rolled 40 = 40

>>18922372
Why you do this?

In meanwhile, find a way to daze her or anything.
We can't get our cat killed?

We need to get in contact with Amy and Verne and get over there. Abel is pretty much our last connection to our old life, and our only true friend.

And that bitch has our cat.

Maybe we could figure out a way to hack into the phone she is using? Overload it or something? If it is one of those earbud phones it exploding in her head isn't going to be fun.

"well now, if i had any hesitation or pity against you before, it's completely gone now.

why exactly aren't your parents keeping a tighter leash on you?"

Namefaging this thread. I think it is about time.

Also, call Amy and Verne? We could try to get some help from EE, but we wanted to leave Abel out of contact with them, right?

"Why are you doing this?" You ask, and the girl on the other end laughs.
"Well, I didn't hurt him." She said. "I'm just. . using him."
"Using him for what? What do you want from me?"
"This will be simple." She said. "If you kill that doctor for me, I'll let your friend go. Simple as that."
"If I felt any kind of hesitation or pity against you before, it's completely gone now." You snarl.
<Cyan, can you keep two calls up at the same time?>
<Indeed.>
<Good. Call Amy.>
"Hey, Dave." Amy says. "What's up?"
"I need your help. Yours and Verne's specifically." You say. "There's a. . hostage situation."

>>18922513
Let's come up with a place to rendezvous with Amy and Verne before going after Abel.

>>18922513
Tell them exactly where to find your house, tell them that saving Abel, and your cat, is top priority. Go back to the girl.
"Fine, but you hurt him, and nothing will stop me from tracking you down, I think you know that form our last encounter."

"Okay, so this girl has your friend, and wants you to kill someone." Verne said, having taken the phone from Amy. All business now. "We can do this two ways; We go in while you stay on the phone and distract her- or you can supposedly agree to her demands, and we can rendezvous together and take her out working together. We're already in the car, so hurry up and decide." Verne said.
"Well, you get to choose. Your friend here and his cat, or Dr. Viridian." The girl said, her lofty, sing-song voice twisting into something full of hatred. "And choose quickly."

>>18922513
Oh, and tell Amy/Verne to be prepared for explosives and possibly high grade EMP devices.

Have we gotten that upgrade from Jun that protects our prototype from EMP charges yet?

rolled 66 = 66

>>18922601
She likely won't fall for the rendevous without substantial evidence - evidence we DON'T have time to forge.
We'll have to trust Verne with this one, while we try to stall her down the line.

we can always fake her death

also, might want to ask why she is still alive and if she's an android or something

>>18922623
No, but we got that mechandrite.

>>18922601
I'm up for distracting her. Since they're already in the car they can get there faster. Also, I don't want to think about what might happen if we leave her alone for too long.
Talk to the girl, "Exactly how do you want me to do it? Fast, slow, any preference?"

>>18922645
Why wouldn't you take her with your goddamn knife?

>>18922645
Sorry, not to you, that was In Character

>>18922666
Hey, s'all good

>>18922623
>No, not yet- She was designing it, but never got it installed.
"Be prepared for explosives and EMP devices." You told Verne. "I'll keep her on the line, and keep her distracted as best I can. Good luck."

"Well? Decide already!" She screeched, quickly shifting the camera on the smartphoneheadset until it was pointed at- Abel, tied to a chair, knocked unconscious. Something red was trickling down his face. Your blood went cold. "Don't worry, he's still alive." She said.

"How are you still alive?" You ask. "I shot you. With a gauss rifle."
"You got me in the arm." She said. "I can't use the arm anymore. . but I don't need to." She laughed, and twisted the camera again. In your hud, you could see a stump, still bloody and ragged, wrapped up by a tight cloth.
"Now." You say. "How do you want me to do it?"
She took a sharp breath.
"I can do it with a knife, or maybe with my rifle." You said, coldly. "Just don't hurt him. I'll get you what you want."

>>18922709
"Now...when I do this, how am I supposed to let you know? And how do I know you'll keep your end of the bargain?"

>>18922709
I say, when we catch her, or kill her, anyway, but in that first option, I SAY we make her a goddamn ARM.
And we make her that version of arm, when she wants to make something with it...

nevermind, I am just so angry with her.

...
Kill her. There are not other options.

"seriously, where the hell are your parents?"

"I don't caaare how." She said, starting to slur. "Just do it, and do it quickly. I have. . places to be."

There was the sound of a gunshot.

"You. . You set me up." She snarled, and through the camera, you could see her raise her knife, and turn toward Abel. "Now I'm going to have to kill your friend."

Abel's eyes opened, and he rolled out of the chair, exiting the view of the smartphone headset. You heard him say something, but you weren't sure what.
"I'm not! I'm not." The girl said, and there was a second gunshot. The headset view went swooping and diving unnaturally, becoming much too blurry to see anything. "I'm not incompetent!" She screeched. There was the sound of a breaking chair, and the phone was cut off.

>>18922766
We should get the good doctor to give her a cybernetic arm.
The incoherent RAGE she should experience from being helped by the one she's tried so long to kill should be enough to finally shatter what little is left of her mind.
It would be delicious.

rolled 29 = 29

>>18922789
We need to move.
Can we get transport?
If we can reach the carpark, could we hack a vehicle there?

>>18922789
Shit shit shit
"Grayson, get us back to Abel's place, now!"

>>18922798
mahredguard.jpg

Yeah. She SHOULD feel it.

Anyway, rush there.

>>18922816
At least...we are near Grayson, right? Can't remember.

<Grayson next.> You say, already running. The elevator's too slow- you kick open the door to the stairs and start running.

"John Grayson here." He answers.
"I need your car." You say, barrelling out into the parking lot. "And I'm in a hurry."
"What's going on, Dave?" He asked, doing his best to keep calm.
"That bitch has Abel, and I'm going to hurt her for it. Where are you?"
"Fourteenth floor, in one of the security offices."
"We don't have time to mess around with keys or wait for you to get down here, then. I'm just going to hack your car."
He sighed. "Bring it back in one piece."

You slid into Grayson's car, hacked the starter, and then peeled out into the street, already gunning for Abel's place.

rolled 60 = 60

>>18922869
Get mechandrite ready for breaching. Get ourselves ready. GET THAT GIRL DEAD OR ALIVE, AS WE DON'T CARE. Call Amy, again. SITREP!

>>18922895
I agree, try to contact Amy to see what the situation is. Also, can you go over, exactly what out mechandrite can do? Is it basically a third arm?

>>18922920
Recall a Spiderman movie, that with Doctor Ock.
Just like one of That arms.

Espiecially just a cable with a manipulator on the end of it.

>>18922920
>It's essentially a third arm with a claw, much longer and thinner than a normal hand, with a very high amount of points of articulation- as in, it's built kind of like a tail, and able to move about fluidly.

<Call Amy.>
There's. . no response.
<Call Amy!>
<I am, Dave. She's not answering.>

You screech into Abel's driveway, and you see that things have gone wrong;

Verne is on the ground, eyes closed, and Amy's crawling over him, giving him CPR. Her legs and Verne's arm are both sparking wildly- Another EMP, you assume.
You dart out of the car, and hear something smash. Looking to the window, you get the perfect sight of Abel smashing another chair into the firebomber's face. She reeled back, and then her knife flashed out, shredding the chair into pieces.

Some strange, black bile rose up in the back of your throat, and you clenched your fists hard enough for your fingertips to cut into your palms.

You braced yourself, digging your heels into the soft front lawn of Abel's home, and the mechandrite shot out, piercing the glass, and grabbing the woman's leg. You twist your entire torso, and there's a sickening crunch as your mechandrite whips her out of the building- through the shattered window, and into the pavement. The sudden weight shift throws you off-balance, and you fall to your knees.

rolled 6 = 6

>>18922958
YOU ... TINY ... LITTLE ... BRAT!(BITCH)
WHY DON'T YOU STOP. WHY! WON'T! YOU! STOP!

SMASH HER AROUND WITH MECHANDRITE!

rolled 30 = 30

>>18922971
Fuck.

rolled 57 = 57

>>18922980
Dice gods, please?

>>18922983
Eh, guys, I need your help.

rolled 39 = 39

>>18922958
Use the mechandrite to pin her knife arm to the ground. Then punch her in the face, because fuck her.

rolled 22 = 22

>>18922991
Trying man

rolled 39 = 39

>>18922983
Goddamn, they hate you, bro.

The black, acidic bile was still in the back of your throat- You hadn't expressed your anger well enough. the mechandrite whipped into the air, and you twisted your torso again, slamming it into her- But you missed, cracking the pavement half a foot away from her head, gouging it deeply.

