Rocksmith trains and gains a new ability

Sigma trains and gains a new ability

Bumblebee trains and gains a new abilities

Heretic searches for evidence

Flare attempts to track Gungirls

Nightshade interviews the Gunmen, trains and gains new traits.

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Brick is good man, but he cant resist all of the temptations all of the time. He tucks a handful of cash (not a neat and crisp stack with the tape around it) into his boot first before the others come to investigate the scene. Next he obviously tucks a pistol into the back of his quickly disappearing jeans as others come to investigate. The other three guns, two loaded with one unloaded, he sets on the counter with the smoke bomb.

Here, I don't mind giving the guns back over to the cops when its over, but I want to make sure the girls aren't waiting with out pants down. Flare, you think using an empty gun to aim with might make you shoot better? Otherwise we need to get you some pitching lessons for baseball.

After anyone had a chance to grab something, he would pick up a bag for dealing with the other two robbers and to carry anything left over from the counter or future encounters. There was something odd about bricks movements, they seemed a little more sluggish than before and his skin seemed a darker than than when the fight started. It might just be asphalt dust and the combat taking a toll on him, but who knows with mutants.

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<+1 ENERGY| Inspired: +1 defense, +1 attack 5/5>
<No status effects are affecting this character right now>
<Action:equip weapon, collect money, collect bag>
<Level up: +1 Def, Learned metamorphic rock, gained Brick Wall>

Heretic LINK
Energy 8/10
20/3/5
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After taking a second look at the hair Heretic had found, and soon identifying it as his own hair, Heretic started to search the bank again before coming across the security office.
Taking precautions, Heretic removed the security film for today and carefully stuffed it into his pocket before studying the monitors. Most of the screens showed black and white fuzz, namely the vault, back alley, and safe deposit cameras had been tampered with somehow. Yet, one still operational camera could be seen capturing the ominous sight of 2 heavily armored parked suspiciously parked in the garage.
The cracked gears inside Heretic's head started to turn. 'Probabilities are those girls didn't want any cameras seeing them as they wrecked havoc, they must've taken out any cameras they came across.', he thought. 'They surely came through the alley, and attacked the Vault and safe deposit. But, the garage camera is still on, and those don't look like our trucks.', something clicked inside Heretic's dim skull. "If they took out every camera they came across, they haven't been to the garage yet... That's where their ultimately gonna escape, they might still be here...", Heretic hoped.
He turned, and started towards the garage...
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Action:
Heretic took security footage.
Heretic ran towards the garage.
Status Effects:
Heretic is Inspired

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Flare turned around at the sound of the rock guy, what was his name again, oh ya, Bricks. It was on the mission profile somewhere, "Never tried it before, but it couldn't hurt right?" he said cheerfully and grabbed one. He carefully pointed it at the floor and concentrated on gathering flame in the barrel of the gun, then pulled the trigger and to his surprise the flame shot out in a condesded form and slammed heavily into the ground scorching it. "Hmm I think i'll take it." Flare said grinning, before he saw Heretic run past him into the garage. "Hey those girls might be in the garage lets check it out." Flare yelled before following Heretic. The guy really should've asked for backup, if those girls had more guns then he could be walking right into a hail of bullets, and that would probally hurt even for a demon thingy. Or whatever he was.

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Actions
-Pick up gun, test fire
-Follow Heretic

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Rocksmith watched as all his team mates all went off to investigate stuff or steal cash. "Standing around is boring" Rocksmith said to himself "Imma find something to do". With that said, Rocksmith played a chord on his magic guitar and launched himself in the direction Bumblebee was headed. "SWAT blokes" Rocksmith said to the SWAT team, bro fisting a few of them as he passed. Although he didn't hear the door slam, luck brought Rocksmith to the very door that had been slammed. "This is as good a place to start as any" Rocksmith said to himself as he opened the door to investigate

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+1 Energy
No status effects are affecting Rocksmith right now.
Action: Investigate slammed door.

