Operation Take Out the Droid Army! (Job, Kaori, Private)

Talonia, home of a great many guildless mages and a town a certain Re-quip mage could be found. She enjoyed the laid back feel of the place and loved the fact she didn’t have to worry about constantly walking on eggshells like a ton of legal mages did. That isn’t to say Aliarey was some sort of criminal that just so happened to evade the justice of the law. Hardly. She had actually been trying to not do things that would get her ass on the Magic Council radar, at least not in a bad way. Alia was being a well behaved girl, and had even taken on a few jobs that helped people instead of just blowing things up. No doubt her legal guild teammates were to be blamed for that. Such bad impressions they had made on her. Whatever. It was fine. If she started doing unpaid volunteer work she was going to have to claim insanity though and have herself committed.

Earlier that day had started like any other when the blonde was in Talonia. She had left her room at the inn she normally stayed at and was busy hanging out with fellow mages in the lounge. Sitting at a round table with three others, Aliarey looked at the few cards that were in her hand. A simple morning card game. A simple morning card game that she was losing because she actually sucked at playing games that required a poker face. She was way too honest for it. During the game another mage entered the inn with some sort of paper and had been going through the room discussing what was on it and gossiping. She knew him and could have said hello and demanded to know what that was all about, but she was busy with losing winning her card game. It wasn’t long before the group he was talking to and himself looked over at her. As luck would have it, he approached. “Hey, Alia! I think I got something for ya!” He was about to set the piece of paper in front of her eyes when she slapped his hand away. “Don’t care. Come back later. I’m pretty sure I got this, this time!” Lots of chuckling that made the blonde narrow her blue eyes and arch a brow. “Oh, you guys think I can’t win, huh?”

“You never do.”
“You’re a natural loser at this.”
“At least there’s someone worse than me for once…”
Unison agreement.

“You guys suck. I don’t even know why I play with you. Oh, by the way, Jonah,” she said, referring to the newly arrived mage to the conversation. Alia didn’t even bother looking at him as she raised a hand and materialized a pistol. “Here’s your gun back.”

“Wh-what the…Why do you have that?!” His eyes nearly popped out their sockets at seeing it in her hands instead of being stored away in her his requip pocket dimension. He took hold of it in a quick swipe and glared at the woman.
“I took it thinking I could make a trade. I was wrong so you can have it back. Enjoy.”
“Dammit, Aliarey! I thought you stopped stealing from people!”
“Stealing from random people. Doesn’t mean I won’t take anything from my friends and those around here that I know won’t send my ass flying to the next country when they find out about it.”
“Damn, girl! And here I was going to give you some information about a job too!”

Just as he began to walk away, Aliarey grabbed onto his shirt and pulled him back. “Hold up there! What’s this about a job?” She looked up from the hand of cards and blinked while staring at him. Add on an innocent smile and the man could only sigh instead of continuing making his way out the door. It had been some time since she had taken an interesting job, and if it was coming from that particular mage then it was going to be something big that was more talk than something that was actually official. Legal guilds weren't going to really find it posted on their job boards.

She was given the paper that had some detail on it as well as the verbal explanation of what he had heard. Apparently there was some major problem the Magic Council was trying to deal with, one that went as far as to include one of the planets that was connected to the Wakusei Portals. “Whoa, Mirai? Seriously? I’ve always actually wanted to go check it out.” More explanation to the point that her eyes rolled for a second. “Really, Jonah? Just because I use more tech-based magic you assume I have ‘Robot Dismantler’ tattooed on my forehead?” The job was simple when all the fluff was cut down and left only the basics: take out the leader robot that was controlling a giant army of them. Exciting and fun, but come on now. She couldn’t take out a whole army!

