bzarcher | M3 Log: Mega-breakage.

In which the Battle and Chase involves Blues mocking Rock like a good older brother, and then THROWING DOWN.

DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.

Its a beautiful nice warm (by Canadian standards) day for one of the famous
Battle and Chase Team Combat events. The arena is a huge cleared out area
of the Canadian forests... Greenpeace is currently sueing over it...
ANYWAYS... The two Hunters have arrived for their battle against the
Mavericks. Rock waits patiently in the middle of the cleared out circle...
his breath turning into a frost as he breathes out. His armor glints in the
sunlight... high polished... afterall, Plum might be around.

Blues doesn't bother trying to impress people, and his entrance shows it.
One moment, Rock is alone. The next moment, he is behind Rock after that
trademarked flash of red light, whistling. "Zero's late. As usual." Looking
to the other side of the arena, he cracks his gauntleted knuckles, looking
forward to this.

Moloch doesn't say a thing as she heads onto the field, pausing near
Quantum. "Right. G'luck out there, when you're up. I'll try t'finish
one off for you - no way you can take both." A wide grin as she
lumbers the rest of the way out on the field. "Hey! Hunters! You
going to stand there all day? We'll take ya here and now." She
/looks/ confident, at least.

Quantum Kitsune looks oddly ... unconcerned. Perhaps after you lose
to The Unluckiest Robot On Earth, you find yourself resigned to your
fate. "Yeah, c'mon, Goggle Boy, Mega-Moron, get a move on so we can
kick your afts from here to Kansas City."

Rock glances back at Blues. "You want to open or shall I?" Rock
glances back at Moloch and looks up and down his opponent... someone
he's never seen before. "And we'd be happy to compete against you
right now."

Blues shrugs. "You /are/ the hero. And the captain. Why don't you go
fight the evil?" Then, he vaults out of the fighting area so that the
two captains can have fun.

Moloch is still there and still smirking. Nothing much new here.
"Whichever, one of you. It won't matter which one." Since Rock seems
to have been chosen, she stares at him instead, considering.

The leader of the Maverick Hunters takes that as the 'ringing of the
bell' so to speak and runs towards Moloch. As he drives towards her,
he activates a small forcefield that glows in front of him... causing
almost a blurr as he drives towards the Maverick. "Good luck,
Moloch."
Rock strikes Moloch with his Charging Barrier attack.

Blues applauds lightly as Rock gets it on. "About time you picked up
and got to buisness."

Quantum Kitsune kicks her feet up and sits back to watch, summoning
a bucket of popcorn and a soda seemingly from nowhere. "C'mon,
Moloch, kick the little blue buttweasel, give 'im some black to go
with the blue!"

"My ple - " Whatever Moloch was going to call back to Quantum
remains unsaid, mostly because Rock has taken the opportunity to
charge right into her. Still, the advantage she has (noticably, a lot
of weight) is enough to stop her from being pushed /too/ far, though
it still leaves a nifty dent in her front left armor. Bracing herself
against the ground in case he tries that again, Moloch lifts up one
large, clawed foot and simply swipes at the much smaller figure.
"Heh, looks like you really /are/ willin' to fight sometimes."
Moloch misses Rock with her Talon Swipe attack.

[Radio: (G) Allied-chat] Commander Jet Stingray transmits, "If you
have your radio on, Ayla, I'm sure you gave that tin can a good one-
two before that dumb Wily Wimp put the crunch on your craft."

Following the quick dash attack, X expected a quick response from
the much large Maverick. X immediately throws his hands up in defense
as Moloch's claws come towards him. The Blue Bomber immediately
grasps the limb of the Maverick, steps in with his hip and attempts
to pull her over his hip. It appears Rock is getting physical.
Rock strikes Moloch with his Throw attack.

Moloch is thirteen feet long, nearly six wide and three tall (plus
spines). Someone of Rock's size should not be able to throw her.
And yet, she is thrown, though not very far; she doesn't land on her
back, which is good, and the damage is slight, but it's certainly
enough to make Moloch irritated. "Hey! Hands offa me, punk! Nobody
throws me around!" Turning slowly to face Rock again, Moloch is
abruptly covered in a corona of flames to dissuade Rock from trying
to touch her again. The fires jet from the tip of every spine and
some joints. "Back off!"
Moloch strikes Rock with her Immolation attack.

Quantum Kitsune w00ts loudly! "There you got it! Burn that little
freakjob to a crisp!"

Blues sighs. "ROCK. You have /GUNS/. Why aren't you just SHOOTING
them?" Seems someone's feeling like the brains of the family at the
moment, indeed.

"HOT!!! HOT!!!" X immediately releases his grip on Moloch and blows
on his hands. X jumps back and yells back to Blues. "Its not about
winning, its about the competation." However, X does take his
brother's advice and changes his left forearm and hand into his
dangerous buster. He smiles as he takes aim at Moloch. "You think you
are pretty hot stuff, don't you?"
Rock strikes Moloch with his Final Buster attack.

[Radio: (E) Global] Snake Man transmits, "What?"
[Radio: (E) Global] Dynamo transmits, "Pardon?"
[Radio: (E) Global] Snake Man transmits, "Nevermind."

