The Escapist Avatar Adventure: An Open RP (Now Re-Opened!)

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Chinatown: Rugal

"Well...Guess it's time we drop in and say "Hi"..." Rugal said as he motioned for his group to follow as they made their way down the streets, past bewildered shop owners and more Suits, some with their hands in their inside jacket ready to draw their weapons if needed.
A short time later, their search for the Triad Leader brought them to the local betting shop.
Taking the chance to make his move, Rugal then asked one of the attendants in chinese "{Greetings. We've come to request a meeting with Wu Zi Mu. It's urgent and pertains to the weapons he's obtained.}"
"{...How di-....He's out at the moment, Call back lat-....er...}" The Clerk said before Rugal laid on the old fashioned "Death Glare".
"{....You...Are welcome to stay until he arrives?...}"
"...Gracias." The Crime Lord said as he took a program if the days races and waited.

David

"Christ, feeling a little exposed here..." David said as they entered the betting shop, having just walked along a street lined with more of those suited men.
On top of that, he was dressed as a cop so he was most likely the one everyone would be focusing on if the shit did hit the fan.
Once they were inside the Betting shop, he finally answered Melethia.
"Well...There was this one about a Woman who duct-taped a Flamethrower onto a Assault Rifle before killing a boat load of Aliens, so I think you might pick up something...Unless you see one of those "Don't try this at home" messages, Personal Experience as told me that when you see that message, Don't try this at home. It only ever ends in tears..."

Jenny

Jenny let out a little laugh at Jake's suggestion of a holiday, but she was still reminded of her homesickness.
"Not even a holiday! Just some time away from..."This" really. Not that I don't like helping you all "Save the World" and whatnot, just miss Blade, Furiae and my work back at the Clinic. Ohhhhh...God....The amount of paperwork-" She said before a noise made her pause.
*Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
"...anyone hear that?..." She asked as he got out and looked around.
"...Is that a small plane?..." She asked as a Small Red RC Plane came into View above them.

 

[bluerocker]

Easter Basin Docks (Or what's left of it): Teri, Dimitri, Garm, Jenny, Devon

Teri's mouth formed a thin line, her eyes looking to the ground for a moment as her inner darkness cackled, [color=0E59E4]"So, how'd that attempt to get people to stop worrying go over?"[/color]

Shaking her head at the thought, the Cleric's grip kept tight on Sadei, hoping to draw strength from the staff as she tried to come up with a proper comeback to Devon. However, that was cut short when Slin came by and directed her to the helicopter. As she and Garm waited out the ride, Teri turned inward to her silver friend and thought, [color=0E59E4]"It's not easy trying to be helpful, is it buddy? God, I just feel like an idiot...."[/color]

Angelus, Caim

Heeding the advice of their peers, Caim did what he could to search the shrapnel while Angelus kept an eye out for trouble. Following that, the rest of the Dawn's crew departed with the helicopter. Without much further ado, as the helicopter took off, Caim took his usual spot on Angelus' back, and the duo took to the skies, staying back like before to avoid getting too much shot at them.

Cadolbolg, Akane, Ella

Cadolbolg gave a happy little sigh on Akane's shoulder and said, "Well, I do not always roost on people's heads, for Mother and Father say I shouldn't unless the Friend gives permission for me to do so. Friend Devon and Friend Ella have never told me otherwise, so I thought it alright to keep up with it.

Before the little turtle could continue, they were brought to sit in the helicopter again, and the turtle finished his thought,

If you would like me to, I would happily roost upon your head. I like the feeling of hair on my scales! Your ears are funny to watch too! I have never seen a person with fuzzy ears! Is it because you are a fox?"

Now, were Cadolbolg not a little turtle dragon baby, the statement may have come off as offensive, but with the expression on Cadolbolg's face, it was nothing so cruel as an insult.

David, Wanderer, Ton Ton, Slin, Jake

Ton Ton gave a little happy wave of his lantern as they wandered to the helicopter, and said, [color=15650D]"My kind are known as Tonberrys, but you may call me Ton Ton. And I understand your initial shock, sir. Lots of weird things and interesting people show up wherever we're around. Now, I understand you go by the name of 'The Lone Wanderer', would it be beyond my bounds to ask where you got that moniker?"[/color]

If anything, The Lone Wanderer could see that the little creature was trying to be polite to him, even if he looked nothing like a mortal and sounded like a 12 year old.

[HEADING=1]Transition to Chinatown[/HEADING]

Chinatown Angelus

After depositing Caim on the ground, Angelus took her time roosting on a rooftop of a building, waiting quietly as a group went inside of the betting house. With her height and keen vision, she was more than happy to be a glorified lookout, so long as she did not have to revert to her human form so quickly...

"Hmn. What do these louts have planned, if there are any to speak of...."

Helicopter Teri, Cadolbolg, Garm

Teri gave a melancholy smile to Jenny when she mentioned home life and her Tablet spoke up, [color=0E59E4]

"I know exactly what you mean. Before all this madness started, I was just a college kid. And, well, it's fairly apparent that's changed. But hey, you're lucky. You have a home to return to if you get tired of the madness here. That in of itself is a blessing."

[/color]

Patting her direwolf gently, the Cleric's expression turned a little blank, as she continued, [color=0E59E4]

"But, it's not like it's completely terrible here, right?"

[/color]

Before she could continue that thought further, the wolf's ears perked up and he gave a low whine; a sentiment shared by Cadolbolg, who said as a lock of Akane's hair fluttered over his face, "That loud noise feels bad on my ears! Can we make it stop?!"

Betting House Caim, Ton Ton

Ton Ton had taken to riding on Caim's shoulder as they entered the betting den, the sights and sounds leaving the little Tonberry full of curiosity as they ventured further into the Wu Zi den. After Rugal scared away the guard, he wondered aloud, [color=15650D]"Are there many places like this? I have never seen such a place in my home..."[/color]

Caim only shrugged, and motioned to the display of horses,

"It's funny. No matter how many worlds we explore, I see many similarities between them. Such as this, the waging of money over contests of chance. It is nice to see something familiar every once in a while..."

