[IC Board] All the World's a Game - Season II

[S121]

Reactor Labs - Sector 4 - Prometheus Labs - London

Dr. Neuman thought about whether or not he should take a break, especially with the reactor being so close to completion. Then again, it couldn't hurt to relax a bit after getting kicked in the nuts by a cyborg with anger issues. Such an event today caused Dr. Neuman to sigh before speaking to Chung.

"Sure. Maybe while I'm at it I can go grab an ice pack from the medical ward.", Dr. Neuman said to Chung with a light shrug.



Armor Technologies Lab - Sector 4 - Prometheus Labs - London

"Okay Lily, we're going to activate some of the more advanced functions of the armor, then we're going to ask you to perform a series of tests, okay?", one of the scientists asked Lily, who was standing inside a black and yellow caution square on the floor.

"Understood.", Lily calmly said before she placed her helmet over her head, causing the pressure seal to make a faint hiss as the armor became airtight.

As Lily stood there within the black and yellow caution square, scientists moved about around her, taking notes on their datapads, running through the code for Lily's armor functions, and prepping the machine above her for the "awakening" phase.

"Ok, hold still and the machine up top will recompile the code into data the armor can use, and transfer the data into your armor.", the scientist finished with a small smile as the first stage of the process was nearing completion.



Chris and Claire's Sleeping Quarters - Prometheus Labs - London | Dawn

Six couldn't help but give a small grin as Chris asked about the small black button.

"How about you take the knife out of the box and find out?", Six quipped as he crossed his arms, waiting to see the look on Chris's face when he would press the button.

If Chris was impressed by a shiny looking knife, then the next surprise would surely bring a much larger reaction.



Streets of London

Jack looked back in slight confusion as he felt Eve clutch on to his back, waiting for Jack to begin the flight.

"That's not gonna work, remember? My thrusters are on my back. I'll carry you instead.", Jack calmly said to Eve.

[SUSTIC]

Reactor Labs - Sector 4 - Prometheus Labs - London

Chung just gave Neuman a warm smile as he began to make his way to the door to leave the Reactor Labs. "Okay good. I'll meet you in the Mess Hall. See you there Neuman." Said Chung as he left the Reactor Labs, going to make his way to the Mess Hall.



Armor Technologies Lab - Sector 4 - Prometheus Labs - London

Meanwhile as Lily was busy getting into her new armor and getting the systems of it all set up Raven had entered the room.

Seeing what happened he stopped in place, being careful not to interrupt anything. Instead he just stood beside the door, watching the process. Obvious by his expression, he was definitely interested in this process.



Chris and Claire's Sleeping Quarters - Prometheus Labs - London | Dawn

"Well if you say so..." Replied Chris as he took the knife out of the box.

Holding it in his hand he held it a safe distance away from his face. "Okay here we go." Chris said as he pushed the button on the knife, unsure of what it would do.



Streets of London

When Jack told Eve that it wasn't safe for her to ride on his back she just shook her head and pointed forward.

"I want to walk now. It's more peaceful... and I'm feeling... tired... please walk..." Eve replied... Meanwhile Aisha was already getting ready to summon Angkor.

[Koishi]

Clockwork Terminal

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"Ding ding ding, we have a winner, ladies and gentleman. Yes, we beat him, then you can see what you needed to see first hand." HP replied, stepping onto the elevator. "Also, I hope that suit has good cooling systems. There might be fire. Magical fire. Magical, painful, hot as the sun kind of fire."

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Santa Cruz

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"You can try. i ain't stoppin' ya. Jut be weary of the interference with all that energy in the air. Don't want to cause a space/time rip to make this whole situation even worse, ya know." Koishi replied, shuffling her feet a little.

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[Kristia]

London

On the top of a buildingīs roof, a lone armored figure was sitting on the edge of said building, she was relaxing while thinking on something that have been bothering her mind for some time, this thing that bothered was in fact a person, and this person had a name and a job that, for what scarce resources the armored woman had, was located in this city.

A voice in her head interrupted the blondeīs thoughts "Donīt try hiding what you think, it will be highly dangerous and if you do find her, donīt expect a warm welcoming party" the voice spoke. The woman couldnīt help but smile "Oh I know it wonīt be easy, that is what makes this idea even better, the challenge that what could appear makes it more fun"

"Even though they could use lethal force on you? I know these people, they donīt joke around, this is their "mother" the brawler could even imagine the voice moving her fingers while saying "mother" "But I know you will put that aside and go for it, right?" the AI continued with a smirk. "Oh you know me so well Melissa, you and Nicole saw me through my "spitfire" years" the smile of the blonde vanished as she got more serious.

