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

[Leolycan]

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Kyosuke 'Vex' Namada
Energy: 7/10
18 / 4(5) / 7(9)

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>Direct hit on target. Calculating seco- Recalculating. Immediate evasion.

Vex paused after feeling his blades tear into the woman, feeling relief as the music silenced after a follow up assault. "Come again?" the pilot questioned in confusion as he began looking about the roof. It wouldn't take long for him to locate the problem, what with the fiery husk of a helicopter coming down on top of them. "Shit!" the pilot exclaimed, rounding to flee from the scene. As he began his dead sprint across the roof, the warrior noticed his prominently powerful psychic prepare herself for the upcoming blast- but Vex wouldn't risk using her as cover. Instead, he continued across the roof, leaping over the ledge once it was within range. As gravity soon took hold, the man would turn himself in air, grabbing onto the ledge as he prepared for the upcoming blast.

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+1 Energy

Status: Vex is currently Inspired! (+1 Def/+2 Atk)

Action: Vex is hanging from the ledge of the roof,

[SimplyJohn]

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Beatrice 'Bumblebee' McLeod
Energy: 3/10
15 / 4(11) / 9

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Spinning around as she heard the explosion above Bumblebee saw the tail of the helicopter as it ripped apart, setting the whirlybird on a crash course for the rooftop. Glancing around she spotted Brick with his hand raise shouting something indistinguishable over the horrific sound of grinding metal coming from above. Spotting Sigma surrounded by the cheerleaders, his optics flickering as he barely hung onto operational status the aviatrix made a tough call.

Leaping forwards she grabbed hold of the mechanical man and quickly thumbed her jetpack into life, scorching the rooftop as she shot vertically up into the air, hoping she could gain enough altitude to be clear of the fireball bound to hit the rest of the team at any second.

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Bumblebee is now Levitating! -1 Energy, +4 Defence
Bumblebee is currently Armoured! +3 Defence
Bumblebee is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +1 Defence, +2 Attack

Action: Grab Sigma, Float Like A Butterfly vertically upwards, -1 Energy

[Eklispe]

Flare - LINK
Energy: 3/10
26/35 / 2(3) / 7(11)

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The first thing that came into Flare's head was sweet relief when the pervading noise finally vanished. The second thought was of a more exclamatory nature as the helicopter began a death spiral towards the stage. Everybody began running for cover one way or another. Doing the first thing the came into mind Flare placed himself between the stage and his teammates as best he could in particular Demios since she had the two girls with her. When and if, the helicopter exploded he would try to absorb all the flame that came near him to prevent as much collateral as possible.

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Flare is currently
-Inspired(1/2)- +1 Defence, +2 Attack
-Armed +2 Attack

Actions
-Shield teammates by absorbing flame.

[GodOfWar]

Heretic LINK
Energy 1/10
10/3/8
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Chaos swept through the team whilst the fire-engulfed helicopter plummeted towards them. The fangirls had turned their attention towards Sigma, the now exposed robot currently being picked off the ground by bumblebee, which left Heretic with the stage and flare, who stood idly facing the helicopter.
Bolting over to the other side of the platform, Heretic whipped his horned head towards the impending fireball and roared a challenged to it, like a wild animal challenging another primitive rival. Heretic's spined back arched, and demonic curses poured from his mouth, as he waited for the descending ball of burning metal to meet him head on.
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Action
Heretic used Unconfined Rage
Heretic faced the Helicopter, not bothering to run for cover.
Status Effect
Heretic is Armed
Heretic is Weaponized
Heretic is Inspired
Heretic's attacks cause Bleeding

[Genni]

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

Brick attempts to provoke the Cheerleaders into attacking him.

Brick recovers +1 Energy
Brick is currently Armoured! - +3 Defence
Brick is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +3 Defence, +1 Attack
Psy-Warp's Telekinetic Barrier #2: Brick is currently Shielded! - +5 Defence
Void's Void Sphere #2: Brick is now Shielded! - +3 Defence
Brick is currently Armoured! (1/3) - +5 Defence
Brick attempts to provoke the Cheerleaders into attacking him: No effect

Rocksmith uses his musical talents to blow the tail off the large transport helicopter hovering over the rooftop.

Rocksmith recovers +1 Energy
Psy-Warp's Telekinetic Barrier #2: Rocksmith is currently Shielded! - +5 Defence
Void's Void Sphere #2: Rocksmith is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Rocksmith uses ranged attack on Helicopter:

Helicopter is now Speeding! +5 Attack

Rock Hard: bonus 10 XP!

Deimos grabs the girls and drags them to safety.

Deimos recovers +1 Energy
Deimos is no longer Awakened!
Void's Void Sphere #2: Deimos is now Shielded! - +3 Defence
Psy-Warp's Telekinetic Barrier #2: Deimos is now Shielded! - +5 Defence
Deimos is currently Inspired! (1/2) - +1 Defence, +2 Attack
Deimos carries Thrash and Discord into the protective field

Void's Void Sphere #2: Thrash is now Shielded! - +3 Defence against external attacks
Psy-Warp's Telekinetic Barrier #2: Thrash is now Shielded! - +5 Defence against external attacks
All heroes lose their Shielded status effect against attacks from Thrash!

