[Nexus] Random Places and Plots 8: Adventures! Thrills! Groceries!

[Hattish Thing]

The Omega Agent, completely invisible, spreads out. The bio-creatures scream, roar, convulse and die within seconds of being exposed to it. However, it gets no further than the door due to the automated forcefield cutting it off.

Hmmm. Automated forcefield. Let's break it.

Marciano takes out a bomb from his huge belt and stick the explosive on whatever control pad there is to open the door. Or if that doesn't work for some reason, he just sticks it on the wall. He'll blow a huge hole into the room. He wanted to let he bio-agent kill his enemies for him.

Marciano liked to not risk much anymore.

[GrandDM]

Hmmm. Automated forcefield. Let's break it.

Marciano takes out a bomb from his huge belt and stick the explosive on whatever control pad there is to open the door. Or if that doesn't work for some reason, he just sticks it on the wall. He'll blow a huge hole into the room. He wanted to let he bio-agent kill his enemies for him.

Marciano liked to not risk much anymore.

The wall is blackened superficially, and there's a small dent, but beyond that there's no effect.

Harald doesn't compromise on defenses.

And then, footsteps from around the corner. Getting closer.

[Hattish Thing]

The wall is blackened superficially, and there's a small dent, but beyond that there's no effect.

Harald doesn't compromise on defenses.

And then, footsteps from around the corner. Getting closer.

Well, that pisses Marciano off considerably. He didn't like it when he didn't get exactly what he wanted. Then again, he was expecting an attacker. I mean, who could possibly have not heard him?

The robot waits for whatever it is to turn around the corner, then it goes into machine gun mode and fires a stunning amount of bullets per round. Enough to completely blow apart a full grown elephant. He'll continue to fire upon whatever it is until it is incredibly dead. **** you in particular!

[GrandDM]

Well, that pisses Marciano off considerably. He didn't like it when he didn't get exactly what he wanted. Then again, he was expecting an attacker. I mean, who could possibly have not heard him?

The robot waits for whatever it is to turn around the corner, then it goes into machine gun mode and fires a stunning amount of bullets per round. Enough to completely blow apart a full grown elephant. He'll continue to fire upon whatever it is until it is incredibly dead. **** you in particular!

The bullets all stop, suspended in midair about a foot away from the figure turning the corner.

He resembles Harald in face, but the bone structure is different and the eyes are blood-red and slit-pupil. He's also twelve feet tall with reddish, leathery wings folded on his back and a long, thick tail flicking gently behind him with brutal bone spurs jutting from the end.

"Bullets. Amusing."

[Gullara]

Movie Madness

Magtok taps at his wrist, and runs a brief search. Nope, nothing on Adir. Nothing on either of them, unless you count this tabloid article about Cessie having a lesbian affair with the dryad in front of him, but he's going to pretend he didn't see that one. His files mostly seem concerned with only the biggest Watchtower members, the ones that pose the most deadly threats, hold the highest ranks, or have some past history with our cyborg. Insofar as he can tell, that's just the leadership quartet, Harnel, Ilpholin, and Darcy.

"...No. Huh. That's strange, I'm not used to not knowing everything about everybody ever."

He's joking, of course. Joking is one of those things he does, when he's not busy dressing up as women or dating catgirls. Speaking of dating, incidentally, he files that whole husband thing in the new Sakura Frescot file, alongside a reminder to stop being so weirded out by her cherry blossom hair.

[Movie Madness]

Sakura laughs at the joke and gives her shoulders a little shrug. "Oh well. I hope I don't make a bad first impression, then. I've heard quite a bit about you. I have no idea what's real and what's just made up, though."

Harry, meanwhile, has stepped aside for a moment. He's taking advantage of the free moment them talking has given him and making a call.

[Recaiden]

[House of Petals]

Bam, another one down! That means there's... five, including the guy with the invisiwoozle.

Until Bishop and Circe take down the guy on the right. Four now.

Being kicked in the head is no fun, and that unlucky guard staggers backwards.

Turn, slide a bit along the floor, jump back towards them, slice at a spear to get that pointy bit out of the way, stab a valet in the neck with your claws, pick him up and use as an inhuman shield. Whoah, attempts!