The girl moaned, and you pinned her free arm to the ground with the mechandrite. You walked over and punched her in the face, because fuck her. You're so angry, you almost don't hear Cyan.
<More EMP devices incoming.>

rolled 61 = 61

>>18922971

rolling for him.

rolled 5 = 5

>>18923020
Curbstomp her and get running, now!

rolled 43 = 43

move the fuck away

oh, can we hack into the guy and fix him up?

rolled 45 = 45

>>18923020
Oh shit, try to shut them off, if no dice, run, and yell at Amy to do the same.

>>18923020
>Last thread I read was Thread 2
>We were wandering around a building just being generally curious
>See this thread
>We're trying to maim people so hard we're severely damaging concrete
Dave got angry over these last few threads, it seems. The hell did I miss?

>>18923030
CREEEEEEEEEED!

rolled 29 = 29

>>18923020
<Deactivate them, as quickly as possible>

Abel, take care of Verne.
Amy, someone's coming. In large groups.
We, get ready and sure that girl won't get away.
Why don't we break her feet?
MORE TO REPLACE!

rolled 55 = 55

>>18923046
Read the archive. He has goddamn cause to be angry just like the AM.

>>18923046
Bitch firebombed EE.
Smashed EMPs in our face.
Survived a gauss rifle blast at near point-blank.
And threatened our Cat.

She dies.

>>18923020

Deactivate the emp's and stab her multiple times.

No mercy.

rolled 75 = 75

>>18923068

Whoops forgot my dice.

<Target them!> You said, and focused. Time slowed. .

Three EMP devices sailed through the air. You focused, and disabled the first one. Then you went to the second. . and the second activated. Everything went static, and you felt your back arch. You were screaming, you knew, but you couldn't see or hear anything. For half a minute you were stuck in empty nothingness. . And when you came too, Verne and Amy were already sitting up, and Abel was talking with them as Amy disassembled her own legs. Templar was nowhere to be seen.

"Dave? Oh, shit, Dave. Look at yourself." Abel said. "You've got blood everywhere.. Is that yours?"

>>18923076
I hope not. Where is she?

>>18923076
I don't think so, it's probably from that girl...I can't seem to stay out of trouble, can I?
<cyan, still there bud? Sorry for all the EMPs>

"I hope not." You snarl, then look back to the road. "Where is she?"
Abel shuffled his feet. "I don't know. As soon as those two bursts of light went off, you went down, and then a van showed up and took her off somewhere."
"In other words." Verne said. "She has people helping her."
"Or they captured her." Amy added.

>>18923088
Also help them get back, check ourselves.

>>18923088
She's gotta be headed to EE to get to Jun while it's less defended (i'm assuming the new security hasn't arrived yet).
Have Verne and Amy secure here.
We gotta haul ass.

rolled 45 = 45

>>18923076
Check security all around this place and try to find out where they went, keep following the trail through the city's security

rolled 38 = 38

>>18923122
Shit. Gonna try again.
Can't get her get away.

>>18923108
Call Gray and Jun and warn them!!

rolled 98 = 98

>>18923122
>>18923132
One... more... time

>>18923108
Yeah, call Gray and Jun, then make sure Verne is okay, also, check Cyan.

>>18923122
>>18923132
>>18923157

>average:60

YESSSSSSS

>>18923176
Nurw?

You close your eyes, and focus, trying to find some kind of security camera. . . Nothing.
"Abel, is this place one of the ones renovated with CCTV security?" You ask.
"Uh, no- They said they were going to do it, but never got around to it." He said. You wiped your eyes, and your hands came away covered in blood, but ignored it. "But my neighbor is paranoid about burglars, so he has a camera."

"Good, I can use that." you say, and close your eyes. <Cyan, are you hurt?>
<No, I am currently intact. Targetting the camera now.>

Through the replay of the events you just saw, you see two bright flashes, and yourself go down, twitching on the ground, blood coming from your nose, eyes, and ears. A van screeched by, stopped, and two masked men grabbed the girl on the ground, carrying her away. You notice that they take care to grab her knife, too. When the van peels off, you see that it's going. .

"The wrong way." You say.
"What?" Amy asked, having put her legs back together. She hopped up onto her feet and rolled her ankles around.
"The van's going the wrong way. Not towards EE."

rolled 47 = 47

>>18923209
Check the cameras in that general direction. Keep following their trail.

>>18923206
nah

rolled 100 = 100

>>18923225
Dice, why you hate me so?

>>18923206
Nah, i am here mate. I just arrived.

>>18923241
Nice!

rolled 87 = 87

>>18923241
Eh.

>>18923241
DICE, YOU KILLING ME!

rolled 43 = 43

>>18923209
Follow the trail!

rolled 10 = 10

>>18923209
Run a self-diagnosis to see if everything is working.

>>18923246
Good, because we need your rolls.
Mine suck as always.
Also, follow that trail.

rolled 31 = 31

>>18923262
I was thinking of good rolls, Nurw...

rolled 45 = 45

>>18923264
>>18923273
Nah i just had that one good one. In the eyes of the dice gods, we are all eventually equal.

Also i will be gone for half an hour soon anyways.

>>18923262
Good thing we do not need diagnosis.

Focus on the security cameras!

rolled 20 + 0 = 20

>>18923209
Track their direction and follow them. Call Grayson again and see if he can, or wants to catch up and help. Ask Amy and Verne if they would come along nicely. You have the car anyway.

oh shit, maybe she got picked up by a rival company and augmented some

You slide into Grayson's car. "Whichever one of you are useful, get in."

Verne shook his head. "I need to stay here." He said, coughing. "Can't be all active and such. Amy, your legs are fixed, go with him."

She nodded, and slid into the passenger seat, bag in hand, and you take off, swerving by. Every so often, Cyan alerts you of another camera, and you quickly activate bullet-time, hack it, and find out if you're on the right trail.
You are.

"You look like a mess, Dave." Amy said, sitting in the passenger seat, kicking her legs lightly as she waited. "But. . You walk in with this. . look on your face, and the mechandrite whips out. . I've never seen anything like that."

You take a right, and see the van. It's entering. . the power station.

Suddenly, you get a call from Jun.
"Dave."
"What? I'm following the girl."
"Stop. Fall back or whatever!" She said. "The girl has friends, right? Friends with EMP Technology! And if the bullfrog shuts down again, there will most definitely be a feedback issue when it reboots. You'll die, Dave."

>HOW MANY FUCKS GIVEN?

rolled 31 = 31

>>18923335
I would say

NOT A SINGLE ONE!

>>18923355
Next one also 31?

>>18923335
Absolutely zero.

rolled 32 = 32

>>18923335
"You're right.
I will keep here, away from them and monitor them. You keep working on that anti EMP-device.

Does EE have non-augmented security? Can you send them?"

Keep as far as possible while hacking into absolutely everything possible around the and in the power station. If possible set up connection to EE

lets just track her location and if jun has the anti emp stuff ready we head back

>>18923335
Oh shit. Maybe we should break off the chase and go back to EE to see how the anti-EMP system is coming along. Everyone else can still pursue them if they want. If we are close enough behind them to not have to rely on me hacking cameras that is. Otherwise we would probably have to break off the chase completely unless someone else can think of another way to track them.

rolled 55 = 55

>>18923355
Enough fucks to not burst in there like a fucking moron. Hack any cameras inside the building before entering and check out the situation.

>>18923335
>mfw

rolled 71 = 71

>>18923335
No fucks at all! We are gonna save the day by shutting down whatever stupid plan they have in mind.
"Hey, Amy, can you use some of your AIs to see or shut down the kind of tech they've got in that van?"
Also see if Cyan can sense what is in the van.

rolled 6 = 6

>>18923381
That's a brilliant Idea, and I sign up for it.
But still, not a single fuck.

rolled 84 = 84

>>18923335

none.

rolled 40 = 40

>>18923398
REROLL.

rolled 57 = 57

>>18923402
AND AGAIN.

rolled 23 = 23

>>18923408
And again.

>>18923335
Oh fuck it, but yeah let's be cautious.

rolled 62 = 62

>>18923398
Naw, but i had a perfectly good roll!

rolled 23 = 23

>Average: 46

AGAIN!

rolled 3 = 3

oh can we copy some of her other ai's to us now?
ask jun about emp and return if it's ready

rolled 94 = 94

Come on guys, be reasonable!
Don't go in there! We need back up!

rolled 77 = 77

Oh and rollin'

rolled 86 = 86

>>18923420
wow are we getting bad rolls today or what?

