After about five or so minutes of waiting- during which you investigate and discover much to your disdain that your smartwatch doesn't have any fun games on it- the two aforementioned kids come out of the hallway, both of them looking exhausted, but otherwise in good spirits. Not to mention they’re joined by a third; a rougher looking boy with a jacket and pants with the same coloration as the X-Force gym. That, plus the logo on the right of the jacket tells you all you need to know about his particular affiliation.The suddenly-disgruntled desk worker simply points to you as they approach, and Kyo and Tooru’s eyes both bring up a friendly smile, while the new kid simply grins. “Admirer of yours?” he asks; you notice there’s a touch of an undercurrent to his words, like he’s trying to imply something.“Nah, she’s just a friend,” Kyo responds easily . “Himawari! Glad to see you! How’d you know we’d be here?”--------------Hello, bot battlers, and welcome back to Magical Girl For Hire Quest! We are currently playing as Lorelei Vedder, effervescent magical girl extraordinaire, who's currently playing the role of elite minion (SHATTERLIGHT, THE BURNING or something you still need to work that out) for a rather rich man in a world full of competitive miniature robot battling. You’ve been assigned to gather up some supposedly rather powerful Minibot parts, known as the Arhu parts; experimental, but still valuable.Recently, you've been out shopping for Prima and Jago after...awakening...sapience in her...yeah. You did that.It was kinda fun! Anyway, afterwards, you'd decided on a little shopping the next day, getting yourself and your bots some new gear- a parasol/sword for Prima, and a new hat, funny fake pipe, and a practical personal shield for your good Captain. That was when you discovered you'd been tailed by a somewhat familiar face. You'd lost the would-be stalker however, and after scoping out a safehouse, ran into Nia, who informed you where her two friends were. After dropping off your presents, hugging the spark out of Prima, and getting Jago used to his new shield, you and the captain decided to pay a visit to Kyo and Tooru's destination- the X-Force gym. With King's time limit before you need to get to stealing the last part- the Arhu Torso- you still need to scout out the place and make sure any plans you might have are doable. But then again, that might be what this visit is for...
>>2430570“Lemme guess; Nia?” Tooru hazards, to which you nod in agreement. “What, you two had a girls’ day out?”“Oh, no.” you giggle. “I just found her after I got done with my own shopping. I bought a few things for Jago; as you can see!”“Haha, yeah! Nice hat!” Kyo offers, while the new kid just scoffs.“Fits me roight, don’t it!” Jago agrees.“Oh, uh, before I forget!” Kyo says quickly, motioning to the boy on his right. “Himawari, this is Ken Ayano. He’s-”“One of the top members of X-Force, jetsetter, and soon to be M-9 Grand Prix champion!” he offers. “Always nice to meet a new fan- I presume by your bot there you’re a battler yourself, right?”“Oh, I-” before you can deflect any however, you’re interrupted by Tooru.“Oh, yeah, she’s pretty good! Even took part in Round 1!” Tooru gushes- before he sighs a bit. “But, uh… she wasn’t able to stick the whole thing out. Personal reasons.” ...Well, at least he wasn’t entirely tactless.“Ah, that mess with the rampaging bot, yeah?” Ken nods in understanding. “Shame. But hey, if ya got any skill, we’re always lookin’ for new members!”“I’d be happy to process your membership!” the desk worker shouts out of nowhere, suddenly peppy again. “Sooooo, ahah, yeah. Himawari!” Kyo continues, purposefully ignoring the recruitment attempt. “What brings you here, again?”>Oh, uh, like you said, Nia said you were training here. I was just curious, is all! Never been here before.>Well, you guys are pretty strong, right? There’s well... this rumor that I heard, and I was wondering if you knew about it.>Other
>>2430573>Well, you guys are pretty strong, right? There’s well... this rumor that I heard, and I was wondering if you knew about it.
>>2430573>Oh, uh, like you said, Nia said you were training here. I was just curious, is all! Never been here before.
>>2430573>>Oh, uh, like you said, Nia said you were training here. I was just curious, is all! Never been here before.Ease into it, casual for now, see where this can go.
>>2430573>>Oh, uh, like you said, Nia said you were training here. I was just curious, is all! Never been here before.
>>2430573>>Oh, uh, like you said, Nia said you were training here. I was just curious, is all! Never been here before.previous thread isn't archived yet
Pretty one sided. Writing!Also, yeah. nearly forgot.
>>2430573>>Well, you guys are pretty strong, right? There’s well... this rumor that I heard, and I was wondering if you knew about it.
Don't forget to archive thread 50, we've got to threads on epic now.
>>2430573>>2430579>>2430585>>2430587>>2430594You just shrug and try to make yourself look as demure as possible. “Oh, uh, like you said, Nia said you were training here. I was just curious, since i've never been here before and all that…”“Ha! Well, afraid you’re a bit late to get the grand tour,” Ken says, folding his arms. “I was just letting these two have the privilege of getting in a little bit of extra training thanks to yours truly, but you showed up when we were just about done for the day. Shame that, but maybe we can give you a little bit of a taste, eh?”Kyo just waves him off. “Ken was showing us something that was recently developed called Deep Training- it’s kinda like putting yourself in the place of a bot right out on the field! Crazy, huh?” “O-oh. That’s...impressive.” Small world. “How does it work?”“It’s kind of like a virtual reality simulation. You pick a simulated bot, and then go into a mock battle with ‘em, but you’re looking out their eyes! and after the fight, there's a whole bunch of data that shows the possible moves you could have made and all sorts of angles of attack and rate of fire and a whole bunch of crazy stuff!” Geez, he sounds excited. “It’s really cool,” Tooru adds. “Especially ‘cause they can program and play out hypothetical scenarios, too. That’s what we’ve been doing, mostly.” He flicks his eyes to his compatriots. “Y’know, for the tournament.”Suuure. “Right, that…”“Y’know, thinking about it, there’s still a half hour before we close,” Ken says. “It’ll be cutting it close, but I could at least show you how the sim training looks, if you want! It’s the best of the best, top of the line, I’m telling you! You might’ve ditched the tourney, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still get in some good training!”>Well...I guess a quick peek couldn’t hurt, if it’s as good as you say.>Actually, I was hoping to train with Kyo and Tooru, but...>You would show me? That’s so sweet! How in-depth can you go?>Other
>>2430635>>Well...I guess a quick peek couldn’t hurt, if it’s as good as you say.
>>2430635>>You would show me? That’s so sweet! How in-depth can you go?
>>2430635>You would show me? That’s so sweet! How in-depth can you go?
5 until call.
Simple enough. Writing!
>>2430635>>2430643>>2430649>>2430687You decide to play coy with this one; he strikes you as the type who responds well to a little buttering up and fluttered eyelashes. “You would show me? That’s so sweet!”“Aha! Anytime!” He puffs his chest out, and you give a demure smile as you hear a brief snort come from the direction of the desk worker. Kyo just chuckles, and Tooru makes an...odd face, before shrugging.“How in-depth can you go?” you ask. Who knows, the thing might be useful...and if not, you could at least use the time to sweet talk him a bit and see if you can’t make him any useful. “You did say that it was near closing time…”“Aw, you don't need to worry about that! we should be done just as closing time hits, and Nattie’s great with that.” He gestures over to the desk worker- Nattie- and you notice she’s gone from apathy to clearly giving you the stink-eye. Not that Ken notices. “Follow me!”He takes you down the hall in into one of the side rooms, and to your surprise it's not as big as you were expecting. it's a simple, clean room with a table in the center of it that seems to be some sort of miniature representation of an actual arena. On either side is a small podium with a digital interface on it. “Just pick your bot type using those,” he points out. “Then put on the goggles that are hanging on the side.”“So, why not spar in real life, again?” you find yourself asking.“Well, we could, but it might take too long right now,” he answers easily. “And besides, ‘cause sometimes, bots can get damaged real bad. This way we can test out strategies and figure out our approach with new bots all we want, an’ see if they could work before we take them into a real fight!” Makes sense enough. Out of the two bots you have, though, you pick...>Jago>PrimaBefore you put the goggles on...and just as advertised, you find yourself in a fairly familiar position- looking through the bot’s eyes.“Just give ‘em voice commands like normal, and you’ll get your results at the end of the fight,” you hear Ken say as the simulated battle starts.>1d100, best of 3. This is a sim battle, so most things are truncated due to the programming
Rolled 10 (1d100)>>2430700>>Jagoit would be INCREDIBLY stupid if we choose to play as prima.
Rolled 30 (1d100)>>2430700>JagoKeep Prima a secret until the end.
Rolled 81 (1d100)>>2430700>>Jago
Rolled 42 (1d100)>>2430700>JagoWe can ask King if he's heard of it and has the equipment if we want to do it with Prima.
81! Pretty solid!Writing.Also, hey, y'never know. The Prima design would've been standard, and Prima is a known type.
>>2430715Well now. Can we dance as we dodge attacks? That would be great if we could.~The pirate ballet!
>>2430739But OUR Prima isn't a normal type. hunf!
>>2430741>The pirate ballet!well, it seems like its does exist. And now i want to see a musical of that with prima and jago.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVv6FTKC92U
>>2430754This is true.
While we wait for the update. You fuckers should start voting.http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Magical%20Girl%20For%20Hire%20Quest
>>2430756what happens when two models of the same type meet? they chat with each other like they were twins, or they passive agressively duke it out like if they were the real one and the other is the impostor?
>>2430755That revellatiin is unexpected...but not unwanted.>>2430756You bet!Also just realized we could easily make a reference to the movie Shogun having a pirate (captain?) bot and prima in her exotic kimono parts.
>>2430779YOU'RE THE FAKE JAGO HERE
>>2430741>>2430755Before I opened that video I was thinking the acrobatic number in Kaleido Star
>>2430779Most likely notjing since humans like to make their models as unique as they can by adding nellw parts to then. Most likely they will get envious if the other bots has custom parts.
>>2430785I was thinking in princess tutu.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NMmjMGXP92E
>>2430785got the link of that?
>>2430795https://youtu.be/YlZ-dlW4IFo?t=19m27sNot as good as I remembered...
>>2430807Why there is a weird spirit guy in a half mask? Oh wait...anime
>>2430794Jesus my dude a cosplay number? My eyes>>2430809Anime. It's the spirit of the stage, only the chosen one can see him!
I keep having my mind returning to the fact that this would be a great show here on earth and keep wondering the comments that would cone around Shatterligth.>Shatterligth is so cool!>>The fuck i though this was just a battle between bots. Why this giys figthing machines bare handed.>Newtypes confirmed to be the new season antagonists!!>>The fuck did that guy just shooted fireworks?>>Must be somekind of gun there is no way>Shut up about the newtype this new girl is super cute>>Tooru confirmed to still being a little shit loosing to a newbie>Man that scene of Himawari crying made me tear up>>fagget
>>2430818There ain't no good princess tutu videos. Lots of Amv but none good from the anime.
>>2430828>Holy shit! did shatterlight just tanked artesia plasma shots?!?>Cap this, faggots. Shatterlight will be revealed as a a next gen minibot
>>2430700>>2430709>>2430712>>2430715While you haven't seen through Jago’s eyes personally, yet, it's still a familiar position for you and you're able to pretty quickly adjust to the first person view point of his style of movements. Notably, this version doesn't have the hook hand that yours has, but it's good enough to at least play his defensive and reactive style as normal. Ken is using some sort of...well, it’s a new one to you, reminds you of a knight but with two swords coming out of his forearms and with very little armor. Maybe an Exor variant? Either way, its bright red and white coloring is flashy, but its battle prowess needs work.His style is incredibly aggressive, but very simple and straightforward. You can see something of the logic in it; an overwhelming offense meant to prevent anyone from actually mounting any defense or evasive maneuvers. Unfortunately you've seen that both in your personal life and already in combat here enough to see it coming. He sticks to parallel and perpendicular lines of attack, and hardly thinks to use any sweeping or circular techniques with his blades; and it's merely a matter of weathering the storm until he tries to maneuver to a different angle when you hit him with (Simulated) Jago’s powerful fists. There’s a number of exchanges similar to that, and find your simbot taking a few scratches, but sooner than later you find the exercise over with, managing to surprise him by predicting a turn and catching him in your right hand. It was over pretty quickly after that.Interestingly, when you remove your goggles, Ken...looks like he's trying very hard to not be angry. “W-well, look at that!” he says, his voice clipped. “Guess you really are good. Cool. That’s cool.” His smile is frozen as all get-out, and you’re sure that he be throwing a tantrum if you didn't have an audience. “Didn’t think Kyo would have friends like that, especially considering what that rich girl was talkin’ about when she-”“Uh, Ken?!” Kyo interrupts quickly. “We should be going, right?!”“Yeah, man!” Tooru says quickly. “You know, we need to get home, you need to get home…”Oh, pft. Nice try at deflection. But, that does bring a choice to mind. You can probably question one of these...fine boys about a few things, if you care to.>Offer to walk with Ken.>Follow Kyo and talk a bit.>Catch up with Tooru. Been a bit.>You don’t really need to after all.>Other
>>2430851>>Catch up with Tooru. Been a bit.Lets see what fuckboi has been up to.
>Holy shit! did shatterlight just tanked artesia plasma shots?!?>>Stormtropper armor her clothes must have something to reduce the impact of a plasma bolt>Cap this, faggots. Shatterlight will be revealed as a a next gen minibot>>implying Shatterligth isn't a android.>> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Ku9HIumpM
>>2430851>Look sad>Did... miss Aiba trash talk me behind my back?
>>2430828>Hey, did that scene between Himawari and Nia seem kinda creepy to any of you? With all that deep eye contact?>I ship it.>/u/, please go.
>>2430828>I'm sick of the lolrandum "humor" the show tries to put on. Really, sparkwing just poking a bag? That incredibly lame.>>2430866Fuck you, Himawai x Tooru 4 life.
>>2430851I like this >>2430862 supporting. Add a little tear and run off too just to make one of then to follow us
>>2430851supporting >>2430862
>>2430862>>2430879>>2430881Interesting choice of action! Gonna ask for a roll. 1d20, best of 3.
Rolled 14 (1d20)>>2430890
Rolled 8 (1d20)>>2430890
Rolled 20 (1d20)>>2430890
...Well.Lori is Lori.And Lori is very good at what she does. (Most of the time.)Writing!
>>2430897Come in it's Tooru. Don't tell me the tournament was his character arc?
>>2430896
>>2430905comedy characters don't get much of a character arc.
>>2430926But it's not unheard of it happening.
Back to the comments about the series in another universe:>Okay so Himawari is definetly weird. There is no way a unmodded bot would be able to defeat the champion in a simulation.>>Ken is a shit it's good to see him being knocked down a peg>>Himawari just managed to do it because she knew it wasn't a real battle. Like playing shooters and being unable to use a real gun. Stop the shadowrunning
>>2430890>>2430891>>2430894>>2430896Thinking about it , you're not quite sure which to pick- and then it hits you. I plan that could make the choice for you and make the follow-up infinitely easier. An old standby that you hadn't really broken out all that often but was always pretty reliable.Good ol-fashioned crocodile tears.You immediately turn on the start of the waterworks, and it already begins to have the desired effect as the boys real back and worry. “D-did Ms. Aiba speak badly a-about meeeeee?”They barely get a ‘uh, no-not like-!’ before you burst out crying, gushes and gushes of tears falling down as you flee the scene like the most distressed damsel that ever lived- you got enough mental clarity to hear Jago running behind you, expressing his worry. And then not long behind them, hurried footsteps.Perrrrrfect.You barely get down the street, slowing down intentionally let them all catch up with you- and catch up with you they do, quickly trying to console you. Tooru’s the first to reach you, however. “Wait, w-waitwaitwait! Himawari, it's not like that, I promise!”“B-but whhhhyyy, Tooruuu?” you tearfully ask. “I-i-i was just trying to be niiiice!”“And you were! You’re one of the sweetest girls I know, I promise!” And HE’S one of the most gullible, but hey. “But there’s just...this thing we were asked to do, is all…”“W-what thing?” you ask carefully, masking your interest. However, that’s when the other two speak up. “Wait, do you really think we should tell her?” Kyo asks concernedly. Ken shrugs. “Eh, the silver spoon wanted it hush hush, buuuuut…frankly, I don’t care as much. Not like it’ll do anything so long as she keeps her mouth shut.”You pretend to lean back a bit in shock. “H-huh? What’s going on?”Kyo sighs as Tooru puts an arm around you. “Come on,” he says carefully. “We should go somewhere private for this…”Finally…cont. (Man, a 20. Seriously.)
>>2430996“You mean the because of the thefts?” you ask as Tooru, Kyo, Ken, and yourself (along with your bots) convene in the alleyway- it’s quiet at this time of day, and this one is actually pretty clean, serving more as a bit of a side street than anything else.“Yeah,” Kyo confirms seriously. “Miyumi’s been livid ever since that first theft- she says she thinks that the rampaging bot was meant to be a distraction while the thief got away. All they got were images of a yellow suited character- but most of the cameras were down or they were good enough to avoid being spotted on them for anything else.”You affect an air of shock at the news (although honestly, you inwardly can't help but preen a little bit). “How scary…” “Yeah,” Tooru agrees. “Worse thing is, they’re not sure how it happened- although they’re pretty sure the thief has a bot accomplice. They’ve been trying to read the Gargant’s memory databanks for a while- they’ve gotten a few things, but it’s all super scrambled and we don’t know what they do and don’t have. And then there’s the second theft…”“Apparently, whoever the thief was took several shots to the body- both by anti-bot and normal weapons. And they were still standing, and pulled off a jump no one should be able to do.” Ken shakes his head. “No one knows how. But the fact that they were able to do that? She’s thinking they aren’t human. So she’s getting a bunch of the best battlers she knows in private to do guard duty until the Ahru Torso is complete. They’ve still got the blueprint data and all that for the other parts, so they can remake those- but that's not the worry.”“We’re worried that someone’s planning on using those parts for somethin’ bad.” Kyo interjects. “And she wants us to keep an eye on things for a couple days to make sure.”“Aiba Corp stock is already tankin’,” Ken says, with just a hint of smugness. “This goes on any long, rich girl won’t be so rich before long.”>Oh my. Is there any way I can help?>Wow. Well, I believe in you all! >Who would want to do that, I wonder…?>Other
>>2431000>>Oh my. Is there any way I can help?There might be the possibility to get another client in here...
>>2431000>Oh my. Is there any way I can help?But >Who would want to do that, I wonder…?Also:>"Wait wait...you are saying a human took anti-bot bullets and keep walking? Does this person in yellow had armor or something? What does she mean with not being human?"
>>2431000>Who would want to do that, I wonder…?>So they're going after the Ahru parts, right? All of them? And the Torso's really the last one?Get them wondering and looking for a head for us. And I think pretending to investigate for a suspect is better than acting as extra guard, for purposes of not being suspected when we steal the torso.
>>2431000>arms, legs and torso... or head or core?>>Oh my. Is there any way I can help?
5 minutes until call!
>(Man, a 20. Seriously.)You know how it is. The luck of the bastard and all of that.>>2431000>>Oh my. Is there any way I can help?>>2431034>So they're going after the Ahru parts, right? All of them? And the Torso's really the last one?maybe we should rephrase that? it sounds weird. like if we were Shatterlight hiding as himawari.
>>2431029Nah we will use this to infultrate in the office and grab the blueprints.Also apparently the Torso wasn't build yet. So that's interesting.
>>2431000>>Oh my. Is there any way I can help?
>>2431000>That's terrible, I want to help miss Aiba! We can't let a thief ruin her like that!>Are there many parts left? What if they get away next time... how many chances do we have to stop them?>"Wait wait...you are saying a human took anti-bot bullets and keep walking? Does this person in yellow had armor or something? What does she mean with not being human?"
>>2431047We could just say: "Wait a torso? Not a head? Why this bot doesn't have a head?"
>>2431051maybe it should be something like "At least the head is also safe, right?"Honestly, i suck at making questions that don't seem suspicious. Im just pointing out my concerns.
>>2431047>So they're going after the Ahru parts, right? All of them? And the Torso's really the last one?If we can work it in without being overt, sure, but I dunno who to ask about it without 'casting doubt' on their ability to protect the part. Maybe something about other places they could strike?>>2431051Notice a reference to only two thefts. Alluding to more shows we are aware of the thefts, which contradicts what we're saying here.
