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(Setting) The Tango Down Divebar 3!
| >https://dangeru.us/cyb/thread/159897
>https://dangeru.us/cyb/thread/160954
| >A redheaded girl with twin tails and a gothic lolita dress approaches the apartment complex that the dive bar is built into. Upon seeing the screaming, ANGERY go-gangers, she ducks into an alley way and dials a number.
>"GCPD, how may I direct your call?"
"Yes, I'd like to report some gang activity, and a homicide or two... Downtown, near the Tango-Down Divebar."
>"I'm sorry, where in Downtown?"
>The girl bites her lip. Whoops.
| "Er, the Lorrington Arms apartment complex. There's a bunch of gangbangers here. Could use a copper." >She says again. Just around the corner, one of the gangbangers begins shooting out windows, sending shards of glass to the ground.
>"Alright, please lock your doors and stay out of sight for the time being."
"...So, is anyone coming?"
>"..."
"...Hello?"
>"...Thank you for calling the GCPD. Goodbye!"
>The phone call ends abruptly.
"...Seriously? Alright then..."
| >Ferris hazily gets up off sleeping on the counter at the sound of bikes and gunshots
"What the hell"
>She looks around to check on some of the other patrons she knows. Some who might've passed out.
>Let's see there was Graham, AM, CN, Lt. Douji, Eidin, King, Rocky, a headcount on some lolis
| >The girl dials another number, and waits for it to be picked up…
>Back inside, the bartender has cracked opened a hidden wall and is assembling a large rifle when she pushes a button on her ear.
>”Rocky, you awake? There’s a bunch of angry bees out here and they’re getting kinda close-“
“Yes, I know, where are you?” >The bartender says, cocking the charging handle on the finished rifle. She then begins to screw on a large block on the nose.
| >"Just outside- I called up the police but I don't think anyone's coming... especially since, you know, we never did any advertising!?"
"Not now Strawberry-" >She pulls out the tripod mount and sets it on the bartable, facing the door.
"Look, can you get in here? The back entrance?"
>"Nah, I was thinking about just walking right in."
"...Ha. Ha. Very funny. Now get into-"
>"I'm not kid- ok, got to go. Be right there."
| "Wait-WAIT! STRAWBERRY!" >The line goes dead.
"Damn it!" >The bartender says, leaving the rifle. She goes to the gunsafe where the rest of the weapons are stored and pulls it out, throwing a pistol to AM.
"Get up mister Mummy- we'll have to clean a mess in a few minutes."
| "Oh.. oh my... Xu would you be a dear and call for some of our cleaners"
>Zhang feigns worry as Xu places a call
| >Meanwhile, outside, the gothic lolita strolls up to some of the beefier meatheads who aren't actually doing anything except shooting their guns into the sky. They're unfortunately standing right in front of the steps up to the bar, however.
"Hey hotshot," >The red twintails says,
"You're going to ruin your gun by firing it too much. You gotta let it rest, ya know?" >She says, looking up at both of them with faux-criticism.
| >One of them grabs her by the neck and raises her up, causing the girl to choke and grasp at his wrist painfully.
"Are you the bitch that took out Jimmy here?" >He says, gruffly.
"N-no, but-" >A small tube shoots out underneath one of her sleeves, and a sudden jet of flame blows out, setting half of the ganger's chest on fire!
"That's NOT how you TREAT a LADY!" >She yells!
| >From inside, the sound of gunfire and screaming intensifies, followed by a loud banging on the door. The bartender yanks it open, and the gothic lolita stumbles in, parts of her dress singed and full of bullet holes. She collapses to the ground, breathing hard and laughing like a maniac.
"What the HELL did you DO!?" >The bartender says.
"Oh... uh... failed a... charisma check..."
>The tender facepalms, locks the door, and slings the lolita over her shoulder, heading back.
| "ugh..."
"What's the sitre-... What's going on outside?"
>Ferris sees the bartender and AM load up
"What the hell-"
"I'll call backup"
>Ferris takes out a radio from the inside of her coat
"Ugh... Operator send a team at my location. IFO like we practiced. Have Quinn take the lead"
| "...Looks like we don't have enough time to dicuss prices,"
>The woman takes out a credstick and places it the table, and takes out another pistol from her coat.
"Brings back memories... D stands for Dahk by the way."
>Suddenly she disappears. Damn cloaking devices.
| >AM wakes up, from the gunfire and the tender telling him to.
"Hmmm? M243? What?"
| >>164459
>The Devola unit looks a bit confused, but takes the cred-stick and the gun anyway. Behind her, the Popola unit develops the same expression. Both 'droids nod, and move to exit the Divebar.
| >Dahk's disembodied voice speaks up
"Rise and shine sleepy head, got some angry gangatas out there"
| "Dahk, 3 questions."
>AM holds out his hand, showing his middle finger.
"Did I do this?"
>He then holds out 2 fingers, doing a V sign.
"Do they know I'm here?"