>>18923439
Now it's over 50, I guess.

>>18923435
That is why I'm scanning and asking Amy to do as well. Nice roll btw

>>18923445
Okay. Stop rolling, and someone see if it is over 50

>>18923435
Agreed. Call EE and see if they can dispatch security?

Two conflicting thoughts echo throughout your mind. One of them wants to burst their way into the building, kicking ass and taking names. .

But you're not an armored, augmented supersoldier.
"We'll stay out of sight." You tell Jun. "And continue the work on that upgrade- call me when it's ready. I'll need it."
"I'll do that, Dave."

"Amy, can your AIs see or shut down the kind of tech they've got in the van?" You ask, and she pulls up her wrist computer and boots it up. For a moment, you're suprised that the EMP didn't fry it.
"No dice." She said. "They've got some kind of faraday shield- it's keeping signals from getting into their system."

"Let me try." You say, and close your eyes.

You scan each of the cameras you can- there's some kind of static field preventing you from getting any closer, but you can still see through the field via the cameras.

This is not a normal power plant. Most of them don't have Armstek soldiers guarding them with everything from gauss rifles, to monomolecular blades.

"Fuck." You say aloud, your eyes opening. "They've got some kind of PMC in there."
"How- How did you do that?" Amy asked, eyes wide.
"Prototype implant. Long story."

rolled 86 = 86

>>18923466
We should give that info to EE. Let them know that rival company has been attacking them.

Can we try to copy those other two AI's? If Amy managed to make them all work in her PDA, we should be able to do that too, right?

>>18923466
WE NEED GAUSS

>>18923466
"Don't suppose you have any EMP bombs on you Amy, it'd be pretty useful against those Gauss rifles. Course, a regular bomb would be nice too."

>>18923488
Pls don't roll anymore guys. We need those upgrades.

Might as well ask Amy how she got them to work together to make sure we don't mess up.

>>18923466
Roll back into EE.
Take Abel, our cat, Verne and Amy with us. They can help us. Abd they are in danger.

>>18923466
The more AIs the better. As long as they don't muck up our head too much with constant muttering they could definitely be useful.

And it would be nice to have that gauss rifle right now..

>>18923466
Good thing we didn't go in there. We'd be dead meat.

Patch the camera feed to EE, so that they can monitor them.

"Hmm. ." You say, raising an eyebrow to her. You start up the car, and back away, heading back towards EE, after patching the camera feed to them. "I think I could use some of your AI, if that's fine with you. To install on my prototype."
She put her fingers to her lips, as if thinking, and then took off her wrist computer. "Here. Take any of them you want, but I only think there are three that would be any useful. Cyan, Azure, and Onyx."
"And. . what do they do?" you ask her.
"Cyan is a network specialist- he normally does all of my hacking for me. Onyx calculates jumps and physical actions, parabolas, the works. It's due to him that I can leap from rooftop to rooftop. And finally, Azure is . . harder to explain. He pays attention to spacial areas, makes maps of the places I travel, and does all kind of weird stuff. I don't even know why he acts the way he does, so he might be a bit glitchy."
<Dave.> Cyan says in the back of your mind.
<I only sense enough computing power in the prototype for one of us. I believe that only one AI can be active at a time. You have ample storage space- enough for all three, in fact, but only one can be active at a time.>

>Onyx Acquired!
>Azure Acquired!

>>18923599
Shhhhhhwing

rolled 50 = 50

>>18923599
Why not tell Jun to make that memory higher?
Weren't Azure up to emotional help?

>>18923599
Pump up Azure, for now.
Cyan's badass, but we need the best route possible.

>>18923628
This.
We should ask Jun to make an upgrade for us. Could take a while but it will be worth it. Perhaps we will need a battery, but that is a price we can pay.

>>18923628
Yeah, but Jun is working on the anti-EMP shit right now she might not have time, but if so definitely.

Should make the AEMP shit priority though I think.

>>18923599
<Cyan, analyze the EMPs used by the psycho bitch.>
We need to be able to disable them faster. Even if we get shielding for the bullfrog, our other stuff and friends aren't shielded.

>>18923656
Yes, this.

>>18923651
Yeah. After she makes that upgrade, we should get a memory upgrade.

>>18923656
true. The EMPs are our real problem.

>>18923628
> That one was named Vermilion, and it seems that Amy had gotten rid of them since last time you checked her computer.
"So, what are your plans?" Amy asked you as you drove.
"Erm, I have a few ideas. . Get back to base, get the EMP protection upgrade, and then bring as much non-augmented security as I can. Something like that, I guess."
"EMP protection? If I help you guys, can I get in on that? Being legless isn't my idea of a good time, and Verne's missing most of his actual organs- Last time, he almost died." She said, biting her lip.
"I'll have to talk to Jun about that." You say, as you pull into the parking lot of the EE building. There, you saw, was Verne's car- He and Abel were there. "Hey, Dave." Abel said. "I assumed you would be back here."

>>18923656
Yeah those EMPs are a bitch to everyone, and they would disrupt our gauss weapons too.

>>18923697
"I could ask Jun. Heck, maybe you can help her with that? You seem good with that kind of stuff"

Apologize to Abel. And then explain what happened.

I thought we have enough memory, but not enough processing power. We need to upgrade our CPU. Or overclock the one we're using now.

>>18923714
Clever as overclocking your heart. Or brain.

>>18923714
In case that our CPU was under-clocked, 'k.
In any other, nope.jpg

>>18923697
"True, good to see you're okay and I'm sorry for getting you tangled up in this. However, don't think we have time to chat. I need to get this upgrade and take care of whatever that sadistic girl and her friends are planning."
Like a boss

>>18923697
Jun owes it to Verne and Amy for saving my ass multiple times, so we should definitely talk to her about helping them with the EMP protection.

We could also see if Abel could get a place in EE, him going back to his apartment probably isn't the best idea.

>>18923697
Isn't our company full of shady guys at the top? Ask Jun about this as they may be willing to either help us or provide some information or insight. This IS for the best of the company after all.

>>18923754
Yep. Our company is no better. But this is personal, and we might be a bit biased.

>>18923754
Oh yes, this too.

>>18923754
Hmmm this seems slightly dangerous.
But why not, what is the worst that could happen.

>>18923787
Only biased towards EE. After all the threat Alli Templar poses is directly towards EE.

>>18923754
Second this.

"Hmm. Maybe you could help Jun with the EMP stuff- You seem good at that." You tell Amy, and park Grayson's car.
"Sorry about getting you tangled up in all of this, Abel." You say.
Abel shrugged. "Well, I get the feeling that you're in some kind of deep shit. We're friends, so I'll do what I can to help you out. Which. . isn't much, actually."
You get an idea. "Actually, there is something you could do. Look up ArmaTek. I think they're a PMC." You say.
"I'm good at this digging nowadays. I'll get right on it. See you, Verne. Nice catching up." Abel said. "I have a place I can hunker down. And don't worry about your cat- I have her here."
Abel walked out, brandishing a cat carrier. Inside, Ishelda simply sat there, as if bored.

"Now." You say, looking from Verne to Amy. "Let's go talk to Jun."

The elevator ride is slow, and Amy's impatient, fidgiting as she waits. "Why doesn't this thing have elevator music?" She asked.

Soon enough, you reached Jun's office. Cyan informs you that both she and Grayson are there.

>How you gonna handle this?

>>18923824
Completely honest. We have done NOTHING wrong.

>>18923824
Ishelda, she gives no fucks.

Stroll on in, give Jun and Grayson details of the situation. Get our EMP shielding and ask for more information on crazy chick, her brother and how in hell she got involved with ArmaTek.

rolled 15 = 15

>>18923824
Hello. Although I may give no fucks, I like this company. And I want to stay alive.

Jun, this is Amy - she's saved my life, so I think you owe her. Also, she's good at (whatever she was good at was named).

Grayson, meet Verne. I think you both will either like or hate. But most likely like. :D

What's with that emp shielding? And after that, I need more CPU.

rolled 99 = 99

>>18923824
"Sooooo....
Can I get hazardous workplace pay for all this shit?"

>>18923844
Yeah. We even left a NOTE.

>>18923862
do we need to roll for any of that?

rolled 57 = 57

>>18923860
Also, ask 'bout that bitch.

>>18923875
Ah, no, just my bad.

>>18923824
"Listen, all of this is happening because the company wasn't careful with the last prototype. The company needs to fix it, and that girl tried to kill my friend. They're going to some something at the power plant and we need to stop them, we need some non-augs, and to move fast."
We are taking charge, that is what's going on.

