Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4060 on:** April 13, 2011, 10:03:20 PM

Roux giggled, giving her an innocent grin.
"Sure thing. I'll let you decide, though, since I have no~ idea what sorts of food to get."
She said, then leaned in closer and whispered so just the two of them could hear...
"Besides, I think I want a different sort of snack..."
She whispered impishly...

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4061 on:** April 14, 2011, 01:31:48 AM

(ooc: Serris, can we fastforward Shelton and Kerzach's plot to where they're almost at Texas Base?)

Shelton looked at the piece of paper in his hand. Most of it was filled with a poorly drawn map of Texas Base, the rest included passwords and notes and other things ROSS had told him. He had just finished going over the plan with ROSS in his head. <ROSS? What do you think?>

<That's...a pretty well thought-out plan.> ROSS replied. <I'm surprised. High chance of success.>

Shelton frowned. <Drat. That's never good.>

<What? Why?>

<The lower the probability of success, the more likely the plan will succeed.> Shelton turned to Kerzach. <How are you doing? How close are we now?>

MrDrake · **Reply #4062 on:** April 14, 2011, 02:02:10 AM

War watched Neku for a moment before speaking, unphased by what he was doing "How....amusing...." was all War had said as he stood there, sword in one hand whilst his free hand remained at his side. He watched as Neku seemed to be having trouble wielding the sword in question.

"Seems as though you are having difficulty with your toys....perhaps I can remedy that problem of yours....after all, children should not be playing with toys...." his sword started to crackle with energy once again as he stabbed the ground with it.

At first, nothing happened until a fissure started to appear and race towards Neku as War removed his sword and repeated the process three more times, each time, releasing a fissure, which ripped open the ground in the process.

War then started to walk forward, speaking again to Neku "You seem to fight, even though you know you will be unable to win this battle, that is good spirit that a fleshling, such as yourself has, but I am afraid that it is not good enough to win this battle....this world is at an end, and we shall be its judges.....you are, after all, only prolonging the inevidible...."

War then seemed to swing his sword at least three times in total, sending three shockwaves racing towards Neku, one after the other as he continued to approach Neku.....

Serris · **Reply #4063 on:** April 17, 2011, 01:22:07 AM

(TX Airspace)

"I'm heading towards the Texas Base," Dr. Kerzach said. <ROSS, guide me through proper radio sequence and landing.>

<Okay,> ROSS replied.

Below them was a mass of sprawling mines and refineries and solar power plants - understandable since Texas was home to large of mining operations and had lots of sun.

Dr. Kerzach then turned the plane towards the Texas Base. "I think we can get there in a half hour or so," he announced.

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(TX Truck stop)

Dr. Zanasiu and Sharon parked their SUVs in the nearby empty spaces and entered the building to go to the bathroom Spc. Crota, Sgt. Masters and the Mongoose Cobalt soldier followed them. The truck stop was quite busy but most of the patrons left the group alone.

Although quite a few of them, noticing Cobalt Squad's ACU uniforms, thanked them for their service to the country.

Zachary waved the group over. He along with Dr. Wayne, Cobalt Leader and Dr. Bailey were sitting in the food court. Cobalt Leader was drinking some ice coffee while Dr. Bailey was eating some fish sticks. Dr. Wayne was eating a salad.

At another table, Alfred was engaged in a good-natured arm wrestling match with some truckers. Most of the challengers were Bison, Rhinos, Hippos, Gorillas, Elephants, Boas, Anacondas or other large and muscular anthros but some incredibly daring (or stupid) challengers were Humans, Dholes and smaller anthros. Loud roars of approval came from the crowd surrounding him as Alfred defeated another opponent.

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Meanwhile, Gustave had finished refueling the SUV and pulled into a parking space. As soon as he got out, a pickup truck pulled in next to the empty space behind him and the driver leaned out the window and shouted at him.

"You stole my parking space!" the man shouted.

"'Your' parking space? I was here first!" Gustave countered. Needless to say, he had not made the best choice of words.

The man shut off his truck and got out. He was hulking Longhorm dressed in a denim jacket and a muscle teeshirt. The man was about as tall as Gustave - a little over seven feet - and about as muscular, discounting the beer gut that Gustave had.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4064 on:** April 18, 2011, 09:14:36 AM

((Las Vegas))
Neku grinned, jumping up and focusing his power underneath hiself, hovered around each of the shockwaves.
"It's more than just spirit, War. Not that I'd expect you to understand, but I can't lose to you. I made a promise to someone very special to me, and I won't let them down!"
He said, pointing with his long blade as it flared to life, the blade almost the same length as War's, only thinner and slightly curved...
"So come on and bring it!"
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((TX Truck Stop))
Roux smiled at Aisha before she looked outside, and, noticing Gustave and the Longhorn, sighed, looking over at Aisha.
"<Sigh> Seems like our friend Gustave has gotten himself in another fight. I'm gonna go see what I can do to help him"
She said, quickly teleporting over behind the SUV and stepping out from around it.
"Hey, he's right. Or doesn't your little trucker brain know how to count?"
She said, stepping up to the longhorn, even though he was almost a foot and a half taller than her, and significantly bigger...

