>Initiating start-up sequence...
"What?" you say with a groggy start. You've had rude awakenings, but this kind is all too familiar. One of the perimeter alarms has been tripped. And its blare is setting the entire base into motion.
>AIEA system online…
You reach for your infopad with your right hand and bring it to your face. Calling up the link to the alarm system, you feel your heart drop. It has to be a malfunction…
>Motor systems online…
You kick yourself out of your cot, and rush to the door.
>Optical systems online…
Outside your quarters men and women of all shapes and sizes are scrambling frantically in all directions. All these people, someone has to know what’s going on!
>[ ] Ask someone about the situation
>[ ] Go and see for yourself

>>29634091
>[ ] Ask someone about the situation

>writing

>[x] Ask someone about the situation

You stop someone who looks vaguely familiar, though their name escapes you.
“What’s going on?” You ask him.
“It’s exactly what it looks like kid. The perimeter alarms have been tripped. All of them.” He says solemnly. “You’d best arm yourself, no point going down without a fight. There probably isn’t much left, but you should go down to the armory and grab whatever shoots or cuts.”

You nod as he continues down the hall. “All of them…” you mutter. As much as you don’t want to believe it, it’s not entirely impossible. However, lingering on it will get you nowhere. With that in mind, you head to the armory.

Whoever he was, he wasn’t kidding. This place has been cleaned out. Nothing but a few faulty looking EM charges and a few weapon lockers.

>[ ] search the lockers
>[ ] look elsewhere

>search the lockers

>>29634736
>[x] search the lockers

>writing

>[x] Search the lockers

Figuring it’s best to make sure, you give all of the lockers a quick once over. Just to make sure.
“Nothing… No… Damn… Shit… I’d be better off biting them… Oh, hello! What do we have here?” you say as you pull the heavy assault pack from its place.

>Scanning…

You watch intently as an array of new information flies across the vision of your artificial eye. You take in as much as you can now as a habit, even though you know it’ll just get saved to your hard drive.
You identify the weapon as an older Russian model, the KV-09. Built with a smaller energy pistol and a larger blade that was designed to be charged with energy so it could cut through armor. The design was scrapped for obvious reasons, as it’s heavy as shit. This one seems to have been fixed with a worn out shield projector and an assistance brace to make it a little easier on the arm.

It’s a tad unwieldy, but it’ll do. Unless there’s something else in here.

>[ ] search the rest of the lockers
>[ ] get to your post

>get to your post

>>29635410
Post with old heavy gun now

>>29635410
>Keep searching
Might as well

>Come back after 2 hours not expecting to see posts.
>see posts

pleasantly surprised

>>29638590
>>29638590
Cause some of us are interested miss dizzy

>>29638750
Or Mr...whichever aligned to. yyour inner fiddly bits

You consider looking through the rest of the lockers to make sure, but a blast in the distance shoots that idea down.
Resigning yourself to using the outdated weapon, you strap it onto your arm. Securing the brace and quickly test firing it to make sure it actually works before dashing out of the armory.

As you run, you check your other components. Your legs feel sturdy enough under you, though your right knee is starting to squeak a little. A quick glance down at your left arm shows that it is still attached, and the six glass vials attached to your forearm are all glowing blue with energy.

As you near the area where you’re supposed to be stationed, you hear the sounds of more and more explosions. Some come from across the base, some sound a bit too close for comfort.
When you arrive at your post, you see it’s already practically overrun. Your comrades are fighting bravely and dying heroically. But they’re dying nonetheless.

>[ ] Join the fray
>[ ] Fall back

Ok before we go any further, what are all of our mechanical bits

>>29639049
lay down some supressive fire... and join fray.

>>29639150
>Left arm is fully mechanical, with an erergy storage device on the forearm
>Left eye, ear and a small portion of the brain have been replaced
>Right leg is mechanical starting and the upper thigh
>Left leg is mechanical starting from the hip

>>29639242
But are we pretty...not that serious of a question

>>29639436
The eye stands out a tad and the ear looks a bit wonky, but otherwise Logan is fairly average looking.

>>29639213
This

>[x] Join the fray
No question, your place is over there with your comrades.

Quickly surveying the area, you run behind the cover of an upturned car while firing into the advancing automatons. Some of them still have human features, but you’ve grown used to that by now.

