[IC] R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

[General Scales]

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Psy-Warp [Link]

Energy: 10/10

20/9(17)/3

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Violet found Void's extra barrier rather useful as it would be rather hard to punch through between it and her own. Watching her teammate being used as a projectile was a little unexpected but not entirely a worrying issue because Deimos was at least following up by heading into the fray herself after launching Void like an armored missile at what appeared to be the other speaker like with the door. There was little point in moving up herself as she basically marked a fallback point on the rooftop as needed however she still had to be useful. With the mayhem about to commence the telekinetic noticed the now transformed girl had dropped her sticks and if they allowed her to be as dangerous as the other she couldn't be allowed to have them. Violet took a moment to find and move the drumsticks over to her and away from the fight looking to remove a major threat from the fight. The sound of a helicopter caught her attention and she would watch it ready to make a judgment call on how to deal with it if need be.

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+1 Energy

Psy-Warp is currently Shielded! +8 Defense

Action: Take drumsticks to disarm Thrash.

[Shadowman215]

Vaerin "Void" Ulerrad
LINK
10/7/1

Energy: 8/10

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Vaerin only grunted as he was tossed like a rock at the other set of speakers. He used his energy to create a barrier around himself and ensure he wouldn't be crushed by the sheer force of him being thrown as he readied himself for a rather unpleasant landing into speakers. By prepare, he means curl up into a ball as if a stone from a catapult.

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Vaerin used Force Barrier! Vaerin is now Armored! +4 defense -5 Energy 3/10 Energy +2 Energy 5/10 Energy

Action: Use Force Barrier and get ready to land

[GodOfWar]

Heretic LINK
Energy 5/10
15/2/5
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Seeing as his ranged attacks didn't do much, and that the makeshift cover he had pulled in front of him seem to disappear into thin air. Heretic gave up any logical use of SMG and instead assaulted Discord with his bare hands, the gun now suited to the use of a club. "You slippery little-!", Heretic cursed, interrupted by the site of void's spontaneous flight towards the Speakers. Stepping backwards, Heretic positioned himself as to not be crushed by the oversized amps if one were to fall.
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Action
Heretic Attacked Discord
Status Effects
Heretic is Weaponized

[Behemoth542]

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Ballistic Overload Suit Sigma - [LINK]
Energy: 3/15
25 / 4 / 6

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> Oh my god, Rick, you didn't say manual controlling was this nice!
> What? No! This is too fun to give up!
> Five more minutes, Rick! Five more minutes!

On the meantime, Sigma was gesturing towards an invisible person as if it was talking to someone, the monotone voice asking for "five more minutes". After that, Sigma fired a shot towards the walrus drummer, all while laughing. In its same robotic voice.

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> Sigma is Rock'n'rolling
> +1 Energy
> Action: Fire at the walrus.

[Leolycan]

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Kyosuke 'Vex' Namada
Energy: 10/10
25 / 4 / 7

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Having managed to land upon the building undetected, Kyosuke now stood behind his allies as they made their assault on the women on stage... Well, woman and walrus now, but he'd continue to creep towards the stage all the same. "R.E.T.I.N.A, report," the warrior would whisper inaudibly as the HUD on the inside of his helmet flickered to life. All at once, he was able to read and evaluate even the smallest details that were transpiring in combat, even able to time till the next person to draw breath did so. All at once, he found his oppurtunity, "Now!" The display faded from view as his vision was now clear. He had lunged himself onto the stage in an attempt to bring his blades down onto the one wielding the guitar, striking her from her flank without warning.

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Action: Sneak attack on Discord

[Genni]

The team are engaging the Hell's Bitches on the bank rooftop.

With a vicious roar Discord leaps back into the centre of the stage and quickly dives into one of her signature tunes. As the mindbending melody ripples across the rooftop she smiles over in Flare's direction. "Here's looking at you, hot stuff," she calls out, blowing the pyromancer a kiss.

Discord recovers +1 Energy
Discord is no longer Startled!
Discord is currently Shocked! (2/3) - -2 Defence
Discord is no longer Stunned!
Discord uses Mindbending Melody on Flare:

Flare is now Mind Controlled for 6 turns! - All attacks and abilities must target one of Flare's allies
Discord's Crowd Control trait activates: Discord is now Energized for one round - +1 Energy regeneration

Still in her Walrus form Thrash rolls over onto her side, either enjoying her partner's attack on their enemy or basking in the sun, either way it doesn't seem to have any impact on the action of those around her.

Thrash is no longer Startled!
Thrash is currently Walrus! (2/2) - All status effects cancelled, -3 Attack, +3 Defence, character unable to attack or activate skills.

