Doppocalypse: The Tower

11:55   Doppler Last we saw our hero, Reverb had just aided in fending off the siege of a local town from their monstrous invaders and has begun sprinting through the blazing heat of the desert to the next location on her hit and run trip. A communications tower to the north that has until now barely been able to stay active under the interference, no doubt a target.
11:56   Doppler And, on the topic of communications, the little technological eye in her pocket starts to ring.
11:58           Reverb pulls the eye from her pocket, examining the little trinket and fiddling to find some manner of switching it on.
11:59   Doppler "Testing, testing. Frankie, you there?" the voice of Clara comes out through it
12:00   Reverb  "Yup, here I am." she replied, just hopping over a few rocks that cover the barren landscape. "What's the story?"
12:03   Doppler "I have some new information from our little insider. Namely it doesn't seem like he's the only one forced to be there, so we possibly have a few allies among their ranks. So far the green one has been confirmed but I haven't heard from him since, although with the nature of Tony's power I doubt you could get away with contacting her"
12:03   Doppler "We also have reason to believe that they are making more lieutenants to replace those lost in battle, so you might not be 100% equipped to face every one of them with the doses I gave you"
12:04   Reverb  "But it'll be enough to take down some, right?"
12:05   Doppler "Most, yes. The captured subject that only seems to answer to 'Slug' has been acting strange lately as well, but we'll be keeping him contained in the meantime. Any developments on your end?"
12:07   Reverb  She sighs, stopping on the top of a hefty dune. "I faced up against one of the lieutenants. Wrath. He beat me, badly, and I was saved by some church kid hanging around here." she explained, looking up at the sun, which didn't seem to be going down any time soon.
12:07   Reverb  "Now I'm doing some counter-attacks against Tony's army, trying to beat them back."
12:09   Doppler "Good. Is the church kid any ally we can use or just a local?"
12:10   Reverb  "Definitely not local. But he is an ally."
12:11   Doppler "Then things are going much better than I expected. Where's your current destination you're heading to? I might be able to give you some information going in"
12:14   Reverb  "We're somewhere in the deserts, I'm moving northwards to a communications tower. I have a map, but I'm a little busy so getting it out isn't likely right now." she said, sliding down the dunes on a crystal board.
12:17   Doppler "Using coordinates, checking local records and communications, searching google maps.... Ah! Got it! منارة للأمل, or in English the Beacon of Hope tower. Made as part of a series of anti-mutant communications arrays across Eurasia, resistant to most forms of attack and can broadcast even under foreign interference"
12:18   Doppler "Of course, as soon as the series went live people found loopholes in its design and most were destroyed or taken over within a year of their release. All except this one which has rightfully earned its title"
12:18   Doppler "Well, until today, if its under attack"
12:19   Reverb  "Yikes, that's quite a history. And now it's under attack. But not for long."
12:21   Doppler "Its heavily fortified, so it would probably be best to stop them from getting in in the first place. They'll be hard to weed out once inside."
12:21   Reverb  "I assume there are military there, right?"
12:23   Doppler "Yes, but so far most military have been ineffective against the Babylonians. The real idea of the tower was to be nigh untouchable due to its armor and resist sieges until support came from the outside"
12:26   Reverb  "Guess I better speed up then." she said with a chuckle, the tower visible in the distance. "So, stop any from getting in, right?"
12:29   Doppler "Hopefully. If they're already in it'll be a bigger bitch to deal with and the staff of the tower could be taken hostage. We've noticed that they usually keep the people part of useful things alive and working for them rather than slaughtering them like usual"
12:31   Doppler The tower is a massive obsidian monolith against the bright sun and sand, covered on all sides by high tech armor plating with no windows or openings present. Surrounding the tower is the wreckage of a military camp that was built around it as well as... a massive amount of the Babylonians.
12:32   Doppler These monsters are white rather than red and look much skinnier and twisted than the others. Even the fat giants that only stand half the height of the tower look like they've been starved. All evidence of resistance looks like its been crushed, but the tower is standing strong.
12:34   Doppler And the first thing she hears is... a loudspeaker. -"THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING TO COME PEACEFULLY AND JOIN US. FURTHER DENIAL WILL BE MET WITH SUMMARY DESTRUCTION AND YOUR COMMANDING OFFICIALS WILL BE EXECUTED"- the voice sounds surprisingly young to be leading the beasts
12:35   Doppler Its hard to see just where its coming from as the mass of the fleshy creatures obscures all but the tower.
12:36           Reverb sighs, watching the tower. She has a bow at the ready if the need comes to it, but she can't risk the staff dying. Maybe sneaking in might be her best option?
12:40   Doppler There is no response from the tower to the threats below. It seems to be thoroughly surrounded and the monsters look packed like sardines. It does seem like the tower has noticed you though, as right next to Reverb the barren desert earth seems to lift and reveal a small vent passageway underground.
12:41   Doppler The tower must be especially observant if it could catch a glimpse and recognize her from such a massive distance.
12:41   Reverb  "Well, that's... convenient." she mutters to herself, nodding and giving a thumbs up to the tower, running into the vents and making her way forward.
12:44   Doppler As she enters there's a loud crash heard from aboveground, the siege itself has begun. Luckily, there could still be time to intercept the invaders before they reach the staff locked behind the floors of defenses set up, although not much time. The passageway goes on for a while but she can begin to see a light at the end of it as she sprints forward
12:45   Doppler The vent itself is surprisingly comfortable. It was obviously meant for either evacuating or entering during an attack.
