Pneumatics hiss and caw as the door to the Danger Room slides open. Muse crosses the threshold and walks briskly to the center of the room, planting his nose inches from Bobby's. He's palming a glassy, black translucent orb -- roughly the size of a tennis ball -- in his right hand.

Bobby, Muse says, Attack me.

The flatness of his voice betrays a lack of focus. His mind is somewhere else.

[Evading: 9, White]
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In reply to Muse (msg # 157):

Bobby looks blankly at the newcomer for a moment, then shrugs.

"'k"

[Fighting: 83, yellow]

He rears back and socks Muse directly in the gut, threatening to knock the wind from his sails with the force of the blow.

[Slam? vs Endurance (Muse): 50, green]

Muse loses his footing and slams into the wall behind him with a loud WUMPH.

"Sorry, Houdini!" Bobby yells out, cupping a hand to his mouth to increase the volume. "I thought you were ready!"

[Damage (Muse): 50]

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 158):

Muse extracts himself from the wall and crushes the black orb in his hand. Tiny particles swim out from his clenched fist and coat his entire body in a slightly distorted sheen.

[Darkforce Shell: 38, Green]

He steps to just beyond striking distance with Bobby.

He is much more present now.
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In reply to Muse (msg # 159):

"Not so chatty now, are ya?" Bobby says, choosing to ignore the sheath of dark energy encasing his opponent. "Let's keep it that way."

He lunges forward for another swing, which connects -- and stops just short of Muse's face.

[Fighting: 53, green]

The blow deals significant damage to the distorted sheen, but none whatsoever to Muse himself.

[Damage (Sheath): 50]

"Cute. Real cute. But I'll batter my way through it, or my name ain't Bobby Fistpunch. Have fist, will punch."
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In reply to The Watcher (msg # 160):

Muse pauses for a beat. Then, he casually raises his right hand, palm open toward Bobby.

[Darkforce Bolt: 78, Bullseye (throat)]

He fires a dark, baseball-sized sphere right into the sweet spot between Bobby's body armor and chin.

Bobby's trachea crumples like the Danger Room wall.

[Damage: 75]

Not so chatty now, are you?
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In reply to Muse (msg # 161):

Bobby doesn't respond.

Well, he does, but it's with his fist.

[Fighting: 75, yellow, Stagger?]
[Stagger vs Endurance (Muse): 73, success]

Muse is hit hard enough to threaten to wind him, but he manages to resist the worst of it. His shell is not so lucky, taking another 50 damage and crumbling to nothingness.

[Damage (Sheath): 50]

Muse's eyes flicker with dark energy for a moment, but ultimately refocused without incident.

[Feedback vs Endurance (Muse): 73, success]

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 162):

Muse remembers he's in a simulation. His desire to crush his opponent yields to his curiosity.

Good, Bobby. Again!

[Blocking: 51, -4CS]
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In reply to Muse (msg # 163):

Bobby obliges, and his hefting swing misses its mark entirely.

"Stop blocking and fight!"

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 164):

Oh I'm no zealot.

[Darkforce Construct: 61, Success]

He clenches his fist and an 11" triangular blade made entirely of Darkforce erupts from his right wrist.

Or, am I...

He examines his new weapon like a fresh manicure.

In reply to Muse (msg # 165):

Bobby responds by whiffing another savage blow aimed at Muse's surprisingly punchable face.

"I don't speak French, buddy. Use the king's English, wouldja?"

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 166):

Muse lets the Darkforce do the talking.

[Edged Attacks: 96, Kill]

His fist comes to rest on Bobby's battered body armor, but the blade keeps going -- through Bobby's chest and out the other side.

[Damage: 75 - 30 = 45]

Muse turns, leaving Bobby standing with the blade in his sternum, and walks to the door. Pneumatics hiss and caw.

Oh, that's right.

He holds out his hand and the Darkforce blade leaps from Bobby's chest and hits Muse's palm in the shape of a black, misty orb -- much like the one he came in with.
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In reply to Muse (msg # 167):

The room resets itself without fanfare.

In reply to The Watcher (msg # 168):

JJ enters the empty room, creates a fanfare, and exits.

In reply to Batallion (msg # 169):

The room resets itself, this time WITH the fanfare that lingers from Battalion's performance.

This time, there are several opponents to choose from. An indicator near the entrance provides you with the ability to CHOOSE your opponent... or several at once.







A placard provides instructions: CHOOSE ANY NUMBER OF OPPONENTS TO LOAD THE DESIRED PROGRAM. CHALLENGERS MAY MAKE THE FIRST MOVE.
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In reply to The Watcher (msg # 170):

Nightmare walks into the simulator and points to Bobby Fistpunch.  She holds Percy tightly looking at the hero

[Illusions: 94 Red success]

/ooc OF COURSE WHEN IT DOESNT COUNT!



Bobby turns and runs in fear.

[Psyche 16, White fail]

After he calms down the Illusion gets to whiffing on the attack.

[Fighting 13, White Fail]

But shortly after Nightmare wipes the smirk off of his face.

[Brain drain: 51, Green vs. White Fail.  30 Damage.]
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In reply to Nightmare (msg # 171):

Bobby recovers from his fear, and rushes over the illusion to take a hefty swing.

[Fighting: 17]

Sadly, it misses the mark entirely.
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In reply to The Watcher (msg # 172):

The illusion plows into Bobby, staggering him with a heavy blow to the chest.