@Eklispe@knighthawk

Flare test fires the weapon

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Rick was as impressed that his idea worked as the hothead was. That is when he saw the other two head off to the garage and two take the high road. Since this wasn't going to be over just yet, he took his boots back off to toss them into his bag, this would help him bag more money later if he was lucky.

I'll head them off at the pass!
Rather than follow after the other two, he chose to run out of the building and make his way around to the parking garage from the outside. Too many times did the good guys get there just as the tires squeal away. If worse came to worse, he was already barefoot and ready to turn himself into the worlds biggest speed bump to stop them.

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<+1 ENERGY>
<No status effects are affecting this character right now>
<Action:Approach Garage>

Making their way through the bank Flare and Heretic could hear the sound of movements coming from the garage up ahead. Signalling his colleague with a wave of his new flaming firearm Flare indicated to the demon boy to take up positions either side her the door, ready to breach it in a proper military manner. A moment later Heretic kicked the door in with demonic strength before Flare spun around the corner and into the large room, only to find Brick standing in the middle of the otherwise deserted parking area.

"Where the hell are they?" The rocky faced rumbler growled waving his hands with agitation before bringing his fist down on the bonnet of one of the armoured trucks, denting the heavy plating and setting off an alarm which began to blare loudly.

Upstairs Bumblebee hovered several feet back as Rocksmith reached for the door to investigate the noise his companion had heard. Before he got a chance to open it though Gungirl 1 leapt through, causing the musical maestro to stumble back, blocking Bumblebee's line of fire just long enough for Gungirl 1 to rip out a seductively powerfully chord from her guitar which echoed down the hallway to where the SWAT Officers were standing with their backs to the heroes.

Before either of them could react the two Gungirls darted down the hallway, running passed the SWAT Officers who reached out trying to grab the girls, but not in the professional, dedicated manner of police officers trying to make an arrest, but as fanboy groupies would to a sexy young rock goddess who'd just manipulated their minds with melodious mischief.

"Stop them!" Gungirl 1 called back over her shoulder as she disappeared into the roof access stairwell, and obediently the SWAT Officers raised their MP5s, levelling them at Bumblebee and Rocksmith as they prepared to fire.

Hearing the commotion on the upper level Nightingale quickly darted over to the bank counter and grabbed the Smoke Bomb which was still lying there. Reaching into her medical kit she pulled out a grapple launcher, and with one quick action launched herself into the air, landing gracefully on the upper landing. Quickly tossing the bomb down the hallway Nightingale filled the enclosed space with think, blinding smoke for a moment as she turned to her companions. "Get to cover!"

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Nightingale, Bumblebee and Rocksmith are trapped on the upper floor by three SWAT Officers while Brick, Flare and Heretic are down in the garage and Sigma is standing in the main hall. It will take at least one turn for any of the heroes to move up to the top floor and help engaged the SWAT Officers, meanwhile the Gungirls are escaping to the roof.

There's no way up the sides of the secure building, and the only way to get to the roof would be to fly or use the roof access stairwell currently blocked by the SWAT Officers.

Surprising the heroes Gungirl 1 uses Beguiling Tune to mind control a group of SWAT Officers before escaping with her partner.

Brick is in the garage

Flare is in the garage

Heretic is in the garage

Sigma is in the main hall

Bumblebee is in the upper hallway

Rocksmith is in the upper hallway

Nightingale is in the upper hallway

Nightingale quickly reaches into her medical kit and uses smelling salts to bring herself back to her senses

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Callsign: SWAT Officer
Role: Blitzer
Power Origin: Tech
Power Set: SMG
Abilities:

• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>

Traits:

• Mind Controlled
  ^{The SWAT Officer has been mentally dominated by the Gungirls in some way and is being forced to fight against his will. Gunman gains Mind Controlled status effect for 20 rounds at the start of the engagement.}
• Armoured
  ^{The SWAT Officer is equipped with police-issue Body Armour, gaining +5 Defence.}
• Gas Mask
  ^{The SWAT Officer is equipped with a police-issue Gas Mask, making them immune to the Disorientated! status effect.}

Nightingale, Bumblebee and Rocksmith are on the edge of a balcony overlooking the main hall of the bank. There's no safe way down without injuring themselves gravely and their best option is to find a way to deal with the SWAT Officers quickly and follow the Gungirls up to the roof.

