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*The pool of silver nanophage spreads outwards, creeping towards Billy and Black Hawk, dissolving the leaves on the forest floor, and spreading up trees, and causing them to break, due to being converted into yet more nanophage*

*Pause*

Detecting auditory traces...

*Billy scrambles away from the nanophage*
Billy: Gakgakgakgakgak!
*Black Hawk quickly moves away as well*
BH: Last warning! If you don't stop whatever this is, we WILL return fire!

*Hanna frowns but nods*

Hanna: T-that makes sense... (But I still don't like fighting...)

*She puts on a weak smile*

Hanna: L-lets go get that c-coffee.

*Remus got that double kill yo (If this is a problem with anyone please tell me, but given the circumstance he should be the only Tigrex on the planet)*

*Milo looks over concerned at the robot and quietly intones*
Are you sure that they're threats? They don't appear to be firing back at us, which I would think means they're friendly, or at the very least non-threatening.

*the Space Wolf looks over at the ESCHER, and wonders what the feth it's firing*

*Iris smiles kindly*
Iris: Trust me, he doesn't fight if he doesn't have to, but if say, someone wanted to hurt you or me, then he'd stop them.
*She squeezes Hanna's shoulder and leads her to the kitchen where Horus has about a dozen mugs on the table and is trying to daintily sip from them*
*He looks at Iris as she gives him a questioning stare and shrugs*
Horus: They didn't have anything big enough for me. Here
*He slides over two mugs for both women and Iris sits next to him*


*Morgan has fallen asleep but Gharn sits up still, as Dria's eyes flicker open*
Dria: G-gharn?
*Gharn smiles tiredly and nods*
Gharn: Yes. How are you feeling?
Dria: Pretty bad..
*Dria tries to sit up but Gharn gently pushes her back down.*
Gharn: Rest, you are safe now.
*He smiles slightly, happy to see Dria awake*

*The nanophage continues crawling ever-so-slightly forwards, and stops*

*In a series of small microexplosions, it autodestructs, leaving a completely barren scar where a patch of forest once was*

It was a calculated strike. If the anomalies were intelligent, they had a chance to escape. If not, they have been neutralized. Sensors indicate that they are still alive, although with anomalies, it is difficult to tell.

*Maser traversing around, anticipating the demon*

*Milo sighs but ultimately opts to not say anything, as arguing with a robot would be rather pointless*
*he keeps carefully scanning for the demon*
*quietly*
Where is it? It should have made an appearance by now?
*begins shivering slightly as adrenaline floods through his system, and a grin appears on his face as he begins psyching himself up for combat*

*The Vindicare assassin watching Brunor sighs at his death, takes his sniper and shoots the Tigrex through the eye killing the beast.*
*So if that is Remus, then he is dead.*

*Hanna sits and takes a cup of coffee*

Hanna: T-thank you...

*She sips the coffee*

*For the fact that I didn't even post for the Tigrex's actions at all I think it's safer to assume its just a random one. (But it should Remus). Depending on what angle the shot went it could not kill a Tigrex, but this is a highly trained assassin who probably knows this*

*The assassins pick up their things, and leave.*
*They leave a shell of the room for everyone to use.*
*Jason sighs not caring anymore.*

OOC: At work now for the summer where internet is almost non-existent. Will only be posting late at night, after 9:00 p.m. PST at least.

*Athan smiles and nods in greeting to the winged healer*

Athan: A pleasure to meet you. My name is Athan, and I'm a traveler that's been stranded here by some artifice. Are there many colonies and villages here, or were there at the very least?

*Somewhere in the infinite chaos of the warp, a single rusting spear of adamantium floats in the empyrean tide, past a decaying space hulk*

OOC: At work now for the summer where internet is almost non-existent. Will only be posting late at night, after 9:00 p.m. PST at least.

*Athan smiles and nods in greeting to the winged healer*

Athan: A pleasure to meet you. My name is Athan, and I'm a traveler that's been stranded here by some artifice. Are there many colonies and villages here, or were there at the very least?

*Somewhere in the infinite chaos of the warp, a single rusting spear of adamantium floats in the empyrean tide, past a decaying space hulk*

OOC:
Whenever works for you is fine Aetare. The Room doesn't really operate on a fixed schedule, so don't worry overly much about it.

OOC: Thanks, sounds good. Happy storytelling everyone; I look forward to seeing what's happened at the end of each day.

Ooc it runs to a rather random schedule and no worries, wr just play everything by ear, and adapt as needed.

