>What do?

Call in Wily and ask him about the other Stalkers he created.

You call up Dr. Wily and ask him how many Stalkers there are.

He says he can't tell you, in order to create a perfect virus he put them in a survival of the fittest scenario, so you can't be too prepared for them.

That sounds pretty stupid, but you don't have time to comment. He says he's busy designing a big robot shaped like a skull so he has to go.

>>17952321
Well, let's take care of our unwanted guests before we manage to breed some kind of robot super aids. Any idea how to get rid of them?

You try to come up with a way to get rid of the extra Stalkers.

MORRIGAN finishes locking them down and explains, what SHOULD work is destroying the original Stalker, which would result in a carrier wave in the motherbox which should cyberjam all future signals.

Basically confront the original carrier, and defeat them to cleanse your system.

Y'all should probably review the characters from Darkstalkers and see how they relate to any of the robot masters.


Also, I want a pet. Does anybody else want a pet? Blade Woman needs a pet. I think she should bang Quint. I think a sentient bladed pogo stick is a pretty cool pet for a Blade Woman.

>>17952572
Tell her we do intend to keep the FELICIA stalker around.

You tell MORRIGAN that you want to keep FELICIA if at all possible.

MORRIGAN has no idea which one is FELICIA, and the only way to find out would be to confront the carrier or unlock the Stalker.

The latter, by the way, sounds like a really bad idea.

>>17952718
>confront the carrier
How, exactly, would one do that?

You ask how the hell you're supposed to do that.

MORRIGAN explains, that the most effective course of action would be to accuse them. If they are carrying a Stalker they will likely respond, and try to fight you.

If they are not, then they will likely just get confused and think you're a weirdo.

Alternatively, you can just sort of wait for the locks to bust, which will inevitably lead you to the carrier anyway, albeit at a tactical disadvantage.

>>17952932
Clearly, we need to tell GET OUT OF HERE STALKER at everyone in sight.

We gotta keep Hisen-Ko too. She's awesome!

You consider your options, such as keeping a Stalker or two for later. You also consider just sort of jumping in everyone's face and yelling at them. Of course if that gets around, people might become suspicious of you and you risk them finding out about MORRIGAN.

As you ponder this, Metal Man just sort of leaves.

>>17953337
Tell Metal Man to wait, ask him if he wants to catch a drink with you later once you get some things sorted out.

Morrigan, probability check: How likely was it that Metal Man had time and capacity to add in STALKERS during that checkup?

>>17953831
Man, that would be the smoothest fucking move.

> Hey, Ice Man. In for a checkup?
> Yeah, you know how it is.
> INFECT
> well, there you go
> Alright, thanks!

And he just keeps on doin it.

You ask Metal Man if you can maybe grab a drink later, once you get your... situation taken care of.

He says he'd love to, he's just very busy right now. Lots of other patients to see.

MORRIGAN reports that it's possible he could have infected you, you're not really sure about the limits of how Stalkers can spread, but if Cut Man and JEDAH are any indication, just touching him could have spread it.

Though if that's what happened he likely would have hidden his Stalker from the screening.

>>17953952
We could accuse him, but I don't see that working well. Hm... Should we move on then? He sounds busy, keeping him stalled will just annoy him. Besides, we can get that drink with him later.

You decide to see him later.

What do you do in the meanwhile?

>>17954389
Go visit Yamato Man.

>>17954524
Seconding this.

Slow day, isn't it?

You find Yamato Man in the casino, playing blackjack.

Apparently Wily has a casino.

>>17954759
Sit down at the table, and count cards using a text file but let him win the majority of hands.

>>17954849
We have no skill, I can't see this going anywhere but horribly. Why not though, I guess. Might want to skip on the cheating though.

>>17954879
It's not cheating, it's using our resources to the fullest!

Yamato Man loses another hand and you ask that they deal you in.

You consider counting the cards, as any robot would, but as any robot dealer would, Magic Man has come up with a solution.

A massive pile of over six thousand decks merged into one.

Counting cards isn't going to help much unless you have some kind of robo-autism.

>>17954964
.... thats alot of counting....
Welp down to actually cheating or being good at poker.

>>17954985
Wait, we have no skill right?
And Yamato man is losing.
why don't we lose with him?
Then we can "commiserate" over our loses.

>>17955011
>pitty sex?
i can dig it

>>17954964
Well, we have disposable income... Right? Oh, we're going to wind up in so much debt, aren't we?

