[Game Opening, Part 4 : Mission 3 - Scale the Building to the Top]

[stringmods]

Who: Naoya, Ahri, Mahiro, Sig, Elizabeth (Persona), Nanami, Yukimura, Yoshino, Torahime, Johnny, Eiji & Kanaya
Where: Sector G5 in Libra; Coin Office Tower
Summary: Libra Bank Heist
Warnings: None (yet)


Aside from the police vehicles outside, and there are fewer than there should be, it doesn't look like much is happening in the tower from the outside. However, that is little comfort to the officers waiting outside for backup. Everyone is spread too thin, so the more help they can get with this, the better.

When you arrive, they look relieved.

"We're sorry interrupting your arrival but there's just too many of them everywhere."

Men and women in high-class clothing talk in hushed tones. You can hear a few of them.

"...large group..."

"...think I saw some demons..."

"...I'm glad I got out cause my wife's not supposed to know I'm here!.."

"...I hope this gets reported in the news! I've always wanted to be on TV...."

The teams are gathered below, awaiting the man's orders. He looks at all of you first.

"Here's what's going to happen. Unfortunately, the building's protective barrier makes it impossible to just attack from the top floor. We have to climb all of them, elevator's out. That's..."

"Fifty seven floors, sir."

"Right. There's a large group of Anoli and their Persona on the way there. They're already expecting us, but they won't be expecting you. As soon as everyone's ready, we're shutting down the main power and casting spells to stop them from communicating with each other. Problem is you won't be able to hear us either until the middle floor where there's a beacon. So make sure you're all armed and ready."

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[therooms]

And then out of nowhere, a spray of hot lead pressed down on the trio, raining down from a giant, ten-foot tall robot painted like the Anoli design, only with green accents.

Flanking behind it were two, seven-foot tall robots were shooting some sort of beam at the massive 'bot, coating it in blue light.

[isnottheworst]

Yoshino's eyes widened, and she ran out of the way as fast as she could, lest she be riddled with bullet holes. She narrowly dodged it, only to end up tripping and falling on her knees.

"What... what are those things?!" she exclaimed.

[zero_to_herooo]

The bullets sparked as they hit Eiji, but left him intact. Sheesh! He fired several bolts of fire from the Taja Spinner, targeting the robots to buy himself a little time.

...Time to scan the medals in his belt, of course!

"SCANNING CHARGE!" the belt announced, as three fiery rings appeared in the air, leading like flight beacons straight from Eiji's current position to the nearest of the smaller robots. He dove swiftly through the rings, pulling his feet forward as they transformed into glowing, meter-long talons. When he impacted the robot, it would be in the midst of a fiery explosion.

(Because for some reason whenever Kamen Riders kicked something, that something exploded.)

YEAH, TAKE YOUR MEDICINE, EVIL ROBOT.

[serpent_ruin]

Nanami was already falling back from the projectiles that had been flying at them before the robots appeared. While she was more durable than a normal human, thunderbolts and blasts of ice were things she wasn't yet certain how well she could take outside of Digimon form.

Luckily she had made it to a corner just as the robots appeared, though she had to duck as their shots chewed through the wall between her and them.

She spat something unladylike, and snapped over in Yoshino's direction. "I don't suppose your partner is of any notability now?"

The blonde woman clamped a hand down over the device strapped to her wrist. BioLotusmon would collapse several floors above and possibly below... She'd still leave it as a last resort, but like hell she was just going to sit there and die, as well.

Her eyes flashed back around the corner as she heard the shout from Eiji's belt. He certainly seemed powerful, and that could be useful. Especially right then. If anything he could buy them a few spare moments. If not dismantle them entirely.

The only question was, if he DIDN'T destroy them, what would they be buying time towards?

The thought of that "Persona" power nagged at the back of her head, but the means of taking hold of it... That was another matter.

[therooms]

Sure, the robot crumpled from the force of the Scanning Charge. But that still left the largest robot to unload harshly directly on Eiji, ignoring the others completely. And the crumpled, smaller robot's spare scrap seemed to shimmer and fade after a few minutes...

[zero_to_herooo]

Eiji was thrown backward by the force of the explosions (because Kamen Riders also exploded whenever things hit them -- it was in their contract), staggering against the far wall.

In a word: ouch. He was going to be feeling that tomorrow.

Still, he couldn't just leave these robots to rampage wherever they liked. And fire seemed to be working against these guys, so obviously he just needed to keep at it! He launched himself back into the air and slipped several medals into the Taja Spinner. Flame erupted in the air around him once more, taking the shape of an immense firebird with wings spread wide as he made his second dive toward the robots.

"TAKA! KUJAKU! CONDOR! GI-GI-GI-GIGA SCAN!"

WERE THEIR BODIES READY

[isnottheworst]

"Are you alri-" Yoshino started to say.

Then, she realized what he was doing.

Yeah, she wasn't going to get in the middle of that. She backed up, giving Eiji room for whatever he was about to do.