Welcome to Gaia! ::

Shouyin blushed an uncharacteristically deep shade of red at the innuendo. He really didn't appreciate how easily this woman could affect his feelings and whatnot. Coughing roughly in an effort to somehow clear up his complexion, he'd clear his throat, pausing as he formulated a response.

"Dark Lord?--- I just felt like doing some good for once."

October 13th
5:23 P.M.

I, Doctor Galguzette, have made outstanding progress today. As a matter of fact, I think we may be able to launch it this weekend.

My lab assistant, Tim, has prepped the unit for deployment, and states that it has been a long, hard journey for all of us, but with this launch, it will likely be a great profit for us all. Or so I am inclined to translate from his, "dude, this is gonna make us all phat cats. 'Bout time for all the work."

What a boob.

As for the actual project, I have decided to name it for my eldest son, whom has given me more pride in his years as a necromancer, than the rest of my children have in all seven of their lifetimes put together. It's really a pride that my young man, at only twenty, has been capable of so much.

All of my children are magically inclined you know. Even the little one. He's a little stupid, and very short. But a good wizard he'll be some day.

However, for the moment, I can not allow myself to go on with this senseless babble. I need to document the final report of the Mecha.

NOTE, as stated, is named for my son. The power of the mech is a submariner. Six seperate engines work in unison, each propelling the small submarine as far as one hundred miles from it's transmitter. As the target has been noted only a few miles to sea, we don't suspect any problems in locating a target. The hull can take an estimated seventy shots from a submachine gun before begining to tear, and there is a thick under-armor with it that has been classified impervious to damage. However, the enemy has a way for making impervious into tinfoil. It is for this reason that the hull has been backed with a new technology known as vibrewire.

Essentially, this weapon is monowire, a length of steel that is cellularly thin, but still has strength and durability. Adding this to a pair of high-frequency vibrating machines, we create a wire that moves at such a pace, it can actually successfully cut diamond, almost as well as a laser cut. So, our thick, bulky hull is covered in multiple little vibrewires, followed by the outer hull.

It's weaponry consists of two small pellet launchers. The pellets are made of a plastic compound that, when hitting something made of steel at a high velocity, causes a small explosion. Not big enough to damage, more of the kind to stun. Furthermore, the pellets are filled with a small amount of shreded alluminum, so that the explosion will cause a Chaff effect. If the target are actually machines and not simply mutants, then this will cause a likely jam of the target's radar and transmitter, rendering them helpless for a small while.

It's secondary weapon is an electromagnetic pulse which will shut down electric machinery in a surrounding 2mi. distance for a long while. While, yes, this will deactivate NOTE for a short period of time, a timer is set in the machine that if the power goes out for more than thirty seconds without an activation code, a reserve energy source will kick on, giving it function for up to a half hour. This will be plenty long enough for the machinery to get back online, not to mention give us an upper hand on the target.

Now for the grand feature. The Captrue Net. This function is the most astounding to watch. The NOTE unit actually splits in two and separates, revealing a net and a pair of capture claws. These claws are three-taloned, and not particularly efficient in anything other than grabbing and sticking to the net. Now, the net collapses very neatly, but there in lies the beauty of it. We can, through the use of remote cameras, see if NOTE caught anything, and prepare it for a different kind of holding, where it is dragged under the ship. The net has a low-grade electric pulse running. Enough to shock a fish, or shut down a machine.

The thrusters ought to have enough kick to get us out of the water after we've successfully caught a few of them.

With any luck at all, this project will go off without a hitch.

This is Doctor Galguzette, signing off until launch day!

:: Oh did she smile. Its not very often a villian gets to play the cleche villian.::

I thought perhaps I could sum up the competition...another disappointment.

::She never really moved from her seat but simply twirled the umbrella in er left hand. Her maniacal laughter was quite honestly meant to upset the mood somewhat. She was after all the villian in this story, no use getting buddy buddy with the hero. And so, as the villian, when Shouyin stood she was bound to say her villianous speach.::

I'm sorry, you must have gotten the wrong idea. Did I say you could go?

::Her stood calmly seated as her shadow stretched out long and fast in front of Shouyin and splintered into several different streams like the branching tentacles of monster, at least 12 different tentacles. And just 20ft in front of Shouyin the tentacles would stop, pool, and from them would rise another copy of the Shadow Warrior Shouyin had fought earlier. As they formed they immediately sprung into motion surrounding the Half Golem and taking their matching battle stances as they prepared for combat.

The woman, and leaned back in her chair, yet still twirling her umbrella, and acted so very innocent and surprised.::

Oh! A fight mmmmm....mesermize me Velvel...


