Scene #7449: OVER: Heist Roundtable

Owner	Pose
Reliant	MOBILE MANUFACTORY PHOBOS The colossal tank that had once rolled nonchalantly into Njorun Crater now sits in a clearing in Fall, its surroundings once more dominated by spherical machines. It looks like they've done a bit of cutting and taken in wood for burning, though it's through a service entrance that isn't as large as the open-face manufactory that was used during the Njorun Crater mission. The effective open casting call for a heist is to be conducted here, and Phobos has conveniently been stopped within reasonable walking distance of a warpgate. The spooky, foggy village to which it is adjacent is tiny in comparison, though the looming spires and belching smoke of Phobos blend in with the ambience just fine. Job-seekers are met at a side-entrance ramp by Megaman Bravura, who has the appearance of a red-haired young man with clunky-looking but relatively light cybernetics, and a half-metal face. He says, "Entrapta's waiting for you. Follow me." It's a decent walk up to an expansive personal workshop that is absolutely filled with ongoing projects. It's mostly robots in varying states of assembly or disassembly, though there's also a cybernetic exoskeleton and a pilot module for what looks like a much larger machine than would fit in the workshop itself. A long shop bench is being used as a meeting table. A bunch of mismatched chairs that were obviously sourced from 'wherever they were immediately found' sit around the shop bench, and a fairly detailed map of a giant flying saucer is spread out on the middle of it. On either side of the table, snacks in the form of bite-sized cupcakes, cracks and cheese, and what is some sort of homemade variant of mountain dew are laid out haphazardly. Entrapta, a short woman wearing a black, red-lensed welding mask, overalls turned down at the waist, a white shirt, and heavy welder's gloves... currently has a large arm cannon covering the map of the saucer. Her long lilac hair is currently lifted up and split into several distinct strands, tinkering with a prominent rotating mechanism in the cannon. Those who had seen Bravura's Demibuster previously would recognize a similar -- if much more robust -- mechanism in play there. It takes her a minute to notice anybody is there. "Oh, hi!" Entrapta reacts, lifting Largest Demibuster and placing it in a case behind her. She continues to tinker with it without actually looking at it. The cylinder she was prodding at clicks as it rotates, but it's unclear if this is what's supposed to be happening. Another strand of her hair branches away to grab a toolbox, which she deposits on the workbench. "Okay, so! Enker is being reaaaaaally cranky, so I need a team to help me extract an item Doctor Wily told me I could have a look at. I don't want to cause a lot of damage, and I definitely don't want to start a real fight with Enker. Although I wouldn't mind..." Entrapta doesn't finish the thought, staring off into the middle distance daydreaming of something. She shakes her head rapidly, "Anyway! I'm allowed on the Doc's saucers, so I can get you in the front door just fine. You'll have to cause a li~ttle mayhem along the way, but I'll be sure to fix things up behind you. There's about fourteen places that Enker coulda stashed the goods, but I'm pretty sure I know which one he used so I'm going to send Bravura with you to enact some special countermeasures that'll stop anybody from getting seriously hurt." "Payment's in Wealth essentia! Unless you want me to work on something for you. Any questions?" Entrapta asks.
X	Nodding in Bravura's direction, X and the reploid who'd come with him walk up into the giant armored carrier, the hydraulics of their feet reverberating with each step. Unlike X, whose newly minted body parts were sleek and curvy, the other reploid's was still using the older model of design with a somewhat bulky, rounded look. His primary body was a grey color, with red trimming, while the armor itself was such a dark tone of blue that it may as well have been black, a wild tuft of red hair sticking out of the back of his helmet. "Wow..." "For being such a junker, there sure is a lot goin' on, huh, X?!" The reploid says with a childish drawl, prompting X to close his eyes with a little sigh as he invades the space of the varios projects to poke and prod at them, unless manhandled to not do so. Eventually, X does just that himself, anyway, and grasps him by the arm to pull him along to meet Entrapta. " .... this has something to do with the device he was preening about recently, wouldn't it?" The blue bomber says, with a serious face. His ally rubs his cross-scarred nose with a smirk, but says nothing. "We'll help, but on one condition; we want custody of the machine for one hour before handing it off to you. And if that isn't what you're gunning for, then we don't want anyone getting in our way from taking it." The reploid's grin turns into a churlish smirk as he nods, "Right. X ain't any good at sneaking about, but I'll be more than happy to take anything off of this 'Lord Wily's' hands ... but we do have our own interests to look out for."
