Post by The Librarian on May 7, 2009 16:45:39 GMT -7
16:55:44 [Blue] [The massive male, contrary to his size, was silent. In fact, he was already in the forest, about twenty feet above Siege in a tree. Without even a rustle of a leaf, the male dove downward, stretching his forepaws towards Siege's neck as he descended. The old male had felt Antherisk's anger, burning like a forest fire and signalling for assistance. He didn't extend his claws until he was a mere foot from Siege, so the sound could not prompt a quick reaction. His right forepaw would come slamming down on the area between the neck and shoulder, claws severing arteries and viens, to be cliched, like a hot knife through butter. His left would come down on the shoulder, gripping hard, and allowing the rest of his body to fall. His back paws would attempt to dig into his back, while his tail thrust through the man's back and out his stomach, shredding the internal organs. The only noise would be Siege's flesh renting. Silent and undetectable, it was something one learned with years of practice. That was if, --
16:56:22 [Blue] -- Of course, Siege didn't know Blue was there. If Blue had been detected, the outcome would likely be wholly different.]
17:20:01 Siege{Chaos} continued to watch the two before him for a moment until something else caught his attention. A slight breeze on the wind brought a scent to his nose. There was another Acin in the area. The hair on his skin rippled from the minute shift in air currents caused by Blue's movements. The heat sensitive receptors in his body began to pick up another presence. Blue might be moving silently, but Seth still knew he was there. Seth merely took the easiest course of action to avoid the claws coming his way. He went to his knees, rolling forward a few feet and coming up facing where he had just been standing. Those emerald eyes focused now on blue. Not saying he was going to ignore Antherisk and Gabrio, he still knew what they were up to, but they weren't important at the moment. If Antherisk or Blue bothered to notice, they would find something odd about this man. He smelled like an Acin. Of course he held a myriad of other scents as well, but that was the important one. “Well well, she has a friend.”
17:41:02 [Blue] [Blue's attack was miraculously dodged, but his momentum could not be stopped so quick. He embedded his forepaws into the ground as Siege was still rolling and standing tensing his incredibly dense muscles and propelling himself around. His back, with the armored ridges was facing Siege for a second before his Scythe-tipped tails came ripping around, ready to embed itself inside of Siege's head. His total reach with tail would be over 9 feet, as he was an extremely large male. Should Siege sidestep, he would find Blue's hind claws slicing through his face, and backpedalling would hardly be an option since the tail was more than long enough to reach him with the perhaps two steps of time Siege was given from Blue's attack.] /short
18:03:51 Cruce Red hide bled through the trees in a blur of motion. The smell of blood and aggression was enough to get anything’s attention, and Cruce was no exception. Nostrils flared whilst the vibrant hide suddenly dulled to opaque black, concealing the galloping form for what the shadows were worth. Wicked eyes beseeched the fighting, spying the familiar albino tussling with the usual quarry. A new male of their breed was spotted as well, tackling a different foe, one that had the mark on him. Cruce exploded from the underbrush with purpose. His blackened body streaked back to its original sheen, that proud war-color. The male was off to the side of the battling duo, coming in at an angle. About the time when Seige reached for Blue’s tail, the Red was upon them. Jaws extended their vicious bite for one of the soldier’s legs, going in low to snap up his shin and pull back, resulting in Seige being flung instead of Blue. No tree would catch the man however, he’d be flipped over and slammed into the ground on his <>
18:04:06 Cruce <>side, Acin still attached.
18:18:05 Siege{Chaos} another scent came to his nose. Great, there was another one in the area. These things were like a beehive. You try and handle one and the rest show up. Oh well, Seth had been planning on delaying the use of some of his other gear for a while, but the moment called for it. As Seth backstepped from Blue's tail, his form would ripple for a second, like a heatwave rising around him, as his armor activated leaving his body encased in armor that made him look almost like a robotic insect. He would still be reaching for Blue's tail, but now that he was armored his reaction time was even quicker. As for the bit aimed at his leg, Cruce was going to have to deal with the energy shield produced by his armor. The plasma shield was equipped with inertial dampeners and a kinetic energy shifter that turned the force blows back against themselves. Essentially, the force of Cruce's bite would be sent back into the Acin's teeth, possibly breaking them.
18:28:33 [Blue] [Blue's reflexes were second to none. His nueral system was not the same as a humans, it was faster, honed with battle experience, and razor honed instinct. The weapon was snapped at the last second, causing the tail to become more like a whip, and slice down at incredible speeds right down as Siege's hand was closing, attempting to cut into the palm. If he grabbed it, he'd be granted with a weapon that was not so easily stopped by normal force.]
18:29:52 [Blue] <c> After the rapid slice, he would spin himself around and land on his feet, pushing himself backwards and readying himself for combat.]
18:36:58 Cruce had a hard head and a bite to be reckoned with, thus his fangs needed to be just as tough. The force of his chomp met the shield and backfired, rocking his jaws apart. Air expelled with the ache but the male had endured worse. His skull whipped away from the guarded limb, tilting it over to set two eyes upwards. Lips spread to bare white teeth whilst Cruce stayed near the soldier’s side, as if begging for the man to make a move. Meantime the Acin searched for any possible parts that may not be so heavily coated with this shield thing. Tearing off a toe was better then nothing.
