[heirtothemonado]

Roughly fifteen minutes later, Krystal and the rest of the group arrived at a large ravine. The blue vixen looked around in wonder at the high rock walls that were surrounding them, as well as the strange ground beneath them, which was like something out of another dimension. As they were walking along, Arrow motioned for her and Groose to  hug the side of the wall. Moving her back against the rock wall, Krystal caught site of a small robot rolling around the corner

Krystal silently powered up her staff, but Groose quickly shot the robot a few time with a....slingshot? That...doesn't sound like it would do that much, Groose. However, contrary to Krystal's thinking, the three pellets knocked the robot in such a way that it immediately powered down, without alerting anything that might have been nearby. "That was...an amazing shot, Groose. Where did you learn how to nail weak spots like that?" Krystal asked, legitimately curious. Groose certainly didn't look like a sharpshooter, but maybe there was more to him that meets the eye

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Krystal
Damage: 0%
Status: Impressed

[TartoonHand94]

Of course, I did.” Groose proudly scoffed as if it was nothing. Easy as killing one keese with two stones!” He smugly chuckled as he twirled his slingshot between his fingers. Not noticing until too late, the band of Groose’s slingshot wrapped itself around his muscular fingers. …Except of course I had to throw in an extra stone for my fans~.” Groose winked in an attempt to distract Arrow as he tried to undo this blunder and free his hand.
But let’s face facts, it never stood a chance against my ammo nor my stellar marksmanship!” He boasted in self-congratulation. Arrow really knew just what to say to tickle Groose’s ego pink, and thusly his ego swelled as large as Levias the sky whale. So big that even now as the untangled slingshot band launched the fork into his face, his repletion remained unpopped.

Quickly sheathing his scattershot before anymore flubs could occur, Groose followed the fox to a large ravine. He would have lead the party there himself but after his magnificent shot he couldn’t hog All the usefulness to himself, could he? What sort of team player would he be? Why just be best player when you can be even better by being the best Team player? Arrow was such a nice guy that he deserved to feel important too once in a while and not just because Groose didn’t know the way.

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Groose
Damage: 0%
Status: Normal[/div

[Arrow Rinehart]

"Yeah, Groose, did you learn from someone? Perhaps someone helped you hone that remarkable aim of yours? I can only imagine just how...I mean with such an amazing shot like that!" Arrow could not help his enthusiasm, it had practically captured him with how good Groose was. He naturally patted the red haired Sky Knight-in-training's ego a little bit with his peppering up with that question. And while he'd leave him room to answer, he did have to lead in with the analysis he'd come up with based off of the empty handed Scout they'd come across. 

"Just for a minute, I need to explain the situation. At least before hearing that answer, Groose. Well just sticking to the important stuff for a second, I can imagine that things are slightly better than I imagined. If you consider that the scout had no weapons, we can at least consider the Egg Pawns aren't as well armed as I feared. I can imagine that if they keep to tradition of formations from the olden days? We may have anywhere from 4 to 6 to deal with. Half may have laser blasters, they sting to get hit by, and the other half may have melee. For whatever reason, they never carried both...hm, guess that was the Doc's prerogative. But that covers that aspect, in terms of the terrain its a bit of a bottleneck area ahead. A one way road into a canyon area, with a half cave mouth ahead. It doesn't have room to hide these bulky bots, so they won't likely have any reinforcements. The cache is in that cave, so once we're done, we can grab what we need!" once he explained the serious stuff, his face resumed its child-like glee for a moment as he hoped to hear some great answer. With those tails of his swaying around behind him, he looked up and very earnestly at Krystal and then to Groose. While his other senses remained honed in on their surroundings, he was feeling good but not so careless! Things were going well and he wasn't going to let them fail here. 

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Arrow Rinehart
Damage: 0%
Status: Positive & Giddy

[heirtothemonado]

Krystal was still in a good mood, thanks to Groose and Arrow, but it was slightly dampered by the fact that the Scout bot did not, in fact, have any of the ore that Arrow was looking for. Even then, it looked like Arrow had a pretty good idea of where it might be. Looking ahead as she listened to Arrow's words, Krystal thought about the enemies that they would probably face. Well, if they were anything like the Scout that they had just encountered, they'd be a piece of cake. Although they probably would be in bigger groups then this. 

