?)
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  955. [01:55] <LeftHandofGod> Having given up on any information from Walter, Lin settles on watching the events unfolding before her with an uneasy frown on her face.
  956. [01:55] <Seo-Hyun> (Seo's grievances are slightly different from the rest of the party's, and I'd rather not overshadow that outburst with my own fuckery.)
  957. [01:56] <LeftHandofGod> (Lin doesn't really have a dog in this fight, and will probably be silent until spoken to)
  958. [01:57] <DrEvilKitteh> "And now she's quoting Bible verses non-stop. That's just sad." The Alchemist shook his head and sighed, having the air of a disappointed parent. A sadistic, sociopathic parent, but still. "Oh! How have your other friends fared, I wonder? I sent ol' Ironclad after that Ice girl with the warhammer--mmm...Pupil, NO!, Iris, yes?--but apparently some other people rescued her just in the nick
  959. [01:57] <DrEvilKitteh> of time. Is she still alive, or did she perhaps succumb to her wounds before help arrived~?" He had a gleeful, anticipatory tone to his voice. "And I know I personally witnessed my automatons taking down one Morgan Salazar, and they did the same to several other 'Magical Girls' whom Walter had recruited.”
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  961. [02:01] <DrEvilKitteh> *tone to his voice, like a kid asking about Christmas presents.
  962. [02:02] <Tangent> Amelia has the presence of mind to put Alexa down.
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  965. [02:02] <Tangent> Then she just starts throwing fireball after fireball in blind rage at the alchemist, uncaring for the craters it leaves in walls and bars, but still barely watching where she's firing.
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  968. [02:04] <Tangent> "Burn! BURN, you worthless murdering filthy psychotic excuse for a human being!"
  969. [02:04] <Jran-Kri> Fortunately, once under her own power, Alexa doesn't do anything stupid. She just hunkers down, glaring daggers -- shaky, electrified daggers -- at the Alchemist. Her head cocks this way and that, her lip twisting. "I-I-Iris l-l-lives," she says, in a voice that doesn't exactly scream triumph. "Y-y-y-you w-w-will g-g-get y-y-yours. G-g-great o-o-or s-s-small, e-e-every m-m-man w-w-will r-receive wh-what h-h-he iso-owed."
  970. [02:04] <DrEvilKitteh> All of them dissipate before reaching the Alchemist, and Amelia would quickly find herself lying on the sidewalk across the street from the pub. A note fluttered to the ground next to her with a message reading: "No Fighting. That includes fireballs."
  971. [02:07] <DrEvilKitteh> The Alchemist just giggled more and clapped in excitement. "You are most certainly correct about that, Alexa. I am owed much, and I will receive it quite shortly, now." He sauntered over to the bar and placed an order for a shot of whisky. "In a way, I'm glad Iris is alive. Maybe I'll get to vivisect her, too~. It's a thoroughly enjoyable thing, really, to find out just what makes you
  972. [02:07] <DrEvilKitteh> 'Mahou Shoujo' tick."
  973. [02:08] <Tangent> "DAMNIT, THAT THING'S A MONSTER!" Amelia yells at thin air.
  974. [02:09] <LeftHandofGod> Lin shakes in her boots, squeezing the grip of her pistol, but remains silent anyway.
  975. [02:10] <Jran-Kri> "YOUAREOWEDDAMNATION!" Alexa screeches, her fire rising. She looks significantly less confident now that Amelia is no longer beside her, and given that she was already hysterical, this is a considerable step down. "Wh-wh-why a-a-are y-y-you h-h-here? J-j-just t-t-to t-t-taunt u-u-us?!"
  976. [02:10] <Seo-Hyun> Seo-Hyun exhaled a slow, quiet sigh as she watched things devolve into attempted violence and a rather prompt expulsion of her fellow pyromancer. As the Alchemist approached the bar, she transitioned from speaking with her clone to simply speaking normally. "Listen. Astrologist, or whatever the fuck your name is. I'm going to be frank with you here. I don't care about your bottom line, or what you've been doing
  977. [02:10] <Seo-Hyun> to have magical girls sent after you. But you went after a friend of mine. Nearly killed her. And I value my friends very, very highly. So I want you to know now one very simple thing. Some day soon, in spite of any security measures you put in place, I will kill you."