“No, but you do have that team or whatever you call it. You helped in those monster attacks with them, right? Maybe see if they can provide some backup. Either way, I bet there’d be a good reward. Doesn’t hurt to at least check it out.” And at that point he turned and left the table and card playing group. He was right that it wouldn’t hurt to check and see if some of her contacts would want to come with as support. Aliarey turned her focus back to the card game…the card game that ended. Her fellow players had taken advantage of her distraction and considered her forfeiting the moment she stopped playing. “Dammit, you guys!” Tables were flipped.

A few minutes later, Aliarey was walking out of the inn and down the streets with iLac in hand. First the magitech mage of her team had been contacted. It was the one Alia had worked with before on a few occasions and she liked that their magic had similar properties. They even kind of sort of got along and the requip mage had grown used to using her to keep her from doing anything too reckless. There was no answer. Next was the other holder mage, a celestial wizard. He wasn’t as close as the other was but dependable enough. No answer there either. “Jeez, where are those two? I finally take the time to add contacts onto this thing and they never answer….Ugh, are they really still pissed about that whole monster incident?” Honestly, they probably were. The magitech mage had nearly been magenapped by some ridiculous looking dog creature. That teammate scolded her for days after it was over, and never could get over that the first mention of her being called cute came from some sort of monster. The celestial mage had seemed a little more than angry with her too and had only been calmed down due to the monster girl that followed him around. They both had their reasons considering for a moment there they all thought they were going to die, but really it was Aliarey that was the one that got the ass kicking of a lifetime from some random masked psycho lady. They should have forgiven her by now!

“Aww, maaannnn,” Aliarey whined as her shoulders drooped in defeat and her head fell forward. “Now who am I supposed to convince to tag along on this robot beat down?” Sure there were a lot of mages she knew in Talonia, but she already knew none were going to even step up to the sign up sheet. If dealing with her wasn’t enough, then the job itself would. Well, seeing as there currently wasn’t anyone there worth recruiting that she was aware of, she went with the plan of just going solo and checking it out. Either she would run into someone along the way to whatever factory these supposed droids made, meet someone at the destination, or she could do the smart thing and find people once she scoped things out. It really would not be all that difficult. Supposedly. Maybe… Were her plans usually flawless? Actually…no probably. Details. Whatever the case, assuming people actually follow what’s going on around the world and know the super secret details the Magic Council tries to hide from the general public, there would be some mages aside from her circle that heard about it. That or they’d find out eventually just by running into Aliarey herself because at that point she probably would have taken a rabbit if she thought tossing it at the droids would make a good distraction.

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Once Aliarey had left town she first got into contact with some buddies that were heavy into high tech things from both Bosco and Mirai. They were very professional level researchers with high rank access to both advanced civilizations. She didn't care to question anything about the details since she was always kept happy when they provided her with new toys, and they were happy they had a willing guinea pig to test out their experimental creations. Aside for one incident where she had disintegrated the main computer that had some new research that had not been backed up yet it was a nice little thing they had going. As soon as they heard what she planned to do, they gave her some tools that may be helpful and a motorcycle to get there since she finally managed to somehow get a license. Not that she would ever say that the only reason she got it was because the tester had fallen asleep before the test had even started. It wasn't lying. It was just "forgetting" to mention some crucial details. Why is this information important? Because on the way she may have accidentally caused the vehicle to explode. Someone that was a speedster and a bit of a dare devil did not often make the best sort of driver if someone wanted their vehicle back in one piece.

Reaching the portal and noticing there weren't any wandering droids to be found, Aliarey thought for a moment that maybe her intel was a little bit less than accurate. Well, she supposed she should just go all the way and check out what's on the other side just in case. If the story proved to be true then she would just come back for a clean up run. Before stepping through though she first turned around to stare into the distance where she could see a great deal of smoke in the air from the downed motorcycle. Another explosion that made her wince at first, but then was quickly shrugged off as she waved her hand in the air with no care whatsoever. "Aw, it'll be fiiinnneee." Into the portal she went.

