SillyGoy

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

We're getting mauled, but I like that sort of thing!

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

It was like the entire world shook when the enemy's rounds finally made their mark. Sparks flashed as metal was rent, crumpled and holed. Terrible sounds of groaning armor plate surrounded the grimacing Harold. Suddenly, the visual display flickered off, and then on. For an instant, his synch rate was 0%, before coming back at 43% and rising. What the hell just happened? He cursed as he saw that system tags that were supposed to be green were flashing red or orange. At the bottom-left corner of his HUD, warnings abounded in red. Redundant electronic sirens blared from unseen speakers. His map was empty while the software rebooted itself.

WARNING! PRT. TYPE 2500 MODEL 3 41CM GATLING FEED SYSTEM FAILURE
WARNING! PRT. TYPE 2500 MODEL 3 41CM GATLING HYDRAULICS FAILURE
WARNING! STB. TYPE 2500 MODEL 3 41CM GATLING OBSTRUCTION IN NO. 3 BARREL
WARNING! STB. TYPE 2500 MODEL 3 41CM GATLING OBSTRUCTION IN NO. 1 BARREL
WARNING! STB. TYPE 2500 MODEL 3 41CM GATLING FEED SYSTEM FAILURE
WARNING! STB. TYPE 2500 MODEL 3 41CM GATLING OBSTRUCTION IN NO. 2 BARREL
WARNING! STB. TYPE 2500 MODEL 3 41CM GATLING MODULE NOT FOUND

"Module not- what the hell are you," he looked to the right. "Holy shit!"

It was gone. What was left of the gatling system there was splayed out like some kind of macabre, blackened flower. A shell had detonated inside the barrel as it was firing. But in a morbid comedic display, the stump could still move in response to his input. This was not the case for the other chain gun, as it looked quite alright, except that it was stubbornly pointed limp to the ground. Hydraulic fluids, colored red, looked much like blood as they oozed down its burn marks and shell holes before dripping down onto the scarred terrain. It was faint, but Harold could swear that there was a pain in his arms too.

And there was a message then, coming from the Logic Gate. It was text and images however, so he waved it off - he had no time to read; Elora could wait. A drop of sweat was threatening to pour into his eye and he rubbed it away with too much force than necessary. He thought for a split-second, before making another important decision.

The mode was SACLOS - Semi-Automatic Command to Line Of Sight. The recoil from the Type 2500's had been shaking the Rostosov, but it was more or less steady now with only impacting return fire to contend with. His Framewerk was beaten, bloodied and no longer had working arms, but it was not yet totally helpless. Harold cast his reply:

MK. I CRUISE MISSILE - SELECTED MODE: SACLOS - FIRING

"God damn it!"

Another missile. This time, and with his entire concentration, he was focusing the targeting dot specifically on the Black Komodo's chest. The pilot, he reasoned, should be there.

"Firing missile!" he spat again in the private channel.

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

@Penultimate_Pi

There'll be plenty of repairs to be made once Irina steps up and kills us all.

Pretty sure either Rostosov or the Paladin are gonna get hit by that black mech's cannon in a bit too.

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

@Penultimate_Pi

Hey man, even doing nothing is doing something. Just as long as the words flow and all that jazz.

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

@AtomicNut

Did Sigma get her cuteness from Irina, or did she develop that on her own?

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

@Gate Keeper

Seems like the Homunculus Project is mostly a failure, with only Sigma and Irina being passable results.

Irina is probably going to screw us up really badly.

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

The Rostosov's guns were simply too much for the Phantom Zero and in the end, the lighter frame buckled under the sheer weight of armor-piercing projectiles. Each half-ton of furious steel impacted with the hatred of a god, the armor too thin and easily defeated. Sparks flashed in slow motion at points of impact, before the fuses burnt up and the penetrating hits unleashed their high-explosive playload. There was a scream, that of a woman's, as she died with her mech in a grand fireball.

But Harold did not hear her. The glory of destruction was simply too loud, and spared no room for the whimpers of human suffering.

"Target down!" he said, still on the private comms, while fluidly tracing the crosshairs and his guns to the massive newcomer black mech whose first salvo completely missed the Rostosov. It impacted behind Harold's machine to cast a huge plume of dust and dirt that oddly gave the Frame an ominous, dirty aura. There was indeed no better raiment for something whose entire purpose was to kill, kill and kill again. "Engaging the next target!"

It was a big target. Perhaps a bit too big, he thought. His forehead was now fully wet with adrenaline-laced sweat. His decision was a quick one:

"Firing missiles!"

MK. I CRUISE MISSILE - SELECTED MODE: SACLOS - FIRING

TYPE 2500 MODEL 3 41CM GATLING - FIRING

A single cruise missile whose warhead weighed nearly four tons lanced from the Rostosov's shoulder then. At the same moment, Harold's beloved autocannons resumed playing its destructive orchestra.

Spells of the Night (Closed for Now) [16+]

Vespa Ruvina

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"What?" she said, and ultimately she scowled. "Fenros is nearby?"

So it seemed that her family's history will never stop haunting her. Half of the reason why she enjoyed being part of this great Coven was because it let her forget the overbearing weight of her mother that threatened to crush her spirit throughout her childhood and early adolescence. Elina might not have thought the same way and loved Reyna as much as daughters should, but Vespa was not so forgiving. That witch was a selfish woman who wanted the entire world to fit her image or she would corrupt it, change it somehow - or destroy it. She had threatened to kill the two sisters, and her presence returned in the form of Fenros.

"That is not good. I will have to tell Elina about this when she comes back. You do know about their history, right?"

Lorelai did. They'd conversed about it at a prior time, when she was still a newblood to the Coven.

"If the two would ever meet, I fear..." she shook her head, "... this is indeed a grave problem." Her voice became cold, lower and stern then, her expression without care, only hatred. "We need to kill him. The question is, what way? He is the progeny of one of the most powerful Hunters in recent history - he might even be better than his father. Perhaps," she looked towards Hazel, "all of us might need to work together if we are to rid ourselves of him."

"But there are others too, complicating things," she put a thoughtful knuckle to her chin. "The Parisi brothers... I wonder if they're coordinating somehow. Too many Hunters in such a small area that is clearly too close to our Castle. I do hope we haven't been discovered."

@Jupiter Hollow@Meiyuki

Spells of the Night (Closed for Now) [16+]

Guess I'll get on it now.

Edit: And I got on it!

Spells of the Night (Closed for Now) [16+]

Not sure if I should post before Elina gets any interaction.