>He finally holds out 3 fingers
"And can I have your gun? Mine's quiet, but bolt action."
>He shows his VP9.
| >Graham sat silent staring after getting up awhile ago
| >A banging noise resonates from the door, along with yelling and muffled curses.
"...the door can hold," >The bartender says, checking the sight on the finished anti-material rifle,
"But they might turn to explosives... or setting it on fire. We'll need to take them out, and HOPE they didn't call any friends."
| "I'll sort this out, you got a second exit? I'll come up behind them."
>AM suggests a solution, unphased by the rifle.
| >>164506
>Dahk stays silent for a bit
"Well, i did seeyou turn someone's brain into mush so... maybe?"
>She continues
"You brought them here, but i think they're more annoyed by some crazy girl who set them on fire... Anyway, they don't know you're here, I'd be surprised if they were still angry with you. oh and uh sure."
>She places the pistol into AM's hand
"You're a better shot then me anyway"
| >>164452
>Ferris would hear some radio chatter about hijacked comms, as well as an ETA of 10 minutes.
https://boards.dangeru.us/cyb/thread/164524
| >>164519
"Behind me. Follow the maintenance hallway until you reach an Exit sign-" >She says immediately, before stopping herself. She grows serious for a moment.
"... when you exit, turn right, and go through the chain gate."
| "You'll end up in the alleyway to the side of the stairs."
| >>164520
"Thanks. And thanks for the gun."
>>164527
"Thanks, they will be gone in a few."
>AM follows the instructions, ending up in the alley, takeing a peak in to the main street, checking out the biker gang.
>>164526
/Hey Ferris? How soon will the cops be here?/
>AM whispers in to his collar.
| >The banging grows louder- gunfire erupts and the door shudders as it's shot up.
"Not fast enough at this rate..."
| >AM picks up some trash from the trash can, throwing it near the bikers, and goes back in to the alleyway, hiding.
| >Suddenly, the shooting and yelling stops, to be replaced by confusion and absurdity.
>"...is that a cop-"
>"Shit, the po-"
>"Hey, get some guns down here, something's coming..."
| >>164545
>Some of the gangbangers that had descended the stairs look at the trash can. Three go to investigate where it came from.
| >>164547
>AM grabs a broken bottle, setting himself down to look like a homeless man, hiding the jagged edge as a normal booze bottle.
| >>164548
>The three gangbangers approach, looking for anyone who might be a threat. One of them stops to look down at you, kicking your leg.
"Ey old man! Did YOU throw that shit?" >He says, getting uncomfortably close and sticking a SMG in your face.
"Talk, chummer."
| >There, in the distance down the road, a lone, archaic police vehicle rolls into the scene. It's still a minute or two away but the silhouette is obvious.
>Some of the gang members form a firing line in the street.
| >At that moment in time, very fast moving Levicars could be seen in the distance, barreling towards the bar. The all-black paint and very specific insignia on the sides showed their identity: The Phoenix Corps!
Immediately four fully armed and armored Levicars arrived on scene, hovering above the outside of the bar. They shone bright spotlights on the people outside the bar.
>A loudspeaker was heard from one of the cars:
"DROP YOUR WEAPONS AND PUT YOUR HANDS UP OR BE FIRED UPON!"
| >Dahk uncloaks behind the gangsters, and gives AM a knowing look. Then suddenly she whips out a stungun and tases one of the gangsters.
| >>164551
>AM sticks The bottle in the guys throat, twisting it to fill his throat with glass and blood, holding on to keep his as a meat shield, shooting the next guy with his silent pistol, and begins sink his engraved knife in to the last guy before he realizes what is going on.
| >>164552
>One of the gangbangers pulls open their sidecar to reveal a... Panther Assault Cannon!?
"Stick to eating donuts, porkies!"
>They aim at the nearest levicar and take a shot!
| (AM's Third attack probably failed, distance too great.)
| >>164554 >>164553
>The gangbangers fall easily!
>Meanwhile, the car comes to a stop just outside the firing line of the gangbangers, who take cover behind trees, trash cans, mailboxes, lamp posts, and other obstacles at the arrival of the Levicars. The door of the police car opens...
>...and a metal foot steps down, as a bulky silhouette within gets out of the vehicle.
| >a blue light slashes the panther assualt cannon
>and then a woman in black power armor reveals herself
"Whats with all the noise...."
>they seem different from earlier
"I pass out for 5 minutes and everything goes to shit? God my head hurts..."
| >Four squadrons of Phoenix Corps troopers descend from the cars, fully armed with ARC-90XL Lazer Assault Rifles and White-painted Light Phoenix Corps issued Power Armour. One squadron immediately begins detaining everybody outside the bar, while another squadron confronts the cop car. One enters the front of the bar hearing the gunshots, while the other scans the perimeter and sees the side entrance, starting to head there.
| >Dahk peeks out from the alleyway
"Fucking hell, they aren't joking around"
| >Several of the gang members on the other side of the street light up the night as they begin to indiscriminately attack everyone who isn't them.
| >>164557 >One of the Levicars takes a shot and barrels off into another direction, attempting to stabilize and land but going down fast!