Perhaps we only play every few hands, spend the rest drinking light alcohols and offer some heavy stuff for our friend?

Challenge Yamato man, loser is the winners servant for a day or something. What are we even betting with, RAM chips?

You try throwing a few games to give a little money to Yamato Man, but after a few hands you both wound up just giving the house a bunch of money.

The dealer is starting to feel bad for you.

You have several options at this point, but if you want to stay in the game you'll have to bet with collateral.

>>17955088
Our collateral will be certain... services to the house.

>>17955088
Bet our breastplate, wink at Yamatoman as we take it off and put it on the table.

You bet your chestplate and wink at Yamato Man. His expression is difficult to read.

Magic Man accepts the bet, the house has accepted stranger things.

He deals you in.
>Magic Man - ? 6♣
>Yamato Man - ? 5♥
>Blade Woman - 2♥ Q♣

>Hit
>Stand
>Double Down

What do?

>>17955414
ACTIVATE CHARISMA MODE

>>17955414
wisdom mode
then charisma + hit

>>17955414
Hit, all day erry day.

You hit, and try to activate Charm.

...which doesn't work! Because it's in a chip in your chestplate, remember?

Everyone hits, with Yamato Man busting out. Damn.

>Magic Man - ? 6♣ 4♠
>Yamato Man - 10♦ 5♥ J♣ (BUST)
>Blade Woman - 2♥ (Q♣) 5♠

Activate Robo-Autism!

We gotta hit that.

You try switching to Clown Man's power to activate some kind of latent robo-autism.

It does not work.

Magic Man awaits your next move.

>>17955747
Dammit.

If only there was a Rain Main that we could have sexed up first.

stand.

also activate wisdom and see if we can figure something out

You're conflicted between a hit or a stand, you try to use wisdom to gleam some information on Magic Man.

Somehow, it seems any data on him has been scrubbed from the network.

Yell out terms from other games as you make your move, as to confuse dealer into bad plays!

Sayyyyyyyy.

If destroying a carrier destroys the stalker too, that means other stalkers are going to try and destroy us, doesn't it.

That's... Not good!

Let's just stay Classy to not look more stupid and desperate than necessary, and play the next round.

You keep it classy, and hit.

>Magic Man - ? 6♣ 4♠ 5♣
>Yamato Man - 10♦ 5♥ J♣ (BUST)
>Blade Woman - 2♥ (Q♣) 5♠ A♦

Hmm, the tension's cranking up.

What do?

Hit!

HIT ME!

>Magic Man - (4♦) 6♣ 4♠ 5♣ (19)
>Yamato Man - 10♦ 5♥ J♣ (25)(BUST)
>Blade Woman - 2♥ (Q♣) 5♠ A♦ J♠ (28)(BUST)

AW SHIT

Welp, the house wins again. Good thing you spent all that time gathering data for your Charm upgrade. Yep, sure hope they put it to good use here.

You can always bet something else, or try something a little more sly.

NEXT TIME, because I have shit to do in the morning.

See you tomorrow /tg/

I am disappoint /tg/. You are given a casino setting and you didn't think to plot a heist?

I thought you guys were cool.

>>17959753
How would a heist get us any closer to either fucking anyone or figuring out who has a STALKER?

Heists are cool, given, but there's a time and a place.

>>17959779
-Access to casino security feeds, as well as records on employees, customers, banned players etc. (good for intel and blackmail material)
-Access to casino back rooms and hallways (Good for moving around undetected, privacy for spur-of-the-moment infection opportunities)
-Action-packed suspenseful situations with threats of violence make for good sexual tension.
-Resources for badly needed upgrades.

>>17959938
> Badly-needed
You know until we lost our chestplate, we were doing just fine?
> sexual tension
Who with? We didn't have a partner yet.
> access to back room
It's wily's casino, pretty sure we have that anyway.
> Intel
Up until Magic Man, wily's database did us just fine.

>>17959947
Fine, it's a stupid plan. Are you happy now?

Ugh I need to got steal some cakes.

>>17959947
Now hold on just a minute. We could ALWAYS use intel. There's things Wily isn't telling us, and deliberately so. Being able to see who has other STALKERS by watching them try to cheat at cards - and, further, watching who reacts to their shifting and what colour schemes they take on - would give us VERY important intel.

bump

Options:

1.- Blade Woman could offer Magic Man sexual favors in exchange for the suit. This has the notable drawbacks of: relying on his sexual mores vs his greed/business sense(not very likely), getting even a bigger rep as a slut, and risking rejection and public embarrassment. The rumors and gossip could be devastating.