By the time you reach the car, your gun is empty. Calling up the information on this model you find the charge contact point on the side and put your hand to it, watching as one of the vials on your arm empties and the indicator on the small gun fills.

Peeking out from behind cover, you see your CO across the street. He’s bunkered down with several others in an alleyway. You lock eyes with him for a moment and he signals you to make your way over.
>[ ] run for it
>[ ] go carefully

Careful we not want tto. get ventilated

>Run for it

>>29640041
Carefully

>writing

dizzy I was here at the start but passed out cause am. Sick freak with. some perverted virus making me not reliable but. I. could use a quest like this .....thank you

>[x] go carefully

You scan the area between you and the alley for obstacles. Making note of the ones that could trip you up and planning a route based on the ones that are big enough to take cover behind.

Once you’re confident you make a break for the first spot, stopping for a second behind a piece of rubble that had been blown off the side of a building. From there it’s a straight shot to the sandbags, then to the alley.

“Where the hell were you?” Commander Alvin asks. “Bit of a hold up trying to find a weapon…” You respond, holding up the old Russian assaulter.
“Is that everyone?” He yells to someone further in. “Everyone who’s left!” comes a mildly sarcastic reply. “Good. Blow it.” Alvin commands. Before you can ask what we’re blowing, the rush hits you.

“The whole street?” You yell, stepping further into the alley to avoid the flying rubble coming from further up. “Up to about four blocks up, if nothing was tampered with. Come on kid, we’re going to fall back point beta to meet up with another squad.” He says to you as he signals the squad to move further in.

Woops, forgot the choice

>[ ] Ask Alvin for more details
>[ ] Continue silently

>>2964097 we shall efficiently complette this task

>>29640970
>>[ ] Continue silently

The walk to fallback point beta isn’t a long one, if what you know is correct. But it's looking to be a grim one.
You can hear the reports coming in over the radio in your ear. A theme seems to be apparent among them.

The words "fallback", "overrun", and "eliminated".

Despite your best efforts to control your emotions, you can't help but feel a sense of looming dread.

Accentuating this feeling, a cry comes from behind you. "BOGIES!"

You turn to look and sure enough there's a small group of automatons gunning it down the alley towards your group. As you bring your gun to bear on them, another cry grabs your attention.

"ABOVE!" the man next to you screams. You look up to see another group preparing to fire on you.

"MOVE, EVERYONE THIS WAY!" Alvin shouts, ushering people down a path to your left. As you go to run down the side path another small group turns into it, heading straight for you

>roll 1d20

>>29641390
>counting first 3 rolls

Rolled 6

>>29641390

If Anyone is still here, I need to sleep. If the thread is still around tomorrow night I'll come back to it.

>>29643309
I just woke up again.....turns out this jerk virus is worse than I thougght b
But am fully willing to continue tomorrow

Bumping

Bump in the night

>>29647713
bump in the morning

Rolled 20

>>29641390

Rolled 19

>>29641390

Bump of the almighty.

>>29655556
Bump for interest

Bump of the powerless.

Bump of those who hunger

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Dalek bumps

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Aaaaalright, I'm back!
I see you guys have rolled, si can just get straight to wri-
>>29651513
mfw

>>29665115
im waitin OP

>>29665115
the great dizzy has returned and I am much less sick now hugs all aroud

>>29665115
this go'n be good

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>Full biomechanical synchronization achieved. Begin target lock? [Y/N]

< [Y]

>Linking to KV-09 targeting systems...
>Acquiring targets...

In the vision of your left eye crosshairs begin to appear over the heads of the approaching enemies. As you raise your gun towards them a red indicator appears, showing you where each shot will hit.

You've never synched your vision to a weapon scope before, so it's a tad awkward. But nonetheless you move the indicator into the nearest crosshair and squeeze the trigger.

With a satisfying sound, the blast you fire takes a chunk out of your target's head. As it goes down, you move to shoot the next one. And then the next one.

You take six of them out before the last five catch on and rush at you. They're faster than you expect, but this weapon has a backup.

>Switching modes...

With a click, the sword sticks into the forward position. Pulling the trigger, you feel the blade hum to life as the edge starts to glow.
With a roar you swing it in a wide arc right across the chest of the automaton in front of you. The blade cuts through the wall beside you and continues straight across through everything in its path, which includes three of the four onciming enemies.
The last one continues to charge, but is dispatched when the people behind you finally start shooting

Now unimpeded, you continue down the winding side path.

[1/?]

