Post number #198188, ID: c07146
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>A large subway system still stands in the midnight district, derelict and abandoned >Ludendorf enters while whistling, beckoning CN to follow him along "Come-on chummer, I aint got all day, time's money yaddi yadda"
Post number #198315, ID: f645f3
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"Yeah, yeah. You're the one nonchalantly whistling here." >Her looks back outside for a brief moment before following you in.
Post number #198322, ID: c07146
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>Ludendorf chuckles "Well that's for sure" >He lights a small lamp and attaches it to his coat "So you see, I believe trust is important in things like this, I got a code of honor to respect ya know" >He says, not even looking at CN, his hands in his pockets
Post number #198329, ID: f645f3
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"I'm well aware, I already told you, a one on one confrontation is pointless, and it's just us and whoever your client is down here, so I'm not going to try anything."
Post number #198332, ID: 00681e
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>Something moved in the shadows behind the two... Or did it, really? No sound was made, and nothing seemed to move afterwards.
Post number #198337, ID: c07146
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>>198329 >Ludendorf snorts "Guess my innuendoes were worth nothing eh" >He smirks and you can hear the cocking of a revolver from within his pocket "I know we're being followed, and you better tell whoever it is to get the hell out of here"
Post number #198338, ID: f645f3
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>>198337 "*Sigh* I don't know who *is* following us... like I said, as far as I know the only people in the subway are us and your client."
Post number #198342, ID: c07146
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>>198338 >Ludendorf gets his hands out of his pockets "S'that so? Because I wouldnt like to have to deal with your team CN, I really wouldnt" >He starts whistling again "So you got any questions, any plea for help?"
Post number #198345, ID: f645f3
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>>198342 "Trust me you would know if I was lying, I'm horrible at it... and what would pleading do? You make it seem I'm about to be executed."
Post number #198349, ID: c07146
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"Dunno, I just find enjoyement in people telling me 'Oh no mister scary mask, please tell me where we're going, please dont blow out my brains!' brings a little tear to my eye" >He laughs "oh but dont worry, I wont kill you, and my client wont either, he just wants to talk"
Post number #198352, ID: f645f3
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>>198349 "Well sorry to say that you won't get much enjoyment from me in that vein. I've been through too much drek in the past year to beg at the smallest sign of danger."
Post number #198354, ID: c07146
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>>198352 "I know, been watching you for a while now you know, it was entertaing to say the least, and surprising, how could an idealist like you even stay alive in such a city? If I didnt know better I'd believe you were a User or some liar who *Seemed* nice but yer the real deal, makes me sick in the stomach." >He laughs boisterously "And everytime I saw you, you were with a different girl! What a lucky boy you are" >He says, while walking still and never turning his head
Post number #198359, ID: f645f3
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>>198354 "Well you wouldn't be the first to have that thought, just about every shadowrunner has thought about how myself and the rest of the team has lasted this long. And it's not my fault that it feels like 90% of GC is female sometimes."
Post number #198361, ID: c07146
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>>198359 >Ludendorf turns his head towards you "... Yeah, fair point" >He then resumes whistling "But to be fair, All I had to do was ask and you just came along without a word, you know I could of just shot your sorry ass when we were in that alleyway or could do it right now, yet you still followed me. Are all the shadowrunners in this drekking town retards or am I just overthinking it?"
Post number #198370, ID: c07146
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"I mean, how come you havent gotten kidnapped and tortured like a sack" >He says
Post number #198371, ID: f645f3
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>>198361 "No I'm the only one in this city who's that stupid." >He briefly chuckles "I just figured if your job was to just kill, you would had done it at some point when I didn't know about it, so there you go."
Post number #198373, ID: f645f3
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>>198370 "Usually someone ends up saving my sorry ass."
Post number #198377, ID: c07146
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>>198373 "Ehh~ sounds like you got some good pals, you should treasure that." >He sounds very serious "I wish my old gang could of stayed together, good chummers saved my ass more than a few times back in the states" >He starts whistling again, leading the way, there was a certain sadness in the way he talked
Post number #198381, ID: f645f3
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>>198377 "Sorry to hear about that man... they must have be some cool people."
Post number #198386, ID: c07146
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>>198381 >He doesnt so much as turn his head, looking straight ahead "Yeah they were" >He sighs "We're almost there"
Post number #198389, ID: f645f3
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>>198386 "Alright, must say this is a pretty inconvenient meeting place for just a talk..."
Post number #198391, ID: 74e9fe
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>>198389 >A gigantic door presents itself to you, this doesn't appear to fit at all with the surroundings...