Honour Before Glory: bonus 5 XP!

Psy-Warp reinforces her telekinetic barrier.

Void's Void Sphere #2: Psy-Warp is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Psy-Warp is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +3 Defence, +1 Attack
Psy-Warp's Telekinetic Barrier #2: Deimos is now Shielded! - +5 Defence
Psy-Warp uses Renewal -4 Energy:

Barrier #2 gains 7 Health

TK Support: bonus 5 XP!

Vex jumps off the roof.

Vex recovers +1 Energy
Vex is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +1 Defence, +2 Attack

Bumblebee grabs Sigma and launches herself high up into the air.

Bumblebee recovers +2 Energy
Bumblebee is currently Armoured! - +3 Defence
Bumblebee is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +1 Defence, +2 Attack
Void's Void Sphere #2: Bumblebee is no longer Shielded!
Bumblebee uses Float Like A Butterfly -1 Energy:

Bumblebee is now Levitating! - Immune to ground-based attacks and effects, +4 Defence

Bumblebee grabs Sigma and flies up high:

Bumblebee is now Encumbered! - -4 Defence
Bumblebee is now Ranged! - May only use ranged attacks and abilities on opponents, may only be targeted by ranged attacks and abilities by opponents
Psy-Warp's Telekinetic Barrier #2: Sigma is no longer Shielded!
Void's Void Sphere #2: Sigma is no longer Shielded!
Sigma is now Ranged! - May only use ranged attacks and abilities on opponents, may only be targeted by ranged attacks and abilities by opponents

Flight Control: bonus 5 XP!

Flare prepares himself to absorb the helicopter explosion.

Flare recovers +1 Energy
Flare is currently Armed! - +2 Attack
Flare is now Inspired! (2/2) - +1 Defence, +2 Attack
Psy-Warp's Telekinetic Barrier #2: Flare is no longer Shielded!
Void's Void Sphere #2: Flare is no longer Shielded!

Heretic roars a challenge at the burning helicopter as he prepares to take it head on.

Heretic recovers +1 Energy
Heretic is currently Armed! - Base Attack = 6, all hostile targeted abilities disabled
Heretic is currently Weaponized! (2/2) - +1 Attack, attacks cause Bleeding
Heretic is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +1 Defence, +2 Attack
Heretic uses Unconfined Rage -4 Energy:

Heretic is now Rushed for one round! - may take an extra 2 Actions

Hellspawn: bonus 1 XP!

Sigma fries a sonic pulse at Thrash as he's lifted into the air.

Sigma recovers +1 Energy
Sigma is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +1 Defence, +2 Attack
Sigma is no longer Staggered!
Sigma is currently Exposed! - -8 Defence
Sigma is currently Ranged! - May only use ranged attacks and abilities on opponents, may only be targeted by ranged attacks and abilities by opponents
Sigma fires its Sonic Pulse at Thrash -6 Energy:

Thrash is currently Shocked! (3/3) - -3 Defence
Thrash is currently Shocked! (2/3) - -3 Defence
Thrash is currently Shielded! - +5 Defence
Sonic Pulse ignores ¹/₃ Defence! - -3 Defence
Thrash hit by Sigma's Sonic Pulse for 8 Attack, 6 Defence, 2 Health loss.
Thrash is now Stunned for one turn!
Sigma gains 2 XP!

Heavy Weapon: bonus 5 XP!

Void channels his energy, preparing to absorb the incoming attack.

Void recovers +1 Energy
Void is currently Armoured! (3/3) - +4 Defence
Void is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +2 Defence, +1 Attack
Psy-Warp's Telekinetic Barrier #2: Void is currently Shielded! - +5 Defence
Void's Void Sphere #2: Void is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Void uses Void Burst -6 Energy:

Void gains the Vacuum status effect - any damage suffered is stored as Void Energy and may be redirected on his next turn

Empty Handed: bonus 5 XP!

Stunned by Sigma's sonic pulse the only thing Thrash can do is wriggle her body against Deimos as she's carried into the protective dome. "Mmm, move your hand a little lower?" she murmurs to the ninja girl.

Thrash recovers +1 Energy
Thrash is current Beatdown x2!
Thrash is current Stunned! (1/1) - unable to attack or use abilities this turn

Smashing into the stage the burning helicopter's fuel tank ruptures, spilling aviation fuel across the rooftop. A moment later a spark ignites the fuel, causing a epic fireball to rocket up into the air, dousing the party, the Cheerleaders and the Hell's Bitches in a wall of flame.

