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There was a brief pause before Kimber appeared, beating anyone else to the roof by taking the most direct route, right through several floors and out into the open air. She was more obviously translucent in the direct sunlight, all pale blues that might have almost been a trick of the light. Her outline was further obscured by ankle length cardigan that billowed around her, untethered by any affectation of gravity while she focused on the new arrival with an ear-to-ear smile that was as impossible to miss as ever. "Ohmigoodness sweetie, you look outrageous! How do you feel, everything's a good fit? I know this sort of thing can be a lot all at once, so don't be embarrassed if anything seems off." She floated in a circle around the cape clad young woman to get a better look at her new body, lips pursed with auntly concern. "You computer bits are all 'online' or 'downloaded' or whatever? Powers are under control? Are your boobs sore?"
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Magenta swivelled her triangular head back and forth, multifaceted eyes trying to track whatever Danica and Neko were reacting to but her mechanical sensors were no more capable to detecting the illusory samurai than her fellows on the floor below had been able to see the bobtailed cat. She perked up when Neko began addressing her directly however, obviously pleased to be receiving any sort of attention. It was a little unclear how much of the specific words she understood until at the mention of the moon she straightened her long forelimbs and stuck them straight up on either side of her head to indicate rabbit ears and began hopping about the room in theatrical bounds. Her capering took her to the posts of Danica's bed and she quickly climbed up to give the posters a curious look up and down.
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Magenta took the invitation gladly, scuttling in a zigzag path back and forth across the hall as one thing or another caught her momentary interest but always hurrying after Danica to catch up with the scooter after a moment. She preened when Neko called her cute, mimicking the girl's tilting head when she smiled. The little mantis crawled up the front of Danica's scooter with ease once they stopped, perching on the handlebars and using the vantage point to survey the room. Neko's quiet singing caught her attention and she made a series of musical chirps along with the melody. Noticing the cat-like ears on top of the girl's head Magenta bent her forelimbs into triangles over her own head and trilled excitedly.
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Cyan flattened himself against the top of Heroditus' head as the R.V.D. flew into the room, momentarily ignoring that it was not a real bird nor he a real insect. Black eyed the similarly coloured drone with continued silence that somehow conveyed a turn toward icy disdain that made Ryder wonder how much he'd been picking up from Natalia. "They're my Robugs, right!" he replied to Charlie then added to the Bernadettes, "There's a joke about making friends but I'm sure you've heard it before! They like to explore but, oh, they know better than to go into anybody's room without asking! Of course my, y'know, design aesthetic is a little less subtle than Charlie's anyway, ha!" He craned his neck to get a better look at the underside of the R.V.D. as it circled overhead, making thoughtful little sounds as he parsed the design. Cyan was immediately distracted by the shiny cell battery Heroditus offered him, batting it into the air with his hind legs like it was a hacky sack. "Okay okay okay! Probably get, what, four or five mile range? Nailing the hovering action without bulking it up or making it too noisy is 'pretty slick!'"
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While Danica and Neko were comparing miniature magical animals the sound of metal and plastic lightly clacking against the floor drew their attention downward. Scuttling nimbly around the feet of students passing through the common room was a robotic praying mantis coloured in pearlescent white and eye-catching pink, roughly the size of an open hand. Magenta hurried up to the bottom of Danica's mobility device and hopped up and down to get her attention. Looking up, she scampered back a few steps in surprise then tapped her creviced forelimbs against the top of her triangular head, chittering approvingly.
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Looking over Ryder's shoulder Heroditus didn't see the Robugs exactly but did watch as a sizeable cardboard box hovered along just off of the floor, seemingly of its own volition. Once it reached Ryder's feet he stooped to pick it up, revealing a robotic cricket painted bright blue and a glossy black horned beetle, each about the size of an open hand. "Haha, well Cyan and Black are helping me carry in a few things but I think Magenta got bored and went exploring. I think Yellow is hiding somewhere; big crowds with lots of stuff going on stresses her out." Cyan bounded about the room in a few prodigious leaps, bouncing off of the arm of the couch before landing on top of the Atlantean's head, chirping cheerfully. Black simply walked unhurriedly toward the Bernadettes, horn swinging back and forth as he silently regarded them from the floor. "You got it!" Ryder confirmed Charlie's recollection, hefting the box under one arm and giving a thumbs up with his free hand. "Glad to be back at it, right? If you're looking to test out what you can do, you're definitely in the right place," he added for Bernadette's benefit. He tilted his head to one side with a curious expression and it was hard not to think of a big puppy. "Ooh, do you duplicate stuff you're holding when you split off? Like beyond your clothes?" Easily switching his attention from one thing to another he looked over to Cyan on Heroditus' head and told him as an aside, "You can see if that kitty wants to play but be careful not to spook her, okay? Like you learned with the fox kits." The Robug shifted back and forth on its eight legs and chirped back in confusion. "What do you mean 'what kitty'? You've got a ridiculous field of vision, my guy. Black, back me up." The beetle simply shook its head slowly back and forth. "...huh."
