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THE ISTHUL CRISIS

WHO: All Agents and Enforcers Currently Assigned to Isthul.
WHAT: Handling a very tricky diplomatic issue -- and solving a mystery or two in the process.
WHERE: Isthul.
WHEN: Soon after deployment.
NOTES: This log will have separate threads going for different Enforcers.

Phoenix has to admit more people have arrived than he'd expected. At least there's a couple other Enforcers; it's a relief, really, as he doesn't like the idea of managing something this big by himself. If he had his choice, he'd focus entirely on the mysteries at hand -- but obviously, he really doesn't.

Stay calm, Phoenix. These are the times where you just have to put on your best poker face and hope for the best. After all... there's a lot more people relying on you and everybody involved to get to the bottom of things in a satisfactory fashion. And if we fail... I don't want to think about it.

He nods to the arrivals, looking calmer than he feels. "Nice to see you guys. We've got a lot of work ahead of us, so we'd better make sure we have a plan of action."

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Raz scrambles around the back of the tank in order to give himself some cover. He COULD use his shields, but that'd slow him down too much. Besides, it'd be a lot easier if he just uses...

"Yoink!"

A bevy of confusion grenades fly over and into the crowd of soldiers. Yeah, try aiming in an organized fashion NOW, guys.

Kirby shifted out of his Rock form and quickly shuffled away and to behind the tank. They were starting to get rough here! An idea came to him, though, as he remembered seeing Raz slam his tank with a psychic fist.

A few moments later, Kirby decided to do the same, punching his tank and intending on plowing over those soldiers and scatter them.

The tank line is decimated as the soldiers fall back, shouldering their rifles. Forming up, they launch a wide dispersion of silver energy rays at the team.

The man takes his left arm off his blade, following through with the slash which disperses the energy before it can hit him. Whirling around, he raises his arm and a silver shield folds out, taking the kick and sending him hurtling towards the ground, where he lands nimbly on his feet and skids across the ground for several yards.

Gohan will note that contact with the shield was actually fairly painful.

"What the?!" Gohan tucked the leg that he just kicked with back. How could mere physical contact with a shield cause that kind of pain?

Gohan let his mind run for a few seconds. Those armaments must be made out of astral silver. Gohan wasn't quite certain what that meant, but he did know that they possessed unusual properties.

Furthermore, this man's reflexes were impressive to be able to keep up with the movements of a Super Saiyan. Gohan's best option for victory might be to go all out on the man, but he wanted to make sure all other possibilities were exhausted before he did that -- and besides, if the other three continued to cut through the enemy army at the rate they were currently taking things at, it wouldn't be long before one or more of them could come to his assistance.

And that's when it hit Gohan. Just thinking about assistance led him to remember all the times he'd gotten aid in battle. And on more than one occasion, it was Krillin, using a certain borrowed technique...

Gohan moved so that he was facing away from the rest of the soldiers and his allies. He made sure his opponent was looking directly at him, then opened his palms, fingers spread out, then raised them to his forehead, palms facing toward him. He'd seen it enough times to get the gist of how it worked, and so...

"SOLAR FLAAAAARE!"

...the battlefield was filled with a brilliant light.

"Gah!"

Vivio shouted as she felt the blast of light hit her eyes, shutting them as she continued to concentrate on the battle. God, Gohan, couldn't you warn the team before doing something like that next time?

Either way though, she needed to move, and fast. Now that her eyes were closed, it was going to be a lot harder to dodge those blasts that she had seen from the soldiers. Not that she wasn't going to try, flying up a bit more into the sky to make sure she wasn't hit by those that were aiming at her.

Note to self: Confusion grenades? Not so effective against Astral Silver stuff.

Raz soon grows tired of having to dodge quite so much. The tanks are clearly toast; Raz supposes the logical explanation for that is the fact that NOBODY gets attached enough to a darn tank on an individual level to let the silver get anything other than somewhat stiff. He yells out to Kirby. "Hey! Stop messing with the tanks and follow my lead!"

And then -- he disappears. Invisibility is a wonderful thing -- and having a second guy with invisibility? Well. Time for a little psychological warfare.

Kirby had reverted himself to his Rock form again, trying to ride out the laser fire - why were they silver? Laser fire wasn't silver! - when he heard Raz's call.

"Okay!" he called back, reverting to normal form and turning invisible as he ran towards where Raz was.

Fortunately for Vivio and the team, the blast of light stunned the enemy soldiers as well, giving them a moment of respite.

The man grunts, raising his shield and shutting his eyes, momentarily stunned by the flash.