Brick's Solid Wall trait activates - All heroes gain +4 Defence against AoE attack where Brick is one of the affected targets
Rocksmith hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 16 Defence, 4 Health loss.
Rocksmith is now Staggered for one round! - -2 Defence
Rocksmith gains 10 XP!
Bumblebee missed by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack: Ranged!
Brick hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 26 Defence, 0 Health loss.
Brick is now Staggered for one round! - -2 Defence
Brick gains 10 XP!
Flare hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack and absorbs 20 Attack, healing 9 Health. Flare feels temporarily Invigorated by the influx of power, gaining +5 Attack for one turn!
Flare is now Staggered for one round! - -2 Defence
Heretic hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 7 Defence, 10 Health loss.
Heretic's 2 Souls, No Regrets trait triggers, but something goes wrong!

Heretic's Health = 1,
Heretic is now Demonized! +1 Attack per round, -1 Defence per round, all attacks cause Bleeding, Blood Drenched Hero regains +5 Health per attack instead of +1 Energy

Heretic gains 9 XP!
Hellspawn: bonus 10 XP!
Sigma missed by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack: Ranged!
Psy-Warp hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 24 Defence, 0 Health loss.
Psy-Warp is now Staggered for one round! - -2 Defence
Psy-Warp gains 10 XP!
Deimos hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 14 Defence, 5 Health loss.
Deimos is now KO'd!

Death Before Dishonour: bonus 10 XP!

Deimos gains 9 XP!
Void hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 25 Defence, 0 Health loss.
Void is now Staggered for one round! - -2 Defence
Void's Vacuum triggers absorbing 20 points of Void Energy
Void gains 10 XP!
Vex missed by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack: Out of Range!
Nightingale hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 20 Defence, 0 Health loss.
Nightingale is now Staggered for one round! - -2 Defence
Psy-Warp's Telekinetic Barrier #2 hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 5 Defence, 13 Health loss.
Psy-Warp's Telekinetic Barrier #2 destroyed!
Cheerleader 1 hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 3 Defence, 11 Health loss.
Cheerleader 1 is now KO'd!
Cheerleader 2 hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 3 Defence, 15 Health loss.
Cheerleader 2 is now KO'd!
Cheerleader 3 hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 3 Defence, 7 Health loss.
Cheerleader 3 is now KO'd!
Cheerleader 4 hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 3 Defence, 10 Health loss.
Cheerleader 4 is now KO'd!
Cheerleader 5 hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 3 Defence, 15 Health loss.
Cheerleader 5 is now KO'd!
Cheerleader 6 hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 3 Defence, 15 Health loss.
Cheerleader 6 is now KO'd!
Thrash hit by Helicopter's fire-based AOE attack for 20 Attack, 9 Defence, 11 Health loss.
Thrash is now Staggered for one round! - -2 Defence
Rocksmith gains 116 XP!

Nightingale scan only look on in horror as the innocent young girls, whose only crime was to fall under the influence of an evil rock band, were scorched to death mere feet in front of her. With a dark cloud over her head she turned to one of those she could reach and began to administer medical aid.

Nightingale recovers +2 Energy
Nightingale is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +2 Defence, +2 Attack
Void's Void Sphere #2: Void is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Nightingale is now Horrified! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Nightingale uses All Better Now on Deimos -4 Energy:

Deimos is no longer KO'd!
Nightingale's Healing Hands trait activates - Deimos heals 3 Health

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Most of the party are standing on the rooftop in front of the burning stage wreckage of the stage, covered by a shimmering bubble of void energy. They are surrounded by the smouldering corpses of the punk rock cheerleaders whose dead bodies are crisping and popping in the flames spreading across the rooftop.

Bumblebee is hovering over the rooftop, carrying Sigma with some difficulty.

Flare and Heretic are standing in the middle of the flames, with Heretic's body now mutated into a fully demonic form.

Vex is hanging over the edge of the rooftop desperately trying to hold on as the flames quickly spread towards him.

Thrash is inside the shimmering bubble of void energy with the team.

The burning remains of the helicopter and the stage are leaning precariously over the edge of the roof, threatening to fall over at any moment into the street below.

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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: 16 / 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:

• Wall of Sound
  ^{With her music never pausing for a moment Thrash generates a sonic field making it difficult for anyone to get close to her. Any time she's targeted by a melee attack the attacker loses -3 Attack.}
• <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
10 / 6(7) / 6(4)

Action: All Better Now: -4 Energy; Nightingale immediately removes one persistent status effect from herself or an ally.

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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: 8/10
18 / 4(5) / 7(9)

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Having survived the massive explosion, Vex hung from the edge of the roof top as the immense heat began to subside. Groaning slightly within his armor, he'd begin pulling himself up over the ledge of the roof. As his eyes scanned over the carnage that was now spread across the roof, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes towards the one called 'Rocksmith'.

'Damned idiot. Could've done a lot more harm than good with that stunt,' His thoughts echoing in his mind as his eyes landed upon Thrash, widening in surprise.

>Target is still active. Plotting course of attack.

