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This was it, the big operation! Isaiah sat outside the entrance to these dangerous, deadly caverns, a base camp set up. It was rather nice, seeing as how those once useless toads had actually managed to pitch together supplies that the ANSTech former employee could use in order to mine out the Denorilium. He had a few names and brief descriptions of each volunteer worker, and he had quite the cast! A scientist, a former mercenary, and even some evil doppelganger of another person, created by some magic pendant. This was going to be so exciting. He stood tall, legs broad and his arms crossed as he stood on top of the machine, staring out and waiting for the others to arrive. He was ready for this!

So now he played the waiting game, pulse racing at the thought of meeting these newcomers face to face. He knew Cortex was believed by most to be evil, but agreed to work alongside the forces of Li in order to prevent the Starvia from spreading. Rundas was promising, his abilities of cryokinesis could certainly come in handy when dispatching foes deep below the surface. Rafisol could be interesting, providing she doesn't get too beat up, having a reported record of self-inflicted damage for the sake of a mission. He'd studied them carefully, knowing his best use of skills could be keeping enemies of Rafisol with his Photon Laser and Claw, then supporting Rundas and Cortex by means of his bearing shot and drill arm to help soften them up for finishing blows. Isaiah wasn't stupid. To know yourself was to know the enemy, and to study his allies would mean the team could be easier together than apart. He didn't know much of any of them, to be honest, just basic background and whatever witness accounts stated they could do.

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Rafisol floats in after a few minutes of waiting, "Sorry, I was dealing with a few things on the way here." She said, looking at her legs. She glanced at Isaiah, making a face that is suitable to introduce herself.


"I am Rafisol, nice to meet you. I'm a being made out of dark magic, so I don't really manage to maintain my body well." Rafisol introduce herself. She looked at the caves, "I suppose you need my help to venture in these caverns to collect some things?"

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Rundas surfed through the sky, over some very familier landscape, even though he had never been here before. Zebes. Every bounty hunter worth his salt knew about this place. Once a famed home base for the Space Pirates, desecrated by Samus Aran in an effort to rescue a Metroid from the Pirates possession. Rundas smiled. Everyone knew that story, or at least everyone from his world. Now he was here himself (well kind of).


Spotting Isaiah from the sky, Rundas surfed down and gently landed in front of him and the young woman beside him. "Good day, Isaiah, My name is Rundas. Let's get down to business."

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Rundas
Damage: 0%
Status: Normal 

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Cortex beamed throught the sky, cutting through the putrid air while his mad, black hair was pushed by. He had been running late due to his current tinkering, pulling apart some things and rewiring them back together in order to recreate something of his. He had to scrap together whatever he could get in his time outside of his lab. He could have cared less about his time of arrival seeing as how much work is forced to preform around the Life Sphere. For what? A few hundred citizens? He groaned over the mere thought of it.

His jet-pack lowered his to the ground as he took footing, shaking his cranium free of the wall of air he had been flying through and fixing his coat. He looked down for moment, pulling out a radar and checking his location. A mine out in the Zebes Depths. Where that 'Samus' lady was from. He had never met her, only knowing her from the giant, glass dome he lived in and what word he heard about out of his lab. She was quite the inventor. The amount of individuals on his list were ever growing, giving him a good number to look after. He was wary, not wanting his plans to come off onto the ones who knew how to do things. And he was about to meet another, only fueling his alertness to new levels at which he hadn't experienced.

Cortex walked over the group, pocketing his hands within his coat, holding that oh so well-known glum, flat-jawed gaze. His eyes immediately darted to the icy... thing standing before him. This was the third time he had seen this thing now. Rundas came across to him receiving a sharp look. They better not have been monitoring him. He wouldn't be able to take on the bounty hunter directly but he had ways of disposing others. Getting himself back on track, he took a moment to look over Isaiah and his machine. The machine held a bit more interest to him rather than the scientist which may have been stubborn as it was merely metal and not the brains of the one operating it. He wasn't strong enough to do any mining of his own, which would had turned towards others things if weren't for the fact that he had to guard Isaiah throughout this excursion. He had planned to pocket a few things here, including that mineral he kept going on about. A fuel source like that could power a good number of his inventions. Perhaps even better than the crystals had. Or even the gems. He remembered Brio for a moment, putting a fowl taste in his mouth that took another to swallow down and bury.

