So far, the sounds of a gunfight had only served to alert others nearby intruders as well, so now four of the silverclad were holed up at the end of the hallway, firing as soon as they saw any of Gunnos’ allies even peek around a corner. There was little they could do to return fire within these tight quarters, let alone advance their position. While the others were feebly attempting to blindfire from their cover, Gunnos looked around in search of a better solution. If only this was a Korrvain ship, they’d be clad in proper heavy armour and being cornered like this wouldn’t be so much of a problem.
But wait, that was the answer! Gunnos’ eyes fell on a supply cabinet in the corner of the room. He opened it to find canisters of AVS and other engineering supplies piled up inside, easily accessible to any engineers on duty down here. The contents weren’t what mattered to him though. The cabinet was made of plasteel, built to withstand all kinds of turbulence and impact force to keep the valuable goods inside safe, and the single door was large enough to conceal a person. “Hey big guy!” Gunnos yelled to the Blumn. “Come gimme a hand!”
Greet withdrew from combat and came to his side. “What’re we doing?”
“Protection.” Gunnos replied, knocking his fist against the cabinet doors. Greet caught his drift quickly, and with their combined strength they took hold of the door and broke it loose from its hinges. They had some sort of mobile cover now, though exceptional it was not. Common plasteel was tough stuff, but it couldn’t withstand focus fire from four people, not by a long shot. They would need some sort of distraction to go along with it in order to get them to the other side of the hallway.
That’s where Daniel came in. His voice came up like a gift from Chahara Vee, and though Gunnos didn’t initially know his plan, he knew they had to make it count. “To me!” he called to the other two, as he positioned himself around the corner, plasteel door in hand. “We gotta be quick. Upon me mark, I’m goin' in with me cover. You guys follow close behind me.” Barely had he finished explaining his plan, when foam began spraying from above, turning their surroundings white and fluffy.
This wasn’t necessarily what he was expecting, but Gunnos knew that this was Daniel’s doing. “Go!” he yelled as he charged out the doorframe and into the foam-filled hallway. He held the door in the direction he knew his enemies to be, and advanced towards them. His allies were close enough to keep track of each other, but the end of the hallway was completely invisible to them, cloaked in foam. Good, Gunnos thought. That meant the intruders can’t see them either. As they were advancing, a shrill voice yelled something in an alien language, ending with a word that probably meant “fire!” Streams of bullets suddenly rattled all around them, several of them hitting and denting the plasteel door. Even more, however, went wide and only dented the surrounding walls, as the attackers could do little more than blindly fire in their general direction.
Gunnos knew they were within sight range when one of the women yelled something in a surprised voice, probably upon seeing a walking door coming towards her. “Now! Attack!” Gunnos yelled as he flung the dented door into the nearest intruder’s face, knocking her onto her ass. His team spread out and charged the other figures, vaguely visible among the foam. From then he briefly heard the sounds of punches, a few gunshots and the woofing of an angry dog, before the hallway quieted down.
“I think we got them,” a female voice sounded from amidst the foamy mass. She spoke Anolo, so it must’ve been the Faera who’d come along, not one of the intruders. Wading through the foam, Gunnos would quickly find out that two of the attackers had been shot down during the brief struggle, the third one knocked out by Greet’s fist. The one Gunnos had knocked down had been trying to get up when Ruddus body-slammed on top of her, knocking her unconscious. Ruddus himself was sitting next to her like a hunting dog fetching a rabbit. “Daniel?” Gunnos spoke into his earpiece. “Four hostiles down. No sign of others yet. I think this floor is safe. We’re coming to the intended destination now.”
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Definitely agree.
I hope my post gives you something to work with btw. Not too happy with how it turned out, given the lack of anything happening, but it's too late at night to rewrite it, so i figured it'll do.
I hope my post gives you something to work with btw. Not too happy with how it turned out, given the lack of anything happening, but it's too late at night to rewrite it, so i figured it'll do.
Gunnos was providing covering fire for the personnel who were, upon the captain’s command, retreating back into the ship, when he heard the warning about attackers inside the ship and the engineering officer requesting back-up. At first he doubted if he shouldn’t help the captain get to the ship first, yet was still one of the first to step forth for the job. After all, the captain had commanded them to get inside the ship and be ready for take-off. A muscular Blumn, a purple-haired Faera and a big humanoid dog rose with him, so without much hassle, they decided to band together and go in as a team. “We’ll go assist ‘im, but don’t let yer guard down. The cap needs cover to get inside!” Gunnos announced before departing with his team.
“Gunnos here. Comin’ to assist ye with three others, bud,” he spoke into his own earpiece. Since he was broadcasting, the intruders would be able to hear him too, but he had to let Daniel know somehow. “We’re already nearing the intended posi-“ “RUFF!” Suddenly, Gunnos found himself tackled to the ground by Ruddus’ furry form as a burst of bullets flew overhead, narrowly missing them and denting the wall at the far end of the hallway. “Sowwy,” the giant hound mumbled as he scrambled to his feet and into the nearest doorframe for cover, pulling Gunnos with him. There were at least two intruders at the end of the hallway, firing at them from around the corner. The other two security personnel had taken cover as well and were returning fire, to little avail so far.
