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Logged by Taisch on 24-Nov-2000 (edited for clarity, sometimes for
standard spelling/punctuation.)

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Summary: A bunch of mecha-chimeras emerge from the ground, terrorizing
the city briefly before being driven away again.

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Synopsis:
Drem burns some cursed, confiscated drugs.
Xavior passes out after breathing the smoke, and Drem drags him away.
A crack forms in the ground.
Mecha-chimeras come out of the crack.
Forteleon arrives.
Dogwood summons the angel Dur'ai but a miscalculation causes a wooden
  shack to break and impale him.
Bystanders start panicking. One is caught by a mecha-chimera.
Forteleon, Dogwood, and Dur'ai retreat to a nearby building.
Chad and Angela arrive on the scene. Chad gets trampled by the fleeing crowd,
  then caught by a toad-shrub mecha-chimera.
Drem wakes Xavior up and calls in a Citadel squad. Their bullets have no
  effect.
Ardin arrives, possesses a bunch of the monsters and makes them kill each
  other.
Dogwood attempts to build a bomb, fails.
Xavior uses his power over metal to destroy one.
Drem tries the same thing, but is nearly killed when the mecha-chimera
  flies in his face and implants itself in his body. (Ardin possesses it
  to force it out.)
Dogwood and Forteleon make molotov cocktails, causing numerous explosions,
  but none hit the mecha-chimera.
Angela assumes her demonic, warrior form and rips two of them apart.
From the shadows by the Last Chance, Jym takes two out with spears of
  diamond.
Derick arrives, torches one with his elemental powers.
Ardin possesses the one holding Chad, forcing it to self-destruct.
Citadel squad blows up the remaining ones.

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Participants:
Drem
Dogwood
Xavior
Forteleon
Dur'ai
Angela/Silshade
Chad
Ardin
Jym
Derick
A bunch of mecha-chimera (played by Taisch)
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Armageddon weather report:
The air is humid, heavy, suffocating, the temperature wavering just below a
human's normal body temperature. Tiny particles of dust and chiton hang in the
air, scraping lungs and throats raw. The city smells of sweat, but the
majority of the perspiration stays on the skin, as the air is already
saturated. Sometimes there is a ghost of a breeze, but only enough to
tantalize, never enough for comfort.
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Cathedral Road - S

A noisy, busy area, filled with nightclubs, casinos, bars, sportclubs,
streetwalkers, and drunken carousing. The Cathedral looms over all this
activity, casting an aura of sin and decadence over the streets. Scattered
among the nightclubs are apartments and small houses, and small businesses
catering to the Cathedral and the off-duty soldiers who frequent this area.
Sudden outbreaks of violence are not unusual, especially in the old children's
playgrounds and schoolhouses that have been converted into arenas and
mock-battlefields.

Contents:
Dogwood
Forteleon
Xavior
Drem
Obvious exits:
Office Building <ob>  Last Chance <lc>  KHEL Studios <KHEL>  The
Garrote <g>  Cathedral <c>  South <s>  North <n>

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Dogwood

standing before you about 6'1 and a lean, sinewy stature is aboy around 18 or
19. his hair long flowing to his shoulder blades, the color a permanet
blondish white form continual dying. His skin is kind of pale, but fits him
perfectly, dark brown eyes looking out to the world. His clothing is simple,
looks like what a drifter would wear. Black t-shirt with the British flag in
the center and in white letters The Who underneath it. this is tucked into
dark faded green trousers, some patches here an there about the knees. a
leather belt around the middle of waist resting in belt loops. faded red
bracers either up on his shoulders when his dark green army jacket is off, or
hanging loosely on his sides. as for this jacket whic covers his tattooes on
his arms, it's a dark green one, the marking of an American seargent on the
right arm, birtish flag on the other, some band patches sewn in back. from his
back belt loop to his fron is a long chain, clipped on somehow, probably there
as a weapon should he need it. hands covered by fingerless black gloves. and
donning his feet is a pair of well worn black steel toed combat boots.

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Forteleon

Fortel is a tall and striking man with raven black hair slickly combed back.
His face is always set in a unemotional state and he has a large scar running
down his cheek. He is rather handsome to most and his blue striking eyes seem
to peer into your soul. He wears a long black robe with a flowing black cloak
that seem to give him a dark and kind of creepy look. At his side is a long
silver sword with inscriptions on it. He stand with a tall majestic look and
has a fluid movement as he walks.

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Xavior

Xavior is your typical crazy twenty year old. He likes to express himself by
dressing most of the time "different". He has black hair that is spiked up and
strange, yellow-gold eyes. He has a well built body that is very muscular. He
is always wearing something new and different to express the mood he is in.
Carrying:
Wrist Sword
Flower Pendant

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Drem

A rather tall man, with noticeable, yet not overdone muscles. He has a
semi-neatly kept crew cut, framing a hardened, angular face with a small scar
down one side of his it, beneath his ear.. His skin is tanned from long day's
outdoors without cover. He wears a dark black leather jacket with a red stripe
up and down the arms, which in turn covers a green shirt beneath it. His neck
now exposed shows a vaguely familiar tattoo. He turns his head to you,
noticing your gaze targeted on him.. He looks at you, lowering his dark wire
frame sunglasses, judging you with cold green eyes that taper off to an eerie
golden as they reach the pupil... On his back, held by a strap over his
shoulder rests his assault rifle, its barrel coming in line with his neck. He
is constantly looking around, but not noticeably so.
Carrying:
Sword

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Dur'ai(#4397Pe)

With a slightly rigid posture, this thin wiry frame seems almost as if
completely aware of his surroundings. His drawn face, almost always fixed
with a look of alertness and a slight grin that seems to creep from the corner
of his mouth, perpetuates an aura of vulnerability. His raven-black hair
gives of a healthy sheen and is just about long enough to get in his eyes.
His eyes seem to be the most drawing feature to this handsome figure. Dark
blue spheres envelope all thought and seems to treat all who look into them
with a mysterious soft glare. Pain is seen within these windows to the soul
but at the same time, they gleam with a purpose which is undecipherable by
just looking at him. The lithe contruct of his body does not give justice to
his strength, his wiry muscle more dense than at first sight. But, then again,
there is much that is hard to define about this figure at first sight.

