>>10 went on autosage, so here's 10.5
>>Previous threads can be found at: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=NearFuture%20Cyborg%20Quest

You don't respond to Amy, instead closing your eyes and focusing on the camera data. Rewind to two days before, right when he left. .

The camera view isn't very good, but you can see someone walking up to the front door. Someone in a power suit. They knock, and then the door opens. Gunshots, and the suited person was thrown back, bullets sparking off of their suit.

At the corner of the camera's view, you see Abel dive through a window, carrying a cat cage. He fires another shot back through the window, and scrambles off. It's strange; you've never seen him like this.
"It's impossible to tell where he went from the camera." You say, finally opening your eyes.

"These aren't real cops." Grayson said. "They're too. . too alert, too well trained. I can see that they're uneasy with only sidearms. Given the evidence, I'd say that they're ArmaTek in disguise, or possibly Cadmium."

You close your eyes again, and focus on the police, reaching into them with your will. You don't sense any augmentations, but you do sense that they have implants. Strange implants, much like the combat-drug ones, but very slightly different.
You'll have to take a look at that later. Instead you hack into their PDAs, trying to get all and any information you can. Sadly, they've been all but wiped clean; the only info you can get from the assorted PDAs is a single order, telling them to 'be a cop' and to come to abel's address. The order was from someone labelled as. . 'Grasshopper'. Strange.

>>18977299
And also activate Onyx and see if he can give us sight lines like he did last mission. Line of sight for both the "cops" and any cameras. They could have someone watching those.

This could easily be a trap. They may have found out that we are connected to Abel. Let's be extra cautious.

>What I said just before switching threads.

"What's the plan?" Amy asks you. "We could go in silent, or go in hard. If worst comes to worst, I can try to distract them and ask what happened to the 'neighbor' while you two investigate."

"Yeah. They aren't.
Can we contact the police with that? Eh, probably going to take too long, right?"

"I'm going to try to climb up from the alley into his apartment."
Then do that.

"Whaddya think, should we call the real cops, sneak in, get the 'package' and get out before the boy in blue show up?"

>>18977379
"I think they would probably find you pretty suspicious, and I doubt they are really the chatty type....but like you said 'if worst comes to worst'..."

"Maybe we could call the real cops?" You ask, and Grayson shakes his head.
"If anything, they might just start shooting. They look pretty twitchy. I don't think we should get anyone else involved."

"Okay, here's the plan." you say. <Onyx, give me line of sight.>
"This is probably a trap, but I might go up through the window from the alleyway." You say.
"You sure you can sneak by like that?" Amy asked, worried.
"You didn't see me on that last mission." You say. "If something goes wrong, create a distraction so I can get out."
You climb out of the car and get to the alleyway, sneaking as best you can in the daylight.

As you crawl through the window, you see that his room is pretty much destroyed. Things everywhere, drawers pulled out, bookcases stripped of objects, and his computer. . .his computer had been. . destroyed with some kind of incendary device.

As you creep through the remains of Abel's house, you see one of the 'officers' approaching. Shit.

>>18977468
With the help of the drites get on the ceiling, right above the door.
Hopefully he wont notice us but if he does, we'll get a drop on him.

>>18977490
Do this.

Your mechandrites shoot to the ceiling, and you pull yourself up and out of sight. He walks below you as you hang there, and he looks around.

You reach down, knife in hand, and slit his throat before he can react.
Now what? Now you need to find whatever it is Abel left you. . That is, if these guys didn't find it first.

Princess' throne, princess' throne.
You check Ishelda's cat bed, but there's nothing in or under it. He took the cage with him on the camera, so that's not probably it. .

rolled 48 = 48

>>18977509
Maybe it's a book or a movie?
Man, I don't know.
Is there anything left to salvage from the computer?

Try to use our magic hacking ability on it

>>18977509
<Azure scan the room. Cyan scan for anything electronic that is still working and see if there is anything you can salvage from that computer.>

Probably won't be, but oh well.

>>18977509
Given that he bothered with a riddle, it should hold some significance to us. A place where Ishelda liked to sit or lie, besides the bed.

<Azure, anything I should remember?>

You focus, and reach for the computer. . but nothing. It's just as inanimate as a non-electronic device. You can't even start to manipulate it right now.

Maybe a book or movie. . You think, and start picking through the books, but none of them are named 'princess's throne' or anything similar.

As you look, your eyes fall on the litter box.
Fuck.
That's just his style.

