Logs:Blood Drive

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WHO: Bakery Fornax, Eugene Chaud, Dark Manti, Layer, Lumine, Molly Ribbita, Sigrdrifa Valkyrie, Tesla
WHAT: The University of Pannonia holds a blood drive for ongoing relief operationst throughout Europe. Tesla is there as a PR stunt. Irregulars Lumine and Bakery Fornax attack the university.
WHERE: Eastern Europe
WHEN: Wednesday, June 18, 2221

Logfile from M3 Tesla.

Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a mixture of Soviet satellite states and some of the oldest civilizations in the history of the world. To the north, the Baltic Trifecta of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have formed a tight trade alliance of both agricultural goods and technological essentials, and have kept themselves relatively independent of Russia's stagnant economy and the threats of the Maverick occupation.

Things become bleaker as one continues south. Poland was badly battered by the Mavericks, and the recent disasters have slowed rebuilding. The Carpathian mountains slowed the Maverick advance into Romania and Bulgaria, and the rough terrain ultimately kept the Mavericks from being able to consolidate their power in the Mediterranean. Greece and Turkey were almost untouched. The hardy people of southeastern Europe weathered the storm with stoic determination, and now work at rebuilding their lives after the zombie plague of 2221.

The approximate IC time is: Wed Jun 18 13:21:32 2221 EST

So, here we are in Moldova. The Irregulars are going out on a limb here, and truly, we picked this one by spinning a globe and randomly pointing at a country. Bakery Fornax is here, and there's definitely going to be stuff that happens here, and it's gonna be great. Definitely.

The university which we picked to terrorize, annoy LEGIONS and... do stuff within the confines of University of Pannonia.

Bakery Fornax is in one of those transports full of Preons famous for attacking Australia, but today! You know always when a blood bank would come to your University every few months to try and get you to donate blood, but you wouldn't get any money or even a cookie for it, just a sense of satisfaction? That's what's here. Why are we stealing blood? Who knows?! Maybe it's a distraction for other Irregulars to loot the money in other parts of the campus! But here comes Fornax and the Preons!

"So, feel free to drop on by! The blood bank will be occurring from 11 to 5 today, so if you of you feel like dropping by, go right ahead and come! From the University of Pannonia, this is Molly Ribbita, GNN News."

Molly moves forward, in the gymnasium where the Blood Drive's taking place, clicking a button on a camera situated on a tripod. "Good, that was easy..." She mumbles, taking the camera as the tripod just simply retracts into the camera itself. Pressing a button to upload the video file, she puts the camera away to the amusement of others watching her while they give blood, yanking out a laptop and briefly editting up the video before uploading to the GNN server.

Today, the University of Pannonia is holding a blood drive as part of a campaign to continue healing the massive damages-- both human and otherwise-- to Europe over the course of the ZOMBIEPOCALYPSE. Rows of blood-sucking donation chairs line the campus commons, and there is indeed a table full of sugar cookies and juice. It would not do for the few remaining students to end up fainting all over the place.

Well, they faint all over the place all the time anyway, but that's just because of the alcohol.

In an effort to bring more press attention to the drive, the University contacted Tesla's Android, Agent of L.E.G.I.O.N.S. As such, said android is here now. Standing in the middle of the commons, with a microphone clutched in one of his smaller interior hands.

"EUROPE CRIES OUT FOR BLOOD!" Tesla roars into the microphone, sending feedback screeching through the speakers. People wince. "YOUR blood! But not in a dark, murderous haze the likes of which the world has never seen. No, Europe needs your blood... to HEAL." One of the huge outer arms swings up and around, hand clenching into a fist, pointed to the sky. "AND YOU HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL! I, the Patron Saint of Electricity, applaud your gumbo! Your moxy! Your vim and vigour! YOU are the heroes today!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "My estate owns properties in Smiljan and New York."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "For some reason they will not release these properties to me. It is rather vexing."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "wh--!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I mean, I really like Geneva, it's just expensive. And - oh, hi. Where's Smiljan?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "It is in Croatia."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Marrow transmits, "Good morning."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "The town of my FATEFUL BIRTH."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "The first time, that is."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "First time?"

Why was Sigrdrifa Valkyrie here today?

Well, actually, she was taking courses at the college part time to take advantage of the education package that her country had given her upon her years of service and eventually leave of the college. However, the poor Reploid was not yet fitted a civilian outfit to wear when she wasn't in her combat armor...

So you can imagine the people that avoided a very large almost ten foot woman, clad in very thick armor. to her credit, she did hold herself very carefully. The blood drive gets minior interests, after all, she couldn't give any.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "The first time I was born."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong tries to explain. "This is Nikola Tesla, inventor of the modern age. He is an android now."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "You were born twice?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein pauses, replays the last bit of conversation mentally.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "You've been born more than once?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "--wh..."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Wha-...?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Eh? - Why are you still ON this?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong transmits, "His legal status is complicated, but he has decided to help Legions in its crime-fighting activities."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Like Landon?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong transmits, "No, not like Dr. DeVry."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Because he became a robot."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong transmits, "Dr. DeVry's final phase as a robot was caused by restricted technology. I assure you that Tesla was created entirely by Earth-based science."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "I designed me myself."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Welp, my mind is officially blown."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Now I'm confused again."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Hey, Cactus. Did you actually join or are you just hanging out again?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "That is quite understandable. Few can match my brilliance."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Marrow transmits, "I'm happy to report that no one has suffered any permanent injuries from last night."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "So you said modern age, you mean like...2200?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "Ha! Ha! Those ninjas won't expect ahs to send historical figures at them!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Some have called me the Inventor of the 20th Century."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "/I/ don't expect us to send historical figures at them!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum over the sound of a printer printing like mad. "I am in the middle of officially joining."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "I see."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rush Raccoon transmits, "So, your're really Tesla, eh? This really doesn't surprise me. We fought President Taft once."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "Don't forget <different list of forms>."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I bet it wasn't really Taft."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Is he the guy who got shot or the guy with a mustache?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rush Raccoon transmits, "No it was. He was also a time traveling dimension traveling Taft."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "He was the really big fat one."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "Trahst me."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong transmits, "Repliforce forms <list> are redundant with Legions internal forms <list>."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Oh thank god."

While Fornax arrives with a truckload of drones, Lumine is right there next to the utilitarian Reploid. Lumine is fairly certain that the only feasible explanation for this was to demoralize the people allready living in precarious circumstances with this blow to their general health and well being. But that should be obvious, and hopefully there'll be something good here.

Lumine stands, features serene and patient, the wind blows the hair across its face and it stares at the university with unbreaking contact as they begin to near the rendezvous point.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "So he's not like a maverick cyborg unfrozen from the past either, right? He is Teslabot?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong transmits, "Mr. Tesla is an android."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "What about <obscure form>? Or is that jahst for <obscure situation>?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "You're totally messing with me aren't you."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Oh."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Wait, what? Time-dimension-traveling American presidents?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rush Raccoon transmits, "Yes."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Of course I am Tesla."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "Oh, ja."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "...I hate you so much.."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "And that was the simple part ahf the day!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "You know where you are with a time-traveling alternate President."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "Naht as bad as magic vampires."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Okay, if I hadn't gotten up about one hour ago, I'd probably be drinking now."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Do you guys do this /regularly/?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "...Ms. Wong, please assure me he is making this up?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong transmits, "We designed Legions' internal paperwork to be as compliant with Repliforce form standards as possible per UN regulations <list of numbers and letters>. <Obscure form> is only used for <obscure situation> and is redundant with <form>, filed once during application /unless/ you are on work-release, in which case you file <form>, <form> and <form>.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong, pleasantly. "Which part?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "AAAAAAAAAARGH!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn e-rings

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "...The magic vampire part?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rush Raccoon transmits, "You might need to fight him one day, Tabea. THEN you can drink after that about the issue."