However, when the discussion of movies began, Ton Ton turned to David and Melethia and hopped over to David's shoulder, [color=15650D]"Oh, movies! I remember those! Me and the Mistress used to watch a lot of them! However, I recall her preferences being about a... Dis-nee? Something like that. Movies about magic and princess with fairies!"[/color]

 

[StormShaun]

Other races and Shawn.
Location: Chinatown | Betting House.

"It's not really shock, it's just that I'm interested. I mean in my world, I would like to bring everyone together, and to do that I must learn everything about their culture just, not there race. Though in my world, it is not like this one, the ground and world was blasted with nuclear fire a long time ago, people kill for the sake of it and everything like that. You could say it's Hell, but to me it is home, and my mission is to clean up my home and lead it to a better future." Shawn looked distant but his happy-go-lucky smile returned to answer Ton Ton's question.

"Aha, now that name wasn't something I created. It was actually made by a guy named Three-Dog, a radio personality "Who fights the good fight", I fixed his radio dish ... on top of the Washington Monument and he started to tell of my adventures on his station, saying that I'm "The Lone Wanderer". So, I took it. I do have a name and many other titles though, but way too many to name off the bat. My other popular title is "Courier", I picked that up as I travelled to New Vegas, but ... that title has a burden to it." Shawn started to scratch his head as the Helicopter neared it's destination.

"Other then that, it is nice to meet you and everyone else, even if I didn't get most people's names ... I shall later. Other then that Ton Ton, we shall speak later." Shawn changed his smile to a devilish one.

---

As the Helicopter landed Shawn spotted the Chinatown landmark.
"Hmm, so cultures intermingled before the apocalypse." Shawn said quietly to himself.

He was writing notes into his Pip-Boy about everything in this world and the people around him. The fact that he knows an elf and a Tonberry were most amazing to him. Sure he has met aliens (well killed), ghouls and other intelligent forms of life, but this was a different world. Just that fact quizzed his mind.

Looking at the "suits" which he heard somebody call them, Shawn knew who they were. Criminals, his most hated type of person, though there are sub-sections to that. After getting off the helicopter and following one of the leaders (Rugal) of the group to the betting shop, Shawn stood behind them as he talked to the attendants but heard the word "Gracias".

"Pff" Shawn tried to hold his laughter back, and succeed.
He didn't know anything about languages but he does remember the words of those ghoul Chinese soldiers and the words of one of his friends whom spoke Spanish. "I don't mean to say anything ... but I'm sure 'Gracias' is spanish, or am I wrong in this world?" Shawn asked Rugal as he moved next to him.

To anyone in the shop, he still wore his Doctor Coat and lucky shades.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Betting Shop: Rugal

Rugal let out a smirk as Shawn pointed out his choice of words.
"It's all about delivery. Besides, I got my point across, didn't I? Some actions and emotions are understood, no matter the dialect." He said as he flicked though todays races, letting out a small chuckle at the number of innuendos in the names of the horses.
It was then that Caim brought up the idea of people universally gambling.
"Gambling and betting have a universal appeal, Getting paid off the work of the others is always desirable. Besides, if you're good at it, it's the best thing you could do. And if you aren't good at it, then the employees of the establishment get paid." He remarked, remembering the scams he used to run back in his early days and wondering if they were still used to this day.

Betting Shop: David

While not EXACTLY what he was after, David was glad that he didn't have to explain the concept of film to everyone on the ship.
"It's "Disney". They are actually still in business and making movies around here, Though their latest one wasn't too good from what I've heard..." The former officer remarked, remembering a review he read about the Lone Ranger on the trip over to Los Santos.
"Still, If you want, I could easily get you a few films on DVD or Download. Hell, might even be able to get VHS!" He joked as he waited for the Man of the hour to arrive.

Outside the Betting Shop: Wu Zi Mu, Su Zi

"{-And the deal went down alright, despite the dealer apparently getting into a gunfire half way though. All our members are now armed and ready for anything.}" Su Zi explained to her boss as their car went through the district.
"{Good to hear. The Da Nang isn't long for this earth now.}" The Triad leader smirked to himself as their car stopped outside the Betting Shop.
"{I still must wonder what would compel such a man to simply "Give" away such weapons like that.}" She then said as she held Wu Zi's arm before guiding him into the building.
"{There is a Old Saying..."Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth!}." He said as the Group noticed The Blind Man enter, guided by a Black Haired woman in Glasses with a black Business suit.
"{...*Sniff*...Why is there a smell of..."Burnt Metal" in the air?}" He asked, referring to the smell off the Ruined Docks that clung to the group.
"Can I help you....People?" Su Zi asked on her Bosses behalf.

Chinatown: Angelus

As The Dragon kept watch from one of the rooftops, soon passers by began to gather below her, examining at the sight of a real life dragon.
Children laughed with disbelief while the more elderly mumbled prayers to themselves and questioning why a Dragon would appear during the year of the Snake?
While she was getting some praise from the locals on the merit of actually existing, she was also worrying the Local Suits, some of them worried she might act out and whether their guns were big enough to take down something that big.

Helicopter: Jenny

"Oh Of Course not!...Well....Okay, that High School thing was a little iffy, [sub]least-err...least for me[/sub]..." Jenny answered Teri, prompting some nervous shuffling on her end.
"I just miss some elements of my life that have been put on hold since then. That's all. Like my work, My Friends on the Blue Dragon, Blade. *Sigh* I Swear, Hiryu has him run ragged at this point..." She sighed as she sat down next to the Young Cleric.
"Don't get me wrong, I do get some enjoyment of our Zany Capers, but you want to have a break every once in a while."

 

[StormShaun]

The former Weapon Dealer and the current Death Dealer ,Shawn.
Location: Chinatown | Betting House.

