(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Whipcrack Octopus transmits: 'The portal is nearing completion. ETA <OOC: soon>.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Anthem transmits: 'Good. Let's get this party off the ground, then.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Skyblade Eagle transmits: 'Sgt. Skyblade reporting in. Where am I needed?'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Anthem transmits: 'Attention all available Repliforce units: final phase of project is in effect. Move to the Arctic site and prepare for... 'deportation' of our guests.'.

Barracks Floor - RHQ

As you step into the Barracks Floor, you pause a moment in awe of its pure immensity. The Barracks Floor stretches out around the Turbolift columns and climbs extremely high up, forming so many different levels you lose count. Each barracks level is littered with all sizes of doors varying in range from human sized to those that could fit General or someone equally as large. Each Repliforcer's name is listed above their door, but fortunately, there's a hover directory floating near the entrance from the hallway, allowing you to get the room number and location quickly.

Flare Feline's Quarters [#5257 en]
Tidal Whale's U-555 <TWU>
Cinder Mussel's Boiler Room <CMBR>
Beryl's Zone <BZ>
Templar's Quarters <TQ>
Blitz Crane's Perch
Gamble Lynx's Quarters <GLQ>
Fencer Naiad's Sanctum <FNS>
Blitzkrieg Bat's Place <BP>
Inferno's Room <IR>
Silver Mane's Territory <SMT>
Tai's Abode

Obvious exits:
<L2H> leads to Level 2 Hallway.
You enter the Level 2 Hallway.
Level 2 Hallway

Like the Hallway below it, the Level 2 Hallway is nothing spectacular. A wide passageway to get where you need, there is a moving walkway to one side, smooth metallic floors to the other. This level has glowing yellow neon tubes down the side, even with the doorways tips.

Obvious exits:
<OQ> leads to Officer's Quarters - RHQ.
<RR> leads to Recreation Room - RHQ.
<BF> leads to Barracks Floor - RHQ.
<TL> leads to Turbolift - RHQ.
You enter the Turbolift - RHQ.
Turbolift - RHQ

This is infact just one of several wide Turbolifts in RHQ. Each one is identical, serving to transport rapidly multiple people. The turbolift is a wide rectangle with smooth metal floors, similar walls, and a sliding golden door with the Repliforce logo on it. To the side of the door is a control panel, where riders designate their desired stops.

Anthem [Uniform] [RF]

Obvious exits:
<S2> leads to Sub-Level 2 Hallway.
<S1> leads to Sub-Level 1 Hallway.
<L3> leads to Level 3 Hallway.
<L2> leads to Level 2 Hallway.
<L1> leads to Level 1 Hallway - RHQ.
You enter the Sub-Level 2 Hallway.
Sub-Level 2 Hallway

The Sub-Level 2 Hallway is exactly like the Sub-Level 1 Hallway. Its long and wide, with a high ceiling. The walls are metallic, just like the floor. Other then that, there's nothing but doors and glowing yellow lights on the ceiling.

Obvious exits:
Southeast <SE> leads to Teleport Chamber--Repliforce Base.
<TF> leads to Training Facility - RHQ.
<HB> leads to Hangar Bay - RHQ.
<DC> leads to Detention Center - RHQ.
<TL> leads to Turbolift - RHQ.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Flare Feline transmits: 'Roger.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Skyblade Eagle transmits: 'On my way..'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Razor Pterodactyl transmits: 'I copy that'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Anthem transmits: 'I repeat <OOC: For all the people intercepting this>, all available Repliforce units, move to Arctic site for the final phase of action.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Flare Feline transmits: 'Is there a transport going to the North Pole?'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Anthem transmits: 'Hrm. A transport would be a good thing. Somebody start up the Cow, load people and move it out.'.

You enter the Hangar Bay - RHQ.
Hangar Bay - RHQ(#2105RntFJ)

The Repliforce Hangar Bay is a massive complex, taking up the majority of the level 2 Sub-Level. Sprawling and massive, it is a giant rectangle. The floor is lined in reds and yellows, to mark various parking areas, service stations, and what have you. Blue lights hang from the ceiling, with yellow neon tubelights attached to the walls. In emergency, the blue lights will turn to red for a Red Alert, yellow for a Yellow Alert, and Green for a regular launch. The floor is metallic, but an offbeat grey and blue combination. To one side of the Hangar are the various Ride Armor pods, with rampways and technicians constantly working on them. To the other side are various vehicles, such as Storm Owl's Air Platform. Craft exit the Hangar not through an opening to the sky, but through what appears to be a set of flashing green tubes, which apparently propel the craft below Repliforce HQ, to somewhere more accustomable to launch or deploy.

Repliforce Dropship <Falconis> [RF]
Ride Armor Crates
Repliforce Ride Armor <Kangaroo> [RF]
Repliforce Submergable Hovercraft <Barracuda> [RF]
Repliforce Hoverbike <Alpha> [RF]
Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow> [RF]
Repliforce Attack Hoverbike <Gamma> [RF]
Ride Armor Recharge Chamber <RARC>

Obvious exits:
Exit Tunnel 4 <ET4> leads to Sky Above Eastern United States.
Exit Tunnel 3 <ET3> leads to Western Atlantic Ocean.
Exit Tunnel 2 <ET2> leads to New York - Western Residential.
Exit Tunnel 1 <ET1> leads to New England.
<DC> leads to Detention Center - RHQ.
<S2H> leads to Sub-Level 2 Hallway.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Colonel transmits: 'Iris and I will deploy the Cow, Sergeant. Go ahead in the Stalwart.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Phoebus transmits: 'Yes sir.'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> has arrived.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> vrooms towards Exit Tunnel 4.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> enters the Western Atlantic Ocean.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> has left.

Colonel arrives from the Sub-Level 2 Hallway.

Colonel has arrived.

Iris arrives from the Sub-Level 2 Hallway.

Iris has arrived.

Colonel heads into the Cow, powering it for takeoff as he does so. "..haven't used an aircraft in a while.."

Colonel has left.

Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow>

======================== Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow> ========================

A cargo bay big enough to put a football field inside of, and them some. The plane itself has several floors inside as well, but they all carry the same curious motif: white and black splotches. This strange painting pattern covers the walls, ceiling, and even the steel-grating floors. Even much of the seating is covered in cloth matching the pattern. The decorator must have had a thing for bovines.

The plane has a lot of room for cargo, having nearly the square footage in the primary hold to cover a football field, with at least fifty yards of height. It even seems sturdy enough to enclose the General, Guardian Mobius, or even both at the same time.

====================== Type 'vhelp' for a command list. ======================
Contents:
Iris
Colonel

Flare Feline enters the Cow, looking a bit nervous and unsure. He salutes to the Colonel and Iris "Sir. Will I be taking this transport to the North Pole also?"

Iris makes funny little 'moo' sounds, when she thinks her brother isn't looking. Then she looks all serious, choosing a seat and securely strapping herself into it.

Colonel takes control, adjusting the seat.. ALOT. "..ahem.." he says, before nodding. "If you wish, Private." he says, as he takes a seat, and powers up the thrusters, and taxis into a launch area.

Flare Feline takes a seat as well, still a bit nervous, not wanting to look bad in front of the Colonel or Iris.

Iris gives Flare a reassuring grin, and a thumbs-up.

"..hold on." It's the only command Colonel gives as he gets clearance, and thrusts upward, launching the plane into the sky, lunging upwards like a pregnant albatross as it does so, the Cow worbbling and bouncing.

Outside> You enter the Sky Above Eastern United States.
Outside> Sky Above Eastern United States
Outside>
Above the Eastern part of the United Sates of America, the heavens of Earth reach about here to different areas of the United States. The Midwest, The Eastern Seaboard. More clouds drift on by following the local weather patterns. It's quiet up here somewhat peaceful as you can feel the hustle and bustle from below and smell the pollution that is being pumped into the sky above from the lands below. Yet it's better up here than down there, for now.

Outside>

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> Down <GOM> leads to Gulf of Mexico.
Outside> Down <NEW> leads to New England.
Outside> Down <MW> leads to Midwest.
Outside> Down <AS> leads to Appalachian States.
Outside> Down <ES> leads to Eastern Seaboard.
Outside> Down <LA> leads to Louisiana.
Outside> Down <F> leads to Florida.
Outside> Southeast <SE> leads to Sky Above Caribbean Sea.
Outside> East <E> leads to Sky Above North Atlantic.
Outside> North <N> leads to Sky Above Eastern Canada.
Outside> West <W> leads to Sky Above Western United States.
Outside> South <S> leads to Sky Above Mexico.
Outside> Up <U> leads to Sky Above North America.

Iris says, "Brother, I think you're going to give this Cow a bout of indigestion!"

Flare Feline grins back at Iris, then braces himslef as the bumpy ride commences

Colonel says, "You could always get out and walk, sister.." he says with a smirk, as he rolls the plane over, and rises into the night sky, bouncing and bounding through the turbulence, the large aircraft seeming to drop like a stone, before rising up again. "..a little bit of turbulence tonight."

Flare Feline turns to Iris "Umm.. so what is the exact plan anyway? I'm not too sure on the details."

Outside> You enter the Sky Above North America.
Outside> Sky Above North America
Outside>
As you descend towards the Earth's surface, the continent of North America grows gradually larger as soon you're able to spot the vast mountain ranges of the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains as well as see all of the vast forests and un-civilized lands in what would be Canada and Mexico.

Outside>

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> Down <CA> leads to Sky Above Central America.
Outside> Down <MEX> leads to Sky Above Mexico.
Outside> Down <EUS> leads to Sky Above Eastern United States.
Outside> Down <WUS> leads to Sky Above Western United States.
Outside> Down <WC> leads to Sky Above Western Canada.
Outside> Down <EC> leads to Sky Above Eastern Canada.
Outside> Up <U> leads to Sky Above Western Hemisphere.
Outside> Southwest <SW> leads to Sky Above Oceania.
Outside> South <S> leads to Sky Above South America.
Outside> East <E> leads to Sky Above Europe.
Outside> West <W> leads to Sky Above Asia.
Outside> North <N> leads to Sky Above North Pole.

Iris chuckles. "Shut up, if I wasn't totally airsick, I'd give you a poke for that smart remark," she says playfully. Though her tone is light, she's still clinging for dear life to the seat. "The plan, Flare, is to send those other-dimension visitors right back where they belong."

Outside> Shadow Raven arrives from the Sky Above Eastern United States.
Outside> [OOC] Shadow Raven oooooooOOOOOOOooohs
Outside> Shadow Raven enters the Sky Above North Pole.

Flare Feline nods "I see, are we expecting a lot of trouble from Wily and the Robot Masters? I'd expect that Quint doesn't want to return without a fight."

Colonel turning the plane north, Colonel finally reaches some not so turbulent air, the plane bouncing only on occassion, the drumming of the engines filling the cavernous aircraft.

Iris says, "You never know what's going to happen. We have to be prepared for anything."

You say, "I guess you're right. Though if I had to put money on it, I'd say that Dr. Wily is going to raise a big fuss.""

Iris says, "Oh, he -is- a big fuss. If he shows up we'll deal with him."

You say, "Right" Flare chuckles "We will."

Colonel continues to pilot the plane. "..indeed." Colonel remarks. Our objective is to force the alternate Quint back into his home world.

Outside> You enter the Sky Above North Pole.
Outside> Sky Above North Pole
Outside>
Clouds are rare in the air above the frozen northern ice cap. Only a few cirrius puffs float far, far above most of the time. Sometimes hovercraft or airplanes come through, ferrying supplies to research stations in the icy lands below, but they are few and far between. Normally this portion of the skies is quiet as a tomb and incredibly cold.