"Ah, young lady! You will step up for humanity, will you not?" Tesla exclaims, chugging and sparking over to Lumine and Bakery Fornax. "And your... your dog is welcome to one of our celebratory cookies," he continues, gesturing to Bakery Fornax. "Come, let us get you set up to do your part for the wellbeing of EUROPE HERSELF!"

Tesla reaches out to grab Lumine's arm with one of his smaller hands.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "Ho, so you believe Taft baht you don't believe magic vampires? You need your priorities adjusted!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong transmits, "I assure you that there are worse things than magic vampires."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I don't believe any of it, really!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Actually the Magic Vampires are real."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Honestly they weren't as bad as the things we made at home."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "They were hard to pahnch."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "The missiles worked well, though."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "They were weak to sunlight."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "...What did I get myself into..?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "I had to protect a talking sunflower."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong transmits, "Welcome to Legions, Midnight Bloom."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong adds Midnight to the roster.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I need some coffee. Or... or something."

Bakery Fornax does what he must because he can! Acquiring money shouldn't be this difficult. He just has to... knock over a few already-troubled humans and loot their shoddy food facilities such as their grocery shops and mess halls. Yes, this is a blow against poor food! Oh, who's he really kidding, it's petty larceny.

He has, however, heard old Molly Ribbita's here and reporting, so he could set her on fire, but as he drops out of the transport she is not anywhere to be seen. Pity!

He comes down hard, massive leather jacket billowing, the rain of Preon soldiers looking nowhere near as fashionable and awesome as him. These are mostly the type with those big discs on their head that spit status effect drones out, and the ones with big machinegun arms because fire support is something Fornax always loves. As they rain down on the campus, Fornax sweeps his arms out, clenches his fists, and waits for the reaction of the people.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rho transmits, "I'm going to finish of <form> and <form> and <list of forms x for logistical reasons y> for <lazy bastard z> and call it a day."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Marrow transmits, "Drink tomato juice! It's much better for you than coffee."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Is it?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I don't like tomato juice. I like coffee."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Marrow transmits, "Well, any juice is good for you, really!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Marrow transmits, "Except bug juice."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I had this apple-banana-pineapple mix when I got up."

The Valkyrie turned...

The Preon's caught her attention, her visage turning into a sneer as she reconized the forces...but looking over the battle field she spotted something with even more dangerous potiental. Lumine being dragged by a civilian to the stage.

This was only going to end in tears...and blood.

Quickly, reaching into her subspace pocket, she brought out her bow, quickly dropping to a knee and pulling the string back. It was then released, as a sonic blast was fired through the air, and wind currents started to swirl around it...aiming to grab Lumine

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie misses Lumine with her Sonic Bow attack.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "But right now I'm having coffee so when I wake the rest of the way up things start making sense."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Is this some type of bizarre future canine?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits a photograph of Bakery Fornax

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "...no, that's a Irregular."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong transmits, "That is a terrorist robot."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Uh..and according to Allied secure you have -LUMINE- by the hand?! Are you insane?!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Are you a terrorist robot, Tesla?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong transmits, "Mr. Tesla is not a terrorist robot."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "If you have a Tesla coil you should use it right now."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "What is a Lumine?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Something you use a Tesla coil on!"

Lumine doesn't seem to have too much difficulty with Tesla's enthusiasm, although wary of the larger arms, Lumine offers it forearm to the fine-motor arm and floats along behind the stately and monstruous automoton. It smiles a truly delighted and evil smile obviously quite intrigued and interested in seeing where this goes.

Lumine ducks behind Tesla but the shot misses both of them as a result "Thank You... Sir." it covers firmly as they continue onto the stage.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Fascinating. It resembles little more than a young girl!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong transmits, "Lumine is a former terrorist leader who now works for a larger, more threatening terrorist robot."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "He's a robot that kills lots of people, especially humans."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Well, in that case I suppose... he? she? is not here to donate blood."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "Naht willingly, anyway."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "...Yes, innocent blood, no doubt."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "If he is, it won't be his because he doesn't have any."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Robots can't donate blood. If he is donating blood, he probably got itfrom an unwilling giver."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla sighs.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Very well. I suppose fisticuffs are in order."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "--Are we sure this guy isn't Pugilation Man?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "...Uh."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Maybe as a new armor form?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Awesome, fisticuffs. Nobody's ever called it that in - in ages."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "I cannot imagine a more fitting term for what I am about to do to this robot."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rush Raccoon transmits, "I'm liking this guy already."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Go fisticuff that guy. I wish I could."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Hm...I don't have observation stuff there yet. Oh well, I can't spot for you."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "I don't see how you guys can easily accept an inventor from the year 2000but have problems with talking sunflowers from another dimension."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Magic vampires from another world make sense, Tesla coming back doesn't!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "I don't! This is making me freek out."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "But then I just drank like a million gallons of Mountain Dew."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Man, the things a guy hears when they come off a repair cycle."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "I bet it's Protoman's fault."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Stupid Superboy punching reality."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Because I don't think he's an inventor from 2000."

Eugene Chaud changes into his PA MPM-103 "Alpha" armor.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Nah. Psyche and that freaking Ride-oh."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "What do you think he is then?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Maybe he is who he says he is."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Look, it's not polite to just say it! Especially when he's too busy fisticuffing to answer."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Any way he can really prove it at this point?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "...Fisticuff is a verb, right?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "Bah, I've seen weirder."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Like what, Josef?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Josef, you've =been= weirder."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht deeply inhales.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Well, here's one way: you can't put a human in a robot. Unless it's a cyborg."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "The more metal cyborgs /are/ basically robots."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "In this universe, Josef, or were they invaders from another plane? That's important!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Well, the theroy is that if you can make a android brain that mimics a humans almost perfectly..."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "Half-and-half?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Right, but cyborgs still have human brains."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Look, Tabea?"

Tesla pauses as he grinds up onto the stage, steams hissing from his joints. One small hand still clutching one of Lumine's, the Patron Saint of Electricity turns his head cowling to fix a delicate android eye on the Irregular. Radio transmissions fly thick and fast over the Legions band.

Tesla squints. Then he squints a little more. His head cocks to the side.

"My colleagues inform me that you are not a young lady," he says at length. The grip tightens infinitessimally. "In fact it is said that you are a bloodthirsty robotic terrorist. While I find this difficult to believe, I must do my duty to Europe-- nay, to the very WORLD-- by defeating you HERE and NOW!"

So said, one of Tesla's massive Fightin' Arms swings around. A Tesla Coil crackles and hums into life, infusing the meaty fist with crackling life. "I will now engage in fisticuffs. Please do not resist, or this may take longer than necessary."

You miss Lumine with your Shock Punch attack.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Right. And part of the spinal column, if I recall."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum waggles his fingers, "Sciiiiiiiiience!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Well it's not a cyborg, Ada said he wasn't. Unless she's being polite."

Since near the beginning of the month, that being just a few days after the whole fiasco went down which saw him in what was essentially a slave position within LEGIONS, Chaud has been on active street patrol of various major cities within the territory of the aforementioned group. It's not exactly the best type of work, insomuch that if it's not incredibly repetitive and boring, then it means that civilians are in some danger of some type, but the Detroit man equally doesn't particularly mind it at the moment. It's given him a lot of time to think very deeply and very carefully about...well, a lot of things. He's gained a lot of perspective he didn't have before, and in many ways, he can't help but to think in all irony that what happened was a good thing in some ways--sometimes you don't quite realize the path you're walking until something very major comes and shakes you up. That certainly happened to him.

