With too many bystanders in her way, Del reaches out to try to punch the robot blocking her escape.
"Reisora it is very much already a thing. We've been telling everyone. Look forward to hearing it the next board meeting, or wherever you go to have fun." Akh offers to the retreating back of the other Reisora before laying into the nearest of the luminants.
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biz-ZWAP! Melissa's electricity is just as effective against the robots as it was in your previous encounters. With a crack of thunder, Jaraduk caves in the nearest robot's chest. Akh reaches over the body to bring down the robot on the right flank. Guess?, distracted by the gems falling to the ground - albeit still connected to their mildly-dangerous bodies. Del, with significantly more anger to work out, punches the robot in the face. The robot punches back, but is unable to keep up with her speed. As you work to bring it down, and the crowd of auction attendees begin to pour through the doors behind it, you hear the faint stamping of metal feet echoing down the hallways outside.
Guess? SP 13/42, HP 37/37, RP 9/9
Melissa SP 30/43, HP 45/45, RP 9/9
Akh SP 88/88, HP 60/60, RP 8/8
Del SP 31/35, HP 39/39, RP 5/5
Jaraduk SP 36/56, HP 55/55, RP 9/9
Black Luminant 37 Damage
Orange Luminant 94 Damage
Red Luminant 67 Damage
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Melissa uses her crystalized caffine enhanced movement to scurry 40 feet out the door. Since they're in sloooowww motion they can't take whacks of opportunity.
""Dels a better sister than you deserve and someday you're going to figure that out! And I HOPE you're smart enough to feel bad about it when you do!.
Move down here and put a HURRY on Jaraduk
One free move action, usable before after or in between your attacks.
"come on we got a ship waiting."
Right!
Jaraduk takes one final swing at a nearby bot before jogging after Melissa.
With the way clear and these robots slow as heck, Del hustles around them and books it out of the auction hall.
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"come on we got a ship waiting."
"Don't gotta tell me twice!"
Guess? hustles, moving doubletime down the corridor, while singing...
"A Reisora-ing we will go! A Reisora-ing we will go! Hi ho the merry o, a Reisora-ing we will go!"
Akh cleaves into the last luminant before zooming past it and into the hallway beyond.
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The group moves around the last robot, slipping between the fleeing kalistocrats. As they go, both Jaraduk and Akh can't resist dropping in a final blow. Cool guys don't look at explosions falling robots, but you hear a distinctive thunk from behind as the robot succumbs to the wounds in a puddle of wiring fluids. Guess? sheds a single tear for the lost jewels, only consoled by the untold riches ahead of you.
You move into the business lounge outside the bidding room, where the chaos has been condensed into a smaller area. To your right a crowd crush has formed as the majority of the auction attendees try to force their way through a small door. Luckily for you, this is blocking the security robot reinforcements, whose programming is leading them to manage the crowd rather than come after you. To your left, the crowd is thinner. Between you and the exit are two shimreen, one with pink crystals and one with blue, who are trying to draw a kalistocrat prophet out from under the table he is hiding beneath. He continues to blubber as the bodyguards notice you. Their eyes size you up, taking in your weapons. "You look like trouble. - We don't like trouble."
Guess? SP 13/42, HP 37/37, RP 9/9
Melissa SP 30/43, HP 45/45, RP 9/9
Akh SP 88/88, HP 60/60, RP 8/8
Del SP 31/35, HP 39/39, RP 5/5
Jaraduk SP 36/56, HP 55/55, RP 9/9
Black Luminant 99 Damage
Orange Luminant 94 Damage
Red Luminant 67 Damage
Pink Shimreen 0 Damage
Blue Shimreen 0 Damage
Pink? Are you promoting bubble gum or something?
Jaraduk rushes at the pink shimreen.
"You're outnumbered and far outgunned. We just want to pass through, not pick a fight. How about you drop your weapons and we part peacefully?
Guess? readies an action to fire at pink if they insist on attacking us:
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Akh delays until it becomes clear that Guess' call for peace is rejected, and then flies right for the nearest, blue shimreen. "Hello, we're trouble!" He claws away.
In the off chance that they're willing to let us through, Akh stays to the back as the group runs past.
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Mr. Pink laughs at Guess?'s offer of peace. "We ain't paid to let folks pass, we're paid to keep the poors away." Mr. Blue adds, "and only poors hold their own weapons, we'd know." Jaraduk's blow glances off the bodyguard's jeweled armor, while Guess? and Akh chip into them. Akh notices that the shimreen he attacked seems to absorb the acid, hurting more than normal but gaining a soft green glow...
During the opening blows of the fight, both Akh and Melissa notice that these shimreen really aren't trying to stop you from leaving. They are far more focused on keeping their employer safe, and just happen to be in your way. Both bodyguards strike back, but are unable to pierce your armor.