>Alluding to more shows we are aware of the thefts, which contradicts what we're saying hereBut we are aware of the thefts...they just said that to us.
We would like to help!Writing!
>>2431061Right, but notice the tournament theft is referred to as the first, and the smash and grab as the second. References to a complete bot would imply we know other limbs have been stolen. There's also no mention of /what/ was taken in the two thefts they are telling us about.All Himawari knows about the thefts is that there were two of them, during which some bot parts were stolen, and there's a fear the torso is the next target.
>>2431074Yeah you are right. Could we just ask if there are other parts that meed protecting? Or maybe we can just do spy stuff and dig into the Aiba database.Qe also need to rescue big boy!! He's being scanned!(my bet is that is all ecrypted because he's trying to protect his concious)
>>2431088We could try to awaken the bot torso itself and offer it the freedom to live it's life how it wants to.
>>2431116are you talking of the gragant or the torso? Because there is no core in there, its just an empty torso(as far as we know)
>>2431116No
>>2431116That's a terrible plan.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKCtJiSXqMBut i do agree in freeing the gargants core. It deserves to be free!!
>>2431137>>2431148Sorry, I got the core and the torso confused. My bad.
>>2431148Holy shit. if we manage to get the gragant core, we might be able to complete our roster. the gragant would be the perfect meatshield and tank, since its only job was to defend and protect. (we would also have to give it a body, but this is a good start)
>>2431167I believe the intersection would be able to give the core a much better body then the ones in this dimension. Could even upgrade then from robots to androids (yes there is a diferrence)>>2431165Not a problem my dude.
>>2431175of course! and our resident mad scientists will have a field day with them, considering that they didn't have any kind of AI in their world. We should get them an engineering bay down the line. That way we could begin to sell our own products instead of buying them.
>>2431184Need the motes first anon. So firstly let's get this job done (while also taking the gargant core with us as well as Prima and Jago too!!)We could even make the Gargant core our resident A.I. since it was always programmed for protect and defense what better role then becoming a entire base defense system?!
>>2431201yeah, that's why i said we should do it down the line. we still have a lot of things to do to the base, like the barracks, training grounds and whatnot.>We could even make the Gargant core our resident A.I.maybe? we shouldn't really expect any kind of intrusion, since the dealmakers would get pissed, but maybe we could copy Prima's AI and use that to manage all the little things and stuff.
>>2431220Yes,yes of course pardon me i got a little bit excited!At least if we make the base presentable the bot could stay in it? Or if they wish to have their on housing that's for then to decide.
>>2431000>>2431029>>2431032>>2431034>>2431040>>2431047>>2431049>>2431050“Oh my. That all sounds...really scary. Is there any way I can help?” You ask, putting a bit of urgency into your voice. “I...perhaps she was a bit mean, but we can’t let a thief ruin Ms. Aiba like that!”“Yeah, we agree,” Ken says. “And you’re pretty good- so we might be able to put in a word in for you, if you want.”“Thank you so much!” you offer. “Just...I wonder who would want to do something like that?”“There’s a bunch of rival minibot developers out there,” Tooru points out. “Maybe one of them, or maybe someone working solo that just has a really big ego or something. Who knows? But no matter who it is or why, we can't let it keep happening!”“And we won’t!” Kyo says confidently. “We’ll talk to Miyumi about letting you help out. In the meantime, don't let anyone know about this or us. The torso’s undergoing some final testing to make sure that it's ready before the next tournament- we’re going to be protecting it all the way up until then. We figured that since the thief has struck at two tournaments so far, they'll wait for the third, too, to have the highest chance of escape. Trick is- well, we’ll tell you more later.” He sounds confident.He’s not entirely wrong about that tactic…although wait- didn’t Mr. King say that they decided to cancel the third showing? Hm. Curious. “Right!” you say, affecting a determined air. “I’ll try to see maybe if I can’t do some searching! Ahaha!” You let out an embarrassed laugh. “I’m sorry, but as serious as the situation is, I can't help but feel excited!”“Heh, I kinda get what you mean,” Ken admits. “So don’t worry. You just stick around, and we’ll get you onboard.”“Right! We’ll protect every part left!” you proclaim. Of course, that was an intentional smith. now you just need to see if they take the bait…And they do. “Every part left?” Tooru asks. “Aha, she just said the torso, Hima…”“Oh!” You tilt your head. “Is it just the one? That’s strange, but if you say so! We’ll protect it!”“Right!” They all agree, but- at least in Tooru and Ken, a bit- you can see a curiosity blooming in their expressions.The meeting is adjourned after that, and you all head your separate ways after giving Ken (and the others, after you realize you never did) your contact info. It wasn’t anything obviously linked to King, so it should be safe…Later that night, you get a message from Kyo. ‘Miyumi says she isn’t sure. :( Doesn’t mind you doing research, though. Will try to work on her more.’Well, nuts. So much for your easy in. But today...yeah. Today was still a good day.
>>2431237>Day 3: GoalsAs you hop up out of bed, you’re quick to greet Prima, who waves back, and Jago, who nods. They DO rest mode in the same room, after all. After breakfast, however, you’re called to Mr. King’s office, and after you’re fully (and opulently) dressed, you make your way up there, and snap off a salute as you sit.“Well?” he says roughly. “As I told you several days ago, I am not entirely a patient man. Are you well enough now?”Well...you ARE feeling better, but you’d hoped for today to be more of a scouting day than anything...but he IS the one paying...ugggh.>Might I have one more day of preparations? My ability is vast and impressive, but as you have seen, not insurmountable!>Your concernedness is noted- and perhaps founded, from what I’m aware of. I shall proceed posthaste!>Other
>>2431242>>Your concernedness is noted- and perhaps founded, from what I’m aware of. I shall proceed posthaste!
>>2431242>>Your concernedness is noted- and perhaps founded, from what I’m aware of. I shall proceed posthaste!>Tell him that they want to show the torso in the third tournament as a bait.
>>2431242Correct me if I'm wrong, but he is paying a flat rate is he not?Can shove up his fucking patience...>Other >Your little display of patience has already borne fruit, sir! Yesterday I was able to get insider info on the torso, and with a little more effort I will have a good chance of joining its security force.
>>2431242>Your concernedness is noted- and perhaps founded, from what I’m aware of. I shall proceed posthaste!>Other: However i have stumbled upong some informatiin that might make things more difficult: (tell him about the torso not being complete and let him know we can do it but if he is sure he wants us to grab a incomplete piece)This will be interesting i guess he want to use this theft not to just steal the bot parts but to cripple the Aiba girl company
>>2431242>>Your concernedness is noted- and perhaps founded, from what I’m aware of. I shall proceed posthaste!We ought to mention we've heard rumors the torso will be shown at the next tournament.
Couple more minutes til call.
Forging ahead!Writing!
>>2431295My guess is that Mr.King had some kind of influence in the tournament. Since he was once a competitor in it. So this is a way that the Aiba girl found to figure out if anyone in the council was working with the thief.
Wait a minute. >So she’s getting a bunch of the best battlers she knows in private to do guard duty until the Ahru Torso is complete.Does this mean that the Torso isn’t fully built yet? Shouldn’t we wait until the thing is put together before trying to steal it?
>>2431390i think that's what we are trying to imply to Mr. King
>>2431390>Does this mean that the Torso isn’t fully built yet?Yes it does. Unless our boss thinks his engineers are better then Aiba corps and will be able to fix the kinks in the machine without having to copy the complete desing.>Shouldn’t we wait until the thing is put together before trying to steal it?Yes we should. But as our client is a megalomaniac he migth see it as the perfect chance to turn the torso into HIS own
>>2431390They said it's undergoing final testing. Sounds like it's built and they're just checking for last minute kinks to fix.
>>2431413I mean i believe we should wait. But i kinda want to go there and 'rescue' the gargant core. Because if we wait u til the tournament they might manage to decript the information in it.
>>2431242>>2431252>>2431264>>2431284>>2431295Ruuuuuuuuuude. Good thing you have a mask on so he can't see the face that you're making. It’s a really really sour one. But...contraaaaact. Blegh.“Your concernedness is noted- and perhaps founded, from what I’m aware of,” you admit. “However, the other day I managed to come across some interesting information about the torso. Namely, that it seems to still be in the last phases of testing, and that they seem to be attempting some sort of trickery for the next tournament. However, should you still desire, I shall proceed posthaste!”“Hmmm…” He takes that news with a bit of a grimace and leans back in his chair as he considers the news. “Perhaps...no. Actually, this may be a boon; if they are trying to attempt some sort of stunts for the next tournament, then going in even earlier than they expect will be all the better. Besides, should it not be complete, I have every confidence that my engineers will be more than capable finishing whatever they've started.“Then perhaps you should know that I may well be on my way to gaining access to their security forces with a bit more time, as well?” you offer.This seems to catch his attention as he sits upright. “Come again? However did you manage that?”“Carefully, and with DRAMATIC crying!” Oh, you missed being able to pose. “I swept into their discussion, wheedling out their secrets with rivers of tears and a harrowed throat! They were helpless against my MAGNIFICENT ACTING TALENT!” Oh, you’re on the chair. When did that happen? Eh, doesn’t matter, you look cool anyway.“...ah.” Ah? What ‘ah’? “...Still, despite that impressive accomplishment, the fact that you would be on their security forces honestly concerns me just a touch. It means that although you might be able to access certain areas, I have no doubt that you will also be watched closely for compliance with the rules…” He thinks about it, but shakes his head. “No. Go as soon as you can, tonight or today. I care not, but it shall be done before tomorrow morning!”Hmph. Yet again. Buzzkill. Well, fine, time to figure out your approach...although your connections might yet not go to waste.Step one: getting in. How are you going to do that?>(Will continue in an hour. Need food and a breather. Use the time to begin to plan!)
>>2431451I got an idea. What if we go to talk with that aiba girl and interrogate her? We could tell kyo that we want to talk with her because we might be able to convince her if we talk face to face. We get close to her, we force the information out of her mind and some other stuff, like getting her ID, the location of the torso, what are the security codes, where the gragant core is, you know, stuff like that. AND THEN we erase her mind and go with the heist in the middle of the night (like 3 AM, where the guards are the most sleepy.)
>>2431451Well I'm stumped... Assuming the torso is in the center area of that map? I really have no idea other than brute forcing it, but 1) Lorelei isn't good at that, and 2) That'll make it VERY difficult since they dont mind murdering us, but we cant murder back...Btw, are there more steps to our contract than stealing the pieces? I forget. If stealing this torso is the last step, then it's not important whether we keep reveal ourselves partway through the heist, should it somehow be helpful.>2431471Night heist sounds like a good idea, people will be slower to repsond, taskforce of teenagers might not be nearby to respond at the time.
>>2431451Ways of getting inside:-Jump high enough so we can get to the rooftop. Or just grappling hook from one building to the officer top floor.or- Enter with the people taking out the trash. Use our ability to disguise as one of then then knock out a guard and grab his ID CARD.
>>2431477Maybe knock out some security lady and steal her look, see if we can sneak up to one of the entrances, force through door and make everything quick from there? Idk...
>>2431451Could Prima work out where the cameras have blind spots?We could potentially jump the wall then jump to the roof, then use a magibeam to cut our way into the building through the roof.
>>2431477We can enter with the people taking the garbage out. Nobody ever notice the cleaning crew. Grab either a security Id or someone of the cleaning id and get in using it.
>>2431491That's Miranda Lori has fireworks not magic beams. Unless you want to try do something out of the blue.
>>2431486Need to get in first. Unless you want us to attack some random security person.
ok, lets lay down the available options.Without any kind of thinking and preparation, we can do this.>1) Go trough the front door.>2) Go trough the back door>3) Jump trough the roof and do a Kool Aid man impressionWith the information we gathered yesterday we could to this>1) join Miyumi's security forces >2) enter as some kind of worker>3) get close to Miyumi and squeeze the information out of her.>4) Outright lie to the guards and tell them Miyumi wanted us to help guard the torsoAm i missing something?
>Could Prima work out where the cameras have blind spots?That's kinda her stick she is a support bot and our walking hacking tool. So she could possibly invade the system and try to shut it down. However she only did it with a house security alarm once tell how advance the office alarm system will be.
>>2431514if we just tap the feed and don't do anything but just see, we should be able to go undetected.
>>2431451This is going to be hard. Lori is a social infiltrator, not a general one. After our last heist security is going to be through the roof.I assume there will be cameras around the entire exterior. Prima will again be invaluable in disabling or finding gaps, though it should be easy to jump over the fence once we get an opening. Considering our show of strength and resilience, I suspect any physical security will be heavily armed and armored. Ideally, we should try to snag a card, but that'll be reliant on who's where. We don't really have enough info to plan from there.We've still got almost the entire day; I figure we spend a few hours on recon, watching for important people (id cards), guard routines, cameras, etc. That'll give us much more to work with.
>>2431510>5)Said we found something about the thief so we came to the office tot alk to Mayumi since we don't know were she lives.
>>2431526Lets try to convince Aiba to let us into her security detail. That alone would make things INCREDIBLY easier because we would be in the inside of the complex.>>2431535We could also do something like that! The more things we can bypass, the more time it gives us to steal everything we want.">"Thanks for letting me in the middle of the night Miyumi. I know who the Thief is!">"Yes?! Who is it?">"Its me!"
>>2431548We can give it a try, but we can't push too hard.I dunno if she'd put on today's detail either, which doesn't work. And being on the security team only gets our foot in the door, only part way in; they could stick us on perimeter patrol, a reasonable, low-risk option for volunteer security. Also, don't forget we've got to get /back out/ with the part, break contact with any pursuers, and make it back to king's place. Making too much noise on the way in will make getting back out considerably more difficult.
>>2431579>Making too much noise on the way in will make getting back out considerably more difficult.That's why i want to try all the options regarding Miyumi before we go for a good old fashioned break in. Even if they get us in perimeter guard, its one security layer that we managed to pass.>Also, don't forget we've got to get /back out/ with the part, break contact with any pursuers, and make it back to king's placeYou raise a good point. What is our exit plan?
So it sounds like the two biggest options are:>Try to talk with Miyumi and get into the security forces regardless.>Try to stake out the area for further info for several hours.Unless I'm missing one.
>>2430992Playing as a bot vs yelling orders, that the other team can hear, at a bot are rather different.
>>2431633seems like yes, but it appears that everyone else is eating too.
>>2431633Forging some research about Shatterligth would be good idea
>>2431633Do you want a run off vote?
>>2431633>>2431471>>2431510>>2431526>>2431535>>2431548>>2431706You take a few minutes to think about it, smacking on a bag of fruit snacks as you do. You're pretty certain that despite his misgivings, getting into the complex with Miyumi’s permission is probably the best way to go about it; a layer of security that you don't have to deal with either coming in or going out could mean the difference between success and failure in a heist. You'll have to be careful as to how you word it so she doesn’t get ornery, but at the same time you'll have to be convincing if you want her to include you so quickly. If nothing else, you DO still have Kyo and Ken going to bat for you. In fact... Might be a good idea to fire off a quick text to see if they can't help on that front.‘Good morning! Have you been able to convince Ms. Aiba?’ The answer comes after a few minutes. ‘Hey not yet. Was gonna meet her in an hour. Trying again then.’Huh. In person? Interesting. ‘Where?’‘Wanna come with huh? Gonna have to ask her if its okay.’>'Please, thank you!' Hopefully she'll at least hear you out.>'It’s fine, then.' You'll just find another way in. No problem!>Other
>>2431722>>'Please, thank you!' Hopefully she'll at least hear you out.
>>2431722>'Please, thank you!' Hopefully she'll at least hear you out.I thought this security detail was for the tournament? And that Mr King wants us to get it earlier than that?
>>2431722>>'It’s fine, then.' You'll just find another way in. No problem!
>>2431762No, if that was how it was taken, sorry. It's supposed to be 'she was asking them to guard it around the labs for several days'.
>>2431722>'It’s fine, then.' You'll just find another way in. No problem!
Unanimous. Writing!
I wonder what Sal did before he started SES.
>>2431904Probably laized around in his parents basement.
>>2431722>>2431737>>2431762>>2431767>>2431790>>2431808‘Please, thank you!’ you respond. He just sends back a :), and you're set to wait again.A few more minutes and another bag, and you get another response: ‘Says okay, will be at ice cream shop here:’ and there's an address for you. Thank goodness.“C’mon, Jago!” you say getting up (and nearly knocking Prima away with your suddenness). “We have a meeting to prep for!”“Oy! Stop bein’ so sudden, lass! Swears it, I…” his complaints devolve into grumbling as he follows you. A quick change of clothes, and you’re off!There's nothing really notable about the ice cream place, which you suppose is kind of the point. It's a perfectly nondescript, simple store with an ice cream sign above it. You end up occupying yourself with a double scoop Vanilla/Strawberry combination before you see the three boys show up, waving once they spot you. “Hey, glad you made it!”“Me too!” you joke. “I’m guessing she should be here soon, right?”Before any of you can answer that, you all notice a smallish figure in a very long overcoat and a wide-brimmed hat and glasses walk up to you. It's...actually a bit conspicuous, but none of you say anything as she nods to you all and sits down. “Well. If it isn’t the squeamish girl.” She says by way of greeting. “I suppose I should be thankful you’ve seen it in you to help me, but I can’t help but be a bit cautious.”“Some greeting…” Ken mutters as the trio sits down.“Ah, apologies, Ken. Kyo. Tooru,” she greets them all in turn. “It’s good to see you.”“Yeah, nice to see you, too.” Kyo nods. “But I think Himawari really means it when she says she wants to help.”“As soon as I can, too!” you confirm, nodding your head rapidly. “I...I know things might get dangerous, but that doesn't mean I can just sit by and let this kind of thing happen!”She fixes you with a stare that emanates concern. “Hmph. You weren’t there during the last robbery. I haven’t told any of you, but...you’re aware, presumably, that this person- if it IS such- is very well armored. We can’t take chances.”“No kiddin’,” Ken agrees. “But frankly, that just makes me think she should come along even more. Can't afford to not have as many eyes out as possible.” Tooru and Kyo both nod their agreement.“She’s pretty quick on the uptake,” Tooru adds. “I’m pretty sure she’d be great.“She knows how to overcome courage, too!” Kyo chimes in. “Don’t you think you’d need people like that in order to stop someone like this?”“Mmmm…” Miyumi simply mulls it over, to your nerves’ misfortune. At last, however, she takes off her glasses and fixes you a look. “I can’t get you permission for any of the more guarded areas so soon... But perhaps you would be a reasonable enough perimeter watch.”cont.
>>2431925“Perimeter watch?” You echo. Sounds like you’d- be kept outside…“Yes,” she confirms. “Basically, you be working alongside the gate guards to make sure that no one gets in or out without permission. You wouldn't have any real authority, but we could get you a temporary badge to allow limited access, and if you spot anything suspicious, you would need to radio it in immediately, understood? You'll also need to check in with the gate watch multiple times a night. Fair?” "Of course!" Score!She leans back. “I have to emphasize that Aiba Corporation are partners with Ahruha, so anything YOU do reflects back on ME. Understand?” she asks acidly, and you quickly nod. “Good. Now, IF you’re interested, I’d at least be willing to allow you choice of where you’ll be stationed. North, South, East, or West ends of the complex. The North End is the rear exit, so you know.”Hmm…>North End.>South End.>East End.>West End.>Maybe I can be stationed somewhere else, even if I have less permissions?>Other Questions.
>>2431928>North End.
>>2431925God i hope we can make a kidnapping during the robbery so we can make Shatterligth even more of a asshole!?
>>2431944This is a thing that is entirely up to you, sure.
>>2431947Make shatterlight kidnap Himawari! We will kidnap ourselfs!
>>2431944i was thinking on that in order to cover our tracks and distract them.before we disappear, we make some tracks that show that himawari was dragged outside the complex, This would alert the people, giving them the idea that the attacker was about to strike and maybe would close down the complex, but by that point we should already be inside. And with the building closed down, we could have an easier time beating down everyone and having no fear of reinforcements.
5 minutes until lock! They all have their own pros and cons, really...
North end it is! The back entrance, the ID-only gate and door, and the Dumpsters are what you have to deal with.
>>2431953>>2431944About time we try me's an army
>>2431953>>2431973That would absolutely light a fire under team protag. It won't really matter for us, as we're leaving shortly after, but it might make the escape harder, and could cause problems for King if they eventually trace the thefts back to him.Personally, I'd prefer Himawari "get on a bus" due to a family emergency or something, but we don't tend to stick around long after we finish jobs, so I doubt it'll happen.If we wanted to troll team protag, we could meet with them one last time after this job, and return to the Intersection at the end of the conversation.