As the AI continued to react to the presence of the mystical drummer, Vex would sprint to her side, bringing down his blade... Though the edge of the weapon rested firmly upon her flesh as his strike did not follow through.

>Error. Momentum needed not met. Re-

Ignoring his chiming AI, Vex would lean in closer to Thrash, "Don't move."

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+1 Energy

Status: Vex is currently Inspired! (+1 Def/+2 Atk)

Action: Vex is readying to attack Thrash if she should resist.

[rush99999]

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Rocksmith - [LINK]
Energy: 2/10
17 / 10 / 7

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"That was a lot bigger than I expected" Rocksmith said as he looked on at the aftermath. He then looked at the cheerleaders' charred corpses. "Oh bollocks" the musical mischief maker said "They aren't getting up, are they?". It was then that Rocksmith noticed the stage and helicopter balancing on the edge of the roof. "I should handle that before it causes more damage" Rocksmith said before using his guitar to super jump to the roof of a neighboring building that was facing the stage and helicopter. From there, Rocksmith played a sick riff that sent shock waves towards the potential disaster and pushed the chopper and what was left of the stage away from the edge.

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+1 Energy
Rocksmith is currently shielded (+8 Defense). Rocksmith is staggered (-2 Defense).
Action: Stop the stage and helicopter from falling.

[GodOfWar]

Heretic LINK
Energy 2/10
1/2/9
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Screeching and warped voices was all that Heretic could hear in the wreckage. His thoughts had drifted to a more promising place, and all he could fathom was the intensity of the situation. "D-damn it, that h-hur- IrAN JhaNaKOI RaGNar- t... What the fu- RAWAAAA!", Heretic cried, his flesh pulping and reforming into a even more demonic form. The flames of the Helicopter wrapped around their new lord, his flesh scored with burning runes and long horns growing from his enlarged forehead.
Throwing aside the rubble entrapping him, Heretic pulled his new demonic form out of the burning metal. "RAWWWAAAA! YAAWWWRAAAAA!", Heretic bellowed in unholy vigor, newly shed blood dripping from his charred skin.
Pulling flare out of the rubble, Heretic threw the unsuspecting teammate into the even more unsuspecting vex, the first indivual he had sighted after crawling out of the wrecked helicopter. Continuing his rampage, Heretic pounced onto the captured Thrash and her captor, Deimos. Heretic proceeded to claw out both of their necks, charged with rage at everyone around him. Picking up the SMG he had used as a club before, the short ranged melee started morphing itself into a more useful, hell-infused sword. Taking up his new weapon, Heretic continued to attack his fellow brethren.
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Heretic (Demonized Form)

Action
Heretic forcefully threw Flare into Vex
Heretic attacked Deimos
Heretic attacked Thrash
Status Effects
Heretic is Demonized
Heretic is Weaponized
Heretic is Armed
Heretic's attacks cause Bleeding

[knighthawk]

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Brick[LINK]
Energy: 2/10
26 / 7(19) / 3(4)

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Shit. There was no other word to desctibe it, this whole plan had gone to shit. There was never supposed to be anything like this. Go in, stop the bank robbers, walk out. Now it was something out of an action movie.

"Get someone on THIS SIDE of that helelcopter to keep it from falling over!"

The two biggest concerns were the helicopter taking out the people below if it fell off the roof and now heretic going berserk. He called to all to get to the chopper while he threw himself at the demon. He could feel his earthen armor weakening and he would need to get hard again as soon as he could. but for now he needed the fire demon to burn itself out on him as an outlet for its aggression.

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<+1 Energy| Armoured! +3 Defence| Inspired! +3 Defence +1 Attack| Shielded! +5 Defence| Shielded! +3 Defense|
<Staggered for one round! - -2 Defence>
<Action: Protect the others by attacking heretic.>

[Eklispe]

Flare - LINK
Energy: 5/10
35 / 2(0) / 7(14)

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Flare surveyed the destruction, Rocksmith seriously needed to think his plans through a little more. A half seen image of the scorched bodies and he averted his eyes still feeling nausea swell up. He was beginning to think the guitarist just wanted to break stuff. His thoughts were interrupted by a loud roaring sound from the wreckage , turning to face the noise Flare had just enough time to be surprised before he was unceremoniously hurled into Vex. He got up from the ground coughing from the impact muttering "Sorry."

He got up just in time to see Heretic rush forward attacking one of the music girls and Demios. Not this again. Flare thought angrily. It was bad enough having somebody else mind control them but now Heretic was basically doing it by himself? As much as he wanted to beat Heretic into unconsciousness the helicopter was more important, Brick could hopefully handle it long enough for the rest of the team to help. Flare quickly sprinted over to the helicopter still shaky from the explosion and grabbed it heaving backwards. Hoping this would work Flare attempted to push the energy racing through him into his muscles and shot the rest of it out of his body using it as flame jets to propel himself backwards taking the helicopter onto the roof with him. Not to say Flare didn't trust Rocksmith but.... better safe than sorry when lives were concerned.

