>>20831759
Your shit is enough to make PC's consider retiring.

That said, would tracking down and killing cultists be a good relatively easy job to get Ari used to piloting with, or would she freak out from seeing what the cultists do?

>>20831759
Yes, tell us the story of your misfortune. Are you sure that you didn't offend any old gypsy women?

>>20831809

>It'd be easy in terms of difficulty, but there's a good chance she'll get to see the horrors of war up close.

>>20831822

>First our mechanic almost drowned trying to save a pump from falling into a pond.

>I bought him a snorkel and a life jacket as 'get well' presents.

>Then my car died, he fixed it, it died AGAIN on the bits he fixed (not his fault) then I had to deal with a legal problem, then I got caught in the middle of hurricane force winds in the Alaska back-woods with no way to entertain myself and no way to leave.

>I'm currently in the middle of a couple of long overdue days off, and was playing BL2 with my friends until about 20min ago.

>>20831809

Seeing what the cultist do would incite rage and disgust in most people.

>>20831910

So I'm not the only person with an eternally broken vehicle. Also, the mechanic has some horrible luck. Hopefully things go better the next time he decides to go for a a swim.

YOU ARE ALEX RASTON.

After you watched Elsie get dragged away by your mother's impromptu squad of women, Laurie announced that he was going to go help his brother on his day off, and left.

Mooch said something about new toys Ken was going to help him play with, and Dave went to look into something.

With the whole day to yourself, you decide to...

[ ] Go with Laurie.
[ ] Go see what Mooch is up to.
[ ] Investigate with Dave.
[ ] (Insert choice here).

>>20832231
[X] Go see what Mooch is up to.

Bring popcorn.

>>20832231

>[ ] Go see what Mooch is up to.
New toys? This sounds like fun.

>>20832231
[x] Go see what Mooch is up to.

>>20832231
>[X] Investigate with Dave.
Something is up and I'd like to get to the bottom of it

You decide that if mooch is 'playing' with what he refers to as 'toys', then in the best interest on the Hangar continuing to exist you should go see EXACTLY what he's up to.

You walk in with him and Ken laying out various kinds of guns and equipment on the table.

"sup Alex?" Mooch greets, while sighting in a rifle at the foot of your core.

"Just wanted to see what you were doing."

"Got some new kit, and some new gear.; Apparently, The good boys at Crest got some new guns and Rayleonard sent us a few bits to see if we were interested in testing them."

"Wait, we get new gear for free?"

"Actually, we're getting paid for it. I mean, not enough to really be worth talking about compared to the shit we get from the cores..."

"But Rayleonard sent us core parts?"

"What? No, they sent us a small scale reactor for New Hope. They're pushing the limits of how small they can get it, so that we can have more 'modular power-grids' or whatever." He says, clenching the rifle between his cheek and his shoulder so he can do the 'finger quotes'. "but with it, we can get Hope it's own power, and sell some of the excess back to Vegas since they'll need more to play with. What with the damages and everything. Sure it's a publicity stunt, but now's not the time to refuse charity."

"Wow."

"Yeah, I'm just worried about what their long term plan is with this." He responds.

>>20832629

"You wanna check some of this out with us? or are you planning to look into core upgrades?" He adds, turning to you. "If you want, I can have Ken hook you up with the Parts catalog."

[ ] Toys.
[ ] Parts.
[ ] Leave and do something else.

>>20832661
[X] Toys.

Toys first, parts next.

>>20832661
>[X] Toys
toys then parts right after

>What the balls happened to my internet?

>>20832932
Gypsy curse.

>>20833017
AC Guy was born on the 13th and was cursed by a Gypsy whom he killed over an Indian burial ground with a piece of broken mirror.

Fact.

>>20833146

He totally deserves all the bad shit that happens to him.

One time, I saw him beat the hinges off someones door so he could get money from him.

Like Five bucks.

That he didn't need.

He didn't use a rock or something either, he used a puppy.

Door wasn't even locked, true story.

"Let's check out some of these first." You respond to Mooch, reaching for

[ ] The Rifle.
[ ] The Pistol.
[ ] The Shotgun.
[ ] The.... tube?

>>20833208
[X] The.... tube?

THE TUBE!!!

>>20833146

>I chuckled.

>>20833189

>I got to the last line, and then laughed my ass off.

>>20833208

>[ ] The.... tube?
Has to be the tube.

>>20833208
>[X] The Rifle
Probably gonna get out voted by the tube

Rolled 9

Your attention is drawn to the oddest looking one on the table.

"The hell is that, some kind of tube?"

>Give me a d100

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>>20833208
>[ ] The.... tube?

TUUUUBEEEEEES

>>20833208
[x] The Rifle.

Rolled 19

>>20833365
I'm afraid.

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Rolled 94

>>20833365
TUUUUUUUUUUUUBES

Rolled 8

>>20833365
>>20833382
>>20833393
Do we need 1 more roll?

>>20833382
>>20833393
>>20833408
40.3333333 average

>>20833382
>>20833393
>>20833408

There's a soft 'chunk' noise, as something flys out and hits Ken in the face. He makes a strangled noise in the back of his throat and collapses on the work bench. Mooch turns at the noise.

"Oh hey! That's where I put the dart gun. Yeah, they're working on the models for civilian carry possibly. Non-lethal self defense options."

"With... sleeping darts?" You ask hopefully while poking Ken.

"Yeah. Personally, I like it, but not for Civvy use. Give 'em to cops though, then they don't have to worry about shit like friendly fire. In civilian hands? My first thought upon holding it was 'now if I were a rapist...' and seeing how easily concealed it was." he comments, with some gestures that suggest methods of rope ties and gagging people.

