[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Bass transmits, "We have no truce with the Yakuza. Kill him. Again."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Ballade transmits, "I see. Gather a few of your bretheren, and make an example of him."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Guts Man transmits, "Can I be part of the bretheren?"

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Theta Squad CO Sword Man transmits, "As thee wish."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Bass transmits, "Good idea. Guts Man, go with Sword Man and make sure things get done right."

<Global News Network> "This is Bobby Kelly with a GNN Exclusive. We are about to talk to man who made 10 houses out of toothpicks for the last 30 years of life... Hey, Ricardo Bivine... who are Supposed to be interviewing the guy not the sky!"

(Ricard, aka the cameraman) "You F@*#ing moron. Look at this!"

(The camera focuses on some black shards heading for where the GNN crew is... which happens to be Victoria, B.C.)

"Oh. Heh. We'll be breaking the previous exclusive for another exclusive. As deadly parts of the home of the Stardroids. We'll bring you more as it happens. This is Bobby Kelly in Victoria, British Columbia -- The unluckiest place when it concerns Stardroids!"

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man laughs. "Can I go see that?"

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Bass transmits, "Go right ahead."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "Domo. Want me to grab a piece?"

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Bass transmits, "If you /really/ want to."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Yin Yoma Byte transmits, "...Unfortunate. Those must have been peices that split from the Station before I assumed my post. ...However, no further parts should fall, now that I am maintaining myself around Starhaven."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Guts Man transmits, "Mmmmmm Yakuza or British Columbia? Oooooh this is a toughie. Bass which one should I go to?"

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "Alrighty. Souvenirs are always fun. I'll be back later."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Dynamo transmits, "Oh, fun."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Ballade transmits, "Yakuza. British Columbia is irrelivant."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Dynamo transmits, "How's that working out for you? It must be boring as hell."

<blah, blah, travelspam>

You enter the British Columbia.

British Columbia

The Western most part of Canada, British Columbia is one of the highest populated areas. Many people live here for the Rocky Mountains which are good for hiking, skiing, snowboarding etc. Vancouver Island is also a big tourist attraction. Many people live on the southernmost town on the island, Victoria itself. Ferries travel between the mainland and the island nonstop most days and it's a great trip to take. The salty breeze from the Pacific Ocean is refreshing and the waves caress the mainland when many people swim. This is one of the most beautiful places in all of Canada, save for one blight. Where the great Megacity of Vancouver once stood is a great bay - a sea-filled crater that resulted when Starhaven fell from the sky and obliterated the mighty city from existence. A silent stone memorial stands on the edge of the new waterway, but the memory is still terrible and fresh.

Contents: Contents:

Cancer [Stardroid] [SD]

Blues' Secluded Cabin

Submerge <D>: Underneath Northern Pacific

West <W>: Northeast Pacific Ocean

South <S>: Pacific Northwest

East <E>: Central Canada

North <N>: Yukon Territory

Up <U>: Sky Above Western Canada

[Radio: (G) Allied] Yin Yoma Byte transmits, "...Not so. ...There is the Void to Stare Into, Dynamo..."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Bass transmits, "I think between Sword Man and Guts Man, that /one/ little Yakuza snot shouldn't be a problem."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Theta Squad CO Sword Man transmits, "Hrm. Very well. I shall search for him. Those who are to accompany me, meet me in the teleportation area of the Fortress."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "Who in the what now?"

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Guts Man transmits, "I was talking to Bass, not you Ballade."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Dynamo transmits, "-deadpan- Oh, that sounds... exciting."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Ballade transmits, "As you will, Guts Man."

Bruce Fury arrives from the Central Canada.

Bruce Fury has arrived.

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Guts Man transmits, "Now where is that Yakity Yak?" [Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Bass chuckles. "Silly Guts Man, British Columbia is for Tengu Man. You go with Sword Man and see about flattening some uppity gangsters."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "...oookay."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Yin Yoma Byte transmits, "...When one stares into the Abyss, Dynamo... the Abyss... ...stares back into you."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Dynamo transmits, "Right. ... Have you seen a psychologist lately?"

Starburst Dragon arrives from the Sky Above Western Canada.

Starburst Dragon has arrived.

Burn Dinorex arrives from the Central Canada.

Burn Dinorex has arrived.

[Radio: (G) Allied] Guts Man transmits, "I think the closest doctor that Byte's seen is one of those diet doctors. Too bad he's a hungry fellow and ate the doctor before he could get his diet."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Yin Yoma Byte deadpans, "Yes... ...I ate him..." Is Byte joking? ...who knows.

Bruce Fury grumbles getting hauled in with the rest of the cans. As UN Liasion to the RF, it's his only chance to see something happen andn ot get barred at the gate outright. "So anyone know what we're going to do against shards of steel and metal?

Buzzing in from the chilly, snowy skies, Starburst Dragon flies towards the scene, brushing snow from his face and flipping through the weapons systems that poke from random parts of his body in a rapid manner, looking for a gadget to help in the situation.

Cyclops arrives from the Central Canada.

Cyclops has arrived.

Your desc has been changed to 'Ski-Outfit'.

Screaming like a guided missile from the skies above, the streak that is Tengu Man cuts a line across the sky, heading for the scene. He is alone, with none of his brothers following... because this is a bored Tengu, and he wants souvenirs...

[Radio: (G) Allied] Dynamo transmits, "Okay... new topic. How about those Mighty Ducks?"