12:46           Reverb runs in a very "feral" style, using her hands and feet to keep up her pace.
12:51           Reverb focuses mainly on moving toward the light, changing her bow into two curved blades, ready to take out enemies if they ambush her.
12:52   Doppler She finally reaches the end of the tunnel, a small light and a ladder leading upwards to a hatch. There's also a small monitor on the wall that has a light going on and off next to a button.
12:53           Reverb decides to tap the button, looking at the monitor carefully.
12:56   Doppler The screen turns on. On the other side you can see a middle aged Iraqi man with what you assume to be the control room behind him where it looks like all the staff are huddled. "Hello? Are you there?" he asks
12:57   Reverb  "Yeah, hello? I'm here, and not with those freaks. I'm guessing you're the staff?"
12:58   Doppler "Yes. You're the crystal girl from the reports, no?"
12:59   Reverb  "Yeah, that's me."
13:01   Doppler "Then you're what we prayed for. The monsters have gotten inside the tower and are coming up through the floors, but we've managed to get to the top and put on the lockdown before they could get to us. We don't know how long the walls will hold, but I can make sure the security doesn't turn on you as you make your way up"
13:01   Reverb  "Alright, any clue where exactly they are?"
13:03   Doppler "They're infesting upwards quickly, but I think all the ones that are planning on coming in already are here. You might be able to catch them from behind and surprise your way up"
13:05   Reverb  "Alright, so I'll be as quick as I can." she said, starting to walk up the ladder. "Stay safe, alright?"
13:07           *** Skyler joined #TheTower
13:07   Doppler "I'll try to" the man replies before the monitor shuts off
13:07   Doppler http://mibpaste.com/diw9v2 for the sky]
13:08           Reverb quickly climbs up the ladder, two steps at a time, quickly and quietly opening the hatch, holding her blades in her mouth. They're moving further upwards, so that's where she will go too.
13:08   Skyler  invalid link, dopple-sama]
13:12   Doppler As she comes up and the hatch opens she comes across the first floor, the door seemed to have been broken right open and the communication tech on all sides looks wrecked by claws. Near the stairs to the next level she can see five of the small demons keeping guard, although they haven't noticed her yet
13:17           Reverb chuckles, resting her hands on the edge of the hatch. She lowers herself and springs upwards into the air, grabbing the blades from her mouth and throwing them into the group of demons, quickly forming three more and throwing them at the remaining ones.
13:20   Doppler The blades lodge themselves into the beasts, quickly grabbing their attention and wounding them, but they aren't out yet. With their claws that can cut through diamonds two of the Babylonians leap forward to slice her as the other three scatter throughout the room to take the blades from out of their flesh
13:23           Reverb lands with a smirk, clapping her hands together. As a sword forms in her hands, the blades lodged in the beasts split into fragments, with a rather forceful burst.
13:24   Doppler Two of the demons are torn to shreds immediately, leaving two still to the side and one attempting to dig its claws into her mid-air
13:28           Reverb grins widely, the rush of the battle now getting to her. With a quick spin she slashes through the beast in mid-air, cutting its arms clean off. She glances at the creature on each side, loudly calling their boss a pansy girl who partakes in acts of a homosexual nature.
13:31   Doppler [brb a mo]
13:36   Doppler [bbbback]
13:38   Doppler The arms fall right off and the demon lands on the ground, still very much alive though. The other two waste no time in attacking, one's arm becoming prehensile and wrapping around her legs as the other cuts at her abdomen
16:02           Reverb deftly grabs the arm wrapped around her leg, quickly uncoiling it and using it as a whip to knock the armless one out of the way. She grunts and forms a jagged shard in her hand, letting go of the arm. She quickly slashes lengthways along the arm, pulling hard enough to leave bits of the crystal inside the creature's arm.
16:06   Doppler The beast howls but continues to ravenously thrash with every sharp appendage it has, caring nothing for its own safety and instead focusing on killing her. The armless one yelps as its thrown, but similarly makes another suicidal charge the second it touches ground
16:08           Reverb sighs, pulling the creature in by its arm and swinging it around like a morning star, slamming it into the armless creature, and quickly throwing the shard into the pair of them, lengthening it in mid-air to stab through the both of them.
16:10   Doppler The beasts are finally slain, leaving the strange body parts strewn around the area and the stairway way open to climb. It seems the elevators have been deactivated.
16:16           Reverb sighs. She'd have to do a thorough job anyway, so instead she moves up the staircase, again preparing a set of throwing knives. She moves silently and quickly, only slightly peeking around the corner as she reaches the top.
16:20   Doppler The stairway looks as if it covers every level, some of the doors looking up seem to be busted in while other doors seem to be untouched, possibly deemed not worth the trouble of destroying the armor. The nearest is a few levels up, and an especially strange noise can be heard from it, similar to a howler monkey
16:33           Reverb focuses on the source of the noise, stepping closer to that doorway. She doesn't peek around, instead clutching the blade tight. She's ready to move and attack, and forms a reflective piece of crystal, that she uses to look around the doorway.
16:36   Doppler Inside you can see a room filled with microphones and different radios that seem to be powering up and ready to broadcast. Standing right in front of it is a large white fleshy blob, nearly 8 feet high and almost as thick. It has two arms languidly handing at its sides but lacks legs, and has a massive mouth that the air ripples when it breathes
16:37   Doppler It takes one deep breath and opens its mouth, the inside of it looking like some kind of speaker
16:38           Reverb isn't letting that happen. She quickly turns, her knives becoming one large sphere, that she tosses at the blob.
