<> <> <> (Also Luanne is with Kat and Roch and etc) <> <<(Go!)>> Is everyone all right? ... Thren? * Katherine 's hand flis up to her head almost immediately after the transport chain is free to break. She mutters, "Jesus christ," as she takes in the situation. * Fitzroy comes out from his cover. * Threnody continues giggling, walking toward Vera with a very, very odd look in his eye. He hasn't re-sheathed the katana, either. "Y'know. Sisters. Ooooooooooooorr..." He tilts his head, framing Vera's head with his hands in two L-shapes, like a photographer. "Maaaaaaaaaaybe we could cut your head off! And see if you grow a new one!" he singsongs. Hey, look who it is! * Fitzroy waves at Kat & the gang. <> * Rochelle blinks at Thren. "What happened to him?" she asks, pointing said wacko out. Her own suit looks pretty banged up, and her boosters badly damaged. He happened to somebody. * Katherine would nod at Roy, but she's looking the same place Roch and unnamed Black Suited person is. "Well, that's not much of a goddamn explaination..." she snaps with annoyance ( Ugh, sorry about that x.x ) (For reference, black-suited person has a huge friggin' impact hammer) * Fitzroy starts to watch Thren, since everyone else is. Dorian and Malcolm. We got 'em, but I think he snapped. (...what other kind of hammer is there?) ... You think? (Impact hammer implies a hammer outfitted with hydraulics and other hardware to artificially increase the impact.) * Ian waves a flipper. "Not as if I can objectively analyze reality at the moment, either." * Vera reloads her gun as she glances at Threnody. "Let's pass on that, shall we? Where'd Hettie get to?" She looks around. * Katherine glances to the blade, which is probably, uh, bloody, then back to Thren. "Thren? You framing Vera for a reason--shit, you lost her?" Hopefully she hid during the confusion * Threnody doesn't quite appear to want to let that line of reasoning go, circling around Vera and pretty much ignoring everyone else. "Mommmmmmmmmma had nightmares 'bout that, you know," he says, almost cheerily. "Cried about it, I could hear her at night sometimes. She forgot her kid's a telepath. Lied about it." He grins at Vera, popping back around front and looking up at her face. "Heehee, wonder what she thought of yooooou." * Vera stares down at Thren. "Holy crap, man!" * Rochelle looks up and then turns back to look at Thren when he says that. * Katherine 's suit stares, mental gears grinding as she clutches her head. "What the hell is..." she trails off, then quietly says to herself, "Oh fuck..." * Vera shakes her head. "Hell, I just met your mother recently. How should I know what she thinks of me?" She looks at the others. "Anyone know how to fix him?" Ian? You're kind of crazy, maybe you can do something? * Ian shakes his head. "Sorry, Vera. I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought." (YES) * Threnody grins at Vera, still standing unnervingly close. "Well, you could smack me in the back of the head with the flat of a sword. Worked for Momma last time." He turns his shoulder around so he's looking at Vera parallel to the ground. "But that's BORING. Plus I'd have to cut you in half." He grins a LOT wider at that thought. "Wonder if you bleed green tang." Erm, no. * Rochelle looks around. Look, Thren, this really isn't a good time to spazz out, what with the aliens and the fate of the world and all that stuff. Y'know? * Katherine pales, inside her suit, then says, "Fucking christ... " She starts clomping over, snapping with annoyance, "Can you we find Hettie now, people? Before something ELSE disasterous happens?" * Rochelle walks up and, without a word, tries to slam her fist onto Thren's head as hard as she can. (HA.) (Violence solves everything. If he doesn't cut you up first.) * Vera nods. "Er, yeah. I'll go do that. You guys...." She blinks as Roch does that. "Er... yeah." Then she steps away, searching for Hettie. * Ian walks hesitantly toward the impending Thren/Roch vortex. (Look away! Look away!) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (2d6) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. ( Whatever that was, it's probably not going to go over well >.> ) (I am heartened by the lack of bonuses. ^_~) ( Thren flips out and kills everyone, then commits seppuku. The end. ) (Woot, what an ending!) (Nah. Only one or two people.) (*crosses fingers*) * Threnody takes... an exo punch right in the face, basically, and goes flying back, landing in a heap. But it's not too long before he starts laughing raggedly again, getting back up slowly, blood running down his face. * Threnody grins at Roch. "Ah, so you do have some cojones. As long as you're in a suit anyway." He's, uh... there's some internal battle going on there, as he clutches his hand over one eye, teeth gritted. "Probably better it was you, Kat's got something to prove. C'mon... try a little harder." * Vera glances over her shoulder