You reach in with your mechandrites, and pull out a thumbdrive. The same thumbdrive you copied Cyan to before.

rolled 87 = 87

>>18977543
Also rollin'

Coooome on big money.

>>18977560
Throne, hahaha, I get it. Plug in the thumb drive and make like a tree.

rolled 62 = 62

>>18977576
Shit too late. Oh well. Let's get the drive and gtfo of there. We can look on it when we are clear of this place.

>>18977560
Get the fuck out now. We got what we came for.

>>18977593
Forgot to clear field, but I guess that could be used for a gtfo roll.

You dive back out of the window and creep back to Grayson's car.
"I got the data." You say, and unspool one of the cables from your back as you attach it to the thumbdrive.

<Hello.> Cyan says. <It seems Abel sent you that message. I am willing to reintegrate.>
<I am willing as well.> Cyan says, and then something blurs.

<Now I can answer any of your questions that I know the answer to.> Cyan said. <I have quite a bit of more information, now, but I can't be certain what you want to know.>

>>18977632
<How did Abel get caught? Do you know where his safehouse is? Can you help me find him?>

>>18977632
<Where did Abel go? That's the important part.
What did he find?>

>>18977632
<Also, I need the results of Abel's research.>

"Drive, drive." You say. "Let me get the info on this real quick."
<Where did Abel go? As in, where is his safehouse?> You ask.
<I know, but. . He urged me to tell you that it's best if he stays in the safehouse. If you come by, he says, someone could track you to him.> Cyan said.
<I. . see. What did he find, then?>
<He found that ArmaTek are being paid by Cadmium Dynamics, and some of CD's agents are in town. One, 'grasshopper' by codename, is looking for him specifically. Among that, he found that Natalie Adede's website had only been set up a few days ago, as opposed to years.>

>>18977703
<I knew it! did he find anything else on Natalie?>

<Is he safe in his safehouese?>
<Is there any info on this "grasshoper"?>

>>18977703
Bum-bum-baaaa...

So clearly she's not who she says she is.

Hmm, I wonder if Nat is this grasshopper. Nah, that would be too much a cliché.

We should go on a date.

<I knew it. Did he find anything else on her?>
<No, he didn't. Because soon after that, he found out about CD and was more interested in that.>
<Is he safe in the safehouse?>
<If he was able to get there without it being compromised, yes, he probably is.>
<Is there any more info on this 'grasshopper'?>

<We know quite a few things, from the one time he was able to patch into their private communications. We found out that this grasshopper was brought into town after the power plant incident, and that they are here to direct CD and ArmaTek forces, as well as find out information about the enemy. Information that they somehow have.>

lets find natalie and use our body language ai

>>18977703
<Thanks for the help. Are there any more details on the CD agents in town? Is it possible that Natalie is one of said agents?>

Damnit. Well at least we hit it.

>>18977789
We don't have that AI.

>>18977789
we don't have body language ai

>>18977783
"It seems that Abel is safe.
But we have other problems not."
Tell them what you have found out.

<What else can you tell me, Cyan?>

>>18977824
i though amy gave it to us.
can we still get it from her?

>>18977840
No, it went rogue and tried to eat all her other AI, so she quashed it. We might be able to get one built, though.

>>18977840
It was... a bit unstable. She had to let it go.

Oh, we need to watch 2001, so that Azure can make the reference at some point.

>>18977840
No, that AI went rogue, tried to eat all the other AIs on Amy's computer and fell apart because of that.

>>18977783
When did Abel become an action hero, I mean he went diving through a window whilst firing a gun.

What can you tell me about CD, where are they based, what do they focus in, how big are they?

>>18977840
Nope, Vermilion went bugfuck and tried to eat Ami's other AIs, so Ami took him down.

>>18977871
>>18977874

Actually it pretty much destroyed itself.

<Thanks for the help. Are there any more details on the CD agents in town?>
<There's evidence of other agents, but they're not as high-ranked nor as skilled, from what we could tell.>
<Is it possible that Natalie is one of the agents?>
Cyan is quiet.
<Yes, it's possible.> He says finally.
<What else can you tell me, Cyan?>
<Well, I carry with me the key to unlocking Cadium encryption, so if we get a signal we can hack into it. Abel also set up an information dropbox in the fast-food place across the road from EE. If you get into range, I can check and decrypt the dropbox if he has any more information for you.>
<Tell me more about Cadium Dynamics.>
<Most of their work is focused on material science. Synthetic organics, monomolecular blades, new power cores. . >
<Where are they based?>
<They're based across the ocean, somewhere in Russia, but from mine and Abel's findings, they're trying to extend their reach over here.>
<How large are they?>
<Large. Very large.>

>>18977917
Interesting, we'll want to get to the drop box.