"Hmm....Perhaps if the terrain narrows up ahead, we should think about how we position ourselves so we can still fight properly. Either of you have any ideas about how we should do this?" Krystal asked. Strategy had never really been her strong point; she usually left that to Peppy or Fox. However, any good pilot would know about correct positioning, so Krystal tried to apply that knowledge to the ground. Hopefully Arrow and Groose would agree

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Krystal
Damage: 0%
Status: Planning

[TartoonHand94]

“Well actually it was one of my fans-I mean friends, Bucha leader of the Kikwi that gave me his best slingshot. Even better than the one he gave to Link. I got fans even on the surface-” was all Groose managed to get out before Arrow saved Krystal from a long self-congratulating anecdote by explaining the situation.

Groose listened intently, trying his best to stave off looks of worry and fear and concern for his survival from his face. Good news the restof the Egg Pawns aren’t armed. But half might have blasters? What even Are blasters anyway? How do they even work?

“Great intel there Arrow. This calls for a plan. And not just any plan, a Good plan, a Great plan, a Groose Plan!” Groose stood up and announced, stalling for time as he thought of one.
“Seeing as how these Egg Pawns are all chumps, it shouldn’t take too much to take all six of them out. Heck even you two can take a few. Back at the Knight Academy, or typical strategy would be to circle our prey from above and attack down, closing in and cornering them.” Groose recalled with a very planned chin stroke.
“So why don’t we use that here: We make a big circle around them and close in on them, Krystal, Arrow you take the ones with blasters, and I take on…the ones that don’t. Sound good?”

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Groose
Damage: 0%
Status: Normal

[Arrow Rinehart]

The fox listened intently at the words spoken by Groose. He made a lot of sense with his eyes brightening at the sound of Groose's strategic mind going into place. The fox nodded and smiled big. That plan not only sounded good to his mind based upon the patterns of movement and attack that he himself knew: but he also felt this was going to best support the angles they'd be able to work here. "That which you said, sounds like a great idea in theory, Groose. It's almost as if you faced these guys yourself? I am sure that we'll be able to outmaneuver them applying that thought. We just need something simple to get their attention, as you see these bots are pretty dumb. They respond to sounds, so throwing a stone against a rock wall or something that would make noise might give us the advantage! We just need to get going with that, then we can move in and grab the treasure...I'm so excited!" the fox was absolutely ecstatic, it wasn't as if things were in the bag, but he could not help but feel amazing success. This was going to evolve quickly into something successful, he felt. Though he did not want to set them up for failure with his energy, it was something that the fox followed up with in that moment. 

"Alright, being serious and focused, I think that Groose's plan is a great one to follow, with a few modifications...at least the tossing will draw them out pretty easy. And if any of them have blasters, that we target them first. I think that we should be able to flatten them quickly, and hopefully steam roll the whole bunch in a single surprise attack. I mean of course, this is the best outcome, but does not speak to the potential of any short comings. Though...it does sound good, I feel good about the plan as well." sharing both concern and his confidence in things, he waited to see what both Krystal and Groose thought of his modifications to the plan? He felt confident enough in this manner at the very least. 

Status: Enthusiastic, But cautious

Damage: 0%

[heirtothemonado]

Krystal listened to Groose's plan, along with Arrow's modifications, which sounded pretty sound to her "That sounds like a pretty solid plan, you two" Krystal said, agreeing with the both of them. "We should take out the blasters so they can't hurt us unless they get close, and once they do, we'll be able to take them out easily." Krystal was feeling really good about this situation. "In addition to that, if we get the drop on them and destroy all of them before they know what hit them, we'll still be undiscovered, preventing them from calling bigger enemies." Turning toward the chasm again, Krystal pointed ahead with her staff. "Let's get going. The bots won't even know what hit them"

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Krystal
Damage: 0%
Status: Normal

[TartoonHand94]