All four Squadrons immediately yell "LEVEL THREE THREAT!" And begin firing upon the gangbangers with the intent to neutralize on sight!"
| *>meant to put am arrow there
| >>164570
(Er, I think Dahk stunned one, you stabbed one in the neck with a broken bottle, and I assumed you used that guy as a shield to block the SMG shots when the second one opened fire.)
| >The Phoenic Corps forces immediately took militaristic tactics into play, throwing stun grenades into the crowds of gangbangers and taking cover behind cars, debris, buildings, anything they could as they continued firing upon the gangbangers in the gunfight.
| >A loud clanking noise comes from the ancient police car as the figure begins to step its way toward the firefight, the sounds of gears in evidence.
>It stops just outside the fighting, its body still mostly covered in shadow.
"RIDERZZZ GANG. YOU ARE ALL UNDER ARREST," >It says, in a robotic but still somewhat human voice,
"COME QUIETLY, OR THERE WILL BE... TROUBLE."
| >Some of the gang members taking cover from the Phoenix corpers face toward the loud robotic voice.
"Eat lead fascist!" >They scream as they fire in the general direction of the shadow!
| >>164576
(sure lets go with that)
"... Man i'm not drunk enough for this. Do i even wanna bother getting caught in the cross fire?"
>Dahk looks to AM for his decision, but recloaks.
| >>164579 >>164581
>AM pushes the bottled guy off himself, standing up.
"Thanks for the assist."
>AM holds out her gun, intending to hand it back to her.
| >In the darkness, all they can see are the bullets ricocheting off of... something.
"YOUR MOVE, CREEP!" >Responds the voice, as the gang members hand bursts open! Soon followed by their chest!
>An incredibly loud bursting-sound comes from the shadow figure as it makes its way toward the center of the fighting, turning and shooting any gangmember that so much as pops out!
| "Let's get back upstairs to the bar, seems everything is sorted for us. Round on me."
| >The marching person draws the fire of the gangmembers as more and more of them desperately shoot at it, allowing Phoenix Corps and the other defenders to focus on the gangmembers without being shot!
| "G-Guys? Can I get a gun or something?"
>Graham speaks up.
| >>164580
>Some of the Phoenix Corps forces are hit in the crossfire! Two of them from Squadron 2 are killed while the armour saves the others!
>Then, a few Phoenix Corps forces throw fragmentation grenades into the groups of gangbangers!
| >Dahk takes her gun back and points back to the unconscious gang member
"What should we him"
| *should we do about him
| >AM cycles his bolt action handgun (See VP9 B&T), and shoot the gangbanger in the head.
"That's what. No witnesses."
| >>164587
>Several gang members are caught in the resulting explosion!
>The seemingly invulnerable figure points at the still living gangers who are crouching behind a mailbox! One of them tries to dial a phone, only to have it shot out of his hands!
>He raises his hands!
"OK! OK! I SURRENDER! I SURRENDERRRRR!" >He yells, dropping the smashed pieces of his phone in shock.
| >The robo-person marches toward the surviving gang members and pulls them up by their collars! They drop their weapons and, judging from the smell, have wet themselves.
"YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY. ANYTHING YOU SAY OR DO CAN BE USED AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW." >The robo-guy says, taking them toward the ring and toward the Phoenix Corpers and Black Phoenix 3.
| >Robo guy drops the gangbangers on the ground. He spins his incredibly large handgun in one hand before a holster of sorts opens in his thigh. He slips it in.
| >>164596
"Oh, nice. They weren't lying about this guy."
>Phoenix 3 puts her sword away and gets handcuffs out.
| >Then, the gangbanger who was in front of the cop, surrendering, had his head blown clean through by a shot from a Phoenix Corps soldier.
"No mercy for criminals. Surrender ain't allowed where we come from."
>He glared at this new cop for but a moment, before continuing with the rest of the squadron to cleanup detail, entering the bar and making sure to gather wounded.
| (RETCON >>164600)
| >AM heads back up the alley and in to the bar.
"Turns out I didn't have to kill as many people as I thought."
| >The Phoenix Corps forces begin rounding up all of the surrendering gangbangers. They began to stand them all in a line towards a building opposite the bar, while other squadrons of Phoenix Corps soldiers began searching through the bar, clearing every room and checking the alleyway.
| >One of them walked over to Ferris and shook her awake.
"You called a distress signal. We answered. We also know you're supposed to be the one watching Operative Anomeat. Where the hell is he-?"
>The ones scanning the alley immediately walked up to AM and Dahk.