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Flare is
-Invigorated- +5 ATK
-Armed- +2 ATK
-Staggered- -2 DEF

Actions
-Pull helicopter onto roof while flame charged.

[General Scales]

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Psy-Warp [Link]

Energy: 1/10

16/9(13)/3(4)

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Violet collapsed between the use of her power and the crash/explosion from the helicopter which utterly shattered her barrier. She ended up on her back unable to fully see what was going on but through the ringing in her ears she could hear something was not right. What she did pick up on was that the helicopter and stage might damn well fall into the street as well as the horrible smell of burning flesh gathering in the air. It took a moment but she propped herself up enough to get a decent view of the helicopter and stage noticing the team's guitarist moving to stop it but it would take more than just him to prevent it so she would help to move it by pulling at it from her direction.

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+1 Energy

Psy-Warp is currently Inspired! +1 Attack +3 Defense
Psy-Warp is currently Shielded! +3 Defense
Psy-Warp is currently Staggered! -2 Defense

Action: Stop the wreck from falling.

[SimplyJohn]

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Beatrice 'Bumblebee' McLeod
Energy: 2/10
15 / 4(6) / 9

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For several moments all Bumblebee could do was gaze down in horror at the scene of devastation on the rooftop below her, the burning remnants of the helicopter teetering on the edge of the roof as a demonic monster raged through the flames. Keeping her mind focussed on the task at hand was the only way she knew how to get through the situation and swooping down she dropped herself and her robotic companion into the relatively clean, unscented air inside the protective energy bubble and pulled out her blaster.

The others all seemed to have the threats of the helicopter's carcass and the risen demon under hand but while they dealt with the new problems, Bumblebee would deal with the old one. Taking careful aim the aviatrix fired a volley of electrically charged bolts into Thrash, not giving the drummer the chance to get her rhythm going again.

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Recovers +2 Energy

Bumblebee is no longer Levitating!
Bumblebee is currently Armoured! +3 Defence

Action: Sting Like A Bee on Thrash, -4 Energy

[KabenSaal]

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Deimos link
Energy 4/10
3 / 12 / 10

Deimos managed to get the women into the barrier, and so they all avoided becoming human toast. However, the barrier was not strong enough to fully repell the massive blast from the helicopter explosion, and it wrenched consciousness from Deimos, sending her to the world of fairies and rainbows. How long she was there, Deimos didn't know, but she was brought back to the land of the living by Nightingale. The medic somehow found the time and mindset to give Deimos' body a quick Blind Girl's Look while helping. If the woman wasn't helping her, and hadn't been helping since the start, Deimos might have taken offense. As it was, she was happy to get back up and into the fight so soon.

"Thanks h--" Deimos' words where cut off by the sight that awaited her. The cheerleaders that arrived, Deimos never really gave much thought to, instead trying to grab the people she could see in front of her. But right now, those Cheerleaders where dead. Their skin cooked, their lives stolen, and all by someone who called himself a Hero. And, someone Deimos had worked with. As stupid as it might have been, Deimos believed if she had tried, she could have saved them, and that self-inflicted realization made her shudder uncontrolabily, tears spilling out without warning from her eyes. Compared to that, the sight of Heretic's Demonic Self took a back seat, as her mind didn't have enough sense of Self to work with both of them. She could feel something in her head slowly slipping away, but was unsure what it might be. She was unsure of a lot of things, to be honest, including if she was on the right team.....

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Recovers: +1 energy

Deimos is currently Inspired!
Deimos is currently Shielded

Action: Silent Hysterics

[Genni]

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

Screaming with rage Thrash leaps to her feet, immediately her drumkit appears in front of her as she hammers out her anger at the death of her fans directing her fury at Rocksmith.

Thrash recovers +1 Energy
Thrash is current Beatdown x2!
Thrash is no longer Stunned!
Thrash is no longer Shocked!
Thrash is currently Shocked! (3/3) - -3 Defence
Thrash is currently Shielded! - +5 Defence
Thrash uses Shockwave against Rocksmith -2 Energy:

Rocksmith is currently Staggered! - -2 Defence
Thrash's Beatdown x2 Triggers:+6 AttackRocksmith hit by Thrash's Shockwave for 9 Attack, 2 Defence, 7 Health loss.
Thrash is no longer Beatdown
Rocksmith gains 4 XP!

Vex attacks Thrash

Vex recovers +1 Energy
Vex is no longer Inspired!
Vex makes a melee attack against Thrash:

Thrash's Wall of Sound trait activates! - -3 Attack to any attacker attempting to make a melee attack against Thrash
Thrash is currently Shocked! (3/3) - -3 Defence
Thrash is currently Tagged! (3/3) - Vex ignores 5 Defence when attacking
Thrash is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Thrash is hit by Vex's melee attack for 4 Attack, 0 Defence, 4 Health loss.
Vex gains 4 XP!

