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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 16:56:13 GMT -6
Another silent giggle from the Tenno before she examined a bunch of fruits that were in a bowl, poking at an orange with her pistol. Dian sprinted ahead, his Magistar charged with radiation as he waited for Kar'Vek and Clem to reach them, waiting for the two others. "If it weren't for my roots, I swear I'd have brought a whip of sorts..." Dian muttered as Kar and Clem reached him. "Don't worry, Isna's probably going to deal with her when we drag her back." Kar replied, the Kubrow finally catching up and hopping onto Clem.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 13, 2015 19:06:47 GMT -6
Dian was knocked off his feet by an explosion hitting him in the shoulder, his only warning of more being a crossbow bolt plunging into the ground next to his head. The bolt exploded, sending him flying into trees before dozens began raining down on Kar'vek and Clem. A bolt of lightning speared through the trees, smashing into Serri's side and throwing her through several trees as the Eclipse guard began filing out of the trees.
" By the way, there are a large number of flying ones. Quite fast, they move much quicker than the Corpus ospreys. Preliminary scans show no heavy weaponry or eximus, but it appears they have harnessed some other kind of energy. They are also equipped with various melee weapons of unknown material, no knowing how it will interact with our abilities and suits. Good luck guys, I'm going to watch from up here." Noctis said, chuckling.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 13, 2015 19:10:07 GMT -6
"If you can not give me any information as to why you've abducted me, I'm going to leave." The Irken soldier bluntly said, knowing his personal assistant would come running after him, upon receiving the distress signal.
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 20:24:55 GMT -6
Mal'Ka silently giggling before poking the Irken with a finger. He's funny... She thought, stroking the alien's shoulder. "Thanks for the warning, jerk." Kar'Vek managed to muster before being smacked in the face with a bolt, his deflector shielding making it bounce off. Clem yelped like a child before opening fire randomly with his first Grakata, taking his holstered Grakata and firing both off simultaneously into the treeline, panicking. Dian crawled back up to his feet, slamming the pommel of his hammer into the ground, blessing the dirt before him with the radioactive energy as a protective field. (Yeah, post-buff Oberon=Zero debuffs in Hallowed Ground.)
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Post by Paladin on Jan 13, 2015 20:28:06 GMT -6
The Irken sighed, hoping his assistant would arrive soon. Anyone, rather.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 13, 2015 20:44:19 GMT -6
Red eyes glowed in the darkness of the trees from where Clem had begun firing, a single creature walking out with dozens of bullets floating in front of him. A couple more walked out, these ones similar in appearance although they wore cloth instead of the plate-mail of the one in the lead. "Put down your weapons, and I won't bury you in unmarked graves." Tome said, raising a hand as the bullets fell to the ground. Lightning crackled around his hand, as the ones behind him opened up books. The air was filled with magic, the sound of metal scraping against metal as the earthers moved into sight. Their shields were dinged with bullet marks, and a few bullet holes.
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 20:54:47 GMT -6
Clem screamed, panicking like the foolish child he was, realizing that his guns were empty and forgetting his spares. Kar groaned, seeing the Lancer begin running in a circle with his hands in the air, the Kubrow following its master in a panicked run. Dian stayed out of sight, charging a ball of radioactive energy, his Magistar held in his right hand. He watched at Kar'Vek place the Soma on the ground, placing his hands behind his head.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 13, 2015 21:01:14 GMT -6
The Irken shot out of his seat, his hand cannon glowing with energy before he heard a rustling in a bush. "Sir, reporting for duty!" His assistant came out of the bush, and it looked like a small robot with purple eyes.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 13, 2015 21:19:33 GMT -6
"Good, restrain them." Tome said, as the Earthers moved towards the surrendered thing. A scream of rage came out of the tree line, as Serri lunged out towards Tome. What happened next seemed to be in slow motion as he grabbed her blade, twisting it and throwing off her path. His other hand grabbed onto the plates of her armor, her momentum carrying her forward as his grip changed the direction to downwards. She slammed into the dirt head first, losing her grip on her blade as he spun it around. The blade was at her throat before the rest of her body had landed on the ground, leaving her wondering just what had happened. "I suggest you let go of that magic before I put a bolt through your neck." A voice said, as something poked Dian in the back of his head. "Or don't, a corpse is much easier to deal with than a prisoner. And you aren't the ones we were hunting for attacking the patrol."