Shawn nodded along with Rugal, a devilish smile returned to him.
"Well I think people will recognize the words "I'm going to fucking kill you" no matter what the language. I mean put on an angry face, have a tough tone and holding a chainsaw works too. People run away from me way too much, especially due to this." Shawn smiled as he pulled out a familiar item to himself.

Spoiler

"This is called a Ripper, practically a mini-chainsaw. Fun to use, just mind using it on cannibals ... their blood is hard to get off." He motioned to the item in his hands, blood still remained on the blades. "Honestly, not as fun as my modified Fat-Man and I would ... oh shit." Shawn cursed as unequipped the weapon and returned it to his inventory as two people came in.

As Shawn talked about his weapon, his eyes started to glow, a mutation which he has gotten use to. His body contains many of them, this is probably the only one noticeable on him. His eyes started to glow bright blue, it changes to his mood, so Shawn had to place his shades on once more, but even then the glow remained.

Telling by the two people who just talked in he could tell that he is either a player ... or blind. Though he could not tell anything that was spoken in Chinese. "Ugh, so who is going to handle this ... and who speaks chinese!?" He whispered to Rugal.

 

[bluecrimson]

Betting Shop: Slindis, Shawn

Slindis gave a brief nod to Shawn's description of his home. [color=c200]"I've heard of similar places elsewhere, although some of them are so bad that only machines can live there."[/color] She thought back to particular place back at her original homeworld for a moment before brushing it off. After all, she couldn't keep focusing on events like that, now could she? It would only make the talk more difficult.

Betting Shop: David, Mel, Ton-Ton

Mel thought about it for a moment before finally relenting. "I still don't really see the point, but I'm gonna give it a try when we have the chance." She didn't see the harm in humoring Keeneye's taste in entertainment, after all.

She yawned as she looked at Ton-Ton with an inquisitive smile on her face. "So, what's this Disney stuff like?"

Outside the Betting Shop: Wu Zi Mu, Su Zi, Slindis

Upon Su Zi's introduction, Slindis Went to briskly shake her hand. [color=c200]"You may. We've just arrived from Los Santos, the most likely culprit that caused the complete destruction of the population there's fled to the area here. Although his aims aren't too clear, there might be a good chance he aims to do the same here. I have a hard time believing the police here have a much better handle on things here, so I wanted to talk with the people that do before this city's razed."[/color] The drow was betting a great deal on this method of talking to the two, but with the Bard and his companion looking for a place to eat outside, it couldn't be him to talk. Besides, his was a delicate situation that needed to be acted upon quickly.

Chinatown: Devon, Ella

It may have seemed foolish, but as the scene in the betting hall unfolded, the couple was indeed looking around for a restaurant to get the crew a bite to eat. After all, this was Chinatown. There had to be some food nearby.

Helicopter: Teri, Sadei

Sadei chimed in again cheerfully. "Well, you're doing the best you can. So what if it means you end up doing some stupid things? It just shows you what your body can and can't handle, I think. Don't put yourself down because you found one of your temporary limits, okay? You just have to learn to work around it or surpass it, that's all."

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Betting Shop: Wu Zi Mu

"Los Santos? You mean that non-sense about "The Dead coming to live" that WCTR were going on about? I thought that was a Hoax?" Wu Zi said to the group before Su Zi gestured to let her do the talking.
"If you request to have a meeting, then we should get off the main floor then." She stated before whispering to the Drow "[sub]And your Police Friend (David) can stay down here.[/sub]", making her intent clear: No Cops.
Motioning the crew upstairs into Wu Zi's Apartment, Su Zi offered them a place to sit.
"{Furiae, Bring some Refreshments in for our guests, would you?}" She said, That Name instantly registering with Caim before the Triad Leader Spoke.
"So...Tell me more about this Person you seek. Terrorists aren't good for business." He asked.

Betting Shop: Rugal

Once he heard the Triad Leader speak English, Rugal answered "We will." Before he too was lead upstairs.
Once the moment to explain the situation arose, he said "He goes by the name of "Deadshot". We don't have a good description of him, apart from him trying to impersonate a member of our organisation. We don't know his goals or why he is targeting here. What we DO know is that he recently offloaded a large shipment of stolen advanced weapon systems onto the streets here. Extremely powerful ones..."
Wu Zi seemed to perk up at this news, seeing how he just received those weapons.
"We believe that he plans to set off some form of conflict before leaving the locals to literally blow this entire city into next week. We have no desire for that to happen so we've come to you for assistance in tracking him down." He finished, leaving the motion open for anyone else to say something.

Betting Shop: David

David was nearly about to rip Wu Zi a new one when he dismissed the outbreak in Los Santos as "A Hoax", restraining himself instead as Melethia asked about Disney.
"Well...They make many different kinds of movies. Fantasy Tales, Action Thrillers, Comedy, bit of everything really. Bound to be at least one that you'd like." He explained as he went to follow, only to be blocked by 2 large bouncers.
"...Going to let me in?..."
The pair of them pulled out Two SMGs.
"....Guess not..."

 

[StormShaun]

The gang (Not David) and Shawn.
Location: Wu Zi's Apartment.

Shawn stepped up to the plate to talk. He carried a small yellow box labelled "Mentats"

Spoiler

He placed one of the tablets in his mouth, it was something he created himself back before he came here.

+2 Intelligence for 1 minute
+2 Perception for 1 minute
+5 Charisma for 1 minute

Looking at Wu Zi, Shawn stepped forward near the blind man and held out the box. He could feel many stares on him, possibly a weapon or two. "Want one?" Shawn said before he forgot his manners.
"Ah, sorry. I go by the name of The Lone Wanderer, I met these guys after facing Deadshot by myself." Shawn paused, letting his drug get to him.