Bic

*Furia heads out for air as not used to being stuck indoors so much*

*sees cal land and the lone warrior *
*has heavy northern accent*
Hello... wel.welcome back to hall white sheep.

...

*Maria and Marla wave over to iris and Horus/whoever there I missed and greet them*
*Marla plays with her bracelet absent mindily glittering in gold and platinum *
You ever get a funny feeling... Something is happening...
I don,t know what or why...

*Milo silently waits for the demon to show up, or for whoever the ESCHER shot at to show up*
*The Space Wolf is doing his best to drink from a canteen with one hand*

*A clown steps from behind a tree and waves at Milo.*
Clown: Hi, Milo!
*He laughs, and runs behind another tree.*

*Milo recoils in confusion at the clown's appearance*
What the feth? How do you know my name?
*he goes to fire a shot at the clown, but by the time he raises the shotgun the clown probably was behind the tree, so he holds fire*
*he then wishes that he had some grenades*

*Suddenly, Yuki, Thaddy, Rach, and Tae pop into the mainroom looking drained*
Thaddeus: Lag..
Taeria: W-Well.. good thing the room is standing tall...
*The kitsune spirit poofs into a little fox and tackles them both*
Taeria: W-We're home everyone!...

*Rachel looks tired, and worried.*
Rach: Thaddeus... what happened?
*Pouts at Yuki, and her eyes glow purple with hate.*
Rach: Get off my senpai!

*Ciri is wrapped in a hooded cloak, and stands by Taeria.*
*Her eyes dart around the new room, almost like a cornered animal.*

---
*Clown laugh echos around them.*
Clown: I know everything, Milo!

*Horus sits there, rather awkwardly until he notices the assassin's pulling out*
Horus: I should go see what this is all about..
*Goes to see what this is all about*

*Iris sighs and looks at Hanna*
Iris: So, how are you doing? Enjoying that book we borrowed from Mergoux?


*Speaking of Mergoux she's worn herself out kinda from working out too much and is currently resting for a while, having accidentally fallen asleep in the tub again*


*Cal nods, shakes hands and then looks grim*
Cal: There were... hundreds. This was a populated world, there were many millions of people here,..
*MOment of silence*


OOC: And welcome back Tae! Good to see you again!

*Milo snarls silently in anger*
You know nothing demon.
*he keeps the shotgun raised and scans the surrounding trees looking for a sign of the clown*

*similarly, the Space Wolf has his pistol trained on the last location that the clown was spotted in. He remains silent as he waits for the clown to show itself*

*Hanna nods to Iris*

Hanna: G-good. I-I haven't got v-very far tho.

*Hanna recoils at the yelling coming form the main room*

Hanna: N-no not more fighting!

*ESCHER rotates smoothly, tracking the clown*

Line of sight established. Nature of anomaly unknown.

*The fox spirit waves her tail obnoxiously before skipping off of Thaddeus*
Thaddeus: It appears Yuki brought us back to the room... a little late... *Thaddeus rubs his head slightly and goes to Rachel's side*
Thaddeus: You alright?
*Taeria stands up and sees Ciri in her cloak*
Taeria: I- Im back!

*Furia looks at cal seriously*

Not over. Went out looking with a small clan.
Saw red storm... Machine fly like birds... Shape like monsters.

Not over yet .. Cal...cali...cal.

...

*Marla and Maria jump seeing all taes, ciri and whoever else pop into life*

*Marla*
Hey... Woah... That was busy...
Welcome


*Maria*
Hello.

...

Ooc welcome back Tae

OOC Thanks, hun

*Rachel grinds her teeth at Yuki, then hugs Thaddeus.*
Rachel: I'm okay... how are you?
*She nuzzles his chest happily.*

*Ciri doesn't respond at first, just pulls Taeria into a tight embrace.*
Ciri: I... I know...

---
*Clown laughs more, and it appears mutliple forms of him jump out from trees then hide again.*
*Laughter fills the air, and balloons start to appear around the group.*

Self-replicating, object manifestation...

*Beams of microwave-distorted air emerge from the barrel of the ESCHER's repeating maser, and trees start getting holes blasted out of them, as it targets the clown*

*Thaddeus smiles and embraces Rachel *
Thaddeus: I am well, Darling. Lets get washed up and then we'll get some rest.
*Thaddeus flashes a charming smile and picks Rachel up with ease. He takes her to her room*
~~~~~~~~~~
*Taeria smiles gently*
Taeria: I m-missed you!
*She hugs Ciri gently and looks up at her with joy*
~~~~~~~~~~~
*Yuki begins skipiping around as she explores the room with curiousity*