“Hostiles encountered, be careful Daniel.” He knew Daniel had to be nearby, but didn’t dare ask his location, lest the intruders would hear as well. For now he remained in cover and returned fire, hoping that, at the least, their resistance could pull the intruders attention away from Daniel until they could manage to take them out.
“Gunnos here. Comin’ to assist ye with three others, bud,” he spoke into his own earpiece. Since he was broadcasting, the intruders would be able to hear him too, but he had to let Daniel know somehow. “We’re already nearing the intended posi-“ “RUFF!” Suddenly, Gunnos found himself tackled to the ground by Ruddus’ furry form as a burst of bullets flew overhead, narrowly missing them and denting the wall at the far end of the hallway. “Sowwy,” the giant hound mumbled as he scrambled to his feet and into the nearest doorframe for cover, pulling Gunnos with him. There were at least two intruders at the end of the hallway, firing at them from around the corner. The other two security personnel had taken cover as well and were returning fire, to little avail so far.
“Hostiles encountered, be careful Daniel.” He knew Daniel had to be nearby, but didn’t dare ask his location, lest the intruders would hear as well. For now he remained in cover and returned fire, hoping that, at the least, their resistance could pull the intruders attention away from Daniel until they could manage to take them out.
Gunnos is coming to help Daniel. I wrote Isaac, but that was a typo.
You can't always have something to write. I'm sure we all won't mind if you skip a post.
Damiann, Gunnos will come to assist Isaac when i get to posting tomorrow. Just letting you know.
Edit: I MEANT DANIEL ALL ALONG!
Edit: I MEANT DANIEL ALL ALONG!
Kwon Woo Bon
A short while away from the fighting, one of the inhabited sectors of Elistore now lay demolished by the planetary bombardment. Among the rubble of destroyed homes, a metal trapdoor slowly opened up just a crack, allowing a pair of green eyes to peek through. There were a few armed invaders in silver armour still outside, Kwon could see, patrolling around as if looking for something, or someone. They looked on alert, but weren’t bothering to check any basements at the moment, which is surely where the surviving civilians would be hiding.
The Mon Kett slunk back into the basement, the only part of this home that remained mostly intact. A family of Furzai was hiding down here as well, huddled up in a corner as far from the trapdoor as possible. Kwon had been out on the street, heading towards his first day at work on the Exeralune, when the bombardment started. He was lucky to have this family notice him and invite him in to shelter with them, else he surely would’ve been dead by now.
From what he could see and hear, the bombardment seemed to have stopped, or at least moved on to a different area. Although the threat of armed invaders was still out there, Kwon knew he couldn’t keep hiding here. The Exeralune would have need of him in order to take off. There was little he could do for these civilians now, but if his crew could escape this warzone, they could call for help from outside, or even off-planet if they had to. He knew very little about the nature of this invasion, but it seemed like their best bet.
Yes, he’d made his decision. “Stay down here no matter what,” he told the Furzai family. “I’ll make my way to the military base and seek for help. Everything will be fine, I promise.” With that, he peeked out the trapdoor once again. He waited until all the invaders in sight happened to be looking the other way before slipping out of the trapdoor, closing it behind him and hiding behind the nearest chunk of destroyed wall. Unarmed and unarmoured but for his LightWeave uniform, he’d have to rely on stealth to get anywhere. His bright white fur wasn’t exactly good camouflage, but at least Mon Kett are nimble and light-footed.
Quickly but carefully, he went from cover to cover behind the remains of collapsed houses, avoiding detection for now. He could only move slowly and deliberately at first, with the hostile soldiers nearby, but once he'd made it out of this block the amount of invaders thinned heavily, allowing him to travel faster. It was almost like they were stationed specifically in that spot to intercept someone, perhaps even Kwon himself, knowing that the ship couldn't take off without a pilot. He soon broke into a sprint as he made his way towards the intended location of the Exeralune.
By the time he finally reached the hangar, fighting had broken out between the invaders and what he assumed to be the crew of the Exeralune. With bullets flying everywhere, there was no way he could simply dash through to the ship and hope to survive, so he’d have to rely on his natural abilities once again. He rapidly clambered up the wall of the hangar, grabbing onto support girders and pipes until he reached the ceiling, thankfully not yet drawing the attention of the invaders. Upside down, he then made his way through the rafters towards the direction of the ship, navigating around huge shards of crystal that had mysteriously crashed into the hangar roof from above at some point.
Eventually, he reached the other end of the hangar, where he could descend down the wall again in relative safety and approach the ship from the other side, where there was less risk of getting shot. He made his way into the ship just in time to hear the disembodied voice of the engineering officer ordering for the ship to be made ready for take-off. As Kwon scrambled around the ship in search of the bridge, he turned on his own ear piece and responded. “First helmsman here, on my way to the bridge.” Upon reaching the bridge, he ran towards the pilot’s chair, jumped over it and landed right in the seat.
