[Nexus] Inside 22

[Reinholdt]

[Warehouse]

If it were oh so simple. "You want help carrying that?"

[happyturtle]

Warehouse

"No. Mommy wouldn't like me bringing strangers home." Coralie heads to the end of the alley to head for home. "Dolly says you should make resution- resitoot-tion." She frowns and tries again. "Res-ti-tu-tion." It's clear she has no idea what the word means. "Bye."

Unless stopped, she heads out into the streets and is soon lost in the crowds.

[Reinholdt]

[Warehouse]

"Bye. Thanks for your help."
Reinholdt waits until Coralie leaves before speaking again, this time to himself.

"Oh yes. Restitution. To people who I lured in and ambushed with the promise of just that very thing. I can't see how that wouldn't go well at all." Sighing, he turns and heads on over to...

[Erin's Emporium]

Whereupon he walks in, having changed into flaming hawt human form along the way.
"Hello?"

[nanobot_swarm]

Outside of Pontius's Custom Constructs
Of the undead crystallized, few successfully transformed and hatched, and those that survive the transition are not well off, as the new chitinous exoskeletons they have recieved did not completely form, and the crystals developed around the spine are miniscule and sloppy.
The Archon coments, "Transformation proved inadeqete. A shame in that. Matter is small. More can be produced with living hosts." Then Xel'Kath shifts its body and faces Pontius, its mandibles twitching as it does so. "Ally named Pontius. Order those who successfully transitioned to begin construction. They must build a hive and Conduit. Find open land for location. I must negotiate with local government, do not wish to provoke hostilities."

[Lord Magtok]

The Weatherman snaps his umbrella open and uses it as shield, deflecting the eggs to the street below.

SkyPaddle

Mag frowns at the tornado guy.

Oh, you think you've won, don't you? Well you can't stop a pair of pernicious paddleboat pranksters that easily!

Magtok pulls out a boomerang to bypass this sneaky counter-tactic. Duct-taping some eggs to the toy, he tosses it right past the Weatherman, expecting that the umbrella will let the taped-up eggs fly by unnoticed, and then zip around and splatter on the guy's back.

[ThirdEmperor]

The boomerang does indeed go around the umbrella, the spinning of the tornado giving it extra power as it slams into the Weatherman and eggs him.Very well, I will simply repeat my offer when I am Done Deftly Demolishing your Crappily Created Craft and have won a Valorous and Vengefull Victory with my Amazingly Apt Aeronautics! Your attacks do naught but egg me on! The Weatherman shouts, throwing his umbrella into the air and wiping the egg off his face in one movement as he begins to dance again, the tornado's tail lashing out at the paddleboat in an attempt to flip it over. Magtok and Elle may notice a thundercloud foming above them. They probably will, as it's really, really big.

[The Bushranger]

[Erin's Emporium]

Whereupon he walks in, having changed into flaming hawt human form along the way.
"Hello?"

Plotclone!Crissy looks up from behind the counter, and smiles, putting away her Sudoku puzzle. "Hello! Welcome to Erin's. Can I help you today?"

[Reinholdt]

[Erin's Emporium]

"I certainly hope so. I need two things. The first, a new flak jacket." They probably have plenty of those.

"The second..." Reinholdt pulls out a barrel and scope that are attached together, but missing a trigger mechanism. "I need this sniper rifle completed. I've done some testing and it resizes based on the user, so the parts used to complete it must do the same. Any extra enchantment thrown on the trigger mechanism wouldn't hurt either. Think you could cook up something along those lines for me?"

[The Bushranger]

[EE]

"Hmmm." Crissy points to the flak jackets, available in any combination of sizes and patterns thinkable, and a few that aren't. "I reccomend the digital urban camouflauge pattern. And, like, we can totally fix up a trigger assembly for you, enchanted and all, but we'll need to keep it for a day or two to do the job right," she explains.

[Reinholdt]

[EE]

"Of course. I wouldn't expect such an item to be sitting behind the counter or anything. I suppose, you'll need the barrel and stock for that time?" Reinholdt asks, as he goes to pick out two flak jackets, deciding to get one for his 'cat'.