"Yeah, I do," Moloch growls, even as she's shot; again, her armour
takes the worst of it, being designed for just that, and she simply
ignores the slight structural damage that's being dealt. "Hot enough
to be a real pain in the ass to you, anyway. You might take me down,
but it ain't easy!" A pair of hatches, one to a side, flip open and,
slowly, long-barreled weapons extend. Both lock into a forward
position before the repeated sound of bullets firing echoes out
through the empty arena.
Moloch misses Rock with her Side Chainguns attack.

Moloch's target immediately dives and somersaults, carefully
avoiding the spray of bullets fired towards him. Rock rolls through,
coming to his feet and begins running. Obviously, Rock knows a moving
target is a less damaged target. As Rock reaches the nearby treeline,
he jumps towards the tree... his feet hit the trunk... his knees fold
slightly absorbing the impact... And then X springs back towards
Moloch... firing his jet boosters to increase his speed.
Rock strikes Moloch with his Energy Dash attack.

Blues says, "Ahh, much better."

Quantum Kitsune grumbles, rubbing her eyes. Yeah, *this* is gonna be
a good day for the Mavericks.

That one hurt. Moloch slides along the ground, clawed feet leaving
furrows in the dirt, as Rock's impact smacks into her side and pushes
her a distance. The fire had mostly gone out when she flipped up the
chainguns, anyhow. "Enough with the charging already!" she growls,
backing up and turning her head to face Rock again. Her jaw gaps open
- and a spiraling flame with a core of superheated air lances out,
hoping to hit him before he takes off into the air again.
Moloch misses Rock with her Flame Whirlwind attack.

"Fine, less charging. More buster. I can't let my fans down. Hunter
or Maverick." X smiles almost evilly as he jumps up and over Moloch's
last attack, the blast of fire from his boosters mixing with her
attack. Let's be honest, Rock is always having to be the nice guy and
hold his guns... during Battle and Chase, even he lets his hair down.
A new weapon materializes in the buster barrel. It appears to be the
tip of a harpoon. "Time to go fishing..." X fires the harpoon at
Moloch.
Rock strikes Moloch with his Harpoon Arm Drain attack.
Rock drains energy from Moloch with his Harpoon Arm Drain attack.

That gets a reaction. A roar, specifically, as the harpoon arm hits
a weak point where her neck meets the shell. "I am not a freaking
fish!" she bellows, turning so her still-extended chainguns face
Rock. Rather abruptly, they both reverse, appearing to point
backwards - before each launches a rather brightly coloured grenade.
She'd better actually /hit/ this time, or she's going to be shot to
death without even making her mark.
Moloch strikes Rock with her Double Grenade attack.

Alpha arrives from the Torontreal - Transportation District.
Alpha has arrived.

*KA-BOOM* The explosion throws Rock to the ground... covering the
Blue bomber in snow... "That's not quite what I wanted to have happen
there." X stands back up and activates something in his internal
systems. His buster remains, but a hand extends out of it... in its
hand is a sword... an energy sword. As the sword, flickers on... X's
armor changes color. His normally dark blue armor changes color... to
emerald and silver. Yes, Rock is borrowing a weapon, thiefing
reploid. X runs towards Moloch. "Let's see how good Sigma's sword
really is..." X swings down hard with the blade.
Rock strikes Moloch with his Sigma Sabre attack.

Quantum Kitsune shakes a fist. "That's dirty pool, ya weapon-
stealing simpleton!"

Blues looks over to Qkit. "Ahem."

Quantum Kitsune eyes Blues. "Mmmmmmyes?"

Blues says, "1: Earned. Not stolen. 2: Slacker, not simpleton."

Quantum Kitsune blinkblinks. "Okay, fine, we'll compromise. THAT'S
DIRTY POOL, YA WEAPON-STEALIN' SLACKER!"

Powerful enough to chop into Moloch's outer armour and cause a rush
of flame from a ruptured tank, but not powerful enough to dismember
her in one swing. Moloch moves backwards as fast as she can as the
blade digs in near her front left leg - and then, just as quickly,
forward, both forearms swinging as her back legs momentarily support
her full weight before she sinks back down, chomping at Rock for good
measure.
Moloch misses Rock with her Devil Massacre attack.

Rock jumps back as he returns to his normal colors. "Wow, temper.
This is just for fun." Rock glances over her shoulder to look at
Quantum Kitsune. "Look buddy... its just another weapon in my buster.
Nothing personal." Rock immediately steps back forward and brings his
head down towards Moloch's chest. He can't headbutt her in the face,
so he'll settle for the chest.
Rock strikes Moloch with his Headbutt attack.

Blues sighs. "Why does he forget what I teach him? Why?"

Quantum Kitsune smirks, glancing at Blues. "It's that girly voice
thing. Feels he has to prove that he's not shy on synthtosterone,
yanno, by acting all macho and applying physical beatdown instead of
using his brain and using blasters."

Blues says, "Funny. I thought it was just because he couldn't get a
date."

Quantum Kitsune nods to Blues. "Could be. Has Dr. Light bothered to
weld any synthhair to his chest yet?"

