Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

( To Melissa, yes, she can see Aya's barrier. But to Mina and Jenn, who are using normal sight, they don't know Aya threw up a barrier. )

 

[DeMatt]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

(( You know Dematt, I'm not an idiot. I would of had Aya put the shield up if Raptor hadn't of said anything. ))

(One can hope... after all, it would've made the upcoming fight SO much easier, if all it took was one hit to send Aya packing... )

Melissa narrows her eyes as the woman gestures, her aura shimmering as it somehow extends outwards and enfolds her in a scintillating display of energy.

"'Don't have to tell us anything'? Do you even have a NAME? Are you even human?"

Her rifle does not waver from the white-haired woman's chest.

 

[thetwo]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

"You don't know about mutant animals? There's no way a woman in this city survived the last week without running into them. Look, for some reason there's a bunch of mutant animals around raping women, and somehow impregnating them and using them to rapidly reproduce. I don't know how you got here without meeting any, but as long as you play nice I'm sure you'd be welcome at one of our safehouses...

But in the mean time, you can stay out of our way. We're in here to rescue a young man who's apparently important. Haven't seen him, have you?"

Jenn doesn't really trust the look of this woman - something about odd red eyes doesn't feel innocent - so she keeps her rapier out and in a defensive stance, but doesn't make any aggressive moves.

 

[BurntToast]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

(( Aya's eyes don't glow. ))

Not taking much of a liking to the blue haired woman or her hostility Aya ignored her questions and shifted her attention to the red haired woman with green eyes. Unlike the others she didn't seem to be shouting out accusations or threatening her. Aya didn't know what to say to her, she didn't want to admit to attempting to kill or harm the young man, that wouldn't be good for her if she did.

Her voice plain Aya responded to the red haired woman and her comment on being allowed to come with them if she "Played nice".

" I'm not interested... Please tell your companion to put her gun down so I can move on with my business. "

Aya waited for a reply.

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

Joseph quickly made his way past the market area, running through the pair of fountains on both sides of him, his shoes clicking against the tiling on the ground, until he was in between two lion statues. He looked from one statue to the other, and pulled out his radio, and clicking it on.

"Hey, it's me," he announced, "I'm in the market area, and I think I've lost those freaks that were following me,"

The girl on the other end sighed with relief, "I'm so glad to hear you're safe, Joseph," she said with relief in her voice, "So, have you seen any sign of her? Or was this really just a trap?"

Joseph sighed, not thinking this was actually a trap, because if it was, it was a poor one, "I don't know where that woman is keeping her, and she doesn't seem to be here..." he trailed off for a second, then picked back up when the girl on the other end didn't reply, "The city's obviously clear, what with those herms walking around, and I'm beginning to think this zoo is as well, which leaves the residential district,"

"Hmm," the girl thought aloud over the radio, "Joseph... You know we're running out of time... If we don't stop the God from being born-"

"Ain't gonna happen, not as long as I'm breathing, that is," he interrupted her, heaving a sigh, "Alright, I'm gonna search around the rest of this place, then I'll head back, alright?"

"Okay, be careful," she told him with concern.

Shutting the radio off, Joseph let out a sigh. He pocketed the radio in his pack, and continued at a walk, going north through the market district...

(Joseph is about to escape, both parties will fail their objectives if he gets away)

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Aya suddenly felt a pain in her head, and was forced to cup her forehead in agony, as she heard the Goddess's voice in her head...

"Pursue the boy, you fool!" she cursed Aya, "Pay no heed to the ignorant sinful! Make haste, or we all will pay a heavy price!" she warned her.

 

[DeMatt]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

(Joseph is about to escape, both parties will fail their objectives if he gets away)

(Oh, for pity's sake... the only player character present who has ANY IDEA Joseph getting away is a bad thing is Aya. Nobody actually knows where he ran off to after he flashbang'd Aya, aside from "not to the east". How're we supposed to go catch him? Is he gonna double back through this area on his way out?)

Even as the albino winces and puts her face in her hands, Melissa keeps her rifle on target. After all, she could be faking injury, in an attempt to catch them off-guard.

"And just what IS your business?"