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::Ahh the wonderful sea full of splendorous wonders such as silvery fish attacking a dock, and water, and coral, and octopi, and the like. Thought obviously the octopi and the silvery fishes were only visible to those beneath the surface. A submarine for one should be able to see below the surface. But in its current form the submarine had one crucial design floor that crippled it. It could only see under the water, when it was infact under said water.

As it stands, NOTE was lowered down and landed with a tiny gentle splash on the waters surface. One would think that it should then sink...but it did not. It floated on the waters surface, as if the water was only a few inches deep. Granted, the water directy beneath the sub seemed, darker, but that was the only hint of any odd behavior.

A single silvery fish even decided to take a crack at the sub, launching itself through the air, only to be horribly shredded by the ships defenses. The rest of the fish seemed to simply carry on their merry way. Though should those scanners still activate, they would infact find traces of other metals inside the local fishes. But steel, was at a completely normal level.::

::Tim, unfortunately was not a submarine he was a man. And as the kids down the dock splashing in the water would prove....splash, went Tim's feet as he fell into the full depth of the water. The sub, however bobbed on the waves like a bouy. It would be pushed down, only to bubble back up. Someone under the ship, might notice the grouping of rather large bubbles beneath the sub. It was true, no one knew the actual trigger of the evil machine fish, but the fish had learned from two previous attempts that these "submarine" or sub shaped vehicles meant to impede their path. And while the actual cause was hidden, it was also quite active.

Oddly though, an octupus had started circling around the dock area.::

::They gave him the chance, after all she wanted a good show. Just as his socks were cast 3 moved in from Shou's, one moved airborne to attempt a swift kick to Shou's upper torso area. While the second dove low for a sweeping kick at about the hieght of Shou's knee's. And the third slid in the middle aiming to deliver a punch to Shou's mid section.

Simultaneously a second group of 3 from the opposite direction dove into action mimicing the first three, aiming to sending another aerial kick to Shou's face while another aimed for his opposite leg. The only difference was that the middle attacker aimed to grapple Shou from behind by attempting to reach for his arms and pin them behind his back, so that his fellow attackers could attack.

The remaining 6 seemed content to watch, as did she, simply smiling with a finger tracing her bottom lip as the show raged on.::

::From the left, the bottom two attackers from themselves stopped cold. The smash to face let out a splatter of black shards as the foot smashed into the attacks face, while the heel sent the clone reeling from sheer force of motion.

The first attacker though, seemed to be very in surprised by the new wall, as his foot was extended, it hit he wall bent, and he kicked off again aiming to deliver a swift kick to Shou's back, before he could get back into his boxing stance.

Meanwhile...on the defense wall behind Shouyin.

The low kicker, clearly found his path blocked, and stopped his foot just before it impacted the stone, rolling back onto both his feet and leaping up onto top of the wall, but he paused, perched on top.

The flying kick of the second fighter struck the wall, and with a large heft, he kicked up, launching himself onto the edge of the wall as well. While the final attacker, smacked both his hands against the stoney surface.

The girl in her nice viewpoint perch, stirred the air with her finger, and a small crackle was heard, as a series of runes shot up from the walls shadow painting it surface in Lunoc, before it quite literally exploded sending rocky bits raining down on Shou. She honestly hadnt expected to hurt the Half Golem with rocks, but she banking on him not being able to see through the stones, to see the Shadow Clones, attempting to deliver kicks to his chest and head area respectively as they descended.

Oddly, she leanedforward, squinting ever so slightly, as if she had noticed something and wanted to see if it was repeated or not.::

::The three feet impacted the ground with a series of slams, while the final flipped back after a sucessful impact and landed a good 7 feet away. As Shouyin vanished each clone paused waiting for him to return. And return he did, with weapons. A very heavy looking weapon at that.

Strangely, while all the Shadow clones showed zero emotion, the woman herself burst out in nearly uncontrollable laughter.::

Oh my, I cant believe...haahhahaa, that its so simple....hahahahaaa...

::That same maniacal laughter permeated the air, as the clones burst into movement. And odd sort of movement, as half stood still and half took to running at the closest of the still ones. Not only would they run at them, but they would infact run into them. Within a few seconds Shouyin was staring at 6 instead of 12 shadow clones, no bigger before, though something clearly must have changed.

All 6 clones looked at each other and then began their evil attack. 4 ran into formation around the Half Golem, while one placed his hands on the ground staring directly at Shouyin, and the final clone dashed straight at the golem, flicking both his arms down 2 steps into the run ejecting two blades from within his sleaves and aiming to slash right at Shouyin's neck area, the clear goal being to disconnect it entirely.

It was odd, but if someone was looking very closely, no matter where he ran, the shadows of the four still clones were always pointed at the one that was in motion, and his shadow seemed to be strangely missng...odd.::