#asurastro

[bibliosought]

@asurastro liked for a starter

Angela was no stranger to surprises. It felt like every day the world was intent on showcasing some strange new side of humanity, so this young man who she was now staring down, garnered at most a raise of her eyebrow.

As far as people go, he appeared perfectly normal. So why did he feel like an abnormality? If the ancient AI had to put a finger on it, he felt something akin to the magical girls...?

"Did someone let you out of your book by mistake?" She inquires, stepping around Rex to get a good look at him, "I don't recall an abnormality like you being on file. Is there something I can help you with?"

[the27percent]

@asurastro

It had been some time since they had last run into Rex. The universe was after all a vast place, and their areas of business had plenty of reason to be somewhat disperse a lot of the time.

It was still good to see a familiar face though.

"Hey there. Seems like you just got out of something fierce.... are you going to be alright? Is there anything that could help right about now?"

[5mind]

@asurastro || cont. from here

So far, Alicia was unaware that Rex and the cyan giant, who had fought alongside Pelago, were one and the same. She was aware that he had powers of his own, she has seen him fly over the coasts of Bayfloat whenever he dropped by for a visit. So it wasn't like she thought him unable to hold his own.

Perhaps being half of the guardian of the coast had fostered protective tendencies in her. Or maybe it had been Lagon that had made her move (and/or feel) way.

Alicia gave Rex his space before redirecting her gaze to the skies.

"What...what do you mean?" she asked. "You can...um.. tell how old the stars are?"

Was that a thing Rex could just do? She wouldn't even be that surprised if that was just a thing for him. Surely she'd seen and experienced odder things.

"Wait- you're going all the way up there? Into space?" The thing was, even though she knew Rex had abilities the average human didn't, Alicia was still unaware of the fact that he wasn't human. Like, at all.

"Just like that..?"

[dustxechoes]

@asurastro

There was a thunderous crash of metal upon metal as LOADER 4 descended into the Coral well. Its pilot scanned the area for more of the invisible foes she'd been beset by since arriving at BAWS Arsenal 2.

No doubt about it. This water... ...It contains faint traces of Coral. Must have been an underground vein... BAWS was hiding a "well" all this time.

At first, 'Raven' had thought the job was just the Liberation Front luring her to an isolated location for an ambush, given her recent exploits. But when she arrived, it became all too clear why the arsenal had gone silent.

IA-27s, 'Ghosts' as they were more commonly known. A full squadron of unmanned stealth mechs had descended upon the arsenal, for what purpose she couldn't say. But the lack of survivors told her this was more than just an inspection.

She reacted before she was even consciously aware she was under attack, another Ghost, this one with a plasma whip and energy shield descended on her from above, striking the ground where LOADER 4 once stood. Once again her system flooded with an awareness-enhancing chemical cocktail as she engaged the new foe...Foes, at least four. Another ambush.

Three of them... No, four. You're outnumbered. Pick them off one by one, 621!

No...five? Another object approached from above. Completely unlike the other four. No time. A background partition in her mechanical brain scanned the newcomer as she dodged another strike, lunging forward with her pulse blade against the enemy's shield.

"…Iᴅᴇɴᴛɪғɪᴇᴅ." Came a voice over the comms. Feminine, soft, and obviously artificial. The closest 'Raven' had to speech, having long forgotten her natural voice. "Cᴀʟʟsɪɢɴ: Asᴜʀᴀ. AC: CHANDRASEKHAR. Aғғɪʟɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ…Lɪʙᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ Fʀᴏɴᴛ." She continued.

She brought her rifle to bare as the enemy's shield flickered, but before she could strike another blow it activated its plasma whip, strung out beneath LOADER 4's feet. She'd fallen into a trap, forced to dodge. Simultaneously, more invisible mechs opened fire from all sides at both LOADER 4 and the newcomer.