>>18923844
>>18923860
>>18923862
>>18923874
All this.
Oh and this
>>18923754

Is it story time now?

"I think your company needs bigger security force"

>>18923905
OOC : what happened?

You open the door without knocking, strolling into the room.

"Oh, god." Jun says when she sees your face, sounding ill.
"Meet Amy and Verne." you say, motioning to the two behind you. "They're. . the vigilantes from last time, except they kinda saved my skin a second time."
"I. . see." Jun said, collapsing in her chair. Grayson and Verne's eyes meet, and they give one another a single, stern nod.
"So, doc, about that upgrade." You say. "How's the work on it going?"
"Not very well." She said. "We can get the shielding itself fine, but there's just not enough power to go around."

Amy brightens up. "What about one of my AIs? I have one that can balance power like a . . like a juggler or something." She says, her similie falling apart at the end. "He's pretty stupid, though, so you can just take a smartphone apart and build that into it!"

Soon enough, Jun and Amy are talking to one another about various technical issues that you don't really understand (and thus can't be bothered with,) So you turn to Grayson.
"John." You say. "You need a bigger security force."
He nods solemnly. "We got the camera feed that you spliced to us." He said. "It looks nasty. And I'm guessing it's your target?"
You nod.
"We're going to need a lot more non-augs."

"Or," Amy said in a sing-song voice, twisting around on her heels. "A lot of augs with fancy electromagnetic shieldinggg!"

>>18923987
First of all, what is WRONG with that goddamn girl?

>>18923987
"Shielding would be nice."

>>18923982
Well, EE seems to have pretty low security and it seems ArmTek guys want to raid them.

>>18923987
Well, if the shielding is that mass producible that could work. Though I'd like to have non-augs as backup, this is new technology that we're fiddling with here and I'd rather not bank all of my hopes and dreams on it.

And yes, that place is my target, that woman threatened my cat, and no one gets to threaten my cat. Given that they're set up near here and are going to be interested in us after talking to crazy fire bombing chick we should probably deal with them before they try to deal with us.

>>18924017
I'd wager it's "Uncle" Verne, judging by the way he shot us down last time.

>>18923754
Can we do this?

>>18924044
I think >>18924017 referred to the girl who assaulted us

>>18924054
Hmm.
Probably.
Though my point stands.

>>18923987

why are you so adorable crazy! TELL ME YOUR SECRETS MANIC GIRL!

>>18924074
Goddamit, yes, what >>18924054 said, but
I needed to go back and forth your post, my post and his post to get what'd you mean.

>>18923987
Maybe Jun and Amy can get this shielding working when they combine heads. Augs are pretty damn strong and useful, and we don't have enough non-augs at the moment. So if they can fix something up, we can put together a super strike force.

That is if Jun and Amy can work well together seeing as Amy is pretty damn crazy and can't stand still.

"Now, more exposition time." You say, looking to Jun. "What the hell is *wrong* with that girl?"
"Well.." She said. "Her brother was all she had."
"Hang on, hang on." Amy cut in. "We all don't know the story, so it might be best if we just. . started from the start."

"Okay." Jun said. "Garrett Templar was once one of our security specialists. He was solely taking care of his sister, and then we designed the Bullfrog."
"Bullfrog?"
"A Gen-3 implant. Think of it as. .a brain and nervous system extension." Jun said. "We didn't know about the feedback issues then, and so we took volunteers. Garrett was one of them, and he was the first. His sister was there to take care of him after the surgery, and things went. . ugly."
"So, the chick saw her brother die, and was all alone in the world, and crap like that." Amy concluded.
"Right. And she thinks it was my fault, and Dave's fault, and now she intends to kill both of us."
"How would it be Dave's fault? Is he even in this story?" Amy asked, glancing to you. "Wait, I see. You have the implant thing too, right? And she thinks you're like, stomping on her brother's memory or something."
You shrug.
"But yes, we have the shielding done. . theoretically. I'm still a bit wary of it, but prototypes exist for a reason." Jun said, steepling her fingers. "It's just a coating, a series of cables, and a small computer, so we can start the upgrade any time."

>>18924126
I hear a cheesy surgery montage coming ooon~

>>18924126
Right, lets get this done, I want that girl dead/in jail as soon as possible.

>>18924126
Have I ever told you that I dislike the word "theoretically"? Lets get this done, but I'll try not to need it or be forced to rely on it.

As long as it's not a new biochip developed by a rival company.

"I hate the word theoretically." You say. "Do it."
"Wait." Grayson said. "I don't think it's best that we send the entire security force out there. I'm thinking, from the camera feed, that we should send in a small strike team. We can go around, between patrols. If we do it in the middle of the day, they'll never expect it."

"Strike team? Consisting of who?" Jun asked.

"Me, the girl, and Dave. We're all combat-capable, and I know Verne here well enough that he'll be able to lead the security team in my absence."
Huh. Apparently Grayson and Verne knew one other before this.

>>18924183
In jail? IN JAIL? LISTEN TO YOURSELF YOU GODDAMN COCKBITE!
SHE! HAS! TRIED! TO! KILL! US!
SHE THREATENED OUR CAT!
SHE WON'T JUST DIE. WE'LL MAKE HER LIFE NOTHING. AND then she can go to jail.

>>18924284
The plot thickens...

rolled 66 = 66

>>18924284
Hack Grayson and Verne's augs to make them forcibly fistbump.

>>18924291

Oh come on I hear they have this great mental ward called Arkham or something like that. nobody has ever escaped from there.

>>18924295
I sense a terrible hangover.

>>18924284
Sounds like a plan, though you never told me that you knew Verne. I figured you would have mentioned something like that earlier.

Well, lets get shielded and take care of crazy girl.

rolled 37 = 37

>>18924319
Roll for opportunity. Supporting this.

rolled 38 = 38

?

rolled 21 = 21

??

rolled 98 = 98

???

>>18924401
You. Stop it.

Also, who's in this thread? Seems like no one responses.

>>18924414
Boo.

>>18924414
I'm here, I just don't have a name but I'm pretty consistently here and active.

rolled 2 = 2

>At some point I might stop accepting rerolls. So try not to reroll too much.
>Dice for RANDOM EVENTS, hopefully you guys get higher than 50.
Grayson and Verne, for no apparent reason, fistbump one another.

They look as confused as everyone else.
You snicker, and Amy catches your eye.
"Okay." You say. "Give all three of us shielding, then. What kind of weapons are we going to be bringing?"

"Well, with the EMP tech, most weapons won't work unless they've been shielded." Grayson said. "Gauss weapons might work, but there's no way to be certain. We're left with bullet weaponry, or low-tech, like monomolecular blades and melee."

"Explosives always work, even when their timers stop." Amy said. "So I'll bring them. I know some guys."

"Can you guys think of anything else?" Grayson asked, his hand on his chin.

>>18924429
Me as well, I'm tempted to get a name, but then you'd be able to connect me to all my stupid ideas.

>>18924441
> hopefully you guys get higher than 50.
>rolled 2 = 2
Nope.

>>18924441
Know where we can get crossbows?

>>18924414
I am here partially, but when i don't usually get involved unless i have something to contribute with.

>>18924441
Well crap.
"Hurm, I have no idea, I've never been involved in something like this before. What about tear gas? What do police tend to bring in raids?"

>>18924441
Breaching charges, flashbangs, rope/grappling hooks that sort of thing. Grenades. Tear gas or other chemical weapons, smoke grenades. Once we're inside the Faraday cage I might be able to have fun by hacking the hell out of any computer systems they have inside.

>>18924479
This.
Also, flashbangs.

>>18924441
Why not more tendrils?
Whee!
Crossbows sound good.

>>18924414
Damn satellite internet is acting up because of a thunderstorm, but it is working again now. So that is why I have been in and out for one.

>>18924441
We should figure out whether or not gauss weapons will work seeing as there is a chance that they might. Because that shit is awesome. We will have some time to prepare, right?

>>18924511
Looks like he rolled 2, so I suppose we don't have time.

"Crossbow." You say, making everyone look at you. "I'm thinking one armed with monomolecular-tipped bolts."

"Nice one." Amy said, closing one eye and giving you a thumbs up. "I'll see if my contacts have one." She said.
"And what about some grenades, tear gas, breaching charges. . ."
"Oh, I've already got all that." Amy said. "I *said* I'd bring the explosives."
"I think that's that." Jun said. "I'll get the medical team here." She said, and called for them on the intercom.