18:49:36 Siege{Chaos} this day just kept getting better. He was already fighting two Acins and now someone else was apparently interested in him. All he needed now was for the whole pack to show up. As for Blue, his mistake was assuming that Seth was human. Seth was a genetically enhanced being. One of those enhancements was his evolution processor. A series or organs and other systems that allowed his body to analyze species he came into contact with, and then to incorporate anything useful into his own system. He had originally been designed with reflexes fast enough to shoot a bullet out of the air. Since that time, he had incorporated many different beings, one of those species being Acins. His earlier contact with the one he collared had given him the chance to incorporate their useful traits into himself. Coupled with the bio-enhancement functions of his armor, his reflexes were more than fast enough. He pulled his hand back and spun to his left as the whip like tail flicked. <c>
18:49:48 Siege{Chaos} Lines of light would begin to trace their way along his body, outlining muscles and armor components like a circuit board before collecting in three glowing points at his wrists and the center of his chest. From the back side of each forearm, a foot and a half long blade extended outward. Better prepared now, he produced two more of those orbs. Tossing one to the ground in front of each of the Acins as fast as a bullet. Once again there was a brilliant flash of light accompanied by a deafening burst capable of destroying the eardrums of most people. Then came the cloud of nerve gas designed to knock out signals from the brain to the rest of the body leaving it's victim's paralyzed for a couple of hours if they were lucky, or permanently if they weren't. As for Seth, his armor protected his ears from the concussion and his visor tinted to protect his eyes from the light. His filtration system would handle the gas. At this range it would be harder for the two to avoid the blast, and he had seen them work on Acins before.
18:56:57 [Blue] [Blue did not need to do any of that. He simply held his breath, closed his eyes and dove forward. He knew where his opponent was, and the flash and smoke would at least make it impossible to see the attack coming. He leapt into the air and released all four limbs, plus scythe-like tail, at high speeds, clawing and slicing at whatever armor he could reach. The trick was, the tail was more deadly than the claw. It was vibrating at extremely high speed, releasing a quite, but high pitched whine as it did so. It was capable of splitting through energy shields and even solid metal, because it's blade vibrated and destabilized the molecular bonds of the substance. Not that Blue knew that. He just knew it vibrated, and that it cut better than when he didn't vibrate it.]
19:08:09 Cruce was still very close to the man when he threw down those orb things. Cruce had come in contact enough with these beings to know what their toys could do. His body swung around then, putting his side to the flash as the gas spewed from the ball. The sound put a ring through his head as he reared up around the man, using this closeness to act. As the falling form of Blue appeared through the layers of gas, two metal-tight appendages would hook underneath both of Seige’s arms and clamp down over his shoulders. The way they were contorted it was hard to tell exactly what part of the Acin these two things belonged too, but simply put they were Cruce’s wings. The extremely strong limbs had their digits shut over tightly on the membranes, making them more like arms then anything else. Cruce kept his feet free for maneuvering whilst his jaws opened to intercept the back of the guy’s head, despite his armor. The bite was not forceful but rather testing, slowly gaining strength like a vice if a hold could be had.<>
19:08:28 Cruce <>Meantime acidic saliva kept dribbling free of his fangs and lips, pouring over the back of the soldier’s neck to get in any crevice that had eatable material in it.
19:19:29 Siege{Chaos} this was pathetic. The most challenging fight Seth had gotten himself into in a very long time, and it was against Acins. He didn't need to worry about the gas, he still knew where the other two were at. Blue jumped at him. Normally Seth wouldn't have cared, but his senses were acutely aware of the strange harmonics coming from the Acin's tail. They nearly matched those coming from his blades. To make matters worse, Cruce was blocking his exit and had grabbed him from behind. Oh well, so much for a flawless fight, this one was going to get messy. A layer of crackling energy enveloped Seth's blades. The energy causes temporary paralysis by overloading the body's sensory and motor nervous systems. Depending on how directly the energy hits the body, the victim may experience brief conscious paralysis or be knocked completely unconscious for a period of time. A "pins and needles" feeling is common in victims recovering from a stun effect. <c>
19:19:44 Siege{Chaos} As Blue came toward him, Seth raised his left arm, that blade coming up to block the path of the tail. For the moment, he was going to have to deal with those claws that were rapidly weakening his shield and starting to score gouges in the Bio-plastic of his armor. As for Cruce, another blade would extend, this time from the elbow of Seth's right arm. Enveloped in that same stunning energy, he shoved the blade backwards. Unless Cruce let go, he was about to get stabbed. The Acid wasn't a problem yet, as the bio-plastic of Seth's armor was treated to deal with acid.
19:29:43 [Blue] [Blue's scythe-like tail would make contact with the energy blades, but the high density calcium was not energy nor heat conductive. So the energy would be rendered useless. All four claws were slashing at the armor now, and the tail, who's muscles were independant and massively dense, was trying to push away the blade and gain leverage to slash at the body. It would push sideways and swing rapidly toward the man's head, the vibrations would be more than enough to behead him if left alone.] 19:29:43 [Blue] [Blue's scythe-like tail would make contact with the energy blades, but the high density calcium was not energy nor heat conductive. So the energy would be rendered useless. All four claws were slashing at the armor now, and the tail, who's muscles were independant and massively dense, was trying to push away the blade and gain leverage to slash at the body. It would push sideways and swing rapidly toward the man's head, the vibrations would be more than enough to behead him if left alone.]