Blues says, "His body rejected the implants. We're trying alternative
medicine."

Quantum Kitsune nods, pondering this. "Considered just doing a
genderframe switch? Then he could be one of the Rockettes."

*thunk*
Moloch looks down, rather confused, as her front plate is
headbutted. It didn't really hurt that much...she barely felt it. Of
course, she was designed specifically not to feel minor wounds in
this body. "That's it? Ha!" Raising up for a moment, she performs a
quick hop - and simply doesn't catch herself with her feet on the way
down.
Moloch misses Rock with her Stomp attack.

Blues says, "I have enough trouble keeping the boys away from Roll. I
don't need more work."

Quantum Kitsune hrms, eyeing Rock again. "Y'know, you might not need
to. Rockette would still be awful butch ..."

Blues says, "Crash. Man."

Quantum Kitsune says, "Point taken."

Cyclops arrives from the Torontreal - Transportation District.
Cyclops has arrived.

Stepping and sliding underneath the bigger opponent, Rock shakes his
head as his brother talks trash about HIM to a MAVERICK. X slides
through with a smile on his face as the Maverick has had a tough time
keeping up with him. "The bigger they are..." Rock aims his buster
and takes another shot at Moloch.
Rock strikes Moloch with his Final Buster 2 attack.

Blues just does it because he cares, Rock. And it teaches you to
focus. And so he golf-claps that Rock was able to hit despite the
horrid teasing.

[Radio] Rock sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "You are
still mad that I didn't just pick up your body and run that one time,
aren't you?"

Quantum Kitsune is doing it because she hates Rock and is trying to
distract him, really. :)

[Radio] You send Rock a direct message: "Maybe...."

This shot blasts right into Moloch's armour - and doesn't take her
out of action, amazingly, but /does/ leave a rather large, round hole
all the way through her, as well as nearly removing one of her legs.
She takes one stumbling, slow step forward - and falls forward. She's
swearing. "Someone get the bloddy Kitsune out here!"

Blues looks over at Rock as Moloch leaves. "You up to keep going, or
should I let you go and towel off?"

Quantum Kitsune grumbles. "Figures. Never send a 'borg to do a
'bot's job." She teleports into the arena as soon as it's clear
Moloch is throwing in the proverbial towel. "All right, let's get
down to it, then."

Rock watches at Quantum Kitsune teleports into the arena. Rock
frowns slightly at Blues's comment. "You confuse me, brother you
really do." Rock sighs at the situation and shrugs. "Let's see what
you have, Maverick."

Quantum Kitsune smiles. "You wanna see what I've got, eh? I'll show
you what I've got. I've got ..." She reaches behind her back, and
pulls out ... "A REALLY BIG HAMMER!" She then charges in and tries to
smack Rock upside the head with the glowing, yellow energy construct.
Quantum Kitsune misses Rock with her Energy Mallet attack.

Moloch does get off the field. Eventually. Really.

Rock reaches up at the mallet comes down towards his head...
grabbing Quantum by the wrist as she attempts to remove his head.
Rock glances at the hammer before commenting... "Um... I know Dad
sorta built me to look like an anime character, but I haven't said
anything mean to you... you can't bust out when on these hammers..."
Rock then reaches back and punches the femme reploid. How
ungentlemanly of him.
Rock misses Quantum Kitsune with his Punch attack.

Blues sighs. "Think of it this way. If you're confused by me, then
nobody will ever be able to predict me."

Quantum Kitsune vanishes with a flash of red as Rock takes a poke at
her, and she reappears behind him. And to the left. And to the right.
Three of her, all identical, tails a-twitching. "Too slow, Mega-
Meathead," says one, as all three move in, hands and feet glowing
with red light ... as they abruptly teleport, in unison, appearing in
close quarters to Rock, throwing a coordinated assault of punches and
kicks, trying to do so in such a manner that dodging one means
leaning into another. 15 yard penalty, piling on.
Quantum Kitsune misses Rock with her Split Image attack.

X is surrounded!!! On NO!!! What shall our hero do? Rock fires off
his
boosters and jumps up and over the three kicking and punching Kitsune
Mavericks. As he lands, X turns back to face them. "Really, this is
supposed to be one on one. And you call me a weapon stealing
simpleton..." Rock fires off his boosters and rushes towards Quantum.
Rock misses Quantum Kitsune with his Ram attack.

Blues sighs. "Oh, god...."

The targetted Kitsune leaps into the air, flipping nimbly over the
rushing Rock and landing daintily on her high-heels. While tumbling,
Kit 2 (for lack of a better descriptor) tosses what seems to be a
Rocket Launcher to Kit 1. "Awright ... now we're cookin'!" With
little aim, Kit 1 points the business end of the launcher at Rock.
"All right, then ... let's see if this baby hits the mark this time."
With a burst of smoke and flame, the launcher spits out its rocket,
which swerves in mid-air, seeking out its target ... or at the very
least, a certain part of its target.
Quantum Kitsune misses Rock with her Seat-seeking Missile attack.

[Radio: (E) Global] Snake Man transmits, "Having to fight a girl.
You could lossse to Frossst Man, for inssstanssce."