"DROP YOUR WEAPONS AND PUT YOUR HANDS UP!"
| >Seeing that the Phoenix Corps forces have detained the gang members, the robo-person, most of their body still obscured by the darkness, begins to noisily march back toward the direction of its archaic police vehicle.
| >The robo person stops, then turns toward the direction of the alleyway.
| >>164606
>The bartender stops the officers from proceeding any further past the dinner table, blocking the hallway.
"Out of bounds, guys."
| >AM stops at the backdoor to the bar, hearing the footsteps.
"I guess no shots for us. Brass or Glass."
>He begins to head back down to the alleyway, looking for an exit strategy.
| >A loud clanking noises approaches behind the Phoenix Corps members, Dahk, and AM.
| >Dahk stops, mildly annoyed.
"You really are a magnet for badluck AM..."
| >>164609 "Oh, I'm sorry! You must have forgotten that we aren't the damn GCPD. Let us through or you will be arrested for resisting authority and impeding an official Phoenix Corps investigation."
>The officer stalwartly replied. Three others behind him then stood up to assist in the bullying of the bartender, backing him up.
| "OFFICERS. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE INNOCENT. THEY WERE ACTING IN SELF DEFENSE." >The robo-thinger says.
| >Phoenix 3 makes her way back into the bar
"So...People want to fill me in on exactly what happened?"
| >>164612 >One of the officers turned around to look at the robot-cop.
"Thanks for the help out there. We'll take it from here."
>The other three kept pressuring AM and Dahk into the alleyway.
"Drop. Your. Weapons! And you will not be fired upon! We're clearing the perimeter of an active firefight and crime scene!"
| (FAK. RETCON >>164621. I'm a bit trigger happy today I guess...)
| >>164621
>AM simply puts his gun away in to his arm, flipping them off.
"So what, you can take my designs? Fuck off."
| >Elena finally gets up and looks around, her face the exact description of a ''oh fuck'' face
''I really should stop muting my earing when I go to sleep, especially after having wayyy too much to drink...''
>She checks her phone, missed calls, her boss
''Urgh''
>She looks around at everyone
''Mind filling me in?''
| >>164618
>One of the officers turned back to the Robot-man.
"We understand, but they are holding weapons and this is an active firefight. We need to follow protocol."
>He turned back around to them.
"Drop your weapons and you will not be fired upon!
| >>164616
>The bartender sighs, before pulling a Vita-Life ID out and facing it toward the officer. Her right hand goes behind her back.
"Corporate property- your contract is for policing *public* property, and in particular anti terrorist activities, officer." >Her eyes narrow.
"Do you *really* want to go through the paperwork regarding jurisdiction, or are you going to turn around and do what you're paid to do?" >She says, glaring.
| >She hears the sound of the robotic thing outside and its stranger manner of speaking.
"Sounds like that guy out there is going to put you out of a job."
| >>164629
>Phoenix 3 looks at the ID
"Huh, why does Vita-life own a bar? Whatever. Anyways what happened like...10 minutes ago? I mean before the other thing."
| >>164628
"IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO POSSESS FIREARMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELF DEFENSE," >The robo-thing persists, putting a large, heavy, robotic humanoid hand on your shoulder.
"BOOK THE RIDERZZZ GANG MEMBERS."
| >>164619 >>164626
>The Phoenix Corps officers keep looking at the Bartender, but one turned to Phoenix 3.
"We're trying to contain an active firefight so that we can continue with the investigation protocol. Part of that is clearing the *whole* area, which this bartender is conveniently attempting to prevent us from doing, MEANING that if she doesn't move, we will have to consider her an active threat by our own protocols because she's hindering our ability to clear the area!"
| >Dahk groans and drops her gun mumbles
"Whatever, it's just GCPD standard issue"
| >the small robotic dragoniod makes its way to the robotic humanoid and looks at it with a cocked head as Phoenix 1 makes their way into the alley
"Oh, good that was a real thing."
| >Elena grumbles and looks at the bartender and Pheonix 3, her headache growing worse.
''I meant what caused the firefight, and other details''
| "For all we know, she could be preventing us from going back there because she could be working with the gang, or harboring the true instigators of the firefight! We need to make sure the area is safe for *PUBLIC* safety!
>The officer turned back to the Bartender.
"And I would assume that Vita-Life wouldn't want to have to explain why one of their patrons is hindering and endangering *public* safety, would you?"
| >>164639
"Cain's got you covered. Just tell her it's bureaucrats."
>AM begins to walk deeper in to the alleyway, away from the Phoenix and Robo, not a care in the world.
| >>164636
>The Officer felt the hand of the Cop, and turned around.
"They cooperated. Its fine. No need to get hasty. And our other guys are on it already."
>Other Officers moved up to AM and Dahk.
"State identification!"
| >>164642
>Elena looks at the pheonix corp officer and the tender
''Normally i'd be all in on this, miss officer, but I'd rather we hear everyone's point of view before making rash decisions''
>She didn't want another goddamn headache with her boss
| >>164648
>the robot dragon now stands in front of where AM is walking.