Outside>

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> South <S4> leads to Sky Above Oceania.
Outside> Down <AO> leads to Arctic Ocean.
Outside> Down <I> leads to Arctic Ice Floes.
Outside> South 3 <S3> leads to Sky Above Europe.
Outside> South 2 <S2> leads to Sky Above North America.
Outside> South 1 <S1> leads to Sky Above Asia.
Outside> Down <NP> leads to North Pole.
Outside> You gaze towards Arctic Ocean...
Outside>
The waters in this chilly ocean are quite truly freezing, only the salt impurity of the water keeping it from turning to ice. Huge icebergs which have broken off from the glaciers of even further north drift through here from time to time, the only noticeable features for miles and miles. Ships in this area are rare, tending to keep to the warmer and more hospitable waters to the south.

Outside>

Outside> You gaze towards Arctic Ice Floes...
Outside>
Barren glacial wastes mark the icy expanses of the Arctic, where the sun shines for days on end, and night lasts for weeks. Here the ice covers the oceans in most places, making sea travel an impossibity. Few creatures live on the ice floes, but here and there a laboratory complex will mark the residences of human and android scientist. The ice covers nearly everything, and the Aurora Borelias streaks across the dark skies at night, the lights of cities nonexistant here. It is quiet, peaceful, and above all, cold.

Outside> You enter the North Pole.
Outside> North Pole
Outside>
The northernmost place on the earth, this is where all magnets point naturally. Home of Santa Claus, Saint Nick or what have you. Arctic winds swirl and howl endlessly and the cold temperature is relentless. All sorts of animals dwell here, although the place is so big, it is rare to catch a glimpse of them. It's best not to stand in one place for too long, because it doesn't take long to get frost bite.. in the great white north.

Outside> Shadow Raven [RF]
Anthem [Command Armor] [RF]
Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> [RF]
Skyblade Eagle [RF]
Razor Pterodactyl [RF]
Whipcrack Octopus [RF]
Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> [M]
Ayla Ericson [C]
[Stealthed] Musica Airship <Orchestra> [C]

Outside> Obvious exits:
Outside> South <S> leads to Arctic Ice Floes.
Outside> Up <U> leads to Sky Above North Pole.

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl nods to Anthem respectfully. "Well ma'am... if you ask me, there are only five responses someone like me can give to the likes of Colonel. Yes sir. No sir. No excuse sir. Sir, may I ask a question. And Sir, may I make a statement. And I don't think that anything I could ask or state would have any effect on the outcome." Why on earth he has chosen to hold this speech to another high-ranking officer he hasn't even spoken to before? Who knows?
(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: '*in a good mood* Sergeant Ocelot...reportin' fuh duty.'.

Iris begins to shiver a little bit. She pulls on a red fur parka that she's brought with her, not accustomed to the air temperature being so cold. While she doesn't require the temperature to be a certain level, she's sensitive to it when it rises or falls below certain parameters.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Ah needed fuh anyting immediately?'.

Outside> Anthem chuckles at Razor. "You learn pretty quick. And to be honest, I can't make that many responses to him that're outside what you just said. Welcome to the army. See the world. Get shot at by new and interesting people. Avoid daily annihilation of all reality for a half-decent paychcek."

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Anthem transmits: 'Gimme a broadband check, payin' extra attention to Robot Master frequencies.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'On it.'.

Outside> Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow> comes floating down, bouncing slightly as it reenters the turbulence, dropping like a stone, as the plane rises back up again. Someone should tell the Cow that it's not supposed to fly. Inside the plane, Colonel comments. "This is your pilot, Colonel, and welcome to the North Pole.. please be sure your fuel is properly rated for extreme cold weather, and prepare for landing." The 'Fasten Seat Belts' light comes on, as the Cow drops down, lowering skis to land in the snow, shuddering and shaking like a crane caught in a monsoon, fighting maintain direction. Then it touches down, throwing up a roostertail of show and ice as the emergency thrust is applied, and it skids past the construction site, spraying the other present with a fine mist of snow and ice.

Outside> Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> settles on some icey area.

Iris says, "We didn't even get an in-flight snack! No movie, either..."

Outside> Razor Pterodactyl grins, though it may not be all that visible... beak and all. "Glad to be on board. Those are the reasons I joined. I just don't remember 'face the chilling cold of the frozen arctic wasteland' being a part of the job description."

Outside> Ayla Ericson shrugs, holding up one of the specialized darts. "Any long distance weapon," she answers. "Railgun, rifle, modified pistol in a pinch... I tried to make them fit into most weapons. Not every one out there though, unfortunately." Her black 'bot beeps a faint warning as the Cow lands, narrowing its optics as a mini shower of snow and ice falls from the sky. "I'll track the darts used through my computer. Then when one lands on someone who needs to leave this time, I'll activate that lone dart. Hopefully it'll cut down on accidental shots and misfires." The blonde teen looks up at the falling snow and grins faintly as she raises up a gloved palm. "Looks like we've got more company."

Flare Feline shrugs "Well, most inflight movies and meals aren't very good anyway, I don't think we would have missed much."

Outside>
Whipcrack is sprayed with snow, but ignores it -- most of it hits his dorsal area, where it sloughs off of his protective anti-moisture paint coating. "Yes, it seems that most of our support has arrived," he says to her. "It won't be long now. We're probably going to see some action."

Colonel says, "Blame the stewardess strike, Iris." he comments, as he lowers the backdeck. "We're here. Everyone out."

Iris accompanies her brother toward the exit, staying close to his side...she looks like a little red eskimo in the fur parka she's wearing.

Flare Feline stands up and walks to the exit of the craft. He is particularly sensitive to low temperatures, so he puts his hands together for a moment, and a red aura forms around them, and soon covers his whole body. "There" he sighs "That's better."

North Pole

The northernmost place on the earth, this is where all magnets point naturally. Home of Santa Claus, Saint Nick or what have you. Arctic winds swirl and howl endlessly and the cold temperature is relentless. All sorts of animals dwell here, although the place is so big, it is rare to catch a glimpse of them. It's best not to stand in one place for too long, because it doesn't take long to get frost bite.. in the great white north.

Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow> [RF]
Shadow Raven [RF]
Anthem [Command Armor] [RF]
Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> [RF]
Skyblade Eagle [RF]
Razor Pterodactyl [RF]
Whipcrack Octopus [RF]
Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> [M]
Ayla Ericson [C]
[Stealthed] Musica Airship <Orchestra> [C]

Obvious exits:
South <S> leads to Arctic Ice Floes.
Up <U> leads to Sky Above North Pole.

Colonel has arrived.

Iris has arrived.

Iris emerges from the Cow transport, accompanying her brother closely. She's all bundled up in a red fur parka...thankfully, there's no PETA supporters this far north to throw bloody meat at her.

Flare Feline leaves the Cow following Iris and the Colonel, he is covered by a glowing red aura, a variation of his weapon he is using to keep himself warm, cold is not his friend.

Skyblade Eagle flaps in through the area, "I hate ice...I hate ice...I really hate ice.." She mutters to herself as she flies in...

Razor Pterodactyl acks, and ignites his thrusters, remaining hovering in the air. As anyone who would look at Razor's previous position would notice, he was beginning to sink into the snow. Apparently, he is emitting a fair bit of outward heat. He sighs, and comments only with, "Well, that's inconvenient."
Colonel isn't bundled. He's able to handle this like he can the cold of dead space. He approaches Anthem, and snorts, a small puff of steam leaving his frame. "..so, your coffee freeze up in the weather yet, Command Major?"

Ayla Ericson sighs softly, her shoulders drooping a bit under the thick parka. "I know. Take cover somewhere safe and stay out of the action," she says with a faint grumble, lowering the dart and placing it in a case with the others. Seems like she's heard this before. "Don't get hurt and don't get in the way either."

Whipcrack is not bundled either; his insulation is internal and can cope with the polar environment well enough. "It's for our protection, ma'am," Whipcrack says to her, looking to Colonel and Iris. He pauses a moment to turn fully, salute, and state, "The portal is nearly operational, sir," to Colonel.

Anthem lacks the bundling, as Colonel does. She's covered in ice and snow, though, largely the result of Wave Dingo repeatedly shaking himself off on her. "Freeze up, sir? Heck no." She glances at her thermos, which is closed. "...Though I'll admit I don't think I could really tell if it *did* freeze..."

Colonel smirks slightly. "Indeed, I'll keep that in mind if the fuel on the Cow freezes. How goes the Bridgelayer?" he asks, as he returns all salutes with one of his own.

Skyblade Eagle lands, and huddles up, wrapping her wings around herself, "I still really hate cold...I hate it sooo much.." She shivers a bit..

Anthem grunts, and motions at the Stargate-like portal with a thumb. "Ask the octopus and the child. I can't unerstand a damn bit of what they're saying." She motions at Wave, who tosses her a duffel bag. "I'm ready to go whenever, though."

Flare Feline just walks around, rather quickly so he won't sink into the snow, looking for some solid ground. Once finding some, he just stands and waits for whatever is planned to happen to happen.

"Work is almost completed on the Bridgelayer, sir," Whipcrack responds. "It will be online shortly after the final diagnostics are run. Miss Erikson and I have also prepared a contingency plan in case of unwilling transportees which we believe will be singularly effective and safe for all universes involved."

Razor Pterodactyl flies towards Skyblade. She can probably feel a bit of warmth emanating from his body. "I fully share your sentiment... I could crank up the heat a bit if you like.", he offers.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> just sits there... happily... what could possibly be going inside? REVOLUTION! MAHHWHAHAHA

Skyblade Eagle looks at Razor, "Only if you're God and can crank up the heat of the planet a few dozen degrees..." She shakes her head, "I'd rather be back in Cairo...How come the Mavericks had to beat us for there to build the Stargate?"

Anthem receives a radio transmission from Broadcast Ocelot.

Iris asks Whipcrack and Ayla, "Will you need any additional assistance?"

Anthem sends a radio transmission to Broadcast Ocelot.

Ayla Ericson waves a gloved hand towards Iris. "Hi," she replies with her usual cheerfulness. She is, of course, bundled up to her eyes since her skin wouldn't do so well if it's frostbitten three times over. The assistbot chirps a greeting to the other Repliforcers in the area as well. "Our secondary plan is to use specialized darts that both Private Octopus and I made. Inside each one is a homing device, which allows us to selectively active the darts imbedded into the proper targets."

Razor Pterodactyl chuckles. "Yes, most unfortunate... I don't care if we built this thing in our own backyard, any place would have been better than here..." He increases the heat output of his body a couple of notches. Definately not enough to make anyone but him feel actually warm, he's more like a flying campfire now in terms of heat output.

Anthem receives a radio transmission.

[OOC] Flare Feline chucks snowballs at Razor :)

Skyblade Eagle shivers a bit more, "Damnit, I was built to fly in tropical conditions, not this.." She mutters, "If my wings ice over again, I swear.." She mutters, shaking her wings a bit out of reflex..

[OOC] Razor Pterodactyl Inferno Discs Flare. "Don't do that." ;)

Anthem grunts. "You know what I mean." She holds up a hand at Colonel's face. "Don't give me lip. It's not a threat to things, because Quint still has a wristband, and Wily'll make more to keep his own butt intact. I can do a lot of good there - I can stop Vava from becoming Vile. Hell, I can stop the whole damn Maverick revolution from happening. This'll save tens of millions of lives."

Colonel shakes his head. "I will not allow it, Anthem." he states, simply. "As it was pointed out to us, if those bands rupture, they can destroy the fabric of reality.. if that can happen here, what makes you think it will not happen there."

Razor Pterodactyl regards Skyblade curiously for a moment. "You know, we seem to be alike in many ways. Both originally designed for tropical conditions, and I've heard that you, like me, are equipped with razor-bladed disc weapons. Makes me wonder if my creator ripped off a popular design, or something."

Phoebus yawns a bit... looks like this will be a quiet day after all.

Skyblade Eagle grins a bit at Razor, "Nah. Not a popular design. Just the best." She pokes him lightly in the chest, "Other than freezing to death, how have you been holding out?"

Anthem isn't so easilly diverted. "And you're tellin' me that the other Wily won't manufacture them by the bucket, to keep things from going wrong? If the other one's got half the sense of self-preservation ours does, those bands will be the next big thing in jewelery in the fall."