"We sneak in, around the patrols, and get to wherever they're keeping the girl. Then we fight her, and if we can, disable their shielding and hack them for all of the information they're worth." Grayson said, turning to you and Amy. "Any questions, or are you ready?"

>>18924543
"No questions, let's get this over with."
(I'm surprised how okay Jun is with us charging of all Rambo)

>>18924543
Roger that. But the girl is mine. This shit became personal when that bitch had the nerve to threaten my cat.

probably fearing for her life a bit

lets go!

>>18924543
Nothing really, I trust you to know when and where to enter the facility and we're a group of highly competent people. I think we can do this.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Get a molotov cocktail!

>>18924614
GOOD IDEA.

>>18924601
Think?
THINK?!
WE DON'T PAY YOU TO THINK!
WE PAY YOU TO WIN!

>>18924614

This.

This is our final strike. This is how we will end it.

>>18924543
"I think we should take more people to stay behind as back-up if things get ugly"a

"I have one, but it's not for you." You say, and turn to Jun. "I'm suprised how okay you are, with us charging in like action heroes. Why?"
"Whoever is helping that girl is well funded." She said. "And they're working against the interests of this company. My superiors would order me to help, and I know they would."

Then the medical team arrived, and gave you each a mask. Everything was dark, but, soon after, you swear you can hear something.

<Shields are full.>

---

You, Amy, and Grayson are in his car, racing along the road. You grasp the crossbow a bit tighter, examining it and your small quiver of bolts. Next to it, you make sure your gauss rifle hadn't been damaged by the previous EMP blasts- It hadn't. "I don't know how much time we'll have." Grayson said. "So we'll have to move quick. Everyone, put on your headsets and call Verne; He'll be overwatch."

You do so, and you find that you can hear both Grayson and Amy- Must be a conference call.

The wall around the power plant is tall, and smooth. The gate's closed.
"Amy." you hear Verne say. "Go over the wall, execute the gate guards, and get it open before anyone notices."

She gets out of the car, and then flips two switches on her legs. Strange pistons shoot out of the back of her legs, and she takes two steps back, and crouches, before taking a massive leap over the wall, flying over.

The gate opens soon after.

>>18924697
Stride in like a baws.
We run this show.

>>18924697
Change our AI to combat AI. These guys are heavily employing EMP, I doubt they have augmentations we can take advantage of.

>>18924697
We've got an operation to complete. I'm not sure whether we'll want Onyx or Azure for this. Probably Onyx but spatial awareness and a map of where we are and where we're going could be helpful.

rolled 19 = 19

>>18924730
Onyx for shooting, Cyan for hacking.

We won't go small time.

>>18924697
Yep, switch Cyan for Onyx.
<Sorry bud, but it looks like things are about to get serious>
Stride in with the crossbow, making sure to go for the nearest cover.

>>18924764
I don't think we can change them on the fly.... Can we?

rolled 36 = 36

>>18924723
Wtf, no!
We do this carefully. Hack cameras and check that the situation is alright. Then switch to Azure for support. The two others can do most of the fighting.
Azure will hopefully be able to take advantage of our advanced pinging techniques.

You stride in, the weapons in your bag, as if you don't even care that you're walking into a heavily-defended power plant, and you see Amy standing in the gate control room, two limp bodies in the floor of the booth. She waves, and shoves the bodies out of your sight, closing the gates behind you.
<Onyx, activate.> You say, and your sight goes strange for a moment. The moment it does, you know, intuitively, where various firing angles are, and some good positions for a sniper- not to mention that you can now swear you know how to do a backflip. Your mechandrite has never felt so adroit as it does now.
"Patrol to the left." you hear grayson murmur as he nudges you. Both of you look to the left, and there they are- Two 'ArmaTek' men in flack jackets, with gasmasks and helmets. In their arms, like you saw before, were gauss rifles, and monomolecular longswords were at their hips.

They see you just as you see them, and they approach, probably to ask you to identify yourself.

>>18924789
Crossbow and mechadrite. They don't even stand a chance.

rolled 91 = 91

>>18924789
"I got the one on the right, you get the other Grayson"
Point and shoot, try for the chest area.

>I forgot to mention, you're going to need to roll for combat. 1d100, as usual

>>18924821
Yeah!

>>18924789
Let them get a tad closer, look like a confused new guy who got turned around. Once they get close shoot one with the crossbow and strangle him with the mechadendrite. Grayson can get the other guy.

rolled 73 = 73

>>18924789
Have Amy take the one on the left, we'll get the one on the right.
Try and take them down outside of any large sources of lighting.

>>18924789

Just in case, ping around them to see if they have any devices we can take advantage of. No need to hack, just so that we know what to expect in the future.

Let them get closer and hit them with mechadrite.

>>18924811
Supporting this. Crossbow to the throat, mechandrite in the face of other. They can't scream. Take the sword. Make mechandrite use it.
>>18924821
This is my roll.(I support it)

>>18924821
Well, shit.
You beat me to it.
Waste of a 73, mine was.

You and Grayson nod- He throws two knives at the same moment you lift your crossbow out of your bag- The monomolecular blades whirl through the air and plunge into their flak jackets, and they keel over.

"Amy, catch up to them." you hear Verne say, as you and Grayson hide the bodies behind a pile of barrels.
So far, so good.

Amy catches up. "The door's locked electronically, and I can't seem to get it open, even with Cyan." She says, tapping one of the sidedoors to the facility.

rolled 60 = 60

>>18924871
Right, turn on Cyan. First see if we can find what is on the other side of the door, then try fiddling with it.

rolled 60 = 60

>>18924883
Support?
Use mechandrite, Onyx, and sword for it.

>>18924899
Oh god, my rolls.

>>18924871
Grab one of those swords and cut it open.
Dave smash.

You look down the length of the sword you'd taken, and then stick it onto the end of the mechandrite. The mechandrite's claws twist, and lock around the hilt of the blade. Onyx runs the calculations for the mechandrite's new three feet of deadly pointiness, and your mind immediately adjusts.

You've no time to re-switch your AI back to Cyan, but that doesn't matter- Cyan only helps you with distance, and you're right next to the door. You put your palms against it, and focus...
The door clicks, and opens, the palm scanner saying 'Welcome' as it does so. You motion to the others, and they follow you into the facility. Amy takes point, with her submachinegun in one hand, and a wickedly curved dagger in the other. Behind you, Grayson holds a large, souped up gauss rifle, complete with EMP shielding.

Amy leans around one of the L-shaped hallways, and then backs up. She holds up three fingers.

>>18924938
"But why would we wait for three hours?!"

rolled 89 = 89

>>18924938
Throw that sword at one of them. Let Amy and Grayson take the others.

rolled 58 = 58

>>18924938
Whisper to them, "Left, me. Middle, Amy, Right, Grayson." Then countdown on your fingers.
3, 2, 1.
Point around the corner and shoot.

>>18924958
In manner of slicing, of course, like lightsaber.

>>18924958
That works too, my bad.

>>18924958
If we have the reach, just stabbing would work too.

You nod, and whisper directly to their headsets, and they each nod.

Three. . Two. . .One.

You barrel around the corner, firing your crossbow once again. Grayson's thrown knife gets his target, and in bullet-time, you watch Amy pounce upon the third man with her wickedly curved dagger, not even giving him time to scream.

The rest of the trek through the facility is mostly without incidents, except for the one time you reach a maintenance stairwell.

You sense something. It's hard for you, without Cyan helping, but you can tell that it's above you, and slightly to the left. It's far, though. . perhaps closer to the roof?
You realize that you have to decide- The original plan was for the three of you to go down to the core of the facility, but whatever that is that you can sense could be important too.
>Who goes up?
>Who goes down?
>>You can choose to split the party or not.

>>18925020
You two go down, there's something weird upward that I ought to check out, I'll be careful. Stay in contact with me.

>>18925020

Stick together. And check the stairwell first.

>>18925020
Amy and I are the best at hacking. We should go up to what we sense. Grayson can go down, if he runs into any trouble he can give us a quick signal so we can go to help him.

>>18925042

Oh well, if you insist on going hero. But the bitch is ours to finish!

>>18925046
Supporting this. And why we can't be just a slightly more awesome, eh? I am dissaponted, but fond.

>>18925020
Tell Grayson about what we sense. Ask his opinion.

(how long does it take to switch between AI's?"

>>18925087
Oh yeah, ask grayson, this could be important, also he's probably better at tactics than us. Being ex-military and all.

You quickly pull Amy and Grayson into a huddle. "I can sense something above us. It's strange, but I can't tell what it is. Your opinion?"
". . It's best not to cancel the mission halfway through. My reccomendation is that we split here- We'll be able to keep in touch, but me and legs can continue on the mission as planned, while you check it out."