The clothing that this young figure wears is very much of the blackest colour,
seeming to be of a fairly durable material, quite closely resembling leather.
The tight fitting suit is enveloped by an cloudy black trenchcoat. The
trenchcoat seems to dance on the wind flitting this way and that, as if
possessed by something. On his feet, a very comfortable looking pair of boots
are worn. Padded softly, the boots make little sound and run up along the
wearer's leg, and stop somewhere mid shin. The only piece of real colour
that could be mentioned is a necklace hanging from the neck of the wearer.
A lightly gleaming sliver cross hangs from an equally silver necklace. This
necklace most likely has some significance, of some kind.

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Angela

You see a young girl, about 18 years old. She has red, shoulder-long hair and
wears a white t-shirt with "Die with style" written on it. A tight, cut off
pair of jeans show of her nicely shaped hips and legs. On her feet she wears
brown boots, which look surprisingly clean. Several silver bracelets cover her
forearms, and she wears silver earrings as well. Her face is thin but still
well-shaped. She looks like the impudent, party-loving type, but in her eyes
are the marks of the harsh city life.
Carrying:
Star Pendant

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Chad

A fair-skinned man of youthfull appearance, standing perhaps 5'4" and of very
slight, but not unfit, build. Prominant amongst his features are a thin,
hawk-like nose, over which his eyes, grey in color and set deeply between a
heavy brow and high cheekbones, peer out. His face is long, and crowned with a
thick mass of unkempt hair of a deep brown, shorn close to the head with cuts
of irregular length. The hairs of his sideburns are long, thin, and twined
into a pair of orderly braids. He is clean-shaven, in stark contrast to the
rest of his appearance.

Draped about him is a loose tan leather robe with snugg sleeves. It is
decorated with complex patterns of archaic signs and symbols, painted onto the
leather with some dull brown medium. The garment has been repaired in several
places, odd patches of different color leathers and sticting standing out.
Slug over one shoulder is a ragged cloth satchel, reinforced with leather
stitching, and heavy with oddly-shaped objects. Over all this he wears a heavy
grey patch-work cloak with a wide hood, held at the neck by a bone clasp.
Humble strips of leather are wraped around his feet, though they do not appear
to offer much confort or protection.
Carrying:
crude iron staff
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Ardin

Jym

Derick

[I didn't log descs for Ardin, Jym, and Derick, sorry.]
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Xavior is talking to Drem in the middle of the street, not looking very
pleased at meeting the guard again.

Drem is talking to Xavior like they are old buddies, smiles and all.

[Dogwood] Despite what the weather is doing outside or anything for
that matter one man sits..well rather lays about on an old peice of playground
equipment. the form of what looks like two swings set pushed together, the
swings hanging eeirly like memories of childeren long sense dead or forgotten.
The man uptop watches the street below, whistling every now and then some old
song, before taking a drag on the cigarette he holds in his hand. Dogwood
smiles to himself before moving to sip up right, letting his legs dangel.

Xavior grins at something Drem just said, "So why aren't you
chasing him, aren't drugs illegal around here?"

Drem takes something from his pocket, "Thanks, I almost forgot."
He holds a bag of some black weed like shaveings, He takes out a lighter and
lights one edge, droping it into a bucket..

Drem steps back from the can, which is now emiting an eerie black stream of
smoke.

Xavior covers his mouth as the black smoke comes uncomfortably
close to his face. He sneers at the putrid smell and starts to walk away from
the can as it continues to belch out smoke.

Dogwood raises an eyebrow watching and listening to the to
men then to the can, staying up on his perch he takes another drag on the cig.
"Wot you got there?" he calls out in his Thick British accent. before going
back to laying down on the bars.

Maybe it's just the weather, or a bad batch of weed, but thesmoke begins to
take on a greenish-purplish tinge...

Drem looks up and around, tenseing a little reflexively.. He
narrows his eyes at Dogwood, decideing how to respond.. Meanwhile he backs
further away from the can, and moves upwind..

Xavior follows Drem as the smoke begins to change color. this was freaking
him out a little. "Why is it doing that?" he asks, his hand still over his
mouth.

The smoke starts sending out thin little green tendrils...horizontally, all
around the bucket.

Dogwood shrugs now watching the smoke form his oerch, a good
ways from it, buthe can surely smell it, chuckling before taking the last drag
on the cigarette flicking the butt down towards the can. then he watches as
trendrils start to come from the bucket raising an eyebrow and now standing ,
balancing well on the bars.

Drem looks at the smoke, "Probly some waked out chemist was playing with it..
Getting alot of diffrent drugs on the market today.. Mutatiatives,
mostly.." He sighs a bit, "Bunch of wackos whover is making this stuff.." He
watches as the cigarette bounces into the can, then looks up to Dogwood agian..

Wherever the green smoke touches something solid, you see a tiny spark...red
or orange, green or purple...
The cigarette goes up in a flash of green and vanishes...

Xavior coughs a bit as the smoke finds its way into his nose
and mouth. The tendrils moving about are strange to him, and he turns, walking
toward the place Dogwood stands, thinking he might be safer there, leaving
Drem to find his own way out of the smoke.

The smoke gets into Xavior's system and he drops limply to the ground,
comatose.

Dogwood raises an eyebrow backing a little on the bars closet
to a swing he slide down watching the bucket "Bloody hell..."

Then the smoke starts sinking. Where it hits the pavement, the concrete begins
bubbling gently. Just little tiny bubbles, pop pop pop... The air above goes
all green and hazy.

Drem quickly backs away, moving over to where Dogwood is..
And he is gragging Xavior..

Dogwood's eyes widen "Shite.." is all that can come from his
mouth quickly he moves along the swings to a higher bar and leaps over,
grapping onto it and pulling himself up., now higher on the somewhat odd
angled former playground.

The bubbles come more frequently, then align themselves...a crack forms in the
pavement. Bubbles on either side seem to widen it. Little sparks and balls of
lightning appear in the crack... it lengthens, heading towards the base of the
old swingset.

Drem drags Xavior back away further, now made easyer by the sand
under him. He looks up and concentrates on where the can was and a loud
crunching/bending can be heard.

The bucket, now closed, rattles ominously, then is swallowed by the
ever-increasing crack!

Dogwood stands up and looks down and curses watching the
crack widen in the earth and the sparks and lightning come towards him,
quickly looking for something else he slides down and runs towards an old
wooden shack, then back there he quickly knees, crossing himself out of sight
and begins to pray....