[Radio: (E) Global] Snake Man transmits, "OOC mis"

Flying by his intended target, the Maverick Hunter Commander glances
back at the two Mavericks and shakes his head. "Blues, any advice you
have would be welcome... there's two of them." Rock ducks as the
missile flies towards him. As soon as its safe, X runs towards the
two targets, sticking his arms out... he's gonna clothesline the
right one this time.
Rock misses Quantum Kitsune with his Dash attack.

Blues shakes his head. Reaches behind him. Gets a lawnchair. Gets a
lemonade. Sets up the lawnchair. Sits. Drinks. "This will be awhile."

Moloch, who's made it over near Blues (and, because of the simulated
nature of the damage, is now healthy, if irritated) switches back to
her other armour - she's 'dead' anyway, right? - to take a seat. "Eh.
Could be worse."
Moloch changes into her Standard armor.

Alpha, very late, walks into the stands, saying things like: "Excuse
me.", and the like, as she sits down in the general middle of the
stands.

Blues shrugs. "But it could be better."

Quantum Kitsune would toss Blues a Snickers, if she had the time.
"Awright, it's TIME TO GET SERIOUS(tm)!" The three Quantums line up,
in a row, as a shimmering array of green gridlines appears, tracing
out electronics, moving parts, wires, circuits ... then with a burst
of green light, the gridlines are covered by cold steel, creating a
gigantic cannon with a barrel big enough for Guts Man to crawl into.
Of course, how much of his is real, and how much is Quantum's vaunted
solid holograms, is up for debate.
"QUANTUM CANNON, ONLINE!" The rear Quantum lines up the sights.
"READY!" "AIM!" "FIRE!"
Small energy lines project inward, gathering at a point, a point
that grows, gleaming brighter, before the beam of destruction lances
out, Death Star Style.
Quantum Kitsune strikes Rock with her Quantum Cannon attack.

Moloch actually grins. "'Course it could. See? That was better. I
don't even want to know where she keeps the gun...but I want one."

"Hey!!! That's my LINE!!" Rock yells back... just in time to get
splatted by the Quantum Cannon. The hero known as the blue Bomber
flies through the arena and into the trees outlining the edge of the
arena. He flies into a tree and breaks it down. "Oh... my head..."
Rock shakes his head as he drags himself to his feet. He looks down
at the broken tree and picks it up... walking towards the trio of
Mavericks. "Okay, now its personal. BATTER UP!!!" Rock swings the
huge tree trunk attempting to smash all the little Mavericks.
Rock misses Quantum Kitsune with his Smash attack.

Blues shakes his head. "You need to try soft-pitch, Rock. Stick to
shooting things."

Quantum Kitsune grins, beckoning Rock with an upturned palm and
finger-flick, wrestler style. "AAaaaay, Batter-Batter! Aaaaaay,
Batter-Batter! SWING!" With that ever-prevalent flash of light, the
Quantums vanish, appearing as far down-field as they can get and
still be in the designated area. "Strike one ... but now I'm playin'
hardball!" A flash of light heralds a costume change ... Arizona
Diamondbacks baseball team, as she curls back and tosses a projectile
Rock's way.
Quantum Kitsune misses Rock with her Ricochetting Ball attack.

Alpha whispers softly, "And stop talking like a cartoon please...",
in a begging kind of voice.

Rock brings the tree back around and watches as it explodes from the
ball. The tree has saved Rock... how noble. Greenpeace will sue him
later for abusing the tree... Rock strides towards Quantum. "So, you
wanna play baseball... Let's try my fastball." Rock's optics narrow
and he throws his armo forward, buster forming and firing in one
smooth stroke.
Rock strikes Quantum Kitsune with his Final Buster 3 attack.

Blues says, "I knew we needed to keep him on the mound. Who ever said
the Designated Hitter rule was dumb?"

Quantum Kitsune WHUMPHS as she takes the Buster Shot pretty square
in the gut, falling back onto her tails. "Cripes ... didn't think the
little twerp had it in him." Kit 2 and Kit 3 move to help the other
to her feet. "Well, let's see if we can take it out of him!" The
three of them reach outwards, trying to latch a narrow beam from
their fingers onto Rock, to tap into his power source and draw his
energy away.
Quantum Kitsune strikes Rock with her Quantum Drain attack.
Quantum Kitsune drains energy from Rock with her Quantum Drain
attack.

Once again, the Blue bombing boy spent a little too much time
watching the action as the energy absorbing beam hits him in the
chest. Rock steps back and cradles his chest from the impact point.
"Nice to see I still have surprises of my own left." Rock doesn't
blink as he reaims the buster at the middle Quantum. "You know... the
three of you are really annoying me."

Once again, the Blue bombing boy spent a little too much time
watching the action as the energy absorbing beam hits him in the
chest. Rock steps back and cradles his chest from the impact point.
"Nice to see I still have surprises of my own left." Rock doesn't
blink as he reaims the buster at the middle Quantum. "You know... the
three of you are really annoying me."
Rock sighs and says, "Now that I know which one of you is the real
deal, I can deal with you easily." Rock pulls the buster down and
fires off towards the real Quantum Kitsune. "And you are right, but
at the wrong time. Now, its TIME TO GET SERIOUS!"
Rock strikes Quantum Kitsune with his Dash attack.

