Octavia sat back as she listened to the reports Signas was reading to her. To say she was bored out of her mind would be an understatement. This was not to say she was uninterested in everything in the reports about Maverick Hunter business, especially since she was the highest rank Maverick Hunter on base now that X and Zero were both off on their honeymoons. It was more that Signas somehow managed to make everything absolutely boring.
"And that concludes the report," Signas finished as he set it aside. "Do you have any questions?"
"No," Octavia replied, sighing in relief as she started to stand up. "Can I go now?"
"Once I'm certain you understood the material," Signas insisted.
"What's so hard to understand?" Octavia asked, rolling her eyes. "With Dad and Uncle Zero off the active roster while on their honeymoons, Maverick crime has been on the rise, and we've been having difficulty dealing with all of it on our own. As a result, this has increased business for Bounty Hunters, who take on Mavericks for cash rewards, or as vigilante activity. The most successful group of bounty hunters is Red Alert, led by a mysterious but capable Reploid known only as Red. While Maverick Hunter policy doesn't entirely approve of the group's vigilante behavior, their actions have shown a dramatic decrease in both collateral damage and casualties from Maverick activity, and so they've been allowed to operate without interference from us so long as they don't engage in any Maverick behavior themselves. Since all civilian reports of their activity have been positive with no complaints, there's no reason as of yet to investigate further, at least not until Dad and Uncle are back on the front lines."
Signas nodded. "Alright. I got the impression from your expression that you weren't really listening to me."
"I wasn't," Octavia replied bluntly. "I'd already read this same report this morning over my breakfast salad."
Signas sighed sadly. "I'd like it if you showed me proper respect..."
"Are you kidding?" Octavia demanded. "I respect you more than anyone by Mom, Dad, Uncle Zero, and Aunt Iris! You manage to balance data from the entire planet in such a way that you can distribute limited resources to maximum effect without pushing anyone too hard, and keep the entire Maverick Hunters organization functioning more efficiently than ever before!" As Signas managed a smile, Octavia shrugged. "You're just incredibly boring when you read reports."
Signas winced slightly. "I suppose I can see your point..."
"Alert!" CiCi's voice cut through via the intercom. "Maverick Activity on the Central Highway! Collateral damage reported Level 3! S Rank Hunter to dispatch!"
"That's me!" Octavia spoke up, leaping out of the chair as Varia sent extra energy through her circuits in preparation.
"Not using the Ultimate Armor?" Signas asked curiously.
"It's only Level 3," Octavia replied. "If I need it, I can activate it once I'm out there."
Octavia beamed into the Central Highway, the same area where she and X had pursued Vile all those years ago when Sigma had first gone Maverick. Of course, Sigma was no longer an issue, any more than the Virus that had made him so dangerous, leaving Octavia confident that she could handle anything she came across. Even so, as she stared out at the broken road from atop a large pile of debris, she couldn't help but feel nostalgic as she thought of that first adventure.
"And how you nearly threw up upon arrival?" Varia teased, being as ever in tune with Octavia's thoughts.
"I get your point," Octavia growled. "Enough wool-gathering. Let's go."
As Octavia leapt down, she saw several bee shaped dropships flying off. She wasn't sure if they were ally or enemy, but she made a mental note of them as she dashed forward, leaping over several vehicles that had been tipped on their side, blocking the road. As she went, she found Deerballs lining the road, unrolling their long legs to march towards her shooting, though she shot back too quickly for them to counter, destroying them as she dashed past.
The terrain proved even more varied then her first visit, as she was forced to climb up and down several broken bits of road before being confronted by one of the dropships. "Talk about deja vu," Octavia grumbled as she dealt with it by leaping atop it before it could activate its sensor beam and divesting it of its propeller blade, dropping it to the road. Beyond it, several more Deerballs attempted to attack her, but were quickly blasted to bits, and a second dropship was dealt with as readily as the first.
This time, the falling dropship took a section of the road with it, forcing Octavia to leap down to continue. Moving forward, she was forced to duck under various bits of wreckage as more Deerballs appeared, some with a gold and silver color scheme as opposed to blue and silver, along with a larger gun. Octavia concluded this must be a command model Deerball, though it proved as easy to destroy as the others.
A third dropship flew in with its sensor beam already active forcing Octavia to blast it into crashing rather than leaping up to cut off its propeller...though that still didn't take long. This allowed Octavia to follow a path back up to the higher level, though she had to rapidly climb a set of closing walls.