[Radio: (G) Allied] Guts Man transmits, "What's so mighty about them?"

Burn Dinorex stomps along, snorting slightly. Having Fury along is not one of his ideas of fun, but it's better than no one at all. At the moment, he's pounding along as fast as the dino can go, steam poofing from his back every time some snow hits his fames. "Did you bring an umbrella for this shower?", he remarks, half joking.

[Radio: (G) Allied] Yin Yoma Byte deadpans. "They're quacks." ...Byte, it seems, /DOES/ have a sense of humor... ...if a terrible one

[Radio: (G) Allied] Kalinka transmits, "..."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man facepalms. Loudly.

[Radio: (G) Allied] Job snerks.

[Radio: (G) Allied] Dynamo transmits, "Oy."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Yin Yoma Byte transmits, "...On to more serious subjects... ...who did I detect entering Starhaven a short time ago?"

Bruce Fury sneers at the Robot and mocks him "Did I bring a umbrella for the showeR? Of course not you expensive paper weight. I'm here cuz the ogverment wants to make sure we use you for the best bang for our bucks understand? And I gotta make sure you don't die or something. Yeesh the things I do for my world.

[Radio: (G) Allied] Yin Yoma Byte transmits, "Two ships, in fact."

The quiet town of Victoria, an nice happy city... gets visited by black shards... orginally from Starhaven. There is 8 in total... 5 small ones... and 3 huge ones... and of course, just to add to the chaos... the humans in the are are panicking... save for those with the 'End is Near' placecards.

[Radio: (G) Allied] Michael Eildath transmits, "I did."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Yin Yoma Byte transmits, "...I see. ...Good luck, human."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Job transmits, "One of them would have been my ship the Star Seeker."

Cyclops just speeds along on that little hoverbike of his, intent on getting to the shards and collecting some peices of them. He seems to be talking over the radio to someone, and doesn't seem that happy... And his one red eye is glowing very brightly.

Bruce Fury says, "any possibility of the wrong type of people showing up tonight?"

Burn Dinorex frowns a bit, having to slow down to avoid stepping on any of the humans. "That's always a possiblity," replies the saurian dryly. "You're a human, see if you can't get your kind to at least panic out of the way of danger, hmmm?"

Bruce Fury nods and asks one of the various Techincal crew surronding him for a loud speaker "Attention people of Victoria, this is Frmr. Colonel Bruce Fury on behalf of the UN Forces and Repliforce. Please remain calm . Seek shelter and get wounded to emergency locations. cease panicing all is fine. Seek shelter for the moment until we clean up the Debris.

[OOC] Cancer says, "They are falling. Not already down. o.o"

[OOC] Bruce Fury Whoops

[OOC] Bruce Fury says, "Well imagine I said seek shelter and prepare for impact"

[OOC] Starburst Dragon says, "Oopsie."

Abernathy arrives from the Central Canada.

Abernathy has arrived.

Starburst Dragon dives down toward the city- the place to go is easy enough to find, as it's the area with the most panic and the huge chunks of black metal. Zipping around with the skill of a cartoon-style homing missile, he heads to the centre of the danger, bouncing his way towards the falling chunks of scrap as they dive to earth. He flies alongside one of the pieces... staring at the larger one, surrounded by small chunks. He stares into it, face a rare mask of complete disgust. Starburst's arms slide into his hands, replaced by massive mechanical claws, as he begins to sum up his options...

[OOC] Cyclops returns to OOCness.

Cyclops has left.

The 8 shards -- 5 small, 3 large begins to fall from the sky. The small shards are the ones that looks like it would hit first, as they are arched like missiles, aimed at the ground.

The Larger floats lazily in the breeze, like a leaf... THat doesn't them no less dangerous...

[OOC] Tengu Man says, "Again, I query: how big, approx? And are they heavy?"

Bruce Fury shouts over the Megaphone "Please please remain calm and seek the shelters! This is not a drill! This is for you safety and others!"

Burn Dinorex nods a little as Fury does so, and moves away a few steps before looking up, optics squinting slightly as he tries to gauge how far from impact they are. "Hrrrm." His back flames flash and crackle a bit brighter as his heat generators warm up. Just in case...

[OOC] Cancer says, "9 feet long. Not very heavy but sharp. But you shatter it with a blow, but then that will to a rain of death <TM>."

[OOC] Cancer says, "Yeah. The small ones are 2 feet long. o.o"

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man chuckles. "Hey, these things are gonna, eh, obliterate a city." Pause. "Decisions, decisions. Well. Should I help, or just let 'em hit?"

The shrill whine of high-output jet engines slices through the cold air, drawing the attention of most anyone close enough to hear it. Tengu Man, wearing a tan trenchcoat, still races across the sky as if tailing the meteors. He lingers once he gets close, high above Starburst or any other goodies attempting to stop the shards... as if waiting for something... He kills speed and clenches both hands into fists, ready to help out...or maybe hinder. It depends...

Starburst Dragon hmmfs! as he floats in the sky, trailing behind the falling bits of Starhaven. Selecting his weapon of choice, his body suddenly erupts into several grappling hooks, mechatentacles and small claws, which shoot out towards the smaller falling pieces. If he can grab a piece, that's one elss to deal with. But if he screws it up the attempted grabbers will most likey be shredded. Here goes nothing...

Starburst Dragon's combat roll has failed against Cancer.