Razor Pterodactyl instinctively backs away a bit as he's poked, being deathly afraid of hurting anyone with that overly sharp body of his. He shrugs. "Ah... well, you know, the usual... hanging out in the Atrium, blasting some Mavericks every now and then, getting restricted to light duty because of psychological problems..." o O(...now I'm certain that WASN'T what I was going to say...)

Colonel shakes his head. "I understand your concern, but you know as well as I do that you are not crossing over just to stop Doctor Wily, and that you are allowing your feelings for Vava to interfer with your judgement." There's a grunt, and he shakes his head. "I am sorry, you are not allowed to leave this dimension, and when we are done with this portal, we will find some way to lock out it's frequency so that this is not repeated."

Skyblade Eagle blinks, and arches a brow, "Excuse me?" .o(What, does everyone have mental problems lately? I swear I'm the only sane person in Repliforce anymore...)

Iris listens quietly, but she sincerely doubts in her mind that Anthem is going to be very easily convinced.

Anthem snarls at Colonel for a moment. "You are *such* a f..." She stops mid-word, and takes a deep breath. "....Yes sir." Anthem, though, is obviously smouldering.

Reporto has arrived.

Reporto drops Reporto's Camera <RC>.

Razor Pterodactyl puts a hand on the back of his head. "Erm... I didn't just say what I think I said, right? ...anyway, forget it. I'm over it now. Really."

The Camera turns on.

The sound of little helicopter blades hums over the ice. It's there just long enough for the gathered Repliforcers to turn and look, before a squaky voice rings out. "This is Reporto, bringing the news to you *LIVE* from the Arctic Circle, courtesy of GNN! One of our informants tipped us off to a massive movement of Repliforce troops to this location, and as always, we are bringing you exclusive, as-it-develops coverage of the situation! Let's zoom in now!"

Skyblade Eagle shakes her head, "Razor, I'm your division's XO. I need to know these things. What's wrong?"

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> swerves a bit, the main weapon of the tank pointing towards Reporto...and then Phoebus realizes it's just Jimmy and thus swerves the weapon back around...Phoebus is smouldering inside the tank...grr...dumb reporter type people.

Ayla Ericson clears her throat faintly as she takes a step towards the higher-ups. "Ma'am, I wouldn't suggest that," she says to Anthem. "Since we've installed a one-way shield on the Gate. Whoever goes through will be unable to pass back into this timeline. Hence the creation of these unique darts." The teen holds up a slim box made of clear plastic. At least two dozen metal objects can be seen within. Her assistbot makes a persistent beep as the announcement comes from the helicopter above. "Media," the teen sighs softly.
Iris smiles at the sight of cameras. She looks almost like a little movie star, in her red fur parka. "Oh, media!"

Announcement: Libra shouts, "For those of you not on Live News - Reporto just told the entire world that Repliforce has a big intradimensional portal sitting at the North Pole. :) Pssst. This is the cue to do something about it."

Ayla Ericson has reconnected.

Ayla Ericson has partially disconnected.

Skyblade Eagle has disconnected.

Skyblade Eagle has connected.

Colonel grunts. "..yes.. Anthem, I am. A grade A, government built and certified, one-hundred percent -bastard-. And you still are not going through that gate.. for the reasons that Ayla said.." he suddenly pauses, swallowing abit, "My apologies for the foul language.." Then he blinks at Ayla, glancing up at the camera. "..someone get that press bot outta here, this is a military operation, not a circus sideshow!"

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Ten transmits: '*Yawn* I just reactivated. What's going on?'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Flare Feline transmits: 'We're all freezing our afts off in the North Pole it seems'.

Razor Pterodactyl sighs deeply, and lowers his head. "I... I really can't. Talking about this the first time was hard enough for me. I've discussed the matter with Hurricane Hawk. I think he would be better able to explain this without getting all emotional."

Anthem half-opens her yap to complain again, but is fortunately distracted by a little flying reporter with a camera. "Oh, you've got to be freakin' *kidding* me. Somebody get rid of him already!"

Whipcrack Octopus is standing near a large upright circular structure, making some adjustments to it. He glances at the flying news drone for a second before continuing his work, checking various things with his numerous tentacles.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Ah see. Finally, some radio chatter.'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> pauses...for a brief moment...and then aims the main weapon once more at Reporto.

Colonel receives a radio transmission from Ten.

Reporto receives a radio transmission.

Skyblade Eagle nods, "I will." She turns her head towards Anthem and Colonel, "On it." Her wings spread wide, ice crystals falling off as she takes off into the air, headding up towards Reporto's position..

Colonel ahems. "Isn't that -your- duty, Command Major.." Anything to keep her from all this crazy talk of doing the stray puppy routine with Vava. 'Hey, alt-Kelly McLaren, look who I brought home, can I keep her?!'

Flare Feline is pacing back and forth, the red aura is still around him, keeping him from freezing, he looks a little antsy, muttering "Cold is bad, cold is bad, cold is bad."

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'But strange. Somebody still missin'. Oh yeah...Masters still quiet.'.

Anthem snorts frost at Colonel. "Do I look like I fly, mmm?" She pops out a pair of little skis on the bottoms of her feet, and takes off after Reporto. "Get back here, you little !*$#er! I'll skin you alive, even if I've gotta staple actual skin to ya first!"

(Ch. D [Public]) Guts Man transmits: 'Hehehehehehe!!!'.

Iris gasps!

(Ch. D [Public]) Psych Mosquito transmits: 'How utterly irrelevent.'.

Ayla Ericson blinks her eyes. Foul language? What foul language? Considering she's heard a choice selection as her 'other' self. "No problem, sir," she replies as she slips the box out of sight. Okay, so her foul vocabulary is becoming extensive as a human as well.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Spoke too soon.'.

Reporto swoops in low, camera still running. "And this is a close-up of the strange portal that Repliforce seems to have constructed in the middle of nowhere - and this is a close-up of the Repliforce bird that's currently acting as an air-to-air interceptor to stop me..." He zooms in *real* close on Skyblade's face. "...Uh oh. Time to get outta here!"

Dark Necrobat arrives from the Sky Above North Pole.

Dark Necrobat has arrived.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> still has the guns pointed to reporto... deciding that 20 seconds will be enough time to let him leave before blowing him away.

Razor Pterodactyl looks up and follows Skyblade's every move, his exceptional sight enabling him to see every detail of what's going on up there.

Iris looks over at her brother, trying to get his attention. "Brother...the Masters have deployed, they're en route," she says.

Ion Wolf arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Ion Wolf has arrived.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Colonel transmits: 'Heads up, Repliforce, Sergeant Iris says we have enemy forces inbound. All units prepare and deploy.. forget about Reporto for now.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Masters scramblin' everybody they can fuh de party. Includin' Zero Omega.'.

Skyblade Eagle spots Anthem, but since she can actualy fly...She ponders two things. She can say either 'This is restricted airspace, and you need to leave.' or she can say 'Get the f*^# out of here before I clip your damn wings!'. She decides, however, to go with the a mixture, "This is restricted Repliforce airspace! You need to back your aft out of this area right now, or you don't wanna know what'll happen."

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'An' ah figure de Mavericks are doin' de same.'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> stops aiming for Reporto and swerves around, looking for Guts Man, Bass, and Wily.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Chi transmits: 'I am on route. If required, Colonel, I may request permission for.. extreme measures.'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Colonel transmits: 'Is Ten with you?'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'I need a drop.'.

Ten arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Ten has arrived.

Whipcrack moves his tentacles over some last components, then steps back. The portal's systems begin to light up, preparing to open the rift. Whipcrack takes a modular console off the portal and begins to carry it back towards a fortification, walking at a calm but brisk pace.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Hyper Roll transmits: 'Do you require any assistance with whatever is going on?'.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Chi transmits: 'She should be arriving there shortly.'.

Whipcrack Octopus sends a radio transmission to Colonel.

Colonel receives a radio transmission.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: 'Hunters, this is Repliforce Command, currently on stand-by at the Bridgelayer at the following coordinates. 5 degrees North, by 10 degrees west (dead near the North Pole) we are expecting an attack by a large Maverick and Master contingent soon, request assistance immediately.'.

Chi arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Chi has arrived.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Phoebus transmits: '...Maverick too? ....'.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Hyper Roll transmits: 'We're coming as fast as we can mobilize.'.

Maverick Ride Armor <Piranha> arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Maverick Ride Armor <Piranha> has arrived.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Ok. Wily himself is gonna show up.'.

Ayla Ericson sends a radio transmission.

Colonel receives a radio transmission.

Broadcast Ocelot has arrived.

Broadcast Ocelot stalks into the area, tail swishing from side to side.

Ayla Ericson speaks into her radio as she jogs for cover. Under one arm is a concealed case, while a backpack is strapped to her back. She appears to be heading for the same fortification as Whipcrack Octopus.

Ten comes flying as fast as she can. "Oh great, I overslept!" She breathes a sigh of relif when she sees that no trouble has started yet. "Whew! At least I'm fashionably late. For me, no other kind of late will do!" She smiles in spite of everything as she closes the distance to the site.

Shadow Raven has left.

Chi more or less just appears, not anywhere near as fast as his flying sister, Ten, but still moving at a good speed in the same direction. He snorts as he runs, cold air being breathed already without it being a true form of assault. That may eliminate some of his forms of assault, but there are many more in the end. Masamune clicks against the back of him as he moves, blade ice-cold yet no doubt still ready for the incoming assault.

Ion Wolf follows suit, turqoise eyes frosted by the chill arctic winds skimming the area as internal sensors compensate for the cold. He wears a stoic and immoveably solid expression, locked into the mindset of a soldier. Initiated weapon systems arm his gauntlets with twenty four inch blades of hissing electricity.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: 'Ok, speak up.. who has the best rifle skills on channel?'.

Stealth Transport arrives from the Sky Above North Pole.

Stealth Transport has arrived.

Maverick Ride Armor <Piranha> floats around at the bottom of the sea, far out of range of any detectors posessed by the Repliforce. Waiting, for now, and watching, hiding beneath the ice floes of the North Pole. He was in no position to make action, and would be best off not to. But soon.

Iris remains standing near her brother. If all hell breaks loose, she doesn't want to be far from him.

Maverick Hunter Recon Vehicle <Phantom> arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Maverick Hunter Recon Vehicle <Phantom> has arrived.

As Whipcrack places the final touches onto the test run of the Portal, the massive cobalt armour that everyone knows as the Goliath makes its way steadily out of the Repliforce Encampment, and for the gigantic portals perimeter. Its steps are heavy, and powerful, each impact of the armour sending mild tremors through the frosty Artic surface, while the barbed footings dig into the ice like a pair of ice climbing boots. Over a relatively small glacier, and into the valley the Portal is flickering within comes the Goliath, motors making the trademark *whoom-chump* noise with each pumping of its pistons.

Situated atop of the Goliath is a less familiar sight, but one that is growing moreso. It is Vava, the robot who never dreamed of much, let alone Dimensional travel, but here he is, an entire organization pooling its resources to send him home because he may invariably cause all realities to crumble just for breathing. Of note, Vava's armor is near identical to his counterpart - Vava's, only it is a stark ivory shade. Usually without his helm, today Vava adorns himself with the infamous helm, white with a golden trim, as a pair of indigo optics shimmer from within its shadowy recesses. With growing ease, he pilots the Goliath towards his doorway back home.

Meanwhile, somewhere over the ice, a faint flicker in the air and a soft, almost imperceptible hum of engines announces the arrival of another group of forces, as it smoothly accelerates along the ice, making for the location of Reporto's transmissions.

Gee... It looks like everyone is coming to visit Santa Claus tonight. Maybe for once he'll have to break out the Milk and Cookie for visitors for once...

But then again maybe not. After all like any good fairfolk, the jolly old elf knows exactly when to hide...

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Aight. More info on Master strategy.'.