2.- Offer to work in the Casino to repay her debts. Depending on how big the tab is; this could range from a short term a a dealer to an eternity in a Hooter's outfit. Besides the obvious drawback of lack of sexytimes(unless working as some sort of "escort"); Blade Woman would be stationary, meaning open to courtship(more prone to random events), meaning having to friendzone to "keep her options open", which could later lead to some tensions around old flames. Which could mean Death.

3.- Ask another RobotMaster to WhiteKnight and win the suit back for her. Very unlikely, given the current lack of Moe and Charm attributes. Though perhaps she could capitalize on the rivalry between East vs West with Yamato Man and Knight Man.

4.- Keep playing. Completely Random, and could end up being even worse.

5.- Steal it later. Since Blade Woman is a villain, I don't expect punishment from Wily's part. Would have to watch out for Magic Man in the future, though.

And now for the whacked up:

6.- Switch to ShadeMan powers. Spend 2 blood and Dominate him into giving BW back her suit.

7.- Confront him using BW's superior arsenal. This would end up poorly though.

8.- Ask Wily for a 'special favor'. Though this is something of a cop out; rather bland and weak.

9.- Using Freeze Man's power, freeze him in the spot, grab the suit and get the hell out. Such a shameful, direct approach could offend GLORIOUS NIPPON YAMATO MAN'S Honor, though.

10.- Go out, seduce Bright Man or Toad Man, then use their time haxxorz powers to aid you in stealing the suit.

11.- Disregard suit and upgrades; go naked the rest of the quest. It's an option, alright, though one even I am opposed to.

12.- Trade something in your possession. perhaps MM would be interested in Arthur's Armor?

>>17964647
>>17964868

4 could work if anyone on /tg/ knew when to hit and stand in Blackjack

6 seems like a fine option as well

...I think

Gentlemen, I suspect Splash Woman could be a stalker and that her virus (tentatively called LILITH) is also spread by clanking.

My reasons are:

>Seems depressed and slutty
>Accepted your hamfisted advances
>She fits in the time frame between the first and second infections.

She may have been to tanked to notice BW changing powers, which may play out in our favor. Or she could be oblivious to such, remember what Cut Man Said?

>Basically Stalkers are prototypes for a software upgrade that greatly enhances hardware abilities, MORRIGAN seems to be the most advanced build, being capable of both reconnaissance, weapon adaptability, and

Reconnaissance may very well be the ability to notice such changes.

>>17952718
FELICIA..?
Wait, wut? When did this happen?

>>17965971
Could we fuse Stalkers together if we had the right interface and tools?

Also, I like the Splash Woman analysis. Clever. Also, I don't trust Cutman's explanation completely. Spread by simple physical contact? Sounds too convenient.

You consider your options while Magic Man retrieves another deck for the next hand.

What do?

Hmm. She has no Skill to gamble with...
I don't suppose just physically assaulting him with something would be an option?
What about a limpet mine under his table? Cleverness worked well with Shade Man. We've got blades galore, we could "cut the deck."

>>17966763
One vote for playing the next round. Offer [Your services] As collateral. if he doesn't accept, Arthur's Armor.

>>17966817
Unlikely. Yamato Man would probably be pissed, and the casino may have additional security.

If you want to steal, be subtle about it. Finally, Gambling requires Wisdom, not Skill. Unless you're dealing, and then it's cheating.

You try to buy into the next hand by wagering your 'services'.

Magic Man says they have a policy regarding that, and if you lose this hand you'll have to talk to the owner regarding your employment.

He asks if you're certain this is what you want to do.

>>17966911
Hmm. Well, I'm trying to be helpful and coming up with nothing.
Also, where did the other 2 hostile programs come from? I caught up on the threads, which're terrific btw, but can't seem to work out where FELICIA came in.
JEDAH = Cut Man, check.
MORRIGAN = Blade Woman, check.
LILLTH =? Splash Woman.

>>17966871
Sounds good.

>>17967069
The only confirmed Stalkers are MORRIGAN and JEDAH.

LILITH, FELICIA, DEMITRI, and HSIEN-KO are the hypothetical ones that've been tossed around by readers/players.

>>17967024
ask if you can at least have for brestplate on dureing this next hand, its feelin cold

>>17967024
Who is the owner?

