Insane Cafe 4: The Insane Frontier

brekclub85 · **Reply #4980 on:** July 04, 2020, 10:13:37 PM

"Sure thing," Kiara nodded. "And I thought of another way to reward him....whenever I have my first cubs with him, I'll give Kovu the permission to choose whatever name he wants for them."

Nick22 · **Reply #4981 on:** July 04, 2020, 10:21:28 PM

I'm sure you guys have been paring down the list of cub names for awhile." Vitani said" You will be needing a cubsitter at some point "

brekclub85 · **Reply #4982 on:** July 04, 2020, 10:26:30 PM

"Funny you should mention that," Kiara said to her sister-in-law. She reached into a bag and pulled out a parchment. "Both me and Kovu wrote down every name we were considering for future cubs." She handed one to the others. "This list is Kovu's choices."

Nick22 · **Reply #4983 on:** July 04, 2020, 11:02:22 PM

There's 55 different names on this list " Vushu said after reading it. " Which is a bit too many, unless you are a rabbit couple. Otherwise you'll need to pare this list down some more

brekclub85 · **Reply #4984 on:** July 04, 2020, 11:12:43 PM

"I'm sure Kovu has some he rates higher than the others," Kiara figured. "Say do you need to visit one of your planet's shrines today?" she asked Sima and Vushu.

Nick22 · **Reply #4985 on:** July 05, 2020, 01:03:15 AM

Not today, only on holidays of which there are 204 on Mawashii@ Vushu said

brekclub85 · **Reply #4986 on:** July 05, 2020, 01:36:08 AM

"And lemme guess....all of those holidays relate to your king in some way?" Kiara smiled in a playful way.

Nick22 · **Reply #4987 on:** July 05, 2020, 08:42:23 AM

All but 4 of them- Mawashii Founding Day, Mountain Appreciation Day, River run, and Moon Race Day

brekclub85 · **Reply #4988 on:** July 05, 2020, 11:41:41 AM

"That's 4 more than I was expecting," Kiara said, pleasantly surprised. "What day is the next holiday for you two, anyways?"

Nick22 · **Reply #4989 on:** July 13, 2020, 03:03:29 PM

Cali and Tessa were enticed to scorekeep for the baseball game , after they were told the rules. " i'll handle the outs" tessa said. " and I'll put up the runs." cali said. " just dont like flynn near the concession stand. the last time he sampled concessions at a ball game he had gas for nearly a month. IT was awful."

Serris · **Reply #4990 on:** July 14, 2020, 11:30:29 PM

Mr. Cruc swore profusely. Several days later of analyzing the footage with AI and by eye revealed that none of the Dramosian vessels on Hoolefar were the ship in question.

"Mr. Cruc," one of the workers said as she performed some quick repairs on her exoskeleton. "we have to abandon the search. We've searched hundreds, if not thousands of hours of footage and at least a hundred planets and found no trace of the vessel. I say we just flee and let Chong handle it."

The man snapped. "This isn't about Chong!" he yelled. He pounded his metal clad fist against his equally armored hand. "I am not going to Zardoom for the rest of my life! And if you're sane, you will help me as the authorities aren't going to be lenient with you either!"

"I think we found a lead." One of the workers, clad only in a blue mechanic's jumpsuit held up a tablet that showed a Dramosian vessel. The same vessel that was reported missing from their shipyards landing at Meridian City. It was a news broadcast showing President Qwark welcoming the Dreadzone Survivors and promising to bring Vox and his crew to justice.

A sadistic smile made its way across Mr. Cruc's face. "If we head to Meridian City now, we'll hopefully catch them."

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(Meridian City)

The starship touched down at the spaceport and all of the prisoners filed down the boarding ramp. Armed guards were present to ensure that Vox or his crew did not try to kidnap them back.

Deimos looked around. His hand hovered near the pistol he had on his heavy ballistic vest and it looked like he might draw at any moment. The Utahraptor kept audibly sniffing the air and looking around.