As soon as things seemed to fully transition and allow her to appear on the other side, she had the instant thought to summon her iLac from her pocket dimension and start setting up some things. The action would not come into completion, at least not at that moment. Things had happened too quick for her to take notice and react to. The summoning light had appeared but vanished as soon as some unknown man ran into a bit of an accidental trip. Not that she realized that part, of course. All she knew was that some perv had suddenly placed his hand on her chest and had his lips connected with her own, and in such a force that she fell to the ground with him nearly fully on top of her. Naturally she was pissed, and should have remained so. She should have kicked his ass right then and there and used him as a target dummy for her weapons. Yet for some reason she didn't. Her actual thought process was overwritten and replaced with one that actually made her partake and accept the kiss completely without any fuss. As his role in it advanced, so did hers, and in those fifteen seconds she was completely oblivious as to why she was even doing it.

The interruption of another had snapped the pervert out of his actions and as a result her mind became clear once more. Her blue eyes shot open, calm at first as her mind processed just what happened. Then they widened, horrified. Her face turned red, from both embarrassment and anger. "Y-you...YOU PERVERTED BASTARD!!!" Her expression matched the anger filled yell and she pulled back her leg with the intent on kicking him in the jewels. It didn't exactly go as planned. "Ow, ow, ow, ow, OW!" What she hit was not what she had expected. Now she was the one nearly crying in pain. Aliarey sat up and touched her foot and ankle a few times to make sure she didn't actually break anything.

The unwanted kisser apologized, which she might have accepted considering she nearly already had to go back home before she could even start her mission just by trying to hit him once. Then he just had to go and say he had no idea why he continued with the tongue invasion of her mouth. A blue hardened death glare was aimed right at him. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Aliarey went in for another hit, this time a punch to what was likely his pretty boy face underneath that half mask. Much to her dismay, whatever was protecting down there was just as protective there too. Her fist, even at her highest power of strength, collided against what felt like a wall. That time she took notice of the white circle but only for a second before she went to reacting to the pain that now went through her hand. "Ow, ow, ow, ow, what the hell is that even?" She pulled back her punching hand towards her chest and held it with the other, as if that were going to make the pain any less. He spoke again, that time informing her that her hand would break long before whatever that blessing was supposed to be. The blonde stared at him, narrowed eyes still but less angry than before. Even without connecting with him like she wanted she still hit something and released some of that anger. "Yeah, well, your blessing is apparently my curse. The least you could have done was turn that thing off and let me hit you for, you know, starting a game of tongue tag, which by the way was my first. You couldn't even say hi first. That does matter to some people, you know! Damn perv." She continued rubbing her hand as she spoke, but once her words ended she pushed herself off the ground and stood up. Partially. "Ow, ow, ow." The foot she used to kick with a couple of moments prior still stung and ached as she wobbled while trying to stand, but after trying to put her weight on it a few times she was finally able to bear it.

The woman that was with him then stepped forward and introduced herself as well as the pervert himself, who went on to give a nickname to be called instead. How nice. "Right hand man? Don't you mean right hand steel wall? I actually wanted to use my hand today. He should come with an obvious warning label. Jeez," she sighed, again rubbing the hand she had used to punch him with, with the other. Her words were more calm now as the offense she had been feeling had passed, at least enough to where she wouldn't be openly pissed off about it. Just annoyed and not likely to stop thinking he was some oddball perv running around kissing folks and pretending to not know what the hell he was doing. Granted, she didn't know what was going through her head either at the time, but it had to of been his fault there too. She severely doubted it was some cupid arrow.

"Right," Aliarey started to say as she shook her hurt hand and then placed it on her hip. "So, Kay and per-Iku," she had to catch herself from fully saying perv again. She should have just kept calling him that, but the bowing and humble tone was a little bit weird. He could be allowed some sort of pass. That and calling him "The Infamous and Perverted Steel Wall of Ultimate Defense" was just too long. Ain't no one got time for long nicknames, and TIPSWUD as an acronym did not sound all that catchy. "You introduced yourselves so I guess I can be cooperative and friendly-like and do the same. Name's Aliarey. You can call me any variations of it really. Just don't give me any dumb or cutesy nicknames. I've got an actual name, so use it. Please and thank you."