[Fighting 79, Yellow success, 45 damage, Threaten slam]

Simultaneously Nightmare hits him with a flying, spinning jump kick she learned from Muse

[Fighting 95, Yellow Success, 0 Damage, Threaten slam]

The dual hits are enough to send him soaring backwards and into the wall.

[Resist 21, 3, White fail.  Grand Slam.]
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In reply to Nightmare (msg # 173):

Bobby hits the wall with a loud THWUMP, and picks himself up slowly. He's obviously pretty hurt, but he's just as obviously not about to let that slow him down.

He rushes forward and attempts to land another punch on the little girl who dared oppose him.

[Fighting: 13, whiff]

And promptly misses. Again.

"Dammit..." he mutters.

OOC: This reminds me: it's possible to combine attacks in order to increase damage.



The above is one of the primary ways in which Battalion was a major threat. He just never cared enough about a situation to use the tactic.
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In reply to The Watcher (msg # 174):

Nightmare lets Bobby get his feet under him, she puts a restraining hand on the illusion and then bores into his brain.

[Brain Drain: 56 vs 76 Green Vs. Green, 30 Dmg.]


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In reply to Nightmare (msg # 175):

Bobby bursts apart in a stream of static, and the program resolves.

~~ END COMBAT ~~

The room resets itself with modest fanfare. There are several opponents to choose from. An indicator near the entrance provides you with the ability to CHOOSE your opponent... or several at once.







A placard provides instructions: CHOOSE ANY NUMBER OF OPPONENTS TO LOAD THE DESIRED PROGRAM. CHALLENGERS MAY MAKE THE FIRST MOVE.
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In reply to The Watcher (msg # 176):

Nightmare sighs heavily and selects Tank training.

Frankie appears in the program.

Hi Frankie!  She says cheery; right before summoning his worst nightmare.

[Illusions: 56, Yellow success.  94 to resist, no fear.]

Frankie starts back but holds his ground... and the illusion puts him into a partial hold.

[Fighting 64; Yellow Success.  Partial Hold]

Fiernas slaps the ABORT button on the outside of the Danger Room doors.  The simulation inside goes quiet and the doors hiss open.  He saunters in, Leo and Phillip curiously sniffing around the curious room by his ankles.

"Taking too long," he chides Nightmare.  "Make use or clear out."

Without waiting for the little girl to respond, he turns to the three digital figures waiting across the room.  "Bobby... Fistpunch?" He reads the name with a raised eyebrow.  "All right then."

Fiernas levels his trusty heirloom rifle and plugs Bobby right in the ribs.  Most of the impact is ablated off by Bobby's armor, but he staggers a bit.

[Fire Sequoia: 52, Green, hit.  10 damage to Bobby]

"Hm.  Nice armor."  Fiernas cocks his head to his Hounds.  "Go, boys."

The shot amps up to the two dogs, and they eagerly leap forward at the command, running to drag Bobby down.  Leo gets there first, meeting Bobby in a flying leap that knocks the simulation to the ground.  Leo's jaws clamp around his throat, his bulk pinning Bobby to the ground.

[Leo - Grapple: 92, Red success.  Hold on Bobby.]

Leo's enhanced jaws squeeze around Bobby's body armor, puncturing the high-density metal around his throat.  The armor wavers but keeps Bobby's neck from being crushed.

[Leo - Grapple Damage on Bobby: 10.]

Phillip had the same idea as Leo but was a step behind, and he goes sailing over his brother as Leo and Bobby topple to the ground.

[Phillip - Grapple: 46, Green failure.  Miss.]

[OOC: I didn't see anything about bonuses for attacking held/pinned/prone characters, so I wrote it up as such.]

"That's my boy."  Fiernas takes a knee and starts to line up a second shot.
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In reply to Fiernas Holm (msg # 178):

As the image of Franky fades Nightmare stares daggers at the newcomers.  Then she sees the dogs.  Suddenly she is down on one knee getting slobbered by all three

WHOSE A GOOD BOY?! YOU ARE!!!!!!!!!

As Bobby appears in effigy she disappears from the room leaving the dogs anxious and excited... I can only assume that Phillip is still looking for her and hence why he is a beat late.

In reply to Fiernas Holm (msg # 178):

Bobby, who would have generally replied with one of many pre-programmed retorts, finds his normal composure rapidly replaced by fear and simulated pain as Fiernas sics his cybernetic hellhounds on him.

"Gods dammit, get your mutts OFF of me," he growls, straining his muscles against Leo's jaws and body weight.

[Escape: 67, yellow, success]

With great effort, he manages to dislodge the dog, freeing himself and climbing to his feet. Bobby takes a moment to examine his wounds, smiles at the relative lack of damage, and cracks his knuckles.

"Ok, then. Let's try this again..."

~~ Round 2 ~~

Fiernas (Damage: 0)
Leo (Damage: 0)
Phillip (Damage: 0)
Bobby (Damage: 20)

Fiernas smiles slightly.  Bobby's smug face holds nice and still for a headshot.

[Fire Sequoia: 20, White, miss.

Bobby sees the shot coming, though, and his superspeed allows him to jerk his head out of the way.

Leo is undaunted by Bobby's escape and latches onto the armor around his leg, dragging him around the room.  Phillip, inspired, joins in and gnaws on Bobby's other leg, pulling him off-balance.

[Leo - Grapple: 81, combined with Phillip, Yellow success.  Partial hold on Bobby.]
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