The robot was still up and running, and Etoile wondered what it would take to bring it down. The lasers were getting faster now, but Etoile was small, and small meant fast, right?
Or something.
Either way, Etoile once again swatted at the mechanical Mauvian, doing her best to help out. "Take that!" came her battle cry.
Pye wasn't that good with technology, truth be told. Give him some archaic machinery and he would be all over it; but most of the newer tech the Mauvians utilized were beyond his comprehension. He'd have to remedy that someday.
As soon as the robot cat appeared, Pye had done his best to avoid the lasers, mostly by hiding. But as the other cats did their best to fend off the wayward robot to allow others to repair the machines, he began to feel guilty and useless. Here his fellows were risking themselves to put things right, and he was hiding! That was not worthy of a Mauvian!
He leapt out from his hiding place at the robotic Mau, fangs and claws bared. Impacting the misguided defender hard, he did his best to damage it, clawing at its head.
Then he dove back behind cover. There, he'd shown that thing who was boss!
"Ugh this thing needs to be reprogrammed it's a freaking Parrot." Snowball seemed frustrated that the robot mauvian for picking up words that well, didn't work for this situation at all. His nose wrinkled.
"I'd rather we not give it more words to say. We might accidentally trigger something else that removes something important?" Snowball suggested when he heard Hania's suggestion of the word delete. Yes . . . that would be bad if it deleted everything they had worked on.
That didn't last long when Snowball was hit with a barrage of . . . requests? From the male Savannah cat. Snowball looked a little bewildered. Did none of these cats know how to cat!? He sighed, maybe he should talk to Ash, Liryn and Tomlin about getting together some cat 101 classes. They could . . . provide useful. Especially when they seemed woefully unprepared. "Uh . . . I'll answer that . . . when we're not dealing with a mau-bot?"
Though the comment about dogs made Snowball laugh, "You just need to learn to train them. Dogs are fine." Which came from experience with Niflhel's German Shepard; who he'd managed to train "I've honestly got a partner in crime because he can beg better than I can while I give the kicked kitten face to get food."
Then Mel managed to ride the robot. Welp, that was perhaps a perk of being four legged for this fight. . . . However, he was distracted by Ash's transformation. "Nice boots you got there, Ash." He said with a grin it was nice to know that there were others that could do the whole senshi thing.
Snowball followed Ash's example and went in for a kick, however before hie could completely connect with the robotic cat, he got hit by a white forehead laser in the leg he was swinging so when he connected it felt really weird "UGH" He hopped on one foot trying to wake the other one without causing anything to tip over. "Stupid . . . forehead laser."
Natsuko-neko
Fiction1119
Whimsical Blue
Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 9:30 pm
The system is 80% working now! The Robot's health has been lowered to 43%!
After Mel had taken a ride on the so-called Kitty-lek. It seems like the robot mauvian has slowed some in it's attacking. It's obviously taking a toll with all the beating. Though it's still repeating the words, "Youma! Intruder Alert! Exterminate!" To a slower extent than it had been. When Ash said Admin, there were a series of small whirls and clicking, as if the bot was searching for, "Admin, search."
Though it seemed short lived because Tomlin, Etoile and Pye all followed up with an attack shortly after causing the robot cat to go back to screeching "Intruder Alert!" Followed shortly after by a hit from Snowball which caused some sparks from the area's that Pye had managed to damage and expose wires from the seams.
It seemed there was a little smoke coming from it too which could be seen better as the lights continued to grow brighter as the percentage working continued to grow.
The combined efforts of Hania, Coeur, Liryn and Sumi. Seemed to have gotten the system almost there. It wouldn't take much longer if everyone worked together to get the system fully repaired. There was another forehead laser fired from the robotic kitty, causing the lights to flicker a little - which indicated that it too was run by the same system.
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You can choose to repair the system or fight the robot! You are not stuck doing the action you chose before; you can continue as you were in your last post or swap actions!
Repair the System Please roll 2d10 and post in Bold Red at the top of your post that you are repairing the system. Your first number is the percentage of the system you repair, and the second number is if you've dodged the attack or not. If you roll a 1-8 you're okay, but a 9 or 10 means you've been hit--and you lose the process on the repair (and your first roll becomes a 0!)
[b][color=red]Repairing the System : [# here][/color][/b]
Fight the Robot Please roll 2d10, and post at the top of your post in Bold Blue that you are fighting the bot. Your first number is how much damage you have done to the bot so include that in your post! Your second number is if you've dodge the attack or not, if you roll a 1-8 you're okay; but 9 or 10 you've been hit somewhere!
[b][color=blue]Fighting the Robot : [damage here][/color][/b]
If you are hit with a laser, you may choose which type--and where it hits! You can only roll once per round, so please keep your eyes open for the next prompt before you roll again!