"I want answers, what they did helped a fight against another faction, but how they did it is what is wrong, I want to know from the woman in charge of it" the armored female said getting up and looked around "So what did you found about the soldiers and the scientist?", the AI searched through her data until she got some of the damaged archives she smuggled "All we have is her name and scarce information about the spartans, but nothing about what they can do or any weaknesses, we" she sigged "We are basically blind".

The brawlerīs smirk got back "Then we shall go and see what they can do, what was the place they resided?" she asked cracking her knuckles "Just the name and the area, Prometheus Labs, still no specific building, but at lest the neighborhood.. you arenīt planning on causing havoc, arenīt you?" she scolded her friend who just shrugged "I think that just being with this armor, I already cause some questions, so letīs do this"

The armored brawler then just walked to the edge of the building and jumped down as if it was nothing, landing on her feet and one fist, which made a crack on the cement, the blonde headed to where the Prometheus labs could be.

Metro Omelette House | Manhattan, New York


"And what is normal, dear humanoid creature?" Gaige countered with some seriousness, but got back on track "Iīm a vault hunter, me and my friends went on the search of treasures hidden within alien vaults, but through such hunts, we had to face this super rich guy called Handsome Jack, he wanted to cotnrol a monster in the planet of Pandora to be itīs emperor or something any megalomaniac person would say"

"Donīt be fooled by this young body, Iīm what some call.. late bloomer" the redhead muttered the last "I grew up rather fast in terms of emotions and mind, life has thrown things at me and I have faced them, but the most important thing is to enjoy doing what you work for. Take for example the bank, I had a lot of fun with the fire extinguisher rocket."

Inside the Gate of Darkness - Russia

Samus jumped towards the redhead blade user as the commander barely evaded the blast, while the former was fairly ok with just pieces of ice, the latter had her arm encased in a block of ice. Not stopping on her actions, the commander used her hindrance as a resource to hit her enemies with enough strength to at least knock them out.

[wonderweiss]

Prometheus Labs

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"I see," Volgin replied. "I'll allow it, but he'd best not leave so much as a scratch when he's completed."

He stretched his limbs.

"Now then, as far as the new Base 7, are you planning to raid it?" Volgin asked in curiosity.

[Kristia]

London

As she headed to the general location of the Prometheus Labs, Vala asked her AI friend "So what do you suggest we do to get their attention, Iīm down to knocking on the front door, but if you got a better one, Iīm open for ideas" she asked. Melissa pondered on their current situation, they were still not so well known by the law or a force even though the blondeīs fighting style wasnīt that stealthy. Heck, it was like a sight to see when a train in the form of an armored woman crushed a thiefīs car with a single punch.

"I think we will have to face them in the open, want me to signal our location?" the AI asked with some mischief in her tone. Vala knew what the Electronic female was thinking "Who am I to reject such a good idea?" she clashed her fists together "Send the call"

Melissa already had a way to attract the spartans and the Doctor, she connected to the cyberspace and sent images of the UNSC Apocalypso and some information that she had smuggled about the incomplete data of their rosters to the location of the labs.

[S121]

(@Kristia. I'll make a post for you in 1-2 posts. Just need to time things just right. Just keep doing what you're doing.)
Clockwork Terminal

"The armor should be able to handle it. It will take a little bit, but it will adjust.", Takoizu said to the Higher Power as she stepped into the elevator with him.

"So what should we expect from him when we go down there? Do you think he has any tricks up his sleeves?", Takoizu asked as she turned to look at the Higher Power, a little curiosity emanating from her voice.




Chris and Claire's Sleeping Quarters - Prometheus Labs - London | Dawn

Just then, at the very moment Chris pressed the black button on the knife, a burst of blue plasma erupted around the blade of the knife with a loud hiss.

*Psssshhhh*




Reactor Labs - Sector 4 - Prometheus Labs - London

"See you there.", Dr. Neuman said to Chung as he gave a light wave.

After Chung left the room, Dr. Neuman grabbed the damaged circuit board from the ground and placed it on the table. It was a shame that he had damaged the sensitive piece of equipment when he was trying to install it, but he could probably get it repaired pretty quickly with the use of nanobots.

Just then, Dr. Neuman opened up one of the drawers on one of the many tables and pulled out a silver canister. After that, he then walked over to the damaged hardware resting on the workbench, opened up the canister, and poured a small amount of what appeared to be a dust/liquid substance, the nanomachines. Just then, Neuman picked up a data pad, typed in some instructions for the nanomachines to follow, and after that, he placed his lab equipment down and left the room.