>>17967108
Ah, ok -thanks.
I was thrown off by >>17952718 which sort of implies that FELICIA is actually confirmed as real.
Nm then.

You ask if you can at least wear your chestplate this hand, as it's sort of cold.

You also ask who the owner is.

The owner comes up behind you and answers both questions, his name is King, and no, you may not wear it, as it currently property of the house. If you want to play this hand you're free to wager more armor or your services, otherwise you should get out of his establishment.

>>17967350
> king's the owner
OOOOOOOF course he is. Hoi.

I really should've seen this coming.

Is he on our to-do list?

You check if King or Magic Man are on your to-do list, as well as look up any pertinent data on them.

Sadly, they seem to be complete blanks in the system.

You're beginning to question the legitimacy of this place.

>>17967350
bet your arm plate, and DONT FUCKING Louse
also ask morg to de an extra scan for any stalkers we may have just picked up. i have a bad feelin

>>17967350
It's on, on like Donkey Kong!

>>17967415
...indeed.
On the plus side, that does make the possibility of violence much more appealing. Crims can't call Cops, after all.
Hmm.
Wait. Do we have money at all to wager? What about buying back our lost gear?

Bet armor that doesn't have a goddamned upgrade in it!

>>17967024
Well, time to deal 'em.

Well, it looks like you're playing the next hand.

But what will you wager? Your braces, boots, or servitude?

As an aside, King has decided to play this hand as well. Make of that what you will.

MORRIGAN's back with the virus report, no new Stalkers have been detected.

>>17967706
Boots.

>>17967737
seconded. also ask king about the legitamacy of this place

>>17967706
Contract should be the last resort. I don't like this guy.

>>17967848
I think we should probably avoid pissing him off any more than is strictly necessary if we want to come out of this with our legs intact.

You put your boots on the table, and Magic Man deals everyone in.


>Magic Man - (??) 8♥ (8?)
>Yamato Man - (??) J♥ (10?)
>Blade Woman - (8♦) 3♦ (11)
>King - (??) 6♠ (6?)

You ask King about whether or not Wily knows about this place, he covertly asks you whether or not your lovers know about that parasite you're carrying.

you guys are STILL playing cards?

>>17967930
SHIT JUST GOT REAL

sometimes i forget images

>>17967930
tell him
"only the ones that ask"

You tell him in as sly a way you can muster, that you only tell them if they ask about it.

>"Hm."

He and Magic Man hit, Yamato Man stands.

>Magic Man - (??) 8♥ 6♦ (12?)
>Yamato Man - (??) J♥ (10?)
>Blade Woman - (8♦) 3♦ (11)
>King - (??) 6♠ 6♥(12?)

They're waiting for you to make your move.

>>17968207
double down, offer armcuffs.

>>17968245
also, turn on another power... i cant remember them all, clown mans seems to not work.

>>17968245
This this this.

WE'RE DOIN THIS SHIT LIVE

You double down with your armbraces, and switch to Splash Woman's power.

>Magic Man - (K♦) 8♥ 6♦ (24) (BUST)
>Yamato Man - (??) J♥ (10?)
>Blade Woman - (8♦) 3♦ 7♥ (18)
>King - (??) 6♠ 6♥(12?)

>>17968616
FUCK THE POLICE

>>17968619
We got this. Stay.

Activate Stand power.

By which I mean stand.

You have to stand, that's how double downs work.

AND THE REVEAL
>Magic Man - (K♦) 8♥ 6♦ (24) (BUST)
>Yamato Man - (J♦) J♥ (20)
>Blade Woman - (8♦) 3♦ 7♥ (18)
>King - (9♦) 6♠ 6♥(21)

...and the house wins again.

Well, what the fuck are you gonna do now?

>>17968694
BLOW

UP

EVERYTHING

>>17968694
casually reset the SNES and enter the code for before this encounter.

>>17968694
Welp, we're boned. Seems I was right about that "us ending up in huge debt" prediction... Sadly. We can't cheat, we can't win, but we can't leave because of our upgrades and stuff. I guess we bet our servitude now...?

>>17968745
...I like this idea.
But.
Let's offer to gamble for information about Stalkers.
I'm sure we're being cheated, but I wonder if our luck won't turn around with the right topic.

>>17968863
You're betting on plot immunity? That's ballsy enough it might work...

>>17968899
Not in so many words.
They have some knowledge of what's going on and are working off the grid.
That's dangerous. But....possibly critical. Not sure just yet.
But we haven't got much else to lose, and a lot we might learn.