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "Well?"

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Guts Man transmits, "Let'em hit."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "...I wasn't asking /you/, Guts."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Bass transmits, "Whatever."

The attempt to grab onto a piece overshoots its mark, and the shard slices through one of Starburst Dragon's armatures, leaving a smoking chunk of damaged limb behind, which snaps back into his body. The Dragon winces, and buzzes his wings faster to keep up... and it's then that he notices Tengu Man. With an idea forming in his head, he attempts to shout out to the Robot Master...

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "...right."

Starburst Dragon sends a radio transmission to Tengu Man.

Starburst Dragon sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Hey! You over there! Can y'hlp me grab these things? We've gotta grab'm outta the air before they hit the city!"

[Radio: (G) Allied] Yin Yoma Byte rumbles. "...How is the situation in Victoria?"

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Guts Man transmits, "I hope it hits San-Angeles."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "It's /British Colombia/, Guts."

Bruce Fury sighs staring into the sky. "What the bloody hello are we going to sport. We can't shoto down and we can't talk em down.Too bad we can't push em aww or something..All'd we have to do is push most of emm so they'd fall into the country or the ocean even.

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Guts Man transmits, "So? San-Angeles ain't too far. It's all on the west coast anyways. Maybe one big hit will cause the whole place to break off and then it'll be just like that movie. Escape from San-Angeles."

Burn Dinorex looks back to Fury a moment. "We'd have to shoot them to push them though."

Bruce Fury says, "What about a forcefield?"

Chaos? Death? Destruction? Abernathy? --Well, one of these words might not fit, but it's certainly not that last.

Despite his usual sarcastic dismissal of the situation over the radio, everyone's least-favorite UN diplomat has made /something/ of an effort to actually make it to the scene of the disaster -- if only to point and laugh at a slightly closer remove. Like -- that grassy knoll. No, that one. Right there. On the outskirts of a little park in the suburbs of Victoria, almost out of the likely trajectory of the falling shards.

... But not completely, because even the diplomat has a vested interest in getting a look at them. Which explains why he's watching the entire proceedings ve-e-ery carefully, a pair of binoculars very near at hand to his current perch on a picnic table.

Burn Dinorex shakes his head. "I don't have one. Or we could of used it just to block them from impact." Grunting, he turns to look at see how Starburst is doing. "I could try shooting them.. but not until I have to. A missed shot could be too dangerous here."

The WilyDemon lingers in the air for another moment, listening to Starburst's cry for help. A bemused smirk curls its way around the face under the mask, and then, Tengu is a blur of motion. He speeds downward, trying to match the speed and angle of descent of the meteor-shards.

Once he accomplishes this, the aerial Master sidles up to one of the bigger ones, and...pushes. Not hits. Pushes.

Bruce Fury says, "Then this town is pretty much doomed."

Tengu Man's combat roll has succeeded against Cancer.

Starburst Dragon tries again! At least he's persistent. He fianlly catches up to one of the smaller falling shards, and does his best to pluck it out of the slipstream with one huge metal claw!

Starburst Dragon's combat roll has failed against Cancer.

Bruce Fury says, "Where the heck are we going to do. We should have some more aerial units or something. What a fine time to be flesh and machine y'know?Wish I woulda died with my buddy back in the Catskills when we were fight against the Puma Province rebels back odd 15. A lot better then dying by Robots"

...But the shard slips out again, and all Starburst has to show for it is a badly cut hand.

Tengu Man's push sends the large shard from a gently falling shard...

...To a shard rocketing straight to Terra Firma.

Bruce Fury growls. "anybody get and binocs? Sorta like to see this things fore I go?

Bruce Fury sighs "We best get the populace to the shelters

Abernathy whistles softly, watching Tengu and Starburst's antics through the binoculars--and suddenly grins fiercely as Tengu's shard abruptly accelerates. Well, THAT'S not going to look good in the papers tomorrow. "Oh, GOOD show," he crows, softly--before dropping the binoculars and vaulting over to the other side of the table. My be best to get moving back to his 'ride'.

Burn Dinorex looks around again, looking for ideas. "Save the war stories for later, old man." He looks, in time to see the Master mess up, and push the shard harder down. "Oh for the.." Another glance around.. and then he spots something, and quickly grabs a nearby delivery truck. "Sorry, but for the safety of this city, I need to confiscate this vehicle. Thanks." A shriek of rending metal rings out as he grabs the top in his jaws, and rips it off, spitting it aside. "You do that." Grabbing the now topless truck, he snarls and heaves, intending to try and use it like basket to catch that shard.

Burn Dinorex's combat roll has failed against Cancer.

Starburst Dragon glares daggers, staring at the huge rents cut in his battleclaw-like hand. He withdraws it and replaces it with his normal, white-gloved oversized hand, wracking his brain for an idea. He rages internally at his failure to protect the people below... and it triggers a memory, as things do... of the night Starhaven appeared, of his vow to protect Harmony- of his forcefield, that he weaved around them to shield them from whatever came their way. The forcefield that stood firm the whole night through!

Placing himself in the middle of the falling small shards, he activates his forcefield. If he could trap the shards inside the bubble, surely it would stop them cold.

Bruce Fury jaw drops "What the duece are you doing?" he shouts and goes back to directing people to the nearest shelters. Checking the area's for stays and what not. "Just the way to die. Shrapnel form BEM.

Starburst Dragon's combat roll has succeeded against Cancer.