>>2432055>could cause problems for King if they eventually trace the thefts back to him.That's not really our problem, since he is going to manufacture them. Sooner or later Aiba corp would knew that he had something to do on the thefts.>we could meet with them one last time after this job, and return to the Intersection at the end of the conversation.If we could do also pic related, it would be glorious.
>>2432072>Sooner or later Aiba corp would knew that he had something to do on the thefts.That was my point. If the thefts are connected to a kidnapping, it would generate a lot more trouble for King than just a string of thefts. Granted, this isn't the sort of thing Lori would worry about, but King seems like a potential repeat customer, and it's not really a great idea to cause unneeded trouble for clients, potential repeats or not.
>>2431928>>2431941>>2431950Well, from what you were called, the north and had a number of things that could work with or against you, besides the cameras. The dumpsters were all on the north end, and there was a gate as well as a back entrance that were both ID-only. There were a number of cameras back there as well, and those would be hard to deal with, but considering that you could most likely easily leap the gate if you'd managed to get out of the back quickly enough, the idea of an easy egress from the complex is pretty tempting. “I’ll take the North end, then.” you decide.Miyumi purses her lips, but doesn’t object. “Fine. I'll send word ahead and tell them to prepare a temporary badge for you. Be there at 5 PM SHARP, understood?” You nod. “Good. Now, as for other business…you should know that we’ve, of course, been looking into this mysterious case of the rogue Gargant.” She looks as you questioningly, and you- and they- nod. “Good, then you should know that we’ve gotten a bit of information out of it, although nothing concrete.”...ffuuuuuuck.She slides over a tablet with an image on it. It's a fuzzy, somewhat corrupted image, a blur of pink in a grey background- Prima, you can tell, but it’s just messed up enough so that you're not sure if the others can recognize the make and model of bot. “We believe that this was the perpetrator’s associate Minibot- this combined with the eyewitness accounts and the timeline of events would match up with when this image was taken. As far as we can presume, the Gargant was hacked and infected with a virus; we’re unsure how, but smart money says that it’s due to this with a modified AI and technique system. An ILLEGAL one,” she notes. “Illegal? So whoever’s doing this is probably a bigshot criminal,” Ken mutters.“Perhaps,” Miyumi agrees. “Being able to access such deep subroutines and programs within another minibot is, after all, illegal.”Tooru leans closer, as though getting a better look would clear up the image. “So, what happened exactly? Do you know?”“It was accessed remotely, and an unidentifiable program seemed to force its way in and take control for some time,” she explains. “We’re doing what we can to restore the image, but this is the best we have for now. Unfortunately, as you can see, the image is...nondescript. Still, it DOES mean we can narrow down the class, make and model a bit. Shorter model, and there’s no distinct weaponry, meaning likely a support-class bot.” She doesn't elaborate on that, simply taking the image back.“Hmm. I’ll put out a call to the guys and have them keep an eye out,” Ken offers. “Not gonna say nothin' specific, but we all want that thief caught.”“Glad you brought this up,” Kyo says, suddenly all serious. “‘Cause I gota admit something. I told my granddad about this.”What.“What?!” Miyumi roars- and her feet tap out a couple of beats. “Why would-”“Because he got robbed, too!” Kyo says heatedly. “And he saw the thief!”cont.
>>2432104The entire table goes still. “Come again?” Miyumi asks.He nods. “Yeah. And it was the same person. He wasn't sure at first, but I showed him an image, and he was absolutely positive then. Whoever it is...they want rare parts, and bad.”“Oh, dear…” Miyumi facepalms. “Wonderful.”“Well, there IS some good news,” he offers. “If that’s the case, Zero kinda knows what the thief’s bot might look like!”“Oh!?” And here her head perks up.Not good, not good…>Let them keep talking, see what they know specifically.>You don’t want them to build a head of steam- try to convince them to keep their options open.>Suggest that you may have seen something yourself that day in the stadium to throw them off.>Other
>>2432108>>Let them keep talking, see what they know specifically.our prima is already different, and it shouldn't blow our cover, unless i'm missing something.
>>2432108>>Let them keep talking, see what they know specifically.This isn't good, but it doesn't actually matter that much. This heist is different from the others, as it's a straight theft from a hardened point rather than a softer target in a crowded area. It won't matter if they know what she looks like if they don't know where she is until the theft begins.Idea for future job: a Payday-esque group needs an extra hand for heist(s). Would be right up Miranda's alley.
5 minutes until call.
Gonna let them talk for now, it seems. Writing.
Dammit shouldn't have gone eat pizza!!
>>2432108>>2432124>>2432146 As much as you want to say something if only out of reaction, you decide to let them keep talking. You need to know exactly how much they know in order to make sure whether you need to do something about it or not, considering your change of Prima’s shell.“So, basically, he said that it was feminine, short, and yeah, it looked like it had a bow and a skirt and stuff. Pinkish, like you said. Didn't have any long-range capabilities, he said it kept trying to slash at him with claws” Kyo explains. “It was kinda fast, but it was kinda weak, too. He eventually caught off guard and was able to take an arm off of it and throw it against the wall.”“Hmm...yes, sound like a Support-class, or perhaps a Speedster.” Miyumi says. “The state of slashing claws drops it further. I’ll have to do a bit of research, but that‘ll narrow the possibilities down exponentially. We’ll look up some possible matches when I get back. In the meantime, if no one else has any further business?”“Just making sure that we’ll all be set for later today,” Ken shrugs.“Remember- whomever, or whatever this is, they have superhuman endurance and abilities. don't underestimate them, nor let your bots underestimate them.” She levels a pointed look- not at you, but at Kyo, and Zero, who’s right behind him.“Feh,” Zero scoffs. “Don’t worry- we got this! With all of us handling it? That thief’s got NO chance!”You make certain to not meet his eyes directly, but those peepers of his are far too large to not get a good look at regardless. His pupils are light, but there, as well. A quick glance over at Moxer, who’s just sitting silently.No pupils.Iiiinteresting.But with that, the meeting’s adjourned, and the lot of you part ways, Kyo insisting he and Tooru needed to find Nia, and Ken heading off on a walk of his own.You needed to get back, too.“Five o’clock, huh, lass?” Jago says idly.“Yup! On the dot.” You confirm.That’s when everything starts.
Okay, so I'm gonna cut it off here, and resume bright and early tomorrow morning, ideally somewhere around 9-10AM Central! Hope to have everyone there.
>>2432367Hmm, we're going to have to work out how to swap Jago on guard duty for Prima for the heist. Maybe we could just have him pretend to continue to patrol while we heist?This is going to be interesting
>>2432390Thanks for running! See you tomorrow.
>>2432391bag of holding! If miranda's mana condenser can fit there, so can prima.we also need to plan the way to get away. Will we get away from the sewers, or jumping away?
>A thief that can dent a custom Minibot chassis in one blow...leap like a grasshopper in a single bound...and can appear seemingly any time...>Er, miss?>Ugh...what is it now? More bad news?>Well...depends on how you view it, miss. See, we were having a difficult time getting the Gargant's files out due to the...corruption, I suppose. So we decided to remove its AI Core and plug it into one of our isolated stations.>And?>And...it asked us why were we doing this?>...Beg pardon?>Yeah. And when we stated our reasoning, it said...it said it didn't like that and wanted to be put back in its own body. We, uh...we said no. Then the station shut off. By itself.>...I-you...uh...what?>We're completely confused, too, ma'am. But...we think it might have something to do with that data corruption.>Then...keep me posted. PLEASE.>Of course, ma'am.>What on earth...?
>>2432426Heh. Beautiful.
>>2432411I think the limiting factor of the bag is the size of the entry, not the internal size. Though we fit major bot part in it just fine, so maybe...>>2432426Heh.By the way, we're awakening Jago before we leave as well, right? Unless we're taking him with us, then we'll need to take a closer look at Intersection property and intelligent beings' rights laws.
On the upcoming heist, we need some excuse on why Himawari is gone missing or something that doesn't quickly be concluded that she's the theif.How about "Shatterlight murdered/assulted Himawari"?>Put red paint/someone else's blood on a small part of the outfit and tear a piece of it>when we go for the heist we leave that near our post and spread red paint around to look like Himawari struggled to stop Shatterlight( while Prima screws with the cameras)>if we're caught and they ask us about Himawari we can subtly say we hurt her and dumped her body somewhere and if this causes our MC group to be really pissed off we can just use our magic to fuck off. Spam fireworks, me's a crowd and magic limbs.It's risky( and stupid) but I think it gives a way to put Himawari in a permanent bus and won't make the MC think we're the thief. Unless you guys want to do the reveal thing (both options are good for me)>>2432411This, put him in our BoH while Prima messes with the cameras.
>>2432426DON'TCHA YOU WORRY BIG BUDDY! We are comming for ya! And for the parts too.
>>2432390Good night Handler see ya tomorrow!
>>2432390Thanks for running!>>2432426Grrrr!
>>2432442we should awaken him on the intersection. remember how prima was after we awoken her? even if we won't need him for the mission, we need him at top capacity.>the size of the entry, not the internal size.Prima seems kind of petitte. She should be able to fit.>>2432446I was thinking on that, make is seem like shatterlight kidnapped/murdered himawari. That should put the team on disarray when they find out, and by the time the alarms go off, we should be inside, about to steal the parts (and the gragant core).>>2432426also, guys. THE GRAGANT SHOT DOWN ALL THE SYSTEMS. Imagine what prima can do! We need to check her abilities post awakening asap!
>>2432446Well this is a time to use all of our power. I say we use illusions and make a army of me using various illusional Shatterlight to scatter and spread the security toward a direction we want then to.
>>2432446Something 'happening' to Himawari technically leaves her reputation intact, but risks the client's. The reveal is a little silly, but it solves their mystery but simultaneously deprives them of the ability to do anything about it. Only downside is if we came back here for another job at some point, we'll already have enemies, though if Himawari reappeared after disappearing there would be many questions anyway.>>2432472>THE GRAGANT SHOT DOWN ALL THE SYSTEMSThat's what happening when you plug an AI into a system; physical access == full access.>>2432492>Well this is a time to use all of our power.I figure we don't go below ~500 mana in case of emergencies and so we don't pass out, and it gives a little wiggle room if we discover the head does exist during the heist. There's no reason not to use the mana crystals to top up, but we should try to float enough internal mana in case we don't have time to use a crystal.Otherwise though, sure, let's go hog wild.
>>2432540>That's what happening when you plug an AI into a system; physical access == full access.But the context implies that the cores shouldn't be capable of doing so. Specially a core that is designed for defense.
>>2432552Yeah, ai doesn't mean magically instantly able to be able to do anything. Maybe they werent surprised that it could, just that it did so without being instructed to.
>>2432552Ah, but the fact that it was an isolated system hints this wasn't an impossibility. Why go to the trouble of using an isolated system otherwise?Their reactions do show how abnormal it is though. This is clearly unexpected behavior, though I suspect they're reacting more to the /choice/ of action, rather than the action itself.>physical access == full access.This is considered truth IRL in information security. If someone have physical access to a device, it should be considered compromised.>>2432619AIs are far from magic, but the digital is their native domain. Expect them to be able to do things with ease in the digital domain humans couldn't.As a side note, regardless of what we do with Prima or Jago, when we get back to the Intersection, we should have a chat with the mechanical community. This is the sort of thing they may have some interesting insights into.
I mean if shatterlight's identity gets revealed when we got the torso I don't think it would matter by then.
>>2432669Claiming>considered compromisedis the same as full access is disingenuous and entirely unhelpful as a response to the original suggestion.
>>2432669i'm assuming the isolated system was in order to deal with the corruption the gragant had. It seems like they were trying to see the files from the gragant itself, and since it seemed way too hard, they moved the core to the closed system, because if you have a new virus appear from nowhere, you don't want to deal with it in something that has a connection to everything else.
>>2432707But it basically is. It means that whatever the infiltrator wanted to do was done. For example you can gain root access on a linux machine in a minute if you know the commands and are there physically.>>2432552I think it's more like the AI pressed the off switch and they weren't expecting that because no other AI has done that, not because it couldn't. Think program vs the AI.
So, himawari will be 'removed' after this act? Also, things might go weird if they figure out it was paint instead of real blood, assuming if we ARE going to use paint.
Reminder that paint smells like paint and not like blood. If we want to fake our own death we would have to use actual people blood. That is assuming of course our clones don't bleed because if they do then we can do it like that (Disregarding for a second how ethical killing your own close is or not).That said if we want to be "nice" we'd do the kidnapping thing with our clone which lowers the shit Miyumi would be in because she hired the thief and then if we want to be extra nice to prevent -some- mental trauma we'd do >>2432072Including the laughing bit.Personally I think it'd be hilarious for the reactions we'd get.
I am for faking being assaulted, more audio cue though.We can use this to make them run to our post, while we enter the building.From there we have every oppertunity.The reveal, the "I don't remember what happened", or the classic "... and was never heard of again".To speak in a show's terms...Either make a shoking reveal so everyone can meme about it...Make the people who weaponize their autism find out about it and propose those theories online...Or have the unknown factor in, with the same as above, but more questions.
>>2432540>That's what happening when you plug an AI into a system; physical access == full access.So is this a hint that we should jam prima into a console at the facility?How do you want to hurt himawari? Clones disappear in 5 minutes, and if we are her then we have to get away and change outfit.If we patrol with someone else I suppose just beat up their bot and make them witness a kidnapping or see hima run off after the thief. We'd have a reliable witness that they won't question the motives off until after the heist.Do it in front of a camera for bonus points
About faking being assaulted we could just ghost our way inside the place after blaring a alarm about seing someone. Make our body stay fainted and create illusion clones of Shatterligth moving inaide the building.
>>2433563We have to get in and out in 5 minutes. After that we'd have to hide the torso somewhere we can pick it up later, we can't exactly just stuff it into himawaris bag.Letting our body lie unconscious is gonna make the getaway very difficult.On the other hand, we can spawn the clones inside the compound. Do that, and attack hima during the escape and kidnap us. Once out of sight we can bloody ourselves, make an explosion for effect and stuff the part in the magic bag. With mana to spare we can then ghost outside to make it look like we are unconscious and we keep it up for as long as possible.We just need to send Jago flying to give him plausible deniability.
Hello, everyone! I'm here, I'm writing. Hope you're all set.
>>2433873yep
>>2432367You decide - after getting lunch and making sure that you had both of your bots clued in on what was going down - to get a last bit of practice in. Although that does bring to mind something - the fact that you're not entirely full up on mana. You'd have to be a bit more careful, in that case...then again, that is what you have those crystals for…>Current Mana: 7000/7500>You have 5 charged Crystals.>Use Crystals? (250 per crystal)>Y (How many?)>N
>>2433888>NStill a few hours left, might regen more in that time, shouldn't let that go to waste by topping off already.
>>2433888>Y (How many?)2 now to top up. The best place for health and mana is in your body.
>>2433888>Y2
>>2433888>>Y (How many?)2. Regen is so bad here I doubt we'll get any more ambient mana before showtime.
>>2433888>NLet's save them. We should be using our tools that Handler listed before:-Elemental Stone Pistol-Shotgun-Machine Pistol-Tripwire-Fiber Wire-Dagger-Surgical Needles (20)-Cat Claws-Tazer-Dart GunAlso the needles can be used to get some blood for that fake assault plan
>>2433915Wait the last sentence is wrong. Ignore it.
>>2433915We can refill AND use those things.
Right, using it is. Writing!
>>2433915The crystals are reusable, if that's what you're worried about. It's good to remember what we have on hand, but we can't kill anyone, remember? Out of that list, we can only really use the Tripwire, Taer, and maybe Dart Gun.
>>2433915>>2433519guys, if you want fake blood, you can go to a butcher. The blood doesn't have to be from a person, it just has to be blood.
Thinking over it again, do you think we could ghost our buddy cop or his bot and use that to clobber ourselves sometime during the heist? That should make everyone think that guy is an accomplice and direct attention away from us.
>>2433888>>2433894>>2433903>>2433907...Yeah, no, better to use them now and make sure you are at your best rather than go in under strength. It takes only a few minutes to absorb all the latent mana - if only because they're honestly kind of the most potent source that you have right now. >Current Mana: 7500/7500>3 Mana Crystals Remaining.But now comes something slightly more concerning. Jago will be expected, and that's fine. But how to get Prima inside? …...Ah. Well. There might be one way…---------------Those pauldrons are big, after all. Prima simply stares down into the oddly inky blackness of nothing that make up the inside. Leaning down as though to take a closer look, she looks back up with an expression of concern (and possibly judging your sanity). “Er, Miss Himawari, I don’t think that...well, I'm not so certain that I would fit inside…” You have to admit, it seems like it would be a tight fit, at the very least. “I...think you should be able to climb in? Just put one foot in at a time, or something, and you should be able to squeeze inside.” Like, no, they were pretty darn big, and the hatches at the very least we're big enough to get a foot in, you think. If she was careful… “There’s more space in there then it looks like, trust me.”Either way, she still looks skeptical. “If...how am I to get out?”“I’ll yank you out.” You really wish the bag of holding was just an oversized purse or something... That would be a whole lot easier to deal with than this. Ugh, you hope you can get your duffle bag inside without getting it checked...“If you...er, say so.” She concedes. “I trust you, Miss Himawari.” And with that decided, she tenderly dips a foot in the inky void- and suddenly tilt over with a yelp, clearly expecting to hit ground a lot sooner than she did- “O-oh dear oh gracious h-help me-EEEEEEEEEEEeeeee…” - and briefly getting her shell stuck before slipping through, after some inadvertent wiggling....She’ll be fine. You’re PRETTY sure there’s no ground in there. “JUST GRAB MY HAND WHEN IT SHOWS UP, OR SOMETHING!” you yell down.“...okaaaayyyy…” comes a far off sound- but at least it doesn't sound like it's getting much further away. “...may I ask what the firearms are for?”You grunt. “Nothing here, honestly. Just sit back and relax for a while, Pri. I’ll get you later.”“Yes, miss himawari!” A click, and the latch is shut. Breathing a brief sigh of relief, you pack everything in your bag, hoist it up. Look at Jago.“Be interestin’ ta not hear her talking about everythin’ for a time!” Yup, Jago’s good to go. Time to do this thing.cont.
>>2433984Fortunately, you arrived without incident, meeting up with everybody on time. With no fanfare by the heiress, you're ushered in, given your badge, and taken through a very quick, perfunctory tour of the facilities by one of the permanent security staff members. You don't get to know where absolutely everything is, but at the very least you’ve gotten a much better idea of the floor plan now; in particular the emergency exits, the elevators...and while they didn’t tell you exactly where the torso was located, they didn't tell you what floor it was on- the third.“Since you’re going to be rear guard, what you need to know about is that nobody should be getting through that gate right there,” the guide says as he points to the back entrance. “Everyone that should’ve left by now already has. Anyone else shows up, tell them no. If they insist, then you got that radio we gave you, so just call one of us and we'll look into it. If the thief comes...well, we’d prefer if you radio that's before you did anything stupid, good battler or not. Any last questions?”Fortunately, you arrived without incident, meeting up with everybody on time. With no fanfare by the heiress, you're ushered in, given your badge, and taken through a very quick, perfunctory tour of the facilities by one of the permanent security staff members. You don't get to know where absolutely everything is, but at the very least you’ve gotten a much better idea of the floor plan now; in particular the emergency exits, the elevators...and while they didn’t tell you exactly where the torso was located, they didn't tell you what floor it was on- the third.“Since you’re going to be rear guard, what you need to know about is that nobody should be getting through that gate right there,” the guide says as he points to the back entrance. “Everyone that should’ve left by now already has. Anyone else shows up, tell them no. If they insist, then you got that radio we gave you, so just call one of us and we'll look into it. If the thief comes...well, we’d prefer if you radio that's before you did anything stupid, good battler or not. Any last questions?”“Er...am I expected to be out here all night?” you ask.He shakes his head. “Nah, just until eleven.” What? “You’re still kids, after all! You won't be the only ones out here, either. You'll have some folks check up on you every hour or so, and you'll be allowed some breaks, don’t worry!” Oh, fantastic! “For you, the guy’s name will be Jun. Got that?” You nod. “Great. There’s a place by the dumpsters most folks with bots in ‘ere use for target practice or punchin’ bags and the sort, if you want.” “Thank you so much!” you offer, and he just waves you off. Although...only until eleven?! She couldn’t have said anything about that?! Ugh, great. Short on time, fantastic...but it’s not like you can move immediately...so the question is, when to begin? Best to leave at least an hour for one check in, so…>7 PM.>8 PM.>9 PM.>10 PM.>Other
>>2434000Handler, can the clones from Me is a crowd have different a outfit from the one we are wearing?