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"Woah! I was going to check if anyone needed a hand carrying anything but seems like you've got it covered, ha!" A junior with tousled strawberry blond hair and a broad, dimpled smile sauntered into the common room, raising a hand in greeting. "Good to see you, guys. And a couple new faces! Or face singular, I guess? I think I heard 'duplicate'?" The teen wore an open collared shirt with a bright green and pink watermelon pattern over a white tank top splattered with numerous colours of paint and machine oil. His belt buckle appeared to have been made from the remains of an old, spent printer ink cartridge. "I'm Ryder, nice to meet you!"
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“I’m fi—“ Chitin began before being interrupted by a portion of damaged thigh armour falling to the ground with a sad thump, followed by a violent crackle of electricity as that leg nearly gave out from under him. “Ah! Black!” He hurriedly toggled the chambers of his belt, dismissing the Kabuto Beetle Instar armour back to its pocket dimension berth and disengaging the Robug from his base suit’s helmet. Black folded in on himself back into his usual form and landed at Ryder’s feet. His usually glossy shell was marred by little pockmarks and little wisps of acrid smoke were rising intermittently from his left side. Scuttling a little closer he knocked his long horn into his inventor’s ankle reassuringly. Chitin dropped down to his knees to scoop the robotic beetle up into his arms. ”Buddy I’m so sorry! We’ll get you patched up, I promise.” From closer to the ground he looked over at Apocalypsette’s unconscious form where Forever Boy had dropped her. “Ugh, man. I should have tried harder to talk her down. And that other armour, I just— I don’t know what to think about that. I really messed this one up.” Nocturne’s observations seemed to bring his attention back to the present and he gave his helmeted head a shake. “Right, yeah! I can let Dragonfly know what’s going on and look for anyone stuck in there at the same time!” He clamoured back to his feet unsteadily, eager to be helpful.
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As the HUD in Chitin's helmet came back online with a stuttering flicker the glow coming from the multifaceted eyes of his faceplate followed suit. Groaning, he pushed himself out of the ruined remains of a bass drum and nearly toppled to his knees as on leg of his armour reported a critical failure. Looking around in alarm he spotted Nocturne, far enough back to have suffered no more than ringing ears and Angelic, with the last remaining motes of the Melod-Oni's light drifting fingertips. Across the park the last remaining unconscious audience members were waking up, while others had rushed back now that the scene appeared relatively safe to help their compatriots move away from the immediate danger of the collapsing bandshell. The only sign of Canister was a message sprayed across the patchy grass in still-wet crimson paint, letters each about two feet tall. NEXT TIME Placing his hands on his hips and looking the message over, Chitin stood in nonplussed silence before saying aloud, "Well $*#%."
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The further from the outer edge of the monster Angelic reached the less defined it became, finding less of a throat behind its maw than a tingling field of energy that violently vibrated the components of her submerged hand until they threatened to tear apart. Instead she found something solid to grip onto: the base of one of the distinctive, curving demonic tusks protruding from the weirdly human mouth set into its hammerhead shark face. Sinking her ferrofluid stained fingers in she pushed backward with a mighty flap of her wings and pulled it lower jaw down pulling its mouth apart at the seams. The massive Melod-oni might have been able to move along with the yank on its jaw if the bulk of its form hadn't been rooted in place by Nocturne's gravimetric stakes, spiralling motes of black and gold showing where physics had warped push down on the domed crab-like body. "CYMKudgels!" Expending the last of his suit's reserves Chitin threw himself into on of its segmented legs, knocking it off balance with a football tackle. Without its stable footing the gravity anchors pulled it backward and down into the ruined bandshell stage, away from Angelic. It's head was thrown back as its translucent jaw and teeth ripped free in her hands! And on the park grass Canister gave their blue-capped can another vigorous shake before slamming it back into their belt. “Rattle them bones! P-P-PRESSURE!” The same compressed ball of light left their gauntlet, sailing higher and faster than their previous attack and directly into the hole of the monster's ruined mouth. There was a beat of anticipation, then an explosion of blinding multicoloured light and deafening sound as the gargantuan beast turned into a wild fireworks display!