Cutting through the extraneous details leading from Point A of Chaud learning there was an Irregular attack in the city he was patrolling to Point B of things actually happening, the Detroit man arrives presently at the scene of the attack. This time, however, he is not in the sleek and powerful Muramasa armor which has become so representative of his presence, but instead in one of the new models of standard-production UN PA's, which is large and bulky, standing at almost ten feet tall and possessing absolutely nothing sleek or graceful about it. It's a blocky machine, designed for nothing but efficiency, and looks something like a miniature Ride Armor instead of any type of actual /armor/. Very obvious, it begins clanking up to the scene of the battle from around a corner of a nearby building, and while there's no real way to tell who the pilot is, the LEGIONS emblem emblazoned on the side makes it quite clear it's affiliation.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Ada could have been mistaken. Those happen."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "This coffee is /awful/, Ciel needs to make a better coffee bean or something."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Look, 'science' is not a good reason for everything! If someone did it they would've announced it."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rush Raccoon transmits, "Not always true."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "If you 'gentlemen' are quite done questioning my provenance, perhaps you could assist me in defeating this bloodthirsty robotic terrorist."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Who you punching, man?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Sorry, I am a hacker. I swish easier than a head of lettice."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "I have been informed that this one uses the moniker 'Lumine'."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rush Raccoon transmits, "Lumine. I'm still reeling from last night, Sadly."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "I would love to help but I got ninjaed yesterday."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Advice is all I ask."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Questioning your provenance is about all I'm able to do."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "One, I'm a girl, not a gentleman, and two, I'm trying to put Beschutzer back together /right now/."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Oh in that case."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Well, my advice for you Tesla?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "RUN!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "I've got insides outside of me."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "How droll, Mr. Bloom."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rho transmits, "I got Prometheus'd."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Lumine can copy you if he hits you with his copy shot. It has little data trails around it."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Well, the Cactaur's got a point."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "His firepower is his greatest asset so you don't want to get shot by him."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Lumine is too much for you by yourself. Even with two or three other people..."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Thank you Daryn. Clearly you, at least, are possessed of something resembling a spine."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "How the /heck/ did Hiryu dent this piece so bad with his head?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Hard head?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Hmph."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rho as if it explains everythign "Strider."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "I'll send you a picture of what he is possible of."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Try staying mobile, Mister... Telsa was it?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "And if Lumine deploys wings, seriously. You need to run."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rush Raccoon transmits, "Hiyru is pretty badass."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "No problem, he's a poor sport I hear, so be careful of cheap tricks."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Yes yes, I will run away with my tail betwixt my legs, as he lays waste to an entire university. Good show."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Yeah, but this far? It's an external piece of armour and I can barely fit it around me now /without/ having most of Beschutzer on. Maybe we bent it when we took it off."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Well, you won't do ANYONE much good if you're dead."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum sigh. "Yes, but he can buy time for the civilians."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Because Lumine has some highly destructive capabilities in that mode."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "He's an android of Nikolai Tesla, he's probably really tough and definately repairable."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "Bah, listen to you! The new guy will be fine."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rho transmits, "Mr. Tesla."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Alright, can you transmit your optical data to me? I will try and spot for you."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rho transmits, "We just want you to be careful. Keep yourself safe as well, alright?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Certainly. Wireless transmissions are one of my many inventions."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "He'll be fine! People who have just been introduced don't die so quickly!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla begins transmitting optical data.

Bakery Fornax's core hatch drops open.

He just looks at... what in the name of food IS that... that... giant thing with a face and a, oh I can't look at it what the. He confirms that that enormous abomination of steampunk just called him /Lumine's Dog/.

His eyes twitch, and his pilot light immediately ignites into a spike of blue flame.

"You... did you just... did you just call me..." he stutters, even as Telsa carts Lumine away. The situation was suddenly defused by the stampede into the midst, and now all of the human donors are standing there looking at both Mavericks, almost snickering at their embarrasment. Fornax is LIVID.

"PREONS," he says, "THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE MAKING A FULL BLOOD DONATION TODAY! LET'S MAKE ENOUGH FOR BLACK PUDDING TO FEED THE FACTION!" as he points the mob forward. The Preons launch themselves into the crowd, Fornax stampeding forward to push... well, through them, actually, flinging fireballs around as he pushes towards the campus cashpoint. He flings one at Sigrdrifa, too.

Bakery Fornax strikes Sigrdrifa Valkyrie with his Fireball attack.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I'm pretty sure you didn't invent... oh, never mind."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "The bizarre future canine robot terrorist seems most discomfitted."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "The who...?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I'm pretty sure he's not actually a dog."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rho transmits, "Bakery."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla focuses briefly on Bakery Fornax.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Ah. Him. Try to cool him off."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "His name is kind of weird though, because Fornax is Latin for furnace. And it's some stars..."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "It seems to have engaged a newcomer."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rho transmits, "Well he is a walking furnace."

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie

Sigrdrifa stands just over nine feet tall, her body covered in what appears to be old fassion armor and weapons, giving her a look not unlike the pictures of valkyries out of Norse methology. Her face, when not covered by her helmet, is fair, she has blonde hair and blue eyes, typical of her part of the world. Her body is also covered in standard battle armored, it is colored silver, and is usually well maintained and polished. It covers almost everything, almost no skin is visible unless she wants you to see it. She looks just as every bit as heavy as she is, obviously focusing on defense over avoidance.

She typically has a cape that flows over her back, allowing her greater protection in battle for her unarmored sections. She has the standard reploid boot feet/leg combination. Her figure is made for power but skill as well.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Yeah, but don't most Reploids have what they look like there?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla shifts his view to a 9' tall Valkyrie.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Most, yeah. She a Maverick Hunter."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I don't know who that is."

Sigrdrifa grunted as the attack missed...placing the bow away and thinking of her next attack. Then came Bakery's fire attack, casuing her to nearly scream in pain as her systems started to overheat. Forcing herself to a knee again...steam started to spray off her body as her cooling systems attempted to compensate.

Then a strange thing happened...sonic pulses started to erradiate from her body as she brought out a really LARGE weapon...easily larger than she was. The weapon was brought out as she charged towards Fornax, jumping at the last moment and aiming to bring the weapon down at him with a large CHOP.

"Retreat while you can, Maverick scum."

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie strikes Bakery Fornax with her Heavenly Rage attack.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie brings her reflect system online.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "There appear to be Legions reinforcements on the scene."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Any help is good help, for the most part."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I'm sorry I can't help, though."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Optical recieved. I am going to update your HUD with estimated damage level of Lumine and the dog...bakery...thing. I am going to also estimate civilian causalties and damage to the surrounding buildings."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Civilian forces should be there soon to help evacuate."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "I tell yah, Tabea. You're just lucky you didn't get hit from that freaking hammer. Holy ow."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I know, I know... I've got bruises all over my ribs from what I /did/ get hit with."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "You did good though. Man, they really didn't want Hiryu to get away, huh?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I guess not. I still feel bad for running away, but..."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Got the job done, right?"

But where is Molly?

She was there a moment ago. However, at the news of Irregulars approaching, the girl got smart, taking off... but not entirely. A single, small camera can now be seen out of one of the top windows in the gym, just peeking in.

Molly eyenarrows, hanging onto a ladder outside the building. "Just like Mavericks. You'll regret saying that line, Fornax," she softly mumbles, recording.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Denial of a pretty hardcore asset is usually a good thing."

"Well we don't really drink the blood... at least not most of us anyway. More accurately, we spill the bloo-" And the Director cuts itself off, not really interested in that line of conversation anyway, as Tesla now throws one of the big arms at it clumsily.

Lumine's eyes go wide in surprise and it backs up suddenly as electricity crackles scant inches away from face. "Well..." Lumine feigns disappointment, "You're no fun." The purple haired reploid dives past Tesla swatting it firmly with the back of its fist before turning and backing away from Tesla, the Valkyrie and Fornax as well as the cookbot goes completely unhinged, Crazy eye keeps an especially watchful eye on the oven.