Guess? SP 13/42, HP 37/37, RP 9/9
Melissa SP 30/43, HP 45/45, RP 9/9
Akh SP 88/88, HP 60/60, RP 8/8
Del SP 31/35, HP 39/39, RP 5/5
Jaraduk SP 36/56, HP 55/55, RP 9/9
Pink Shimreen 14 Damage
Blue Shimreen 24 Damage ,
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Melissa scoots under the desk holding the bunjee powered eel launcher as casually as one can hold a bunjee powered eel launcher. "Hey your body guards are doing a great job out there holding off a riot. One of them got hurt and is going to need A FEW DAYS OFF. And a RAISE. "
Move down here, HURRY AKh
"Come on guys how are we going to strike a blow for the pro literate if we're striking down the pro literate.." she starts to wink wink at the crystals before realizing that might not hold any meaning to someone without eyes...
If the SE door isn't the exit it will be in a second...
"Yeah, we don't have time for you." Del tells Mr. Blue as she disappears. In a blink she slips through a thousand realities and back into her own, reappearing at the door smelling oddly of fresh cinnamon buns. Then she opens it and keeps going.
Encouraged by Melissa and motivated by cinnamon rolls, Akh zooms way over the one shimreen near him and out the door, flying over anyone in his way.
Guess? double times it out of the area with the rest of the party.
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Your group slips by the bodyguards, with Jaraduk getting backstabbed by a crystal lance grown from the shimreen's forearm for the effort. You get out into the hallway and look around. To your right, in the direction of the center of the station, flees the auction crowd - effectively blocking the security guard reinforcements. You head left, towards the dockyards. A block later you pass through an intersection and see another set of security robot reinforcements coming from the side. Staying ahead of them, you keep moving towards your prize.
Ten minutes of hustling later and you reach the outer maintenance ring without trouble. You find yourselves in a familiar hallway, getting dejavu for when you were bullying Estriar (the real one) into giving you his identity. You know that the enormous double doors up on your left will lead you to a hanger that contains another luxury barge. This one shouldn't be empty, like the one you spent over a week in, but should contain wealth beyond your wildest dreams! Your dreams (and salivating greed, for some of you) are interrupted by a cascading trio of beep - beep - BEEP!. This is followed by a flurry of morse code style electronic communication between four anacites who round the corner in front of you. "Milady, they have arrived as you said. Intercepting now." Three smaller anacites fly in front on hummingbird wings, brutal hooks hanging beneath their bodies on several cunning arms. Behind them is a larger anacite with an armadillo shell, extremely long arms, and scores of short legs with vacuum suckers for feet. The anacite raises an arm with an integrated electric pulse cannon and another with a sparking plasma welder. "So sorry, your exodus from the station is not approved."
As you prepare to battle your way through to the hanger, a familiar voice comes out of the ship intercoms nearby. "You are a persistent lot. But I'm not going to watch you fly away again. Well, sister, I hope your stomach is stronger now than it was on that space elevator down to Vesk-7." And, with a flicker of the lights, the artificial gravity turns off! Your body encounters zero gravity and your feet separate from the ground! Guess?, Del, and Melissa react well to the change, and outdraw the anacites.
Guess? SP 13/42, HP 37/37, RP 9/9
Melissa SP 30/43, HP 45/45, RP 9/9
Akh SP 88/88, HP 60/60, RP 8/8
Del SP 31/35, HP 39/39, RP 5/5
Jaraduk SP 22/56, HP 55/55, RP 9/9
Orange Anacite Sentry 0 Damage
Blue Anacite Sentry 0 Damage
Red Anacite Sentry 0 Damage
White Anacite Laborer 0 Damage
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This is an anacite Laborer and three Sentries!
The sentry models won't be much of a threat against you, though their flight abilities will benefit them in this zero gravity environment. They can combine fire, which does increase their threat level exponentially when focusing on one enemy together.
All Laborers modify themselves for their work of choice. This one has additional armor, climbing appendages, and extra long tool arms that give it greater reach to do mechanical work. His climbing will work well in this environment, and the ten foot reach is surprising for his smaller size.
An anacite Laborer and three Sentries! Jaraduk calls out before describing their capabilities in detail.
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Melissa is unperturbed by the zero G, lazily sumersalting ears over tail , turning her jetpack on and corkscrewing down the hallway with a wheeeeeeeeeeee
Melissa gives Akh a hurry , trying to calculate how far grenades go down the hallway in zero g...and since she wants to be closer but NOT the main target, pull off to the hallway
Guess? states, "Wow, gotta admit. Eline's persistent! I think your sister genuinely wants us dead, Del."
Guess? takes aim and fires at orange!
