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Insane Cafe 3: The Curse of the Haunted Hotel

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One of the jurors nodded.

"Guilty," a ghost dressed in a WWII army uniform said.

"We recommend hard labor escorted by two guards and confinement to his room for the remainder of the war," Clive said.

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Mr. Bigmouth massaged his back. The essential water healing factor healed his wounds quickly but bullet impacts still hurt quite a bit.

Setsuna cast reflection on herself and recharged the magical air purifying crystal. "So now what?" she asked.

Dr. Zanasiu looked over and saw some Sang-heili soldiers trying to save one of their own after her suit was breached by a bullet. He glanced at the air meter inside his suit. The exertion of combat had used up almost all the essential air. "Guys, we'll need to head back inside to swap in fresh oxygen cylinders," he said via his suit mounted radio.

"Good idea," Dirk replied.

The Pelvanida group, Dirk, Al, Jose and Kurt entered one of the hangars in the base.

Many of the Great Valley dinosaurs and Ceela were equipped with spearhead necklaces that had been enchanted to protect against the poison gas. However, some of them had forgotten to recharge them and were killed by mustard gas.

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Does the defendant wish to appeal the verdict? Briggins replied " that is your right..  If you do not, your sentence will begin immediately..." he glanced at the defendant, Briggins had not be surprised at all by the verdict, in fact he had expected it.
_ Scooby took off his helmet to catch a breather, sweat pouring down his face. ' ri rant reep rhis rup ruch ronger" He panted..
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We must regain  some of the city, if only to force them to direct their forces against  a location, other than this base..' Stripetail said. "Reload your weapons, grab some more essential water and return to battle, Joe, I'm going to need your aid in tending to the wounded" he said to Joe , who had just gotten off Ikkukumon, who quickly devolved back to Gommamon. "I need rest" He complained..
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 No time to rest unfortunately" came Cynder's reply as she and Spyro landed, both were worn out from casting their breaths and attacks against the enemy.. " tarrax is holding off enemy group about two miles from here.. that dragon 's energy is incredible..  remind me never to tick him off ' spyro said.
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Sara sent some lightning at some troops, followed by some fiery rain for a bit.  

Mikey and Moran used some black out bombs on some enemy troops and more easily took them out since they had magic goggles to see in low light and total darkness.


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Haresh staggered into the hangar and closed the heavy blast door behind him. One of his tusks was broken off but it was regrowing thanks to his use of essential water. "I left some enchanted 'fireball' mines by the entrance of the base. They'll explode in a large fireball that will incinerate any soft targets. That will buy us some time to reload and stuff," he said.

The Pelvanida group, who had taken their protective suits off got to work reloading their weapons, swapping out their air tanks, treating their wounds, grabbing a bite to eat, going to the bathroom or whatever.

Several mechanics were busy replacing the armor on the Mako armored transport truck, which was seriously damaged by several strikes from RPGs. The armored SUV, the Rovermobile and the "Battle Machine" (as Deimos christened the modified Mystery Machine) were having their weapons reloaded and armor plate repaired.

Setsuna was busy recharging her mana with a meditation technique.

The Great Valley dinosaurs headed through the portal to grab more charged arrows and rocks.

Deimos looked at a monitor that showed the harbor and several improvised naval vessels, which were battling some Dragonstorm sea monsters and they seemed to be winning. "Holy f---. Neptune City's even got its own navy at this point!"

"Ah, the government just took over all the private vessels and we just simply armed them," a Raven soldier said.

The monitor then showed a motorboat loaded with what appeared to be explosives tearing through the battle. The pilot then crashed his boat into a Dragonstorm sea serpent, killing it along with some smaller monsters, and himself in a massive explosion.

Rime shot an ugly glance at the Raven.

"We don't condone suicide bombing," the Raven quickly said. "But won't stop civilians from doing it, though."

"On a side note, the two cruise ships Neptune's Jewel - now called Neptune's Wrath - and Ocean Maiden - now called Ocean Amazon - are bombarding Dragonstorm bases. Neptune's Wrath is an ad hoc missile frigate while the Ocean Amazon has been turned into an ad hoc battleship," a Human soldier said. He was drinking a can of beer.