Armor Technologies Lab - Sector 4 - Prometheus Labs - London

After a few brief moments, the scientist in front of Lily spoke up.

"Okay, all done. All the armor's higher functions should be fully operational. Unlike the older update to your suit, thus one should tap into the armor's true potential, letting you move faster, stronger, recact faster, and tougher. In fact, with it, you could probably go toe-to-toe with a SPARTAN-II.", the scientist said, adding a remark at the end that brought a small smirk on his face.

"Really?", Lily asked the scientist in a half impressed, half quizzical tone, as if what he said was an exaggeration.

"Yep. With this armor, you could lift a tank, and that's on the armor's default strength parameters. Not only that, we even added the ability to dash and use a 'ground pound' of sorts. You'll get to try it out soon enough."

"Can't wait.", Lily said to the scientist.




Streets of London

Jack was a little surprised by what Eve said. When did a mechanical humanoid ever complain that they were tired? Why was it that she just now wanted to walk rather than fly when Jack opted out from carrying the boy's doll sister? Jack was just a split second away from shooting down Eve's request, but then he remembered how she proved to be of great help today. Jack did not want to just walk, but at the same time, he knew that he owed her for fixing his armor, as well as providing Intel on the previous engagement. Though he did not want to, Jack begrudgingly relented and decided to walk, though not without at least asking a question.

"You're tired? I thought machines don't get tired.", Jack said to Eve in a mostly emotionless tone, only giving the faintest signs of annoyance. Of course despite that, it seemed as if he was going to give Eve what she wanted.




Infirmary - Prometheus Labs - London | Dawn

"That depends. How is Base 7's security and assets?", Daniel replied to Volgin as the two walked away from the doctor's office.

[Zekai]

London - Prometheus Labs Entrance

After Alkaid shouted, the place got quiet and then a loud boom happened near her. "What the?" She asked and she covered herself. Then a black armored person asked her if he can help her. "Huge." Is what she thought. "I heard the Characters live here and was hoping to find some that would train with me." She said as she regains her posture and talks in her usual way.

[Kristia]

Inside the Gate of Darkness - Russia


Making a well aimed punch, Samus broke the ice encasing Elesisī limb and knocked down another demon who tried to attack her from behind "Can we destroy that creature already?" she asked while charging her beam cannon.

Shepardīs improvised ice arm finally broke after destroying a targetīs skull, with that she activated her omniblade "Just give the call because I only have one shot" she answered jumping to a safe distance and taking her heavy weapon M-920 Cain, the weapon indeed had only one shot, but it had enough destructive power to evaporate almost anything on the center of the blast and killing most creatures on the radius.

The bounty hunter didnīt hesitate on taking the redhead sword user as she scanned the weapon, only one thing came to her mind when the alert of NUCLEAR energy appeared on her screen, run. The commander took aim and fired the small missile towards the high demon controling the others, the blast would do enough damage to obliterate anything on the radius of 5 meters and cause high damage on the radius of 10 meters.

Henirīs time and space

As the Lucario and time traveler headed to the second floor, Renamon remembered something about her ghost friend "Mara, do you have what I asked you for?" she asked as her plans for the dagger were changed to the possible new target for it. She did plan on using it on the D-Reaper, but now there was another way to deal with the blasted virus, yet she needed another ingredient for such plan, and that required a certain blondeīs infected mind.

Roxas House

Hearing the serious tone from her furred friend, Mara touched the area where the dagger was stored "I have it, at the moment, and the other situation is still without being dealt with, maybe I should talk with the crazy woman, surely one has the sense to do something about it" she answered throwing now obvious baits, but alas, she had another tactic to deal with the situation without one of them.

London

"So what did you send them" Vala asked while sitting on a bench and eating an ice cream ("Poor boy, Iīm sure he almost wet his pants when I bought one") she snickered while enjoying her dessert. Melissa on the other hand was watching the sistuation from the blondeīs mind "Not much, but enough too cause some ruckus, it was some about the Nassau and their rosters, even though the latter wasnīt that big as invasive, having information of a Super MAC cannon in space would surely be enough to stir attention, a threat about using it would be too much though" she responded.

The armored blonde laughed at that "Please tell me you sent a threat" but for her disappointment, she received a negative answer "Sorry, but creating a small war would cause more problems than solving them"

[SUSTIC]

Streets of London

Eve simply did not reply as she held on tight onto Jack's back. She seemed oddly comfortable being carried by Jack... despite being a Nasod, a machine. She is still can become tired, exhausted, and even somewhat hungry. Something not most machines can do. Then again she isn't like most machines.

