<tt class="bbc_tt">"Attention.  Attention.  Loitering on the streets is not permitted past *BZZT* PM.  Vacate the premises and return to your homes."</tt>The robots - Joy would be able to see there were an even half-dozen of them, now - all repeated in unison as they came towards her and Sen.<tt class="bbc_tt">"Failure to comply will result in levied penalties."</tt>They did not slow down, and they did not stop.  Anyone of particular perception would be able to see small micro-arcs of electricity between their fingers as they moved forward.<tt class="bbc_tt">"You will vacate the premises in accordance to local law as dictated by Commissioner *BZZT*."</tt><br/><br/>They were maybe a half dozen yards away from the pair of high school students when suddenly, a figure emerged from the shadows of a side alley and<em>smashed</em>into one of the robots, sending it flying, crashing into a wall where it neatly collapsed into a pile of scrap.<tt class="bbc_tt">"Alert.  Alert.  Hostile."</tt>Four of the remaining five immediately turned in the figure's direction, as the fifth halted in place, keeping an eye on Sen and Joy.  As two of them approached, the now semi-lit figure blocked their reaching attacks with a sudden wall of crystal that sprang up in front of them.  The light revealed traditional-style clothing, and the general shape of a young man.  Said young man squared his feet on the ground...and then the<em>ground itself</em>propelled him forward.  He took off a second robot's head with an elbow attack as the ground moved him past the pair that had been stopped by his crystal wall.<br/><br/>The ground released him, and he turned to face the remaining three robots as they plodded forward.  Joy would be able to see a flare of spiritual energy as long crystal shards flew from the man's hands, severing the limbs off of a third robot, reducing him to the same textured sprite of scrap the other two had become.<tt class="bbc_tt">"Alert.  Alert.  Overwhelming force.  Retreat.  Retreat."</tt>The two that were still on him - and the one that had been watching Sen and Joy - all attempted to withdraw...but one more fell to a barrage of crystal shards before they could escape.<br/><br/>Now more fully lit, Sen and Joy would be able to see the face of the one who had come to their rescue.  "Are you alright?"