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[there is one baby sitter. she is long suffering and bandaged up tightly, but she comes in only a moment later than Yuno does, taking in the scene with a quick eye. if those two can handle saving Elizabeth, she can join Jason on defense and without a thought the scythe is in her hands, coming to rest on her shoulder.

whatever that creature was, she has the feeling Jason should be putting that sword of light through its eye.]

I've got your back.

[murmured low, to Jason himself. if that thing breaks the glass, they're all done for.]

[ The red hue was definitely both a taunt and warning. Out of the shadows in which Songbird's watch couldn't catch... one would be able to hear an odd, mechanical clanking. A whirring of motors stirs from the shadows a lumbering figure stomps forward. It's slow at first, the cracked face of George Washington visible but instead of leading America to greatness, it's clutching the intimidating turret that begins to rev up. ]

The Lord judges, I act.

[ It's voice more static, robotic as it storms forward in a sluggish, heavy step. Anyone may be worried about Songbird, but the hail of bullets that rip across the large expanse of the Viewport. They were specifically aimed towards Jason and Grell, because of his slow speed, it was an inaccurate shot - they have a chance to dodge. ]

Please! Just - just let me be!

[ Elizabeth's pained voice cracks through the eruption of bullet fire, the electricity crackling at both Adelina and Yuno. The two guys find that there's a distinct pattern - left, then right, then center. If they were quick enough to dodge, they'd find themselves easily able to get to Elizabeth's chair, but she's tied down tight and they will most likely get shocked briefly in the process.

You have two options, Yuno and Adelina:
>Unbuckle Elizabeth's arms at the cost of being electrocuted
>Dodge the electricity ]

[despite lacking all context for who that figure is, she can tell it's bad news. his words aren't as frightening as the turret, and she ducks her head down before realizing the bullets aren't meant for her. she almost cries out a warning to grell and jason, but decides it would only be a distraction. besides, she and yuno have their own objective.

given that she has no idea what electricity is, she's moving forward to unbind elizabeth's arms. of course, she would do the same if she knew the danger.]

[ yuno's not particularly concerned about adelina; if she makes it, then it makes getting elizabeth out easier. if not, she'll rip liz out of that fucking machine on her own. so yuno dodges, and the fury is already inside her, so it's a series of very smooth movements. she's right behind adelina, but thankfully, she knows what she's seeing. she drops the weapons as a safe distance, and yuno opts, instead, to reach forward and wipe at the blood dripping from elizabeth's lip with her thumb.

sorry, addie for being an irresponsible teen

but then it's time for business. she takes to the wires and tugs at them, trying to rip down the machine itself. if adelina needs help with the binding, she'll go. ]

[ The leather straps and metal binding wrap tightly around Elizabeth's wrists. They secure her biceps down onto the chair like a medical gurney - but truthfully, only the bright yellow plug in her back is keeping her secured here. As the girls safely get to the chair and start to unbind her, Elizabeth lets out a pained shriek.

Adelina - Yuno! Get out of here -

Electricity cracks down from the conductor of the machine, hitting all three girls. Their bodies tense up, nerves shocked to the point of temporary paralysis from how vicious of a strike it was. The strike lasts for a solid 4 seconds and gives their heart a double beat for a while - a dull pain in the base of their neck. They lose around 20 seconds before they can regain control and luckily, Elizabeth's arms are wiggled free and she's shakily clutching both Adelina and Yuno's wrist in a stupor.

The machine hisses from overuse, an explosion of sparks and static happening against the machine. It's sparking a fire and if one can see the large button with the words "Divert Power", you'll be able to divert power to a second cylinder to avoid any additional explosions.

Do you:
>Remove Elizabeth's ankle bindings
>Tend to the electrical panel

The choice is yours. ]

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[a h. she gives a gasp of pain and surprise as that feeling takes her over, breathing deeply once the paralysis fades and her heart rate slows to normal.

once she can move, she's immediately distracted by the machine. she doesn't know anything about technology, though, so she focuses on the ankle bindings.]

Yuno - the fire.

