[Ari shows up in what looks like a high tech battle arena, which for our purposes is a representation of Hector's cybernetic defenses.] [A moment later, Prudence shows up garb.] (Hollywood logic, it's computer stuff we don't understand...so it has to look cool!) (Yes!) * Prudence scowls. "Defense program PK_ST+SW." A moment later her garb shifts in a nift and PG-13 transformation sequence to a fairly futuristic military looking red and black uniform, with a metalic cylinder in her left hand and a high tech flashlight looking thing in her right. Am I supposed to be intimidated now? (CA (movies/tv) roll if you like) (Prudence is Sailor Moon!) (I just had Biles fic flashbacks @_@) (Nice.) (Twoot!) (Heh.) (Okay, I know my old sci-fi series. ;p) * Ari smirks. "Two can play at this game, you know." Her own outfit changes to a silver-and-blue futuristic battlesuit, and she's now holding a similar looking cylinder in her right hand. Her left is empty. "What's the proper phrase for this sort of situation? 'Bring it, punk?' Is that correct?" (Tron?) (Heh. She should have a disk if it was tron, though.) (Gah, it's been so long since I watched Tron.) (I was right?) (It wasn't intentionally Tron.) * Prudence flicks her left hand as a yellow lightbeam less than a meter long extends out of it, she charges firing her phaser first, the beam shoots out but is a bit wide. She then swings up with her lightsabre. Out of Hector's head you cybernetic hussy! (Prudence is Ellen?) (Yeah, only heric types get green.) (Cybernetic... hussy? *cracks up*) (And Ari needs one dodge roll) (ST+SW... Heh.) [Ari manages to leap back as the blade swings by her.] [Ari!] You first. [The Arena glows slightly red and a few klaxons sound.] * Ari smirks slightly, then ignites her own blue lightsaber and takes a swing at Prudence. * Prudence grins as she brings up the blade to block, there's a crackle as the two blades meet. * Prudence shoots hand out at Ari, and then frowns as nothing happens. "Dang it! Stupid calm mind requiring Jedi powers." (Blue vs. Yellow. :P) ("Blue!" "Lellow!") * Prudence then fiddles with her phaser and drops it. "Screw this. Let's hope the specs on this thing are right. Defense procedure: PK_NGE_02!" * Prudence then starts on another sequence, phaser is still on the ground. [Ari] (Neon Genesis Evangelion?) (... Wow, you're good. :P) (That's what I was thinking) (She's gonna turn red, and then sart angsting at you :P) ("I musn't run away. I musn't run away!") (Ari! Become, um... What's a badass robot...) * Ari dashes forward and reaches for the phaser. (Big A!) (That's PK-NGE-01. 02 is I'M NOT A DOLL!) (It's SHOWTIME!) (GW_01? :P) (*nearly dies*) (Self destruct) (YES!) (Gundam Wing?) (Yep) (*nods*.) (Become a virus! Or Hope!) (Or maybe... RBT.) [Ari notices that the phaser has been set to overload and will fire in a second. According to a TNG episode she remembers thanks to a critsuccess, that could theoretically take out a quarter of the ship.] (GG_03) (GGundam... Which one's that?) (Genkigengar ^_^) [As this happens, Prudence switches over to a tight red jump suit. Shinji would rather like the transformation sequence.] * Ari looks at it for one second, then points it at Prudence and fires. "Game over." * Prudence giggles as the shot goes through her. "Silly girl, you can't hit someone in a transformation sequence. Otherwise how would they use stock footage?" (I've seen stock footage interrupted!) (Me too!) You'd be surprised. [And at this point, Prudence suddenly is surrounded by a long white tube, which then is inserted into a giant vicious looking robot (EVA), the battle arena changes to neo tokyo.] (Or Tokyo 3, whatever) [Ari's feeling really damn small.] (... Change into an Angel.) (Oh! Oh! Voltron!) (Oh, I so very much wish I knew the comparative sizes of Evas and sentai mecha right now.) (Anybody?) (I think sentai tend to be a little bigger.) * Prudence giggles viciously. "This is more my speed." She tries to kick Ari, who needs a defense roll +2. DCV computers (intrusion) (Made!) [Ari manages to avoid being booted, which is very good for her. Considering the size of the boot] [Ari!] * Tokyo 3 shudders for a moment, probably an earthquake. (... It IS Big A!) * Ari shimmers out. A moment later, a robot that looks suspiciously like the Big O shimmers back in. Except that it's the same size Ari was a minute ago. Ooops. (... Cute!) (Awww, Kawaiiiiiii!) ...obviously, my calculations didn't take scale into effect properly. (Chibi O Chibi O!) (Go Li...Chibi O!) [A battle cry from Prudence, whose Eva kneels down and tries to flick Ari. "Big O. Goooo away!" Dodge roll Ari!] [Ari steps to the side as the finger flies past her.] [Ari!] * The Itty-Bitty-O shimmers out, to be replaced by one that's the same size as the Eva. This is the part where you get hurt. * Ari runs forward and tries to grab and toss