On the inside, Groose was sighing in relief that neither of them were calling him out for going ‘not it’ on going after the bots with blasters. On the outside, he was puffing his chest with pride at Arrow’s praise. It just never gets old. The Groose mind never stops working, even in times like this.
“Something to get their attention huh?” Groose smirked cleverly. “How about this?” He plucked a Bomb Flower out of his adventure pouch. “Presenting, the Bomb Flower! For the pyrotechnic gone green.” He presented the blue bulb, rotating it in his mit. “This high impact explosive is 100% organic and ecofriendly. If blowing the environment up counts as eco-friendly.” He spun it on his finger. “Not only does this give off as much noisy bang as your buck can buy, but if any bot’s standing too close, well there’s no bot anymore, now is there? And if that weren’t enough, the resulting smoke screen creates the perfect cover. They won’t hear us coming, and they won’t See us coming either. So whadaya say? Am I prepared or am I Crazy prepared?” Groose chuckled, not realizing that the fuse was just lit.

Better put this plan into action Quick.

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Groose
Damage: 0%
Status: Normal

[Arrow Rinehart]

Unable to help the enthusiastic grin of his, the fox let off a bigger smile and a nod at this point. He was plenty pleased at the preparedness of Groose, it was on par with the very well laid plan in the mind of the fox. He was so pleased with all of it, he could not help the energetic bounce and even the little rumble of joy, about as near to a fox's purr. It just lined his voice, not really altering it, but certainly anyone listening for it would hear the enthusiasm surpass even the previous all time high of the fox with this one."Not only is that an idea that I agree with, I think that we'll be able to help make one of the best outcomes with it. That bomb flower will finish off the first of our enemies and give us quick cover as well. I think we can certainly use this as the Badniks tend to respond badly to bombs. They tend to get frantic, its pretty interesting, I mean given what could be done." Arrow of course was considering what he'd known from his past exposure to them, this was going to prove not only good, but an incredible success in mind. They even had a form of distraction to further cement taking advantage of the robots and how their scanners worked in this case. "Down they go, come Krystal, Groose! Let's finish this rabble off, I can see the cache in hand well now." 

Arrow Rinehart
Status: Gungho!
Damage: 0%

[heirtothemonado]

Krystal glanced at Groose with an impressed glint in her eye. He seemed...pretty prepared, all things considered. "Nice job, Groose. That'll definitely knock a good chunk of them out" She waited for Arrow's signal, then pointed toward the Badniks. "Let's do this! Groose, get ready." Krystal said, looking toward Groose. It took her a few seconds to realize that the bomb was lit. "Umm...Groose? You might want to throw that soon...."

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Krystal
Health: 140/140
Status: Normal

[TartoonHand94]

“Oh the damage we can do~!” Groose flexed his chin at his reflection in the bomb flower.
“Why throw it so soon? I can’t bear to part with this hand-Somebody Help!” Groose freaked upon realizing the bomb flower was already lit.
“What-Do-I-Who-Do-I-How-Do-I?” He franticly asked turning his head in every direction.
“Throw the Bomb you Dodo!” His reflection shouted.
“Oh right.”

“Fire in the hole!” Groose battle cried as he hocked the bomb flower at the Badniks.

(gLKIJt29p_1d20+1 Groose's Bomb Flower @ Badniks. Does 25% Damage, inflicts Blind status and Deaf status)

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Groose
Damage: 0%
Status: Normal

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[Arrow Rinehart]

The group of Badniks did not expect the bomb flower as it was tossed out, of course at the ruckus, as four actually did approach to check on what was causing all the noise. To this end, there was a good, strong advantage given to the heroes. Groose's bomb flower was a shoe in to nail all four of them, as given the lack of intelligence on their side of the coin was low. Arrow looked on in some surprise as the robots sat there, and only finally responded to it, at a disadvantage given that they only paid attention to this point at this point. 

Roll for Badnik (1): w91XkNUfp_1d20-2

The first of the bots was actually intent on trying to avoid the bomb flower, though the bot's awareness was a bit more, the degree of the robot was nothing but a peon version after all! The robot's body was sent into raw fragments from the explosion! The poor quality in terms of design showed, as it was purely wrecked and with ease by the initial attack! It fell into a pile of scrap at that explosion initially flattening the robot into some scrap.