Nick22 · **Reply #4991 on:** July 15, 2020, 12:12:08 AM

Po was sittinbg down for an interview with Darla gratch from channel 64. ' So you got very lucky , in that you only had to fight a couple times" Darla said " Yeah, fighting for your life, well it puts things in perspective. I'm going to be very glad to go back to the Jade Palace. Master Shifu will have more lessons for me, for sure>"
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UTsa magicked herself out of view , heading back to Dramos. The intel she had gathered as part of the operation, would have explosive ramifications ion the council, as several members were financial backers of Vox. In all likelihood, they would be forced to resign their positions and go on trial for financial support of criminal activities, among other things..
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Dixie, skylands and Warfang were busy filling in their mate ( and in Skylands case , her friend Spyro) about .. some of the things they had done. " The job isn't done yet." Dixie said to Scooby. " so we cant go around touting ourselves and blowing our cover. " Understood '; Scooby noded. ' Old Spyro grinned at Warfang.. ' I got you something , Cynderm, but it will wait until the next plsanet.."
- Sasha, Angela and Ratchets were going overr final preparations for leading the sassault on dreadzone.. ' Piry we cant pull put the RYNO 8 and tear that place to shreds ' Ratchet said. ' We need to evacuarte and resvue ALl the prisoners ' Sasha said. once they are all away THEn you can blo w that place to rubble..'

Serris · **Reply #4992 on:** July 20, 2020, 11:22:33 PM

(Meridian City)

In the same area as Sasha, Angela and Ratchet, Captain Carson was briefing her troops. All of them were clad in full exoskeletons instead of the ballistic vest and helmet that they usually wore. Furthermore, they were all carrying weaponry like rotary guns and automatic grenade launchers -- weapons that were usually mounted on vehicles.

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Mr. Bigmouth knocked on the door to Stripetail's room. "Lord Stripetail," he said. "I have important news to report."

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(Dreadzone)

Vox was sweating profusely as he realized that Chong was nowhere to be found. Already, he had heard rumblings that his brainchild, the Dreadzone was done for.

He looked around his office for the fourth time in ten minutes, as if expecting the Polaris Guards to teleport in arrest him at any moment. He took a deep breath to try and calm his racing heart. Well, he thought, might as well have one last run.

Vox adjusted his tie and pressed a button. The camera descended down from the ceiling and faced him. He cleared his throat.

"Due to unforseen circumstances, the Dreadzone is now closed and all competitions are canceled." He then smiled. "But fear not, the Dreadzone will go out in a blaze of glory! Our competitor is Stripetail, Lord of the Cosmos! Facing him will be all the finest competitors and fighters the Dreadzone has to offer. Come one, come all for the Final Battle! All tickets are 75% off and all concessions are 90% off! Come before it's too late!"

Once his pitch was done, Vox slumped into the chair and rubbed his face.

Nick22 · **Reply #4993 on:** July 20, 2020, 11:51:05 PM

Come ijn Bigmouth ' tripetail said, motioning him in.. ' What news do you have to repotrt?' Stripetail was putting on the armor he wore when using the lens, it whad been cleaned of the blod and fur that had gotten on it from him using the lens. "as an aside Bigmouth, I havent had a fight like thisa in an arenma in many centuries. so while i know the stakes, I also intend to have a little fun..' Stripetail allowed himself a small chuckle.
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Kopa tappee kiara on trhe shoulder ' We've got a missiobn sis. We're meeting in hangar 3. come on.. you can compare fashion notes with Sima later."

Serris · **Reply #4994 on:** July 21, 2020, 12:05:41 AM

Mr. Bigmouth kept his face neutral even as a spike of fear ran down his spine at the mention of him having fun. Stripetail was very cordial and friendly with him and the crew but he had seen the Squirrel mage fight. The mage was not so much a fighter as he was a force of nature: the embodiment of elemental fury.

"Lord Stripetail, we have retrieved over 10,000 prisoners from the arena at Bespl," the Saurolophus said as he sat down on a chair. "They are being escorted off the Dramosian vessel and into Meridian City's police department to be debriefed and repatriated. Furthermore, we have located Nick's ship, Phoenix."

As Mr. Bigmouth finished speaking, the radio in Stripetail's room went off, indicating that the superluminal transmission from Briggins had been received.

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"You have got to be s----ing me," one of Mr. Cruc's men said as he peered through binoculars at the prisoners walking off the ship. Behind him was the ragtag group that Mr. Cruc had formed to recapture some of the fighters. "We'll never be able to herd them all back on to the ship."