>>17968838
I don't really like how betting has gone for us so far.
Let's just try bartering with King. He'll probably make us bet anyway, but it's worth a shot at least.
We have
>some limited information about Stalkers
>Several Stalkers
>a small arsenal of other RMs' abilities
>the capacity to use those abilities as templates for real-world things apparently, or however building a racecar worked

I don't suppose there's any way we can pull a Jojo on this guy, is there.

You try to wager information regarding the Stalkers.

>"Hm? You mean Wily's latest little pet project conquer the world through a series of computer viruses that will eventually destroy each other resulting in one grand champion virus? The viruses based on Megaman's, Protoman's and Bass' copy abilities? Those Stalkers? My dear, you're not the first person to wager such information."

WELL SHIT

You try to make a deal.

>"You're not the first Stalker carrier to end up indebted to me, I'd be willing to return your equipment in exchange for just doing a few odd jobs for me. I'll even let you choose the job, I have quite a few. I'm sure they'd be good experience."

Alternatively, you can just keep playing and hope to win them back.

>>17969016
With how betting has done for us so far... Yeah no. We'll take the jobs.

>>17969016
in a word: FUCK.
Didn't see THAT coming....though now I suspect King to be a carrier as well. Maybe he's got DMITRI, if there is such a thing.

Okies.
What's he want done?

>>17969016
Y'know what? Let's take the jobs.

It can't be any more morally bankrupt than what we're doing anyway.

>>17969016
Ask for the list.
If he won't tell us yet... make the deal anyway.

(>>17968949 here, I am not a gambling man)

You ask what kind of jobs he's talking here.

He says they jobs he's got are typically sorted into five categories.

>NEGOTIATOR - For high-tension situations that need a peaceful resolution (CHARM)
>HACKER - For dealing with tough to manage types, as well as erasing incriminating data. Also robotomies. (WISDOM)
>STAFF - Staff the casino, not very risky, but usually pays well. (CLASS)
>DECOY - "...Look, some robots think twice before shooting a pretty girl, okay?"" (MOE)
>ASSASSIN - Exactly what it says in the name. (SKILL)

>"It may be best to play to your strengths..."

>>17969260
SEX NEGOTIATOR or SEX DECOY it is then.

>>17969260
"I'll do it, but it looks like I'll need my stuff back for some of those."

...
Interesting.
Very interesting.
Let's do it.

>>17969282
Echo this.

>>17969260
I say hacking because it will teach us to do it for ourselves, we still have our Wisdom Helmet, and it will give us more information. Also... We could possibly put bugs in the casino.

Hell yeah! Gainful employment!

We can still fulfill our mission to Wily if we're doing this, right?

>>17969260
Staff. Staff is defiantly our best choice. Plus we get to spy on other patrons.

You weigh your options and ask King if you can have your gear back before you do the job.

Of course you can. He knows how this Stalker thing works, you'll need those upgrades.

Sayyyyy.

He knows how we transmit our Stalker. Unless he figured it out for himself, somebody we slept with (probably another Stalker) must know how we work.

Or else he just used common sense I guess

>>17969446
Ask him what it would take to get information about other stalkers.

Also: work the class role.

>>17969501
He probably knows enough about the STALKER virus to not assume how it spreads unless he has proof. Cut Man could do it with touch for instances. Why he professor decided sex was a better transmitter than touch is beyond me though... Damn Cut Man, being all neutral, and able to steal powers with touch...

okay so by my count it looks like a tie between

>NEGOTIATOR - For high-tension situations that need a peaceful resolution (CHARM)
>STAFF - Staff the casino, not very risky, but usually pays well. (CLASS)
>DECOY - "...Look, some robots think twice before shooting a pretty girl, okay?"" (MOE)

Also, yes you can still do your primary mission while pursuing work on the side.

But seriously we need a tie-breaker here.

STAFF.

>>17969684
Charm.

>>17969688
>>17969706
WELL THANKS GUYS

>NEGOTIATOR - For high-tension situations that need a peaceful resolution (CHARM)
>STAFF - Staff the casino, not very risky, but usually pays well. (CLASS)

alright we need another tie breaker

>>17969904
NEGOTIATOR.

>>17969904
STAFF

Out of game question: How are you resolving who gets what cards?

>>17969963
FUCK YOUR EVERYTHING.

>>17969969
I have an actual deck of playing cards in front of me, I just deal out everyone's hands and choose whether to hit or stay based solely on their odds of getting closer to 21 or busting out.