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 21:49:07 GMT -6
Mal'Ka quickly shot the pistol out of the Irken's hand with one pistol while the other was aimed at the assistant bot, her thumbs cocked and fingers ready to fire. Dian placed his hammer on the ground and surrendered. "Forget what I said about Mal, I am going to sorely punish her after we get out." The normally calm paladin hissed as he was forced between his three other comrades. He glared at Clem, "I blame that thing."Clem bowed his head, being next to Kar'Vek while the guards rounded them up. "Shush, I'm trying to get Noctis on the line." Kar'Vek 'said', hastily trying to get that Volt to talk to them.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 13, 2015 21:54:19 GMT -6
"This is becoming a hostage situation." the Irken said, "Stop now. My assistant may be peaceful, but he will attack if needed. Let us go."
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 13, 2015 21:59:58 GMT -6
" I'm sorry, the Tenno you are trying to reach is occupied laughing as you are being detained. Leave a message at the beep, and he will help you when he stops. Beeeeep." Noctis' liset responded, muted laughing coming through the comm channel. " I WILL RIP YOUR HEAD FROM YOUR SHOULDERS!" Serri screamed, the soldiers having hog-tied her with a weird glowing cable she couldn't break. " Fine fine, buzz-kill. But what do you expect me to do?" Noctis said, still chuckling between words.
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 22:22:45 GMT -6
Mal'Ka lowered her Peacekeepers just as an astonished young girl walked in through the doorway. Mal looked at the Irken, then to its assistant before locking 'eyes' with the newcomer. Apple Bloom froze in place out of fear, seeing the three alien looking beings. She nearly wet herself in fear but there was one thing that was the last straw. Mal'Ka charged towards the little pony, wanting to cuddle the cute humanoid creature. To Apple Bloom, this was a scene straight out of a horror film, especially with the Tenno's flesh textured face. "AAAAAHHH! NO!" Apple Bloom cried out, backing off and tripping, falling on her back as Mal descended on her. She shut her eyes, anticipating the monster to kill her but only felt Mal's fingers stroking her red mane, the Tenno making little cooing noises as it nuzzled her. "I don't know, shoot a lightning bolt ans scare them off, perhaps?" Dian replied, a little annoyed as a guard tried to remove his 'mask', using one of his 'horns' to swat the hand away.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 13, 2015 22:26:27 GMT -6
Irken grabbed his robot assistant, who turned into a jet pack. He took off into the air, heading back to his ship and resting there until local authorities would come and grab him.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 13, 2015 22:39:09 GMT -6
(If they were rookies, that would be a mistake they'd make. The Eclipse are Elite Soldiers.) "I want the source of that scream found." Tome shouted, all of the soldiers having heard the scream. "NOW!" He shouted, half of the soldiers running off. The sound of snapping branches put the remaining soldiers on high alert, the unicorns spinning and preparing their magic. "If you could, we would prefer to talk." The soldiers all turned the unicorns raising their hands as Noctis walked into sight with his hands raised. " That is a moronic idea Dian. We're already in the middle of a shit-storm thanks to Mal'Ka, the last thing that needs to be done is throwing another bucket into the hurricane."
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 22:53:59 GMT -6
Mal'Ka continued to hug and cuddle her new friend, Apple Bloom remained quiet, mortified by the current situation. Aww... she's adawwable! Mal'Ka thought before placing the terrified pony on the stool, letting Apple Bloom catch her breath, staring at Mal'Ka. "Wh-What in Equestria are ya?" Apple Bloom asked, keeping her distance from the faceless Tenno, finding her disposition to be eerie and overly creepy. "He's right, Dian. If we just stay calm, we can find Mal'Ka and get back to actually finding something of value in the forest rather than deal with the natives." Kar'Vek added, though he was more worried about Clem, the latter being distracted by the shiny armours of the unicorn guards. "I swear upon the Lotus, if this goes horribly wrong, someone here is getting smacked." Dian growled.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 13, 2015 23:07:54 GMT -6
(Black Tome is the only unicorn in armor, the others are in robes.) The soldiers filed out of the tree line, having tracked and surrounded Mal'Ka. "Back away from the filly, put your hands behind your head, and lay on the ground." One of them shouted. "We have a Dragon Spear charged and aimed at you, and I've seen it punch a hole through a dragon the size of my shield." A large barrel was leveled over the shoulder of one of the Earthers, aimed directly at her.
" Mal'Ka already pissed off the natives, they managed to outmaneuver and beat you guys, and now I'm the only one not currently tied up. I'm saving pictures of this, it'll be hilarious in the dojo." Noctis said, having taken a seat opposite Dian and Kar'Vek as the guards bound them. "I do wish to apologize for my...I'm hard pressed to call them allies, seeing as the trouble they get themselves into. The actions of my-" "Shut your mouth. You can talk to the Princess, my job is capture. If that isn't possible, I simply kill you and leave you here in unmarked graves. If someone forgives your presence and actions, it will be her." Tome said. "Is that clear?" "Crystal." Noctis said. " Okay, maybe all of these guys are on par with the Eximus. They moved too fast and coordinated to just be rank and file."