This ship was an older model, but the control panel was familiar enough to the trained eye. He quickly skimmed the screens for relevant information before broadcasting his voice again. “Shields up, engines running, awaiting orders for take-off.” According to his feed, other engineers were taking their positions now, as well as the second gunner, so things may be smoothing out now. Wait, didn’t I see that turret firing when I came in? “There’s some full-penetration damage in the bottom floor of the ship. If possible, repair it ASAP to prevent risk of depressurization.” Even with a damaged hull, the shield would keep the ship from depressurizing as long as it stays up. But being under fire, he'd rather not take the risk unless given no other choice.
A short while away from the fighting, one of the inhabited sectors of Elistore now lay demolished by the planetary bombardment. Among the rubble of destroyed homes, a metal trapdoor slowly opened up just a crack, allowing a pair of green eyes to peek through. There were a few armed invaders in silver armour still outside, Kwon could see, patrolling around as if looking for something, or someone. They looked on alert, but weren’t bothering to check any basements at the moment, which is surely where the surviving civilians would be hiding.
The Mon Kett slunk back into the basement, the only part of this home that remained mostly intact. A family of Furzai was hiding down here as well, huddled up in a corner as far from the trapdoor as possible. Kwon had been out on the street, heading towards his first day at work on the Exeralune, when the bombardment started. He was lucky to have this family notice him and invite him in to shelter with them, else he surely would’ve been dead by now.
From what he could see and hear, the bombardment seemed to have stopped, or at least moved on to a different area. Although the threat of armed invaders was still out there, Kwon knew he couldn’t keep hiding here. The Exeralune would have need of him in order to take off. There was little he could do for these civilians now, but if his crew could escape this warzone, they could call for help from outside, or even off-planet if they had to. He knew very little about the nature of this invasion, but it seemed like their best bet.
Yes, he’d made his decision. “Stay down here no matter what,” he told the Furzai family. “I’ll make my way to the military base and seek for help. Everything will be fine, I promise.” With that, he peeked out the trapdoor once again. He waited until all the invaders in sight happened to be looking the other way before slipping out of the trapdoor, closing it behind him and hiding behind the nearest chunk of destroyed wall. Unarmed and unarmoured but for his LightWeave uniform, he’d have to rely on stealth to get anywhere. His bright white fur wasn’t exactly good camouflage, but at least Mon Kett are nimble and light-footed.
Quickly but carefully, he went from cover to cover behind the remains of collapsed houses, avoiding detection for now. He could only move slowly and deliberately at first, with the hostile soldiers nearby, but once he'd made it out of this block the amount of invaders thinned heavily, allowing him to travel faster. It was almost like they were stationed specifically in that spot to intercept someone, perhaps even Kwon himself, knowing that the ship couldn't take off without a pilot. He soon broke into a sprint as he made his way towards the intended location of the Exeralune.
By the time he finally reached the hangar, fighting had broken out between the invaders and what he assumed to be the crew of the Exeralune. With bullets flying everywhere, there was no way he could simply dash through to the ship and hope to survive, so he’d have to rely on his natural abilities once again. He rapidly clambered up the wall of the hangar, grabbing onto support girders and pipes until he reached the ceiling, thankfully not yet drawing the attention of the invaders. Upside down, he then made his way through the rafters towards the direction of the ship, navigating around huge shards of crystal that had mysteriously crashed into the hangar roof from above at some point.
Eventually, he reached the other end of the hangar, where he could descend down the wall again in relative safety and approach the ship from the other side, where there was less risk of getting shot. He made his way into the ship just in time to hear the disembodied voice of the engineering officer ordering for the ship to be made ready for take-off. As Kwon scrambled around the ship in search of the bridge, he turned on his own ear piece and responded. “First helmsman here, on my way to the bridge.” Upon reaching the bridge, he ran towards the pilot’s chair, jumped over it and landed right in the seat.
This ship was an older model, but the control panel was familiar enough to the trained eye. He quickly skimmed the screens for relevant information before broadcasting his voice again. “Shields up, engines running, awaiting orders for take-off.” According to his feed, other engineers were taking their positions now, as well as the second gunner, so things may be smoothing out now. Wait, didn’t I see that turret firing when I came in? “There’s some full-penetration damage in the bottom floor of the ship. If possible, repair it ASAP to prevent risk of depressurization.” Even with a damaged hull, the shield would keep the ship from depressurizing as long as it stays up. But being under fire, he'd rather not take the risk unless given no other choice.
Not massively. Just for some sound effects and inner monologues. If it does come to that, we could probably restore them with relative ease. But i don't deem it worth doing now.
First he was a man, then a devil, then an angel. Kill him again and he may just become Cthulhu.
THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!
THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!
Just a word file, with the poster's name above each post.
Some formatting got lost, particularly cursive text, i don't think there's anything i can do about that, unless i wanna go through them all to do it manually. I made sure to make the character headings (e.g. Volray) bold again though, as that was easy to do.
Some formatting got lost, particularly cursive text, i don't think there's anything i can do about that, unless i wanna go through them all to do it manually. I made sure to make the character headings (e.g. Volray) bold again though, as that was easy to do.
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