Lumine strikes you with a glancing hit from its Backhand attack for 7 units of damage.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Yeah, I know. But still."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rho transmits, "Poor Pureri, super-ninja or not that had tor eally hurt."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Updating the HUD of the incoming LEGION support."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "It's amazing she's still alive after that. That thing freaking =hurt,= even through all the plating."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Look, I'm guilty enough already, you don't need to rub it in..."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rho transmits, "Sorry jsut, relax...wanna play some DWO?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Okay, that said, we all knew the risks when we went to cover your escape."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Rush Raccoon transmits, "You got the job done."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Pureri will heal, Doc Mallory and Doc Marrow will see to that."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "And nothing in me broke that can't be fixed or replaced."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "I'm just glad I could help you out."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Causalties happen. When I go into combat to do on the scene hacking, I realize that at any time I could get hurt if someone turns their attention at me."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Yeah, I know. But she /caught/ that thing!"

The local police leap into action, firing shots at Bakery Fornax and the Preons. Phalanxes are formed. Riot shields spring into existence, protecting the marksmen behind. Other security forces begin evacuating students and civilians in a highly efficient manner. This university survived the ZOMBIEPOCALYPSE. They can handle evacuations.

Tesla's attack misses. The greatest inventor of all time is not necessarily a superb pugillist, but that won't stop him from trying. "Very well then, if you insist on dragging this out!" The android charges forward, steam huffing out of his joints as he picks up speed. The Tesla Coils hum menacingly, and electricity arcs between them. Flashing brightly. There's a storm coming, and the initial strikes... have already begun.

You strike Lumine with a glancing hit from your Tesla Coil Zap attack.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Yeah, from what I understand, Pureri is pretty amazing in the physical performance department."

Bakery Fornax's head pivots to one side as he takes a look for Lumine leaping in to give the Valkyrie a L-Buster in the face. "OK, keep swingin', champ," he replies. As he does so, he notices Ribbita on the side of a nearby building, because you just know he'd be able to pick her out in a crowd.

The Preons, to their credit, seem to be more concerned with inflicting bad status effects on the crowd, but it might be problematic for those people who were in the process of donating blood and then the person manning their machine ran off. Ooh, that's gonna get real horrorshow if some kind person doesn't switch their machines off.

Fornax, meanwhile, gets a rather significant chop to the torso from Sigrdifa. The blade hammers against his ceramic-iron body, burning and denting it but perhaps not inflicting the decisive gouge she was hoping for. In response, Fornax spits out a deep fat fryer filled with tasty chicken and upends it on the tall Hunter.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Local police are handling evacuation. They are remarkably efficient."

Bakery Fornax strikes Sigrdrifa Valkyrie with his Fry attack.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie successfully reflects Fry.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "They survived the zombie appocolypse. You would be surprised to find the efficency of a lot of the local forces these days."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "The weak and ineffective were weeded out."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Updating HUD and mission objectives. ETA of full evacuation."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "Yeah, they're pretty quick now."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "I was a participant in defending Europe during that time, I am quite well-acquainted with their efficiency."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "You too?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "I didn't get involved here until it was almost done, and I focused mostly on rescue operations."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tabea Klein transmits, "I was in training - I was supposed to graduate in March - but they pulled me out in January for, uh, obvious reasons."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Sing transmits, "Indeed."

At the same time a sonic pulse was forming as the attack came at her. The chicken was exploded...some of it still hiting Sigr and causing her to flinch at the heat. However, some of it would be sent right back towards the Fornax. Growling with annoyance, she continues to make this a melee fest, swining the blade as easily as one would swing a foam sword.

Repeatedly, the sonic enhanced blade would come in as she continued to try and grind it into the Fornax's side...knowing that the Preon's would be held for a time.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie misses Bakery Fornax with her Crusade Strike attack.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "..."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Speak up, Mr. Bloom. The wonders of wireless transmission do not include telepathy."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "Naht standard, anyway."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "He's toying with you, I believe."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "You have to get a Galeria T-55 model for that!"

The sonic waves interfere with the Saraband control system, giving the Preons momentary pause that will allow the people their chance to escape. However, there is still the problem of those trapped people, even if the sonics have temporarily jammed the mechanisms of the blood drawing machines.

Fornax saults out of the way, swinging his cape into Sigrdrifa's face to complete the effect. "Nobody but-nobody calls me a dog and gets away with it," he snaps, adding "That's not how we do things in the Irregulars!". His torso rumbles. th a chuntering noise, he spits two bright orange fireballs forward, one of them heading for Sigr and one for Telsa's... wait, that one's not heading for Telsa's Android at all! It's heading for some sort of gymnasium!

"Hi, Ribbita!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "He would be well-advised to take me more seriously, in that case. They do not call me the Patron Saint of Electricity for naught."

Bakery Fornax misses Sigrdrifa Valkyrie with his Fire Cloud attack.

Bakery Fornax strikes Molly Ribbita with his Fire Cloud attack.

It's almost painfully nostalgic, really, being back in an armor so similar to the ones used back in the days of the UN PA corps, reminding him with every step that he takes of just how much he's lost in the last few weeks, how far he's fallen, and the price of pride and arrogance. It's further a reminder of his very first field engagement ever...the infamous massacre at Normandy. Words can never fully describe the horrors that he saw that day, of all the death and destruction, the slaughter...and some of the things which happened to more unfortunate soldiers who fell before some of the more sadistic Mavericks. Mavericks who live on now in the Irregular movement.

"Mavericks!" he calls out, voice somewhat distorted and not completely recognizable by those who have only had causal interaction with him, like the Irregulars. The right arm of the Power Armor shifts, gears turning and pieces moving in or out, until it resembles something more like a large, bulky rifle. The 'Alpha' bends on its knees slightly, targeting information appearing in Chaud's field of vision as he brings the weapon around and points it at Lumine in such a way that Tesla is not in the line of fire. There's a loud crack, and then a burst of energy is fired at Irregular.

Eugene Chaud strikes Lumine with his Rifle Focused Fire attack.

"AAAAGH!!!" Molly yelps, struck on her ladder as fire slams into her back heavily. The hit is brutal, jarring her forward... fortunately, her camera's okay, but she needs to get out, now. This isn't the time for a fight with Fornax.

She scrambles up the ladder, onto the roof, bolting for the other side. Her car's in the lot over there... if only she could just reach it in time...

Molly Ribbita retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Rush Raccoon, Eugene Chaud, Big Eddie, and Bakery Fornax.

Sigrdrifa rolled to the right avoiding the large blast of fire aimed for her. Rolling to her feet, she looked up to where the Gym was...

"NO!" she called out...and if the Valkyrie was not terrifying before, she was absolutely FRIGHTENING now. Feeling this battle needed to be ended here and now, she sheathed the large blade, and pulled out her two longswords. Quickly, she moved in for a rapid flurry of blows towards Bakery Fornax, trying to break through his impressive armor before attempting to hammer blow him into the ground viciously.

From here she would jump high into the air, her longswords gone, and pulling out a lance. The large metal and painful object was thrown towards the ground...as another was pulled out...followed by a third. As she rose to the very top of her jump... her final lance was pulled out, as she positioned it right below her...riding it down and hoping to drive it right THROUGH Bakery.

"Go back from wience you came!"

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie strikes Bakery Fornax with her Nibelung Valesti attack.

Lumine begins backing across the stage, people abandoning the seats where they have been donating blood in rapid succession as Lumine backs slowly towards them. The force of the high voltage shock which unexpectedly arcs out impossibly far from those impressive dynamos knocking the director out of the air and skidding off the lip of the stage.

That is about when Chaud begins firing at the Maverick as well. Bullets zing and ping off of Lumine before it is able to Scrape itself off the floor of the auditorium. It looks quite less amused by far when it reappears, although it's wearing very seasonally appropriate colours, pink and lilac all of a sudden.

"You..." Lumine calls out as it floats past signage declaring the name of the guest speaker today. "Tesla!" It calls out, "You certainly know electricity but... Do you know anything about time?" And with the familiar sound of tapping on hightensile wire with a mallet and a few impossible glints on unshiny objects a large portion of the room becomes frozen in time.