High over the rooftop Bumblebee fires up her afterburners and begins her dive back down towards the stage.

Bumblebee recovers +2 Energy
Bumblebee is currently Levitating! - -1 Energy, Immune to ground-based attacks and effects
Bumblebee is currently Armoured! - +3 Defence
Bumblebee is currently Ranged! - May only use ranged attacks and abilities on opponents, may only be targeted by ranged attacks and abilities by opponents
Bumblebee uses Afterburners -4 Energy:

Bumblebee is now Mach 1! - Next attack uses combined Attack and Defence

Flight Control: bonus 1 XP!

Rocksmith attacks Discord with his guitar.

Rocksmith recovers +1 Energy
Rocksmith uses a melee attack on Discord:

Discord hit by Rocksmith's melee attack for 7 Attack, 4 Defence, 3 Health loss
Discord is now Shaken for one turn! - -1 Energy regeneration
Rocksmith gains 3 XP!

Rock Hard: bonus 1 XP!

Brick throws the flash bang grenade towards the stage

Brick recovers +1 Energy
Brick is currently Armed! - Base Attack = 6, all hostile targeted abilities disabled
Brick is currently Armoured! - +3 Defence
Brick uses Flash Bang:

Rocksmith is hit by Flash Bang, takes 2 Health loss and is now Disorientated for two rounds! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Bumblebee is immune to Flash Bang: Ranged!
Brick is immune to Flash Bang: Gas Mask!
Flare is hit by Flash Bang, takes 2 Health loss and is now Disorientated for two rounds! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Heretic is immune to Flash Bang: Gas Mask!
Sigma is hit by Flash Bang, takes 2 Health loss and is now Disorientated for two rounds! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Psy-Warp is hit by Flash Bang, takes 2 Health loss and is now Disorientated for two rounds! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Deimos is hit by Flash Bang, takes 2 Health loss and is now Disorientated for two rounds! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Void is hit by Flash Bang, takes 2 Health loss and is now Disorientated for two rounds! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Vex is hit by Flash Bang, takes 2 Health loss and is now Disorientated for two rounds! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Nightingale is hit by Flash Bang, takes 2 Health loss and is now Disorientated for two rounds! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Discord is hit by Flash Bang, takes 2 Health loss and is now Disorientated for two rounds! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Thrash is hit by Flash Bang, takes 2 Health loss and is now Disorientated for two rounds! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Brick gains 20 XP!

Deimos throws Void at the speakers.

Deimos is currently Shielded - +5 Defence
Deimos is currently Shielded - +3 Defence
Deimos is currently Disorientated! (1/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Deimos uses Void for ranged attack!

Void is now Speeding! - +5 Attack
Void is no longer Shielded!
Void is no longer Shielded!

Creative: bonus 5 XP!

Flare launches his fireball, at his allies!

Flare recovers +1 Energy
Flare is currently Armed! - +2 Attack
Flare is currently Primed! - Next attack will be fire-based AoE
Flare is currently Mind Controlled! - All attacks and abilities must target one of Flare's allies
Flare is currently Disorientated! (1/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Flare uses Fireball:

Rocksmith hit by Flare's Fireball for 7 Attack, 2 Defence, 5 Health loss
Rocksmith gains 3 XP!
Bumblebee is immune to Fireball: Ranged!
Brick hit by Flare's Fireball for 7 Attack, 15 Defence, 0 Health loss
Brick gains 4 XP!
Heretic hit by Flare's Fireball for 7 Attack, 2 Defence, 5 Health loss
Heretic gains 3 XP!
Sigma hit by Flare's Fireball for 7 Attack, 2 Defence, 5 Health loss
Sigma gains 3 XP!
Psy-Warp hit by Flare's Fireball for 7 Attack, 15 Defence, 0 Health loss
Psy-Warp gains 4 XP!
Deimos hit by Flare's Fireball for 7 Attack, 9 Defence, 0 Health loss
Deimos gains 4 XP!
Void hit by Flare's Fireball for 7 Attack, 5 Defence, 2 Health loss
Void gains 4 XP!
Vex hit by Flare's Fireball for 7 Attack, 2 Defence, 5 Health loss
Vex gains 3 XP!
Nightingale hit by Flare's Fireball for 7 Attack, 4 Defence, 3 Health loss
Psy-Warp's Barrier hit by Flare's Fireball for 7 Attack, 5 Defence, 2 Health loss
Flare gains 27 XP!

Psy-Warp takes Thrash's drumsticks

Psy-Warp is currently Shielded! - +5 Defence
Psy-Warp is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Psy-Warp is currently Disorientated! (1/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Psy-Warp took Thrash's Drumsticks:

Thrash is now Disarmed! - Attack = 1, all skills disabled!