[ electrocution should bother her more, she realizes. frighten her beyond what she is, but yuno screams and screams and screams until she has control over her limbs again. it hurts, but she half expected it. still, you can't prepare for an electrical shock, so her body aches, and she smells burned skin but doesn't care to inspect herself at the moment. she'll tend to wounds later.

this time, it's a growl that she lets out as she looks up with wide eyes that betray her anger and frustration. the panel sparks, holding her attention, and her hand burns especially bad, but at adelina's voice, she nods in agreement. the pain will be pushed aside - they don't know what'll happen if that fire is left to fester. ] On it, Adelina.

[ she's running on legs that feel like jelly, but she makes her and stumbles into the panel. her body shakes but slaps a hand over the beginnings of the fire before removing her sweater and smacking it into the panel to tamp it out. if she's successful, she'll immediately hit the large button. ]

[ Poor Yuno's gone through the wringer, hasn't she? The burns were most noticeable on the bare forearms for both girls, but it subsides since they're running on adrenaline at this point. There's no doubt pain for them, but the fire begins to crackle and every so often, a spark of electricity further the flames.

Adelina's successful in getting Elizabeth's legs free - her legs lazily moving, buckling at the knees as she sits up. The main power cord was injected harshly between her shoulders, her body pained as Elizabeth catches her breath.

Yuno does a fair job of putting the fire out - it burns at her sweater, leaving the distinct smell of burnt flesh and fabric. Yuck. The large button causes the machine to halt momentarily before surge of electricity begins to fill the second cylinder at its center. There's no electricity to contend with, the expel of steam heating the area - wonder what foreshadowing that was?

The machine is still connected to Elizabeth, the sparks visible dancing around the wound on her back. The girls must decide:

>Pull the cord from Elizabeth's back
>Try and destroy the machine

One will cause an unimaginable amount of pain, but it is the quickest way, the other will leave Elizabeth vulnerable and tethered as the heat in the room continues to grow as they attack the power source with four distinctive metal pipes latching to the control panel. ]

[pulling the cord from elizabeth's back seems much too dangerous to adelina - she doesn't know what it might do. instead, she unsheathes her sword and begins to cut through the cord. she tries to make the cut gently, so as not to tug on the wound on her back.]

Don't worry. We're getting you out of this.

[she doesn't know much about machines, but she's learned enough about them that she moves to try to pull the plug out.]

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[ when it becomes clear that power has shifted in the machine, she turns back to adelina, and with still recovering legs, makes a break for it. the steam is at her back and she turned only as it kicked up, so she certainly feels the heat. but... yuno doesn't have a weapon on her, else she'd stab the machine. they can come back for it, she decides - elizabeth is their priority and she's relieved to see that adelina has severed the cord.

as addie is pulling the plug, hopefully removing the thing from elizabeth's back, yuno regroups with the two of them. she isn't chained down now, within cradles she is capable of using her abilities. adelina has a sword and is capable, but yuno's unarmed at the moment, so the person they'll have to rely on is clear. her voice cracks, but yuno is persistent. ]

I'll carry her! We need to come back for this, it's steaming a lot. Elizabeth has to be left somewhere - where's safest, can you tell? [ her eyes are still watering from the surge of heat. ]

[ The cord is severed with a resounding slice of metal meeting, the electricity sparking as it falls to the ground, slithering like a snake. The plug was deeply rooted and Adelina touching it brings an excruciating pain to Elizabeth. She writhes around, the sound of flesh squishing against the singular sharp metal piece. Adelina doesn't quite pull it out all the way just yet.

The heat begins to billow mainly through the top of the room, giving Yuno some reprieve from her pain.

While Jason and Grell battle the inevitable two motorized patriots, they'd hear something else rumbling. No, despite Songbird cracking at the glass with it's powerful, grasping clutch - it's ...above them?

The heat in the room was nothing for what crashes through the ceiling, a metal man standing over 7 ft tall crashes next to the girls. The machine in the background that once powered Elizabeth hisses to a stop and instead, the grunts of the Handyman looms towards the two girls.