Lumine strikes you with a glancing hit from its Time Stopper attack for 0 units of damage.

Tesla is temporarily disoriented by Lumine's Time Stopper attack.

Lumine strikes Sigrdrifa Valkyrie with its Time Stopper attack.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie successfully reflects Time Stopper.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie is temporarily disoriented by Lumine's Time Stopper attack.

Lumine strikes Eugene Chaud with its Time Stopper attack.

Eugene Chaud is temporarily disoriented by Lumine's Time Stopper attack.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie successfully reflects Time Resumes!.

Bakery Fornax makes a sort of electronic noise as he raises an eyebrow under his hood. "Molly! Hey, don't run away, there's plenty more where that came from! And I didn't even get to finish explaining what you need for a black pudding recipe!"

He twists strangely, his cape disappearing as his drops onto his side and begins to roll towards her like a wheel. "You need blood, onions, oatmeal, whipcream, some tallow and skin for casings! I NEED THE LAST TWO!"

Of course, as he begins to rocket away, Sigrdrifa is right behind, with a devestating assortment of sword attacks. She chases behind, knocking blows against the Fornax, but it's when she tries the lance something happens. The hardy weapon does almost what she intended to, punching through Fornax's core hatch.

"Oh, you didn't want to do that," Fornax notes, his eyes looking up at her.

The core hatch ruptures intensively, the emergency failsafes designed to keep the immense internal temperatures in fail-ing as massive gouts of flame, sufficient to melt steel into slag, burst from Fornax's chest in white-orange blinding spheres. One strikes Sigrdrifa head-on- Molly gets caught in the blast wave of another, but it's still powerful.

Bakery Fornax strikes Sigrdrifa Valkyrie with his Blaze Blaster attack.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie successfully reflects Blaze Blaster.

Bakery Fornax strikes Molly Ribbita with his Blaze Blaster attack.

"Hah! Do you feel that tingling down your spine? All your electronic nerves screaming in unison as they are flooded with RAW POWER? Yes! That is the POWER of ALTERNATING CURRENT!" Tesla crows, advancing again on the fallen Director. Electricity snaps and crackles (and pops!) all over his body. He looks positively menacing.

"As I told my comrades, you should not take the Patron Saint of Electricity lightly, Lumine!" The Coils charge up, preparing for the next volley in his shocking assault. And then, Lumine makes his challenge. Tesla scoffs. "Young robot, I unlocked the secrets of time while my scientific peers were busy puzzling out the proper usage for a proton. I mastered Time already... and found it lacki--"

He stops mid-boast, because Time has just owned his android ass.

Sig is caught in the magical bishie sparkles from Lumine...no doubt aimed to give Bakery time to retreat from the enraged Valkyrie.

It is too bad that he did not take this chance to escape. Instead, he released the flames at her, which caused her to create a sonic pulse once she was pulled back into normal time space, the attack partially being directed away from her...and right back towards Bakery.

Landing once more, and her body was litterally SCREAMING at her to get out of the fire. However, she wouldn't let this monster hurt any more civilians. Quickly, she pulled her fist back...and sent it forward aiming the way for a punch! Sonic waves covered the first, before six blasts of sonic energy would rip out from it, each one aiming to surround Bakery and try to overwhelm him...attempting to dripp into him not once, but SIX times.

"Do not presume to tell me what I want, Maverick."

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie misses Bakery Fornax with her Erupting Machine Gun Punch attack.

It's only thanks to Sigrdrifa's assault that Molly just barely avoids getting knocked the eff out.

She begins to get off of the roof, scrambling down, as Bakery launches one last wave, trailing at her. It forces a yelp from the girl as she kicks off to avoid getting a face full of fire; it's accompanied by yet another scream out of her, as she falls... slamming into and through the soft-top of her Volkswagen Beetle below, as she cries out hard. She heard something break... her right arm screams with pain for a brief moment, accompanying her yell.

Having pretty much slammed her way through and into her own car, she, painfully, does what she can to start the car before she passes out, before flooring it. High-tailing it to a hospital.

After the first shot, Chaud begins charging forward towards Lumine in the large and bulky armor while continuing to fire, although this obviously isn't it as focused as the first shot. It's a relatively slow 'charge,' about in the range of average human speed, but at the same time not as slow as some. It's a pretty loud and clanking run, and is stopped about half-way by Lumine's Timestopper.

Lumine giggles as Tesla stops cold, golden arcs of electricity standing impossibly still. "I can see that. " Lumine lowers its head imparting genuine seriousness into its congratulatory tone. Pulling it's fist up as the appendage morphs into the L-Buster, Lumine steps out of the way of the timefrozen electrical attack before firing several small bursts point blank at Tesla and then flips up higher into the air spinning to fire several more at Eugene.

Lumine strikes Eugene Chaud with its L-buster Crazy Shots attack.

Lumine strikes you with a minor hit from its L-buster Crazy Shots attack

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "...Sorry Tesla, I had no idea he had a timestopper!"

You know what would happen if you shook up a can too hard and then cracked it open? Imagine that with Fornax right now.

As he vents, his body spins around wildly, bouncing and after a fashion righting itself. In the middle of its crazy careening Fornax gains control of his torso sufficient to roll past Sigr's punch, and then spin and twist so he evades the other five blows. His arms snap back in parallel to his sides, but his body continues to vent fire in an uncontrolled gout.

"Nobody ever listens," he says over the roar of his own flames, as he directs the flow towards Sigrdrifa. "I give 'em so much wonderful advice and how often do they listen to me? I know what I'm talking about! And they don't listen... and they get melted down!" He's not given up, despite the splash damage from having the flames redirected, even though the edges of his super-strong body are melting. He can smell victory. He can definitely crush this wuss.

Bakery Fornax strikes Sigrdrifa Valkyrie with his Fire Wave attack.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie successfully reflects Fire Wave.

Sig was driven to her knees again...her armor was seared and melted, her internal systems were almost ready to give up on her...but she STILL had fight left. However, yet another sonic wave pulsed, sending back towards bakery part of his own attack. Slowly, she stood once more...and then grinned and pure defiance.

"You talk to much." she says, before jumping into the air...her broadsword pulled out from subspace, as it came over her head. The blade would be aimed down now, attempting to cleave Bakery down the middle.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie strikes Bakery Fornax with her Spiral Dive attack.

"--ing! Hah!" Tesla finishes, then looks around, blinking owlishly. He looks down, noting an armor plate has been snapped off by an energy discharge. He looks up, seeing Lumine's L-Buster. His eyebrows angle into the classic 'I am angry now' configuration, and all four hands clench into fists.

"ENOUGH! It is time to be SERIOUS!" Tesla roars, throwing back his head and pulling his arms out to the side. There is a loud, deep hum as his Tesla Coils spin up to full. Then a soft whirring as his internal dynamos spin up as well. The air around him crackles, warps. A drifting leaf strays too close, and disintegrates several inches away from his body.

Tesla levels his gaze once more, and points at Lumine with his right hands. "I am not to be TRIFLED with, child! I have seen more, lived more, accomplished more than you EVER will! Do not think to treat ME as a mere joke!"

Electricity rises along his body, streaming down into the ground below, deseprately seeking release. Tesla's eyes smoulder, and his electromagnetic field glows. Finally, the Patron Saint of Electricity thrusts all four arms towards Lumine, and all hell breaks loose. A crackling torrent of lightning streaks between the two combatants.

You strike Lumine with a minor hit from your High Field Emission attack.

Tesla brings his reflect system online.

Bakery Fornax is... smouldering. Not because of the secondary wave of fire that continues to damage his shell, no.

Other reasons. Reasons like being forced to subordinate under Chill Penguin, the reploid who despises him, who attacks him for no reason, who sabotages his plans and belittles his work. For being put under the thumb of those he considers fools for reasons he considers stupid, for commanders who don't see sensiblity and smart things when it's right in their face... for being made a fool of when he's doing the right thing and being reduced to petty larceny when others are praised.