Mr. Cruc looked through his own binoculars. "There is a police presence but they're not heavily armed. If we rush in and hit them hard and fast, we might be able to take them down."

"Then what?"

"We'll kill the prisoners."

"All ten-thousand of them!?"

Mr. Cruc nodded. "You want to avoid Zardoom or not?"

The group nodded. These were the worst of Mr. Cruc's men; ones with extensive violent criminal records which Mr. Cruc overlooked when he hired them as mechanics and guards.

"Move out!"

The men then got closer to the police station. Thankfully, their ship looked just like any other working class industrial vessel so it didn't look suspicious.

brekclub85 · **Reply #4995 on:** July 21, 2020, 05:22:10 PM

"Sure thing," Kiara nodded. "Sima, take care of yourself, ok?" she told her sumo friend. As they went to the hangar, Kiara was checking over her armor to make sure it was up to date. She knew a big battle was in the not too distant future.

Nick22 · **Reply #4996 on:** July 22, 2020, 07:33:52 PM

Excellent work on both ends. fget triple the security around the returning prisoners, supplement any local police forces guarding them. Vox and/ or chong will certainly make an attempt to recapture them, or if that fails, to kill them. Our success in freeing them has exposed their operation, Vox will be spending quintillions of bolts on legal fees fighting imprisonment in Zordoom, to say nothing of the ones working for him. Every death in that arena, Vox is liable for. " Stripetail turnmed on his radio and briggins voice came out ' Hello wizard. got a tip from a place called Pottemore, seems like Chong is on the move again. worlds led by a minister- Fudge, i think the guys name is, you'll need to talk to him to get permission to look around. worlds bursting with magic , has several magical schools. They donmt allow non-mages there, from what my contact tells me. I'll send word if I find out more. Briggins."

Serris · **Reply #4997 on:** July 22, 2020, 08:52:16 PM

"Mr. Bigmouth! Come quickly!" the voice over the radio was desperate and he could hear the sound of gunfire. "It's likely Vox's doing."

The Saurolophus got up off the chair. "Excuse me, while I lend some assistance."

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Mr. Cruc's men took advantage of the element of surprise. While they were pretending to repair their ship...and had attracted the attention some police officers, the guards inside the ship ambushed them and quickly shot them to death. They stole their ammunition and began attacking.

One of the officers was instantly killed when a rivet penetrated his helmet. The rivet guns were designed to be able to nail thick starship hull plates and and equally thick metal patches together and as a result, they easily sliced through even the heaviest personal armor.

Deimos, who was perched on one of the nearby rooftops started shooting at the attackers. He swore profusely as he realized their armored exoskeletons were able to deflect his shots. Even his armor piercing rounds weren't effective. He adjusted his aim and shot one of the attackers through the faceplate. This time, it was an instant kill. Unfortunately, the faceplates of the armored attackers were a very small target.

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Amaria let loose with Razorblade Typhoon. The discs of compressed water bounced around and ripped up the unarmored targets but did little more than scratch the exoskeleton clad attackers. A rivet struck her in the chest and sent her flying; thankfully, the enchanted armor she had prevented full penetration.

brekclub85 · **Reply #4998 on:** July 22, 2020, 10:53:14 PM

"Damn it," Carmelita frowned as she realized she and the other rescued prisoners were under attack. "Fight with what you have!" she called to the others. The fox inspector was glad she still had access to her shock pistol at this time. "Time for a show," she smirked.

Nick22 · **Reply #4999 on:** July 23, 2020, 07:24:45 PM

Po picjkee up one of the goons who charged him with guns drawbns. with ligtning quick reflexes , Po knocked tye gun out of the assailants hand then knocked him out with a one two combo to the face. Bullets and laser fire were happening everywhere around them. Pabnda KIng lsaughed loudly as he set off a fdeew fireworks he had in his possession, which were of the targeting kind. loud screams of avggony reached his ears as they detonated on their tartgets. Sly , was using trhe surrounding buildings to climb out odf the firing trange. in the periphery opf his vision , he saw police units flying into place, sirens blaring loudly. " drive them back!' came a voice over the loudspeaker.