Masaji> Empty Lot

Masaji> The lot here is fairly circular in formation, bordering it are several 

piles of fallen logs or scrap metal. At the center of the lot there is what 

looks like a firepit for people to sit around and warm themselves on the cold 

nights. There is a ratty blanket stretched out here on the ground, in front of 

a large scrapheap that blocks off whatever is on the other side from the sheer 

height. The blanket is positioned at what seems to be a sentry type area. North 

you can see a shack..

Masaji> [Exits : [S]crapheap, [N]orth, and [T]rain Wreck ]

Masaji> [Players : Kurasu, Cait_Sith, Aerith, Rachel, Red_XIII, and Shera(Pup) ]

Masaji> [Sleepers: Barret ]

Masaji> [Things : Plushie ]

Masaji> [Vehicles: Cloud's Motorcycle, and The Highwind(#2440JLVX) ]

Masaji> Scarlett has arrived.

Masaji> SOLDIER Guard has arrived.

Masaji> Masaji enters with Scarlett and SOLDIER Guard following behind.

Masaji> Aerith nods. "He'll be mortified if anything happens to i..."

Masaji> Masaji enters, though Scarlett likely pushes herself in front of him to 

take the lead as they arrive o.o;

Masaji> Red XIII's nose twitches, and his ears flatten, putting himself in 

front of Aerith as he turns towards the incoming.

Masaji> Cait Sith says, "...Not good. o.o"

Masaji> Rachel looks up . o O ( Not one for stealth, are they? )

Masaji> Saruke blinks and looks up at the passing people, glancing at Masaji, 

then Scarlett, then the SOLDIER. Then....well...whatever it is that Scarlett 

and Heidegger have brought.

Masaji> Scarlett does indeed, fairly confident in her ability to bully people 

around, since there's a big old mech behind her. She raises a hand to her mouth 

and laughs that nails-on-a-chalkboard laugh of hers. 

"KYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So this is where you are, you pitiful little 

insects!"

Masaji> Rachel turns to look at Saruke . o O ( Damn, is she going to fight with 

us or..? )

Masaji> Masaji draws his claymore. Oddly, he holds it one-handed.

Masaji> Masaji speaks up. "We can't tolerate your blatant disregard for the 

lives of our employees."

Masaji> The mech doesn't really _look_ like much... it's rather squat; all huge 

feet and heavy body.

Masaji> Aerith . o O ( Blatant disregard for... but... )

Masaji> Red XIII growls at Scarlet, then looks towards Masaji and the mech, his 

growling louder. Player snickers at the mech.

Masaji> Saruke stands up, shakily, from the pile. She licks her lips nervously, 

glancing around for something to use as a weapon.

Masaji> Aerith exclaims, "That isn't true!"

Masaji> Scarlett . o O ( Oh, god. It's Little Miss Sunshine. Hope I brought 

some toothpaste. )

Masaji> Rachel calmly calls back, "There's been nothing of the sort. The past 

two incidents have been 'other groups'. Or so your public relations board says 

so."

Masaji> Masaji jabs the point of the sword into the ground. "We're not cruel; 

we will give you the option to surrender."

Masaji> Scarlett gives Masaji a Look. "What _is_ the matter with you? We're 

here to wipe these peons off the face of the earth!"

Masaji> Aerith . o O ( Cloud wouldn't want us to surrender... )

Masaji> Masaji glances at Scarlett. "That's no excuse to kill them if it isn't 

necessary. Ma'am."

Masaji> Rachel . o O ( What a she is... )

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Masaji> Masaji

Masaji> Masaji certainly doesn't *seem* like the kind of hardened agent you 

would expect from such a maligned company as Shinra. He's rail-thin and 

extremely tall, nearly 6'2", the combination giving him an odd profile to say 

the least. His chestnut-brown hair is nearly waist-length, and is tied at the 

back of his head into a pony-tail. His features are finely-chisled and rather 

long, matching his general physique. He isn't exactly handsome, but he isn't 

ugly either... just plain. He currently wears a dark blue SOLDIER jumpsuit, 

eschewing armor, although he does wear a windbreaker over it, more for 

distinction then any utility, you gander. A small sheath is on to his back, the 

strap passing over his right shoulder and across his chest. He notices your 

observation, and looks back at you with his blue eyes. You'd almost swear they 

were glowing...

Masaji> Carrying: (Currency: 1 yen)

Masaji> Falcata, and Claymore

Masaji> Red XIII looks at Aerith, then turns back to the intruders, his tail 

twitch-vibrating.

Masaji> Rachel . o O ( All that makeup...she must use a paintroller to put it 

on... )

Masaji> Scarlett exclaims, "OF COURSE IT IS, YOU IDIOT!"

Masaji> Cait Sith . o O ( Oh, great... If I really fight back with Scarlett 

here, they'll just have me killed at the tower for treason. o.o )

Masaji> Rachel blinks and glances at the others, "Any ideas..?"

Masaji> Masaji frowns, then turns back to the rebels. He shouts, "This is you 

last warning."

Masaji> Saruke frowns and looks nervously at the others. They going to 

surrender...? She shifts the armband.

a :blinks. "Police? Mister Tseng will be happy to speak to you.

Masaji> Cait Sith says quietly, "Maybe if we retreat..."

Masaji> Red XIII snarls at the idea of retreating.

Masaji> Scarlett rolls her eyes. She turns back toward the squat little mec, 

points at Rachel, Red, and crew, and shrieks, "GOSSAMER! KILL!"

Masaji> Red XIII takes a step forward instead, growling still with a narrowed 

eye.

Masaji> Masaji raises his sword. . o O ( Hmmph. Stubborn miscreants. ) He holds 

the claymore stright up as a regimen of defensive spells slide into place

Masaji> Rachel smiles at Cait, "Not a bad idea...but they'd still come after 

us." At Scarlett's ear-grating yell, she looks back up

Masaji> SOLDIER Guard has been pretty quiet through all this, waiting for their 

own orders. As the spells start to come into play, they themselves arm up more 

noticiably.