No more smoke comes out, but the crack continues to grow, accompanied by balls
of lightning and bubbling pavement... you see movement *inside* the crack. Is
that the tip of a claw emerging?

Drem emits a string of cusses and heaves Xavior atop his back, and
begins to run from the crack, thinking; oWhy the hell don't they ever tell us
before they friggin do stuff like this...o/

Just as the crack swallows a foot of the post supporting the swings, causing
it to lurch, something materializes by the wooden shack...causing it to
splinter and explode. A shaft of wood impales Dogwood.

Forteleon walks in and notices a crack growing he looks to drem carrying his
freind on his back and sees Dogwood praying he steps up towards a wall "WHAT
THE HELL IS HAPENING???"

The crack gets even wider. The whole swing set warps and twists, getting
sucked in, melding into whatever is crawling out of it... claws, definitely,
reaching out to the lips of thecrack and pulling it apart...

[Dogwood] BOOOM! is heard from the shack sending the Briy flying a
shard of wood into his back, blood spilling forth. Dogwood rudly flung close
to the wall and his prayer either interupted or answered. cursing he struggles
to sit up, wouldn't be the first time something has exploded on him. "
Damnit.. help...." he says before laying on his stomach not wanting to move.

Appearing in the midst of the explosion, Dur'ai quickly surveys the scene and
yells towards the scattering figures, "What exactly is it that you would like
from me?" Just then he notices the claws rending the Earth, "Oh, I see."

Forteleon frowns curses and runs over to Dogwood he kneals "Look im gonna
take you away calm down" he then grabs him and runs with all his might
thinking this is not a good time to be here

At this point severly missing a sturdy weapon, Dur'ai takes a defensive
position and hopes to God his fists will suffice for a sharp blade.

Drem looks over his shoulder to see the crack widening and
something coming out of it.. "Oh Fuck, oh fuck oh fuck, he yells as the crack
nips at his heels. He shifts Xavior and using his chant begins to sprint, The
rifle and body on his back slaming with every step, threaing to either tilt
him off balance or fly off themselves.. Suddenly breaking left away from the
crack he slides into a building, looking back to the crack.. His mouth parts
and he emits a "Fucking shit...", from his vantage point he can see right down
into the firey chasm, and wishes he couldn't..

Dogwood moans as Forteleon picks him up " Damnit drop me you blooding moron,
there is something in my back!" he yells making fists to hit him, though he
probably shouldn't do it.

The crack is huge now, an honest-to-hell mini-Chasm. *things* begin creeping
out of it, and hissing...hissing that almost begins to sound like words.

Mecha-chimera
	Hideous amalgamations of metal, steel, and glass, forged into mechanical
creatures that move with organic fluidity. One is shaped like a gigantic wolf,
another is a serpentine dragon, another is part leopard, part snake, another
is a giant winged frog, another is a dwarf tree with fangs and claws as well
as thorns, etc.
	There are some twenty of these altogether.

<OOC> Taisch says, "They aren't all out yet, just 1 or two. (mecha-chimera)"

Forteleon yells to the man on his back as the crack stops
nipping on his heals " You want me to drop you in the pit thats fine but if
you wanna live I sugest you stop hitting me and just grit your teath man" he
runs using al the streangh he has gladly not able to see into the pit

Dur'ai realizes that where he is standing is probably a bad
idea at time. He then makes a strategic retreat. Pivoting suddenly at movement
from the corner of his eyes, he turns to face the monstrosity.

Innocent bystanders are running around screaming their heads off... one
unlucky soul trips and falls... a spider-like mecha-chimera pounces and spins
it into a metallic web...

Dogwood eyes widen as he looks out to the pit and forgets aout wanting to
be dropped " Run fucking faster mate!" he yells now looking around
for more help, seeing the new man turn around and start running he motions to
him to follow them.

As the carnage ensues, Dur'ai notices the figures motioning to
him and ha acknowledges with a nod and begins to sprint towards them.

Drem looks at some of the people and stashes Xavior inside the
building and slams the large metal door, slideing a piece of re-bar into the
lock, and bending it.. Fliping his rifle over, around and under he sights up
on a few people half eaten and almost dead. With a sharp pull he daspatches a
few, then looks to the small creatures emerging, and swears agian.. He
re-slings the rifle and turns, running like the proverbial bat out of hell, to
higher ground..

More of the strange creatures emerge...and not so small anymore, either. They
howl and hiss. Some of it sounds like, "Where....where...where...find..."

Forteleon had decided not to stop running until he is back in the abby and
he is running with avery ounce of streath he has " Im running, im gonna take
you somewhere safe " He looks at the people being eaten and wishes he could
ease their pain but he has to run or he will die as well. "
Fuck , fuck , shit to the highest what are thease things " he feals a twich
and then cureses louder " Shit , not now for the love of god not now"

Trenchcoat flittering behind him, Dur'ai grimaces at the sound
of the screaming bystanders. Anger and disgust rise up inside him like bile,
but seeing as he is unarmed, can do little about it except help the remaining
ones. Moving with the small group he asks, "Well, did you have a plan at all,
or would running seem the only option?"

Dogwood motions to an deserted building close by "In there!"
he yells as heis being carried

Forteleon nods and opens the door turning to the tencoated person
" well its better to do syncronized runing then just running comone in
here" he closes the door and walks inside bolting the door with everything he
can find

Dur'ai, seeing as the entering of the deserted building being
the best idea expressed so far, Dur'ai complies and runs towards it.

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INSIDE THE BUILDING:

Dogwood grunts as they are inside " OK now mate can you put
me down?" he asks his back tired and sore, not only from the wound , but
bouncing up and down on this guy's shoulders. " An Lay me carefully on me side
or stomach.."

Forteleon nods and slowly lays the guy on a table on his stomage " by the way
my names Fort who are you two" he grabs a chair and sits next to the injurd
man " You need any pain relif or anything"

Dur'ai enters the building and quickly closes the door behind him. He listens
for a moment and then turns to the pair, "I am Dur'ai, an
angel of the Lord. I believe that we'll be fairly safe here, so long as we
don't make too much noise."