>>29665696
damn son

Murdertastc

>>29665696
And the path goes on and on... until it hits a dead end.

"In here!" You hear from behind you. Turning around you see Alvin ushering people into the backdoor of one of the buildings.

"This'll get us back to the street, and from there it's a short ways to HQ."

"We're going back to HQ?" You ask, surprised by the change in plans.

"Everyone's going back to HQ." He leaves it at that. Everyone knows what it implies.

One last stand.

The walk through the building is quiet, everyone around you is on edge. You notice that the number of people has decreased rather drastically. Where there looked to be about 20 in the alley when you first arrived, now there seems to be 12.
You reach the buildings front doors without issue, and everyone makes their way onto the street. It's quiet...

>roll 1d20

Rolled 19

>>29665981

Rolled 20

Woot

>>29665981
Dice+1d20

Rolled 13

>>29666320
Can't dice today

This should be interesting
>writing

lots of 20's in this thread

>>29666467
>first 2 rolls of the entire quest. Both nat 20's

I hope it's not an omen of what's to come, it'd suck if you guys just blew through this.

>Acquiring targets...

Acquiring whatnow? An arrow pointing up appears in your vision. Following it with your eyes you see...

"Oh bugger..." Those are big. VERY big.

"On the roofs! We need to be off the street, now!"

"What? Oh..." Alvin says as he sees the enemies on the roof. "Everyone, through there!" He points to another alleyway. "And shields up!"

Refilling your weapons energy again, you activate the small force shield. It glows slightly as it projects a small barrier in front of you. Raising the shield over your head, you run to where Alvin was pointing.
Above you hear the firing start. Bullets and energy bolts pepper the ground around you. Your shield stops all the fire aimed at you.

Your knees pump as you run, feeling almost like regular legs. You're usually somewhat clumsy, as your sychronization rate is relatively low. But right now it feels like your artificial bits are making you go FASTER rather than impeding you.

As you reach the alley the shield above your head shuts down with a whine. Checking for the reason, you see that it's out of energy. Filling it again, a prompt comes up on your eye.

>2/6 energy tanks remaining.

Balls... you may have been a bit too gung-ho there.

"Everyone in?" Alvin asks. "Everyone whos left anyway..."

You look around. 5 of us left. Looks like not everyone was quick enough with their shields...

"They'll be giving chase soon. Let's go this way, we'll take the way through the underhousing district."
Checking around the corner, Alvin looks rushed. "Sooner than I thought, move!"

[1/?]

As soon as he says that, you hear them coming. And you all run.

Turning abruptly whenever you hear alvin shout a direction, you rush through the cluttered alleyway.
Vaguely aware of everything else, you hear shots and screams behind you. Turning your head, you see what's chasing you.

"Oh shit..." You utter. It's one of the Metal suits. Originally designed to have a pilot, they were modified by the AI's forces to be self run.
You suddenly feel VERY outgunned, as the only way to describe this thing would be "paramilitary death machine"

As you turn another corner, you hear Alvin yelp in pain behind you. You turn to look and see him collapse against the wall, covered in blood.

"Commander?" You call back.

"Keep running kid. The entrance to the underhousing is just that way." He says to you, pointing you down the alleyway.
Before you turn to run, you see him pull the pins off of his grenade band. "They won't be following anytime soon."

Obeying orders you keep running until you reach a railing. Looking over it, you see the underhousing district. A huge project in its time, its basically a series of apartments built around a huge hole in the ground.

But how to get down there?

>[ ] check the elevator
>[ ] check the stairs

>>29667238
>[ ] check the stairs
In the event of an emergency, do NOT take the elevator

>>29667238
>[ ] check the stairs

Stairs it is.
>writing

As the elevator is probably not a good idea, considering what's chasing you. You look for the stairs.

As you make your way around the hole, you hear a blast from where you came in. You curse under your breath.

"Where are these god damn stairs?" You say out loud. You don't know this area of town very well, so it takes you a minute to find them.

A minute that you don't have.

As you hear BIG footsteps coming from the way you came in, you spot the entrance to the stairway.

And the blast doors covering them.

"What? Why? Why are there blast doors on the stairs when you can just-"

>Target lock detected

You turn to face the entrance. And there it is. Standing there with its remaining minigun, all 4 of its rocket launchers as well as its various energy weapons honed on your various squishy bits.
Your heart sinks... There has to be another way away from here, from THAT

And there is

>roll 1d20

Rolled 12

>>29667723

Rolled 16

>>29667723

Rolled 8

>>29667723

>writing

"-when you can just hop the railing!"