A slight noise catches Melissa's attention, and she glances over to the side to see Mina edging around the woman. Thinking it's to get to a flanking position, she inwardly smiles as her focus returns to the woman in her sights.

(Or maybe Mina's decided she's gonna raep Joseph after all - and when she takes off, so does everybody else? )

 

[BurntToast]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

Aya's head felt painful as she suddenly felt the goddess mentally speaking to her once more. Aya slowly felt her head start to hurt less. Looking at the three woman and the gun the blue haired one held she decided she couldn't wait any longer, she had to make chase to the boy. There was a risk of a bullet smashing into her barrier right now but it was a risk she had to take.

Quietly, Aya whispered to herself.

" I... Don't have time for this... "

To the three woman's possible surprise Aya suddenly bolted from her spot and began running as fast as she could to follow the boy.

* Aya runs and gives chase to the boy. *

 

[thetwo]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

"Ugh, again with the running away..."

Jenn follows everyone else out of the room.

 

[DeMatt]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

Being kneeling, Melissa is slowest to follow when the albino woman abruptly darts away.

"What the- come back here!"

Still, she starts pursuing the woman with the rest of the group.

(Ohhh... kay... and the chase is on.)

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

While Aya darts away, it didn't take more than a couple seconds, and Jenn was right on the albino girl's heels. While Melissa and Mina kept up along the back, all of them finding themselves to be faster than the strange girl.

After walking into the observatory, and going down the stairs, the three were lead by Aya who was being told by the Goddess where the boy was. They quickly ran through along the dirt ground, going north west for about 25 feet, until bursting through a pair of double doors, and into the market area, where gift shops and restaurants were located.

The four were standing on the south east side of the area, which was organized strangly. There was a bridge looming over water below, stretching north and south evenly, as well as paths that went to either side of it, along the edges of the bowl-like area, where all of the shops were.

The four could see Joseph on the opposite side of the area. He had some kind of strange device in his hand, and appeared to be doing something to a terminal next to a large shutter. A loud beep was heard, and the shutter slowly started to ascend up, which would allow Joseph entry after a short time.

(I apologize for the horrible skills I call, "my art" But, bare with me. The blue dot is where Joseph is, and the red dot is where Aya, Mina, Jenn, and Melissa are)

 

[BurntToast]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

Still darting as fast as she could Aya found herself in a situation that required fast thinking. She could run directly at the boy and take him down that way... But her shot would have less chance of hitting him and he might just throw another flash grenade at her if she went straight at him.

Instead of charging through the middle straight forward path Aya quickly went and took the right path. She continued to run, gripping her handgun. For some reason Aya felt she had to shoot the device the boy was holding...


* Aya takes the right path to Joseph.When getting in range she does an aimed shot at the strange device he's holding. *

 

[thetwo]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

"Hey! Watch out!"

Jenn, seeing Aya raise her gun, tries to disrupt her aim with a shove.

 

[DeMatt]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

(Aya's the slowest person? We'll just kinda casually jog along behind her until we all run into Joseph again. And I, for one, will "bear" with you, because somehow I don't think you'd like it if I "bared" with you. )

Melissa gives a shout as the pursuit gets into view of the ponytailed man.

"Hey, MISTER! The Director said us three were to keep you safe!"

Choosing a path almost at random, she moves onto the left path, hoping her quicker footsteps will carry her to the man before the albino gets there.

(Move towards Joseph along the left path.)

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

As Aya raises her gun slowly to take aim at the device in his hand, she doesn't even notice Jenn coming up behind her, as the red head suddenly sees stars as she runs face first into some kind of invisible wall, landing on her back, stunned from running into Aya's shield.



As Aya takes aim, her bullet goes straight into the device in Joseph's hands, who backs away from the now destroyed device, as the shutter suddenly slammed shut, denying him exit from the four women after him.



Joseph seemed to boil with rage, as he drew his sword, as if about to fight all four of them, "Why can't you just fuck off!?!" he shouts, and as Mina and Melissa run up on him, Mina suddenly tried to latch onto his sword arm, and was met with a hard punch to her forehead. Mina stumbled back from the pain, and landed on her rear, holding her head from shock.

(Mina's stamina status: Yellow)

With Aya, Jenn, Mina, and Melissa on all sides, Joseph stood with his sword in hand, the side of the blade along the right side of his face, ready to strike at any who threatened him.