Masaji> Cait Sith . o O ( I'm probably going to regret this... )

Masaji> The squat mec-thing lumbers forward; its attacks for now mostly 

consisting of stomping anything in its path. Including Rachel. Or anyone else.

b :speaks up to the other SOLDIERs. "Surround the area, let no on escape.

Masaji> Masaji speaks up to the other SOLDIERs. "Surround the area, let no on 

escape."

Masaji> Cait Sith has the moogle toss down the banner it's carrying, and pulls 

out his megaphone.

Masaji> Aerith dashes inside the shack for her staff.

Masaji> SOLDIER Guard salutes, the five spreading out slightly, starting to 

work on surrounding the group and the clearing.

t :steps out of the elevator, arms crossed behind his back. "Good evening.

Masaji> Saruke loosens her armband a bit, pulling a dagger out from underneath 

it, fumbling it. She looks over at Red XIII nervously, then up and towards 

Masaji, unsure.

Masaji> Red XIII utters a coughing snort like noise o O ( Gossamer? ) He growls 

silently, raising a paw and hopping forward to cast lightning on the five 

guards.

Masaji> Rachel looks at the mech, her hand moving in one motion to grab and 

draw her katana . o O ( Not as fast as the last one...good! ) She makes a 

sudden dash out of it's path, reaching in herpocket for something...

Masaji> Red XIII is more intent on the others, than Saruke's indecision \.n;

Masaji> Masaji CHARGES towardsRachel, obviously under the effect of a haste 

spell. He holds the claymore stright, intending to simply impale her with it's 

length

Tseng> Ginrei glances up, and stands again, smoothing out a line in her 

immaculate white skirt. "Good evening. My name is Ginrei. I'm a special agent 

from the Peking branch of the International Police Organization, antiterrorist 

and technologies division..." She presents her credentials, and offers her 

hand, obviously wanting to know to whom she's speaking. She seems quite nice 

though, and smiles as she talks.

Masaji> The mec takes a darn long time to turn around; meanwhile, it stomps 

anything unfortunate enough to be in the path of its turn; it is intent on 

lumbering back toward Red XIII. HE'D be fun to stomp.

Masaji> Cait Sith gestures at one of the guards, and although it isn't visible, 

he's trying to use the manipulate materia on him.

Masaji> Saruke aims her own movements towards Rachel with a yell of warning, 

the dagger shifted in her grasp.

Masaji> Rachel blinks as Masaji runs at her. Quicker than most people, she 

jumps out of the path of the sword and flips over his head, landing a safe 

distance away with something in her hand. Several shuriken...

Masaji> Red XIII doesn't wanna get stomped thank you very much.. it'd take days 

to get the footprint out of his pelt. He growls as he sees the mech lumbering 

towards him, and dashes forward to attack it.

Masaji> The pointed-at guard seems to blink a few times, puzzledly. He 

stiffens, his body becoming rigid.

Masaji> Rachel smiles, "You're fast. Good, I like a challenge." Suddenly the 

stars in her hand crackle with electricity and she throws them, not at Masaji, 

but at the mech

Masaji> Masaji reacts quickly. Though it takes him a few feet to skid to a 

halt, he twists to use his momentum to swing the claymore in a low arc. 

Considering it's size, the tip will make a nice slice on Rachel's thigh if she 

doesn't react.

Masaji> Aerith returns with her staff, recognizes the man she met earlier 

trying to run her sister through, and closes her eyes to murmur her own haste 

spell, for Rachel. Two can play at this game.

Masaji> SOLDIER Guard starts moving in, closing the 'circle' and aiming to 

attack the rest of the AVALANCHE members within it. One, however, isn't doing 

as much movement, for 'some' reason.

Masaji> The mec stands perfectly still once Red starts to attack it; you'd 

almost think it welcomes the attack. It waits for impact much more patiently 

than it's mistress, who is standing in the background laughing like a hyena on 

prozac.

Masaji> With a few quick gestures Cait points from the guard to the other 

guards who now have their backs to him. "Attack."

Masaji> Tifa_Lockhart silently slips into the room.

Masaji> Tifa_Lockhart has arrived.

Masaji> Rachel sees the blade coming down and does the only thing she can think 

of. Being in a slight crouch, she swings her leg to the side, the swing missing 

her by scant inches. She jumps to her feet, both hands on her sword

Masaji> The guard starts a slow plotdding, speeding up to his normal speed as 

his sword raises, aiming to strike down another one of the SOLDIER.

Masaji> Red XIII snarlsomersaultslices the mech

Masaji> One of the SOLDIER guard yells a warning as Tifa starts heading in, 

turning to attack her.

Masaji> Masaji is just getting started... he alters his movements slightly once 

more, turning his sweep into a forward lunge. Meanwhile, he reaches down with 

his left hand to draw his other weapon...

Masaji> Cait Sith concentrates on keeping the guard under his control...

Masaji> Tifa gets back from her lasidazical walk around town and immediately 

rolls into a crouch, gripping her wrist. Her fire materia glows in a rash 

attempt to shoot first, ask questions later. A cylindar of fire wells up around 

her intended target.

Masaji> Saruke looks startled at the attacks of the guard attacking the second 

guard, then glances over. Three...four...the fifth one blinks a moment at 

Saruke, giving her time to slash her dagger in at the man's hand, trying to get 

him to drop his claymore.

Masaji> Rachel twists aside from Masaji's lunging strike, actually swinging her 

foot up to strike at her attacker's face as his momentum carries him forward...

Masaji> Aerith finishes her haste spell, and sets about slapping the opposite, 

a slow spell, on the soldier going for Tifa.

Masaji> Guard #3 yells in pain as Tifa's magic flares around him. He doesn't go 

down, though, and swings his claymore out and towards her.

Masaji> The first guard hardly notices the controlled one at first, then gives 

a yell of pain as his friend's claymore strikes him. "HEY! Not me, you idiot! 

The enemy!" He staggers and steps back, badly wounded.

Masaji> The controlled guard attacks again, but with a blow aimed for merely 

knocking the other guard unconcious.

Masaji> Masaji doesn't attempt to dodge Rachel's kick - he simply parries (!) 

it with his falcata, knocking the foot aisde. With Rachel hasted as well... 

this is rather freaky. He lunges forward with the claymore again, while Rachel 

is (hopefully) imbalanced. He speaks up, "Some government secretary."