As you hear the miniguns spin up you dash to the railing.

As the first rocket fires you hop up onto the railing.

You hear more than feel an energy bolt glance off the rounded metal of your left shoulder.

But you do feel the explosion from behind you, as it sends you flying way off course towards the center of the hole, rather than the edge.

Thinking quickly, you bring your shield up in front of your face. If what you know about these is right, it should absorb most of the impact.

Should.

You wait until you're closer to the ground to activate it, and it glows once more as it projects a barrier between you and certain death. You hear a weird crunching sound as it connects with the floor.
And the whole world seems to shake violently.

Then everything goes black.

[1/?]

>>29668068
come on wake up to sexy resistance lady nursing you back to operational status

>>29668108
WAIFU INBOUND
captcha: and wtfthis

You wake with a start.

>Emergency system reboot complete
>Initiating startup sequence...

Ooooooh I feel like a sack of bricks...

>AIEA system online...

Turning yourself over with your right arm, your lift your neck in an attempt to take stock of your body parts.

>Motor systems online...

"Legs... Arm... Torso... Head... Nothing seems broken... What's that smell?"

>Optical systems online...

A big blinking warning light tells you that your shield has taken critical damage.
"Oh..." You reach over and rip the obviously fried shield from its mount on your weapon, tossing it off to the side.
Grunting, you stand up. It seems like every part of you that can feel pain is right now. It seems like your shield didn't quite absorb all of the impact, but you're still in one piece and nothing seems to be bleeding. Which is nice.

From off to the side you hear a voice.

"Someone else is here? Oh the Ways be praised... Come here, I don't have much time."

There is a human looking figure slumped over against a wall in the shadows under one of the many ledges in the underhousing.

>[ ] go over
>[ ] scan them

>>29668358
>>[ ] scan them
Don't want any spooks tricking us

>>29668358
can you scan while walking?

>>29668358
scan we is cautious...these things are probably known to use trickery

>>29668445
option is moreso between

>this thing looks legit
>be cautious

>>29668513
>be cautious/scan them

Expressing caution it is!

>writing

>>29668513
>>be cautious

>>29668351
>>29668108
but remember she is prolly even more cybered up than us...are we making out or performing facial maintenance

What makes you guys think it's a woman?

>>29668777
...i was just posting a random guess and we snowballed

also females are slightly more common than males in humans as the default is female

What makes you think it's a man?

You move to take a step forward, but stop yourself. You knew people who fell for this one, just because they don't look heavily augmented doesn't mean they aren't controlled.

<Initiate scan.
>Scanning...

You mentally adjust your eye to let in more light, trying to get a better look at whoever it is. And you see...

Horns?

"What the hell?" You say, not realising you said it out loud.

>Scan Complete!

Instead of the usual infodump you get from scanning, all you see is two words.

>Lifeform Unknown

"Unknown? How is it unknown?" You say to no one in particular.

"Yes... I suppose you don't see many travellers out this far. But please, I don't have long. You must take this!"

She, at least it sounds like a she, extends her hand towards you, and gleaming in the dim light is a... shield?
It's small, circular black shield with a gold trim and strange sigils carved into it...

"Take it... Please..."

>What do?

>>29668919
.... nonhuman female hands you a thing with archane symbols...she has horns....succubus/demon.... we should take it for now but dump it quickly

>>29668919
>Horns
>Demon
>Female
Yeah, na. Fuckinh succubus. Keep your filthy item.

>>29668919
>Take it

>>29668919
taaaaake eeeeet

Rolled 10

>>29668919
Take it for now. And ask her what the hell she is

wait.... are we shadow running or something?

>>29668919
>Take it and smash it on the ground

So... Take cautiously?

>>29669113
No, smash it.

>>29669133
No hulk. No smash.
try scanning it?

Rolled 91

>>29669197
this

>writing

>>29668919
take it.
I doubt this is a trap by the AI... unknown lifeform? horns? the AI would try to disguise its traps as human.

>>29668979
>>29668992
>Female with horns
>Must be a succubus
even if she is a demon, she isn't necessarily a succubus.

>Oh the Ways be praised
some sort of dimensional traveler?

