[Sunnivale]

At the entrance of the confusing and long cave system in Starpiece Meadow, Yumiko sat on a rock as she waited for the others to arrive. In front of her was a large and strange mecha robot that was standing by the cave. The Mecha had appeared a few days ago suddenly with witnesses saying that a blue blur appeared in front of the Cave before the Mecha took its place and landed softly by it. People who tried to get closer to it only found a ladder leading into a hatch, likely to the inside of the mecha where it can be controlled.

Yumiko however decided to help with the investigation to the robot, mainly because of a dream that she was having regarding this robot, and a girl that was inside it. There appears to be no reports of anyone opening the hatch and going into the mecha just yet, so for all she knew, the girl from her dreams may very well still be in the mecha, she just had to wait and see once Wolf, Cortex and Volnutt arrived to help.



From what Yumiko remembered of the mysterious girl from her dreams. She didn’t know her. She wore a school uniform just like her, but it was to another school.

She had short hair and one of the more noticeable features that she had were multiple bandages across from her body, she also kept clutching her arm as if she was in pain.

Yumiko hoped that she wasn’t in there, because that would mean she would be cooped up in that mecha for days. The only other thing that she noticed in her dreams was another girl, but a girl Yumiko recognised, Chiaki Hayasaka.

Who, unknown to Yumiko, was watching from afar, noticing the mecha. “I didn’t think this mission would involve those mecha’s from those anime’s Nitta-san used to watch.” Chiaki was holding a colorful telescope as she spied Yumiko. It was clear that the girl was bringing more people for this mission, so Chiaki and her minions would have to stay hidden for now before going into the Cave System.

Where the key was.

Isamu, Chiaki realized that it’s been awhile since he mentioned his name, the last time she saw him. He followed his own reason, and became an ugly weak freak in the process…

Oh well, she never really liked him anyway.

---

Inside the Mecha

Yumiko’s assumptions about a girl being in the mecha were correct, the girl in question began to wake up and realized where she was.

"I passed out again.” The girl quietly muttered. She was in pain, she looked down, realizing that there was another bandage that she knew wasn’t there before on her side, and it was bleeding, meaning the wound had opened up.

She couldn't remember what had happened, especially since she was low on pills, but she must have been in another fight with Deimos, one that she was unlucky in.

But this place, it wasn’t a sector. She realized that she somehow must have escaped it, or it was another sector that she, as well as the others are probably unaware of.

Concerned, she turned on the mecha, which on the outside of it, caused its eyes to light up, which Yumiko noticed as she got up from the rock.

“Huh, what the hell. Did the eyes on that Mecha suddenly turn on?” Yumiko was concerned herself, as she was worried that the mecha will also start moving soon if she and the other’s don’t investigate it soon.

Fortunately the three people that are helping her investigate the mecha, as well as find the digital key, are experts when it comes to this kind of stuff.

It sort of reminded her of when Akemi would show off in his computer based skills.

MISSION BEGIN!

[Wolf O'Donnell]

The screeching sound of a high tech enginge broke the monotony of the day. A four winged blur of red and silver metal approached the designated landing zone. Soaring up high at first, the vessel spun and dived down nose first towards the ground. A gleaming red eye watched the targeting computer cound down. 600...500...400... his paw moved to his right, where he would find the clutch release. He wouldn't pull it until he was 300 meters out. The canopy slid open and the cornerian hopped off. A frontflip in the air and a nice landing on the ground, Wolf rose to full height. The Wolfen Mark II would pull up instead, break the sound barrier and disappear in the clouds.

"Hello there Yumiko." Wolf saluted with a grin. His right hand moved over to the holster on his right hip, where the cornerian would pull to draw and twirl his blaster, racking the slide to chamber a new power cell and ready the weapon to fire. "Look like I'm not the first here. I take it this is our prey?" He asked, looking up at the huge mettallic robot standing before the two. "Well. Seems interesting enough. I wonder what kind of goodies you can find inside."

[MegaMan Volnutt]

Beep Beep!

A rather beat-up van parked near the woods, further from the cave.