and sighs. "Oh crap." * Rochelle stands there, in her damaged suit, and shrugs. If she's scared, she doesn't look it. "I can't fight," she comments. "You know that." * Katherine snaps again, "Go find her, dammit! Before something else happens!" She's still watching Thren from what is now close to Roch and Vera. (And Ian, because Ian's as stupid as Roch. ^_~) * Threnody grins at Roch, though there's still clearly some strain going on. "More fun to have people protect you, innit? Heehee. More fun to watch than to do. No consequences that way." He gets a puzzled look, turning to Kat. "You gonna try now? That might be fun, you'd actually try to kill me." * Vera shrugs. "Fine, your funeral." She vanishes into the city. (... *weep*) * Ian walks closer and tries to place a flipper on Thren's shoulder, as he shouts - in a passable impression of Isis' voice - "THRENODY TSUKITOMI-RENARD, SNAP THE HELL OUT OF IT." (Welcome to this week's The Penguin Suicides.) (Enjoy the show. ^_^) (He's been practicing for playing Isis in the monthy Red NYC drag show of the Europa Team: Untold Stories) (... quite possibly yes.) (... pause while I unload dinner the wrong way) * Katherine stares at Thren through the suit helmet and says darkly, "Only if I gotta, Thren. Picked the best fucking place for it, though." And then Ian acts like a mook. MOOK. (Alright. Vera, #atc2too. Anyone following her join up) (ITYM he acts like Ian. ^_^) * Fitzroy follows Vera, before she is too far out of sight. * Threnody just... stares at Ian, then starts cackling and walks over, putting his arm around the penguin suit as best he can. And getting blood on it, too. BLOOOOD. "Oh, that was GOOD. I like that. Shoulda tried punching, though." Then he glances back at Kat and Roch. "Kinda funny. Hettie's up in a building, by the way. Hopefully Miss Aliyeva will still be a whole body when you find her!" * Threnody snickers. "Did I tell you that, Kaaaaaaaaaatrina? The last name." (Stupid ass char limit) * Katherine grits her teeth behind her helmet. "No. Back off, Ian." * Ian backs away and dashes after Roy, as soon as he's out of Thren's grip. (Like I'm the Hulk or something. c.c) (Snicker.) * Threnody awws as Ian runs away, then finally looks at Knight Man mk.2, then at Kat. "You sly devil. A girl in every port, huh? And a boy?" He tilts his head. "Man, your Rolodex must be full." Then he grins sweetly. "Ready to kill me yet?" <> * Rochelle watches Thren look to Kat, and she crosses the (very short) distance and tries to punch him in the face again. Thren's crazy and Roch is suicidal. What is Mars coming to? * Katherine laughs. "Sorry, that one's actually funny." Beat, then, "But it'd be easier if I killed you, huh...?" and then she tenses. Because Roch is crazy. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (2d6) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. (... man, the dice really want you to be punched in the face.) (I just assumed the way you described it before you be the same, Cham.) (It's actually without the penalty this time, which means you make it.) (Oh.) (Is the dodge normal?) (Yis) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (2d6-4) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 1. * Threnody amazingly just... giggles, then leapfrogs (literally) over Roch's suit as she makes with the punching. And in a flash, he turns and draws his sword, looking... angry. Scary angry. "COME ON THEN! You like the old me so much you're willing to kill me to get him back? Go right ahead, suits or no! I don't care! I'll cut every last one of you in half!" * Rochelle starts and spins when Threnody does that, eyes wide. She stares at him. * Katherine grits her teeth and dashes forward in a flash of bright blue. "Wish granted, fucker." (Can we suspend the rules for me to do something cool and bring this to a close?) (Rrrrright. Um, init sounds good here, for those who want in. Hammergirl is abstain... um, I'm all for drama and a lack of playerkilling) (So yes?) (For what it's worth, Kat's coming aound with a head-kick.) (Curses! There goes my plan! I mean, I don't much care. ;P) (Sehr gut. Sec.) * Katherine 's bright flame fades as her right hand pulls her sword up, probablly for defense, at the same time her left hand comes around in a punch. Although, perhaps thankfully, not a booster-backed one. * Threnody starts screaming inarticulately and snaps up the katana, actually shoving it *right into Kat's punch* in a shower of sparks and a really nasty metallic whining. "NONE OF YOU SEE ANYTHING! HOW DO YOU KNOW I'M NOT THE REAL ONE?" However, even really angry you can't match up to a suit. The katana shatters under the strain and Kat's punch lands square in Thren's shoulder, sending him flying back into a building with a loud crunch. * Threnody slumps to the ground, sprawled, saying nothing. (... Drama or Void point? You decide, ladies and gentlemen. *claps*) * Rochelle watches him fly, but