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(Setting) Safe house, number three
| > A sleek black GT bike makes it's way close by, Nanocamo covers it as a man shuts it off and heads for the door.
"This city is going to shit.."
> He checks what he wrote down before knocking on the first door.
"Hello?"
| >There's no response, but a note is left on the door
>Come on in, i'll be there in a second -OS
| > KN sighs and takes the note with him. If she comes back, she'll know he's inside. He opens the door and walks through, investigating his surroundings.
| >You can see a lot of old servers, some using rotating wheels, most of the stuff looks ancient.
>A giant projector is laid on a table in the middle of the room, along with severals magazines, tapes and several postcards.
>The room looks normal otherwise, if not for a bit of dust everywhere
| > He takes a look along the table, his curiosity same as always. Mostly, he's interested in the projector and tapes.
"Now what in the world.."
> He thinks out loud to himself.
| >Suddenly the door opens with a bang, you can hear groans of pain and cursing from the entrance
"Fucking chaos, everywhere, goddamnit, fuck me and fuck what I had to do"
>A voice echoes
| > KN perks up, looking towards where the sound is coming from.
| >A tall woman appears from the entrance, her clothes ripped and several cuts bleeding profusely on her skin, her eyes glowing an eerie glow
"Oh, hi mark" >She smirks, before closing the door
"Sorry I'm in such a state, almost got blown to smiterheens by some crazy chicks and fellow coworkers"
>she grunts in pain, going for what you assume to be the bathroom
| "Uh.. Do, do you need any sort of assistance?"
> KN watches her disappear once more.
| >You can hear a painful groan
"You know how to tie bandages? because I got some need for those right about now, and i'm busy trying to get sharpnel out of my skin"
>She comes out of the bathroom, pincers and a first aid kit in hand, limping along and sitting down on a couch.
"They wanted chaos, well the got it, I probably shouldn't of acted so rashly though"
| > KN puts his backpack down, having been an aesthetic until nkw, and he heads over to assist OS.
"I still don't understand. Why would they even begin war with us? I thought we were allies."
| >OS shakes her head and shrugs, before biting down hard and taking out a piece of metal from her arm
"I was there... and even I don't fucking get it, it was just a murder at the start, some gangbanger, but then things escalated into some huge thing, the building I stormed blew up after I realized I acted rashly and dangerously."
>She grabs some kind of collar on her neck and rips it up, throwing it across the room
"Chaos just followed afterwards"
| "Heavy shit..."
> Kazuki opens the kit and begins with alcohol, bandeging the area quickly.
"Certainly a mess."
| >OS bites down in pain, tears in her eyes
"Fucking hell, ouch"
>She breathes in heavily
"Dumb. let my emotions get the better of me. didn't act rationally"
>The Woman grits her teeths, speaking in quick breaths.
| "Not completely."
> Kazuki tightens the bandage and feels her back for any more shrapnel.
"You did what you felt. Whether it was necessary or not, nobody does the same; Next."
| >OS breathes heavily, her skin is mostly covered in blood, but the smell isn't right, it smells like copper
"Thanks for the help, I appreciate it"
>She seems to relax a bit
"Well, I got my freedom back, chaos is what *they* wanted, and they got it, they won't need me anymore"
>The woman laughs a bit
| > Taking notice, he suspects Augmentation, however doesn't note until he's sure, instead replying.
"Yeah, no problem... On that note, you wanted to speak with me on some things?"
| >OS seems a bit better off, she breathes normally now
"Yeah, I wanted to talk over some stuff with you, now that my job was over"
>She takes a second, thinking how to word what she wanted to say
"It's about the terminal you've been using, I think my old bosses will come look for it, and by look I mean kill anyone who's seen it and ransack any info from their minds using some dark sciency shit"
>She smirks, her eyes glowing a bit more
"Big deal if you ask me"
| "Yeah, 'kill' kinda gave it off."
> He shifts a bit uncomfortably.
"How, uhm.. How should I approach this problem?"
| >She shrugs
"I made sure to keep the stream off the grid, they shouldn't figure out who's been using it, I think"
>She looks at KN in the eyes
"I was employed by the ACRAS corpus, the people who made that terminal, well employ is a big term, more like enslaved"
>She seems bitter about it
"I was digging up dirt on them and that stream showed up, I didn't want to lead them to it, so I gave it to someone else, to see what it held, sorry that fell onto you, i'm a terrible person"
| > Kazuki shrugs
"It's fine, cool game."
> Knowingnthe situation, he still jokes.
| >OS laughs bitterly, before coughing up a bit of blood
"Don't mind, I should be good soon, I heal fast"
>She winks and smiles, pain still present in her expression
"I want to see how deep this fucking rabbit hole goes, and I want to know what happened to Von Sumeriko, that was the case I was working on before the plug got pulled and I got into this whole fucking mess"
>She pants heavily
"I'm not gonna ask you to help me, you've done enough for me... more than I could ask for"
| "You kidding?"