Creative: bonus 5 XP!

Void summons a force barrier to protect himself before slamming into the second set of speakers.

Void recovers +1 Energy
Void is currently Speeding! - +5 Attack
Void is currently Disorientated! (1/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Void uses Force Barrier -5 Energy:

Void gains +2 Energy
Void is now Armoured for three turns! - +4 Defence

Speaker is hit by Void's melee attack for 14 Attack, 2 Defence, 10 Health loss

Speaker explodes in a shower of sparks!
Deimos gains 10 XP!

Void is hit by Speaker's melee attack for 7 Attack, 9 Defence, 0 Health loss

Void gains 4 XP!
Void is no longer Speeding!

Empty Handed: bonus 5 XP!

Heretic attacks Discord with the SMG, using it as a club.

Heretic recovers +1 Energy
Heretic is currently Armed! - Base Attack = 6, all hostile targeted abilities disabled
Heretic hits at Discord with an SMG:

Heretic's Unhallowed Presence trait activates - Discord is now Disturbed - -1 Defence
Discord hit by Heretic's melee attack for 6 Attack, 3 Defence, 3 Health loss.
Heretic gains 3 XP!
Heretic's Blood Drenched Hero trait activates - +1 Energy
Heretic's Hell's Lost Flame trait activates - Discord is now Burning! - 3 damage taken each round

Hellspawn: bonus 1 XP

Sigma attacks Thrash

Sigma recovers +1 Energy
Sigma is currently Disorientated! (1/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Sigma shoots Thrash:

Thrash hit by Sigma's ranged attack for 4 Attack, 11 Defence, 0 Health loss.

Using stealth Vex sneaks up out of nowhere and strikes at Discord from behind

Vex is currently Disorientated! (1/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Vex strikes at Discord from behind:

Discord is hit by Vex's melee attack for 5 Attack, 3 Defence, 2 Health loss
Vex gains 2 XP!

Ninja Style: bonus 5 XP!

With incendiary explosions going off all around her Nightingale quickly darted across the rooftop, administering medical aid wherever she could.

Nightingale recovers +2 Energy
Nightingale is currently Disorientated! (1/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Nightingale uses Combat Triage -5 Energy:

Nightingale heals herself for 4 Health
Nightingale's Healing Hands trait activates - Nightingale heals 1 Health
Nightingale heals Rocksmith for 4 Health
Nightingale's Healing Hands trait activates - Rocksmith heals 3 Health
Nightingale heals Bumblebee for 0 Health
Nightingale heals Brick for 0 Health
Nightingale heals Flare for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Heretic for 4 Health
Nightingale's Healing Hands trait activates - Heretic heals 1 Health
Nightingale heals Sigma for 4 Health
Nightingale's Healing Hands trait activates - Sigma heals 3 Health
Nightingale heals Psy-Warp for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Deimos for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Void for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Vex for 4 Health
Nightingale's Healing Hands trait activates - Vex heals 3 Health

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Bumblebee, Flare, Brick, Sigma, Psy-Warp, Deimos, Nightingale are standing on the rooftop in front of the stage. A shimmering bubble of void energy covers Psy-Warp and Deimos and the pair are taking cover behind a partially damaged wall of telekinetic energy.

Rocksmith, Heretic and Void are on the stage fighting against Discord and Thrash at close quarters.

A helicopter can be seen flying towards the bank between the nearby buildings.

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Callsign: Discord
Real Name: ?

Discord

Role: Flanker
Stats: 20 / 6 / 8
Energy: 2
Power Origin: Magic
Power Set: Heavy Metal Harridan
Abilities:

• Power Cord - Energy Cost: 3
  ^{With a strum of her fingers Discord launches a powerful wave of sonic energy which causes her enemies' armour to resonate, causing them 1/₃ their Defence (rounded down) worth of Health loss and inflicts the Sundered status effect, causing 1/₃ (rounded down) reduction in their Defence. Sundered may stack with itself.}
• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>
• MIndbending Melody - Energy Cost: 6
  ^{Strumming her fingers with the twisted tones of the night Discord takes control of a single Male Heterosexual, Hermaphrodite, Bisexual or Female Homosexual target, inflicting the Mind Controlled status effect for the number of turns difference between her Attack and their Defence, to a minimum of 1 turn. While Mind Controlled any attack or ability the character uses must target one of their own allies.}

Traits:

• Flexible Where It Counts
  ^{Years of performing on stage have given Discord a highly toned and flexible body, allowing her to dodge and weave like a seasoned martial artist. Any time she's targeted by a ranged attack Discord gains +5 Defence.}
• Crowd Control
  ^{Discord revels in controlling the bodies and minds of her audience while performing. Whenever Discord manages to inflict a status effect against an opponent she gains the Energized status effect, gaining +1 Energy Regeneration until the end of the following round. Energized does not stack with itself.}

Race/Species: ?, Human
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Morality: Chaotic; Evil
Motivation: Pleasure

Callsign: Thrash
Real Name: ?