>a small wirring sound can be heard
| >>164642
"That isn't *your* problem," >The bartender says, unfazed.
"What you should be concerned about is that you're breaking and entering a private business without a warrant, which is owned by one of the largest healthcare corporations in the city; all while the crimes occurred *outside* this building," >She said.
"Do you want to keep your job, officer, or do you want continue this dickwaving contest?"
| >>164651
"Oh you. At least I know you. 2."
>AM stops.
>>164653
"She's in the bar. Where your people shouldn't be."
>AM stares at the officer.
| >>164652
>Phoenix 3 rubs her head
"Headache...Seriously, its not legally our problem. And the area can be secured by surrounding the building."
| >>164645
>Dahk cracks a smile
"Dahk: Stalker for hire and trenchcoat enthusiast, nice to meet you too"
| (Typo the one with rodora is 1)
| (Bah, I had 50/50 as to who it was...)
| >Elena grabs her temple, and starts looking around the room for Ferris, having another GCPD agent who could understand what was going on would be best
"administrate nano-machines"
>She whispers, feeling her headache go away
| >>164652
"Ah ah ah, not too fast there. We also have protocol to answer to the one who actually sent the distress signal. Until we speak with Officer Ferris, *who is inside the building*, this isn't breaking and entering at all. As well, the bar was being fired upon, thereby making this a place where injured civilians could be, meaming we're acting in the best interests of the public to be here."
>He kept his glare, but he stepped off slightly.
"We don't need to enter the back."
| "But, we will stay here and talk to Ferris, and sweep the place for any evidence that you could have been the ones who instigated the firefight."
>The other officers started looking around the place, while the one who was talking stayed.
"I have to follow my protocols to the fullest extent. You're very well lucky nobody inside the bar fired off any weapons. You got off the hook, this time. Maybe try harder to stay out of trouble, huh?"
>He then proceeded to walk off.
| >>164668
"Then go ahead-" >The bartender nods toward Ferris.
"Speak with her. Your opinion of what is 'in the best interest of the public' is irrelevant, especially since you don't need a radar scanner to see that no one was injured inside here from outside the building."
>She doesn't move.
"Get out of my bar."
| >Phoenix one starts to head inside wirmth Rodora leaving AM.
| >>164678
"Jeez. Cold shoulder much?"
>AM keep walking down to the end of the alleyway, before turning the corner.
| "Ah, i should go too"
>Dahk follows the rest round the corner
| >inside the robot dragon on Phoenix 1 scans the area. Stopping at an "empty" bar stool.
"Xin..."
| >The robo-person stomps up the steps to the bar, their full body finally being revealed by the ample lighting within.
>They appear to be a fully 'chromed' man with body armor consisting of thick metal-alloy armor that looks like it's been laminated with kevlar, or some other bullet-resisting material. They appear to not have sustained even a scratch- from top to bottom even their exposed joints are covered in a thick rubber material.
>Their head contains a visor apparatus.
| >Only the mouth area is exposed with stretched skin.
>The... uh, 'cop' briefly enters the bar and twists their head to and fro, making loud gear noises as they scan the entirety of the room.
>They then approach Ferris.
"Area secure. Thank you for your report, Officer," >He says.
| >From the back, Vanilla watches the mess with the slightest hint of a frown.
| >>164672 The Phoenix Corps Officer then sighs, and takes a barstool seat right next to Ferris.
"So. You called a distress signal, and your boy is outside in the alleyway...ARMED...Wanna explain that to me?"
>He glances up to the Robot-mancop.
"Also, thank you for the assistance...don't know how the GCPD had the money to fund making something like you, but...Thanks anyway."
| >Meanwhile, the Officers outside that have been detaining all the rest of the gang members had them all lined up against the wall of the building across from the bar. The Officers were waiting for directions.
| "...razzle... frazzle..." >Mint says, stirring. She rubs her eyes and looks about.
"Wh-.. what happened..." >She says, wobbling to her feet. She clutches her head.
"Aw...aw noe... this is like that time I tried to snort molly..." >She says, leaning against a wall. Rocky picks her up and begins to gently lead her to the bathroom.
| >The mechanical man clanks loudly back outside to observe the Phoenix Corpers and the captured gang members.
| >Meanwhile, back deeper inside the apartment...
>Taking place a few minutes before this shitstorm,
>Vanilla brings a finger up to her ears- her eyes go wide.
"...I am needed. Please let Cocoa know what your plans are."
>She disappears.
| >>164708
"Uh... right."
>He watches Vanilla leave before turning to Cocoa's door and knocking lightly
"Uh Cocoa... you done changing yet?"
| >Elena sits down in front of the bar, her eyes starting to glow anew, she looks around for a bit
"And now we have robocop, good lord i'm never told anything aren't I" >She mutters
| (Wait I'm confused give me a run down real quick so I know whats going on)
| >>164714
"Yeah, yeah, calm your tits!"
