The Night That Changed Everything (RP)

[Magnet Dood]

"Hey! When the hell did I turn into Buzz Lightyear?" He grimaced as he held up his shield, covering the three robots to their escape. At least these snakes will help me out until those Joes are gone... he thought as the snakes looked up at him. "Don't just stand there, go get the Joes!" The snakes hurried off and started chewing the Police Joes, chewing at their circuitry and armor. "That Snake Man thinks he's so tough... Well, there's only one lady stealer around here, and that one is ME! I'll get back at him- eventually..." he said to himself as picked off a couple more Joes.
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Reliever Man had thrown a couple more balls at the attackers when three robots plunked down next to him. He took a look at Snake Man, then Honey Woman, then Plant Man. Pursing his lips, he ignored them and prepared another Rebound Striker- or at least he tried to. "Aw, shit, out of ammo. Stupid prototype design..." he muttered as he looked toward the three robots next to him. "Any of you got something to throw?"

[Hilman170499]

Ballade looked at the scene, primarily the injured Plant Man. "Ah, the taste of a battle, it feels so good! Looks like that robot has shown skill. I'll just aid those guys." He thought to himself, his wrists still prepped.

He targeted a Joe and fired a Ballade Cracker from his wrist. The explosion not only damaged the Joe but it knocked down a few other Joes, causing them to fall down. When they all recovered, they turned their focus to Ballade who proceeds to say "Come at me!".

The small group of Joes he knocked out earlier, along with a few other nearby Joes, surrounded Ballade in all directions. He showed a grin as the Joes charge and when they got near enough, Ballade suddenly jumped high, leaving behind another bomb. It exploded, knocking out the aforementioned Joes. As Ballade toucheed the ground, he finishes off the Joes with two bombs, and amazingly did not make any structual damage.

[CHAOS_FANTAZY]

Fake-Man's eyes had not deceived him; there was, in fact, a doppelganger of himself on the loose...and it had friends in the form of a platoon of lower-ranking policemen.  He watched experimentally from the sideline for a few seconds, watching as the Robot Masters began handling the combat—Spark Chaser, Ballade Cracker; he had never seen so many powerful weapons in one place at the same time.  This party doesn't really even need an authority, if this happens every year, he mused to himself as he instinctively spun the barrel on his arm yet again, took aim at the Fake-Man faker, and fired.
Fake-Man's Fake Revolver had unlimited ammunition, yet only six shots.  After the chambers were emptied of their plasma shots, the barrel had to be spun to reload them.  The tradeoff:  his shots were significantly stronger and flew marginally faster.  Dodging all six shots from one volley of the Fake Revolver was something to be proud of.  Sure enough, as his bullet pierced the faker, its worth was proven once more.  "Shot for a shot," Fake-Man mused coldly as he marched over to his copy.  "Listen, buddy, I don't know who you are or who you work for, and I'd hate to shoot a face so handsome.  However," he continued, spinning the barrel to reload yet again, "I would in a heartbeat to restore peace."

[-FiniteZero-]

Fake Man(?) turned towards Fake Man. "Don't try to deceive me, you faker! We saw all of you wreck havoc on the city!"

He would have raised his revolver up to attack, but he was too badly damaged from Flame Man's and Fake Man's attacks.

"I have... To get... Justice..."

The bot collapsed, and disintegrated in a small explosion.

[Azure Sky]

Tengu Man then lowers his buster, retracts his fan blades and shortens his razor wings. "How boring. That was hardly even a warmup. Whatever." Tengu Man looks at the destruction made all around. "Damn, quite the mess we made." Looking towards the other Robot Masters, he simply takes a seat and pours himself a cup of green tea to relax himself with (since he always carries a pot of tea with him.) "Whoever wants some, sit with me and get it now."

[CHAOS_FANTAZY]

Fake-Man smiled under his mouthplate as his faker fell over and collapsed into the parts he was made of.  "Justice is served," he mused to himself as he inspected the corpse.  All the same parts...same Fake Revolver components, same badge and hat, everything looked identical—and there was no disguise mechanism in sight.  "The Dark-Men change back into their original form when they sustain heavy damage," he said, putting a hand to his chin, "and Copy Robot should still need his terminal to take on someone else's form so perfectly.  So, if he wasn't either of those guys...who was this guy?"

[TheDoc]

OOC: Sorry I was gone. School :/

IC: It all happened so fast that Napalmman didn't have time to act, plus he didn't want to blow up his "allies"....or Enker. He walked up to the fake Fake. He then looked at the surrounding robots. So, I wasn't imagining things, meaning that there's a copy of ALL OF US out there somewhere. It's only a matter of time before they come again, so we need to take action. I say we go out there and blow them up. Well?

Quickman disagreed, Let's take a less aggressive approach.

Napalmman turned to Quick, Like what?

I don't know, but blowing stuff up doesn't help. You saw Grenademan just a few minutes ago, right?

You're comparing me to HIM!?

Quickman looked at the other robots sheepishly

[Hallan Parva]

((lol this got quiet fast))

Snake Man shrugged at Reliever Man. "Ehh, I only have snakes, kid, and I don't think they enjoy being tossed around. Besides..." He lifted up Plant Man on his back to avoid dragging him through the dirt any longer. "As much as I'd love to watch a Chuckster get to chuckin', ehh, I have more urgent matters on my hands."

The trio of nature-themed Robot Masters slipped through the other side of the bushes, where they were suddenly stopped by...

