[center] [h3][color=d7d7d7][b]Roland[/b][/color][/h3] And [color=0072bc]Robot[/color] [color=ec008c]Girls[/color] [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/581952321546879006/1120967522892648530/BlackSilenceIcon.webp[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/kxFo3GL.png[/img] Level 3 Roland - (0/30) Level up! Level 12 Blazermate (Holding 3 level up) - (26/120) Level 5 Susie - (35/50) - (Holding 2 level up) [b]Location:[/b] Sector 6 [b]Word Count:[/b] 1032 [/center] [color=d7d7d7]"Phew, That was a tough fight."[/color] Roland said as he walked to the rest of the group, wiping his brow. [color=d7d7d7]"To think that lunatic would send attack helicopters to blow up the building he was in. I knew he had a screw loose, but that...."[/color] Roland said, sighing and shaking his head. With everyone grouped up, talk about what people were going to do started, with Roland learning that some of his party was part of PsyOPs and had, from what he could figure out, a friend they had taken? Either way, they were asking for a couple more from the group to help them out. Roland was going to have NONE of that mess though, stating at much. [color=d7d7d7]"Look, I'm a man who knows my limits. And I draw those limits at invisible things that can break your mind."[/color] He wasn't much of a fan of that whole part of the city. Blazermate meanwhile was in the same boat, but for a different reason; she knew she wouldn't be of much help considering what she knew about the whole PsyOPs stuff, only saying. [color=0072bc]"Hey, I hope you guys can find Peach and free her, but there isn't much I can do either. Good luck."[/color] Susie had been spending her time gathering information, and why she didn't join the fight was due to her learning that the DespoRHado cyborgs specialized in dealing with her kind of mech robots. With her lack of ability to really defend herself due to the new rules of this world so far, she figured staying back and getting info would be best. After the people that wanted to help with the peach rescue mission got teleported away, things... started to break down. Attracting the attention of the Public Security Division and their Motor Ball, they all had to make a run for it. Thanks to Sandalphon, and a decision of the group NOT to fight it as it would be too much trouble, it was time to run using an underground tunnel to find an escape tot he plate under this one. Blazermate was fine with running, attaching her medic beam to whoever seemed to be the fastest and matching their speed with her own thanks to the medi beam's ability. So whenever they took a dash pad, so did she in a sense. And thanks to her flight, most of the obstacles that appeared on the way down didn't really bother her much. Susie had a bit more vertical speed than Blazermate with her flying, and could use the dash pads as they were intended, even while using her transporter to fly. Like Blazermate she had an easy time getting around obstacles, but her movement wasn't as free as the medabots. Roland meanwhile wasn't happy with needing to run on foot, but was at least equipped to deal with it. As he took the first dash pad, he used a small communication device to call up his superior to figure out why Public Security was chasing them. [color=d7d7d7]"Tseng, come in Tseng. Why is Public Security ruining my operation here?"[/color] Roland would soon get a reply over the device, with a reply of. "Roland? Where have you been. Last I heard you went AWOL after the debate with Shinra." Roland then replied. [color=d7d7d7]"Yeah, sorry about that, but I was investigating that moderator that got under President Shinra's skin and had managed to plant bombs under those sectors."[/color] After saying that, the radio went silent for a little bit, with Roland needing to watch his footing a bit as the road got a bit rough soon after hitting another dash pad, as it was in need of some repairs. Then the voice over it came back saying. "I see... And did you find anything?" Roland then thought a bit, saying. [color=d7d7d7]"A little bit. It seemed like some parts of DespoRHado went rogue and were attacking Vandelay under orders from that 'moderator'. Apparently he has some kind of mind control powers, and very potent ones. But finding that out got me stuck in the middle of their internal struggles and now I've got this tank chasing me."[/color] That last part about the moderator being the one responsible for the fracturing of DespoRHado was a lie, but considering according to these people that woke him up out of his stupor, it would do well to get the whole city looking for him. There was a pause before Tseng continued, saying. "... So you were at Vandelay which from my reports is on fire right now. What happened." Roland then explained a bit of what happened, and how, continuing with his story, explained how it seemed the senior cyborgs, including the one that lead Armstrong's security detail, were going crazy and attacking Vandelay. He explained that some of them had fused with 'something', and were crazy. They also had glowing eyes that didn't look right, which were in fact their Galeeming as he could see that now, but he used that as an excuse to say that they were mind controlled. He also stated that not all of DespoRHado were controlled that way, and how some tried to defend Vandelay from their rogue elements. Near the end of the story when Roland was saying he beat Sundowner and saved the head of production, Tseng came back on saying. "Your breaking up. Return to HQ for debriefing." Well, that didn't sound great, but Roland was going underground to the next plate, and this plate didn't have very good communications due to the poor development of Shinra, so it made sense. It was good then that the conversation got cut short, as soon that 'poor development' came into fruition as the first thing that Roland ran into that was a bit of trouble was a large pit in the road with a launch ramp. Seeing the two flying robots soar over this pit without issue, Roland sighed saying. [color=d7d7d7]"Why did Shinra refuse to make these lower plates..."[/color] before he ran into the launch jump pad, and found that there.... weren't any problems. It sent him flying right over the pit without issue and onward he went.