Dogwood grits his teeth and shakes his head " No, I've had bleeding worse..."
he groans as he looks up with his eyes his head facing the door watching it.
"I'm Dogwood." he nods slightly as he can to Dur who is
in front of him.

Forteleon nods and smiles " ahh an angel , I am a paladin"
he frowns and turns to the angel " what happend out there and what are those
things"

Dur'ai Grumbles to himself angrily about something under his breath, and
falls back to lean on the wall. He looks up to the Paladin and answers,
"Your guess is as good as mine, all I know is that they are not
freindly. They must have been summoned by someone, but who?"

Dogwood groans loudly " I summoned you Dur...,but I don't know about those
bleeding hell things..All I saw happen was some guard lit a
bag of weed up in a bucket, then those fuckers.." he coughs in pain " Sorry,
those buggers came pourin out o the hole they made."

Forteleon frowns and fingers his scar " Damm it! " he then
looks to Dogwood and frowns " you sure you dont need nothing" he smiles
slightly " I could instil a fealing of peace or something else if you want"

Dogwood looks at Foreteleon " If ya could take the wood out
of me back, then close the wound I would be a bit grateful."

Forteleon shakes his head " Im not a healer , I only have powers of the mind"

Dur'ai grunts and nods slowly, "I pay no mind to the cursing, you are only...
Human." He thinks for a moment speculatively, "Maybe...mecha_chimeras. I'm not
too sure though. I wish I could be of more help to you. But, if worst comes to
worst, I'll hold them of while you two try to escape."

Dur'ai says "Do not worry about this one, you should be able to remove the
wood with no death. He will live."

Dogwood chuckles " Sorry mate ta summon you down 'ere in the middle of this
one, but I'm not going out of here leaving ya behind, I bloody called you
down might as well stand by ya." he nods though the shard hurts horribly
"Aye, I've been blown from here to there, it's my line of work, one
bit of shrapnel in me won't hurt."

Forteleon nods at Dogs words. "We won't leave you here, my parents wouldn't
have wanted it." He then looks worried. "Wait there are Mecha chumeras out
there?"

Durai looks to the Paladin and calmly states, "If you are squeamish, I can
remove the splintered wood."

Dogwood lays there. "One of you pull it out of me instead of
let it bleeding stay there." he yells growing inpaitent for the hurt of it just
meshing with the skin.

From the pocket of his trenchcoat, Dur'ai removes a small piece of dried
leather. "Bite into this." and with that, Dur'ai swiftly pulls out the wood.

[Forteleon] While he pulls out the wood fortel starts shakeing everything he
see's going white and he dose his best concentration to posses Dogwood into
fealing absolute peace

Dogwood growls as the wood is yanked out, his mouth biting down into the
leather angerly.

[Dur'ai] "There. Now apply pressure and it will heal within time. Try
to think on something other than the pain and our impending danger and you
should be fine." This last remark forces a slight grin from Dur'ai. Strong
willed humans usually amuse him quite abit.

Dogwood nods to Dur'ai spitting out the leather slowly moving to sit up, it
still hurts, but not as much as the wood did. " Ahh, bloody wish there were
more of ye."

Forteleon halfway about to poses him he stops and frowns he looks to the man
on the table " what do you do anyways"

Dur'ai smiles and nods. "Yes, we seem to be in high demand these days. You
would be amazed at how the near end of the world renews faith in God."

Dogwood looks at Forte and shrugs. "Depends who asks, if one talks too
bleeding much I sell cars. and to others it's something different."

Forteleon chuckels almost coldly. "I am a paladin I can hold my tounge and
I can gues that you are blessed "

Dogwood nods. "Aye I am blessed."

Dur'ai near laughs, "Well I should hope so!"

Dur'ai takes a few steps past the two human forms and takes a
long look around, "I don't think that we will have a problem with those
creatures anymore, by now they're either dead or far away. Still
though, it'd be best to stay here for awhile. Just in case." With his head
looking to the floor, he mumbles something in an frustrating tone of voice.

Dogwood he quickly slides off the table and walks to look out
the window only to come back " Naw, they're still out there eating and
catching people..." he sighs and takes a seat lenaing lightly against the
wall. " Hmm I should have seen something like this coming.."

Dur'ai turns to face the man of unknown origin and asks in an
inquisitive tone, "And why is it that you should have seen it coming? I
believe it is about time that you start to explain...Dogwood."

Forteleon sits in the air hovering off the ground and raises an eyebrow.
"Yeah it would be a very good Ideia to start explaining"

Dogwood shrugs. "I only say it for the Citadel troops have
been out in force, and I have heard weird goings on in the city, hence why I
have been out to see if this was true, so as I can undermine it, but these
fellows aren't citadel workings, I have really no idea why they are up, but
they attack at the oddest times"

Dur'ai shrugs, "The oddest times are often the most oppurtune." He glances to
the hovering figure and asks, "Do you have anything to add? I'd like to be
informed of goings on now that I'm here.

Forteleon nods and raises an eyebrow " as do I"

Dogwood looks towards to Forte raising both eyebrows " Ehh you're not from
here?"

Forteleon shakes his head " No I just arived in town yesterdey " he smiles.
"I was a hermit for most of my life"

Dur'ai rolls his shoulders, "Well that's a valid choice seeing
as how it goes down here. Hmph, I believe that this is also my first time on
Earth, explaining why I am so ill-equipped." Dur'ai takes a short glance at
Dogwood. do you have any further information that could help?"

Dogwood shrugs. "We're all ill-equipt down here, I can shoot a gun, and i
would if I had one, but I am bleeding poor and the Cite fellows
have all the guns round here."

Forteleon shakes his head and stands up from his nonexsisting chair.
"I can probly learn how to shoot , " he looks upset " damm
I wish I had visited the quaretermaster and gotten somekind of weapon
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The noisy, busy street is even more chaotic than usual. People are running and
screaming, away from a big, and quickly expanding, crack in the middle of the
pavement --- a veritable mini-Chasm. The insides boil with balls of lightning
(mostly green and purple), while monstrous mecha-chimera climb out and start
hunting people down, especially the more human looking among the bystanders.
Little bubbles form at the edges of the crack and ripple outwards...

Chad flails and scampers backwards a bit, attempting to get lost
in the crowd, probably just like nigh everyone else on the street.

Angela comes running from the east, having heard the noise and
screams. Her eyes widen as she sees the nightmarish creatures climbing out of
the crack in the street. "Oooh sh...."