Approaching whatever it is cautiously, you move to take the small shield.
Once it's in your hand, you initiate a scan.

>scanning

Nothing to do until the scan finishes, you take some time to further examine the creature.
It does look female, at least by your standards. She has pale purple skin and darker purple hair, out of which her horns poke out either side.
She's wearing... plate armor? No, that's definitely plate armor. Coloured and trimmed in the same fashion as the shield. You can see a strange blue liquid flowing out of a large gash in the armor.
On the ground at her side is a black sword with a gold hilt.

When she sees you looking at her wound, she speaks. "I thought I could fight them... Those monsters... I thought I could stop them from tearing... the-"
She stops briefly as a fit of coughing takes her. When it stops, she continues.
"Tearing the Aether, the fabric of the universe apart... The corruption has already begun... They need to stop... Stop their fighting... Before it's too late..."
"Monsters? Aether? Corruption? What the hell are you talking about?"

>Scan Complete.
>Shield is of unknown origin
>Symbols are of unknown origin
>Hardware is compatible with the KV-09 Assaulter

She looks at you seriously. "Put the shield on... Please... There needs to be-... to be-"
She starts coughing again, and it doesn't look like it's likely to stop soon. From above you start to hear footsteps. BIG footsteps. They must finally be coming down to look for you.

>what do?

>>29669577
Smash it.

>>29669577
>There needs to be what? What happened?

>Green Lantern that shit. Take.

Between
>smash
>ask more questions
>jam it on

>>29669704
Jam that shit

>>29669704
Smash

>>29669704
Jam it
> obvious plot hook

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>>29669704
>Jam it inon
but also frantically ask "wtf gurl?"

>writing

You hear the Metal suit, coming from above. Suddenly there's no time left for questions.
You slam the strange shield onto your weapon, it hits with a resounding *clang* before locking in.
As soon as it's on, it starts to glow.
"What the fuck?"

>New software reci-;aksrhglcfkjsj,d hvcm\/;z,cvxmbj'ki ,jhdega4fuilw8vo9uihO[bj]n

Your legs fall out from under you, your left eye is seeing nothing but static and garbled letters.

>2m8.;.35l6o,j.0n5 0as.keurnvbsnukhkbgfc5j4321435fxb4xdzcmalknehrt gxfgh64gj63cv1n634srt36aS4

You hit the ground, shielding your face with your right arm. "What's happening?"

>G4S1FGHDZF

A strange glow begins to envelope you, starting from the shield. In its wake, the color of your parts and clothing seems to change to black and gold.

>64H6X8GHB71V6DZC6

"Do not be alarmed! It is modifying your parts to make you compatible!" the strange woman calls

>5g4 xf67s

You try to throw your weapon away, but your hand wont comply. "Compatible for what?!?" You yell back.

>b9rg4zdr6g4/9+ae76564u68

She sighs and slumps a little on the wall. "Knight... hood..."

>6r74idh

"Knighthood? What? Hello?

>Software installation complete

The words come up as your eye rights itself. The OS seems to have changed completely

>Void Knight Automated Assisstant System initiating...

"Void Knight? What?" You ask the strange woman.

>Resuming Motor Function

You hop to your now gold and black feet and walk over to the strange lady, ready to start yelling. But as you do, you notice that she isn't quite...
"Hey! You still awake?" You prod her shoulder and she falls over, causing more of the blue liquid to spill out of her armor.
"Is that... Blood?"

>Initiating Rift jump...

"Wha-" Your right arm bolts up, locking the blade into place. Then it swings down, cutting a rift into the air. Then it sticks into the rift and pulls you forward.

Into The Aether

>End of Part 1

>>29670137
Aw, no, don't end there, I just joined this thread

don't do this to me, OP

>>29670185
2slow. Doesn't matter anyway. We fucked up anyways. Took the demon item instead of destroying it.

>>29670185
Commence part 2?
The night is young, and I'm starting to get the hang of this.

>>29670205
C'mon, dude, don't be that guy. Don't derail simply for the sake of derailing.

>>29670236
forgot my trip

>>29670250
No, fuck YOU guys. For simply going along and following the line. Never asking questions or taking an alternate route.

well I was not expecting to be demon night but...if the shoe fits

>>29670274
Well what the fuck, man, everyone knows you NEVER take the elevator in the event of an emergency. The stairs were only logical. Assuming we took the elevator, we wouldn't have run into her. And on that note, I DID want to ask questions, but I also don't think ED-209 behind us wanted to hang around for us to have a whole interrogation sequence.