[ ] That's interesting. What else?
[ ] .... Moving on....
[ ] ....I'll be going now...

>>20833572
>[x] .... Moving on....

>>20833572
>[x] ... Moving on... Will he be okay?

>>20833572
[X] .... Moving on....

AC-Guy is currently having connection issues with the chans.

I'll keep you updated.

Just got a hold of me again: apparently he's across the state from his house, and is running this on his friend's internet connection.

The only things giving him problems seem to be Skype, Twitter, and 4chan. He's been bouncing around trying to figure out what the issue is with THOSE sites.

He's estimating ten minutes till it's fixed.

>Alright, I think, THINK, I fixed it.

>I'll start typing up the next post, but I'm still lagging for some reason.

"Is he gonna be alright?" you ask, gesturing to the mechanic draped over the table.

"Ken?" Mooch responds "yeah, he should be fine. It was just a sleeping dart."

"...Moving on then, what about the rest of these?" you motion to the other guns, resolving not to touch anymore just yet.

"Pistol's got some experimental smartlink tech in it. Advanced targeting things, virtual cross-hairs, built in ballistics SPU, and a special DNA lock to keep non-authorized users from wielding it. Basically a bunch of stress testing for tech they've got like 90% figured out."

You nod along, as he gestures with the rifle he's holding at the shotgun. "The rifle's got a digital scope on it. It can switch between different visual modes quick and easy. Normal, enhanced bloom, night vision, thermal, sonic, etc. It's also a test unit for some special recoil dampeners. In theory they can take about 30% of the kick off."

"Nice."

"Yeah. Shotgun's the same on the dampers, but it's modded to better handle non-traditional ammunition."

"Like?"

"Uh, Phosphate rounds for one will ruin the barrel, but you can torch the shit out of armor with it. There's types of non-lethal ammo like bean-bags and tazers that don't always work like they should, and the idea was to experiment with metal casting and rifling to see if they could make it work better."

>Anything specific you want to know?

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>>20834290
>smartlink
First off, pic related, second, did they include some sort of optical gear to hook the smarlink INTO, or do we have to pay for that out of pocket?

>>20834290
The Shotgun, what rounds do we have available? Are there explosive ones meant for taking out light vehicles?

Man, if I'd remembered about this, I totally would have stopped playing BLT sooner.

Regardless, I got nothing for the current query.

>>20834370

>You don't have anything special ATM. Just the gun.

>>20834339

>Mooch has some things he could hook it up to.

Rolled 91

>>20834476
I can't think of anything else so let's move on.

>>20834476
I got nothin' else, but we should probably get a box and some wrapping paper for that rifle. Give it to Elsie to test out.

>>20834594
>>20834525

>Alright, so what are we moving on TO?

>>20834778
PARTS! THE PARTS CATALOG!

>>20834785
Sure, that works.

And it is late. I should go to bed.

>>20834778
yeah let's move onto parts

>Parts it'll be then. Do you guys mind picking this up tomorrow? It's 1:30 here, and I've got an 8-9 hour drive ahead of me in the morning.

>By tomorrow I guess I technically mean 'later today', but I tend to classify days by when I sleep and not by a clock.

>>20834964
All good. See you tomorrow.

>>20834964
Thats just fine man, you take all the time you need.

Rolled 70

hey
hey AC-dude
where is
the
Breath
of
Fire
quest
?

>>20835044
I am intrigued by this thing you speak of.

>>20835044
>>20838439

I actually know the story here: AC-Guy wanted to run that and/or one of several other quest ideas during a Hiatus when he got tired of running AC-Quest.

The reason he didn't do it this time was for a couple of different reasons: Firstly he wanted to consult me about it since I'm a massive fanboy of the series and he feels he doesn't know the shared lore well enough to run it yet.

The other reason is just as simple: the hiatus wasn't caused by hi desire to take a break, but because his schedule got too hectic to run. If the spare time was there for him to run a quest, he would have run this one.

>>20840573
A breath of fire quest would be really cool. Maybe AC-Guy can do it after the 7+ more chapters of AC quest if he isn't too busy with producing the (as far as I know) as of yet unnamed giant robot roleplaying game.

Courtesy bump. Also, hoping we start soon.

>>20842144

Why not just call it "Giant Robot Roleplaying Game"? Or is that already taken?

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>>20842144
If memory serves, he decided on "Armored".

>AC Guy wanted to do a Breath of Fire quest
>Is currently running Armored Core quest

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chjskf

WHAT

DO YOU LIKE PHANTASY STAR TOO

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A sad contentless bump, have a Sukhoi Su-37 Super Flanker.

>>20845708
Really? That certainly fits the theme of giant armored robot combat. I like it.

>You know what's awesome?
>Having to drive 400 miles in pouring rain and Hurricane force winds.
>To add to the excitement, having a flat and then having you jack break, dropping your Piece of shit Jeep on your leg, dislocating it and making you reset it, by yourself, before walking five miles into cell range.
>Uphill.
>Please note it was blowing like a thai hooker and raining/sleeting the whole time, and I'm on a wounded leg.
>It's about a two hour round trip, and I get back to witness two drunk natives trying to steal my car.

>All in all, not the best of days. Far from my worst, but I'm not really in the mood for AC-Quest, even if it wasn't really late.

>I can do some quick Q&As if you want though.

>>20849103
Uh, guy, if you want to chill and catch some zzz's, no one is gonna blame ya...

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>>20849103
Holy shit dude.
You really DID piss off a clan of gypsies, didn't you?