A boy in robotic blue armor got out of the van, hurrying over to the cave. Every one of his steps made robotic stepping sounds. On his way toward the cave, he can see that giant mech just standing there without any hints of moving. Defiantly not any Reaverbot he has ever seen...which of course isn't one. The reports were very vague; involving a dream or something. So whether this machine is good or bad, the mission creator might have some idea.

"Sera, any idea what this thing is all about?"

"The report's data was too minuscule to pinpoint a start on where to investigate. A visual of the mech will now give me some clue."

Might take a while, so until then, he should make a bit of introduction to his team, as he arrived. "Uh, hi. I'm Rock Volnutt. I also go by MegaMan. So...what's this machine all about?"

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MegaMan Volnutt HP: 170 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Shields: 60 ■■■■■■ Status: Meeting with the team.

[PacAttack]

Cortex made a mad dash to grab his gear, strap himself down, and take off for Starpiece Meadow. Once he had exited the Life Sphere, he kicked on his rockets and left for the skies. It was further out than he had been before, perhaps even cared to go, but the idea of a huge mecha standing around motionless was too gripping. Other than describing it as 'giant' he hadn't really had a clue of what to even expect but the boredom of sitting around in his lab with little to work on and the monotony of helping keep the bubble's technological assets running was driving him crazy. The other kind of crazy.

Cortex's jet-black remaining hair was blown back as he made his was as fast as he could to the meeting site. He could care less for the others. If what they said was true, this would be too much of an opportunity to pass up. Unfortunately, his boots could only carry him but so far. He had to stop several times to land and wait until he could return to the air. While irritating beyond belief, it did give him time to think. Perhaps it was about time he got around to working on that teleporter plan of his or bring back an old design and re-create his hoverboard. Both could do.

If only he had the parts.

As Cortex approached his destination, the mechanical giant grew from a dot to a more detailed image. He didn't have much time to analyze it. His rockets sputtered and coughed, giving out the last bit of charge they had in them.

"No! No, no!"

Of course such a thing would happen to him at a time like this. There was only direction he could go from here and it was down. A trail of smoke emitted from the back of his boots as they fizzled out and sent their creator to the ground.

To his dismay and in the precious handful of seconds he had before colliding with the ground, he saw that the group had arrived before him. This was just what he needed. To put a show on for the masses.

Not like it was his first one.

"Aaaaahh!"

Cortex let out one last scream before he made contact. He flew overhead of the party, landing head first against the ground before going into a mad roll. Once the forces of gravity were done bullying him, the doctor sprawled on the ground. His hands slowly reached up to hold his massive cranium.

"Oh h-ho... My head..."

---

Dr Neo Cortex

HP 110/110

SH 30/30

Status:  In pain

[Sunnivale]

Yumiko watched as Wolf was the first among the three others in the group to arrive in order to help out with the mechai investigation. “Oh, O Don—But she stopped herself, knowing Wolf hated that nickname. “I mean Wolf.” She corrected herself, before turning over towards the mecha.

“In a way, yes. Our main priority for this mission is to first investigate this mecha, and find something that’s important to me.” Yumiko said, and she soon explained what that thing was.

However, Rock soon arrived next, and he wanted to know what was going on. Seeing as how they were still waiting on Cortex. Yumiko then finally explained to the two about the Mecha. “This Mecha landed here a few days ago. Lately I have been having strange dreams, and one of them involved a Mecha, and a girl inside it. I’ve also been dreaming about a key as well that might be connected to this Mecha, so, our second priority after finding out if my dream was real and there’s a girl in there is to find the key as well. I don’t know exactly why the key is important just yet, but another girl is after it, and I don’t want her to get it first.” Yumiko soon got the two sped up on the situation, before turning back towards the Mecha.

“However just before you two arrived, the Mecha’s eyes lit up, so whatever’s inside, be it a girl, or some emotionally damaged fourteen year old, it’s woken up, but hasn’t done anything yet.” Yumiko however is still prepared in case the Mecha starts to move. But besides the eyes lighting up, nothing else has happened yet.

Yumiko turned when she soon saw Cortex, the last to arrive and crash land where she was. She proceeded to walk over towards the scientist. “Cortex right? You alright?” Yumiko looked over to Cortex to check and see if he was alright. After checking on Cortex, she turned over towards the others.

