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Level 1 (XP: 9/10)[/color]
Interactions: Scout, Sectonia [@Archmage MC]
[b]Haven[/b][/center]

While Scout might have seen fit to take the opportunity to rest, Wonder Red certainly didn't! He stayed standing on top of his root, keeping watch of the surroundings for any ill intent. Growing complacent wasn't the best course of action, especially in a location that seemed this hostile.

And good thing too! While Sectonia was gone, all hell broke loose; armed combatants popped up from cover, almost blending in with the nature-infested environment, and began attacking the encampment. With barely a moment's pause Wonder Red leapt from his small perch, soaring through the air towards the main brunt of the ambush. A flying, bright-red person was an easy target to aim at, but the CENITNEL suit was designed to handle small munitions with ease. Wonder Red's reflexes also made sure that any shot near enough to his exposed head was reflected away off the bracer of his Vulcan Knuckles.

He landed with a skid, kicking up some dirt as he fell in line beside the two shielded tanks, just in time for things to go from bad to worse. Out of the chaos came a real gnarled enemy, one that blew the sniper from the water tower. Regardless of her capabilities, Wonder Red did a fancy cartwheeling flip to her position in order to catch her, then leapt back behind one of the shields to safety.

[color=F92a2a]"Everyone!"[/color] Wonder Red shouted to those around him, [color=F92a2a]"head back for the camp's center. My compatriots and I will fend this attack off!"[/color] With that he jumped right up once more, over their cover, heading straight for the imposing Hulk. In the next blink of the eye, Wonder Red would finally show what he could bring to the table.

[center][color=F92a2a]"Wondeeeeeer [b][i]PUNCH![/i][/b]"[/color][/center]
In an instant - faster than most anyone could see it - a gigantic hand formed over Wonder Red's fist. Nearly twice his size, Wonder Red maneuvered it with ease... right into the Hulk in front of him. With a spin in midair he slammed his Unite Morph into the beast, backhanded with a close fist, sending the thing careening back through the hole it made, through the line of shotgunners behind it, and embedding right into a concrete pillar on the other side.

When Wonder Red touched down again he pulled his Morph in front of him, shielding himself and those behind him from further gunfire, which plinked off the construct. Looking at it closer, one could see the green antlions Sectonia summoned within the translucent red, each one in its own piece that all seemed to lock into place like a jigsaw puzzle.

Over his shoulder, Red shouted to Scout, [color=F92a2a]"No! We can't leave these people to deal with this on their own! We have a duty to protect the inhabitants of this world. They already have casualties!"[/color]

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[color=F92a2a]Word Count: 473
EXP Gain: +1
[i]Level Up![/i][/color][/center][hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/EQXq1Ty.png[/img]

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RANK 5
2/50 EXP[/color]
Interactions: Therion [@Yankee], Jesse [@Zoey Boey]
[b]Queen's Station[/b][/center]

Raz nodded once, writing down the word 'wibbly' in his notes, before the group forged ahead. [color=FF8C00]"Alright, up! Up is easy, you just find the stairs. Or, you know, an array of perfectly spaced platforms that you can jump across. Always works for me!"[/color]

Of course the one set of stairs to be found only led slightly further up than they were, nowhere closer to the surface at all. The road eventually ended at a crossroads, and while examining their options Raz suddenly spoke up. [color=FF8C00]"Hey, I think I can read this stuff now!"[/color] He pointed up at the sign. [color=FF8C00]"Guess writing everything down really does make a difference. Alright, let's see... Looks like that way is a Fog Canyon? And this path goes to..."[/color] He soon died down, once he realized it wasn't just him who could read the sign. [color=FF8C00]"Well, okay, where should we go?"[/color]

He glanced down each way forward, making a mental note of the apparent difficulty, before giving his two cents. [color=FF8C00]"Does any of these places particularly scream 'goes to the surface' to you two? We could also, maybe, go further in?"[/color] Raz gestured around them. [color=FF8C00]"If this [i]is[/i] a bug kingdom kind of place, then maybe they have a way to send signals out closer to civilization, and we're at some bug version of the outskirts? Just spitballing, here."[/color]

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[color=FF8C00]Word Count: 232
EXP Gain: +1[/color][/center]