"Auto!" Snake Man cheered. "Boy, am I glad to see you! ... Ehh, what's with the potato chips?"
Auto rubbed his neck nervously. "Heh heh... we stopped for party favors?"

"Whatever," Snake Man shrugged. "Ehh, here really isn't much of a party anymore." He motioned toward the park. "A doppelganger Fake Man tried to attack us, along with the Trooper Joes, ehh. Plant Man here's pretty beat up, and there might be some injuries back at the park."

"Ooh, that's just not right!" Heat Man grumbled, flipping his lid open. "Lemme at 'em! Lemme at 'em!"

There was a loud explosion, followed by the sight of circles filling the sky. A Robot Master was just defeated.

"Cripes," Snake Man huffed. "Ehh, we better get over there fast. You just hold on a little longer," he told Plant Man as he put him in the back of the truck along with the horde of other Robot Masters. Honey Woman and Snake Man got in soon after, and the robot swarm drove around the park back to the front entrance, ready to assist anyone who needed the help.

[Magnet Dood]

Star Man watched as Faker Man blew up. He had been hit in the shoulder when his Star Crash ran out of energy, but he did his job- he got Plant Man to safety... sort of.

"Hmph... stupid Snake Man being the hero... I'll show him. Later, anyway," he mumbled when Auto's truck rumbled in, bringing Plant Man, Honey Woman, and Snake Man with it, along with a couple of other robots. His concern came back as he dashed back to the truck, offering a hand to help Honey Woman down. "Are you all right?" he asked sincerely, which almost shocked him. Gee whiz, I almost never care much about women! And I haven't even drank a drop yet! That fight really threw off my mojo... He glanced at Plant Man, who was clearly in bad shape, while waiting for the female robot.
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Reliever Man eventually popped his head out of the bushes, and jogged back to the general party area. He took a look at the damaged Joes, and the fake robot's remains in front of him. He looked at the pile of dust, scratching his head.

"...There's no IC chip," he muttered silently. IC chips held a robot's personality and memory- as long as they weren't destroyed, the robots could be rebuilt. As a result, the chips were made virtually indestructible in order to prevent coding them again (which was usually a pain), but none were present in the ash. "Something isn't right... the IC chip must have been eliminated before this fake bot was defeated- maybe to prevent tracking whoever did this." Wily and Light had the habit of putting their logos on their chips- maybe whoever did this didn't want to be caught...

[-FiniteZero-]

"I- I'm fine." Honey Woman said. "I'm sturdier than I look. But Plant Man... I'm really worried about him. He just wanted to have a good time..."

She gave a sad sigh. She held Plant Man's hand tightly. "You'll pull through... Please, please pull through..."

[TheDoc]

Why I oughta- Napalmman stopped as he saw Reliever Man surveying the remnants of the fake Fake as well. Napalmman looked at Reliever, So you noticed it, too, huh? No IC chip...

Quickman saw Napalmman walk off and sighed. He just wished everyone would stop fighting and provoking each other pointlessly. Then, he heard a worried, female voice near Auto's truck that had just pulled up. He ran over and saw Honey Woman holding Plantman, with Star just kinda awkwardly standing there. What happened to Plantman?

[Azure Sky]

Finishing his pot of tea, Tengu Man stands back up. Walking over towards the other Robot Masters, he over hears their conversations. "Dopplegangers eh? Everyone knows I'm the one and only Tengu Man! I have no equal!" Flicking his nose, he turns around and takes a seat on the end of the truck and puts a hand on the bottom of his head. "Sheesh, what a night. We got a dying Plant and scrap scattered everywhere. This can't possibly get any worse."

[Magnet Dood]

"He's hurt pretty bad, unfortunately." Star Man looked at the deactivated body of Plant Man, a bullet wound clean through his chest. The poor guy didn't even see it coming... these guys were scarier than Wily when he's angry. Almost. Looking up at Honey Woman, he frowned as she gripped his hand, pleading for him not to go. He jumped up into the truck, and tapped her shoulder. "I think it would be best to get Planty here to someone who can fix him before it's too late," he said quietly to the yellow robot. "Do you think Light can repair him? Because I know for sure Doc Wily won't lay a finger on him without giving him some sort of death weapon..."
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Reliever Man looked over at the robot who joined him. "There's something awfully fishy about this, don't you think? What's the meaning of all this, anyway? How could anyone pull off an attack with robots that destroy their IC chip when defeated? This doesn't seem like Wily's doing... and it's something I want to find out. How about we go off and find whoever's doing this?"

[Hilman170499]

Ballade looked at the carnage filling the venue. "That was a great battle except they were weak..." He cracks a small grin as he walks across the area, but it was quickly lost when he saw the broken body of a different-looking robot. It was the duplicate Fake Man. "Duplicates." Ballade remembered when he suspected Wily making clones of him.

Right after that, he walked away to who-knows-where, returning his grin but in his path, he did not know the truck was nearby. He just stayed on where he was standing, his expression changing again. He saw Plant Man by the truck and remembered him as the party host and the robot that got badly damaged. "Looks like they did their part well." Ballade said quietly. He just stayed there, waiting for the truck to move.

[LlamaHombre]

Flame Man looked at the remains of Fake Man? along with everyone else.

"He said that 'we are the ones responsible for this'." Flame Man said, to no one in particular. "Any of you have a fraction of an idea as to what 'this' is?"

He looked over to the truck with Plant Man inside. "And 'we' must have done something pretty sticky in order for him to want us scrapped this badly," he concluded, lost in thought.