19:32:41 Cruce held on unrelentingly. Beneath his grasp he calculated each jerking movement from the armored man. His right eyes snapped downwards when he felt the guy’s shoulder pivot. Not taking much on chance that the man was just gonna hit him with a blunt elbow, Cruce threw a hind-leg outwards, relinquishing his biting to see exactly where his paw was gonna go. Thick pads caught the man’s triceps just above the bladed elbow, cording leg muscles to keep the weapon at bay. Cruce’s lack of stability in this awkward stance however teetered his body with the force of catching the limb, pushing him to the left till he could regain a claw-hold on the waning shields. Bracing his forepaws on the shoulders of the suit the Red started to pound his snout against the shield. Over and over he tore at the back of the man’s suit with his most deadliest weapon, wanting to break that guard and finally sink his teeth into the shell around the solider. He didn’t have a vibrating tail like Blue, but determination perhaps would be <>
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2:57 Cruce <> useful enough.
19:39:57 Siege{Chaos} Blue's claws were leaving nice gashes in the bio-plastic of Seth's armor now, but they had quite a bit more armor to get through before reaching flesh. As for Cruce, it was going to take that Acin longer. Seth didn't plan on letting the fight last that long. His left arm held solidly against Blue's tail, and then something strange happened. That blade shifted and bent to lock itself onto Blue's Tail blade. Since both were on the same frequency, the vibration wouldn't break the hold. Blue was obviously the more deadly of the opponents at this moment, so most of Seth's concentration was on that particular Acin. As for Cruce. Seth's right arm changed, seeming to liquefy in the Acin's grasp, turning into a thick black ooze that began spreading it's way up Cruce's leg, bringing with it a numbing sensation.
20:03:17 [Blue] [Blue gave way, latching his scythe-blade firmly in place and dropping down around the blade arm, and spinning. More or less applying 550lbs of force, plus all the force the tail applied with it's massive muscles. Blue would grasp the ground and pull as hard as his muscles could pull. It would likely twist the arm around in it's socket and snap it loose, skin, bone, muscle, armor and all. A painful way to lose a limb.]
20:06:00 Cruce kept working on the shield, weakening them more and more to help Blue’s tail get a good strike in. The ooze slowly taking over his leg didn’t seem to bother the Acin as he shoved the limb into the back of the man. His densely packed, and microscopic scales along the rubber like flesh were water-tight and if nothing else would slow the encroachment of the ooze, and even then the immune system of the beast had enough throttle to tackle a thing or two, main reason why Acin hardly became ill or got poisoned. With both his back feet braced against the back of the man Cruce incased the sides of his head in his mouth and started jerking the helmeted skull around. Both forepaws left the guy’s shoulders to help with this action, digging into shield and armor to push and pull against it.
20:13:40 Siege{Chaos} Seth's arm would stretch out a bit as Blue pulled, and then lock in place, his hand facing the Acin. The genetically enhanced muscles in his arms tightening to hold his arm immobile against the Acin's attack. Of course he wasn't just going to sit here either. His wrist swelled and split apart, his hand split apart and folded back into the empty section where his wrist had been. It would now become apparent what those lines of light tracing along his form were leading too. At the point where his wrist would have been was now a ball of energy about the size of a basketball. This was a compressed plasma particle cannon. Think of it like magnets held together against their will. When the force holding them in place went away, the blast would be rather large. Of course with his shields weakened he wasn't going to use the full strength of the blast. Just enough to eliminate the back end of Blue. As for Cruce, that black ooze would spread to cover his entire front leg <c>
20:14:07 Siege{Chaos} and then begin spreading over the rest of his body from there. For now it only brought with it that numbing sensation which would weaken the Acin. Since Cruce's jaws were around Seth's head, he did the simples thing possible and encased his body from the chest up in that studding energy. Either stunning the Acin or forcing him to let go.
20:31:32 Cruce received what Blue had asked of him. The Red was always one to go along with whatever ideas his packmates had. With the ooze already spreading, the Acin still didn’t seem too perturbed. He just held on till Blue came soaring over the man’s head. Cruce loosened his hold in an instant and literally crawled around the side of the soldier, just under his now yanked around left arm. The Red’s tail curled around the man’s uppertorso whilst he rehooked his wings under both shoulders. Both forepaws now shoved into the bottom of the man’s pulled arm, pushing his weapon with further force towards his own face, using both wings to brace and hold an opposite force against the man.
20:37:26 Siege{Chaos} well now, this didn't look like the type situation that Seth wanted to be in. Of course he had his own way around the problem. As Blue leaped up and over, Seth went down. Another system in his armor activating, Seth's entire form seemed to vibrate and sink into the ground beneath him. Of course he would have to let go of Blue's tail, but that didn't bug him at the moment. Blue pulled while he sank, effectively aiming that cannon strait into the air. It might not hit any of the three, but at least it wasn't going to hit Seth. He sank fully into the ground and was gone for a few seconds before rising back up about thirty feet away from the two. His hand was back, as well as his right arm, though that ooze still spread it's way across Cruce's skin, finally heading to the Acin's head to block his vision. Seth now held in each hand a very intricate looking pistol. He wasn't quite sure what to do about the new arrivals though.