the Eva. [Eva gets tossed and its power cord is snapped. A counter with two minutes on it appears in the Tokyo 3 battle arena and starts rapidly counting down.] [Eva takes out a giant knife and charges back at Ari, leaping from skyscraper to skyscraper. However, the jump appears to have thrown her off kilter slightly, and the swing comes up short.] [The city shrudders again as this happens. But that's probably the giant leaping Eva. Or another one of those ambient Tokyo Earthquakes.] [Ari's turn!] * City then shakes even harder. [A few buildings then shatter and collapse, big pyramid is still solid though.] * Ari actually laughs. "A power cord? You run off of a power cord?" * Prudence replies in a sheepish tone of voice. "Hector's big on authenticity." * Ari brings the Big O up to Prudence's Eva, drawing the pistons on its arms back as she goes. She then has it swing at the Eva, with the extra force behind the punches. [Prudence nearly gets back in time, but doesn't quite make it. The Eva's surface armour is knocked off, revealing a rather disturbing visage beneath. The Eva itself stumbles back a bit, but isn't knocked over.] * Prudence growls and tries to activate her controls, with no luck. "Fine, enough playing around. Defensive routine: PK_POTUSA!" (*laughs as she gets "The Remedy." Entirely the wrong game, WinAmp ;p) [Prudence suddenly appears in a conservative black suit, in a mid sized oval room, surrounded by rather competent looking heavily armed men, she's got a suitcase open on the desk in front of her.] [Suddenly the camera pans out to the globe at large, with point of light spread throughout the globe, primarily located in the United States, but also spread throughout the globe, in Okinawa, throughout the ocean, and many specs in orbit. [The globe itself doesn't look in the greatest shape, high res, but looks like it's already taken some battle damage.] * Prudence for the record looks like a giddy person trying to be somber. [And Ari feels small again, over in Tokyo.] And this is? * Prudence is on monitors all over the city, can't directly see her anymore. "New game. Called global thermonuclear armageddon. And I get to play the only superpower!" Are you insane? No, wait, wrong question. ( I'm telling your mom not to let you watch CNN.) (*laughs*) (Heh.) (Haha!) (Ari: Be low polling numbers! Quick!) * Prudence laughs maniacally. * Prudence also starts typing numbers into the football. (Guess what Ari. She has to use computers to do that. ~_^) (Whoops!) (Heeheeheehee.) (Yeah, but her range is umm, half the globe. :P) (That "heeheeheehee" looked so perfect right there.) (Or really close if Ari can get to a computer. Internet. ^_^) (I imagine that the nuclear launch stuff is secured and not connected to the Internet. Hope so, anyway. War Games was a lie!) (Internet could get her into the white house, though.) (Where she could jump phone lines to wherever Prudence is.) (It's like Lain! She's the humming phone lines!) (Ari is the god of the wired?) (I'll say.) (Don't forget that Ari's also seeing her on the TV screens. :P) [Ari manages to appear in the oval office computers, a slightly nerdy looking person in a suit runs up and briefs Prudence of this.] * A text message appears on the screen of one. "I can keep this up all day. Can you?" * Prudence giggles. "Cut all outside lines. So, pop quiz hot shot, what does an ICBM do when exploded in low orbit?" * Another message appears. "I'd imagine it makes quite a mess." [Ari notices that all connection out of the White House have been physically cut.] (Oh, and give me a military science (strategy) or cultural arts (movies) +4 roll Ari. Both mind) (You rock.) [Ari's turn!] * Prudence keeps up the maniacal laugh as she turns the football around so that Ari can clearly see it. There's a series of nukes headed to detonation far above DC. [Another earthquake, not so usual for the DC area. Whitehouse holds together.] (You have to be just a bit farther north for earthquakes around here. ^_~) * Prudence smirks. "Nice try, you may wish to get the hell out of my boy's head now." (Isn't she going to explode her boy's head?) (Depends on whether whoever set up the defenses anticipated the idea that Prudence would go utterly crazy with the nukes. Hmm.. is that predictable.... :P) * A message appears. "Whatever it takes." * Prudence laughs again as the nukes detonate and the EMP wave rapidly spreads, approaching the ground. The wave passes the tip of the Washington monument, passes the statue at the top of the Capitol building, and then suddenly the globe flickers out of existance and Ari has access to Hector's system. Prudence does not look pleased. (Haha!) (HAXXORED!) * Prudencee also flickers out view. "We're out of here, if you don't want a free trip, I'd advise leaving." * Another message appears. "Guess what? You lose!" [Back to main channel]