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Post by Grand Mundus on Sept 16, 2017 21:42:21 GMT
When things go awryIf the machines had analytical brains to compute the many facets of the organics, the Necromancer himself had the necessary intelligence to actually stay on sync with them, if not consider the many aspects of physics, to consider what would occur, to consider and predict in turn with divided attention and with minimal impedance in his performance. It was why he was able to hone in on the tactics employed, and act almost immediately after outrunning the explosions. Details of his surroundings were taken note, especially to how the Barriers had contained the explosions. If Sanctuary's forces had taught that they were the only ones that can learn, that can adapt to enemy tactics, and make up counter measures, then the Necromancer had wagered that these technophiles were by all means painfully naive in their thoughts. He was not prey like the ilk of Eden, or so he likened himself in mentality, but a scavenger, a wolf of sorts that snarled and attacked, and retreated when there was literally no benefit to the battle. This was one of them. At most, perhaps the destruction of the park had caused nothing more than a headache for Sanctuary personnel, made them waste resources and with nothing to show for it, aside from... revelation that someone like Kishar had appeared. In regards to him? He withheld his stronger spells, and found himself out of pride, attacking. As if he would not want to be outdone by the mystery girl, as one colleague of the arcane arts to another.
Already, he was running towards what he had spied to be a hole in the ground past all that fogginess brought up by dust pluming up like a rooster's tail, clouding up the area. The disappearance of that mysterious yet intriguing woman had once again caught him at a dull surprise, but not surprised enough to leave him stunned. Canting magic under his breath, his speed hastened to blurring speeds, and he had sprinted towards that hole, which would have meant that same pulse aimed towards him and the lad(ette) would by all means, miss him and hit the area he once stood at, having left the pulse itself behind as he outran, steering clear and away from its growing proximity as it was now behind him but one that wouldn't reach him given current bearing and speed. It also meant in technicalities, he'd be leaving the third comer to the party, the genderbender, to no doubt bear the brunt of the aggressive electro-magnetic pulse. Whichever the case, he adapted, and accommodated his patterns when attacked to be random, varied, and in many ways, a counter to the recognition of whatever softwares had registered of his movements and sequences. His speed has made short distance of the 500 meter sprint, that soon enough, he head leaped into the hole in an ample manner, and before any can follow him in, he would sprint into said Kishar-made tunnel, and cast behind himself casually...
Debris had landed, and clogged up the hole, no doubt slowing any possible runners, and he kept doing it, collapsing the tunnel behind himself with a quick casting of his spell. It was a spell that embodied the power of force, slamming into the artificial tunnel and closing up his trail cold. He outran the constant collapse as he kept on going without an end, ready to use erasing type spells should things go awry, and even more, he'd be able to keep running his pace right to the end of the tunnel to wherever Kishar is, no doubt. |
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Post by shinzo on Sept 16, 2017 23:44:29 GMT
It was my mistake. It was an easy one to make, but an unfortunate one nevertheless. I had assumed that after an expenditure of energy and power on the level of Total Annihilation, that she would stay around just a little bit longer, as if as a matter of her pride. After all, after having had the might of her holy sorcery denied by mere mortals, what hubris-addled Solar Exalted would simply take that moment to run, tail between their legs from the encounter rather than try something even grander and more flashy? Well, one with half a brain, probably, but that didn't tend to be how they acted recently at all. Perhaps this one was just..odd?
In any case, the result was clear. I had expected one more barrage, something that would have let me get a bead on her, something that would have allowed me to follow her when she made her exit using one of my techniques, but that hadn't happened. Instead, as I finished the ritual to gain access to the languages of this world, I instead just had time to see her, just after the effects of Total Annihilation wore off, to simply vanish from existence, using a tunnel she created, likely through Shaping, to carve an exit for her out.
If it weren't for my understanding of the concept of the Art she used, I would have been totally flummoxed, but then, I was not totally unaware of the facets of the Kaleidoscopic Border of Logic style. So, this one had managed to gain the favor of a Sidereal at some point? That didn't mean much, not really, not when the Solars had been in power long before the Prophecies were even an idea to be done, before there was any misgiving about their possession of the Creation-Ruling Mandate. Still...even then, the Kaleidoscopic Border Style was rare even among Sidereals, it was one that I had simply not thought too much about considering the difficulty of impressing a Sifu and my devotion to other styles by the time I reached the point where I could recreate it in my own style. To have earned the trust of someone with that sort of reputation...that must have involved a great show of humility indeed...this person was definitely odd.
Still, at the end of the day, idle musings were worth only idle musings in return. In order to do my job...well, I needed to follow her. Not that I was going to use the hole, that'd be crazy. Really, she probably wouldn't even be at the other end. Nor could I rely on my spider assistant...her location wouldn't be known by enough people to have rooted itself quite that much into causality...not to mention that she was still totally uninteractable, and would be for a good amount of time. Instead, I would simply rely on causality itself to provide me that path, which would take a bit of setup. So, instead, I wander off, my clothes shifting to the shade of Moonsilver, in clothes that adequately fit this modern world.
"Where is the nearest investigative agent that works for the group that opened fire on the Solar?" I ask the spider as I leave, and I smile as it returns with an answer, heading to meet up with this Mr. Jack Sullivan...a name he would have to part ways with, for at least a time.
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Post by Loner。 on Sept 19, 2017 19:21:17 GMT
As the tunnel cut through various underground structures, their alerts allowed sanctuary to track its course. Sewer, subway, underground highways, parts of the power grid. These crisscrossed below at various depths, each with different levels of connection to the information grid.