BUILDING: Forteleon shuders as he hears more screems outside and he
turns to the injured man " what do you think caused this" he frowns and says
more to himself then to the man " and when will it go away " he then grabs more
items and bars the door with them

BUILDING: Dogwood looks up form his sitting position the wood having
been taken out by Dur. "I told ye the bleeding Citey burnt some bag and they
popped up, I don't know when they will fucking leave!" he yells angry having
to be stuck in here, much less also pained by the wound.

Drem Looks over the street and wipes th bit of sweat from his
run. He looks back and pulls Xavior out of the access door and completely atop
the roof.. He yells into his raido a bit and looks back to the unconcious Xav
with him.. He thinks a moment and then slaps him across the face, shaking
him.. Seeing him come around he unslings his rifle and looks over the edge,
surveying the area.. Looking at the dwindleing twilight he sighs and looks at
his rifles scope's batteries.. He looks around and spots someone he knows..
Thinking of a way to hail her a moment he takes his watch and reflects it into
her eyes..

ROOF: Xavior comes too as Drem shakes him. He is a little groggy,
but alright. He hears the screams and looks down to the street, his eyes go
wide as he is jolted fully awake, but...could it be... no. He sees Artemis,
the Greek goddess standing in the middle of it all. Not believing it, he rubs
his eyes, but she is still there, he looks to Drem, "What's going on here?"

Angela runs towards the door of a near building as fast as she
can (OOC: your building), her face in a mixture of fear and anger..

BUILDING: Dogwood looks up form his sitting position the wood
having been taken out by Dur. "I told ye the bleeding Citey burnt some bag and
they popped up, I don't know when they will fucking leave!" he yells angry
having to be stuck in here, much less also pained by the wound.(re)

BUILDING: Forteleon makes sure the door is bolted shut then
sits down in the corner " you have any weapons ?" he shrugs " If you have two
lend me one so we can both defend ourselves

ROOF: Drem looks to Xavior, after screaming into his raido once more..
"We are under attack by those things." He points to the mecha with the barrel
of his rifle..

ROOF: Xavior nods his head, but whenever he loks at the street he
sees Artemis. "Drem, where are the others, they need our help. At least let me
get to Fortel." While he is saying this he redies himself for battle.

<Citadel> Drem says, "(IC) *static*.. This is Coloned Drem, requesting
assistance on the cathedral road south of the Market square.. Numerous
amounts of small anamtised metallic creatures have appeared from a newly
formed chasm.. REPEAT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED!! Oh fuck.. *static*.. Drem out...
*Click*"

Ardin Walks in from the north looking for angela he notices
beig freaky shit going down and says "What the..."

BUILDING: Dogwood growls and kicks a chair out of his way " This
is all we bloody have damnit! I may be a fricking terrorist, but I don't have
any fucking weapons on me to kill giant fucking spider things!" obviously
ticked off that he is unprepared for a fight. " If I could I make a fucking
bomb or something..."

BUILDING: Forteleon Bld snarls and looks around also angry he
then shrugs " think I could convice one to turn on the otheres?"

A big salamander spun of ruined cars and glass doors, brass stripes down its
back, ripples out and hisses, facing Angela as she heads for the building
where the others have taken cover...

ROOF: Drem looks over and sees Ardin come in.. "Great..." He looks to
Xavior, Sit down a sec.. I gotta go help someone.. Angelas down there..."

ROOF: Xavior nods his head, "Let me help you, I know her also."

Angela looks around, looking pretty helpless when she notices
Ardin. "Ardin, what THE FUCK is happening here?" She turn around and runs
towards him.

Drem runs down the stairs and opens the door a hair after un
blocking it.. He then throws a small rock at Ardin, trying to get his
attention.. He waves Him and Angela to the door.. looking for the metal
monsters..

Ardin Roars in rage and transforms!!! he loosk around "ANGELA!!"
Ardin shifts into his true form

Xavior runs down the stairs from the roof, trying to find the
other blessed, but he is still a little groggy. "FORTEL! TALK TO ME!"

Drem turns to look at Xavior "Shutup, they are over there" He
points to another building.. "Stay quiet and they shouldnt notice us,,"

BUILDING: Forteleon starts shakeing to try to possess one of those things
into beliving others of its kind are tastey he starts vibrating at
the effort.

BUILDING: Dogwood turns and watches Forteleon " Damnit you moron
you'll lead them right to us, Damnit you dumb Motherfucker!!!!" with that he
slowly gets up and makes his way to the other end of the room, gatering what
electrical shit he can find, hoepfully something in the place he can make a
bomb out of.

BUILDING: Forteleon ignores the man hopeing he knows what he
is doing and that it wont lead them to them

Angela runs towards the door where Drem's standing (if the way's clear)

Ardiniss Runs towards angela his eye's glwoing dark red a
growl escap's his lips as he witnisses these things move around.

Chad utterly fails to escape into the crowd, insteed getting smacked around a
bit by everyone -else- trying to get away, leaving him almost more exposed
then before.

Drem hustles Angela and Ardiniss into the building, and shuts
the large door, replaceing the rebar and large pieces of heavy furniture..

BUILDING2: Drem runs back up the stairs, leaving the two to decide for
themselves if to follow or not...

BUILDING2: Angela follows Drem as fast as she can, taking a last look at
the door as she does so

BUILDING2: Ardiniss Turns to angela "What the hell is going on?"

BUILDING2: Angela says "How am I supposed to know?"

BUILDING2: Ardiniss Shrugs and hausl ass up the stairs after drem and
angela.

BUILDING2: Ardiniss says "We cannot let those things live..they msut
die, drem your citadle you of all people shoudl be fighting them."

BUILDING: Forteleon colapes on the floor in a heap then gets up he frowns.
"no their spirits are to powerful , I hope I dident reveal our
location" he frowns and walks over to where the terrorist is and see's if he
can help in makeing a bomb

BUILDING: Dogwood continues to work in his small corner quickly
knowing that the stupid bastard has probably led them right to him, hurrying
trying to make a simple fucking bomb.. " How about you look out the fucking
window and tell me if they start to come this way.."

BUILDING2: Drem looks back at the two, "You saw the metal things, no?" he
stops back at the roof's door and looks back "They came from the small chasm..
I have no clue where that came from though...

