Smash City: Charge It!

[Sortie]

"Gh," X grunted, dragging himself to his feet. His ears were full of static and he couldn't tell if it was his helmet or his aural sensors malfunctioning. He could find out later--quick as a flash, X had caught up and grabbed at the crocodile's arm, looking to introduce him to the floor tiles.

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[Vize Viper]

And as if that wasn't bad enough for the croc, a blue streak shot down from near the ceiling, before it began VIGOROUSLY pecking at him.

"KWEE!" Beat was NOT happy with this lizard who stole things, THEN BLEW UP HIS MASTER.

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Zero... was facepalming at Roll's answer. "We've landed in the robotics equivalent of Amish country. Great."

Roll's eyes widened, then she GLARED at he red reploid, the expression intense enough even HE took a step back.

"AMISH country? I don't know who you think you are but I oughta..." As the girl threatened Zero, she stepped towards him, starting to roll up the sleeve on the arm that had been a cannon only a few moments ago... Of course, Zero didn't know about the cannon.[rand=212791692739053524623257427857216118220625049254356932549121422938]

[SHM 128 III]

Thankfully, at this point, Shelly came running out of the store, normal shell and all. Rounding the corner, she almost repeated Roll's act of running dead-on into someone, but she was able to stop herself in time.

"Roll!" she called out as she quickly rushed to the girl's side, "Are you okay? You just bolted back there and I was..."

She trailed off as she suddenly noticed that Roll was currently glaring at a rather heavily-armored man standing before her.

"Uh... Who's this?"

[TurkwithStyle]

Beat - [dice=6] [dice=6] [dice=6] [dice=6]

X - [dice=6]

The lizard jumped and bopped around Beat, "Gah! You're so dang annoying!" and then noticed the man clad in blue out to kill him, "SHROOM!" After soiling himself After rolling to the side, Croco noticed this as the time to quickly settle business and leave. He pulled a bomb out of his bag and threw it at X. "Persistant ain't ya?"

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[Sortie]

Again the lizard evaded him, despite being accosted by what looked like a bird-shaped mechaniloid--probably somebody's pet--and another bomb sailed his way--

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--which promptly exploded in his face, knocking him back and temporarily concealing his view with smoke.

HP: 8[rand=132391184757690853058343585369486953625536951313915166376204084842]

[Vize Viper]

Beat, unfortunately for Croco, had been above the explosion, so could still see the reptile just fine... And he was STILL mad. With a whistle that ALMOST sounded like the classic "CHARGE!" tune, the bird then divebombed Croco, spinning like a drill.

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Roll glanced over at Shelly, and paused, straightening up to motion to Zero. "He's a JERK is what he is, who says androids are out of date, so I'm gonna sort his girly butt out!"

Girly?

Zero glared at the girl, taking a step towards her. "Now you wait just a minute, I'm NOT girly, and I wouldn't fight you anyway because I have a policy against beating up small children!"

And unfortunately for Zero, she was already in a bad mood, so being called a "small child", even if she resembled one, just ticked her off enough that her response was swift, immediate, and VIOLENT.

"I'M EIGHTEEN YOU FREAKIN MORON!" And with a short wind-up, Roll FALCON PUNCHED Zero in the stomach hard enough to send him flying a good 10-15 feet.

Where he slammed into an empty kiosk, lying there stunned in the wreckage, not from any damage, but just... from shock. It was OBVIOUS now that girl wasn't human.

And she had a REALLY short temper.[rand=342268350338965591734453936623372991439223294396528288965493011287]

[SHM 128 III]

"... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... You're eighteen?"

[TurkwithStyle]

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The reptilian noticed Beat and was all too ready to jump again, "Ya know, you aren't so hard to handle after a while hahaha!" He zoomed as fast as he could around a corner and then slid down some stairs, getting back to the base level. But before reaching the stairs, he had thrown another bomb, only this time at Beat, in hopes of getting the creature off his tail.

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[Sortie]

The smoke dissipated and X wiped his face, staining his glove with soot, in time to see a bomb headed for the bird mechaniloid and a purple blur disappearing around the corner. Already in motion, X lobbed a shot at the bomb

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successfully destroying it before it hit. Seconds later he turned the corner and vaulted over the guard rail, hitting the tile with a loud clank. Dashing, he lunged at Croco shoulder-first.

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[Vize Viper]

Beat pulled up as the bomb was destroyed b the blue robot's buster. Unlike Roll, he could tell this wasn't Mega Man, but he DID look very similar.

Similar enough that Beat was still willing to help him, even after nearly getting blown up. And to show his support? HE WENT FOR CROCO'S ANKLES.

"KWEEE!"

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~:~:~:~:~

Roll FROZE as she heard Shell's quiet question, and turned towards her, both hands quickly ending up behind her back as she laughed nervously.

"Y-yeah... I just look like I'm... what, ten to thirteen? It's because I'm... uh..." Trying to come up with a reasonable excuse for... everything she'd done so far, she was interrupted by a certain red-armored man.

"An android, judging from her reaction to my comment about them earlier. And an advanced one, at that. I didn't know any were still active." Zero pulled himself out of the wreckage of the kiosk, none the worse for wear. Brushing himself off, he then strode back towards the two females.