His body crackles with nothing but small internal fires now the majority of his fuel's burned off, but Fornax remains. Looking like a twisted old stove as Sigrdrifa slams her blade down- making a massive hollow boom- he continues to move forward. Fornax is angry. He has to find a target for that anger... someone to bully... someone to hurt.

And he knows this person is it, as his shoulder launchers snap open and shoot old gears at her, barraging her with chunks of metal. He wants to see her in pain, just like Ribbita.

Bakery Fornax strikes Sigrdrifa Valkyrie with his Gear Barrage attack.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie successfully reflects Gear Barrage.

The timestopper field ends, and Chaud continues his charge as if it had never been interrupted at all, never having truly been stopped at all from his perception. Of course, his armor is also suddenly sporting a deep plasma burn as if it had appeared out of nowhere, thus cluing him into the use of the timestopper, but he continues on, firing multiple shots as he closes in on the Irregular. It's not nowhere near as flashy or impressive as the maneuvers being pulled off by Tesla.

Eugene Chaud strikes Lumine with his Rifle Suppression Fire attack.

Sigrdrifa was hit by the gear...thankful that for once it was not more fire. However, she was truely on her last legs at this point. Once more the pulse redirected more of the attacks aimed at her towards Fornax. However, her reason for fighting on was not petty...she would protect these people, she WOULD not allow a pitiful shell of a man bully her...

"This is the end of the line for you, scum..." She says, gritting her teeth in deterimination. Pulling the large blade free, she pulls it to her side. Sonic pulses trail her body for a moment, before causing her to explode in a burst of speed. It was almost like she disappeared...but right behind Fornax she would be, blade extended outward as her body fell to a knee. However, a second later the true nature of the attack would be known, as a sonic pulse would suddenly explode from where she was once standing, attempting to cause a large bladed gash to form somewhere on Fornax's body.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie strikes Bakery Fornax with her Wind Strike attack.

Bakery Fornax falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

The auditorium lights up with harsh shadows as Tesla pours an intense concentration of electrical power into Lumine, who floats there, energy arcing violently froms hands and feet to escape to the ground. As the smoke and ozone begins to clear, Lumine rises only to stumble as it suffers rifle fire from behind.

"You're right, I'm not laughing, but I like to see for myself!" Charging up the L-Buster Lumine warily looks over its shoulders as it leaps toward the huge android, to see Bakery Fornax go down. The Director steels its resolve, allready going through the motions and finishes by firing the Copy Shot at That What Science Wrought.

Lumine strikes you with a minor hit from its Copy Shot attack

Lumine drains energy from you.

Tesla is temporarily disoriented by Lumine's Copy Shot attack.

Lumine has emulated your current armor form.

The sonic pulse bashes into Fornax, causing a hit noticeably less powerful than any of the others, but with the redirected gear it was sufficient. Fornax takes a gear in the eye and the blast knocks him out of the park, off a building, and pinging into the Irregular transport, arms following behind him. He lies there in a cooling heap, eyes going @.@ .

The sword fades back into her subspace pocket...Sig was knowningly unable to continue this fight. To do so would provide disaster to her self...and seeing that there were two people on Lumine, and the Preon's were being handled sufficiently...She stood up.

And began to her tactical withdraw.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie retreats from the area swiftly, leaving her open to pursuit or parting shots from Eugene Chaud, Big Eddie, Lumine, and Bakery Fornax.

"What... what is THIS?!" Tesla demands, throwing up his arms in an attempt to fend off the Copy Shot. The attempt fails, and the pulsing orb manages to penetrate the mighty electromagnetic field shrouding the titan of science. "Hrk! I-- stop this at ONCE!"

Tesla struggles with his malfunctioning systems, unable to counter-attack just yet.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "...This is not good. That is the copy shot. He has your form now!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Two Teslas?!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Yes...and I don't think they will be playing the theme to Super Mario Brothers!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "None could mistake that child for ME!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "What?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Uh, nothing. Calm down!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Nobody said 'mistaken', but he can turn into you and use your abilities!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Beware of his slide kick!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Dodongo Dislikes Smoke!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Wha..?"

Chaud is ignored as he closes the distance between himself and Lumine, the heavy metal feet of his Power Armor clanking against the ground with each heavy step that he takes. And why shouldn't he be? He no longer fights as a ranking officer of Repliforce wielding one of the most distinctive and customized PA's currently in existence. No, he's just another foot soldier now, just another man in just another power armor. Nobody special, nobody noticeable. He's fallen a long way in just a few weeks.

But one thing that hasn't changed is his conviction, his dedication to doing what is right, to protecting innocent people. "Lumine!" he calls out, voice not fully recognizable due to distortion, and then the blocky armor leaps up into the air, strength making up for its size. Right at the apex of the jump, a slit opens in the back of the armor, disgorging a large metal sword, and the 'Alpha' reaches back and grips it with its left hand, bringing it around in front where the sun glints off of it and reveals the writing ingraved thereon: 'Normandy.' The PA descends rapidly, the sword coming down in a powerful downwards strike with considerable weight behind it. "We remember!"

Eugene Chaud strikes Lumine with his Normandy Maneuver attack.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Josef Holznecht transmits, "Ah... hoo boy. I didn't even think about the PR side ahf things."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Ada Wong transmits, "That's my department."

Lumine might not care or remember anything about Normandy, but it might remember Chaud a little better, as the blade catches the Morningstar across the shoulder, instantly laming the nonweapon arm, which hangs limply at it's side. Lumine's colours shift again, this time to Orange and Red with black hi-lites.

Lumine cries out like a young girl being accosted on public transit in japan from the motion in its limp arm as the hand resting on the Buster is pulled along for the ride. A thick red-orange blast of flame erupts violently from the mouth of the weapon striking Tesla first, and then Lumine leaps up into the air directing some of the blast to Chaud before sending the last belch of flames casually dancing after the escaping valkyrie.

Lumine strikes Sigrdrifa Valkyrie with its Blaze Blaster attack.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie successfully reflects Blaze Blaster.

Sigrdrifa Valkyrie falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

Lumine strikes you with a solid hit from its Blaze Blaster attack

Lumine strikes Eugene Chaud with its Blaze Blaster attack.

Sigrdrifa is not the fastest person ever to be born.

Infact, this is probably why she does not retreat often, today, it seems that Lumine has picked a very bad time to fire at her retreating form.

This time, the Valkyrie does not move, falling into the ground and sliding a few feet. Her internal systems finnaly unable to protect her anymore...

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Report, what are your endurance levels?"

"You think to impersonate ME? Do not flatter yourself. Your mind could not handle my knowledge." Tesla brushes himself off with his smaller hands, then rises to advance on Lumine again. But it would seem Lumine has other plans. For the first time, Tesla notices that there are others fighting the Director. "Ah," he says softly. "Flames of perdition. How... apt."

The fire envelops him, but Tesla emerges from the blaze still functional. Fire dances across his body, mingling with the electricity, flames warped by the powerful (but apparently completely useless in every way) electromagnetic field. He coughs delicately, and looks over to see the Valkyrie downed. He cocks a brow, but does not move to assist her. "Apologies, young lady. But I must needs finish off this fiend before I can attend to your wounds!"

Tesla turns to do just that. The electromagnetic field intensifies. He closes his eyes. The deep hum of the Tesla Coils rises and intensifies, doubling and redoubling in a subharmonic tatoo. A tribe of ions, worshipping their electric shaman. The shaman itself looking inwards, upwards, tapping into the primal nature of electricity. Above it all rises Tesla, reaching his hands to the sky, weaving back and forth as unimaginable currents surge through his coils and body. The air screams in protest. The ground cracks and boils. Thunderclouds draw in over the horizon, and the rumbling of thunder braids into the drumming of the coils.