That being said, I am perfectly fine with the way this story has gone. Yes, it could have gone differently, but I'm not gonna make a fuss over it.

>>29670268
Yes, please.

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>>29670236
we are part 2 in another tread?...also you are saving the thing on suptg right?

>>29670422
Nah, we got plenty of posts til the bump limit. I reckon we can do it here.

>>29670422
I'll keep running here, I guess.

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>>29670422
I might keep posting pics of cybered up people and knights just to pass the mood

You are surrounded by stars.
The silence is deafening.
Your brain is screaming trying to rationalize what the hell is happening.
Unaffected by your state of mental distress, your sword continues to pull you along.

You wonder if its possible to let it go, remembering how you couldn't when the shield was.. changing you.
You don't dare to try.

Just as you start to wonder if you'll be here forever, your blade hits something... soft?
Like a veil in space, it slices through and suddenly there's solid ground.

"Oh great!" You think to yourself as it rises to meet your face.

>Rift jump complete.
>Welcome to the Crossroads!

You groan as you pull yourself to your feet, which are thankfully still there.

>roll 1d20

Rolled 2

>>29670682

Rolled 11

>>29670682
Prepare your weapon. YOu have no idea where you are and if the inhabitants are or are not hostile.

Rolled 9

>>29670682

Rolled 7

>>29670682

Rolled 16

OP, how are you determining roll scores? Best until you decide to cut off?
>>29670682
rollin

Looking up, you seem to be on some kind of... large circular pedestal?
Around you looks like a town... You say looks like, because the architecture is like nothing you've ever seen before.
And it's inhabitants are all staring at you...
They all seem to have horns and strangely colored skin, maybe that strange woman was one of them?
As you get to your feet, you try and think of something to say, but all that comes to mind is what you had for dinner last night.
Why would you be thinking of- OH... You keel down and puke all over the floor... great first interaction.
One of the strange creatures approaches you and begins to speak.

"Hail traveller, welcome to the crossroads. I take it that it's your first time jumping?"

>What say?

>>29670949
yup

Rolled 10

>>29670949
"What gave it away?"

>>29670949
Vomit more

>>29670998
this

>>29670852
Best of three
>writing

"What gave it away?" You say sarcastically as you get to your feet.
The large man looks at you, then to the pile of vomit on the ground, then back to you.
You both stand there in silence for a few seconds, before he starts laughing.
"First jump always takes its toll on the stomach." he says with a grin. "So, where are you from? You look almost Aklabran, but last I checked they didn't replace their arms with... whatever that is..."

>Earth
>None of your business

>>29671330
>None of your business
Fuck you buddy. I ain't tellin' you shit.

Great first contact so far

>>29671330
>Both
"Earth, not that it's any of your business."

>writing

"Earth-" you say, catching yourself and remembering to be cautious. Following it with "Not that it's any of your business..." in an attempt to save face.
"Earth huh?" He pauses and seems to think for a second. "Never heard of it! Must be out near the edge... How exactly did you get here?

>[ ] show him the shield
>[ ] make some shit up

>>29671749
>>[ ] make some shit up
I held my breath and then blew into my thumb while spinning around

>Show him the shield. Don't want to risk pissing them off.

>>29671749
"Hell if I know, buddy. There I was being chased by ED fucking 209, some crazy bitch with horns hands this little doomajigger <indicate shield> to me, next thing I know I'm being pulled through a tunnel of pure CANNOT BE and get shat out over here. So you fuckin' tell me.|

>writing

"I held my breath and then blew into my thumb while spinning around." You say, reluctant to tell him about the shield.
He stares at you, his expression blank. You stay like this for a few seconds.
Before he decides to tell you how dumb that sounds, you show him the shield.

His eyes flash with recognition. "Where did you get that?" He asks you, almost acusingly.
"It's a long story." You say
"I have time." He replies.
Seeing no way out, you tell him about how you found the armored woman, and that you came here once you put it on.
"So it's true... I'd heard some rumors... But to think that Thitu was..."
He looks at you seriously. "Come with me to the Wayknight barracks. There are people there that need to hear this who can explain things better than I can."

>I think you can explain them just fine
>Follow him

>>29672100
"Hooooold up, buddy. I think you better start explaining right now before I go anywhere in this freakshow."