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 23:21:10 GMT -6
Mal'Ka grinned, a shield enveloping her form as she placed Apple Bloom out of the way before standing in front of the guards, a fire burning below her as her Peacekeepers readied themselves. Really now? I'd like to see someone outshoot me. She thought, her pistols locking in the ready position as she aimed at a tree, firing off a volley of shots, forming a target in the wood before she leapt back, almost as if taunting the guards. "Uuurgh..." Dian groaned, waiting for the guards to escort them. He glared at Serri. "Damn this, you know what? When Mal comes back, you can hit her all you want if that's what it takes to get the message into that thick skull of hers."
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 13, 2015 23:43:15 GMT -6
The unicorn at the end of the barrel only smiled as a massive spear of lightning shot out of the barrel, ripping through her shield as a metal bolt followed directly afterwards. It flew across the distance in a millisecond, impacting her chest as the barbs extended outwards. It ripped her off her feet, the barbs spearing into her frame as it launched them through several trees before finding herself pinned to a very thick oak as the bolt tip collapsed and several large blades folded out of the shaft and dug into her frame as it locked her to the tree. "We use these to take down full grown dragons, you should consider it a miracle you're even alive." The unicorn said, walking up to her. His horn glowed as the guns were ripped from her hands. "Tell the commander we caught the perpetrator for the attack against the guard patrol. And we got to use the Dragon Spear." " I WAS GOING TO ANYWAYS!" Serri shouted, struggling against her binds. They had tied all of her limbs at the apex of her flexibility, which meant she had no ability to even flex her muscles to try and break them. " GRAAAGH, THIS IS PISSING ME OFF!" " In my opinion, this entire thing was one helluva shitstorm. A group of highly trained Tenno just got out-played by a bunch of natives that don't even have guns. Like...how do you even justify getting outplayed like this?" Noctis said, laughing.
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 13, 2015 23:59:07 GMT -6
Mal'Ka's vocal emitters finally came online, revealing that she was coughing. "G-Good shot, though you were supposed to hit that target." She said, pointing to the tree she marked. She reached out to the nearest guard, the one holding her guns, "Take care of those, please. I guess you won them fair and square." She said, coughing up some blood. Apple Bloom looked on and was pushed by a morbid sense of curiosity to check on the Tenno, whatever that monstrous thing had planned, it actually decided to put her out of harms way before engaging in a fight. Apple Bloom jogged up the trail of destruction, trying to get past the line of soldiers. "Please, mister, I wanna know what that was." Apple Bloom pestered a soldier who was blocking her off.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 14, 2015 0:21:24 GMT -6
"You were told to surrender, why would we shoot anything else? And you're not gonna die." One of the unicorns said, sighing as he walked up to Mal'Ka. "That thing is designed to kill dragons, not smaller creatures. You've probably got some broken ribs, a few punctures maybe. It's only lethal if it rips through your body." "The Princesses are gonna need to her too." Tome said, walking into the clearing with their other prisoners being led behind. Serri was being carried by two of the Earthers, strung up on a rather large branch they'd cut down. "Hello Mal'Ka." Noctis said, waving as the soldiers filed in. Black Tome looked over at Apple Bloom, his face turning into a frown. "What are you doing wandering these woods filly?" He asked.
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 14, 2015 0:52:38 GMT -6
Mal'Ka shut her trap, seeing the fury boiling behind Serri's mask the moment they made eye contact. Apple Bloom, though, remained determined. "Ah need to know what that thing was... and to say 'thank you'." She said, standing before Tome. Mal'Ka strained to look at the little filly. "You're welcome, cuti~ Ack!" Mal'Ka coughed again, her ribs felt like they were on fire as she tried to shift about. She shut up right before the Veshtir crossed her view, still glaring at her. The guys sighed in unison, seeing the situation play out as they followed Noctis.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 14, 2015 1:19:43 GMT -6
"Let me make this very clear, young one." Tome said, leaning down to look her in the face. "Right now, you're standing in the middle of an operation given to us directly by both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Your presence here is a problem to the security of this operation, and were you not directly related to the Element of Honesty your mind would have been wiped and you would be sent on your merry way." "Do you want us to get her down?" One of the Earthers asked, pointing at Mal'Ka. "You could get her down or dig up the tree, whichever one you deem easier." Tome said, standing back up. The Earther saluted, two more walking over to help pull the blades out of the tree. "Any questions you have are to be directed to the Princesses, and should they deem it important they might answer when they have been informed themselves." He looked over at the soldiers helping Mal'Ka as they pulled the blades out of the tree. A unicorn pulled on the shaft of the ballista, retracting the spikes out of her torso as they removed the bolt itself. " For all of our best interests, and continued living, do not open your mouth again Mal'Ka. Comply with them, or I'll break your legs and drag you along behind us myself. Is that clear?" Noctis said through their comms.