16:41   Doppler Right before it can let out another of its shattering screams the ball slams into the back of the blob, catching it off guard and stifling its voice. It looks confused and angered, using its arms to shift its weight to face Reverb and screech, although nowhere near full power it definitely doesn't feel nice.
16:43           Reverb alters her headphones to block out the noise to the best of her ability, snapping her fingers quickly to make the ball expand into a mass of spikes, and then snapping again to make it spin around on the floor.
16:47   Doppler The blob attempts to swat it away with one of its heavy paw like appendages as the back of it shifts and moves. Finally a long spine like tail with a spiked end comes from it like a scorpion, risen high above it and making the occasional extremely quick jab at her from across the room
16:51           Reverb steps aside, keeping her distance where it's easier to dodge. She claps her hands, and the sphere bursts into smaller ones, that bounce around the room at high speeds. She keeps her eye for anything else she can use to her advantage.
16:54   Doppler The blob like creature shifts its attention to catching the spheres as they smash through equipment, letting them embed into its flesh that seem to mold around them. The air starts to go thin as the beast takes in a deep breath, frantically slashing its tail at Reverb to keep her back
17:01           Reverb focuses, trying to keep steady through the thin air. She tries to get the spheres to explode, now that they are embedded in the creature. She keeps stepping side to side, dodging the tail to the best of her ability.
17:03   Doppler With a loud BOOM the blob exhales the breath it took in, creating a powerful shockwave of a gust in Reverb's direction. Unfortunately for it, its arms are completely destroyed in the process
17:06           Reverb sighs, bracing herself for the inevitable. She quickly taps her foot against the floor, getting any spheres that remain exploding.
17:07   Doppler It crashes into Reverb and the wall behind her, bending and destroying the doorway and sending her flying backwards
17:14           Reverb slams into the wall, now getting frustrated that her spheres aren't working. She shapes what appears to be a pick-axe in her hand, using it to begin getting closer to the creature.
17:15   Doppler The blob continues sending its torrent of extreme wind toward her, shards of crystal sticking out of its strange form but seem to be naturally propelled away from its core
17:16   Doppler Its mouth, though, remains open. The tail is still raised high in the air, not wanting to risk getting hit with its own attack
17:19           *** HabeusKaiju joined #TheTower
17:35           Reverb growls, slowly pulling herself closer. She can see the shards sticking out, and she forces them to expand, trying to hit the core inside of the creature. In her free hand she forms a blade, following the creature's tail with her eyes, waiting for a good moment to strike it.
17:38   Doppler Without its arms to throw off the shards the creature writhes, somewhat weakening its current that its creating as its skin rapidly tries to push out the intruding crystals as they grow. The tail continues to dance back and forth, waiting for the air blast to end to strike home
17:42           Reverb takes advantage of the weakened current and the monster's inability to attack to pull herself closer even faster, forcing the crystals to continue growing and adding some twists to make them harder to push out. "Alright, playtime's over."
17:45   Doppler Eventually one of the shards cuts through the blubbery armor of the blob, puncturing a small hole from which a strange bluish slime gushes from. The creature howls out and is forced to end its stream of air from surprise
17:47           Reverb takes her chance, rushing forward with her makeshift pickaxe and stabbing the tail of the creature, leaving it pinned to the wall as she quickly makes two hand axes, bringing them down on the creature's head.
17:48   Doppler The axes lodge themselves in, but face the same trouble the shards did with the fatty malleable tissue that stood in the way. With its tail pinned to the wall it has very few options, so it takes the only one open to it. The blob attempts to bite Reverb with its massive maw
17:50           Reverb uses the axes to push herself upwards, now hanging upside-down with her feet just touching the ceiling. Using her body weight, she attempts to push the axes in further, rapidly expanding them and contracting them, effectively making the axes vibrate.
17:52   Doppler The axes finally dig right into its "core", the blue slime now bursting from its head cavity as well as the sides. You can slowly see the thing start to deflate as it churns and howls
17:56           Reverb sighs, letting go of the axes and wiping her hands on her shirt. She stamps on the creature for good measure, cursing to herself. She took too much time with this one, she needs to keep moving.
17:57   Doppler The blob is finally dead. There seems to be two more doors that were hit above her. One of them appearing to be an intel storage and the other being, of course, the top.
17:59           Reverb starts moving instantly, running as quick as she can, taking the stairs two, even three at a time, already carrying a number of blades in her hand.
18:01   Doppler The next room has the door obviously broken, but surprisingly closed. Must have been shut behind them
18:09           Reverb keeps watch, almost certain of an ambush. She readies her blades, hanging just beside the doorway. All she needs to do is tap the door lightly...
18:13   Doppler She can hear slight rustling inside, pitter patters of clawed feet against the steel floor as well as the sound of keyboards
18:14           *** HabeusKaiju is now known as JohnQuint
18:17           Reverb listens carefully for where the feet hit, and turns toward the doorway, holding her two blades tight, facing where the creatures likely are.
18:20   Doppler From what she can tell there is several of the Babylonians inside the room, each of them looking frantically through files on each of the computers present
18:21           *** JohnQuint is now known as HabeusKaiju
18:22           Reverb in a split second throws out a set of blades at the creatures sitting at the computers, tossing a ball into the room and letting it burst into several jagged fragments.