"From what I have gathered is that Deadshot has a rather disfigured face and covers it with a realistic human skin, his trademark weapons seem to wist mounted pistols and other assortments of gun weapons." Shawn placed the box inside his bottomless pockets and looked at the blind man. "I remember him also talking about his partners Tenpenny and Pulaski of Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums or C.R.A.S.H as he called it."

"My task is not only to eliminate this threat, but also to find out where he gathered these weird and futuristic weapons from." Shawn announced his goal of hopefully eliminating Deadshot of bringing him to justice, though he could not shake the thought of where he could gain these weapons.

 

[bluerocker]

Betting Shop: Wu Zi Mu and Co

The mute warrior shied away from the chainsaw weapon Shawn brought out for a brief moment, remembering how well that sort of thing cut though his breast plate. An experience he did not want to try again any time soon. However, once Suzi and Slindis began their negotiations, Caim stood by quietly, this sort of thing was not his forte.

However, the warrior froze when he heard his sister's name called, and looked about to see where this bearer of Furiae's name could be. As the girl walked in, her hair in a careful bun, Caim knew immediately who the young girl was. Without meaning to, the warrior found himself staring in confusion at his sister, his mind mulling over whatever reason there would be for her to be in this sort of place. However, when Ruriae's eyes met with the warrior after serving his drink, the girl's eyes widened, and she took a step back, shock coloring her face pale, [sub]"Caim..?"[/sub]

Caim looked over to Wu Zi Mu and then to his sister again, his PDA rattling off,

"What are you doing here?! Weren't you with Hiryu and Blade?"

Furiae gave Caim a pleading look and then said, "Erm, I think you're mistaking me for someone else, sir. Uh, please, I have my duties to attend to. [sub]Just roll with this, alright?![/sub]"

Taking another step back and hurriedly giving everyone their drinks, Furiae did her best to powerwalk out of the room; leaving Caim looking even more confused than ever. Rubbing the ring on his finger, he shot to Jenny, "Jenny... There is a question I need you to answer for me. Why did I just see my sister in this establishment? Please tell me that I just mistook some girl and that she's still on the Blue Dragon with Hiryu?"

Caim wanted to pretend that this serving girl wasn't his sister. He really did. But there was too much already pointing to the contrary.

Betting Shop: David, Ton Ton, Melethia

Ton Ton gave would have frowned, (if Tonberrys could frown) as David was left outside of the discussion with the the Wu Zi Mu, and whispered, [color=15650D][sub]"Well, I guess this means we're standing guard out here then? And why do they think the zombies were faked in Los Santos? I'm fairly certain the undead is not an easy fabrication to emulate!"[/sub][/color]

Still, noticing that David was trying to distract himeslf with the talk of Disney movies, he went back to that, [color=15650D]"It is as Mr. West said. Disney movies are about magic or fairy tales most of the time. But, they can be about all sorts of things! For example, one of my favorites to watch with the Mistress was about a mouse detective who solved a big mystery! It was really cool... I'd like to be as smart as that detective was, but I don't know nearly as much as he does about science..."[/color]

Helicopter Teri, Sadei, Jenny

Teri gave a nod to Jenny's assessment and answered, [color=0E59E4]

"I understand that. It would be nice if something we went to didn't end up in something crazy happening. But there's something about this ship that seems to draw trouble!"

[/color]

She gave a little laugh at that, and patted her wolf on the head, [color=0E59E4]

"There are some things I say that turned out a bit for the better. How are Hiryu and Blade doing anyways? Aside from the training?"

[/color]

After mentioning that, she sent her answer to the sentient staff, [color=0E59E4]"Right... I suppose I'll have to do some more training with Mum then. Even if it was hard, I did feel a little stronger for it. Of course, having you here helps out a load too."[/color]

Chinatown: Angelus

Angelus looked down to the gathered crowd below her, and turned her head in curiosity, "What on earth? Has something gone wrong?"

However, upon seeing the few prayers being sent her way, as well as some of the suits, the dragon couldn't help but laugh to herself. "I could get used to this...."

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Betting Shop: Wu Zi Mu/Rugal

Wu Zi Mu was looking a little tense after the gang revealed that Deadshot was planing to raze the city and that he was just a pawn.
"...That Motherless bastard. I knew it was too good to be true..." He sighed, bowing his head deep in thought.
"...Yes...He contacted us a week ago, said he was going to make a deal: Weapons for a Favor. But...If what you are saying is true..." He said before the scene with Caim and Furiae flared up and caught his attention.
"...What was that about?..."
"My..."Business Partner" is a little on edge, aren't you Caim?" Rugal interrupted, telling Caim in no uncertain terms to pack it in, least for now.
When Caim went off to call Jenny, he continued "This is a stressful time for all involved you see. Now, I think it goes without saying that you should Disar-"
"Disarm!? What? are you mad?! If what you say is true, then everyone has these weapons. Therefore, If we disarm, we'll be defenseless! I'm not letting some sewer rats take over just because they have guns. Not while there is a breath left in my body!" The Triad Leader shouted as he shot up on his feet, his anger at this reveal starting to show.

Right as a Laser sight appeared on his chest...

Betting Shop: David

"Wait..."Over-sized magnifying glass" Detective or "CSI" Detective?" David mused, clearly having not seen that particular film as they waited downstairs.
His ears perked as the sound of screeching tires could be heard in the distance before a series of cars raced past the Betting Shop.
"...Huh...Someone's in a hurry..." He said out load as he watched them race past though the window.
"...Ever see that one about the Emperor who get's turned into a Llama?" He then asked as 3 men enter the betting shop with strange glowing shotguns in hand right behind him...

Chinatown: Angelus

As Angelus basked in the praise and respect she was being given, she noticed a trio of cars park behind the gathering crowd before a total of 12 men stepped out. (Visual).
As well as one of them pull a Blood Crimson Light Machine Gun out from the boot before pointing it at the rear of her new fans...