BUILDING2: Angela nods. "Shit. Who's on the roof?"

As Angela and Ardiniss run towards the building, the salamander thing
chases after them...but one of its legs is mysteriously twisted awry, slowing
it enough to allow them to reach the doorway, etc. Meanwhile, more of the
crowd is getting away, monsters take the hind-most... A grotesque toad-shrub
creature hops ponderously towards the fallen Chad.

BUILDING: Forteleon frowns and and looks ouside seeing nothing at the moment
he turns and says " No nothing yet " he then looks around the
floor for any objects that could be used as weapons while glancing at the
window every once and awhile

BUILDING2: Xavior looks out the window, "Look, I need to get to them, you
coming?" When the coast is clear, he is ready to run to the other building,
but he waits for Drem.

BUILDING2: Drem nods and looks back to Ardin and Angela.. "You two comeing?"

BUILDING2: Angela follows Drem as fast as she can

BUILDING2: Ardiniss Looks down on a lizard mech thing and hsi eye's
glwo dark red as e enter's the beasts mind he takes control. The mech turns
and starts towards another mech and engages it in combat...

[Ardiniss] The lizard mecha brutaly tear's into anotehr mech slashing
and clawing away...

BUILDING2: Drem taps Xavior on the shoulder "Go when ready.."

Xavior makes a mad dash to the next building, smashing the
glass of a window adn jmping through it, looking at the blessed. "Fortel, take
this." he gives the blessed his wrist sword to use.

BUILDING2: Ardiniss follows after drem and angela his pwoer weaking but
he retains control

BUILDING: Dogwood nearly has it done and looks. he moves it to
the window and chucks it out, nothing, nothign happens save the mess of crap
hitting soneone in the head " Damnit to hell.." with that he turns and sees
what he left, the batteries he removed to get into the fucker, he forgot to
put them back in. " Aww fuck!"

Drem is still running to the building, behind Ang and Ardin..

Chaos reigns in the street... a few people take shelter in a nearby building
or on the rooftop. Others have gotten away completely. A pair of mecha-chimera
are battling each other in the street. The salamander bites at the door of the
building where everyone is hiding, while the toad-shrub hops towards Chad...
The crack seems to have stabilized in size, though. Little balls of lightning
continue to roll out, and the edges still bubble. But no more mecha-chimera
seem to be emerging.

BUILDING: Forteleon as he see's a person jump though the
window he screams and is posed to atack the man but when he notices it his
partner his lip twiches in anger " what the HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE" he is
besides himseld " Now they will know we are here" he frowns and walks to the
wall " Get some weapons so we can defend ouselves now and he picks up the
wrist swoard

Ardiniss turns levle's hsi rilfe at the salamander nad opens
fire. "Ratttaatta!!!"

Ardin's bullets have no effect on the salamander...it continues to gnaw at the
door. The wood splinters...

BUILDING: Dogwood looks out the window after going and picking up
the useless batteries and holding them in his hand he turns watchin Xavior
jump in and then looks around.." Damnit we're fucking trapped in a damn
appliance building with nothing to kill those bastards outside..."

[Drem] Suddenly just as Drem makes his way to the building the
sound of 3 automatic rifles and a large caliber machinegun open up, sending a
hail of fire into one of the mechs blocking the south end of the street, now
vivible you can see the people fireing, men in Black and Red armor...

[Ardiniss] The possesed mech keeeps ripping into the other...

Ardiniss Keeps runing he turns and draw's hsi axe but keeps
runing following angela.

The mecha-chimera lurch on, jarred by the bullets but not seeming damaged by
them, beyond a few more indentations and holes. The two attacking each other
do manage to rip off limbs...steel clatters on the street, glass breaks...

BUILDING: Forteleon moves the swoard around and frowns. "I doubt this will
do much but at least i will die fighting" he walks over to Dog ,
picks up a microwave and hands it to him " Just grab a damm thing and trow it
at anything that trys to enter

BUILDING: Xavior takes his sword and heads toward the window. Looking
out, he feels as if he never passed out at all. He motions for Fortel to
follow him as he prepares to attack the mecha-chimera Ardin already wounded,
and slashes down at it.

BUILDING: Dogwood takes the microwave and puts on a cheery face. "Oh this
will bloody save us..." he mutters to himself before oepning the back
of the thing to see if he might be able to make another bomb.

[Drem] The Citadel soilders fireing break off, moving back a little,
one reloads his rifle.. Now they are at a backwards trot..

Ardiniss ROARS! and break's out running toward's the salamander, he twirls
and brings the axe down hard along hte neck of the salaamnder
trying to kill it good..sever the head. "Daminit! drem you coward fight! all
of you fight! they cannot live."He growls and leaps back.

BUILDING: Drem looks to Dogwood.. "What the hell are you doing with a
microwave "It will save us" crap?" (Dosent nknow hw can build bombs.. Drem
reshoulders his rifle and sits down in the back.. "Metal wont hurt them.."

BUILDING: Angela concentrates on the wooden door one of the creaturen is
tearing through. Suddenly the color of the wood changes, the holes start to
get smaller. They close completly, and instead of a damaged wooden door the
creature is trying to get through a thick metal door

BUILDING: Drem closes his eyes and concentrates.. a minute later he opens
his eyes, "Shit.. it won't work.. Of all the fucing times..."

BUILDING: Forteleon Bld hears the man screaming for him to fight but he
doubts it will help if he fights with this swoad. he gets an idiea and
takes glass , grabs the microwave back. then atempts to melt the glass to
cover the swoard

BUILDING: Angela tries to reach the upper levels of the building, the
roof if she can reach it

[Drem] 2 of the Citadel troops raise their hands to raidos and tap the
ones next to them, suddenly the fire stops and they run into a building, up to
the roof..

Chad grunts, and leans heavily on his staff, pulling himself back to his feet.

Unfortunately for Chad, the hulking toad-bush catches up to him just then, and
whips out vines of sinewy cable, wrapping him up...

Ardiniss says "Shit aint working..."

Xavior waves his hand in front of a scorpion-like meta-chimera, hoping to tear
its metal body apart.

BUILDING: Forteleon Bld gasps in pain the glass quivers and
explods cuting his left hand. he looks for something else he can use as a
weapon and he decideds that maybe if he could find something flamable

Ardiniss Looks down at the salamander....
[Ardiniss)] The salamander stops...turns and move's towards the
mech-chiera and engages it in combat.

