Masks of Madness Event Finale | Act IV: Madness

[Antares]

The Jedi Knight followed after the other members of the group easily enough after the bars had been melted enough to move through. He hadn't said a word the whole time, there was no point to it really, and so he just followed them, trailing somewhere slightly behind them. And then he started to jog a little to get to the head of the group with, @[member="Rave Merrill"] and @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"].

"What's the plan, Grandmaster?"

 

[Duggan]

Act III​

"Seems I'm with you again Calico." Kallion said as he stepped out of the cell "Which isn't a problem." he checked if his weapon was loaded "This is too easy, I know something is going to happen." Kallion stopped to look at the other groups exiting their cells, at least he would have his Pulse Rifle, and Sonic Cannon, which he wanted to badly to use.

@[member="Commander Calico CC-247"] @[member="CC-935 Bluejay"] @[member="Akala"] @[member="HK-36"] @[member="Odxon Raziel"] @[member="Vulpesen"] @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] @[member="Rave Merrill"] @[member="Vanessa Nacht Seele"]

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

He nodded slightly. "As much as I dislike getting violent, it's very likely we'll need to defend ourselves once or twice during our lovely stay here" the Grandmaster quipped as he walked. I-"

Before he could finish, a man (@Xanthanatos), who didn't seem to notice that the woman had company, tagged along and seemed to throw what sounded like a fastball from Josh's point of view.

A smirk crossed his face. "Ah, just getting out of prison and trying to make passes at the young lady alone already, young man?" he asked, an amused look on his face. "Finding a com would be a good idea. I'm sure our tormentors would have one. I highly doubt this place is unguarded"

He looked over at @[member="Antares Windu"], who had joined @[member="Rave Merrill"] and himself.

"Com. Get some answers. Have fun during the riots. Headbutt our tormentors. Stop whatevers going on before it gets worse...." he began listing off. "Anything I miss, madam?" he asked Rave casually.

 

[Vendir]

Act II​

"Alright then, time to leave this cell." Vendir Turned on his lightsaber, which was obviously not a normal one, then orange light was being cast from where he was standing "Now, what do we do." he asked @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] "Some of us probably want to leave and never come back, but there are a few ,including me, that want to kill the Kriffar that locked us up here and played with our minds."

@[member="Rave Merrill"]@anyonethaticouldntfind

 

[Velok the Younger]

THE NOT-MAIN GROUP
@[member="Xanthanatos"] @[member="Antares Windu"] @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] @[member="Vendir"]
It seemed that anyone who didn't have someone to follow was following Rave and the Grandmaster, which was fine, she supposed. A small army could come in handy.

"Just call me Rave, Grandmaster," she said. "Or Merrill, if you prefer."

She glanced around a corner, then turned back to look at the little group. "Guard post right ahead. Looks locked down. Take them out however you need to, but remember -- we need that comlink, or whatever they have that passes for one."

 

[HK-36]

@[member="Rave Merrill"] @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] @[member="[URL="http://starwarsrp.net/user/3171-commander-calico-cc-247/"]Commander Calico CC-247[/URL]"] @[member="Vendir"] @[member="Antares Windu"] @[member="Xanthanatos"]
"I can sneak up ahead and knock them out quietly."
The droid offered from nearby, chirping up,
"No reason to sound the alarm just yet, besides, I have not exactly been given anything useful to do yet to show off."
He quipped.

He tried to stay close to the "Not Main" group, they were all in this together, and with the audioreceptors he could have heard their conversations anyway, besides, the sooner he would be able to return to comfort and solitude of Abregado-Rae the better, it was a bit of adventure so far, but he longed for peace and quiet.

 

[Bluejay Ungolfen]

Too easy? Oh, definitely not too easy. Well, not for much longer at any rate. Saying nothing aloud - and keeping her face carefully blank - Bluejay stood up, put on her helmet, and followed Calico and the others silently. None of her usual smart comments graced the comms - just disinterested silence. Something was very obviously wrong with her, if anyone who knew her stopped to listen.

@[member="Kallion"] @Commander Calico CC-247 @HK-36 @Odxon Raziel @[member="Galaar CC-252"]

 

[Antares]

Antares nodded along with @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] and he inclined his head to, @[member="Rave Merrill"]. "My name is Antares Windu, a pleasure." He said as if it was just a typical stroll in the streets of Coruscant, or some place. "Are you certain our 'tormentors' don't know we're already out?" He questioned aloud, before any could charge around the corner.

"Akala is behind all this, and I doubt she would fail at keeping an eye upon us." He said with a shake of his head.

