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Post by CMPunkCMPunk on Dec 4, 2017 5:52:56 GMT -5
Good question. Would anyone continue to vote if I continued updating? It was getting pretty dry. If people were entertained, I'd be glad to keep going.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2017 4:29:24 GMT -5
I will try also. I know I am not the best and well not familiar with Steven Universe.
But yeah just like the most famous quote from FE: Heros.
I'll Try my Best
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Post by CMPunkCMPunk on Dec 6, 2017 6:21:28 GMT -5
Logan vs 25 Holopearls (17 remain) – near the entrance to Funland Amusement ParkYeah, that was the problem, wasn't it? Any way Logan tried to slice it, he couldn't see himself taking out the amount of enemy units he was up against without doing at least some damage to the park. Faced with numerous skinny holographic women, his brain wracked itself for some unconventional tactics. I mean, they aren't purely unconventional – Action Frames did a really good job against typical standard-sized military personnel and technology, and this was simply going to have to be another success. The problem was that simply going ballistic and killing the Holo-Pearl training units could end up with a pretty serious bill that someone would end up having to cover. It would be horrendous for both his personal image and Beach City's local economy! A lot of people were employed there, and even if the people inside the bubble he'd bounced across town all ended up okay, the images the media would get of an amusement park screwed up by an Action Frame would set the Arms back quite a bit in this region. Placing his feet onto pad-based triggers for his verniers, Logan inhaled deeply. “Adam, I'm gonna need you to smooth these out. We don't have enough power to kite them all the way around the city, but if I make short, controlled leaps I think I should be able to buy some time.” “This seems logical. Perhaps the local law enforcement officers could provide aid?” Adam offered, as helpful as he could be. “I'd really rather it not come to that. Beach City may have a high tourism output, but there aren't that many people around. Their cops aren't exactly going to be the Tokyo-3 PD.” For a moment, Logan's thoughts drifted, as he considered what those brave men and women might have had to do during the previous Angel incident. It was his own fault that he wasn't there for it, and he knew that it hadn't been as smooth of a defense as the earlier ones had been. “Thrust!”“Thrusters!” This was all Logan had time to yell, as they were about to start slicing chunks out of his robot's leg! With a glorious electric whiz, the W-E Wonderchild took to the air in all its silver, white, and black glory. Its pilot never got sick of the sensation of taking off, and after not having battled violently since leaving Angel Grove, it was actually feeling pretty... fun? Yeah, it's weird to say, but he was enjoying getting to test himself against the Pearls. The simulated 'flight' that the vernier thrusters all over its legs were able to simulate was short lived, but it was sufficient to get out of the center of a mob and propel him over the large arch that denoted the entrance of the theme park. This was good news, because it meant a street was literally right there to start stepping on. No longer would he be bound by having to move gingerly on a dock, though he did have to use his thrusters to ensure a smooth landing. “Alright, that's Bay Street. Adam, the nearest block of free space is over by It's a Wash, right?” He was pretty familiar with the town's layout by now, but Adam had GPS. “You are correct about that,” Adam said, even as they began to slam down the streets at as fast of a clip as mecha legs could take him. “Defend yourself, challenger!” shouted many Holopearls, each beginning their sentence with slightly different timing to produce a somewhat unsettling but mostly annoying effect. As Logan had anticipated, these holographic facsimilies were more than a little bit fast on their feet. After all, they (and indeed, the real Pearl) could not weigh very much given their level of thinness (which would imply an eating disorder if applied to any human), so if they had any strength at all, running quickly would probably be easier than not. Unfortunately for Logan, it seemed they did have strength, and as he took a hard right shortly after starting to run, he realized that his temporary escape was going to be a little trickier than the best-case scenario he'd envisioned. Even as he whipped down Chesapeake Street, passing the warehouses endemic to the area, he saw them actually gaining on him. “Adam.” “Sir.” “Please ask Sonya to make this thing's legs way, way faster.” “Ms. Ortiz is unlikely to be able to improve upon designs envisioned by the United Arms' best and brightest.” “...Forward thrusters!” Instead of launching skyward, this time the Wonderchild's verniers propelled it directly forward, enhancing its speed beyond what it was normally capable of. He was now on the longest stretch of street – Waterman Street, to be exact, and his goal was actually in sight. If the Ambassador could make it to the car wash at the end of the road and take a hard left, he would have plenty of room to fight! Adopting a style of ambulation combining brief thruster-assisted hops alongside frantic asshauling, Logan passed by the warehouse that he'd come to associate with secret pro wrestling events, and was finally adjacent to some of the residences that lined the area past the small 'industrial district', if it could be called that. All seemed well, as according to his cameras not a single member of the Holo-Horde had peeled off! That was really buckskin good news! The deerskin bad news was that there was a damn van turning the corner, and Logan wasn't prepared to stop fast enough. “NO! Greg!” Logan cried out, recognizing the van as belonging to Greg Universe, father of Steven! Whipping his controls to the left desperately, the Action Frame half-dived half-tumbled into the grassy terrain to the left of the road, narrowly avoiding the van with 'Mr. Universe' painted on the side. According to his unit's camera system, most of the Holo-Pearls were able to avoid the van equally well, but a pair of them ended up getting bashed against the front of the vehicle! They even crackled and disintegrated from the impact, and the van was able to keep moving despite it looking to have taken some impact. Logan was pretty damn grateful, even though his robot was on its back from the tumble. As he stumbled to get it upright once again, he yelled “Sweet! Bumper cars on a whole new level! Nine and ten!” “Are you really counting the ones you just knocked out of range?” “Yes.” Well, at least he had space now. There were still fifteen aggressive training holograms after him and nearly ready to encircle him again, but at least he had a small grassy plain that he could really use as a staging ground to take them on. Choice Time!>Defense Defense! Approach the fight cautiously!