Xion	There is someone who was already there, eating pudding from a little recycleable cup with an off-white spoon, leaning in a chair during the explanation -- and X's arrival with his MYSTERIOUS MEGAMAN ALLY. "So you just want us to walk in, take the thing, and give it to you, and you'll give it back after?" Xion asks, spooning chocolate pudding slowly into her mouth consideringly. "Sounds perfect! Wow, I wish every job was like this. Plus, you'll help us not hurt anyone or break anything! It'll be like a fun field trip with friends!" X, in this case, is also a friend??? "Did you guys look at that Zetsumewhatsit, anyway?"
Reliant	"I don't mind if you wanna take a look at it with me," Entrapta says, spinning idly in her chair. "But I'm gonna be right there with you, so I don't see why you'd need to take off with it entirely first. Just get your people to come in and spend some time with me, it'll be a blast!" She very definitely wants to look at more robots. In fact, once she's taken proper notice of the scarred reploid that X brought with him, Entrapta pushes her chair halfway across the room to close in on him and flips her mask down to look very closely at him. "You've got hair like Bravura's! I like your color scheme. Is this decoration, or does it have a purpose?" She asks, prodding the crystal in the reploid's chest with a small mass of hair. "I'm Entrapta, by the way. Who're you?" Rollrollrollroll. Entrapta stops in front of Xion, leaning forward with her head rested against her hands and nodding quickly. "Yep! Enker and I don't get along, but I don't want to mess his stuff up either." Roll-twirl-roll. This time Entrapta comes to a halt by the Largest Demibuster and looks over towards the exoskeleton-in-progress. "Yeah..." Entrapta says to X, a little bit of melancholy entering her tone. "A friend of mine is really sick. I'm not going to use it on him directly, but I was thinking I might be able to make some replacement parts for him with it."
X	"Eh ..." The reploid's head tilts slightly to the side in indecision -- he wasn't the boss here, after all. But if it /were/ up to him, he was easygoing enough to be okay with it. As for X ... he looks like he's weighing his options before glancing at Bravura, as if to confirm something with his own eyes, and ultimately nods once she explains why she wants to study it. "Alright. That's a good compromise, we'll accept your offer." "Yahoo~!" " -- Eh? I do?" the scar-face blinks, before also looking at the other Megaman in the room and punches his hand with the bottom of his fist, "Oh, I see. I guess so!" The topic moves again at the speed of light, though, he doesn't seem to have a problem keeping up with her energy, unlike X. "This bit here? It's a quantum circuit! It lets me interface with Cyberspace ... and use the DNA Data I get from this." he mentions, tapping the camera-like nodule on his helmet's peak. "The name's Axl, by the way. Don't forget!" Rubbing the back of his neck, X breathes out, "And he's just as energetic as ever. Well, it'll all work out." he mutters, before turning to Xion while the freshly identified Axl whistles lowly at the huge Demibuster, "Yeah. Douglas is on the case, and Lifesaver's been working to restore the Humagears that were infected and turned into footsoldiers -- HQ's engineering and medical experts." he addends, realizing she probably wouldn't know who they were, given their minimal radio prescence. "By the way!" Axl suddenly raises his voice to catch everyone's attention, before lowering it to being a normal, comfortable level of quiet, "Why don't'cha tell us more about this Enker guy? Our intelligence about this area is basically what X's been able to scrape outta' people. What's the low down, eh? It seems like him'n and that Lord Wily guy are the 'big two' with a lot of interest in all this Essentia stuff ... " he observes, eyes glancing at the Demibuster once again, "Well, talking about all the nitty gritty can wait for when Douglas is here to research that thing we're gonna' steal with you."