>The loli returns, this time properly dressed in a white blouse and short skirt with some matching slippers. They put their glasses back on and comb their hair.
"...so... Why are you here?"
| >>164723
(So TLDR: AM killed a gangbanger just outside the bar in a suicidal, self hating rage. The tender brought him back inside, but couldn't dispose of the body before the ganger's buddies returned and wanted vengeance. They shot up the place and Ferris called in the police, and some other guests called in a hit team. When the call came out, Phoenix Corps responded instead of the GCPD, and a mysterious, robotic guy acting like a cop arrived at the same time.)
| >>164724
"Well I heard from Vanilla that you were still having problems with your comms so I wanted to see if I could maybe help in some way...?"
| (Another Black Phoenix member arrived too, and it became a firefight where one of the Phoenix Corp levicars got shot down but most of the gangmembers were overpowered both by them and the robotic dude and the Black Phoenix merc. Then the Phoenix Corps tried to force their way into the bar and got into a fight with the bartender, and a few others tried to arrest AM and Dahk, but were distracted by the robotic officer, who said they were free to go.)
| (Meanwhile, CN is somewhere inside the apartment complex derping with Cocoa, the angry decker loli.)
| >>164727
"SHE wants YOU to help me!?" >She says, almost screeching. She bites her lip tightly enough to draw blood.
"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU-" >She is mid yell, before abruptly stopping. She looks downcast- you can see the beginnings of tears forming on her eyes.
| >>164730
"W-Well she never really had an opinion of it either way I just offered... you don't have to if you don't want... I just thought it would also be a nice way to actually get to know each other for a change."
| >>164733
"G-get to know me!?" >She says, flabbergasted.
"I-is this just a way t-to get in my panties!?" >She says, ludicrous.
| >>164737
"N-no of course not! It's just we always seem to meet up at bad times so I want to change that, plus I know what it's like being the decker of the group. Being expected to fix things right away like if coding was some simple process and stuff, it can get frustrating... plus you know I still got some chocolate if you want it."
| >>164739
>Cocoa pants heavily... then visibly droops. She looks thoroughly emotionally and mentally drained.
| >>164757
>She looks up and her eyes look... barren.
"...let's get this over with..." >She nods toward the back of the room.
| >The lights flip on and you see a mess of a room, which is covered in wires, mainframes, whirring fans and various hard drives suspended from the ceiling like goddamn christmas lights. There are photos taped to the walls and in the corner you can see a messy bed, with a familiar stuffed hot-cocoa mug on it. Cocoa brings you to one of the many open and turned on laptops strewn about the nearby table, and lets you look at the code.
"It's a closed network wireless system."
| "It uses modified radio frequencies but boosts their power by taking advantage of all the bloody cellphone towers and wireless networks in the city. It's also designed to hop around a lot, especially when a tower or frequency gets too much traffic- makes evading anyone who might be listening a breeze."
>She looks at you.
"Or it SHOULD. But some cocksucker has been slicing through my security like a lubed up grav ball player. And it's pissing me off."
| "AND because of how this WORKS, I can't reverse trace them." >She says, grumbling.
|
| >>164767
"Closed network hmm..."
>He mumbles to himself as he looks through the code
"Cant really fix this kind of system since so much of it is hands off... Have you tried setting up a stationary signal that's camouflaged as your comms? If the asshole tries to access it maybe you can trace him like that?"
| >>164775
"I mean, I... guess?" >She says, settling into a chair.
"It would need to co-opt one, maybe a tower or something. The problem is, the reason why I set it up like that to BEGIN with, is so that the corps running telecom in this shithole don't throw a hissyfit."
"I'd need someone to willingly let me take over an entire tower, JUST to catch this one retard."
| >>164787
"...Seriously?" >She shakes her head.
"Do you just magic shit out of your ass, or-" >She's interrupted by the sound of the door to the room banging open. Vanilla enters, followed closely by Rocky and an injured Strawberry. Mint wanders in soon after.
| >Vanilla enters the room- if it was possible for her to be angrier than she was earlier, it's right now.
"Cocoa. We're initiating tear down. Get your equipment packed."
"W-what!?" >Cocoa balks,
"B-but we just got here! We can't leave now!"
>Vanilla glares from Cocoa to CN to back to Cocoa.
"Don't question me. We're leaving in the next few hours. The apartment and the bar needed to be sanitized by dawn."
>She leaves the room and begins to help out.
| >Cocoa looks like she's about to cry, but she punches the wall instead. Then she punches it again. And again. And *again*, until her fist is bleeding.
>She looks down at her keyboard- a single tear drops.
| >>164795
"You can be surprised what you can do when you're ni-"
>CN is interrupted by the rest of the crew coming in
"W-Wait what? What happened!? W-Wait C-Cocoa stop your bleeding..."
>He attempts to grab her shoulder to calm her down
| (*you're)
| >>164801
>She shrugs out of your hand violently and then starts to roughly take apart equipment.