The idea isn't very comforting, but you have the feeling that Grayson has had experience with this kind of stuff before.

You nod, and they go down the stairwell, while you go up.

As you scale up the stairs, alone, you hear something strange. Something like . . a woman moaning?
You have a bad feeling about this.

You sense whatever it is looming closer- It's beyond the door. You can hear a few voices muttering something, and then you hear another agonized moan, and then a loud gasp, and the sound of a ratchet.
Your blood goes cold, and you're not sure why.

rolled 20 = 20

>>18925153
I KNOW!

They are putting augmentations on that girl. They are RIGHT in middle of the surgery.
Use our hacking abilities to mess it up, or at leat put it on hold.

>>18925153
Hey, lets switch to our third AI, the unused one, see what he has to say. Amy said something about it giving maps, among other things.

rolled 80 = 80

>>18925180
Dammit.

rolled 99 = 99

>>18925184
Nope, stay with Onyx.

>>18925203
I'd say it was worth suffering.

I use that roll for luck in that turn :P.

>>18925203
Alright, read about the 3 minute change time. Lets stick with this guys plan
>>18925180

>>18925184

I also say we should stick with onyx. See if we can sense anything around us and hack the shit out of it if possible. If not bash through that door. We'll be fine. We have a crossbow, sword and a mechadrite!

rolled 66 = 66

>>18925153
Step 1: Kick down door
Step 2: Shoot everything inside

Any friendlies are downstairs, and we came here for one purpose only. No backing out now.

You think you know what the sound is- they're putting an augmentation on that templar girl. You put your hand on the door- not enough time to swap AIs right now- and focus. .
You're certain you can feel another mechandrite. . but that's it- It's too far away for you to control.
The agonized moaning and gasping stopped, and it takes a moment for you to realize what it changed to. Breathless, shaking, laughter, and then the sound of two sharp blades grinding against the other. You have to hurry before they finish the surgery- you barge into the room, and see something strange.

First of all, the first thing you notice is that you were right. Alli Templar was laying on the table, strapped down, a long, silver augmentation attached to the shoulder of her missing arm. Her eyes are rolled into the back of her head, and she has varicose, blackened veins covering her body, looking somewhat like blood poisoning.

Two augmented men were in the room, both with mechandrites and medical tools held within the mechandrite's claw. They're wearing large red robes, and as they turn to you, you see that they're wearing gas masks. Within their arms are gauss rifles.

The first man uses his mechandrite to hit an alarm pad, and the second man points the rifle at you.

Klaxons go off in the background, below you.

rolled 6 = 6

>>18925269
Shoot the guy with the rifle, then throw your sword, or stab if he's close enough, at the dude with the mechandrite.

rolled 31 = 31

>>18925294
Shit, don't go with my plan!

rolled 1 = 1

Kill everything

rolled 97 = 97

>>18925269
Plug the guy with the rifle with a crossbow bolt to something vital, throat or face. Then use our new monosword to chop open the other one.

rolled 56 = 56

>>18925303
It's too dangerous to go with these rolls, and now i spotted that nat 1, fucccck!
TAKE THIS.

rolled 4 = 4

>>18925314
Yes!

>>18925320
Ignore that roll, forgot to remove dice from the field.

I sense FAIL incoming, and a lot of blooooooooood.

Sucks to be us for this nat 1...

>>18925269

OH FUCK

IT BEGINS

rolled 13 = 13

>>18925269
Take over their mechadrite arms and have them attack each other

You fire your gauss rifle, but the projectile goes wide. At the same moment, you swing your mechandrite, aiming to swipe at the other man. The second man leaps back, and the man with the rifle fires at you.

You were luckier than you thought you ever would be- The second man's timing was off. The very split second he fired, your mechandrite whipped out, and a shot that would normally have blown your head off, instead deflected off of a monomolecular blade, the projectile going wide.

The second man kneels, and then pulls something out of his robe. A small blue device, mounted to the back of a glove. He raises his palm to you, and something fires out. You've seen this twice before- An EMP.

You grin as the EMP bounces harmlessly against your shielding, your AI warning you that your shields can only take two more hits before it needs to recharge.

>>18925349
Prepare to get hurt, if we get the chance, call for some help.

>>18925334
Fail. Fail.Fail. Fail.Fail. Fail.Fail.

captcha: feed-water rly

When they finish with us, we will be feedwater, really.

rolled 66 = 66

>>18925360
Kill EMP man.

rolled 29 = 29

>>18925360
Take them down quickly, jam the sword through one of their necks, preferably the one with a rifle.

rolled 71 = 71

>>18925360
Kill everything? With bullet-time this time?

>>18925386
>>18925385
>>18925382
Good, now stop rolling time.

rolled 63 = 63

>>18925386
I agree. Kill everything.

rolled 33 = 33

>>18925360
trying this again >>18925349


(damn, I hope we get to loot those arms and attach them to ourself. At least one more.)

rolled 6 = 6

>>18925360
Death everywhere.

rolled 80 = 80

>>18925411
Yeah, but stop rollin'.

More mechandrites.

rolled 20 = 20

shoot a barrage of lethal fire at the guy with the gun and decapitate the girl with your mecha blade

You activate bullet-time, and burst into motion.

The rifle 'driteman fires twice more as you run, but Onyx is smarter than him- Onyx warns you where each bullet would go, and in bullet-time, it's a simple matter to dodge.

Skidding under the second shot, you leap forward, twisting your entire body, sending the mechandrite whipping through the air around you. The monomolecular blade on the end tore through the EMP'driteman, as he fell into chunks.

"Fuck me." The rifle'driteman said, and backed away from you. His mechandrite shot towards you with a syringe of some kind, but your own caught it in midair, cutting off the end of the claw.

He ran, leaving you alone with Alli.

>>18925426
>>18925422
Please stop

rolled 78 = 78

>>18925314
This.

>>18925437
Look what they did to her.
Is she out?

>>18925437
Turn that goddamn alarm off. Say it was an accident.

Hello, my little child. How's goin'?

rolled 74 = 74

>>18925437
Kill Alli Templar. NOW.

rolled 39 = 39

>>18925437
I'm for chasing down the mechandrite guy and shooting him.
What's the worst that could happen?

>>18925437
Report the situation to Grayson and Amy

>>18925494
Good plan.

>>18925467
kill her kill her kill her
i don't really want to but fuck, point of no return now cause of her fucking surgery

rolled 20 = 20

Kill that God damn bitch. NAO!

rolled 48 = 48

>>18925437
Set off the alarm and KILL THAT BITCH.
END IT ALL NOW.

You switch off the alarm, and then loot the EMP-Glove from the 'driteman, before turning to the table.

You look over to Alli- She's unconscious, or seems to be. Those veins definitely aren't normal. You examine her new arm, and realize that it doesn't end in a hand. It ends in talons.

You raise your gauss rifle and point it at her head, and then pull the trigger.

You feel a loud -wham- coming from your hands, and you see one of the coils are cracked. Apparently, the Gauss Rifle had been damaged at the worst time.

The augmented arm suddenly goes wild, slashing at the straps holding her down, and then Alli becomes a blur. You're hardly able to get bullet-time off in time to dodge out of the way. How in god's name is she so *fast*?
>Hehe I wouldn't let it end that easily.

>>18925500
>Fucking up on killing a passed out person in middle of surgery
>I seriously hope

rolled 66 = 66

>>18925523
That's just not fair. We're not a super-soldier.

Anyway, try to hack her into submission while dodging with Onyx's help.

rolled 56 = 56

>>18925536
Support.

rolled 85 = 85

>>18925523
BOSS BATTLE!
Onyx is going to come in handy with calculations while in bullettime. Sword vs. Talon.

rolled 94 = 94

>>18925545
A better one.

rolled 67 = 67

>>18925523
Hey, this makes it dramatic. This is actually pretty cool.
Grab her new 'arm' with your mechandrite and PULL. Probably won't be fun for her. Also, the rifle breaking fits with out really bad rolls.

She skids away, her bare feet squeaking along the floor, and then she snarls at you, impossible to understand. There's a lull in combat, and then you see that more and more sharp, silver blades are extending from her arm- out of her elbow, slipping out of the top of her wrist, everywhere.

She screams something feral, and comes at you again. You leap out of the way, and send your sword'drite swinging into her. She catches onto it, sparks coming from her limb, and she tears the blade out of your Drite's grasp.