Reliant	Bravura catches X's glimpse and inclines his head just the slightest bit to indicate that, Yes, what Entrapta was saying was true. He might not have understood why X was actually looking his way, though. Entrapta draws her legs up underneath herself and nods towards X. "Great! I don't usually have lab partners, but I've been able to work with so many lately! Of course, Hordak's my lab partner on the really BIG stuff, but you can't have too many projects." She shakes X's hand with her hair. It doesn't really "feel" like Entrapta was negotiating the way that X was at all. Instantly her attention snaps back to Axl. Lowering her legs she pushes herself back towards him and stands up, inspecting the chest crystal more carefully. She seizes a monocle-like object from the work bench, secures it to one of the lenses on her mask, and triggers it to extend outwards. "Wow..." "This is practically First Ones tech!" Entrapta exclaims, giving herself some height by pushing herself up on her hair and giving Axl's helmet gem a similar looking-over. Finally she pulls back and sits back down, raising her mask to survey Axl with a broad, broad smile. "Pleased to meet ya! You know... if you DO get hurt, I'd be happy to fix you up." X already knows from experience that this is simultaneously grotesquely true and about as innocent as such a statement can possibly be. Regarding Enker, Entrapta doesn't really seem to understand the actual meaning behind the questioning. She answers, as cheerfully as if she was just discussing friends, "He's the Doc's strategist. Real serious type. That Mirror Buster of his is AMAZING stuff, but he doesn't like me so I've never been able to get a good look at it. You won't run into him though, don't worry. Come take a look! She rollerchairs right back to the table, takes 14 screws from her toolbox, and marks four rooms that appear to be dead ends. "These are all receiving rooms. See how all of them are straight corridors feeding into one another? You can't get to the real important parts of the ships without going through them or having access to the master teleporter. Enker's not going to look after the device himself, he's going to have picked a subordinate to do the job." Entrapta removes 13 of the screws and presses a tendril of hair to the remaining 14th. "And I'm not strategist, but if it were me I'd pick Quick Man's section of the ship! He's probably the toughest robot master under Enker's command." Entrapta produces a hand-drawn sub-map to indicate the structure of Quick Man's area. It's ominously vertical. "Hey, hey. Break Mashin X, have YOU got any SPECIAL requests?" Entrapta asks Xion, pointing at her with a tendril of hair.
Xion	"Oh, good. If people are working on it." Xion agrees, nodding firmly. "Those keys... They can be good or bad, right?" Raising her palm to shoulder level, a black-and-white checquered box key-charm with a silver chain shwinks into existance. "Just because they unlock something dangerous doesn't mean they're good, or evil. Keys unlock things. Just because the path is unlocked doesn't you should follow it to the end. Zetsume..." She closes her hand around the washed-out keychain, and it disappears in a pouf of colorless motes of light. "Quick Man, huh? I think I know what he'd be weak to." Xion smiles, leaning over the table of screws. In a thought bubble for the comic version of the scene, a large white cloud hovers Heart and Chase's face, but their jawlines are even more powerful in Xion's imagination. No, Xion. Stop. Too much jawline!!! Wiping the corner of her mouth thoughtlessly, Xion turns to the question. "I'm Xion! When I'm heroing, I transform into the Hero of Everyone's Hearts, X." Pronounced 'Key'. "Then depending on which powers I use, I add words. That day, I was using the stage's powers -- Break Man, I think? And then Mashin Chaser's power. So Break Mashin!"
X	Shaking her hair with his hand, X's lips twinge upwards, briefly. She really was earnest, he thought to himself -- she didn't even try to heckle anything out of him for mutual cooperation. She was just more than happy to study something she thought could help someone she cared about, with friends. It wasn't something he was used to, but, it wasn't unpleasant. Seeing Bravura reminded him of that. "Hmmmm~? First Ones? I d'unno what that means, but it sounds impressive." Axl grins. Sharing a look with X after the explanation on Enker, they both come to the mutual decision that given her nature, neither of them felt up to forcing that line of questioning. Besides, what she did say was helpful in and of itself. "A 'Mirror Buster', is it .. " X murmurs, narrowing his eyes. They both pivot and move to follow the scooting scrap-genius over to what she was using to direct them, X nodding briefly to Xion, "More or less. He hasn't told the rest of us much about his findings yet, but Douglas doesn't think that device is inherently dangerous." But, back on task ... "So, if we assume that's correct, then we'll need two teams .. one to pick a fight, and the other to slip through and swipe the target in the chaos." "From what you're showing us here, it looks like that section is almost entirely vertical. That'd make things difficult." Which would also lend credence to the idea that Quick Man is the ticket, X thinks to himself, crossing his arms. Axl chuckles, "I'm /real/ good at kickin' butt, but, my specialty is actually infiltration .. and my special trick is just the thing we might need. I can take on the form and abilities of others, as long as they're relative to my size and mass!" X nods again, and proposes, "With Axl's Copy Flasher we might be able to insert him in position before we launch our attack. Then, whoever else might be going onto the recovery side of things can rendevouz with him while we cover their escape."
Xion	Xion claps her hands. "Oh! Sorry! I got so busy saying the other thing. What I want... Umm... ... ... ..." Xion looks at Entrapta. "Could I borrow some power from your heart? Your hair is really cool!" Her eyes sparkle.