>Offense Offense! Take as many down as you can!
>Flash Flash! Try to draw the attention of the Gems! They're like to find you either way, but making a big ruckus might help give them an idea of where Logan and the Pearls are! Enjoy! I sure enjoyed getting back to this. And don't worry, there are things that people will find more familiar up ahead. Thanks for letting me know people were still entertained. Hopefully I'll do a good enough job that mrfuzz111 also ends up coming in sometimes as well.
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Dec 6, 2017 10:30:09 GMT -5
Actually I've been here the whole time, I just don't always post something and when I do it's usually on GameFAQs. The best defense is a good offense! If we give them time they'll overwhelm us, so let's thin the herd before that happens!
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Post by Vitsheep on Dec 6, 2017 11:25:32 GMT -5
Offence all day er'ry day. Hyuuut! Spin attack, go!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 12:46:10 GMT -5
So baiscally Link's spin attack.
Sure lets lose a Link grunt to while we are at it.
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Post by Loop on Dec 7, 2017 1:08:51 GMT -5
Offense! I usually prefer defense but this is not the right time and place.
One of these days I'll make a vitcon account. Probably tomorrow.
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Post by CMPunkCMPunk on Dec 10, 2017 11:10:39 GMT -5
(Italics are song lyrics or music related text interspersed)
Logan vs 25 Holo-Pearls (15 remaining), loose grass patch just off the beach
Even as the rogue holograms descended on his barely-prepared mecha, Logan smiled like his day was going perfectly. This was of course because as of that moment, he was going to make it perfect.
Cut-in:
Crazy...
5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Start.
Starting off by whipping his mecha's right hand to its side, he quickdrew its blade from the holster and lit that baby up! Shining with the brightness and glory of a pure white beam, Logan took as deep of a breath as he could before screaming at the top of his lungs. “Hiyaaa!” roared the pilot as he made the W-E sprint forward a handful of steps, holding its blade aloft in position for a downward cut! This was delivered just in time as he met the approaching Pearls, and his huge sword chopped through one like a knife cutting hot cheese!
C'mon!
“11!” cheered Logan and Adam, having gotten back in sync once more. The excellent pilot, of course, didn't just take this as a chance to slack off, and before he could be properly surrounded, he took advantage of proximity to one Holo-Pearl in particular and did what was meant to be a 'Thrust!', but ended up being more like just slapping the huge, burning blade straight through another, just as it was attempting to 'Parry!' “Yeah, you like your own attack, don'tcha number twelve!” The Ambassador was enjoying taunting, which he didn't often do due to not wanting to cause diplomatic incidents. Adam also said “Twelve” dispassionately, but he was just a bit delayed because he wasn't expecting it at that moment.
Of course, these were holograms on a mission, and they were once again able to surround him, and begin pushing inwards. Not wanting to get chopped up, Logan realized he had a chance to try something that would make him feel totally badass. Another deep breath got sucked in before he yelled, “Chyaa!” and, holding the blade low, made the Wonderchild spin around much like a Hero of Hyrule. Or Hyruje, perhaps! Logan was really kicking into high gear, and going for quantity of kills!
Yeah yeah, everybody!