Your nose starts to bleed from the extended bullet time, and you finally see how she's so fast.
There's an augment in her back. Something clear, with a blue liquid in it. As you watch, you see the level of liquid slowly drains, and you realize-
Combat drugs. They took an insane, murderous teenage girl, gave her an arm made out of knives, and then gave her fucking combat drugs.
What the fuck is *WRONG* with these people?!

Onyx tells you to duck, and you duck, your old sword whistling through the air above your head.
Alli crouches down and snarls again, and leaps forward, her arm whistling through the air.

rolled 95 = 95

>>18925610
Dodge and slam the mechandrite into her back, try and break that tank. Also, yell into your headset for help from Amy and Grayson.

>>18925629
NOOOONE ROLLS NOW.

>>18925610
Punch her with EMP glove while mechadrite goes into her tank of combat drugs.

>>18925629
Take that bitch!

>>18925610
You aren't going to give in easy, are you? We even had pretty decent rolls!

Give her a crossbow bolt smack in the face.

>>18925610
Try and strike the augment in her back that is distributing the drugs to spill them out.

>>18925629

rolled 30 = 30

>>18925610
Try to hack her mechanical limbs
(rolling for hack, don't want to mess up the good combat roll from before)

>>18925684
WHAT THE FUCK MAN.

On the other hand, a vision of her own hand beating her own torso, kk. I like it.

BUT THAT ROLL.

"I need your fucking help!" You call into the headset, leaping out of the way. You twist through the air, using your momentum along with the mechandrite, and it slams into her back, bowling her head over heels, but you don't hear the tank crack. "They turned her into a fucking weapon!"

She slams into the wall, and then unsteadily pulled herself up, turned around and faced you once more. But instead of charging like she did before, she simply walked, calmly, towards you.

You grab the crossbow out of your bag and fire it, but she brings her augment into the air, the bolt sparking off.

You focus, and try and get into her augment-
But nothing. There's nothing to control. Nothing electronic, at least.

>>18925699
I just made a post in Fist of Shadow Quest which does not require rolls and rolled a 100.

>WHYYYYYYY

rolled 55 = 55

Bith please your in our domain now
hack her tank and make her OD on all her drugs

>>18925701
RETREAT!

>got cut off.
You raise your palm, not entirely sure how to use the EMP glove, and activate it. The pulse hits her, but same problem- there's nothing digital. It's all analog, or valve based, or it could be any number of things.

"Fuckshitbadgercunts I need you guys up here NOW." You call into your headset.

>>18925701
I believe it would be safer to run off towards Amy and Grayson, I think we've used all our luck for this,

rolled 84 = 84

>>18925701
Try to kill her once more. SHE DESERVES IT!
On second thought, she don't, and I would be helluva glad to torture her.

>>18925701
It's a completely bio and mechanical based implant. Motherfucker. Those black veins are probably direct implants to her nervous system or something like that. It's crude as hell but as we can see it's effective.

>>18925736
Yep. This.

rolled 99 = 99

>>18925723
One last desperate roll to kill her ass.

Then I say we ditch and make towards where Amy and John are.

umm.. parley?

>>18925740
>>18925763
Noone else fucking roll.

>>18925763
Whelp, guess the dice gods are in our favor.

>>18925763
FUCK YES.

You enumerate your options once again, and decide on the best course of action. Run.

You twist around, and bolt out of the door, slamming it shut in her face as you do so. You hear her roar, and the claw tears through the steel door as if it were butter. You leap down the stairs, slipping on the way down and gaining a few new bruises, and run into Amy.
"Here." She said, and handed you a block of something much like clay. "I told you I'd bring the explosives."

You shrug, leave it on the stairs, and continue running, eventually getting to the hallway. <Cyan Cyan Cyan Cyan> You say, running and trying to switch AIs as soon as possible.
<Yes?>
<Help me fucking target the bomb! And the camera on that stairwell.>

As soon as you say that, your vision changes, and you see the stairwell, the small cluster of explosives sitting there. You sit there, waiting as Grayson and Amy covered you, watching the camera.

As Alli skidded down the stairs, you saw that she was pretty much standing over the bomb.

So you activate it.

>>18925829
Glorious!

>>18925829
JUSTICE. So....did this completely ruin our original plan I guess?

>>18925829
I hope it works.

AND FOR FUCKS SAKE IF SHE SURVIVES /AGAIN/ I'M GONNA FIND YOU AND RAPE YOU, OP!

rolled 4 = 4

>>18925829
Do I have to choke that bitch?
Good. Let's take her talon, it might be ... interesting.

rolled 56 = 56

>>18925851
Nope, that was clearly with the plan. We get her, we kill her. I hope she's killed. For good.
>>18925866
Reroll?

The ground shakes, and the three of you scramble.
Amy, the one least effected by running, talked as she did so. "We got down to their computers, and took a whole hell of a lot of data. I planted a bit of explosives there, too, so they should be too busy trying to recover what they lost in order to mess with us."

"For a while at least." Grayson said, panting. You're silent, but you look down to your busted gauss rifle and the new EMP glove.
"I'll need to replace that rifle." You say, and then Grayson grabs one out of her bag.
"I thought it would be useful to have a second, so I picked this up." He said, tossing it to you.
The gates were already open when you got there, Verne and one of the EE security officers in the gate control room. They wave you by, and you get into the car, heading back to EE. Finally, Alli Templar is dead.

And then something looms up behind you, in the backsea- Wait, no, that's just your mechandrite.

>>18925899
yougotmethere.jpg

but... is she?

>>18925899
Oh man OP, was gonna be really pissed for a second. Also, Dave may want to get a shower after all of this.

rolled 92 = 92

>>18925899
>Alli Templar is dead.

Wait. Why not let us confirm if she's dead?

>>18925899
FUCK YOU! My heart nearly stopped!
With that being said, contact Jun and Abel to check that they are still alive.

>>18925899
We need to talk to Jun for a bit. Tell her about what in the living fuck Alli had attached to her. A completely analog and biological based implant.

>>18925879
Oh I meant the whole sabotage thing that Amy and Grayson were going after, but obviously they completed it so no worries.

>>18925899
JESUS TITTYFUCKING CHRIST...got me OP. You devil. Yooooou devil.

>She was standing on TOP of the bomb as you activated it. I might pull a lot of bullshit, but I'm not going to even -try- to save her. She's dead, and you guys did awesomely. You were viewing the camera as you saw the bomb detonate, so now your computer has a slow-mo image of the bomb going off and vaporizing her. Good job.

"I need a shower." You say. Then shrug. "And new pants."
Amy sniggers, and then the three of you laugh, just starting to get off of the adrenaline rush.
"But first, I need to talk to Jun." you say, and pull up your headset.
"Jun, these fuckers are insane." You start with, and start explaining what had happened.

check up on abel

>>18925972
If she doesn't believe us, upload some of that camera data to her computer to show off the crazy implant.

rolled 35 = 35

>>18925972
Thank You OP!

>>18925972
And after this, we can also cool down with nice futurepoker.

rolled 62 = 62

>>18925998
I am curious, cannot we make a lil' camera on the top of our 'dritte?

>>18925972
I wonder if you had alternative route, where she is more likable if we decided to help her out, or at least not try to talk her down/beat her.

Also
>we didn't loot mechadrite arms
;_;

Lets celebrate by getting some real food! No crappy fast food for us tonight.

rolled 60 = 60

>>18926019
Also, If we are up to manipulate with 'dritte, we need to have our boot more weighted.

Also, let's go to bar. After shower, of course.

>>18926019
Eh, we can just by them from Amy, I expect she's gonna get a lot of extra stuff soon. Also, quick question, how did those other guys wield the mechandrites? Were they welded into their arms or something? Or did they have super spines like us?

>>18925972
Welp. That girl is finally dead, but I think we have bigger problems now. This whole damn company.....

Let's get back to EE and get fixed up.

>>18926019
>ONLY if you had the 'emotion' AI, and you chose to talk to her, and you said the very right things. She was planned to be a 'nemesis' of sorts, but I was going to give you guys a chance to make friends with her. But then again, I don't make flowcharts and paths like that, I just have vague plans that I fit the storyline into over time.

"I'm going to have to. . report this to my superiors." Jun said. "I really don't know what to say about the fact that whoever hired ArmaTek are working on those kinds of implants. They're. . notoriously painful to install, and combat drugs? I don't even know where to start. It was probably Psycho, from the way you talk about it. I'm not well educated with any of this." She said, sighing. "Do you have anything else to report?"

You look to the EMP glove; You hadn't told her about this. . .

>>18926036
Second the bar visit. It would be nice to get a drink to cool down, and hopefully some actually good food too.