18:24   Doppler With the surprise attack most of the room is cleared within a moments notice, most of the creatures either dead or wounded and dazed.
18:32           Reverb quickly rushes in, grabbing any wounded or dazed and hurriedly stabbing them with a sword. With each stab, she roughly pulled her blade upwards, splitting the creature in two.
18:35   Doppler They barely have time to react before the entire group is killed rather quickly. A few of the screens are damaged but the equipment themselves seem to be in good shape.
18:42           Reverb wipes her hands clean once more, kicking away the creatures with a grunt. She looks over the computers, finding one of the few that doesn't have a damaged screen and looking over the contents these creatures were looking for. Maybe this will give a better clue as to how to intercept these things.
18:44   Doppler It seems that the creatures were looking through just about everything they could about... Baghdad. Where security was, where there was weak areas, where the most civilians were. It seems like they were focusing on Baghdad and just about everything around it.
18:50           Reverb sighs, thinking over why they would focus on Baghdad so much. She rifles through her pockets, cursing and instead focusing on her bag. No portable way of taking the data, she'd have to quickly note them down on the map.
18:51   Doppler There are several outposts and towns on the way to the city that seem to be specific targets. It seems like they are planning on taking the city all together
18:54   Reverb  "Jesus, they really thought this out..." she muttered, taking the eye out and looking it over. "Now, does this fucking thing have a camera function...?" she roughly tapped any button or dial it might have.
18:55   Doppler Eventually she is able to find a switch for a camera, luckily not accidentally turning off the machine
19:04           Reverb sighs, talking into the eye. "Hey, Clara, you there? I've got plans that the monsters were using for their attacks, I thought I could do with your tech.
19:06   Doppler "Alright, assuming control of the eye and..." the eye floats up, turning to the computer screen and scanning it over. The keys of the keyboard seem to press themselves as it uses its minimal gravity control, allowing it to search through as much data as it can with the camera
19:07   Doppler "Done! Quite a lot by the looks of it. Full scale public invasion it seems with little regard to casualties"
19:08   Reverb  "Right, what are the biggest points of attack. I'm aiming for hit and runs that will weaken the invasion as much as possible."
19:09   Reverb  "I can't be everywhere at once, so I'm assuming I should prioritize towns to keep casualties low and have a force that fights at the same time as me..."
19:12   Doppler "Indeed. I'm currently circling out a few strategically viable options for you within the coming day. We've also contacted a few ally groups to aid in the operation as well so hopefully they'll be able to help fend off the tide. That is, until we find a proper way to weaken the defense of Babylon, then we can take on the problem instead of the effects"
19:12   Doppler "Whenever you need it, the eye will be able to supply a holographic map for you"
19:13   Reverb  "Perfect. Thanks, Clara." she says, snatching the eye and moving ahead. There's still one more floor to cover, so she heads up the staircase one more time.
19:15   Doppler [Alright, basically final boss time. How much time you got until you feel the sleep?]
19:19   Reverb  [Not really tired right now, I can go till the end, I think]
19:19   Doppler gotcha, gonna quickly brb]
19:21   Doppler [andback]
19:23   Doppler She finally makes it to the top of the staircase to the final door. It looks as if its been hurriedly bashed down and there is a small corridor that follows. The bodies of several burned demons lay about while flame mounted turrets from the ceiling look as if they'd been destroyed in a struggle. There's a final door at the end of the corridor
19:27           Reverb sighs, looking at the door. "Wow, talk about cliche." she said to herself, making a quick sword in her hand and walking toward the end of the corridor. No doubt something was inside of there, and her job was to kill it.
19:30   Doppler As she walked through one of the tiles sinks down, seeming almost like a trapdoor before it stops halfway through what looks unnaturally. The door itself is unlocked, and at the other side of it she can hear the loud BANG of something hitting metal again and again like a ram
19:37           Reverb looks at the door, ready to take down a charging creature if it does break. She takes a few steps closer, carefully keeping to the walls in case another tile sinks in like before. Intuition is telling her that is not a good thing.
19:40   Doppler A claw rips straight through the door, much larger than the other creatures that have made it in there. It slaps around the corridor trying to grasp at Reverb with its gigantic hand
19:44           Reverb stays low, attempting to move closer. She moves as quietly as she can, running her hand along the length of the blade and reshaping it into a bow. She makes an arrow in her other hand, aiming carefully and firing a fair distance away from her, enough to hopefully throw off the creature.
19:47   Doppler The claw thrashes about, now trying to bash down the rest of the door as it seems to want to get all of its hands on you. The arrow gets a sharp cry of pain out of it, but it doesn't stop as the wall itself starts to bend
19:49           Reverb sighs, already certain this isn't a good sign. Guess she'll have to go for the source. She runs down the hall, keeping low and staying quiet, attempting to make her way into the room and closer to the actual creature.
19:50   Doppler As the beast pushes harder against the door it becomes sloppy with its claw, letting Reverb have a chance to get in closer without being immediately swatted if she was nimble
19:51   Doppler She still has no opening to get into the room behind the door, though
19:53           Reverb sighs, wondering how to get that door open. She'd need the claw to retract, which is... wait a second. She makes another sphere in her hand, and places it quietly on the ground. She kicks it down the corridor, waiting for the claw to hopefully grab it.