"...oh, chikusho. Oops," says Tengu Man.

He watches as his shard simply...accelerates. Oops indeed. He really was honestly trying to help. Really. He continues to match the speed and angle of the other meteors, even as Starburst tries his thing... Then the proverbial lightbulb *bings* into place over the Master's head. No, not really, but hey. He's got an idea...

The birdbot speeds up, pushing his jets just a little harder. It's not his full speed...not quite yet... He attempts to get just above one of the /other/ large shards and latch on. If this succeeds, he'll attempt to use his jets to divert its course for the ocean, or whatever...

Tengu Man's combat roll has succeeded against Cancer.

A shard stops dead in the bubble of Starburst Dragon's forcefield, allowing the dragon to scoop the piece up in his hands- but it's just one of four others. Tucking it onto a clamp on his arm, he floats towards other shards to try and grab them in the same way... but it's a risky business. If sufficient pressure is not applied, the shard could bounce around inside the forcefield, and undoubtedly shred him apart.

The Truck gets to be Torn into half by the shard... but Starburst's forcefield contains the shard.

Meanwhile Tengu Man makes up for his earlier gaff by deliver the 2nd large shard to the pacific ocean (...and killing several innocent fishes... but that beside the point.) That leaves one large shard to contain... and 3 smaller shards to contain (2 has landed during that time, just messing up the road, thats all.)

Burn Dinorex grunts, and tosses the halves aside. "Hey, it helped stop the thing, didn't it?"

[Radio: (G) Allied] Job transmits, "Anything one found anything new on Starhaven?"

Starburst Dragon maneouveres towards the other three shards, tightly packed together. With a puff of his cheeks, the Dragon's forcefield bubble swells around all three. They are dangerously near the city now, so danger to himself is forewent in leiu of the desire to stop these flying razors from smashing into people of causing more damage. First these... then the large one...

Burn Dinorex grunts, and tosses the halves aside. "Hey, it helped stop the thing, didn't it?" Well, helped it caught in the field at least. But now it looks like the two aerials are starting to get things under control. He'll just wait and see if he's actually needed to pitch in, and be ready incase something gets by them again.

Starburst Dragon's combat roll has succeeded against Cancer.

Bruce Fury grunts roaming the streets wighing his limited abilities could be more useful then ferrying innocents to safety while their lives might get obliterated. "Hold the line boys" he hollows into the night air knowing no one will really hear him. His cane thwacks against the ground as he ferries more people

[Radio: (G) Allied] Kalinka transmits, "...I do not know, yet."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man transmits, "...huh. Well."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Guts Man transmits, "Do you know where I could get a stapler?"

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man transmits, "I assume there'll be some, eh, pieces...in Victoria..."

A mere thirty seconds, a short teleporter-assisted hop, and a fight through a screaming crowd places Abernathy considerably closer to the action. Indeed, he's like to encounter Fury and the Mattrex at some point ... if he weren't so /interested/ in one of the already grounded shards. The UN does not, however, train unwise diplomats -- and so he keeps well back from the action, content to be an observer until the matter's out of the hands of those who actually have the requisite abilities to get this situation in check.

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man transmits, "You could take Doppler's, Guts."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man transmits, "Or Cossack's, whoever the hell it belongs to."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Bruce Fury transmits, "Who was the genius that sent these for us to deal."

[Radio: (F) Public] Guts Man transmits, "Hey is that crappy Shadow Hunter out there? The nameless one that's a crappier fencer than Sword Man?"

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man mocks, "Duh, Stardroids? Erosion, old man. It's falling apart. Don't you pay attention?"

[Radio: (F) Public] Big Bad Sword Man transmits, ".....*audible facepalm*"

[Radio: (F) Public] Guts Man transmits, "If the Shadow Hunter was a good fencer I'd be able to remember his name."

Starburst Dragon secures the three smaller shards.

And then, there is only one. A really large one.

[Radio: (G) Allied] Bruce Fury transmits, "Well thats just great obviously not made by American workers""

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man transmits, "..."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Guts Man transmits, "Probably made in Neo Tokyo."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man transmits, "You mean it's made of American parts?"

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man transmits, "That makes a *lot* of sense."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Job transmits, "Its not made by anyone from this planet and any earth made craft would be space dust with the level of damage this ship has taken."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Bruce Fury transmits, "It's a joke you neurotic tin can"

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man transmits, "Right, so."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man transmits, "Starhaven's made of American parts."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man transmits, "Says you."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man transmits, "Wakatta."

[Radio: (G) Allied] Guts Man transmits, "Parts that the El Presidente picked himself!"

[Radio: (G) Allied] Tengu Man facepalms.

His job done, Tengu applies much force to his shard, sending it into the ocean as he backflips off of its surface and rushes back for the remaining shard. He throws an inquisitive look toward Starburst Dragon, and tightbeams...

Starburst Dragon

Stars. That's the most notable thing about the current object in your field of vision. Lots of shiny gold five-pointed stars adorn several areas of Starburst Dragon. Even his enormous mass of blond hair, just as gold as parts of his body armor, has five distinct poofy spikes that you can clearly make out. Under this is a surprisingly human and typically bishounen face, albeit with unusual lavender synthskin, a shiny star-shaped temporary tattoo on his cheek, and dewy yellow eyes that aren't anything spectacular, but would probably conjure up all kinds of affectionate euphemisms should you stare at them too long. Best to stop now, and take a look at something else.