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Action: All Better Now: -4 Energy; Nightingale removes one persistent status effect from herself (Smitten)

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@rush99999 Rocksmith Action Complete
@SimplyJohn Bumblebee Action Complete
@Eklispe Flare Action Complete
@knighthawk Brick Action Complete
@GodOfWar Heretic Action Complete
@Behemoth542 Sigma Action Complete

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Rocksmith shuddered for a moment as the beguiling tune tried to affect his brain. But Rocksmith's heart would always belong to his girlfriend, and so he effortlessly resisted the melody's charms. Rocksmith watched as the gungirls ran up the stairs and the SWAT team prepared to attack the heroes. "They won't get far on the roof" Rocksmith said before looking at the Swat team. They were standing close together and the ceiling above them didn't look that sturdy. "Ok then" Rocksmith said "LET'S ROCK!". With that said, Rocksmith played a chord on his guitar that shot a bolt of lightning at the ceiling and caused it to fall on the SWAT team.

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+1 Energy
Rocksmith is currently exiled.
Action: Bring the ceiling down on the SWAT team.

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Quickly darting back over the main hall Bumblebee opened fire with her newly upgraded blasters, sending searing electrical arcs at the closest mind controlled SWAT Officer which racked his body with shocking currents, making it difficult for him to defend himself from any other attacks.

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Recover +1 Energy

Bumblebee is currently Levitating! -1 Energy
Bumblebee is currently Inspired! (5/5) +2 Attack, +1 Defence
Bumblebee is currently Armoured! +3 Defence

Action: Sting Like A Bee!: -4 Energy; Attacks and causes Shocked - reduce target's Defence by ¹/₃ (rounded down) for three turns.

Heretic LINK
Energy 5/10
20/2/4
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"Crap, the garage was just a red herring...", Heretic said sorely, the crude sounds of bullets and broken glass in the main hall having alerted his attention. Heretic strode over to one of the other military vehicles and announced the idea of hijacking one of them, which only elicited pore responses from his peers. "Fine, but let's go!"
Thinking fast, Heretic took to scoring the tires of the vehicles to impair any further mobile use, then started to sprint towards the main hall through the same way he had gotten to the garage. Newfound vigor flowed through Heretic, his muscles and blood were warm with adrenaline. His legs pumped faster than before, and his reflexes were blazing. Heretic soon stood in the middle of the bank, a SWAT team aiming down on him on the upper level. Instead of fear, Heretic felt glee. He had another reason to shed blood, oh happy day! He had now come face-to-face with the biggest group of victims he's ever seen. He was almost completely ready for another brawl.
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+1 Energy
Action:
Heretic moved to the Main hall
Heretic enabled Unconfined Rage

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> Hostiles Detected
> Proceed to eliminate hostiles.

A mission update it's all it took to make Sigma run behind Nightingale... before she used a grapple equipment to get to the upper floors more quickly and, effectively, leave Sigma alone to run up the stairs.

Few minutes later, Sigma arrives to the parking garage, only to see that the hostiles are, in fact, its previous allies. Still... Orders are orders. The hostiles are to be eliminated, unless said otherwise

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> Sigma is Online
> Sigma is Primed (Next attack deals heat based AoE damage)
> Sigma is Exiled
> Sigma is Ranged
> +1 Energy
> Action: Go upstairs.