“Since we’re all here, the Toads that first reported this Mecha said that there was a ladder and a hatch that we can use to get into the robot. However, I think the hatch is locked. Let’s go, it should be located near the back.” Yumiko proceeded to slide down a small hill towards the mecha, while also keeping track of it in order to make sure it doesn’t move on her way towards the back of the mecha’s legs.

Where the ladder up to the hatch was. “There it is.” Yumiko said as she grabbed onto the ladder and proceeded to climb up towards the hatch. Unfortunately, it appeared as though the report was right, the hatch was shut tight and there was no other way to open it.

“Hmph, let me try and pry it open first.” Yumiko touched the hatch and tried to set it on fire, thrice.

Yn5j6nDMp_1d20+5(Success! - And on her first try too.)

Yumiko watched as her maragidyne managed to light open the hatch and show the mechanical insides of the mecha. “It’s open guys, lets—However, she was caught off guard as a figure suddenly slid out from the hatch, groaning as she did so. Yumiko quickly grabbed onto her before she or the girl could fall.



It was, the girl in bandages, the one from her dreams, she’s asleep.

“It’s her.” Yumiko muttered as she looked down at the girl, before looking down at the others.

“Hey guys, give me some space so I can help her down.” Yumiko said as she quickly tried to help herself and the girl down from the mecha, after much difficulty, the two managed to reach the bottom, where Yumiko placed the girl by a large rock for her to rest.

“This girl looks alright, despite her bandages, she’s also the same one from my dreams too.” Yumiko said, lowering down towards the girl.

“We should call for help and take her back to the Life Sphere, we can’t just leave her here.” Yumiko suggested the hatch however was now opening, allowing anyone to enter the mecha now.

---

Yumiko Shirasagi: 120/120
Bubble Shield: 45/45
1d20+5

[Wolf O'Donnell]

Wolf at the moment was less interested about the mecha and more curious about just what he hell humans could be capable of doing. He knew Yumiko for a while now, but he certainly didn't know her dreams were profecies. He wondered if he had to be scared if he started popping up in her nightmares. He was then told that more people would arrive, thing that didn't bother him too much. The first one arrived with cling clanging sounds and looked absolutely ridiculous. So, they sent a robot to fix a robot. The irony wasn't lost on him. A final person arrived screaming and faceplanting. The guy had a huge head and gave off Andross vibes. While Wolf was interested in knowing what the N on the guy's forehead meant, he also didn't care enough for the guy to ask. Besides, he had a job to do and he'd rather get payed for it on time. He didn't say or respond much to the others, simply deciding to follow Yumiko to the mecha.

Wolf's red eye widened as Yumiko up and yaked metal from metal, throwing open a hatch. Just what kind of things do humans do to have that kinda streght!? Speaking of humans, on fell out of the opening and was caught by his friend. Yumiko checked on her andproposed to send her away to the Life Sphere.

"I can call in Panther or Leon if you want. He'll be here in his Wolfen, grab the lass and be off to teh Sphere at mach 5." He stated.

[MegaMan Volnutt]

Unlike Wolf, Rock was a bit...oblivious to the fact that this girl predicted this through a dream. He was however concerned of anyone inside this thing. If this mech decides to attack them, then they might risk hurting anyone inside. The last giant mech he fought, mostly created by Tron, he nearly hurt her and her brothers.

But thankfully, the machine did nothing as they went over and opened the hatch, freeing a girl inside. That was a relief. If this machine does attack, then they won't have to worry about this girl being inside. Rock was about to volunteer helping this girl out of here, but that...dog...man? Well, he offered before he could, and it sounds like he has a faster means to.

...well...you snooze, you lose. "Uh, so uh...what do we do with this thing, now?"

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MegaMan Volnutt HP: 170 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Shields: 60 ■■■■■■ Status: ...now what?

[PacAttack]

Cortex held his head, attempting to stop the aching. "Does it look like I'm alright?" He muttered. He sat himself upright and looked down at his boots. Damned things needed an upgrade. Grumbling, he got back onto his feet.

Cortex stood in silence as he admired the mecha. So her dreams were true. Who else knew what she was hiding in there. His eyes scanned over the machine, bottom to top. The outside noise of the girl talking was drowned out over his internal studying . It was only once the group was gone that he noticed and followed along.

