Cassidy watched as her mother and Commander Flame froze up. It looked like they hadn't been keeping up with Monster Hunter World. A shame.
Still, she wasn't one to fret right now. Maybe they would come home with a Nekker? Or a Leshen? Having either of those as a pet would be nice.
...Actually, Nekkers would probably be better minions than pets. Oh well.
Pulling her head out of the stars, Cassidy decided to...imitate her parents. They were going hunting, so why couldn't she?
Summoning an elevator to one of her mother's portal rooms, Cassidy hastily summoned up some guns and an x-shaped crossbow. Time to go big game hunting!
As the elevator descended, she briefly passed by Six and Elling's floors. In Six's room, she could already see the female xenomorph dragging in a few corpses to her layer, one of which was now almost unrecognizable, having been turned into an oval-shaped mass. In a few more days, the remains of the apceros would complete its transformation into an ovomorph, one that would wait for the inevitable arrival of a host. Hw long it took for a host to arrive, though, was up for debate.
Arriving at the portal room, Cassidy carefully began setting up the coordinates for the universe she wanted to travel toward, before pressing enter and walking toward the portal.
As soon as she stepped outside, something charged her.
A moment later, a sickening crunch was heard.
Sighing, Cassidy began to peel away the allosaur's skin. Never a dull day on FMM UV-32!
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Coeus watched on as the humans milled about, slowly attempting to rebuild their civilization. The Carja were the most civilized, but they still had a long way to go.
Indeed, all of the human civilizations that had arisen from Project Zero Dawn were quite backwards by the standards of modern man, and not without reason - they had only been educated to the level of kindergarteners. The humans Coeus had raised were more civilized, but really, that wasn't being fair to the natives here - Coeus had cheated and given these people a leg up.
Some things hadn't changed, though - Hephaestus had caused the derangement, again, and his machines were getting more combat oriented every day. Helis and his forces had formed Eclipse, and despite his best efforts, Coeus hadn't been able to beat him - Hades had deployed several Farro Plague drones that had managed to battle off the forces the Probe had built. The fact they were able to achieve a victory against Progneitor machinery was...suspect. Perhaps they had external assistance. Unlikely, but the only reasonable possibility at the moment.
Right now, Coeus had a vulture sized spy robot watching the Shadow Carja discussing a plan with HADES, though what they were talking about eluded him - HADES was using a projected screen to communicate, likely having caught on to the Probe's expert sound sensors, and the spy bot could not get a good angle from which to observe the screen. Unfortuante, but still manageable.
For this reason, Coeus was also observing the Nora, with a particular interest in a young outcast. In another time and place, she would be the hero of this world, and if fate managed to halt his hands, perhaps her destiny would go unmolested...though the Probe would do whatever it could to spare ROst from death.
A suddenly shift in the hologram HADES was using caught the Probe off guard. It seemed that the conversation was wrapping up. Indeed, within a few minutes, the hologram faded. Yet before it did, one last clear image appeared, and it made the Probe freeze up.
The screen only displayed a block of text, but it emphasized several words from that text...and one of them was 'proving'.
Hastily, the Probe began to increase production of new machines, confusing the few children who were hanging out by the assembly lines. Additionally, it also sent out a request for the Commander's assistance - nothing could be left to chance, now!
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Fide examined the request from Coeus with an open mind. Every detail must be observed before she could decide if it was necessary to send in her superior to save the Probe and its world.
…..One second after she received the request, she hit the 'approved' button.
Because really, how could she refuse - it would defy all her commander stood for.
A sudden thud from the glass in front of her turned Fide's attention to the form of Synais, who was slwly sliding down the clear barrier, having been launched their by Kathikon. Apparently, she had gotten fed up with his antics...or maybe he had just tried flirting with her. She really got defensive over that.
Moments later, a jellyfish flew through the air, before landing on Synais, causing him to convulse in pain. From atop her raft, Kathikon smirked, before proceeding to...well, that was uncalled for.
Sporting a vicious grin, Fide sent a request for usage of the internal portal network aboard the Extinction. A moment later, and Kathikon found herself falling through a portal...which led straight for an pool of coolant from the Orb Vallis. The poor girl shrieked as her swimsuit clad body felling into the fluid, whose temperature was well below zero.
A moment after that, she was promptly assault by Krillers, which sought to eliminate the unexpected organic presence. The girl whimpered as most of her body was wracked with laser fire. Moments later, a heron-pelican thing promptly scooped her out of the water and threw her back onto land..though not before two krillers got in their last shots at her, managing to break her hand and set her hair on fire.
Well, serves her right for making that gesture.
Medical teams soon arrived to begin helping the battered AIs recover. Fide would be lying if she hadn't grinned when both Kathikon and Snyais cried like babies as giant needles were used to treat their wounds, providing anti-venom for Synais and burn medication for Kathi. The needles were far larger than necessary, but that was the point - Fide wanted them to suffer.
No one interrupts her gaming sessions.
"Orbital Dump Ready."
Good. Now to drop that guy's King Oni back on his stupid Shogun Battleships!
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AN: For those wondering, Kathi gave Synais the figs. Its a gesture with similar meaning to the bird.
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