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Isaiah watched so eagerly as they each arrived, one after the other. First was Rafisol, who's gentle, almost angelic floating was offset by her rather dark demeanor. It didn't matter to the survivalist who stood atop his mech. A friendly wave was given to her, and it was almost before he could speak that Rundas surfed across the air, he knew this one had some extensive history with Li, the files on him were huge. Seeing the bounty hunter land, he got out "Isn't there supposed to be-" and then, the final one came down. So, the darker skinned fellow grinned happily at the new arrivals. His wide faced smile only betrayed his eagerness to show these people what valuables lay beneath the surface here.

"So! I allege that we all know who one another are. We are here for a reason! This isn't mining JUST for resources! This is for Li! This is to help those in need, and in term, ourselves! We are all from different walks of life. Spawn of magic, science, and of difference and aversion. This will NOT stop us!" Isaiah leaped from his mech to walk back and forth as he gave this little speech, hands moving with each word, as if awkward enough to talk with his hands, but confident enough to speak with conviction. "This resource is valuable, everyone. Converting it to raw dark matter could power a city like Earth's New York for sixty years! The strength capable of holding buildings in place until buildings themselves grow obsolete!" the younger fellow crawled right up the mech, opening the hatch to drop inside, that sleek looking monster of a survival suit buzzing to life. The speaker inside after he shut the hatch and locked himself in projected his voice outward. "Are there any questions before we delve into these caves to get our ores?"

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"You sounds so eager in this mission." Rafisol said, "But, really. I'm only here to take a break of finding an owner of a pendant, which is where I suppose to belong."

Coming from a dark magic being, she doesn't really know how to express well in situations, but most of the time she rarely pull off a smile. "Sorry if I come off as rude, though."


"And to answer your question, no. I don't have any questions whatsoever." Rafisol answered politely, "I might have a question on why you're really eager to collect minerals to save Li. The Life Sphere might be enough for us to be safe."

She floats around her other comrades, Rundas and Cortex, "... Nice to meet you, I'm Rafisol." she introduces herself yet again.

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Rundas looked at his two companions when he heard a sound like a small engine behind him. He turned around and laid his eyes on Cortex, a face knew well but wish he didn't.

For the love of Chozo, why did he have to be here? This is the third time they'd come across each other, and Rundas still didn't think much of him. Cortex sent a glare his way, and Rundas gladly returned the favor. Luckily, the tension was broken by Isaiah, who was starting to make a speech. A very enthusiastic speech at that.

"A very good speech, Isaiah. How about we get on with things?" Rundas asked his comrade with a slight air of impatience "We best get a move on before even bigger dangers find us?"

Turning toward Rafisol, he returned her greeting politely. "A pleasure to meet you Rafisol. My name is Rundas."

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Rundas
Damage: 0%
Status: Normal

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Cortex stared off into the distance, as bored as a child would be in school. Although, to Cortex, that would be his childhood dream but now, growing older and more wise, it was seen as a waste of his intellectual time. Powering the life sphere for ages to come, blah. His little motivational speech did little to move Cortex. Seeing as it was to move them into the cave, the main objective, it was a dud. The scientist studied on a rock for a moment before turning his attention back to Isaiah who had now been upon his machine, standing tall on it towering over the wee yellow genius. He felt a little uncomfortable being so short against such a machine. He took a small step back, which may have looked more like a lean, to get a look at the machine without it swallowing his vision.

"Yes, yes, powering the Life Sphere," Cortex responded in a mocking manner, nodding his head off to the side and rolling his eyes, "I've heard this one before." He didn't care much for the Sphere itself as he did that it provided him nutrient and workspace. An IV placed on him, only giving him drips, enough to get by day to day. The man was rather ungrateful for what he was given but his stubbornness told him otherwise. "Let's get this over with. I have things I need to attend to," Cortex sneered, looking over at the floating dark figure and shooing it away with his hand as if it were a butterfly coming to land on his shoulder. Producing his ray gun, he stormed off into the cave, his patience failing to hold him back any longer.

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Isaiah, along with Cortex, moved right on into the cave. The thunderous blows of his mech only matched the calamitous determination he held within himself to go forth and harvest what Denorilium was left in the cave. Looks like it was..

==MISSION START!==

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The first steps traversing into the cavern smelled of strange, unfamiliar fumes, that even when filtered through Isaiah's mech, still smelled like some foreign, awful stench.