>>20845708
Just a note, avatarfagging is now against the rules. #13

>>20849103
>Dislocating and readjusting it yourself
>witness two natives
1: you're Rambo
2: you're Pinocchio
anyway, where the fuck do you live, the aborigen reserve in Australia?

>>20849146
Alaska I believe

>>20849103
How many ponies still live after megacatapocalyse?

I don't mean my little pony, I mean, like, horses.

Not that it's a serious question.

>>20849141
He's using things called "reaction images." Along a theme, yes, but he's not using them every post, which would be akin to using an avatar.

>>20849146
He's in alaska, so, drunk Eskimos, I guess.

>>20849174
>I mean, like, horses.
And can we get one made of diamonds?

>>20842144
>>20844975

>Armored, as Asukafag pointed out, is the current working title. And probably final title, since I really love it.

>'Giant Robots Are F***ing Awesome' is the working title for my Beer&Pretzels high action Super Robot game. It will be everything Armored ISN'T, except terrible. Hopefully.

>What the hell is the Weaboo equivalent to Beer and Pretzel anyway? Sake and Rice-Balls?

>>20846629

>Curiously, no. I'm told the series as a whole is excellent, but I've only played a little bit of PSO for the Dreamcast. That and Star Ocean I'm told I really need to get around to playing.

>>20842144
>>20840573

>This is pretty much exactly it. I have like three other Quest ideas I'm in love with, but currently I'm too busy for any but AC-Quest.

>Breath of Fire is one of them, another is one my friend suggested: basically a very open-ended version of Fate Stay/Night, and maybe followup Quests based on how it ended. Between what Nasu cut, what the channers have suggested/speculated on since then, and the recent resurgence with Fate's popularity and servant threads, I think there's a lot of potential there.

>Zoids Quest is on the list of 'things I'm glad someone else is doing/did so I don't have to'.

>>20849174
>>20849173
>Alaska
Eskimos steal cars? that's new for me.

>>20849185
I hope you're going to use the BoF4 setting. it was pretty awesome...

>>20849208
Anyone can steal a car if they're so inclined.
Fat guys, skinny guys, guys who climb on rocks...

>>20849141
>>20849174

>Even if it WAS avatar-fagging, it's only in my thread, and Asukafag's cool in my books.

>>20849174

>We actually have Eskimos AND Indians. They hate each other, but thankfully most of them only hate 'the white man' when they're really drunk.

>As for the Horses question... I honestly have no idea. I'd have to think about it.

>>20849183

>Since I'm pretty sure that's from BL2: if you spoil anything from that game, I kill you. Like not even for pretend.

>>20849208

>I hate to sound racist, but they'll do all sorts of shit when they get drunk. There's more than a few horror stories of a random white guy running the fuck away from a village after it gets a few hundred gallons of booze shipped in.

>Because otherwise they get murdered by a bunch of drunk-ass Eskimos.

>>20849227

>Probably a custom setting, heavily inspired by four and three. It's pretty up in the air right now though.

>>20849254
WHOA, really?!
dude...

>>20849283
>if you spoil anything from that game, I kill you
Handome Jack's diamond pony joke is from when you're still in the Southern Shelf, and I give you my word, I will spoil nothing.

>>20849283
>I hate to sound racist etc
well, drunk people will drunk. think about those places where there's no random guy, and when they're drunk they try to kill eachother on regular basis...well, even when they're sober actually.
>custom setting
I'm gonna boycott the crap out of you dude
well, laters.

>>20849339

>It's not custom setting because I want to feel special and unique, it's because I don't know enough about the setting to not fuck it up.

>I do however, have a fairly firm grasp on the mythology, tone, general world map shaping, etc.

>So now you know why I'm doing AC-Quest FIRST at the very least: if I go custom setting, angry fans because it's not a 'real' BoF setting. If I go with three or four's setting, I catch hell when I inevitably fuck it up.

>Damned if I do, damned if I don't. Which is why Armored Core is perfect: everybody's as fucked as I am.

>>20849408
>everybody's as fucked as I am
I don't think anyone else has the gods actively fucking with them so they can't run, AC-Guy. NOBODY is as fucked as you.

>>20849339
Man, every game has a new setting, in practice, if not in lore. Why shouldn't a quest use something custom? No need to get your knickers in a twist over it.

>>20849408
Anywho, good luck mate, I'm off to bed.

>>20849418

>AC-Quest, on the whole, is divided into three acts from a narrative standpoint.

>You guys are still in act one.

>>20849480
Does Act III involve you completing a dark ritual to ascend to godhood by offering our souls up to some unknown cosmic entity? Cause I'm still not sure we'd be as fucked as the dude with an unexplained gypsy curse.

>Alright, I'm gonna go to bed.

>If the thread's still alive, I'll continue tomorrow.

>.... just realized that on top of everything else I missed this weeks Dr. Who.

>>20849495
You can always torrent it

Bump.

Bump.

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I swear to god I was on /tg/ yesterday how did this slip by me again...........

>>20854788
Magic, or some shit.

>>20854788

You didn't miss much.

>GAH!

>Sorry, lost track of time, gimmie five and we'll go.

>Interesting fact unrelated to anything: did you know that you can buy freaking cases of glass bottles for like twenty bucks?

>No shit, Liter bottles for less than a dollar a pop. I wonder if they're any good quality wise....

>>20859592
Interesting.

Rolled 5

"So Mooch..."

"Hmmm?" He Hmms, one eyebrow arching above the welding goggles he's slipped over his eyes, turning towards his workbench with what can only be described as 'sinister glee' facing a fuel regulator.

"Think you can show me this new parts catalog?"

"Yeah, sure." He gestures at the console to your left. "Left the access cods on a sticky note by the computer."

