We Are Our Avatars IX: Act V: The Sabotage of the Scandolous Saurian Scoundrels (Open)

[Slenn]

<color=brown>"Right now I'm being asked to be in a conflict between two sociopaths. One of which wants to stop an onslaught of robots and doesn't want to kill me or my friends and family."

"Aren't there always electro-countermeasures?" EMily sighed.

<color=green>"Well, us four are scientists. We could find some and gather it so that we could reverse engineer an identification device to find it just like he does."

<color=purple>"We'll weaponize it if we have to. It could also be used as armor if it's considered versatile."

OOC: Gonna get groceries in a second.

 

[username sucks]

"Oh, I'm not asking you to work for me. I'm just an intermediate for my boss." Pauling explained to Sara. "Anyway, it seems we're going to get the Australium first. So there are three caches that I have information on: The sunken nation of New Zealand was rumored to have a vault of Australuim, there is a secret mine in the desert of Australia that may have some left behind when Merasmus unleashed a monster, and there is also a Mann Co base on the moon that was kept out of all files, so Grey might not know of it."

"But before we do any of that, I'd like to regroup with the mercs that I've already gathered. I'd like to organize our forces so that we can harass Grey's forces as he takes Australium from elsewhere on the globe. I don't want the mercs to sit idle, otherwise they'd be gettin payed for nothing."

 

[Chungus]

As Elm and Sam were busy dragging Scout-bots wrecks through the portal, Sam doing so much faster then Elm, the Watcher in the area continued to survey the city, looking for more extra-dimensional elements. Not seeing any it hadn't seen before, its gaze fell back on the carrier Azmot had disabled, and from there, it looked to Roland talking with the two bug people.

Moving closer while also ascending, the Watcher zoomed in on the trio, particularly Jinzi's weaponry. It was some 1,300 metres away from where the trio stood, a little over 500 metres in the sky, and together with being in the cover of the darkness of the night, would be extremely difficult to notice.

 

[Demonjazz]

This Miss Pauling, she said that these carriers were made in a bigger factory, We barely took down one of the things. My magic might have been decent but I'd run out of essences soon. No place to restock here. Doubt I could get close enough to fight the robot factories anyway. It was all hopeless. So hopeless. Took out my flask and downed half of it. It's funny, they call it liquid courage but it only helped me notice the true despair of this problem. We're all doomed and these people were arguing about some petty morals. Nobody ever sees the big picture before it's late. I slumped against a wall, downing more of my flask and quietly spoke to this group of optimistic fools as a feeling of quiet dread over took me.
"We're all doomed. Can't any of you see? It doesn't matter how many people you get. We're all doomed. It's gameover, man. Gameover. We're never going to win this fight. We're all doomed."

 

[username sucks]

"Most likely, yes. All of us are going to die from endless hordes of robots! Exciting, isn't it?"

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=003399]"Wonderful, you're insane, too."[/color] Joel said, pouring a bottle of water all over himself.

 

[Zepherus14]

Given how incredibly small and far the Watcher was, neither Azmot or Jinzi would be able to pick up on the watcher's presence.

 

[Demonjazz]

"If you want death that badly I got a gun for you to use. We all might as well get it done with. Got plenty of bullets left."

 

[Outisakanobody]

Seras and Faro didn't look happy. Probably about most of what was going on at present.

 

[username sucks]

"If you did nothing but bury bodies and dispose of evidence all day, you'd be excited for a little action now and then too." Pauling said to Joel, then looked to Mr Stone. "Thanks for the offer, but suicide doesn't sound as fun."

 

[Slenn]

<color=brown>"I and my sisters have faced a small-moon sized beast that devoured trillions of lives and, for lack of a better word, dispatched it. An army of robots is a problem, but we'll be okay. But even if we haven't, I don't think that the situation is impossible."

"We'll take it as a challenge. This is the best place for a scientist, where they have room to think and plan."

 

[username sucks]

"Hmm... Even if I don't die, this should still be fun. Anyway, the mercs are in Teufort, Arizona. So we should go there." Miss Pauling told Sara.

 

[Slenn]

"You should explain the situation to Dave, the robot who pilots this ship. I can take you to him. This way please." She got up and started to lead Miss Pauline in the direction of the cockpit.

 

[Demonjazz]

Dave was sitting in the cockpit tapping away at the controls of his console as he heard the command. "... Uh... Where is this place cause it doesn't show up on Google Earth."

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Matilda, who hadn't be focused on the conversation due to the spiritual strain of making a whole bunch of magic knives, took a while to register that Sophia had gone very quiet, and that there had been the sounds of bare feet walking away. Matilda began wandering through the ship in the general direction she had heard the footsteps going, hoping to find Sophia.

 

[Zepherus14]

Matilda would find Sophia standing outside the laundry room, the noticeable hum giving away the room enough if Matilda was unfamiliar with it. As Sophia noticed someone was coming, she'd turned her head to look in that direction, and upon seeing Matilda she's looked away again with an audible exhale from her nose. "What?" Sophia ask, her voice sounding like she must have been near or even leaning on the wall. Her tone being quite telling she wasn't in a good mood right then, although it might be a bit difficult to place what exactly was bothering her from it alone.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=006d5b]"I was just coming to see how you're doing."[/color] Matilda replied, stopping once she heard Sophia's voice. [color=006d5b]"Plus, I wanted to get away from the new lady. There's something strange about her."[/color]

 

[Zepherus14]

"You think..?" Sophia answered back as Matilda commented on Pauling's strangeness. "I mean, how could she, over a name of all things." Matilda would hear the sound of nails going through hair followed by clothing sliding down the side of the wall, Sophia apparently crouching and propping herself up by the wall. "This day has been terrible." She admitted, sounding depressed.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=006d5b]"She thinks us dying to hordes of robots would be exciting."[/color] Matilda said, resting her hands on the end of her cane, which came up to her sternum now that it was vertical. [color=006d5b]"Yeah, it's not going that well."[/color]

 

[username sucks]

Miss Pauling pulled out a small, paper map as Dave said that he couldn't find Teufort. "Yeah, it's such a small town that not even Google cares about it. It's right about there." She said, pointing to a circle that was drawn on the map.