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 14, 2015 3:53:52 GMT -6
Apple Bloom understood the levity of the situation and nodded, scurrying off back to the farm. Mal'Ka kept her mouth shut, deciding to listen to her friends for once, though her hands were instinctively flipping imaginary pistols.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 14, 2015 4:15:20 GMT -6
"One of you go get her." Tome sighed, rubbing his eyes as a pegasus mare took off after Apple Bloom. "There's no telling just what sort of security compromise her knowledge is going to cause. Let's leave it up to the Princesses to decide. Meanwhile, let's get you back to Canterlot." He said, turning to look at the Tenno. "Can you allow our friend down. I promise that she will not attack you again." Noctis said, looking at Serri. "She's...thoroughly embarrassed about how you have her bound." Tome nodded, the Earthers letting her down as they untied the cable keeping her feet bound. She was on her feet lunging at Tome as soon as they were freed, but was intercepted by Noctis grabbing her throat and slamming her into the ground. " Let me make this very clear Serri, because you often have trouble listening to me. We are going to go peacefully, Mal'Ka will be punished befitting her stupidity, and if you attack them outside of self-defense I will rip you out of your suit and throw you to the infested. Do I make myself clear?" He said through their comms. " We are in the eye of the storm right now, and hostility will only end with us dead and buried in unmarked graves on some unclaimed and unexplored planet. I will not die for your anger." Serri growled before Noctis tightened his grip on her throat. " Is that clear, Serri?" Noctis asked again. " Crystal, Noctis." She replied, before he picked her up and set her on her feet. "Quite sorry, it was apparently not clear to my associate that her freedom was dependent on us going peacefully." Noctis said, before he noticed that Tome was looking at him with eyes that seemed to pierce his suit. "I am glad that you have your soldiers under control." He said. "It will be a decent walk to the carts, and then a short ride to Canterlot. We should get moving."
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 14, 2015 5:20:27 GMT -6
Kar'Vek sighed, glancing occasionally at the cuffed Mal'Ka. "Lotus dammit, Mal. Why did you not listen?" Kar asked, getting a surprisingly cheerful response of ignorance from his sister Tenno. "Listen to what? If it's the briefing, I kinda got... distracted. Sorry." Mal'Ka replied, her voice soft but still somehow cheerful. Kar'Vek sighed again, wondering how his sister was this dense in the first place. Dian, on the other hand, restrained himself from furiously belting out a long string of curses and swear words aloud at the Mesa, taking deep breaths to calm himself. Clem, meanwhile, had decided to keep his Kubrow on his head like a hat, walking with the guards and occasionally patting the scared dog on his head. Unlike Mal'Ka, he was smart enough to shut up but wanted to at least keep his quiet pet safe.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 14, 2015 16:55:49 GMT -6
" He's talking about the part where minimal interaction with the natives was bolded, underlined, and highlighted in the briefing." Noctis said, standing next to Serri. She hadn't stopped grumbling, barely audible through the suit since her comm was turned off. Tome led them through the forest, coming out near where the carts had been left. There were two pegasi there, both with their crossbows pointed at the source of the smoke. "Glad to see you're back sir. Something else...came up while you were in the woods." One of them said, noticing the large group of soldiers filing out of the tree line. "And what exactly came up?" Tome asked, wondering just how the day could get any more convoluted. One of the pegasi pointed at the Irken, as Tome applied his palm to his face.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 14, 2015 17:03:58 GMT -6
"I'm sorry." said the Irken, "I am Shlor." The Irken showed off his organic side first, before showing his cybernetic parts; half of his left arm was robotic, along with his eye. "I sent out a distress signal in the hopes of being rescued from some being that was intrigued with me. I'm looking to speaking with your leaders, if possible any time soon."
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Post by dannylamb456 on Jan 14, 2015 17:07:08 GMT -6
"Oh... whoops." Mal'Ka muttered, getting a sigh out of Kar'Vek and an angry groan from Dian. Her attention snapped to the Irken sitting in the burnt out ship and waved a hand at it. "Hey! Its that guy I found.""For the love of the Lotus..." Dian sighed after he calmed down enough.
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Post by Lepking13 on Jan 14, 2015 17:55:32 GMT -6
"Of course you are." Tome sighed. "Fill up the carts, we're heading back to Canterlot." He said, walking over to the carts and climbing in as the soldiers lifted the prisoners up. "Send word ahead, keep the roads clear and we're going to need a handful of cells." One of the pegasi saluted and took to the sky, flying off towards Canterlot.
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