This is Tesla, at the peak of his power. This is the Patron Saint of Electricity.

His eyse snap open, blue and white, rippling and crackling with the power that floods his body. He points a single finger towards Lumine.

"DESTROY!"

The heavens open. Lightning and electricity are drawn into Tesla's body, inexorably, as he sucks all the currents from miles around into his massive generators. The power ripples and crackles and bursts along his arm. The second arm comes up, containing the surging powers into a focused area. And then, the two diminutive hands slam forward from behind. The valve opens. The power is released. The very air is charred and burned by the passage of Tesla's electricity.

You miss Lumine with your Patron Saint Of Electricity attack.

A small plane flies overhead, buzzing by, off into the blue yonder. Why did it fly by? Where is it going? Nobody knows...

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum winces...

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Tesla, report."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "I am jus*skkzzz*t fine, Mr. Bloom."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Nana transmits, "Wait, did you crack our frequency?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Yes and no. Yes I did, but at the same time, look at your roster."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Nana, trying not to sound disappointed, "Oh, you're a part of Legions now?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Now, I am spotting."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Yes, Repliforce Ally."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Nana transmits, "Oh."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Nana transmits, "Well, welcome, I guess."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Sound enthused there."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "This Lumin*kzz*e is not s*kzzzkz*o tough!"

Lumine's speed and firepower is very considerable, and both the Alpha PA and Chaud inside suffer heavily from the flames that he spews all over the place. Externally, much of the metal starts to warp underneath the intense heat, melting fully at the point of most direct contact, and inside, Chaud is subjected to very high temperatures as the systems of mass-produced armor struggle to keep up. He sweats in every possible place, his chest blistering painfully from the heat, but he preservers through it.

Chaud notices the android gearing up for an extremely powerful attack, and the PA backs up noisily, moving a short distance to the side of Tesla, out of the way of whatever the latter is gearing up for. He is certainly not lax, however, replacing the sword back it's slot and using the left arm of the PA to steady the right, which is still in the form of a rifle. The Detroit man doesn't fire immediately, but instead waits for his fellow Legionaire to unleash his attack, sure that it will catch Lumine's attention. Then, /then/ he starts firing, and he has no intention of stopping.

Eugene Chaud strikes Lumine with his Rifle Clipburner attack.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Nana grits her teeth and doesn't say anything.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "What's that grinding noise?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "I hear no g*krrzz*inding noise! It must be your imagination."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "Like I said...Tesla. He is toying...he has not yet turned into his second form. He may not either."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Not if I do not give him the chance!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Oh, maybe it wasn't from you, though."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "...I like that spirit."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "The crew has completed the withdraw. Just the preons remain."

You intercept a transmission to [Dark Mantis]: Lumine says, "if you're not busy, we could use a hand staging a creative exit. <transmits coordinates>"

Dark Mantis enters from central Europe.

[Radio] Tightbeam to Lumine and Dark Mantis: You say, "Planning to run away, are you?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "He is already making plans to withdraw! I can pluck his transmissions straight from the air, of course. I /invented/ this game."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn transmits, "Which game? Fighting?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Nana may be wincing, "Interceptor, huh?"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "Wireless transmission!"

[Radio: (A) Chat] Daryn sounds confused, "Wireless transmission? You mean, there was Wire Transmission before that?"

Wide eyes go wide as Tesla makes with some very practiced and over the top theatrics. The Preons are hopefully retreating or something. Lumine hasn't been paying too, too much attention what with the three people trying to stop them. Lumine smirks with a satisfied intake of air as it dips low, twirling beneath the impressive, but slow, horizontal column of electrical force.

--This brings Lumine directly into the path of Chaud unfortunately, and bullets tear huge divots out of the Maverick's back with explosive force knocking it directly into the downed form of Sigrdrifa. Lumine is up quickly however, and takes a moment, waving the L-Buster over the Valkyrie while the weapon glows and weapon data for

VOID ARROW

enters its Force Metal Matrix. Lumine spins upward and whirls on Chaud with a ferocious expression as its colours change to Sigrdrifa's which is probably Silver and White. Lumine puts its back dangerously to the Patron Saint of Electricity because that attack missed anyway, raising it's weapon it fires an arrow shaped hole in space which screeches impossibly through the air towards the man in the power armour.

Lumine busters Sigrdrifa Valkyrie's Void Arrow.

Lumine strikes Eugene Chaud with its Void Arrow attack.

You intercept a transmission to [Dark Mantis]: Lumine says, "Yes I am."

[Radio: (A) Chat] Midnight Epiphyllum transmits, "It must have been a local frequency...I didn't hear anything."

Soft, uninterruptive footsteps could perhaps be heard by Lumine. Where they come from is uncertain... but it would be revealed a moment later as a pair of soft hands with blue wristguards reach out, gently taking up Sigrdrifa in their arms.

She allows herself to be seen for a brief moment so as not to alarm Tesla or Chaud; fortunately, unless Lumine were to turn around, he would miss this. Layer lifts the Valkyrie into her arms, before quietly backtracking from whence she came, perhaps cluing in the rest that she was just there to pick up her comrade.

A portion of shadow seperates itself from the wall behind Lumine, it slithers across the floor from shadow to shadow, even into the shadow cast by Gate's 'Perfect' creation. The shadow seems to grow and solidify, gaining a black-purple outline that shapes itself into Dark Mantis. Blades still docked at his arms, the strikes a crossed-arms pose beside Lumine. He narrows his eyes towards the gathered masses, "Which one.." Dramatically he drops into a fighting stance, both blades slicing out at the ready, ".. needs it more?"

Dark Mantis deactivates his stealth mode.

Dark Mantis begins covering Lumine.

Tesla curses most undecorously as Lumine evades his assault. Steam hisses from his body in great gouts, sending clouds up into the ravaged sky. The clouds retreat, for now. Tesla's body continues to steam as the after-effects of the massive powers he channeled drift away, and he turns to face Lumine again, just in time to see his devastating assault on Eugene Chaud.

"Forgotten me so swiftly, Lumine? Do not count me out quite yet!" With Dark Mantis' appearance, Tesla merely smirks. "Hiding behind your subordinates. Very clever. But it won't help you. Observe, as I command the very earth to my bidding."

Tesla reaches up one massive, armored foot. Calculations race through his head, then lock into place. The foot slams into the ground, and the Earth protests... but bends to his will. A rumbling spreads out in a conical formation towards Lumine and his bodyguard. As the rumbling approaches them, the ground begins to crack, rocks from below jutting up into the air above, higher and higher and higher! "Behold! Telegeodynamics!"

Dark Mantis successfully covers Lumine.

You strike Dark Mantis with a glancing hit from your Telegeodynamics attack.

You miss Dark Mantis with your Telegeodynamics attack.

[Radio: (A) Chat] Tesla transmits, "The coward hides behind his subordinates! I will teach him courage!"

Chaud smiles inside the armor ever-so-slightly when his gambit works, but then it's right back down to business as Lumine's vastly superior speed works decidedly against the Detroit man. It's only a single, too-short moment, and then the Director is back on his feet, facing Chaud with a new weapon added to his arsenal. There's no time, not even close to enough time to move out of the Irregular's firing solution, and so he simply...braces the best that he can, hoping that the inferior quality of the Alpha compared to the Muramasa is still enough to protect him.

The Void Arrow slams violently into the Power Armor, shoving it backwards multiple feet despite its weight and piercing Chaud's left shoulder completely--if it were a physical arrow, it would be sticking out of both sides of the Alpha; as it is, the armor is simply blown out where it struck in both front and back and the pilot inside has a wound that man wasn't quite meant to suffer. This is the point where most men would retreat.