Alpha winces again. That poor Kitsune.

Blues shakes his head. "Rock, please try to do this without hitting
the cliches? Otherwise Zero will show up after getting his manicure
and wax, and you know what that will lead to."

Moloch winces. "Oow. Wax. No good."

Quantum Kitsune just grins, grabbing onto Rock. "Actually, little
anti-gravitational sewage leak, all three of me are me. Call it an
exercise in Quantum Physics." Whilst holding onto Rock for a bit, she
tries to drop an amusing little toy of hers down the back of his
armor. A mild acid, not particularly powerful, but generating a
feeling of intense ... irritation ... in whomever it affects.
As if Quantum weren't irritating enough on her own.
Quantum Kitsune misses Rock with her Itching Powder Bomb attack.

"Dad never got around to explaining Quantum Physics to me.. I had
more pressing matters come up." X replies somewhat in just, somewhat
in irritation. But now that Rock is in close he can go back to the
basics. Rock rears back with his head and begins to repeatility smack
it at the closest Kitsune. BANG BANG BANG... hey, Rock is head-
banging... Zero would be proud!
Rock misses Quantum Kitsune with his Headbutt attack.

Blues say, "What's so wrong with using that Buster on your arm? Did
it
jam shut? Are you really that worried about it? Just pick some cool
thing you ripped out of someone's dead chest, and shoot her with it!"

Moloch half-chuckles, half-frowns at that. "Nah! Go ahead and keep
missing! It's a far better choice for ya!"

Quantum Kitsune takes the headbutting square on the coconut, then
just glares at Rock and laughs indignantly. "Ha HA! Next time, be
certain to attack someone in a vital spot!" The trio teleports, two
appearing side by side, one atop their shoulders. "And a one ... and
a two!" The top of the pyramid leaps a bit, as the bases turn
inwards, gripping one another's hands, forming an impromptu catapult
for the third Kit to spring off of. "Heads up, Rocky! It's a bird,
it's a plan ... it's ... MY FOOT!" She comes crashing down, right leg
extended in a quantum-powered flying kick!
Quantum Kitsune strikes Rock with her Quantum Leap attack.

"I don't want to waste those charges, I could need them at
another... OOFPH!!" Quantum Kitsune's foot silences the reploid known
as X. Rock growls. "Fine, Blues... we do things your way." Rock's
buster reappears... another harpoon loaded.
The harpoon gleams in the light as its fired. This one has a cable
behind it and it seems Rock is steering it to its target. "Quantum,
I'm not missing this time."
Rock strikes Quantum Kitsune with his Harpoon Arm attack.

Blues says, "I swear to god, if you don't start hitting with more
than
your pointy bits, I'm gonna give Auto a Flight Type and a big bazooka
and get Dad to put him in charge."

Quantum Kitsune squeeps as the Harpoon stabs her square in the left
shoulder, the damaged vixen clutching that shoulder ... as do the
other two, oddly. "Okay ... time to cut the fancy stuff. Time for
some good old fashioned rip-offing!" A flicker of red light, and
another costume change. Orange gi. Black boots. Spiky hair. With
hands glowing yellow, she cups them together, alongside her body.
"Saw this on an old anime disc ... let's see how well it works. KA-
ME-
HA-ME-HA!" She makes it a point not to take three hours to charge it,
though, and rapidly thrusts her hands forward, firing a glittering
yellow power blast at the Maverick Hunter Big Enchilada.
Quantum Kitsune misses Rock with her Quantum Blast attack.

Alpha sighs. It would be unfortunate if the entire team couldn't get
past one member of the opposing team.

Ducking under the blast, X rights himself to look at the amount of
trees that have been leveled... good thing this fight wasn't in Neo-
Tokyo... Godzilla would have looked like a minor amount of littering.
Another harpoon appears in Rock's buster as he moves towards Quantum.
"Blues, you know I nevered this life... If Auto wants it and can
handle it... Its all his. I'll take up his job helping Dad." Another
harpoon is released in Quantum's direction.
Rock misses Quantum Kitsune with his Harpoon Arm Shock attack.

Blues says, "Fine. Auto Flight Type it is. But this is just sad. If
Bass is watching TV, he's probably ruined his chair laughing."

Quantum Kitsune hits the deck in triplicate, the harpoon sailing
back to imbed itself in a tree. "Those silly things again ... well,
it's time this Maverick showed you a REAL weapon!" Two of them block
the third, assuming odd ninja-like crane-kung-fu styles as a
diversion, as the one they guard crouches a bit. Then, the two
blockers cartwheel away as Quantum flings an odd, pink projectile at
Rock, a projectile which ... farts ... violently.
Quantum Kitsune strikes Rock with her Exploding Whoopie Cushion
attack.

Alpha doesn't appear to hear Blues, however as Rock misses his
latest blow, she does reconsider the possibility of the kitsune
winning. ... and then she sees the violent farting bomb. She winces.
"Nevermind.", she tells herself.