Thrash

Role: Flanker
Stats: 48 / 10 / 3
Energy: 10
Power Origin: Magic
Power Set: Devilish Drummer
Abilities:

• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>

Traits:

• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>

Race/Species: ?, Human
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Morality: Chaotic; Evil
Motivation: Pleasure

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Madison 'Nightingale' Johannson - [LINK]
Energy: 5/10
20 / 6(4) / 6(4)

Action: Combat Triage: -5 Energy; Nightingale herself and all allies for Health equal to her Attack rating.

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@rush99999 Rocksmith
@SimplyJohn Bumblebee
@Eklispe Flare
@knighthawk Brick
@GodOfWar Heretic
@Behemoth542 Sigma
@General Scales Psy-Warp
@KabenSaal Deimos
@Shadowman215 Void
@Leolycan Vex

[rush99999]

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Rocksmith - [LINK]
Energy: 2/10
30 / 2 / 5

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Rocksmith attempted to interrupt Discord's twisted tribute to Flare with another attack to the girl's head. But before he could, Brick's flash bang blinded him. "Hey!" Rocksmith called out "Who threw that!?". Just as Rocksmith's eyes began to see again, the musical mischief maker was engulfed in flames. "IT BURNS!" Rocksmith cried out in pain. It was then that Rocksmith felt the familiar healing touch of Nightingale. "Thanks!" Rocksmith called after the medic before turning to face Discord. "Your melodies are amusing, I'll give you that" Rocksmith stated "But you will not control us so easily". With that said, Rocksmith played a solo so epic that it resonated in the minds of everyone who could hear it. This was the power that The Lord of The Strings had taught Rocksmith before he faced Hell's Bitches. The solo would remove anything from the minds of Rocksmith's allies that effected them negatively. Meaning Flare wouldn't be fighting his own team mates anytime soon.

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+1 Energy
Rocksmith is currently disorientated. (-2 to attack and defense)
Actions: Activate Uprising. (Use 6 Energy)

[SimplyJohn]

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Beatrice 'Bumblebee' McLeod
Energy: 5/10
15 / 3(10) / 7

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Smiling to herself as the musical maestro taught the little upstart a few lessons about real music Bumblebee guided her flightpath carefully as she plunged down out of the sky at full power, her engines burning hard as she slammed into Discord with all the power she could coax from her high-tech power pack. For a moment BUmblebee felt a little dizzy from the impact, but quickly recovering she swooped back up into the sky, keeping herself well clear of any retribution which may have been coming her way,

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Bumblebee is currently Levitating! -1 Energy, +4 Defence
Bumblebee is currently Armoured! +3 Defence

Action: Nosedive attack at Discord.

[General Scales]

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Psy-Warp [Link]

Energy: 7/10

20/9(15)/3(1)

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Violet found herself blinded momentarily causing the drumsticks to drop to the ground at her side and barely even noticed the heat from the fireball being as well protected as she was. The medic helped ease some of the discomfort on the bright side, she was a pleasant sight after the telekinetic regained vision, getting a nod and light smile from Violet before she left. There was a certain disdain for whoever had thrown the explosive though she hadn't been paying attention to who actually did it but the effect made damn sure she wouldn't be forgetting the incident. It was a bit harder to focus now after the flash but she took stock of the situation seeing the allied musician letting loose on his instrument likely to help further deal with the targets as well as the flyer continuing the assault on the guitarist. It sparked a thought as to her next move as the girl was likely going to be focused on the closer allies and not the sudden telekinetic pull on her leg attempting to capitalize on the dive-bomb so she would fall on her ass or otherwise be off balance. The helicopter coming closer was still a concern coming ever closer to the rooftop but there was doubt about the threat if any it posed.

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+1 Energy

Psy-Warp is currently Shielded! +8 Defense
Psy-Warp is currently Disoriented! -2 Attack and -2 Defense

Actions: Attempting to trip Discord via a telekinetic pull.

