"Yeah, so, like, now I'm on some military blacklist or whatever. But I got some good info out of it, so, you know, whatever." Guo finished his bits-and-pieces retelling of his Punishment Pits excursion, flippant, as he focused on the grubtube, holding a controller tight in his hands as he played against Leeroi.
Too bad the military controlled literally everything. But he wasn't going to admit to any mistakes. He'd just have to be more careful going forward. That's all
"Sucks that I lost you, Kiri. But believe me, it was an absolute shithole down there."
Akkira listened to Guo as he regaled them both with his punpun puts story. She had her legs folded and a can sitting in the hole that her legs made. Probably not the best place for a sports drink, but whatever. Her face was looking just off of the grubtube, no real way of knowing exactly where she was looking but enjoying the clicking sounds of the controller, the relief that came from hearing Guo speak and the sounds of the game itself.
"You bet it sucks," Akkira said with a bit of an exaggerated groan. "It could have been really cool, even if it was a s**t show and if the ghosts were anything to go by it was one hell of a ride," She turned her head just a bit to look at Guo, her eyes directed just slightly off the mark "But, I'm just glad you're back and in one pitiable piece," the rustblood gave Guo a full grin. "But, what does it mean to be on a military blacklist?" The question is posed at both Guo and her newest acquaintance Leeroy.
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:11 am
"Means he ******** up," Leeroi huffed, pretty upset that his good buddy had effectively ruined his chances of a military career, at least for the time being. Ruining chances of being in the military meant he would see him less often. Leeroi hated that, but he hoped the more he pressured him about it, the more Guo would realize he needed to shape up.
"I probably shouldn't even be hanging out with you," He added. He gave Guo a playful nudge, partly out of anger, mostly to throw off his game. "I'm a Sergeant now, you know. That's pretty high up the ranks. I give orders."
"You're lucky I like you so much," Leeroi joked, smiling to himself. His attention was fixed on the game in front of them. There was no way he was going to let Guo win.
You have encountered a Malfunctioning Teen-bot! Other trolls can assist in this fight, as long as there is an ic reason for them to join in. This is a mini-boss battle, the full rules and mechanics of which can be reviewed here. Once the mini-boss is at 0hp, this can be counted by all trolls participating as a battle rp for growth. If you have any questions, please PM the mule.
You really did try to raise your robo-child right, putting both effort and possibly even love into trying to tame it. But something went wrong along the way. Perhaps you failed to communicate your intentions, or misunderstood its actions. Either way, you can't help but feel the memory of your robot haunt you in your sleep, accompanied by the sight of your torn and battered hive, shaking under its feet. You know in your pump biscuit that you two will meet again, and not long after you come to this realization, you do. Perhaps it's on the street, or at your local protein hub. Maybe it comes crashing back in through the very same wall it tore its way through before, in its search for freedom. Either way, your beloved child is back, and raring to show you that it doesn't need your approval. TEEN-BOT STARTING HP: 90
IF THERE IS AN ADULT IN BATTLE: ALL TROLLS TAKE +2 DAMAGE FOR STARRED (*) ATTACKS
If you rolled a 1, the teen-bot rips a large piece out of the nearby scenery, and gnashing its teeth, clubs you with it. The broken hunk of destroyed material hits you almost as hard as the flashbacks. Take 4* dmg.
If you rolled a 2, a greasy smell rolls over you. Regardless if it's familiar or not, you still barely leap out of the way before the teen-bot belches a sheet of flame, grazing you with the blast. Take 4 dmg.
If you rolled a 3, the teen-bot pulls a pail from somewhere and beats you over the head with it a few times. You feel unclean. Kids these days - so inappropriate and lewd! Take 3* dmg.
If you rolled a 4, you warily circle the teen-bot and as you get behind it, you leap forwards to try and give it a good disciplinary spanking. Spinning around, it knees you in the chest and then kicks you in the face a few times, as you bend double. Outmanoeuvred! Take 3* dmg.
If you rolled a 5, the teen-bot makes a rude gesture at you, and omits an ominously aggressive whirring sound from its face-box. Did it ... did it just try and sass you? You feel vaguely unsettled. Take 2* dmg.
If you rolled a 6, as you try and batter back the teen-bot, a scream wrenches itself up from your throat. In in contains exactly everything you've wanted to say to mechanical troll-children but you've never dared. Take 2 dmg. The robot hesitates and stares at you slightly surprised, off-balance, and perhaps emotionally wounded? Your attack does double damage.
When the mini-boss or all trolls have reached 0hp, please look in the spoiler below.
Mini-Boss at 0
The teen-bot staggers around, still swinging its fists and emitting disdainful noises. Then, slowly, its moments slow and grow jerkier and jerkier. Sitting down heavily on the ground, its head rolls to the side, and it emits a huge black cloud from its rear, as its eyes dim. Rest on the wings of the messiahs, blessed robot. Your struggles are over.