In his armor, Starburst's neck is usually covered by an earthy peachy-orange sort of sock, and as he's in said armor today is no exception. This 'sock' is tucked under a connecting ring of red metal, which is attached to the smooth and barely adorned torso of Starburst, which is a darker orange than before and features, as decoration on its chestplate, a large 5-point gold star and, nestling in the points of the star, two logos- one of a coiled, golden dragon in a bubble, the other the badge of the Repliforce. Running off this is another sock of dull orange armor-spandex, connecting to Starburst's armored waist and abdomen, and starshaped shoulder pads over his two arms.

As you'd expect by now, both arms are protected by the lighter dirt-orange skinsuit, whereas his lower arms are clad in somewhat boxy glove/armcannon combinations, both of which have a triangular strip which sticks out over the elbow, ridges lining each side of the cannons, a star on each wrist and golden bangles wrapped around each hand, which may or may not be present depending on whether or not those arms are dispensing fire and lightning at the moment. His legs are armored in the stylish 'massive Reploid boot' design that never goes out of fashion, gold stars on each ankle of the boot, scale patterns coating both legs and seamlessly carrying on into red-orange boots in the two-toe clawed design of dragons' feet, with a third claw poking from the back. Finally, and notably, two wings stretch from his back- not pinioned like a bird or bat's, but longer like a dragonfly's, diamond-shaped and dark orangey-red, buzzing on ball-and-socket joints that are barely visible, although a little of them still bulge from where they are installed around the area of his shoulderblades.

Bruce Fury sighs switching off his radi ofor the time being and and glances around the dea streets. Almost bare. If that shard fall a lot of homes and himself is going to need a lot of rebuilding. He looks for a good place to hide behind in case of land fall

Starburst Dragon receives a radio transmission.

[Radio] You send Starburst Dragon a direct message: "Hey, goldie. Got a plan?"

Arms laden down with shiny black Starhaven shards, Starburst Dragon hovers in front of the final shard.

.oO(Hope ah c'n keep one o'these afterwards...)Oo.

He zaps a radio transmission to Tengu, before replacing his hands with a pair of wide pads and then /shunting/ himself against the Starhaven chunk, flames roaring from his feet and wings beating in a shapeless red blur.

Starburst Dragon sends a radio transmission.

Starburst Dragon sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Grab on! We'll slow this thing'n stop it in the air!"

Starburst Dragon receives a radio transmission.

[Radio] You send Starburst Dragon a direct message: "Hnn. Fine, whatever."

The trenchcoat-donning Tengu Man momentarily winces at the biting cold that penetrates his mask. He HATES being cold. HATES. But this only distracts him momentarily. He too jets for the last shard, though he comes around on the other side. He braces himself against the shard and attempts to coordinate his effort with Starburst... though he's...very much the skeptic.

Starburst Dragon strains against the falling piece, burning up all the reserves of weapons fuel in his body to create a force strong enough to stop the chunk. If he can stop it in the air, it can be safely lowered to earth, assumedly.

The last Shard is braced between Tengu Man and Starburst Dragon. It threatens to crack under the pressure between two people...so getting it to the ground safely ASAP is a good idea.

Starburst Dragon receives a radio transmission from Tengu Man.

[Radio] You send Starburst Dragon a direct message: "Followin' your lead. Guide it down. I can't see too well from right here. *pause* Well? Think y'can trust me long enough?"

Burn Dinorex lets out a small sigh as they manage to catch it. But it's not safe just yet. With a grunt he moves closer, ready to catch once they get close enough and help lower it to the ground. And he's got plenty of reach to do it, being one of the bigger reploids around. "Just ease it down here, guys. Carefully."

Starburst Dragon sends a radio transmission.

Starburst Dragon sends you a tightbeam radio transmission: "Who say ah don' trust ya? Y'given me no reason not to so far..."

Starburst Dragon receives a radio transmission from Tengu Man.

[Radio] You send Starburst Dragon a direct message: "Hmm... *pause* You'd be the first."

Bruce Fury has disconnected.

Starburst Dragon's head twists and turns at right angles, angling downwards on a telescoping armature to keep watch as the two slowly lower the shard to earth. With so much fuel gone, the descent is difficult and jerky... Starburst's wings providing most of the power down, and his grip slipping a minor fraction every so often.

He can feel his...temporary partner's grip slipping. He can feel the rock tremble. In response, Tengu's jets flare up, shifting most of the weight onto his own systems. This is nothing. Nothing but effort. His mind wanders. .o(He...trusts me? How naive...?) <Keheh...you never gave anyone any /reason/ to trust you,> answers the voice in the back of his head almost immediately. <You see...it's not just /me/ they fear... it's /you/.>

Tengu momentarily winces at this truth. He really /is/ trying to help...

Burn Dinorex grunts. "Just a little farther..." The saurian reaches as far up as he can, trying to grab a hold himself as soon as he can.

Claws slice out from synthfabric and try to dig into the material of the piece, jsut to get more purchase as he lowers it down. His fuel is entierly gone now, Starburst Dragon holding the chunk up by the motion of his wings alone. As Burn takes the piece into his hands as they reack ground, Starburst slumps, slides off of the rock and lands with a *clonk* one his backside, hitting the snowy sidewalk with barely enough energy to get back up, much less walk back to the Teleporter station.