20:40:47 Trespasser caught the tranquilizer gun as it was thrown to him, nodding to the female. "Yeah, uhm...you see those?" Tres turned, pointing to the two Acin struggling with the person. "I need them incapacitated. Just asleep, if that's possible, please." He lowered his hand, looking down at this rifle. "If I hit em in the neck with one of these darts, will it kill them?"
20:44:47 [Blue] [Blue used the time. He released himself from Siege, pulling away and running towards Cruce. With a quick application of tongue, he spat acidic acid in a shower all over Cruce, which would dissolve the ooze rapidly. A quick nod towards north, and Blue pushed him forward, determined to be the last to leave. He wouldn't just run off and leave a possibly wounded or inhibited packmate behind. He turned towards the man as he reappeared, hissing loudly and spitting acid toward him as well. The singular scar on his face standing in sharp contrast to his pale blue flesh.]
20:45:01 [Baalthus] "Of course not, they look pretty tough, maybe...five or six darts for a lethal dosage." jameson shrugs and presses a button on her forearm, closing her helm back up, "Alright you take the lead in, Brennon, Sobec, Start flanking, Fire on Tres' mark. It is your mark, Tres' we'll volley at your first shot..." She turns back to her subordinates, "Single shots, no burst fire! And get yourselves in gear, flank, now!" The two armored, faceless troopers set off without a word, flanking around to the left and right, quiet as possible in their [***]bersome hazard suits, while Jameson stays with tres' following him closely and lining up her shot...
20:51:12 Cruce flung his wings upwards, snapping a few lines of ooze in the sharp movement as all four paws found the ground again. His mouth pulled itself apart in the process, dribbling toxic saliva out to keep the spread at bay. With further help from his packmate the Red shook the sizzling substance off, rounding his freed eyes to spy the reappearance of the man. Blue’s encouragement met a bit of stubbornness for a second. Cruce hated running away, but survival instincts were more powerful then pride. The Red started to move, a little awkward on his paws from the strange numbness, but quick enough to get into the cover of the trees, puffing along like a train up a hill.
20:57:32 Siege{Chaos} would have continued the fight, but he was picking up on the conversation from the newcomers in the area. Yeah they had been trying to kill each other, but he didn't want these two captured. The acins had gained a measure of respect in his book, and he didn't think they should go out that way. The ooze seemed to recoil from the acid. Sure it could have fought at the moment, but Seth had other things on his mind now. A rain of droplets fell to the ground as Cruce shook the ooze off. Where each drop landed, a small black figure, about a foot tall with clawed hands and large eyes, appeared as the ooze bubbled and expanded. Soon there were dozens of the creatures around the two Acins, but they apparently were going to leave them alone. The small figures disappeared into the forest, slinking through brush and trees to wait in surprise for the mercenaries. Seth merely looked at the two Acins, he knew they could understand him. “Get out of here while you can.”
21:01:29 Trespasser watched as the man backed up, and as these things did, as well -- no matter, they didn't seem a threat. Pursing his lips he brought the sights of his tranquilizer gun to the neck of an Acin, particularely Blue. He waited until the thing was standing relatively still, when it was growing at Siege before pursing his lips lightly, then whispering in a hushed tone to the commander, "....Fire." With that he loosed the dart from the chamber of his weapon, sending it spiraling for blues neck at a rate unforseen.
21:07:30 [Blue] [Blue's eyes snapped to the sound of flying things. Without hesitation, his tail whipped up and the scythe end deflected the dart without a problem. In a little more than a second, he reached twenty miles an hour in the opposite direction. After another six seconds, he was sprinting at a little over one hundred miles and hour away from the confrontation, urging Cruce on to help him gain speed and shake off the ooze. Escape was almost inevitable, seeing as Blue was one of the fastest males. He wasn't even moving all out, he didn't want to outpace Cruce. ;D]
21:07:58 [Baalthus] Thup,Thup,Thup, A bolt is loosed from each of the capture teams guns, slamming into the creatures stomach and thigh, the third shot from one of the flankers going wide. Jameson orders her men to stand down, waiting to see if there are any results, eyeing the man struggling with her target warily
21:14:09 Cruce kept going. He offered a glare in the direction the dart had come from, but that was it. The Red forced his body to keep up with Blue. He was already a stocky Acin to begin with which made him not as fast as most of his species, but he could hold his own well enough. A glance was given towards the canopy. If he could fly at the moment, Blue would be the one needing to catch up. Cruce put more steam on, working his power back up as he thrummed towards Blue, thanking the other male for the assistance and such. Hopefully, the crowd behind them would stay that way, far far away.
