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The Giganscudo's polygonal chest snapped decisively shut once the flow of power from the Giga Blaster had run its course; despite the colossal machine's equally sizable reactor output, her energy reserves would not sustain another such blast so soon. The shot had succeeded in thinning the horde...

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Having looped back the way she'd come and taken the alternate path, Anastasiya paused her long stride upon reaching the decontamination checkpoint that blocked the passage. While she could detect distant activity as it reverberated through the surrounding strata, the otherwise near-utter...

It appeared that the combined efforts of the trio in Sector Gamma had bought them some breathing room...for a moment. The Arbiter's vision flicked down at his far smaller companions. While Mel and his diminutive Axio had concentrated on bolstering their defensive position, it appeared that the...

Having found little else of immediate interest and ascended to the upper level, Anastasiya was on the brink of abandoning her current path in favor of doubling back when she came upon the habitation cluster. Cautiously approaching the nearest window, she stealthily - as stealthily as possible...

Having stopped only briefly to examine the crystalline streaks that crisscrossed the walls - since when had anyone, even the Institute, had access to enough DEC to use it in a construction project like this? - Anastasiya was forced to shield her eyes against the glow with a raised hand as she...

The einst reacted with only silence as the worm-things erupted from the stricken gut of the Flatfish, seemingly unperturbed by the sight. While their appearance was unanticipated, it was not so impulsive as the humans in its reaction to such things. The Alles Geist's hulking left fist drew back...

Farron's manhandling of the Flatfish churned the beast's stomach in quite the literal sense, with the contents of the thing's gut sent tumbling as it experienced tremendous acceleration courtesy of the Valstork. The einst within was able to grab hold of the stomach lining, meaty fingers sinking...

Disintegrator units?! Glancing down at the arm-mounted screen as it flashed to life, Anastasiya couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the mention. Based on the damage and scarring coming into view as she entered the intersection, the woman surmised that it was probably a trumped-up name for a...

"Khan! Yoshida! To my shadow!" snapped out the Giganscudo's pilot, in a tone that indicated the order's utmost urgency to those at the helm of the Axio and Gunleon. The fury of the swarm rained upon the gargantuan machine even as it raised twinned shields, umbrella-like, in defense. Their rays...

Anastasiya did not share the elevator's enthusiasm. Positioning herself to one side of the door - attempting, with limited success, to squeeze her substantial bust a little flatter so as to present a slimmer profile - she waited with bated breath for several long moments after the portal opened...

Much as it itself had earlier set upon Eris and Farron with claw and fang, the gaping maw of the Flatfish was set to engulf the charging einst almost too quickly to react...and precisely as intended, if not a bit sooner than expected. In fact, had she not been distracted by the sight of the...

Technology really was remarkable, wasn't it? Having accessed the - ordinarily - secure lower levels of the Institute, Anastasiya took a moment to ponder. B1 through B3 were clearly basements, and their exclusion from public access was not particularly unusual. It would not be a surprise for a...

Stone-faced and silent, Anastasiya observed the remainder of the exchange without comment. Clearly there would be further words had regarding the Riot's suitability behind closed doors, but the Director was doing his best to make it clear that the discussion was over. Seemingly recalling a...

The einst watched in rapt silence as the Valstork's guns efficiently and effectively clearing the way for their escape. Z1, it seemed, was more than just a pretty face. Three-pronged feet - with two artificial toes and one clearly organic talon - pushed the Alles Geist free of the elevator...

Raising high one great slab of a shield, the Giganscudo moved to return the Saffiard's salute in kind, as well as pay due respects to the crew of the Fenossa. Its pilot favored the younger man with a light smile, and though the expression would go unseen its warmth carried through to the tone of...

Anastasiya was fortunate that part of her Terra Sentinel training had included subterfuge on an interpersonal basis - her face didn't express the surprise she felt at the announcement regarding the Riot's adoption. This was the same machine that Ashley had just - just! - described as being...

The machine's heavyset frame shifted, loose shards of glass tinkling and popping audibly beneath its feet as it took two colossal steps free of the vat's base. Its mutated left hand moved in Eris' direction, great branching veins and rippling musculature visible beneath the limb's surface; a...

The einst had taken on an unnatural stillness, staring at the silvered foliage as though frozen in thought; Eris' words seemed to rouse it from the stupor, causing it to glance her way. Rather than responding, it scanned the area above them, seemingly inspecting the crisscrossed network of...

Anastasiya had seen Bertram Kessler before, of course; some of the activities she was linked to within Terra Sentinel, primarily the Gespenst, was too closely related to the DEI's work for her not to have run across at least the man's name. Now, seeing him in person, she was finding herself not...