Aiyumi
Gorubeshu
Brazilian Kobun
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Post by Aiyumi on Mar 27, 2015 8:36:11 GMT -5
"That column sure looks impressive," Tron mused. "Hmm." Her eyes left the column to wander between the three doors. She didn't want to risk entering one of them headfirst and getting ambushed at the other side. They needed to move with caution. After a few moments of careful consideration, a lightbulb appeared above her head and a grin broke across her face. She would use her sturdy little minion to her advantage. "Let's go west." Tron decided. "#40, I want you to check if the door is locked or not. If it's not, I want you to open it and check for the presence of enemies nearby."
The Servbot gulped. "... Me, Miss Tron? What if it's full of Reaverbots!?"
"It'll be okay." She tried to reassure him so he would do as she had ordered. "Just take a quick peek inside and come back. Be as quiet and cautious as you can. If you run into enemies, just run back and close the door on their faces."
"Um, okay..." #40 slowly walked away from the Bonnes. He hesitantly approached the automatic door on the left and entered the range of its sensor...
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Post by EskimoOfTheNight on Mar 28, 2015 18:53:18 GMT -5
The door slides open, and #40 slowly peered around the corner. 40 looked back and forth a few times, then stepped back and reported, "All clear!"
And then a bomb fell from the ceiling, bounced twice, and then exploded.
The explosion blackened 40's face and knocked him back, but servbots have taken much worse, he's probably fine...
Meanwhile, a medium sized, spider like reaverbot drops from the ceiling. Its legs invert as it drops, and it lands standing. Its head rotates 180 degrees so its glowing red eyes are facing upright. A cannon rises from its back, and the one on its underbelly retracts simultaneously. The reaverbot takes a few steps through the door towards #40 before taking notice of Tron and Teisel, and then springing onto the ceiling and once again inverting its legs, head, and cannon. The reaverbot then fired a number of bombs towards the Bonnes which bounced towards them.
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Aiyumi
Gorubeshu
Brazilian Kobun
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Post by Aiyumi on Mar 29, 2015 10:22:16 GMT -5
"Aaaaaah!" Tron tried to jump out of the way of the multiple bombs, but the explosion from one of them caught her.
"M-Miss Tron!" A smoke-covered Servbot #40 staggered towards his mistress.
The damage wasn't as big as it had seemed it would be, partly thanks to the Kevlar Armor, and Tron had to admit that it was an efficient piece of equipment despite its silly looks. In fact, the scare seemed much worse than the damage had been. "I... I'm okay..." Tron uttered once she had recovered from the impact. She gritted her teeth, jumped and fired her Scatter Buster towards the enemy, but the Reaverbot was too high up and the shots didn't reach it. "Grrr!" Tron grunted in frustration. "Teisel, I think we can only hit it if it drops to the ground again!"
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Post by Bowen Aero on Mar 29, 2015 20:14:13 GMT -5
Teisel didn't need to assess the situation much to tell that Tron was right. "We'll have to watch for where it's going, but also keep an eye out for more attacks!" He started running towards one side of the room, and got a firm stance to fire his Breaker Bazooka. There was a chance it wouldn't reach either, but it was worth trying! "Tron, keep your distance, and be ready to move when it lands!" Teisel commanded as he had the Reaverbot in his sights, and launched a round straight at it.
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Aiyumi
Gorubeshu
Brazilian Kobun
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Post by Aiyumi on Mar 29, 2015 20:52:01 GMT -5
Tron did as instructed and kept her distance. As Teisel fired his bazooka, she tried to predict the Reaverbot's landing and set one of her drill's timed explosives on the ground directly below the enemy.
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Post by EskimoOfTheNight on Mar 31, 2015 0:46:17 GMT -5
The reaver sees Teisel's incoming shot and quickly drops, inverting quickly as it falls. However, it failed to notice Tron's well placed explosive, the blast of which knocks it into the air and onto its back. This was such a new experience for the bot that it struggled for several seconds before realizing it could invert and be back on its feet as normal.
However, Teisel's shot was dead on target and hit the ceiling directly where the reaver had been seconds before. The power of the blast was of such focused intensity that it was able to loosen a chunk of the roof, which subsequently dropped directly onto the reaver, crushing one of its legs. The spider-like bot shook it off and attempted to jump back to the ceiling, but instead merely flipped itself over, . Sensing its predicament, it righted itself, and opened its mouth like a clam, revealing a barrel of some sort. The bot then fired a blue laser for about five seconds, missing the Bonnes, but carving a line deep into the wall. It turned slowly, trying to steady its aim towards its nearest enemy...