MrDrake · **Reply #4065 on:** April 18, 2011, 06:09:41 PM

"Amussing...." was all War had said in regards to both what Neku had just told him, and in regards to Neku's new blade. He stepped forward in motion, his footsteps stepping over each of the forming cracks in the ground as he approached Neku "However, if your are so eager to fall by my blade....I shall be happy to oblige...."

He swung his blade at Neku again in order to make contact with Neku's own blade as the cracks continued to grow around the two of them "Even if I do fall, I am taking you, along with this human city with me.....it's only a matter of time, I will win, one way or another"

His free hand started tothen reach out towards Neku's throat, ready to grab it....

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4066 on:** April 19, 2011, 03:59:27 AM

<Contact the control room and schedule your landing,> ROSS told Kerzach. <It's a scheduled transference, but you'll need to explain why you are flying instead of a liscenced pilot.>

Nick22 · **Reply #4067 on:** April 19, 2011, 04:15:18 PM

Gustave loves getting into trouble apparently..' Aisha sighed as she headed towards the nearest resteraunt which had a variety of breadsticks and italian dishes.

Serris · **Reply #4068 on:** April 19, 2011, 08:40:51 PM

(TX Truck Stop)

Some spectators were gathering around in anticipation of the impending fight.

The Longhorn laughed. "So you call a woman to bail you out? Typic-"

That was the last straw; the easiest way to enrage Gustave was insult his masculinity.

The Longhorn's head snapped back as Gustave's muscular tail slammed into his chin, staggering him and knocking him against his truck.

"Shut the f--- up!" Gustave snarled.

"That the best you can do? Come on!"

Gustave cracked his knuckles. "With pleasure!"

He aimed another tail whip that missed and went through the truck's side window like it was paper. Another tail whip left a long dent on the side of the truck's bed.

A third tail whip missed and the trucker grabbed Gustave's tail and used it to reel him in.

Much to the shock of the spectators, the enraged trucker managed to hoist Gustave's four hundred plus pounds over his head and throw him into a garbage can.

Gustave was a bit dazed from the blow but when he tried to stand up, he felt the trucker's booted feet on his stomach. "I've fought tougher bums." the trucker said with a laugh. Blood dripped out of his mouth from Gustave's tail whip.

Gustave growled and grabbed hold of the trucker's leg and clamped his jaws around it.

The trucker's eyes widened. "You f---ing savage! Let go of my leg!" he shouted, trying to pull it free from Gustave's mouth.

Gustave shook his head and clamped his jaws tighter, trying to bite off his opponent's leg. Needless to say this fight could end up very bloody as Gustave was capable of snapping a decent sized piece of timber with his jaws.

Thinking quickly, the trucker lowered his head and rammed Gustave's midsection as hard as possible. The blow knocked the wind out of him making him let go of the trucker's leg so he could catch his breath.

"That was dirty trick!" one of the spectators shouted.

Gustave glared at the man, a burly Human. "Unless you want me to rip-"

His next words were literally knocked out of his mouth as a massive impact struck his chest. He staggered back a bit and coughed as he leaned against a handicapped parking sign to catch his breath.

That does it. I ain't just fighting with my fists anymore! Gustave thought as he tightened his grip around a handicapped parking sign. He then yanked the sign so hard that he broke the bolts that held it to the base.

He then got ready to swing his oversized club at his assailant.

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(TX Airspace)

Dr. Kerzach nodded and picked up the radio. "Texas Base, this is Dr. Bradley Gallo piloting the plane..."

<Hotel Sierra Quebec Zero Niner,> ROSS said.

"Hotel Sierra Quebec Zero Niner," Dr. Kerzach continued. "We are approaching for landing."

"Hotel Sierra Quebec Zero Niner, why is Captain Summers not piloting the plane?" a voice at the other end of the radio asked.

Dr. Kerzach said nothing.

Nick22 · **Reply #4069 on:** April 19, 2011, 10:13:41 PM

dr landon pulled out his gun and fired into the air "" alright gentlemen break it up" he yelled " Gustave, knock it off. we can't afford to cause any more trouble.. " he said to him " He turned to the Longhorn ' Pick out another spot , there's an open space over there, 3 cars down. " he added. ' he pulled out his checkbook and wrote out a check . " heres 1500 to cover your car' he said.. handing the check to the Longhorn..

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4070 on:** April 20, 2011, 02:11:43 AM

<We could just tell them what happened,> suggested Shelton. <I mean, it's not our fault The Nuckelavee was waiting for us in the airfield, and New Peenemunde will be able to back us up if Texas asks them.>

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4071 on:** April 20, 2011, 09:17:20 AM

As War reached out for his throat, Neku reacted almost instantly, first kicking himself off of War, then creating several elecrtical spikes around him.
"I won't let you hurt any more innocent people, War! You're going down, and you're dying alone!"
He said, electricity coalescing around his body...
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Roux ran ovedr to Gustave.
"Gustave! Are you okay? Oh, god I'm so sorry...I just..."
She trailed off...
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<Hey, I recognize that voice. Shelton, is that you?>
Hawkeye's voice came over the thought chip in Shelton's mind...