>>2434000Can we get an updated map?
>>2434000>>8 PM.Enough time for the 'excitement' to wear off, while still leaving plenty of wiggle room.
i think i have a somewhat half assed plan right now. In one of our breaks we go to the bathroom, check if there are some air ducts or something similar. Then we leave prima there so she can begin passively infiltrating the systems, like checking the cameras, looking around to see where everything is and stuff. she shouldn't do anything that would compromise her until close to 11, when they'll kick us out. Just when they tell us to go home, we tell them that we nee to use the bathroom to refresh ourselves, and then in the bathroom we Use Me's a Crowd. The clone and Jago leave (we should tell jago where to wait for us, or to go with King) and we are left inside to steal the pieces.Do you like the plan?
>>2433915>>2434000The dart gun has tranquilizers correct?
>>2434000>7pm
>>2434023Yes.
>>2434000>>10 PM.
Okay so I have the beginnings of a plan.Handler, as Himawari is our bag the bag of holding or it's the pauldrons we've stuffed inside of it? Does Lorelei know if Me's A Crowd clones will appear where her body or her spirit is, if we use it while ghostriding?1. Make an opening that Prima can look out of and analyze as much as she can. Do our job until we have a break. Scope out anything that could be of use- windows, ventilation, fire escape ladders, cameras, circuit boxes etc. 2. Scope out the break room. If she can hack anything in here, that would be great. Turn off the power, set off an intruder alarm somewhere else, we'll see what can be done.3. When Jun enters the break room or if he joins us there from the start, doesn't matter, Prima turns off the security cameras if there are any and we tranquilize him. When he's dozed off we use Lights, Camera, Action to take over him that way we should not have to roll to make his body take actions.4. Enact plan "poor himawari was assaulted", then enter the facility as Jun. Once we reach floor 3 or when someone becomes suspicious of him we summon our clones and find the torso.Thoughts?>>24340007 and 9 PM should be when we have our breaks. So, either of those.
>>2434008The mana clones are in the clothes you are currently in.>>2434039Your Bag of Holding is the pauldrons. Me's a Crowd always emanates from her. As long as she's conscious, she can control them. She's not sure what'll happen if she tries to pop Me's and goes into LCA.
Also, working on the updated map.
>>2434039i'm not so sure about the last two points. The people would be immediately alarmed. At least with the other plan we can jump inside the air ducts or try to infiltrate the old fashioned way and nobody would notice us until we reveal ourselves.
>>2434051You mean >>2434020?I think it all depends on whether we want Himawari to be compromised or not. It seemed a lot of people wanted it to look like we were a victim hence point 4.
Here's what you gathered from the quick tour and the maps you saw.
>>2434063well, as far as i understand it, neither of the plans compromises the himawari cover. Its just a matter of when and how we want the guards to be alerted.
Also, seems like 7 PM is when you want to go for it- earlyish.Writing!
>>2434085They're suspicious already. Going to the bathroom when the criminal appears, after being found leaving a bathroom when the criminal disappeared? They even put a tail on us. If there really is no head and King considers the contract fulfilled then it doesn't matter...I suppose it doesn't either way, we can just get a different disguise.Whichever gets us closer before making clones is better, will shave off a lot of seconds on the time limit. Will we disappear with Shatterlight or stay as Himawari, what do you think?
>>2434000>>7 PM.Fuck up their dinner.
>>2434097The idea i had was to go into the bathroom as himawari. Have a clone leave as himawari, transform into shatterlight once the clone dissolves and then like 15 minutes later infiltrate trough the air ducts (they are always people sized), or shut down all the systems with prima and make a go for the pieces). Everything should be done as shatterlight.
>>2434000>>2434016>>2434028>>2434033>>2434039>>24341017 PM. You don't want them to get time to get settled in, and so a quick approach might be the best call here. Kyo and Ken are...somewhere, you’re not sure. You’re pretty sure they got the cushy jobs with staying inside as more entrenched lines of defense. But, you suppose that works out just as well for you.Jun shows up at 6 PM, just as the guard indicated, and he seems to be a fairly friendly sort- a bowl-cut young man with an innocent face, and quick with a joke. Interestingly enough, he doesn't seem to take the threat of a thief too seriously - according to him, it would be ‘way too crazy’ to try and steal something right out from under their noses. “Chances are he’s going to wait until we try and move out the decoy and and nab it then.” He starts to take out a cigarette, but then looks at you and puts it back. “Don’t smoke these- bad for your health. Anyway, you're doing fine out here. Just great. Top marks.”Simple enough, really; and he definitely seems like a trusting sort, which is good for you. But the fact that he’s RIGHT THERE means that you can’t do much about letting Prima get a look at things.As 7 PM approaches, you ready yourself. You're to the right of the back entrance, across from the dumpsters.When the time hits…“Okay, break time, kiddo! You got 15 minutes, then you need to be back out here.” He’s all smiles. “I can keep watch for you until you get back.”>Actually, do you want to come with me to the break room?>Sure, no problem! Be right back out.>Hey, uh...can you cover for me for a bit longer than that? I want to see where Kyo and Ken got off to.>Other
>>2434164>Actually, do you want to come with me to the break room?
>>2434164>>Sure, no problem! Be right back out.first lets let prima out to see what she can do.
>>2434079>Part Sotrage>Data StorageDo want!! Should send Prima in the storage and then bust the part one...after we grab the torso of course.
>>2434172>>2434198do you really want to knock out the dude so soon? we are going to have another chance on the next break.
>>2434177Why not knock him out and then use his appearance and cardr to walk around the place?
>>2434205No, we would get spotted too easily.However, would lights camera action work on someone unconscious?
>>2434205because he is supposed to guard the outside. It will raise a few questions at the very least. I also doubt we will find some good place to hide him, specially of you consider that there will be cameras everywhere.
>>2434203Yeah you got a point.>>2434164changing my vote>Sure, no problem! Be right back out.
>>2434164>>Sure, no problem! Be right back out.
5 until lock!
We'll leave him be for now. Writing!
just a friendly remainder of thinking about the consequences of our actions.
>>243427 >Anonymous>ThinkingChoose one.
>>2434271Lorelei didn't learn that lesson so it's okay.
>>2434164>>2434172>>2434177>>2434218>>2434252You just give him a cheerful wave and a smile. “Sure, no problem! Be right back out.” Not that you would need a whole lot of time to set things up initially. At least, you hope. You have questioned you bringing your tote bag inside - in fact he doesn't even seem to notice. neither does anyone else as you casually head to the break room on the second floor. The one good thing is that there seem to be very few people here- you pass all of two people on the way, but most everywhere else seems to be dead, although you know that that's not quite the case. Break room’s a pretty simple setup. Refrigerator, a couple of coffee machines, snack machine, microwaves. Nothing too useful. And the bathroom, of course.No one’s in here at the moment. No cameras, either. Which is just fantastic. Nice window view outside, too...augh, focus! You have about 10 minutes or so to do anything you wanted to try here.>Get into the bathroom, and Prima out, see if she can’t reach anything from here.>Take a quick walk around and maybe swing around to the security office…>See if you can get into the Testing Rooms...just for a quick peek, of course!>Other
>>2434290you nifty motherfucker.>>2434277i know some anons think with their dicks. Its just a matter of moving that to their brains. it shouldn't be so hard.>>2434300>Get into the bathroom, and Prima out, see if she can’t reach anything from here.
>>2434300>Get into the bathroom, and Prima out, see if she can’t reach anything from here.
>>2434300>Get into the bathroom, and Prima out, see if she can’t reach anything from here.Nice that the place has a windows we can make it look like Prima came from there
>>2434300>>Get into the bathroom, and Prima out, see if she can’t reach anything from here.
I just realized now that we can ask Prima how it's inside the bag of holding. Also poor Prima all alone in the void of the bag hopefully she won't get traumatized.
Only been 15, but I think that's gonna be fine, considering.Bathrooms are nice. Writing!
>>2434333she is still a robot. She can enter stand by mode or something like that. Maybe she organized our bag's contents by size.
>>2434370That would be funny. I wonder if Prima can use the guns in our bag too.
>>2434398i suppose she can, she has fingers after all. But since she is the size of...(what is her size again) a small child? i don't think the should handle the bigger stuff.
>>2434300>>2434307>>2434308>>2434310>>2434316A dip into the bathroom (two person, only one of them is a stall, but that’s all you need at least), and you're quick to release Prima from her... Well, it's not exactly imprisonment. But you stick a hand in it, and it takes a couple of seconds before you feel a metallic hand grasp yours. “You didn’t forget about me!”“Duh, of course not!” you say lightly. “So, before anything else...I’d really like to know- just what is it like in there?”“...Dark, and yet it seemed as though anything that actually inhabited the space was clearly visible.” Is her response. “Although by my readings the temperature was actually respectable.”Huh. Vaguely surprising. “Really? Not cold?”“Not at all. Quite temperate.” Well, ain’t that something. Although you suppose it makes sense.Ah, but, distractions. “Well, anyway, I was wondering if there is anything that you could reach from here, electronics-wise. Trying to see if we can’t knock anything out sooner than later.”“Hm...I believe I can attempt to identify access points or available systems.” Her eyes begin flashing as you're used to. “Just a moment...there are a total of four access points I can reach from this location. Points one and two are the closest in distance- I am fairly certain that points three and four are more distant. I can't tell you exactly what they are, however. The access point names are...unspecific."“And they are?” Worth hearing, at least.“Point one is titled ‘XLR81441’. Point two is ‘ARHUSS550’. Point three is ‘ASEC000’, Point four is ‘AHSS1080’. However...” she trails off briefly. “I’m almost certain that my intrusion would be noticed were I not exceedingly careful…”Hm...>Try your hand at Point One.>Then, go for Point Two.>Take a crack at Point Three.>Might as well try Point Four.
>>2434453>Try your hand at Point One.
>>2434453>>Take a crack at Point Three.Let's hope that SEC is security
>>2434453>Then, go for Point Two.It has Arhu the company doing the parts it must be the best bet
>>2434453>>Then, go for Point Two.can we see if we can put prima inside the bathroom's air duct? (or if there is one in the first place)>“You didn’t forget about me!”This is way too cute for me.>>2434473hmmm... so doing an estimated guess XLR8 is some type of mobility thingARHU should be either the torso or the decoyASEC could be the security system but what could be AHSS
>>2434481XLRSecret Lab Resource (lol)If A is Automatic, ASEC is Automated Security, ARHU could be Automated Remote... something?AHSS could be something something Server or Service.
They all do correspond to words, I'll say that.
>>2434494Not 1 to 1, just that they all do mean something, I mean to say.
>>2434453>>Take a crack at Point Three.>XLR81441no idea / maybe the decoy?>ARHUSS550the torso or the room it's in>ASEC000Security?>AHSS1080no idea
3 more minutes, for anyone to decide.
>>2434490Or maybe it's so simple that A is Aiba. ARHU Remote Host something?ah whatever just push a button it'll be fine!
>>2434505well, giving it a little more time to think, XL can be used as eXtra Large, The R could mean Robot.... maybe is the room where the gragant body is.i'm still betting that the ARHU is where the decoy or the real piece is. (because the company that is making the parts is Arhu corp.ASEC should be securitybut AHSS.... maybe it is High speed servers or highly secured systems?
Tie between Point Two and Point Three. So...fine, 5 more, then I flip a coin.
>>2434453>>Take a crack at Point Three.in hopes SEC is security
>>2434525I'll switch to point 2
>>2434453>Then, go for Point TwoWhen in doubt, strait ahead!
>>2434525..i'll change to> point three
>>2434536Point Two it is!>Asking for 1d20, best of 3
Rolled 19 (1d20)>>2434547rollin
Rolled 20 (1d20)>>2434547
Rolled 3 (1d20)>>2434547
Rolled 5 (1d20)>>2434547I think we are fine
>>2434555>>2434559
>>2434559heck yeah baby!
I swear if we manage to grab the part in one felt swoop. I wouldn't know what to think anymore.I still want to rescue big boy.
...Jaysus. Okay. Hah. Congrats. This would be...what's the thing that New Vegas said...? The Dead Money expansion?Writing!
>>2434589Cashing? Oh god now i want to be greedy.
>>2434589oooh boy. this is exiting!>>2434584once we get the torso we can smash our way trough to get the big boi.
>>2434559
>>2434617Yes we need to rescue him in anyway possible! Since he will be the only one able to identify us.
>>2434547>>2434555>>2434559>>2434561“Then, go for Point Two,” you decide, after some careful thought. it seems like most of them would probably correspond to some sort of words, but even though the words themselves weren't something you were sure of, you could at least take a guess. “On it,” she agrees, and her lights flash again. “Attempting access...ah! I’m in.”“Really?” you question. “That was quick. Not a kind of trap?”“It seems as though they kept a log of who recently acquired access in the RAM. I was able to acquire that information and copy it.” Ooooh, nice. “It seems like we now have high level access to the parts storage area on this floor.”Ooooh, nice~. You’d HAVE to take a swing by that place and see what's up for grabs- whether to sell or just to keep for yourself or what. But for now, you’ve only got a couple of minutes left before you need to get back down and Jun starts wondering where you are. If you're going to make any other moves, you need to make them fast.>Just get back down to Jun, you’ve already managed to get a nice little bonus.>Nope, keep going! Maybe time for a clone and start the show?>The air vents seem big enough here to fit Prima in...maybe she can wait up in them for a bit?>Other (Where to go from here?)
>>2434640>>The air vents seem big enough here to fit Prima in...maybe she can wait up in them for a bit?
>>2434640>Just get back down to Jun, you’ve already managed to get a nice little bonus.I don't want anyone from the maincast seeing Prima or us. Maybe wait a little bit for some more scouting?
>>2434640>>The air vents seem big enough here to fit Prima in...maybe she can wait up in them for a bit?We should also tell her to explore a little bit and check if she can access some cameras or something.
>>2434640>The air vents seem big enough here to fit Prima in...maybe she can wait up in them for a bit?
>>2434640>>The air vents seem big enough here to fit Prima in...maybe she can wait up in them for a bit?Have her take a look around, maybe try probing another AP.
>>2434697She could always one shot the next person comming for rest. But i would rather she keeped sneaky. Also can we use our feather weigth to make prima more light on her feet?
>>2434640>>2434653>>2434664>>2434671>>2434697It takes you a little bit to look around, but you notice that the air vents here are larger than normal. They're not usually as big as you see in a lot of movies, so you can't exactly crawl around them like most want to, but you do notice that laboratories and other such places tend to fit the stereotype. At the moment, that's nothing but a good thing. it's still a little bit big for you, but for Prima… “Hey, look up. Think you can fit in there? I want you to hide out for a bit until I can get you further orders.”She looks up, and her eyes squint a touch. “I’m beginning to dislike going in tight places.”“I’ll make it up to you, I swear. But this kind of needs to happen. Please?” You look at her with pleading eyes, and her own gaze relaxes a bit.“Alright. I hope this doesn’t end up a common situation…” she says as you hop on the top of the stall and...hm. How would you best… eh, screw it. You grip, and tug carefully, and only with a minimum of groaning and cracking does the grate come off. With your free hand, you lift the Prima up and into the air vent way, and...huh. Can she turn aroun- oh, okay, good. Tight fit, but the answer’s yes.”I’ll await further orders, Miss Himawari.”“Thank, Pri. You’re the best!” You start to replace the grate, when her voice catches your attention. “Pardon, but...Pri?” She asks, doing that head till thing again.“Yeah! Y’know, a nickname! ‘Cause I like you!” you don't give her a chance to respond as you lift the great up and try and wedge it back to where it belong. It wouldn't exactly be steady, but hopefully it would hold enough to not cause any questions if someone else came in here. “Anyway, keep an eye out, don't be afraid to crawl around and maybe take a look around a little bit. Lemme know if you find anything interesting or like, and I’ll send you any tactical orders like disabling some cameras or something else I think you should try to interact with. Okay?”“Er, right! I’ll be as silent as possible!” With that, she turns around, and quietly, and slowly, starts crawling away.By the time you exit, Jago’s still standing around casually. No one else is still in the room. “Finished yer business, I hope. Took a while.”Shrug. “It happens. Let’s get back.”Fortunately, it doesn't take you too long to get back downstairs, and Jun doesn’t make a fuss. Instead, he simply waves you a goodbye, mentioning he’ll see you at 9, and you’re left outside alone again.So...that’s part of your infiltration set. It’s now 7:15. You’ve got access to parts storage, and Prima’s now loose. Which is nice, but it’s (to some people) nothing vital. But as for phase two…>You’re going to be using her to disable the cameras nearby so you can change soon and ‘kidnap’ yourself.>You’re going to have her cause a ruckus first so you can sneak in and take them by surprise.>You’re going to wait until your second break to take care of Jun, and use him as a scapegoat.>Other
>>2434784>You’re going to be using her to disable the cameras nearby so you can change soon and ‘kidnap’ yourself.
>>2434784>>You’re going to be using her to disable the cameras nearby so you can change soon and ‘kidnap’ yourself.
>>2434784>You’re going to be using her to disable the cameras nearby so you can change soon and ‘kidnap’ yourself.What could go wrong?
>>2434784>>You’re going to have her cause a ruckus first so you can sneak in and take them by surprise.
Going to get lunch, be back in about an hour and change.
>>2434817Don't change just stay nude. No need to cover your beautifull body!
>>2434784>You’re going to be using her to disable the cameras nearby so you can change soon and ‘kidnap’ yourself.How about a cute hairpin for Prima? It'll go well with the parasol and kimono getup.
>>2434784Guywe still have a second break to make some havock. Dont rush things. Its still 7 pm. We might be able to brwak into more things>wait until the second break
>>2434839i was thinking in a war fan actually.
>>2434784>You’re going to be using her to disable the cameras nearby so you can change soon and ‘kidnap’ yourself.>You’re going to wait until your second break to take care of Jun, and use him as a scapegoat.Why not both. See if Prima can nose around in their systems for anything useful as well.
And I'm back. Camera disabling, then? Gotcha. Writing!
>>2435045Ligths up! Cameras down! ACTION!!
So i propose we use our catclaws for this little job. Just so we can defend ourselfs against the bots. If we bump into human security we can just kick and headbutt then.
>>2434784>>2434796>>2434798>>2434800>>2434818>>2434839>>2434801>>2434856>>2434856You're going to have to time this right if you want to keep suspicion off yourself. Can't do it too quick, nor can you wait too late. Let’s see…You fire off a quick text. ‘In half an hour, deal with the cams near me. I’m going in after.’The response is nearly immediate. ‘Acknowledged.’Okay. Now to see to that puzzle game you downloaded the other day…It's almost 30 minutes to the second when you get another text. ‘Moving your way. Will focus on forcing feed loop in 10 seconds.’ Fantastic.10…9..8..7…6…5…4…3…2…1…‘50 second feed loop started, go!’ Immediately you focus, and drag yourself out of...yourself.>Current Mana: 6500/7500By the time it’s fully formed, you’re already out of your outfit and changing as quick as possible. You won’t have a lot of time to do your little playact, but it’s best to make it look sincere. Hopping up and over the fence, you position yourself in preparation as ‘you’ resume the ‘casually playing on your phone’ position you just had. After you grab yourself, however, you’ve still got several seconds, and need to decide just how you’re making your entrance…>Grab her, leap into the bushes, and wait. Once the panic starts, go straight up, bust through a window to the 3rd floor. Obvious, dirty, but quick and they’ll be thrown off guard.>Slip inside after ‘disposing’ of Himawari and take the stairs. They won’t expect you to just waltz inside.>OtherAnd as for Prima…>Try to get her hacking any cameras nearby. They’ll be tipped off to something, but better no eyes than any.>Get her to try and gain entry to one of the other points- it’d be a good distraction for security if nothing else.>Get her back to you, you could use the reinforcement for when you come across the boys.>Other
>>2435171>>Slip inside after ‘disposing’ of Himawari and take the stairs. They won’t expect you to just waltz inside.>>Try to get her hacking any cameras nearby. They’ll be tipped off to something, but better no eyes than any.
