The EC have taken over.

[Zerrer]

Ahh... so they have taken over...



i've been out of town for a couple of days, so i didn't notice the takeover until now.

i wish not to fight you, Evil Council.

mainly because of the black color scheme...

[Micheal_Rawlings]

((RP lag. My apologies.))

Micheal listened to the argument between the Council members and Danikat, gathering as much info as he could. When the fight broke out, Rawlings decided it was time to make his leave.

"Your proposal, in its most basic sense, is acceptable, Council members... barely. And I can guarantee if these 'resources' of yours aren't up to par, we'll be having another heart to heart."

The mech had been more than willing to get in on the scuffle, but Micheal held it back. The robot clanked somewhat sadly as it rotated the other way and tore open a portal.

[Danikat]

Danikat did not notice Rawlings answer, her world had shrunk down to the area immidiately around her. Not that it mattered, if it was important Arian could fill her in later and for now three very important things had happened, almost simultaniously.

Her blade had sliced through LS's woven ones, leaving her sword momentarily free. At the same time the thing reaching up to her solidifed into an arm and the woven blades in her legs twisted so painfully that she had to fight to stay standing.

Barely thinking, reacting mostly on instinct she twisted her body in reaction to the pain, trying to wrench the arm around her leg to force it to let go. At the same time she weapt her katana down in front of her, hoping to hack through the spikes impaling her legs.

[3kul]

"As you wish." HollowEyes said to Rawlings, nodding slightly but keeping his eyes on Net at the same time. Even in this kind of situation it was important to be polite to members of the Corporation - HollowEyes didn't think that it was the greatest idea to appease the Corporation like this, but it was infinitely better than having them side with the rebels.

But that little catastrophe had been avoided, now he had the rebels to take care of. "Hard to act like a man when I was born a Parasitian, Net." HollowEyes commented bluntly, ignoring Net's insults. "And if we're talking dirty tricks they don't come any dirtier than those two things in your hands right now." The Copycat Blades were a little worrying to HollowEyes, as he hadn't had much experience with them before. He began to regret sending those slaves away - Net didn't realize it but without too many targets HollowEyes' threat was a bit of an empty one.

"Ah."

Danikat had suddenly pulled Noten up from his hiding place in the ground, the blank mask that served as his face popping up out of the soil beneath her, and his long fur modelled after Little Sister's hair began to follow. As she'd pulled on him he'd almost accidentally activated his abilities to stop her, but realizing that this would destroy her arm and go against what Little Sister had told him to do he held on as he lowered his strength a bit. Too much, it would seem, as she'd managed to pull him from his hiding spot with very little resistance.

Noten could be quite a bit bigger than Danikat if he'd wanted to be, but he'd maintained a relatively small size for stealth purposes such as this, so he now found himself stretched between holding Danikat's arm and holding her leg. The God of Nothing chose to maintain his grip on her arm and return to the size that he was most comfortable at. It was safe to let go of her leg, she wouldn't get very far if she tried to run in her condition. He held on tightly to her arm though, growing as he did so, until he was twice her size. Noten did not do or say anything more though, as he knew he'd already gone against Little Sister's wishes.

Little Sister herself was quite angry with this sudden turn of events, but at least Noten hadn't revealed his abilities. She'd kept him a secret from almost everyone, aside from HollowEyes, and not even the Council knew what the God of Nothing was capable of, so Net would be of little help to Danikat.

She was not, however, so caught of guard by this that she failed to notice the wide swinging motion of Danikat's katana. Thinking quickly, Little Sister gave them one last good twist, and tried to splay the ends of the skewer outwards so that Danikat wouldn't be able to pull them out ((like a fish hook)). She didn't get very far with the first one, as the katana quickly sliced through her hair connecting her to it, and the second one only curved out in one direction, around what she assumed to be Danikat's thigh muscle, before being sliced off from the Parasitian too. ~At least she's not getting that out anytime soon,~ thought Little Sister, grinning cruelly as she sent a few quick mental instructions to Noten.

HollowEyes interrupted her just as she was finishing up, it seemed that Rawlings had left and he was looking to make a plan. They talked mentally at a speed only achievable with a shared mind as they had, anybody listening in would only hear rapid Parasitian jabbering, and even if they understood the language they'd be hard pressed to catch a word of it. Several long strands of hair reached out to HollowEyes, grabbing a small pile of Netdroid charms. The papers were quickly lost in her mess of hair, though she knew perfectly well where they were, and she quickly switched to her glowing Red Eye. With the vision that this eye gave her, she was granted a look into the pulsating mass of organs, bones and muscles that made up Danikat's interal structure. Thinking of a few good places to strike, she lashed out at her opponent's sword with a hastily woven claw, trying to grab ahold of it. It seemed to be a very poor strategy, but the Parasitian needed to buy herself some time to weave up these next weapons, as she hadn't had the luxury of being able to try something like this before.

Meanwhile, HollowEyes had maintained his focus on Net. He carefully placed a few Net charms on his back arm so that Net wouldn't see him doing so, being extra careful to not activate them just yet. These would be his insurance against any time distortion abilities that the spirit may plan on bringing out against him, and he'd had a sudden stroke of genius that made him feel far less inclined to fight Net than he'd been five minutes ago.

Since he had Net here it would be far more productive to question him than to fight him. Most of the EC couldn't understand why their old friend had betrayed them, it seemed very unlike Net to them, as he was usually pretty into destructive behaviour like this. If HollowEyes was lucky, Net might just slip up and let them know something useful.

"I'm curious Net," he started, the many stacks of Netdroid charms whipping back into their pouches to let Net know that HollowEyes wasn't going to fight just yet. "Why is it that the rebels, so full of EC enemies, are convinced that you're on their side? It's not like you've ever been that outspoken against us before, and you've been with us for quite some time..." The Parasitian was truly curious about this, what seemed to be a monumentally stupid move by the rebels, and he found it hard to believe that it was simply the idiocy that came from the idealistic forces of good. Net had done something to gain their trust, and he wanted to know what.

[KC11]

WHAT? THE EC HAS TAKEN OVER???

*KC11 is not pleased*

Oh, so you wanna enslave us, right? Well, YOU PICKED THE WRONG DRAGON TO ENSLAVE!

While I can't phisycly hurt you, I can still battle you in Last Stand.

That is, once I find you.

...

[Netdroid9]

They don't have to believe I'm fighting with them, the simple fact is that I am. Yes, I could turn around and stab them in the back later on, but at this point in time I'm on their side, and they need everyone they can get.

*Net's copycat blades begin to change shape, idly, as if bored by this conversation and waiting for a chance to attack.*

Now, what exactly drives a half-Parasitian like you to help take over Blackstar? Forgive me for being presumptuous, but you seem rather more... Active in this endeavor, compared to the other councilors.

[Danikat]

It was a good thing Noten kept hold of Danikat or the shock of his apperence from the floor beneath her feet might have knocked her flat on her back. At least her sword had managed to cut through the skewers in her legs, but it was quickly becomming clear that she was out numbered, out weaponed and simply not going to win this fight if things kept going like this. It was time to call in the cavlary.

"Arian! I need whatever you can get here, NOW!" At the same time as calling to her friend for help Danikat flapped her wings and, using Noten's grip on her arm as a pivot, swung herself into the air which allowed her to give her injured legs a rest whilst dodging Little Sisters attack.

At that moment Lopp, who from the relief and anger he transmitted to Danikat had been waiting for this oppertunity, appeared in the room behind Little Sister and immidiately latched on to her, scratching and biting at anything he could reach, furious that she would try to hurt Danikat.