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Upon pressing the button, despite the written warning, which at first nothing happens inside of the pod. After a moment, the pod jolts in several directions, causing some severe dizziness. Eventually it jerks forward, and you can feels the skin on your faces (Except for Ena) peel back to the point of hurting. After a few moments, the speed stops, and you jerk forward in your seats, stopped by the seatbelts from flying forward to the front of the pod.

 

Below you, a barren-looking and rocky planet slowly turns. It's clearly has an atmosphere, so that's relieving, as your pods are currently bee-lining it for the surface, with no obvious controls aboard. Out in space, you spot absolutely colossal-sized 'H,' with a shining sphere in the middle of the shape. It looks menacingly upon the planet, as if plotting something.

 

Your attention is quickly broken as the pods pierce into the atmosphere, flames quickly finding its way to the sides of the pods. Moments later, your pods strike the earth, surprisingly softly, considering you're still alive without a parachute. The doors fly off, colliding with each other in mid air. It's now, that the two groups lock eyes, appearing at the same time, presumably for the same purpose. And that purpose-

 

Gunshots ring out in the distance, and it's now that you see a bunch of half-naked men running around with masks on, lifting axes in the air in the air screaming about gods-know-what. A few basic wooden structures and ramps are in the distance as well, with a giant bonfire ablaze amidst the structures. The figures are gathered around the fire, and on the accompanying structures. Above the fire, on a giant wooden stick going across the fire, are three figures. One massive, hairless dog looking creature with various spikes spouting out of its skin, a giant bird of some kind, and a smallish humanoid rat type individual? It's tail moves furiously as it struggles against the ropes tying it to the cooking stick.

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Freya herself had, more or less, had the same exact experience as everyone else in the pod. However, when she stood up to finally leave, instead of simply walking out, she literally stumbled out of the pod before falling flat on her face, her eyes practically in a spiral motion. For a few seconds, Freya laid there, mumbling about something to do with "flying", before lifting her head to see the other group. With a groan, the young Necromancer began to get back on her feet, dusting herself off as she leaned on her staff for support, nearly falling over again as she stood up, straightening her hat again, which had nearly fallen off from the fall, "Hey there- Oh god I'm never flying again, that was hell..." she said, going to comment about the fact that they had the same pod before gunshots rang out, causing her to look to the side in confusion... Only to see a bunch of guys in masks running around and speaking utter nonsense. 

 

The confusion was clear on Freya's face as she began to look around, trying to understand what was happening, both due to the new surroundings and still being disoriented from the landing.

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Before the button press:

Tim turned to look at Freya and shook her hand in kind.

"I am Tim the Transmuter.  It's a pleasure to meet you as well, I just got here due to a transposer misalignment."

 

After the button press:

Tim pulled himself wearily out of the pod and stumbled out onto the ground.

"Never.  Again.  Never."

After a couples seconds to pull himself together he looked in the direction of the shirtless screaming men.  He gave himself a few more seconds to process what they actually were then leaned toward Freya to say something.

"Those guys look crazy to me.  Do they look crazy to you?  Just gotta make sure I'm not the crazy one."

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Ena stepped out of the pod, entirely uneffected of course by any dizziness, and surveyed the terrain. She locked onto the screaming men, as they seemed threatening in demeanor, if not so much in their armament. She also overheard what this Tim was saying.

 

"I, for one, agree that they appear to have some form of mental problem, yes. That's based entirely upon information given about my home world by my creator, but they do seem rather crazy."

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"No, they don't look very. . . friendly." She was going to say "sane," but some vestige of manners seemed to have kicked in. Still, she roughly grabbed Opal out of the air - to some amount of protest, but no struggle - and slotted in two cards, preparing to Install Herakles and Include Scathach. 

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Tim turned towards Vitor.

"What is an 'Australia'? and if it looks like this why would you go there on purpose?"

As he spoke he opened one half of his robe and started poke through the needless number of pockets inside, he pulled out several rings and a dull grey amulet strung on an equally dull chain.