The shard wobbles briefly as Starburst Dragon starts to shake... but with Tengu's assistance... the shard didn't shake loose or shatter...

...It should be close enough to the ground that someone can leap up and help guide the shard the rest of the way...

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Guts Man transmits, "So how are things in British Columbia Teng? Is the city dead yet?"

It's finally done... Tengu slides out from under the rock as Burn takes hold. He cuts his engines, feeling...immensely drained. He was built for this kind of stress on his engines. He's drained, but he can still operate. Or fight, for that matter. Tengu lands less-than-softly, metal boots thudding loudly on the pavement. His trenchcoat whips around him, and he draws it closer. Coooooold.

It then occurs to him that Burn Dinorex is standing nearby. And oh yeah. The dragon guy too. He is suddenly very alert...

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "No."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "Uh...one of 'em...may've...taken out a bunch of 'em, but I didn't have anything to do with it. Regardless of what anyone tells you."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "There were a buncha goodies, so. Big ones. That Mattrex guy."

Abernathy is still here, really. On the sidelines, in fact, watching the 'heroes' bring that bad motha' of a space-shard down to the ground. And -- he begins to applaud, very quietly, very briefly. "Hail, the conquering heroes," comes the almost-inaudible mutter -- before the diplomat pulls his own trenchcoat collar up around his ears, before slinking over toward the /only/ activity on the deserted streets. Hello, everyone.

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Omega Battery Dynamo Man transmits, "Hm?"

"We... did it," smiles Starburst, rising in a very wobbly way and supporting himself on the fallen piece of Starhaven. "We did pretty good. Thankyou."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "Eh, Starhaven's sloughing off pieces again."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "Nothing much else, Dynamo."

Burn Dinorex's fifteen feet tall as it is, it doesn't take much for him to do just that, catching the shard in Starburst's place. "Got it! Let her down easy..." And it's done. Nothing a little teamwork can't fix. The saurian takes a step away, and looks to Tengu for a moment. "If Starburst was more than barely concious, I'm sure he'd thank you for the help." After which is said, he turns to give Starburst a hand up. "You okay there kid?"

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Omega Battery Dynamo Man transmits, "Oh yay, where at?"

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, "It's over. Don't get to excited."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Tengu Man transmits, " OOC: too, darnit. I cna't tyep."

[Radio: (A) Disney-Masters] Omega Battery Dynamo Man says nothing, but a smack is audible.

"Real low on fuel, wings're strained and ah lost one o'mah armatures," replies Starburst tiredly. "Ah could use a lift back," he adds, managing a smile. "Ah'm pretty sleepy..."

For a moment, he is...heaving, almost. He's a lot more tired than he thought he was, originally. Tengu nods quietly, pulling his coat closer. 'S cold. "It was...nothing..." His eyes betray some strange emotion, showing uncertainty... Tengu looks away, up toward the sky, from whence these behemoth shards came.

You hand Starburst Dragon a cookie!

Burn Dinorex smirks, just a bit. "Yeah, no problem." He's practically got the smaller reploid in one large arm as it is, scooping him up isn't that hard. "Just take it easy and rest up." He flips open his radio with the other arm as he starts moving towards the teleporters. "Someone get a science team to Victoria, ASAP. These shards need to be examined, and then disposed of."

"Disposed of?" comes a murmur from somewhere behind Tengu. That would be Abernathy, the diplomat having since snuck up on the assembled and pausing just outside the ring of robots. "--And I do trust that UN science teams will be allowed to look at these beauties before then, yes?" The question is more rhetorical than anything.

Burn Dinorex pauses long enough to look back to the UNer. "If the UN can spare a team to aid in their removal, then help yourselves. I just want them out of the city, first and formost." He turns his head the other way to eye the larger sharp warily. "I don't trust they're safe just because they're grounded."

At Abernathy's voice Tengu almost flinches, and turns to glare in his direction. (...him again?)o. <Ooh, is you afwaid? Afraid to face your OWN misdeeds? So typical. You're turning into one of THEM.> The WilyDemon does his best to ignore the voices in his head. Ignoring Burn and Abby now, he heads out, trying to find one of those small shards. He wants teh shinies...

Abernathy arches a brow curiously at the WilyDemon. "Oh, hello. No, I'm not dead yet, if that's why you're glaring daggers at me." He smiles, pleasantly, before glancing Burn-ward. "--Nor I, after the stunt one of his," a slight nod in Tengu's direction, "cohort pulled last time these things came to ground. Although the image of a truck hitting one and raining death on all and sundry is surprisingly pleasant." He stuffs his hands in the pockets of his coat, ostensibly for warmth, and wanders toward another of the smaller shards. "--But we will see. I daresay there might be SOME who'll scramble to get their hands on one of these." Case in point -- Abby. But getting one of them home is going to be fun, to say the least.

Burn Dinorex nods a bit in return. "Then if you'll excuse me, I have a comrade to get home." He turns and heads off for the teleporters, Starburst in arm.

Starburst Dragon has left.

Burn Dinorex takes Starburst Dragon.

Burn Dinorex enters the Central Canada.

Burn Dinorex has left.

Starburst Dragon arrives from the Sky Above Western Canada.

Starburst Dragon has arrived.

Safe in Burn's grasp- he seems to have a habit of leaving the scene of the action in this manner- Starburst Dragon, thoroughly tired and insensate, with a shard still attached to a clamp on his arm, has nothing more to offer except a wave and a soft "G'bye, Tengu!" as Burn leaves, curling up and snoozing.