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Post by Bowen Aero on Mar 31, 2015 11:34:55 GMT -5
Seeing how much firepower at its disposal, the Bonnes had to come up with a plan. Just then, recalling one of his past missions, Teisel ordered #40 to run towards the crippled Reaver and grab onto its face. Hopefully the distraction will be enough for them to set up more traps, or simply rush it in hopes of finishing the job quicker.
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Aiyumi
Gorubeshu
Brazilian Kobun
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Post by Aiyumi on Mar 31, 2015 13:00:36 GMT -5
#40 was scared and reluctant to do it, but when he saw the enemy trying to aim at Teisel, he made up his mind and ran towards the Reaverbot to try to distract it. Before he could get close enough and grab onto the Reaverbot's face, though, his fear kicked in again, and he froze on the spot.
But that seemed to be enough of a distraction. The Reaverbot seemed hesitant, unsure of who to aim at. That was their chance. Tron came from the side the enemy wasn't looking at and unloaded her Scatter Buster into the bot.
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Post by EskimoOfTheNight on Apr 2, 2015 0:44:01 GMT -5
The spider bot was on its last leg, the falling rocks and drill's explosive blast had done a significant amount of damage. The reaver saw Tron ready her buster, and started firing its laser, sweeping it towards its new target, when the scatter buster hit home. One lucky shot ended up hitting the head at just the right angle to sever the laser, another few shots solidly connecting with the body. The bot knew its time was up, hoping to take its attackers with it, the reaver aimed its cannon upwards, and let loose a dozen of its available explosives, which landed all around the bot and bounced once... twice...
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Post by Bowen Aero on Apr 2, 2015 9:27:30 GMT -5
Teisel yelled out his sister's name as he saw the bombs litter the floor. He ran towards her, but was blown backwards when the explosives detonated.
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Aiyumi
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Post by Aiyumi on Apr 2, 2015 10:51:27 GMT -5
Tron screamed. The explosion sent her flying in the direction opposite to where Teisel had been. She crashed into a wall and fell to the ground with a gasp. After that, everything was silent.
"M-Miss Tron! Mas-ter T-Teisel!" #40 broke the silence. He was once again covered in smoke after the last explosion hit him. "A-are you okay?!"
"Ugh..." Tron slowly sat up, still a bit disorientated. She was also covered in smoke and soot, like those times when Mega Man blew her machines up. "Cough... Cough... We're... Cough... Fine. We've gone through much worse! Cough cough..." Tron spoke while she tried to shake the smoke and soot away.
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Post by EskimoOfTheNight on Apr 4, 2015 0:39:16 GMT -5
The smoke cleared, and it became clear that the reaver was no longer a threat, or alive for that matter...
The bot was destroyed, mostly vaporized by its explosives. Whatever pieces of it remained were small and beyond recognizable. The bot's energy source, likely a fairly small refractor, had been destroyed as well, splinters of it lay strewn about among the rubble. Not a major loss, had they been able to recover the refractor intact it wouldn't have been worth significantly more than the fragments, or Zenny as the small slivers of refractors were know. Only the floor bore testament to the battle, scorch marks in circles where the bombs had detonated.
The door #40 had investigated still stood open, nothing else had exited from within, perhaps it would be safe to investigate now.
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Aiyumi
Gorubeshu
Brazilian Kobun
Posts: 222
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Post by Aiyumi on Apr 4, 2015 17:17:18 GMT -5
#40 did as he had learned on previous missions and went over to where the bot's remains lay. He tried to retrieve as many of the small Refractor fragments as he could. "Miss Tron, this is all I could get."
Tron made a face when she saw the insignificant amount of zenny they had gotten as "reward" for winning that battle. "Not even a nice amount of money? After all that trouble..." She sighed. "Ah well. Let's check out that room, then." She pointed in the direction of the door.
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Post by Bowen Aero on Apr 4, 2015 21:31:32 GMT -5
"Doesn't look like we're off to much of a good start," Teisel complained. "But we can still end up successful, so long as we keep focused. We're not going to let a little low-profit ambush drive us away."
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Post by EskimoOfTheNight on Apr 6, 2015 0:04:50 GMT -5
Tron led the way into the room #40 had tried to enter previously. She paused, listened to be sure nothing was inside, and then pushed #40 inside to see if any further explosions were coming...
But nothing exploded, and #40 peeked his head around the corner to let the Bonnes know that the coast was clear.
They entered the room, an octagon about eight feet across and twice as tall, and found it empty save for a chest sitting in the middle of it.
Teisel knew from experience that well guarded chests were seldom empty, however the same wasn't always true about traps. He personally circled around it, testing to see if it was some sort of mimic. It seemed safe, so he opened it... from the side. "Just in case it starts spewing bombs," he said...
Inside was a key, typical of traditional refractor guarding security systems. The big questions now were how many more keys were needed to lower the barrier, and where was the station to insert the keys? Questions that could only be answered by exploring the ruins further...
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