As she got back to the road, however, she heard someone behind her shouting, "Look out!" Before she could react further, someone had scooped her up in black armored arms, being carried down the road by a dashing figure.
"RRRR!" Octavia growled out as she waved her legs in frustration. "Curse my tiny body! I'm a bloody S Ranked Maverick Hunter and strangers still think I'm some helpless child! I'm almost 200 for crying out loud!"
The figure continued to dash, but pulled Octavia away to get a good look at her, consequently letting Octavia get a good look at him. He had a boyish face that was oddly familiar and yet strange, with scars running from the bridge of his nose onto his cheeks. His armor was black with red lines, slim and designed more for speed than defense, and the blue focusing crystal at his forehead was spherical rather than triangular as most were, and brown hair came out the back of his helmet in a spiky style. She also noticed that he carried two pistols, and apparently had no inbuilt weapons...a very unusual detail, as his entire build was otherwise optimized as a combat model. His green eyes lit up as a smile spread across his face as he took in Octavia's appearance.
"Oh my gosh, you're Octavia Melody!" he squealed out happily. "I never thought I'd get a chance to meet you-"
"Put me down!" Octavia snapped out angrily.
At that moment, a giant scorpion shaped mechanaloid dropped to the road, charging after them. "Uh..." the Reploid began, glancing back over his shoulder at the beast.
"Classic, merge!" Octavia barked out. Classic immediately beamed in, and the stranger Reploid dropped her as they merged.
"So cool..." he breathed excitedly. He quickly shook off the excitement. "I'm Axl!" he introduced himself. "I'll help you deal with this guy!"
"You take this side!" Octavia barked out, dashing around the mechanaloid through the air.
The mechaloid proved unable to compute a two pronged attack like this, and constantly spun to try and face first one then the other. Before long, the long curving tail exploded, followed by one of its claws, and then the entire Mechanaloid.
"That was so cool-" Axl began, only to freeze as Octavia pointed her buster at him.
"As per regulations, I need to bring you in for questioning in regards to this incident," Octavia explained flatly.
"...less cool..." Axl whimpered.
"However," Octavia began carefully, "I can already tell you don't have the weaponry to have caused damage on this scale. Also, despite running for your life from that giant mechanaloid, your first instinct was to rescue someone you thought was in danger, and had me positioned such that my entire body was shielded from fire by yours. That speaks highly of your character, especially since you didn't recognize me on sight and thus it can't be part of some plan." Octavia knew that this could be false, since the surprise recognition could have been pretend...but Axl seemed too genuine for that. And there was that familiarity... "As such, if you willingly surrender your pistols to me now, I will bring you in as a witness, rather than a suspect."
Axl immediately pulled out his pistols, disengaged their power cells, and handed it all over to Octavia. "I can't believe I'm going to get to see the inside of Maverick Hunter HQ!" he squealed out happily. "This is the best day of my life!"
Octavia rolled her eyes before lifting her hoof to her ear. "CiCi, this is Octavia. Two to return home. I have a witness."
"Understood," CiCi agreed, and the pair were beamed out.
:) I can't wait for Octavia's reaction when she finds out!
Axl.... This is a trap.
Seeing as how pointless X6 was I'm not surprised it was skipped for plot reasons. Anywho, on with the show!
Oh boy. Octavia's got a fanboy.
Well, X7 is here now. I wonder if a certain hyena appears...
Axl... All I know is that he uses pistols, that he had some kind of unique ability, and that he had this talent for cheesing off Zero. Beyond that I don't remember. Before the end of this, I'm probably going to be face-palming more than once.
Yay tavi has a fan what adventures await them
I'm seriously hoping Axl isn't always in fanboy mode.
oh boy...well, at least i dont have to actually play this...and i know better voices than the X7 VA's.
thats not going to help against...HIM...I can already hear it in my poor head...
but Axl seemed to genuine for that
1. Too.
you revealed his name just before he was officially introduced
What reason is there for X to be absent for most of his 7th game? Sudden pacifism? Sudden onset of stupid? NOPE! NOT THIS TIME! IT'S A HONEYMOON!!! Poor guy needs it!
Yay, X7 minus mopey X!
