END GAME: THE COUNTDOWN STARTS

[sailmods]

[the prisoners wake up on cold, hard floors.

the lights are bright, glaring, a sterile cell with sterile bars facing a sterile hall. the prisoners with you, across from you, and no one else. no rocking of a ship in waves, nothing. just the prisoner and their prison.

time passes, one assumes. the rhythmic click of Friday’s heels down the hall. it’s almost like the ticking of a clock.]

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[sailmods]

[the robot is rising to its feet.]

[decohere]

[Ava quickly moves to stand in front of Fio protectively...

6 aims for the robot's center and fires. but it's a cursed gun so if anyone wants to roll whether it hits the target or somebody else go for it

eta dice have spoken: bullet hits target]

1/2

[sailmods]

[the bullet passes through the torso of the robot, though it only seems to give it a moment's pause as it continues to stand.]

[stormpirate]

[and, in that pause--]

FUCK!

[decohere]

... oh. Is that your body...? [awkward]

[stormpirate]

How could that be my body!

[decohere]

Did you not just yell out in pain when it was shot or are you that unnecessarily vulgar?!

[stormpirate]

... No.

[like she isn't visibly in pain right now]

[thismaskismybadge]

Soooo we can just keep shooting it and that'll be totally fine, then? Just really pump it full of bullets and you'll be completely a-okay.

[saltwaterlungs]

I call dibs on getting to do 'stop hitting yourself'.

[teethoftherisk]

PUT HER HEAD ON THE FUCKING ROBOT

[Everyone here is making him wish he had opposable thumbs and his 6'5" reach right now.]

[mistertwister]

[ Slapping his face so he either focuses or wakes up ]

I never thought I'd tackle two robots in one day but I can eat a second of its attention is someone else wants to go for the dunk.

[sabigoe]

[ ...Just quietly peeking out from behind the safety of Ava. Flinching a little. Wow, this is the most F-bombs she's heard at once today! Mostly from Jenny. And now Siffleur. ]

[thismaskismybadge]

[ Dramatic sigh, beckoning, ] Hand her to me, I think I can do it. I didn't go through all those gymnastics classes for the spider stuff to be all I have going for me.

[sabigoe]

Woooah, Gwen can play the drums... and do gymnastics! That's cool! [ Absolutely does not understand what Gwen means by "spider stuff," but oh well. Still amazing! ] Yeah, you can do it! [ SLAM DUNK THAT HEAD ONTO THE ROBOT because that's better than to just keep shooting at the body :( ]

[saltwaterlungs]

[ Hands off the head to Gwen. ]

[stormpirate]

[SCREAMING WHAT ARE PROBABLY HIDEOUS SLURS FOR FRENCH PEOPLE IN AN ENTIRELY UNFAMILIAR LANGUAGE]

[configuration_birdwatcher]

[ Error: Translation not found. There's one they haven't heard in a while. ]

[mistertwister]

Alright, make this count!

[ With all the strength in his body and none of the smarts in his head, Okie sprints toward the crab bot and launches himself into a dropkick. ]

[sailmods]

[the robot grabs his leg.

and that's it basically just grasping that leg.]

[decohere]

Oh no... [at least... it's keeping that arm occupied?

Ava tries lunging for the other arm, 6 quick to follow because clearly the robot has the strength advantage, maybe between the two of them they can hinder it]

Somebody take the legs! [and then hopefully that'll allow Gwen to go for the head if they have the limbs]

[teethoftherisk]

[Siffleur peels himself off the floor and lunges for the legs, tangling himself up in them in only the way a cat can.]

[configuration_birdwatcher]

[ Bastion rushes in after Siffleur, grabbing hold of the mech's left leg with their weakened manipulator arm, wrapping their gun arm around the leg as well since they can't shoot it. They plant one leg of their own on each side. ]

[sabigoe]

[ Being smaller than the rest of the group, Fio probably won't be able to do much by trying to grab the mech's leg... ]

Yeah, stay still... you... um... big dumb robot!

[ Just hops up and down, shouting. Like a little yappy dog. Maybe it'll be an added distraction? She thinks she's helping!! ]

[sailmods]

[VIOLENTLY PINWHEELING ITS ARMS AND LEGS WHILE STAGGERING AROUND TRYING TO FLING OFF THESE DAMN BUGS

this does mean that okie is getting a very solid shaking; the robot seems to have forgotten what it was planning on doing to him outside of that.

also, Clarke is here now. hi, clarke.]