Seemingly satisfied he put the assorted wears on. 

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Stellio's blade was already out by the time he'd exited the pod. Dark eyes focused on the screaming savages from an even darker visor, as the knight expanded his senses and found precisely what he'd been hoping for- Mana. Just as abundant here as it had been in the wasteland. He wasted now time attuning himself to the flow of the world, subtley trapping some of the energy into a small reservoir of power like a sieve panning for gold. Moments later, his blade was alight with black flames... 

      "I do believe it is what they called the land we originally were dumped in" He interjected as he kept vigilance over the tribals "And we didn't particularly end up there by choice. More like our benefactors seemed convinced it was the best place to toss us after their briefing. Regardless, we solved the issues that realm faced, at least partially, and now, here we find ourselves, in yet another wasteland. Almost makes one wonder, will most other worlds we'll encounter look like dusty shite as well?"

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Lilly rubs her face, but otherwise doesn't seem disoriented at all.
Honestly seeing the planet from so high up had been quite an experience.

 

Then she notes the people from the other pod and the ruckus from all the people which the others seem to conclude are not sane

"Ok what now? Who are you guys, and why are we here?"
She sounds exasperated.
She seems getting a little tired of all this.

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Freya

 

Freya seemed to think for a second as Ena gave her response to Tim, then shrugged herself, "Yeah, they seem a bit crazy" She replied. Kind of hard to not be a bit wrong in the head if you're running around half naked, wearing a mask, and shouting random gibberish. Then, hearing the voice of Lilly, she turned, straightening her hat again and giving her best welcoming smile, despite still being a bit dizzy from the landing,

 

"Well, I'm Freya, pleasure to meet you by the way, and these are my partners-slash-comrades-slash-... Friends? My opinion at least. And we're here to..." Freya began, pausing for a few seconds to remember what Claptrap had said on that recording spell, "Uh... Right, solve a little Bandit problem! Which... Give me a second-" she added, turning away from Lilly to address the group she personally knew, pointing at the people running around, "Do you guys think that these guys are the Bandits we're supposed to be helping take care of?"

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"That does appear to be the case, yes. The thing they're eating doesn't appear human, or at least fully so. That probably doesn't matter though. And if they're consuming something unintelligent, this should give us a chance to understand them a little better. Since they do appear to be rather crazy." Ena stated after Vitor and Tim had finished. She then began a steady, slow, walk towards the campsite, hands at her sides, and a slight smile displayed in green lights on her faceplate, in order to appear less threatening. She walked slowly to give others time to protest, and recommend alternate courses of action.

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At Vitor's reply, Freya opens her mouth to say something, then shrugs, "Fair enough, probably bandits" she said, then begins walking after Ena, keeping her pace roughly even with the robot. It doesn't seem like she has her complaints about this plan, and considering she was walking with her normal air of confidence, she was all for the plan of walking up.

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As the group approached, one of the masked men took notice. He screamed to the top of his lungs, a terrifying war cry, "LOOK BOYS, IT'S SOME FRESH MEAT! AHAHAHAHAHA!," before charging at the group, some of the others following suit. As this happens, somehow the humanoid rat breaks free from its ropes, hands going for it's weapons. Several voices ring out from the crowd. "TIME TO POUND SOME MEATPUPPIES! YES, YES YES, IT'S DINNER TIME! MORE, MORE MEAT FOR ME!"

 

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Tim looks over the charging horde of men, then glances down at his ring.  After coming to some decision he takes a step back, reaches into one of his pockets to pull out a large red-tinted lens.  the lens begins vibrating with a soft hum as he pours power into it.

"This is going to take a second to charge up, but I should be able to wipe a couple people off the map with it."

 

Tim charges his Hyperkinetic lens, he boosts the charge rate by spending 4 EMC(energy).  Current effect and damage: [Int]*3 damage.