>>2435171>Slip inside after ‘disposing’ of Himawari and take the stairs. They won’t expect you to just waltz inside.>Try to get her hacking any cameras nearby. They’ll be tipped off to something, but better no eyes than any.
>>2435192Just delete and do it again. It will make easier to Handler count the votes.
>>2435171>Slip inside after ‘disposing’ of Himawari and take the stairs. They won’t expect you to just waltz inside.>Try to get her hacking any cameras nearby. They’ll be tipped off to something, but better no eyes than any.Other: Pull out your dart gun.
Oh, right. As someone mentioned before, your current arms and tools: -Elemental Stone Pistol-Shotgun-Machine Pistol-Tripwire-Fiber Wire-Dagger-Surgical Needles (20)-Cat Claws-Tazer-Dart Gun
>>2435171>Slip inside after ‘disposing’ of Himawari and take the stairs. They won’t expect you to just waltz inside.Hopefully it'll draw away some of the perimeter guards for our escape. >Try to get her hacking any cameras nearby. They’ll be tipped off to something, but better no eyes than any.Need to find and grab that torso before we decide if we want to raid storage or not.
Now brigging back a crow favorite. Comments from the audience watching the show:>Man Himawari is so precious>>Wait was that a pair of robotic eyes in the airducts?>Oh Shit Shatterligth just caugth Himawari!!>NOOOO MY WAIFU!!
...Man, this is a lot of green IDs. Anyway, 5 untill lock.
>>2435275You dropped your name Handler.Also you could say the situation is...ALL GREEN!
>>2435294...Fuck you.I'm clapping, though.Writing.
>>2435171>>2435181>>2435204>>2435214>>2435230>>2435249Your clone puts up a nice showing of realizing who you are too late as your hands wrap around its neck. With its head shaking fearfully, you touch it once, twice in the stomach, your fist burying itself deep in ‘your’ ribcage. Slumped over, the body goes limp as you tell it to, and you're quick to quite literally toss it in the dumpster and shut the door, before quickly darting inside.‘Keep the cameras blind to me if you can.’ you fire off, and then you quickly begin your climb without waiting for a response - you'll just have to trust her.You manage to reach the second floor without issue, but whoever's security is clearly on the ball, because as you reach it, you hear the intercom come on. ‘Security be advised, we’re having a few glitches in the system, be on high alert in case this is not technical difficulties. Again, be advised…’ Rats. You always hated competent guards. But, that doesn't mean that all’s lost. You’re just going to have to be quick- although you REALLY DO want to see what’s in that parts storage…Shaking that desire out of your head for now, you spring up to the third floor, hearing a few voices. Seems like someone's on the move. As you break open the door...>Roll 1d20, best of 3!
Rolled 7 (1d20)>>2435389
Rolled 15 (1d20)>>2435389
Rolled 3 (1d20)>>2435389
Rolled 9 (1d20)>>2435389
>>2435402Fifteen is descent.
>>243538915. Not bad! Writing.
>>2435389>>2435398>>2435402>>2435417>>2435423>>2435439It's only Ken and his bot are standing near the door- but it's just them , and he's trying to talk into his radio to someone…“Don’t worry about me, Rikyo and I can hold off anyone that comes up here!" He says confidently. "Just find..." and he trails off as he looks at you.>This is a beautiful opportunity. You’ve got to say SOMETHING.>Just let your presence say it all. And by that you mean POSE.>Rush him and his fancy bot. Fireworks, THEN pose.>Other
>DO NOT FEAR, SHATTERLIGHT IS HERE!>Rush them, apply Feathertouch on contact and throw them down the hallFeathertouch does work on people and robots, right?
>>2435476supporting: >>2435491
>>2435491Yup. As long as you're in physical contact with someone.
>>2435502So say we use it to lift them up and throw them, when we release they would regain their weight but keep the momentum correct?
>>2435510Yup. Would basically result in you getting a LOT of distance on something that probably shouldn't get that much distance. Depending on relative weight, of course- gravity is still a harsh mistress.
>>2435476>>DO NOT FEAR, SHATTERLIGHT IS HERE!>throw them down the hall and make sure they stay down.>>2435491we have super strength, we don't really need to use feathertouch. or do we? Handler?On other news, the new pacific rim movie is bretty gud
>>2435476>Just let your presence say it all. And by that you mean POSE.>THE ENEMY OF JUSTICE STRIKES AGAIN!!
>>2435522You do have super strength. It's just not as much as Miranda or Izumi, but you're still plenty strong enough to, say, pull a car up from a cliff by yourself, for example. You're limbs would just be sore afterwards.
>>2435522Yeah but 2 things1) They would feel weightless, way cool!2) I believe that using our super strength is more liable to hurt them
>AGAINST SHATTERLIGHT, WILL YOU FLEE OR FIGHT?How long do you think we can make this before they stop being shocked?
>>2435538Counter argument:You're stupidIn reality feathertouch would be more harmful for them because we are throwing them at a faster speed because they weight nothing. We'd have to gauge our throw better than just by using our normal strength. Also the feat that handler just say makes it seem that throwing these two under our own power would be better and would wast no mana(because i'm pretty sure we will need it later on)
5 minutes until call. Get your ham and cheese villain one-liners in now!
>>2435550>THE RADIANCE OF MY BEING WILL BLIND YOU ALL.>"YOU CAN'T OUTSHINE ME"
>>2435544Only Kyo and bubblebutt wouldn't be shocked by our entrance
>>2435564Well, for him, we can do a SHOCKING ENTRANCE and literally stun them.>"FEEL THE POWER OF THE SUN"
>>2435476>>Just let your presence say it all. And by that you mean POSE.
>>2435550There is nothing you posses that I SHATTERLIGHT! Cannot take!
...Think I got the gist.Good stuff, I like them all.
>>2435476>HAH YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP THE SHATTERING LIGHT?!>NOTHING IS FAR FROM REACH, BEWARE OF MY INEVITABLE BREACHMan I'm not good at this
where is jago? did we forgot about him again?
>>2435585Nope.
>>2435590phew.
>>2435590>>2435577Is it safe?
>>2435476>>2435491>>2435522>>2435527>>2435544>>2435560>>2435568>>2435571>>2435581Your pose is fierce. Hand outstretched, body aggressive yet confident. You're the very picture of the bombastic and powerful villain. Your radiance is glorious, your purpose is clear! You are the burning rays against Justice, the heat that washes away the soothing waves of right! “So tell me, fellows!” you shout to the duo that stand there gobsmacked. “AGAINST SHATTERLIGHT, WILL YOU FLEE OR FIGHT?”“...Shatterwha- GAHH!” he barely gets time to speak before you rush forward, your path blazing towards him!The bot named Rikyo is quick to intercept, however, immediately extending a bladed arm and taking a swing at you. You barely manage to dodge its blow and spin around it, taking it by the forearm. However, you don't let go. “THE RADIANCE OF MY BEING WILL BLIND YOU ALL!” Another burst of speed brings you forward into Ken's range, and before he can move out of the way your other hand has him in its grip as well. And then you spin.“YOU WILL NEVER OUTSHINE ME!”With a mighty (but still less powered) swing, you hurl the both of them down the hallway, the both of them tumbling over each other end over end before hitting the wall with a loud thump. At first you're worried that something may have cracked badly on the both of them- but a groan and an attempt by Ken to rise to his feet tells you otherwise. “Hahah. And lo, feel the burning power of the sun!” you crow as the two struggle to rise.“Ken? Ken!” a voice shouts from the radio. “Are you okay?” Naturally, he doesn't answer. however, Rikyo is in far better shape, rising to its feet despite a few dents.“Intruder….you shall not pass these halls!” He says gamely, and yet again he rushes for you. You do your best to attempt to grab again, but he's gotten wise to it, and slips under your reach; you have to quickly jerk out of the way of one of his thrusts, which you can't help but notice wasn't exactly aimed for a skewer. Guess he has orders to take you in alive.“HAH!” you mock as another swing just misses. “YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP THE SHATTERING LIGHT?!”A brief retreat, and Rikyo readies himself. “My blades will cleave through your twilight.” And then he strikes again.As a kick whiffs (damn short, these Minibots are) and Rikyo backs off to avoid a retaliatory punch, you’re soon accosted by the sounds of several pairs of footsteps running up the stairs behind you.That’d be Kyo and Zero, most likely. The third...maybe Jago? Hm. Well, either way, you don’t have a lot of time…>Hmm...Ken was near the only door that’s now on your right. Maybe that’s where you’re headed?>Call down Prima here to help with these heroes. She’s probably eager for a rematch with Zero anyway.>Lead them on a merry chase, while you task Prima with obtaining the torso!>Other
>>2435682>Call Prima to look for something to distract them. There must be something that can do the job.
>>2435682>>Hmm...Ken was near the only door that’s now on your right. Maybe that’s where you’re headed?>Tell prima to start hacking as if her life depended on it. Get anything and everything.Might as well smash into the closest possible location
If prima can trigger intruder alarms in other areas and muck up the cameras they will have to split up and send people to respond to potential accomplices
>"LIKE THE RAYS OF THE SUN, I CANNOT BE CONTAINED"can we just grab and rip the minibots that come close enough to us? Could we use feathertouch to do that?
>>2435718Why not use our dagger or cat cpaws for that? But we will inly use those when we need to 'get serious'.
>>2435682>>Hmm...Ken was near the only door that’s now on your right. Maybe that’s where you’re headed?
>>2435722well that works too, i suppose. I just want to get rid of the bots since they don't really count for the no deaths quota.
5 until lock.
>>2435682>Hmm...Ken was near the only door that’s now on your right. Maybe that’s where you’re headed?>Call down Prima here to help with these heroes. She’s probably eager for a rematch with Zero anyway.
>>2435733So long their core isn't damage they are okay.
>>2435743yeah, but Mr. King said that it wouldn't matter if one or two "died". We always have that option to deal UNAVOIDABLE EMOTIONAL DAMAGE to whomever the owner was.
Let's see what's behind door number 1!Writing.
>>2435748I think it's prudent to actually fight the bots if we have to. Rip and tear or whatever, save magic for if it's absolutely necessary.If we completely trash a bot with our bare hands it might just shock them enough to give us free reign
>>2435748I say we either kill Aiba's bot or some other battler. As much as taking down Zero would make me happy i think we should leave him to Prima.
>>2435769>>2435762Honestly? I want Prima to control the gragant husk. But holy shit, its hard to choose a path that doesn't feel like metagaming.
>>2435781Nah we should give big boy his body back. And make him into our Zaku II !
>>2435793we can do both. We can deliver the body to the core, via the Kool aid man method.
>>2435796Dude yesAnd they won't destroy him because they need to know what happened to his core!
>>2435682>>2435701>>2435706>>2435726>>2435718>>2435737“No time to delay, I say!” you boast as you make a beeline straight for the door that Ken was nearby. You're not sure if it was just coincidence or if he was coming out of it, but it's your best bet so far. “I shall not be contained!” keeping your speed, you throw yourself into a full body charge that not only dents the door, but snaps it clear off its hinges. Unfortunately, from what you can see, there's only two doors, one going left and one going right. Great, you’re going to need to decide- and that means more time spent searching and less time getting out. You’re going to need a distraction. ‘Prima’! You send quickly as you pick one at random- the rightmost one. ‘Distraction! Find something,anything!’Yet again, you don't bother to wait for a response as you continue barreling through the rooms. You throw yourself past another set into what seems to be some sort of empty server room with a bunch of computer stations, but nothing resembling a torso...wait, there’s another door back there. “CHARGE!”The sheer fact that your bombastic presence is met with several yells at the door flying off its hinges tells you that you are, FINALLY, at your destination. And indeed, the organic-looking torso, currently attached to what seems to be the basic frame of a Minibot plus its shell piece, sits in the center of the room, a number of diagnostic nodes attached to it as well. Three scientists look at you with abject fear, and two of them cower- the third, a younger man, finds the gall within himself to try and come at you with what looks to be some sort of heavy wrench are perhaps a screwdriver, but you're quick to bat it away and give him a shove strong enough to throw him against one of the nearby terminals.At fucking LAST…Eschewing subtlety or carefulness, you nearly rip the diagnostic nodes and wires off, the suckers simply detaching with cute little *pops*. You’d have to take your pauldrons off to store it, and right now you don't think you have the time, especially with Little Kid Hero and his partner coming up behind you-“Stop right there!” Yyyyyup. Right on time.You turn around, part of you wishing they could actually see the face of exasperation you're making. Naturally, they gasp when they see what you got in your hands. “The Arhu Torso!”“You better put that back, girl!” Zero growls out. “Or you’re gonna be sorry!”>Action!>Also roll 1d20. Independent from action.
Rolled 13 (1d20)>>2435838>"HAVE AT THEE"Throw the table and basically anything we have at arms reach at him
Rolled 3 (1d20)>>2435838Girl? GIRL!!! You dare call me girl? I'M SHATTERLIGTH! There is nothing you own that i can't take!!!-Pull your communicator out and say out loud-"PRIMA TSUKI! ENGAGE THE ENEMY!"
Rolled 19 (1d20)>>2435838>throw anything within reach>use the clones to make basketball passes to each other if the MC gets near us. Make them run around.>alternative: use one of your fucking guns to threaten the MC, and use fireworks
Rolled 12 (1d20)>>2435838"Sorry?! Not as much as those that become obstacles to SHATTERLIGHT!"
>>2435897The dice have spokenIt will be thus. Supporting this
>>2435897Hah
>>2435884noonononono. lets keep prima in the air ducts. Even if we want to have a second round with zero, she does way more damage there.Lets save that phrase if we manage to get a hold of the gragant husk>>2435897OH BOY.
Take a hostage, that usually keeps the heroes from actually doing anything right away
Rolled 1 (1d20)>>2435838>>2435897this, minus the guns; they're in the pauldrons. If we get a moment though, that'd work great.
>>2435924we can do this, but with our pauldrons
>>2435932That gif STILL baffles me.Anyway, Prima is still on the ball, and we're just tossing fucking everything, apparently.Writing!
What a great thread to wake up to
Guys, what if we make up some bullshit story?We were an Aiba Corp experiment to create the perfect minibot. Super black ops, you know, no registry of it exists. We are stealing these parts because it has tech that was tested on us and we don't want to recreate another "shatterlight".Would this be enough to create a moral dilemma on the MC crew?
Man i hope Prima or Jago are gathering as much parts as they can from the storage parts.
>>2435957Nah that's sounds dumb. Would rather just be a psi mercenary. Or one of the ancients last bot a real android.
>>2435940Yes handler, destroy that room. We're just throwing stuff to escape and fuck with them
>>2435838>>2435860>>2435884>>2435897>>2435899>>2435924Okay, first, his banter needs some serious work. Second?"Sorry?! Not as much as those that become obstacles to SHATTERLIGHT!" Okay, nearest object, nearest object- Aha! With a lightning fast the rest of your arm, you snatch up the toolset near the work table and immediately fling it towards of the intrepid duo. While Zero only has to block his face, Kyo has to dive for cover to prevent getting pelted by any of the steel objects; an advantage that you take to begin slinging a wide variety of objects at their person.“Hey- ow! Stop- ow! Quit it!” You sling everything and anything towards them with one hand as you try to maneuver around the duo without getting too close to the back of the room. Keyboards, wrenches, a cup of coffee at one point (and judging by the yell it was still hot, so HA!!). And then you realize just what could really bowl them over. With one hand firmly on the torso and the other under the table, you shove the table in their direction, flipping it end over end towards a flinching Kyo-Only for it to suddenly be cleaved in two by the sword of Zero, fully armored at last. For a few brief moments, you find yourself in a tense staredown as he readies his blade. “This is the part where you lose,” he says ominously, and then immediately charges. You tense yourself to dodge-*BZZZZZZZT BZZZZZT BZZZZZT.* Suddenly an alarm goes off, and red emergency lights begin flashing in a panicked crescendo. Zero stops in his tracks for just a moment as he's caught off-guard and forced to reorient himself from the sudden cacophony of sound and light as everyone else shouts in alarm.But YOU have a helmeeeet~.cont.
>>2435932Ah Giant Robo Gaiden Ginrei. This bring good memories for my old bones.
>>2436013As you speed by him, you give him a wicked backhand that manages to send Zero crashing into one of the desks, causing a visible grunt of pain and even a few sparks to fly.“Zero!” Kyo cries out- only to receive a similar treatment as you give him a kick strong enough to cause him to crash against the wall near the doorway. You quickly dart out of the room, and almost immediately as the sudden warnings and klaxons started, they stop, and that pretty much answers just what all that was about.Clever, Prima.Two security guards- along with Jago- are there to meet you as soon as you turn the corner, however, and you're forced to give a mighty leap as the boys in blue begin to open fire, lighting them both up with Fireworks that causes the both of them to drop their guns and cry out in pain as the burning miniature bolts hit them. A steel hook passes you by as well, and as much as you'd like to say thanks, you can't really afford to do that right now.You were careful to not hit Jago, and you noticed that when he fired his hook at you it was a mile wide, and he didn't even bother to cock back like he usually does. Quite the captain to help his crew out like that.Ken and Rikyo are nowhere to be found when you get back out into the hall, although you're not sure whether that's a good or bad thing.>You got what you came for, time to recall Prima and bug out!>Wonder if you can swing by that parts storage with all this…>IS that Head Piece a thing? Maybe you can find out!>Other
>Suddenly an alarm goes off, and red emergency lights begin flashing in a panicked crescendo.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cZafqOWJ4nskinda sad we don't have any kind of neon blade or whatever to cause a effect but that will do.
>>2435963Am ancient evil has awoken
>>2436018>>Wonder if you can swing by that parts storage with all this…>>IS that Head Piece a thing? Maybe you can find out!GREED IS GOOD!
>>2436018>Wonder if you can swing by that parts storage with all this…>Other: "Find big boy core (the gargant we turned sentient) and let him loose once moreFuck the head although...maybe we can get it?
>>2436036>>Other: "Find big boy core (the gargant we turned sentient) and let him loose once moreWe don't know he is here. we'd have to find him trough some other way.
>>2436018>>Wonder if you can swing by that parts storage with all this…What's the timer at? When will the clone disappear?
>>2436048It's got, like, about 30 seconds left.
Keep in character!! Grab as many rare parts as we can and then we bail!
>>2436018>Wonder if you can swing by that parts storage with all this…
>>2436053Unclasp the pauldron and jam everything inside!What was the limit with the bag? weight or number of items?
>>2436029https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IqfqJPckors
>>2436057Can't remember.>>2436052More then enough!
>>2436057The bag is just a normal bag. Unless you mean bag of holding, which lets you hold 'yes' amounts of items so long as it fits the opening.
Also, we're going for it! Writing!
>>2436018>>Wonder if you can swing by that parts storage with all this…>>IS that Head Piece a thing? Maybe you can find out!More money is always a good thing.
>>2436075ooh, perfect! TO THE STORAGE ROOM!>"SHATTERLIGHT'S GREED IS AS BIG AS THE SUN!"
So quick question guys how in the hay we are going to pass Himawari injures without anyone getting suspicious?
>>2436088>"THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU OWN THAY SHATTERLIGHT CAN'T STEAL!"
>>2436094Makeup. this is the last heist, we really don't need to care about the aftermath.>"LIKE DARKNESS ITSELF, YOU CAN'T HIDE YOUR VALUABLES FROM SHATTERLIGHT'S SIGHT"
>>2436018>>2436030>>2436036>>2436048>>2436055>>2436084Part of you really knows that you should probably get out right now. You got the objective, you got a clear shot- for all intents and purposes this jobs done with as long as you make it clean escape…...But you’ve got access to ALL THOSE PARTS! ‘Going to Parts Storage’ you send as you hop over the stairs, drop down a full floor, and quickly break your way into the 2nd floor again as you make a beeline for the parts storage.Yet again, no one present- wherever Ken is, it seems like they’re trying to set up a way to keep you from leaving- at least, that’s your guess. Well...you’ll cross that bridge when you get to it. For now...Parts parts parts parts parts. There’s several different rooms, all split by part type- Offensive, Defensive, Mobility, Support.Hmmm...decisions decisions! Of course, the more parts that you try to take, the more time that you use, so...bah, like it or not, you’ll have to at least be a BIT selective with what you take…>Choose how many parts you want to take, UP TO 8, split amongst the types.>Offensive>Defensive>Mobility>Support
Finding it isn't the hard part...