Masaji> The mec is driven back two steps as Red XIII impacts with it, but there 

is a loud ZZZZZZZZZZZZT spell, accompanied by flashing light... apparently, the 

mec's skin had a current running through it, or something...

Masaji> zzzzzt sound, not spell. What do you want from me? I'm old.

Masaji> Tifa reels backward, desperately pulling up her elbow shield above her. 

Where instants of time and speed are worth noting, this time is exceptionally 

no exception. The slow spell barely tugs at the soldier's movements and the 

claymore rings deafeningly off her shield. Tifa still winces, the awkward hit 

sending shivers through her funny-bone.

Masaji> Tifa squints her eyes, murmuring, "I hate when that happens..."

Masaji> The last guard drops to one knee, dropping the rifle and sighting along 

it to aim at Red XIII. He squeezes the trigger. A stun-charge races out and 

towards the creature.

Masaji> Red XIII blinks as he impacts with the mech, certainly not expecting 

_that_. He lets out a howl of pain as his poor self is surrounded by the 

electricity, running through his frame even as he throws himself backwards - 

incidentally, the stun charge very luckily missing him by a whisker, and I do 

mean that literally - landing upon the ground with a thud, dazed and hurt \.x

Masaji> The Guard raises his sword up, managing to at least partially deflect 

the hit aimed at him, only staggering him. He gives a yell for assistance, then 

swings his own claymore, trying for a flat-ended blow against the other man's 

helmet, to 'wake' him.

Masaji> Aerith, still hiding as best she can in the door of the shack, starts 

to murmur a cure spell for Red XIII. Green sparklies!

Masaji> Scarlett raises a hand to her mouth to laugh at Red XIII. "Now you see 

the true power of my lovely Gossamer! Kyahahahahahhahaha!"

Masaji> Rachel actually laughs as she brings her katana down to parry Masaji's 

lunge, keeping her balance just long enough to flip backwards to regain it, 

"I'm not on the clock, this is my personal time..."

Masaji> The controlled guard gets hit in the head. "OW!! What'd you do that 

for? Hey, what happened to you? o.o"

Masaji> The SOLDIER on Tifa, now much slower than before, raises the claymore 

again, trying to bring it down on her in a sweep.

Masaji> Gossamer, meanwhile, starts whomping toward Red to stomp him while he's 

dazed. WHUD. WHUD. WHUD.

Masaji> Masaji stands up. He twirls the falcata in his hands, now wielding it 

underhanded. "You're not bad. Too bad you're a traitor."

Masaji> The second guard blinks. "Might ask you the same thing. You went for 

me. Man!" He points towards the groupo. "Come on!"

Masaji> Second soldier issa Italiano. u_u

Masaji> Red XIII growls as the green sparklies shine over him, healing the 

little bitty HP that got eaten up..only to have it taken over three times by 

the stomp session. Ow. Ow. Ow.

Masaji> Cait Sith loses his connection with the guard, and is slightly dazed 

for a moment. @.x

Masaji> Rachel asks, "I haven't done anything that merits being branded a 

traitor. Or is that what your bosses have told you?"

Masaji> Over -> away. What do you want from me, I'm tired \.n;

Masaji> Tifa twists her hips while on the ground, kicking out one of the 

guard's legs and then whipping her leg out and around to grip his other leg, 

further twisting around so as to scissor him into a face slam to the ground.

Masaji> Aerith . o O ( Red XIII! o.o )

Masaji> The kneeling guard again takes aim, turning his eye this time towards 

Tifa, who's assulting the other guard. He takes sight, firing another stun 

blast towards her.

Masaji> Masaji goes into a defensive stance. "I hate traitors." A green and a 

blue materia on his claymore light up. "GeoGA!" The earth shakes as the ground 

ripples and tears itself apart under the heroes! (Read: and earth spell with 

all)

Masaji> The soldier takes Tifa's beating with as muchg dignity as someone 

slowed and squashed _can_ take it. He is faceplanted with a loud *CLANG* in the 

end, and isn't getting up. Or at least, not right away.

Masaji> Red XIII shakes his head, growling in pain at the mech and casts 

Lightning3 on the mech.

Masaji> Kurasu whispers, "Kurasu assmumes that means her as well?" to you.

Masaji> Cait Sith gets knocked around by the spell, but quickly recovers, and 

orders his moogle towards the mech. He hops over, and the moogle pulls back a 

fist to punch the hideously named robot.

Masaji> Gossamer, having whomped Red to its satisfaction, whomps around to 

flatten any structures that look HQ-y, and is frozen for a moment as the 

lightening spell hits it. The spell reacts with the natural electicity of the 

mec, creating a flash that shames that over Russia when Chernobyl went boom.

Masaji> Saruke backs away from the SOLDIER after her, dagger held at the ready. 

Suddenly, there is a loud rumbling, the earth shifting below her. She has 

enough time to blink startledly, before a tear in the earth sends a spire up 

and against her, throwing her backwards to hit thr ground hard.

Masaji> Rachel blinks and jumps back at the first tremor, only to nearly have a 

pile of scrap fall on top of her! She dives out of the way quickly, but 

slightly prone...

Masaji> Tifa completes her aggressive maneuver by turning a complete 360, her 

legs twisted up with the guard's leg and delivers a final slam to his back with 

her elbow shield with the momentum she created. The stun pulse sails in, 

pasting her ribs with a mind-blowing sensation of pain. Tifa writhes and curls 

up from the pain, almost crying out.

Masaji> Elena steps out of the shack, letting the door creak shut behind she.

Masaji> Elena has arrived.

Masaji> Aerith is hit by the earth spell as she was casting another spell; she 

is distracted, loses her balance, and falls to the ground. The shack, affected 

by the tremors, comes crashing down; she rolls to one side to keep from being 

squished.

Masaji> Masaji wastes no time. He leaps forward as soon as the spell is 

finished, claymore drawn back to deliver a powerful slash to the abdomen

Masaji> Meanwhile, the SOLDIER that Saruke cut is unnaffected. Just staggered 

for a moment with the shaking. He recovers, glancing around at the downed 

members, shifting his grasp on the sword and moving about again.