Staggering is also probably not a good move. More kicks follow, aimed at below his ribs and at his knees.

[Beans]

[House of Attempts]

Luckily for Riki, she does all of those things! In the right order, even! That's yet another valet down, yay!
The remaining... uh... three back off a bit.

The one really unlucky guy gets backed against a wall, because it sucks to be him.

[Recaiden]

[House of Unlucky Dudes]

Riki laughs at the retreating ants.
"Where are you going? We're just getting started."
The vampire pursues them, rushing at the nearest one to try to knock him down. After all, what are fangire shields for if not to keep you from being stabbed in such situations?

Meanwhile, that one guy is ruthlessly pummeled against the wall. Kick. Kick. Punch. Kick. Knee. Punch. Headbutt. Generic violence.

[Beans]

[House of Petals]
The guy's spear goes into his dead buddy and he ends up on the floor, the other two still retreating.

The guy against the wall is battered to his knees, overwhelmed by the woozle onslaught.

[Recaiden]

[House of Petals]

Riki tosses aside the dead shield-guard and sets turns to the fallen one. The plan is to drop the sword, two slashes with her claws to cripple his arms, and drain out his blood. Those stab wounds and shattered ice-veins from earlier won't heal themselves (well they totally will but only slowly and undrammatically).

Meanwhile, that guy against the wall is probably getting a knee slammed into his face and then fangs chomping onto his neck.

[Beans]

[House of Petals]
While Riki drains the fallen one, Circe and Bishop set upon the two that are left. Bishop, naturally, is rather more quick to take down hers.

The guy against the wall struggles less and less as he is drained, his weird Fangire blood sucked out by an invisible woozlepire.

Meanwhile, Kusu watches in mild amusement.

[Recaiden]

[House of Petals]

Rikis stab wounds and bruises close up and fade away with the stolen life, and she recovers her sword and stands, licking a bit of blood off her lips, flushed red and looking giddy and excited.

"Thank you for the meal, Kusu." She slowly approaches the King and Queen.

Meanwhile, a slight distortion in the air is visible near the guy for a moment, then there's just an empty husk of a fangire left, and the sounds of footsteps leaving him.

[Beans]

[House of Petals]
Kusu finally stands, smirking still. Is that all she does these days?
"Welcome, darling, as always. Now, where were we?"
She steps leisurely toward Riki; Bishop bristles.
Riki, you need to be careful---she's a serious threat, Rook wasn't even close...

Through the few windows near the ceiling of the hall, they'll see the overcast afternoon sky becoming the familiar blood-maroon color of the Queen's Moon. Circe whimpers, the Dragonfly Fangire keeping a distance as Bishop keeps protectively close to Riki.
"Oh, don't be such a fusspot, Bishop." The Queen rolls her eyes, smiling at Riki. "Now you just get your cute little self over here, darling, I've missed you!" she makes a wholly unnecessary kissyface at Riki while, behind her, Seiner weakly tries again to get up, to even move.

[Recaiden]

Riki opens her mouth to start in with some sarcastic remark, notice Seiner again, and stops, just walking up towards the Queen. Kusu may be a pathetically arrogant opponent, but while Seiner is in danger, the situation is serious.
"Don't worry, Circe. That's our moon shining."

She puts on a grin. "Your move, Kusie. We've squished your ants, come on, do something besides look pretty."

Meanwhile, an invisible woozlepire sneaks around towards the throne.

[Beans]

[House of Lesbians]
Since the woozlepire is invisible, they may be able to see the also-invisible field around the throne, mauve (for all those capable of seeing it) and rippling.

Kusu shrugs, index finger coming up to her chin with a little pouty expression.
Everything after that happens rather too fast.
Bishop's eyes widen.
Kusu makes an idle flick of her hand.
Bishop tries to shove Riki to the floor by barreling into her, shoulder first.

[Recaiden]

[Any of Beans' Locations]

The invisibility specializing vampire notes the field, and moves up to tap at the ripples, investigating it. Kusu had left somehow, so it's got at least one way through it.