"Aʟʟɪᴇᴅ ᴜɴɪᴛ. I ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴄᴀʟʟ, ғᴏʀ ʀᴇɪɴғᴏʀᴄᴇᴍᴇɴᴛs. Wɪᴛʜᴅʀᴀᴡ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍʙᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇᴀ. Iᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ sᴇᴄᴜʀᴇ."

[chaosmultiverse]

@asurastro, one prince that shares a first name (not that he's gonna fess up about that) coming up!

IDP, or also known as the Interdimensional Prince (since he hadn't mentioned his name) was a... Comedicly minor villain, not even a d-lister, maybe a x-lister? He had tried to kidnap or trick a few people since he had shown up but he was easily detoured by practically anything ranging from the would be victim walking off while he was in the middle of trying to woo them to pepper spray, yeah that one was very effective.

All this to say that when IDP showed up out of portal that appeared from no where, Rex had literally nothing to really fear.

"Ah!-" IDP looked at his wrist for a moment which appeared to have Rex's name written on it "-Pex! I am a gaint fan, an admirer one might even say! Would you do me an honor and let me prove myself worth your time? Perhaps with a date?" IDP kneeled and held out a rose up to Rex, all of this had been less than a minute after showing up.

[unwittingheroisms]

@asurastro

"They'll probably listen to ya... last time I tried, I had garbage chucked at me. Yeee-uck."

♫ Rex was focusing on the creature over the shop. Ready to fly up and shoulder-tackle it if he needed to. Really, he was mostly just dumbfounded by the sheer apathy that allowed people to disregard the possibility of danger. The next thing they knew, someone was going to start taking photos, or livestreaming it as some kind of mere flavor of the week. Cheap thrills to score attention. Assuming they survived this encounter.

"... Anyways. I'll get ready to tango with that big sucker first. You've got a drink in hand yourself anyhow. Finish up soon, will ya??"

"Garbage chucked at you? Rude...!"

In an attempt to look impressive , Deirdre quickly chugs down the last 1/3 of her drink -- and quickly doubles over coughing, one hand pounding her chest for a second before straightening.

"I-I'm good! Wrong pipe, wrong pipe...!" Yep, totally cool. Whatever. Since he seemed confident enough to tackle the winged and scaled crowing beast... "You know how to handle a cockatrice, right? Just don't look it in the eye or get eaten!"

Easy peasy~.

Now to evacuate people and find a weapon before anyone became aware of the break in mundane reality. A badge is pulled from her purse as she hops up onto a table, holding it out to be seen.

"Attention! This area is now under evacuation notice due to a gas leak! Please gather your things and notify others to evacuate the block while the maintenace crew arrives! Libra officers will be on the scene shortly to guide you to a safe distance!"

That seemed to do the trick. A quick glance around and a yield sign is plucked from the nearby street corner to be weilded like a bat.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, stranger~! How's our new friend doing~?"

[fifthdimensicn]

@asurastro / sc

Hands on his hips, head high, shoulders back, and not to mention standing somewhere only a tightrope walker would have the balance for, the caped superhero waited until Rex noticed him.

"Hi there," he greeted with a dimpled smile, his voice half-upstanding citizen, thirty-percent cheerful, a few other things, among them just a dash of showoff-ish with the whole 'standing atop a flagpole hanging off a fifty-story building' thing. "seems it's true what they say about you: you really know how to wallop a giant monster."

[purelyradiating]

@asurastro cont.

Susan groaned, face scrunched. It had been a while since she'd taken a hit like that, but she had to be sure that she stopped that thing. She began to push herself up, to open her eyes and--

"Oh my gosh!" Her heart nearly leapt out of her chest at the sight of someone even taller than herself, huge glowing eyes staring back at her. But he was not advancing, no, it looked like he was trying to help her?

She blinked, processing for a moment before she took the hand in front of her and got to her feet. Just past her new would-be teammate she could see the shape of the other monster she'd been fighting, slumped and still at least for now. Her breath gradually returned to her now that it seemed the fight was over.

"Thank you," she managed to reply, still a little rattled from her fall and wondering if she'd heard him right. "...Were you going after that thing too?"