As his blade chopped and he spun his giant robot as gracefully as he could, he did his best to check the cameras to verify his own accuracy. Sadly, inventing weird spinning moves on the fly wasn't a perfect science, but that didn't mean it wasn't effective! Far from it, he noticed that at the very least, this form of offense forced each and every single one of the Holos in the circle to attempt some form of defense instead of trying to murder him. Out of the thirteen remaining encircling him on that grassy patch, 4 tried to 'Parry!' with only a single one successfully deflecting the much, much bigger blade. Those were “Thirteen!”, “Fourteen!” and “Seventeen!”. “Fifteen” and “Eighteen” were Pearls who attempted to leap above the energy sword and completely failed. “Sixteen!” was a Hologram that tried backing up without being fast enough to avoid the length of the weapon. These were strong results, and very encouraging! A grand total of eight takedowns starting from his decision to go on the offense! The problem was that there were still seven Pearls, all of whom had survived his attack and all of whom had taken advantage of this opportunity to begin scaling him!
“No! Damn you, Holo-Bitches! Get off my Action Frame, this is sensitive equipment!” Well, it wasn't that sensitive, but what did they know?
Let's start the show
Knowing that he couldn't really start cutting at himself with his own beam sword, the Ambassador turned it off and started swatting with it and his mecha's other free hand. “Get!” he started, swinging widly and continuing, “Off! Me!” It was a problem that was mounting, as these things were able to use their apparent lack of substantial weight to turn themselves into effective free climbers! Every point of articulation, every possible crevice they could reach into was used as a spot to grasp onto or use as a foothold, and they were fast! “I'm not kidding! Get down now!” yelled the annoyed pilot, flat out punching one in the face and saying “Nineteen! Come on, the rest of you now!” as they popped. These were getting annoying, but the shrill and unfamiliar 'shring'ing noise approaching was equally obnoxious!
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Wait, no! That wasn't just any 'shring'! It was a purple blur, spin dashing in a manner not unlike a certain blue or black hedgehog! Logan's emotional state went from 'grr' to 'yay' in the blink of an eye as he realized what was going on! “The Cavalry is here, Adam!” And they were – at least one member of the Crystal Gems had arrived, and it was Amethyst! Well, that was what he thought, anyway. He'd come to know her as a shapeshifter, but what she was doing was new to him! That lovely signature purple was good enough of a marker to identify her, even though she was traveling down the road from Steven's home to his current location as quickly as he'd ever seen her (or most things) move! Thinking she was coming to help knock the training units off him, he didn't even think to block when she jumped and slammed directly into his robot's midsection without dropping her spin! Since he wasn't braced at all for the blow, the W-E went crashing down onto its back clumsily, crushing another trio of Pearls since they'd attached themselves to its back. “Oof! Uh, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two... NO!”
What had prompted this outburst? Why, none other than the prospect of the three final Holograms 'Thrust'ing their spears directly into what was now the ground below them – his mecha's chest! Damn, and he'd been working so hard to avoid being vulnerable against these things! Even as the larger, bulkier and easier to hit target, he'd remained blissfully free of substantial damage, and there was some serious concern in his mind that his lovely bulletproof vest would be wrecked. He wasn't exactly sure how damaging those spears could be if they really started digging, but it didn't matter.
Cut-in:
Rocketing from the same direction that Amethyst had come in were a pair of gauntlets – metallic magenta colored, with large stars across the knuckles of each, both propelled by what looked to be rockets. “Garnet! Yes!” Logan was once again reassured to see what he recognized to be a signature weapon of the tallest and mightiest Crystal Gem! One slammed into a single target, while the other bashed one into another, stacking the two together! It was a hell of a sight, and the two gloves and their passengers ended up colliding in midair. It was at that moment, when they were (thankfully, just out of range of the W-E unit and the local buildings) obliterated – the Gauntlets exploded, leaving the last of the Pearls to fizzle out in a pretty, firework style explosion!
“Haha, yes! Twenty three, twenty four and twenty five! We did it, baby!” Logan thrust the Wonderchild's arms skyward, lazily remaining on the ground and taking in the feeling of success. Looking like she was in a playful mood, the chubby purple woman (who had stopped spinning around) climbed atop the big ass robot, trying to find a place to look in since it didn't have a head. Thankfully, a camera was pretty easy to discover and recognize, and she yelled into it. “What up, fool? Somebody order Crystal Gems, one large one small?”
Gratefully, Logan answered on as conversational of a setting as his speakers could go. “I definitely needed your help there. Did you check on Stevonnie on the way?”
