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[Lenglon]

Spoiler: Action (click to show/hide)

I trust Rose. If she's spooked, there's probably a good reason.
Go invis, selfshift to be as aware and alert as possible (Ears (fox), Eyes (Falcon)(foxes actually don't have any better eyesight than humans, might actually be slightly worse), Nose (fox), tune muscles for quick reactions (fox, am expecting side-effects from this one), fine-tune sense of balance and spatial awareness(fox, am expecting side-effects). Am expecting at least one roll to fail but as long as Ears are good then i'm willing to just continue on despite the failures), and then once ready blink over towards whatever spooked Rose (my familiar) and see what's going on.

[Egan_BW]

Spoiler: Action (click to show/hide)

I trust Rose. If she's spooked, there's probably a good reason.
Go invis, selfshift to be as aware and alert as possible, and then once ready blink over towards whatever spooked Rose (my familiar) and see what's going on.

Spoiler: ooc, clarification (click to show/hide)

Could you try to be a little more specific with selfshift please? You get a bonus here but only specifically to things fox-like, and each individual feature you change will have a separate roll. For example changing both your ears and nose at the same time would take two separate rolls, each with a chance of failure. So I don't want to take "as aware as possible" as shifting four different things at once and end up rolling three ones if that's not what you had intended.

[Lenglon]

Action updated.

[Dustan Hache]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

get moving westward, but be careful. There's little cover and I might need to dodge on a moment's notice.

[syvarris]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Launch the incendiary missile at the mages while they're bunched up.

[Yottawhat]

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Niko stands, stretching her arms across her chest and says with a frown. "Welp, Imma gonna take a look to west. I doubt I'll need any help but if you guys get fucked up then... I don't know. Scream I guess? Not my problem."

Niko dissolves into blue sparks, reappearing and reorienting her to the west and begins speeding towards the the sunset.

[Hiddenleafguy]

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 "We got um, three tangos one click westward."  At that, she activates combat mode, and attempts to fire a shell into the center of the group.

[Radio Controlled]

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"We got um, three tangos one click westward."  At that, she attempts to fire a shell into the center of the group.

"Acknowledged, engaging. Good spot. I'll scan with thermals for a sec in case those are decoys."

Enter combat mode, get behind a large rock boulder if any are near. Scan the group with thermal vision, and compare with regular vision to check if any are illusions or are trying to go invisible. Be sure to also scan in other directions to keep watch for enemies.

If I can get anything more done this turn, launch a frag nade at whatever mage is most wounded (if none, at the nearest one).

EDIT: if nobody else orders Gus to move, then tell him to go hide behind the nearest boulder (that's not mine <.< ) or if none available, then ask him to move to the back of the group.

[Lenglon]

((@Yotta: Um, I use italicized text with neither color nor quotation marks to denote thoughts, not speech.))

[Yottawhat]

((Well shit. Editing my post again.))

[Egan_BW]

Fog-of-war second-person simultaneous action is a form of writing that takes some focus, for sure...

Spoiler: Mage turn (click to show/hide)

I trust Rose. If she's spooked, there's probably a good reason.
Go invis, selfshift to be as aware and alert as possible (Ears (fox), Eyes (Falcon)(foxes actually don't have any better eyesight than humans, might actually be slightly worse), Nose (fox), tune muscles for quick reactions (fox, am expecting side-effects from this one), fine-tune sense of balance and spatial awareness(fox, am expecting side-effects). Am expecting at least one roll to fail but as long as Ears are good then i'm willing to just continue on despite the failures), and then once ready blink over towards whatever spooked Rose (my familiar) and see what's going on.

You channel your mana, touching the light and allowing it to pass through you. Your hands disappear from view, and you can still feel the sun but the heat is somewhat lessened.