>Outside, everygirl is in a rush either destroying things or packing up equipment. Strawberry even goes so far as to pile some of the boxes in a corner and abruptly sets them aflame, before covering it with a tarp.
| (Youtube comments strike back!)
| >>164806
"W-Wait I'm confused right now. What the hell is going on. Why are you just leaving!? How do I find you again?"
| >>164810
"If all goes according to plan," >Vanilla says, carrying a stack of papers which she sets on fire,
"You shouldn't," >She says, flitting about the room,
"But something tells me you will *anyway*," >She continues.
>Behind her, Mint has stacked two couches, an ottoman, and a reclining chair on top of each other, and is in the process of dragging it outside the door.
| >The windows shake a little as familiar levicar roars about outside, passing the windows. You also hear the distant sounds of sirens.
| >>164823
>CN frowns at the answer and glances over to the Cocoa as an epiphany hits him
"W-Well what if I told you can't fix the comms without my help? It could even lead to finding the guy constantly hacking into them."
>He hears the sirens
"The hell... Why are the GCPD here?"
| >AM stands near the back entrance, panting from running back.
"Pha. Pha Fuck. I. Forgot. My. Knife."
>He approaches the back entrance.
| "Firefight," >Rocky says, returning with a trolley that she starts dumping boxes on top of,
"One of the guests killed a gang member. Gang member had friends. Friends attracted the GCPD, Phoenix Corps, the Black Phoenix mercenaries, some kind of robotic cop, and who knows who else," >She says, disgust coloring her voice.
"Phoenix tried to raid the building. I-I pulled rank."
| >>164826
>You're in the back entrance- as you approach the familiar hallway, you hear yelling coming in the other direction to where the bar is. Down the hall through an open door, you see a familiar red head running down the hallway in the opposite direction with a bunch of boxes. The voices are familiar to you- CN's and... Rocky's?
| >>164828
"She did something very, very stupid," >Vanilla said, folding some clothes and dumping them into a box,
"Which she will accept responsibility for... and more," >She finishes.
>Rocky doesn't maintain eye contact.
| "Hello? I'm coming in for my knife."
>AM cautiously walks in to the bar, seeing the commotion and moving.
| (whoops nevermind.)
| >>164835
>You eventually find the knife in the gunsafe where it was kept, along with a whole host of another weapons belonging to people in the bar. Including Ferris.
| >>164828
"Oh god... *please* tell me it wasn't Anomeat *again*..."
>He glances towards Vanilla, waiting for her answer about his proposal
| >>164839
"...whomever he is, he's deadmeat the next I see him," >Vanilla muttered, before continuing the clean up.
>She continues for a bit.
"You think you can find the troublemaker who keeps hacking our communications?"
| >AM takes his knife, and closes the safe.
"Can't let my prototype get lost."
>He heads out of the back entrance to the apartments.
| >>164842
>You watch as the smol Mint stumbles out with several pieces of furniture on her surprisingly strong arms, and meanders over toward the exit... and a loading ramp.
>There's arguing from familiar voices within the room.
| >AM stops at the door, hearing him be called deadmeat.
"Maybe I shouldn't go there..."
| >>164841
"God I swear that man can't go a week without murdering someone..."
>CN starts rubbing his temples in frustration
"And it's possible yes, if both Cocoa and I work together. The way your comms work you can't be traced but neither can the culprit. But given the circumstances neither of us will be able to do anything without establishing contact again later. This isn't something that can be done in a few minutes."
| "...Me."
>AM leans against the doorway, regret on his face, under all the bandages.
| >>164848
"AM get the hell out of here before it's too late. I'm not helping you today given the circumstances."
| >>164848
>Vanilla suddenly lobs a syringe at AnoMeat with dexterity approaching that of a bloody ninja!
| > Dahk materializes between the two
"Oh of all the fucking times for this thing to fail it has to be no- Oh uh... hey, in the middle of something?"
| "Strawberry," >She says, regardless of whether or not the syringe hit,
"Immobilize our guest, please."
| >>164852
>AM simply takes the syringe to his metal arm.
"I probably deserve more than that don't you think?"
| >CN decides to ignore the fighting and check up on Cocoa
| >>164856
>A blast of fire hits the wall right next to you.
"Please don't make this any harder than it needs to," >The girl says, clutching her chest.
| >Dahk tightens up in suspense
"W-why me?"
| >Rocky goes in for a low tackle, trying to take Dahk to the floor.
| >>164857
>Cocoa is surprisingly efficient and has disconnected all the wires in her room. She's in the process of folding her mattress when you head inside.
| (*?)
| >>164863
>Dahk reacts too slow to get out of the way, so she's rather aggressively slammed and pinned
"H-hey! come on i was just looking for the bathroom!"
| >>164871
>He walks over to help with the mattress
"*Sigh*... sorry things turned out like this for you gurls."
| >>164874
>Rocky begins to tie your fists behind you with what feels like zipties.