"That dosen't seem safe, you know, security wise."

"Some dude with malicious intent is in our base, fucking with our computers, we've got bigger concerns than a semi-functional parts catalog."

"What do you mean 'semi-functional'?"

"I mean sometimes the damn thing doesn't work, or crashes, or tries to hook your legs to the back of your neck, or a rocket pod randomly spawns in the crotch like a crude metaphor from one of Michal Bay's wet dreams." He responds calmly.

You decide to see what you can do with it.

>Give me a tech use roll. Target 40

Rolled 32

>>20859703
That's kind of low.

Rolled 14

>>20859703
This will go badly, I promise you.

Rolled 44

>>20859703
Rolling (for great justice!).

I'd roll, but I see it's too late.

Rolled 16

>>20859805
>>20859814
>>20859822

>Average of 30, exactly one degree of success.

>I need 2d6 for effect now.

>>20859913

>Ignore that roll, left the dice on.

Rolled 3, 3 = 6

>>20859913

Rolled 1, 6 = 7

>>20859913

>>20859923
>>20859921

>I'll give you six, but let you try and explode that die.

>Target 45.

Rolled 73

>>20860134
Whoops!

>>20860160
Bah, insufficiently bad!

Rolled 24

>>20860134

Rolled 49

>>20860134
I have no idea what is going on now. You can explode skill dice?

>>20860251

>Yeah, an example was provided in the 'Mooch+Hacking example section of http://pastebin.com/Uz0QxnxP

>Specific example starts at line 97.

>>20860251
>>20860186
>>20860160

>In any case, you didn't quite make it explode.

You log in, and immediately the system crashes. You resist the urge to slap the side of the machine, and calmly reboot it, running it in a restricted mode.

You try to activate the system again, and for your efforts, you get a proper error message before the computer once again crashes.

>And now years of tech support will make the following both technically accurate, and extremely cathartic.

>You have four rounds left to properly diagnose and fix the system, and you'll need a total of 30 to make the fucker work.

>Current needed: 24.

>Roll again, target 40.

Rolled 20

>>20860354

Rolled 53

>>20860354
We are not going to make this. Not with our luck.

Rolled 70

>>20860354

Smack the computer.

Rolled 89

>>20860354
Hey, Dice, do you want to roll?
>What?
A roll. A roll? You've never rolled before, right? Then, let's do it.
>Why?
Because I'm bored.
>Because you're bored?! But...
You don't want to roll on the anniversary of your mom's death? Afraid she may be watching you from Heaven?
>Not really.
Or are you scared?
>I'm not scared of a little roll!
Then, here I go. Don't breathe, because it tickles.

>>20860384
Definitely not something to do to kill time.

>>20860368
>>20860374
>>20860377

You try rebooting, and are greeted by a blue-error screen that tells you to reinstall the system BIOS.

"What." You state, plainly. You, seeing no other option, force crash the computer and reboot it, only to be confronted by the same message.

"Hey Mooch, how exactly do you install BIOS?"

"Uh, you don't, usually." He responds, looking at you from his workbench, Where he's apparently using the unconscious Ken as a dead-weight to hold the other end of the rod he's welding. "Normally BIOS chips have the firmware encoded at the factory. Not something you really mess with."

"So how would that get uninstalled?"

He shrugs. "Magnet? Never been a problem I've had to deal with."

You reboot it again, and get the same error, only this time the screen is displaying the image upside down.

The fucker is MOCKING you. A swift kick causes it to crash and reboot, and you're finally back to the regular interface. Just like when you started.

No wait, it's still upside down. That's new.

>Difficulty increased.

>3 rolls left, target 35.

Rolled 26

>>20860480
I swear dice, that if you continue to fuck with us, you are getting thrown in the oven for an hour or so!

Rolled 88

>>20860480
"Mooch, was the factory our computer came out of built above an Indian burial ground?"

Rolled 51

>>20860480

Gently polish the screen this time.

Rolled 26

Yeah, this is going down hill fast.

>>20860507
>>20860511
>>20860512

With a bestial growl crawling its way out of your throat, you start again. You try to reason with the computer, threaten it, and beg it to work, in alternating tones of sarcasm and desperation.

This computer's making it personal.

You begin to desperately click everything you can before it crashes to find SOME usable shred of info, either on the parts or how to KILL this demon machine.

One miss-click later, and the text seems to have turned to Japanese. Or Chinese, you can't tell.

All you know is that you're looking at what looks like a tree and a gingerbread Centaur shitting out a soccer ball where words used to be.

The screen is still upside down. The control screen, curiously seems to have changed to a second, equally incomprehensible (to you) language.

>Difficulty increased.

>2 roll left, target 25.

>>20860480
Hilarity!

Sadly, I shall not be able to continue on with you all this night.

Jesus guys, i think you should just stop rolling after the first roll.

>>20860573

>control screen

...Describe the computer to me.

Rolled 23

>>20860573
Please work.

>>20860608
That looks good...

Rolled 84

>>20860573
Did I mention, dice, that the oven WILL be turned up to 450 when I throw you in?!

Rolled 92

>>20860628
Welp.

>>20860628
Comon dude, we had the 25, why did you roll again?

>>20860594

>The computer has two 'screens', like all modern consoles.

>The primary screen has a graphical 2.5D interface that serves as a hub for all computer activity.

>The secondary screen sits in about the place of where a keyboard would, with a slightly elevated incline. It's a graphical control tablet designed with context sensitive controls and macros, actively modifying itself to the current task.

>Example: when typing a letter, it might have a normal keyboard layout. When listening to music it instead had volume control dials, graphic equalizers and other such functions.

