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[color=d7d7d7][b]Roland[/b][/color][/h2]
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Level 4 Roland - (6/40) 
Level 12 Blazermate (Holding 3 level up) - (59/120)
Level 6 Susie - (18/60) - (Holding 3 level up)
[b]Location:[/b] Sector 9
[b]Word Count:[/b] Less than 750
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With the defeat of the transformed hermits, there wasn't much time to breath at all before the group was running again, this time from a red wave that would be really, really bad. Blazermate had no complaints as she flew off chasing Iron as instructed, as that was in the opposite direction of the oncoming red cascade. Susie complained a little with a sigh, but rellented and started to fly herself. Roland was the most vocal about his complains, saying. [color=d7d7d7]"You guys have some bad luck. Do you run this much?"[/color]. Blazermate gave him a reply, looking back at the red cascade to make sure no one was getting left behind. [color=0072bc]"Uh yes and no? Sometimes we just kill everything. Or you get stuck in a giant ship filled with monsters and darkness..."[/color] 

Roland sighed himself and ran, his emotions running high which made him faster. He hadn't any time to rest yet, and all the fighting was getting a bit tiring. Still, he had dealt with multiple long combats while working as a librarian, so this wasn't new to him. It still sucked though, and unlike before, he didn't have that safety net Angela gave him. Blazermate having a mobile version of K corps singularity though was extremely useful though. Blazermate was already getting tired of all the red shift stuff, but more because it scared her since she couldn't cleanse it. Susie was likewise not as interested either, but that was because she hadn't been able to make any usable deals.

Eventually they had all caught up with Geralt and the now deceased Irons. Looking at the scene, Roland could only say. [color=d7d7d7]"I guess they couldn't handle the city life. I don't blame them, but this was a cowards way to go out though."[/color] There wasn't much time to ruminate on this though, as a gunshot outside caught everyone's attention. Heading outside, Roland saw his old boss Penance. While his life in Midgar seemed like a distant dream after being awakened to the truth, it was still his job right now and he said, as everyone was agreeing to team up against these... humanoid chimeras? [color=d7d7d7]"Hey, sorry for not reporting in sooner. Its been a whirlwind since I tailed these guys. I can explain things after we take care of these things."[/color] Roland said as he got ready.

Blazermate, seeing this as a bigger fight, summoned her engineer so he could start building his sentry. Susie didn't really have any prep work herself as no one had elements for her to use, so she could only get ready for the fight. And Roland, having still gotten no rest, was at his max emotion level and giving his allies his "False Promise" buff. (30% extra strength and defense, 25% weakness to psionic and mental attacks.) And from that, he got started as he moved in to flank one of the Chimeras as Penance went in with her hammer, double teaming it with his old boss for old time's sake. Striking it with his daggers, then his hammers, then finally his one handed swords dealing a respectable amount of damage.

Susie sat in the midlines firing her missiles as she learned what each of the enemies did to see if there was one she could jump on and start to beat up. Blazermate trying to keep herself safe as she healed everyone and getting an opportunity to send a single purgatory ghost that zoomed in and exploded on one of the Chimeras that Goldweis was dealing with. Seeing his ally get attacked, one of the Chimeras decided to attack Roland, getting his first attack parried by Roland's counter, but getting a clean hit on the next one. Roland wasn't going to have that though, and decided to show this newcomer not to mess with him. Using his last acquired EGO page, those light wisps illuminated the area again as the battlefield turned into a [url=https://i.imgur.com/owQNeEf.png]twilight bathed wheat field[/url] as Roland donned a [url=https://i.imgur.com/w3EaM0h.png]bloody scarecrow outfit[/url] and launched a fleshy barb at the other Chimera, using it as a chain to fly towards it and swing at it with his giant scythe. The Chimera might've been able to parry this attack or even negate it entirely with its counterattack, if Roland wasn't surrounded by his friends and running high on emotion. Still he just barely won the clash on this one.

10 seconds later, the battlefield turned back to normal, Roland contending with his own Chimera as the others dealt with theirs. Susie having found that she could join in on the melee when one of the others grabbed the attention of a Chimera with a drill stomp. Some dodged, some didn't, and while at first they attacked Susie's mech as it was bigger than them, eventually they learned to attack the thing inside of it, which would've been really bad if Susie was trying to 1v1 them, but as she went after ones others were tangling with, she could defend herself with her mech arms while she was attacked, leaving a Chimera's flank wide open for her partner.

This lead to a bit of a save on Susie's part as Roland had gotten hit by another Chimera attack, causing him to get Staggered and his defenses left completely open. Susie managing to smack the Chimera to focus her after it landed an attack on the staggered Roland, dealing some chunky damage and forcing Blazermate to come over to heal up the fixer and putting herself near the center of the battlefield. Roland soon recovered, and was back on the attack, but he was getting tired of all this fighting either way.