Realizing that things are starting to begin, Flare Feline keeps his focus sharp, and stays within the vinicity of the Colonel, Iris and the rest of the Repliforcers, an apparent look of distaste due to the cold is still on his face.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Broadcast Ocelot transmits: 'Seems their plan is tuh have two of their femmes secure de gate while de rest a dem hold us back.'.

Coming across the skies, under radar level is a dark shape. Carefully, he lands on a larget floe a few-hundred feet away from the scene. The curious bat's got a plan tonight, in light of his newfound freedom. He's been hearing things, and has decided to take matters into his own hands. And so he waits, hiding in the desert of ice.

Maverick Hunter Recon Vehicle <Phantom> deactivates its stealth mode.

Ten arrives, but begins to hover rather than land. Her mastery of fire prevents her from getting too cold, but she tries to stay away from any ice lest it melt and turn into something that she fears. She looks around to try to figure out what is going on. "Gee, this looks like it will be quite a party!"

Colonel draws his sabre, staying close to his sister. "If the Mavericks attack, prepare to get out of here.." He looks over, and calls out, "Miss Ericson, I'd suggest you take shelter in the heavy armor of the Cow!"

Whipcrack darts into a fortified and camoflaged bunker about 100 meters away from the portal itself, out of the way of the most easily accessable entry point -- and away from where the battle for this portal will most likely take place. Once Ayla is inside as well, he seals it up and puts the platoon of Repliforce troopers around it on the defensive while he begins running final system diagnostics.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'We're about to go, how are things down there Right now?'.

And yet, still meanwhile, from farther up in the air than most normal people would consider traveling, another vehicle appears heading towards the coordinates that were not to long ago given to the Maverick Hunters.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: 'Still looking for a sharpshooter to tag the target of this hunt."'.

Broadcast Ocelot is freezing his aft off... oO(Damn frickin' cold weather. Why dey couldn't do this somewhere warm?)Oo Yet, the ocelot tries his best not to let his joints or communications circuitry freeze up... oO(Where's Ten when you need a fire?)Oo

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Stalker Tiger transmits: 'I can try. I'm a pretty good shot Colonel.'.

Iris sighs, reluctant to leave her brother out here for the inevitable battle for control of this portal. She wants to stay near him for as long as possible.

Ten looks about for Broadcast Ocelot, and spots him. she quickly flies over to him and begins slowly flapping her wings to hover nearby a short distance off of the ground while she talks to him. "Broadcast, keep watch on the portal. Don't let our enemies get to it without being seen. Inform us if you spot anything."

Colonel starts giving an order. "Ten, Chi, prepare to merge into Guardian Mobius if needed." he continues to give orders. "Vava, as much as you are ready to go hoime, we may need you and the Goliath to help hold the line til we get the others back."

Colonel says quietly to Iris. "Is Vanguard prepared, if needed?"

Iris nods, gesturing to her necklace. "Right here."

Chi arrives a bit after his floating sister, armor heaving faintly as he breathes heavily, having just performed quite the jog. Not that he really has much need for breath, it's merely a bit of a programmed response to make him seem more.. non-alien. As the order is given, he turns his gaze skywards towards Ten.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Hyper Roll transmits: 'Is there a designated landing zone?'.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: 'Look for the Ten painted aircraft.'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> acts tanklike.

Reporto has left.

Broadcast Ocelot looks up as the tell-tale signs of Ten approaching him are noted... oO(Ah yes. Glorious heat...)Oo The ocelot nods, "Yes ma'am." oO(Just doh go too far away. The heat is niiiice...)Oo

Ayla Ericson looks around the bunker. "I think I'll go with Colonel's suggestion and run for the airship," she whispers quickly to Whipcrack Octopus. "You'll have a better viewpoint than I will. Take the darts and my computer. I can radio you with the instructions from the Cow. I should know my own programs, right?" The backpack is shrugged off before the teen heads back for the exit. "Mind if I borrow some of these guys?"

Chi's eyes narrow as he watches Broadcast Ocelot, near his sister, keeping a keen eye on his subordinates.

Skyblade Eagle runs Reporto off, and then comes back, wee..

Suddenly an area of the air seems to shimmer ABOVE the gate, a crackling hum filling the air as a haze shimmers in the air, then fades away..revealing the sleek and deadly curves of a night black stealth transport as it descends rapidly, retros firing with a roar as it drops to a hover. Thought he light seems absorbed by its black hull, one symbol stands out clearly...the Skull painted on the nosecone, the symbol of the Robot Masters! With a roar side doors open and Sniper Joes leap out, already opening fire on the Repliforce troops before the craft is even fully landed, attempting to take them by suprise!

Stealth Transport deactivates its stealth mode.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'Got it.'.

Maverick Hunter Recon Vehicle <Phantom> just continues its decent, doing a wide circle around the area looking for a ship. As it notices the ship in question, the recon vehicles slowly lowers itself untill its a few feet above the ice, before suddenlt shutting its enfines off. After all heat is a Bad Thing (TM) here since it can melt through the ice and there's nothing below the ice but ocean.

Whipcrack takes the items and signals for some of the gumbies to follow Ayla. "Acknowledged," he says, before retreating back into the bunker as the attack begins.

Hyper Roll has arrived.

Colonel glances up at the airborne assault, hearing something like 'Cob-ra.. Cob-ra.. Cob-ra..' in his ears. "Here they come!" Colonel yells, igniting his sabre. "Cut them down before they land." Yes, the Repliforce was ready for an assault from the sky. "Open fire!"

Quint-Sakugarne has arrived.

Ayla Ericson takes a few deep breaths. "Risky? Yes. Can I do it? Definitely," she says to herself before she takes off at a full out run. The troops keep pace with the teen easily, some returning the Master's fire while a few go down. She disappears into the interior of the Cow with her black assistbot.

Anthem has left.

Shadow Man has arrived.

Ten sees her brother. Cheerfully, she says to Broadcast, "Okay, I'm counting on you." Then she begins flying toward Chi, only a short distance off of the ground. Just then, the transport arrives. Ten hears the gunfire, and Colonel's shouting, and quickens her flight toward her brother, looking desperate. "Well, here we go!"

King has arrived.

Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> moves into the Portal Perimeter zone, the Goliaths steps coming at a steady pace. It veers off from the vortex of energy, to pace alongside it, the helm of its pilot twisting at the neck to regard the large device with a bit of awe. As Vava gapes, the Goliath moves up to the little triumvaret around Colonel, and somewhat -to- abruptly, stops, causing Vava to be shocked forward into the console slightly. Still inexperienced, afterall. Looming over the Repliforce XO, Vava's right hand releases one of the control sticks, and snaps up a salute to Colonel, "As you wish, Colonel-sir. But I should point out, once Quint and I are through, there is very little reason to continue to battle here. I shall do my best to expedite that matter, and save you the loss of personel and resources." Jaw setting, Vava's fingers flex slowly over the Goliath's controls, loosing his hands up for possible combat, as his helm swivels across the frosty surroundings. Idly, he muses to himself, "I have to wonder how such a reporter came across this classified facility. Fairly ingenious of him, to say the least. Alas, the innocents actions shall make this hard for us all. But, we shall stand tall." Just as Vava muses, the Master Transport comes into view. "And now, we will show our vigilance."

Guts Man has arrived.

Pirate Man has arrived.

Flare Feline eyes the sky, and readies himself to take on whatever Master or Maverick engages him.

Broadcast Ocelot just continues to take in whatever ambient heat from Ten that he can, without making it look too obvious. That is until those stupid Masters decide to attack and spoil his warming up. He acks and dives for cover in the snow, ruining any warmth he just felt... oO(Damn Masters...)Oo He then climbs back to his feet while making his way to the gate. He got his orders. Don't let anyone through.

"Talk about timing..." Hyper Roll can't help but state as she slips out of the Phantom, hearing the order for Repliforce to attack, rushing towards the portal.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Hyper Roll transmits: 'I'm here. ETA on the VTOL?'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> 's cannon thing moves a bit..

Eyes shimmer emerald fire as Ion fixes on the suddenly revealed enemy airship. A flicker of eagerness coiled around restraint rushes through them, and he remains fixed in his place, bracing against the coming battle. Sterling steel claws shift from outstretched to fists, betraying his restless fervor. A glance is cast over his comrades as he makes certain of their positions, and their own state of readiness, before his vigilance once more aspires to the shadow looming above.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'We'll be here in a moment.'.

Ayla Ericson initiates a gestalt merge.

Opera has arrived.
Ayla Ericson has left.

Iris hasn't been directly told to head back to the Cow, yet. So she stays put bravely next to her brother, dagger at the ready in case any Sniper Joes get close enough to get jabbed.

Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> arrives from the Sky Above North Pole.

Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> has arrived.

King dashes down the ramp of the transport, his grey cloak swirling behind him, the sunlight glinting off his golden armor as he charges forwards, his shield warding off the few bolts that are sent towards him from the troopers closest almost contemptuously. He twirls his axe, then raises it high, roaring out. "For Wily and victory! HAVOC!" A handful of Sniper Joes flank him, raising their shields to shield the forces behind them, snapping off quick shots at the Repliforce positions as King charges towards them, a blue flash coming from his chest as several pinwheels of azure energy shoot out to explode into the ice and snow in front of them.

Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> flies into the area.

Chi nods slowly towards his sister, turning his gaze towards the approaching troops. "Once more into the breach.." He mutters, for his sister's ears only, Masamune coming around the Minotaur's shoulders, the handle for his mighty halberd stretching out before him. "Let's deal with some of their lesser troops first, sister. Stay with me." Already he charges forward, straight towards the line of sniper joes, discharging blasts from his halberd in advance, not close enough for any actual chopping yet.

WilySaucer arrives from the Sky Above North Pole.

WilySaucer has arrived.

[OOC] Flare Feline shouts to the Wily Saucer "Do the brow! Do the brow!!" ^_^

Zero Omega has arrived.

Quint-Sakugarne hops down alongside King, mounting Sakugarne during the drop. He quickly pogos along the ice and through the snow towards his prize: the portal!

Shadow Man somersaults out of the transport, and then proceeds to do a few flips to dodge the blasts that would otherwise blast through his armor, because he doesn't really feel like having his armor his armor blasted at the moment. With a flash of blue light and a horrendous grating noise, three trademark Shadow Blades are generated from thin air, and thrown towards the low-level Repliforce resistance, that he might pick them off one by one...

Guts Man jumps out of the transports as his hardhat opens up to reveal a propeler. Guts Man slowly hovers down to the ground with style.

Ten quickly nods, although chi probably doesn't see it. "Right!" Ten follows her brother, still flying slightly off of the ground to avoid any ice. She does not draw her naginata. Instead, she opens the flame jets in her palms and begins sending small fireballs toward the joes. "Time to dispense some justice!"

Broadcast Ocelot holds his ground defending the portal. The cat has already powered up his sound generators and is ready to fire his ultra-low frequency sound vibrations in any direction towards the attackers. If they want this portal they have to get through him first... oO(Dammmit, it's cold!)Oo

Pirate Man quickly chases after King and the Joes, his one optic focuses on the objective but then looks around to see who is in the area but doesn't switch objectives as he follows King

As the first troopers land, the ice around them seems to open up, cracking wide, and swallows the Sniper Joes whole. The cause of this fissure is readily apparent as the Repliforce XO has slammed his sabre into the snow, and caused a tidal wave of ice, snow, and energy to hit the front line. "Our lines must remain static, Repliforce! We shall hold! All units.. ATTACK!"

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> starts shooting at joes...since I'm semi afk and PCs probably don't want to shoot at someone semi afk.

Dark Necrobat meanwhile has been creeping across his ice floe. There, he continues to hide, waiting for the battle to begin in enest. He's just a silent observer. For now.

Flare Feline draws his claws on the order to attack, and eyes the robot masters and mutters to himself "Alright, who's first?"