Meanwhile Aisha just sighed as Angkor was finally summoned. Knowing what to do, Angkor's size expanded large enough so that Aisha, Carl, and his 'sister' Ada can ride Angkor all the way back to the labs. "Okay you two. Come on. We better get going." Aisha spoke to Carl.




Armor Technologies Lab - Sector 4 - Prometheus Labs - London

Raven simply watched and continued to listen to the conversation between Lily and the scientist. Intrigued by what the Scientist was saying.

"Can't wait either. That new armor sounds like a definite improvement over the old one." Raven finally spoke as he walked up to the scientist and Lily. "So how long does the preparations for this armor normally take?" Asked the Nasod Cyborg as he crossed his arms. Genuinely interested in this whole new Spartan Armor or whatever.



Sector 4 - Prometheus Labs - London

Meanwhile outside the Reactor Labs in Sector 4, Chung was waiting for Neuman with arms crossed as he leaned against the wall directly opposite of the door to the labs.

"So you ready for a little food?" Chung replied with a rather big grin on his face.



Chris and Claire's Sleeping Quarters - Prometheus Labs - London | Dawn

After Chris pushed the button he was surprised as he saw a blade of plasma erupt around the blade. Seeing this Chris just looked at it in awe.

"Wow... you really didn't have to go this far... I mean... a plasma blade is awesome and all but... Damn I feel a little embarrassed." Chris said as he released his finger from the button on the handle.

"But thanks Six. It means a lot. Now we just need to wait for Claire. She has a gift for you as well. Won't say what it is. Hell I don't even know what it is." Chris replied as he sat down on the bed in the room.



Russia

As Samus freed Elesis from her icy entrapment and pulled her out of the way, Shepard proceeded to fire a very small, but powerful missile at one of the demons. As soon as the rocket made impact, the demon roared as it fell to the ground dead. With that demon general defeated the Gate of Darkness began to collapse in on itself. Vanishing completely as the stone decor around it began to crumble.

"Shit... that was easier than I thought! You two are good!" Elesis replied as they were all beginning to get enveloped in a bright light. Now that the Gate of Darkness is destroyed, the demon threat in Russia had finally been brought to an end.

Once the light around the trio faded they found themselves back in Russia.


(The distance in which Shadow transported the group to is up to Mima. Just note that it is going to be on a rooftop significantly closer to the center of this mess in Santa Cruz.))
Santa Cruz

"The flow of Chaos energy is unstable. However it is not uncontrollable. I have perfected the art of Chaos Control. So you shall not need to worry about any further problems. Now stand close. I am preparing to send us closer to the center of this madness. Chaos... CONTROL...!" Shadow yelled as he, Koishi, and Isaac vanished into thin air. In what seemed to be an instant they found themselves on a rooftop much closer to the center of the undead horde.


Kawashiro Residence - Youkai Mountai: Gensokyo

After a decent amount of flying, Tails finally made it back to the Kawashiro Residence. Once there he began knocking on the front door quite fiercely. Almost as though he was in a panic.

[WriggleRid3r]

Human Village | Gensokyo

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"I see. You'll love it here. The back garden especially is quite marvelous." Elder Hon nodded as she knocked on the door. Within a few seconds, a servant opened the door and bowed to the elder. "I would like to see Hieda-sama."

"Of course, elder. Follow me." The servant bowed and led the way to the owner of the manor. Elder Hon took off his japanese straw hat to reveal quite a shining, bald head, and motioned Bang to take his shoes off and follow him.

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Kawashiro Residency | Kappa Village, Gensokyo

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"Tell me, Miss Kawashiro," Eirin asked as Nitori measured her still-intact arm. "How long will the arm take to make?"

"Well, I have two Reploids to repair and upgrade, so your project is quite far into a queue line." Nitori stoically said, jotting down the measurement. "However, give me a week and I will fashion you a brand new mechanical arm."

"Very reassuring to hear that." Eirin sighed happily.

"Sorry to interrupt your date, Nitori, but that orange furball that went out with Mitori is right outside." EVE's sarcastic machine voice buzzed.

"Let him in and ask him what he needs." Nitori ordered, and EVE obliged.

"Hello, little one. How can I help you?" EVE's voice was heard outside the house, targeted towards Tails.

[Koishi]

Clockworks

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"Then, let us begin." HP said as the elevator departed. The heat grew and grew, smoke billowing, the mere air in front of them distorted from the intense heat below. Broken spires of old came into view, still scorching as if they had been burned just yesterday.