19:54   Doppler The claw goes right for the bait, grasping onto the first solid thing it can find
19:55           Reverb silently lets the sphere "go off". This one is more like the "urchins" from her previous attack, and instead of exploding, expands into a mass of sharp spikes.
19:59   Doppler The hand is quickly pierced and torn apart by the ball, quickly pulling back. The ball proves to be too big to fit through the door so after much pulling the hand itself is ripped off for the arm to come loose.
20:01   Doppler There's now an open hole through the door where she can see clearly through. On the other side is a large room with its only defining feature being the vault like door on the other side, obviously containing the central control room where the staff are hidden.
20:02   Doppler She can also see just who is inside. Four of the medium sized giants squished down into the room surrounding what seems to be a young scientist. Couldn't be that much older than Reverb and was fairly lanky as well, although his face is obscured as he faces a console on the door.
20:05           Reverb can probably assume this scientist is not an ally. She takes the ball and splits it in two, tossing them through the gap in the door and letting them explode into fragments.
20:06   Doppler The four giants, one of them now handless, quickly jump in the way of the fragments before they can come close to the scientist as he continues to work on the lock of the vault
20:13           Reverb climbs in through the gap, making a stupidly oversized shuriken. Partially because she wanted to do that and partially because regular sized blades weren't going to cut it here. The thing was pretty damn heavy, so she had to spin around a few times and toss it like it was a shot put ball instead.
20:14   Doppler Once again the giants huddled to defend the man as he worked on the door, the shuriken cleaving directly through the head of one of them and putting it out for the count
20:19           Reverb runs straight toward one of the giants, shouting at it to encourage an attack.
20:19   Doppler It does. Oh, it does. Namely it leaps and attempts to body slam onto her
20:21           Reverb leaps out of the way, leaving behind her sword, the hilt's shape changed so that it can stand upright on the ground.
20:22   Doppler The sword goes straight through the giant, causing it to roar angrily. The second, handless, giant is quick to get its revenge, bull rushing right into her as she dodges the first
20:33           Reverb flies backwards, landing on the ground with a grunt. She quickly picks herself back up, smirking and readying another sword."It'll take more than that to take me down." she shouts out to the giants, calling their master a sissy boy who enjoys being on the receiving end of homosexual acts.
20:34   Skyler  [#SICKBURNZZZ]
20:36   Doppler "Leave me out of this I'm busy" the scientist says back lazily. The third giant is quick to swoop her up in its claws in an attempt to crush her in its palm, the other two getting up and closing in to give her little space even if she got out of the hand
20:47           Reverb shrugs, stabbing the giant's hand repeatedly. "What's the matter? Can't handle a girl?" she calls out to the scientist, jeering at him and throwing more insults aimed at his sexuality.
20:48   Doppler "I can but its a shame one isn't here today" he says back. The giant slams Reverb against the wall, pushing her into it to crush her
20:51   Doppler "You can give up anytime you want, though. It would be appreciated if you came quietly" the scientist adds
20:51           Reverb laughs, starting to get that rush of blood in her head again. Is it... yup, that's the battle frenzy again. Good thing Donnie isn't here to see it. She tosses aside her blades, and... bites right into the giant's hand, tearing a chunk of flesh out and spitting it out.
20:53   Doppler The scientist (its Blasphemy if it wasn't obvious) looks back around and watches her as she rips at the giant's hand. It finally pulls back when she starts getting actual chunks out
20:55   Doppler Of course, the giants are very quick to pick up the slack, one of them crashing down its foot in an attempt to squish her
20:58   Doppler The three giants all seem to still have shards lodged within them from the explosions earlier as well as sustaining several other wounds.
20:58           Reverb runs to the side, hopping onto the foot as it crashes down, messily stabbing and hacking at the giant's leg, refusing to stop until she sees bone. She doesn't forget Blasphemy though, accusing him of having breath that smells of male genitalia and an anal circumference comparable to various world landmarks.
21:00   Doppler The giant falls to the ground, one of its legs torn asunder. Another of them slams its head down right on top of her in a primitive and wild headbutt
21:02   Doppler "Gah, barbari rozzi, giuro" Blasphemy mumbles under his breath as he continues cracking the code to the door.
21:07           Reverb runs underneath the giant, readying a bow and arrow and firing right between the giant's claws, the arrows extending and burying into the giant's foot.
21:09   Doppler The giant is stuck into the ground by the arrows, thrashing and eventually falling over as it flails its arms at her. The third giant attempts to crash several punches down at her as she passes by
21:14           Reverb swerves around the giant's hands, forming a steadily growing crystal chain as she circles the arms, giving it a quick tug to secure them.
21:16   Doppler The giant tries to shoulder check into a wall to get her off of it, growling madly
21:19           Reverb flicks the chain, the edges of the rings forming the chain becoming a lot sharper. Another sharp tug, steadily stabbing the giant's arms, again and again.
21:20   Doppler The arms of the giant are pierced and made useless, now it tries to pull back to tear them off completely so it can get another chance to get you
16:44		Reverb moves before the giant can attack again, making a clear beeline for the boss, holding a knife in her mouth as she tilts into her "feral" method of running; arms and legs both pushing in sync to reduce energy loss and air resistance.
16:46	DMoppler	The giant with the torn legs is quick to pounce in the way with its giant mass and try to swallow her whole, it seems even wounded their directive is to keep her away to the death.
