An Enemy Boss Unit's Testrun

[63rd_shockwave]

1.[Outside. Twilight. The streetlights are just beginning to flicker on, and as you walk around you can hear the sound of a harmonica gently wafting through the air. If you follow the sound long enough, eventually you'll find its source-a woman, standing atop a streetlight like it's the most normal thing in the world, playing away. She is wearing sunglasses.]

2. [As the team comes under attack from a bunch of mysterious knightly robots, you're the guy (or girl) who gets separated from the rest of the group. And instead of a giant super robot, or someone in fancy powered armor, you're up against...a woman in a suit.]



Well. Looks like you stepped out of the frying pan and into the fire. Guess I can't just sit this one out, huh...

3. [As your team is under assault from aliens, demons, or some other form of horrible unreasonable monster, who should show up but the invincible super robot, Maverick Firestorm! Beloved hero of children, world-saving superhero, and star of thousands of cheap knockoff action figures! Though he's missing his partner, the blue Tsunami Desperado. And the voice it speaks with over the comms is familiar.]



Yo. Heard you might need some help.


4.[Still later, after having fought her once or twice, you might stumble across Sarah in the weirdest of all places-a public park, where she's playing with a small blonde boy.]



Oh. Hey.

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[empress_without_a_throne]

[Mizuki's not summoned her own machine yet though, what with the confusion and being cut off. But the mystery woman's got her on edge though.]

I can handle the Sun itself. A little fire's nothing compared to that.

Re: 2

[63rd_shockwave]

You have literally no idea how ironic that is.

[She takes off her jacket and hangs it on a nearby fencepost.]

Anyways. If you're willin' to sit this one out, I will too. 'Course, somethin' tells me that's unlikely, what with how my friends are gonna kill one o' yours and all, buuuut...whadda you say?

I'm not much of one for fighting, believe it or not.

[empress_without_a_throne]

His name...

[Mizuki begins to crack her knuckles. She doesn't have anything to hang off to the side, but her clothing's roomy enough for her to fight in. There's hatred in her eyes, oh yes indeed.]

Is Volya.

Now get out of the way.

[63rd_shockwave]

I know his name.

And I'm afraid I can't do that.

[She starts walking forwards...]

Are you another superhuman? I don't want to kill you on accident.

[empress_without_a_throne]

Not even human to begin with.

[A shift of her feet was all it took for Mizuki to charge forward, the Abyssian's fist snapping out as if it were a whip at Sarah.]

[63rd_shockwave]

[Sarah parries the fist with one hand, and strikes with her other elbow. The blow is strong enough to knock Mizuki backwards, sending her crashing into an innocent car.]

[empress_without_a_throne]

[It's not a clean hit, but Sarah's elbow still smashes against Mizuki's other hand as she tries to raise it in time to guard herself. She's sent hurtling backwards, and that car's owner better have Mecha Series Insurance judging by the damage.

[Mizuki though? Well she's seen better days, but she's still standing up.]

As I said before, I'm not human.

[And that poor car's going to go through even worse as Mizuki tears a piece of scrap out of it, hurling it at Sarah with all her strength before charging after it and her opponent.]

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[beast_of_scripture]

W-wait aren't you gonna summon your machine or transform or something?

Re: 2

[63rd_shockwave]

Never actually needed the transforming thing. I mean, you see it in cartoons all the time, but it turns out some powers just don't care about whether you're wearing a frilly dress or not.

[She hangs her jacket up on a fencepost, and then dashes at Theo's weird dragon robot, her hands glowing bright red. The Evening Star versus the Beast of Scripture. Gundam fight...Ready! Go!]

Re: 2

[beast_of_scripture]

This is silly!

[The Beast of Scripture responds by...running away as quickly as he can.]

I mean it's not even a fair fight, you're just a person on foot!

Re: 2

[63rd_shockwave]

I know, there should be three of you to make it even.

[She's more than able to keep pace with the giant robot by just running after it.]

[beast_of_scripture]

I don't think that would make things even.

[Liber Legis turns and stomps the ground in front of it to create some difficult terrain to slow Sarah down.]

[63rd_shockwave]

[It's not very effective; she's just as adept at leaping off walls and upraised chunks of road as she is at flat out running. She'll close again, but this time she leaps upwards, flips over, and delivers a powerful kick to Theo's robot's chin.]

4)

[mistaken_for_monster]

[Volya flinched from his place behind a tree. He kinda hid there once he spotted Sarah and hoped she didn't see him. Tough luck there.]

Hey... Uh...

I come in peace?

So maybe we can avoid the whole thing where I get chased down several blocks?

Re: 4)

[63rd_shockwave]

...Sure. Look, now's not a great time, can you...



Hey mom, who's that?

...A friend. We play tag sometimes.

Cool! You must be pretty fast then, huh!
[Congrats, you now have a small blonde child's attention.]

[mistaken_for_monster]

Right I-...

[Volya paused... he shouldn't but... well now he has a small smile on his face.]

Not that fast... But I can hide pretty well.

I'm Volya. What's your name?

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It's Jacob. Look, you really should go-

[Jacob makes the saddest, most puppy-dog face his little ten-year-old body can handle.]

...Alright, fine. You and Volya can play together. Just don't run too far off. Stupid adorable little...



Yay! Come on, let's play catch!

[Jacob's got a baseball to play with, while Sarah watches from a park bench, eating a cheeseburger.]

[mistaken_for_monster]

Ahaha! Awesome!

[And Volya has the rare chance to actually have fun with someone close to his age - sure the kid's mother is probably going to go back to murdering him later but he can forget about that for a while!]

[63rd_shockwave]

Have fun, you two.

[Jacob's a little ball of energy today, so he's good to play for a long time. And Sarah, despite the whole executing Volya thing, is perfectly content to just watch them play together.]

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[gravitons]

[For once, Shu is caught on-foot instead of in the Granzon.]

There is still room to negotiate.

What are you after?

Re: 2

[63rd_shockwave]

...There's a friend of yours. A stray who's been on the run from Percy and Friends. Tapesty says he's gonna destroy the world, so. Here we are.

[gravitons]

[If this had taken place a while ago, Shu would just let this go without a second thought. One person's life wasn't worth risking his own over, but now...]

I do not wish to fight you. However...even if this Tapestry of yours proves to be true, I cannot simply allow you and your comrades to take his life.

Not until there is no other choice.

[63rd_shockwave]

...Yeah, figured you'd say somethin' like that.

[gravitons]

That being said...

[Wait, what? He's walking straight towards Sarah.]

I cannot afford to be held up here.

[63rd_shockwave]

[She'll just stand in his way as he walks forward.]

And I'm supposed to hold you up.