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It wasn't a bad sunset, he thought. The thief-turned-politician (really, just a different more legal sort of thief) sat on the edge of his office balcony, legs hanging over the edge. It wasn't a wholly unusual sight - a wolf peering out at his territory, the instinct to run through the concrete jungle almost enough to drive a man mad.

He barely notices the other man come into view. And then he hardly believes it when the sight registers.

"Rex...?" That was a face he hadn't seen in.. actually, he wasn't sure how long. Suddenly he's overcome by the urge to duck back inside, to hide away.

He resists it.

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Tink…

Tink tink…

TONK TONK 

STOMP!

Onward two heroes bolt, clanging down the metallic floors of a corridor. Pokie charges, sensing out those familiar radiobands transmitted by her mech. Where could it have been taken? And another question…how? Boisterous shouting of guards coming in hot pursuit can barely cover the sound of the ensuant firefight.

“REX, I THINK ITS HERE- AH f- sh- ACCHK!”

…looks like she did not notice the sharp bend in the hallway, hardly adjusting her sprint in time and slamming her shoulder into the wall, her boot squealing on the floor as she slides. She quickly scrambles back to her mad dash, narrowly escaping a laser leaving a sizzling and smoking burn mark on the wall where her head was just a moment before. She is still reading the strong signal locating her mech… but…

“Hey, this hallway looks like… a recent edition,” she proclaims, noting the lack of scuffing on the floors compared to what it was on how-so-ever-far behind them. She begins to slow her pace. Compared to the passage before them, the light seems to be shrinking. It’s dark… Pokie completely stops.

“Wait… they stopped chasing us." She turns her head, taunting the guards, "HEY, YOU GUYS SCARED OF THE DARK-”

Acht seriously needed to start paying attention to the weather before they booked gigs. Things had been fine when they started their show, but by the time it ended? This downpour was bad enough to start a flash flood. And while there were other people around clearly annoyed by it, Acht was apparently the only one actually threatened by it, judging by the reactions.

They would have stayed inside the venue, and initially they had, but the venue was closed now. So that left them standing awkwardly on the small part of the covered porch, trying to keep as much distance between them and the liquid death currently raining down. How long was it going to keep pouring like this?

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The signature redish haze of Rubicon's atmosphere concealed their approach, through otherwise snow-white clouds and dangerously high-speed winds.

"Heads up, Asura. You said you wanted a look at some 'Rubiconian historical sites', yeah? Well I convinced Uncle to authorize a scouting op."

Ziyi cut her boosters, sliding along the ground in a cloud of half melted snow as YUE YU came to a stop.

"Engebret Tunnel." She announced over her radio. "An old PCA watchpoint, from before the Closure System was finished. In the aftermath of the Fires of Ibis, Subject Guard would monitor for survivors from here...to terminate them. This is all the 'history' those fascists have left Rubicon. And rumor has it, they're trying to bring it back online."

All systems green. Her final checks completed as her AC entered combat mode, weapons systems shifting into place.

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There's Rex, punching oncoming meteors away from spaceship traffic... [[ Sci-Fi Lilli

" Vhat... zhe fuck... "

She has seen strange stuff before. Herself included. But a guy punching meteors is new. Lilli had been ready to turn off the autopilot of her spaceship to avoid the oncoming rocks herself when the alarm started to ring. But upon seeing the man she hesitated... Also because he was doing a good job on keeping them away from her and the other spacecrafts...

Looking around, she is not even the only one staring. Well, it's not something you see everyday. The lone spacefarer waited until Rex was done punching the meteors and protecting the ships before she slowly made her ship come closer to him and waves at the cosmic contender with a smile through the windshild of her ship.

"Shit... Where the hell did he get this power from?!"

A thug stumbles back against a wall, bodies of his unconscious friends in his sight. Among them, a few still stood, fighting the heavily armored Hero who deemed them his latest targets.

"... Points for the tenacity, but you're all outclassed. Ain't it about time you admit it? It'll be a hell of a lot easier for all'a us."

"Sh-Shut the hell up! We aren't backin' down just 'cause you've got some fancy cosplay now!"

Chao lets out a sigh. "Y'know, I really was gonna let you off the hook. But I guess if you wanna join your friends..."

"Be prepared to count up your sins—?!"

At that moment, Chao felt a tinge of pain in his body. He had been using the W Driver long enough it was starting to take a toll on him. That he was able to use it as he is as just one man was impressive, but he was still ultimately just that. He still hadn't trained his stamina for longer periods.

Shit, why now?!

Noticing he was hesitating, one of the thugs rushes him with a kick, causing him to staggering just a tad. "Alright! Just keep puttin' the pressure on, boys!"

"Ggh...!"

Put up with it.

Put up with it just a bit longer, body. We'll take a break after this.

Forcing himself to ignore the pain, Chao assumed a fighting stance again, waiting for the thugs to make their move.