Masaji> The guard on the ground is smacked. He jerks, then lays very very 

still. K.O.

Masaji> You whisper, "Oh, wasn't lear, my last attack was against you n.n" to 

Rachel.

Masaji> Cait Sith continues his attempt to pummel Gossamer.

Masaji> Red XIII gets to his feet slowly, wincing and sees Masaji leaping 

forward. Since his physical attacks don't seem to work on the mech, he'll 

bother that guy until he figures out how to get the mech to bugger off.. so he 

races, slowly, towards Masaji from behind, reaching a paw out to slash at the 

man's backside. (resisted typing 'Bites

Masaji> Rachel looks up at Masaji with a smirk . o O ( Good boy, just like I 

thought you would! ) She thrusts one hand towards him, a violet glow 

surrounding her arm, "Shizaaga!" Some FIERCE winds blast outward at him...

Masaji> Elena dashes out of the shack as the earthquake hits, gaselena ping. A 

faint, yellow aura glows about her... "Daaaaaaaamn! What's going on?"

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Masaji> Scarlett o.o . o O ( I forgot to take into account what would happen if 

Gossamer's natural current was supplemented by a lightning spell... )

Masaji> SOLDIER #1 and #2 shake off the effect of both spell and stab, and 

start carefully to keeping the area surrounded again.

Masaji> Tifa (OOC) cool. Tifa wins....Tifality!....

Masaji> Saruke stands up and looks over at Elena. "Shinra attack!" she calls to 

the ex-Turk, standing up quickly and staggering back. "Help us out here?" She 

looks over at the group, rubbing her side with a slight wince.

Masaji> Gossamer's skin is highly electrified at the moment; physical attacks 

will certainly knock it down, but anyone who touches it will get one hell of a 

ZZZZZZOT... depending on Sith's composition, he may be immune. Is he more 

stuffing, or clockwork?

Masaji> Masaji halts his attack as he lands, drawing his weapons back into a 

defensive grip. He simply... smiles. You quickly find out why. The wind attack 

rebounds off a force barrier around him, back at Rachel!

Masaji> Elena blinks curiously at Saruke. "You don't say." she murmurs, then 

reaches into her jacket, drawing her pistol. "Ah, well. Time to do some kick 

some butt, then."

Masaji> Aerith looks up at Elena from her place on the ground; the Turk is 

awfully close to her since she just rolled out of the way of the collapsing 

shack. She stares at the Turk for a moment, then pulls herself to her feet.

Masaji> Cait Sith is mostly stuffing, with a few mechanical parts. Hey, so 

somebody better than Scarlett designed this robot, okay. n.n

b whisper elena=Elena was certainly informed about this attack ahead of time.

Masaji> Guard turns, pointing his gun towards the approaching figure of blond, 

then raises his gun, taking aim at her.

Masaji> Elena whispers, "Elena nods." to you.

Masaji> Masaji puts a quarter in the jukebox and plays Battle Boss (FF7).

Tseng> Ginrei heads outside.

Masaji> Gossamer is knocked over on it's round widdle head, then, still 

flashing bright bursts of electricity every so often. The feet of the mech wave 

in the air as it struggles to right itself, like a turtle turned on its back. 

Scarlett throws a temper tantrum.

Masaji> Rachel eeps as she gets hit by her own winds, sending her sprawling 

back about 15 feet. She gets up and pushes her hair back, "Interesting..."

Masaji> Saruke grins weakly at Elena's pulled gun, then turns back to the 

fight, glancing at the other four remaining guards, juggling her knife 

nervously in a hand.

Masaji> Cait Sith gets a little scorched, but doesn't seem too much the worse 

for wear.

Masaji> Masaji says, "You're 12 years too young to face a first-class SOLDIER 

in single combat, Rachel."

Masaji> Tifa opens her eyes once the spasming of her muscles subsides. Slowly 

she brings herself up on one knee, looking for an opening on someone.

Masaji> Rachel shakes her head to clear it, then takes her katana in both 

hands, "The fight isn't over yet..." She dashes, covering the ground between 

them in only a second, her blade swinging upward at Masaji

Masaji> Elena blinks, then outright snorts at the SOLDIER's actions. "Uhmm.. 

I'm not sure if you remember.. but I'm one of the ones who recruited you.. and 

now you're trying to kill me? How disrespectful!" she smirks, and raises her 

pistol, taking aim, and firing. The bullet flies towards the weapon the SOLDIER 

holds, obviously trying to knock it away from him.

Masaji> Guards #1 and #2 start moving in towards the downed Tifa. Two on one 

might have a chance, after all.

Masaji> Aerith gets to her feet and looks around; both Rachel and Tifa seem in 

need of help, but Tifa is the one being ganged up upon. Male chauvanists. She 

starts a haste spell for Tifa, to even the odds.

Masaji> The guard aiming the gun *YEOWCHES* as her pistol shot rings off his 

weapon, the stun round firing wide and into the middle of the lot, 

uncontrolled. The gun is half-dropped, his hands shaking, even in the armor.

Masaji> Gossamer continues to flail it's electric feet around, but with Cait 

pummeling it, it is unable to get back to its feet.

Aerith pages, "Is this what they mean when they say war is hell?" to you.

Masaji> Masaji steps back. He stares at Rachel... eyes following her from hip 

to to head, reading her movements. He scoffs quietly to himself... then 

suddenly opens up with a flurry of quick jabs from his falcata! You wonder 

what's going on - he's too far away to HIT Rachel - until you see the purple 

materia (long range) glow...

Masaji> Elena smirks, and continues.. "Funny thing is.. the Turks are 

surprisingly far better trained than you silly SOLDIER types.."

Masaji> Saruke looks around, the edges her way back and towards Tifa slightly. 

Just in case. Well, carefully, mind you...

Masaji> Cait Sith is getting zapped by doing the pummeling however. He's 

starting to slow down a bit as the repeated shocks take their toll.