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But at once, it was realized why the place smelled so awful! It was a nest! A nest of Reos was upon the group! The nest's defenses were none other than 6 Reos, all thirsting for hero and villain blood alike! They seemed to be pretty weak, however, but if they overwhelmed the heroic forces that resided in the company, it could be painful!


Reo x6!
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Held - None
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(Each Reo has a total threshold of 35% before being KO'd)

The first three swarmed in, claws readied to strike. Two split off, one to Rundas, and one to Cortex respectively, their claws lashing out to strike with savage fury!

p_1d20 The first swings at Rundas with relentless fury! (5% if hits)
p_1d20 The other barely manages to keep itself afloat as it tries to cleave at Cortex! (5% if hits)

The next two flew in for Isaiah, determined to strike and defend their nest. As they came into range, Isaiah readied his mech for the worst!
p_1d20 One of the two came in for a fierce claw attack... (5% if hits)

p_1d20 - 1 But Isaiah managed to steer his mech out of the incoming danger, skidding across the dirt as he was just getting ready to fight back when the other came into play!

p_1d20 This one was MUCH angrier than the other, clearly, and it seemed to be out to take the opportunity to slash at his hull! (5% if hits)

p_1d20 + 1 Even as Isaiah engaged his external thrusters, the angry claws of the beast slashed into his hull, causing some serious damage!

The last ones veered off to strike Rafisol together, their forces combined!
p_1d20 The first one darted in at breakneck speeds to cut her down if it had the chance! (5% if hits)
p_1d20 The second one followed closely, its force clearly at a disadvantage!(5% if hits)

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Time to fight back! Isaiah took his Mech's Fist of steel and attempted to drive it into the Reo that struck his TABATSS!
p_1d20
p_1d20 The Reo took the blow with a stutter, clearly reeling from the blow! (Reo #4 12%/35%)
He winds up for another!

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p_1d20 Oh the humanity! That Reo was getting clobbered! (Reo #4 24%/35%)
AND ANOTHER!
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p_1d20 The Reo was pummeled into oblivion, the mangled body soaring into the cave wall as it was trophified! (REO #4 DEFEATED!)

CURRENT ROLLS TO DODGE
Rundas - 16
Cortex - 4
Rafisol - 17, 9

ISAIAH'S STATS
HP: 5%
Cooldowns - Advance [1 post remaining]

5 REOS REMAIN!

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uIkuUgPQp_1d20+1(CRITICAL DODGE)

p_1d20+1(The second one is a fail though.)

Rafisol manage to take notice and went on to dodge the Reos. She manage to dodge one, but...

"Gah!" Rafisol took a hit! Well, so much for that awesome dodge...

"Oh, you..." Rafisol twitched at the sight of the Reos. "You will regret that!"

"Hide!" She casts a dark orb magic on the first Reo that attacked her.

p_1d20-1(Rafisol's Hide - Will do 10% DMG)

Rafisol then backed off a little, looking at the Reos with an angry glare, "Come at me, you nitwits!"

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Rafisol

DMG = 5%
Status = Normal

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ZYfd3jUlp_1d20 (Rundas's dodge)

Rundas was ready to freeze the Reo solid when a sharp pain raked his side. He looked down a lone Reo,  who had slashed Rundas with this sharp claws. It was hardly a concerning amount of damage, but still annoying nonetheless.

Rundas decieded to deal with the little pest by making a makeshaft flyswatter. He summoned his blade of freezing ice and slashed the bug with it.


p_1d20+1 (Rundas's Ice Blade! DMG 26%, cooldown 2 turns)

"Get swatted, you little pest!"Rundas exclaimed, annoyed.

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Rundas
Damage: 5%
Status: Pest control
Ice Blade Cooldown: 2 turns

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1GwNXW57p_1d20 -1=6
Cortex stumbled back a bit, startled by the sudden bug-eyed creature soaring towards him.  He thought it was a bat at first but he would know if it actually were.  They were interesting test subjects.  He huffed quietly to himself, annoyed by the little pest.  Pulling out his ray gun, he took aim of the creature before firing a series of shots at it.
p_1d20+5=15 (Ray Gun, 8%)
p_1d20+5=22 (Ray Gun, 8%)
p_1d20+5=25 (Critical Ray Gun, 12%)
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