Cyan, when did Abel become such a badass, because I don't remember him shooting men in power suits then leaping out of windows with a pistol in one hand and a cat cage in another.

>>18977917
Relay this to our companions, tell them that Abel is safe.... probably.

Then transfer the information to EE.
Also check the dropbox

<Package up all of the relevant info so we can give it to EE.> You tell Cyan.
<Understood.>

"Abel's safe." You say, opening your eyes again. "Probably. He has a safehouse and he was heading toward it, so he should be fine."
Grayson nods, and amy gives off a sigh of relief.
"And now we have a dropbox to check." You say. "Grayson, it's time to drive to your favorite place."

The fast food building is pretty abandoned. You and amy sit down at one of the tables while grayson goes to the register to order.

<I can access the dropbox from here.> Cyan says. <Would you like me to?>

>>18977996
<yes. Lets see if he has left anything.>

>>18977996
Yes, but first check everything and make sure that the connection is completely secure and not compromised. Once you've checked that out, go for it.

>>18977996
<As if you had to ask.>

<Let's see if he left anything.> You say.

<I found something. This is from. . a few hours ago.>
Abel's voice is breathy, like before. "The safehouse is fine. I'm fine." He said. "I should be safe for now, and if you're here, listening to me, then you probably found Cyan. I set up a few connections, and from my safehouse I can observe any signals CD sends. By this point, Grasshopper has given up searching for me, and now he's going for some other target. He's using codenames so I can't tell who he's talking about, but he's seeking -someone- out. Watch yourself, Dave."
<Can we leave any messages of our own?> You ask.
<Indeed. It wouldn't be hard, and would not compromise his security.>

>>18977292
>darth vader and the other 2 TIE fighters at the end of Star Wars: A new hope when they hunt the rebels around the death star.jpg

>>18978062
Leave him a message, sorry about not checking on you earlier, 3 day coma thing, it's not a huge deal.

Tell him about the mission we went on, what we retrieved and what we know about the armor. Send him all the relevant files.

>>18978099
>Send him all the relevant files.

All the shit that we found during that mission?
Yeah, lets do that. He might be able to work with that.

<Okay, let's leave this.> You say.

<Sorry for not checking on you earlier; I was out for three days. At least I'm getting better at this whole coma thing.> You encode into the dropbox. You then detail your previous mission and send all the data you got from their computer banks, finally ending with <At least I might get some of that power armor. Dave Out.>

>>18978128
Now what?

Ambush Natalie. That's what. And by ambush I mean ask her out. Get a stakeout van and have Amy and Grayson sit there as mission control.

>>18978197
agreed, maybe have amy and grayson on standbye ready to interfere or something

rolled 7 = 7

>>18978197
We really need to find out more about that "grasshoper"

Contact Jun. "Did you guys get what I sent to you? Can you work with that and find out more?"

>>18978128
Share information about what we found with people at EE, then ask Natalie out on a date.

She might be an agent sent to seduce us, but we know that she is and she doesn't know that we know which gives us an advantage. We can use her to feed false information, perhaps get little bits of information out of her, all that cool counter-intelligence stuff.

"That's so weird." Amy said. "You just sit there, and close your eyes, and then things. . happen. What's it like?" She asked. "Is the implant the reason you change sometimes?"
"Change?" You ask.
"Sometimes there's an. . edge to your voice, and this stern look in your eyes." She said, trying to think of how to explain. "Usually while in combat, you. . flail around, as if you don't know what you're doing. . and then you change, and become a perfect, unstoppable weapon. Something graceful."
You nod.
"You look like that right now." She says.
"That's because I have a date to go on."
"Uh."

"This is the plan." You say. "You two stay here on standby while I'm on the date. And then, if it's necessary, we capture her and interrogate her." You say.
"That seems an awfully. . simple plan." Amy said. "What if things go wrong?"
"Simple is good." Grayson said. "Allows for on-the-spot adaption."

>>18978234
Best case scenario we could end up killing two birds with one stone. Or more likely a bird and a chick.

>>18978269
>"What if things go wrong?"