He remained motionless and unmoving as Yumiko helped the wounded girl down.  Cortex didn't give her so much as a glance as she entered sight.   His interest was elsewhere. His gaze ventured into that of the open hatch. It was calling him.

Sidestepping the rest of them, the doctor made his way into the mecha, curious to see what it could offer.

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Dr Neo Cortex

HP 110/110

SH 30/30

Rocket Flight: 1/3

Status:  Investigating the Mecha

[Sunnivale]

"Considering that head of yours, it might hurt a lot." Yumiko pointed out to Cortex before the group had went to check out the mecha.

"That would be a good idea Wolf, thanks." Yumiko appreciated Wolf's offer to get help for the girl and to take her back to the Life Sphere.

But speaking of the girl, she turned and nudged her head as she slowly woke up.

And saw that Cortex was trying to climb into her mecha. "Grrgh." She said, getting Yumiko's attention before she told Rock that she was going to check out the mecha herself, unaware that Cortex was already checking it out.

"Wait, she's waking up?" Yumiko knelled down towards the girl, who began to speak and move her head around.

"My head, I, I need my pills and. That man." The girl weakly moved her hand up towards Cortex.

"Man, what do you---Yumiko turned over to see that Cortex was climbing into the mecha, causing her to stand up.

"Hmm, I don't like this. Make sure that the girl is alright until we know just how this mecha operates and help for her to arrive." Yumiko told Wolf and Rock before running over towards the ladder of the hatch, wondering just what exactly Cortex was going to do inside the robot.

"Cortex wait for us! We need to make sure that the girl that fell out of there is alright." Yumiko warned the scientist as she began climbing up to the open hatch herself.

Inside the mecha, Cortex would find that was, very cramped to say the least. How the girl was able to fit inside such a thing was a mystery, but besides the loose wires and various mechanical pipes everywhere. There were also a few buttons to press.

One of which was big and blue, maybe that button is the one that turns the mecha on?

Outside of the Mecha, the girl slowly began to properly wake up, and clutched her head in pain.

"N-no, I need to stop this, I need, my pills, and go back to the city!" The girl pleaded, almost to herself, the aching pain from her head now getting worse.

As she clutched her head, something fell out from her pocket that she didn't notice.

Which was a pill.

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Yumiko Shirasagi: 120/120
Bubble Shield: 45/45

[Wolf O'Donnell]

Wolf reached for his belt, taking out his headset and reaching for his ear. "Panther." He barked. "Are you on standby? Good. I have a weakling I need you to ferry back to LS. Get off your ass and get your Wolfen to my coordinates STAT."

Hearing positive remarks from Caroso, Wolf closed out comms and turned back towards Yumiko. He was about to say Panther was on the way but he stumbled upon the weirdo already inside the robot and Yumiko following suit. What, he was supposed to be a babysitter now? No no. He was not going to get slowed down by anyone. "Hey you, blue guy." He growled at Rock. "Keep the lady from getting in our way and get her into Panther's care once he arrives. I'm going in after Yumiko. I'd rather not leave her to the mercy of balloon head."

Wether or not Rock agreed didn't matter, as the cornerian pilot simply started climbing the mech. He had his fair share of crazy scientists in his universe, leaving one alone to tinker in an unknown mech was probably not the best idea...

[PacAttack]

Cortex's eyes scanned over the mecha's interior, analyzing it intently.  Pipes lining every which way.  Some loose wires which could be a sign of needed repairs.

And one big blue button.

The doctor carefully made his way closer to it and looked down upon on it.  What it did... he had no clue.  Activation, weapons, a way to get away from the rest of those behind him?  He couldn't tell.  His gloved hand reached towards it.

What if this went wrong.  There was no telling what could happen.  This thing could self-destruct for all he knew.  If it didn't, he didn't see himself being able to weasel himself out of this one with the rest following suit behind him.  He doubted his ability to fend off, too.  Not alone three of them.