>>18926051
She is going to find out about the glove eventually. Might as well tell her now so that she can have some time to calm down while we make our way back.

Also call Abel.

>>18926051
Tell her about the glove.

Ask her for a CPU upgrade so that we can have all 3 AI's active.

>>18926051
Tell her about the glove, and ask if she can shunt more computing power into our spine somehow.

rolled 6 = 6

>>18926112
Or make the glove upgrade. Like shove something more in it.

Also, we need a drawfag.

>>18926135
I prefer CPU upgrade.
If she says our power-source is not enough to do it, tell her to install a battery for it.

>>18926039
> The 'drites were implanted into their backs, welded into their spines, and the bases were screwed into their shoulderblade. They're notoriously hard to learn to use, and they're permanent, because removal would mean losing major parts of your nervous system. They're expensive, and hard to repair, which is why they don't see much use.
"Also, I picked up some more EMP weaponry from them- I figured it might be useful. It's a glove, with glowiness on the back."
"What?!" Jun called. "Is it. . black, with a blue coil on the back?"
"Yeah." You say, examining it.
"They didn't make that. We did. It's called the EM Hammer. Shit." She says, cussing; that's out of character for her, you note. "I'll have to go, Dave. Things just got serious for me."

"Hey, Amy. Grayson." You say. "After we get back to EE and get cleaned up, I'm going to go out drinking. Maybe get some real food for once. Wanna come?"

"And futurepoker." Grayson said. "I'll come."

"Uh. . I'm underage." Amy said. You shrugged.

"You regularly kill people and you just set a bomb inside a building." Grayson said. "And you do this kinda stuff every day. You're as much an adult as I am."

>>18926169
"Yeah, I agree with him.
But if you insist, we'll get you milk instead." Smirk like an asshole

rolled 28 = 28

>>18926192
Go to bar, get wasted. Get everything stolen.
Fight for it.
Heheheheheh.

But no, really, let's just relax, smoke a cig and be cool.

>>18926223
I agree, pub time, get some carousing in. But remember to use our drite to hold our cigarette.

Unsuccessfully try to hit on women, ask if they want something hard, long and that knows exactly where to touch them. Then have out drite sneak out from behind our back and give a wave.

give Jun our headset or do some other thing to make sure we can keep a tab on her.. It would seem people inside EE might be that bad guys and jun might intend to go and talk to these people

rolled 15 = 15

>>18926250
Good one.

>>18926250
>>18926268

Do this with trolling in mind, we will not feel bad when we are rejected.

>>18926250

>>18926250
Doitfaggot.

rolled 20 = 20

Rollin' for the chick pick-up.

rolled 15 = 15

>>18926250
>>18926326
Rolling for her to turn out to be totally into it.

rolled 70 = 70

>>18926326

No, we get high rollin' now.

>>18926250
>>18926268
>>18926326
>>18926334

Dis gon be gud

rolled 76 = 76

>>18926250
>>18926334
>>18926326
We're never going to find a woman attracted to mechadendrites in a bar, we'll need to find a local anime convention or something like that.

rolled 57 = 57

>>18926349
Oh, nope. We are in 2025, don't you forget.

rolled 12 = 12

>>18926326
Reroll? I think shit is already gonna be too fucked though...maybe.

>>18926349

In the year 2025... Chicks are into mechandrites!

>> FFFF 4chan thinks this is spam. Damnation.

>>18926362
Shit. Oh well.

>>18926349
Oh there is a fetish for everything.

>>18926376
In short. Awesome night.

We shouldn't drag Abel into this. Really. He's our friend but come on.
Tell him that he has done enough for us already and shouldn't take risks for us anymore

rolled 99 = 99

>>18926376
Maybe set it in parts to find out what causes it?

>>18926376
Is that a pretty decent amount of credits?

Grayson, that bastard. He is probably picking up all the chicks too.

>>18926433
At least he couldn't use our bombastic pick-up line. Bet he feels jealous and inadequate.
Yep.
Totally.

>> 2000 futurecredits is worth about the same amount in dollars. I just called them 'credits' because it's the future I mean come on.
The year is 2025.
Your name is Dave, and your head hurts. Your mechandrite is wearing a hat, and you're in a bed you don't recognize. You roll around, see a young woman sleeping, and suddenly everything makes sense. You had a good night.
--

You return to EE, doing your best to ignore the hammering in your head and the fuzziness of your tongue, soon enough walking past the front desk.
You had planned to do something, last night, but got. . otherwise distracted. You call Jun.
"Hey, Jun." You say.
"Yes?"
"I was wondering if there was another upgrade I could get."
She sighed. "What kind of upgrade? Don't tell me you want a jetpack or something now."
You chuckle. "No, not yet anyway, but I was hoping to get more of a CPU. I've been running some of Amy's AIs as a kind of. . onboard assistant, and they've been helping a lot. I just don't have enough of a CPU to do much else."
"I'll. . take a crack at it." She said. "But don't just call me whenever like this. I'm in a meeting."
"I see." you say. "Then I'll talk to you later, when you have time."
Then she hangs up. Huh.

>>18926433

>and then Grayson grabs one out of her bag.

>>18926376
Woohoo! Good times, and I'm sure nothing bad will ever happen again.
Also, were is Verne?

>>18926484
Who is the young woman we scored with?

...Oh God
It's not Amy is it?

>>18926484
Did we engage in kinky mechadentrite related bondage sex, because if so that's awesome. Oh the possibilities.

We should have made sure to get her phone number or address.

rolled 75 = 75

>>18926484
Woot!

Anyway, I think we can do some practice with our skills and so on. Also, I think we should name our 'dritte somehow.
Any suggestions?

>>18926496

How old is Amy anyways?

>>18926508
Underage.

>>18926514

>underage

Knew that, but probably not so much? Btw. Is adult in the states 21 or 18?

rolled 25 = 25

activeate juns phony thing silently and tap in on the meeting

>>Amy's in the 16-21 age range. So, underage.

You hold your head, and try to sort out exactly what happened last night. You did that silly 'long and hard and prehensile' line, and then that girl was all over you.
Amy was. .dragged out, you think, by a very unhappy Verne, who gave this *look* at Grayson. Grayson visibly voided his bowels, and then excused himself. Quickly. But he didn't forget to take all of the winnings from your game of futurepoker. Bastard. But at least you won in the end- He only had his winnings to go home with, while you were able to go with. . whatshername. Yes, whatshername.

rolled 43 = 43

>>18926536
21 to drink.
18 to fuck with.
Underage usually goes for <18.

rolled 53 = 53

activeate juns phony thing silently and tap in on the meeting

rolled 74 = 74

>>18926551
I sense either a subquest or a GF that Jun won't be fond 'bout :D
>>18926564
Supporting this.

cyan you cant get drunk... what happened last night, what was her name

>>18926585
Good point.

>>18926551
Check her id to remember her name. If her wallet is around, something should be in there to identify her.

>>18926599
>>18926585
>yfw Onyx, Cyan and that other guy are still having drunken party in your spine
>being drunk means they need less CPU, meaning they can be online all at once
>they are useless in that state though

rolled 85 = 85

>>18926619
Arousing idea.

>>18926585
Very good idea. See if Cyan was online when this all went down.

>>18926667
After this can we activate our 3rd AI, see what his/her/it deal it?

> It was just a one night stand, due to the mediocre rolls and the clever line. And her name was Mandy, but she's not going to be a sideplot. Not right now, anyway.

You spend a moment to activate Cyan, and close your eyes, focusing on Jun's phone.

With a click, it turned on, and you could hear.

"Yes, sir. The agent found a hammer in the field, while on a mission." She was saying.
"I see. And are you certain it was your design?" The mechanized voice responded, under some kind of voice changer.
"Absolutely positive. I scanned it when he showed it to me, and the design had been subtly modified."
"Who had access to the room?"
"It's on B-3, so only our primary technicians, myself, Our specialist Grayson, and the agent in question."
"Tell me . . more about this agent." The mechanized voice is saying.
"The agent is currently showing masterful use of the Bullfrog prototype. He's found a mechandrite and integrated it into his system, as well as several bootlegged AIs."

rolled 28 = 28

>>18926686
Are there any cameras?
Also, the plot thickens.
Moreover, can we just show Jun a sign that we hear her? That might be hilarious.

>>18926686
Hey, if the girl in question is sexy, we can hook up with her later on.
Is she though?

Continue listening.

>>18926713
pls no

>>18926686
Shit. She thinks that we took it? It might not be a good idea to go straight back to EE.