21:19:16 Siege{Chaos} thup thup thup, Trespasser and the Mercenaries fired their tranq darts, and each one that Blue didn't deflect was met with a bang bang bang as Seth quickly brought those intricate looking pistols to bear, shooting the incoming darts from the sky. He turned toward the oncoming attackers and simply disappeared. Of course he was still there, but the stealth system in his armor had activated rendering him nearly perfectly invisible as well as blocking off heat and electromagnetic signatures. Finally the counter noise generator would nullify any sound he was making. They might find him, but it was going to be hard work. Now for the other little critters. As the mercenaries made their way through the forest, the squad was suddenly set upon by dozens of those foot tall black figures each armed with sets of claws similar to Seth's blades and Blue's tail. The figured would ambush the mercenaries, diving out of trees and rising out of the ground trying to claw through their guns first.
16:56:22 [Blue] -- Of course, Siege didn't know Blue was there. If Blue had been detected, the outcome would likely be wholly different.]
17:20:01 Siege{Chaos} continued to watch the two before him for a moment until something else caught his attention. A slight breeze on the wind brought a scent to his nose. There was another Acin in the area. The hair on his skin rippled from the minute shift in air currents caused by Blue's movements. The heat sensitive receptors in his body began to pick up another presence. Blue might be moving silently, but Seth still knew he was there. Seth merely took the easiest course of action to avoid the claws coming his way. He went to his knees, rolling forward a few feet and coming up facing where he had just been standing. Those emerald eyes focused now on blue. Not saying he was going to ignore Antherisk and Gabrio, he still knew what they were up to, but they weren't important at the moment. If Antherisk or Blue bothered to notice, they would find something odd about this man. He smelled like an Acin. Of course he held a myriad of other scents as well, but that was the important one. “Well well, she has a friend.”
17:41:02 [Blue] [Blue's attack was miraculously dodged, but his momentum could not be stopped so quick. He embedded his forepaws into the ground as Siege was still rolling and standing tensing his incredibly dense muscles and propelling himself around. His back, with the armored ridges was facing Siege for a second before his Scythe-tipped tails came ripping around, ready to embed itself inside of Siege's head. His total reach with tail would be over 9 feet, as he was an extremely large male. Should Siege sidestep, he would find Blue's hind claws slicing through his face, and backpedalling would hardly be an option since the tail was more than long enough to reach him with the perhaps two steps of time Siege was given from Blue's attack.] /short
18:03:51 Cruce Red hide bled through the trees in a blur of motion. The smell of blood and aggression was enough to get anything’s attention, and Cruce was no exception. Nostrils flared whilst the vibrant hide suddenly dulled to opaque black, concealing the galloping form for what the shadows were worth. Wicked eyes beseeched the fighting, spying the familiar albino tussling with the usual quarry. A new male of their breed was spotted as well, tackling a different foe, one that had the mark on him. Cruce exploded from the underbrush with purpose. His blackened body streaked back to its original sheen, that proud war-color. The male was off to the side of the battling duo, coming in at an angle. About the time when Seige reached for Blue’s tail, the Red was upon them. Jaws extended their vicious bite for one of the soldier’s legs, going in low to snap up his shin and pull back, resulting in Seige being flung instead of Blue. No tree would catch the man however, he’d be flipped over and slammed into the ground on his <>
18:04:06 Cruce <>side, Acin still attached.
18:18:05 Siege{Chaos} another scent came to his nose. Great, there was another one in the area. These things were like a beehive. You try and handle one and the rest show up. Oh well, Seth had been planning on delaying the use of some of his other gear for a while, but the moment called for it. As Seth backstepped from Blue's tail, his form would ripple for a second, like a heatwave rising around him, as his armor activated leaving his body encased in armor that made him look almost like a robotic insect. He would still be reaching for Blue's tail, but now that he was armored his reaction time was even quicker. As for the bit aimed at his leg, Cruce was going to have to deal with the energy shield produced by his armor. The plasma shield was equipped with inertial dampeners and a kinetic energy shifter that turned the force blows back against themselves. Essentially, the force of Cruce's bite would be sent back into the Acin's teeth, possibly breaking them.
18:28:33 [Blue] [Blue's reflexes were second to none. His nueral system was not the same as a humans, it was faster, honed with battle experience, and razor honed instinct. The weapon was snapped at the last second, causing the tail to become more like a whip, and slice down at incredible speeds right down as Siege's hand was closing, attempting to cut into the palm. If he grabbed it, he'd be granted with a weapon that was not so easily stopped by normal force.]
18:29:52 [Blue] <c> After the rapid slice, he would spin himself around and land on his feet, pushing himself backwards and readying himself for combat.]
18:36:58 Cruce had a hard head and a bite to be reckoned with, thus his fangs needed to be just as tough. The force of his chomp met the shield and backfired, rocking his jaws apart. Air expelled with the ache but the male had endured worse. His skull whipped away from the guarded limb, tilting it over to set two eyes upwards. Lips spread to bare white teeth whilst Cruce stayed near the soldier’s side, as if begging for the man to make a move. Meantime the Acin searched for any possible parts that may not be so heavily coated with this shield thing. Tearing off a toe was better then nothing.
