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[what_a]

[Somebody in school has been missing his phone for a day or two. Bad news for him, but good news for someone else, who struggles to send something out to the network ASAP.]

This is probably gonna sound stupid, but I haven't been here for a while: This island been up here for long? ...And how do you get down? I guess someone's been up here before me, and whoever it was dropped his phone.

Sorry for boosting it, but I got nothing on me and this ain't the kind of place I wanna stick around in. You'll get it back once I get off this thing.

[There is a long pause full of ambient jungle noise while something finally dawns on him.]

Is there a station wagon down there, somewhere? Tell me it's not on a roof.

[It's been in the parking lot since Friday night. How did it get there? A mystery.]

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[pyroblasters]

That's what happens when you have a God coming to your aid! Honestly, you should count yourself lucky that you warranted a rescue at all. Most gods tend to just leave people to die in situations like this.

[Pyrrhon looks over, spotting a big, metal, flying... thing. He's not really sure what it is. That kinda looks like a weird face on the front of it, though. Is it some kind of monster? From what he'd heard, at least one of them had looked metallic in appearance, and this thing sure is looming in what could be interpreted as a menacing way. Of course, all this is probably overstating the amount of thought Pyrrhon actually gave it before deciding it was probably something evil.]

Like, for example. Pyrrhon could have let you get killed by whatever that thing floating over there is! But lucky for you, Pyrrhon's here with a little PYROBLASTING ACTION!

[He holds one of his hands out towards the gunship, and a large plume of flame erupts from his palm a moment later.]

[icequeen_aran]

[One second Samus is coasting along inside her gunship thinking about the last time Kyle went drinking was and if he'd be amendable to doing it soon or not and wow that sure is a flaming guy on the radar shooting a huge plume of flame in her direction.

She frowns and banks the ship hard to avoid the hit. The gunship is small and nimble enough to handle that. Her finger hovers over the ship missile button to return fire, but the ship's AI helpfully chimes in and reminds her Kyle is right there and would easily be in the blast radius.]

Damn it.

[Maybe she'll have a better idea of what exactly she's going up against if she can dodge and weave herself a little closer.]

[pyroblasters]

Huh. Guess it's a bit faster than it looks. Alright, mortal, stay behind me! Pyrrhon will make sure to protect you.

[The sun god floats in front of Kyle, making sure to stay between him and the ship, as he starts shooting off fireballs. He's not exactly being accurate with them, but that's fine! The more air that's filled with fire, the harder it'll be to dodge, right?]

PREPARE YOURSELF FOR YOUR INEVITABLE DESTRUCTION, FOUL ABOMINATION! FOR YOU FACE THE MIGHT OF PYRRHON!

[icequeen_aran]

[What was this guy even on, Samus wondered as she barrel-rolled left and right, dodged and weaved to the best of her ability. She was able to get close enough to make a fast fly-by over both their heads, leaving a blast of wind across the tree-line in her wake, but there was no way she'd be able to get close enough to actually stop and pick up Kyle. She hissed under her breath.

I need to lure him out somehow.

She flew back close again, this time flying over Pyrrhon's head specifically then took a nose dive over the island's edge, flying fast and furious under the rocky crags of the under-island.]

Come follow me if you dare.

[pyroblasters]

Steel yourself, mortal!

[Pyrrhon grabs onto Kyle's shoulder as the ship flies by, making sure he isn't hurt by the gust of wind. Granted, it's just wind, but c'mon, these humans die all the time. Better safe than sorry.]

Whatever this thing is, it's not bound to the island like most of the monsters here, and something that fast must have great strength! It's Pyrrhon's godly duty to see to it's destruction before anyone's hurt! Wait here, mortal. Pyrrhon'll be back in just a second.

[He flies away, leaving Kyle alone again as he follows after the ship, darting down after it.]

Trying to run away, huh? Well, go ahead and try to escape my PYROSNAKE!

[The sun god conjures forth a big, flaming serpent, which starts to follow straight after Samus's ship.]

Pyrrhon is a beautiful creature

[icequeen_aran]

Man, this guy. All she wanted to do was pick up Kyle. The snake is hot on her heels, even literally as her ship's temperate gauge warnings flux and wane.

The crags provide some cover but that's not really dealing with the problem. Samus gets an idea, though she's not sure how well it will work. Working it smoothly into her dodging and weaving patterns, she navigates an up-and-over loop in the air with due intent to lead the flaming serpent into tying itself into a knot.

A beautiful, stupid creature

[pyroblasters]

The answer is... that it doesn't work out at all, actually. At least not as she planned. The thing about something made of energy, is that it has no mass or solid parts to tangle itself up with- it just moves through itself, passing through it's own tail like it wasn't there.

The other thing about something made of energy though, is that it takes energy to create and maintain, and Pyrrhon didn't put enough into it to keep it around indefinitely. If he could do that he'd probably have like 20 of them following him around at all times. So, Samus's dodging at least manages to make it burn itself out.

One last thing about energy constructs- there's nothing at all preventing the person that made it from following after his target at the same time. And while Samus was weaving back and forth to try make the Pyrosnake tangle itself up, Pyrrhon managed to catch up with her. Once the Pyrosnake disappears, Pyrrhon flies in right after it, shouting "SHAZAMITYLAM!" as he shoots at the gunship, trying to aim for her thrusters so he can slow her down.