Riki manages to avoid this by melting into a puddle of water and flowing along the floor towards Kusu, unsure if this is the point where Bishop betrays her or if there's some dangerous and invisible fangire attack coming their way.

[Beans]

[House of Petals]
What fades into view is a sort of... vine-like thing coming from the space just in front of Kusu's finger, with little leaves shaped like spearheads coming off it. It was meant for Riki's chest, but is in Bishop's shoulder.
Kusu smiles, then moves much too fast toward the impaled woman along the vine.
"And poor Bishop went to all that trouble trying to save you, and here you are able to turn into a little puddle and avoid it. Good job wasting your friend's effort, silly girl."
She shoves Bishop toward the Rikipuddle, starting to transform. Her form is unfairly beautiful, clad in a sort of petal-dress and face obscured by long hair.

Circe cowers against the wall, shaking.
A Thousand Scars, A Thousand Promises. The Crocus Fangire, Queen of all Fangires.

[Recaiden]

[House of Petals]

Riki wants to yell that she warned Bishop, that she knew exactly what was going on (with the exception of knowing what the Queen's true form and name were, but that had to be dramatically revealed as she transformed), that trying to protect her is a waste. But it would only encourage 1000.
"She would have a weed for her true form."
The Rikipuddle rises up to catch Bishop and set her upright before slithering on towards Kusu, trying to envelop the transforming fangire.

Meanwhile, the invisipire is trying different ways to push through the barrier. Herself, a spear, the corpse of an antgire, and more.

[Beans]

[House of Petals]
The spear and corpse are pushed back, visibly damaged in the process. If she still tries herself, she will be pushed back and very significantly pained.
If she saw Bishop do that cool blast thing from her hand earlier, the Invisipire may notice there's a similarity between this energy and that one, as well as with the aura of the Queen. Maybe this is a Checkmate Four thing, this energy?

Kusu lets Rikipuddle get close, but lets loose with a pressure wave of air when the vampire goes in for the kill, pushing away on all sides as she herself pushes off the ground and toward Circe. The way she moves is like an astronaut moonwalking; given normal gravity, she shouldn't be able to cover that lateral distance with so little vertical rise.
Fangires are so weird.

[Recaiden]

[House of Petals]

The Rikipuddle is pushed back by a blast of air, well and thoroughly stopped. She splashes back to the ground in the shape of a cheetah, and sprints after the Queen, hoping to use this shape's silly speed to get between her and Circe.

Meanwhile, the invisiwoozle has not persisted in trying to pass through the barrier herself, but is heading over to Bishop. "Hey, Bishop, if you're at all alright, I think you can take down the wall around Miss Seiner."

[Beans]

[House of Petals]
Given Kusu's slow movement, Riki can get between them. She just smiles, striking out with a few of those strange vine-spears again.

Bishop starts to trudge over to the barrier.
I think I can... it'll take some doing, though.

[Lord Magtok]

[Movie Madness]

Sakura laughs at the joke and gives her shoulders a little shrug. "Oh well. I hope I don't make a bad first impression, then. I've heard quite a bit about you. I have no idea what's real and what's just made up, though."

"Well for starters, the baby-eating rumor is completely false. I have no idea how that one got started, but I wouldn't be surprised if it came from the same goblin who said I was one of his species. Anything else that sounds ridiculous and/or impossible is probably true, though."

Up to and including wearing women's clothing, now that that bizarre trip to AMEN and back has come and gone. Funny Magtok should mention the baby thing first, though. Is that really the worst of the rumors surrounding our cyborg, or just the one that sounds the most plausible?

[Hattish Thing]

The bullets all stop, suspended in midair about a foot away from the figure turning the corner.

He resembles Harald in face, but the bone structure is different and the eyes are blood-red and slit-pupil. He's also twelve feet tall with reddish, leathery wings folded on his back and a long, thick tail flicking gently behind him with brutal bone spurs jutting from the end.

"Bullets. Amusing."