Egg Pawn (1): 0/10 (Destroyed)

Roll for Badnik(2): p_1d20-2

The second Egg Pawn almost comically had its hand placed over its head as it looked around, trying to focus on the surroundings and looking around rather foolishly with its back turned to the proper area. The blast wave of that explosive sent the bot forward into a nearby wall, enough force that the bot actually fell into scrap after it hit the wall. Perhaps these bots were just not made as they used to be? At least not these models!

Egg Pawn (2): 0/10 (Destroyed)

Roll for Badnik (3):p_1d20-2

The third of the Egg Pawns was not suited for this kind of combat, though it saw the bomb fruit tossed, its sensors did not read it as something dangerous soon enough! Instead, it tried to grab the bomb flower, aiming to draw it up though it did not really reveal what it was going to do. It was utterly scattered by that blast as it hit home, and the robot not only fell over; it fell into scrap pieces with arms out stretched. Well so much for intellect at this point!

Egg Pawn (3): 0/10 (Destroyed) 

Roll for Badnik (4):p_1d20-2

The fourth of the group had slightly different coloring than the others, though it was orange, black, and yellow, it had some shades on its face. Though it had that same foolish smile across its face. The robot's attention seemed to be slightly better off than the most of the other Egg Pawns. This was something of an evolved version of them, as it seemed, the bot had no official title at all. But it had enough sense to scoot backwards, just enough that the blast wave hit home, and even toppled the robot! But the Egg Pawn "Sr." was still collectively not destroyed, albeit damaged by the impact of the bomb flower.

Egg Pawn "Sr." (4): 5/25 (Blind & Deaf, Toppled!)

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"Now! Let's finish these guys off!" Arrow was quite enthused, so much that he'd almost tossed his strategy out the window, that blast from the bomb flower hit home, all he could do was call out the remainder of his plan while also praising Groose in motion. He was getting ready to hit the robot, as it seemed just like that, the assault on the robots had begun, but he had to cross the threshold between himself and the robots, he'd been planning for a close range finish on the downed bot. "Thanks to Groose's amazing aim, we have the advantage! Keep your eyes peeled, there might be one more left. I can't be sure!" Arrow was being careful, warning his friends as he rushed in, though to this end: it was him offering himself up as a bit of visible bait. If there was one more? It was going to choose the moment to strike when he was upon the fallen robot! With tonfas in hand, the fox's grip remained tight, though he tried to keep his eyes looking to the right, towards the inside of the alcove area. While he knew the cache remained, he couldn't be sure of there being one last Egg Pawn in the corner, in that fact? It was a possibility at the very least!

Arrow Rinehart
Damage: 0%
Status: Charging forward full of vigor!

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[heirtothemonado]

Groose's bomb looked like it had taken out the majority of the bots, and the one that was still online look pretty run down. Krystal had a confident smirk on her face. One bot? That'd be easy to take down, especially with the three of them. Speaking of, Arrow looked like he was about to do just that, although he kept shooting a cautionary glace at the alcove above them

That was a fair deduction. There could be more bots stationed just out of site, waiting for one of them to break cover, only to ambush them. Heh, not on her watch they weren't. While Arrow rushed over to take care of the bot, Krystal kept her eyes glued to the alcove, waiting for the tiniest bit of movement. Hopefully Groose had them covered on the ground. No one was getting ambushed while they were on the lookout, no sir!

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Krystal
Health: 145/145
Shield: 45/45
Status: On the lookout

[TartoonHand94]

After the initial blast, Groose gallantly galloped into the gust of smoke, ready to assault the first Badnik…who was destroyed. But he was surely set to serve up some smackdown on the second…which was smashed too. Third time’s the charm—Oh come on! But the fourth one, hey the fourth one was still in one piece.
…Perfect!

(do9nIpNap_1d20+4 Loftwing DropKick @ Egg Pawn Sr; Does 18% Damage)

Satisfied in his smashing of the Egg Pawn Sr. Groose stood with one foot on its outer shell, braced and waiting for its back up.

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Groose
Damage: 0%
Status: Normal

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