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Brick lost his cool as he came down into the garage to find... nothing. The rocky faced rumbler growled waving his hands with agitation before bringing his fist down on the bonnet of one of the armored trucks, denting the heavy plating and setting off an alarm which began to blare loudly. It seems in his frustration, he accidentally let go of his repulsion from the earth. Rather than the asphalt black, his skin had taken on a concrete gray from the parking garage.

"Where the hell are they?"

If they didn't go down they had to go up. but his frustrations compounded when the hellion wanted to break into the car.

"I popped the hood on this one, rip off a spark plug cable, remove the spark plug, the porcelain is hard as diamond to get you in the window. I'm going to find the others."

And with that he ran back up the stairs the other two came down from. As he got closer, he drew the pistol from the back of his pants as he saw the robot. "Follow." He commanded the steel sentinel while trying to catch up with the others.

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<+1 ENERGY|Armed, Attack =4| Weaponized, +5 Atk>
<No status effects are affecting this character right now>
<Action: {free go upstairs} Equip pistol, Stone skin-6, Weaponized>

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"Not time for that, it sounds like our teammates are in trouble." Flare said leaving Heretic behind and rushing upstairs to take in the situation. It sounded chaotic whatever it was and his teammates likely needed help. Given the two girls weren't here they must've been up there.

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Flare is
-Armed(+2 ATK)
-Exiled

Actions: Head to the fight

Nightingale, Bumblebee and Rocksmith engage the SWAT Officers guarding the rooftop stairwell while the rest of the team move up to join them.

Rocksmith performs an epic solo, bringing the house down.

Bumblebee shocks SWAT Officer 1 with her Stings Like A Bee attack.

Heretic moves to the main hall.

Sigma follows new command directives and moves to the upper hallway.

Brick moves to the upper hallway, activating his Stone Skin and pulling out his Pistol.

Flare moves to the upper hallway

The SWAT Officer 1 and SWAT Officer 2 struggle out from beneath the rubble and turn towards Rocksmith angrily waving their MP5s

SWAT Officer 3 throws a Flash Bang

Nightingale quickly reaches into her medical kit and uses a screwdriver to reset Sigma's sensors

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Callsign: SWAT Officer
Role: Blitzer
Power Origin: Tech
Power Set: SMG
Abilities:

• Flash Bang
  ^{The SWAT Officer is equipped with Flash Bang grenades for incapacitating targets. When SWAT Officer throws a Flash Bang it inflicts 2 Health loss on all opponents, which may not be blocked or dodged, and the Disorientated status effect which reduces Attack and Defence by 2 on everyone, even themselves. This status effect lasts for two turns before targets recover.}
• <UNKNOWN>

Traits:

• Mind Controlled
  ^{The SWAT Officer has been mentally dominated by the Gungirls in some way and is being forced to fight against his will. Gunman gains Mind Controlled status effect for 20 rounds at the start of the engagement.}
• Armoured
  ^{The SWAT Officer is equipped with police-issue Body Armour, gaining the Armoured status effect - +5 Defence.}
• Gas Mask
  ^{The SWAT Officer is equipped with a police-issue Gas Mask, making them immune to the Disorientated! status effect.}

Nightingale, Bumblebee and Rocksmith are on the edge of a balcony overlooking the main hall of the bank. There's no safe way down without injuring themselves gravely and their best option is to find a way to deal with the SWAT Officers quickly and follow the Gungirls up to the roof.

Heretic is in the main hall below the balcony and can see the battle raging above.

Sigma, Brick and Flare are at the top of the stairwell on the far side of the SWAT Officers from the rest of the team.

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Action: All Better Now: -4 Energy; Nightingale removes one persistent status effect from Sigma (Disorientated)

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@rush99999 Rocksmith Action Complete
@SimplyJohn Bumblebee Action Complete
@Eklispe Flare Action Complete
@knighthawk Brick Action Complete
@GodOfWar Heretic Action Complete
@Behemoth542 Sigma Action Complete

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"GAH!" Rocksmith cried out as the flash bang detonated. The flash had caught Rocksmith by surprise, which caused him to play yet another epic solo that launched a volley of fireballs at where Rocksmith hoped the SWAT guys were. However since he was disorientated and slightly panicked, Rocksmith couldn't concentrate properly, which caused him to mess up a few notes, causing the fireballs and his musical force field to weaken considerably.