Masaji> Aerith finishes her haste spell on Tifa and turns toward Rachel; it's 

Rachel's turn for green healie sparklies, since she's getting whomped on by a 

boss.

Masaji> Rachel yelps as one of the strikes opens up a gash across her thigh

Masaji> Guards #1 and #2 either haven't noticed the haste, or haven't had time 

to react, as they separate and start to try and surround her, before she can 

recover fully. Both of them have their claymores drawn, the guns slung for the 

close-range.

Masaji> Gossamer seems to be slowing down too... could it be the engineer never 

suspected someone would continue to whomp on it even while being ZZZOTed...

Masaji> Masaji doesn't stop, or even slow down, until Rachel seems unbalanced - 

like now. He sweeps the claymore in an upward slash, an arc of force 

transmitting the attack to Rachel.

Masaji> The Guard firing at the distance blinks a couple times at Elena, then 

ehehs slightly, grabbing for his gun and trying to fire wild at her. Reactions! 

Yeah! That's the ticket.

Masaji> Rachel takes a half step back from Masaji's rapid strikes, her own 

weapon suddenly matching the almost blurry speed of her opponent's. o O ( 

Dummy! Watch his movements )

Masaji> Masaji . o O ( Damn, that traitor Turk is here too.. )

Masaji> Cait Sith staggers away from Gossamer, having taken too much damage 

from the energy field to keep this up... But not before he manages to do a 

limit break and put some exploding dice on top of the struggling robot.

Masaji> The last soldier is trying to hold up his part. Protecting the 

perimeter. At least, until he's called in. Or until he sees a tempting target.

Masaji> Gossamer grinds down into motionlessness with a final ZZZZZZZT of 

electricity... look, another piece of crud for the scrapheap.

Masaji> Rachel blinks . o O ( Oh sh- ) She gets nailed by the wave and thrown 

back again (OOC assumes it was like Cloud's Blade Beam...)

Masaji> Tifa gets up fully and starts to run forward. She can feel the effects 

of time around her slowing down and her mind races into a maelstrom of an idea 

as she feigns a hurt ankle and stumbles, just between both guards and lowers 

her head, showing a bare neck for both of them.

Masaji> Masaji (OOC) Close enough

Masaji> Aerith pauses to get her breath, while her player tries to remember 

what her materia does.

Masaji> The opening is just too much for the guards to resist. They're 

_supposed_ to think about taking the prisoners alive...but this one's a little 

mean. Claymores strike down and towards Tifa.

Masaji> Cait Sith is probably a pretty tempting target for that lone guard 

right now... x.x

Masaji> That lone guard starts edging his way around and moving in towards the 

downed...uh...pile of stuffing?

Masaji> Elena raises a hand, scratching her chin in though, wondering who to 

randomly attack next...

Tseng> Lina asks, "Am I interrupting anything?"

Masaji> Cait Sith isn't downed yet, but he doesn't look so good. At least he 

got a heck of a lot of experience for beating the giant robot into the ground. 

@.x

Masaji> Rachel tumbles, quickly getting back up, with several bruises and more 

than a few cuts and scrapes. She doesn't falter though, instead giving Masaji a 

determined look before she makes a gesture with one hand, bringing it up to her 

chest, "Mirage!"

Masaji> Aerith does _so_ hate to be offensive... but.... she takes a deep 

breath and casts a spell from her one offensive materia... ice2... at the lone 

guard headed for Sith.

Masaji> Rachel is hiden by a pulse of light, and when it fades, there are 4 of 

her standing there.

Masaji> Tifa's quickened state allows her to whip her elbow shield up in place 

of her neck, arching her back. In the same instant she projects the energy of 

the other green materia on her glove, onto the shield! The shield crackles with 

static electricity from the conductive properties of the metal.

Masaji> Masaji crosses his weapons. He speaks, "This is taking far too long. 

FlameAGA!" Gouts of fire tear from the earth, engulfing the heroes!

Tseng> Tseng blinks, and almost facefaults

Masaji> Saruke is one of those heroes at the moment. She jerks and yells out as 

the flame hits her, staggering back and diving for cover.

leave

Masaji> Cait Sith gets hit head on by the fire blast, tumbling into a pile of 

rubble.

Masaji> Aerith, once again just finishing up with a spell, is completely 

unprepared for the flame blast, drops her staff, and falls to the ground again. 

Ow.

Masaji> The pair of guards taking the strike suddenly jerk their head back and 

aaagh! The lightning races up and through the claymores and into them, both of 

them jerking spasmodically and falling to the ground.

Masaji> Masaji steps back to survey the damage. "If you'd just surrendered..."

Masaji> Rachel, all of her in fact, jump THROUGH the pillar of flame, getting 

burned enough to leave her singed and smoking. While Masaji is still standing 

there, she dashes at him to attack again, all four images of her getting ready 

to strike

Masaji> Elena's first course of action is to dodge the many bullets that fly in 

her direction. Diving to the ground, she begins to fire as well, with much more 

accuracy, at the guard.

Masaji> At least Aerith's spell did what it was supposed to. Lighting up that 

lone SOLDIER's life. His eyes go wide, and he staggers back, not falling, but 

not happy about this, either. . o O (I shjouldn'a stuck with security!)

Masaji> Scarlett . o O ( Oh, what fun would THAT have been? )

enter gelnika

Masaji> Masaji goes into a defensive stance, weapons at his side.

Masaji> Tifa is engulfed by fire from below and crested by arcing bolts of 

lightning above. The double doses of energy is too much for her and she loses 

her balance, falling back and thunking her head. Her arm, already spasming from 

the electricity, jerks back behind her awkwardly. So much you know an arm was 

never meant to bend that way. At least consciously.

Masaji> Several of Elena's bullets hit armor, making noce *klang* sounds. 

However, at least one strikes home, the guard sagging forward and falling 

limply to the ground, weapon clattering from his grasp.

Masaji> Aerith murmurs to no one in particular as she drags herself to her feet 

a second time, "... but we didn't do anything..."

Masaji> Masaji . o O ( Damn, losing too many men... )

Masaji> Masaji speaks up. "Scarlett! Get that toy of your back to work!"

Masaji> Scarlett says, "I'm _Working_ on it, wonder boy..."