>NEGOTIATOR
YEP

>>17970024
>STAFF

Eh, fuck it. Choose one BD, and let us journey onward.

>>17969904
DUCK SEASON, FIRE!

Negotiator

You settle on NEGOTIATOR.

>"Excellent, here's your stuff back. Please, contact me when you're ready for your first assignment."

SPECIAL EVENT UNLOCKED!

It will be waiting for you on the speed-dial, ready to access at your convenience.

Meanwhile, Yamato Man and Magic Man conveniently ignored that entire dialogue, and Yamato Man is running low on things to bet.

... with the nature of this quest, I am surprised no drawfags have drawn porn of Blade Woman yet.

>>17970264
Tell him that if he cuts it short, we'll take him out for some drinks.

Then we fuck him.

Try to get Yamato man away from the table, he'll thank us later.

>>17970264
Solid.
...any chance we can just walk up behind Yamato and USB RAEP him?
Or better yet: bet that he'll lose his next hand, at the cost of Sex if he does? We could cover the bet as part of the stake.
Let's offer a Shield power...?

Let's... Not bet anymore.

We aren't good at it.

/tg/ is bad at Magic, bad at poker... maybe we're just bad at card games in general.

You offer to buy Yamato Man a drink if he quits now.

He sighs, and concedes that that's probably for the best.

On the way to the bar he says he's a little worried about you though, you had to make a deal with King to get your stuff back. He's seen some people go down some dark roads that way.

>>17970461
It was blackjack.

>>17970483

Says the man in naught but underwear and a helmet...

>>17970506
Derp, that's what I meant.

>>17970528
Well, he'd know.
Let him talk, maybe we'll learn something.

>>17970483
>tell him, "he can still get lucky tonight, if ya know what i mean" then filter that threw class.

>>17970483
"I've only been active for [activation period], and I've already seen some pretty screwed up shit."
Followed by, >>17970577

>"Says the man in naught but underwear and a helmet..."

Okay, point taken. But he's serious. Shadow Man worked out a similar deal with King when Yamato Man and Shadow Man would hang out together, since then he hasn't really seen Shadow Man at all. Even his personal quarters seem untouched. You might want to be careful.

>>17970618
its time for ninja rape.

>>17970618
"oh dont feel so bad, here ill do you two favors, and you wont have to pay me back. one, ill take a look into what has become of shadow man, and two, ill show you that you can still "get lucky" tonight."

>>17970679
also now that we have it, back.
charisma at the second part, about 2 sizes bigger should do it,

>"Oh don't feel so bad, here ill do you two favors, and you wont have to pay me back. One, I'll take a look into what has become of Shadow Man, and two, I'll show you that you can still 'get lucky' tonight."

He seems appreciative of both.

It occurs to you that you may want to skip the bar and just head to your personal quarters.

>>17970753
Easy.

>>17970753
Well, we did say we'd buy him a drink, and are we not a lady of our word? Let's at least do that first.

>>17970806
alternatively just ask him if he wants to even bother with the drink. I'm sure he's thinkin the same thing.

You ask if he wants to even bother the drink.

Honestly Yamato Man is up for whatever after an offer like that.

>>17970984
aaaaaand fade to black

>>17970984
Let's go check his place out, then.

Just to give Bizarro grief. :D

...and it's the cleverly named Yamato Spear.

Not bad I guess, it busts shields but...

Well, cool another one down, and new possibilities opened up with King.

Plus a new mystery with Shadow Man, what's up with that? How does King know about Stalkers? What the fuck are you gonna do about those three other Stalkers just chilling in your system?

NEXT TIME
ON LADY ROBOT MASTER QUEST

>>17971162
What's the box around Metal Man signify?

>>17971174
Prior engagement, you agreed to meet with him for drinks later.

>>17971057
so we have 2 special events now? i think we should get them done with.

maybe go do the interview that could be cool

>>17968694
That's not how blackjack works; there can't be two "houses". You are playing against the House, not the other players.

But the oddjobs thingy seems cool enough.

>>17971505
That occurred to me, but Magic Man is too damn fun to draw and I wasn't about to take away this Indiana Jones/James Bond-esque moment of having the owner challenge you to a game.

SO WHATEVER, it's not like the Mega Man universe makes much sense anyway.

bump

Bump

Bump a roo!

Alright, so yeah, where were we?

>>17981196
Interview.

You arrive at the Battle & Chase news set. Ripot greets you, and is glad you could make it.