In that case we'll have to settle for Amy.

>>18978295
Ehh, I'm sure there will be other options as time progresses.

>>18978269
Amy, you're young so if I start engaging in our non-traditional post date festivities have Grayson cover your eyes. It might be a bit much for your innocent self to handle.

I'm going to see what I can get, convince her further that I have no clue who she is, and we can probably use her as a pipeline for whatever information we want whoever hired her, who may or may not be CD, to think is true.

>>18978269
Wait. I don't remember suggestion to kidnap and interrogate her.

>>18978319
>'If necessary', he said. As in if your cover gets blown.

"Hey, Nat." You say. "Wanna have dinner tonight?"
"Dave? Sure, of course. But where have you been lately?"
You're about to tell her 'in a coma', but then you remember that this is all about misinformation.
"Russia." You say. "I had some business to take care of."
"Russia? What kind of business did you have all the way over there?" She said, sounding a bit unsure.
"Just a few friends to talk to. Are you going to be ready tonight?"
"Y-yeah, I'll be there." She said, and you hung up.

"Keep an eye out." Grayson said. "If she's really an agent, then she'll alert other agents and have them come by."

>>18978376

Are we going to be wearing our armor during the date? Seems kinda obvious if we do.
The 'drites are always with us though.

maybe the date can be in the restaruant in front of ee or somewhere else nearby so we can rush a whole fucking squad of people in case something happens?

>>18978376
"That's what I'm hoping for. They'll have all these cool electronic devices. Something we can use to follow them, or otherwise use against them."

>>18978425
This.
And we'll hack everything she has on her.

"That's what I'm hoping for. Agents tend to carry cool electronic devices. Something with info on it I can borrow." You say. "Wait. I just realized. Should I really be wearing my armor during the date? That should really give things away."
"Use some of my clothing." Grayson said. "I'm a bit bulkier than you, so you can wear your armor under it."
"But you won't be able to take any of your weapons." Amy pointed out. "Like the javelin or your gauss rifle, she'll know what that is automatically. The crossbow should be small enough, but that's about it for ranged weapons."
"And my mechandrites." You say. "We're both under the facade that my mechandrites are implanted, so there shouldn't be anything odd about bringing them and their gatling gausses."

"What if things go wrong?" Amy asked again. "As in, what if they just send in a truckful of powersuits to capture you? Or if she just shoots you?"

>>18978458
It's possible I admit, but doesn't seem likely. They're probably much more interested in my living body than just a corpse, and if there's a truckful of power suits they'll be pretty noticeable. I'll keep a close eye on my food and make sure she doesn't put anything in it.

It's risky but there's a lot to gain from this.

>>18978458
I'm tempted to say the 'if you have a better idea', but...

"We'll (hopefully) be in a public place. You'll be nearby with all my weapons, so it shouldn't be too hard to retreat if it comes to that."

You shake your head. "It's possible, but doesn't seem likely. They're much more interested in me alive than dead. I'll keep a close eye on my food to make sure she doesn't slip anything into it. We'll be in a public place, and you'll be nearby with all my weapons, so it won't be hard to retreat if things go wrong."
After getting outfitted in some of Grayson's clothing, and slipping the mono-crossbow in your pocket, you adjust it, make sure it looks right on you, and you're ready.

"Hey, Dave." Natalie says. "Looking good. To what do we owe this auspicious occasion?" She asked as you entered the restauraunt.
"Well, it was a long flight, so I'm pretty tired. I figured I could do something to relax and heal up." You say, keeping up your facade.
"Heal up?" She asked.
"Oh, nothing. Just fell over at the wrong time."
> I'll need you guys to start rolling here. Also, wat say?

rolled 66 = 66

>>18978528
So, how's life been in the exciting world of lawyering? Any interesting cases cross your desk?

"How's life been in the exciting world of lawyering? Any interesting cases cross your desk?"
"Oh, nothing special. One of my clients are making sure they don't get stiffed on a contract, so I've been looking that over. Nothing special. What about you and your work? I'm not even that sure what you do, really." She says with a wry smile.
"I'm just an office clerk." You say. "Accounting, TPS reports, the whole shebang."
"And you really need those to get that done?" She asked, raising an eyebrow and with a glance at the mechandrites.
"Well, they do come in handy sometimes."
She very slightly paled, noticing the new 'additions' to the mechandrites. But her mask was very good; she pretended not to even notice.
She forward, very brazenly showing off her chest. "Well, Dave, I can't wait to find out exactly how handy they can be." She flirted, but you knew what was up.
You noticed her sprinkle something in your food.
Shit; you won't be able to pretend nothing's up if you can't eat.