Cortex's hand stopped.  It slowly retreated back to his labcoat pocket.  He let out a breath, irritated with the situation.  His head rolled around once before taking another look around the room.  It wasn't very big.  His short stature possibly helped him fit.  He took a closer look at the room, aiming to see if he could tell what the button did or the rest of them around it.

rZ1nKz|Sp_1d20+5 (Cortex INT Investigation roll.)

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Dr Neo Cortex

HP 110/110

SH 30/30

Rocket Flight: 2/3

Status: Investigating interior

1d20+5

[MegaMan Volnutt]

...well, now that everyone mentioned it, that guy's head is pretty big. He couldn't believe that he didn't notice it before. Maybe because it didn't bother him, even though he has never seen a head that big before...that wasn't a robot or something. "Hm?" He then noticed Yumiko talking to him, something about watching over this girl. Before he could respond, she left. "Uh, okay...?" Then when the wolf man told him to watch her until his pal shows up, "Uh, okay," he shrugged. Though he could've asked nicely.

Kneeling down to the girl, he smiled. "Hi there. Uh, are you okay?" She looked to be in pain, probably from that fall. If only he had some sort of medicine or...and then he noticed the pills. Picking it up, he looked at it. Perhaps these are some medicine for headaches for her that she carries. How convenient. "Uh, here. I think this belongs to you."

He glanced up at the mech, still wondering what it could be. Hopefully, Sera is researching about it before this thing could prove to be trouble.

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MegaMan Volnutt HP: 170 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Shields: 60 ■■■■■■ Status: Is keeping watch on the girl

[Sunnivale]

As Cortex looked around, there would only be pipes and even more buttons lying around. It seems the other buttons were more of the controls on this mysterious mecha. Yumiko soon reached the inside of the Mecha herself, sticking her head in to check on Cortex.

“Why did you go in without us? That seemed suspicious.” Yumiko said, before looking around and noticing the buttons too from Cortex’s discovery.

“If this girl was piloting the Mecha then how can she reach for these buttons in such a cramped space?” Yumiko said. Speaking of the girl, she began to shake greatly when Rock grabbed the pill, and slowly raised her hand towards him.

“Grrgh.” She said,

“My… Pill… I… Need it.” The girl begged Rock to give her the pill, and when she did swallow it. She stopped looking like she was in pain.

And when she did, she looked serious, and dug out something else in her pocket.

“Good, thanks for giving me my pill. Even if I hate it.” She sat back up and pulled out a remote like device from her pocket. She still needed time to recover.

But she would like to recover alone, without people surrounding her and being suspicious of her. “However, this is when you’ll stop getting in my way. It’s time to take back control of MY sentinel.” The girl said, looking towards Yumiko and Wolf from the ladder and the fact that Cortex had climbed into it earlier.

Into her sentinel, she already had to deal with the fact that someone had to steal it before Megumi Yakushiji was chosen to pilot her sentinel.

But this time, she wasn’t going to let anyone pilot it, she still had to be useful for Murimura. She pressed a button on the device.

Which caused the robot to light up again and to start glowing blue. “Huh, what’s going on?” Yumiko looked down at the bottom of the Ladder, and gasped when she noticed something regarding the Mecha.

It was starting to float off from the ground, as if it was activated, Yumiko quickly looked up towards the inside of it.

“Cortex, did you press something in there!?” Yumiko asked as she turned back up towards the hatch, meanwhile, Rock would somehow be dragged towards the robot as well, like some force was pushing him.

After a few seconds, a bright flash quickly consumed everyone that was near the robot, except for the Girl as the Sentinel, as well as the group, vanished.

“I need to wait for a few minutes before bringing it back here. Then I can leave.” The girl said as she put away the device, and proceeded to sit on a nearby rock in order to catch her strength.

---

Meanwhile, the group, as well as the Sentinel, would teleport to someplace away from where they originally were. Instead of being in a field, the Sentinel would slowly land in the middle of the city, along with the rest of the group.

“Huh, where are we now?” Yumiko asked, still keeping a grip on the ladder as she looked around, and quickly realized something about their new surroundings.

No one else was there, no citizens who were shocked that some sort of giant mecha had landed in the middle of the city.

The only people in the city were now Yumiko, Wolf, Rock and Cortex.