Ion Wolf stands utterly still, focused in place, a cocnrete barrier of mechanics and alloys. He seems an irrevokeable wall, set in place and unchangable, forever defying the scourge of Wily's robots. The incoming wave grows ever closer, the faces of his foes become more distinct and he can see the sterling shades of their eyes, the way the light reflects off of their cold-polished armour. Ion then throws both arms back as he arches his spine, thrusting out his chest and cocking his head back to the sky with a sudden, earth shattering scream, "GYAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!" His body flows over with a field of electricity as he then slumps down into attack position and charges at his enemies with a seemingly lightning speed, flurries of snow thrown up in his wake.

Hyper Roll changes direction midstride as she engages her dash jets, all the while her buster arm starts to power up while she glances at the incoming Master forces. "I hope the others get here soon.."

From the Cow steps out a large reploid. Black armour is edged with faint traces of silver, an axe hangs at its side, and it simply looks like a female Viking from time passed. "It was too good to be kept a secret," Opera comments as she strides towards the portal. Vava and Goliath get a quick and silent glimpse, but the Musica doesn't change her direction.

Razor Pterodactyl soars into action as the Joes start coming in, firing razor-bladed discs at them from the air. Since the fire of the Joes is concentrated on the ground forces, he doesn't face too much resistance from them at the moment. He's cocky enough to shout out to them, "Hey, up here, you morons!"

Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> circles in to land near the cow-painted ship.

Zero Omega steps out of the transport almost casually, ducking one shot before dropping sprinting off towards the side. She's not actually making an attempt to assault the portal, so much as keep moving and not be a target. At Colonel's trashing of a section of ice, she redirects herself, moving along the outskirts of the range of fire. . o O (She'll be here. She always shows up.)

Libra has arrived.

The Camera turns off.

It's more of a combined effort, the stamping hoofs of the Minotaur helping to add force to the tidal wave caused by the Colonel. Chi continues on regardless, charging right after the wave that heads towards the Robot Masters. He draws Masamune out in front of him, head bowing slightly as he more or less directs a train collision into the sniper joe forces, heedless of what damage is done to his frame as a result of his sacrifical move.

Libra takes Reporto's Camera <RC>.

Libra has left.

Quint-Sakugarne leaps over the risint tsunami of ice and snow Colonel makes, landing safely on the other side. "Ha!" He glances behind and sees all the obliteraded snipers. "Oh...bah! They deserved it!" And he presses on, moving along the side to flank the portal and its guardians.

King's eyes narrow as he feels the ice shudder underneath, then vaults upwards as the ground gives way, the Sniper Joe squad with him tumbling into the fissure knocked flying by the wave of loose ice and snow as he vaults over it. With a crash he lands in front of the front rank of the Repliforce troopers, his gaze grim as his axe rises up and swings in a powerful crosscut, scattering several troopers (literally in a couple cases) left and right as he attempts to punch a hole through the Repliforce lines.

Set away from the battle in a fortification, a lone octopus and a small group of Repliforce soldiers work diligently in the dark, beginning the portal initialization sequence. The portal begins powering up, reading itself for coordinates.

Broadcast Ocelot blinkblinks at Colonel's order... oO(Attack he says. An' here I thought we were suppose tuh be defendin' this thing. Oh well. Go fig...)Oo The cat's tail swishes through the cold air as the freezin' ocelot looks for some action to keep himself warm. Oh what he wouldn't give to be out on a date someplace warm all now. Oh well, such is the life of a Repliforcer. Other than that, he still guards over the gate. Making sure no one is foolish enough to get close enough to it if they ain't Hunter of Repliforce.

Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> turns on its haunches as the melee erupts into its full force, and begins to stomp forward. Looming over the standard Repliforce ranks, the Maverick Ride Armor looks out of place, and that could not be more true. A Maverick Armor, pilotted by another reality Vile, who is actually Vava, a paragon of good virtue. Confused yet? None the less, the cobalt Goliath, and its ivory pilot, move forward into the fray, but the superarmor does not seem to open up with its full force - instead the goldplated cannon on Vava's shoulder steadily expels flickering white energy EMP vortexes, stunning Robot Master troops to incapacitation, but not obliterating them in any sense. Sure, they may lack minds, but Vava isn't about to use extreme force when not necessary. Mmmzap.

Symphony has arrived.

Cappella has arrived.

As the section that King attacks starts to crumple underneath the attacks by the Elite, Colonel looks down at his sister, and offers her a small smile. "..the line must be held, no matter the cost." For a moment, the thoughts cross his mind: stand and fight, or flee? Knowing the Repliforce Executive, that answer is easy as he pulls his sabre up into his right arm, and dashes across the ice, kicking up frost as he heads into position to reinforce the falling Repliforce front. "Be brave, Repilforce, hold the line, we will win this night!"

Ten is still near her brother. As the ice is split and the wave comes, Ten suddenly feels very glad that she can fly. She looks back at her own wings and smiles. Then she looks forward to see Chi charging through the joes, getting hammered in the process. Her optics go wide in shock. "Chi!" Then she begins sending blasts of flame at the joes with incresed determination, ferocity, and anger. "Leave my brother alone!"

Synth has arrived.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> continues concentrating fire on the joes..trying to make King a bit ... isolated.
Shadow Man leaps backwards as the crack speeds in his direction, towards the transport, clearing himself from a group of joes, some of whom managed to save themselves, many who were not so lucky. Finding no further use in bothering with Repliforce support, given the command firepower present, he turns his gaze to the portal itself... Another three blades are generated, with a horrendous sound to accompany, and he locks his sights on the Portal, waiting and searching for even a narrow window of oppurtunity to send one through...

Guts Man stands there, waiting for a victim.

Flare Feline takes off and tears into the Joes, slashing and blasting them wherever possible, he has a glint of determination in his eyes, he intends to follow his orders to protect the portal.

Iris is just as brave as her big brother, especially when he's around to help her feel that way. She'll do whatever she can to hold the line.

Hyper Roll doesn't even comment on Colonels manuver with the Ice Flow, even though internally she makes a note about it for later. Instead she just keeps moving, blinking only once as a shape bounces in front of her for just a second. Instinctively she fires a (Non coded) warning shot in the direction of whatever may of been there.

"hold it right there."

Opera slows her pace as the ice-laden ground shudders from the force that is known as Colonel. "Keep the line, sir?" the Musica says to herself. "Glady. No one is going to ruin that Gate if I can help it." She unhooks her axe, looking around for some unfortunate opponent to dismantle.

Bonne Dropship <Drache> arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Bonne Dropship <Drache> has arrived.

Pirate Man looks around silently as he fires off a few shots from his arm cannon, his optic narrows as he looks in the direction of the portal then to the Repliforce soldiers as continues on his way waiting to see who tries to stop him

Colonel doesn't need to hit his radio, his distinctive bark is well known, and LOUD. "Repliforce, let us show them that we mean business. Chi.. Ten.. MERGE WHEN READY!"

Symphony moves quickly out of the transport, her sisters should not be far behind, she spies the gate and looks it over, standing for now at the bottom of the exit ramp, they most likely have not been noticed with all the joes taking up the Repliforce's attention. She notes that it has begun starting up and points in the direction of the gate and radios her sisters '<Over there, lets go, Synth, I'll need you to hack into it once we're there and shut it down, understand?>'

Rock has arrived.

Stalker Tiger has arrived.

Broadcast Ocelot is still by the gate, ready to fend off any would be saboteurs and such like.

Dark Necrobat enters the Arctic Ice Floes.

Dark Necrobat has left.

Synth nods to Symphony, gripping some sort of strange energy rifle. "<Right.>" she seems mortally afraid of the raging battle - it's really something close to her personal hell. But she fights off most of the emotion.

The portal is still powering up and preparing to activate. In a fortified bunker well away from the combat zone itself, Whipcrack Octopus continues the preparations, watching the action on a bank of monitors.

coming to an abrupt halt, Zero Omega whirls around. That voice. She /is/ here. Casting her gaze around for a few moments, she finally catches sight of her 'rival' as she challenges the idiot. Narrowing her eyes, she smirks slightly. This could be fun to watch. She slowly walks towards Hyper Roll, her form shimmering and fading from view. It's a mild effect, but it gets her out of the line of fire while she watches the upcoming show.

Razor Pterodactyl backs up towards the portal as he keeps taking pot shots at the Joes who are engaging the generic Repliforce ground forces defending it. He's certainly not about to let anyone come near.

Zero Omega activates her stealth mode.

Blasts of energy extend beneath Ion's feet as he launches over fifty feet straight into the air, leaving a trail of melted snow whipping in his wake like ribbons of sparkling liquid diamond. Mid-air, his gaze catches the sight of the Robot Master, Pirate Man. Spinning to face down, those same boosters launch again, sending him jolting down to ground level like crisp bolt of lightning, energy streaking in his path. Where he lands, snow explodes in a furious cloud that consumes him and his targetted foe, it's slow fading cirrus revealing the now solid standing figure of the Repliforcer.

Flare Feline continues running through the Joes, and eyes one of the Masters making his way towards the portal, Pirate Man. Flare stops in front of him, claws drawn "Sorry, I can't let you go any further. We're here to protect the portal from you, you won't go near it."

Whipcrack Octopus sends a radio transmission to Colonel.

Colonel receives a radio transmission.

King lets out a deep growl as he ducks under a stab by one of the Repliforce troopers, then responds with a swing of his axe, the blade hissing through the air as it slams into the trooper, lifting him up into the air and sailing away as several of his component parts part company with his main torso. His shield swings in a quick smash to knock another wouldbe assailant back, one armored foot stomping hard on the unfortunate reploid's chest with a screech of metal giving as King strides over the fallen body, his azure optics snapping up as he hears Colonel exhorting his troops. His resonant voice rings over the battlefield in the area where he is. "Bravery will not carry this fight for you, Colonel! The Gate will belong to Doctor Wily, and any who stand in our way shall be as dust before us!" His right gauntlet twirls his axe in a howling circular blur for a moment. "But come, let me prove my point, on your crushed form!" With a roar he throws himself forwards, his shield coming up as he attempts to ram the Colonel back, a handful of Metools spilling through the small hole he's made in the front line.

Skyblade Eagle is circling overhead, firing potshots at various Joes and such, until she's stopped by someone or something..

Quint-Sakugarne heys! when somebody takes a shot at him. "Watch it you...hey, it's you baby! Miss me that much huh?" he asks cockily, and with that he leaps off the pogo stick with his hands in the air. "Wait a sec...you look a bit different. Wow, did some growing up I see?" This said with a mischievious grin. "Well I heartily approve of you dressing up for me toots!" And with that he darts forward and plants a big smooch dead on her lips. Loudly. He maintains the kiss for as long as he thinks he can (i.e. till the shock wears off) then leaps backwards with an even bigger grin then before. "Catcha in a bit cupcake, I got things to do!"

The thief just follows her sisters not really looking thrilled at this. If she can find some way to throw Zero Omega in it she would be more then happy. Instead of watching her sisters she is paying more attention to the fight around her.

Iris feels lucky. Yeah, she's feeling lucky tonight. Hopefully this confrontation with be much more bluster than it's going to be bloodshed...but of course, she's full of wishful thinking. She looks back over her shoulder to get an idea of where everyone is -- and as she runs forth, her little body rebounds off of something large and metal. <PWANG> A bit stunned, she blinkblinks, trying to figure out what she just ran into...

Symphony then radio's Cappella '<Think you can open that bunker for us to get in? Synth will need to be inside if she's going to hook into the mainframe, we can't steal the gate while it's powering up. Once we're inside you and I can distract any repliforces while she turns it off, and shuts down any defense mechanisms, then we can get the Joes to carry it back to the transport.>'
Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal> follows orders, hanging back for the moment, but ready to offer it's assistance should anyone call for it. (ooc page or radio Sonata, otherwise she might miss y'all...)

King misses Colonel with his Royal Shield Bash attack.

Guts Man is aching for some hurting. He notices the Goliath and remembers he has a score to settle with Vile, of course he has no idea it's Vava in there. So his intentions are to go scrap the ride armor. That is until something runs into him. Looking down at his feet he notices something small. Iris. "What the?! Watch where you're going twerp!"