[Lord Magtok]

SkyPaddle Panic

Fudgefudgefudgehe'sflippingthedamnedpaddleboatover andEllycan'tfly****!

Magtok accidentally drops a whole carton of wasted eggs out of the sky in his panicky efforts to grab Elly, get out of the paddleboat, and swoop towards the nearest rooftop whilst screaming at the weather guy.

I COULDN'T COOK IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT! MY OWN TELEVISION SHOW BOMBED HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST EPISODE! I JUST GOT THAT PADDLEBOAT! THE GIRL CAN'T ****ING FLY! FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE REASONS AND ESPECIALLY THAT LAST ONE I JUST MENTIONED, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DECLINE YOUR GENEROUS OFFER AND TRY TO MURDER YOU WITH LASERS AND EXPLOSIONS NOW!

[The Bushranger]

[EE]

There are plenty of cat-sized jackets!

"Well, yes," Crissy says. "We have to be sure the trigger assembly is fully compatible. Are there any specific enchantments you desire?"

[Reinholdt]

[EE]

Reinholdt grabs two jackets and heads back to the counter. "Hard to say. What enchantments would even be available for something like a trigger?"
He could understand rotating ammo in an enchanted chamber, or improved sight in a scope, but the trigger is a bit more difficult to come up with something appropriate.

[ThirdEmperor]

Rather suprised that Elle can't fly the Weatherman switches dances, and the tornado's tail split's in half, one end trying to grab Elle, the other snatching up the eggs and tossing em at Magtok!

Far above, the stormcloud grows...... Stormcloudier?

[The Bushranger]

[EE]

"Virtually anything," Crissy explains. "The enchantment of the trigger mechanism affects the projectiles fired."

She starts ringing up Reinholdt's order.

[Reinholdt]

[EE]

"Hmm..." Reinholdt pauses to consider something.
"I suppose I have just the thing then." And thus PMs were born!

[Recaiden]

[Brendan's]

"Hi Brendan. What is this you're doing?" Ashna asks, going to place a hand on his shoulder, having never seen robots like this.

"Yeah, boss? Wait-you're not her. Or her! Who are you? Where am I? Where are my limbs? What's going on?" The projector part starts shooting lasers at Brendan. They won't hurt unless they get into his eyes, and even then it'd only be serious if he stared at it.

[EleventhHour]

OH GOD WHY

Elle falls promptly out of the flying paddleboat, and for a brief moment she's confusedly flipping back right side-up, being feline in nature, then figuring out exactly what's going on. And being a hundred or so feet in the air is not a natural place for a person to be. She begins falling, barely grasping Magtok's hovering hand, when a tornado shows up. "WHY IS HE SO DETERMINED TO KILL ME?!" Afraid of hieghts in the first place, and clinging to a hand above a vortex of wind that's more than able to tear her limb from limb, Elly is not in the calmest of moods, which Magtok's bleeding wrist might attest to, with the claws in full motion and all.

[The Bushranger]

[Brendan's]

((Sorry, you posted just as I had to reboot. Back now tho.))

"Hi Brendan. What is this you're doing?" Ashna asks, going to place a hand on his shoulder, having never seen robots like this.

"Yeah, boss? Wait-you're not her. Or her! Who are you? Where am I? Where are my limbs? What's going on?" The projector part starts shooting lasers at Brendan. They won't hurt unless they get into his eyes, and even then it'd only be serious if he stared at it.

Brendan smiles, looking at Ashna, the hand on his shoulder being accepted gratefully (and gracefully). "Well, a customer brought this in for repairs, so-"

Suddenly: lazors!

Brendan jumps back in surprise, thankfully wearing safety glasses, however he doesn't like getting zapped. At all.

"Hey, hey there, I'm just the repairman here!" he protests. "No zappa the fixer!"

[Lord Magtok]

SkyPaddle Strife

Eggshell shrapnel cuts into Magtok's robes, arm, and face, embedding little bits of calcium in his skin. That's neither here nor there though, as there's way more pressing matters to deal with.