>>18978617
Claim they got your order wrong and ask for something else.

rolled 79 = 79

>>18978617
Ping and hack everything she has.

Mentalliate to Amy and Grayson "she sprinkled something in my food. She's definitely an agent. Don't act yet."

"Oh, you bet I'm going to show you what they're capable off." smile

>>18978648
this

i don't suppose we can have our ai's analyze what she sprinkled into our drink?

>>18978617
Uh, appear like trying to show off with the 'drites and 'accidentally' knock our plate on the floor.

You make a little bit of more smalltalk, not taking a bite.
"Aren't you going to eat, Dave?" She asked, with another wry smile. You nod, and look at the food.
"Wait. This isn't what I ordered." You say.
She draws her gun. "Now!" She called out, and several of the other diners drew weapons and rushed toward you.

rolled 84 = 84

>>18978691

"IT'S GATTLING TIME!"

slow-mo online. Onyx Online
<Onyx, bring the droids>

>>18978691
Really, are you sure this is the best idea Natalie, if that is even your real name.

Gattling time, Onyx bring the thunder, once that threat is deal with grab Natalie in a drite, it looks like we have some serious talking to do.

>>18978702
Also grab Natalie while we're at it.

>>18978686
Shit, too late. As if that would've mattered.

>>18978691
gaustling gun the agents down, grab Nat as a human shield.

grab her and kill her underlings then book it back to ee

Bullet-time active. You leap out of your chair, bringing Onyx online. <Bring the droids.> You say, as the mechandrites fire wildly at the various agents and their weapons. Three of the agents go down after concentrated fire from your mechandrites, and you're moving too quickly for them to draw a bead on you.

One of the gauss projectiles catch Natalie in the head, and her head snaps back. When she tilts her head back towards you, you see a thick metal mesh underneath her skin. You knock the gun out of her hand with one mechandrite, and wrap the other mechandrite around her, using her as a human shield against the other agents.

Amy fires something in through the window, and two canisters fly into the building, emitting smoke and chaff as they fly. It's been less than five seconds since Natalie drew her gun, and you're already retreating.

>>18978733
Escape with the booty!

>>18978733
RETREAT

BACK INTO THE VAN
THE VAN!

Use the second mechandrite to hold Natalie even tighter in case she has a full-body modification.

>>18978733
Odd, get in the van, wrap her in both drites and see what mods she has.

Hey Natalie, this is an awful lot like our first time together isn't it?

Your other mechandrite pins her arms extra-hard, making sure she couldn't escape, and you and Amy booked it to the car, where Grayson was waiting. He took out some shackles and took care of her quickly, tying up both hands and legs. You enter the car, and Grayson's car squeals as he takes off toward EE.

"Bullfrog." Natalie snarls. "You knew."

rolled 99 = 99

>>18978733
<Cyan, let's grab anything we can get!> Look for PDAs and stuff like that. Wirelessly, of course.

Rolling for that.

>>18978733
How the hell did we not notice that we were doing a terminator. Jeesh. At least we know what we get for forcing you to turn one-off characters into important characters.

>>18978786
Start laughing. "I didn't know exactly but now I do."

>>18978786
And you tried to drug me and kidnap me. I think we're about even on this one babe.

Just tell me two things, who do you work for, and did you ever actually love my mechadendrites or was this all just a job to you?

>>18978786
"Hey, come one, we can still work this out."

"Come on. A bored, lonely lawyer with a penchant for conspiracy theories?" Give her are-you-serious-look
"I didn't want to believe it, but I knew immediately something was off"

>>18978800
what do you mean?

>>18978795
please use this roll to hack her

>>18978786
Make sure people at EE are ready.

>>18978824

Ms. Nat was a (nameless chick) who we picked up at a bar. Later we rolled a nat 100 while trying to figure out what sort of catch we had made. I presume Exabyte didn't plan to involve her in the story before that?

>>18978884
I meant the part about the terminator. I don't get that.

>>18978902
A gauss projectile caught her in the head and was stopped by a thick metal mesh under her skin. That isn't normal human behavior.

Hello Guys!
I'm back, and my rolls also.
So, now I don't roll, but play with you.

Hi Exabyte.

Nice plot You got there.

