[Dangan] Free Association: Part One. Day 6: "Graduation Day"

[Florien]

Lynne looks at the situation on the west road out.

Now Ma'am, I don't think you want to go that way. Or any way, for that matter.

The guy from the pawnshop, from the civil war reenactment group, from the margins of everyone's investigations, is standing alone at the far end of the roadway, in the most ridiculous outfit you've ever seen. A garish, wide-brimmed, floppy, feathered, bright-green hat and coat, a bright red tie, and a ruffled shirt underneath. He has a high-caliber pistol at his side. It's noon. How appropriate.

Meanwhile, Runner Five reloads [7] and fires. [8] Another officer is killed. The last one turns and runs towards the apartments to deal with less dangerous foes.

[Magolor]

...Great. I mean, she's definitely felt betrayal before. But come ON, this is a life-or-death scenario! Back behind the tree, she

>dashes over to the downed Terezi to bring her to safety, preferably near that big tank, wildly shooting at this guy's feet.

"Take this, you gun freak!"

[The Map Maker]

>Take down the officer as quickly as possible.

[PointMaid]

> That's it. Keep defending your allies... and don't risk getting them in the crossfire.

[Kennifer]

M3RD3 TH4T HURTS L1K3 H3LL >:[

Terezi still manages to look proud of herself, despite, y'know, getting shot.

[Florien]

Lynne runs extremely fast. [10] She shoots a lot of bullets back as she runs. [10] While reloading to fire some more, she fumbles the gun and it clatters to the ground while she keeps running. [10] (Holy shit three 10s in a row.) She has a stitch in her side, and feels like she's going to vomit as she reaches Terezi.

Meanwhile, the pawnshop guy draws his own gun, and fires a single shot. [9], [5]. +4 to the pawnshop guy versus Lynne. The punch from the bullet knocks Lynne flat on her face from nearly a block away. What the fuck is that guy's accuracy? She's been shot in the back and is quite badly injured.

Now, Ma'am, don't you go runnin'. I can't have you folk going around, causing problems for Mx. Clipton. You're making it worse for yourself.

Seven fucking tackles the officer attacking him. [9], [4] and strangles him. The officer is dead.

Meanwhile, the surviving two officers engage B-Sha's mech. [7] [2] VS [5] [2]. The Mech is hit in all the wrong places by the bullets, and jams, no longer able to turn or move at all.

Runner Five reloads... [7] and finds that there's no one to shoot. The man in green is behind too much relative to her to get good aim at with the damaged targeting computer, and the surviving officers are at the apartments.

[The Map Maker]

> Get in the tank NOW!

[PointMaid]

...Dammit!

> Re-position the tank to defend the others, if she can...

[Florien]

Seven rushes to the tank... [1] and falls down the stairs on the way instead of arriving.

Meanwhile, Runner five successfully drives the tank over to a place where she can aim at the officers in the apartment complex. The Man in Green has ducked behind cover somewhere and can't be spotted from the tank.

[PointMaid]

> ...Take aim at the officers in the apartment complex, then. (...Yes, making very sure her allies aren't in the crossfire)

[Kennifer]

Terezi will

>Check her injuries and patch herself up; no vital organs being hit probably doesn't mean it's ok to just go without aid.

[Florien]

Aim at the officers... [3]: You can't quite get a clear shot. B-Sha's broken mech is blocking the way. At least you didn't fire.

Terezi checks out her wound. [6]: Yeah, it needs professional medical attention. You put some makeshift bandages over it, but assuming you walk out of this alive, you're really going to need to actually see someone for medical assistance.

[PointMaid]

...Dammit, B-Sha!

> Try again to get a clear shot where nobody you don't want hit is in the way... Better to hold off than to hit your allies...

[Florien]

[3]: No clear shot. No clear shot. Still no clear shot... there's a beeping sound. What's that beeping sound? It doesn't seem to be coming from inside the tank...

[PointMaid]

...Oh, crap...

> Figure out what that sound is. And if you need to get out of that tank... RUN, you runner!

[Florien]

[5]: You check dials. Scanners. You look out the broken windshield. You eventually get out of the tank to look around, the incredibly loud beeping still going. That's when you see you're parked over a manhole. That's when you see the explosive stuck on the fuel line. You run back only a few seconds before the explosion tears through the tank, setting it ablaze. The shells stored within go off too. The tank is left little more than a burned-out husk. It's good you got out.

[PointMaid]

...Five is breathing harder than after being chased by a damn zombie horde for an entire mile.

EFFING HELL. Crap.

[Kennifer]

4GH M3RD3 1S 3V3RYBODY OK
W3LL 3V3RYBODY ON OUR S1D3 4T L34ST

[PointMaid]

...I'm alright. But that was damn close.

[Kennifer]

Y34H
1 KNOW 1M GO1NG TO N33D SOM3 M3D1C4L 4TT3NT1ON 4FT3R TH1S

In the meantime? She's gonna keep going after anybody within sword range who she can take down.

[Florien]

STATUS REPORT SO FAR:

Dr. Fischer and Sariel are dead. Lynne is severely wounded. French Terezi is badly wounded. Seven has been grazed by a bullet and has injuries from falling down the stairs. B-Sha is immobile, her mech broken, but she's not yet dead. Scott and Kaikoku haven't arrived yet.

The opposing side has lost Romero and Seko, and 9 officers. The Man in Green and Lindsey are still out there, along with more officers.

Another police cruiser arrives in the area. Apparently a call for reinforcements got out.

Meanwhile, The Man in Green is nowhere to be seen, and Lindsey is hiding too, though one of them was probably behind the explosion that destroyed the tank.

The various people with injuries from the whole sewer thing, which include Runner Five, Seven, and Scott, are still injured from that. Broken bones take a while to heal, it's actually quite impressive they've done this well.

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Meanwhile, Terezi looks for a new target, now that Seko is motionless on the ground. [5]: She runs over to the apartment complex, where she knows there's potential targets in the lone two officers left who're attacking B-Sha. She does not yet attack, because she can't get around the disabled mech blocking the entrance.

The officers turn on an easier target than an armored mech which isn't doing anything to attack them at this time, and fire on the injured Seven... [5] [6] Vs. [5] [4]. +2 in favor of the officers. Seven is hit again, this time in the hand. He's still alive, but that could change soon.

[PointMaid]

...Yeah, I guess I'm going to have to keep going on adrenaline a little while longer, myself...

> Defend Seven and Terezi.

...Lindsey? Green? Come out and face us! Cowards!

[Florien]

Runner Five jumps in to save Seven and Terezi from the shooting. [10] She leaps high over the broken mech, and lands quite impressively right in the officers line of fire.



[3], [9] Vs [6], [9]. Luckily, that doesn't end badly, as the officers are so startled by the next person jumping in that they miss their shots.

Meanwhile, over the communication channel...


Coward? Maybe. But I'm alive, most unlike your friend, Dr. Fischer.

...

What, I noticed that we were on your channel pretty early on! I just don't know how to change it.

[PointMaid]

...

...And you officers, firing on my friends and me? I'm going to make a bet that even in the state we're in, we're better shots than you are. I'd put down your weapons now.

She may or may not be bluffing, but she's going to make it a good one, regardless.

> ...Okay, Five will fire a warning shot and fire on anybody who makes a move to fire on us

[The Map Maker]

> Defend yourself.