Synth doesn't fire, just following after Symph and Capp. (OOC: ... fairly IAW.)

Chi's charge takes him through several of the troopers, leaving little but pieces in his wake, but eventually clearing a bit of ground around him. The order has been sent, and it is most certainly time. "Ten, to me!" He shouts, regal tones as evident as they usually are, swinging his halberd about in a circle in front of him before sliding it back into its sheathe upon his back. "The time is upon us, my sister, and we must do whatever we are able to win this battle! The time for Mobius is now!"

Rock steps out of the Vorpal as it opens, checking his weapons and looking about for someone in Repliforce who looks like he or she is in charge. He mutters something quickly before heading towards the main fighting, kicking in his dash jets as he does so. His armor is all shined up and repaired from the night before, his face looking perfectly intact. In fact, he looks to have never been in a battle at all. Rather, his face is set in a serious and stern look that can only be characterized as X-on-business, and with that, he stops just short of the action, buster outstretched.

Broadcast Ocelot just casually blasts a couple of Joes now and then. Leaping, ducking, rolling, sidesteping, and doing all the appropriate stuff not to get hit by the Robot Master drones. oO(Cold...cold...cold...cold...)Oo

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'What is going on around here? Who is in charge?'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> stops firing at poor little joes and starts looking at the more dangerous threats. whee.

Stalker Tiger meanwhile has exited the Vorpal. Gun already in hand, Tiger looks around for the form of the Repliforce XO. Apparently, there may be work for him to do. Seeing Colonel busy, he then looks for the Command Major Anthem, or someone else who ought to know. No need to distract Colonel from his battle.

Ten hears her brother's voice, and quickly flies over to him. Looking excited and determined, she loudly says, "Right! Let's do it!" She approaches Chi, beginning to glow in preparation for the gestalt merge as she does. "Gestalt merge, now!"

Iris looks kind of like a little bunny rabbit, caught in the headlights of an SUV. (Wait a minute,) says the feminist in her, (You don't have to get run down by this bully!) Squinting an eye, she says, "Twerp? We'll see about that...!" She activates her Vanguard Crystal, and the ride armor forms around her to...even the odds, a bit.

Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> has arrived.

Iris drops Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard>.

Iris has left.

As she's kissed Hyper Rolls eyes go wide, before she takes a step back, reacting purely by instinct.

. o O (All right... That's it. Quint just kissed me!?!?!? Now I'll admit, I wouldn't of minded it if it was someone like Colonel... Or Crash Man... Or this Bass guy.... Or even Guts Man. But Quint!?!?) O o .

Fortunately though, the shock doesn't last for long as she jumps up into the air, her armors colors changing while a strange pogo like device appears.

"YUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!

Hyper Roll strikes Quint-Sakugarne with her Sakugarne attack.

As King comes charging by, Colonel is ready, as he unleashes a pulse wave at the metools, sending them tumbling backwards, even as he sidesteps the lurching attack of the Elite, and he clutches both hands around his sabre, and attempts the smash his hands against King's back and drive him to ground. "Why throw away your life over something you know we will not surrender, King! Depart now!" As he watches the battle, he yells, "Hold the line, Repliforce! Iris.. initate Vanguard!" Well, she already did. Woot. "Move, troops, close the line! Ion Wolf, support that bunker!"

Colonel strikes King with his Smash attack.

Cappella just nods slowly though it is not evident. Manuvering swiftly past her sister the thief begins to gaze over the area. Avoiding the combat around her Cappie begins to slowly rush for as she spots the bunker.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Stalker Tiger transmits: 'Hey! Still need a sharpshooter?'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> moves forward...as ordered. yay.

Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> continues its stampede through Sniper Joes, Battle Joes, Joe Mommas, and so forth - shoulder cannon cranking out the glowing white EMP juice. Think Phantom Menace, and the Gungan Orbs explosions, in beam form! Indigo eyes swiveling beneath the ivory helm, it locks onto Guts Man, and the much smaller Iris beneath her. Being naive to this reality, Vava immediately fears the worst - Guts Man in his dimension was quite the foe, afterall. Eating babies and shouting with his Scottish Accent. A quiet shudder runs through Vava's frame, as he rockets the Goliath forward with the air of a booster port, bowling through some Joes in the process to come in on Guts Man and Iris, the oversized Goliath arms swiveling and shifting to full battle format. Lots of barbs and spikes. "You! I will not allow you to harm her, not today, not ever!" Bellows the United Nations Alpha Unit.

Flare vs. Pirate

A small area where the two combatants battle.
Contents:
Pirate Man

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: '*over the battle din* Colonel here, X!'.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'We've arrived with what forces we could provide!'.

Pirate Man focuses on Flare as he comes in his way saying, "Out of my way you filthy fleabag, unless you wish to feel the sting of my blade.", he doesn't make a move to attack as he waits for the reploid to reply

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Colonel transmits: 'It's appreciated.. protect that gate, and bunker.. we're trying to hold the front line, but have two fall back skirmish lines set up, just in case!'.

(Ch. C [RF/Hunter-Com]) Rock transmits: 'Alright. We'll do our best.'.

Flare Feline hehs "Sorry, not a chance. I can't let you get through, you'll have to go through me!" With that he draws his claws, and prepares himself.
<O-Repliforce> Sunstar says, "Of course, she was also dodging like the dickens."

Pirate Man's claw snaps together as he he studies the reploid infront of him before saying, "You have just made a mistake, mate. Prepare to be sent to Davey Jones locker!", he then charges his claw opening before he slashes with it towards his opponents mid-section

Pirate Man strikes you with his Hook Clamp for 9 units of damage.

Flare Feline is sees Pirate Man rushing at him, and tries to step out of the way, but slips on an ice patch and is struck by the blade head on. It left a rather large opening in his armor below his chest, he grasps it wincing. "Hmph, I'll show you who made the mistake /mate/" He extends his claws and runs and leaps towards him, and brings his claws down on top of him.

You miss Pirate Man with your Cat Scratch attack

Pirate Man laughs as he jumps back a forcefield projecting around him saying, "Prepare to meet thy end, fool.", he charges again towards the Reploid but stops a few feet before he sends the forcefield towards his opponent

Pirate Man strikes you with his Barrier Bubble for 13 units of damage.

You take extra damage due to your Water weakness.

Flare Feline lands as Pirate Man dodges his attack, and he gets up just in time to see him barrelling towards him in a giant water bubble "Water!!" He exclaims as he is hit dead on, and is thrown back, damaged quite extensivly from the impact, and the water leaking into his internal systems from the tears in his armor. He stands up, snarling "Ok then, no more fooling around!" He faces his palms towards Pirate Man, and they glow with a fierce red aura, and he fires a long red projectile at him through blasters in his palms.

You miss Pirate Man with your Flare Pulse attack.

Pirate Man quickly jumps to the side, a gravity mine loading in his cannon saying, "Time for you to stay where ye are.", he quickly runs around his opponent as he carefully take aim towards the reploid before yelling out, "FIRE!", he then launches the charge

Pirate Man strikes you with his Gravity Mine for 2 units of damage.

Flare Feline is temporarily disoriented by Pirate Man's Gravity Mine attack.

Flare Feline urks as he is hit by the blast, not really damaged, but disoriented.

Pirate Man carefully walks around his opponent after the mine hits saying, "You were a fool to challenge me, your skills are fare worse than a bilge rat's.", his claw spins for a bit as he again aims his arm cannon and fires a normal shot instead of another mine

Pirate Man strikes you with his Generic Ranged for 10 units of damage.

You are below your courage-endurance point.

Flare Feline lets out a brief cry as the blast hits him, and he is thrown a few feet back. He staggars to his feet, his armor is burnt and torn in various places, he has a look of hopelessness for a moment, but shakes it off, he probalby can't win, but he isn't going down without a fight, he tries to speak, his voice broken from the damage "We.. won't le..t.. you... win..." He lets out a scream as the red aura normally centered around his hands covers his whole body, it flares up and he charges at Pirate man and leaps at him on a collision course, the red aura will explode on any repliod who comes in contact with it.

You miss Pirate Man with your 9-lives attack.

Pirate Man quickly moves to the side and watches whats going on before turning back to his opponent saying, "Is that the best your best?", he doesn't charge he simply aims his left arm as the claw spins for a bit before launching a powerfull blast of water saying, "It is time to extinguise this fire."

Pirate Man misses you with his Water Blast attack.

Flare Feline lands upon missing Pirate Man, he manages to roll over in time to see a spray of water coming at him, his natural impulse o seeing water is to get away, which he barely manages to do. He jumps back and lands on his feet, he faces Pirate Man, slightly worried, but still determined "I... guess lady luck is not .... on my side tonight. But still...." He faces his palms towards Pirate Man once again "I couldn't... face my comrades if I just run away now." He fires a giant orange exploding orb at Pirate man.

You miss Pirate Man with your Pulse Break attack.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Colonel transmits: 'Ion Wolf, help Opera protect that bunker! Iris, help them out!'.

Pirate Man laughs as he tumbles aside dodging the orb as he loads another mine almost close to his primary but weaker, he quickly aims saying, "I believe she has left ye again.", he then launches the homing mine towards his opponent

Pirate Man strikes you with his Homing Mine for 14 units of damage.

You are below your courage-endurance point.

Flare Feline sees the mine come towards him, and is unable to get out of the way in time "SH---!" It explodes and he screams as he is thrown back, he lands in a broken heap, his limbs are tattered and whatever is left on his armor is in shreds. He doesn't look like he is getting back up again.

Pirate Man laughs as he looks down at Flare saying, "I should finish ye off, but I have other things to do.", he scans the area outside as he tries to figure whats going on

Colonel misses Cappella with his Energy Breaker attack.

Colonel misses Synth with his Energy Breaker attack.

Colonel misses Symphony with his Energy Breaker attack.

Colonel strikes Opera with his Energy Breaker attack.

Colonel strikes Enker with his Energy Breaker attack.

Colonel strikes Shadow Man with his Energy Breaker attack.

Colonel strikes King with his Energy Breaker attack.

Pirate Man takes Flare vs. Pirate.

Flare Feline is lying in a heap, totally beaten and ripped to shreds from Pirate Man's attacks. He has almost no strength left, and being a fire bot lying in cold snow isn't helping him. He weakly tries to access his radio to request assistance, hopefully before he blacks out.

From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Zero Omega seems quite amused by all of this, which is evident by her mostly unchanging expression. Dropping to the ground into a dive, the speeding body passes just overhead. Standing slowly she asks curiously, "What, none of the inanely cheerful comments? No childish threats? I'm disappointed, X. You're growing up on me. I thought you'd stay pathetic forever." Standing casually, she shifts her off hand into the Chaos Buster, charging for a brief moment before firing at Hyper Roll.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> 's pilot shakes his head as the tank gets smashed back. He manipulates the controls quickly and then sends a barrage of missiles towaards Ballade as he nears the tank. They emerge from the side and blast off at a pretty good speed. He replies to Ballade.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Flare Feline transmits: 'Rep...repliforce, this is Priv...ate Fl...Flare Feline, I just enga..ged Pirate Man and he obliterated me. I re..require assista... assist...'.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> misses Ballade with its Side Missiles attack.

Wilychoppers arrives from the Sky Above North Pole.

Wilychoppers has arrived.

Burner Man has arrived.

From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Hyper Roll seems to be a bit off balance currently, spinning from her forceful ram attempt to face Zero once more. "Pathetic?" Just then she's met with the energy blast, and it slams into her with spectacular results, such as sparks and armor flying. "I have that...too!" The sound of energy charging is heard for a few seconds, then Roll unleashes it as a large red sphere for Zero Omega's form.