Serris · **Reply #4072 on:** April 20, 2011, 09:13:56 PM

(TX Airspace)

"Captain Summers was killed by some sort of experiment on the airfield," Dr. Kerzach said.

"Standby Hotel Sierra Quebec Zero Niner," the voice said.

Dr. Kerzach looked at the fuel gauge; they were running low on fuel.

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(TX Truck Stop)

Gustave was so enraged that he didn't hear Dr. Landon or Roux.

The Longhorn glared at Dr. Landon. "Fine, only because there's cash!" he spat. He then got back into his truck and drove off.

Gustave dropped his oversized club and shook his fist at the guy driving off. Still in a bad mood, he punched the nearest thing handy...which happened to be a no parking sign. He hit the sign so hard that he left a dent in the metal.

He then stomped into the building to wash up.

Nick22 · **Reply #4073 on:** April 20, 2011, 11:48:14 PM

" He desperately needs to take some kind of anger management c;\lass ' Landon said after Gustave had walked inside. " we can't afford too many more fights or damaged hotel rooms.. i'm probably going to need to work several overtime shifts to cover the gaping hole in my pocketbook.' he added ruefully."Come on, Roux, lets get inside before anything more happens.."

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4074 on:** April 21, 2011, 12:16:02 AM

<Hawkeye? Is that you?> Shelton exclaimed. <How did you get this thought channel? Aren't you like in New Mexico or something?>

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After a few minutes, the voice responded to Kerzach. "Verified. You are cleared to land on Airstrip One."

MrDrake · **Reply #4075 on:** April 21, 2011, 01:00:20 AM

"We shall see" War answered back as he stepped forward, ignoring the electrical bolts that were being generated by Neku. He bought up his sword, allowing his sword to absorb the electricity as he continued to look at Neku all the while.

Cracks started to form around where the two of them stood, along with more fissures. War's eyes started to flash red as he slammed his sword down into the ground, creating an electricity based shockwave to send flying towards Neku.

StarfallRaptor · **Reply #4076 on:** April 21, 2011, 09:09:39 AM

Neku calmly held up his sword, absorbing the electrical attack into it, then charging at him, his great sword tearing along the ground as he lunged, both his normal swords spinning behind him...
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Roux nodded and ran inside, tail between her legs, and immediately headed for the bathroom, and Aisha...
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<We were in New Mexico, but we made an escape when there was talk of depowering us. As to how I got this channel, that's a new evolution of my power that I've found. Tell you more on that later. We're actually on our way towards Texas base now, but we won't be able to get there until a decent while from now. Think you can get in there and save Shakila?>
Hawkeye replied...

Serris · **Reply #4077 on:** April 21, 2011, 06:39:30 PM

(TX Airspace)

"Roger that. Out," Dr. Kerzach said.

He then spotted the base in the distance and maintained his bearing.

After several minutes, he bought the plane to a rough landing but everyone was unhurt.

Dr. Kerzach took off his goggle and tossed them in the pilot's seat as he stepped out onto the tarmac.

"I need to clean up after the gas stunt you did," Dr. Kerzach said.

He then stopped a nearby guard and asked directions to the barracks.

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(TX Truck Stop)

Gustave emerged from the bathroom wiping his face with a paper towel.

He then grabbed a seat near Alfred who was eating some fried tofu and reading a local newspaper.

"So what's up?" Gustave asked.

Alfred took a long gulp of his lime soda and then responded. "There's an electronic band called Helix-Turn-Helix and playing at the Xenopus Arena at Platanna Town starting tomorrow and lasting through the week."

"We're not going to a rave," Cobalt Leader said as he returned with some breadsticks and soda for the group.

"Platanna Town is also home to a rather controversial youth bootcamp," Zachary said, looking up the Wikipedia entry on Platanna Town. He then lowered his voice - not that it was needed thanks to the bustle of the truckers and other people buying food. "Remember our target is a lab disguised as youth correctional bootcamp."

"Can we go after the mission?" Spc. Crota asked, as he sipped his cola.

MrDrake · **Reply #4078 on:** April 21, 2011, 07:32:15 PM

War bought up his own sword and started to block each of the incoming attacks that Neku had started to send towards him. His eyes continued to watch Neku's every move in the process of the fight.

The electrity that poured from Neku's sword started to strike War's armour, yet, War seemed to pay no heed to the damage that was being sustained right now. At the moment, the damage that his armour was sustaining was only minimal for starters.

His sword sent out a pulse to Neku in order to try and throw him off his game, long enough so that War could knock him back and get a proper advantage in this fight instead of just having to play around with Neku.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #4079 on:** April 22, 2011, 03:45:07 AM

<Just landed outside the base myself, sounds like we're on the same page,> Shelton replied. He checked his map. <In 30 minutes to an hour, not counting potential delays, I should be exiting the back exit of the base with Shakila, but I honestly hadn't thought of what to do then. If we could meet up, do you think you'd be able to take her to safety?>

(OOC: I'm sure things will not go according to plan, and Hawkeye, Slash, and Agito will have more to do than just pick her up at the end

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