The trio stood around for a little longer discussing why they were even there. Kay and Iku were doing some research for the Magic Council, which got an impressed stare from the blonde. She wondered if they were like those buddies of hers and actually knew a thing or two when it came to the more advanced tech. Once it came time for her to speak on why she was there, she didn't try keeping it a secret. If they were there then they probably already saw signs. If they didn't then it probably meant that the intel was inaccurate. Aliarey reached into her pocket and pulled out the notes she was given about the super secret job and handed it over. "I've heard down the grapevine that there's some army of really messed up robots that plan on taking over Fiore. They have a factory or something here that keeps building more. It's simple really, at least on paper. Take out the leader and then clean up the mess that's left behind while destroying the factory, preferably by kaboom methods. It probably won't go in that order or be as smooth, but I'm here to at least check things out. I don't exactly plan too far ahead, so what happens after depends on what I find."

It seemed Kay had already heard about it. Well at least she knew she wasn't tricked. Just as Kay had turned to ask her right hand wall of steel something he interrupted her. Aliarey just looked at him with an arch brow. She didn't know him so she couldn't tell the significance of his disturbed tone or why he even had it. For all she knew he was always like that. Wonderful. At least Kay seemed normal. It was probably best to just direct all questions and comments to her while keeping the perverted wall of steel as far away as possible. Well, as far away as would be allowed since apparently they were actually going to jump in on this crazy adventure. Aside from the kiss, it really shouldn't of been any worse than the first time she teamed up with Grema and Liam. She lived through that just fine, so surely she could think positive about the current temporary alliance.

"Great! My usual teammates are off picking flowers somewhere, so the backup will come in handy. I thought I was going to have to actually attempt this solo. There aren't too many people willing to jump into dismantling an army of killer robots." Her clothing then flashed white and switched out completely for something a little more combat oriented that the writer is too lazy to describe. She could fight well enough in her normal skirt outfit, but honestly she'd prefer to avoid it when she could. Then some other sort of spherical device along with her iLac appeared in her hands. "Just one second. Mirai is filled with a crap ton of robots and other tech, so it'd be almost impossible to actually find where we're supposed to go without actually knowing anything about the place. I know zilch, and you guys were probably too busy to notice an army of killer droids running around...which could be normal around here now that I think about it." Her gaze was glued to the iLac screen as she set up a few things to connect it to the other device. "Got some buddies that actually know a thing or two, including the model number of the lead robot. I would not be surprised if they know it because they built the damn thing though. If this goes right then I'll be able to track its core and we can move on out of here." Another few taps on the iLac and then the other device lit up before doing a mini explosion and turning into an invisible and very harmless energy surge that covered the entire area and still continued moving. Different lines of information filled the screen until it stopped and loaded up a map with a location signaled. "Huh, that's actually not too far from here. Awesome."

A step forward she made with the intention of heading in the direction the iLac had said to go. However, she paused and turned back towards her new back up squad. They kind of offered to tag along pretty damn quick when everyone else usually fled the room when presented with missions like the current one. "Actually, now that I think about it, you two are totally sane, right?" A redundant question since she was stuck with them or no one at all, but at least she'd get some sort of idea no matter how it was answered. In all actuality, the poor blonde would never be able to fully comprehend the world those two lived in on a day by day basis. "On second thought, let me just check something. It'll be completely and totally harmless....I think. It's just a quick scan."