Having finally gotten into range personally (as well as reformed the exploded gauntlets on her hands – a neat trick, that), the hourglass figured alien with the square afro named Garnet didn't seem as celebratory. “We came right here from the Temple – thought you'd all be together. Where are they, then?” There was a tone of worry in her alluring deep voice, one that Logan wished he didn't have to hear.
Dewey Park, about a minute of high speed butt hauling later
Sliding onto the scene, Garnet, Amethyst and Logan finally stopped running towards the small but charming local park. Thankfully, Logan's fears seemed to be assuaged. Yes, there was a small crater in the ground, presumably from where the rose quartz bubble Steven used to protect himself had landed. Yes, the crowd of people they'd had bubbled were still around, and none of them looked harmed, aside from being a bit shaken. No, there were no Holo-Pearls in sight, so clearly they'd been taken care of. However, Stevonnie was nowhere to be seen. Instead, leaning against a small statue were the diminutive teens Steven and Connie, no longer fused but instead sitting and holding one another in their arms. It wasn't a situation that was any kind of romantic, because there was blood on both of them but mostly the young lady!
“Oh my god,” whispered the W-E's pilot, before he took his hands off the controls momentarily to clasp them over his mouth. Panic and adrenaline took total control of his body as he realized the implications of what he was looking at. Had he launched a pair of adorable children to their deaths? In full view of a bunch of randoms, at that?
“Steven!” roared Garnet, rushing in to assess her ward's health in a way that Logan kind of couldn't inside a robot that big. He was a little too busy freaking out at that moment, anyway.
“Garnet! Logan! We're okay!” He waved up at all of them, and Connie raised her head to meet them. “It's true...” she added, looking like she'd seen some serious shit nonetheless.
“Then whose blood is all of that on you?! Seriously, that's like, a lot!” Amethyst asked and commented this, and she was right. Both of their shirts were totally stained with red liquid lifeblood, and more than just a small spot here or there. Connie actually looked to be worse.
“Mine! It's my blood, but-” Connie looked nervous and scared, but finished, “But it's okay! Steven healed me! He kissed my stomach where I got ripped open, and then it just fixed itself!”
“Ripped open?! Connie, what the hell happened?!” Logan wasn't convinced at all, even when the bespectacled young woman lifted her top just far enough to show that she wasn't still half-killed.
“We... We broke up. Not like, in the usual way. When you, uh... Helped us get over here, not all of the Holo-Pearls died on impact. We were scared and ended up accidentally unfusing midflight. Steven kept the bubble up until after we landed, but one of the training drones got its weapon into me before we could kill it.” She adjusted her glasses, seemingly not sure what else to say.
“Please don't punish her! It wasn't her fault, and we're both okay. We were just comforting each other!” Steven looked horrified by the prospect of them getting into trouble more than anything else.
“We know.” Garnet said this as she glared directly at the Wonderchild. In spite of its lack of a head, it was obvious that Garnet understood exactly where at it to look to be staring right at the cockpit.
“...I'll uh, leave.” Logan said this, adding “Sorry. Let me know if you need any, uh... Other help.” before turning tail and walking away. It was way too awk and he had to cut his losses at some point.
Crescent Palms Motel, that evening
“Fuck me,” Logan said, lying on his back on the shared pushed-together beds.
“Maybe later,” responded Sonya, having regrouped with Logan after he'd stowed the Wonderchild.
“I meant that in a 'screw my life' kind of way. I kind of messed up today, Sony.” He was still frowning, which had ended up as his default expression since he'd realized how it had gone back there.
“Yeah, but you still don't suck. You had a pretty good fight even though you did kind of get a little girl temporarily disemboweled.” Even though she teased, the fact that she was affectionately leaning into him was evidence that she was still trying to comfort the pilot.
“I'm sure I'll have made worse mistakes by the end of my career. It was just jarring, because Connie and Steven are such cute kids. I've kind of not had the best track record when it comes to the youths.” Logan shook his head just as his phone went off. “Speaking of, there's someone connected to that screwup.” Accepting the call, he said, “Hi.”
The first thing he heard was sobbing, followed by “Logan! Logan, I know you're mad at us, or we're mad at you or both...” This was interrupted by another bare-faced sob, and though Logan briefly tried to interject, the voice (Misato, according to the ringtone and his phone's screen, as well as from the sound of it) cut him off. “Please tell me you're on the way. Please tell me you were already back in Japan, and United Arms sent you to help.”
“Slow down,” said Logan, speaking in Japanese just like she was. “What's happening in Tokyo-3?”
