Re: Intense Struggle Season 2! (Round 2: Infinity Express)
09-22-2010, 01:07 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by WoodlandBeef.
The battle in the training facility had finally reached its climax and ended without hesitation. Charlie recalled the last few moments in its databanks; the twin worms attempting to tackle the Hunterbot, only for it to jump away and the two bash their heads together and being knocked out; the standoff between Lloyd and Marcus with Sarika in the middle; Karen’s dispatching of the last few parasite organisms; Lillian’s crying; Reudic’s indifference; and Dekowin’s enraged last charge culminating in her death. Charlie’s processor could only replay the few moments between the bullet’s entry and blood splatter before everything else became fuzzy. The machine knew it had once again been snatched up from one dimensional reality and pulled across the universal boundaries beyond comprehensive logic only to be deposited someplace else.
Charlie once again found itself in a mechanical lock as some strange force prevented the machine from moving. All the machine was aware of was where it had been dumped, that a familiar voice was echoing throughout the area, and that one target had been eliminated. The Monitor’s information was recorded and stored in the Hunterbot’s databanks, although not all of it made sense, particularly the bit about nothing existing outside the train. There had been holo-rails and other ‘express’ type vehicles developed to transport all sorts of matter across planets and galaxies, but nothing named the Infinity Express registered with the machine.
The Hunterbot lurched with the sudden jolt of the train starting to move once again. Reveling in its freedom to move once again, Charlie set about identifying its surroundings. It seemed to have been deposited in a ballroom locked in a sort of meta-stasis as all the other occupants were frozen in place. The robot meandered casually up to a female clad in a fancy black dress with a red symbol emblazoned on it, long raven hair, and…spindly arms, eight eyes, and vicious fangs. Charlie’s sensors ran several scans over the woman and despite the humanoid shape; it was coming up as an arachnid. It seemed the spider-woman had her eyes; all eight of them, set on suited male figure with beady black eyes, two antennae, and intricately shaped legs.Charlie’s sensors classified the ‘man’ as a caelifera, more commonly known as a grasshopper.
The machine went to touch the arachnid humanoid with a metal pincer, but was confused as to how its claw could pass through the form without any resistance. Charlie studied the figure carefully and ran several processes that came up with the only logical answer, at least as far as the robot was capable of understanding. The train passengers were caught in a kind of meta-stasis phase field. Strange that all but Charlie, and it presumed the remaining contestants, looked to be frozen in this same manner. Resigning to this factor, Charlie returned its central focus to the termination of the remaining contestants. The seven portraits the robot had taken during the first encounter lined up in a chart arranged by threat level.
The machine reorganized the list to have Marcus and Karen as the highest threats while Lillian, Sarika, and Lloyd remained at the bottom. Dekowin’s image was grayed out as her elimination completed the first of many secondary objectives. Charlie turned around and waltzed to the large doorway to explore the Infinity Express some more. A sudden jolt that felt like the train was going down a drain sent the robot tumbling and quickly activating its magnetic feet to retain balance. The machine was surprised that nothing in the room seemed to have fallen out of place, even the fancy table décor. With a mechanical buzz, Charlie turned its back on the ballroom and exited the car and found itself on a rather accommodating albeit enclosed bridge between the ballroom car and next car. Charlie craned its optics out the window and was baffled by the sight. It seemed the Monitor was not lying when he stated that there was absolutely nothing outside of the train. This was good…very, very good. No place to run made termination all that much easier. It was time to finish these secondary objectives.
The battle in the training facility had finally reached its climax and ended without hesitation. Charlie recalled the last few moments in its databanks; the twin worms attempting to tackle the Hunterbot, only for it to jump away and the two bash their heads together and being knocked out; the standoff between Lloyd and Marcus with Sarika in the middle; Karen’s dispatching of the last few parasite organisms; Lillian’s crying; Reudic’s indifference; and Dekowin’s enraged last charge culminating in her death. Charlie’s processor could only replay the few moments between the bullet’s entry and blood splatter before everything else became fuzzy. The machine knew it had once again been snatched up from one dimensional reality and pulled across the universal boundaries beyond comprehensive logic only to be deposited someplace else.
Charlie once again found itself in a mechanical lock as some strange force prevented the machine from moving. All the machine was aware of was where it had been dumped, that a familiar voice was echoing throughout the area, and that one target had been eliminated. The Monitor’s information was recorded and stored in the Hunterbot’s databanks, although not all of it made sense, particularly the bit about nothing existing outside the train. There had been holo-rails and other ‘express’ type vehicles developed to transport all sorts of matter across planets and galaxies, but nothing named the Infinity Express registered with the machine.
The Hunterbot lurched with the sudden jolt of the train starting to move once again. Reveling in its freedom to move once again, Charlie set about identifying its surroundings. It seemed to have been deposited in a ballroom locked in a sort of meta-stasis as all the other occupants were frozen in place. The robot meandered casually up to a female clad in a fancy black dress with a red symbol emblazoned on it, long raven hair, and…spindly arms, eight eyes, and vicious fangs. Charlie’s sensors ran several scans over the woman and despite the humanoid shape; it was coming up as an arachnid. It seemed the spider-woman had her eyes; all eight of them, set on suited male figure with beady black eyes, two antennae, and intricately shaped legs.Charlie’s sensors classified the ‘man’ as a caelifera, more commonly known as a grasshopper.
The machine went to touch the arachnid humanoid with a metal pincer, but was confused as to how its claw could pass through the form without any resistance. Charlie studied the figure carefully and ran several processes that came up with the only logical answer, at least as far as the robot was capable of understanding. The train passengers were caught in a kind of meta-stasis phase field. Strange that all but Charlie, and it presumed the remaining contestants, looked to be frozen in this same manner. Resigning to this factor, Charlie returned its central focus to the termination of the remaining contestants. The seven portraits the robot had taken during the first encounter lined up in a chart arranged by threat level.
The machine reorganized the list to have Marcus and Karen as the highest threats while Lillian, Sarika, and Lloyd remained at the bottom. Dekowin’s image was grayed out as her elimination completed the first of many secondary objectives. Charlie turned around and waltzed to the large doorway to explore the Infinity Express some more. A sudden jolt that felt like the train was going down a drain sent the robot tumbling and quickly activating its magnetic feet to retain balance. The machine was surprised that nothing in the room seemed to have fallen out of place, even the fancy table décor. With a mechanical buzz, Charlie turned its back on the ballroom and exited the car and found itself on a rather accommodating albeit enclosed bridge between the ballroom car and next car. Charlie craned its optics out the window and was baffled by the sight. It seemed the Monitor was not lying when he stated that there was absolutely nothing outside of the train. This was good…very, very good. No place to run made termination all that much easier. It was time to finish these secondary objectives.