“We should head back down and check on Rock and the girl.” Yumiko told Wolf as she proceeded to climb down, at the inside of the robot. If Cortex tried to press any of the buttons again, he would find that none of them would work now unlike before.

“What happened to the Girl, and, what is this City?” Yumiko asked as she reached the bottom of the ladder.

And that was when she noticed something up ahead.



An abandoned School, but something appears to be glowing in it at the top.

“That school over there, something is glowing inside it.” Yumiko pointed over towards the school and was suspicious of it.

Just then, something moved at the corner of her eye and Yumiko turned over towards it.

“Huh, did you see that?” Yumiko asked the others.

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Yumiko Shirasagi: 120/120
Bubble Shield: 45/45

[Wolf O'Donnell]

Wolf's claws dug into the metal of the Sentinel as the thing started to rumble awake. He was still a few paces behind and didn't like where this was going. "What the hell is-" Wolf was caugt off guard for a moment, but he had experience with hunks of metal taking off and how they behaved when you gave them a little bit of gas. "YUMIKO- for Corneria's sake- TELL PEANUTHEAT TO STOP WHATEVER THE HELL HE IS DOING!" He roared towards the top of the ladder.

Thankfully, his boots had magnetic locks on them. It was useful when you had sudden zero-G problems on a spaceship and it was very useful to not fall off the damn thing, as the strong magnetic field would have him glued to the hull, outside of him holding onto the ladder. There was a little more rumbling, then a flash and then nothing. When the cornerian wolf lowered the arm he used to shield his one eye from the blinding light, he saw that the scenery had changed. "Oh for the love of-" Wolf's snout scrunged up in a displeased frown. He already had had enough the first time he was sucked in somewhere uknown. At least the air there was breathable.

Reaching for his headset again, he tried contacting Panther.

Beep beep beeeeeeeep.

No signal. Great. He tried recalling his Wolfen.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beeeeeeeeep.

Not even the recall beacon worked. If the headset wasn't a vital thing he needed to survived he would have smashed it into the robot, then probably smashed the robot too. "That idiot had to touch things I swear I am skinning him alive." He muttered to himself, shoving his headset back in its pouch. He saw Yumiko climb down saying he was going to check on the blue guy. "Stay near this thing." He ordered her. "It brought us here, thus it can bring us back one way or another."

Wolf elected to remain where he was for the moment. He was higher up, so he could use that as a way to scan the environment and see if his mind could figure up any familiarity at all. After that, he was for sure going to climb the rest of the way up only to go grab the idiot that turned the thing on and pry him out of the place he got himself into before he caused even more problems.

---

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Perception check on the surround area: CnFAN_rY1d20-2
Investigation check on the surrounding area to know if it's someplace of Li he knows: 1d20+11d20-2·1d20+1

[PacAttack]

Cortex panned his head to the side just enough to see Yumiko out of the corner of his eye.  

"You're telling that you aren't the slightest bit curious as to how such a machine arrived here?"  He asked, sounding rather disappointed.

Aside from the same surroundings as before, he could make out some of the controls.  Not enough time was given for him to act however.  The doctor stumbled back as the machine began to move.  He knew for sure he hadn't touched anything but knowing what he did, there were ways of doing things outside of the physical means.   The situation right now couldn't be more fitting.  Being the evil guy and screamed at for sudden unfortunate occurrences.  Even when he wasn't doing anything malicious it seemed life was still out to get him.  Cortex decided to grab onto the closest solid object and hang on for the ride.

...

Once the machine had returned to a stand still, Cortex began to move.  Aside from a bright light, he hadn't noticed much else from within the mecha.  Of course, that meant going outside to investigate and, well, you could probably tell why that wasn't a good idea.

Cortex looked back over the controls once again.  As much as he would like to test this out, not the wisest decision considering the situation.  He could already hear the negative discourse that was going to come his way once he stepped one foot outside.  No progress was going to be made from within here.  Groaning, he whipped out his raygun from within his labcoat and holstered it in his pocket.  He then placed his hands back within his pockets, making sure that his weapon was covered up, before exiting the mecha.

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Dr Neo Cortex 
HP 110/110
SH 30/30
Rocket Flight: 3/3
Status: Bracing himself for the storm