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Giant Crab Meolod-Oni Toughness Save vs DC 33: 1d20+16 21 Since it was already staggered that'll do it! Feel free to get an IC post of setting up in for Nocturne @Fox, then I'll get in the big combined attack post.
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Apocalypsette Toughness Save vs DC 32: 1d20+12 22 Fortitude Save vs DC 27: 1d20+14 26 Now, the Paralyzing Attack on Forever Boy's Forever Blade gives him the option to inflict Paralyze instead of Damage, unless the Fort Save is from something else I'm not seeing? EDIT: Clarified that it's the save from the Coup de Grace! She is indeed knocked out after the second failure. Angelic is up next, @Avenger Assembled.
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“Great. Different decade, same bougie pigs getting bent about anybody else playing with their toys," Canister grumbled as they rolled out of the way of the giant Meold-Oni's trashing, the red X of their faceplate glowing ominously though Forever Boy's billowing golden mists. "I mean, obviously I've got a lot of technical questions but like, you're kinda nailing the aerosol can vibe," Chitin called from across the ruined bandshell. He tried not to make it too obvious he was leaning heavily against a toppled pile of amps while warning notifications blinked all across his HUD. "I'm getting spray paint but also bug spray, 'cause I've got an insect theme, yeah? I don't, y'know, love that part but--" “Not looking for constructive feedback from the father of modern war crimes," the purported time traveller interrupted, side-stepping to try to get a clear shot at Ryder. No matter where they moved either the towering monster was providing cover or they'd be leaving themselves open to an attack from one of the other heroes. It was subtle but from up above Pan had a clear enough to view to notice Canister clock the positions of the remaining unconscious audience members, increasingly in danger as the structural damage worsened. “Tch. Fine. First the fish monster." Before the Forever Boy could comment on what he'd seen the crab-thing pointed its hammerhead shark head in his direction and let loose a high pitched shriek that lanced toward him with physical force. He easily dodged the attack even as he split his attention between the complex situation on the ground and Apocalypsette futility trying to bash her own head into Angelic's face while spewing a string of frustrated expletives.
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Apocalypsette Headbutt Angelic: 1d20+10 14 Giant Crab Meolod-Oni Sonic Shout vs Forever Boy: 1d20+10 12 22 - Forever Boy - Uninjured, 2HP 21 - Angelic - Injured x2, Pending Fatigue, 1HP 17 - Nocturne - Bruised x1, Fatigued, 1HP 16 - Chitin - Bruised x1, Staggered, -4 Toughness, 0HP 11 - Canister - Uninjured 10 - Apocalypsette - Bruised x2, Dazed, Pinned - Crab - Injured x1, Staggered
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Canister Sense Motive vs DC 22: 1d20+10 12 Their one weakness: oh no everyone is hot Combined Attack vs Giant Crab Melod-Oni: 1d20+12 24 That's a DC 27 Toughness Save, so cumulative DC 29 with Chitin's attack.
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Chitin Going to hold for a combined attack with anyone else who attacks the Giant Crab Meolod-Oni before his next turn. Combined Attack vs Giant Crab Melod-Oni: 1d20+6 15 Combined Attack vs Giant Crab Melod-Oni; HP Reroll: 1d20+6 23 That's DC 25 for the purposes of combining DCs. 22 - Forever Boy - Uninjured, 2HP 21 - Angelic - Injured x2, Pending Fatigue, 1HP 17 - Nocturne - Bruised x1, Fatigued, 1HP 16 - Chitin - Bruised x1, Staggered, -4 Toughness, 0HP 11 - Canister - Uninjured 10 - Apocalypsette - Bruised x2, Dazed, Pinned - Crab - Injured x1, Staggered
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Just hits! Giant Crab Melod-Oni Toughness Save vs DC 25: 1d20+16 27 22 - Forever Boy - Uninjured, 2HP 21 - Angelic - Injured x2, Pending Fatigue, 1HP 17 - Nocturne - Bruised x1, Fatigued, 1HP 16 - Chitin - Bruised x1, Staggered, -5 Toughness, 1HP 11 - Canister - Uninjured 10 - Apocalypsette - Bruised x2, Dazed, Pinned - Crab - Injured x1, Staggered
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Apocalypsette Opposed Grapple Check: 1d20+12 21 Toughness Save vs DC 27: 1d20+13 21 22 - Forever Boy - Uninjured, 2HP 21 - Angelic - Injured x2, Pending Fatigue, 1HP 17 - Nocturne - Bruised x1, Fatigued, 1HP 16 - Chitin - Bruised x1, Staggered, -5 Toughness, 1HP 11 - Canister - Uninjured 10 - Apocalypsette - Bruised x2, Dazed, Pinned - Crab - Injured x1, Staggered Nocturne is up @Fox!