Adelina finally pulls the plug out with Elizabeth sobbing, the wound tender but she tries - Elizabeth tries so hard to stumble out of her chair to her feet to assist the girls. ]

Don't - you have to find your own safety... they want me. They're trying to stop -

[ She's caught off guard, the dramatic thump of the Handyman's heart was heard - as if amplified. The two can guess that the weakest spot in the man was the exposed heart hidden only by glass. They can see it pump blood to the once normal man, instead fueling his part robotic body. He leaps forward, quick enough with a grasp of Adelina's hair. It's large hand having no problem with roughness, almost enough to pull it from the root. It dangles her easily four feet off the ground with Elizabeth screaming in surprise and pure shock. ]

[she's getting ready to tear a piece of fabric off her dress to stop the bleeding from elizabeth's wound when the robotic figure falls next to her and yuno. she starts to stand in front of elizabeth, turning to yuno with a sense of urgency as she grips her sword.]

Get her out of—

[but then it moves, faster than she'd expected, and she's caught. her legs, still feeling weak and strange from the electricity earlier, kick around uselessly searching for the ground. thrown off guard by the enemy's sudden action and the pain, she tries nonetheless to focus. the heart - too far for her to reach for certain. his arm... can a machine feel pain? would it release her?]

[another moment, and the pain only grows. she's only been held for several seconds, but the pulling, tugging, ripping sensation is intense all the same. she doesn't scream; she stops herself from crying out. silently, she does the first thing she can think of, the only sure way to release herself.

drawing her sword again, she slices just underneath the thing's hand, cutting off roughly a foot of her hair and falling several feet to the ground. she only takes a moment to recover before trying to stand up again, resisting the urge to bring a hand to her head. to yuno:]

Take her and - get her out of the viewport!

[ it's terrifying, the way adelina is picked up like a ragdoll. yuno doesn't move, at first, waiting to see what she can do, if anything. she's selfish, and she'd sacrifice anyone for elizabeth, but adelina freed elizabeth. her eyes are wide and the fury's gone, replaced with calm thought. as it strikes her that the smartest thing in this situation is to cut addie's hair, she does just that.

and then she yells to get liz somewhere safe.

so, to elizabeth, yuno shouts something that means far, far more to her now than it did when her own life had been saved. ] Moving is for people who aren't injured! Let's go!

[ she's grabbed and balanced in such a way that she's forced to cling to yuno's back - she won't allow anything else. in this space, she feels it; she can alter things just enough that carrying elizabeth is an easy feat. this is how yuno elects to use her powers, apparently.

her legs are weak but if she focuses, then it's fine.

...but as she's making her way from the machine, she gives one hard surge of energy toward the thing that had attacked adelina. she doesn't know if she has enough power to push it away more than a few feet, but even that can hopefully buy the other time. ]

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[He believes Adelina and Yuno to be competent enough to handle the electricity on their own (if only he knew), so he focuses on the hail of bullets instead. It seems like the robot's attention is on him and Grell, and Jason fully intends to keep it that way.

The lightsaber activates with the usual sound, the area immediately around him cast in green hues to contrast the red of their "friend" outside the viewport. He can't say he's ever fought a robot with a turret before, but. There's a first time for everything, and he's trying to catch Grell's eyes as they both presumably dodge. Time for some teamwork, pal.]

[bullets. of course the automaton would have bullets, because why wouldn't it. thankfully its movements are slow enough that she can read them from a long way off, dodging the shot and glancing back to Jason. nodding her head once, the message is clear - lead the way.

the thing is slow enough that they could try and catch it on the back, but literally disarming it might also be a good bet. maybe there's enough time to stab it, too.]

Rejoice, for death has no sting!

[ The large thud of the mechanical machine draws closer. They both dodge successfully, only seeing the spray of bullets hit the wall behind them. Poor ol' George is not as smart as his likeness, but the machine is persistent, showing no fear at Jason's weapon activation.

Songbird screeches a mechanical noise, pounding desperately on the window, enough to shake the room slightly. Its neck twitches around, curiously like a bird at the scene unfolding inside.

The motorized patriot stops momentarily as the bullets in it's peppermill gun grows empty. It begins to reload. It's a slow process, not as effective as the ones in Columbia, but these machines do the job. Now is the opening for striking. ]

Wow, it's programmed with its own annoying catchphrases. Cute.