18:49:36 Siege{Chaos} this day just kept getting better. He was already fighting two Acins and now someone else was apparently interested in him. All he needed now was for the whole pack to show up. As for Blue, his mistake was assuming that Seth was human. Seth was a genetically enhanced being. One of those enhancements was his evolution processor. A series or organs and other systems that allowed his body to analyze species he came into contact with, and then to incorporate anything useful into his own system. He had originally been designed with reflexes fast enough to shoot a bullet out of the air. Since that time, he had incorporated many different beings, one of those species being Acins. His earlier contact with the one he collared had given him the chance to incorporate their useful traits into himself. Coupled with the bio-enhancement functions of his armor, his reflexes were more than fast enough. He pulled his hand back and spun to his left as the whip like tail flicked. <c>
18:49:48 Siege{Chaos} Lines of light would begin to trace their way along his body, outlining muscles and armor components like a circuit board before collecting in three glowing points at his wrists and the center of his chest. From the back side of each forearm, a foot and a half long blade extended outward. Better prepared now, he produced two more of those orbs. Tossing one to the ground in front of each of the Acins as fast as a bullet. Once again there was a brilliant flash of light accompanied by a deafening burst capable of destroying the eardrums of most people. Then came the cloud of nerve gas designed to knock out signals from the brain to the rest of the body leaving it's victim's paralyzed for a couple of hours if they were lucky, or permanently if they weren't. As for Seth, his armor protected his ears from the concussion and his visor tinted to protect his eyes from the light. His filtration system would handle the gas. At this range it would be harder for the two to avoid the blast, and he had seen them work on Acins before.
18:56:57 [Blue] [Blue did not need to do any of that. He simply held his breath, closed his eyes and dove forward. He knew where his opponent was, and the flash and smoke would at least make it impossible to see the attack coming. He leapt into the air and released all four limbs, plus scythe-like tail, at high speeds, clawing and slicing at whatever armor he could reach. The trick was, the tail was more deadly than the claw. It was vibrating at extremely high speed, releasing a quite, but high pitched whine as it did so. It was capable of splitting through energy shields and even solid metal, because it's blade vibrated and destabilized the molecular bonds of the substance. Not that Blue knew that. He just knew it vibrated, and that it cut better than when he didn't vibrate it.]
19:08:09 Cruce was still very close to the man when he threw down those orb things. Cruce had come in contact enough with these beings to know what their toys could do. His body swung around then, putting his side to the flash as the gas spewed from the ball. The sound put a ring through his head as he reared up around the man, using this closeness to act. As the falling form of Blue appeared through the layers of gas, two metal-tight appendages would hook underneath both of Seige’s arms and clamp down over his shoulders. The way they were contorted it was hard to tell exactly what part of the Acin these two things belonged too, but simply put they were Cruce’s wings. The extremely strong limbs had their digits shut over tightly on the membranes, making them more like arms then anything else. Cruce kept his feet free for maneuvering whilst his jaws opened to intercept the back of the guy’s head, despite his armor. The bite was not forceful but rather testing, slowly gaining strength like a vice if a hold could be had.<>
19:08:28 Cruce <>Meantime acidic saliva kept dribbling free of his fangs and lips, pouring over the back of the soldier’s neck to get in any crevice that had eatable material in it.
19:19:29 Siege{Chaos} this was pathetic. The most challenging fight Seth had gotten himself into in a very long time, and it was against Acins. He didn't need to worry about the gas, he still knew where the other two were at. Blue jumped at him. Normally Seth wouldn't have cared, but his senses were acutely aware of the strange harmonics coming from the Acin's tail. They nearly matched those coming from his blades. To make matters worse, Cruce was blocking his exit and had grabbed him from behind. Oh well, so much for a flawless fight, this one was going to get messy. A layer of crackling energy enveloped Seth's blades. The energy causes temporary paralysis by overloading the body's sensory and motor nervous systems. Depending on how directly the energy hits the body, the victim may experience brief conscious paralysis or be knocked completely unconscious for a period of time. A "pins and needles" feeling is common in victims recovering from a stun effect. <c>
19:19:44 Siege{Chaos} As Blue came toward him, Seth raised his left arm, that blade coming up to block the path of the tail. For the moment, he was going to have to deal with those claws that were rapidly weakening his shield and starting to score gouges in the Bio-plastic of his armor. As for Cruce, another blade would extend, this time from the elbow of Seth's right arm. Enveloped in that same stunning energy, he shoved the blade backwards. Unless Cruce let go, he was about to get stabbed. The Acid wasn't a problem yet, as the bio-plastic of Seth's armor was treated to deal with acid.
19:29:43 [Blue] [Blue's scythe-like tail would make contact with the energy blades, but the high density calcium was not energy nor heat conductive. So the energy would be rendered useless. All four claws were slashing at the armor now, and the tail, who's muscles were independant and massively dense, was trying to push away the blade and gain leverage to slash at the body. It would push sideways and swing rapidly toward the man's head, the vibrations would be more than enough to behead him if left alone.] 19:29:43 [Blue] [Blue's scythe-like tail would make contact with the energy blades, but the high density calcium was not energy nor heat conductive. So the energy would be rendered useless. All four claws were slashing at the armor now, and the tail, who's muscles were independant and massively dense, was trying to push away the blade and gain leverage to slash at the body. It would push sideways and swing rapidly toward the man's head, the vibrations would be more than enough to behead him if left alone.]
