Fred
Retired Staff
Re: Mission 5: Amaya's Gate
@Amaya's Gate:
"Sorry. They all looked a lot alike to me... and the mental probe stopped shortly after I, ah, borrowed it," Kotori confided back to Masako and Nyton.
* * *
The Black Knights went on the move. The trio of Nyton, Asher and Ichigo went first, then followed by the duo of Masako and Kyou. The rest trailed behind, covering their rear against the unexpected.
60 meters forward, a telepathic "Now!" from the enemy nekos forewarned the attack. Four nekovalkyrja shot down the shaft - easily identifiable as sisters of the youngling they had fought back on Bowhordia (seeing how hairstyle and clothing was their only point of identification, Kotori's difficulty in visually distinguishing them made more sense now). Tentacle-coils cushioned the hard fall, all four swiftly righting themselves to face the Black Knight line-abreast.
The two Eve-younglings at the center inched back, their postures much as if they were bracing for attacks, while the two on the outer sides - bearing what looked like small toolkits, flinged them forward to toss out dozens of small metal spheres that dribbled down the floor with a cacophony of metallic pangs while the nekomachina above revealed their upper torsos over the ceilings edge, LASR's at the ready.
Their opening attacks were swiftly executed. The silvery metallic spheres shot into telekinetic motion, while the nekomachina above began firing armor-piercing rounds while flinging out high-explosive grenades at the leading group - Nyton's.
Nyton's group tensed, ready to counter-attack or dodge - while Masako and Kyou tried to get a bead of the nekomachina to support the leading trio... but it turned out the situation quickly changed.
Armor-piercing LASR rounds ricocheted off walls, having been deflected in midair. High-explosive grenades apparently misfired, ending up detonating right next to the firing nekomachinas and even the plumes of those explosions shot toward Nyton, Ichigo and Asher only to be dispersed away by some invisible wall. Half the ball bearings deviated from their intended targets like the AP rounds, but the other half reversed course, cutting back to maul into the four NH-25 nekos: two crumpled back, badly wounded, while the two others were instantly killed courtesy of head strikes that crunched through their skulls to messily pulp their brains.
Chunks of destroyed nekomachina rained down, and save for the two wounded, badly shaken daughters of Eve... it looked like the enemy had fought against themselves... and lost.
@Amaya's Gate:
"Sorry. They all looked a lot alike to me... and the mental probe stopped shortly after I, ah, borrowed it," Kotori confided back to Masako and Nyton.
* * *
The Black Knights went on the move. The trio of Nyton, Asher and Ichigo went first, then followed by the duo of Masako and Kyou. The rest trailed behind, covering their rear against the unexpected.
60 meters forward, a telepathic "Now!" from the enemy nekos forewarned the attack. Four nekovalkyrja shot down the shaft - easily identifiable as sisters of the youngling they had fought back on Bowhordia (seeing how hairstyle and clothing was their only point of identification, Kotori's difficulty in visually distinguishing them made more sense now). Tentacle-coils cushioned the hard fall, all four swiftly righting themselves to face the Black Knight line-abreast.
The two Eve-younglings at the center inched back, their postures much as if they were bracing for attacks, while the two on the outer sides - bearing what looked like small toolkits, flinged them forward to toss out dozens of small metal spheres that dribbled down the floor with a cacophony of metallic pangs while the nekomachina above revealed their upper torsos over the ceilings edge, LASR's at the ready.
Their opening attacks were swiftly executed. The silvery metallic spheres shot into telekinetic motion, while the nekomachina above began firing armor-piercing rounds while flinging out high-explosive grenades at the leading group - Nyton's.
Nyton's group tensed, ready to counter-attack or dodge - while Masako and Kyou tried to get a bead of the nekomachina to support the leading trio... but it turned out the situation quickly changed.
Armor-piercing LASR rounds ricocheted off walls, having been deflected in midair. High-explosive grenades apparently misfired, ending up detonating right next to the firing nekomachinas and even the plumes of those explosions shot toward Nyton, Ichigo and Asher only to be dispersed away by some invisible wall. Half the ball bearings deviated from their intended targets like the AP rounds, but the other half reversed course, cutting back to maul into the four NH-25 nekos: two crumpled back, badly wounded, while the two others were instantly killed courtesy of head strikes that crunched through their skulls to messily pulp their brains.
Chunks of destroyed nekomachina rained down, and save for the two wounded, badly shaken daughters of Eve... it looked like the enemy had fought against themselves... and lost.