>>29672100
>>I think you can explain them just fine

>>29672100
listen pal first you are going to explain where I am what this thing did to me and who the hell that dead girl with the horns was

>writing

"I have confidence in your explanatory abilities." You say, still suspicious of this strange creature.
He gives a long sigh. "Fine, have it your way."

"Thitu- the woman who gave you the shield -was one of us."
"You being...?" you ask.
"The Hecatun, more specifically The Order of the Wayknights. She was different though-" he points at the shield "-because she had that."
"And why did this make her different."
"The holder of the shield is not a Wayknight. They are-"
"The Voidknight!" Says someone approaching you from behind.

>And who are you supposed to be?
>Charge gun, point gun at face

>>29672461
>>Charge gun, point gun at face

>>29672461
>gun up
NOBODY sneaks up on us.

>writing

You place your hand against the charge point on your gun and start to charge it with... what the fuck is that stuff?
The blue electrical energy still fills the one remaining capsule... but the others have other things in them.
One is filled with what looks like white fire, and another is just... glowing... kind of...
Deciding to stick with what you know, you fill your weapon with electrical energy and point it at the face of the person behind you.

"Woah! Hold your horses chum, no need for that kind of violence."
He looks... different. Whereas the one you were talking to had pale blue skin, a large build an bull-like horns. This one is slender, dark green and has spiraling goat horns.
His armor strikes you as odd. It looks almost like glass, but theres a... blueness to it. It's not colored blue, there just seems to be blue energy swirling within the armor.

He looks at your shield and scowls. "That doesn't belong to you."
"I suppose you want it then?" You ask, glaring at him as hard as you can.
"Yes." he replies with a smirk. The one behind you pipes up.
"Step off Zeshua. You weren't chosen last time, and you weren't chosen this time. The shield belongs to this one."
"The shield BELONGS to the Hecatun, Jax. Why should I honor the choosing of this... Thing?"
As he says this, more people start to crowd the area. Some of them have the same armor that 'Zeshua' is wearing, some of them look like townsfolk.
The tension between these two is tangible. 'Zeshua' seems to be completely ignoring you.

Remind them that you're still here by
>Saying something
>Warning shot

>>29672966
"This 'Thing' is still standing right here. Now nod off before I decide to use this. I'm still not convinced you guys are friendly."

>>29672966
Warning shot

This bitch ain't respecting us
Fuck'Outta here Zashua

>>29672966
warning shot is just going to cause issues....never fire unless you intend to kill something...also the concept of warning shots may not be part of their culture....so they might just assume you missed>>29673004
say that

>>29673041
replace kill with put a hole in something

>Say something.

>Writing

>>29673074
>>29673074
also you have no idea how this new stuff will effect your weapon nor where or when you will be able to reload so...ammunition may be considered precious

"Standing right here guys..." You say, attempting to break the tension.
"You must be proud, perhaps I should call your mother and let her know!"
Okay, you've had just about enough of this guy.

"You seem to enjoy talking, perhaps I should blow a couple extra holes in your face so you can do it more efficiently."
The whole crowd is silent for a moment.
"You challenging me boy?" says Zeshua, his eyes narrowing as he pulls out a long, thin, straight sword.
"Well, I'm certainly not going to sit here and be insulted." You reply, your trigger finger tensing

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!" A woman in the same blue armor as Zeshua marches through the crowd with several more blue clad 'Hecatun'.
Zeshua tenses for a moment, then turns to her and smiles. "Just greeting the nexcomer is all."
"Bullshit! Is this how we greet newcomers? with drawn swords and threats?" She looks pissed.
"Lady Achillea!" 'Jax' calls from behind you before jogging to her side and whispering something in her ear.
As he does you see something cross her face... Some emotion you can't place. Come to think of it... she looks familiar.
"Put your damn weapons away before I have both of you thrown in the locker!"

Seeing as you are how entirely outnumbered and completely surrounded by possible foes, you lower your gun. Zeshua obliges and sheathes his sword.
"We should just be rid of this one!" Zeshua says after putting his sword away. "Reclaim the shield for the Hecatun!"
"That is NOT how we treat people here Zeshua." She says with a stern look, before turning to you. "You, come with me."

>[1/?]