Masaji> Cait Sith staggers back out of the rubble, and decides to try at least 

one more last-resort spell before he takes enough damage to get shut down. He 

gestures at Scarlett and mumbles, "Toad..."

Masaji> Yes. She is.

Masaji> Masaji hmmphs, and prepares to counter Rachel's attack

Masaji> Scarlett is indeed fiddling with some kind of control box... Gossamer 

is making interesting ZZZZZZZZZZOT noises, and beginning to stir again.

Masaji> Rachel's forms all seem to blur and then vanish right before she gets 

to Masaji, when several flashes of metal seem to appear out of midair, not 

coming from any one direction, but everywhere around him

Masaji> The last guard glances at his four downed friends, and wisely steps 

back and out of the way of the rest. Heh heh.

Masaji> Masaji parries the strikes! Wait... only some of them. Those watching 

notice a cut appear on his back, and blood seeps through the torn uniform.

Masaji> Saruke edges out from behind her cover, wincig at the burns across her 

body, glancing at the remaining people. And robot.

Masaji> Masaji leaps back, out of range, for now. "Not bad. Not bad at all."

Masaji> Rachel suddenly lands about 20 feet from Masaji, breathing a little 

heavily. Her mirror images are gone now...

Masaji> **** drives Gelnika-class airship in from Empty Lot.

Masaji> Scarlett is surrounded by a puff of odd-colored smoke; when it clears, 

there's a toad standing there with a face like Tammy Faye Bakker. Awww... and 

you thought regular toads were ugly!

Masaji> Masaji looks up. "The reinforcements have arrived"

Masaji> Rachel blinks and looks up as well for a moment . o O ( Shimatta! )

Masaji> Saruke looks upwards at the ship, muttering under her breath, "Oooohhhh 

boy!" She waves to get the AVALANCHE's attention, pointing upwards.

Masaji> The Gelnika aircraft angles its wings upwards, slowing down. Ports on 

it's side open up...

Masaji> The toad, however, is able to push the final button... Gossarmer rights 

itself and WHOMPS around, stomping anything remotely resembling a structure 

into crud... and it's heading for Cloud's bike. That's what he GETS for 

attacking Shinra.

Masaji> Aerith o.O

Masaji> Saruke gleeps, and darts...well, Ok...staggers from her cover, making 

sure she's nowhere _near_ that stomping robot.

Masaji> Masaji backpedals. Fast. Being in the way of artillery is a Very Bad 

Thing.

Masaji> Cait Sith could use some healing. Like, quickly, before 'death from 

above' arrives. o.o

Masaji> Tifa can barely see through a haze of red. Is it a red moon rising, or 

the running light of the airship? She tries to move and cries out this time, a 

sharp cry that she bites back down on. This is not the time to cry.

Masaji> Lina_Inverse silently slips into the room.

Masaji> Lina_Inverse has arrived.

Masaji> Aerith can do that, and in fact, does. Then, running sounds like a good 

idea. However, she has time to get a heal all off... green sparklies all 

around. And oddy enough, that includes Masaji. God knows why. Maybe she missed 

or something...

Masaji> Lina picks her way around the pikes of metal .... and O.O as she 

notices a lot more people than she expected.

Masaji> The airship opens fire. There's a loud *crack!* as the cannons blast 

out, likely flattening anything in sight.

Masaji> Masaji . o O ( This is really overkill... )

Masaji> Lina O.O and dives for cover again, almost-instinctively hurling a 

fireball skyward.

Masaji> Rachel looks at the ship, then at Masaji... (OOC lags)

Masaji> Scarlett tries to kyahahaha about her mec stopming around, but... 

CROAK. o.o

Masaji> Tifa stares up at the firestorm in the sky. Oh look....the sky is 

falling.

Masaji> Lina exclaims, "WHAT IN CEIPHIED'S NAME IS GOING ON HERE?!?!!"

Masaji> Cait Sith dives behind a fairly substantial pile of rubble. x.x

Masaji> The fireball simply splatters ineffectually against the airship!

Masaji> Saruke dives for a different cover at the shots, the artillery 

spattering behind her as she hits the ground, curling up into a tiny, hopefully 

defensable, ball.

Masaji> Aerith hits the dirt and covers her head with her hands. That's what 

Elmyra always said to do in an air strike...

Masaji> Lina peers out from behind her chosen scrappile. o.o;

Masaji> Rachel eeps, instinctively diving a good 10 feet before jumping behind 

a pile of scrap, "Ooooh, lovely..."

Masaji> Tifa seems to be the only one not rushing to find a spot to hide. In 

fact, she's still lying on her back (and her left arm) out in the middle of the 

lot.

Masaji> Saruke pokes her head out at that. "Tifa! Get _in_ here!" She grimaces 

and edges around, ready to make a run for it, to grab for her.

Masaji> Lina looks up at the airship, steps out to where she can get a good 

shot, and casts Rune Flare, sending a massive volley of Flare Arrows swirling 

up at it.

Masaji> Elena suddenly sweatdrops, and begins to back away.. "This is getting a 

BIT out of hand.." she says, to herself.

Masaji> ( A small puddle of blood seems to have pooled around the back of her 

head. Hope it's not terminal. Tifa's eyes are glazed over, though her chest 

still rises faintly. )

Masaji> Lina . o O ( Blast it ... what's that damn thing made out of? )

Masaji> Cait Sith mutters something to himself, and then jumps out from behind 

his pile of rubble, dodging some flying bits of shrapnel from the attack, and 

tries to grab Tifa, getting her *away* from ground zero...

Masaji> Lina looks around. . o O ( Myo-ohki, we might be able to use your help 

here ... )

Masaji> Lina exclaims, "Hey, Cait!! What the heck's going on here?!"

b spoof The flare arrows strike the airship in the bow, poking holes in the 

armor. It doesn't seem o have affected anything vital, though. The airship 

circles around...

Masaji> The flare arrows strike the airship in the bow, poking holes in the 

armor. It doesn't seem o have affected anything vital, though. The airship 

circles around...

Masaji> Saruke leans out from the pile, waving Cait over towards her. "Here! 