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Jaraduk propels himself forward and went he gets far enough unloads his grenade launcher.
Weeeeeee!
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BLAM! Guess? blows a few limbs off the nearest sentry, nearly knocking it out of the sky. Melissa and Jaraduk close with the enemy, one far more gracefully than the other. The trio of anacites all flash several blinking lights as they communicate over shortwave.
The trio all fire simultaneously, frost-laden energy flying down the hallway in a pyramid of pain. The three beams connect at Jaraduk's shoulder plate, the thick armor barely deflecting the blow.
The larger anacite issues a series of loud popping noises as it's suction cup feet attach and detach to the ground; it shuffles along the hallways towards you. "Milady, confirm. Bounty is forty thousand dead, eighty thousand alive?" He raises his right arm, firing an electrical blast at Guess?. The intercoms crackle again. "Yes, but you already knew that. Quit showboating and do the job, Buzzer."
Guess? SP 13/42, HP 37/37, RP 9/9
Melissa SP 30/43, HP 45/45, RP 9/9
Akh SP 88/88, HP 60/60, RP 8/8
Del SP 31/35, HP 39/39, RP 5/5
Jaraduk SP 22/56, HP 55/55, RP 9/9
Orange Anacite Sentry 26 Damage, Flatfooted
Blue Anacite Sentry 0 Damage
Red Anacite Sentry 0 Damage
White Anacite Laborer 0 Damage
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"Milady, confirm. Bounty is forty thousand dead, eighty thousand alive?"
Melissa spits out half the salted pretzyl she was saving for Akh "wait can I get in on that? Cause I've turned myself in for Ransom before..."
she switches to the slightly less likely to be broadcast channel of guesses brain
"Hey we want these guys dead Or should I go make sure our ship isn't leaving without us?"
"Get em!.. Look I'm sure you're nice and all but the spikes and hooks and everything are a little...Shudder. "
electric bzzzt damage at white.
"Alright guys, same rules as the other robots. Put your hands up to make a time out signal when you're done. If I call "medic time out" I'm fixing one of your friends. Shoot me when I do that and I'm reconfiguring you into a your little equine bot."
"Hold on a moment. Melissa's right! If I turned myself into custody, I could get eighty thousand credits... right now? Why haven't we done that already?" Akh speaks out loud as the jet boosters in his hind claws spark to life. Then with a boom he's flying down the zero-g hall, a spiraling serpent aimed for the first anacite in his way. "That bounty is mine."
After his slash he takes advantage of Melissa's hurry to guarded step into white's reach without provoking.
Guess? mentally replies to Melissa, "Securing the ship is a great idea and your need to secure our wealth tells me you're growing as a person! I'm so proud!! But if you push forward before we take these guys down, you might run into more trouble without the rest of us to back you up. I say stick together for now."
Guess? targets and fires at blue!
Guess? telepaths to Jaraduk, "Got grenades for those little guys in the back?"
Guess? then yells back at the anacites, "Wait, eighty grand? For all of us?!? THAT'S IT?!?! I'm worth a few million ALONE! You're getting ripped off! You KNOW we're Reisora-ing a treasure barge, right? Let's grab that ship together and we'll pay EACH of you ten mil!
"C'mon, Buzzer, you and I both know it's the smart move. Less dying, more profit!! Screw those hoity toity Kalistocrats!"
I sure do!
He takes aim with his grenade launcher as his glide down the hall continues. It soars past his teammates and into the crowd of anacites.
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BOOM! Jaraduk takes full advantage of the battlefield free of bystanders, catching all three of the supporting anacites in his blast.
The wounded anacite blows into several pieces that slowly float away from it's body. Another takes significant damage then gets blown out of the air by Guess?'s shot. The third, left along with scarring on it's shell, flickers it's frightening red eyes from opponent to opponent. It beeps halfheartedly and launches a small frosty energy beam that Akh's armor absorbs easily.
Melissa and Akh fly down the hallway - one out of a whimsical dream and the other out of a nightmare - equally banter and beat on the leading anacite. The anacite, Buzzer, flexes his back. "A bribe?! Not only do you not understand the nature of bounties, you certainly don't understand me." The robocop lashes out with his arm, plasma cutter snapping into Akh's armor.
Guess? SP 13/42, HP 37/37, RP 9/9
Melissa SP 30/43, HP 45/45, RP 9/9
Akh SP 67/88, HP 60/60, RP 8/8
Del x2 SP 31/35, HP 39/39, RP 5/5
Jaraduk SP 22/56, HP 55/55, RP 9/9
Orange Anacite Sentry 39 Damage
Blue Anacite Sentry 41 Damage
Red Anacite Sentry 7 Damage
White Anacite Laborer 30 Damage
Akh eats the one plasma cutter strike with indifference "When you go to collect a bounty, you should have more of a plan. That's what I always heard." He swipes twice at the anacite.
