The Nuclear Base/Power Plant.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Meanwhile, the Boss double-checks the plan. "Okay, before we move out, last-minute checks. Testuo and Rose, you go to the North-West corner of the base. Set up your sniper rifle, and have Testuo get your ammo case ready. You take out the guards at the door, and we'll rush the entrance. After that, you two can move if you want, but keep firing to distract them, and take out anyone who gets a bead on us. If Neko's friends come, stop them. Your first shot will be our signal."

Rose nods, and gives him a thumbs up. She hoists her gun, and motions for Tetsuo to follow her, while the rest of the group simply waits at the edge of the forest.

[Mitera Nikkou]

With a stomach filled with butterflies and an accompanying racing heart, Tetsuo followed a few steps behind Rose, hoping for the best. She wasn't sure about a lot of things, but she was sure that, should Rose ever get Neko in her sight, she wouldn't let her shoot her.

(OOC: Where's the ammo case? Is that in Rose's possession, or does Tetsuo already have it? And I'm not sure what it looks like.)

[Chibi MitchellTF]

(It's a big briefcase. Upon opening, it is filled with an expanding set of shelves. Three shelves, each containing ammo kept in rows. Each row is numbered, for the type of ammo. One shelf is 'lethal', the other is 'non-lethal', the third is 'special'.)


Rose sets up her rifle on her shoulder, and takes aim experimentally. "Okay. You got the case open? I'll need a non-lethal, #3. If I say next, give me another one of the same."

[Mitera Nikkou]

"O-okay..." Tetsuo responds, a bit uncomfortable with handling ammunitions.

She opens up the briefcase and, like one of those pop-out picture books, shelves inside were pulled which, contradictory to the motion, pushed them out. She looked at the non-lethal shelf until she found what she had been asked for, and held it up to inspect what kind of ammunition is was.

(OOC: I know, I should have just had Tetsuo give it to Rose, but she is curious since she does have some concerns, and thus why I'd like for her to have a chance to react in some way to it upon first exposure instead of waiting until after handing it to Rose. You know? ^_^; )

[Chibi MitchellTF]

It's a tranqulizer dart, apparently, filled with a liquid that Tetsuo doesn't recognize. Elise would find the style rather familiar, since that was the one that hit her in the neck.

Rose looks over to Tetsuo. She whispers. "Don't worry. It will just make them fall over, and sleep for a while. Completely harmless. When things get rough, you won't have time to worry about this."

She extends a hand, ready to take the ammo. "Give me two."

[Mitera Nikkou]

Tetsuo nods mutely and gets another one of the tranquilizer darts before handing them both to Rose.

"You don't think you'll have a need to use another of these other ones... Do you...?"

[Chibi MitchellTF]

She doesn't respond, instead quickly loading the gun, and holding the other dart in her steadying hand. She fires off a single shot, with a bang, despite the silencer. She quicly loads and fires the next shot. The two guards at the west entrance fall, and Tetsuo can see the rest of the Neko-Jin, minus Scientia, rush into battle. "Ah'll only use lethal if I hafta. Some of the special, well...maybe."


The gunshot reaches the Heroes, and they can see the commotion at the west entrance, as the Neko-Jin charge. The time for battle has come.

[Xiao]

"No more time for planning, stealth isn't needed anymore either," Xiao said after the assault start before addressing Neko, "You said that you knew them, it would help me if you could tell me their names or at least whoever has the gun."

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Neko nods. "Rose would have the gun. She's our ex-financer, and is darn good with firearms. Catnip used to be our bruiser, she's a master of ghetto fighting styles. Ground and pound works very well, especially since she's a lot stronger now. There's little miss suck-up, she can hit just about anything. I think she can do some other, crazier stuff. The head honcho is what we have to worry about, because I have NO idea what she can do. Then there's the nerdy scientist chick, she's probably got some crazy stuff up her sleeve. She made a sentient biological organism from scratch. She's GOOD."

Neko rushes off towards the west entrance, ready to find fight somebody. She pays no attention to soldiers, and doesn't even notice when Rose keeps one from pegging her. Rose smiles. "Next. Now, in a catfight between Catnip and Neko, who do you bet on?"

[Mitera Nikkou]

"Well... Neko... Of course..." Tetsuo admitted, lowering her head to hide her blush while holding out more tranquilizer darts in case Rose needed them.

She was hoping that, at the very least, Neko would get to work her way through their group instead of taking a nap. It'd be the heroic thing to do... To work through each stage and its boss until they save the day... Or something like that. She was such a hopeless otaku. Although she did feel a bit of regret for not being the hero... But she just didn't feel like one, have the confidence to assume the role. She was still trying to figure out what role she should take.

[Xiao]

Rose, Catnip... those don't sound like real names! And they aren't specific enough... Xiao thought, Neko leaving before he could say anything else. Might as well try, but I'll aim towards one of them just in case... he concluded before holding his arm out towards Catnip.

Veneficus Incendia , adeo mihi ut a telum obviam meus inimicus: Rose he chanted letting a fireball fly from his hand.

((Where it goes is up to the GM really, if Rose's real and full name is 'Rose' than Xiao should be able to gain a tracing of magical sympathy which would send the spell to her, if not then it would travel in a fairly straight line, hitting the first thing it connected with.))

[Mitera Nikkou]

(OOC: Or incinerate a poor, innocent flower. XD)

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Xiao's shot hits a tree in the nearby forest, and Rose looks straight towards it. The forest begins to catch fire, but it isn't near Rose's position. It does cause a good few of the guards, who are generally getting whooped in battle with the Neko-Jin, mostly being KOed by Catnip, or hit with a pencil in a vital point, or tossed aside by The Boss.

The Boss sees the fire. "Catnip, Teacher's Pet. Check out the source of that fire. I will continue alone to the main room. No bullets can penetrate this armor."

A grenade lands at her feet, and blows up. She coughs a little, and yells back at one of the retreating army soldiers. "I'm grenade-proof as well! So don't even try that. Plbbbb!" Under her armor, she sticks out her tongue.

[Mitera Nikkou]

"Is that some kind of smokescreen...?" Tetsuo asked, after turning to look at the flickering light that she caught in the corner of her eye.

Whatever it was, it seemed as if Neko hadn't come alone. She rubbed the scar on her one arm absently, thinking about that guy she had jumped in front of when he unleashed that fire... Did he start the fire over in those trees?

[Teddy]

"I suppose we move out then Elise?" He begins to run off, heading to the other entrance with a near inhuman speed. "We can't allow them to get ahold of what they're after!"