They can get started as soon as the other guests arrive.

Quick Man walks in.

Well, that's reasonable, I mean, he is the one that won the race. Course he'd be part of the interview.

Other guests? Oh man, I hope Quick Man doesn't come looking for payback. ...Again.

>>17981546
>>17981558

SON OF A BITCH

Damn my lack of timing.

>>17981546

Be polite. "Congratulations!" Deny everything.

>>17981546
"I swear that wasn't supposed to happen. When it did."

Metal Man seemed suspiciously affable earlier for someone who knows you're full of viruses.

But we need to get Metal Blade at some point. Seriously. EVERYBODY is weak to Metal Blade, everyone!

You behave courteously towards Quick Man, who seems to be willing to bury the hatchet.

Six Machine walks in, followed by Metal Man.

>>17981813
Oh god, steal his helmet. WE MUST KNOW WHO HE IS.

Nah, just wave hello.
What's Metal Man doing here by the way?

I'm 6% percent sure Six Machine is Megaman.
94% sure is Blade Women from the future.
She sometimes mixes up her "I"s and "E"s.

Wonder if he's stuffing with robo socks, or if he's just well endowed.

Wonder if robots even wear socks. Wisdom check on that.

Pic related.

>>17981998
Dammit captcha.

You consider whether or not Six Machine is crotch-stuffing.

Before you can reach a conclusion the broadcast starts.

>BATTLE AND CHASE ACTION NEWS
>"Which brings us to our next segment, 'What the Hell was that', tonight we'll be discussing Quick Man's victory in last week's race. Seriously, what the Hell was that?"

Plum introduces everyone.

>"Joining us on our state of the art, easy to draw, round-table green screen display, are Quick Man, the winner of the race."
>"Uh... good to be here."
>"Six Machine, the victim of the incident."
>"Hey."
>"Metal Man, expert level engineer."
>"Great to be on the show."
>"And Blade Woman, the designer of Quick Man's vehicle."

UH

SHIT WHAT DO YOU SAY
WHAT DO YOU DO

>>17982235
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I LOVE ROBOT COCK OH FUCK I'M THINKING OUT LOUD PLEASE TELL ME THIS ISN'T LIVE

>>17982235
Let's be responsible
"Good Night Everyone"

>>17982235

"Hello!"

wait is it evening? what time is it?

You almost panic and shout something about robot cock, thankfully you keep it charming and classy.

>"Good evening everyone,"

Plum directs the next question to you, as the designer of his car, can you tell us, what the Hell happened?

I am severely disappointed by the lack of bad puns in these topics lately. I thought that was Blade Woman's bread and butter!?

>>17982463
Do we even know what happened?

Check for schematics. Then, presuming we haven't any, "I wish I could say. I don't have access to the full schematics of the parts I used. You'd have to ask Quick Man, he built it."

>"I wish I could say. You'd have to ask Quick Man, he built it."

You do have the schematics, you made them. They were just simplified because Wisdom shut up.

Quick Man points out that he just followed your schematics to the letter, or do you think he seriously designed a car that punched him in the face?

lets play 'how often will bizarro forget the image'

>>17982716
use wisdom to check over the schematics and figure out wtf

>>17982721
Say it wasn't intended but must of been a side effect of the systems in place as much of the tech was experimental

You explain that you were testing some highly experimental stuff in that race, and what happened wasn't intentional.

Plum asks if that seemed like a good idea, bringing untested theoretical technology to a race with a large amount of racers and bystanders.

Metal Man also says that he was very impressed by it, and was hoping they could take a look at the schematics if possible.

>>17982916
Respond by saying that it wasn't UNTESTED, just experimental, and that what occurred was not within the parameters of what was thought to be possible.

rolled 13 = 13

Obviously you can't give out the schematics because of the bugs that were revealed during the race. You'd hate for anyone to get hurt.

You explain that the technology used really shouldn't have done that, period. What occurred was so far outside of what you used that you really have no idea what caused it, because of this you can't release the schematics.

Six Machine wants to know how Quick Man plans on replacing his ride.

>>17983118
Uh oh.
Also, are they talking about the infection, the punching, or the comet shenanigans?

>>17982916
It was tested technology just more at beta testing than production stage

>>17983193
Don't forget the fact that in that first race screen the car looks all crazy and distorted... but yes some clarification on what incident in particular they are referencing would be good to know.

>>17983263
On that note I'd also like to know how Quick Man plans to pay for the wrecked car.