[Completely deadpan, despite the current situation. Having Grell's attention, he gestures for her to go from behind. Stab it. Decapitate it. Split it in half. Whatever she wants to do, he doesn't care. He'll keep it from reloading the gun by coming at it from up front, aiming to literally disarm it. Good ol' George Washington might be slow, but they don't need any bullets hitting the windows when there's already a gigantic bird slamming its fists into it.

Better deal with this as quickly as possible.]

[stabbing would be fun. decapitation is classically stylish. leaping up from behind to bring down the chainsaw in a strong motion to saw the gun wielding robot in half? why would there be any other choice.

sparks fly, but Grell doesn't relent, the divine blade ripping through metal and clockwork and whatever else powers this unholy thing, until either she's hit or it falls into two heavy pieces. whatever comes first.]

[ Oh, I have a thousand quotes from this guy. There will definitely be enough. ]

How shall we escape if we refuse salvation?

[ Grell has the perfect opportunity. Even among the sudden sparks and mechanical screeching of the machine, Jason gets to see George Washington split in two. But? Why was this machine so valued in Columbia? Resilience. Even as it was getting sawed in half, it was able to stand for its programmed moral. It focuses on Jason, the last few bullets beginning to enter the crankgun before it fires again - they miss Jason, barely nicking at his bicep as he swings. The resilience of the machine proves no match for the sudden whir of Jason's weapon, it slices at his hand (doesn't that feel good to not be on the receiving end coughcoughJackcoughcough)? It's a clean cut and with both of them celebrating the victory of 1: machine gun that can be used if picked up and 2: split dead president, they'd hear another whistle.

...And instead of George Washington, a mechanical and outrageous Abraham Lincoln patriot joins the fray. ]

The tree of Liberty must be watered with blood.

[ So, it's pretty much the same thing but a lot more gross looking - it's mask decaying further with animalistic horns sticking from the tophat.

A few moments after - both Yuno and Adelina are dealing with Handyman with Elizabeth now freed and the machine shut down. You guys won't have to worry about that just yet... ]

[Ah. The sweet, sweet sensation of victory. It lasts all of two seconds, which Jason uses to idly poke the discarded machine gun with the toe of his boot. Sadly, that's around the same time Abraham Lincoln shows up, and Jason's moving away from the machine gun without giving it much thought. Maybe later, if push comes to shove.

But for now—]

You're kidding me. Who comes up with these guys?!

[And, yeah. Their last move worked out well, so he's gesturing at Grell for an encore once they have an opening. Better dispatch this guy are quickly as possible so they can join the other girls.]

Someone with an American fetish?

[that's about all she gets out before they have to dodge around again. this time she indicates that he should go for the back strike, while she'll risk the front to cut off the arm with the gun. as soon as its bullets empty and it has to reload, she moves to do just that and cut through so neither Jason nor the girls will get shot. if a bullet grazes her, she's too up on adrenaline to notice.]

[ You don't know the half of it, honestly.

The turret revs, smoking with the speed of the bullets as they fly. Grell would either have to take a few bullets to her torso/hip or nearly fall on her own weapon to dodge it. Take that as you will. But, she's successfully quick enough to motion to Jason before it starts to charge. It stops shooting, focusing on Grell and giving Jason the opportunity for a delicious strike from the back. ]

Remember those who died for our cause! The revolution is at hand!

Oh, yeah. I can picture it now. Someone getting their jollies off while designing wholesome, American robots!

[But since Grell is going for a frontal assault, he will waste no time going around the machine's back and swinging his sword at it. Much like Georgebot, Jason is aiming to cut it in half. Judging from the other one's resilience, he gets the feeling it'd keep going if it was decapitated or otherwise disabled.]

[thank god no one is judging, because she hits the floor to dodge the bullets with a pose that can be described as "sack of potatoes." better undignified and bruised than actually shot. but once it's over, she's back on her feet, cutting through the joint of the arm, whispering to her scythe to go faster. (it doesn't help, but it makes her feel better.)

with luck, they'll have the arm off and the creation in half before it can really start shooting again.]

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