Reliant	"It's not that obvious unless you look at his product line! There's only one guy with a gimmick that works against his," Entrapta says to Xion. It's hard not to get the impression that she actually studied this at some point. As good-natured as she is though, it's equally hard to imagine that she'd actually act on it particularly viciously. She probably just got curious. She taps her cheek thoughtfully when Xion explains the particulars of her powers and the identities she adopts accordingly. "Break Man's got some neat stuff going for him. He doesn't really stick around, though. Especially if I'm around!" "So... who're you gonna be for the heist?" Entrapta asks, genially. Prompted on the subject of First Ones, Entrapta spins about and says, "They're precursors on the world that I come from! They've left all sorts of goodies lying around. We don't know how to use most of it but I've made great progress on fixing that! The big demibuster over there is powered by First Ones Tech. Even though it's kinda bulky, a person can carry it and if they aimed it at a big ol' forcefield or something they'd be able to take it down all by their lonesome! Isn't that amazing?!" She nods at the echo of Mirror Buster, "Yeah! He has all sorts of ability to mess with energy fields. It used to be kind of flawed, so he didn't like fighting personally very much, but the Doc fixed that at some point." As to the plan itself, Entrapta shakes her head. "No need to go pick a fight separately. The whole thing is designed to funnel people into dangerous chokepoints with strong duelists after having to deal with a bunch of cheap automated defenses. You split off, they just let a different guy take care of you and everyone else goes about their business until the next sector. So I'm gonna get us in the front door, we're gonna rush Quick Man, snag the roboticizer, and then we're just gonna leave. Upside is, Quick Man's area is -- like you said -- pretty vertical, so it's basically set up for rushing on through." She pauses for a moment, and then adds, "But it's reaaaaaaaally important that you not get hit by the lasers." The revelation of what Axl does gets an interested look out of Entrapta, but she momentarily diverts her attention towards Xion. "If you mean the pumpy thing in my chest, that might kill me! I've got a few replacements on hand, but it's really short notice. But that sounds like a proper noun heart and not a literal heart. So if you're just borrowing emotional power, go right ahead! Thanks by the way, I enhanced it myself." She replies. Entrapta produces a small tablet from the inside of her overalls and presses a few buttons. What is obviously a mechaniloid -- a floating minicopter sort of thing, with a cable-and-harness attachment secured to it -- comes through an automatically opening door carrying a busted-up Sniper Joe. The harness disconnects with a click of a button, and the mechaniloid copter floats away. With her hair, Entrapta holds the inactive Sniper Joe up in front of Axl. "Can you use this?"
X	X nods his head slightly as Entrapta further explains her own proposal -- if that is the case, then it'd potentially be less messy than his own. And that, was perfectly fine by him. As she and Axl speak, X studies the special Demibuster himself, given it was supposedly 'First One' technology ... it did look like she was making good progress on getting it workable again, and if she was correct about its capabilities; and there was no reason to believe she wasn't, it was certainly impressive. Supposing that First One technology was more on par with things created in late 21XX, or perhaps early 22XX, it made sense that it was difficult to figure out. Especially when dealing with broken technology, he could only imagine how differently things would be if he hadn't been functioning when he'd been found by Dr. Cain. But that aside ... Axl thoughtfully cranes his neck to really get a look at the Sniper Joe. "Eh ... let's see ... I'll give it a shot." The nodule on his head glows, whirring with the same kind of noise you'd expect from an old camera before a bright flash occurs, an internal shutter winding briefly under the 'eye' as some kind of nebulous energy shot hits the Sniper Joe, seeming to phase through him. Moments later, the crystal on his chest began glowing subtly and, if one looked closely enough, they might be able to spot lines of data weaving around the shape of a multi-faceted cube spinning itself away, shrinking into nothing in the center of the perfectly round orb. His whole body shudders before turning white, fizzling as it changed proportions to match the Sniper Joe. When the process is finished, Axl, now looking like a stock standard Sniper Joe proceeds to make an O-K with his singular hand, resting the shield on the ground.
Xion	Despite her confidence, Xion sighs with relief when X confirms that his people didn't think the key was dangerous. "It'd be awful if the damage would change that. I was still worried. I also knew..." Xion smiles faintly, her eyes trailing off and away from X. "... If I gave it to Brain to look at, he'd give it to Heart, and then Heart would give it away to the first person who asked for it nicely. He's that kind of person. Very giving!" Xion's cheeks flush as she remembers Medic (and), Brain('s unlimited affection for), and Heart('s healing jawline). "If it'd help a friend." Meanwhile: Axl uses the Copy Flasher to -- flash-clone a Sniper Joe??? "Wow!!!" Xion gasps, practically jumping as Axl Joe goves the OK-hand sign. "I can mostly do... clothes and stuff, you're super good! Woah! You're amazing!!!" She continues to gawk, fingers splay-crossed and hovering over her mouth. Xion doesn't really calm down until Entrapta asks her who'll she be going as. "Hmm... I really like Break Man's power, since the Double Gear memory is what I'm currently using to stack fast-and-strong powers together, so I want to save it. Shine's power is really good - golden good harvests and bountiful luck, and it's a sure thing if we're gonna be trying to get through lasers to boot. So, probably Shine?" Extending her hands out like presenting a sword - right closing , left lifting - another 'shwink!' of metallic twinkles brings Starlight into focus in her grip. "This is my key. It, you know..." Xion blinks. "Unlocks stuff." She's holding it out because she's already anticipated the 'can I touch it' and answered 'sure, why not?'