Rocksmith uses his musical talents to blast the wreckage with sonic shockwaves

Rocksmith recovers +1 Energy
Void's Void Sphere #2: Rocksmith is no longer Shielded!
Rocksmith is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Rocksmith uses ranged attack on Wreckage:

Wreckage is hit by Rocksmith's ranged attack for 7 Attack, 0 Defence, 7 Health loss.
Wreckage begins to break apart, sending burning chunks of metal tumbling into the alleyway below.
Rocksmith gains 7 XP!

Demon-Heretic attacks the party

Heretic recovers +1 Energy
Heretic is currently Armed! - Base Attack = 6, all hostile targeted abilities disabled
Heretic is no longer Weaponized!
Heretic is no longer Inspired!
Heretic is currently Rushed! (1/1)
Heretic is currently Demonized! +1 Attack, -1 Defence, all attacks cause Bleeding, Blood Drenched Hero regains +5 Health per attack instead of +1 Energy
Heretic throws Flare at Vex:

Flare is now Speeding! +5 Attack
Vex is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Vex is hit by Heretic's ranged attack for 12 Attack, 2 Defence, 10 Health loss.
Demonized: Vex is now Bleeding! - +10% damage from all sources
Unhallowed Presence: Vex is now Disturbed for one round! - -1 Defence
Hell's Lost Flame: Vex is now Burning! - 6 fire-based damage each round
Heretic's Blood Drenched Hero activates: +5 Health
Heretic gains 10 XP!
Hellspawn: bonus 4 XP!
Vex gains 5 XP!
Flare is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +1 Defence, +2 Attack
Flare is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Flare is hit by Vex's melee attack for 12 Attack, 1 Defence, 11 Health loss.
Flare is no longer Speeding!
Demonized: Flare is now Bleeding! - +10% damage from all sources
Unhallowed Presence: Flare is now Disturbed for one round! - -1 Defence
Hell's Lost Flame: Flare is now Burning! - 6 fire-based damage each round
Heretic's Blood Drenched Hero activates: +5 Health
Heretic gains 11 XP!
Hellspawn: bonus 4 XP!
Flare gains 5 XP!
Flare's Blazing Blood activates:

Vex hit by Flare's Blazing Blood for 8 Attack, 1 Defence, 6 Health loss.
Vex is currently Bleeding! - +1 Health loss
Flare gains 6 XP!
Vex gains 4 XP!

Heretic's Rushed activates:

Heretic attacks Deimos:

Deimos is currently Inspired! (2/2) - +1 Defence, +2 Attack
Flare is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Deimos hit by Heretic's melee attack for 7 Attack, 0 Defence, 3 Health loss.
Deimos is now KO'd!
Heretic's Blood Drenched Hero activates: +5 Health
Heretic gains 5 XP!
Hellspawn: bonus 1 XP!
Deimos gains 3 XP!

Heretic attacks Thrash

Thrash's Wall of Sound trait activates! - -3 Attack to any attacker attempting to make a melee attack against Thrash
Thrash is currently Shocked! (3/3) - -3 Defence
Thrash is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Thrash is hit by Heretic's melee attack for 4 Attack, 5 Defence, 0 Health loss
Demonized: Thrash is now Bleeding! - +10% damage from all sources
Unhallowed Presence: Thrash is now Disturbed for one round! - -1 Defence
Hell's Lost Flame: Thrash is now Burning! - 6 fire-based damage each round
Hellspawn: bonus 3 XP!

Brick attempts to protect the others by attacking Demon-Heretic

Brick recovers +1 Energy
Brick is currently Armoured! - +3 Defence
Brick is no longer Inspired!
Brick is currently Armoured! (2/3) - +5 Defence
Brick is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Brick attacks Heretic:

Heretic is currently Demonized! -1 Defence
Heretic is hit by Brick's melee attack for 3 Attack, 1 Defence, 2 Health loss.
Unhallowed Presence: Brick is now Disturbed for one round! - -1 Defence
Brick gains 2 XP!
Heretic gains 2 XP!

Flare uses his flame-fueled strength to pull the helicopter wreckage to safety.

Flare recovers +1 Energy
Flare is currently Armed! - +2 Attack
Flare is no longer Inspired!
Flare is currently Invigorated! (1/1) - +5 Attack
Flare is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Flare grabs hold of the Wreckage and pulls it onto the rooftop:

Wreckage is now burning in the middle of the rooftop

Heroics: bonus 10 XP!

Psy-Warp helps move the wreckage with her telekinesis.

Psy-Warp is no longer Inspired!
Psy-Warp is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Psy-Warp grabs hold of the Wreckage telekinetically and pulls it onto the rooftop:

Wreckage is now burning in the middle of the rooftop

TK Support: bonus 5 XP!
Heroics: bonus 10 XP!