she doesn't do anything about it, still getting a grip on herself. ( Hmm... He gets a Bigmak ) * Katherine 's boosters flare up again and she dashes straight for the building, sword trailing behind her. Not really hard to catch up, so she does and stares down at him for a bit before saying, "Because I have more fucking respect for Isis than my mother, Thren." She shoves the sword back into the right leg sheath and kneels down to pull out a nanopak from her suit, her head armor withdrawing to show a faint smirk. "Okay, and you too." (Did I make it?) (Yes.) (Whoo.) * Rochelle comments, distantly (because she is in the distance), "You know he can't hear you." * Katherine replies, "Yeah, and you don't get to tell him I said it." * Rochelle nods. (I can pop back up once the whatever she used does the whatever it does.) * Katherine puts the nanopak to his shoulder and suitcomms, ~ You two find the others so we can get moving. Is Lu still here? ~ (Two? There's just me.) (It restores 10 HP. Whooha.) (Nuriko.) (Oh wait.) (Right, she was being all weird.) (She was being defensive.) (People with pointies.) * Rochelle looks around to see if Luanne is still there. (Ian said the name Tsukitomi in front of her. Might have occupied her thoughts.) * Rochelle responds over the suitcom, ~We shouldn't do that.~ <> ~They've over there.~ <> (They're.) ~ We shouldn't do WHAT? We have to stop the fucking... machine portal thing. ~ ~No, I mean find the others. They're- oh.~ * Rochelle turns to look at them. ~I guess it doesn't matter.~ <> * Rochelle waves. <> * Ian runs over. "What happened?" He got knocked out. Screamed a lot, too. * Katherine taps Thren on the head. "Yeah. Was a great time. Sorry you missed it." * Ian winces. "Sorry about that. I figured it was worth a try." <> "Kat, you want to tell me what the fuck is going on?" * Katherine glances back. "Fuck, right." She stands, gesturing. "Neko, everyone. Everyone, Neko. The purples are coming through some sort of machine in City Hall, and we need Hettie here to stop it without destroying the entire fucking universe. And, uh, Thren's a nutcase." Anything I miss? "Is he really the kid of who that one guy said he was?" * Katherine sighs and runs her metallic hand through her hair. "Please don't tell me that's gonna be a problem right now, Nuriko. We can all kill eachother later. It'll be great." <> "Fine. We gotta get to the Hall?" Yup. (Thren, you can revive anytime you like) * Threnody just... groans. And moves a tiny bit, enough to prove he's not dead though he must certainly be quite close. The hilt of the broken katana falls to the ground with a resounding clatter. * Katherine nods and looks everyone over. "... well, you look like you all made it out better than I did..." she looks back down to Thren. (Nobody is responding. ;_;) <> "Do you think we can move him? We really ought to move." Everyone 'cept him. Kat, pick him up and carry him or something and let's go. * Rochelle looks at Thren, too. Then the katana hilt. * Katherine chuckles. "I don't think we broke anything." Beat. "Except the katana. Fuck, that's not..." she trails off. * Threnody forces himself to his feet, covering his face with his right hand for a moment before looking around with a weary expression. "It doesn't matter," he says hoarsely. "Let's go." * Rochelle walks over and stoops near Kat and Thren. She picks up the hilt. * Vera looks to Hettie. "Which way?" * Katherine nods slightly and, after a few moments, steps away from Thren, towards the group proper. <> "Hall's that way." <> "If we don't hurry they'll be able to get another one through. That would be bad for our friends." Another what? "Another Old One." * Rochelle holds the hilt out to Thren. Oh. Great. This day just keeps getting better and better. ... Let's go then. * Fitzroy starts off toward the hall. * Vera follows, gun at the ready. * Ian runs that way, casting a worried glance towards Thren. * Katherine rubs her head and follows, glancing back to Thren to make sure he's, uh, moving, then to Neko, "Let's do this, huh?" <> * Threnody glances at Rochelle for a moment, then down at the broken sword. He drifts his finger over the hilt for a moment, then says quietly, "500 years, huh..." After a pause, he takes it, then sets his jaw and turns, hurling it into the distance, and turning around. "Let's go." * Rochelle watches it go. She looks briefly confused, behind her helmet, but then she shrugs to herself and wanders after the rest of them. (Is anyone opposed to cutting here? I wish I was still in college so I could run uberlate, get Denny's post-game, and blow off classes tomorrow morning, but I suspect Kirby or at least Kimo would be slightly piqued.) (Kimo's not there!) (*coughs*) (CEASE TEMPTATION, SERPENT) (It's a good enough place to cut.) (Doesn't bother me any.) (Fine with me. I have to read for two classes still. ;_;) ( It's fine. ) (Hisssss, baby.) (Hey, me too!) (Reading party!) <>