BUILDING: Dogwood continues to work on the appliance in his hand
ignoring the others, he thinks he has it again,

Ardiniss says "Guy's! I need help this is straining me taking consentration
form a circle i need protection!"

BUILDING: Dogwood is nearly done when it fucking doesn't work, he
looks for the bateries and notices someone took them from him cursing aloud "
Mother fucker! if some damn person didn't take my batteires we could have
fired them.."

Ardiniss Being the strongest around he takes charge. Angela!
erect a barrier around me via shapeshift! chad xavior drem you and citadle
forces concntrate your fire on one target!

Xavior watches as the body of the meta-chimera explodes, throwing small
peices of shrapnel everywhere. Coming around the corner were
two others, a millipede and a spider. "Fortel, Drem, I need help." he waves
his hands at one, ignoring the demon, he didn't work for them.

[Xavior] they die.

[Drem] The Citadel troops arrive atop a rather tall building, and look
down on the chaos, and being able to do nothing.. Swearing amongs themselves
they listen and transmit via their radio's..

ROOF: Angela looks down from the roof an shouts to Ardin "What kind
of Barrier?? I'm kinda drained right now!"

BUILDING: Forteleon Bld gets another brilliant Idea looks around
for a while then pulls out a battery he sticks a wooden stick in then gose to
the window takes out a match and prepares to light and throw " Fuck high tech
, old fasion can work just as well"

Ardiniss says "Any! hurry!"

BUILDING: Dogwood looks at Forteleon and ducks " Man the fuse
won't work it will bow in your;re fucking face!" he yells rolling over looking
for something else to build off of knowing explosion is inament

ROOF: Angela clenches her teeth and concentrates...  The street around
Ardin seems to change slightly, but nothing really happens...

As Drem turns his attention to one of the mecha-chimera crawling in his
direction, it suddenly seems to fly straight at him, rather like one of the
face-huggers from the movie _Alien_. It morphs, melts, transmogrifies...metal
tentacles shoot down Drem's throat and implant a baby mecha-chimera
inside...or something. It's hidden under his clothing, but something is in
there...

Chad recites something, muffled by the tendrels enveloping him.

Ardiniss Turns to the chimera "No you dont!" He wields hsi
might forcing it to withdraw its implant...

[Ardiniss] The mech-chimera remove's its ...whatever and turns and
starts to attack the millipeed.

ROOF: Angela screams. "Shit! Ardin, it didn't work!"

BUILDING: Dogwood mutters "Bloody hell.." listening to those
ahead of him working on this odd blender thingie hoping and praying that this
one works.

BUILDING: Drem looks around a moment, reawakened, thrn doubles over and
retches. His lunchein splattering on the floor..

The ... thing... ripping itself out of Drem did a lot of damage on its way
out. Glass scales scrape his insides bloody... he falls to the floor
incapacitated.

Chad is making alot of muffled noises and squirming a bit.

ROOF: Angela looks down from the roof at what's going on at the
street, unsure of what to do. "Ardin, hold out a little, I have to wait with
using my powers. I have a idea, I'll join you soon!"

ROOF: Angela leaves the roof of the building she's on, running down to floor
level.

BUILDING: Forteleon ignores the man again he looks up and
whispers " Please god make this work" he then grimances , grits his teah
lights the bomb and chucks it with all his might at the nearest Mech as
quickly as possible. and the runs with all he spead to the other side of the
bld in caser of a mishap

The makeshift bomb hits the window frame, bounces back, and blows up right near
you, just barely giving you (Fort and Dog) enough time to get out of the way...

[Drem] the Citadel soilders atop of the building once agian open up
fire. One of them thjrowing a pilfered grenade..

BUILDING: Dogwood stands finally moving towards the back door opening he
runs along the side, watching the things, picking one out he hurls the
blender bombie with all his might hoping it to land infron of the thing and do
alot of damage. only to hear a bomb go off inside the back door flying off
behind him flame singing him " Bloody Forte.."

BUILDING: Forteleon ducks for bloddy mercy as a bomb rips
though the building he stands up dusts himself off and turns to Dog " concepts
good my aims bad how bout I make and you throw" he frowns as Dog thows his and
instintevely backs off

The grenade from the Citadel squad adds to the noise and confusion...but the
soldier has better aim, the grenade hitting the cat-shaped mecha and blasting
it apart. Fragments fly apart, scrabble feebly on the ground, then die...

BUILDING: Forteleon frowns as dogs bomb misses and then he nods to him.
"you stay there and trow since yours at least cleared the window .. I
will make them"

BUILDING: Dogwood turns to Forteleon and nods " better make them as
quickly as possilbe mate afore they find us over here." he says while making
another cocktail, battery one of course.

BUILDING: Drem moans and throws up some more blood.

[Jym] A short and fat, but quite pointy cylinder appears close to the
facade of the last chance, just above the roof. It hovers a moment after
phasing into reality before sharply driving itself at the side of a nearby
mech.

The mech gets impaled. It whips around and snaps at the spear sticking in its
side, then howls and leaps back into the crack!

[Drem] the citadel soilders now remotaivated begin letting loose with
their m-60 machine gun, and rifles.. They don't do much.. but this time they
concentrate on one target, the other ak-47's chattering away. Wherever the
Diamond thing goes they fire at the mech..

The six mechas fighting each other completely rip each other to shreds...

BUILDING: Dogwood readiues his bomb, his lighter coming out getting
ready to light it and throw at the next Mech he sees. he turns and nods to
Forteleon " Aye, try and get his rifle for me eh?" with that he peers around
the corner.

BUILDING: Ardiniss Take's control of another and sends it agaisnt one
of the 5 remaining mechs he stepso uto f the building. Grolwing the demon
moves out steping through the chaos eye's glowing red. In a commanding voice
he booms "All fighetrs push forward attack!"

[Ardiniss] The mech jups onto another one and tear's into it.

BUILDING: Forteleon Bld looks around for more baterys and then
notices gunclips on the fallen Drem next to them , he grabs them and holds
them out to Dog " turn this into a weapon I will throw the bombs" he then
grabs another bomb and prepares to throw it as far as possible

BUILDING: Angela opens a window of the bouilding she's in and climbs
onto the street, grinning evilly. "Let's rock..."