>>2436106Point taken. You know it's kinda freeing finaly doing what we want glad we grabbed the Torso first and foremost.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rQuHwqMcN8w"ALL YOUR PARTS SHALL BELONG TO SHATTERLIGHT!"
>>2436117>Offensive1>Defensive2>Mobility2>Support3
>>2436117FUCK YOU HANDLER, I HATE TO MAKE THESE KINDS OF CALLS >:( 2 of each. also jam the torso inside our pauldron.>Tell prima to check if she can find something else. Also to arrange a rendezvous point
>>2436117>Offensive (3)>Mobility(2)>Support(3)
>>24361172 of each, please. then we ought to see if we can find anything about the head, if the coast is still clear.
>>2436134>jam the torso inside our pauldron.>pic related
>>2436140Nah the head will most likely be either a bonus from king or something else. Aiba will try to save face by clamming something about a head.
Well, no reason to not be fair about it. You'll just take two of each! You don’t have any way to really tell what's higher quality and what's lower quality, so you're just going to have to pick and hope for the best later! Running through the various doors you do your best at packing your pauldrons like a shopping game (oh yeah, need to put that torso in there), and fortunately when you exit the vast hallway of parts, you still don't see anyone out there. Hmm…*beep* Ah, message.‘Miss, may have been compromised! Large number of police forces are congregating outside according to my accessed feeds!’ Oh.Hm....No, no. That's not great.>Guess we’re taking the quick way out. Get to the break room!>You’ve gotta make a showing, if they’re still in their cars and all!>Maybe you can fake it…? But you’re not sure how many there are!>Other
>>2436186>>You’ve gotta make a showing, if they’re still in their cars and all!
>>2436186>>OtherPrima, get insto their systems and check if there is an alternate way out.otherwise we have to take the sewers.
>>2436186>Other:"Prima can you locate the Gargant core? I know they have plugged it out and it's somewhere in here. If we can use it we can make a break."
>>2436186>>You’ve gotta make a showing, if they’re still in their cars and all!Current mana? We send a clone out to grandstand while we turn back to himawari
>>2436219We don't know that. That was just an intermission
>>24362296250/7500>>2436229That's what I meant by 'faking it.' Sorry.
5 until call!
>>2436231We know they have the big boy here somewhere at least. Since it was said they were reading it's memory
>>2436253the problem is that we don't know the core is in this facility. We just know that aiba corp has it.
>>2436186Seconding >>2436229We still have enough mana
>>2436186>Maybe you can fake it…? But you’re not sure how many there are!Get a clone to distract.Gotta change fast and get prima back into the BoH
Rolled 11, 12, 13, 16, 4, 5, 9, 20 = 90 (8d20)Okay, seems like sending in the clones takes it!Writing!
>>2436305>20
>>2436305>that 20Hmm... What great part did we get? If those numbers meant the parts we stole
>>2436332At least the shittiest ones are the ones on mobility.
>>2436305If we are going by order it's a support item.
>>2436314I hope it was either a good support part of a good offensive part.
>>2436186>>2436196>>2436219>>2436229>>2436264>>2436273A genius idea comes to you before you start sweating a bit too much. Really, it's oddly simple yet amazing. You'll just get out the same way you got in. ‘Prima, run loop for cameras for 1 min outside of break room and 1:30 for one outside dumpster and meet in bathroom’.Okay, with that sent, hopefully she’s not too far from- *thump thump thump crash* Oh. Neat! “Great work,” you say hurriedly as you take your pauldron off as you head inside the bathroom. “Now get in!”The bot actually *sags*. “...Oh dear.”About 10 seconds later, a mighty crash comes from one of the higher floor windows as Shatterlight explodes out of the east end of the building- landing square in front of a pair of police officers. “To attempt to catch the rays of injustice is folly!” she shouts, and the pair of officers immediately draw guns- only to catch a roundhouse between the both of them that knocks their firearms out of their hands. One of them jumps back, and is quick to radio for backup…But that’s all you can tell, as you slip around and down the back way, peeking out of the door and quickly diving into the dumpster- STILL stinks, STILL hate it- and retrieving your normal tote bag after a quick change. Now, where the blazes is Jag-“Hurry it up, sheila!” WHOA OKAY. You have to stop yourself from jumping and smacking your head on the dumpster lid as you whirl around and see your ever grumpy captain bot waiting there just outside. “Don’t got a lotta time; said I’d just take a squizz ‘round the back meself! We tearin’ arse outta here, yeah? Took me ages to convince the ‘ot shot an’ ‘is bot ta leave it to me!”Oh yeah, there WAS that…>I’m gonna send my clone back here after a second, you pretend to get kidnapped!>You’re right, screw suspicion, let’s go!>Other>Roll 1d20 regardless, best of 3.
>>2436364The head is a support part, it's where they jam in all those sensor unitsFingers crossed!
Rolled 12 (1d20)>>2436393>I’m gonna send my clone back here after a second, you pretend to get kidnapped!
Rolled 16 (1d20)>>2436393>>I’m gonna send my clone back here after a second, you pretend to get kidnapped!
Rolled 13 (1d20)>>2436393>I’m gonna send my clone back here after a second, you pretend to get kidnapped!
Rolled 20 (1d20)>>2436393>>You’re right, screw suspicion, let’s go!Last heist, let's just go.
Rolled 18 (1d20)>>2436393>I’m gonna send my clone back here after a second, you pretend to get kidnapped!
Look at these rolls. These are some good rolls....some LATE good rolls, but still good rolls.
>>2436403Sixteen is good! Himawari just got kidnapped by a villain! To never be seen again. Muwahahahahah~
>Last heistAnd then we find that there is a head!
>Your waifu is shit Himawari is shit>(USER HAS BEEN BANNED)>BASED MODS
>Himawari gets kidnapped by shatterlight>Fuck, the /u/boats are gonna have a field day with this.>i'll return when himawari appears dead or something.
>DAM YOU SHATTERLIGHT YOU KIDNAPED MY WAIFU!!>>Evil brainwashed Himawari returning to figth the main cast when?
>>2436393>>2436400>>2436403>>2436404>>2436406>>2436416...But no, best not to have any loose ends. “Okay, but hang out back here for a bit longer! I’m gonna send my clone back here after a second, you pretend to get kidnapped!”“Wot!?” You don’t halftime to elaborate as you take a quick flying leap and dart off beyond the street, past the bushes, and well out of the range of any cameras or other sentinels, now that all the attention is on the east side of the building…You hear some shouting, and part of you wonders if maybe you were seen- but you don't have time to sit around and wait. You also hear several gunshots go off in the distance, and even at this distance you hear the *spack spack* of dirt flying from stray bullets- wild shots that nearly got lucky. Now, let’s see, hiding spot, hiding spot…Ah, per- wait, no. That’s not perfect at all. That’s a sewer drain. A big one....Rats. And you mean that both literally and figuratively.At least your clone is still alive- you can sense it. You’re gonna have to drop Jago off somewhere- ah. You know just the place…------------------It takes a few minutes of waiting, of enduring the smell, and in general of annoyance- but at the very least you didn't get caught, and Jago was deposited safely back where it all began. That training pit.“Didn’t think that’d work, sheila,” Jago says primly as you walk up, extending a hand which she takes. “Didn’t calculate you was that strong, eitha’.”“I’m full of surprises!” you boast. And finally, you can send the message. ‘Torso obtained. On way back.’ As usual, the response is quick.‘Excellent. Pay will be waiting.’Now THOSE words are a feast for the eyeballs....Oh! Huh. Speaking of that…...Where the hell was Tooru during all that ruckus? Wasn’t he part of the guard, too?...Meh. Well, you won’t question it.-----------------“Thank you for letting me out again,” Prima says once you’re back at base, and safely in the Repair Bay, just for certainties’ sake. “I’m sure, now. I'm very much not fond of being in that dark space. I’d prefer not to have to do it again.”“That will be highly unlikely,” Mr. King says as he strolls into the Bay suddenly, his walk an absolute swagger. “After all, she’ll be leaving shortly.”She tilts her head. “Ah. To where, may I ask?”He shrugs as he looks at you. “Hell if I know or care. Away. I doubt you’ll ever see her again.”Prima goes still for a second, and then slumps. “O-oh…is that so? That’s...unfortunate. Or...sad, I think. Yes, I’m sure. That makes me sad.”“Ah. Shame, that,” Jago admits plainly. “T’was fun.”> ...Maybe she could come with you? Sal?>Hugs one more time, forever.> “Hold on, I’m not quite done with you just yet, Cap.”> Other
>>2436484>> ...Maybe we could arrange something Mr.King. Are you aware that bots can gain consciousness?
>>2436484>...Maybe she could come with you? Sal?> “Hold on, I’m not quite done with you just yet, Cap.”Jago is still without true sapience; he's a machine that we procured on-site during the course of our mission. He's legit loot we got.
>>2436484> ...Maybe she could come with you? Sal?> “Hold on, I’m not quite done with you just yet, Cap.”i hope we can trade one of the parts we have for Prima~
>>2436484> ...Maybe she could come with you? Sal?Actually, Mr. King, I would like to make an offer regarding Prima here...
>>2436484>> ...Maybe she could come with you? Sal?I doubt he'll let her in just like that, there'll be a catch somewhere, but we do work well together. The Cap'n is great, but his specialty is already covered.If we're not going to have the chance to sell info about our ability to grant sentience, we ought to at least tell someone on this world; It's worthless to us anyway.
aaaah. Prima's status gives me headaches. she was a full AI before, we just unlocked her emotional center or gave her empathy. It should be a person, but at the same time not. baaah. this confuses me.>>2436502we give consciousness to two other bots for prima and jago. it should be more than enough.
>It should be a person, but at the same time not. So she is a child then?
>>2436484>>...Maybe she could come with you? Sal?>> “Hold on, I’m not quite done with you just yet, Cap.”Will Miranda facepalm or just sigh deeply
>>2436484> ...Maybe she could come with you? Sal?> “Hold on, I’m not quite done with you just yet, Cap.”I really want to take both of them home but we'll shall see about that with Sal
>>2436514Both.
>>2436513...i don't know. a dog? but this is like a dog that can communicate with us? because however we look at it, she IS property, she still has to answer to King and well she still obeys rules and everything. is like that Twitter AI that became racist, but prima instead of becoming a neo nazi she became nice? like i said before, the thing with consciousness and all of that gives me headaches because a huge philosophical and ethical thing.
>>2436484> Obtain robot sidekicksOh Miranndaaa! We've brought friends!
>>2436484>>2436495>>2436497>>2436498>>2436502>>2436514>>2436516A thought, not for the first time, flits through your head. Could she come with you? Could Jago? Sal? If, say, I wanted these two to come with me…Sal’s ever-smooth voice comes in crystal clear. “The pinkette’s gotta make that decision on her ooooooooown, hotshot. The swaaaaarthy fellow? Heeeeeee’s loot- unless you do that VERY nifty trick on him again. But, final decision isn’t teeeeeeechnically my call to make anymore.”Hold on a tic. “Wait, what?”’You doooooo have a Division Leader now, remember? Don’t worry, I’ll paaaaaatch her in.’Oh god you have to convince MIRANDA?”What is it? What’d you do now, Lori?” Well...crap. You can do this. Right?>Uhhh...okay, so, just throwing it out there- I made a couple robots sapient and one I’m thinking about making sapient and they’re really cool can I bring them back with me pleeease?>I might have two new recruits for us, or...maybe one an’ a half, or something...but I need your permission, apparently! Can you do a friend a favor?>(Insert wheedling and cajoling of your own here)
>>2436533Don't worry about it just know that Prima is cute and would be a great support to anyone in SES.
>>2436543>HEEEYYYYY BOSS! Guess i will need to call you that now divisiin leader...so let me just say i may have made two robots become sentient. One is a cutie that has the ability to analasyse weakness and the other is a bruiser just like you so i though we could add then to our little crew? Watcha ya say?
>>2436543>>Uhhh...okay, so, just throwing it out there- I made a couple robots sapient and one I’m thinking about making sapient and they’re really cool can I bring them back with me pleeease?>They'd be good potential recruits for us, or something...but I need your permission, apparently!>Oh god you have to convince MIRANDA?>”What is it? What’d you do now, Lori?”Sounds about right.
>>2436543>Uhhh...okay, so, just throwing it out there- I made a couple robots sapient and one I’m thinking about making sapient and they’re really cool can I bring them back with me pleeease?>(Insert wheedling and cajoling of your own here)Come on, Jago's loot, even Sal said so.Prima, though, she's a walking, talking electronic hacking machine, and I know you don't have one of those, Randa! And she's just SO CUTE!
>>2436547oh yeah, of course Miranda with prima would be unstoppable. also this is exactly why i wanted to give consciousness to prima on the intersection; to avoid Handler's post>>2436543>I might have two new recruits for us, or...maybe one an’ a half, or something...but I need your permission, apparently! Can you do a friend a favor?>The recruit is a master of analytics, she can give you situational awareness immediately. She is also like super cute with capital S, and have i told you how pretty your hair looks today?....ALSO, YOU OWE ME!!(she paid our clothes when miranda bought her work clothes, right?)
>>2436556>....ALSO, YOU OWE ME!!A little dangerous; Miranda has had to bail Lori out on more than one occasion for various reasons.
>>2436543>>Uhhh...okay, so, just throwing it out there- I made a couple robots sapient and one I’m thinking about making sapient and they’re really cool can I bring them back with me pleeease?>These things are tough as nails, and the AI is smart and competent as any you'd find on a sci-fi deathworld, and that's before you make em sentient! I'm so glad you got me to pick this job!>Owlia is going to be able to go full tilt mad scientist with em too, she'll be able to improve them something fierce whey with the stuff lying about the intersection!
>>2436559hey, if we are that desperate, might as well try it. (although i cant find the specific thread to confirm she owes us)
>>2436543>>I might have two new recruits for us, or...maybe one an’ a half, or something...but I need your permission, apparently! Can you do a friend a favor?>"Their nature is more technological then us, something that we haven't really got in our employ currently. At least, in more then just a support capacity.">"They've proven themselves good enough fighters, at least from what I've seen from their matches."
Prima would be really useful for 'Randa and our crystal duo.
so, it seems like miranda does owe Lorelei, but i can't seem to find the rest of the thread. oh well, such is the life in the Sup/tg/ http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/670405/at the very end.
>>2436559Dude it's for Prima our little sis...i mean our little support bot.
wait, wrong link. this is the real one.http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/634647/
>Himawari isn't never heard again>Bohooo why my waifu is ded>Your waifu lives.....in Asanagi doujins>No not that Aiba and Himawari robot gangbang>Dude wtf
>>2436543>What if i told you they don't need to sleep or eat? their cost would be very low compared to everyone else. JUST.LET.ME.BRING.HER.
>>2436543>>2436551>>2436552>>2436555>>2436556>>2436571>>2436581Okay, okay, deep breaths. Deeeeep breath. “Uhhh...okay, so, just throwing it out there- I made a couple robots sapient and one I’m thinking about making sapient and they’re really cool can I bring them back with me pleeease?”“Silence. Not goodish. ”C’mon! They'd be good potential recruits for us, or something...but I need your permission, apparently! The main one’s a master of analysis and she's like a walking talking hack machine, and she’s suuuuuper cute! Like, I'm talkin’ 10 out of 10 adorable! The other one’s funny and he’s a bruiser and I just KNOW you two would bond, I swear! And either way they’re both pretty good fighters, since that's entirely what they were made for. Not to mention, ROBOTS, Miranda! ROBOTS! Bird girl’s gonna go cuckoo figuring out how they tick- seriously! I’m telling you, I’m so glad you-”“Okay STOP!” You stop. “Just...Lori. Question”“Yeeesss?” Please being okay, please okay...“WHY.” Oh.“...Because?” Um.“WHY BECAUSE?” Ah.“Because...I thought...it’d...be...cool?” Oh no you ruined it. You ruined it and everything is horrible forever.Suddenly, you hear her give a great, heaving sigh.“...Fine.”Oh no.“I’m sorry, ‘Randa but I’ll take care of them I PROMISE and they don't need to eat so-” Wait, what? “Wait, whaaaa?”“Just...I…*sigh*...fine. I’m going to trust you on this one, Lori. Don’t make me regret it.”OH YES!“Don’t worry, Randa, things are gonna be AWESOME, you’ll see! You're the best Leader EVER!”“...Hm. Just...get back here soon.” And then the ‘line’ breaks, and suddenly you’re back in the land of the present.cont.
>>2436620YES, THE PRIMA CAN COME.
>>2436620
>>2436620>“...Fine.”>pic related>I just KNOW you two would bond, I swear!Gruff pirate captain meets hardcase mercenary; a match made in heaven!
>>2436620And Mr. King is looking at you oddly. “Are you back among us, then?”“Oh! Yeah, right. Aaaanyway. Mr. King, I was wondering.” You wrap your arms around both of the two bots that you've come to adore lately. “Iiiii was wonderin’ if I might be able to take these two with me back home. If ya don’t mind, of course!”He purses his lips, and quirks an eyebrow. “I believe the pirate is yours already, so I won’t bother you about that one.” He concedes. “However, the Prima is, in fact, mine, if you’ve forgotten, and she’s shown some odd deviances in her AI patterns-”“That I made and can do again if you let me take her.” you quickly counter-offer.That QUICKLY shuts the mouth that was opening, and you can smell the blood in the water.“I’ll consider it a freebie before I- ah, WE go, Mr. King. Bring me the two you want the most.” You’re pretty sure you’ve gotten this little trick down, by now.“…Fine. But then take your paycheck, and GET OUT.” He says, turning on his heel towards two engineers nearby. “Get me Thundercat and Exor, on the double!” “Pleasure doin’ business with you!” And with that you turn towards Prima. "Sooo...""Yes." Wow, her head's going like whoa. "Yes, I believe I would like that a great deal.""I'll be by yer side however ya like, sheila," Jago offers, and honestly? You feel good....Probably because you love winning.-------------------...Man, this place really is quaint, isn’t it? Nice grass, simple pit for combat. Glad Tooru showed you this place. It’s simple yet clean, in a way.Oh, speaking of. There he is. “Yeah, we just need to- YOU!” He stands, shocked, as you, in full Shatterlight regalia, casually sit on the edge of the training pit. “I can’t believe- were you the one that sent this note?!”“I was,” you say calmly as you pick yourself up from the edge. Besides him, Moxer immediately readies its guns. “So eager to fight, are you?”“Give Himawari BACK, you monster!” Is all he growls out.Oh, this poor, lovelorn boy. “Where were you when I struck the other night?”He reels back in surprise, but chokes out an answer, his face red and- interestingly enough- near tears. “N-none of your business! Now...”>Just take the helmet off. “About that! Sorry! Hope you’re not too surprised! Byyyyeee!”>Turn- dramatically. “She’s gone. She won’t be back. Train hard, boy, so that this never happens again.”>Other
>>2436642>Turn- dramatically. “She’s gone. She won’t be back. Train hard, boy, so that this never happens again.”
>>2436642This is a difficult decision, but>Turn- dramatically. “She’s gone. She won’t be back. Train hard, boy, so that this never happens again.”has to take it. It fits into our flair for the dramatic too well.
>>2436642>>Just take the helmet off. “About that! Sorry! I just came here to laught at you. Hope you’re not too surprised! Byyyyeee!”Bow down a little bit, wink and blow him a kiss before we go.
>>2436642>Just take the helmet off. “About that! Sorry! Hope you’re not too surprised! Byyyyeee!”We worked hard for this moment, let's take it.
...WHY NOT WE FUSE BOTH!we go all dramatic and then when he goes all sentimental and stuff and then we take the helmet off and mock him! EVERYBODY WINS
>>2436642>>Turn- dramatically. “She’s gone. She won’t be back. Train hard, boy, so that this never happens again.”"I never said she was dead, boy."
>I just came here to laught at youWait, shouldn't we snap open a pair of sunglasses and put them on when we say that?
>>2436666Super satan has a point.
>>2436642>Turn- dramatically. “She’s gone. She won’t be back. Train hard, boy, so that this never happens again.”>Other: "Maybe then the next girl that like you won't have the same fate."
