An Enemy Boss Unit's Testrun

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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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[And that's going to be the last she'll see of Shu...on the ground that is.

Once the light fades away, the Professor and his familiar are standing on the palm of a very large red hand- one that belongs to a bulky, blue robot that is floating in the air without generating any noise.]

You called me a wizard, did you not? What kind of wizard would I be if I depended solely on one trick?


You're just saying that to sound cool, even though the truth is that you're running like a chicken and I had to save your butt.


Chika...

[One stern look later, and the bird falls silent. Shu then directs his gaze back at Sarah.]

In any event, I advise you to come with us to see the boy in person. So that you may make your own judgement before you try to slay him.

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Thanks, but we've met before. And my judgement is that when the spooky magic carpet says I need to kill someone, I'm not going to wait until innocents start dying. Not this time.

[She draws a pentagram in the air quickly, muttering something under her breath! A pillar of flame erupts from the ground, and it soon clears-revealing a heroic, 18 meter red super robot, staring Shu down. Or up, as the case may be.]

I get you wanting to protect the kid, really I do, but...I'm not going to let you stop this.

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Truly a shame.

[Shu observes the summoning with interest. If he actually had his memories, maybe he'd recognize that robot. Either way...]

Unfortunately, the decision of stopping this now lies entirely with me.

I will keep my word and avoid fighting you here; but the next time we meet, I will not show any mercy.



[It only takes an instant for the Granzon to disappear via a wormhole, which closes with a sound not too different from thunder.]

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[Tiankui doesn't pursue. It just crosses its arms in front of its chest, and vanishes in a pillar of flame a lot like the one it arrived in. When it's gone, that leaves Sarah in the street, alone.]

...Well, gave it my best shot. Percy can deal with the rest...

[She sits down on a bench.]

...I'm gonna get lectured pretty hard, though...