That done, you set about modifying nearly every single part of your body simultaneously.
[1] [4]
Your ears morph themselves into those of a fox. Pointing them to the west you detect the sound of something powering up.
[5]
Your eyes grow slightly larger and much sharper, allowing you to see the four figures to the west. Around 1 kilometer.
Quadruped with a large missile launcher mounted on top. Made of metal, of course, and larger than any real animal you've seen. The front appears to be caked in dried blood.
Six-legged insect thing. It's seemingly unarmed, and you can detect a magical glow from its abdomen.
Hardsuited human. Hard to tell from this distance, but it appears to be holding a normal-sized rifle or guns of some kind. You can't read it at this distance and you don't know the alien language too well anyway, but the machine's camouflage pattern seems to be utterly ruined by bold red letters printed on the chest.
Finally, what seems more like a stereotypical mech. Seems unusually lightly armored, allowing you to see some internal components. Its only armament is a great big cannon, which it seems to be leveling in your direction. Ah-
[2] [6]
The snout that sprouts from your face mostly just gets in the way of your vision. Hot and dry. And sweaty humans, but you could already detect that.
[5] (Bonus canceled out by penalty for too many complex actions in a turn)
Your muscles tense, getting ready to react on a moment's notice. Not a moment too soon, either.
[3] (ditto)
Your stance shifts almost inperceptively, just enough that the other changes don't knock you completely off balance.

[3] [6] (Modified for dodging, saw it coming)
You immediately move away once your morphs complete and blink. You end up prone from your haste, but are unharmed when the shell explodes quite close to where you were standing.

get moving westward, but be careful. There's little cover and I might need to dodge on a moment's notice.

You start running to the west. You're faster than any human has any right to be, but Niko is even faster.
A shell rips over your head and impacts where you were standing moments ago. You're not close enough to see exactly where it came from in this sun, but it's fairly close to the west.

Niko stands, stretching her arms across her chest and says with a frown. "Welp, Imma gonna take a look to west. I doubt I'll need any help but if you guys get fucked up then... I don't know. Scream I guess? Not my problem."

Niko dissolves into blue sparks, reappearing and reorienting her to the west and begins speeding towards the sunset.

Zzap. You appear a few meters to your left. That never gets old.
You zip over the open terrain irresponsibly quickly, covering about 500 meters in only a few seconds. You're interrupted by the sound of a cannon firing and a shell passing over your head. This prompts you to look forwards and see the three giant robots in front of you. One standing on two feet, with a giant smoking cannon on its shoulder, a giant kitty with a rocket on its back, and a weird spider thing with a glowing body.

Spoiler: Mech turn (click to show/hide)

Launch the incendiary missile at the mages while they're bunched up.

You bring up the missile launcher crosshair, align it so the trajectory brings it down onto those mage's heads, and pull the trigger.
INSUFFECENT POWER
You sigh and flip the switch from low power to combat power. By the time you're powered up, Silene's already taken a shot. Nobody's still standing where the blast went off, though wither that's because they moved away or because they're now fine mist you don't know.

-3A

"We got um, three tangos one click westward."  At that, she activates combat mode, and attempts to fire a shell into the center of the group.

Power up. The engine behind you switches from ignorable idle hum to a gentle roar. As combat systems reactivate your own perception seems to expand; more cameras on your mech come online, and you can see through them all with your cybernetic eyeballs.
In the time it took to power up, one of the people downrange seems to have turned into sparks and disappeared, one of them started running towards you, and one just plain disappeared on the spot. You aim and fire on the spot they were standing anyway.
[6]
The shot is right on target, but you weren't braced properly so the recoil knocks your mech slightly off balance.
You survey the scene and find that there's now a person with bright blue hair about 500 meters east, and another person a bit farther away. Both seem to be moving in this direction fast.

-10A

"Acknowledged, engaging. Good spot. I'll scan with thermals for a sec in case those are decoys."

Enter combat mode, get behind a large rock boulder if any are near. Scan the group with thermal vision, and compare with regular vision to check if any are illusions or are trying to go invisible. Be sure to also scan in other directions to keep watch for enemies.

If I can get anything more done this turn, launch a frag nade at whatever mage is most wounded (if none, at the nearest one).

EDIT: if nobody else orders Gus to move, then tell him to go hide behind the nearest boulder (that's not mine <.< ) or if none available, then ask him to move to the back of the group.