You looks around, reluctant to simply do as she says.
Seeing your hesitation she adds "Come with me or I'll have you dragged kicking and screaming." in complete deadpan
Not wanting to turn this spectacle into a humiliating spectacle, you oblige.
As soon as you start to follow, several of these... You assume these are the wayknights, surround you.
"May as well be kicking and screaming..." you mutter under your breath.
None of these other knights seem too talkative, so to pass the trip to... wherever you're going you

>Scan the unknown energy capsules
>Scan the wayknights
>other

>>29673536
>>Scan the unknown energy capsules
SCAN THIS POWER AND MAKE IT OUR OWN

>>29673536
SCAN EVERYTHING
>starting with the energy

>>29673536
seeing as scanning the one from before did not do much a...unless the new voidmaster os is going to give better results

either ay scan the capsule

>Writing

Dammit OP I need to be up at oh-god-thirty today but this is too interesting.

I leave for a little bit and come back to find out we developed a huge attitude problem...

rudeness is not the best way to make friends.

>>29673782
Here comes the paladin

>>29673782
We just got sucked through a tunnel of pure cannot be and got shat out into a freakshow.

We're a bit on edge at the moment.

>>29673796
Dawg, don't be like that, it's a valid concern.
>>29673803
This guy is right, though. Who wouldn't be uncomfortable?

You look down at your left arm... It's worth a shot

>Scanning...

You give it a minute to process, admiring the structures you can see over the heads of the Wayknights. Given a closer look, you can see that everything is very intricately build
Every brick seems to have a different artistic... thing carved into it.

>Scan complete!
>Energy capsule is filled with void energy. Void energy comes from the spaces between worlds and is considered too volatile to be used by spellcasters.
<Can I make use of it?
>Processing...
>...
>It is compatible with your current weapon systems.

Oh good, that means You're not prettymuch out of ammo... That explains what the white fire is. Now for the other one.

>Scanning...

You'd think that the new Voidknight-whatever system would've come with a processor upgrade, but you guess beggars can't be choosers. You doubt the AIEA system would've been able to tell me anything other than "It's white and flamey".

>Scan complete!
>energy capsule is filled with 'Apatropeia' a form of energy found only in the crossroads
>Before you ask, it is compatible with all current weapon systems.

Well that's goo- wait... did your AI just give you sass?
Before you can continue that train of thought you arrive at a huge, but otherwise unimpressive building.
Unimpressive in comparison to the other buildings of course. As it is still fairly impressive.
"Welcome to the Milestone. Come, we'll talk inside"
'Achillea' ushers you into the huge building, leading you through several hallways until you reach... an office?
"Have a seat. You must have questions, as do I. But I'll let you start."

>What am I?
>What is this place?
>Are all of your brickmakers insane or something?
>other

>>29673899
All of the above.

>>29673899
All of the above.

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>>29673916
>>29673919
>abovemind

>>29673796
>Here comes the paladin
Hey, my first goal is to play a selfish bastard out for himself.
Its just that you are playing chaotic stupid instead of chaotic evil by randomly picking fights with people who are obviously a part of an entire freaking army for not reason whatsoever.

>>29673899
>Before you ask
... is there an AI in our cpu?

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>>29673953
Not him, but he was dissing us when we were RIGHT THERE. If we're some kinda important figure now, we can't act a bitch in front of a crowd. We gotta put a bitch nigga in his place.

Alright, this is pretty much going to be an infodump. But I'm starting to fade here and I do have work in the morning. So I'm gonna call it a night here. If the thread is still around tomorrow when I get off work I'll post the infodump. If not, then I'll start a new one and post the dump there. I'll put it up on my twitter before I get started
@QM_Dizzy

>>29674017
Thank god, my eyes were getting heavy. Sleep well, Opie, I enjoyed this.

>>29674017
I can't find your twitter

>>29674039
You mean this one?
https://twitter.com/qm_dizzy

>>29673964
You always had an AI, AIEA stood for artificially intelligent electornic aid

This one just seems more self aware.

>>29674061
Ah yes, thank you.

>>29673988
>Not him, but he was dissing us when we were RIGHT THERE.
*facepalm* I wasn't referring to the meaningless shit who wanted to fight us.

We met 3 people.
First guy wanted to bring us to the people in charge, we were kind of assholes to him
Second guy wanted to pick a fight, I don't care about him
Then a lady came by and she was clearly an authority figure, and she brought with her a squad of soldiers who surrounded us... And we gave her lip too and she had to actually threaten us.

We gave lip to every single person we talked to and tried to pick a fight with every single person.