The beam punched straight through some of the ones in front, and made the ones in the middle glow white hot from the continued impact. Soon, all of them started to heat up like that, and you scrambled to get away before they could-
Too late.
A deafening explosion rocked the street beneath you, and the resulting bright flash and wave of force threatened to envelop you. It <span class="mu-i">should’ve</span> sent you flying, at the very least. But when you opened your eyes again, you saw a shimmering dome of force covering what had just been a superheated pile of robots. Now, there was only a smoldering, blackened crater to remember them by.
After a few seconds, once the dust had settled, you looked up to realize that Nico had erected a forcefield just in time, cutting the energy beam and projecting her channeled mana into a barrier. She was breathing heavily, using her staff to prop herself up on her shaky feet.
Pandora floated down next to you, glancing between W and Nico curiously.
<span class="mu-b">“I’ll do a sweep to make sure that we got all of them.”</span> she said, staring at the crater appreciatively. <span class="mu-b">“But I’d be hard pressed to believe that anything could have survived that. Nicely done.”</span>
You were, understandably, slow to react to the sudden praise that you received from Pandora. It was the very last thing that you expected to hear from her mouth.
Not waiting for your response, the woman rolled right over you. <span class="mu-b">“I heard that these things were after the cloning specialist. It might be necessary to relocate him after an incident like this.”</span>
What will you say?
>”Don’t you worry about that. I’ve already got a place in mind.” (Write-in.)>”We should relocate his lab, but leave it somewhere near here. The enemy wouldn’t expect us to hide so close to where the attack happened.”>”You’re welcome to meet him after you’re finished with that sweep. If it has to happen, then it might as well be today.”>”Do you think you can help Gwen evacuate any civilians, and steer them away from the campus? Hill probably doesn’t want her exposing herself like this, anyway.”>”You were pretty impressive back there, yourself. What’s a guy gotta do to get some magical tattoos like yours?”>Write-in.Pastebins:
Character Sheet:
https://pastebin.com/1ZihFYSV Equipment and Gear:
https://pastebin.com/WAhveFAd Contacts:
https://pastebin.com/WdcFXD2s10 Commandments of the Desperados:
https://pastebin.com/Qpr2jVPE Costumes:
https://pastebin.com/5Jie54X2 