Starburst Dragon enters the Sky Above Western Canada.

Starburst Dragon has left.

[OOC] Tengu Man says, "Gosh. :)"

[OOC] Tengu Man says, "I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :)"

[OOC] Tengu Man says, "I made a friend! ;)"

[OOC] Abernathy says, "He's so cute. X)"

[OOC] Abernathy says, "Aww!"

[OOC] Abernathy writes a children's book: 'Tengu Makes a Friend'.

[OOC] Tengu Man snickergiggles. I can *SO* imagine that...

[OOC] Abernathy says, "Yet another in my line of books meant to corrupt children. ;)"

[OOC] Tengu Man hee. I can only imagine. "And so, even though he potentially screwed everyone over, Tengu Man made up for it, by working together. That's right! What's a ship that never sinks? A FRIEND-SHIP!" ^<^

[OOC] Pirate Man says, "Arr, I say it be me own ship, the... oh, wait, it be one of those... morals."

[OOC] Abernathy dies. Complete with bad puns.

(I will ignore him. I will ignore him. I will ignore him...)o. And so he does. Tengu does a great job of ignoring Abby. By walking away, towards the shard. He sets his jaw and narrows his eyes, shoving aside anyone who may try to stop him. He came here for a souvenir, g'dammit. And he'll get one, if he can help it...

Abernathy seems unbothered by the fact Tengu's not reacting to his jibes -- the glare was enough for him. He pauses near 'his' chosen shard, head cocked to one side in an oddly -- avian -- gesture as he examines it. Hm. Hm hm hm. "Were that I was a scientist," he says, probably loud enough for Tengu to catch -- the streets still being mostly deserted. ... Except for the brave few who've poked their heads out of the shelters to look around. Abby glances up, waving sarcastically at one man who looks like he'd rather remain in his basement ... then returns to considering the shard. Before poking it -- very carefully -- with one toe.

"Oh, bother," grumbles Tengu in half-response, mostly just muttering to himself. He throws a swift kick to the edge of the shard...

And comes back up, eyes wide, grabbing his foot. "OW, DAMMIT! FREAKING STARDROIDS!" Parts of the shard flake off, one particular one catching the Master's eye...

================================== IC News ===================================

Message: 14/13 Posted Author

Report on Victoria Fri Nov 08 News Report

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(This is GNN!)

Bobby Kelly reporting from Victoria, British Columbia. Earlier this evening, several black-like pieces from the fortress known as Starhaven has proceeded to come down to Earth specifically heading for this fine city.

Several Repliforce and United Nations members along with a lone member of Wily's Robot Masters has proceeded to assist the citizens out of the area and deal with the Starhaven shards.

(Pictures -- Bruce Fury and Burn Dinorex directing the citizens out of the area, Tengu Man pushing a Shard out into the oceans, Starburst Dragon capturing 4 shards with his forcefields, and finally Starburst Dragon and Tengu Man guiding a large shard down to earth with Burn Dinorex helping.)

With the repair work with Starhaven going on, this should be the last falling shard. However, the people are being cautious tonight after what has occurred. Save for the fantics...

(A guys (sans pants!) has a placeboard which reads: "The second coming of Duo is here! Repent! Repent!" while running around screaming his head off about the second coming.)

We will bring more information as the 'Starhaven Crisis' continues. This is Bobby Kelly, Victoria, British Columbia.

(This is GNN!)

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Cancer has left.

<O-Master> *doorslam!* Tengu Man just..hides. No Tengu aquí! Especially not the one who helped the good guys. o<O

<O-Master> Software Pirate Man says, "Bad Tengu Man!"

<O-Master> Regulus says, "Eh, the alliance makes that mostly okay. :D"

<O-Master> "Slippers ON!" Elec Man bends Tengu's nose.

<O-Master> *doorslam!* Tengu Man cries. ;<;

<O-Master> "Slippers ON!" Elec Man says, "Fu fu fu..."

<O-Master> Pharaoh Man roasts marshmellows on Tengu's nose.

<O-Master> Bad Man Bass nudges Elec Man with a Nerf bat, cou-ending him.

<O-Master> *doorslam!* Tengu Man is just trying to get attention. I'm so neglected! ;<~

<O-Master> Pharaoh Man says, "Hehe."

<O-Master> "Slippers ON!" Elec Man actually e-rings. Bad Bass.

<O-Master> Bad Man Bass says, "`Oops'."

<O-Master> Pharaoh Man nudges Bass with a nuclear warhead. And nothing happens.

<O-Master> Boxed up and nowhere to go, Sword Man patpats Tengu.

<O-Master> Bad Man Bass's armor scuffs up.

<O-Master> Pharaoh Man uh-ohs.

<O-Master> Love me. Serenade munches chocolate. o.o

Abernathy glances over, grinning wickedly. "Oh, come now. No reason to get angry at them -- after all, they're likely all dead by now." He toes his shard again, then -- slinks over to Tengu's. The fact that his is now in much smaller pieces does away with Abby's conundrum of hauling a two-foot-long chunk of anomolous alloy home. ... Even so, as an enterprising Canadian citizen begins edging toward the diplomat's shard, said person gets a poisonous look and a mild-voiced, "Bugger off." Abby's shard. Not yours. He just wanted to see what these things did when shattered.

