Azathoth: Break Into Black Isles

[Blaze]

The room is fairly large, and eventually the distraction becomes a muffled argument echoing off the walls. Soon Azer finds herself with the machine between herself and the scientist!

[Knight Errant]

Taking the chance... she rushes forwards on silent heels... keeping low... and goes to hit the emergency shutdown of the laser! She would still have the personal shield of the doctor to deal with... but this was the most pressing problem.

[Blaze]

*The humming emanating from the laser stops as power is cut off. Azer has successfully averted the previous chain of events! However, just as the noise stops entirely, Azer hears a gunshot... and no sound of it being deflected by the good doctor's shield.*

[Knight Errant]

Azer blinks... well... THAT could be bad... She looks up quickly towards the source of the shot!

[Blaze]

Sadly, it's behind the big machine she just turned off! It did come from the doctor's platform after all.

[Knight Errant]

... Double drat. She goes to circle around the machine to see whats going on!

[Blaze]

As she circles around, she sees Damien... on the ground, a bullet wound in his chest, the doctor holding a smoking gun. His assistant seems scared, but the doctor is already going back to work.

[Knight Errant]

The maid... sweatdrops. Oh come on! He couldn't even pull off a distraction without getting shot? She sighs... and goes to reverse time and try this again...

[Blaze]

As time turns back, Azer could swear that she could hear Yama's chuckle... but if she did, it is soon drowned out by the rush of time flowing in the wrong direction! She is standing at the room entrance once more, Damien standing with her like nothing happened.

[Knight Errant]

This heroine stuff was harder than she thought... it was easier when she could just throw away minions... But... the thought of accepting Damien's death when it wasn't absolutely necessary bothered her fledgling morality. She crosses her arms... tapping her heels and thinking... She looks back to Damien. "Stay here... I'm going to attempt to shut down the laser. If they spot me, you'll be my backup... okay? Just don't... get yourself killed." She says... frowning as she says it. Damned morality.

[Blaze]

Damien gives a cheeky two-fingered salute and grins.

"Got it, boss-to-be. Good luck."

He raises his rifle and turns the safety off, nodding at Azer to get going.

[Knight Errant]

With one final grumpy thought she continues... being as silent, quick, and unseen as possible... as she goes to circle around the machine and head for the emergency shutdown release... idly wondering if she would be at this for awhile... reliving the same few minutes for days until everything is just right...

[Blaze]

As she creeps around the laser, her heels miraculously quiet when she needs them to be, thankfully the doctor and his assistant too distracted to notice her... and yes! She makes it to the shutdown panel unseen!

[Knight Errant]

She goes to shutdown the machine! Then she can figure out how to deal with the doctor and his personal shield.

[Blaze]

The machine shuts down, quieting the room! The doctor sounds none too pleased by all this, yelling and banging at his console, too distracted to notice Azer's approach.