HERE! Hurry up!"

Masaji> Masaji looks around . o O ( Lina Inverse!? Maybe this ISN'T overkill!

Masaji> Lina starts running towards Saruke's position, eyes narrowing as she 

recognizes the woman.

Masaji> Aerith looks up and o.O... Cloud would DIE if Tifa got hurt. Not being 

the brightest of people, she stands up again, and stumbles out toward the 

middle of Tifa ain't moving, and there ain't time to move her, so she flings 

herself on TOP of Tifa, and covers herwhisper tifa_lockhart=Just lovely! n.n

Masaji> Lina jinks and zigzags somewaht at random.

Masaji> Red_XIII has disconnected.

Masaji> Lina . o O ( MYO-OHKI!!! - Che ... my familiar's asleep now, of all 

times? -.-;; )

Masaji> Don't you HATE it when people pose before you and your d amn bakspace 

won't WORK...

Masaji> Masaji speaks up, shouting to talk over the roar of the engines. "I can 

call it off if you surrender. Please don't make me kill you!"

Masaji> Cait's moogle lifts up Tifa, and he starts hopping as fast as he can 

over towards Saruke. o.o

Masaji> Tifa hangs from Cait's grip like a rag doll. Her left arm flops around 

in a most peculiar manner. Pain and a white palor cross her face, the back of 

her head matted with the all to familiar dark liquid of blood.

Masaji> Lina follows Cait. "Cait, don't go there! That woman works for Shinra!"

Masaji> Masaji shouts, "Don't worry Inverse, all traitors will get what's 

coming. OPEN FIRE!"

Masaji> Kurasu whispers, "Kurasu should freak Masaji out, and take a nearly 

direct hit, then come _walking_ back to the lot. ;)" to you.

Masaji> Cait Sith erks, and stops. Great. In the middle of an open area, 

holding a wounded Tifa, and they've just started firing. O.O

Masaji> Lina skids to a halt, flinging her hands out to her sides. "DOUBLE ..."

Masaji> On cue, the airship fires again. There's a deafening BOOM...

Masaji> Saruke looks over at Lina. "Right now, I'm worried about Tifa! So if 

you can do anything to help her out, get over here too! She's hurt. Bad."

Masaji> Lina raises both hands over her head. "FIRE ... " Twin spheres of power 

coalesce above her upraised palms, energy crackling between them ...

Masaji> Rachel (OOC) BTW, will assume someone got Red behind cover n.n

Masaji> Masaji (OOC) Good plan

Masaji> Saruke squawks and pulls back from the boom, turning her head. There's 

a *crunch* as the wave hits against the cover as well as her, amnd it shakes, 

sending large chunks down the side, bouncing and sliding towards the people 

behind.

Masaji> Cait Sith isn't near anything even resembling cover, so he just throws 

himself over Tifa as best as he can at the first sound of the attack.

Masaji> Aerith looks at Tifa and Cait in the middle of an open place with 

firing, and starts screaming. "STOP IT! STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT!" Like 

anyone's going to hear her over the gunfire...

Masaji> Lina finishes, "BALL!!!!" and flings both spheres up towards the 

airship; the two fireballs take off, starting to spiral around each other as 

they rocket upwards ...

Masaji> Lina @BOLTS for Saruke - and gets flung head-over-heels by a near miss!!

Masaji> The fireballs strike the airship - in the wing. The armor cracks, and 

the airship lists - but it remains skyworthy!

Masaji> Lina squawks as she goes sprawling, peppered by debris (and some 

shrapnel, probably)

Masaji> Rachel takes off like a blur over to where Aerith is, her ears still 

ringing a little, "Neechan!"

Masaji> Saruke yelps, hitting the ground and dragging herself, half-crawling 

and half-rolling out of the way of the falling debris. No one warned her about 

those! There's a loud *crunch* as one of them falls, impacting her foot. Her 

face goes stark-white with pain.

l gelnika

Masaji> Gelnika-class airship

Masaji> This airplane is unlike most you've seen before. It's a massive craft, 

easily the size of a 747, although it is constructed differently. The body of 

the aircraft is shaped like a flipped bowl, although it is "stretched" towards 

the stern. The wings are long, with a slight sweep towards stern, each wing 

have three massive props. The bridge/cockpit lies above the wings, and slightly 

forward, separate from the main cargo hold.

Masaji> [Contains: None ]

Masaji> Lina starts getting back to her feet, looking up at the airship. . o O 

( KUSO!!! ) She then resumes making for cover ...

Masaji> Lina . o O ( Someone better have Restore materia handy or we're in a 

whole mess o' trouble ... )

Masaji> As the smoke and shrapnel starts to clear, Cait's moogle is still 

mostly covering Tifa, who seems to have been mostly shielded from the attack. 

Cait himself, on the other hand, gets thrown off towards Lina by the force of 

the attack.

Masaji> Saruke. o O (ITAI! I'm getting careless...that _hurts_)

page rachel=It's up to you, but it'd take something like that to stop this.

Masaji> Lina catches the neko plushie. "Can you control your moogle from here?"

Masaji> Elena a-has!, finding the megalixer she was looking for. She cries 

out.. "Aerith..! I have something for you!" over the intense noise.. hoping the 

girl will hear her...

Masaji> Masaji clutches his head. He shouts, "SURRENDER! We both know you can't 

take another volley!" The airship circles around again...

Masaji> Cait Sith manages to nod. The moogle is built of sterner stuff, and is 

getting up again, lifting Tifa and hopping towards Aerith.

Masaji> Aerith can't stand up to cast heal on all the hurt people... she'll 

just get plastered by bullets herself. ... She does, however, hear Elena, and 

Masaji, at the same time. She takes advantage of the interim to scream again: 

STOP IT! TIFA'S GOING ... TO DIE!" (OOC My backspace is acting up again, Hope 

this looks right.)"

Masaji> Masaji scoops up froggy-Scarlett o.o;

Masaji> Lina tucks Cait-neko under her arm and runs for the rendezvous. n.n

Masaji> Scarlett CROAKS at Masaji.