Binge watching shows was something he tended to do and Doctor Who was one of the many shows he had done so to, both for pleasure and meme fuel of course, so he couldn't help but keep the conversation going even if it was mildly distracting. "Lasers fit Dalek's better then Cybermen yes but Dalek's also had an organic component and so far it seems like the robot is only mechanical." Hania said in return to the Savannah (Mel) as he continued to work on the repairs. "But yes, at least it's not a Weeping Angel, or worse, one of the smiley face bots from the new season." That would have sucked, having to face tons of tiny micro bots, and would have made this much harder. The comment about dogs went unanswered since he was mixed on the canine species, having been chased enough times to be wary but met enough pleasant ones to not dislike the entirety.
He did pause briefly when the white Mauvian(Snowball) mentioned it was probably best to avoid certain words. "Sorry, didn't think about that." If they could work fast enough to fix everything and didn't destroy the mechanical mauvian it would have been bittersweet to end up accidentally causing it to delete any data it was carrying. "At least it didn't seem to have picked up that one so we should just keep calm and carry on." Hania said, adding the last bit for his own amusement, and quickly went back to work as another laser missed him.
Thanks to the efforts of those dealing directly with the 'kit-bot', the thing seemed to at least be slowing down a little–
At least it was in terms of movement.
It was a shame that the same could not be said for the screeching however.
He did his best to focus on the repairs though, along with the other three mauvians around with him (Hania,Coeur d'OrandSumi) and their efforts appeared to be bearing fruit - really bearing fruit - as the lights continued to get brighter..
And then there was a moment when the screeching from the robot was replaced by a series of small whirls and clicking as the kit-bot started talking about something about an Admin search...
It was short lived, Liryn's ears flicking unhappily again as the screeching once again started back up, a red laser coming dangerously close to where he was working.
He attached a few more wires, whilst doing his best to keep half an eye out for more stray lasers - because Liryn really didn't want to be hit again–
And he didn't want one to come in their direction and hit the stuff that he and the other mauvians were working on - not when it looked like they were so close.
Coeur felt very accomplished as the percentage of repair was going up. They were almost there and hopefully the robot would stop fighting them after that. The fluffy kitty made a mental not to high-paw her comrades when this was all over.
She moved on from the area she finished, careful not to mess it up again, and started in a new area. It didn't take too long for her to feel a sharp pain on her tail as it got struck by another beam. Coeur yelped and jumped into the air, losing progress once again.
They were winning! Maybe! Actually, Etoile wasn't sure, but it seemed like they were winning, and the robot wasn't shooting lasers any faster, and it almost seemed like it was starting to slow down.
There was, of course, also the fact that it seemed to have started sparking and smoking in places. Surely, that was an indicator the robo-mauvian was on its last legs.
Well, in any case, Etoile had stuck to attacking the robot so far, so it seemed like the only natural course of action to keep at it. Thus, she resumed her rotation of swatting, scratching, and headbutting the laser-shooting robot, doing her part to help.
Mlinzi (I make no promises to get his journal done then tho) Fighting the Robot : [7]
Apparently the dude wasn't the only one who could do a whole new change, the chick (Ash) could too. She got a really neat raygun thing too. Mel absently wondered if she would let him study the weapon. Personally the cat preferred pointy weapons like swords or spears but there was something special about projectiles like guns. "Atleast its not asking for a cracker," Mel quipped at the fluffy male (Snowball) as he swiped at the robokitty again. "As for dogs... apparently they take offence to a cat that is bigger than they are." for the most part he mentally finished as he dodged another laser. He had been chased by too many strays to really find any love for canines in his heart. Although the begging for scraps shtick had its merits.
"I thought Cybermen started off human or did I just dream that?" Mel asked the black cat (Hania). It wouldn't be the first that his dreams consisted of shows he watched. Sherlock featured in a great many of them, alone side Bones and Booth, The Doctor, even Monk. Just about the only team that he didn't dream about all that much was the BAU.... those just give him nightmares. "Smiley Faced bots?" He stumbled slightly in shock, just barely missing a red laser. "Like giant emojis? I haven't seen those episodes yet. Definitely creepy!" God, just the idea of a humongous poop emoji was enough to make him shiver with the creeps. The others wouldn't be any better.
"Why won't this thing just break already?" He shouted in frustration as he clawed at the thing. Sadly there just wasn't an opening for more bronco riding so he would just have to settle with trying to sink his claws into the metal creature.