Helicopter: Jenny

Jenny looked down a little embarrassed.
"...Um...I'll admit, I don't really know. Ninjas don't exactly have Facebook pages or Twitters. And that's before we factor in thei-" She said before freezing solid.
"Jenny... There is a question I need you to answer for me. Why did I just see my sister in this establishment? Please tell me that I just mistook some girl and that she's still on the Blue Dragon with Hiryu?"
"....Leeeeeeeeeet me get back to you on that." She said to Teri before running off to take this call.
"What do you mean you saw Furiae? She can't be here!....Can she?...." She sent back before-
*KABOOM!*
The Pokemon quickly shielded herself as a nearby shop front was blasted to hell.
Once the smoke cleared, an overweight Asian man cosplaying as Rambo With one weird ass looking rifle.
"BONSAI!" He shouted before spraying explosive rounds all over the place, hitting buildings, cars and people alike.

Spoiler: Notes

-The Da Nang are attacking! Stop them before the entire area turns into a level from Fallout!

-With Wu Zi Mu, feel free to jump in front of the bullet while shouting "NOOOOOOOO!" in slow motion...
Or just pull him out of the way...or something...

-The Men in the Betting Shop ground floor are armed with Acid Shotguns.

-The Light MG that the man about to re-create "No Russian" is using is a Flame Weapon.

-Fatass Ninja Rambo has a Rifle that fires small grenades

 

[bluecrimson]

Betting Shop: Wu Zi Mu, Rugal, Slin

The moment Slindis saw the sight, she calmly talked to Wu Zi. [color=c200]"I'm sorry, but you'll thank me in a moment."[/color] Imediately following that statement, she did a low sweeping kick and moved the leader behind some cover. [color=c200]"Look alive, people! We've got an ambush on our hands. Contact the others: there might be more inbound!"[/color]

Betting Shop: David, Mel, Ton-Ton

As the three men got ready to fire on David, Melethia went in her rear pouch and grabbed one of the flasks and hurled it at the three men, causing a gout of acid to erupt at their feets and burn through their lower legs at a fairly quick pace. "Where will the other ones be coming from?" She mused to herself as she pulled out a handaxe to chop away at the next chance she could take.

Chinatown: Angelus, Devon, Ella

The couple was enjoying the event when they saw the men file out of the cars, and the both of them gave an annoyed sigh at the newest development. "For fuck's sake, can't we have a half hour without things going to shit? Ella, give Angie a hand." With that, he slipped in the crowd and made his way to where he could reach the man with the machine gun for his next spell. "Do you know what killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age!" Although it was a horrible reminder of a old movie, it was more than enough to start the laughter.

Devon casts Hideous Laughter [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/hideousLaughter.htm]! For the next minute, the only thing the man holding the machine gun can do is Roll on the floor laughing.

18 seconds until the next level 1 spell.

Ella split off to Angelus with her red chained kama in hand. "Let's send them back home in pieces!"

Helicopter (En Route to Betting Shop): Teri, Sadei

Sadei chimed in cheerfully. Hey, it's what I'm here for! I'll help as long as you ask, okay?

After the explosion, she hummed to herself to focus. If you need some help sending out those Reppukens, kust ask. I think I oculd share some of my energy with you.

 

[StormShaun]

Bullet time and Shawn.
Location: Wu Zi's Apartment.
Time: Shit hitting the fan.

Seeing Slindis take care of Wu Zi, Shawn gave a thumbs up as he got onto his Pip-Boy.
Using the Radio part of the Pip-Boy and his Science skill set, Shawn was able to set it up as a one-way radio.
"This is wanderer, this is officially an ambush. Protect the betting shop and take them all down, it would also be nice if you took one alive so we may question them." Shawn sent the message to the helicopter radio and the betting shop below.

"Time to shine all!" Shawn smiled as suddenly his clothing turned into the armor the group first saw him in. The Elite Riot Armor covered Shawn in a second. Another hotkey was activated and Shawn held his Automatic Rifle. The window to the Apartment was opened and soon a shower of lead was introduced to the ambushers. First was the snipers.

 

[bluerocker]

Betting Shop: Wu Zi Mu

With Wu Zi Mu in a safer location, Caim looked around desperately for his sister, his PDA shouting,

"FURIAE!"

as the warrior took out his familial blade and wandered in the direction he had seen his sister disappear to. Before he could go much further, a communique noise beeped on the PDA, with a message reading,

"I'm sorry we had to see each other again under such bad circumstances. However, I promise I can take care of myself for the moment. Master Strider has taught me a few things while I was away, and someone's about to come collect me. Now, don't you have a man to be guarding?"

After reading that, Caim turned back to the group guarding Wu Zi Mu and signalled over the rings, "I'll explain later. Now, where's the first batch of dead men going to be made?"

Betting Shop: David, Ton Ton, Melethia

Ton Ton was about to answer David's question regarding his favorite Disney movie, but was quickly interrupted by the thugs with the guns and Melethia's bombtastic motion. After the acid made its way into the thugs' legs, Ton Ton took his time to dispatch one of the thugs with his usual brand of fighting human shaped creatures. Leaping from David's shoulder, Ton Ton brought his Knife down into one of the thug's neck, causing a heavy spurt of blood from the poor sap's jugular vein to cover the Tonberry and his lantern. When the soldier realized what was going on (as he was previously freaking out about the acid in his legs), he flailed in panic at the sudden loss of blood that was beginning to happen to his poor body. With a scream, the thug was able to draw the attention of his comrades (who were also freaking out at the sudden amount of acid on their) and give David the perfect opportunity for a shot....

Chinatown: Angelus

"...Time to earn my praises. Ella, I can only attend to 8 at a time. You get the ones I cannot reach with my fire."