>>17983285
We built that car to replace the car we blew up.

We really don't want that to come out on air.

Don't we? It pressures Quickman into building Blue a car and we can play it off like destroying his old car was doing him a favor. We can simultaneously shame him and make him pay up, all with a cough and a smirk... and if he's unwilling we can build Six a car instead and gain a reputation as that awesome gearhead chick.

Bizarro, i was having the shittiest day and you just made it so much better.

Quick Man says he isn't paying for it, he didn't know that would happen.

That being the incident we're all talking about.

The car... corruption... thing...

>>17983466
Offer to make it up to Six Machine later. You bear some of the responsibility, after all.

>>17983510
This may end poorly for us. Let's keep quite for now and deny everything.

Like the best politicians!

>>17983466
Perhaps we could come to an agreement, gentlemen.

As it stands now, I'm TANGENTIALLY responsible for the 'malfunctions' and the extremely unlikely, surprising 'events' in the race. As such, I'd like to publicly apologize for the hap-hazardous 'abnormalities' seen in the race and offer my services to Six-Machine.

>>17983541
Why don't we do this until the interview is over andthen talk things over privately with the guy himself? We could offer to rebuild it for him, and maybe even add a bit more oomph to the original design.

>>17983589
Rather do that and offer Six our services after we have discovered the source of the malfunction.

>>17983604
NO

NO MORE SERVICES

Gentlemen, practice these words in front of the mirror:
Although we are constantly exploring the subject, currently there is no direct evidence that links our design to the car malfunction.

>"As it stands now, I'm TANGENTIALLY responsible for the 'malfunctions' and the extremely unlikely, surprising 'events' in the race. As such, I'd like to publicly apologize for the hap-hazardous 'abnormalities' seen in the race and offer my services to Six-Machine."

That's all very kind, but let's get back to news-worthy stuff here. You can discuss it later.

Plum asks just what the hell that was.

Metal Man says he's never seen anything like that, it was like some crazy reality bending stuff. Beyond Flash Man, beyond Time Man, real crazy. Heavier than that pause-unpause paradox Mega Man pulled during Wily's first attempt. He literally has no idea what happened.

>>17983639
Stay quiet. Let the interview play out a bit more. If anyone presses us, claim ignorance and an unwillingness to speculate without data.

You clam up and let the interview play out, lots of baseless speculation is thrown about, but nothing is solidified.

Plum thanks you all for your time, and leads into the next segment.

>"When we come back, could Dr. Wily be planning another takeover? Early blueprints on a new wave of Robot Masters have been found with some shocking information."

"Perhaps someone pressed Up in the Second Controller?"

After the interview Six Machine confronts you, so what did you have in mind?

>>17983779
Well, that's really up to him, isn't it? We could build him a new car, but after what happened with Quick Man's he might not want one.

>>17983779
We have lots of things in mind... WINK

>>17983791
Let's leave things up to him.

>>17983779

i could help you come up with new, upgraded schematics - give it an extra blast, so to speak. Or with the repairs to your current ride; with materials and labor. Or, perhaps, <other< services *wink*.

[beat]

Something to spice up your act, maybe? fresher beats, more phat?

You ask what he had in mind.

Well, he from someone who heard from someone that you might've found yourself into King's empoyment.

Six Machine is wondering if you could put in a good word for him, so he could perform at one of his locations.

>>17983884
I'll see what I can do.

In exchange, could I get the diagnostics from your car, or what remains of it, to find out what went wrong?

>>17983901
No demands! BW is *apologizing* here.

It's not a demand. Seconding
>>17983901

>>17984017
Thirding. We're requesting access to his wreckage so that our second attempt doesn't become evil too.

>>17983901
>>17983953

Perhaps switch the wording to "On a side note, could I get..."

You say you'll see what you can do, and he basically says the same.

Metal Man, Time Man, and a bunch of other super-scientist types have quarantined the race-track because what you did to his car was sort of...

impossible.

and contagious apparently.

But he'll see if he can pull some strings.

>SPECIAL EVENT COMPLETE!

...and that'll wrap up tonight!

How am I going to resolve all these plot threads.

I mean seriously, I went into this originally with zero planning, now I've got to take notes and shit.

Wish I could say I'll be doing this again tomorrow, but I plan on finally taking care of the Mass Effect 3 demo then. Probably this weekend though.

>>17984083
Then we shall finally let this thread die. It had a good 3 day run.

>King's Quest
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