Marciano frowns at his keyboard at his computer before he speaks and presses the "fire" key. Oh look, an *******. I came prepared, seeing as I have experience with demons, and that, oh, wait... YOU PUBLICLY ADVERTISED IT, BITCH. Marcybot strikes hard and fast, eager to get this over with. He grabs a huge grenade and chucks it to the floor. It'll go off and release an incredible amount of holy energy and sunlight. Enough to harm and blind even the strongest of demons. Right after, Marcy charges the E13 to fire a full shot.

[GrandDM]

Marciano frowns at his keyboard at his computer before he speaks and presses the "fire" key. Oh look, an *******. I came prepared, seeing as I have experience with demons, and that, oh, wait... YOU PUBLICLY ADVERTISED IT, BITCH. Marcybot strikes hard and fast, eager to get this over with. He grabs a huge grenade and chucks it to the floor. It'll go off and release an incredible amount of holy energy and sunlight. Enough to harm and blind even the strongest of demons. Right after, Marcy charges the E13 to fire a full shot.

As the light and energy fades, Namaar's booming laughter echoes from the metal walls. The E13's shot stops in midair along with all the other bullets.

"Oh dear. I'm disappointed, Marciano. I'm not here myself, not really. I've just hijacked Harald. Holy energy doesn't hurt him, and my alteration of his form is more than enough to shield his retinas from damage by the light. You'll have to do better than that."

[Recaiden]

[House of Petals]

Riki quickly resumes her human shape and whirls her sword about in a close circle, trying to slice through the vine-spears just in front of her. Not good being on the defensive like this.

"Tha's alright. Just get to doing.". The invisiwoozle's steps are to carefully head towards the queen, ready to jump away from any vine-spears heading her way.

[Beans]

[House of Petals]
The vine-spears are cut; Kusu kicks off and glides backward, scattering flower petals with a graceful twirl.
Should the invisiwoozle touch one of the petals drifting in the air, it will explode. A little explosion, like a little firecracker.

[Hattish Thing]

As the light and energy fades, Namaar's booming laughter echoes from the metal walls. The E13's shot stops in midair along with all the other bullets.

"Oh dear. I'm disappointed, Marciano. I'm not here myself, not really. I've just hijacked Harald. Holy energy doesn't hurt him, and my alteration of his form is more than enough to shield his retinas from damage by the light. You'll have to do better than that."

Well, Marcy was certainly offered a challenge in this demon. Hijacked Harald? Well, alright then. All he needed to do was remove the spirit or whatever. Exorcist type stuff. Marciano takes a small gem from a pocket and will throw it at Haralds feet while simultaneously moving close to him, dropping his E13, and aiming an incredible punch and kick attack to Harald's face and groin. **** you, Calublufiok wannabe. The gem will crack and it will attempt to use it's powerful magic to suck Harald's spirit/soul/demon thing from him and into the gem.

A soul gem was rather easy for Marciano to get. He has connections.

[Devixer]

[Small Town, Big House]
Thryza pulls open the door, wondering what's going on and what's got her fiancee so scared.

With the Gossamer metal shrinking off of her back, it's pretty obvious that Hildur had just become a dragon. And Johannes's reaction should be clear, given that he's unconscious and on the floor.

[Beans]

[Small Town, Big House]
"Oh, gods dammit."
Thryza sighs, kneeling by Johannes and trying to cradle his head off the floor. "The dragon thing was never going to be easy, was it?"

[GrandDM]

Well, Marcy was certainly offered a challenge in this demon. Hijacked Harald? Well, alright then. All he needed to do was remove the spirit or whatever. Exorcist type stuff. Marciano takes a small gem from a pocket and will throw it at Haralds feet while simultaneously moving close to him, dropping his E13, and aiming an incredible punch and kick attack to Harald's face and groin. **** you, Calublufiok wannabe. The gem will crack and it will attempt to use it's powerful magic to suck Harald's spirit/soul/demon thing from him and into the gem.

A soul gem was rather easy for Marciano to get. He has connections.

Marcy's attacks will hit an invisible wall right where the bullets are hovering. The soul gem has no appreciable effect.

"Afraid not. I'm not even all here. I just have a little sliver of my soul sitting inside Harald's. I'm protected by him, and his soul is anchored to mine which is in turn anchored to my greater self. There is no way in the world Harald's soul or mine could be taken from their vessels."