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+1 Energy
Rocksmith is currently disorientated. -2 Attack and Defense
Action: Blindly shoot fireballs as where the SWAT guys were before the flash bang detonated.

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Flare grunted as he arrived just in time to get blinded by a flashbang. Keeping his eyes closed rather than trying blink the blindness out of them he attempted to think of another solution and found it. Focusing on heat sources he found himself and then looking "looking" around, a group of three poeple and fire going towards them. Using them as a guide he locked onto one of the heat sigentures and used his new firearm to shoot a flaming bullet at the closest one while getting closer, stumbling on a couple of the stair steps.

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Flare is currently
-Disorented(-2 defense, -2 attack)
-Armed(+2 attack)

Actions
-Attack SWAT officer 1

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Brick had just managed to get up the stair in time for a flash bang to go off. It probably wouldn't have mattered if he was armored or not versus such an indirect attack, but he would have to remember that one for later. He took his cue from another if the group and used flare's shot like a tracer round to guide hie own shot, opening up shots into the same officer.

"EVERYBODY. SHOOT. AT. ONE. GUY. AT. A. TIME...FOLLOW. FLARE!"

He could barely hear himself think so he had to think no one else could hear as well either. He just hoped they would listen and the cops wouldn't steal the idea to combine fire on flare in return. If they were't as disoriented as Brick was, they must have canceling headphones which would mean they couldn't hear the screamed plans anyways.

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<+1 ENERGY|Armed, Attack =4| Weaponized, +5 Atk| Inspired, +1 attack,+1 defense>
<Disorientated for two rounds! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack>
<Action: Fire at SWAT officer 1>

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> WARNING: VISUAL INTERFACE OVERLOADED
> VISUAL INTERFACE SAFETY SHUTDOWN: ACTIVATED

Sigma's sight went black for some seconds, ironically, after the flash grenade exploded. However...

> Visual Interface now Operational
> Restoring Vision...
> Restauration Complete

Due to the medical woman's tinkering, the automaton was now able to see again. If there was any kind of doubt, that cleared it. They where definitely hostiles. And the robot's protocol told it to eliminate them.

> Hostiles Detected
> Proceed to eliminate hostiles.

Sigma's gun started emit a high-pitched buzzing just before it began to fire a barrage of overheated bullets to the SWAT officers. However, it didn't last long, as the sentinel's weapon quickly overheated and was hereby rendered useless for a while.

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> Sigma is Online
> Sigma is Primed (Next attack deals heat based AoE damage)
> Sigma is Ranged
> +1 Energy
> Action: Use Bullet Barrage on SWAT Officer 1 (-4 Energy)
> Total Energy Loss: 3

Heretic LINK
Energy 1/10
20/2/5
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The flashbang came as a slight glare to Heretic as he stood in the main hall, waiting for the perfect time to strike. 'This is a best time if ever', he thought back to himself, The warm sensation in his muscles and bones now a fiery burn of excitement. Bolting up the stairs and jumping over his colleagues Heretic came to see the hostile SWAT team, their guns aimed right at Heretic. "Here's Johnny!", Heretic blissfully shouted in a hoarse and hellish voice. His body changed once again to resemble that of a leathery demon, and chaotic banes swirled about him.
Heretic flung himself into battle, whipping up a delightful hurricane of agony, ignorant to his actual physical fatigue.
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+1 Energy
Actions
Heretic moved to Upper Hall
Heretic used Demonic Chorus
Heretic Attacked SWAT officer 1
Heretic Attacked SWAT officer 2
Status effects
Heretic is Weaponized
Heretic's attacks have Bleeding