Players at 0
The teen-bot has worn you down, and now, as you find the last of the strength seeping out of your spirit, it proceeds to club you unconscious. You wake up in your underclothes, dangling by them on some low-hanging overhang in a public place, with insults scrawled all over your face. This seems to be a good sign to let go of the idea of grub-bots, kid-bots, teen-bots, and bot-based artificial life in general. In fact, if the entirety of Alternia could just forget the last few weeks even happened, that would probably be great for everyone. Especially the trolls who are staring at you, mouths open, as they walk past.
"You're welcome for getting info on the guy who melted your arm off." He nudged back, hard. "Man, they must be giving promotions out like candy if they're letting you have all that power." Guouli smiled with a mouthful of shark teeth. Leeroi was a person to direct, not one to direct. Apparently the military was full of idiots if they didn't realize that.
"Blacklist just means-"
Guo started to explain in most wry way possible when something smashed through the wall.
At the sound and flying debris, Guo grabbed and pulled Akkira away from getting hit, falling onto Leeroi as he did. "******** squinted as the dust cleared. A metal, yet troll-like shape was coming towards them. He removed an arm from Akkira to shove into his pocket and grab a knife.
The tin can came closer and his face started to warm up. Guo rolled Akkira over, shoving her onto Leeroi now, trying to duck on top of it while reaching his arm out blindly, and in that motion his shoulder got burned as he stuck the switchblade into the robot's side.
He growled, more in annoyance than in pain. Though the burn would definitely have to be seen to later, if he didn't want his joints to be all annoying about it. "Hey, bro, this one of yours?" he grunted.
The more than startled Akkira and she grabbed her nearby sheathed sword only To be grabbed away by Guo. She braced herself for heavy impact, but ended up mostly just shifted to being on top of Guo and then being shoved onto Leeroi. Akkira frowned deeply, sword grasped tightly in hand.
"of ******** course..." She growled and pushed herself off of Leeroi. There was time and place for getting close and personal, this was not it. She fumbled about for a moment trying to find the edge of the couch. "YOU LITTLE s**t, CAN'T I JUST HAVE ONE NIGHT, JUST ONE TO SPEND TIME WITH MY PALS WITHOUT s**t GOING SOUTH?" She vaulted herself over the couch with the dexterity that a blind troll has no right having and swung her still sheathed sword at the bot. "YOU COULDN'T HAVE WAITED, YOU COULDN'T HAVE JUST CHOSEN A TIME WHERE I'M NOT TRYING TO RELAX, NO YOU NOOKSUCKING GRUBSOILER DECIDED THIS WAS THE TIME, GET ********>"
her sword clucked against the robot, knocking against it's head. But, since swords are for Slicing and not clubbing, it only does a minimal amount of damage while still in it's sheath. Her rage subsided for the moment, She takes a moment to reorient herself. There was the robot that she just managed to hit, Leeroy on the couch, so where was Guo? in the ruckus she lost track of him"Guo, You okay?"
HP: 18/20 DMG: 4 BOT HP: 80 POWER- Novice offensive type A/ghost powers: 2/2 ARTIFACT - Adept Support type B/healing plant: 2/2
HP: 17/20 Boss HP: 74/90 Attack Gerbil: 3/3 1d6+1 auto hit on this attack, also removing from max hp count, 3x per battle. Cannon Arm: 2/2 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack. 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack. Military Weapon (+1)
"What the ********!" Leeroi instinctively shielded his face from the debris. Looking at the cause of the impact, Leeroi's eyes widened. That was... an impressive robot. What was it doing here? And why was it attacking them? Did it belong to someone on the mountain? Had it gone haywire? Leeroi wanted answers, but more than that, he wanted to dissect that thing and strip it for parts.
"No it's not mine," Leeroi said, almost offended. "Who the ******** is trying to kill you, Guouli?" Leeroi moved to stand, rushing to one end of the room to get his gun. He planted his feet close to the robot, and warned Akkira and Guo.
"Get back if you don't want bullet shrapnel!" He warned, then fired into the robot. It was his first time firing the new military weapon at a target. Leeroi liked the kickback on it.
HP: 17/20 Boss HP: 63/90 Attack Gerbil: 3/3 1d6+1 auto hit on this attack, also removing from max hp count, 3x per battle. Cannon Arm: 1/2 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack. 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack. Military Weapon (+1)
"Ok, now really stand back," Leeroi warned, and flicked his thumb to release his hand from his robot arm. Charging his arm, he jumped in close range to the robo-teen, pressing his wrist to the robot's shoulder. He fired, blasting a hole into the teen and exposing the wiring underneath. The air started to reek of burnt wire.
"Hey, Kiri! I got ya!" Guo yoinked the redblood again, getting them out of Leeroi's range, laughing as he did. "If you're gonna yell at the thing, slice and dice while you're at it! I think the dents are just pissing it off." And he, for one, wanted the thing ******** dead for damaging his home.