Blues says, "She has farted in your general direction. Our father
will
smell of elderberries."

Rock isn't sure what hurts more... the explosion or the shame of
being fart at on national television. Rock skids across the ground...
slowly being slown down by the snow piling up behind him. He looks
down over his body and realizes that he's actually losing part two of
this fight. "As if I care about Bass's opinion Blues. That android is
obsessed with me... not the other way around." X climbs back to his
feet. "I won't call that a real weapon, Maverick. And what is it with
you Mavericks and your odd ball attacks." Rock strides forward,
charging his buster... and finally unleashing the shot. "This is a
real attack... pure and simple."
Rock strikes Quantum Kitsune with his Generic Ranged attack.

Quantum Kitsune is too busy celebrating to have the sense to dodge
out of the way of the shot. While the Kitsune Triplets are high-
fiving and hip-bumping triumphantly, the end result is that one of
them gets shot, which causes enough damage to short out the Quantum
Field ... two kits fade out of existance as the third tumbles, head
over heels, back to the 'bench' where she started. A weary "Take me
out, coach ..." is heard before she passes out.

Blues golf-claps. "Bravo, Rock. I'll buy you a Choco Taco. You
manage to maintain the moral high ground. But don't forget that
nobody else cares about the high ground, except for shooting the guy
who's sitting on it."

Alpha sighs, shaking her head. It didn't seem right at all, just not
-right-. Guess it's to be expected though. In combat events, those
better at combat win, but... Ah well, at least Blues didn't have to
get shot again. "Generalizing too.", she mutters. She looks to the
clapping Blues, "Choco Taco?"

Blues says, "They're good. They've got ice cream. I'll buy you one
later."

Hard Man arrives from the Torontreal - Transportation District.
Hard Man has arrived.

And, of course, nobody else is on the bench. "Well, hell," Moloch
says, rolling her eyes - or what passes for them. "Guess she wasn't
any better then I was after all. Aright, guys, you win. Now go away
and bask in the glory or somethin'."

Rock turns to face Blues as Quantum Kitsune calls it quits. "That
moral high ground is what keeps me from being like Bass." Rock
crosses his arms. "And I have no intentions of being like him."

Blues shakes his head. "The choice isn't going to be yours. It's
going to come from the people you have to fight." Then, he stands up.
"Anyhow. I should be getting a guest here in just a moment..."

[Radio: (E) Global] Snake Man transmits, "Announsscment: Number Man
isss afraid of losssing to a girl. That isss all."

[Radio: (E) Global] Spin Cougar transmits, "I needed that, Snake."

[Radio: (E) Global] Number Man transmits, "Go to hell!"

[Radio: (E) Global] Edward Hampton transmits, "Ten Zenny that Number
Man beats Snake Man for saying that."

[Radio: (E) Global] Pyro Squirrel transmits, "Thank you, Snake.
Although we already knew that."

[Radio: (E) Global] Snake Man transmits, "The truth alwaysss
hurtsss."

[Radio: (E) Global] Snake Man transmits, "Besssidesss, you're
asssuming he can catch me."

[Radio: (E) Global] Spin Cougar transmits, "Any laugh right now is
welcome."

[Radio: (E) Global] Snake Man transmits, "Hey Gutsss..."

[Radio: (E) Global] Hard Man transmits, "Proto Man!"

[Radio: (E) Global] Hard Man transmits, "Prepare yourself!" Behind
him, a Joe intones, "INDEED."

Alpha tilts her head, "A guest?", she smiles slightly as she makes
her way a bit closer to be a bit more in conversational range. "And
thank you."

[Radio: (E) Global] Blues transmits, "Oh, god. He's got friends."

[Radio: (E) Global] Alpha softly, "I think it's programmed to be his
friend."

[Radio: (E) Global] Pyro Squirrel transmits, "His *special* friend,
perhaps?"

[Radio: (E) Global] Tori transmits, "Oh, -please- no one break
anymore drones this month...."

[Radio: (E) Global] Blues transmits, "I will defeat this in the name
of Auto Flight Type."

[Radio: (E) Global] Spin Cougar transmits, "Flight Type? Isn't that
Crash Man's?"

[Radio: (E) Global] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Auto... Flight
Type?"

[Radio: (E) Global] Tengu Man transmits, "Eh?"

[Radio: (E) Global] Tori giggles.

[Radio: (E) Global] Moloch transmits, "I'll let him explain."

Quantum Kitsune drags herself to her feet, shaking the cobwebs out.
"Man ... simulated damage or not, I feel like the football in the
Pachyderm Super Bowl after a Fumble."

[Radio: (E) Global] Blues transmits, "Rock's getting replaced. I'm
going to hook a vodka burning rocket to Auto, give him a bazooka, and
let him run the Hunters for a couple weeks."

Moloch smirks. "Why do you think I'm not moving?" she says,
relatively cheerfully.

[Radio: (E) Global] Tengu Man transmits, "...okay. Have fun."

[Radio: (E) Global] Spin Cougar laughs!

Blues turns and nods to Alpha. "I should have someone here in a
moment to brutally murderize."

[Radio: (E) Global] Pyro Squirrel transmits, "You could put a felt-
tip marker in charge of the hunters, and they would still be stronger
than the masters."