7533611 Axl can shape shift I to anyone he has copied. Since X and Zero are always changing, he can't copy them perfectly. That, and at this point in time, the A-trans can only copy people who are about his shape and size.(Somewhere down the line, that changes. I don't know when or why, because Crapcom's notoriously bad world building.) He is also a new type of reploid. I shall refrain from saying anything else for fear of SPOILERS.
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7533601 BURN! BURN TO THE GROUND! BURN!...
7533794 Oh god... that voice was horrible. I can hear it and its giving me a headache. Make it stop. MAKE IT STOP!!
... So, either a certain possessed doll makes a cameo, or someone hurts Tavi. Let's find out!
... Possessed doll?
... Are you sure you aren't interested in the Marvel/DC Cinematic Universe? Because Axl seems a lot like a certain web-head from Civil War...
You know... call me crazy if you'd like. But all this stuff that I've been complaining about? Well, a part of it's been redeemed by this guy's introduction. I dunno, he just seems like what I'd actually expect Mega Man to be like, and I can respect that. Maybe he and Sigma could get their own Saturday Morning Cartoon. We'll call it: At Your Beck and Call. Yeah, Sigma will try to take over the world, but then Axl keeps thwarting/making friends with him, thus causing a mix of awkwardness and hilarity.
Then it'll be pulled from the network because a bunch of fans hate it despite its ratings. Anyways, see you.
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Shapeshifting! I remember now! That shit was more annoying than useful. An ability that you really didn't need for most of the game.
OK, so I had been thinking about the sequence of events:
Axl and Redips were probably made on Giga.... Archipelago... or at least the Copy Ability was outsourced to GC. But, Command Mission does say that the Giga City structures were moved to the area afterwards of the meteor strike that brought
EleriumForce Metal to the area. But before that, the islands were completed and Copy research was ongoing, since those two guys don't use Force Metal in their base design. Ergo;Giga City was built elsewhere, then those two were built, then the Meteor, then it was moved, then Epsilon was built.
And my take on Cinnamon's potential alt personality:
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THE FORCE METAL ALCHEMIST!!
So this is obviously the more childish Axl... And now his horrible voice acting is coming back into my head.
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I have a video all lined up for when Axl (Or rather, A.X.L-C.) finally gets clued in on why Octavia is having Deja Vu around him. I can hardly wait.
Typo, or Signas' new nickname? Cause I'm fine if it's the latter.
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7534100 Is it wrong that I'm completely curious as to what it is?
7533601 I'm sure hell get the "metalman" treatment?
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How?
7533794 I WILL MURDER YOU AND ALL YOU LOVE SHUT UP!
Octy treated Axl with more respect than Zero did in the original game. This was nice.
7533794 So you're the cause of my suffering! So then, if I tear you to pieces, the pain will stop!
X7 was the game I could never bring myself to play after seeing previews. Given all the comments on parts of it here I'm glad I did that. Now, seeing how Tats changes things will be awesome. I have to wonder if Axl will qualify as a test for X, Alia, Zero, and Iris if they're ready to deal with a teenage reploid. I can totally see Zero walking away from talking with Axl and saying, "I need a fricking drink!"
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Descend towards the Earth in a conflagration.
Wait, so Octavia is almost 200 now? Goody! I know exactly what TFS quote I'd kill to have her quote in the near future.
"I am a hundred and ninety-nine years old. I don't give a FUCK!!!"
7534816 Do you remember what happened to Metalman?
Not only destroyed but all traces of his data deleted, a fitting end for a maverick so annoying don't you think?
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Ouch, but yeah. A fitting end for him.
In what game happened that to Metalman?
7536331 Mega Man 2 in Wily's Little Wub
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Ah, I never read that one.
... Oh dear god. Axl's the Scrappy of the story!!!
You know, if Scrappy was a lot more tolerable and actually competent.
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Funny story, two of the Scooby Doo cartoons that were canceled and two of the cartoon movies, Scrappy Do was actually more tolerable and competent, but by then it was too late to save the character.
I'm highly suspicious that this Red character is Sigma playing the long game as the leader of a mercenary force.
Wait, never mind.
7559573 Hilarious to those who've actually played the game...
While Iris is getting the sword ... Octavia brought home this guy.
Axl: Maverick Hunter HQ?! This...
Octavia: I'm also going to need that guitar.
Ah, finaly get to meet cousin Axl.
Wait, wasn't Axl possessed by Hastur?
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Other Axel.
So cute ❤️❤️❤️
... seems the final legacy of light is being revealed... axl... be ready...