  978. [02:14] <DrEvilKitteh> "Leave. Now," Walter growled at the Alchemist.
  979. [02:14] <DrEvilKitteh> The Alchemist waved Walter off dismissively. "Psychological warfare is a magnificent thing, indeed. And I know more about all of you, whom I shall be facing in the near future, I should think." He picked up the shot glass, but didn't down it. "Oh, Foxy Seo. I would love to see you try." He made his way over to the door, humming to himself. "Alas, I am needed back at headquarters. It
  980. [02:14] <DrEvilKitteh> would be so very enjoyable to speak with you all some more, but...perhaps later? Yes, later." He nodded and put his hand on the door, starting to push it open.
  981. [02:15] <DrEvilKitteh> (Oh, yeah, pics for referece for the Alchemist: http://imgur.com/a/hbI1Z )
  982. [02:15] <DrEvilKitteh> (More or less.)
  983. [02:15] <Seo-Hyun> Seeing this, Seo-Hyun decided to escalate, leaving another copy of herself sitting at the bar while she moved to invisibly follow the alchemist. The pub was a safe place, but the street outside of it...
  984. [02:16] <Tangent> And Amelia's already there outside, sword in hand.
  985. [02:16] <LeftHandofGod> Lin stands, intent on pursuing with not the foggiest idea that she'd have backup.
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  987. [02:18] <DrEvilKitteh> The Alchemist pushed the door open and stood there, "grinning" at Amelia for a moment, feet still inside the pub. Then, Amelia would feel whiskey splash against her face, right in her eyes, as the Alchemist stepped outside and began to bustle away.
  988. [02:19] <Jran-Kri> Alexa takes a moment to stare at the spot he previously occupied, a shudder running through her. It takes her a moment to remember that Amelia is still outside; then she twirls to watch him go. The moment he leaves, she lurches almost mindlessly after him.
  989. [02:20] <LeftHandofGod> Lin bursts out the door, glancing at her map to make sure this isn't a trap.
  990. [02:20] <Tangent> Amelia slashes wildly, missing, then whirls. "I'LL KILL YOU!" She snarls, stumbling blindly.
  991. [02:20] <Seo-Hyun> The second he stepped outside, the still-invisible Seo-Hyun prepared and fired off another bolt of foxfire, sending the azure missile straight towards his back. (Should I roll for an attack or does he have some instant answer prepared?)
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  993. [02:22] <DrEvilKitteh> The Alchemist was hit by a simultaneous bolt of foxfire and an unloaded cylinder of bullets courtesy of Walter. Flaming and with holes in him, he tumbled to the ground. And promptly vanished. A whistle sounded from the roof of the pub, from which the Alchemist waved. "Maybe next time, little ones." He turned, walked away, and vanished. Lin would note that he completely disappeared off the
  994. [02:22] <DrEvilKitteh> map just a second after stepping out of sight.
  995. [02:23] <LeftHandofGod> "...He's gone from the area. Disappeared off the map." Seeing no targets, she holsters her weapon.
  996. [02:24] <Seo-Hyun> Entirely contrary to what would be expected, Seo-Hyun's face broke out into an incredibly wide grin, followed shortly after by laughter. "Well. I'm impressed. He may be a piece of shit, but he's got style."
  997. [02:25] <Tangent> A gust of flame in the pavement from Amelia as she stabs her sword into the ground makes it clear just how little she thinks of his style. "I'm going to BURN that bastard." Amelia snarls. "For everything."
  998. [02:25] <Jran-Kri> "... E-e-e-expected," Alexa says simply, staring straight ahead. She seems to shut down, like a wind-up soldier reaching the end of its march.
  999. [02:25] <Tangent> She looks back inside the pub.
  1000. [02:27] <DrEvilKitteh> Walter holstered his revolver and waved the waitress over to Alexa. The girl with the healing artifact had just timidly watched everything with a slowly-paling face, only letting out a few meeps when things got loud. She hurried over and held the healing artifact near the Scottish girl, its magic flowing into her and working on knitting her wounds.