> He straightens out a bit, Concerned on her health.
"I'm not a fan of halfway through. I'll be around until this gets figured out. You can count on me!"
| >OS laughs a bit, her expression sullen
"You got the stuff, I like resolve like that"
>She coughs a little bit, before standing up, and moving towards the Projector
"Any questions you wanna ask then, I might as well make it all clear and laid out right now, no bullshit"
>She sits down, her eyes now devoid of any glow at all
|
| "Alright. Alright.. First thing I want to know is, what's code 101? I've seen it quite a bit and it sounds a little important."
| >OS is dead serious, and goes digging into a pile of papers, retrieving a document folder, covered in coffee stains.
"Code 101 is a password, a proceedure one might say" >She begins talking
"Its a way to keep what ACRAS does secret, and to control the masses, its a whole new level of conspiracy, and it doesn't only involve mankind, i'm talking aliens and all that garbage"
>She sighs
"Back in colorado, in Burrow, they use the phrase to know who's in the know, and who isn't"
| >OS carefully throws the file at you
"Its some deep shit, even I dont know all about it"
>The file reads: Kios project, level one authorization. Its written by some doctor with a long and unprounciable name
"All those privy to the code itself are monitered strictly, except a few exceptions"
| >OS sighs
"Most of these exceptions live on the run, or are big wigs who you dont fuck around with"
>She scratches her head
"Anything else you might wanna know?"
| "Uh.. Yeah, who was it that was calling on the stream? Every once in awhile I got one about ending a cycle.."
> He scratches his head, opening the file.
| >OS seems to think for a second
"I... huh, really don't know to be honest"
>She looks at you
"Someone called? A number from a stream, hosted on an internet server... that's really weird"
>The woman looks uncomfortable
"As for they whole cycle thing, I have no idea, the last person I heard talk about something like that was a professor I knew, when he mentionned an old scientist friend of his in passing, nothing special"
| >The file seems to be quite old
>It reads: Establishment of the Kios project, circa 1958
| > KN nods.
"Oh, no problem, then. But.. Kios? Is that what this started as?"
| >OS nods her head
"It was a plan to bring new technology to earth, and begin experiments as well as hide a particular set of old equipement, dunno what exactly"
>She scratches her cheek
"Thats when a scientist by the name of Leonhardt had a *great* idea, he gave rise to the burrow project and they built a town, much like this one, and put a mayor in charge much like QUINCY, all for the sake of mind control experiments, think MK Ultra, but times ten"
| "The only problem being, they wanted him dead after a while, he was researching way too deep into some shady stuff, A.I research, the old ones, Rituals. The kind of stuff Lovecraft would write about, he was starting to get crazy. So they court martialed him, and put his project to rest, atleast they hoped."
>OS turns, looking through the pile of paper on her desk
"But nothing is ever easy, and someone stole the files and a terminal he built, and brought them here years later"
| "Leonhardt.. Do you have any leads on who brought this stuff here?"
| >OS shakes her head
"I don't know, could be anyone, most of the data was deleted or lost"
>She sighs deeply
"The only other person I know in GC who might know something is a psychopathic freak who was there during the 2008 incident, They've been wanted by ACRAS since"
>OS bites down in pain, raising herself from the chair
"And i'd rather stay away from them"
| "Falschen?"
> His curiosity gets him as he shoots a guess.
| >OS grunts
"There was that fellow too I guess, Falschen is dangerous, but shouldn't have any reason to start anything with you unless you start looking too deep into what Leonhardt did"
>She rubs her temple
"I was talking about Fia, but the two aren't that distant, Falschen cut off one of her arm after-all, she was also heading down the wrong path"
>The woman leans against the desk
| "Oh, Fia.. I'm not familiar with
That one."
> He bites his lip.
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| >OS looks down
"Yeah, not really someone i'd meet under normal circumstances, she can be reasonable sometimes, but because of the whole losing an arm thing, well lets just say she's seen better days"
>OS shakes her head
"For now lets not talk about that, I don't want to talk to her if it isnt absolutely necessary, do you have any other questions?"
| "Not that I can think of.. Yeah, alright then."
> He goes over his thoughts and stands.
"Thank you for this information. Can I call you if I get more questions later?"
| >OS nods and gives you a piece of paper
"if you want to, i'll also be here if you need me, I need to get back in full health soon"
>She goes over to the couch and lays down on it, her arm covering up her eyes
"Thanks for the help, i'll make it worth your while..."
| "Gotcha, no problem."
> Taking the paper, he beginsnfor the door.
"I'll see you later."
> With that, he leaves for his bike.
| >OS waves and seems to fall asleep
"Good bye"
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| >A small isolated appartement complex is at the adress OS gave, it seems like its been abandonned for years, the door is closed but apparently unlocked