There's no good cover that you can get to this turn without flying. Also the enemy is outside the effective range of your grenade launcher at this moment.
You turn to combat mode and activate thermals. Three figures. Two of them moving west, one standing still. You waste some energy flipping thermals on and off rapidly but do find that the one standing still is invisible.
Silene fires her cannon on the invisible one's position and the explosion blinds thermal vision for a moment. When it clears you see the mage prone a few meters away from where they were. Injured, maybe?

-6A

Gus starts pacing back, still on low power. He doesn't say anything.

Spoiler: syvarris (click to show/hide)

Name: Jag Laer
Appearance: A perpetually smiling young man, with altogether too much muscle on him.  Many mech pilots may tend towards the small size, but Jag is downright musclebound.  Despite that, he's softspoken and calm, and usually manages to look like one of the least threatening fellows around.
Personality: Friendly and happy-go-lucky, Jag is a likable fellow.  He largely only has one mood--serenely happy--and is famously lazy, which is the reason there's so many rumors that he's got a painkiller problem, but it's still near impossible to dislike the guy.  At least, up until you see him butcher creatures in combat, the only time his calm exterior is replaced by manic excitement.  Most mech pilots enjoy their job to some extent, but Jag is far, far too into messily butchering his victims.
Health: Fine, presumably
Traits:
   Close Combat Specialist ((Grants an advantage when attacking aggressively in melee. Leaves you open.))
   Lightning Reflexes ((Advantage to initiative.))
   Bloodthirsty
Inventory:
   Basic Survival Gear
   Knives for days
   Canned tuna (and other preserved food)

"Sasha", Jag Laer's Stalker
   Description: Muted cream, with black spots, emulating the look of predatory felines from the old world.  The claws and front of the 'head' have a chaotic and patchwork rainbow of colors covering them, mostly dried blood from a wide assortment of magical creatures Jag has killed in melee combat; he considers the blood a mark of glory, and has come to blows when maintenance personnel have tried to wash it away in the past.
   Arcane: 97/100
      Low-power (3A)
      Combat mode (12A)
   Integrity:
      Torso: 25/25
      FLLeg: 15/15
      FRLeg: 15/15
      BLLeg: 20/20
      BRLeg: 20/20
   Hardpoints:
      Heavy weapon: H Missile Launcher [Cutie / Jasper / Floof / Interim / Over-easy]
      Auxiliary system: Cloaking system  (8A)
      Drone dock: Repair drones (5A for 5) [Runner STB 25/75 / Staker STB 25/75 / Steeler STB 25/75 / Masher STB 25/75]

Spoiler: Hiddenleafguy (click to show/hide)

Name: Marie de Lachance
Appearance: Marie is short, spindly, her bronze hair is tied into a Chinese bun, with an artificial rose topping the hairstick holding it in place.  Her eyes are blue, and the occasional catching of light on internal wires shows some sort of cybernetic modification.
Personality: Marie is downright shy when compared to most of her companions, easily becoming flustered in social interactions with those she does not know well.  There are two exceptions to this rule, however.  The first is old, pre-exodus entertainment, particularly movies (And even more particularly, westerns).  And the second is whenever her life is in direct danger, as for whatever reason, she seems to be calmed by the constant danger of combat.
Health: Light scaring on her back, faded from many years of healing.
Traits:
   Cybernetic Perception ((Sharper vision in general, allows for a direct connection to the mech's visual sensors. Advantage to spot things))
   Calculating ((Helps you come up with better plans? Dunno, you can ask me to come up with a plan for your character, but my plans aren't famous for insuring character survival.))
   Deferential ((Lets me control the situation better if I include an officer NPC! Handy.))
Inventory:
   Basic Survival Gear
   Condensed Plasma Revolver (6/30) ((By taking a screwdriver to the grip you find a little dial that goes from 0% to 100%. Currently at 50.))
   Disk player ((Bit of a luxury item, with a tiny arcane tank to let it run for a very long time. Might be able to power something else with it, if it's small.))
   Cyanide pill ((For some reason when you requisition this is comes with a little suicide prevention pamphlet. Strange.))
   Survey maps of mission region ((Good old paper, in case you run out of power. It's somewhat distressing how ofter a pilot needs to walk back home.))
   Mechanical supplies