 

[Adenn Gra'tua]

the not so main group​

"I can guess you could use all the help you can get." he looked throughout the group, two men that looked like the clone commands of long ago, another that looked like a trooper, and one that had very strange armor on then a HK Droid "So what are we doing? After we get the com I mean" he grabbed his dual slug throwers while waiting for a response.

@[member="Commander Calico CC-247"] @[member="CC-935 Bluejay"] @[member="Akala"] @[member="HK-36"]

 

[Tefka]

"Akala is behind all this, and I doubt she would fail at keeping an eye upon us."

A thunderous voice echoed through the halls of THE HATCHERY, the prison the group now resided in.​

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"They are awake."​

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Alarms began blaring throughout the facility.​

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"@[member="Jhaega"], execute Order Infernus."​

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There were a great deal many guards in the compound, of varying races and species. Rakatan, Kwa, Wookiee, Human - a plethora of guards began rushing in, dressed in full durasteel armor.​

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"Burn them all."​

 

[HK-36]

@[member="Rave Merrill"] @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] @[member="[URL="http://starwarsrp.net/user/3171-commander-calico-cc-247/"]Commander Calico CC-247[/URL]"] @[member="Vendir"] @[member="Antares Windu"] @[member="Xanthanatos"]

And just as the droid spoke about not triggering the alarm and young Windu mentioned Akala having their eye on them the alarm began to ring through the Hatchery.

HK simply looked up at all the blaring and then ahead at the army of soldiers rushing in in their direction.
"Well, we are screwed."
He flicked his wrist to grab the hilt of his lightsaber, activating the white blade emanating with aura of the Lightside, it seems that his following of the Non-Main group got him to be right at the head of defense against the incoming attack.

He called out so those around him and the main group just behind them could hear,
"May the Force be with you, and may you find this fight glorious!"

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

"Well, there goes sneaking up on them" he said with a facepalm as the alarm went off. He looked back at their little group.

"Hope y'all know how to fight. There's no avoiding this one, I'm afraid" he said as he drew his lightsaber. His robes moved a bit, and a small dragon suddenly popped out from a segment of his robes that he had cut to fit the little one in. Seems he had been sleeping during this ordeal, up until the alarm woke him up.

The little dragon, who was just learning to use fire and fly, landed on DragonsFlame's shoulder comfortably. It was time to burn somebody....

@Xanthanatos @Antares Windu @[member="Rave Merrill"] @Vendir

 

[Rusken Shaxx]

"I want to find a way out of this damn place. It would be helpful if the other Templars were around, but it appears I'm alone in that regard."

Zius activated his helmet, and the folds of plates began to cover his face and head entirely. His cybernetic eye shining through, giving an even more ominous look to the Dark Jedi-- or Dark Templar perhaps? Titles weren't a necessity. What more could constitute anger than being thrown into a pit and not be told why? Not that this fact alone was upsetting, instead, it was being treated as a toy. Feeling like an idiot wandering through a maze without any sense of direction.

Someone was going to die for this, no doubt about it. Unmerciful rage will crash down upon this alleged Akala- if that's even what it was.

Zius embraced the grip of his lightsaber, twirling it in his right hand as the alarms screamed with sudden alert.

"Stay close, everyone."

@Commander Calico CC-247 @CC-935 Bluejay @Akala @HK-36 @[member="Adenn Gra'tua"] @[member="Vulpesen"]

 

[Bloodknight]

@[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]
@[member="Rave Merrill"]

Of course he had ruled in the possibility that his words could be misinterpreted, but Xanthanatos deemed himself a capable actor and just went with it. When Joshua commented, he acted accordingly. A friendly wink and nudge to inaccurately confirm his suspicions. He was 88 years old and probably six decades this man's senior, but a master of improv he was. A young man he was called and a young man he shall be.

A few hostiles came into view and the woman, called Rave, gave some advice. Well, he was visibly fully armored and armed to the teeth so there was no acting as if he didn't know how to take care of a few hostiles. He stopped everyone in their tracks and showed them his dart gun.
"We should take them out quickly and silently. They don't seem to be aware of the breakout. Let's keep it that way"
He swiftly shot all of the guards one by one and they fell dead.
Then, suddenly the place was full of guards as they came rushing in. Instinct took over and without warning, the mercenary threw a few grenades into the crowd, destroying most of those that were in the front.
He drew his disruptor rifle
"Everyone fall back! Find cover!"
Xanthanatos knew for certain that he could take on all of these men by himself, but allies distorted the equation. They needed to recede, then ambush the crowd to even the odds. He told his team this much through telepathy
@[member="Vendir"]

 

[Revenchent]

@[member="Strask Ak'lya"]
"I figured I'd bring the kids out for a field trip. Turns out, the guards took the make-it-feel-real thing a bit too seriously." He paused, watching as the bathrobes and company went off to do...things. "You one of the spy-net son?"