And I say, interrogate her.

>>18978915

This.

>>18978915
>> It's all part of her implants.

As you seek through the phone's data, you find out; Natalie is Grasshopper. She was the one who sent the messages to the troops to 'be cops' and stand around Abel's house.
"So." You say to Natalie. "What was my codename in this thing? I see all sorts of targets. Angel, Dragon, Bull, Sniper. Which one is me?"
She glares daggers at you and doesn't say anything.
"Ah well. How did I not know I was doing a terminator?"
"You never did anything, you vapid douchebag." She says. "I fucking drugged you the first time I met you. You spilled everything."

>>18978929
So fond of you, I'm glad I don't remember that.
Now I could have nightmares.

>>18978929
"So that's why I cannot remember anything. Knew that alcohol couldn't be responsible for all of that."

"Sooo.... you're with the Cadmium Dynamics? How is what working out for you then?"

We can use this PDA to send orders to those "cops" and probably other agents. We should lure them into a trap and capture them.

"Awww... I really thought we had something going on there, Natalie.
You're breaking my cold, mechanized heart."

>>18978929
>Awww
"Oh, well c'est la vie. I don't particularly care. In fact, I'm more concerned that you tried to kill my friend. I'm thinking I should kill you to tip the scales in my favor, young grasshopper."

Monoknives out. It's a threat, hoping to get some information out of her...but we should kill her.

>>18978967
Check her for any kind of weapon.

We are taking you to EE, milady.

>>18978929
Would you like to make up for that by actually doing something now, I'm sure we can find some creative uses for my drites.

Congratulations Nat, you really didn't get all that much. Honestly I was about as ignorant as possible at that juncture, I've learned that so much about what I knew back that was completely fucking wrong. Jokes on you.

Also, I kinda thought a woman loved me for my drites, not for my spine, you really just broke my heart.

>>18978999
"I guess it was just too much to hope for. I'll never meet a girl who loves my 'drites so much."

"That lovely look. Also part of the augmentations? You people have no subtlety"

rolled 41 = 41

>>18978929

But opportunities will be plenty to make ammends. I have a feeling we will be spending some private time together in the near future doing all sorts of interesting stuff.

Check her body for any weaponry, ping to see if you can figure out her augments and if no result slash small wounds into her flesh to see which parts have terminator under them.

rolled 25 = 25

>>18979018
Rolling in support.

rolled 42 = 42

>>18979018
Support.

"Aw, I thought we had something going on there, Nat. I thought you loved me for my drites, not my spine. You're breaking my cold, mechanized heart."

She just continues glaring daggers at you.

You shrug, and your mono-knives all slip out with a chilling 'snck' noise. "I don't particularly care. In fact, I'm more concerned that you tried to kill my friend, young grasshopper."
"Your friend. . the hacker who shot me." She said. "You were the one who sicced him on us."
You shrug again.
"It doesn't matter." She says. "The other agents will find me."

rolled 75 = 75

>>18979018
>>18979029
damn.

Maybe we can search an info port and connect with our drite-
Wait, I just realized how wrong that sounds.

rolled 83 = 83

>>18979037
Only in little to no parts after I finish.

>>18979037
"But none of the agents are good as you are." smile

>>18979037
"Yup, they'll find you in the gutter, and in the trash can, and in the alley, and in a local park, and in a shitty apartment..."

Maybe make a point of cutting her with each separate location? I don't know. I'm a med student not a sociopath.

>>18979061
>>18979073
Hivemind.

>>18979037
Possible, but honestly I doubt they'd find any two bits of you in the same place if we decide to go down that route.

So Nat, tell me about your augments, it's a lot easier than me practicing amateur surgery with these drites.

<Cyan. Ping her.> You say, and close your eyes.
<No weaponry, and her augments are. . strange.>
<Strange how?>
<It's all subdermal, and . . woven into her flesh. She had some kind of jamming built into her head to keep us from sensing her before, but it's only functioning slightly.>

"Only in a few parts, after I finish." You say.

<Can you locate the jamming implant? Maybe I can take the entire thing out.>
<Not without killing her, no.>

You shrug, and your mechandrites whip forward to start slashing her, when Grayson calls out. "Cool down, Dave. We have interrogators for this kind of stuff."

You nod, and pull away.

>>18979093
Huff and puff that we don't get to slice her up.