[Leolycan]

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Kyosuke 'Vex' Namada
Energy: 7/10
25 / 4(2) / 7(5)

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After his strike made contact with the woman's flesh, Vex's senses became overloaded as a brilliant flash blinded him. As he recoiled in an attempt to hide himself, a torrent of flames erupted around his armor and singed the flesh of the user inside. The pain would last for only a moment as the wounds healed from the healers attention, but Vex's vision was still blurred. "I can't rely on my sight alone right now... R.E.T.I.N.A, eyes open!" At this point, everything became eerily quiet inside the man's helm as the AI sprung to life. The only sounds he could hear was the ticking and trilling of the AI at work, factoring in all sorts of data as it plotted a path marked on his HUD. This process, though brilliant in it's imagery and complication, would last for only a moment before relaying the exact pattern of attack into the pilots head.

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Status: Vex is currently currently Disoriented! -2 Attack and -2 Defense
Action: Activate R.E.T.I.N.A targeting Discord! -3 Energy

[KabenSaal]

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Deimos link
Energy 10/10
15 / 7 / 6

Deimos had finally finished dealing with the dammed speakers, when a blinding flash was set off by one of her allies, in a clear view of not seeing sense in the slightest. At least shout before throwing one of the dam things. But, what was done, was done, and then she got fire thrown at her, not that it was much of a problem with all the strange shields around her, but still. Sighing, and trying to get her proper vision back, Deimos turned her attention to the the strumming tart, Discord. It did seem like everyone was in love with her right now, and by in love she obviously meant beating the holy hell out of the woman. Deimos then got healed by a lovely girl darting around the field, before moving out to attack.

Deimos got up onto the stage where everyone was, and then quickly utalized a chain of attacks that would certainly cause no small amount of pain by themselves, so when used in conjunction with her allies own attacks, there was little hope for the poor strumpet. As soon as she arrived, Deimos wrapped her hands around Discord's head and dragged it down, while leaping up at the same time, her upward knee colliding with Discord's downward face. Then, not letting the flow drop, Deimos threw two punches at near-enough the same time, one aimed for the already damaged face, and the other going for her gut.

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Status:
Deimos is currently Disoriented! -2 Attack and -2 Defense
Deimos is currently Shielded - +5 Defence
Deimos is currently Shielded - +3 Defence
Action:
Use Kai Lao on Discord
Martial Prowess activated
Use Yamazuki on Discord

[Shadowman215]

Vaerin "Void" Ulerrad
LINK
18/7(9)/1(-1)

Energy 6/10

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Vaerin saw Discord busied by Rocksmith and Deimos, and then saw a piece of damaged speaker that could easily be used as a weapon and grabbed it then gave everyone a warning, specifically Deimos and Rocksmith. "Heads up! Broken speaker coming in!!" and he chucked the speaker with all he had, aiming to finish off Discord, because with her down maybe the other would surrender. Hopefully she did.

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Action: Throw destroyed speaker at Discord after warning his allies.

[Eklispe]

Flare - LINK
Energy: 2/10
35 / 2(0) / 7(5)

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Flare ran up the stairs just in time to get hit the the flash grenade. He grunted angrily, wasn't Brick supposed to throw that as soon as he got up there? Blinking tears out of his eyes he looked up on the stage in time to see one of the music girls blow him a kiss. Confused but dismissing it he raised his hand and hurled the fireball. Only to his horror, somehow it flew and landed directly in the center of his allies. A strange melody was playing in the back of his mind and he could feel it controlling his actions. Cursing he felt himself preparing for another attack before Rocksmith played a jarring melody and the tune in his head vanished. Quickly moving his fingers he asserted that he had regained control and he angrily looked at the stage again. Somebody was hurling a speaker at her but Flare was a little too ticked to care. He charged the stage forgetting his gun for a moment he shot a plume of flame of his elbow to propel him forward and he slammed his flaming fist into Discord

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Flare is currently
-Disoriented( -2atk -2 def)
-Armed (+2 atk)

Actions
-Unarmed attack on Discord

[knighthawk]

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Brick[LINK]
Energy: 7/10
30 / 7(20) / 3(6)

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Well that qualified as something between an 'oops!' and a FUBAR! Again he made a good plan to drop three grenades on the girls before closing in, instead the blast throws everyone off, including Flare who seems to loose his concentration on his fire and damages everyone else because of him. Not again.

""Keep it up! Concentrate fire on the guitar!

Touching the side of the building, he draws upon the earth once more. Now adding a layer of rock in the shape of football pads as a nod to his friday night lights of high-school linebacker, he rushed the stage and put himself between harm and the others. Brick focused his will to try to extend his protection to everyone else as the dust in the air seemed to thicken and slow.

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<+1 ENERGY| Armored, +5 Defense| Armored, +5 Defense| Armored, +3 defense| Armed, Attack=6>
<Action: Stoneskin -3 energy, Armored.>

[Genni]

The team are engaging the Hell's Bitches on the bank rooftop.

Rocksmith uses his musical talents to clear Flare's mind.