Bumblebee drops Sigma on the rooftop and tries to make sure Thrash stays down by shooting her at close range

Bumblebee recovers +2 Energy
Bumblebee is currently Armoured! - +3 Defence
Bumblebee is no longer Inspired!
Bumblebee is no longer Encumbered!
Bumblebee is no longer Levitating!
Bumblebee is no longer Ranged!
Bumblebee shoots Thrash with Sting Like A Bee -4 Energy:

Thrash is currently Shocked! (3/3) - -3 Defence
Thrash is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Thrash is hit by Bumblebee's Sting Like A Bee for 7 Attack, 5 Defence, 2 Health loss
Thrash is now Shocked for three turns! - -3 Defence
Bumblebee gains 2 XP!

Deimos slowly stared out over the rooftop at the twisted remains of the poor, innocent Cheerleaders for a moment as Demon-Heretic ripped her body apart from behind.

Deimos is currently KO'd!

Sigma paused for a moment to run self-diagnostics, his armours shattered, circuitry close to critical failure levels and his batteries running low.

Sigma recovers +1 Energy
Sigma is no longer Inspired!
Sigma is currently Staggered! (1/1) - -2 Defence
Sigma is currently Exposed! - -8 Defence
Sigma is no longer Ranged!
Sigma Rests:

Sigma recovers +1 Energy

Void focussed the energies within himself before sending them out as a wave of healing energy, washing over the battlefield. In its wake the Cheerleaders bodies stir, unconscious but alive, their skin healed of all wounds but their costumes... umm, not healed. In fact they're very 'not healed'. Could one of you guys try and find some blankets or something to cover the poor girls up with? And stop taking pictures! You know who I'm talking to.

Void recovers +1 Energy
Void is no longer Armoured!
Void is no longer Inspired!
Void's Void Sphere #2: Void is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Void's Vacuum activates:

All Cheerleaders are returned to life, but still KO'd on 0 Health
Void uses 20 points of Void Energy to heal the team
Rocksmith healed for 10 Health
Bumblebee healed for 5 Health
Brick healed for 4 Health
Flare healed for 10 Health
Heretic healed for 10 Health
Sigma healed for 10 Health
Psy-Warp healed for 4 Health
Vex healed for 10 Health
Nightingale healed for 10 Health
Void gains 73 XP!

Nightingale breathed a sigh of relief as Void's redirected energy brought the poor, innocent deep fried Cheerleaders back to life, before shooting a glare over at Rocksmith standing on the neighbouring rooftop. After a moment she darted over to Deimos's side once more, quickly patching the girl up yet again.

Nightingale recovers +2 Energy
Nightingale is no longer Inspired!
Nightingale is no longer Horrified!
Nightingale uses All Better Now on Deimos -4 Energy:

Deimos is no longer KO'd!
Nightingale's Healing Hands trait activates - Deimos heals 3 Health

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Deimos, Nightingale, Brick, Demon-Heretic, Bumblebee, Sigma, Void and Vex are all under the shimmering bubble of void energy, along with Thrash and the unconscious Discord. The Cheerleaders lay unconscious on the rooftop outside the bubble, their clothes burnt off but otherwise stable. Fires still burn across the rooftop as the aviation fuel sets fire to the support beams underneath.

Flare and Psy-Warp are on the edge of the rooftop, steering the helicopter wreckage to safety.

Rocksmith is currently on the neighbouring rooftop.

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Callsign: Thrash
Real Name: ?

Thrash

Role: Flanker
Stats: 12 / 10 / 3
Energy: 6
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.}
• Shockwave - Energy Cost: 2
  ^{Smashing her drumskins with all her might Thrash send out powerful, damaging waves of sonic energy to hammer her opponents, causing a basic ranged attack with damage increased by Thrash's Attack for each Beatdown effect currently active, but exhausting all Beatdown and Downbeat effects in the process.}

Traits:

• Wall of Sound
  ^{With her music never pausing for a moment Thrash generates a sonic field making it difficult for anyone to get close to her. Any time she's targeted by a melee attack the attacker loses -3 Attack.}
• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>

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

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Ballistic Overload Suit Sigma - [LINK]
Energy: 4/10
11 / 4(-6) / 6

Action: Rest: +1 Energy

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Vaerin 'Void' Ulerrad - [LINK]
Energy: 1/10
14 / 7 / 1

Action: Vacuum: Heal the party's Health for 50% of the Void Energy stored

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Madison 'Nightingale' Johannson - [LINK]
Energy: 3/10
20 / 6(7) / 6(4)

Action: All Better Now: -4 Energy; Nightingale immediately removes one persistent status effect from herself or an ally.

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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: 3/10
20 / 2 / 7

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"Oh come on!" Rocksmith exclaimed as he was hit by Thrash's shockwave attack. "Oh come on!!" Rocksmith exclaimed as he saw that his attempts to push the wreckage away from the edge backfired. "Oh come on!!!" Rocksmith exclaimed as he watched his team mates do a better job and get a sweet XP bonus as a result. "Oh come on!!!!" Rocksmith exclaimed as he noticed Nightingale glare at him. "Honestly" Rocksmith said to himself as he played a solo that caused Heretic to get struck by lightning "You make 1 honest mistake and suddenly you're the universe's butt monkey!"