Guts Man struggles to free himself as the Goliath holds him up, but alas he cannot do such a thing. The giant arm chokeslams the poor Robot Master into the permafrost. A deafening cold crunch can be heard while a moan escapes the rectangular jaw that is Guts Man's lower portiong of the face. "Ooooooh, you'll pay for that rebel scum!" He shakes a fist from within the Guts Man body crater he's lying in before getting back up for some payback. This is like one of those classic battles like Optimus vs Megatron. Only with alot more humour. And hopefully with some ass humour thrown in for fun. As Guts Man stands in his crater he sticks his hands into the ground before lifting a huge slab of ice and snow up, causing the area around the Goliath to shake, "Try this on for size putz boy!"

Guts Man misses Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> with his Earthquake Smash attack.

(Ch. A [Repliforce]) Iris transmits: 'Acknowledged, Flare...I'll come retrieve you...'.

Ballade is in combat. His senses track all threats, all danger to him. His motions are fluid and graceful, as he sidesteps stray fire, his blasters pulsing more fire. Several of the missiles coming for him meet a blazing fate as he picks them out of the air. The last few slam into the snow at his feet, but he's already in the air. Tucking his legs up and arms across, he flips several times before unfolding to land firmly atop the ice. As he stands, the sensors in the tank might pick up crackles of power dancing in his shoulders. Standing still for the moment, he throws his arms back. Twin spheres explode from his shoulders - not the full size crackers, but still dangerous.
Stalker Tiger just continues to duck, dodge, and roll. He's a one-tiger Joe blasting machine. Why? Because he's got nothing else to do. And his cigar's still lit. How about that!

Ballade strikes Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> with his Mini Ballade Crackers attack.

"Well," says Shadow Man, bringing his blade back and leaping away from Guardian again. "You can handle things from here, Sempai," he says to Enker, and draws something from his pocket... A pair of small black balls. One is tossed to the other hand, and thrown at Guardian, while the other is thrown down... Both, the second before the first, explode into clouds of smoke, thick and black, and more or less impenetrable. Shadow Man dissappears from sight, with the explosion of noise in the first, and changes the direction of his darting escape when the second hits, which hopefully makes him more or less impossible to track... He disappears into one of the few remaining groups of joes, and then towards the transport...

Cappella leans lightly against the wall of the building and folds her arms across her chest. A thin brow raises towards Symphony as if asking her sis on what to do next. She of course is very aware of everything around her and there is no way she could survive an onslaught like this. She too has a very thin layer of armor, mostly to keep the thief swift. It doesn't however wait for Symphony to answer her as there is a sudden blast her way. Watching it closely the form of the thief sweeps to the side, leaving a red blur in her wake.

Shadow Man strikes Guardian Mobius with his Shadow Smoke attack.
Guardian Mobius is temporarily disoriented by Shadow Man's Shadow Smoke attack.

Shadow Man activates his stealth mode.

Shadow Man retreats from the area swiftly, leaving him open for parting shots from Colonel, Rock, Broadcast Ocelot, Flare Feline, Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, Guardian Mobius, Burner Man, WilySaucer, Skyblade Eagle, Opera, Razor Pterodactyl, Quint-Sakugarne, Ion Wolf, and Ballade.

Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> begins making her way across the battlefield toward Flare's downed position. She's not going as fast as she would like to be going, as her ride armor's been damaged and it isn't responding very well. But she's determined to get to Flare before anyone else does.

Rock looks at the Gustav and notes that he is rather far from the main battle. That's good... Within his mind, the image of several things come to mind: A nice cool iced glass of lemonade in the summer time, water boiling over a stove, and a melting icicle... What do this things mean? Well... Rock slides to the side and towards the Gustav, right underneath the rifles of those Kobun. as he stands, he charges up the buster and fires off several shots, one after another. These do not strike the Gustav at all, but is it a bad thing? Not entirely, the energy from those shots begin to melt the ice around the Gustav. Hopefully, if he fired correctly, then the thing will sink like a stone...

Rock strikes Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav> with his Grasp attack.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> gets blown up a bit, almost falling to a side... and Phoebus decides to hold off on his backup for now, even though it's ready... He flies the hovertank a bit, through the explosion and then fires a strange looking black orb towards Ballade, changing the gravity wildly in his area, mostly downwards, heavily towards the ground...trying to simply crush Ballade.

Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> misses Ballade with its Hover Crusher attack.

Flare Feline is just lying in a tattered heap. He isn't moving, unconcious and totally helpless.

Skyblade Eagle has been firing off into gumbie groups this entire time, yes...And she spots Shadow Man duck into one of the groups. Smirking, she turns and fires off one of her ion blades down towards the Robot Master.
Skyblade Eagle misses Shadow Man with her Ion Disk attack.

From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Zero Omega leaps forwards to follow up on the blast, but finds herself rushing headfirst into a plasma burst. Letting out a barely audible cry, she finds herself thrown back a couple of meters before righting herself. Landing on her feet, she grimaces. "Yes. Pathetic." Leaping again, she ignites her dash jets, aiming straight for Hyper Roll as ice forms from the base of her sabre, replacing the normal gravometric forces. As she closes with the Hunter, she stabs forwards, aiming to impale her.

Enker takes full advantage of Shadow Man's untimely exit, reminding himself to lecture Gamma Commander on cowardice and premature retreat later. Enker jumps back from the Mobius, then gets a running start and LEAPS up, sinking his helmet spike into some minotaur backside.

Enker strikes Guardian Mobius with his Headbutt attack.

Quint-Sakugarne pogos over to viciously bounce on Flare Feline's fallen form a few times as the rider fiendishly plots his next felony.

King growls as the lightning bolt slams into him, sending him to his knees and leaving his once pristine armor blackened and melted where the bolt hit, a faint twitch evident now in his motions, overstressed or burnt out servos not answering his CPUs directions as well now. Still..he pushes himself up with the butt of his axe, shaking it off again....whatever may be said of King, he does not lack bravery or toughness. He grimly regards the Master drones felled by the lightning blasts, then turns his attention to the hovering Colonel. With a flash a trio of spinning blue energy crosses shoot from his chest, convering towards his position.

King strikes Colonel with his X-beam attack.

The Goliath must have sort of karmic agility, or Guts Man must just really suck. But, back on topic. The ripples in the icey surface are countered in a very apt manner, with a stream of napalm from small nozzles on the side of the arms - to meet the curling surface, melting away at it and nullifying the force of the ripple. Keeping up the stream, the arms raise slightly, sending it out over a wider range, hopefully to catch Guts Man in a wash of burning chemicals in the process.

Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> strikes Guts Man with its Napalm Burst attack.
Symphony is just about give Cappella an order when the heavens open up and she leaps to the side, rolling out of the way of a downward blast of lightning, with only inches to spare her from being obliterated. With the 'flow' of the roll still intact she returns to her feet and with a wave of her hand sends the Joe's who survived the blast to attack the Repliforce guards. They charge towards them their shields head up and their red eyes glowing malevolently.

Repliforce Hoverbike <Beta> arrives from the Arctic Ice Floes.

Repliforce Hoverbike <Beta> has arrived.

Magic Man has arrived.

Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> finally reaches Flare, and despite the dangers all around, she moves to retrieve his damaged form from the icy ground.

Broadcast Ocelot finishes his little samurai bit in a cool looking anime-swordsman pose as all the Joes he just slashed through fall apart into itty, bitty pieces. Yawning again he moves forward again and engages yet another gumby. This time as he leaps in front of the Joe he just stands straight and with a serious look on his face. The joe peers at him quizically. BO then narrows his eyes and waves his non-knife-wielding paw in front of the Joe's optic, "This is not the gate you're looking for." The joe's optic flickers and he repeats in disbelief, "This is not the gate I'm looking for?" oO(Hey look, it's working...)Oo "I can go about my business" "You can go about your business?" "Carry on." "Carry on?" Broadcast then turns and leaves a rather confused joe behind.

Jolt Hedgehog has arrived.

Guardian Mobius is reeling in confusion from the smoke. Out of nowhere, it suddenly feels a slight itch on it's back as something small sticks into it. Just then, it begins flapping it's wings, creating a wind to blow the smoke away. It will take a moment for it's optics to adjust and for it to figure out what all is going on, so it doesn't attack. However, it can at least dodge effectively again.

From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Hyper Roll begins charging again as Zero Omega advances, waiting for the frozen blade's arrival. Just as the thrust is made, she pivots to the side, then runs in the rest of the distance between the two, and begins a series of quick punches with both hands, following it up with a jumping spinkick. "You shouldn't have said what you did...or done what you did!"

Ballade narrows his gaze as the black orb increases the gravity in the area. There is a humm as compensator systems, normally designed for deep sea work, come online. Leading against the massive weight, he takes first one step... and then another. He is a creation of Wily, and nothing can stop him. Still - he can withstand. The ice beneath him cannot. With a loud *KRAK* the Violet Elite vanishes into the water. Of course, now he's removed from the area of effect of the weapon, and an arm lashes out, sinking fingers into ice. Ballade hauls himself hand over hand to where he believes the tank to be located. Igniting his plasma arm blade, he slices upwards, exploding out of the ice in a flurry of slashing violet plasma.

Ballade strikes Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> with his Arm-blades attack.

Pirate Man has left.

Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard>

====================== Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> ======================
The Vanguard
====================== Type 'vhelp' for a command list. ======================
Contents:
Iris

Outside> If someone cares to look up, they can see the wilychoppers overhead. More reinforcements. How bloody wonderful. That just gives you a wonderful feeling, as something drops from the choppers, leaving a larger point in the sky as a parachute opens. It is quite clearly red by now. As gumby fire rips into the skies, puncturing the 'chute, it is clipped away, sending the red bogey plummeting towards the earth. However, there's a sound present. A strange sound. Laughter. The falling person is laughing. As flames of green surround it, it's becoming quite obvious. The red-green streak of Burner man leaves a flaming trail as he plummets towards Guardian Mobius.

Outside> What Shadow Man regards as no more than another random defence shot heads for him, but he proves faster than the surrounding, and the shot pings harmlessly off the helmet of a nearby hardhat... Well, harmlessly for a split second, until the ricocheted disc brings down a joe who felt the need to be standing in the line of its escape path. Shadow Man reflects on stupid drones getting what they deserve, as he flips back into the ship, and heads for the controls... Looking to see if any useful firepower has been installed yet.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne turns and glares at Iris inside her Vanguard. "Hey! I was stomping on him!!" he shouts angrily.

Outside> Burner Man strikes Guardian Mobius with his Flaming Powerdive attack.

Outside> Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> picks up Flare carefully, then heads back toward the Cow in the middle of the surrounding battle.

Outside> Colonel realizes that King, at the moment, is the leader of this attack. Maybe.. if the leader of the Elite's is felled, the others will break morale, and fall as well. However, he does not get much time to consider these thoughs, as he caught square in the shoulder by a blast from King that spins him around and almost drops him. He winders, and holds his shoulder. "..that's it.." he seethes, as he draws back his sabre.

As he does so, Colonel engages his dashjets, and charges at King, drawing his sabre across his body. He's been asking for it, here it comes? Colonel cuts past the former frontline, charging dead at King as he starts to slash, twist, and slide, his sabre a mere blur like his form as he attempts to utterly decimate the Elite with the most powerful attack in his arsenal.. the Sabre Frenzy!

Outside> Colonel strikes King with his Sabre Frenzy attack.

Outside> King falls to the ground, unconscious, due to massive systems damage.

Outside> Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> retreats from the area swiftly, leaving it open for parting shots from Colonel, Rock, Servbot #2, Broadcast Ocelot, King, Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath>, Synth, Maverick Hunter VTOL <Vorpal>, Duet, Guardian Mobius, Burner Man, Magic Man, Bonne Assault Mech <Gustav>, Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart>, Cappella, WilySaucer, Skyblade Eagle, Symphony, Jolt Hedgehog, Opera, Razor Pterodactyl, Quint-Sakugarne, Enker, Ion Wolf, Whipcrack Octopus, Ballade, and Stalker Tiger.

Outside> Guardian Mobius Ten nods. "Go for it, Enker and Burner!"