Rocksmith recovers +1 Energy
Rocksmith is currently Disorientated! (1/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Rocksmith uses Uprising -4 Energy:

Flare is no longer Mind Controlled!

Rock Hard: bonus 5 XP!

High over the rooftop Bumblebee fires up her afterburners and begins her dive back down towards the stage.

Bumblebee recovers +2 Energy
Bumblebee is currently Levitating! - -1 Energy, Immune to ground-based attacks and effects
Bumblebee is currently Armoured! - +3 Defence
Bumblebee is currently Ranged! - May only use ranged attacks and abilities on opponents, may only be targeted by ranged attacks and abilities by opponents
Bumblebee attacks Discord with a melee attack:

Discord hit by Bumblebee's melee attack for 17 Attack, 2 Defence, 15 Health loss
Bumblebee gains 15 XP!
Bumblebee is no longer Mach 1!
Bumblebee is no longer Ranged!

Psy-Warp trips up Discord with a telekinetic pull

Psy-Warp is currently Shielded! - +5 Defence
Psy-Warp is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Psy-Warp is currently Disorientated! (2/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Psy-Warp tripped Discord:

Discord is now Off-balance! - -1 Defence

TK Support: bonus 5 XP!

VEX activates his advanced AI, targeting Discord

Vex is currently Disorientated! (2/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Vex uses RETINA -3 Energy:

Discord is now Tagged for 2 rounds! - Any attacks by Vex ignore half of Discord's Defence

Ninja Style: bonus 5 XP!

Deimos strikes Discord with a combination of martial arts attacks.

Deimos is no longer Shielded!
Deimos is no longer Shielded!
Deimos is currently Disorientated! (2/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Deimos uses Kai Lao on Discord -2 Energy:

Discord hit by Deimos's Kai Lao for 12 Attack, 1 Defence, 5 Health loss
Discord is now KO'd!
Deimos is now Awakened for two turns! - May unlock additional effects for other powers
Deimos gains 5 XP!

Deimos's Martial Prowess trait activates: may trigger upto two different abilities on the same turn

Deimos uses Yamazuki on Discord -4 Energy:

Discord missed by Deimos's Kai Lao: Discord already KO'd!

Target incapacitated: bonus 20 XP!

Void throws a broken speaker at Discord.

Void recovers +1 Energy
Void is currently Disorientated! (2/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Void is currently Armoured! (1/3) - +4 Defence
Void throws Speaker at Discord:

Discord missed by Void's ranged attack: Discord already KO'd!

Flare attacks Discord's helpless, limp, unconscious body!

Flare recovers +1 Energy
Flare is currently Armed! - +2 Attack
Flare is currently Disorientated! (2/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Flare makes an unarmed attack against Discord:

Discord missed by Flare's melee attack: Discord already KO'd!

Brick armours himself up with Stone Skin

Brick recovers +1 Energy
Brick is currently Armed! - Base Attack = 6, all hostile targeted abilities disabled
Brick is currently Armoured! - +3 Defence
Brick uses Stone Skin -3 Energy:

Brick is now Armoured for three turns! - +5 Defence

Protector: bonus 1 XP!

Heretic and Sigma stand idly by, watching as the others finish off Discord

Heretic recovers +1 Energy
Heretic is currently Armed! - Base Attack = 6, all hostile targeted abilities disabled
Sigma recovers +1 Energy
Sigma is currently Disorientated! (2/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack

As she turns back to her human form Thrash is just in time to see Discord falling to Deimos's martial assault. Screaming in anger she holds out her hand, her drumsticks magically appearing along with her drumkit. Immediatrely she begins to pound out an nagry beat, shaking the heroes to their core.

Thrash is no longer Walrus!
Thrash is currently Disorientated! (2/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Thrash uses Crescendo -3 Energy:

Thrash gains a Beatdown status effect
Rocksmith is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 2 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -1 Defence, -1 Attack
Bumblebee is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 2 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -1 Defence, -1 Attack
Brick is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 2 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -1 Defence, -1 Attack
Flare is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 2 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -1 Defence, -1 Attack
Heretic is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 2 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -1 Defence, -1 Attack
Sigma is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 2 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -1 Defence, -1 Attack
Psy-Warp is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 2 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -1 Defence, -1 Attack
Deimos is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 2 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -1 Defence, -1 Attack
Void is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 2 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -1 Defence, -1 Attack
Vex is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 2 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -1 Defence, -1 Attack
Nightingale is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 2 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -1 Defence, -1 Attack
Psy-Warp's Barrier hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 2 Health loss

Overhead a transport helicopter hovers over the bank rooftop, it's hull painted in a garish colour scheme which seems to match the set dressing of the Hell's Bitches' stage. Suddenly the cargo hatches swing open and a wave of punk rocker cheerleaders leap down rappel lines, none of them seeming to care that their white cotton panties with the Hell's Bitches logo displayed prominently on the crotch were fully visible to the heroes as they dropped into the middle of the group.