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The cruise ship/missile battery Neptune's Wrath was busy bombarding a Dragonstorm base. Ballistic missiles soared into the sky and exploded, raining down high explosive submunitions onto the soldiers below.

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"No," Alexander replied.

"Take him away," the ghost-prosecutor said.

Two SPVDF soldiers escorted him to his room.

At the same time, ten volunteer guards led four disheveled looking men - two of them Human, and the other two were canine, one a Golden Retriever and the other an English Bulldog - into the courtroom.

"Sir, these are logistics personnel - munitions handlers to be specific - whom we caught trying to desert," an SPVDF captain said. She was the same one who had presided over the execution of the two murderers

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" great another trail' Briggins said. "We will have them tried captain.it is only fair.. The penalty for deserting is a court martial, and a long prison term. Your names, please" He said looking at the four defendants..
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As some enemy troops neared Jason's group he gave a sign and Brooklyn took out and gave what looked like a softball a half twist and threw it so it hit in front of them.  It silently gave off an invisible gas that made the enemy troops experience their worst nightmares while also strongly stimulating the fear and panic centers of their brains.  One of them took off screaming.  Another tore off his shirt and started rubbing at the skin on his hands and chest.  Another took out a knife and with a wild panic look on his face frantically stabbed at the air.  Another just stood and stared ahead of him.  

"Pretty effective, sure it won't spread?" Brooklyn asked Jason, still in his red zeo ranger with green ranger shield and dragon dagger.  

"Nah, it dissipates in the air to fast to affect anyone but them, and they'll be ok in a few hours."  Jason said.  

"Pretty nasty stuff." Teddy said.

"Well, this is a war zone." Jason said.

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"Gary Elde," the first Human said.

"Dwight Grayson," the second Human said.

"Lloyd Bycroft," the Bulldog replied.

"Irving Stevens," the Golden retriever said.

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Deimos and Mr. Bigmouth were enjoying a drink in the dining room. A Human family with their children were getting snacks.

Mr. Bigmouth did a double take as he saw that nearly family member - save the two youngest had a firearm. "What the f---?" he blurted out. He was rather...stunned to notice that the ten year old girl had a shotgun strapped to her back. He was not that surprised at the 17 year old carrying a rifle.

Deimos glanced over and shrugged. "Ah, never mind them, they've become more common," he replied, sipping his icy glass of beer.

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' why were you trying to desert? there will be nothing for any of us to go home to if Dragonstorm takes over, they have already destroyed Surf Point and several other cities in the area.. but I'm sure you have your reasons, and you will anwswer for them.." Briggins said.. " Gary elde, you will be the first to testify. Please come up here and sit by me for questioning.."
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With a sign from Jason Moran took out a golfball size object and with a twist he threw it down near the middle of the group then put on a monocle.  Some others goggles or glasses.  Jason then unmorphed and put on his goggles and summoned his tardis.  Those who could see in total darkness, including Mikey who already had his goggles on, helped the others into Jason's tardis.

"everyone inside, time to take a break and heal the wounded." Jason said.


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Gary did so. He took a deep breath. "I...I'm not from this area. I just came to Surf Point for the annual Poseidon Festival. I didn't expect to be drafted into an ad hoc military force," he said.

Werner shot an extremely dirty look at Gary but said nothing.

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well, thanks to Dragonstorm, out of necessity, the town had to defend itself " Lona said giving Gary a withering look.  " We have already tried a number of  people for various crimes, and even executed some of them. While the four of you aren't facing death, you are facing long prison terms.  Don't expect leniency just because you say "i am a civilian". What was your assigned job, and who did you report to?"
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"We were assigned to handle munitions, mostly cleaning and reloading weapons. We were assigned to Captain Elsie Gatara," Gary said.

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Deimos knocked on the courtroom/library doors. He was with Mr. Bigmouth and Captain Gatara, a rather imposing Lioness.

"Briggins! Mr. Bigmouth and myself are present with Captain Gatara!" Deimos said.