 

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The black knight wastes no time as he rushes ahead of the others, and by the time the battle has begun, he radiates a stalwart aura as the Psychotic locals charge in... little do any of them know, striking his allies will not be a painless task. Black flames still radiate from his blade, as an even darker aura begins to coat his body, and condenses into his finger tips before firing into the crowd of assailants. Lances of horrid black energy single out one poor fool in particular... the one Stellio has already marked for death.

 

 

 

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I. Stellio spends 5mp to cast Diablo's Needle, focusing all it's shots on a single Psycho Axeman!

(Diablo's Needle launches 4 ranged strikes that deal 1 pure damage each. Stellio regains 25% of the damage dealt when he attacks, with a minimum of 1hp restored {4 Attacks=4 HP recovered}. Stellio Gains +1 Str and Ess everytime he deals or takes damage {4 attacks=+4 Str and Ess}, and gains TP equal to {Damage dealt/received+Ess}->30 TP after all 4 hits have landed. The Psycho Axeman he attacks will be released from the limits of "Rampart Aura" {see loadout} for the rest of the battle.)

II. Stellio will then hack away at that same Psycho Axeman with the Headsman!

(The Headsman deals {5d8+Str(10)} dark/slashing damage; with a 30% chance to inflict "Dark Adverse", making the target take 1.3x more damage from dark-element for the next 3 turns. Stellio regains 25% of the damage dealt when he attacks, with a minimum of 1hp restored. Stellio Gains +1 Str and Ess everytime he deals or takes damage, and gains TP equal to {Damage dealt/received+Ess(10)}.)

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"Huh. It seems they want to eat you all?" Ena asked. She knew what cannibals were, and these people did fit the description. . . "I don't see how they possibly could." If they were overwhelmed by a group of primitive savages, that would be incredibly disappointing. They would need to defend themselves of course, with prejudice. Obviously these people were intent on eating Ena's new comrades, and that must be prevented.

 

Ena pulls out her DMR, and takes a shot at one of the psychotic axemen. Deals 2d6+INT damage, with a 2*INT (16) % chance to deal double damage, ignoring armor. Also has a +6 to perception checks, and ranged damage.

 

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Freya herself waves at the horde of psychotic men, seemingly oblivious to the fact that they were obviously violent and insane, "Hello there! We don't mean to threaten you but we're worried you might... Be people that... Eat... Other....... People... Dammit, nevermind" she eventually said, her greeting falling as they yelled about dinnertime. With an audible sigh, she lifted her free hand, snapping her fingers as she tapped the ground with her staff, black tendrils sinking into the floor to cause the ground to rise up again to take these psychos down. Being eaten alive was not something she wanted to feel happen and come back from. At the same time, a portal opens up a fair distance behind the group, dropping in her Bear from earlier, who immediately stealthes himself, keeping to the sidelines of the fight in wait.

 

Freya uses her Personal Little Zombie world to summon her Drop Bear, keeping him from acting so he remains stealthed. Since summoning with her Zombie World is a free action, she uses Natural Requiem to summon (8)*4 Zombies to her aid, who then charge/shamble towards the Psychos, each attacking the Psycho Clubbers, each of them dealing 1d2+2 damage each.

 

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"T-these stupid bandits, I-I'm sick of dealing with them, I'll help you guys out!.."

 

"Can someone help me use this?.."

 

Law whips out the Peacemaker from some unknown pocket.  It's larger than he is, and  he seems to be struggling with it.

 

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"I will," Lucine said, in a coldly detached, mechanical voice. It seemed she'd given control over to Opal and the previously-referenced combat routines at some point during the shouting. Now, though, she was in her magical girl outfit (something rather at odds with her demeanor;) Opal was held in one hand, the pair of cannons apparently just stuck together, leaving the other free to assist the rodent-like individual with his cannon. 

 

Help Law fire the Peacemaker, using SYN. 

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Vitor uses his first action to place sentry turrets on Lucine and Law. He uses his second action to meet one of the axe psychos' charge and stab the murderous man with Gae Bolg.

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