16:47		Reverb quickly rolls aside, taking advantage of her likely greater agility to start scaling the giant, moving to the head with the knife still held in her mouth.
16:49	DMoppler	In a final effort the giant pinned by arrows tears its own legs off and starts to charge at her on its hands, jumping and bellyflopping onto the pile
16:49		Reverb sighs and leaps off of the giant, letting them land in one big pile.
16:50	DMoppler	They groan and thrash about, trying to claw after her but ultimately in vain
16:53		Reverb looks over the giants, quickly sliding a flat disk underneath them. This disk becomes a massive needle extending directly upwards and right through the giants.
16:55	DMoppler	They are then shishkebabed, all of the massive demons made powerless and soon seem to deactivate themselves in the futility of struggling
16:55	Reverb	"At least they recognize when it's futile to try any longer."
16:56	DMoppler	Blasphemy looks over his shoulder, his glasses further down on his nose as he blinds at the situation with his own naked eyes. A moment later he adjusts them back on and the lanky lad turns from the terminal
16:57	Reverb	"The question is, do you?"
16:59	DMoppler	"I'd need more evidence before I'd rule out success" one wonders if he's actually serious. He doesn't look like he has any muscle on him and has so far been fairly clumsy looking with his skinny body. Still he steps forward with an unnerving casualness
17:00		Reverb isn't stupid enough to underestimate this guy. She stays on her guard, standing on her toes and ready to start moving if she needs to.
17:03	DMoppler	Blasphemy rubs the back of his head, looking her over with those analytic eyes of his that quickly shift from focus to focus. Finally he takes a scalpel out of his pocket and tosses then catches it as he begins to walk towards Reverb
17:10		Reverb starts moving slowly, keeping her distance from the man, two swords in hand now. She carefully follows his gestures and movement; this guy has a plan, and if she can find it, she can outmaneuver him.
17:13	DMoppler	As he starts to walk towards her in his slow gait Reverb starts.... seeing things. Whenever he moves there seems to be an imprint, almost an image of him, in the air behind him creating a trail that fades the further each one gets. It makes one slightly feel nauseous to look at.
17:13	DMoppler	If that wasn't enough, she can start to see little barely visible currents go through the air like veins that reach out towards her
17:19		Reverb sighs, it was never going to be easy. She falls back on her training, taking slow and deliberate steps, breathing deeply and focusing her attention on the actual Blasphemy, and none of his after-images. To assist with that, she starts sending out a wave through her headphones, using a basic form of echolocation as a visual aid.
17:21	DMoppler	The echolocation is quick to pick up on him, but also reveals something else. Those "air currents" seem to contain more than air. With her careful detection she can tell there's what seem to be some kind of dust or even spores carried through them. He's deliberately biding his time
17:23	DMoppler	Blasphemy flips the scalpel once again, his calm and weak nature now starting to look far more intimidating with a murderer's intent glistening through his blue tinted glasses.
17:24		Reverb figured, something had to give with the deliberate movements. She'll need to stick away from these currents, and focus on getting her hands on Blasphemy. Better make it quick then. Rather than going back, she starts moving in.
17:27	DMoppler	The scientist boy keeps his pace, a little anticipating grin inching bit by bit across his face in a twisted fashion. "Finally, lets make this quick then, eh? sbrigare!"
17:32		Reverb moves deftly and quickly. Her blades have the advantage on range but she can't be cocky. With one sword she slashes upwards, keeping the other close to her side.
17:34	DMoppler	The body of Blasphemy makes an unnatural motion, joints working against what is physically possible to duck underneath it and dash past her as he makes a cut at her with the scalpel.
17:35	DMoppler	The images follow his movement as well, carrying their spores that litter the air and cause further nausea.
17:38		Reverb groans, why can't these bastards just have no tricks under their sleeve. She narrowly misses the scalpel, instead bringing her other blade down on Blasphemy. She'd need to do something about the spores too.
17:42	DMoppler	The blade cuts into his side, leaving a wound as he passes by. The hand not holding the scalpel covers the bleeding as he turns. He's bloody quick, though. The second he gets past her he's already spinning to get out of her line of sight and make several slashes from her legs up to her shoulders with the small knife.
17:50		Reverb grunts, focusing and shutting her eyes. If he's too fast to see, she'll just hear instead. She manages to block most of the slashes, one catching her face and another her chest. She growls, /hating/ that this guy was getting past her defenses. She starts retaliating, throwing some swift slashes in the direction she hears Blasphemy in.
17:53	DMoppler	Its hard to keep track of him, between his body that seems to contort and break itself in any direction and the speed he's quite the devil. It comes to a point he ducks between her legs to slash at her ankles then resume the assault up front. She does manage to cut him, though. The shattering of glass is heard as his glasses and the eye underneath get hit.
17:54	DMoppler	His back and right leg also receive a few gashes along them as he moves, caring more about attacking her than his own safety. In a deft motion Blasphemy jumps back to survey the damage as well as wipe the blood from his clenched wounded eye
17:56	DMoppler	Namely he seems to be watching the wounds that Reverb had sustained. To the untrained eye they looked like any old cuts but he could see that there was a healing factor within them. That revelation does not look like it pleased him.
18:07		Reverb now focuses on Blasphemy, growling angrily. Even in the light of day her powers were in effect, so she was slightly less concerned for herself than usual. She stepped forward, taking advantage of the situation and rushing ahead once more.