Masaji> Rachel mutters under her breath and jumps out in plain sight, hands 

folded in front of her, chest-level. You can't tell for sure, but it almost 

looks like her body is beginning to glow. Not just one color, but red, yellow, 

green, blue, and violet . o O ( Last chance...mom, dad, give me strength... )

Masaji> Saruke grits her teeth, trying to pull herself out from under the 

fallen hunk of debris. . o O (OW! Baka..baka...baka...)

Masaji> Tifa's only other materia glitters in her bracelet armor. A nice small 

restore materia.

Masaji> The damage to the wing appears to have slowed the Gelnika down a tad. 

It's just now beginning to turn towards the group...

Masaji> Lina finally (?) gets to Saruke-tachi, and sets Cait-neko down. 

"Saruke, what the hell is going on here, and how can I best help?"

Masaji> Masaji curses, and shouts at any standing SOLDIERs. "Pull out! It's 

using the Mako Cannons!"

Masaji> Lina . o O ( - Eh? *Mako* cannon ... ? O.o;; )

Masaji> Masaji begins a 'strategic withdrawl' - read 'running like heck'

Masaji> Saruke says, through gritted teeth, "The first thing you can do is get 

this thing off my foot!" She looks shocked, looking towards Masaji. "The next 

thing you can do is keep Tifa from dying. Or get rid of that ship!"

Masaji> Lina looks up at the airship.

Masaji> Rachel looks up, keeping her focus as the glow gets brighter. As loud 

as she can, she screams as the light flashes, "TIAMAT!!!"

Masaji> Elena immediately makes a sort of.. mad dash towards Aerith.. sprinting 

past whatever melee she must pass through in order to reach the girl.

Masaji> The last remaining guard blinks, nods, and starts turning to run, 

following after Masaji.

Masaji> Lina O.o;;;; at the shouted name, and ducks down to start working on 

the debris that's pinning Saruke.

Masaji> Aerith exclaims, "IMOUTO!!!!!!!"

Masaji> Different panels on the airship open this time. Three large barrels 

slide into place...

Masaji> Aerith . o O ( We're all going to die... )

Masaji> Aerith . o O ( I'm sorry, Cloud.... )

Masaji> Lina . o O ( Either the Dragonqueen is going to save our asses, or 

we're really in deep fewmets ... )

Masaji> Lina grits her teeth, *heaving* at the piece of wreckage on Saruke's 

foot ..

Masaji> Rachel's body seems to melt into the same five colors before she seems 

to disappear. The lights shift and change, getting bigger as a serpentlike form 

begins to take shape. Reaching nearly 100 feet into the air, the form seems to 

become solid and in a flash of light, a dragon, scales black as night and not 

looking very happy, appears...

Masaji> The piece is big and heavy. Rather unpleasently so, for Saruke's foot. 

But with a good lift, and a little help from Saruke as well, Saruke hauls her 

foot out from underneath it.

Masaji> Elena is able to reach Aerith.. gasping for breath as she holds out a 

largre green vial to the girl.. one that can be immediately recognized as a 

magalixer. "T..take this.. use it.. cure ever..everybody."

Masaji> Lina . o O ( Ohhhhhhhhhhh ... damn ... )

Masaji> Cait Sith . o O ( ...What the *hell* is that!? o.o )

Masaji> Lina lets the piece fall once Saruke's foot is free.

Masaji> Lina says, "Hope everyone who needs to be under cover is here or safe 

..."

Masaji> Tiamat hisses, looking like someone just woke him up from a nice nap...

Masaji> Lina rises back to her feet, concentrating hard as she tries to gather 

energy.

Masaji> Aerith o.o at Elena, takes the megaelixer, and takes a few seconds to 

pray over it. Besides, we're gonna need it a LOT more if we get nailed by those 

cannons.

Masaji> Lina glances down. "Aerith ... after folks are a little safer, I could 

*really* use some help from whoever here can use direct magic. Protection 

spells would be good too ... materia or otherwise."

Masaji> Aerith nods.

Masaji> Lina . o O ( And in the meantime ... hope Naga's Sigil Shield is worth 

it. )

Masaji> The Gelnika, either unaware of the monster, or unable to stop, fires 

the Mako Cannons! It's engines grind to a halt momentarily as the three barrels 

glow a blinding green, and then... *FLASH!* ...Everything goes silent... time 

seems to stop... but when your eyes adjust to the light, you can barely make 

out a wounded Tiamat tearing the airship to ribbons, right out of the sky. What 

wreckage is left plummets into the ocean...

Masaji> Aerith . o O ( Imouto... what did you _do? )

Masaji> Masaji runs like heck o.o . o O ( Not good! Not good at all! )

Masaji> Lina raises a hand ... then pauses, her concentration shattered very 

nicely by the results of the SFX budget.

Masaji> You look around, then gather yourself and leap, climb or squeeze past 

the fallen train car..


>>>>Masaji, and the rest of the guards, logically, run like heck, back to the Tower<<<<

Masaji> Masaji drops Scarlett, and quickly mumbles a 'heal' spell o.o;

Masaji> SOLDIER Guard looks more than a little shocked at what just happened. 

o_o;

Masaji> Scarlett poofs back into herself, mid-croak. Even she, however, has the 

good grace not to call someone who just helped her an idiot. "I _hate_ that 

insufferable marshmallow...."

Masaji> Masaji asks, "The cat on the moogle?"

Masaji> Scarlett says, "Insufferable little.... wait until I.... OOOOOOOOOOH!" 

Masaji> Masaji sighs. "Who the hell are those people? They're MONSTERs..."

Masaji> SOLDIER Guard nods in agreement with that, sweatdropping under his 

helmet.

Masaji> Scarlett says, "I've never seen that girl before... but you're right, 

she was hideously ugly... wasn't even wearing eye shadow. Hmph..."

Masaji> Masaji clenches his fist. "Even my training wasn't enough to stop 

them..."

Masaji> SOLDIER Guard asks, "What _Was_ that, some sort of summoning materia?"

Masaji> Masaji shakes his head. "I'm not sure. But I will bring my own next 

time."

Masaji> Scarlett falls asleep.

Masaji> Masaji slams his fist into a lamppost. "Monsters..."

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