The disruption allowed sanctuary to generally track the tunnel, its length and where it might let out, as long as it burrowed under the city, even if the subject of target was already too far away to feasibly follow.
and then the tunnel began to collapse.
Sink holes began to appear on less stable parts of its trajectory, swallowing up roads or homes as the displaced earth fell to gravity, blocking off the other underground pathways already there as well. Good thing the city's functionality was designed in easily closed off cells. A simple switch rerouted necessities to still operational areas of the city while other branches of public services would be recruited to get on task of cleaning up the damage... again.
This was the third time they'd had to do major damage control within the span of how many weeks? At least it was about time they started integrating new anti-magic procedures into the city itself. repairing the destruction made a good time to start replacing many of these outdated systems with better ones the labs had been refining.
They were going to make this city Magicproof. (well that was the plan)
They left up the barrier. It was a good cut off point for them to damage control any unlucky witnesses of the event. Besides there was still one supernatural they had documented in the area.
A few barrier drones closed off a smaller area around the element user as a very human like android stepped forwards "Mizuki Hunter." Of course they knew his name. they had documents of all registered citizens, including those supernaturals who had somehow managed to pass for human long enough to get their papers. A simple status scan allowed them to register a match despite the change to apparent xx instead of xy chromosomes. "You are under arrest."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2017 14:52:41 GMT
'Well shit',was the only thing Mizuki could think of when that damned Android had approached him claiming he was under arrest. It seemed that he was too slow in reacting and instead of running for the damn tunnel like he should have,he had stayed in cover waiting for the smoke to clear. He saw the drones closing the area he was in off with an anti-magic barrier. Oh wow. Are these guys for reals? While he was thinking of a way out,he thought of his cybernetic arm. It can give him super strength,and since his sister is off the deep end and a genius,who knows what kind of bells and whistles is stored on his arm? Mizuki went into the kind of stance you see when you play a fighting game. Thankfully,he knows of several hand to hand combat techniques,and he can still fight even if the Android dealt him a lot of punishment.
He started running through the lists of techniques in his head. In the back of his mind,Trinity had woken up. "Hmm? What time is it?" Mizuki thought back,"It's been way past time for you to wake up Trinity. I'm in a bit of pickle." Trinity frowned. "Hrm. This Android is a tough one for sure. One of the latest models perhaps?" "Well. It doesn't matter if it's a newer model or not. We trash them like we did the others." "I like your thinking. Hang on. It will take me about 45 seconds to calculate the right path that will put you in the least amount of harm. I'll send the data to your HUD." Mizuki replied with a,"Affirmative." Everything slowed down. Trinity showed up in holographic form and did away with her assault rifle. It didn't do much. It was mostly just for show. She looked around and studied the location. The tunnel was closed off,and there were several barrier drones that Mizuki needed to take out first in order to use his elemental magic. Trinity pulled up blue holographic screens and revealed one such screen that had the image of a rotating machine gun. It was called The Scythe and it was really powerful. It could be enough to disable the drones. But of course,Mizuki would need to reveal his cybernetic arm and that's a secret that they can't afford to lose. Trinity pulled up another screen showing the details of Mizuki's external weapon. It was a special type of handgun that she had been modifying over time. A 9MM Baretta PX4 Storm style handgun called The Hawker. It had an extended magazine and can fire three shots with one trigger pull. The gun had a high damage rate for each bullet and has armor piercing capabilities. 45 seconds later,she sent the data that she had gathered that would help Mizuki to his HUD BID and went back to sleep.
Everything went back to normal and Mizuki didn't give the Android time to say anything. He threw himself to the side and pulled The Hawker out of his leg holster and fired at the barrier drones. He came back up and charged the Android and attempted to knock him over with a tackle. 'That should surprise him',Mizuki thought as he started punching the guy with his cybernetic arm.
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Post by Loner。 on Sept 21, 2017 22:42:48 GMT
A single lucky shot took out one drone through a flaw in its armor. A different lucky shot took out the barrier lens of another. The rest, bullets bounced off their shielding even at this close a range and high speed due to the nature of the materials which had been used to craft their exteriors. They made up for their fallen brethren. The anti magic shield had been condensed to begin with, and therefore did not go down.
Three more units joined to supplement the shield, their barriers changing the 'color' of the energy blockade, The actual effect of the change was to compensate for the knowledge that this Mizuki hunter was a physical attacker as well as a magical one. The new ones were using damage absorption fields, more like the classic force field than the more magically inclined ones they were helping in order to prevent further hits on their systems.
They spread out a bit on command, not compromising barrier coverage, but creating a sort of ring designed to contain all potential damage within.
The android did nothing for a small span, waiting until as calculated Mizuki came its way, waiting until it was in the process of being knocked down, probably far too late for Mizuki to change trajectory.
Prongs shot out from the android near the point of contact attempting to hit flesh and blood rather than cybernetic components as much as possible. These were charged with a potent electric shock, significantly stronger than a police taser, designed to produce crippling, blinding pain and muscle spasms due to the sensory overload of the shock. It had to hit flesh and blood, or fabric covering flesh and blood to work. Cybernetics these days tended to be surge proof and required a different sort of tactic to compromise.
If its calculations were accurate there should be no problems in stunning the assailant's non-computerized portion with the potent shock.
If not, it might have to take the punches, but its armor would hold.
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