Battle gear
   Appearance:  Marie's mech is obviously heavily modified, with the light weapon mount, and most of its outer armor removed to allow for greatly increased mobility.  It is also to be noted the cockpit has been outfitted with higher quality speakers, which typically plays music belonging to a pre-exodus genre known "Jazz."
   Arcane: 90/100
         Low-power (1A)
         Combat mode (5A)
   Integrity:
      Torso: 25/25
      RLeg: 10/10
      LLeg: 10/10
      WArm: 20/20
   Hardpoints:
      Jump jets (10A)
      Heavy Weapon: Hybrid "Mountain Smasher" fGyfy6497A (5A) (1/19)

Spoiler: Radio Controlled (click to show/hide)

Name: Silene Silvers
Appearance: A young woman with short brown hair and a fair face. Shorter than the average, she compensates for any lack of height with an abundance of glaring.
Personality: Daughter of Lana Silvers, a woman of some notoriety within the first Expeditionary Marine Corps. Always standing in the shadow of her mother, who herself had been a distant presence in her life at the best of times, Silene constantly felt like she had to prove herself. This led to her spending hours upon hours in the simulator. What her mother did pass on to her daughter however, was a deep and burning hatred for all things wizard.
Health: Fine ‘n dandy cap’n.
Traits:
   Muscle memory ((Advantage to initiative in combat only, and to dodge on the first turn of combat.))
   Vigilant ((Advantage to spot things.))
   Burn the Witch
Inventory:
   Backup revolver (6/30) ((You're pretty good!))
   Combat knife
   Standard survival kit
   First aid supplies
   Flashbang ((Is it a good idea to apply sentimental value to something that goes off once with mildly explosive force?))
   
Support Hardsuit
   Appearance: Painted in environment-appropriate camo patterns for the most part, except for some bright red letters on the torso saying “THIS MACHINE KILLS MAGES”. ((Yes, very subtle Silvers. I'm sure they won't see you coming.))
   Arcane: 94/100
      Low-power (1A)
      Combat mode (3A)
   Integrity:
      Torso: 20/20
   Hardpoints:
      Silent flight system (6A)
      Personnel weapon: grenade launcher (2A) [3 Frag / 1 Smoke / 1 Flash / 1 Paint]
         10 high-ex fragmentation
         2 incendiary
         3 smoke (does not block infrared, so as to not interfere with thermal vision)
         2 flashbang
         1 paint nade (Does no damage, but splatters paint in a very large area)
      Auxiliary system: Thermal Vision (1A)

Spoiler: NPC (click to show/hide)

Name: Gus
Appearance: Middle aged man with full beard and long hair, teal tshirt and jeans, trucker cap with "BLOOD" printed on the front.
Personality: Laid back and friendly, but no-nonsense in combat. Curses profusely.
Health: Fine
Traits:
   Calm
   Drunkard
Inventory:
   15 cases of cheap beer
   Hunting shotgun
   Binoculars

Logistics Rig
   Appearance: Plain unpainted metal, save for a small logo on the side of the cockpit, depicting an annoyed raven.
   Arcane: 598/600
      Low-power (2A)
      Combat mode (5A)
   Integrity:
      Thorax: 20/20
      Abdomen: 30/30
      FLLeg: 15/15
      FRLeg: 15/15
      MRLeg: 15/15
      MLLeg: 15/15
      BLLeg: 15/15
      BRLeg: 15/15
   Hardpoints:
      Arcane Field Refuel System (20A max transfer) (2A)

Spoiler: Lenglon (click to show/hide)