Then wait in silence till we get to EE

>>18979093

How about we try to.. cripple her in some way? We wouldn't really like her to overcome EE's security measures, escape and go on bloody rampage in HQ.
How about we break both her hands for a starter? I'm shure we could crush her augments ith our 'drites.

>>18979093
So we do don't we, man I bet they're really good at their job. Grayson, are they good at their job?

Natalie I out of deference for the affection I believed we shared, even though it was false, I'm willing to give you a chance to start talking now rather than letting the professionals do their jobs.

"So, Nat, tell me about your augments." You say.
"I'm not augmented." She said back. "I have all of my arms and legs, see?"
You twist the mechandrite so that she can see her own forehead, and the steel grill underneath her skin.
"Yeah, I don't think so." You say. She goes silent.

"We're here." Grayson said, entering the parking lot. Behind him, the parking lot doors all slammed shut, and security officers rushed out of the elevator, weapons at the ready to apprehend the agent.

>>18979118
That sounds.... horrible thing to do.
Then again, she threatened our friend... and our cat.

>>18979168
Personally deliver her to the interrogation room. Make sure everyone knows she's augmented to hell and back.

>>18979180
This, tell 'em she's got some kind of subdermal weave, and a jamming device in her brain of some sort, among other things surely.

rolled 74 = 74

>>18979168
Watch the whole interrogation.
Help in it. Make sure she tells everything.

>>18979206
This, guys don't roll anymore. This should do fine.

>>18979206
Yah, time for some revenge.

>>18979206
We're not that cruel. Come on.

>>18979238
Yes, she deserves it.

>>18979238
She almost hurt our cat, man...We gotta do this for Ishelda.

"She's augmented to hell and back." You say, standing. "She had some kind of GPS signalling implanted in her, but I destroyed it. Some of her implants are being jammed, though, so I can't touch them."

You and the security team escort her down to B-4, and toss her within one of the cells. After being reassured that she wouldn't be able to break out, you relaxed.

And then Jun called you.
"Hey, Dave, you should come up here. I just got word of the agent you captured. Agent. . Grasshopper, was it?"
"Yeah." You responded. "And I also got some more data from a friend that you might want to take a look at."
"I'll get to it eventually. But first. . the board wants to meet you."

>> NEXT TIME, ON NEARFUTURE CYBORG QUEST
>>I'll stick around again to answer questions.
>> sorry for ending early this time, but you guys pretty much screwed up my plans and I have to figure out how to deal with all of this.

GODDDAMIT EXABYTE
We are going to find you one day.

>>18979268
>>> sorry for ending early this time, but you guys pretty much screwed up my plans and I have to figure out how to deal with all of this.

Haha
How did we screw up again?

>>18979268
Oh god these cliffhangers...

>>18979268
Nice, a board meeting. We're going to finally meet the higher ups.

>>18979268
To on now, how many persons we have had killed?

>>18979282

This without plot reveals. Although I'm sure you wouldn't give them anyway.

>>18979282
>FF You weren't supposed to get Nat this early. It was supposed to be after you fight her, fully equipped and everything, but then you decided to go all counter-intelligence dating and stuff.
>>18979300
>Around maybe 7 suits, 25 soldiers, and 6 zombies, if you count Alli. The rest was either killed by your teammates or by Mark's missile-barrage.

>>18979335
Thirty eight people, damn. At this rate we'll be at a hundred in no time. We should throw a party once we break a hundred.

>>18979335
No where close enough dead people to finish with our ethnic cleansing. No, wait... I didn't say that.

>>18979268
Damn,
Just when things got interesting.

>>18979335
I really love this about the Quests. We don't have to fight people just because it would be "appropriate to the plot". I love it when things get done easy by the means of preparation even if that might mean that climatic fights do not come. I like it this way.
And I'm glad that you didn't just railroad us into the fight.

>>18979335
I'm sure Sun Tzu said something wise that would apply here.

>>18979335
She did kind of tip her hand rather early in the restaurant. That was a bit of a miscalculation on her part. The woman just broke our heart though, I thought we had a real connection. Perhaps we'll be able to seduce her over to our side, maybe one day we will.

We really need to get a social AI for situations like this.

>>18979391
No, we are not Sengoku Rance-ing this.

>>18979391
>The woman just broke our heart though, I thought we had a real connection. Perhaps we'll be able to seduce her over to our side, maybe one day we will.

This.
Makes my biotic eyes spill oil.

I really thought we had a connection there but alas, it was painfully obvious that there was something wrong.