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+1 Energy
Rocksmith is staggered (-2 Defense).
Action: Attack Heretic while ranting about being panned by the universe for a simple miscalculation.

[GodOfWar]

Heretic LINK
Energy 3/10
23/1/10
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Constant chaos flooded the roof and Heretic's demonic mind. Brick ramming into the turned anti-hero, Deimos's blood splattering blissfully into his face, Thrash's crying and screaming. The only thing Heretic could fully follow was the Arc of lightning that burned it's way into his back, caused by the misplaced Rocksmith. 'Someone hurt me! Someone hurt me! I'll kill them! I'll destroy them! I'll tear of their legs and stuff them down their Throat! I'll cook them! And I'll EAT THEM!', Heretic's Primitive mind screeched, looking around him for the one responsible for the sizzling scar on his back. The first person he found was the distracted Pys-warp. "RWAAARRAAYYAAAWRAAA!", Heretic responded, leaving the heroic Brick for the more vulnerable Pys. "KILL! MAIM! BUUUURRRNNNN!", Heretic took Pys-warp's turned head, and pounded her fragile skull into the wreckage that gave birth to this unyielding monstrosity.
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Heretic (Demonized Form)

Action
Heretic attacked Pys-Warp

[knighthawk]

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Brick[LINK]
Energy: 3/10
26 / 7(18) / 3

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Oh come on! Here he was throwing himself at the demon and it takes off after someone else. Seeing Psy in potential danger, he throws himself in front of Heretic to protect the other defender so she could do her job to keep people safe from thrash. He was the best chance to let heretic have his fun against someone, and he was close enough to the rockpile from the collapsed roof in order to restructure the rock skin if he needed the boost.

"NO! Your fight is with me, you IMP!"

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<+1 Energy| Armoured! +3 Defence| Shielded! +5 Defence| Shielded! +3 Defense|
<Action: Shielding/ protecting Psy-warp.>

[Eklispe]

Flare - LINK
Energy: 2/10
34/35 / 2 / 7

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Flare gave a sigh of relief as he managed to pull the helicopter back onto the roof with a little help. One crisis averted, uh partly. The roof began making loud creaking noises and Flare realized the fires from the helicopter had most likely spread to the interior of the structure in addition to all across the roof. To focused to notice anything else Flare took several steps back from the wreckage and took a deep breath. Then he put his hands forward and attempted draining all of the heat from in front of him. At the very least it should stop the helicopter from being on fire any longer and potentially causing a secondary explosion as well hopefully stop any structural damage in its tracks in addition to putting out the residual flames on the rooftop. He had no idea if he could affect that much fire at once though...

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Actions
-Use heat drain on helicopter and surrounding area.(-4 energy)

[General Scales]

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Psy-Warp [Link]

Energy: 2/10

20/9(7)/3

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Violet gave Flare what support she could in preventing the wreck from falling, no reason to let people who did nothing to her get hurt. However, it became pretty clear there was another situation that needed dealing with when she heard something screaming behind her very close followed up by the guy giving orders earlier. The matter of her head getting grabbed severely pissed her off, she had more than enough people having messing with it already. There was usually only one response she gave for this kind of thing and a tactile telekinetic elbow to the gut of her attacker was in order. Though she had a feeling that she might end up with a headache after this was all over realizing where she and the wreck were.

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+1 Energy

Psy-Warp is currently Staggered! -2 Defense

Actions: Elbowing Heretic's gut.

[Leolycan]

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Kyosuke 'Vex' Namada
Energy: 8/10
11 / 4(1) / 7

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>Critcal damaged sustained. Pilot must seek immediate medical attention
>WARNING! System overload detected! Shutting down.

From beneath his armor, Vex would let out an audible groan as the fiery being was hurled into him. The force of the blow was enough to tear his flesh -even while inside his suit- and had set the man ablaze. Frantically, he'd force himself to his feet, his vision blurred by the pain that went coursing through him. Yet, as the sharp sensation clouded his mind, the psychic's effect took hold as he could feel his body repairing itself, though only somewhat.

'This fire! Have to put it out, and fast!' The pain of his burning flesh warped his thoughts and clouded his mind, making it hard to form a coherent though. But at once, something occred to him: a fire extinguisher was close by; positioned at the bottom of the stairs to the roof should a fire occur above. He stated before rushing off, practically leaping down the stair way as he landed near the device, releasing the clasps before using the device to douse the flames upon himself.

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Status: Vex is currently Burning (6 fire-based damage a round)
Vex is currently Staggered (-2 Defense)
Vex is currently Bleeding (+10% damage from all sources)
Vex is currently Disturbed (-1 Defense)
Vex is currently Fatigued (No energry regen for a round, cannot trigger RETINA)

Action: Vex uses fire extinguisher upon himself.