"And I'm fine." He clicked and unclicked his blade, voice betraying a little bit of his aggitation at the robot as he stared it down. "This thing'll see how ******** fine I am." The knife itself could be better, thicker, heavier, but it was what he had on-hand. God, if only he had a machete or something.
But, seriously, who was trying to kill him? The punpun pits for knowing the deep dark secret that the prison was s**t? No, they could've done that sooner.
The injured bot seemed to be staring back at him, and in that held gaze, flipped him, specifically, off. The ******** why?
"Okay, <********> this."
If Leeroi wasn't shooting anymore, Guo dashed in and stabbed at it again, this time going for the eye. "You remind me of some stupid bot Hogdad made me take care of a while back... Doesn't matter. I'll gut you either way."
"Thanks," Akkira breaths. She didn't like the sounds of the firing fro Leeroi's weapons at all. It was really grating on her poor spongeclots. When Guo left her side, Akkira loosened the sheath from her sword. "Slice and dice huh? Well, diced bot coming right up," she swung her sword to the side, causing her sheath to fly off somewhere.
Judging where it was by the sounds that Guo was making while stabbing it. Footsteps and the sound of stabbing robot eyes, very easy to follow. "watch out," Akkira raised her sword up and Jumped towards the bot. She brought her sword in a downward slash towards the bot, sinking her blade into the bot.
HP: 16/20 DMG: 12 BOT HP: 46/90 POWER- Novice offensive type A/ghost powers: 2/2 ARTIFACT - Adept Support type B/healing plant: 2/2
HP: 14/20 Boss HP: 43/90 Attack Gerbil: 3/3 1d6+1 auto hit on this attack, also removing from max hp count, 3x per battle. Cannon Arm: 1/2 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack. 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack. Military Weapon (+1)
Leeroi was trying to keep his distance to reload his weapon, but the bot seemed excited to take any opportunity to assault the trolls in a moment of vulnerability. So much for letting the close-range fighters handle the situation for a second.
Leeroi felt a hard, tinny surface strike his head, then strike his upper body again and again. He flinched at the hit, and the loud sound of the barrage. When he finally was able to parse what was happening, he was horrified. This thing was beating him with buckets. He made a loud, confused shout.
He shoved the bot off with a good smack from the butt end of his shotgun, then reeled backward in attempt to process the situation. Looking down, he noticed that he was covered in some sort of... mystery goo.
"GUO!!!" Leeroi shouted, blushing and making more incoherent, embarrassed noises. Did Guo just have this laying around his hive? Leeroi felt so gross, especially the more he thought about it.
Panicking, he reached at the bottom hem of his shirt and pulled it over his head. Ok, that solved some of the problem. Most of the goo was on the shirt, and now he was free of it. Now he could focus back on the fight. He'd get it done with quickly because now he needed a shower.
HP: 14/20 Boss HP: 38/90 Attack Gerbil: 3/3 1d6+1 auto hit on this attack, also removing from max hp count, 3x per battle. Cannon Arm: 0/2 2d6 Deal double damage on this attack. 1 ongoing damage for all turns after. The ongoing damage from these stack. Military Weapon (+1)
"STEP BACK!" Leeroi warned Guo and Akkira again, starting up his cannon arm and blasting into the robot. It wasn't nearly as impressive of a blast as it could have been, but Leeroi was doing everything he could to kill this thing faster.
Guouli kept doing his best to keep distance between himself plust Akkira, and the bot. Both trolls had to get in close to strike, but the thing could breathe fire... And Guo wasn't sure if Akkira could account for that. Best option was to keep it at knifepoint.
He only broke eye contact to glance back to make sure he wasn't up in Akkira's grill.
Just enough time for the bot to focus its attention elsewhere while Guo wasn't watching. His attention snapped back at Leeroi's cry. He only had a second to wonder how the hell the bot had found a bucket to weaponize, but it shorted out quick as he started cackling with laughter at the bucket barrage. Guo reveled at the humiliating display.
"What?" he shouted back. "What are we, wigglers?" Guo scoffed.
He prepared more quips as the shirt came off, but...boy, uh.That shirt really came off, huh. Guo went from watching the scene, to watching Leeroi and kind of the bot, to absolutely just looking at Leeroi's pecs and shoulders.
Oh. Oh s**t.
As the other blueblood got his cannon arm going, Guo barely heard or reacted. s**t. Who the ******** let his bro get-
Glowing red eyes got up in his face again, and Guo zeroed in all his confused feelings. He started with a cracking wail that could be read as terror, and it kind of was, but not directed at the bot. Then, up close and personal, memories clicked together.
That robot he neglected... This really was the one from, god, sweeps ago, wasn't it?
He smirked. Big mistake, kiddo. Now he was back in control, and it felt good. "While you were prepping for this night, I completely forgot you ever existed!"
That threw it off just enough, giving Guo time to stab deep in the other eye. He was pretty sure he hit some of the thinkpan circuits while he was at it.
"Kiri, here's your opening! Hey, sergeant, you done flipping your s**t yet?" the taunts came easier when he wasn't looking at Leeroi.
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