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"Stripetail, is there anyway we can boost our forces?" Zachary asked. "I know that Haresh can summons spirit minions but do you think he can make metallic soldiers and creatures?"

Haresh finished enchanting a piece of rubble to act as a firebomb. He had a pile of the enchanted rocks on a wooden pallet. "Sorry Zachary, but making the metallic creatures and soldiers takes a lot of work and I can produce maybe four per hour at most," he said.

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" let her in.." Briggins said noticing the look on Gary's face. 'captain you will testify after the other defedants to give your personal opinion as to thier conduct while under your command..
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 We can, but it will take time, and time is not something we have much of. I can create golems and other magical creatures, but for them to have an affect we must change the balance against us. Even if we create say 500 minions, that would not replace the forces we have lost, and the odds against are still more than 10-1, probably closer to 20-1.
- Tarrax landed inside the barrier, steam belching from his mouth. " I've cleared a large area to the west.. theres a large building that is still standing, and is largely undamaged..We must send forces to occupy it, and do so quickly..
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Captain Gatara strode into the courtroom and took a seat in the witness stand. She saluted Briggins and the other soldiers present. The other soldiers - including Deimos and Mr. Bigmouth - quickly saluted back.

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"But we must seize every advantage offered to us," Dr. Zanasiu said. "Even four metallic soldiers can inflict significant damage. "

All of a sudden the radio in the hangar blared. "Command, this is Neptune's Wrath, we are in dire need of additional munitions."

The Raven soldier grabbed the radio. "Neptune's Wrath, additional munitions are being dispatched. Command out," he said. He then radioed the ammunition handlers.

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"Thank you Tarrax," a Vulpine soldier said. He and several troops were outside on the tarmac.

"We will occupy that building," Ceela replied.

"There's a transport helicopter nearby."

Ceela nodded and rounded up some of her archers and headed for the transport helicopter. Several Sang-Heili troopers, Dirk, Al and Kurt were already on the helicopter.

An massive trawler that had been pressed into service as a supply ship was being loaded with missiles. It was the one that was to be dispatched to Neptune's Wrath.

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Spyro and Cynder you will guard that helicopter as it heades towards the building in the area Tarrax cleared Go, Now!" stripetail said..
_ Chong frowned " so far the Sang Helli base still stood, and there had been reports that an enormous dragon was ravaging his western flank, there had not been word from that area in hours.. the magican frowned as he looked at a magic orb floating in front of him, the orb showed the relatibve layout of the city, in areas of red and blue. much of the city was in red, which corresponded to Dragonstorms forces..the lone blue area was the base.. but the area west of the base was now gray, meaning control ofthe area was in flux.." send forces to the western side of the city! We cannot allow they any safe areas!' He radioed to the goat..
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"Let's look at a tactical and see where the various forces are." Jason said.  

He turned on the tactical view so they could see how the outlay of various forces were.  Some others went over for a closer look while some others rested, got a bit of water or treated their, or each others' wounds.

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The Goat was indeed headed to the western part of Neptune City. He was riding inside an APC - one of the many armored vehicles in the convoy. Several squads of metal soldiers and creatures marched alongside them.

"Chong, I am en route to the western part of the city. Mr. Goat out," he said into the radio.

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The helicopter started its engines and took to the air. A Sang-Heili helicopter gunship took off after the transport helicopter.

At the same time, the munitions ship headed off with an escort of two armed charter fishing boats.

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Spyro and Cynder took flight , following the chopper. Agumon and Agumina glanced at each other and nodded ' be careful out there Agumina' Agumon said softly..Agumina hugged him ' I'm sorry I've been so .. odd during our stay'' don't worry about that, we just have to worry about getting everyone home safely..
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"Looks like there is an unclaimed area here." Odysseus said as he pointed to an area of the tactical map with no troops on it."

"I guess that is our next stop, those of us who are willing and able to.   If we can find out where the other defenders are coming from we can try to catch the bad guys in between the 2 forces." Jason said.


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' good mr Goat, we need to get there before the defenders do' Chong repliued ' what is the status on our forces, any estimate as to our losses so far?"
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