>Users can also make custom changes to their controls: alternate layouts for the keyboard interface, macros designed to quickly navigate to the most used favorite programs, etc.

>On the back of the silver chassis, there's an engraved logo of what looks like an Apple with a bite taken out of it.

>>20860608
>>20860628
>>20860642

>Laughing so hard right now.

After another ten minutes of failing to do anything other than make your life more miserable, You manage a brief peek at the garage app. Smiling with triumph, you ignore the language barrier and reach out to click on the parts sliders for... the arms seem a good place to start.

Then the machine turns to face you, before reclining on it's side, beam saber deploying from the pelvic-torso interface, while it demands you 'draw it like one of your french girls'. You open your eyes Screaming in rage, and Mooch looks at you concerned over a sandwich he seems to be only a few bites into.

"Uh, you alright Alex?"

You look back to the screen, which seems to be unchanged from the state it was in... an hour ago, judging by the clock on the wall. A few experimental swipes inform you that the control tablet is no longer working properly.

[ ] I need you to fix this.
[ ] I need to borrow a hammer.
[ ] I need you to shoot me.

>>20860775

I need to borrow a gun.

>>20860775
>[ ] I need you to fix this.

"... This thing is lucky that i need it. Please... After i am done with it.... MAKE IT SUFFER!!!!"

>>20860775
[X] I need you to fix this.

Fix it Mooch, fix it. Fix this damned demon possessed computer.

>>20860775
>[ ] I need you to fix this.
And when I'm done with it, I need you to make it SUFFER.

"I need you." You say, turning slowly and calmly to him, and gesturing at him with a small, almost dismissive wave, during which time he seems to have adopted a 'deer in the headlights' look to his eyes. You then turn back to the object of your hate "To fix this." The last word coming out with a growl normally saved for terms such as 'Child Molester'.

"Yeah. Yeah, alright." He says, slowly putting down his sandwich on Ken's back, before rising carefully like he's afraid of breaking something. "Hey Alex?"

"Yes?" You ask, looking at him again.

"Maybe you should, uh, go for a walk or something. Get some fresh air. Not good to be cooped up all day."

You idly wonder why he never seems to follow his own advice.

>What do?

>>20860878
Go for a walk, we need it. We might look around what the survivors are up to, maybe visit Lauries Brother? See what hes planning with his new 3 Million.

>>20860878
"You're right Mooch. I should go outside. I am going to walk around the block, get some fresh air, and when I get back this monstrosity that masquerades as a computer will no longer be in upside down swahili, right?"

>>20860878
Go for the walk. Get some air. Maybe punch a brick wall, probably less painful than playing with that computer.

>>20860878
"Sure Mooch. I'll just take a short walk outside, maybe look at the scenes, grab a blunt object, talk to some people, and get some fresh air."

Rolled 4

"That's a good idea. I think I will go for a walk, plenty of fresh air and sunshine is what I need. And maybe a blunt object like a shovel, or a nice empty patch of sand..." You quickly go from answering him to mumbling under your breath as you wander towards the door.

You set off aimlessly through the streets....

>>20861024
oh damn, randomn encounter...

>>20861024

You hear a clanking noise behind you.

You turn to see what it is, and you see a young-ish man wearing a weird coat walking by tapping an odd cadence along the ground with a length of pipe.

He continues on a path away from yours, and you put him out of mind.

Walking down the sidewalk, you hear another, noise, similar to that. You look and you see another young man, maybe a little older than you wearing an identical coat. Sleeves with oddly stiff triangular segments, and a hood pulled up so that it almost resembles a cowl. There's a odd point extending just past the lip of the hood, almost reminding you of a beak. With that mental image, you begin to see the pattern more obviously in the next one you see, with the scaled feathers and such. The longer hem of the coats fall well short of duster-range, but seem to be just long enough to flare dramatically in a breeze or with swift movements. They are all the same ash-gray color with silver and black trim.

You find yourself in an empty parking lot, almost ten blocks from the hangar, when the clanks return. Some from ahead of you, some from behind you, some to either side. In a few moments, a dozen of them are walking in a slow circle around you, soft clanks and silent footsteps in a gentle spiral.

>Give me an Perception check. Target 45.

Rolled 78

>>20861098
1d100 right?

Rolled 91

>>20861098

>>20861112
>>over 90
Welp, might as well stop rolling for a while

Rolled 87

>>20861098
Wow we should never go out for a walk, it never goes well.

>>20861108
>>20861112
>>20861119

You know what this looks like to me?

It looks like a Fate point.

Rolled 84

>>20861098
What is this, a Assassins Creed Gang?

Umm shall we fate point to re-roll?

>>20861130
hm, nah, its only a perception test, the really hairy stuff is going to be the following fight, and i doubt we can evade it with a good Perception roll.

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>>20861098
We're about to be mugged by Assassin's Creed cosplayers. But the joke's on them. If they'd spent less time making heir mugging costumes and more time actually PLAYING Assassin's Creed, they'd have taken the Inverse Ninja Law into account and only sent one guy!

>>20861153

... Unless we can find a way to not turn this into a fight.

You know who doesn't want to get caught in a melee unarmed against guys with PIPES?

The guy who very recently had broken ribs.

Man, even Acquy is rolling low with the d20.

The Dice Gods must be angry that we haven't rolled anything for weeks now.

>>20861170
See it like this, now we get a chance to test out what Derwish taught us lately. And we can still run away if needed.

>>20861170
>You know who doesn't want to get caught in a melee unarmed against guys with PIPES?
Dude, they're Assassin's Creed cosplayers. If they stick to their gimmick they'll come at us one by one with slow, telegraphed swings that we can easily counter. If we get the chance, we should do the knee stomp. Because nobody fucks with a dude who just did the knee stomp.