But this man will not retreat. No matter what happens, no matter what it costs him, he will stand until the day that he ceases to draw breath. Hated or otherwise spurned by even many of his allies, his legal status essentially amounting him to slave, having fallen so far by his own pride and arrogance...he does not stay on the proverbial ground. No, he pulls himself back up, he stands for what he believes is right, even while scorned by those who fight for the same. He won't allow himself to be consumed in bitterness or anger, despite the humiliation he suffers at every hand, he won't allow himself to fight for life and liberty any less than he ever has.

No, he stands, taking the path that all true men must, the path of understanding and turning away from one's own flaws, including moral ones. He's realized the true error of the path he was walking, and he accepts his current position as best as he can, knowing that he deserves it. And if he is a slave to the day he dies, he will stand, he will fight, and as the Alpha armor charges directly for Lumine, powerful mechanical fists lashing out multiple times in rapid succession, he will...

Eugene Chaud misses Lumine with his Rage Against Tyranny attack.

Lumine sniffs a bit, unimpressed by Tesla's electromagnetic display. "Dark Mantis, We need to collect Bakery Fornax, he's over there!" Lumine points at the twisted mound of blackened metal that is the remains of Bakery Fornax. Lumine spins as Dark leaps out in front, soaking up some of Tesla's attack and Lumine is able to devote the necessary attention to Chaud.

And it's a good thing too as the man in the power armour with the eggshell hairdo comes in relentlessly, slashing over and over again with his sword. Lumine ducks out of the way, colours shifting from White and Silver now to Lavender and a pleasant Bluish Green. A pair of tornados come whirling ferociously out of the mouth of the buster, gaining size and momentum quickly as they move to confine both Tesla and Chaud, tossing chairs and schoolbooks up in their wake. "Furthermore, We need to Leave!" Lumine commands at Dark Mantis.

Lumine strikes Eugene Chaud with its Tornado Hold attack.

Eugene Chaud is temporarily disoriented by Lumine's Tornado Hold attack.

You successfully reflect Tornado Hold.

Lumine strikes you with a glancing hit from its Tornado Hold attack for 0 units of damage.

Tesla is temporarily disoriented by Lumine's Tornado Hold attack.

Bakery Fornax rolled into the transport. Maybe he, uh, got accidentally knocked out by the Preons because they were making room for the loot. Yes, that's it.

Tesla gets disoriented again, held in a tornado this time! "This is most unusual!" he protests, struggling against the winds.

Dark Mantis does move to intercept the attack launched in Lumine's direction, and in taking the brunt of Tesla's telegeodynamics he is thrown off balance. He extends a hand to catch himself and holds it for a moment, akin to someone break dancing, before easily handspringing back to his feet. He almost begins a path towards Tesla but is almost knocked over again as a large armored form rushes by to take shots at Lumine. Judging his 'sibling' to have it under control with his tornado's, he moves over to where the remains of Bakery lie. "Pity.." he mutters and spears one large claw into the already defunct corpse, luckily it's not as heavy as it would probably be without anything in it. Straining nonetheless, the smaller insectoid-reploid drags Bakery up the ramp of the gettaway mobile.

Chaud's Power Armor is caught in the incredibly strong winds that make up the Tornado Hold, and despite his best efforts, he's unable to break free from it. It won't last forever, though, but at the same time, will give Lumine a critical moment to either attack or retreat while neither he nor Tesla can do anything about either.

Not seeing much left to be gained here, Lumine spies Dark Mantis heading onto the transport and begins to follow suit. Fortunately the opposition is caught up in the breeze and gives the Maverick plenty of time to hover leisurely through the crowd. Lumine spies a cooler, the kind humans might pack beers or a picnic lunch in, open and with bags of blood filling it. There is a lingering pause, pregnant with frustration and Lumine's composure breaks.

The normally serene and calm features on the androgyne's face become clouded with rage and it lifts the L-Buster firing a rapid series of blasts into the fragile plastic, shattering it into many pieces and also splatters blood everywhere with good particle physics effects. Although still backing towards the transport, Lumine squints angrily and continues to rapidly fire of small pellets of white plasma sending a dense cloud towards the two dumptrucks that still have their air-breaks on.

You successfully reflect L-buster Frenzied Fire.

Lumine strikes you with a minor hit from its L-buster Frenzied Fire attack

Lumine strikes Eugene Chaud with its L-buster Frenzied Fire attack.

Eugene Chaud falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

Dark Mantis watches Lumine tear the world apart for some apparent reason, and ducks inside where his optics narrow like there is a high pitched noise that only he can here. Bracing himself against the edge of the transport, he footslides Bakery's remains out of the transport. When one of the Preon's moves to get him, Mantis waves one of his arm blades in his direction. "He wants to walk home, exercise regiment or something", he says, neverminding the fact that he cannot 'walk' in this state. Once assured Lumine is in the transport safely, he'll pile in.. undoubtedly someone will bring Bakery along.. Or not.

Chaud finally breaks through the weakening winds, rather glad to see that Lumine is retreating, but then...he's suddenly not, abruptly extremely angry over something. The Detroit man ends up much the worse for that little fit, assaulted by a cloud of small pellets of white plasma, which end up being concentrated where his head is inside the power armor. This is most definitely not a good thing, and he loses consciousness from the punishment he receives where some of the pellets break through the armor externally. Immediately, the PA shuts completely down to avoid something worse happening, and while Chaud is not dead, he's bleeding heavily, both head and left shoulder completely massively injured.

Tesla is finally deposited back on the ground, rather roughly. But he rolls with it, as much as a multi-ton war machine designed specifically to be invincible can. Which is to say he digs a huge divot on the ground as he clanks off of it, but rolls back to his feet rather ponderously afterwards. Shaking his head to clear it, Tesla takes stock of the situation.

"Alone, surrounded by enemies, all support defeated or fled..." he eyes Eugene's fallen power armor and shakes his head. "I will have to take a look at the design of those machines," he mutters, even though he's a terrible scientist these days. "Very Well, Lumine. It is you and I, at the last!" The electromagnetic field finally does what it's supposed to, robbing the incoming plasma of its potency and zapping back along the ionised trail of the assault with small electrical shocks. Tesla smiles. "Let us finish this mockery of a competition."

One coil lights up, crackling to life and holding in a minor charge. The Patron Saint of Electricity squints, trying to get a solid bead on the Irregular. "Yes... there!" Tesla points, and electricity arcs towards Lumine. "Finish it!"

You miss Lumine with your Lightning Strikes Twice attack.

Bakery Fornax is left behind or hooked to a cable on the back of the transport or something, who knows.

Lumine shakes its head at the still standing Tesla as it roars defiantly and sends more blistering bolts of electricity shattering into the ground as Lumine continues to back away from the Patron Saint of Electricity. It cries out from the pain as Tesla does in fact send its own attack back at it, but manages to dive out of the way of the Lightning blast.

"You're too slow, and apparently a few hundred years behind the times." Lumine frowns and continues to point its weapon at Tesla, hoping to discourage any funny business as it boards the Transport, bending down to collect Bakery Fornax as it does so and then the Irregulars make their escape.

Lumine retreats from the area swiftly, leaving it open to pursuit or parting shots from Big Eddie, Dark Mantis, Layer, and Bakery Fornax.

"I may be slow and outdated, but I can upgrade and I can learn," Tesla replies, Coils still thrumming with power. "But a sword may defeat a gun. A pebble may defeat a tank. And for all your fancy tricks, you are little more than a confused child seeking attention."

The monstrous machine straightens, raising a fist to shake defiantaly at Lumine. "This antique withstood your test this time, and next time you will be defeated! SO SWEARS TESLA, PATRON SAINT OF ELECTRICITY!"

Lightning strikes the ground behind him, dramatically.

Lumine "Hmphs!" smirking from the back of the Transport amidst the preons as they sort out the loot, it puffs its chest out and smirks haughtily down at the lightning engulfed and overly dramatic form of Tesla down below. It offers the poor facsimile of a truly great man a dainty wave and then the Irregulars are long gone.