((tl;dr - Mel sees that Snowball isn't such a special snowflake... Ash is too, He still doesn't like dogs but using them to get food has its merits, Three words: Giant, Poop, Emoji, Trying to claw the kittylek to death))
"Oh this isn't fair ... why can't i remember any of this?!" Sumi was used to being useless but it was starting to really annoy him that he couldn't remember how the system worked. He should remember something like this. Either a password, or a code word, or just how the system went together. He couldn't remember any of it though no matter how hard he thought about it.
Except, maybe, how the wires went together.
Ignoring that is tail tingled and was mostly numb he darted around to the opposite side of the pedestal from where the robot mauvian was to continue working.
"Come on, come on ... this wire goes here..." They had to be getting close. The robot seemed to be slowing down and the more he, Hania, Coeur, and Liryn worked the more the system seemed to be responding.
The robo kitty was something Magnus felt he could help with. The whole technology side...eh....not so much. At least not yet. It would take some time. For now though, the robot was his prime goal as others began to make their blows to the device.
He watched for his opening, and crouched. Butt wiggling, he waited and sprung forward at just the right moment and up onto the robot's back. Unfortunately he couldn't find purchase int he metal with his claws but he used his momentum to give the robot a good kick to it's head with his back paws before leaping away.
Tomlin growled low in his throat as he crouched again. Amidst the ongoing battle banter, he’d missed the robot’s brief search for ‘admin access’ until after his strike. Too late now, though. It was back to firing, and he could hear the yelps as other cats got hit. Seemed there was just no reasoning with robots.
His tail twitched, betraying his concentration as he dodged another barrage of red. With so many allies on the field, timing had to be perfect.
This time when he pounced, both front paws hit, the screech of claws digging deep into the casing drowned out by the clang of his bracers as he slammed into the mecha. That was more like it! Less flashy than Mel or some of the others, maybe, but this was a fight, not a fairground ride.
He disengaged quickly, backing up to allow others to take his place.
After having been zapped in the leg, Snowball decided to drop back for a bit because he was still feeling a little numb. "That's just cruel." He said softly looking at the robotic cat.
Whe Hania apologize Snowball gave a small chuckle, "It's all good. Hopefully it won't pick up on any words like that." It was def. the last thing they needed, "I haven't seen any of the shows you two are talking about." Snowball added having kind of kept a half ear in on Hania's and Mel's conversation.
"Don't tempt it," He replied to Mel's quip about the cracker.
He figured maybe helping fix the rest of the system, if he could manage to not get hit again, would be good. "Hey Ash, I haven't seen this weird colored wire before. . . anddd . . . I don't really see a match?" He called to her pausing when he ran across; a color he wasn't even sure he could describe.
Fiction1119
Natsuko-neko
Whimsical Blue
Snowball's run into a tiny color problem
Whimsical Blue rolled 2 10-sided dice:
4, 3Total: 7 (2-20)
The fact that her kick did very little damage to the robot was ultimately more frustrating than the action was worth. Ash knew she wasn’t a fighter, but damn it, she was trying. Surely that should count for something?
She hear Snowball calling for her and she made a frustrated noise as she turned towards him and the wires he was yammering about.
“Just connect it… there!” The guardian said as she pointed, letting out a yelp as another beam narrowly missed her. A scramble of her boots and she was by his side, falling hard on bare knees to jerk the wire out of his hands. She made quick work of connecting it, her ears pinned back to her hair, and mentally crossed her fingers that this would actually work.
Suddenly, the robot went still. It stopped firing lasers and seemed to freeze. The system was beeping and the lights flickered once more before the number on the panel flashed '100%'--and all the lights returned, at full power. Due to the combined effort of the cats fending off the robot and those working on restoring the system, it seemed they managed to get this place working again--and, more than that, their electronics didn't seem to be on the fritz anymore!
It looks like this place could use some cleaning up--and that security system should probably be stored away and analyzed another day. In all likelihood, it's probably a good thing to keep around...as long as loose wires in the security system aren't making it go crazy!
The cats are now free to explore the area they have just discovered! They can return to the hallway with unmarked doors, just outside of this room. Now that the lights are on, directions are framed for all to see:
To claim a room just go and press your forehead star against the panel on the door so it recognizes you as the owner of this room. The system will automatically log your address. The door will open for you, but please do not attempt to break into someone else's room. That is rude. Do not make unapproved changes to the system. After claiming a room, your name or symbol should appear; please consult the database if there is an error in display!
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Congratulations, everyone!
You have managed to restore the cat command's power to its full extent! The phones, computers and any other affected Mauvian device should be back up and running at 100%. As a bonus, the cats have unlocked a section of command that was previously unreachable: all Mauvians many now access mini rooms they can claim as their own!
Each room is six feet tall, wide, and deep, and each have an outlet and a light that can be altered to fit the cat's needs. These rooms can be decorated as they see fit!
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