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Canister has a radar sense in their helmet but I’ll keep that in mind for Apocalypsette going forward! Thanks for the reminder!
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22 - Forever Boy - Uninjured, 2HP 21 - Angelic - Injured x2, 1HP 17 - Nocturne - Bruised x1, Fatigued, 1HP 16 - Chitin - Bruised x1, Staggered, -5 Toughness, 1HP 11 - Canister - Uninjured 10 - Apocalypsette - Bruised x1 - Crab - Injured x1, Staggered
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A whistling rose over the boom of the shockwave just before Apocalypsette's guitar hurtled from overhead into the stage like a javelin fired from a railgun, cracking against Angelic's left wing and wrist along the way. In the chaos the malicious musician had the briefest of opportunities to slip free and tumbled forward, somersaulting into a dive that brought her close enough to brush her fingers against the neck of the guitar where it quivered, partially embedded in the ruined bandshell. The moment she made contact an impossibly loud power chord sounded with the force of a bursting dam. Apocalypsette was carried upward and away by dread, howling winds once again, picking out a ascending minor scale with finger-blurring speed, which send a kaleidoscopic burst of sound and light lancing toward Angelic. "You all suck!" she shrieked, eyes blazing. "I'm going to kill all of you! Staring with this freak!" The towering crab-like Melod-oni took that as its cue to bring a huge claw down atop the melee. Canister nimbly hopped back and out of the way while Chitin, armour sparking and struggling to stand, was a hair too slow to avoid being clipped across the shoulder.
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Even in the midst of everything Apocalypsette paused to look nonplussed at Angelic's banter. "What are you even fu--aaagh!" Her indignation was cut off by a scream as she was carried along with the gynoid hero in a plummeting dive. She regained her bearings in time to see the new armoured antagonist shrug off Nocturne's assault with a pained grunt and the sound of straining pneumatics. "Who the hell are you?!" “Chitin Runner Canister.” The heavily filtered voice held a hint of deviant, simmering anger. "W-what?" Chitin cut in from over Angelic's winged shoulder, staggering back a step as his armour sizzled and sparked from the corrosive gas. Canister produced another tube, this one with a blue cap and slammed it into their belt. “Danger! Under pressure!” “I'm here from your future to kill Professor Fujioka." Power traveled across the suit's plates, partially obscured by their jacket. They lobbed something overhead, arcing past Eira, who had the presence of mind to fold her metallic wings around the less durable young woman she was holding captive. "WHAT?!" "Anyone who gets in my way is just collateral damage." The ball of energy detonated midair, sending a shockwave of thrumming force crashing into Chitin and Angelic with a deep bass boom while Canister slid into a ready stance, prepared to take on everyone present at once if necessary.
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Oni Guitar Attack Angelic: 1d20+13 32 That's one last DC 28 Toughness Save for Angelic and she gets an HP because I'm Fiat-ing Apocalypsette free of the grapple as the guitar cracks into Eira's hand! Apocalypsette Move Action: Flies upward. Standard Action: Sonic Blast vs Angelic: 1d20+10 22 That's another DC 29 Toughness Save for Angelic! Giant Crab Meold-Oni Stomp Chitin and Canister: 1d20+12 17 Misses Canister but hits Chitin. Chitin Toughness Save vs DC 29: 1d20+10-5+5 27 Top of the round, Inspire wears off! Let me get some IC posts up.
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Chitin Spending the turn to clear his daze the old fashioned way because I feel like he might need that HP! ??? Shockwave attack, originating between Chitin and Angelic. That's a DC 22 Reflex Save then a DC 27 Toughness Save against Damage with the Knockback Extra. Chitin Reflex Save vs DC 22: 1d20+6+5 13 Toughness Save vs DC 21; Evasion 2: 1d20+5+5 30 Let me get those same saves for Angelic, @Avenger Assembled; her Reflex Save will count for Apocalypsette too since she's carrying her. 22 - Forever Boy - Uninjured, 2HP 21 - Angelic - Injured x1, 0HP 17 - Nocturne - Bruised x1, Fatigued, +5 Inspire, 1HP 16 - Chitin - Staggered, -5 Toughness, +5 Inspire 1HP 11 - ??? - Uninjured 10 - Apocalypsette - Bruised x1, Bound, Disarmed - Crab - Injured x1, Staggered
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??? Opposed Grapple Check: 1d20+24 38