Gohan took the opportunity to attack. Using his speed, he dropped down behind his opponent in the blink of an eye...but that would be too predictable. So Gohan circled around just as quickly, throwing a punch from head on, at the most vulnerable spot that the shield did not cover.

Vivio shook her head, blinking as her vision returned to her. She looked over at the battlefield, and noticed that Gohan was starting to have a hard time. So she concentrated, sending out a telepathic message.

"Raz! Kirby! If I go to help Gohan will you two be able to deal with the rest of the army on your own? Fire a blast of something straight up if you guys can!"

One of Raz's little "gifts" from Division 0084 had been some enhancements made to his goggles; specifically, it had been lined with a material that prevented him from accidentally reading thoughts. Whether this had actually been created for HIS benefit or because everybody was tired of him accidentally overhearing them when they were thinking about embarrassing things is impossible to say. The problem, however, is that it works both ways. Which is why the message, for RAZ at least, goes completely unheard.

"Okay, Kirby, on the count of three, we're gonna run around the army and start shooting frustration bullets at them, got it? Don't stay in any one place for too long, and if you feel like your invisibility's gonna wear off, find a place to retreat and recharge. We're gonna keep them off guard, got it? Let's do this!"

Okay, Miss Vivio! Got it!

The best thing about Kirby's Copy ability was that it copied powers, not costume enhancements. Thus, while Raz missed the memo, Kirby didn't.

"Small change, if it's okay!" Kirby said. "Vivio needs us to... oh, wait, that is the plan!" Laughing just a bit, he added, "Let's make sure we make the big guy worry, too!"

While Kirby and Raz plan, the soldiers begin to recover from the Solar Flare and start to resume firing.

The man's battle sense is impressive, while he doesn't completely guard, he manages to lessen the blow, but is still sent downward, his face bruised heavily from Gohan's attack. Sweeping his sword, he slashes in a circle along the ground below Gohan and a beam of silver energy materializes and instantly shoots into the sky creating an enormous pillar of light.

Gohan cranked up the speed one more time, and barely managed to avoid the attack. He landed, and this time, waited for his opponent to make the next move. He was going for a change in tack, and wanted to wait and see if he could detect an opening in his opponent's moves that he could exploit.

Vivio blinks, before sending a few blasts over towards the soldiers some more.

"Kirby! Raz! Are you guys going to be able to handle them alright?"

Still can't hear you, Vivio!

Without even realizing someone's trying to ping him, Raz slips once more into invisibility and begins to move, ducking and rolling through shots, and firing his own lobby back. Using his agility, he shoots from all angles -- here from a tree, there from the ground, over and over again, pausing only when his power runs low so he can hide behind a rock, recharge, and start over again.

He SEEMS to be doing all right, anyway.

I'm good, but ah... I don't think Raz can hear you!

Kirby follows suit, going invisible and launching Frustration Shots at different targets, using his small size to his advantage. He also makes sure to nail the guy with the sword as well before diving into a hiding spot to recharge.

Want me to go call him when I see him next?

Raz and Kirby's attacks push the soldiers back, forcing them to withdraw.

The man with the sword casually blocks Kirby's Frustration Shot without missing a beat.

"Blade and soul are one," (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihqXPQwXEVU) the man intones in a deep voice, his sword glowing and crackling with brilliant silver energy.

Bringing the blade to bear, it begins to grow and extend in size as he charges right at Gohan, the blade extending to impossible lengths. Bringing himself to a halt by digging his heels into the ground and churning earth beneath him, he swings the enormous blade, now more like a 50-meter whip in a wide arc, targeting Raz, Kirby, Vivio, and finally Gohan, who is at the epicenter of the titanic strike.

Edited 2011-10-22 01:20 (UTC)

If there was a time to go Super Saiyan 2, it was now -- and that was what Gohan did. He had one shot at this. Moving at a speed that eclipsed anything he'd done in this fight before, he flew the only direction left -- up.

Charging energy in his left hand, he dashed in from above. The man was swinging the sword, but he he tried to use the shield to block, Gohan would use his right hand to force it aside, ready to endure any pain it'd cause. Once he had a clear shot, it was ki blast time. At point blank.

Vivio's eyes widen a bit as she's forced to fly up into the air to dodge the massive, impossibly large energy blade whip thing.

"Yeah! That'd be great! And since when could you use telepathy?" Vivio asked Kirby, before concentrating and sending a few blasts of magic of her own towards the man with the sword. If it would hurt him or not didn't matter, distracting him did.

Yeow! Raz doesn't really have the flying thing down; the best he's got is levitation, which at the very least lets him bounce a hell of a lot higher than normal; as he does, though, the sword clips the bottom of his levitation ball, and with a yelp he finds himself plummeting back to the ground, landing hard. Ow.

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