Calico stood up straight, looking over all those that were now free. The CIS force was sizeable, and loyal. A good General could never ask for anything more. "Alright, boys and girls, we've been through worse than this. Styx, Nar Haaska, Aduba Three. We've done it all, seen it all, and we did it together. This is just another peg on our travel sheet. A story for that kid you didn't know you had until yesterday." Calico adjusted his volume so that anyone who cared could hear. "Now, show me why the CIS is the best damn military in the known galaxy. Form up, and haul your shebs!"

By the force, I hope they don't realize how terrifying this is.

With that said, Calico slipped his DC-17 up from his hip, ignited the under-barrel lamp. Then, something...roared through the halls. Alarms began to blare. Calico brought his rifle up to bare. There were quite a few guards, and a lot of movement.

Calico didn't wait, he simply fired, "Keep 'em back!"

 

[Lief]

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THOOM.​

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THOOM.​

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THOOM.​

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P97LRy0R1NA​

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The front entrance to the Hatchery exploded open and the behemoth son of General Kaa, a multi-headed draconic demon of titanic proportions, began expelling jets of flame throughout the hallway of the facility.​

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Lucky for the group that the creature couldn't fit in the building.​

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Not so lucky was it that the liquid flames were apparently capable of melting both duracrete and durasteel, as one of the building's support beams had already began to buckle.​

 

[Velok the Younger]

@[member="Xanthanatos"] @[member="Antares Windu"] @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] @[member="Vendir"]

Rave rolled her eyes as Xanthanatos shot down the first group of guards -- because Akala's voice was already rolling through the halls, and many, many, many durasteel-armored guards stormed through the halls, from all directions.

Her long knives spun in her hands. Block, duck-twirl, slam the blade through an armor seam, block, roll fast -- the prison corridors became a serious mess of serious people. Some of whom took themselves very seriously indeed. For Rave's part, all she could do was work with her knives and attempt to survive.

And then a massive torrent of flame cooked its way into the hall as @[member="Jhaega"] breathed down the corridor at them. Rave closed her eyes and employed the arts she used as Guardian of the Dark Forge of Aza'zoth.

I am the heart of the forge.

 

[Odxon Raziel]

Flames. It felt like a thousand fires were lit in the room. But not of flame, of spirit. Guards flooded the area, people scrambled about in the confusion. Odxon was not sure, but she took this as the order to kill. Flinging herself forward she latched onto the nearest human (a young man who's name she hadn't bothered to learn), biting down onto his neck. Hard. A scream left his lips... the last sound he'd ever make. Flesh was torn away, and the first drops of blood hit the floor. What was witnessed by those nearest the woman is something that should not be described. Only a few people seemed brave enough to go near the thirty Garhoon. Those that were found out that she was far faster and stronger than they had assumed.​

It was time to feed.​

 

[Duggan]

notsomaingroup​

"Well kark you too!" Kallion yelled, completely pissed "Seems we'll have to fight our way there." which was fine by him, he could use his weapons which would hurt these guys "Do we have a pla-" he burst out laughing "never mind. Couldn't pull that off with a straight face." he could feel himself falling apart, this had taken a toll on him, he hoped he could hold it together long enough to get out of here, or at least he wouldn't do anything to stop these people "Glorious it shall be..." Kallion said as he took aim... Right before that cursed dragon burst into the building, preparing to breathe its fire at the group, which immediately made Kallion run for cover, which was convenient since Xanthanatos had told them to find cover.

@[member="Rave Merrill"] @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] @[member="Commander Calico CC-247"] @[member="HK-36"] @[member="Antares Windu"] @[member="Xanthanatos"] @[member="Jhaega"]

 

[Antares]

#TheSquad - @[member="Rave Merrill"] - @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] - @[member="Xanthanatos"]

When the words left Antares's mouth, he felt as if @[member="Akala"] had transported him back to that white room that was dripping blood again. But this time, there was no white room, no blood. Instead, it was a thunderous voice, echoing through the halls and the sounds of thunderous footsteps to match the previous voice. His lightsaber found his palm when he heard the steps. They were already coming.

"I am so sorry." He said drily. And then the blaster fire erupted and his azure beam was a dancing blur in the air as he leapt forwards into the midst of the enemy soldiers. His foot found one's head, and when he turned around, he split one of the hostile's legs in half, and they crumpled, he was never seen by Antares again because he was already crippling the next foes in the way. And then the doors were gone and there was a giant black beast, Antares was already retreating back the way he came. He wasn't about to let himself be turned into a crisp.

Antares was wrapping the Force around his body as he ran, no time to waste. "Get the eyes."