"Here we are. Firestorm Citadel, the last remnant of the once grand realm of Almire." HP replied, as the elevator began to slow it's descent. "Vanaduke's soldiers are still around. Undead, but still around. And they're still devoted to defending this place to the death."

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Santa Cruz

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Below them, undead continued to pour out from the massive growing crater in front of them.

"Let's keep going then. I can plow a path through 'em if we need. But time is ticking. Let's go!" Koishi explained, before bounding forward, taking a running leap to the next building, and the next, and the next.

[SereneGrace]

Streets of London

Carl, with Ada standing silently behind him, had remained quiet through the conversation between the three. Once they were done talking, the woman with the robotic tone of voice had hopped onto the back of the Armored Man. He simply watched on as the robot woman and armored man walked away.

"Okay you two. Come on. We better get going" He heard the young looking girl, of whom appears to probably be only a few years older than him spoke up. Asking both him, and his sister to hop onto... the back of a giant bat? Surely Carl had seen weirder things in the past, but this giant bat... thing is definitely up there in the "weird" category. However with a silent, and gentle nod his sister Ada placed an outstretched palm on the ground, of which Carl proceeded to stand upon. Then Ada lifted Carl who did not even seem to lose a single bit of balance high enough to climb upon the giant bat thing the Purple Haired Girl summoned. After Carl hopped onto the back of Angkor, his sister Ada then ominously floated up, landing gently on the back of Angkor.

"We are ready now Miss."




Human Village | Gensokyo

Bang casually followed the Elder to the front door, and as the door opened Bang was greeted by a kind servant. Then Bang noticed the Elder removing his hat... revealing... a perfectly normal bald head for someone of the Elder's age. However it looked as though someone polished the Elder's head in his sleep due to how 'shiny' the Elder's head was. Bang was almost completely distracted by this... as he was wanting to make a comment, but was refusing to as it would be dishonorable and HIGHLY rude to do so.

"Oh I apologize! I will remove my shoes at once!
That was when he noticed the Elder motioning for Bang to remove his shoes. With his focus broken from the Elder's... bald head, Bang quickly got to removing his shoes.

[Kristia]

Henirīs time and space


Knowing that Mara would deal with the situation, Renamon followed the duo upstairs, it was too easy to find the blue furred jackal around all the dull grayish colors. "I got news about the situation, what do you want first?" she asked. The Lucario went for the bad part "Might as well start with the bitter part, I hope that the sweet one compensates it". The digimon nodded at that and answered "We got an alternative with how she escaped, I detected the third device leaving to the outer world, it will boost her energy reserves, the toher thing is the growing de-humanization of the anchor, we may have to do the process without it"

"The good news are that I got an alternative for that, but we need to go back to forests of Japan, there we will find what can at least lessen the impact" The foxīs answers were all general and neutral, she still had to be completely sure when to actually speak normally with their current situation.

Russia

After being teleported back to normal territory, the bounty hunter sighed as she felt the fresh air "Well, one problem solved, not much energy used" she said to herself while checking her suitīs stats. The commander on the other hand checked her ammunition and shook her head "At least your weapons donīt need cartridges or bullets, I miss the energy batteries of my old weapons, they only could overcharge"

Samus was already sending a signal for her ship as she answered "We can upgrade your weaponry to stop using heat sinks with what my suit uses, besides, I have to change my equipment, I got something for Ridley that he wonīt expect"

Metro Omelette - Manhattan

Gaige knew she was getting most of the talk in the conversation, there was something that the bluenette was hiding, it was obvious she wasnīt in fact a human, her body was too smooth and thin while still being somewhat healthy. So she went to her usual banter until it was ok to change the direction "So enough about me, where do you come from? are the people of your world anthropomorphic humanoids too?"

[WriggleRid3r]

Hieda Manor - Human Village | Gensokyo

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"How is miss Akyuu?" Elder Hon asked the servant as he took the two down the hallway.

"Her health grows worse and worse. I'm afraid it is almost time for her demise." The servant bowed his head in lament. Elder Hon nodded in sorrowful apprehension.

"Do not fret, sir. She will return as a reincarnation." Elder Hon assured the servant, who sighed and stopped in front of an ajar sliding door. "Ah, is this where the injured are?"

"Yes, Elder. I advise you and your friend exercise caution: some of them are still recovering from psychological trauma."

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Xunantunich | Belize

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Xunantunich, meaning "Stone Woman" in the Mayan language, is a Mayan ruin consisting of several pyramids and other Mayan structures. Hidden under these ruins are treasures unknown to men, but dangerous traps set by the ancient treasure guardians can lay waste on would-be treasure hunters who dare to trespass...