If a demand that the scan not be done was made then Aliarey would shrug and move on. Otherwise the rest transpired. It was then that two little hovering droids appeared beside both Kaori and Ikuchi. They made cute little robotic beeping sounds before releasing a red ray that scanned each one, starting from the head. Then the scanning ray went back up. Aliarey was looking at her iLac with what was a neutral face before turning into a deep frown. "The hell? It froze!" Then the two mini bots exploded. Then the iLac she held, of which she dropped the moment it went boom. Absolutely no data could be obtained from the scan. She looked at the two strangers that had offered to be back up in bewilderment. Just who or what were they? "Maybe your sanity wasn't what I should have questioned..." Then she cringed when she realized the bots were destroyed and facepalmed. "Crap! Now I am going to have to pay them back for however much those things cost! Dammit!" She made a groaning sigh as if it were already the end of the world before removing her hand from her face and shaking her head. "Whatever. I am going to assume scanning bot explosions means I won't have to worry about either of you dying or messing up in a way that gets my own ass killed. If you both are still set on tagging along, lets get out of here."

Assuming the two had actually followed the requip mage, they would all be on a cliff overlooking a massively sized factory building complete with an extensive outer network. Complete with a crap ton of enemy robots. "An army they say. A factory even. More like an entire city." A glass looking eye visor appeared on her face, covering her eyes. It was very clear and transparent except for a few faded colored lights that ran across the surface. Its magic allowed her to see in different modes and get a better view of the place. She was only human, after all, and as such had limited eyesight otherwise. "All right," Aliarey said as she looked away from the view and towards her current companions. "As much as I like going in without a plan and just shooting anything that moves, I think I'll make an exception this time. I like the side of the living and am hardly suicidal."

Aliarey brought forth two more spherical devices and tossed one at Kaori and then Ikuchi. "Hope you two are decent at sneaking around. You see those towers over there with giant beams going towards the sky?" She then pointed her finger over towards one of them, of which there were four. "You're going to take a tower each, get to the control room inside, and insert that thing into the control panel. From what I've been told, it'll hack into the system and basically transmit a shut down order for a good portion of the droids with each tower. It's my mission so I'll take two on my own. If things go wrong before all four can be hacked, at least we'll have less throw away metal heads to deal with on the way to finding the one we want. Also, things going wrong could mean an annoying alarm going off, so permission to do whatever by that point. Until then, don't get caught. That would so suck." Aliarey would then wait a few moments for any questions, comments, plan revisions, etc etc before heading out to do her part.

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Aliarey had been waiting for some form of comment or alteration to her plan. It was to be expected. Plans weren't exactly her thing and normally went to her teammate Grema, who was the real genius behind the team. For herself, she just went with the flow and did things. The blonde looked confused when Kaori had mentioned her taking two of the towers on her own wasn't necessary. Wasn't her offering to take on two of them the responsible thing to do? "Well unless our fourth team member is invisible..." Aliarey trailed off when she saw the shorter woman pull out an iLac of her own and then spoke into it. "Wait...captain?!" Kaori didn't really look the part of someone she would think would have a captain label. Aliarey had assumed she was some researcher mage only, and now she suddenly could call up reinforcements and a distraction? What the hell?

Somehow without her even realizing the movements, Ikuchi had picked her up bridal style and was moving her. "Hey!" First the kissing and now picking her up without permission! He was quickly adding more and more reasons to get hit...of which she couldn't even do. How unfair. She was ready to go off on him the moment he put her back down even after his apology, but just as she put on her angry face three pods slammed into the ground where she had originally been standing. Their sudden appearance and the loud sound made her jump in surprise and cling to the nearest thing for dear life, which just so happened to be the pervert. A few seconds passed as she came to realize what they were. "Unbelievable. The whole cliffside and they choose right there to land!" Then she realized she was still clinging to the one that she wanted as far away as possible. She let go and then cleared her throat. "On account of nearly being crushed by idiots that can't detect when someone is standing there, I'll let you picking me up and carrying me slide. Just this once. Okay? Okay. I'm going to go...over there...somewhere...that isn't here. Right." She patted his shoulder and went on her way to check out the pods. Not one word was mentioned of her little clinging episode, and she would never bring it up. It was best to just forget the whole thing. She knew she already acted and sounded completely stupid.