"So... eighteen, huh? You should see about having your creator upgrade you or somethin-"

"I'VE TRIED!" Roll was quickly getting MORE irritated with Zero, and had started to ignore the fact a person who had NO idea what she was was standing RIGHT there, hearing all this.[rand=83884557065375241482242310763035671948714702158269272413456020523]

[Stoney]

All of a sudden there was a great commotion from above everyone's heads; a group of pigeons resting on the rooftops took one look upwards and launched themselves into flight en masse, as a large green-and-pink blur of motion shot down towards the city, rebounded off the sidewalk, smashed through the mall's front doors, and richocheted around the interior for a while like a pinball from hell before finally hitting the fountain full-force.

In an explosion of water that nearly reached the ceiling and smashed the fountain's sides out, the bouncy object was finally cushioned enough to stop moving.

Silence settled over the area.

Water from the destroyed pool slowly sloshed to a stop, covering most of the mall's ground floor. The pipe that had supplied water to the fountain now spewed it wildly at the storefronts like an ill-aimed garden hose. A distant alarm rang from somewhere far-off.

A hand reached over the lip of a large chunk of broken concrete that had once belonged to the edge of the fountain's pool. The fingers of the hand gripped the jagged edge like a lifeline as the gauntlets covering them creaked with tension. Slowly, shakily, the hand's owner stood up.




"Ow."

And with that Link toppled over and lay unconscious on the floor, a hundred bruises and cuts marring his body.




Meanwhile, another face popped up over the edge of the fountain's pool. It was decidedly less pained and more curious than the last one.



Hey, wow, someplace new! Kirby hadn't seen anywhere like this before. He looked around with an awed "OOOOooooh..." at all the pretty lights and flashy signs decorating the stores.

Lots of people here too! Lots of new friends to make!

*growl*

Kirby rubbed his stomach as he wondered if this place had food, too.





"...ink! LINK! Where'd you go?! LINK, COME BACK!..."

The voice of a frantic girl passed by the front of the mall and faded off into the distance.

[SHM 128 III]

"Wait, wait, wait..." Shelly finally shot out, getting over her previous stupor, "You're an andr--- GAH!"

The koopa's inquary was cut short by a sudden deluge of water crashing down on her head. By the time she turned towards the most logical source - the fountain - she was just in time to see Link flop over the edge of the fountain with all the grace and finese of an intoxicated chuchu. This was quickly followed by Kirby sticking his head out in a much more enthusiastic fashion.

"... ... ..."

Looked like the now-completely-drentched Shelly had just reverted back to her previously speachless condition.

[TurkwithStyle]

[dice=6] Beat

[dice=6] X

Croco ducked low under X and behind him, chuckling slightly until he was suddenly taken out by the ankles due to a certain little robotic bird. "OW! What the?" He looked down and re-stated, "What the? Grr..." He quickly threw two bombs out of his bag to where Beat and X were before running off to about mid-mall.

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Croco laughed as he stood there in the center of the mall, watching them in front of the bombs. "Gahahah--wha?" He found that this was indeed a wrong place to stand as he heard a very familiar rolling approaching...

...it was the Goron from earlier! He was still rolling around, and apparently now at full momentum!

[dice=6] (everyone rolls against this)

[dice=6] (<-- Croco's defense)

"OH SHROOM!" The gator nearly escaped that massive ball of death, but his tail wasn't as fortunate as the rest of him. "YEEEOOOW!" Croco yelled out as the goron passed over him and headed for the others in the mall, then massaged his tail for a little while as a single tear ran down his cheek.

Croco: 4 HP[rand=049822417973140247585405356094799730744627745333105277261351765211]

[Sortie]

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Before he could recover from his missed tackle, two more bombs detonated at his feet, knocking him back and off balance. For two seconds he could see nothing but smoke--

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--then something slammed into him with the force of a train, hurling him through the air, a kiosk, and into an indoor planter, where he came to a jolting halt among the soil and fern fronds.

HP: 5[rand=03018304412982397798131595235100180222726069111457437885055732544192]

[Vize Viper]

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Beat ended up being caught in the same explosion as X, getting sent flying away from the blast, before letting out a startled chirp, and flying off, presumably back to his mistress.

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The Goron, meanwhile, simply cruised past Roll and Zero, leaving them untouched. In fact, it was doubtful either of them even NOTICED it.

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(HP: 9)

Who, speaking of which, was now wet, still lightly scorched from her OWN face full of bomb, AND annoyed at Zero... Although that last was dispelled a bit by the SUDDENNESS of the interruption supplied by Link and Kirby.

The girl's eyes widened as she saw Link, and seeming to have forgotten all about Zero, dashed over to the injured man. She's deal with the red armored guy in a minute. First Law protocol (although it was rendered moot in This World) was telling her to tend to the injured human, his pointed ears not even earning notice, for now.

"Sir, are you all right?"

Zero, meanwhile, could care less about the girl dashing over to the fallen man. True, he was concerned, as any Hunter should be, but his attention was caught by the odd pink... thing, it had to be some kind of mechaniloid, that had shown itself. His curiosity piqued, the reploid approached the pink mechaniloid, one hand resting on his beam saber.

"What... the heck're you?"[rand=854530064834648815107945648112664120159284682393931628623487764873]