>So are we spending the fate point or not?

>>20861188
>>20861163

>[Cosplayers, no threat to anyone.]

>.... what? They bear a passing resemblance to a video-game character, in a quest based on a different game... and you automatically assume they're harmless because of meta-knowledge?

>I'm just... I'm trying to follow your train of thought here.

>>20861254
Not spending the fate point yet.

Even if we used it we would roll worse with our luck.

>>20861273
I second this. We might still need it. Also, its not like we have much money on us, is it?

>>20861301

>You've pretty much just got your clothes at the moment.

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>>20861254
>.... what? They bear a passing resemblance to a video-game character, in a quest based on a different game... and you automatically assume they're harmless because of meta-knowledge?
Oh... oh shit... did we actually piss of REAL Assassins somehow?

Well, they're either for our money or for us personally. I doubt this is the AI's doing, so probably just out for our money. Doubt they're Black Rocks, as they can't subtle. If hired assassins, why would they be this obvious?

Probably just some street punks who want to act tough and pick on people due to the fact that local enforcement is currently dealing with the crisis shit.

We really need to start carrying a weapon with us.

>>20861317
That would be majorly strange, also, the real Assassins dont mob people and i doubt they use iron pipes...

>>20861317

>You are assuming: Anger, Assassins, and oncoming fight scene. You know nothing about these guys, they might be here to show you their improvised street theater.

>>20861327

>You normally do, but you didn't intend to walk this far from the hangar.

>>20861317
man how did they all slide around the corner like that, did they soap up the floor?

>>20861335
>i doubt they use iron pipes...
They just gonna walk around a modern city packing swords?
>>20861347
>You are assuming: Anger, Assassins, and oncoming fight scene.
Because I am massively paranoid, you're right. I really need to work on that.

>>20861335
Well, if they are perhaps they're trying to do a killing in the guise of a gang crime? 'Course, this kind of thing is still bad, as it would be easy to get their faces and the more people the higher the chance someone will learn something that they shouldn't.

Street toughs, street theater, street cleaners, whatever. Not assassins though, at least not good ones.

>>20861347
> you didn't intend to walk this far from the hangar.

Godamnit Alex, next time we will tell Mooch to put a leash on you when you are going outside.

>So since you guys failed the perception test, what do?

>>20861387
Anyway Acguy, we won't use our fate points yet.

We will roll with our shitty rolls.

>>20861371
No, but Knives are MUCH more easily hidden, and the Assassins are part of a international organization, they should be able to afford guns if they want someone dead.

Also, i think everyone is assuming a oncoming fight scene

>>20861387
Let's hold on to that fate point. We can't be sure this is even a dangerous situation, and besides, the hue, it calls to me.

>>20861393
>>20861403

>... I wasn't talking about the perception test.

>I mean, you're surrounded by what seems to some variety of thug, who while menacing haven't said a word to you or made any overtly threatening gestures.

>>20861387
Ask them what they want in an annoyed tone, we don't have time for this shit.

>>20861416
"Who are you people and what do you want?"

>>20861416
"Okay guys, whats this about? You are kinda creeping me out" Stand around non threatening but ready. Call them out.

>>20861432
Yeah since we failed our perception test, lets try to talk to them.

"So..." You say, slowly turning as if trying to spot the most likely conversationalist among the group. "Are you guys gonna say anything? Do anything? Because I'm not sure if I'm about to subjected to impromptu dance theater or a savage beating with pipes. Honestly, the silent routine is starting to creep me out a little bit." you look around expectantly.

Silence.

"Well, alright then. If you all don't mind, I'll just be leaving now..." You take a cautious step in the direction you came from, and suddenly the independent tapping becomes rhythmic, synchronized, and VERY loud for a few moments.

Then a man wearing similar clothing to the rest, but clearly older by several years approaches from the shadows of a nearby building.

"Who are you, stranger?" He says, voice soft but firm. "And what is you business here?"

>What say?

>>20861514
"I'm Alex, I was just out for a walk." with a VERY puzzled expression.

>>20861514
Well, tell them that you are out for a walk since your computer decided to talk Swhaheli and you needed to cool of.

>>20861514
"Alex, and I went for a walk... and I'm sorry, did society degrade when the Black Rocks attacked? Because I don't remember that happening when I fought them. If you don't mind, I'd like to return to my hanger."

>>20861526
This.

Also say that we don't know where we are because we were busy trying to get away from some of his men that were stalking us.

"My name's Alex." You respond, holding up your hands in a non-threatening gesture. "And I'm not really sure where 'here' is. I went for a walk to cool my head, and the next thing I know I'm getting shadowed by these guys." You say, jerking your head at the group that's formed an open-half circle behind you, opposite the older man.

"You don't know where you are? Who we are?" He asks, gently surprised.

"Nope, none. And if you don't want me here I'll leave. I'm not looking for trouble."

He stares at you for a moment. "... An odd coincidence, but I can sense no dishonesty about you." He finally says with a shrug, before turning to the assembled group and saying a few words you don't understand. "Sorry if we frightened you. We saw someone we didn't know getting a little too close to an area we're guarding. When we spotted you, you seemed to be making a beeline right towards it. My friends only stopped you because, well, you got a little too close." He explains. "No hard feelings Alex." He responds. "If you'd like to leave then I'll have someone show you out."

[ ] Yeah, alight.
[ ] 'Too close'?
[ ] ...Who are you?

>>20861643
>[ ] ...Who are you?

>>20861643
[X] Yeah, alight.