From the larger pod came five armored individuals. Now she knew what she wanted for her next birthday. Those suits were awesome! Even the green horn comment was allowed to pass without comment as her eyes were fixated on the advanced looking eye candy. Each of the five were then introduced. Aliarey had to stop her drooling for a second to respond and actually remember that she shouldn't look so dimwitted. "Sweet, nice to meet ya. I wasn't expecting so much company, but hey, you got some cool gear so I won't complain." Just how even more cool the gear got was soon revealed...and she even had permission to use some of it. Kaori opened one of the drop pods and the trooper named Ghost tossed Aliarey a suppressor for her rifle. She shrugged her shoulders, thinking nothing of it at first as she went to work attaching it to her weapon. It was cool and would be beneficial for the operation.

More curious as to what kind of goodies they had, Aliarey walked up to the pod as Ghost moved out of the way. More drool. Surely all of that was just being shown so she would know how super special awesome they all were. The next thing she knew she was being given access to all the goodies and even being handed some of them. She took the rounds Eagle handed her and just stared at them before looking over towards Eclipse Team and then Kaori. "Whoa, I thought you were joking. You're serious?" The light smirk was noted just as much as the reply was. A bewildered stare was sent the ninja's way as the requip mage contemplated just who the hell was she again. There had to be a few details missed in their introduction. On second thought, who cared? She was being given goodies! An overly ecstatic and excited squeal was made just before Aliarey went to taking what she was allowed and adding it to her magical storage. The great benefit of being a requip mage. The rocket launcher was last and with no embarrassment whatsoever she used it as a cuddle buddy for a minute or two, and even made cutesy comments towards it. She had her own launcher in her magic storage, but the one she was holding was better because it wasn't hers. That was how logic worked. It was now her new best friend ever. Into the storage it now went.

Just as she was about to set off, Aliarey was told to wait for the distraction, which happened to be a 21 foot tall robot piloted by some hill billy sounding dude. A huge sweatdrop had formed as she watched the scene below. "Well that's one way to be a distraction. This kind of means the lead robot may expect us now though, but I figure he would of been able to figure that out sooner or later anyway. This just means not wasting time by taking a peaceful stroll through the scenic route. Once the towers are down, lets meet inside the factory. It's that obvious huge building over there. Later, and don't die!" Aliarey began to take off in the direction of the robot city and her tower when her name being called made her stop and turn around. "Change your mind already?" The two drones that were broken before were tossed her way. She caught them and saw that they had been fixed. When the hell did she have the time? Her blue eyes blinked in awe as she looked at the drones, and then back up towards Kaori. "Hey! If we live through this remind me to ask who the hell you are again!"

Moving on towards her tower, Aliarey began her super sneaking operation. She had no teleportation abilities or ways to make herself invisible. Clever tactics had to be used instead. Slowly she went, passing droid patrol after droid patrol when their sensors weren't looking in her direction. A few of the EMP grenades had to be used in tough spots, and when it came to doors she used her Ray Gun Disintegrators instead of the explosives. It was quicker and quieter. The latter being what was important at that moment unless she wanted her section of the city on her ass.

Eventually she made it to the base of the tower. A gigantic ass robot was blocking the door though while also being surrounded by smaller ones with some sort of shield tech that kept fading in and out. "Probably best if I don't use the front door," she whispered before looking around for another point of entry. Her blue eyes then looked up. Way up was a room surrounded by windows. There was no telling what was in there, but from what she could see it was a way easier point to access. A jetpack appeared on her back in a small bright flash. Her normal pistols were then taken a hold of, both equipped with the shock rounds she had been given. Then up she went all the way to the top and busting through the window. It was surprisingly not all that strong of glass, and she probably should of just shot it to break it just in case to prevent slamming into really hard glass like a fly to a windshield. Eh, details.