With a nod to succubus, Angelus turned her head down to the men threatening to attack her 'followers' and called out in the most fearsome voice she could manage, "YOU DARE ATTACK MY ILK? YOU SHALL BURN FOR THIS TREACHERY!"

and fired homing shots at eight of the twelve men (one for each), hoping to draw the crowds attention to the threat behind them as well as the shooters to her. Following after that, the dragon left her perch in a dive and caught one of the gunmen in her teeth before adjusting her wings and pulling back up high into the air. With a crunch, the gunman in her jaws was split in two, his upper half falling to the grounds below. With a snort, the dragon sent to Ella over the ring, "That should make an impression, eh?"


Helicopter: Teri, Sadei, Garm, Cadolbolg, Jenny, Akane, Jake

" If you need some help sending out those Reppukens, kust ask. I think I could share some of my energy with you."

[color=0E59E4]"Sounds like a great idea. Maybe I could mount up on Garm and help take down that guy out there..."[/color]

And after that thought, Shawn's radio transmission came through, and alerted the helicopter crew as to the goings on with the chaos in Wu Zi Mu's place; fully alerting the party that shit had really hit the fan. With her previous plan still in mind, Teri mounted up on her dire wolf friend, gripped Sadei with one hand, and a Reppuken charging in the other.

[color=0E59E4]"I'm really going to need your help buddy. Even if the cough is letting up, I don't know how much I got in me...."[/color]

For a moment, Teri let the Reppuken charge, and (after waiting for a burst of gunfire) with a kick of her feet, the wolf burst out of the helicopter with the Cleric in tow, the girl throwing a [color=0E59E4]

"REPPUKEN!"

[/color] at the bad Rambo cosplayer. In the meantime, the Cleric tried her best to direct the wolf around the gunman, in hopes they could get a flank going with another member of the party (and possibly give Teri time to charge up a different spell).

Teri uses a Class 3 Reppuken! 12 Seconds till another level 3 spell can be cast.

At the same moment, Cadolbolg burst out of the helicopter as well, and opened his mouth to test one of his lightning bolts on the Rambo cosplayer, saying afterwards, "Shooting people is not very nice!"

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Betting Shop: Wu Zi Mu/Rugal

The second Slindis managed to get Wu Zi Mu down, the Sniper fired, leaving a large bullet hole in the sofa.
"SHIT! He's here!" Rugal exclaimed before comically dragging the Triad away from the windows and stuffing him into one of the closets.
"Stay here and keep your head down if you want it still attached to your head!" He warned before locking him inside.
It was then he noticed several Da Nang cars heading towards the area.
"Dammit. Deadshot has already started his war!" He stated as he motioned the team downstairs to help defend the area.

Betting Shop: David

They came down to the sight of David executing one of the would be attackers.
"So much for peace talks..." He said as the others came downstairs.
"I take it you've noticed the incoming bad guys, huh? Never a dull moment..." He sighed as he helped himself to one of those strange green shotguns.
"There are more coming, You lot might want to consider picking up a few of these, even the odds a little." He advised as he led the way out of the building, firing Acid rounds at incoming cars.

Within minutes, the whole area was a warzone with Triad's exchanging fire with their rivals.
People were burning alive, melting from acid, having their heads blown off my a massive electrical or simply being reduced to red mist by explosive weapons.
Re-enforcements soon arrived for the Da Nang, 4 of which were wearing shields that blocked bullets and other attacks.
One of them hopped up on a car as he was being shot at, exclaiming "I'M FUCKING INVINCIBLE!" as the bullets harmlessly bounced off him.

Least that was before Rugal sent him flying into a shop front with a "KAISER! WAVE!".
"They've got Shields, Take them down first!" David stated the obvious as he went melting people's faces off, cringing as he did.
"Jesus Christ! What type of sick fuck makes a weapon like this?!" he shouted as he watched the skin and flesh drip off someone he just shot.
Rugal paused for a moment when he heard that before resuming his attack, slicing up any enemies that came near.
The Former King of Fighter's attacks suddenly got a lot more violent and needlessly brutal...

Chinatown: Angelus, Devon, Ella

The Da Nang attempted to take cover from the incoming fireballs behind their cars with about as much sucess as you'd imagine, their bodies being burned bare as the metal of the cars was liquidated.
Of notable meation was the one attempting to open fire but instead laughing uncontrollably as everything went to hell around him.
Even when Angelus's jaws ripped him in two, he was laughing until his body splattered on the ground.

Needless to say, the crowd had gotten the hint and ran for safety as more cars full of Da Nang came rolling in, some of their passengers leaning out and doing drive bys as they neared.

Helicopter: Teri, Sadei, Garm, Cadolbolg, Jenny, Akane, Jake

Ran-Bo was staggered by the Lighting Bolt before being knocked flat on his ass by the Reppuken, the Jiggle on his body fat putting those "Dead or Alive Volleyball" games to shame.
Needless to say, Garm was able to make the most of this and was able to tear into the attacker, the much larger beast making short work of the fat man.

The Sniper: Shawn

Shawn went to return fire on the attempted assassin of Wu Zi Mu, only to find a small RC Plane instead.
Thanks to his Mentats induced Perception, he could make out a small gun and what appeared to be a camera on the Red Baron as it slowly turned around and went to take off from the scene of the crime.

 

[bluerocker]

Betting Shop: Rugal, David, Slindis, Caim, Ton Ton, Melethia

Ton Ton lept off of the dying men and onto a safer part of the concrete (and well away from the remnants of Melethia's acid grenade) when the rest of the group arrived, and made a grossed out noise when he noticed how covered in blood he was.
[color=15650D]"Ughh. This is nothing like fighting the Daemons... So, I take it negotiations aren't going very well?"[/color]
Judging by the expressions the group exiting the Betting Shop, the Tonberry's suspicions were easily confirmed. Taking this in mind, Ton Ton followed after the group, and made use of his tiny size to make his way to an armored guard's ankles and began stabbing around the Achilles Tendon and softening up the armored unit for a good takedown.