Fighting her way through the punishing wall of sound Nightingale quickly darted across the rooftop, administering medical aid wherever she could.

Nightingale recovers +2 Energy
Nightingale is currently Disorientated! (2/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Nightingale uses Combat Triage -5 Energy:

Nightingale heals herself for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Rocksmith for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Bumblebee for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Brick for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Flare for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Heretic for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Sigma for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Psy-Warp for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Deimos for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Void for 2 Health
Nightingale heals Vex for 2 Health

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Bumblebee, Flare, Brick, Sigma, Psy-Warp, Deimos, Nightingale are standing on the rooftop in front of the stage. A shimmering bubble of void energy covers Psy-Warp and Deimos and the pair are taking cover behind a partially damaged wall of telekinetic energy. They are surrounded by punk rock cheerleaders.

Rocksmith, Heretic and Void are on the stage fighting Thrash at close quarters.

A helicopter is hovering above the bank rooftop, the down-thrust of its rotors playing around the heroes.

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Callsign: Discord
Real Name: ?

Discord

Role: Flanker
Stats: 0 / 6 / 8
Energy: 2
Power Origin: Magic
Power Set: Heavy Metal Harridan
Abilities:

• Power Cord - Energy Cost: 3
  ^{With a strum of her fingers Discord launches a powerful wave of sonic energy which causes her enemies' armour to resonate, causing them 1/₃ their Defence (rounded down) worth of Health loss and inflicts the Sundered status effect, causing 1/₃ (rounded down) reduction in their Defence. Sundered may stack with itself.}
• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>
• Mindbending Melody - Energy Cost: 6
  ^{Strumming her fingers with the twisted tones of the night Discord takes control of a single Male Heterosexual, Hermaphrodite, Bisexual or Female Homosexual target, inflicting the Mind Controlled status effect for the number of turns difference between her Attack and their Defence, to a minimum of 1 turn. While Mind Controlled any attack or ability the character uses must target one of their own allies.}

Traits:

• Flexible Where It Counts
  ^{Years of performing on stage have given Discord a highly toned and flexible body, allowing her to dodge and weave like a seasoned martial artist. Any time she's targeted by a ranged attack Discord gains +5 Defence.}
• Crowd Control
  ^{Discord revels in controlling the bodies and minds of her audience while performing. Whenever Discord manages to inflict a status effect against an opponent she gains the Energized status effect, gaining +1 Energy Regeneration until the end of the following round. Energized does not stack with itself.}

Race/Species: ?, Human
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Morality: Chaotic; Evil
Motivation: Pleasure

Callsign: Thrash
Real Name: ?

Thrash

Role: Flanker
Stats: 48 / 10 / 3
Energy: 7
Power Origin: Magic
Power Set: Devilish Drummer
Abilities:

• Crescendo - Energy Cost: 3
  ^{Breaking out into a long drum solo Thrash beats out the music so fast her enemies can barely keep themselves from collapsing. Crescendo grants Thrash the Beatdown status effect, inflicts a cumulative Downbeat status effect, which reduces her targets' Attack and Defence by 1, and then causes 2 Health loss for each Beatdown effect currently active. This ability bypasses all normal defenses and is counted as a field-wide effect which cannot be dodged or blocked.}
• <UNKNOWN>

Traits:

• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>

Race/Species: ?, Human
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Morality: Chaotic; Evil
Motivation: Pleasure

Callsign: Cheerleader

Hell's Cheer Squad

Role: Blitzer
Power Origin: <UNKNOWN>
Power Set: <UNKNOWN>
Abilities:

• <UNKNOWN>

Traits:

• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>

Cheerleader 1 Cheerleader 2
Stats: ? / ? / ? Stats: ? / ? / ?
Energy: ? Energy: ?

Cheerleader 3 Cheerleader 4
Stats: ? / ? / ? Stats: ? / ? / ?
Energy: ? Energy: ?

Cheerleader 5 Cheerleader 6
Stats: ? / ? / ? Stats: ? / ? / ?
Energy: ? Energy: ?

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Madison 'Nightingale' Johannson - [LINK]
Energy: 2/10
20 / 6(4) / 6(4)

Action: Combat Triage: -5 Energy; Nightingale herself and all allies for Health equal to her Attack rating.