18:09	DMoppler	It seems like he lost a bit of that cool that he felt as he learns more and more, switching to a more defensive stance as he uses that little scalpel similar to a fencer. The lad seems to read the body in and out, always slashing whatever isn't covered in an attempt to keep her back
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18:14		Reverb keeps blocking, focusing on her own defense for now. She's fairly certain she has the better stamina of the two, so she will focus and take advantage of that, carrying on her approach, attempting to coax Blasphemy into attack through insults.
18:19	DMoppler	He's starting to look further frustrated, backing away as she continues to approach. Suddenly his eyes narrow and he leaps back a few meters to give him space, now looking dead serious.
18:20	DMoppler	"You had your little chance, but I still have one more trick up my sleeve" he grunts, his eye having healed in the meantime and opening despite the blood on that side of his face. "You're already beaten"
18:22	DMoppler	The spores! He's been spreading them around as he danced through the battle at all those weird angles. Reverb can tell that the air is absolutely filthy with them. All at once her vision blurs horrendously as the nausea shifts. Instead its replaced by... emotions. A complete tidal wave of them and every last one of them achingly strong.
18:24	DMoppler	Her bloodlust seems to go through the roof at the same time she feels far too lazy to lift a finger, she feels an inexplicable hunger and lust and fixation on the world at the same time as feeling overwhelmingly self centered AND self deprecating. All the grief and moments of pain seem to explode as memories through her head.
18:24	DMoppler	It comes to a point her body feels like its going to fall apart. But... it doesn't. Through that vampirism that she inherited she's able to keep a sliver of her own thought alive and keep her body from literally tearing itself asunder.
18:25	DMoppler	Blasphemy stands watching as if he had finally beat her, expecting her to drop dead any moment now.
18:26		Reverb growls. Even with the vampirism, she's better than just letting her emotions take over. She laughs. Laughs right in Blasphemy's face. She takes a step forward... and then another. And with each step, she focuses on one simple thing; the people she promised she'd save and she'd return to.
18:28	Reverb	"I'm not failing. Not now." she says bluntly, instead throwing her sword right at Blasphemy. "Maybe other people would be taken apart by these feelings. By the anger and the lust and the hatred and the greed... but me? The only one of those I've needed is anger, and even that's long gone. I've got a friend, back home, and I promised him my anger wouldn't...
18:30	Reverb	...get the better of me either. Lust? Don't need it. Greed? What use is that? Pride is for people who don't know their worth. In short... you should start running before I go back on my promise."
18:31	DMoppler	He blinks. "N-No.... No, you're supposed to be dead. The brain /cannot/ handle that, its sensory overload!...". Blasphemy is slowly starting to realize his usual deadly ace isn't working, and his face shows that realization.
18:32	DMoppler	"You... healing factor, of course. But... no! No, this is impossible! You should be driven mad!"
18:32	Reverb	"Good thing I'm not the smartest around then, huh?"
18:32	Reverb	"Maybe I'm already mad."
18:32	Reverb	"Or maybe you're just full of shit."
18:32	Reverb	"Either one seems likely."
18:34	DMoppler	The scientist's body seems to portray... fear. Fear and utter rage as he tries to piece together whats happening with what he already knows and planned. Seething and growling he makes a wild charge, the bones in his hands jutting out into makeshift claws as he basically pounces at her in a mad frenzy of attakcs
18:35	Reverb	"Now this, this is more my style. Let's see what you're really made of!"
18:36	DMoppler	"I'LL SEE YOU AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS DEAD, YOU DISGUSTING MUTANT /PIG/! ONCE I GET OUT OF HERE, OOOH BOY I'LL MAKE SURE WHEREVER SHITHOLE YOU CAME FROM IS BOMBED TO THE GROUND!" he has gone completely feral as he charges
18:37	Reverb	"Oh yeah? I'd like to see you try, fucker. I'm not even the /strongest/ of my team."
18:38	Reverb	"I know others who could run circles around you before you blink. They'd crush you like a little damn egg."
18:39	DMoppler	Blasphemy seems to have taken on a new strength with his anger, crashing right into her and trying to tear her apart with his bare hands like a cornered animal. He even attempts to bite her with the ferocity of a mad dog. "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!"
18:42		Reverb grunts and punches Blasphemy wildly, pushing him back and trying to shift him into a corner. "Make me shut up, weakling. You keep hitting but it's USELESS! LIKE YOU! 無駄無駄無駄!"
18:45	DMoppler	With every last ounce of power left in him the scientist delivers a punch, hitting like a wrecking ball with all the hidden strength he had kept inside and following it up with a flurry of blows to try to push her back as he repeatedly screams an unintelligible Italian.
18:47	DMoppler	"MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE MORIRE"
18:50		Reverb is just about tired of this little fucker. She sneaks a knife between her fingers, raised right upwards. She suddenly raises her arm to block, the knife right in the path of the flying fist.
18:51	DMoppler	The blade goes straight through his hand, right through the palm as he thrashes madly but his attack is interrupted.
18:52	Reverb	Reverb uses this chance, sending back her own flurry of blows, aiming mostly for the midsection and arms to keep this guy alive. Right now, all in her mind is getting the excess anger out, punching like a jackhammer as she screams.