Taking note of the heavier armored enemies, Caim reached into the Wheel and pulled out a heavy looking axe [http://lparchive.org/Drakengard/Update%2014/24-crimsonhood1.jpg]. With a whirl of the brutish weapon, Caim charged towards the closest shield bearer and lept high into the air, bringing it down with a sonic blast to the bearer and those around him.

Chinatown: Angelus, Devon, Ella

With the dispersing of her crowd with a decent amount of success, Angelus allowed to take less care (save for aiming well away from Devon and Ella) with her fireballs and the Da Nang. Instead of using the smaller homing fireballs that she was using, Angelus changed to her stronger (but slower) fireballs, each one hitting the target (or the ground) with a hefty explosion. Following after that, she dived down and moved to snatch one up in her talons,

"You'll see what happens when you mess with me and my own!"

Helicopter: Teri, Sadei, Garm, Cadolbolg, Jenny, Akane, Jake

After taking down the Ran-Bo, Teri looked around and muttered aloud (after cutting the connection to the Tablet off), [color=0E59E4]"We should probably regroup with the others...."[/color]

At that thought, an explosion of purple energy appeared from down the street and the Cleric thought to herself, [color=0E59E4]"That's probably Dad...."[/color]

and turned her head, shouting her intent to go help the others down the street before tearing down the sidewalk atop Garm. Upon arriving a the scene, the Cleric got off of her faithful wolf and said, [color=0E59E4]"I think we'll be of more use as separate units, friend. I hope this spell works as well as the book said...."[/color]

When the wolf turned his head at what his pup was talking about, he saw the Cleric chanting something in a language he didn't understand, and then her getting covered in a beam of light. Teri looked up after the chant had ended and whirled her staff around like an expert before charging into the fray as well.

Teri casts Divine Power! With this spell, her Strength score raises to a 16 (when it was previously a 10), she gains a temporary additional amount of 8 extra hitpoints, and she gains the martial prowess of a proper fighter. At her caster level, it lasts for 8 rounds, aka 48 seconds.

36 seconds till the next casting of a 4th level spell.

Meanwhile, Cadolbolg barreled in the air in his own fashion, shooting lightning at the nearest offenders his little wings could carry him to. After a poor sap found himself shaking with electrocution, the turtle dragon baby looked around for his pact partner, and wondered where he could be off to. However, he could see other friends in the battle, and flew over their way, shooting more lightning in an attempt to not only aid his friends, but strengthen his own skills as well.

"Mother and Father will be so proud of me helping out! I need to try extra hard!"

 

[StormShaun]

RC Planes and Shawn.
Location: Wu Zi's Apartment.
Time: Derp.

Seeing the RC plane fly off into the distance, Shawn quickly thought about it. "(A robot?)" He asked himself before looking down out of the window and seeing the raging battle between small soldiers with future-weird weapons and his comrades ... which are also weird. Smiling underneath his helmet, Shawn jumped out of the window, onto one enemy and began to fire at any enemy in his sight.

Usually Shawn disliked killing people. This all depended on what this target is, "Are they bad", "What crimes have they committed" and "Can I bring them to a non-violent justice". So he preferred to keep people alive, but when he has to get dirty, he is the one who is covered in blood in the end. Shawn decided that he likes to fight when he has to.

 

[bluecrimson]

Betting Shop: Rugal, David, Slindis, Caim, Ton Ton, Melethia

Melethia nodded to Rugal's statement and picked up one of the weapons. "I'll find out how these ones work, but they're way too flashy lookin' for my looks." With that, she fired a fwe shots to the flanks of the group, grazing some in an attempt to get them to group in one area.

As for Slindis? She went downstairs with the gunfire after shifting to Ocean Stance and harassed the group alongside Ton-Ton. [color=c200]"Rugal, don't get too worked up. Going on like that leaves openings for them to exploit!"[/color] Although her attacks weren't as harsh as Rugal's or Caim's, it was far worse for the enemy mainly because they couldn't hit the bloddy woman!

Chinatown: Angelus, Devon, Ella

Devon seemed to panic at the fireball for a moment before grinning and communicating to ANgelus through the Ring. "I'm about to do one of my specials. Fire near them, but but how about a little shock and awe?"

With that, the bard smirked as he seemed to fade from view in a small mist. "You should have known better than to attack a dragon, mortals. Now tremble in fear as we send your undying victims to ddrag you to the netherworld!" The cloud dissipated to reveal a rather large crowd of the undead that all gave bloodcurdling moans as they advanced on the gangmembers. In addition, the white boy was nowhere to be seen.

Devon casts Major Image [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/majorImage.htm] to create the illusion, and also casts Greater Invisibility [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/invisibilityGreater.htm] to vanish from the sight of the gun users.

12 seconds before the next level 1 spell, 24 seconds until the next level 3 spell, 30 seconds until the next level 4 spell.

Ella was a bit shocked at the development, but she had the gut feeling this was another one of Devon's spells. With that, she began to fire out some shockwaves from her chained scythe at the fringe gangmembers that avoided Angelus' fireballs.

Helicopter(En route to Betting Shop): Teri, Sadei, Garm, Cadolbolg, Jenny, Akane, Jake

Sadei hummed to help Teri keep her focus up during the spell's duration, and she could feel herself focusing a bit more as well for some implacable reason. "Come on, let's show them what we can do! Together, we can take them apart!" Perhaps it was part of Teri's spell, but fighting with Sadei was starting to get a lot easier. Was a little focus all it took? In any case, the two seemed to be working rather well together.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Betting Shop: Rugal, David, Slindis, Caim, Ton Ton, Melethia

"Ton Ton, we are literally in a warzone. What do you think?" David answered as he covered Caim's advance, letting out the odd retch of distrust as his Corrosive Weapon melted though the hapless gang bangers.
"Urgg...I think I going to be sick..." He said to himself, Granted, he used Acid Rounds before, but that was against armor, not living things.
"Oh Screw this!" He conceded before ditching the shotgun and opting for his M500 and Wrist Guns, War was hell enough without melting body parts.