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@rush99999 Rocksmith
@SimplyJohn Bumblebee
@Eklispe Flare
@knighthawk Brick
@GodOfWar Heretic
@Behemoth542 Sigma
@General Scales Psy-Warp
@KabenSaal Deimos
@Shadowman215 Void
@Leolycan Vex

[Leolycan]

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Kyosuke 'Vex' Namada
Energy: 5/10
25 / 4(1) / 7(4)

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As the commands from R.E.T.I.N.A flooded into his mind, Vex prepared himself for the assault to come. Before he could enage however, he noticed his target fall as R.E.T.I.N.A now fell silent. He was unsure wether to curse his luck at the waste or revel in the fact they were now down to half of the original targets... That was until the cheerleaders. Smirking in amusement beneath the helm of his armor, Vex continued to position himself out of sight. "R.E.T.I.N.A, eyes open." He whispered as his helm once again flickered to life with calculations and imagery as the AI plotted a course of attack on the drummer who's music seemed to be affecting his mind.

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+1 Energy
Status: Vex is currently Disoriented! -2 Attack and -2 Defense
Vex is currently Downbeat!-1 Attack and -1 Defense

Action: R.E.T.I.N.A shutdown due to Discord being Ko'ed
Activate R.E.T.I.N.A targeting Thrash -3 Energy

[rush99999]

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Rocksmith - [LINK]
Energy: 3/10
30 / 1 / 4

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Rocksmith reeled back as Thrash laid down her violent beats. But the pain passed quickly thanks to Nightingale's help. Rocksmith saw the cheerleaders land. "Looks like back up has arrived" Rocksmith said "You guys take care of the drummer! I'll handle our new arrivals!". With that said, Rocksmith played the jump chord and flew through the air towards the cheerleaders. As he his the ground, Rocksmith played a power chord that shook the ground and created an omni-directional shock wave that literally blew the cheerleaders away.

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+1 Energy
Rocksmith is currently disorientated (-2 to attack and defense). Rocksmith is currently Downbeat (-1 to attack and defense)
Action: Blow the cheerleaders away.

[Behemoth542]

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Ballistic Overload Suit Sigma - [LINK]
Energy: 5/15
25 / 4 / 6

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> The... hell?
> It's the cheerleaders... they've got logos in their underwear!!
> You think? That's some risqué publicity stunt, in my opinion

The automaton, after wasting time arguing about the exact nature of "time" and its relation with "suit use time" along with "five minutes" and "Rick you're a %&#@%$!", decides to take out everything (and everyone) at once. A small buzz can be heard from Sigma's weapon as it runs for cover while firing at one of the cheerleaders.

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> Sigma is Rock'n'rolling
> +1 Energy
> Action: Run for cover and fire at Cheerleader 1

[knighthawk]

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Brick[LINK]
Energy: 5/10
30 / 7(20) / 3(6)

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Brick thought they had the upper hand as the one was down and the walrus was unarmed. Unfortunately, it seemed she had a trick up her sleeve to call back her instruments to her once she was back to normal. And now we add the groupies.

"Back-up dancers, Really? I thought hells bitches were better than pop and rap tricks! Void, Put a bubble on OUR rockstar! Sigma, incendiary rounds the crowd. Flare, fireball the crowd. Psy, I want a barrier on her trapping her inside! Bublebee, Zap her. Heretic, Vex and Deimon, KICK HER ASS! "

Not having time for this, he waited until rocksmith was airborn before emptying the clip into the group before he lands to rock their world. No more casualties on his side. He hoped his plan was a good one.

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<+1 ENERGY| Armored, +5 Defense| Armored, +5 Defense| Armored, +3 defense| Armed, Attack=6>
<Action: Full auto cheerleaders 1-6>

[General Scales]

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Psy-Warp [Link]

Energy: 8/10

20/9(14)/3(1)

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Violet was getting frustrated with the attacks slowly chipping at her only to be gone momentarily with the medic being on point as well as the target taking her weapon back as quick as she did. Not to mention the airdrop of extra aggressors from the helicopter which gave the telekinetic a moment of pause but she got back on track quickly trying to figure out what to do now that they had more than just the drummer to worry about. She heard someone barking out orders some more specific than others, like for her to trap the drummer, and while she never did like orders to begin with it wasn't a bad one or a bad idea for that matter. Violet focused around the drummer to form a cylinder-like barrier capped off at the top around Thrash and the drum set leaving little room for her to maneuver let alone escape while it was up.

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+1 Energy

Psy-Warp is currently Shielded! +8 Defense
Psy-Warp is currently Disoriented! -2 Attack -2 Defense
Psy-Warp is currently Downbeat! -1 Attack -1 Defense

Action: Trapping Thrash inside a telekinetic barrier. -4 Energy