19:32:41 Cruce held on unrelentingly. Beneath his grasp he calculated each jerking movement from the armored man. His right eyes snapped downwards when he felt the guy’s shoulder pivot. Not taking much on chance that the man was just gonna hit him with a blunt elbow, Cruce threw a hind-leg outwards, relinquishing his biting to see exactly where his paw was gonna go. Thick pads caught the man’s triceps just above the bladed elbow, cording leg muscles to keep the weapon at bay. Cruce’s lack of stability in this awkward stance however teetered his body with the force of catching the limb, pushing him to the left till he could regain a claw-hold on the waning shields. Bracing his forepaws on the shoulders of the suit the Red started to pound his snout against the shield. Over and over he tore at the back of the man’s suit with his most deadliest weapon, wanting to break that guard and finally sink his teeth into the shell around the solider. He didn’t have a vibrating tail like Blue, but determination perhaps would be <>
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19:39:57 Siege{Chaos} Blue's claws were leaving nice gashes in the bio-plastic of Seth's armor now, but they had quite a bit more armor to get through before reaching flesh. As for Cruce, it was going to take that Acin longer. Seth didn't plan on letting the fight last that long. His left arm held solidly against Blue's tail, and then something strange happened. That blade shifted and bent to lock itself onto Blue's Tail blade. Since both were on the same frequency, the vibration wouldn't break the hold. Blue was obviously the more deadly of the opponents at this moment, so most of Seth's concentration was on that particular Acin. As for Cruce. Seth's right arm changed, seeming to liquefy in the Acin's grasp, turning into a thick black ooze that began spreading it's way up Cruce's leg, bringing with it a numbing sensation.
20:03:17 [Blue] [Blue gave way, latching his scythe-blade firmly in place and dropping down around the blade arm, and spinning. More or less applying 550lbs of force, plus all the force the tail applied with it's massive muscles. Blue would grasp the ground and pull as hard as his muscles could pull. It would likely twist the arm around in it's socket and snap it loose, skin, bone, muscle, armor and all. A painful way to lose a limb.]
20:06:00 Cruce kept working on the shield, weakening them more and more to help Blue’s tail get a good strike in. The ooze slowly taking over his leg didn’t seem to bother the Acin as he shoved the limb into the back of the man. His densely packed, and microscopic scales along the rubber like flesh were water-tight and if nothing else would slow the encroachment of the ooze, and even then the immune system of the beast had enough throttle to tackle a thing or two, main reason why Acin hardly became ill or got poisoned. With both his back feet braced against the back of the man Cruce incased the sides of his head in his mouth and started jerking the helmeted skull around. Both forepaws left the guy’s shoulders to help with this action, digging into shield and armor to push and pull against it.
20:13:40 Siege{Chaos} Seth's arm would stretch out a bit as Blue pulled, and then lock in place, his hand facing the Acin. The genetically enhanced muscles in his arms tightening to hold his arm immobile against the Acin's attack. Of course he wasn't just going to sit here either. His wrist swelled and split apart, his hand split apart and folded back into the empty section where his wrist had been. It would now become apparent what those lines of light tracing along his form were leading too. At the point where his wrist would have been was now a ball of energy about the size of a basketball. This was a compressed plasma particle cannon. Think of it like magnets held together against their will. When the force holding them in place went away, the blast would be rather large. Of course with his shields weakened he wasn't going to use the full strength of the blast. Just enough to eliminate the back end of Blue. As for Cruce, that black ooze would spread to cover his entire front leg <c>
20:14:07 Siege{Chaos} and then begin spreading over the rest of his body from there. For now it only brought with it that numbing sensation which would weaken the Acin. Since Cruce's jaws were around Seth's head, he did the simples thing possible and encased his body from the chest up in that studding energy. Either stunning the Acin or forcing him to let go.
20:31:32 Cruce received what Blue had asked of him. The Red was always one to go along with whatever ideas his packmates had. With the ooze already spreading, the Acin still didn’t seem too perturbed. He just held on till Blue came soaring over the man’s head. Cruce loosened his hold in an instant and literally crawled around the side of the soldier, just under his now yanked around left arm. The Red’s tail curled around the man’s uppertorso whilst he rehooked his wings under both shoulders. Both forepaws now shoved into the bottom of the man’s pulled arm, pushing his weapon with further force towards his own face, using both wings to brace and hold an opposite force against the man.
20:37:26 Siege{Chaos} well now, this didn't look like the type situation that Seth wanted to be in. Of course he had his own way around the problem. As Blue leaped up and over, Seth went down. Another system in his armor activating, Seth's entire form seemed to vibrate and sink into the ground beneath him. Of course he would have to let go of Blue's tail, but that didn't bug him at the moment. Blue pulled while he sank, effectively aiming that cannon strait into the air. It might not hit any of the three, but at least it wasn't going to hit Seth. He sank fully into the ground and was gone for a few seconds before rising back up about thirty feet away from the two. His hand was back, as well as his right arm, though that ooze still spread it's way across Cruce's skin, finally heading to the Acin's head to block his vision. Seth now held in each hand a very intricate looking pistol. He wasn't quite sure what to do about the new arrivals though.
20:40:47 Trespasser caught the tranquilizer gun as it was thrown to him, nodding to the female. "Yeah, uhm...you see those?" Tres turned, pointing to the two Acin struggling with the person. "I need them incapacitated. Just asleep, if that's possible, please." He lowered his hand, looking down at this rifle. "If I hit em in the neck with one of these darts, will it kill them?"