GET AWAY ALEX

WE CAN'T PROTECT YOU

THE DICE HAVE FORSAKEN US

>>20861643
>[ ] ...Who are you?
You know what they say about curiosity and the cat!

>>20861671
It... kills... him?

>>20861678
What?! I thought it gave him cookies! Seriously, it kills him? Ah well, I still wanna know who these guys are.

>>20861659
>>20861671

We can always ask Dervish about them people.

Let's not start getting curious and getting hit in the ribs by them.

>>20861687
He seemed surprised we didnt know of his gang. So i dont think it is someting extremely secret. And the old man seemed reasonable, if he doesnt like being questioned he'll just send us away.

>>20861697

I think it was less 'surprised because we're a big deal' and more 'surprised, because you kinda came right at us like we were your intended destination'.

>>20861697
Ok fiiiiiiine.

But if they start getting angry, we immediately apologize and get out of there, alright?

>>20861643
Get the fuck out of here

[ ] Yeah, alight.

We can ask around later, obviously people will know who they are

"... So who are you?" You ask, looking at the older man in front of you.

He smiles. "My name's Locke." He responds casually.

"And your friends?"

"Friends." He responds calmly. He doesn't seem angry or upset that you're questioning him. He also seems unwilling to tell you anything useful.

Like a very cheerful brick wall.

>What do/say?

>>20861736
We bid him farewell and then get out of here.

>>20861736
K he doesn't want to talk about it, calmly thank him for being so understanding and leave. We can ask around later.

>>20861736
"Well, thanks for not just laying into me with the pipes, I really don't want broken ribs again. I'll just be going now, since it's obviously best that I continue not not know who you guys are."

>>20861736
I second the others, lets get going.

You decide to take Locke's offer to leave peacefully, and he makes a few sharp taps with a cane you didn't notice he was holding. A few moments later, two of the others are on either side of you.

As you walk away, you can't sense any hostility from them. They keep a respectful distance, but you note still in reach of their pipes. From their postures, it almost seems like they're as ready for someone to try and attack you as for you to try and attack them.

As you walk along, you realize that they're acting like professionals. Not with the sort of discipline and training you'd expect form a real professional.... Soldier? Thug? Criminal?

You can't really put your finger on it. They seem rough around the edges, but it seems wrong to think of them as merely casual thugs.

>Say something?

>>20861891
Nah, things are going ok for now, let's not push our luck.

>>20861891
uh. i dont know. they seem very organized.... If they are as professional as they look they aren't going to tell us anything, so we might as well stay silent.

>>20861936
>>20861916
Going to have to agree, lets just move on and ask our contacts about them.

>>20861891
"So I take it these streets are dangerous if I have an entourage. That, or you guys just really want me to leave. Fair enough I suppose. Good luck with you're enemy problems I guess."

>>20861916
>>20861936
Gotta agree with this, plus we don't wanna piss off the men with pipes.

arent you getting some cultisty vibe from the assassin guys? robes, strange tapping codes, older leader, protecting a place... lets hope they arent black rocks...

>>20861961
Black Rocks aren't known for being subtle. We would probably of been shanked by now if they were Black Rocks.

Rolled 17

You make it to the edge of a street you recognize from your Date with Elsie when you sort of wandered around.

You turn at the sound of a footstep, and realize that one of your escorts are gone, and the other remained at the lip of a nearby alley just long enough to give you a sharp, courteous nod before vanishing from sight.

>>20862012
Breath a sigh of relief and head home

>>20862021
that sounds good

>>20862021
Agreed.

>>20862012

You see out of the corner of your eye, the girls out on their day on the town.

Elsie seems almost like she's looking for an escape route, and she glances in your direction. Apparently she either decided not to call out or was distracted by your sister trying to drag her into another shop.

Briefly you wonder if a day with the girls by herself might've been too much, too soon.

>>20862021
>>20862051
>>20862055

>And since you already made up your mind in the middle of a content update...

You decide not to interrupt their day, and head home, silently praying that nothing else happens along the way. The trip is mostly uneventful, other than stopping to buy some cold Iced Tea since the heat of the day was starting to get to you.

Mooch seems to have partially disassembled the Devil Console, and is mumbling something about 'gremlins' and 'what the hell did he DO'.

>What do?

>brb, switching computers.

>>20862102
"Ha, thats what it gets for fucking with me. Good job Mooch."

>>20862102
Sorry, just seemed like one of those times you forgot to add the "What do" part on the end.

>>20862125
This.

Also mention how you met Locke.

I am for looking what Lauries doing. He should be with his brother. We need to talk to both of them.

>Sorry about the delay.

>I was unaware my battery died.

>>20862368

>Annnnd migraine, right in the middle of planning my next post.

>Shit, sorry guys. Mind if we pick this up tomorrow? I need to un-fuck my head before work tomorrow.

>>20862473
All good dude. Take the time you need. Having a migraine isn't conductive to good writing anyway.

>>20862473
Don't worry bro, real life always comes first

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>>20862473
I swear to god you guys are doing this on purpose.............

>>20864425

>Dude, as soon as the thread goes up it's here everyday for like 3-5 days straight. I post links in the twitter, along with updates. I post at a fairly consistent time: what could I do to make the quest more accessible?

>I genuinely want to know how I'm managing to ruin this for you when I feel like I'm about to kill myself with all the stress of trying to make it as consistent and awesome as possible for everyone while trying to work a 7/12 and deal with a mountain of unrelated bullshit.

>Is there something else I could do? E-mail you personally so you don't miss it? Move the quest to somewhere more permanent and do play by post? How the hell am I still fucking this up? I thought I covered EVERYTHING.

>>20864425
Dude, what?