Minimum wind speed for tornadoes is about 60 mph! I just Googled that with the shiny half of my brain! That's really fudging fast, lethal and such! If you have any family they're going to wake up in AMEN wearing minion shirts and with big red target thingies painted on their heads!

Magtok's mouth just keeps running, though nowhere near as loud as it was a moment ago, as it's now suddenly extremely important that he pull Elle as close as possible. Since his arms are full right now and he can't open fire on the Weatherman, the SkyPaddle is directed with the cybernetic half of his brain into acting as a temporary distraction by ramming the guy.

[Recaiden]

[Brendan's]

"Repairs? How was I damaged? No, you're working for Magtok! There's no other explanation. They would have fixed me themselves." More ineffective laser attacks ensue.
Ashna is surprised, but stays next to Brendan.
((Ah. One more post before I have to head off to sleep, though.))

[ThirdEmperor]

Well I'm the Wonderfull, Whimsical Weatherman and I say they only go. 10 mph, and are as harmful as a kitten. And I should know, it's my job to explain these Terrifying and Tranquil Tornadoes to people!

The Weatherman says, dropping downwards into the center of the tornadoe to avoid the SkyPaddle.

[Reinholdt]

[EE]

"Well it's not much of a surprise if you tell me before you're done is it? But alright." Reinholdt winces at the bill. Stupid commissions.
But hands over the cash all the same.
"I'll be back in two days."

[The Bushranger]

[Brendan's]

"The Tin Man? No. I wouldn't work for him," Brendan says firmly, having realised the pew-pew lasers aren't doing anything serious. "You were brought in by a young man named Riace. Your wires were all crossed, but I was able to puzzle out how to properly arrange them."

((Aw. Good night, then.))

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[Erin's Emporium]

"Thank you, sir. It'll be ready for you then!" Crissy says, all too cheerfully. "Oh, and you get a free Ori Staff Weapon with every purchase."

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[Wherever the Flying Paddleboat was]

Physics sits down in the corner and cries.

[happyturtle]

[Skies]

Mainframe opens a telewarp portal beneath Magtok and Elly and tries to catch them.

In Magtok's head: I only have enough power for one telewarp unless I lock out Sunny's access.

[Recaiden]

[Brendan's]

It's silent for a moment. But the lasers stop. "Riace. Okay. That's right. But where did Evan go?" "Thank you. Can I have my limbs back please?" If Brendan doesn't have any such parts to attach, that Because Riace lost them before coming here.

((Sorry. Wednesdays are like that. Got to be up at 7:00. Tomorrow? Goodnight.))

[Reinholdt]

[Erin's Emporium]

"Thank you, sir. It'll be ready for you then!" Crissy says, all too cheerfully. "Oh, and you get a free Ori Staff Weapon with every purchase."

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[Wherever the Flying Paddleboat was]

Physics sits down in the corner and cries.

"Huh? Oh right. Those things." Reinholdt takes one and hammerspaces it with the rest of his equipment. Third one he's gotten and he still hasn't used them...

He then turns to leave. "Bye."

*****

The Laws of Thermodynamics sits down next to Physics and gently pats it on the back.

[ThirdEmperor]

Noting this rather annoying development, the Weatherman switches dances once more and a fluffy white cloud that is for some reason completely solid and somewhat bouncy begins to grow over the portal. It's not quite big enough to stop a human sized being from ripping through it yet though.
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Common Sense and Logic sit down too, Common Sense passing around a bottle.

[The Bushranger]

[Brendan's]

"Ah, I don't know who Evan is. And...I'm sorry, but what you have now is all I was given," Brendan says apologetically.

((Ouch. Tomorrow's good. 'Night!))

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[EE]

"Please shop with us again!" Crissy calls happily.

Cha-ching!

[Lord Magtok]

Paddleboat Bailout

Mag and Elly should fall right through the cloud, then.

But Mainframe, what about my flying paddlebo-

Gosh darn Mainframe and its interfering portals. Magtok really wanted to put that paddleboat up as a trophy somewhere, and even though he's set it on autopilot to return to the MagCave, it's probably going get crushed and ruined and torn to shreds by some jerk.