 

[thetwo]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

(Oh look, my cunning plan to foil Aya's shot failed completely but totally coincidentally let Jenn know that Aya does indeed have a shield like the goddess. >.>)

Hey, that shield... I've only seen it one other place.

"Hey, this girl might not be the white one, but she's got the same magic shield as her! It'll go down if we hit it enough!"

Jenn makes her deeds match her words, and strikes out at the girl with her rapier, hoping to damage the shield quickly.

 

[BurntToast]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

Aya had to make a split decision then. She knew the red haired woman was charging right at her and was going to attack her shield, even worse she had blurted out the fact that she had a barrier and more then likely the blue haired woman and the other person were going to start attacking her. Aya thought that now would be a good time to take these girls down, to summon her red tentacles and drain them. However if she did that there was a chance the boy would escape and she would fail her master. Aya quickly aimed her 9mm handgun at the boys chest. If she missed this shot and the three woman began bashing her shield then she was going to have to fight them. However she was going to have to hope that luck was on her side and she managed to kill the boy.


* Aya does an aimed shot at the boys chest. *

 

[DeMatt]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

(Great, Aya's actions can't be disrupted...)

The double bang as first the albino's gun fires and then as the man's device sprays sparks, makes her intentions clear...

So Melissa doesn't waste any more words on her, instead swinging round to put her rifle on target and squeezing the trigger. With her halfway down the left side, her back to a wall, the man at the far end, and the hostile woman across two open pools, she should be able to pick her targets without worrying about dodging - and put bullets where they'll do the most good.

She does, however, yell at Mina.

"MINA! Get away from that idiot! We need your help over here!"

(Attack Aya - aimed shot at her chest.)

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

Joseph almost saw it coming. Aya's aim took place right at his chest, and he only just moved far enough out of the way at his abnormal speed, both Melissa and Aya noticing him glow brightly, as if blessed by some holy force, as he moved just enough so the bullet was far away from his heart.

Aya's shot ripped into his shoulder blade, as Joseph fell down, his body hidden by the stone sides of the bridge in the middle, out of Aya's view, as he gripped at his wound in pain, letting out moans of shock, as blood oozed from the wound.

(Joseph's Health status: Bleeding badly; in severe pain)



As Joseph lay in pain on the ground, Mina ignored Melissa's orders after Aya shot him, and quickly hurdled herself onto him, quickly making sure she was under the cover of the stone sides of the bridge before taking out her medpack, and whispering to Joseph, "Shh... Take your hand away, I'm going to make the pain go away, make it better!" she told him. Joseph did not obey, so she had to easily remove his hand, as she quickly dabbed a numbing agent onto his skin, and started to bandage the poor wounded boy after disinfecting the wound, and using an ointment to stop the bleeding.

(Joseph's Health status: Slight blood loss; Mild pain)



While Aya's attention was on Joseph, both Melissa and Jenn had free reign to attack at the white haired menace who shot Joseph.

Jenn charged in, and while Aya managed to back away from the assaulting red-head's charge, her rapier managed to graze along Aya's shield, causing her spell to shimmer a little from the attack.

Meanwhile, Melissa was taking careful aim, and placed a well made shot at Aya's heart. While it did bounce off of the shield, just like Jenn's attack, with her divine vision, she could tell she put a hurting on Aya's protective shield.

(Aya's shield status: Yellow)

 

[DeMatt]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

Melissa winces as Joseph lets out a groan and drops out of view, then she sees the white-haired woman's shield flicker wildly under the impact of her bullet.

Heh... so magic shields don't like bullets much.

She works the rifle's action swiftly, and with a fresh cartridge chambered, squeezes the trigger...

(Attack Aya - aimed shot at her chest.)

 

[thetwo]

Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

Jenn notices Mina's interaction with Joseph, but doesn't want to draw attention from it and so stays silent on the matter. If Mina's making trouble, it can be dealt with later.

Instead, Jenn slows her attack a bit, trying to stay off to one side so that Melissa can get clear shots in, and waiting a moment for a good opportunity to attack.

(Attack in Neutral stance, stay out of Melissa's way)