>Quick heads up: AC-Quest will probably come on later than usual tonight.

>Also, since my current line of work is seasonal, I'm probably either going to be laid of or quitting sometime in the next week, and AC-Quest will be on a (hopefully) brief hiatus while I move. The upside of this would be a more consistent schedule and me not wanting to grab a shotgun and paint a Cobain rainbow from work-induced stress.

>More detail will probably be available this evening sometime.

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>>20868810
alrighty, so basically my work schedule has been whats been keeping me from being my usual bubbly self in your quests and I apologize if I made it sounds like its your fault, I know your lifes been crazzy and your doing an amazing job with the quest all things considered, If your running tonight before I have to retire for work THen gods of tg be damned if I miss it

>>20871281

>Actually the work issue for me today turned out to be mostly a non-issue.

>I could theoretically run at any time. I just need to prepare my notes.

Holy shit, I just realized that I'm the guy who named our character in the first thread 5 months ago. I was literally the first response and then never saw the quest again. (I have both been away and I'd assumed that since no one responded the thread died and the new AC quests were new quests.) That's kind of neat. Wish I'd stuck around now ;_;

>>20871434
Go read the archives, and join us once more.

>>20871434

>Well now you have to catch up.

>Link to the archives in the OP.

>>20871434
Go read it for sure, it's a great quest

>>20871470
>>20871452
Archive is now bookmarked, I'll start getting all caught up and hopefully join in the fun next round!

>Oh god, what the fuck. I need to stop getting on Skype before I run this quest. I just had an hour long political debate that went in circles with my friend's apparently present MOTHER.

>What the fuck.

>AC-Quest imminent.

>>20872666
yay quest time

So a friend just got me the DVDs of Macross Plus (she found 'em in a used book store for ten bucks and figured I'd like 'em, picked 'em up and I payed her back). So I'm gonna be watching that, just so you know the reason why, if I'm slow responding. Speaking of Macross Plus, this is pretty fuckin' neato:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f_kI5aREp8
>>20872666
Yay, more AC-Quest!

"Give 'er hell, Mooch." You comment, walking by.

"Alex, what the HELL did you do to the machine?"

"Attempted to make it functional. Why, what's wrong with it?"

"I HAVE NO IDEA." He responds. "I mean, it wasn't stable to begin with, but now it's not even wanting to boot. When it DOES boot, it gives me an error message in Portuguese, and then crashes again!"

"Huh." You comment.

[ ] Talk to Mooch (insert topic).
[ ] Go find Dave.
[ ] Go find Laurie.

>>20872804
>[ ] Go find Dave.

>>20872804
[X] Talk to Mooch (insert topic).
How much would it cost to replace the Satan machine?

>>20872899
This

>>20872899
this we aren't exactly low on cash at the moment

>>20872804
>[ ] Go find Dave.
Though the question to Mooch is amusing.

"So How much would it cost to replace that fucker, anyway?"

"I dunno. Couple grand?" He shrugs. "Hardware isn't the issue, it's the software getting fucked all to hell. They're basically running the whole system as a custom OS to maximize what they can get of the Hardware. Only problem is that it's buggy as the frakking rainforest." He says, scratching the back of his head. "To be totally honest, I put it on the worst computer we had specs wise SPECIFICALLY so that when it fucked us it wouldn't hurt too much."

"What's the seco0nd worse computer we have?"

"Dave's." He says meaningfully.

"...Third worst?" You inquire.

"Ari's, I think. We basically have the personal use ones that cost a couple grand at most, and then the important work ones that cost as much as a new car." He says. "I'll come up with something, it'll just take a while."

"So how would we be getting parts without this?"

"Same way we always did: going to distributors, looking up compatibility mods online, etc." He says, miming setting down several large stacks of paperwork. "The new way'll be awesome when it actually works. When."

>Anything else?
>Or are we moving on?

>>20873206
I say we go find Dave

>>20873206
Yeah lets see what dves up to

>>20873206
Dave Time

>>20873206
Dave.

"You know where Dave went, by the way?"

"Last I checked, he was at his computer."

When you get there, Dave's shutting everything down and getting up. He looks at you. "Hey Alex. What's up?"

[ ] Not much, just bored.
[ ] What are you up to?
[ ] (insert choice here).

>>20873475
Just trying to distract my self from the Satan machine

>>20873475
[x] (insert choice here).
"You know anything about some weird guys with dusters and canes?"

>>20873502
better yet,
I was just trying to distract my self from the Satan machine so I took a walk and ended up being ganged up on by a gang wearing dusters and wielding pipes

>>20873551

Perfect.

>>20873475
Do large groups of people who use pipes, led by a man with a cane, all with a bird motif ring any bells?

>>20873475
>[ ] What are you up to?

>>20873475
"Know anything about some weird guys with long coats and pipes? Like, metal pipes, not what you smoke out of."

"Not much. Broke a computer, got mad and went for a walk. Hey, you know anything about local gangs or whatever?"

"Not really. I mean, unless you count the Tunnel Snakes."

"Yeah, thought not. Ran into these guys with pipes and weird coats, almost looked like they were styled after birds."

"Huh." Dave replies, scratching his chin. "Maybe Molly would know more."

"Molly as in Cass' Mom?"

"Yeah, I was actually gonna go visit them, see how they were doing." He pauses. "Want to come? Cass would probably be happy to see you."

[ ] Sure.
[ ]Nah.

>>20873741
Sure

>>20873741
[x] Sure.
It takes us away from the SATAN MACHINE.

>>20873741
>[ ] Sure.
Not doing anything else at the moment.

>>20873741
>[ ] Sure.
Can't see any reason not to.