Rugal meanwhile was tearing through people, Literally, showing more anger in his fighting then usual.
"Listen. When you've killed HALF as many people I've have, THEN you can tell me how to do it right!" He shouted at Slindis before grabbing a fleeing enemy and snapping his spine over his knee and throwing him into a nearby car.
Someone needed a timeout...

Caim was able to break the shield of the grunt he Sonic Boom'd around the same time that Shawn moved in for covering fire, the Lone Wanderer quickly picking off those who attempted to take aim and fire.
This, And Ton Ton's sneak attacks and Melethia's flanking, left only one left with a shield.
While discouraged, he did have a ace up his sleeve.
"SUCK ON THIS! AHAHAHAH!" He mocked as he pulled out a Weird Grenade and went to throw it.
...
Did I meation it was a sticky grenade? Well, he found out the hard way when it stuck to his hand.
"...Well...Shi-" was his last words as he died in a rather violent explosion made of other smaller explosions.
The Betting Shop attack was repelled.

Chinatown: Angelus, Devon, Ella

A Dragon was bad. A Dragon with the powers of Necromancy? Even Worse.
Fearing for their lives, they did the smart thing and got the hell out of dodge, one being unlucky enough to be grabbed by Angelus as he fled.
Thus, the enemy retreated with their tail between their legs, fearing the curse of the dragon.

Helicopter: Teri, Sadei, Garm, Cadolbolg, Jenny, Akane, Jake

The Strength buff was more than enough to inflict some rather painful blows on the enemy, leaving at least half a dozen men with the never ending shame of being beat by a girl.
Only thing was, they had guns and once they got the foresight to stop charging and just shoot her-
*Bzzzzt* "Mind if I join in?" Chuckled a certain pilot as the Helicopter spun around, guns and missiles pointing as the would be firing squad.
Not to meation Akane on one of the turrets.

Need I say more?

Long Story Short, they were dead. Very Very Very Dead.

Seeing how outmatched they were, The Da Nang made the tactical decision and left the district

???eadshot and C.R.A.S.H.

"-No! Nonono! You don't need to answer those calls in Chinatown, I'm there right now!...What's happening...It's....Chinese New Year....Yeah, again....Well, it was a short year...Year of the...Dragon....No, I'm sure it's dragon....WELL IT SHOWS HOW CULTURED YOU ARE!" Tenpenny shouted over the radio, preventing any police action from interfering with the attack, even though it was a sheer failure.
As he did that, the Villain known as Deadshot was busy on the roof of their Current Hideout trying to fly by the plane used in the attempted assassination of Wu Zi Mu.
"Christ...Thes-*COUGH! COUGH!*...Fucking controls..." He sighed, not used to flying a plane like this.
The Radiation poisoning he got from fighting Shawn didn't help either, He was only still standing thanks to some IV Drips he got Pulaski to swipe from a Ambulance.
Fucking Rising Dawn...This went a lot better in my head... He thought as he attempted to fly the plane, He wanted his gun back.
"...GODDAMN THIS FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT MOTHERFUCKING PLANE!"

 

[StormShaun]

Capturing and Shawn.
Location: Chinatown (Outside the betting shop).
Time: Torture.

After the attack, the enemy side began to retreat. On the side of the battle that Shawn was on, only bodies laid in the street, bleeding puddles onto the street. Shawn sat on top of the car he jumped on and dented, he was satisfied with his defending skills. "So what I saw was futuristic weapons but mostly ... that small flying vehicle with a gun attached. Should tell everyone ..." Shawn pulled off his helmet and returned it to his inventory.

In the distance were three bodies. They bled like the other, but one was actually alive, he had only received a bullet hole in his shoulder, arm and a single leg. The lone survivor began to crawl with a single arm, slowly hoping that the makeshift dark angel won't see him. Looking back he could see the armored killed without his helmet and cleaning a pistol. Crawling more quickly two shots were fired, they took other his other limbs.

Screaming was the only thing he could do now as he tried to look behind, spotting only the leggings of what would soon be his nightmare. Shawn pulled up to the man with a single object in his hand, and a sinister smile on his face.

Spoiler

"Sorry kid, but lights out." He said as he simply swung his lead pipe. The survivor could only see Shawn's smile as he was knocked out. Shawn looked at the kid, picked up his weapon and pulled him back to the shop to where the others were gathering. The Lone Wanderer was only thinking how he would heal the guy and then torture information out of him.

 

[bluecrimson]

Betting Shop: Rugal, David, Slindis, Caim, Ton Ton, Melethia

As the last chunks of the one body stopped falling, Slindis put a hand on Rugal's shoulder. [color=c200]"Rugal, they're dead! Calm down so we can focus on the attacks elsewhere in the city."[/color] She clearly wasn't up for a lot of argument, and she was clearly ready to head out.

Melethia, though, checked up on Ton-TOn and Caim. "Are ya both okay? I just wanna make sure with that weird last bomb, ya know."

Chinatown: Angelus, Devon, Ella

Devon faded back into view as the gangmembers left the area. "You were right, Angelus. A bit of smoke and mirrors is better than a straight-on fight. Kind of hard to believe that they fell for it, though." His clothes were a bit torn from the attacks, but none of them did any real damage.

Ella decided to glide near Angie to check up on any last attackers in the area. "It makes you wonder if any of those thugs know how magic even works. Still, best not to look an opportunity in the mouth, though."

Helicopter: Teri, Sadei, Garm, Cadolbolg, Jenny, Akane, Jake

Sadei continued humming in Teri's ear as the last men dropped from Teri and Jake's combined assault. "We should do that a bit more, Teri. It really gets the blood flowing, you know." Even though there was more than a few bodies here, Sadei seemed more glad that she was able to bond with Teri a bit more.

Due to the strengthening bond with Teri, Sadei now uses Teri's Wisdom to determine now accurate she is.