Name: Tanya Xelcarostia
Appearance: Brown eyes, tan skin, brown hair bound in a ponytail,  with moderately angular facial features. Short and thinly built, with splotchy brown leather clothing.
Personality: Quiet, shy, cautious, sneaky, alert, cunning. She doesn't talk a whole lot to people she doesn't know, but will open up after she's had a chance to get to know you.
Health: Good.
Traits:
   Aware ((Advantage to spot things.))
   Spiritual ((Advantage to selfshift fox-related features.))
   Pain intolerant ((Less able to cope with pain and discomfort.))
Inventory:
   Suppressed Marksman's rifle (20/100)
   First aid kit
   Travel pack with food/water/survival gear
   Harmless smoke grenades (3)
   White phosphorus incendiary smoke grenade (1)

Mana: 2/3
Push: 0/0
Tether: Familiar (Swift Fox)
Powers:
   Selfshifting
   Lightshifting
   Blink
   Light Bolt ((Cannot +1 powers, so swapped to light bolt.))

Spoiler: Dustan Hache (click to show/hide)

Name: Donnell Adderson
Appearance: Thin, with man with brown hair and greenish eyes
Personality: Reclusive, yet compassionate to the point of a fault.
Health: Healthy
Traits:
   Hard ((A certain toughness of the flesh makes minor injuries less problematic from a purely physical point of view.))
   Tough ((Pain and discomfort have less of an effect.))
   Unkilling ((You won't kill, even out of mercy.))
Inventory:
   Steel capped quarterstaff
   Bag of medical supplies
   Medic bag
   
Mana: 2/3
Push: 0/0
Mana Tether: Weapon (Razor buckler)
Powers:
   Mobility
   Power
   Regeneration
   Heatbending

Spoiler: Yottawhat (click to show/hide)

Name: Niko Tessa
Appearance: A 16 year old girl, with short electric blue hair wearing a over-sized military long, the sleeves covering her hands and the back of the coat reaching all the way down to her knees.
Personality: Short-tempered, Niko is abrasive and quick to flew off the handle when dealing with people who she believed are not as smart as her (hint: Everyone)
Health: Pretty okay
Traits:
   Quick ((Zoom zoom.))
   Smart ((Advantage to figuring stuff out, provided you make an action of it. Not passive.))
   Conceited
Inventory:
   Azurite Striker (Ivory focus)
   Notepad and pen
   Drawstring bag of batteries

Mana: 2/3
Push: 0/0
Mana Terther: Focus (Ivory baton)
Powers:
   Elecending
   Elecbolt
   Mobility
   Blink

[Lenglon]

Spoiler: Action (click to show/hide)

Wtf?
get close, stay hidden, find out what is going on and why we're being fired upon if possible, but also look for weakpoints, someplace that i could actually acomplish something with my rifle.
wait, the internal components of the mech that actually opened fire on me are exposed?
Change of plans. blink the exposed internal components of the aggressive mech out of its frame. basically begin dismantling the thing. Don't bring them to myself, don't give away my position. and especially don't lose track of the other threats, especially the weird spider-bug-mech-thing that is eminating mana.
((Action edited due to limitations of blink.))
blink over to the fragile mech, and gift it a smoke grenade in the exposed components. harmless smoke one, just setting a preccident and seeing how they react, as well as *hopefully* impairing its vision. Not gonna count on that though. afterwards just hang out nearby, monitor, and see who these attackers are and what they're doing.

[Dustan Hache]

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Faster, zig-zag to throw off their aim, look for cover to use against this threat!

[Yottawhat]

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To the outside observer, it make look like Niko accidentally ran face first into a group of horrific, mana-draining, mudermachines. But in actuality, this all part of Niko's cunning plan. And there is nothing you can do or say to change that.

As the previous thought is going through Niko's head, she decides it would be the opportune time shoot a bunch of sparks of lighting at the big scary mechs and then run away like a little girl.

[Radio Controlled]

Mech action?

Spoiler: mech action! (click to show/hide)

"Thermals confirm three contacts. The one that went invisible is now prone a few meters away from where he was when Marie's round impacted, might be hit."

Shoot at one of the mages coming at us, frag nades. Shoot the one that is closest to us, unless I can't for some reason, in which case target the other. If this means targeting the teleporting mage, shoot just after he teleported.

If one or both of the mages tries to attack me in melee, use flight system to stay out of reach.

If possible, keep an eye out with thermals on the currently invisible mage.