>>18979408
And by that you mean we're not raping her till she loves us?

>>18979413
No, of course we're doing that I meant we're not conquering feudal japan...

>>18979408
Obviously not, we're going to be classy about this, candle lit dinners in her locked cell, and loving gentle kinky mechadendrite use. Show her what she's been missing out on.

We shouldn't expect too much out of this though, it's one hell of a long shot and we'll never really be able to trust her.

>>18979413
Reminds me of Abbaddon Quest.

Wait, wait

She's codenamed 'Grasshopper' and we're 'Bullfrog', right? Frogs eat insects, right?
I feel there is a CSI pun joke somewhere hidden in there.

>>18979429
Oh good. You had me worried there.

>>18979376
I have to admit, I do sometimes bend things to make them more appropriate to the plot, but I try not to go directly against what everyone wants.

>>18979360
I'm not sure Dave's the kind of person who'd throw a party. If anything, he just tries not to think about it.

>>18979391
The first time you met, she drugged and interrogated you.
The second time you met, she just did more interrogation and made you paranoid.
The third time, you knew she was an agent.

>>18979461
hehehe

>>18979462
What did we tell her when she drugged us anyway?

Also, Abel should be safe for now, right?
We should extract him to EE.

>>18979484
EE is a giant neon target, they probably have worked out that Grasshopper is here and they're almost certainly going to send strike teams, he's probably safest in his Safehouse, at least for now.

>>18979462
Also, how many 'drittes we have now?

And, well, ...
hmhm.

Voteing for Ishelda quest.

rolled 20 = 20

>>18979484
No no no no.

We just took one of their main agents. They'll be looking through her operations history and see that the last target she tried for was Abel; meaning they'll think he's mega important and all go after him. If anything he needs to hide more so than previously.

>>18979506
point

>>18979509
Two for now.

We should get another two soon. Probably after we get the power-armor

>>18979515


Uh, I accidentally rolled a nat 20. Can we bank that for a mini-fate point?

rolled 85 = 85

>>18979522
I guess the limit is one.

You don't have a limit of fate points, but you guys will still only have the one.

Also, if there ever comes a time that you guys end up rolling so badly dave dies, I'm automatically going to spend the fate point. Unless it's a suitable end to the quest, that is.

rolled 11 = 11

>>18979581
Cool. We should probably keep the points for death situations like that.

rolled 39 = 39

>>18979581
So to not spend it accidentally, I won't roll :D

Well, what we can do next?
When we will get futureshades?

>>18979619
you've already got the futurehelmet, which is way cooler than futureshades could ever be.

rolled 12 = 12

>>18979619
To which point AIs can control our body?
Can they, like control our pupils? Or liver, heart, etc?

Y'know, I wouldn't mind having that jammer that Miss 100 has, or something similar. Oh, and how many USB ports do we have, and will we ever need to expand upon that number?

>>18979644
>Most of that is all controlled by your subconscious. Your AIs can control them slightly, but as Azure previously said, your consciousness and subconsciousness has 'root control'. If they try to assert too much control over your physical body, your subconsciousness dominates them.

>>18979690
Hey. What did we tell Nat when she drugged us?

>>18979690
How are the numbers for rolls?
Like lose, slightly lose, even, success, great succes?

>>18979717
I assume whatever we had learned by thread...2? So, basically about our first mission and what we thought about EE. Oh, and killing whats-her-face...Templar

>>18979717
You told her 'everything'. It's fuzzy, and you don't exactly know what you told her. Due to the drugs, she was just able to suggest that you two slept together and she totally didn't grill you on everything you know about EE, and you believed it.

>>18979741
Dammit. So we didn't even sleep with her?

>>18979758
Nope.

>>18979758
Nope, and she called us a vapid douchebag for even thinking she'd bang us.

>>18979758
Don't worry my friend, one day we'll find a girl who loves us for who we are, for our tentacles and not just our spine. If only Amy was not a teenager, as it is I think she's a tad young for us.

>>18979758
Nope.

>>18979725
usually, I give you guys a DC for whatever divides success and failure. If you're close to the DC, then it's either a 'slight success' or a 'slight failure'. If you're way above the DC, it'll be a massive success, and if you're way below, massive failure. A 100 is a special event, though, where you succeed so awesomely that it's a breeze.

Anyways, thanks for the thread(s). Time to sleep! And I assure you OP. We'll still succesfully seduce and score on our truly beautiful but steel cold friend.