20:44:47 [Blue] [Blue used the time. He released himself from Siege, pulling away and running towards Cruce. With a quick application of tongue, he spat acidic acid in a shower all over Cruce, which would dissolve the ooze rapidly. A quick nod towards north, and Blue pushed him forward, determined to be the last to leave. He wouldn't just run off and leave a possibly wounded or inhibited packmate behind. He turned towards the man as he reappeared, hissing loudly and spitting acid toward him as well. The singular scar on his face standing in sharp contrast to his pale blue flesh.]
20:45:01 [Baalthus] "Of course not, they look pretty tough, maybe...five or six darts for a lethal dosage." jameson shrugs and presses a button on her forearm, closing her helm back up, "Alright you take the lead in, Brennon, Sobec, Start flanking, Fire on Tres' mark. It is your mark, Tres' we'll volley at your first shot..." She turns back to her subordinates, "Single shots, no burst fire! And get yourselves in gear, flank, now!" The two armored, faceless troopers set off without a word, flanking around to the left and right, quiet as possible in their [***]bersome hazard suits, while Jameson stays with tres' following him closely and lining up her shot...
20:51:12 Cruce flung his wings upwards, snapping a few lines of ooze in the sharp movement as all four paws found the ground again. His mouth pulled itself apart in the process, dribbling toxic saliva out to keep the spread at bay. With further help from his packmate the Red shook the sizzling substance off, rounding his freed eyes to spy the reappearance of the man. Blue’s encouragement met a bit of stubbornness for a second. Cruce hated running away, but survival instincts were more powerful then pride. The Red started to move, a little awkward on his paws from the strange numbness, but quick enough to get into the cover of the trees, puffing along like a train up a hill.
20:57:32 Siege{Chaos} would have continued the fight, but he was picking up on the conversation from the newcomers in the area. Yeah they had been trying to kill each other, but he didn't want these two captured. The acins had gained a measure of respect in his book, and he didn't think they should go out that way. The ooze seemed to recoil from the acid. Sure it could have fought at the moment, but Seth had other things on his mind now. A rain of droplets fell to the ground as Cruce shook the ooze off. Where each drop landed, a small black figure, about a foot tall with clawed hands and large eyes, appeared as the ooze bubbled and expanded. Soon there were dozens of the creatures around the two Acins, but they apparently were going to leave them alone. The small figures disappeared into the forest, slinking through brush and trees to wait in surprise for the mercenaries. Seth merely looked at the two Acins, he knew they could understand him. “Get out of here while you can.”
21:01:29 Trespasser watched as the man backed up, and as these things did, as well -- no matter, they didn't seem a threat. Pursing his lips he brought the sights of his tranquilizer gun to the neck of an Acin, particularely Blue. He waited until the thing was standing relatively still, when it was growing at Siege before pursing his lips lightly, then whispering in a hushed tone to the commander, "....Fire." With that he loosed the dart from the chamber of his weapon, sending it spiraling for blues neck at a rate unforseen.
21:07:30 [Blue] [Blue's eyes snapped to the sound of flying things. Without hesitation, his tail whipped up and the scythe end deflected the dart without a problem. In a little more than a second, he reached twenty miles an hour in the opposite direction. After another six seconds, he was sprinting at a little over one hundred miles and hour away from the confrontation, urging Cruce on to help him gain speed and shake off the ooze. Escape was almost inevitable, seeing as Blue was one of the fastest males. He wasn't even moving all out, he didn't want to outpace Cruce. ;D]
21:07:58 [Baalthus] Thup,Thup,Thup, A bolt is loosed from each of the capture teams guns, slamming into the creatures stomach and thigh, the third shot from one of the flankers going wide. Jameson orders her men to stand down, waiting to see if there are any results, eyeing the man struggling with her target warily
21:14:09 Cruce kept going. He offered a glare in the direction the dart had come from, but that was it. The Red forced his body to keep up with Blue. He was already a stocky Acin to begin with which made him not as fast as most of his species, but he could hold his own well enough. A glance was given towards the canopy. If he could fly at the moment, Blue would be the one needing to catch up. Cruce put more steam on, working his power back up as he thrummed towards Blue, thanking the other male for the assistance and such. Hopefully, the crowd behind them would stay that way, far far away.
21:19:16 Siege{Chaos} thup thup thup, Trespasser and the Mercenaries fired their tranq darts, and each one that Blue didn't deflect was met with a bang bang bang as Seth quickly brought those intricate looking pistols to bear, shooting the incoming darts from the sky. He turned toward the oncoming attackers and simply disappeared. Of course he was still there, but the stealth system in his armor had activated rendering him nearly perfectly invisible as well as blocking off heat and electromagnetic signatures. Finally the counter noise generator would nullify any sound he was making. They might find him, but it was going to be hard work. Now for the other little critters. As the mercenaries made their way through the forest, the squad was suddenly set upon by dozens of those foot tall black figures each armed with sets of claws similar to Seth's blades and Blue's tail. The figured would ambush the mercenaries, diving out of trees and rising out of the ground trying to claw through their guns first.