Once inside and on the floor she wasted no time in dealing with the robots in the room. The shock rounds actually came in very handy. Now she could have her actual electrified guns available for when she went after the lead robot. Allowing Kaori to tag along on the mission was actually not so bad at all. Why did she not like team work again? The droids in the room used their own gunfire but couldn't keep up with the constantly moving target that managed to use the environment to her advantage. Soon, they had all been picked off one by one and were nothing more than shocking piles of metal lying on the ground. "Oh, hey! The control panel!" A grin was on her face from her luck, and she walked over to it with the device to hack into its system in hand. Then she noticed something was off. The panel was sparking and slightly smoking. "Oh, shit..." Either her or one of the droids had hit it...a dozen times or so.

A communication drone then materialized and hovered beside her. "Hey, Trey, I got a teensy tiny bit of a problem over here."
"You broke my equipment again, didn't you?"
"Hey! It got fixed! No idea how, but your scan bots are totally functional."
"...Out of everything I gave you it's the scan bots that broke? What the hell did you try to scan?"
"I'll tell you later. For now I need some advice. The control panel you told me to get to is on the verge of exploding. I don't think I can use this thing you gave me."
A low sigh. "Okay, with the main control panel out you're going to need to gain access to the system from a side panel on another level. A few alarms may be set while you're messing around with it though. Call again once you find it and I'll walk you through with connecting the device." The drone then disappeared.

So much for her cheating method of accessing the tower. Aliarey was forced to travel through it now regardless. Once again she used her amateur sneaking maneuvers to peer around corners and eliminate any robots that were in her way. The side panel was finally found, but it was out in the open where any wandering robot could find her. Not really comfortable for her at all. The communication drone was used once more and the guy on the other line walked her through the process. As was expected, alarms were set off. Her own danger senses were going off as she was now in rush mode with the connection process. "Come on! Next step!" She could hear doors sliding open and even robot patrols heading her way. "We're almost done. The last step-" Boom went the bot as it got shot. "Dammit!" Aliarey had to drop what she was doing, including the hack device, and take to running through the halls and past a corner as bullets began to fly everywhere.

Her rifle was switched to, complete with the shock rounds she was given for it. She ran for the main control panel room she had used for entry, all the while taking out what robots she could while ignoring the rest. Her jetpack was still on so it was a simple jump out the window once she reached the room. Unfortunately, it had taken a few shots from some of the droids that had followed. Aliarey had to make a quick descent but didn't quite reach the ground fully before the thing disappeared. She fell to the ground the rest of the way, which thankfully wasn't that far. The wind was taken out of her but not much more than that.

"Okay, that hurt...just a little bit." The mage slowly got back on her feet and then looked up. She sighed, noticing she was surrounded by a shit ton of robots. "Well, I guess the party had to start sometime." Immediately after commenting, bullets and energy beams began flying. She kept on the move as she used her electrified grenades to overcharge the robot systems, summoned her gatling turret and making copies of it, using her hovering turrets. Jumping on robots, sliding past them, anything to make sure she didn't get hit. As a requip mage, she was actually very lacking when it came to armor. She preferred weapons.

The lesser robots were now scrap metal or close to it. That left two very large robots that were charging some sort of cannons. They had a sort of blue shield around them, of which she could only smirk. She had been given a new best friend earlier, and of course, she had a baby of her own. Her strength magically enhanced temporarily. How she could do such a thing she didn't really know. It was part of some family bullshit she didn't care about. All she knew was that she could do it, and it came in handy. One arm was able to fully support the launcher she had been given earlier, while her other held onto her requip version. A special compartment on the requip one materialized and let loose several rockets all at once towards one of the giant droids. She also fired from the other one towards the other target. They were huge droids so aiming wasn't exactly required. The one her requip version was taking out went down first. She then aimed that launcher towards the last target and took it out for good. Dual wielding launcher power. Her immediate problem was now corrected. The tower couldn't go offline now, but it wasn't a requirement for the mission. It would of just helped make things easier in the long run. If the other three went down they should still be golden. Now she just had to actually make it to the center building.

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