BUILDING: Dogwood looks from around the corner watching the fight to
Forte " Get his bleeding gun for me eh? I can at least try and bloody shoot
them." he returns to watching the mechs readying for one to come into range.

Chad is starting to get very vocal.

Unfortunately, no one can really hear Chad. His voice is all muffled by the
thing that's holding him.

Angela steps into the middle of the street, grinning for some reason, and
closes her eyes concentrating... her form suddenly changes. She grows bigger,
a LOT bigger. Her human form changes into her demonic one, but she's made of
pure diamond. She continues to grow, additional backspickes forming on her
back, the diamond blades shining in the light of the streetlamps. On each arm
a long additional diamond blades starts to form, and finally her transformation
finishes. Quite a impressive sight, being 10 meters (33 feet) high. Shee looks
down at the remaining mechas and screams "FIGHT ME!"

Ardiniss Turns and grins "That's my girl..."

Two of the remaining mecha-chimera turn to face Silshade, while others scurry
away... but they are all dwarfed by the gigantic demon facing them now.

BUILDING: Forteleon Bld runs picks up drems gun and hands it to dog.
"Hope you can shoot"

BUILDING: Dogwood runs over and hands Forte his bomb looking down at
the officer quickly taking his gun. and loading it with the ammo Forte gave
him. " Throw that I'll try and shoot at them or something. give the demon some
help, distration really

Ardiniss turns ot the one scurring away with chad "No it shall not be..."

Silshade screams as she slashes at one of the mechas with one of her arm
blades. It wents straight through it, Cutting it apart with the
sound of ripping metal and cracking glass


Derick comes in from the north.. to hear the sounds and crys
of those who now are being torn apart for those Metal Demons. Derick's eyes
narrow, seemingly unsurprised by the machinations that scurry and tear about
the helpless, as the Citadel does no better to pelt them with shrapnel. He
slowly walks in the direction of the mecha's.. but no, something else catches
his eye. Yes, a 30foot crystaline.. something. He made sure to keep a good
range from that, though. His fists clench, concentrating upon the screams of
the innocent, and the forms of the mechas..

BUILDING: Forteleon Bld prepares to throw the bomb but tuches
just as he dose release. The bomb falls not far from him and the
room blows up in fiery furr sending fort flying with the shookwave he hits a
wall and when he stands up his is bleading badly

BUILDING: Dogwood now using the rifle instead of the bomb hurries outside and
loads the sucker pulling back to bolt it's ready he aims at one of the mechas
waiting to get a good shot.

BUILDING: Dogwood aims hoping not hit The huge deamon and lets a clip
rip from the gun
The Bullets fire into the mech's face it only doing cosmetic
damage, but confusing it enough to let Dogwood run, him with the gun, he'll
return it someday but right now leaving for his life, feeling wind pushing him
fater off into the distance

One mecha is left facing Silshade, one holding Chad scurrying away, four
others still active...

Drem's hair and clothes russle as the shockwave passes over
him..

[Derick] Suddenly, a loud thundering is heard. An inferno of fire hails
down from the sky, a tornado of smoldering fire and magma, ripping apart the
earth with it's fury, as well as suddenly clashing into a random mech, the
loud screeches and melting sounds of metal rise above the screams of the
streets.

Jym grimaces in the shadows, groaning softly, but unable to
arouse the energy. Long, thin, razor-sharp shard slip from under his
skin and hover next to him. He holds his open palms out towards the mech
Silshade is battling with and they shoot off in a blur, spinning and leaving
behind only a whistling noise as they try to meet the creature.

The shards rip into the creature with the hideous noise of fingernails on a
blackboard, amplified a hundredgold. As its skin curls back and shreds, the
thing shrieks and limps towards the crack...tumbling back in...

Jym holds his arms across his abdomen, spitting spittles of blood
on the street before he enters the Last Chance again, supporting himself on
walls with his other arm.

Ardiniss Growls and roars a battle cry. The mech he is controling lunges at
another's throat. Ardin concentrates on the one holding Chad...

[Ardiniss] The mech holding chad stops...It stands and begings ot gut
itself horribly...

Chad stumbles out of teh wreckage and gunk of the former ....thing...and
tries to get his bearings.

Silshade growls as she charges at one of the unoccupied
(heh!) mechas, faking a slash with her right arm but actually she tries to
tear through it with the blade of her left arm.

The mecha leaps back, ripped almost in two by Silshade's attack. It, too,
retreats in a hurry into the crack...

[Drem] The Citadel troops try and converge their fire into one spot,
each rifle, includeing the large belt fed m-60 onto one of the mechs.. 2 more
grenaides reluctantly sail over the edge of the roof, heading for diffrent
targets..

BUILDING: Forteleon Bldis trying to regain his composture from
his bomb and cursig loudly

The remaining mecha-chimera all get toasted... the ones not blown up by the
grenades scurry off into the crack, which snaps shut...as if it was never
there. The pavement is just pavement again, with fresh scars from the recent
battle. The bystanders are not all so lucky...

Silshade gets nervous as she gets hit a little, but no real damage is done...

A stray bullet rips through Ardin...

A piece of shrapnel hits Chad...

Derick gets hit by a piece of flying glass, which cuts his scalp...lotsa
blood, but little damage.

Chad winces back from the sudden pain, droping his staff and
grabbing the wound refelxivly.

Ardiniss Screams and goe's down with hsi concentration
broken the mech he was controling regaisn control of its mind.

Silshade's eyes widen. "Shit..."

Drem coughs up some more blood, the troops fileing down to get
Drem.. They put him on a streacher and head south..

Silshade lets out a long sigh and shifts back into her human
form, looking kinda tiny compared to her last one.

BUILDING: Forteleon moans and crawls out of the window
survaying the destuction he looks for someone who he knows can take him to the
abby

Ardiniss Groans and looks around he stagers to his feet...
Ardiniss shifts into his human form

Angela runs to Ardin and tries to support him. "She looks at
the others. "Is everyone okay? Drem?? Where's Xavior gone to?"

Chad glances down, lifting his hand off the wound, seeing the
blood on his palm- and swears.

Ardin PUt's hsi hand over hsi wound and groans painfully. HE
hangs on to angela "Well...that was fun."

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