  1001. [02:29] <DrEvilKitteh> *Northern Iris girl
  1002. [02:30] <Jran-Kri> Alexa takes another solid couple seconds to register being healed. Despite her earlier protestations, the fight seems to have gone out of her. With a laborious sigh, she merely nods jerkily.
  1003. [02:32] <Tangent> Amelia hovers over her anxiously. A grateful nod to the healer. "Hey, you okay?" She asks Alexa. She looks to see if that scar's still there.
  1004. [02:32] <DrEvilKitteh> The scar is still there, as it would still take a little while to heal, but it's mending.
  1005. [02:34] <Jran-Kri> "... I-I-I a-a-am... I'm f-f-f-fine," Alexa says slowly, continuing to stare straight ahead, wide-eyed, like she's looking at something far in the distance.
  1006. [02:35] <Tangent> "That...That's good. Hang...hang in there, okay? Come on..." Amelia tugs. "Let's get you upstairs. See if there's a bed..."
  1007. [02:36] <Jran-Kri> "W-w-why?" Alexa asks, cocking her head to one side. It takes her another moment to remember to actually look at Amelia, though she still seems to be looking right through her. "D-d-do w-w-we n-n-not h-h-have t-t-to p-put a stop to this m-m-monster?"
  1008. [02:37] <Seo-Hyun> "We do, but time is on our side. We can wait, spend time regrouping. Our odds of bringing him down will be better if we take time to rest and recover, and be at our absolute strongest when we march to war."
  1009. [02:37] <DrEvilKitteh> "Yes, I think everyone needs some rest, now," Walter murmured from where he sait at the bar. "I'll go over my information, what I know about him and his forces, and that way we can plan the best way to hit the Alchemist hard and stop him for good with a single strike if we can." He nodded at Seo-Hyun. "It will take some time, so please, rest and recuperate so we have you at full strength."
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  1011. [02:40] <Jran-Kri> Deprived of her manic energy, Alexa's empty expression barely wavers. She nods slowly, closing her eyes. For the first time, she winces at the pain of the scar, her shoulders slumping. "S-s-so be it."
  1012. [02:40] <Tangent> "You need to rest." Guilt dances in Amelia's eyes. "This was all my fault...I'm sorry...I shouldn't have brought you for it...but I didn't think..."
  1013. [02:41] <DrEvilKitteh> "Amelia, please." Walter shook his head, remembering how such talk had driven Alexa to a hysterical frenzy earlier.
  1014. [02:41] <Seo-Hyun> "Alright. Well. I need to unwind, so I'm off to go terrorize slash arrest petty crooks or something. Amelia, you've got my number. Call me when it's time to strike, I'll be there." And with that, Seo-Hyun began to walk away, slowly dissolving into blue flames as she did.
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  1016. [02:42] <LeftHandofGod> "...Do you want my phone number?" asks the vested girl from her seat at the bar. "Could help again if needed..."
  1017. [02:45] <Jran-Kri> Alexa twitches sharply at this, again, but the episode seems to have passed. She does, however, give Amelia a pointed look, her thousand-yard stare coalescing to glare at the other girl. "D-d-do y-y-you n-n-not w-want m-m-me around?"
  1018. [02:45] <Tangent> "N-no! God, no, that's not what I meant...I just keep getting you hurt, and I can't k-keep you safe, and...and...what good am I if I get you killed?" She whispers towards the end.
  1019. [02:46] <DrEvilKitteh> "If you are really willing and able to help when we go after him, I won't turn you away," Walter sighed out to Lin. "Frankly, we'll need everyone we can get."
  1020. [02:47] <LeftHandofGod> "Take my number then," mumbles Lin as she scratches it into a napkin and passes it to Walter. "Let me know. We're supposed to fight monsters, and he...definitely is one."