Reliant	"Fascinating! Do you turn the excess mass into energy for storage, or..." Entrapta trails away, waiting for The Thing To Actually Happen. Largest Demibuster is a good piece of technology. To say that it isn't working is actually incorrect; if it were to be fired at this exact moment, it would work just fine. Evidently Entrapta is just not satisfied with the capsule feed system that she has installed in it. It's less that it's not done and more that it's being polished with exceptional care. She DOES examine the interaction going on with the chest-crystal, but seems to have a hard time really making it out. When Axl turns into a Sniper Joe, Entrapta claps her hands together with glee. "Perfect. I wouldn't be able to smuggle you in as a Robot Master, but the mechaniloids aren't watched that closely!" She says. Entrapta is immediately distracted by Keyblade. The exchange happens quickly, and fast permission means Entrapta is turning it over repeatedly in her hair basically immediately. "Hmm, it's a little bit like She-Ra's sword... but not quite. It's a little more rooted in magic instead of high technology, isn't it? The energy source..." There's a sudden clatter and clash from above. Entrapta jumps slightly, nearly dropping Starlight. She looks up at the ceiling, concern registering on her features. There's a moment of but-I-want-to-oh-but-something-could-really-be-wrong where Entrapta makes the clear decision that she needs to handle whatever that was and thrusts the Keyblade back into Xion's hands. "I gotta go take care of that. Bravura can show you out. Or you can hang around! Axl, come back in, hm, seventy two hours so we can get you placed. Hurry up and do your heart thing if you're going to!" Entrapta says to Xion. She offers a handful of seconds to get it done, and then she bustles for-- not the door, but a large ventilation grate above. She pops it open with her hair and is about to lift herself inside when she pauses a moment. "Don't come upstairs, if you do stick around," Entrapta says, and then she's gone.
X	The chair scrapes across the carpet as the man drags it forth to seat himself beside the bench X had been left on. His eyes crinkle with a genuine look as he smiles. "Yes, he seems like that kind of person." The kind who was willing to make noodle soup for someone who should have been his enemy. Because he wanted him to be a friend, instead. If it had landed in Heart's hands, undoubtably, he would not have thought twice about giving it to a 'friend' if he thought that 'friend' needed it. No, even if they didn't, all they'd need to do is ask. Because that's just the kind of heart that defined Heart. Meanwhile, Axl who is in the form of a Sniper Joe can only communicate with Xion via hand gestures. Sniper Joes couldn't talk, after all. But he visibly preens at the compliment and if a Sniper Joe could smirk, it's clear that he'd be smirking the widest. "Because his Copy Flasher is the prototype of the technology, it has some flaws .. he can't change back at will, and also, it'll wear off on its own, eventually." The Sniper Joe scratches its helmet sheepishly, before X's eyes, and the Sniper Joe's monoeye, trail upwards at the noise. "I should return to HQ. But, what about you, Axl?" Adopting an exaggerated thinking pose, the Sniper Joe ultimately decides to give X a thumbs up and leans against one of the walls. He'd wait here until the time came, it seemed; it would give him a chance to ask around a little more if he wanted to, but X figured he just liked the cut of Entrapta's gib. It was fine, he supposed. X nods and moves to follow Bravura, waving goodbye over his shoulder. "Then I'll be back in seventy two hours. If I can't make it, for whatever reason, I'm sure you can make do." Axl was an S-Rank Hunter now, after all.
Xion	Xion gasps. "Oh! I almost forgot!" As the keyblade drops back into her hands, so too does a soft lilac light, stuck to the blade like flypaper. When Xion catches it, it arranges itself into a keychain capped with the red-eyed faceplate that Entrapta wears. She closes her hand around the wrapped hilt, keychain and blade both disappearing back into her inventory. "Thanks a lot, Entrapta!" X is elbowed. "I'm glad you think so too. Hey! Let's get, um... Wow, actually, X, where do you like to hang out? Do you eat? Let's--" Xion follows X out of the crawler, with full intent to force him to get street tacos or dosas. Truly, the darkest Dark Rider.