Alpha nods, "Hard Man? You don't mind if I watch, do you?"

You say, "Not at all."

[Radio: (E) Global] Tengu Man transmits, "I seem to remember the
Hunters failing to come protect you from /us/, treerat."

[Radio: (E) Global] Tengu Man transmits, "But since you seem to have
forgotten, would you like me to come remind you?"

Out of nowhere, the music of Kaientai begins to play. A rumbling can
be heard beneath the ground, leaves falling off of trees. A small
mound begins to rise up in front of Blues, before exploding in a
shower of dirt.
Hard Man, the music of Kaientai blaring through the speakers on his
back, lunges up from the ground. He does a flip in the air, moving
backwards, and slams into the ground. He points a finger at Blues,
and begins to move his mouth. The music cuts off, badly dubbed words
spewing forth. "It is the time for the end of you, Proto Man! Battle
and Chase is not where victory is to finding! Only HARD Michinoku
will be win, because I am eeeeeeeeeeevillll!" He hands the mike to a
Joe who clambered out of the hole shortly after him, who takes it.

"INNNDEEEEEEEEEED."

[Radio: (E) Global] Spin Cougar transmits, "You can't win them all.
You should know more than anyone."

Alpha bows her head politely, "Thank you.", she doesn't really know
Hard Man, but about three words into his speech, Alpha smiles and
seems to be hopeful for a positive outcome.

Blues just steps into the ring before performing a gesture Zero
showed him awhile ago: The classic Degeneration X "Suck it!". Then,
he raises his Buster and levels it at Hard's head. "Bring it."

[Radio: (E) Global] Tengu Man transmits, "Huh. Don't have anything
to say, huh?"

Hard Man gets right into it, breaking into a run at Blues. "The
sucking is not a thing capable for you, Mr. Light!" He thrusts his
arm out as he nears, slamming it across Blues's neck. Unless, of
course, that crazy robot dodges.
Hard Man strikes you with a minor hit from his Clothesline for 12
units of damage.

Alpha sits down, and watches Hard Man clothesline Blues impassively.

Blues is knocked back by the clothesline, but just lets himself
rebound into the ropes before charging back at Hard, discharging the
Protobuster just as he passes the big barrel bot.
You strike Hard Man with a minor hit from your Point Blank Proto
Buster attack.

Hard Man staggers back with the buster blast, rubbing at his face.
He grunts, still in bad dub, and jumps back against the ropes. This
sends him at a run toward the red bot, who Hard scoops off his feet,
reverses him, and slams him back down on his back.
Hard Man misses you with his Body Slam attack.

Quantum Kitsune hrms. "Y'know, the really rotten part about this is,
I don't know who to root for."

Moloch shrugs. "Root for the non-Master. Idiots, the lot of 'em."

Alpha looks to QKit simply, and opens her mouth to reply, thinks
better of it, and looks back to the fight.

Blues doesn't even stay for the landing. Blinking away during the
reversal, he smirks. "I'm not impressed." Then, he grabs a chair from
beside the ring. And so he steps up to apply it to Hard's head.
You strike Hard Man with a glancing hit from your Smash attack.

Quantum Kitsune hrms. "Teleport-dodge. He learned that watching me."

Moloch laughs. "Kidding? He probably invented that before you ever
came off design."

Hard Man stands firm, no-selling the chairshot. He slowly turns
around. "You dare to strike the HARD with chair? It is failed to
doom!" He reaches out, grabbing the chair himself and wrenching it
out of his hand. He lifts it over his head. "I'll beat you into
unrecognizable shape!" He slams the chair down onto Blues's head,
then swings it around to knock his legs out, then straddles him and
slams the chair onto his throat.
Hard Man misses you with his Foreign Object attack.

Blues: Original and best since 21XX. Accept no substitues. And so he
disappears before Hard's fingers can even squeeze. "Don't start. Just
don't start. Because you're going nowhere." Then, he blinks to the
other end of the arena before unleashing a long hail of shots.
You strike Hard Man with a minor hit from your Proto Buster
Repeating Shot attack.

Hard Man roars as Blues gets away again, and then blasts him from
behind. He whirls around, a motor humming in his arm. "Noodles?!?
FORGET IT! Try my fist!" He thrusts out his arm at Blues, rocket fire
beginning to glare out just behind his wrist.
"The powerful hand that launches many ships to hell! Hard Knuckle!"
With a blast, Hard Man's fist rockets toward Blues, attached to his
arm by a little chain.
Hard Man misses you with his Hard Knuckle attack.

Alpha doesn't cheer, it feels weird, besides, she's certain on what
the outcome will be, she just isn't sure how far ahead Blues will be.
After all, it'd be embarrassing if Hard Man managed to beat Blues
after her own performance with him.

Blues pulls...the skills. Snapping his wrist back, the shield slips
onto his arm and up, deflecting the knuckle before Hard even finishes
speaking. "Sorry. I'm already in hell. But really...that was just
/depressing./" Then, he shimmers, growing a white lab coat over his
body, and a pair of bushy grey eyebrows. "And if I was disappointed,
I /know/ The Old Man is howling in fury back in his barkolounger. And
that means that you need to learn a lesson." Then, pulling a cane
from his Buster, he blinks in to go to town.
You strike Hard Man with a glancing hit from your Cane Whack attack.