>>164872
"Then just stay there, so I don't need to set you on fire too, ok?" >Strawberry says, much of her usual cheeriness gone from her voice. She looks pained-
>There's a splotch of red growing on her ruined dress.
| >AM simply walks closer, pulling out the syringe, ejecting all the liquid, and dropping the syringe.
"Are you sure you don't need help?"
| >>164882
>AM takes the backhand, hard. He simply goes with the flow, letting his head go to the side. He pulls out some bandages and gauze.
"Why not shoot me if you want me dead?"
| >>164888
"I know what a slave feels like," >Vanilla says, glaring daggers at you,
"You're already dead."
>Behind you, Rocky finishes binding and blindfolding Dahk and gets to her feet. She goes over to where AM and Vanilla are.
"I should have disposed of the body- and Phoenix Corp was being... themself," >Rocky said, butting in.
"It's not his fault-"
| "This man is a double agent, Rocky. And a terrible one at that. Do you need me to do your job, too?" >Vanilla says. Rocky bites her tongue.
| >>164893
"Rocky. Shut up, Stop trying to defend me. It was my fault."
>AM looks at his hands, and back to Vanilla.
"I'm a mummy, can't you tell I'm dead?"
| >Vanilla turns back to AM.
"Today, he's a GCPD dog. Before that, he worked for K-TRAN. Before that? White Lightning. Tomorrow... who knows who'll yank his chain next?"
| >>164900
"Wait... Who's K-Tran? Whatever, you must be a special kind of paranoid. So I got an offer. Give me the bar, I run it, all the same, and you disappear."
| >>164899
"You aren't worth the paperwork, much less a test subject," >Vanilla says, turning away from him.
"Ghosts don't exist, nor do the undead. Only shadows in the dark. Kill yourself if you hate yourself so much."
| >>164905
"Yet here I stand. So I take jobs, sure, some forced, some not, how does that make me any different from you?"
| >>164904
"There won't be a bar for you to run," >Vanilla says, going for your neck with another vial.
| >>164892
>She begins to cart out the electronics. The stuffed hot cocoa has been left on a windowsill.
| >>164913
>He helps her move the electronics over, then sadly hands her a small pouch of chocolates.
"Something for the road at least..."
| >>164910
"Bad call."
>AM grabs her hand, holding it, slowly twisting it towards her.
"Is this really your solution?"
| >>164914
>Cocoa stops... and then gently takes the pouch of candy.
"... thanks," >She says as she leaves the room, which is now empty save for the stuffed hot cocoa mug.
| >Dahk wriggles around on the ground, trying to get to her feet
| >>164915
"Naturally," >Vanilla says as you feel arms tighten around your waist! Immense strength lifts you off the ground and you feel your body shift backward as you see the ceiling.
>Beneath you, Mint has returned and is attempting to throw you up and over her!
| >AM twist and grabs the syringe, also empting it, before being thrown way over Mint.
"*Cough*, Fair."
| >>164928
>You slam into a wall, where Rocky begins tying up your wrists.
"... don't resist, please," >She says as she does so.
| "Sorry. Just no funny syringes."
>AM stays passive. For now.
| >Dahk finally gets to her feet, but decides it's *probably* better just to sit up against the wall
"Does this happen every time you interact?"
| >With both Dahk and AM bound and blindfolded, they are lead out of the building some distance away. Whomever is leading them takes several sharp turns and spins a few times to make sure they're confused... unless they have GPS or something, but let's not worry about that for now.
>When you finally get the blindfolds off, you're staring up at a GCPD office, along with some officers who appear to be booking you...
>For public intoxication.
| >>164942
>Dahk stifles a laugh when she notices what they're being booked for
"Public intoxication? I might as well be arrested for just existing then!"
| >CN enters the apartment where most of the crew is
"Well I suppose that's the end of tha- S-Strawberry you're bleeding! Hold on I have a medkit, let me check your injury."
| >>164942
"Public? I don't think so... Unless walking to the station from the bar to the station counts..."
| >>164951 >>164949
>Needless to say, you spend the rest of this morning arguing with the GCPD over this admittedly bullshit charge...
>... just as planned.
>Reversing time, and going back the apartment....
| >Ferris finally snaps out of her blank eyed haze. Coming into focus from an unconsciousness coming either from intoxication, or the driving force of her conciousness being asleep
(Ok who's asking what)
| (surrounded by robo-man cop, Lt. douji, black phoenix, PCorps and other GCPD right?)
|
| (There is also UKoBIaNMC Skyranger somewhere up high, who are very confused as to what is going on.)
| >Thread made.
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| >It's late at night; within the divebar, the several guests have fallen asleep on the comfy couches and other furniture as opposed to trying to stumble home.
>Unfortunately, the peace isn't going to last- outside, the RIDERZZ go-gang, having suffered another loss, is storming outside, shooting guns, attacking buildings, and generally raging in the night, looking for the sorry chummer who killed one of their own. A chummer who is just inside...
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