  1021. [02:49] <Jran-Kri> Nodding slowly, Alexa seems decidedly unconcerned, looking away to stare off into the distance. "Y-y-you sh-shouldn't h-h-have t-t-to. I-I sh-should be a-able t-t-to k-keep m-m-myself s-safe."
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  1023. [02:50] <DrEvilKitteh> "Thanks. I'll shoot you a message soon so you have mine." Walter took the napkin and slid it into his pocket. "I won't lie and say that it won't be dangerous, though. I won't blame you if you want to back out."
  1024. [02:51] <DrEvilKitteh> (Ah, hell. Forgot to have Walter say goodbye to Seo. Oh well.)
  1025. [02:52] <LeftHandofGod> Lin just raises an eyebrow, then points at the stone hanging around her neck. "I'll be fine. Fighting is what we're good for."
  1026. [02:52] <Tangent> Amelia shakes her head. "Just...just heal...please."
  1027. [02:54] <DrEvilKitteh> "And more girls potentially dying is exactly what I don't want," Walter replied. He waved the waitress over to start trying to heal himself, but he looked at Lin after that. "...And I'm sorry, but I don't know what that signifies." He nodded at the stone.
  1028. [02:55] <DrEvilKitteh> (...Oh wait. Waitress is still healing Alexa. Fawk. Retcon that bit.)
  1029. [02:55] <Jran-Kri> "WELLAPPARENTLYICAN'TEVENDOTHAT!" Alexa suddenly explodes, jerking an arm over to point accusingly at the poor waitress. Fortunately, this episode is brief, as she clamps a hand down on her head and screws her eyes shut. "S-s-sorry. S-s-sorry. Th-that's... th-that's b-b-been h-h-happening, l-l-lately."
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  1031. [02:56] <LeftHandofGod> Lin seems to struggle with a decision, then... "Forget about it. Just know that I'm hard to get rid of for good."
  1032. [02:56] <Tangent> "You...you need to rest, Alexa." Amelia whispers. "Please, don't do this to yourself. I...I can't stand it."
  1033. [02:56] <DrEvilKitteh> The waitress "Meep!"-d again, but dutifully kept on healing Alexa despite that.
  1034. [02:57] <Tangent> *stand to see you hurt yourself like that...
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  1036. [02:58] <Jran-Kri> Sighing again, Alexa pushes her glasses up to pinch the bridge of her nose, tilting her head up. "I... am... fine," just the act of speaking without stammering is clearly a Herculean effort.
  1037. [02:59] <DrEvilKitteh> "...Alright. I'll believe you." Walter gave her a nod. And then promptly fell face-first onto the bar.
  1038. [03:00] <Tangent> Amelia looks over. "...Walter?"
  1039. [03:00] <LeftHandofGod> After a moment of confusion, Lin looks at the hapless healer. "...Medic?"
  1040. [03:00] <DrEvilKitteh> "M'fine." He weakly waved off their concern with his sole remaining hand.
  1041. [03:01] <DrEvilKitteh> The waitress looked between Walter and Alexa several times. She gave the latter a once-over to make sure she was good for now, then stood and walked over to Walter and began applying her healing magics to him.
  1042. [03:04] <Jran-Kri> Alexa watches the process impassively, blinking slowly every now and again.
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  1044. [03:05] <Tangent> Amelia's gently stroking her hair, soothingly. Without thinking.
  1045. [03:06] <Tangent> *Alexa's
  1046. [03:06] <Jran-Kri> Although she twitches sharply at the motion, Alexa makes no protest, humming softly.
  1047. [03:06] <DrEvilKitteh> Slowly, parts of Walter's body began to straighten and mend, and pieces began to form where he'd lost chunks of his clockwork body. "...Ah. That feels much better," he muttered.
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  1049. [03:09] <Jran-Kri> "R-r-remarkable," Alexa says blandly, adjusting her glasses.
  1050. [03:12] == Triflor_ [~Florian@978F817C.FA9B3628.2E0CFA46.IP] has quit [Quit: Leaving]
  1051. [03:15] <DrEvilKitteh> (Well, shall we call it for the night? Have Alexa and Amelia head off to bed off-screen while Walter heals and Lin does whatever?)
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