Hard Man gapes as Blues assumes the holy visage of his father. He is
unable to move as he seizes a cane and begins to pwn him
relentlessly, and although it doesn't hurt, Hardo dares not nosell
the cane. He falls to the ground with the first hit, rolling around
and screaming with each hit, arching his back like the world is
ending right on his spine. "GRAH! AAAAHGH! Damn! I'll pound you into
resembling roast of pork!" Hard reaches out, grabbing Blues by the
leg and tugging him down. He then rolls on top of him, pinning his
shoulders and hooking the leg. Wrenching.
Hard Man misses you with his Crushing Pin attack.

Blues shakes his head as he blinks away again. "Haven't you
remembered that I'm the oldest, the best, and the hardest damn man in
the ring?" Then, he simply fires a single shot of disrespect.
You miss Hard Man with your Proto Buster attack.

Hard Man dives to the side, throwing up the discarded chair in front
of him. It takes the shot and distentigrates. "You dare declare
hardness of HARD Michinoku! Now time for teacher!" He bounds up,
running across the ring at Blues and grabbing him by the arm. He
spins, Irish Whipping him in the direction of the ropes.
Hard Man misses you with his Throw attack.

Blues just flips in midair and lands on his feet. "And he chokes.
Like a b****." Then, his buster sends out a sickly green wave of
energy. "You need to stop being such a spastic. Let's see if this
slows you down."
You strike Hard Man with a major hit from your Gravity Wave attack.
Blues drains energy from Hard Man with his Gravity Wave attack.
You absorb 12 units of health from Hard Man.

Alpha says, "Don't feel so bad.", to Hard Man, "He got me with that
one too.", he nods.

Gravity... BAD. Hard's heavy armor is filled with a variety of odd
devices that help to lessen the weight on his body... and Blues just
knocked them all out. Hard Man roars, falling over on his back as the
full press of the blue covering squeezes down on him. Hardo's legs
kick wildly. "Grrrgh! RrrrGGH!" With a roar, aided in part by the
gradual reactivation of his weight reduction systems, the Gamma
struggles up to his feet. "This battle goes to the end now!" The last
of his systems click back on, followed by the music of Kaientai once
more. Hard pounds his way to Blues, giving him an elbow in the face
(hopefully) to stun him, then continuing his move.
Hard grabs the Eldest Android, hoisting him up on his shoulder like
he was going for a body slam. With a laugh, he spins him upside down,
then sits down with powerful force. The ring shakes as Blues is
dropped right on his head. Hard lets him go, allowing him to fall
forward, then slams his elbows onto his shoulders for a sit down pin.

Finishing Move - Michinoku Driver
Hard Man strikes you with a major hit from his Finishing Move for 35
units of damage.

Blues grunts with the massive blow. Cracking his neck, he shrugs off
the driver, and stands up from the knee the blow knocked him to. "Not
bad. But you're still just an amateur." Suddenly, his entire body is
wrapped in energy, glowing and shining.

"Now get." Charge. "The Hell." Charge. "Out of my damn ring."

Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarge....and then...it goes. A blast brighter
than the sun. A blast like the mouth of hell itself. Heading straight
for Hard Man.
You strike Hard Man with a major hit from your Proto Buster 5 attack.
Hard Man falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems
damage.

Hard Man does exactly what a sturdy bot would do when Proto Buster
5'd at close range in the face. He moves, and not under his own power.
HARD Michinoku is knocked right off his arse, sent flying back
against the ropes, and bounced hard into the air. He soars across the
ring, then hits the ropes on the opposite side, slamming down and
rolling across. He stops, his head resting in Blues's lap.

Aww, Hard Man's 'head' is in Blues's 'lap'. Alpha doesn't seem
amused, but she's not really good with backwards-innuendo anyway. She
claps, politely.

Hard Man forfeits his Hard Knuckle to Blues.

Quantum Kitsune shrugs, and stands up, applauding Blues loudly.
"Well done, old bean, well done."

Blues smirks, shimmering to a dark grey and blue colorscheme, and
then drops Hard to the floor. "Play the jobber music. Get played like
the jobber." Then, he turns, and blinks over to his lemonade before
nodding to Alpha, and disappearing.

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Message: 14/35 Posted Author
Severe Breakage. Sat May 17 News Report
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And in the Heavy Combat matches, Protoman defeated the Robot Master
Hard Man in what many agreed was not only a degree of extreme
showmanship on both sides, but also of in many ways excessive power,
with the Scarved Terror totally KOing Hard Man with a massive plasma
burst after hitting him with one of Dr. Wily's own canes.

And in other news, we have word that Rock singlehandedly eliminated
Moloch and Quantum Kitsune in the Team Combat competition, while
Protoman sat in a lawnchair, drank lemonade, criticized the Maverick
Hunter Commander, and threatened to create an 'Auto Flight Type' if
Rock didn't manage to hit the Maverick tri-fox.
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