[OOC] Abernathy is gonna make his into an end table! *_*

Parts of the shard have simply...flaked off, much like obsidian. One particular piece came off in a shape rather reminiscent of Tengu's own triblade...

It's this that catches his attention. He reaches down and grabs it, holding it close to his face for inspection. Note that this is the main shard that he helped to lower down, with Starburst's help...

"...you really think so, eh? ...I... agree, but..." Pause. "It's hard to fathom. I mean...." Another pause. Still not looking at Abby, but the piece of shard. "Stardroids," he offers, as if that explains everything.

"Demons. Monsters. Haints." One corner of the diplomat's mouth twists into a smirk. "--Tengus. It all depends on the culture, doesn't it? And our globalized one happens to have the Stardroids as Satan's mouthpieces." He shrugs, and considers the enormous shard through narrowed eyes. "But speaking their names won't bring them down on us, and we'll just have to wait and see what might have happ--HEY. GET THE HELL AWAY FROM THERE!" This shouted back over his shoulder, the diplomat turning to wave a hand angrily at another 'poacher'.

Something stirs within Tengu Man as Abby speaks those words. It's as if he KNOWS. As if he's in Tengu's HEAD... and that... does not HELP. Tengu is fragile, so fragile... so easily broken, so easily pushed past his limit... A sudden flash of memories comes into Tengu's view. <<"SHI'NE! AKUMA TENGU! KYEEEAAAAAARGH!">> The son of a son of a samurai dies a thousand times over in Tengu's mind...by his own hand.

He does not answer, but stares down at the shard-fragment in his hand. It is a symbol of all that he -- or rather, Saigama-Tengu -- hates within himself... it is the symbol of Susa-Wo-No, god of the Storm, father of the Tengu demons.

Pirate Man walks onto the scene to find his fellow robot master, Tengu Man, and also a human he doesn't recognize. He gives Tengu Man his usual greeting, a slight tip of his tricorn hat. To the human, he barely pays any attention.

Abernathy turns back from verbally protecting his shard, considering the suddenly silent Tengu. "Deep thoughts, I see," he murmurs -- before chuckling softly to himself. There were not many clues that robots gave a diplomat could read, but he /was/ trained to recognize the few they did. Kneeling down next to the largest shard, he reaches out and picks at one of the flakes, very carefully as to not cut himself on one of the edges. ... And Pirate's disregard of the diplomat is returned in-kind.

Tengu Man suddenly bursts out, "It's none of your god-damn business, you..." His voice, full of spur-of-the-moment anger and frustration, suddenly fades. It's partly that he can't think of a good insult for Abby, and partly that the desire to yell just...fades. He simply doesn't want to do it. His eyes grow blank... Pirate is not answered. At all. Tengu's large hand closes around the triblade-shaped piece of shard, part of it cutting into his skin.

He is lost in thought; what goes on within is infinitely more troubling than what occurs outside. <Idiot, you can't deny what you are. You will never change. Not for them, not for HER... and oh, don't get me started on HER. I will be SO much HAPPIER when I'm soaking in a pool o--> (AAAAAAAAAAARGH!)o. Tengu clutches the piece of shard tightly, and drops into the pocket of his trenchcoat... his eyes are tightly shut... no, no, no...

Pirate Man examines the shards scattered around the area, and a look of displeasure comes over his face. He'd come here looking for Booty, not junk. Pieces of Starhaven still might be useful, however, if not to him, than maybe to someone else for scientific or historical intrest...

somewhat disgruntled, Pirate Man decides to chalk his misson up as a fialure and quit wasting his time.

Pirate Man enters the Underneath Northern Pacific.

Pirate Man has left.

"So it might not be, but you're hardly keeping it a secret," Abernathy replies, obliquely amused. "So it's not like I'm going out of my way." One gets the impression he's laughing silently again as he slinks off toward his shard again, shaking his head. Teenage angst.

[OOC] Tengu Man is so tempted... oh, heck. "...Kalinka's the only person who understands me!" ^<~

[OOC] Abernathy is, however, the one inside YOUR HEAD. X)

[OOC] Tengu Man cries.

[OOC] Abernathy ...pats.

[OOC] Abernathy is a Pretender, he can't help it.

[OOC] Tengu Man gives you a peek at what normally happens these days: Sai-Tengu huddles in a corner. "Someone please make it stop!" Akuma-Tengu meanwhile swears at him in Japanese. ^<^

[OOC] Abernathy says, "Another oblique reference there. ...*taunts them both!*"

[OOC] Tengu Man flips out.

[OOC] Abernathy says, "Holy crap!"

[OOC] Tengu Man FU FU FUUUUU.

[OOC] Abernathy says, "..."

[OOC] Tengu Man has developed this tendency to flip out when taunted. Snake has experienced this firsthand. :)

(He's LAUGHING at ME...)o. <Yes...YOU.>

Tengu keeps his eyes shut tightly, shaking his head quietly... (no, no, no...)o. Horrible possible futures, nightmares, and all things that go bump in the night simultaneously descend on the dominant half of Tengu's personality. He cannot stand it... no... but the alternative?

Fwoosh, and he's gone... Tengu takes off into the wild blue yonder, head bowed... (...he better watch his back... I'll get him someday... that...freak...how dare he...)o. <Embrace it, baka!> Errrm, further fwooshing. Retreat, retreat!

Tengu Man retreats from the area swiftly, outdistancing all pursuit and parting shots.