>>2436642>Turn- dramatically. “She’s gone. She won’t be back. Train hard, boy, so that this never happens again.”MAXIMUM OVERDRAMA
bah, you party poopers
If we do go for a reveal, we need to work in a thanks for the battling lessons (it was him that taught us right?).
>>2436686yes he was.
>>2436642>>2436648>>2436654>>2436665>>2436678>>2436679You’re not worried about him. He's not in a position to oppose you. Turning on your heel, you turn your back to him although you make sure to look at him out of the corner of your eye, regardless of whether he can see it or not. It's all about the head positioning. “She’s gone.”“Ghrk!” He reels back, his teeth grit, but he can't find it in him to say anything. There’s no willpower.“She’s gone, and she won’t be back.” You turn ever so slightly- making sure that despite your posture, he knows you're looking right at him. “Train hard, boy, so that this never happens again.” With a single great leap, you bound beyond the fence, and after a few more leaps you’re out of his eyesight- although a skyward scream tells you just what he thought about what you just said. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"You duck into an alleyway where two very familiar bots are waiting for you, and finally, FINALLY...you can let yourself laugh it up. "Pffftthahahahahah! What. A. DORK. PFTHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Your cackling scaring a nearby cat away, you finally announce you’re done here, and, holding Prima’s hand, in a shimmer of light, you’re gone.You REALLY love winning.JOB COMPLETE!-PRIMARY SERVICE RENDERED- PRIMARY PAY DELIVERED IN FULL-SUBTOTAL PAYMENT= 28 LARGE MOTESSECONDARY SERVICE INCOMPLETE- NO PAYMENTBONUS SERVICE COMPLETE- NEW HIRES OBTAINEDTOTAL PAYMENT= 28 LARGE MOTES
>>2436712>SECONDARY SERVICE INCOMPLETE- NO PAYMENTwhat was the secondary service?
>>2436712>SECONDARY SERVICE INCOMPLETE- NO PAYMENTBalls, there was a head. Ah well, 28 Lotes is nothing to sniff at, and we've got the parts from storage.Also, I assume this is handler, yes?
>>2436725I don't know what keeps happening to my nick. And yes.Also, just for those wondering, Tooru fell asleep. If you'd went wandering around during the beginning to look for Kyo and Ken when you got to the facility you've have learned that.
>>2436719There was a head after all.
>he fell asleep.Oh poor dork.
Ooooh, it’s good to be back. Even if it IS just the ultraboring look of your headquarters. Prima and Jago both look around in confusion and wonderment.“O-oh dear...my databases...There’s nothing in here at ALL in my databases...I wonder if I’m out of date already?!”“Well, we probably have someone that can help with that,” an all too familiar voice calls out to your right, and you immediately skip towards them to wrap them up in a BIIIIIIIG hug! “Randa! Thanks sososososo much! See! I toldja they were cute as all getout, huh, huh!? That’s Prima, and that’s Captain Jago, and they’re both AWESOME!”Things are gonna be great!“Congraaaaaatulations, kiddo!” Oh yeah, Sal. “I gotta haaaaand it to ya, you pulled that one off real nice!”“Psh, naturally, huh Sal?” You unsling your bag, starting to rifle through it. “Just ‘cause i had a few off missions doesn't mean I lost my touch! Even bought back a few things for the bots, lesse…”>Offensive>Defensive>Mobility>Support11, 12, 13, 16, 4, 5, 9, 20>Shock Claw: A clawed weapon reminiscent of the basic types Thundercat uses. Has all the same attributes of being an electrified left hand that can shock and potentially scramble bots. It’s not sharp, however.>Pinwheel: A basic two-handed, blunt circular weapon platinum less can serve as both an offensive and defensive weapon in a pinch, despite the stylized make of it.>Heavy Bracers: A set of bracers intended for Bruiser-types (as far as you can guess) intended to protect their grabby bits from getting cut off at the cost of speed. They’re pretty heavy bludgeons as well.>Heavy Kite Shield: a very well reinforced, yet fairly lightweight stylized kite shield that can take a good bit of punishment before it even dents. >Basic Speedster Frame Legs: Just a frame a pair of legs it seems they used to test stuff with. Don’t seem to be any special bit to them.>Basic Balanced Frame Torso: Basic torso frame piece, it seems. Kinda like what you took the Arhu Torso off of. Nothing major.>Bot Scanner: Seems to be more for the owners than the bots. This apparently can scan a bot and give a quick overview of the base name, type, and weapon specialty.>Experimental Nanofield: Now THIS...you’re unsure of. It seems to be a canister of some sort that has some sort of a radar dish on the top, but you're not entirely sure what it is, just that it has the label ‘Nanofield (v1)’ on it.
>>2436786>Experimental Nanofield"oooh. Prima, test this thing out."
>>2436786>NanofieldNanomachines?
>>2436786See if Sal have any idea what the Nano field is.
I don't think Sal would know. But Miranda's farsight, might.GO TEAM PEANUT BUTTER
>>2436786even if this stuff isn't spectacular, it still gives our new bots some flexibility.>>Experimental NanofieldOhhh, shiny. Prima is the most likely to figure this out, seeing as she's a support.
>>2436786“Okay, some cool stuff, some whatever stuff, but on the whole I think I did a pretty good-” And suddenly there’s this high pitched keening sound that makes you wanna cover your- “Okay, what IS that!?”The two of you quickly turn to where you think the source of the noise is, only to see Owlia staring at the lot of you...with a very, VERY creepy smile, no lie.“...eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...” And the noise, that too. Ha. Yeah. It’s good to be back.>You are now Miranda.“Okay, KNOCK IT OFF!” you yell before you get a headache. “Owlia, I know what you’re thinking- no. You cannot take them apart. Ever.”“Aawwwwwwwww...but what about the spare parts?” Of course that’d be the first thing she would zero in on, not a ‘hi, how you doing, welcome back!’ or anything.“Ask Lorelei about it,” you say. “She brought them back.”“Yeah, I can probably give you a couplea junk pieces, sure,” she admits. “We can talk it over later.”“Yeeeeesssssss…” Well...they’d be useful, at least.And then Sal has to go and open his big mouth. “Although I’m glaaaaaad to see you back and in good spirits, I feel I should let you know- Iiiiii’ve got your next job lined up for you already, sweetums.”“Wait, me?!” Lorelei says, shooting up. “I thought that was all I needed to get back into your good graces!”“It waaaaaaasss, and you are,” he says easily. “Buuuuuuut, this is an opportunity for everyone here!”“What kind of opportunity?” You ask carefully. The LAST time he set you up with a job…“The kiiiiind that pays a over a hundred Large, Superstar!” Oh. Well. That’s a lot- “Aaaaaand requires a minimum three-gal team! Aaaaaaaand the kind that just might convince my higher ups to give one or soooooome of you some...extras.”“Extras?” says a new voice- Izumi, with Mono trailing. “What kind of Extras?”“Extraaaaaas like, say...FutureSights for eeeeeeveryone.” The way he wiggles is just...off. “Or perhaps a veeeery early increase in rank, for our newer folk.”“Wait, that quickly?” Mono says in surprise. “Ya gotta be kiddin’ me!”“Indeed,” an imperious voice says. “That’s quite the fortunate happenstance. But what exactly is the job?” Cylica asks with a doubtful expression.“Oh, well, gather round, eeeeeeveryone!” He says just as your FutureSight beeps with the notice of a job sent to your profile. Taking it out, you’re surrounded by faces as you bring the job description up on screen.cont.
>>2436830>Ruining Security>Recommended Outgoers 3+>A scouting team for a local organization of mine has recently located a rare Ruin, said to be containing a Hangar and an Ancient Airship within. These, along with any artifacts within, would be of GREAT interest to my organization. However, due to a double-agent, word of the discovery has gotten out, and several other groups are moving to capitalize and secure the finds within Ruin. You will be sent in with a trusted Artificer and several top operatives to case the Airship properly and secure it against outside forces.Riders Purchased: None>Total Payment: 120 Large Motes-------------------------------“A HUNDRED TWENTY?” Lorelei shouts, and honestly, you can’t blame her. “That...is a great deal of motes,” Izumi says, gobsmacked.“That’s kinda nuts, ain’t it?” Mono asks.“Quite,” Cylica agrees. “A proper sum for such a task.”“The parameters are REALLY intriguing, too…” Owlia tacks on.“I don’t know what these ‘Motes’ are,” Prima says. “But maybe I can hel-”“No,” you say immediately, your mind racing. One hundred twenty? That’s...even split 5 damned ways, that’s...that’s a damn lot.“You’ve goooooot a couple days to prepaaaaare,” Sal says cheekily. “Maybe deciiiiide on...things.”Almost all at once, everyone looks at you. “So...who’s going on THIS one?” Lorelei asks. “I’m a bit tired, but fuck it, I’m game for another for THAT kinda payout.”That...is a very good question.>Yup. Jumping right into it. We’ll have tomorrow to decide who’s going, AND you actually get prep! Can you believe it? So, first thing’s first.>You need at minimum three people on this job. Miranda WILL be one of them. Pick anywhere from 2 to 4, with a minimum of 3 and a max of 5. See you tomorrow.>Izumi>Lorelei>Owlia>Cylica>Mono
>That's minimum/maximum total, by the by.
And I kept dropping my damn name. I don't know why.>Tooru. Tooru. Are you okay?>...no.>Man...we'll figure this out. We'll get the parts back. We'll make everything right.>...Kyo...I...I dunno if we CAN make everything right.>But we can do the best we can, can't we?>...>...Tooru?>...No. No, you're right. I have to...get stronger. So that this doesn't happen again.>...Me too. We'll BOTH get stronger.>You mean it? You really, really mean it?>Absolutely! It's a promise!>...Thanks, Kyo.
>>2436831Aw, damn, I wanted to bring everyone.Looks like at least one person will have to sit this out.
>>2436831>Lorelei (For social networking)>Izumi (Heavy fire power)>Owlia(Magical interfacing/shenanigans)>Prima(going by lorelei's description general support/mechanical interfacing shenanigans)We also need to have a serious discussion with Lorelei about those two robots.>>2436840Heh, the bromance gets stronger. I hope we can return here. I WANNA LAUGH AT THEM.
>>2436831>Izumi>Owlia>Cylica>MonoLet's have Lorelei take a break from jobs. she still has to show the new hires around and get them situated and try to assuage her guilt about not being a good big sister when she had the chance.
>>2436831>Izumi>Lorelei>Cylica>MonoOwlia stays behind cranking out money.Cylica = Tactics and negotiationLorelei = Scouting and infiltrationIzumi = Overwatch and Ambush Mono = Coming along for experienceAlso this lets us be proactive. Lorelei can scout out and infiltrate one or maybe even two groups prior to them reaching the ruins.That way Mono can set up an ambush for Izumi to snipe the shit out of them.
>>2436831>Izumi>Owlia>Cylica>MonoIf we can't bring all, then I suggest we let lorelei rest, she just came back from a mission. I dont want her to push it too far. Not to mention the bots and getting them settled in.
>>2436831So, we're looking at a 'secure and protect' mission. We need someone to build defenses, and someone to man them.>Mono (build traps and defenses)>Randa (man the defenses)>Izumi (man the defenses)The bots are right out; we can't turn new arrival back around that quick, among other issues.Our techies might be useful as light general support, but this sound like it's going to be lots of close, brutal fighting, not the sort of thing we want them tangled up in.
>>2436877Actually add>LoriIt's a quick turnaround, but she's still got for scouting and misdirection, but is also study enough to get stuck in if she needs to.
>>2436856>>2436831you know what, i'm changing my vote to this.>>Izumi>>Lorelei>>Cylica>>MonoCylica can be our social infiltrator, she has the charisma for that and izumi could be our spotter/sniper if the need arises.
>>2436831This sounds like a crossover. If it is, who is it so I can brush up?I think your name field is broken; you've 'fixed' it several times now to no avail. Poster IDs get to actually be useful for once!
>>2436831>Izumi >Lorelei>Cylica>MonoI wanna agree with the anons on Lori resting and introducing the bots to their new home but Lori has very useful skills we need, like for espionage, social situations and her astral projection can be very useful for scouting ahead and hijacking mecha
>>2436893There's a major clue in the job description- fuck it it's Artificer Quest.
>>2436899I suspected, but didn't want to go rabbiting down the wrong hole. Off to the archives I go!
Wtf is this team peanut buttet/chocolate/peep thing? Is it because of 4/1 memes?
>>2436899well, at least it has few threads.>>2436914yes, you team chocolate fuck.PEANUT BUTTER.
>>2436863>>2436873> Not bringing Lorelei along to loot ruins and spot trapsGuys . . . . you NEED your thief class.
>>2436918but we are defending. there won't be much to steal, unless we make a direct strike, which in that case we wouldn't need a thief.
I'm not sure why we're wanting to bring Cylica. She's R&D and some social. The summary indicates SECURE and DEFEND, nothing involving SOCIAL.>>2436918Lori isn't a thief class really, she's more of a party face with a couple of levels in thief. Still useful for general purpose though.
>>2436938but she also has offensive and defensive abilities. remember the mind trick she pulled on us? Also by being part of the R&D division, she might be able to help put the artificer team defenses faster, and get our payment faster as well.
Changing my vote in >>2436873To>Izumi >Mono>And one more that gets the most votes out of the remaining three?
You know there's two more things we haven't resolved:Who was that guy that was paranoid about the supernatural and why were we stalked?
>>2437240Not our problem anymore.
Damn, i missed the end. You guys should've said we'd release 'Himawari' if he gave us the head. Extend this a little.
>>2436899Oh so that's why he stopped instead of running it parallel with his new one like he said.>>2436831>Izumi>Owlia>Cylica>MonoThat world had invulnerable vampires at the least. Miranda and Izumi for combat, mono for support. Cylica as the face and Owlia to figure out all that ancient magitech
And then there's the viewers left in suspense, with and ending that's seemingly too dark for a kids' shonen.I really want to go back to that world one day for a more conclusive ending, or a chance to extend it from that final scene before going back to homebase and resuming normally.
>>2436831Anyways.>Izumi>Owlia>Cylica>Mono
These robots need to access some databases to explain the Intersection and it's culture to them. I hope we get at least 3 days or a week of prep before deployment. we should have a meeting to get everyone on a position or duty– like Zumi can scout ahead, Randa and whoever can defend or guard, while the other two are supporting/specialized duty
Okay, current locks are as follows:>Izumi>Lorelei>Mono>CycliaOwlia seems to be staying behind, but I'll give it about 30 more minutes in case anyone wants to make any arguments for otherwise.
>>2437504>>2436851>>2436863>>2436868>>2436877>>2436891>>2436897>>2436955>>2437394>>2437399Saying this because I noticed several 'Lemme change my mind' posts in the chat, so I feel it's fair to allow one last round of that before we move on.
>>2436831>Izumi>Owlia>Cylica>MonoGive Lori a break and let her show the bots around. Zumi and Mono will definitely be useful in a fight, and since we're hopefully going to be defending one location we can have Cylica and Owlia set up traps and kill zones. Plus they'd be able to look around at Artifacts and what not so that might be fun. We can have our local team handle the dangers of the ruins since they'd be more familiar with them. Presence of double agents does make Lori seem like a good pick though.
>>2437504I wish we'd drop Cyclia, but I'm not overly fussed about it. Looks good to me.
>>2437511Like I said, if you want to make a case for it, feel free. It's basically 'top four votes get in', so.
Like, yeah. Right now Lorelei and Owlia are tied for votes.
>>2436831IzumiCylica Owlia Mono
>>2437502I think Owlia should stay, Cylica can take her role as magical scientist/crystal mage in the group and has (some) martial arts training to defend herself. not that I think Owlia can't do that but Cylica is more experienced with battles and thus be versatile on supporting, offesive or defensive duty when the situation calls for it.Lorelei is for double agent esponaige and spy shit which can help us in the long run.
Kay, seems like last call ends at>Izumi>Mono>Cylica>OwliaLorelei is staying behind and getting her break in!She's going to freaking spoil Prima and Jago.
>>2437507>Lori>Izumi>Mono>Miranda (implied)The less we bring along, the less ways to split the money.
>>2437550Right, so... how do Prima and Jago work now again?Intersection wise, are they property or...?
>>2437555Prima is, by Intersection Rules, her own bot.Jago is property unless Lori gives him True Sapience.Anyway, writing!
>>24375532 L8 m8So who's going to do sneaking around stuff? If there is going to be one Maybe Izumi?
>>2437558Yeah, she's technically a bruiser like Miranda, but she's much more of a generalist, so she shouldn't have any trouble doing some sneaky stuff.
>>2437560By the way, if anyone hasn't refreshed this page in the last day, I recommend you do so now. It might explain why handler's name broke.
>>2437556Does that mean she has to pay dues? That could get bothersome.
>>2437550>that spoilerSo Lori really is like a single mother now.
>>2437582more like the adult big sister, meanwhile prima is a little kid, and jago doesn't count.
>>2436831It takes you awhile to figure out just who you want to bring. everyone has their own pros and cons. Actually, thinking about it you can't help but smile. For as long as it's just been you, and maybe Lorelei, and Izumi, you’ve got a pretty solid bunch of folks here....Maybe being a leader isn’t all THAT horrible. Although you’d still hate to do a ton of paperwork. “Alright, made my decisions.”You look at them in turn. “Izumi, your speed, way around guns, and general aptitude for combat is going to be a serious help. You’re one of the best here, and everyone knows it.”She nods. “I’ll be by your side, whatever you need.”Next. “Owlia?” Aaand she’s all teeth. “Considering what we're going to be going after, I think your knowledge base and experience is going to be just what the doctor ordered- they might have their own artificer, but I doubt they’ve got someone quite like you.”She throws her hands in the air! “Yeeeeee! I’m gonna go pack!” And just like that, she practically skips out of the room into her laboratory. Well, that’ll segue nicely into what’s next. “Cylica?”“Me? Truly?” The thing about it is that she seems genuinely surprised. “And here I thought you didn’t like me.” Okay, no, THAT was being snarky.You let out a small snort. “Honestly, if you can curb that attitude of yours…” “Oh, perish the thought!” ...right.Moving on. “...Then I think you’d be a good addition if only for your more social capabilities in this particular situation; but that, you own technological and magical skillset, and the fact that you can probably keep a leash on Owlia better than anyone else here means you’re coming with, too.”“Well, well! I humbly accept your invitation. I’ll see to it that myself and dear Owlia keep to the highest decorum.” She casually trolls out of the room, heading straight for where Owlia was.And, last but not least… “Mono.”She smirks. “Yeah? Me too, huh?”“Yup,” you nod. “I think you could use a little bit more experience, and considering that this is going to be a defensive mission, I think you’ll be just what we need in order to keep any assaulters control and delusional while we work to secure the assets. That...and let’s face it, you could use a bit more practice.”cont.
>>2437614To her credit, she doesn't take any offense at this. “Gotcha, boss. Don’t worry, I’ll try not to freak out this time.”“So...what’s goin’ on with me? I’m sittin’ this one out?” She, thankfully, doesn't look too put out, instead having a hand drift to Prima, who doesn't seem to object at all. You can only tilt your head in a show of apology. “You honestly deserve the break, I think- that, and we need someone to show out latest acquires around.” You shrug. “Who better than the girl who brought them on in the first place?”“Dontchu worry, ‘Randa!” She says as she continues patting the fancy looking robot on the head. “Me, the Cap, and Pri are gonna have a GREAT time!”“A great time doing what?” Prima asks curiously. “Everything!” She shouts.“That sounds a mite much…” Jago grumbles. So of course she starts patting HIM, too.“Right, then,” Izumi says. “Sal said that we’ve a couple of days to prepare. I presume that means allowing everyone time to train, consider their options and purchase supplies, or get to crafting anything that they feel might be useful.”“Bingo,” you agree. “I’d prefer to do this as a group , so everyone get your shopping lists ready for tomorrow. Any further questions for now?” Seeing none, you nod placidly. “Okay, then. Break, see you all later.”>Supply list coming up, as will shopping. Note: I may have forgotten some things, so if anyone can remind me in case I missed anything, it’d be appreciated.
Where's your name?
>>2437620April fools pranks is screwing with the nametags
>>2437616Oh, we need to use our FarSight to get info on our client, their world, and if possible, the opposition we'll be facing.The world and it's mana regen rate will greatly affect what we bring.