“It's another Angel, Logan. We think it's just one, but there are two halves fighting together. Logan, they're killing him! Tell me you're coming to save Shinji!”
“I have to call you back.” This was all Logan said, instantly turning ending the call and shushing Sonya before she could ask what was up. Not only was he not in Japan, he was not even on the west coast any longer. As quickly as he'd ended the previous call, he began another one to a number he had programmed into his phone.
It was a call being made to Steven Universe, despite the awkwardness of the earlier fight. The young man answered, and his cute little voice came over the phone. “Hey Logan. Calling to check up or something?”
“Yeah, or something. Kid, I have problems. Do you know how we talked about how sometimes the Gems travel to far away lands for missions?”
“Yeah. We use the Warp Pad and go to all kinds of places. Islands, plains, tundra, lava places-” Okay, that sounded promising...
“Sounds really cool. That's the pad in your home, right? Do you think it could carry a mecha if we could get it to touch the pad?” Logan made no attempt to hide the hopefulness in his voice, and the fact that Misato seemed to be trying to call back was making him a little frantic.
“I don't think so, Logan. You have to be all the way on the pad, and it might be tough to fit your robot into the warp stream. Plus, I think you have to be a magical being to warp. Sorry if that's a disappointment.
“Hold on, Steven.” Logan had once again been interrupted, and he put the young man on hold to check a message he was getting from his United Arms app. It was, as usual, quite simple, consisting of video footage of a variety of stocky, heavy looking humanoid mechas with muted green and grey colors firing on a building. It was unlike anything that he'd ever seen design wise, with huge heavy arms and a thick torso, but slimmer legs and big feet. Boxier than most mechs he knew, this thing would have excited him if he didn't see what it was doing. There was some text along with the video as well. “Newark New Jersey.” Apparently, the state nearby to Delmarv (Jersey), had been re-replaced, this time with a more typical(?) 'New' Jersey. And apparently there was a serious threat there.
“Damn,” groaned Logan, thinking about how to proceed.
Choice Time!
>Take Steven off hold and ask a huge favor of him. “Steven, please fuse with me.” Logan needed to become a magical being and fast if he was going to get to Tokyo-3 quick enough to save the friend he once swore to protect. Proceed to Episode 10: Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!
>Take Steven off hold and thank him for his time, but then call Misato back. Apologize and say there's no way it can happen and that Shinji has to save himself. Then head to Newark, ready for some mech-on-mech combat. Proceed to Episode 10: Now, Where's First Gear?!
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Post by CMPunkCMPunk on Dec 10, 2017 11:13:19 GMT -5
Woo! Episode 9 - Hot Town, Summer in Beach City Complete!
Thanks for the patience, I'm so glad to be back at this. Finally we have the first appearance of Logan's leitmotif theme song, as well as one HELL of a decision to be made. This is a pretty multi-layered end of chapter choice, so please think about it.
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The Story!
Dec 10, 2017 13:23:22 GMT -5
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Post by Vitsheep on Dec 10, 2017 13:23:22 GMT -5
I wanna fight rooobooooots But I don't wanna disappoint Misato moooore
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Dec 10, 2017 13:31:23 GMT -5
Yeah, this is a tough decision. On the one hand it sounds like Shinji might not survive this one on his own. On the other hand, how much do we really know about Steven's ability to fuse with others? Do we know him well enough for him to trust us to the point where the fusion would even work in the first place? How much stress is enough to defuse him from someone? Is his magic strong enough to do anything against an Angel or would we need a weapon like that cannon which we can't take with us?
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Dec 10, 2017 18:54:16 GMT -5
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Post by Pearl on Dec 10, 2017 18:54:16 GMT -5
Good of you to ask, Fuzz! Technically, Stevonnie was the very first Gem-Human fusion, so it is still new territory. I... actually don't know if Steven and Logan would be able to fuse, but they could try. I personally would find it distasteful, since I don't think humans should be fusing with our kind. Still, if they did, they would absolutely have a weapon all their own. Every gem has one, even if it is a fusion!
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Post by Mr. Mallard feeling quacky on Dec 10, 2017 21:59:38 GMT -5
Baiscally I am done with those people in Tokyo 3. They have there human robot fusions. Shinji ran back to them after we risked everything to save them. Also if we go back to Tokyo 3 we might as well go there handcuff.
Nope they made there bed so now they can lie in it. Besides theres only one place we need to go after beating up holograms and that's good old Newark New Jersey.
I vote for Newark and guys remember one thing. Chicks dig Giant Robots.
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