18:52	Reverb	"悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴悲愴"
18:54	DMoppler	Blasphemy is unable to put up any defense, pressed back into the wall by the constant punches as his lungs fail to give him any air to protest. He's completely helpless as even his symbiote enhanced form starts to give out on him
19:00	Reverb	Reverb packs all of her strength into one more punch, delivering a right hook straight to Blasphemy's jaw, shouting out loud as her fist connects with his face.
19:02	DMoppler	Blasphemy collapses after that final hit, sliding down the dented wall until he's slumped against it on the floor. He's still alive by the looks of it, conscious even, but completely unable to move with his damaged body
19:03	Reverb	"There, that ought to teach you a lesson." she grunts, spitting on the floor and wiping her face clean.
19:06	DMoppler	Coughing roughly, the young scientist is unable to move even his head up as he speaks. "I... I h-have enough information now... but I can't surrender. A-And you know it. They /NEED/ me... I'm the mind who creates the soldiers.... and y-you have nowhere to put me. Even this tower would be u-useless to contain me so l-long as anybody was in it...."
19:06	DMoppler	"You'll j-just have to let m-me go... a-and I'll STOMP on your friends when I g-get out..."
19:07	DMoppler	He chuckles under his breath. Blasphemy seems certain he has the final victory, escape, and doesn't foresee anybody able to take him captive.
19:08	DMoppler	"A-And you are all alone... if you take me... you'll never be able t-to stop my soldiers when they r-reach Baghdad"
19:08	DMoppler	His laughter gets higher, almost gleeful.
19:08		Reverb kicks Blasphemy in the stomach
19:09	Reverb	"Who says I have to take you captive?"
19:09	Reverb	"I can just slit your wiry throat and leave you to bleed."
19:10	DMoppler	He coughs up blood, but he finally looks her dead in the eyes. "Y-You and me... we're the same. You /can't/ kill me! Ah... AHAHAHAHAH" she can already notice that his wounds have begun to heal themselves
19:10	Reverb	"You talk too fucking much." she grumbles, forming a brick-sized block of crystal and whacking Blasphemy over the head with it.
19:11	DMoppler	Blasphemy's laughter is ended when he falls unconscious from the hit.
19:13	Reverb	"Fucking asshole..." she grumbled, lifting him up and carrying him like a rucksack. She quickly headed to the staff vault, knocking on it. First she needs to check on them.
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19:15	DMoppler	The vault opens up, finally. Inside she can see the large but at the same time cramped with all the people control room, all of them taking a unanimous sigh of relief that they've been saved. The lead man from earlier is the first to stand up and talk. "Are... are they gone?"
19:16	DMoppler	Behind him Reverb can see screens. What happened to the giants who couldn't fit inside becomes clear from the camera shots. They were literally frozen alive.
19:17	Reverb	Reverb smiles. Talk about convenient timing. She nods, telling the staff the creatures are gone, and that she has the culprit in custody.
19:18	DMoppler	They take a second collective sigh of relief and the faint outline of that angel appears through video interference for a brief moment. "Thank you so much, we heard that you had saved the town nearby and were only left praying you'd come to us" the man is so elated that he gives her a hug, even with blasphemy on her shoulder
19:19	DMoppler	"Allah only knows what would have happened if they had taken the tower"
19:20	Reverb	"Yeah, it would have been bad for us all. Tell me, do you know anything about these creatures' plans?" she asks, occasionally glancing at the screen, almost certain of the angelic figure on the screen.
19:22	DMoppler	"They've been hitting all around and spreading outwards. It seems like a planned invasion, almost a blitzkrieg. They take out the necessary things first then I'd imagine they'd have overran us while we were recouperating"
19:23	DMoppler	"We should at least be able to forewarn and evacuate next time they strike somewhere if we keep up communications"
19:23	DMoppler	"I've... also gotten reports they are hitting other places around the globe. Very public places disguised as other military."
19:24	DMoppler	"I don't know what this means but I think they are trying to stir conflict between the nations"
19:25	Reverb	"Of course. Hit them and distract them, and then swoop in and steal control."
19:25	Reverb	"...There's no doubt. We'll have to hit the source, not the symptom."
19:27	DMoppler	"I... might be able to contact some foreign aid, satellites and the like, that could lend a hand in whatever you have planned"
19:27	DMoppler	"They probably have a defense against it based on reports but it should divert attention away to give you time"
19:27	Reverb	"We know the leader is based here."
19:27	Reverb	"His base won't be hard to miss, but the messing with interference is problematic. And I ain't no science gal, so I can't remember what it was that gave location..."
19:28	Reverb	"Uh, fucking, just. Clara, explain." she grumbled, taking out the eye and leaving it to get to work.
19:30	DMoppler	"On it" the eye floats up much to the confusion of the lead. Flying over to a nearby terminal it does the equivalent of opening up microsoft word. At first it seems to pause, and then a moment later pages upon pages of information and coordinates are typed out as the room watches in slight awe
19:31	DMoppler	Once finished the eye floats up to the head man and a little robotic hand extends out for a handshake which he timidly gives back. "Clara Honda. Big fan of your work. Good luck!" Clara's voice says out before the eye returns to Reverb
19:32	DMoppler	A few other staff turn to the screen to survey the data in full.
19:34	Reverb	Reverb takes the eye back and moves back down the tower. There's only one person who would freeze a creature like that, and that's just the person she needs to see right now.
19:36	DMoppler	Once she steps out of the tower and the staff start the cleanup she can see, sitting on one of the frozen giants, Ronald. Chewing a slice of pizza and giving a happy wave.