>>2437620Wish I fuckin' knew.>Take a look at what you all have, and if there's anything else you want, now's the time to decide on what to get.>>2437616MIRANDASUPPLIES:> 1 Hyperspace Bag> 1 Large 5-Crystal Pack (250 Mana * 5)> 3 Pairs of Murmur Stones> Oxygen Respirator> Mana Condenser (2500 Mana per 12 hours)WEAPONS:> 1 Flamebringer Sword (Fire/Gravity Elemental)> 1 Mana-Enhancing Rapier > 1 Simple Pistol> 1 Elemental Stone Shotgun> 1Anti-Vehicle Rocket Launcher > 8 ’Moleworm’ Proximity MinesAMMO:> 31 Solid Fuel Anti-Vehicle Rockets> 10 Pistol Magazines (12 Rounds per Mag)> 1 Pepper (Fire) Stone Shotgun Charge (30 Rounds)TOOLS:>1 FutureSight PDAIZUMISUPPLIES:> 1 Hyperspace Bag> 1 Large 5-Crystal Pack (250 Mana * 5)> 2 Pairs of Murmur Stones> Oxygen Respirator> Mana Condenser (2500 Mana per 12 hours)WEAPONS:> 1 Mastercraft Demonkiller Katana> 1 Bo Staff> 1 Pair of Daggers> 1 Assault Rifle > 2 Automatic Pistols> 1 Sniper RifleAMMO:> 20 Assault Rifle Magazines (30 rounds per mag)> 25 Pistol Magazines (20 Rounds per Mag)> 40 High Caliber Sniper Rounds > 20 Armor Piercing Sniper Rounds> 20 Phosphorus Sniper Rounds TOOLS:>1 Grappling Chain>1 General Purpose Gun Repair Kit>1 Sword Cleaning Kit>1 Portable Sword Sharpening Toolkitcont.
>>2437635OWLIA:SUPPLIES:> 3 Simple Quality Shield Shards > 1 Portable Crystal Quality Measurement Set CLOTHING/ARMOR:> 1 Set of Custom Crystaltech Armor> 1 Set of Casual Workman’s OverallsWEAPONS:> 1 Custom Crystaltech StaffTOOLS:> 1 Portable Mana Wavelength Measuring Tool-------------CYCLIASUPPLIES:> 1 Power Crystal> 1 Portable Crystal Quality Measurement Set CLOTHING/ARMOR:> 1 Set of Crystaltech Armor> 1 Set of Royal Robes> 1 Set of Workman’s SuitWEAPONS:> 1 Royal Crystaltech Staff--------------------MONOSUPPLIES:>NoneCLOTHING/ARMOR:>1 Silken Singer’s Robe>1 Basic Wanderer’s GarbWEAPONS:> 1 Katana (Whitefang Blade)> 1 Blooddrinker Sword>1 Triplicate Crossbow>1 Throwing Dagger>1 Strange PotionTOOLS:>1 Metronome>1 Hourglass
Now we only need the list of things we can buy.
>>2437635Could we grab our Baron's Rapier out of storage for this? I'm hoping for a chance to try out a rapier enhanced Nebula Buster for this mission.
ok, owlia, cylica and mono need their own bags and magic comms, but other than that, i'm not sure.
>>2437636Mono needs mana crystals. Assuming this is a high magic world since they're called artificers and not engineers we might not need to spring for another condenser yet, but having emergency mana is always useful.
>>2437643Oh, wait, you got it. My mistake, guess I passed over it.
>>2437635We should probably find out how to get more ammo for our Stone Shotgun. Maybe Owlia might be able to come up with something? Or we could try buying the ammo if we're lucky enough to find it in the market, around nine more charges sounds good.
Do we need to pay dress up this time? With an entire team we seem to have all bases covered so what should Miranda go for this time? Full intimidation might be good, and Otherworldly was great fun last time.
After looking over everything, you’re not sure if you will need anything in particular, but you get the feeling that the newbies are probably going to need to go on a little bit of a shopping spree. The fact that they’ve mostly just been doing courier work or simple jobs doesn't allow for a whole lot of on-site procurement. There’s ALSO the fact that, according to this little message Sal gave you, dues are coming up for most of you, so either way you’re gonna have to be cautious as to how much you- and they- spend.>Popular Stores:>Lorenzo’s Artificing and Magecraft:>The premier magic shop, full of various devices for anyone with the slightest bit of mana to use. Magic staffs and wands, orbs of power, spectral containers, mystic tabards, and the like are all available at Lorenzo’s, be it technologically simple or advanced. He used to be a lot more haughty, you remember. Then apparently something had happened, and now he was just a jittery fellow. You didn’t ask questions.>Example Wares- Mana Condensers, Bags of Holding, Murmur Stones>Price Range: 50 Small - 10 Large>Kowalski’s Supply Depot>Allll about the milspec gear, across all timeframes, and ranges from traditional physical projectile launching weaponry to energy devices, and anything in-between. Kowalski’s a decent guy; you’ve met him once or twice before. Just can’t get away from the merc mindset. Still, his armory is second to none, and he has a healthy appreciation for explosives, which you can respect.>Price Range: 20 Small - 8 Large>Example Wares: Guns. Rocket Launchers. That sorta thing.>Io’s Potpourri. >Names so because she can get just about anything and everything to sell, whether common or rare. It’s interesting how she seems to have her hands in a lot of pies, and you’ve occasionally heard rumor that she’s tight with one of the Ingenious; though of course she vehemently denies such accusations. The only thing about her, is that her stuff tends to be more expensive than the others, although she claims that’s because ‘it’s just that much more special!’>Example Wares: Wares change daily.>Price Range: Everything.>>2437680You can ask!>>2437681Entirely up to you.
>>2437685>Kowalski’s Supply DepotGuns and guns and more guns!>Lorenzo’s Artificing and Magecraft:The other girls Owlia and Cilyca migth need bags of holding.
>>2437685Can we get info about the job, the world, and the organizations from our FarSight before we go shopping and paying for things we may not need?
>>2437680maybe we can buy it normal enchanted ammo? like a magical birdshot or those fuck your shit up rounds from /k/'s pasta.>>2437685lets go to:>Lorenzo’s Artificing and Magecraft:and get the murmur stones and bags of holding for the newbsand then to >Io’s Potpourri. Just to see if they got something interesting.
>>2437697>>2437699So we're going shopping blind, then?No idea of the local conditions or of the opposition, or of the local mana level.
>>2437685>Io’s PotpourriMiranda doesn't seem to need anything specific so mystery box might be interesting. >Lorenzo's Artificing and MagecraftFor everyone else. The newbies need bags atleast, and enough murmur stones to go round. Also some mama crystals.
>>2437698I know about thay. Post apocaliptic magic tech world. There is a extraplane plague that destroyed the most advanced civilizations. Elfs, goblins orcs and other fantasy creatures exist in it.Most current civilization is organized in towns the bigger towns havinng artilary defense placement to protect against infected creep attacks and other people. There is also mafia groups.
>>2437713not shopping blind, its just that our main characters are more or less well, our ammo levels are OK, we can't waste much money on the newbs because they have dues to pay, and it seems like the world we are going is in some industrial/pre industrial level combined with steampunk. Anyone but mono shouldn't have problems dealing with that world under their own power.
>>2437713http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=StorytellerQMOh and of course since we are exploring a ruin we will need to deal with magic tech security be it in the form of golems or automated s or whatever any smart creature that is currently occupying the hangar made as a trap.
>>2437719What kind of weapons are available?Magitech rifles, gunpowder rifles and grenades, any self-propelled artillery? What kinds of magitech devices will we have to protect against? Remote viewing magitech constructs? What kind of transportation is available for the enemy to be using?
>>2437685>You can ask!Then we shall!Hey, Owlia, do you think you can help me make some rounds for this? Particularly ones that can turn a man into poorly made salsa from about 20 feet away using the power of crystals, or fry them with electric buckshot until they explode like they're a hotdog that spent too long in a microwave?
Ah, I gotta get going for Easter family stuff, but I'll be back in several hours for an evening continuation. If you like, you all can discuss the situation and pick out stuff in advance.
>>2437736So no FarSight intel, then.
>>2437732nobody expects the magical girl to pull out the magical shotgun.
>>2437726>our ammo levels are OKI'd be leery of thinking it's adequate, when we only have 30 shots from the Pepper Stone, and no grenades. Also only 8 Proximity Mines when our job is defense seems inadequate. We should also be looking into proximity alarm units. Purely technological ones will probably be easier to hide than magitech ones, since the opposition will expect magitech.
>>2437685Ok first off, I think we can do without playing dress-up. It'll take too much time to get a consensus and everyone's base stats are enough to alter them when stepping out.>Bag of Holding for everyone who doesn't have one>+2 set of Large Crystals for everyone>Assault Rifle for MonoIIRC that's the weapon type she has the best affinity with>Gun or rifle of their choice for Owlia and CylicaDo we have enough murmur stones for everyone? Otherwise get that too>Cylica buys more power crystals that she can find useful.Do you have an inventory for that crystal shop she is part-time at?
>>2437731>What kind of weapons are available?Clockwork guns or rifles and other weapons using smokeless gunpowder>Magitech rifles, gunpowder rifles and grenades, any self-propelled artillery? Yes to all but they are rare to find or must be scrouged from old ruins. >What kinds of magitech devices will we have to protect against? >Remote viewing magitech constructs? Golems with magic tech are a thing. But only in ruins there us no t.v. or anything done by remote in a town>What kind of transportation is available for the enemy to be using?Fucking trains (i hate then) and cars as well as old normal boats
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>>2437739Could dig through the archives ourselves, but going of what >>2437719 says I think we should go with higher tech weapons but keep them hidden until needed. We can still head to Io's while Zumi leads the others to get bags /crystals first then pick out some guns at Kowalski's. Should head over later as well to stock up on ammo.
>>2437764>IIRC that's the weapon type she has the best affinity withActually, it's Energy Weapons, for some strange reason.So a plasma carbine, and maybe a recharger for the power cells. Something that can take in Mana and convert it into whatever energy is needed, with the appropriate interface, like one of those universal power adapters you see at airports for international business travelers.
>>2437766>Yes to all but they are rare to find or must be scrouged from old ruins.What kinds of resources are the opposing groups going to bring to bear?Because the client made it sound like they're other big groups, and they might have access to magitech weapons.
>>2437773Yes we are going to need a good supply of ammo, our modern weapons won't work with the stuff in their clockwork rifles. They shoot lead pellets and crap but the MC of the quest has manufactured a desert eagle and a sniper rifle using regular metal jacket rounds.That's what happens when you roll 100+ with modifiers. Every. Single. Time>>2437774Yeah, energy weapons that reload by sucking in ambient mana, that's the ticket.
>>2437766Oh yeah and power armour is a thing in this setting. Although it's limited to the army but you can expect to face pic related. But then again those are limited to special ops or very well supplied mercenary groups and come in different qualities
>>2437713A quick lookup of the details of the world gives you this info:>World Name: None Presently>General Classification: Post-Apocalyptic (Virus-based) >Magical Level: Moderate (Estimated Recovery at 4000 mana per night's sleep) >Technological Level: Various: Basic Steel Tools, Clockwork Firearms, No Personal Automobile Access, Locomotive Access, Magitech.>Common Magic Style: Vocalized Spells, Willed Magic >Races known: Standard Human, Standard Elf, Standard Orc, Standard Dwarf>Rulership: Variant Styles. >Notes: World currently in grips of a creeping, possessive plague. Several areas holding out in larger cities. Tech level is highly dependent on individual maintenance. Qualified individuals said to be few and far in between.
>>2437757well, take in consideration that miranda isn't fond of guns, also she is a melee bruiser and as such i doubt she cares much about them, except for the explosives. Izumi on the other hand might care about it.>>2437764>>2437774Magical Kalashnikov for Mono! or maybe pic related>>2437766hmm. Doesn't sound so bad. The only thing that worries me is the artillery, but we might be able to rig up something .>>2437780we can bring our own power armor then. or maybe lease it to someone else. cylica or owlia perhaphs
>>2437778Could be anything from military grade gear. As i said power armour are a thing in this world. Most likely semi-auto rifles or machine guns. There is also personnel armour but that doesn't reach the same level as a power suit user.
>>2437783Well... that gives us some details on what to dress as.Gasmasks mandatory, design varying.... at least to complete the looks.We have that powerarmour for Miranda...But what about Owlia and Cyclia?Owlia will have those gems in their looks, so something to build on there...Cyclia the high standing looks...Mono? Heck. What to pick for them? Some Scout or wanderer design would be pretty neat.... and then there was the question of stats.Should get THOSE down.
>>2437783Qm made a pretty descent sum up.>Locomotive AccessNO NEVER AGAIN! Stupid trains!
>>2437778When the quest last left off, the groups are:An Ancient Evil Vampire and they're all fucking immortal. They got zombies, thralls and both minor and major vampires.Shirahoro government. Samurai with swords and rifles, currently being outfitted with silvered and fire enchanted blades and bullets.Gambino mafia. In cahoots with vampires, resources unknown.Mafia MC is "not" affiliated with that I have forgotten the name of. Same as the government, both being supplied by the MC. May have magitech goodies squirreled away, unknown.And lastly there's the magical super-plague with demons, monsters and all-consuming corruption bullshit plus blood magic which is a big "oh no no", vampires have access to this. Flamethrowers encouraged.
If the locals don't have magitech surveillance and recon constructs, then we should consider getting one or two. How hard can it be to buy a pair of Pelican drone analogues and a solar charger at the Intersection? We should see if Kowalski gives discounts on bulk explosives orders, too.And that Magical Viral Apocalypse and plagued creatures still running around makes me think we should consider what we can do in regards to medical equipment/spells.
>>2437786Most of the time artillery is focused in the defense of a city. We are going to ruin dive. But i don't expect to find magitech tanks or that kind of stuff. At least not working or not in a plague infested ruin.
>And that Magical Viral Apocalypse and plagued creatures still running around makes me think we should consider what we can do in regards to medical equipment/spells.No dude that demonic plague end of the world bullshit. You burn that shit and kill the infected that's the only way. Also don't use blood magic or let that thing infest a corpse.As anons said here:>>2437794 Flamethrowers are highly encouraged
The plague is our biggest problem. We hazmat suits and TONS of incendiary ammunition, as well as anti-undead. Silver and phosphorous or something.We should check the weapon shop for blade oils with anti-undead properties or have our weapons enchanted. This is something Izumi should know about.
>>2437794Now I'm wondering who hired us. Might be fun to be going against the MC. Are they superspecialsnowflake tier in power level?
>>2437810what is the plague? it turns you into a zombie or something like that?
>>2437812I don't think there exists and "superspecialsnowflake" MC in ANY quests that went more than 10 threads. If there is then... shesh.Unless you count joke characters of course, but their main sellingpoint is that they ARE overpowerd, but don't use their full potential.
>>2437809I'm saying that we need medical gear for US, in case of infection by traps or ancient vampires being assholes.
>>2437810The problem is that with the scarce bit of info that the FarSight gave us, we only know there was a virus-based apocalypse, and no further info about it. We need to do research first.
>>2437822So... Gasmask. Right?At least in terms of looks.Our Magic would most certainly protect us on parts, additional to the whole "from another world" part.But in the worst of cases, as stated, We got enough motes to buy stuff that SHOULD work against viruses.
>>2437818Well there is no treatment for the people in this plane and for the plane being a otherdimension disease i doubt we could protect our girls against it with anything but (don't touch it and don't let it touch you)
>>2437818>>2437826we might need to go to a medical shop and buy some sort of AoE purificator/healing machine. Either way its something we should get sooner or later.>>2437822i don't think the farsight has given us any information.
>>2437822>>2437826These could be sourced locally, we're running on a budget and need to pay dues soon. It might not be Intersection quality but it will do is job. Unlikely the client will not provide us with anything considering the expense.
>>2437826Dunno about it. This virus sounds like a Nurgle special booze. But there is always the hope that our other world status will.make us somewhat resistent to this plague.
So, once more, adressing the appearance.Have me made our minds up yet about that?Miranda, as stated, still has that armour.But what about the other three?
>>2437834Well, it said creeping virus. I presumed it was kind of something like the Flood or Zerg Creep or some shit.
>>2437834>i don't think the farsight has given us any information.This is all it gave us >>2437783>>2437826The virus is apparently extra-dimensional in origin, meaning it's able to infect people from other universes. Gasmasks don't really do much against viruses.
>>2437838The only defense or medical care they have against the plague is, "Burn everything!" is the only way to make it sure that shit doesn't spread. This include infected. Although some that are cut by infected just take longer to loose to the disease.
>>2437853So we're absolutely bringing along the sword?
>>2437844More like Nurgel love child with the black plague.
>>2437845oh, i missed it somehow.We should get some medical nanobots to keep us clean then. Those should be more than capable of literally shredding the virus.>>2437856Yes to both swords.
>>2437845So we go shopping for anti-everything stuff, got it.Must be in the interest of everyone to not have a multiresistand plague on the intersection.
>>2437856Flamebringer? Yes++++
>>2437862eeh. i'm pretty sure the intersection can deal with that, otherwise sal wouldn't have accepted the job.
>>2437863>>2437860Cool. Also thinking about it, isn't our Energy Channel burning in nature? Wouldn't that count?
>>2437867we can lend the flamebringer to someone else then.
>>2437815Plague is some kind of Umbrella Corp shit that destroyed civilization and turned the whole world into medieval post-apoc. That's all we know about it unfortunately. It spreads like Zerg creep, consumed and corrupt everything that comes into contact with it.>>2437822Yeah, I know it is meta. Hope Sal can give some more answers.
Might be rather repetetive now but...What do we want to dress as?And the stats? Humerous? Outlandish?Outlandish might work pretty well for someone like Owlia... Crystals in head and all.
>>2437865Or the ruin isn't in one of the infected areas. That could be something too. But with vampires doing blood magic nothing stop then from aluh ackbahr the hangar so the others factions don't get it.Also some places migth have bloodmagic runes around so killing everyone might be bad but then again we can't worry about everything.So my idea goes to Hazmat suits. Lots and lota of incendiary stuff. And ammunition.
>>2437865>otherwise sal wouldn't have accepted the job.Sal doesn't think like a human, and has been known in the past to not tell Miranda important info because she didn't ask.
>>2437877Miranda and Zumi go for intimidating mercs. Not sure about the others. Judging by the gear we 're planning on they might not be able to afford a new look. Could loan them or stuff though
>>2437877I want us to look like a team of hardasses. Go for E in Humor and the rest is w/e, that'll show them!
>>2437877Intimidating and Otherworldly might be good because of the extradimensional help that the client requested, and to look intimidating so that they believe they're getting their money's worth.
>>2437877does it matter in this specific case? we're gonna be defending, so if we go looking goofy it will be to our advantage because they will underestimate us, and we will run them down. If we go looking serious, they will bring their big guns and we will run them down. I feel its a moot point. >>2437886But bringing a mutagenic virus to the intersection is something that affects him economically. Imagine if that shit spreads out; Sal would have to pay the damages, and dealmakers hate that.
>>2437877I think we should just mostly stick to what we have. Miranda is your no-nonsense leader with typical milspec gear, Izumi is the professional Scout, Mono is the wilderness tracker with probably some sort of long fur coat or something, Cylica has the whole Court Mage thing going on, and Owlia... well, she does have that armor. So maybe that. But that's not as funny as I like to imagine Hoots.
>>2437877Cilyca and Owlia = High elvesMiranda and Izumi = Mercs in power armourMomo = Someone from the badlands i think a ligth power armour or the ranger combat armour from new vegas
>>2437896Well Mono got her deal with the ears and stuff... also giant fucking ham hands.Owlia with her crystal in her forehead...I think we got a few points at the ready, but I think I'd wait for MGHandler to post the list...Unless... someone else got the list?Maybe from previous instances? Pastebin?
>>2437883I'm going to give you a hand here: the vampires are dead and the vampire arc is over. You won't be encountering any of the Covenant.All these suggestions and theories are quite interesting, however
>>2437900Oh yeah i forget she is that kind of wolfgirl
>>2437902>the vampires are dead I was about to be a sas and say that of course the vampires are dead...they weren't alive from the start!!Glad to see you lurking about Storyteller.
>>2437902Well, that's one concern down. But pretty sure that still means we need to load up on incendiary.
>>2437902I must have missed a thread. The last time I saw the quest on the board we were prepping to assault them, and then you started writing about space guys instead.
>>2437933I see now. I thought the thread was over with part 18 and didn't check back in