Outside> Guts Man does not suck, he's not Quint damnit. It's just this new combat code has turned him into a pussy cat. To prove this point he's hit by the Napalm Burst right in the face. "Aiiiiieeee!!!" His head is burning right now so he smashes his head into the snow where the fire is doused out. "Ahhhhh, much better." He pops back up and jumps out of the body crater. He does a few silly Alpha Master poses before pointing to the Goliath, "Now that I'm done toying with you it's time to get down to business. Ahahaha!" There's a little bit of Mr. Satan in Guts Man. He brings up both of his arms into a karate style position before rushing the mecha yet again, swinging a massive fist at it. Hopefuly there will be different results this time.

Outside> Tron's Voice comes shocked and startled from within the Gustav even as Rock dashes up to the Gustav. "What?! Wait!!! HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DO..." -SPLOOSH!!!!-

And the large section of ice under and around the Gustav cracks, and the Gustav and it's Servbots fall with a /LOUD/ Splash!! The Servbots gasp and sputter, clawing their way to shore... they actualy /float/ for being 2 foot piles of Steel. The Gustav however... sinks like a stone! With Tron's yell of rage resounding, it sinks downward into the waters, throwing an arm upwards in startlement!

And the Servbots turn, blinkblinking at the large hole... then they look to Rock, then to the hole. Six Falsetto voice cry out in worry. "MISS TRON!!" Then then turn and glare at Mega Man, and chorus! "That was mean! You'll pay for that!!" And all six of the Servbots launch themselves for Rock, trying to tackle the Blue Bomber and try to tackle and hold him with small, yet amazingly strong claws

Outside> Guts Man strikes Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> with his Super Punch attack.

======================== Repliforce Cargo Plane <Cow> ========================

A cargo bay big enough to put a football field inside of, and them some. The plane itself has several floors inside as well, but they all carry the same curious motif: white and black splotches. This strange painting pattern covers the walls, ceiling, and even the steel-grating floors. Even much of the seating is covered in cloth matching the pattern. The decorator must have had a thing for bovines.

The plane has a lot of room for cargo, having nearly the square footage in the primary hold to cover a football field, with at least fifty yards of height. It even seems sturdy enough to enclose the General, Guardian Mobius, or even both at the same time.

Iris has arrived.

Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard> has left.

Iris takes Repliforce Ride Armor <Vanguard>.

Outside> Servbot #1 cheers! "Yay! We got 'em!"

Outside> Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> gets slightly cut up, but compared to the rest of it's injuries, that is nothing. Phoebus records that tactic for later usage, against people not as unstoppable as Ballade. And now...Ballade is in range... He decides not to warn him this time and instead, the frontal part of the Tank reconverts itself a bit, to what is undeterminable. Then... a Massive burst of flame surges forth from the tank... Phoebus swerves the the weaponry a bit to make an aerial wall of fire towards Ballade's form...It's a hovertank, it doesn't have to worry about the ice below it. Ballade doesn't either, but at least the fall will distract him...not as much as the inferno being fired at him, however.

Outside> Servbot #2 grasps tightly to Rock with tiny claws. "We'll teach you to mess with The Bonnes!!"

Outside> Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> strikes Ballade with its Flamethrower attack.

Outside> Jolt Hedgehog was here the entire time. Really. He's trying to beat up a few Joes, but his attacks keep bouncing off the shields.

Outside> Synth takes out her laptop and tries to hack in, but ... after a minute, finds she can't. "<We'll have to get inside.>"

Outside> From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Zero Omega dives into a ducking position as Hyper Roll starts punching, managing to parry the ones she couldn't dodge before leaning to the side to avoid the kick. As she starts to stand up, the ice on the blade shatters, restoring the sabre to its normal form. Spinning around, she cuts with the blade.. at the air? Even as she begins to attack, another Zero Omega appears behind Hyper Roll, a shimmering copy that mimics the motion, attacking the Hunter's back.

Iris takes out a medical scanner and scans Flare Feline.

Outside> Stalker Tiger grunts, as he sees Jolt, and begins firing at some joes behind him. "Hey! Shield boys! Over here!" he yells, trying to draw their attention, and get Jolt an opening.

Outside> Enker hangs on tenaciously to Guardian Mobius's haunches. From this (relatively) stable position, Enker draws a very small laser pistol from his waist... and takes aim at the head of the creature, its very peak where Ten is. He fires.

Outside> Enker strikes Guardian Mobius with his Laser Pistol attack.
Iris takes a repair kit out after deactivating her ride armor, and begins affecting repairs to your damaged form.

Outside> Broadcast Ocelot then takes this time for a break. He makes sure no one is looking...And then plops his furry aft right down into the snow. But...wasn't he just complaining about the cold a good while ago? Go fig. Anyways, as the cat lays in the snow he begins to move his legs apart and together while his arms move up and down. What kind of new battle strategy is this? Wait a minute, this is no battle strategy. BO is making...a Snow Kitty Angel! Ok, this cat is definitely mentally unstable. Lucky for him he does it when everyone else is distracted. He stays there till he's done before getting back up and reverting to simply fading into the background while he battles gumbies.

Iris effects complete repairs to Flare Feline.

Outside> Already battered and broken by the constant blasts, King is no match for the still mostly fresh Colonel's most powerful blow. The force of the sudden charge actually picks the massive Master leader up off the ground, great rents opening in his armor as he lets out a roar of agony, sparks and mechfluids gouting into the air as he's thrown back to land with a tremendous crash that shakes the ground in the area, his optics flickering, then dimming as his head tilts to the side, vital systems performing an emergency shut down to try and keep his CPU and memory systems online. The Joes and Metools in the area seem to lose most of their impetus at the loss, starting to fall back under the Repliforce counterattack. Several Metools swarm towards King's fallen form, surrounding him. One chirps. "Nerp....nerp...NERP!" The small robots attempt to pick up King and drag him away from the heart of the battle.

Outside> Quint-Sakugarne decides to allow the Vanguard to flee, and instead pogos over to King's fallen form. "Ha! How do you feel, mighty King?" he asks sarcasticly, and dismounts Sakugarne to kick him in th side, then remounts and promtply crushes more Repliforce gumbies. Why? Cause they're gumbies!

Outside> From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Hyper Roll changes colors suddenly as her kick fails. The arms, legs, and helmet all have a purple coloration to them now. Firing produces a trio of orbs in the air, which crackle with lightning and then fire. One of the bolts hits the copy of Zero Omega and destroys it. "That's the difference between us!" It seems she's trying taunting now. The other lightning blasts...are trying to get the genuine article.

Outside> After dropping a few Joes and one Burner Man, the WilyChopper settles some distance from the fray - the pilot, Magic Man, didn't really feel like jumping out with his brother and leaving the chopper to crash. That would be bad. The magician begins strolling towards the fight, frowning slightly as he takes the chaos in - but he doesn't seem to be in too much of a hurry to get there.

Outside> Broadcast Ocelot has disconnected.

Outside> Jolt Hedgehog blinks at the huge tiger guy, then turns his attention back to the poor, hapless joes. Firing from both wrist launchers, he sweeps the area with electric pulses and clears the joes away. "Ha! Thanks for the help!" he waves to the tiger.

Outside> Rock is lying pinned under the small two-foot pile of Kobuns. It's abnormal, but at least Tron is trapped in the ice. He mutters something in his radio and struggles to move, but the darn things are just latching on, like those annoying plants that get all over your shoes and socks... Anyways, he speaks out to Tron. "Uh... get these things off! What do you want from me and why are you attacking me when you helped me out last night!"

Outside> Guardian Mobius is struck high twice in a row. First by Burner Man, then by Enker. Although the gestalt is far from gone, it is clear that being hit so many times is beginning to take it's toll. It grunts from the pain as some of the armor on it's head and upper body is blown off. It's opticcs narrow and it's beak clenches in anger. Angrily, it attempts to simply grab Enker and toos him to the ground.

Outside> Guardian Mobius strikes Enker with its Throw attack.

Outside> There is no where to go. A wall of flames roars across the ice towards Ballade. His mind tracks all possible evasions... and finds none. He closes his eyes, and brings up his arms to shield his face as the fires wash over him. Pops and cracks sound as heat sensitive components go out. This tableu remains for a long instant, fog rising from the melting and refreezing ice. Ballade vanishes in a great cloud of white shot through with flickering orange and red.

And then the mists part. Trailing smoke and fog, Ballade steps out of the wreathing mists, his arms loose at his sides. His armor is blackened and scorched, but his expression is still that utter calm. He has been baptized in flame. And it is time. Silver leads crack out of his backpack, and slot into his shoulders as he inhales the mist. And then Ballade begins to sing. He sings of ice, and of cold, and of the unending winds of the north.

And then the amplification kicks in. The mists rush away from the Elite as his Song takes on visible shape in the smoke and mists, roaring towards the hovertank, ice shattering in its path, clouds of snow kicked up by the sheer power of Ballade's voice.

Outside> Ballade strikes Repliforce Hovertank <Stalwart> with his Ballade Song attack.

Outside> Stalker Tiger nods to Jolt. "No problem." he calls back, giving a thumbs up, and puffing on his cigar. He exhales a small cloud of smoke. while a small squad of shotmen begin moving up on his flank.

Outside> Well, two concussive blows of extreme force to the torso of the Maverick Ride Armor will hurt it. Such is the case, as the extremely hard outter-layer of metal is pounded like aluminum foil again, the earlier dent channeling into another dent. Who would have thought that titanium was malleable, a testament to Guts Man's strength, to say the least. The punch also has the effect of actually tipping the Ride Armor, which collapses onto its back with a thunderouns impact, and a cloud of frosty dust. Rolling onto its side, the Goliath then uses its arms to pick itself back up before swiveling back around to face the Robot Master. While the Goliath recalibrates its system, Vava's free shoulder converts into a rack of missiles, which launch forward in criss-cross fashion, circling for the Robot Master, smoking contrails following behind them.

Outside> Even as King falls, Colonel is on the move. No time to lament over the victory, as he dashjets towards the bunker, though if he saw Quint attacking like that, he'd go over and stomp his aft personally. He dismisses his sabre for a moment, only to reignite it as he reappears behind the terrible trio, and in front of Ayla. "..do you not know the meaning of 'do not disturb', ladies?" he growls at the three Master femmes.

Outside> Maverick Ride Armor <Goliath> misses Guts Man with its Minimissiles attack.

Outside> Burner Man backflips off the dent it has put in Mobius's back, landing nearby. Yes, I did say IT. For Burner man hardly resembles the more civil self he shows in the Wilysphere. His eyes are glowing, green as his fires, and he grins a wild grin as he watches the battle. Finally, he throws his head back, laughing wildly, before making another dash upward at the torso of the gestalt, his head burner flame screaming to taste the fluids of the Repliforce defenders as they sizzle and evaporate on its surface.....

Outside> Burner Man misses Guardian Mobius with his Speed Dash attack.

Outside> From Zer Omega vs. Hyper Roll, Zero Omega sees the attack coming, sidestepping one as she swings her blade out to divert the other, the course of the electricity altered by the gravity effects of the Omega Sabre. Narrowing her eyes, she resumes smirking. "Oh? There's a difference between us besides the fact you're the inferior model, have a loser personality, and are just generally foolish?" She dives forwards, swinging her sabre across in a visious strike, getting as close and personal as she can without outright ramming Hyper Roll.

Outside> Enker braces himself as he is grabbed bodily and thrown from his perch to the ground. A shockwave ring of disturbed snow erupts around him and frosts the hardhats around him like merry Christmas elves. From his /new/ vantage point, Enker can see that the upper portion of the Mobius is beginning to weaken. Instead of concentrating on that section, Enker decides to do what he can in weakening the lower section. Running at the giant, Enker launches a punch at its leg.

Outside> "Okay, if you don't want to move, I'll make you move," the dark Musica mutters as she puts her axe away for the moment. "How well can you 'ladies' keep your balance, hmm? Let's find out." Opera raises her fists high before dropping them down and hitting the ground, -hard-. Minor earthquake in the arctic? Must've been a computer glitch.