Why all this talking? They seem to blow up just fine to me!
He glides some more and fires a grenade at the anacite in back.
"Agreed. No point trying to talk sense into 'em. Buzz doesn't seem to understand that he has to be alive to collect a bounty..."
"Buh-bye lil guy!" quips Guess? as he fires at the remaining sentry.
Guess? continues, "Hey Buzzer! I know my sarcesian friend here looks like she's doing nothing. But you'll see in a moment that she's gunna burst to life, move two or three times faster than the laws of physics should allow, and she'll whup yer silicon behind back into yesteryear!"
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"A little TOO fine, Saranraes pinions why'd you bring the new guys to this fight? TIME OUT...Medic coming through "
Melissa is actually going to test that darting past the robot's large claws. She spits a spell gem of stabalize out of her cheek pouch, holds it up in front of her as if people could tell what it was and dashes along the southern cooridoor.
Whether she gets the AOO to the face or not (whether guess hit or he actually cares about his troops), She'll stabilize the worst hurt robot she thinks she can stabalize.
"Hey Red, Stop shooting alright? You tried your best but your friend needs his parts back together pronto "
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Guess? continues, "Hey Buzzer! I know my sarcesian friend here looks like she's doing nothing. But you'll see in a moment that she's gunna burst to life, move two or three times faster than the laws of physics should allow, and she'll whup yer silicon behind back into yesteryear!"
Guess? and Jaraduk blow the final minion backwards even as Melissa flies past it's floating body to the first anacite to fall. "I had a plan! Though apparently I should have invested more into my backup gunners." He shrugs off Akh's blows and strikes back!
As the battle rages on, you hear a couple quiet beep-beep-beeps echoing down the side hallway...
Guess? SP 13/42, HP 37/37, RP 9/9
Melissa SP 30/43, HP 45/45, RP 9/9
Akh SP 51/88, HP 60/60, RP 8/8
Del x2 SP 31/35, HP 39/39, RP 5/5
Jaraduk SP 22/56, HP 55/55, RP 9/9
Orange Anacite Sentry 39 Damage (Stabilized)
Blue Anacite Sentry 41 Damage (Dying 2)
Red Anacite Sentry 51 Damage (Dying 1)
White Anacite Laborer 30 Damage
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Melissa falls back to grandma's maxim number 12, parts is parts..."Look I'll apologize if i have the wrong power supply hooked up to the emotional inhibitor and personality matrix..."
don't think I can miss...
She gets started on the second one the old fashioned way , spitting an engineering kit into her hands and cobbling wires together.
"I think I hear reinforcements coming. Let's hustle guys!"
Guess? mutters goblin curses as his shot goes far off target!
Jaraduk's glide takes him right up to the final anacite. As he goes he stows his grenade launcher and swaps it out for the storm doshko.
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"I think I hear reinforcements coming. Let's hustle guys!"
Melissa twists her head as the blue laser goes off when she pops the battery case to connect its power supply to the robots brain to keep it going. Their eyes light up with a beep
"I've gotten WAY too much practice doing this but it still takes a little while..." "
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As Jaraduk begins floating away and Melissa patches up the second dying anacite, Guess? blows a tile off the wall. Meanwhile, Akh and the anacite continue to grapple in place. "Reinforcements? Thought I didn't have a plan?" The anacite flashes an awkward grin.
The beeping begins to transform into the whooshing of several small hover engines getting closer...
Guess? SP 13/42, HP 37/37, RP 9/9
Melissa SP 30/43, HP 45/45, RP 9/9
Akh x2 SP 51/88, HP 60/60, RP 8/8
Del x2 SP 31/35, HP 39/39, RP 5/5
Jaraduk SP 22/56, HP 55/55, RP 9/9
Orange Anacite Sentry 39 Damage (Stabilized)
Blue Anacite Sentry 41 Damage (Stabilized)
Red Anacite Sentry 51 Damage (Dying 2)
White Anacite Laborer 30 Damage
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"Less of a thought more of a hope really?"
"you had better give these guys the BEST Whelp review when you're done. Getting themselves fixed for real isn't going to be cheap... " she quickly duct tapes the last one to the wall with a datapad charger keeping his personality matrix online
She just "drops" the head where it and lets it float "Oh thats handy..."
Akh mitigates the first plasma cutter strike that connects solidly with him, then turns aside the subsequent attacks. Hearing the whirring, he comments dryly to his allies "You should probably all go. I'll keep this one busy for a moment, then inevitably get trapped and sold into indentured servitude. Or I suppose, follow after you successfully."
He engages in a barrage of claw swipes.