Post number #198394, ID: c07146
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>>198389 >Lundendorf turns to you "This is it, I'll be off now, I did my part" >He says but then puts a hand on CN's shoulder "I hate people like you CN, because you remind me too much of who I tried to be, those little ideologies, the thoughts and idealism, it makes me sick now" >He takes off his mask, revealing the face of a young man, with large sideburns who looks terribly tired
Post number #198396, ID: c07146
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"When the day comes, please dont make the same mistakes I made, you'll have to break your oath, for the people you love, the people you want to save. Dont do like me, dont fuck it all up, or else you'll end up all washed up and wound in trouble, I should of died back then, it was all my fault." >He puts on his mask again "I hope you'll remember that geekboy"
Post number #198400, ID: f645f3
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>>198396 "I'll make sure I will... thanks."
Post number #198401, ID: c07146
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>He starts leaving, waving his hand along "May we never meet again, I kinda dont want to shoot you now"
Post number #198404, ID: f645f3
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>>198401 "Hey you never know, I might end up needing you for something in the future."
Post number #198406, ID: c07146
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>>198404 >Ludendorf snorts "Just make sure to pay me, and that it has nothing to do with Kuro or that whore Miko" >He leaves with a final wave
Post number #198412, ID: f645f3
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>>198406 "Well then..." >He turns back towards the door and attempts to enter
Post number #198413, ID: 74e9fe
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>The door opens, revealing a large room, covered in what appears to be marble, this is getting weirder by the minute. >A large, recognizable terminal sits in the middle of the room, alongside a small chair >Covered in dust, a F.A.L terminal is in the middle of the room, glowing softly
Post number #198416, ID: c8e338
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>Somewhere in the darkness, far away from the weird door, but close enough to keep tabs on both it and the geekboy, the small, blue light of an electronic cigarette flares... >Before disappearing soon after.
Post number #198421, ID: f645f3
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>>198413 "UGH! Of *course* it's related to these AIs. Why *wouldn't* it." >CN approaches the terminal and sits down
Post number #198427, ID: 74e9fe
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>The terminal whirrs to life as you approach it
Post number #198438, ID: f645f3
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"Alright, who is it? Have I met you before? Have I not? Really whoever made you guys was too ambitious and too many of you to keep track of."
Post number #198439, ID: 74e9fe
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>A wire is ejected from the terminal
Post number #198441, ID: f645f3
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>He looks down at the cable and sighs, before plugging his deck in
Post number #198447, ID: 74e9fe
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>Code fills the deck, and soon after your whole mind, it feels even stronger this time, almost painfully so, it feels animous, it fills you with disgust... >You soon close your eyes, and then the feelings stop >Yopu know you aren't in the subways anymore, you can feel the wind on your skin...
Post number #198449, ID: f645f3
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"Alright, on a scale of 1 to 10, how badly do you want to use me to meet your own goals?"
Post number #198453, ID: 74e9fe
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>No one answers >You open your eyes only to find yourself in the center of Glitch city's Neon District >It's night time, and nothing seems out of place, apart from the lack of noise
Post number #198455, ID: f645f3
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"Alright... I'm sure this is going somewhere..." >CN starts walking forward
Post number #198464, ID: 74e9fe
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>You advance into the city... >Nothing seems too out of place, but the lack of noise makes it hard to mistake it with pure reality >Suddenly you can hear a gasping noise, and something crawling in an alleyway...
Post number #198468, ID: f645f3
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>CN immediately turns towards the source of the sound
Post number #198470, ID: 74e9fe
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>You can hear a rasp breathing pattern and painful groans coming from the dark alleyway, but whatever is inside, it's getting closer...
Post number #198471, ID: f645f3
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>CN immediately loads his Shield ESP "Who's there?"
Post number #198473, ID: 74e9fe
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>The ESP doesn't trigger... >Something comes out of the alley >It looks like a person... but as more of its body comes into view, you realize 'Multiple persons' may be more accurate... >Its some kind of grotesque creature, made up of stitched up together humans, crawling on the floor, their eyes hollow...
Post number #198476, ID: f645f3
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"T-The hell..." >CN backs away as it sets up a firewall program between the two
Post number #198479, ID: 74e9fe
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>The firewall doesn trigger... whatever this place is, it seems unaffected by decking of any kind >The Thing approaches slowly, while mumbling and gasping in pain, the main body holding needles and wires "L..ove, ahhhh" >It says as it approaches, laughing slowly
Post number #198485, ID: f645f3
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"Great, the only cyberspace were I'm even *more* useless than in meatspace... sure miss my stungun." >Having no other options CN tries to escape the creature
Post number #198490, ID: 74e9fe
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>It doesn't give pursuit, being extremely slow, it only groans and keeps laughing >You successfully ran away into the main street, but as you look around, something's changed >Everything is destroyed all around, cars are burning and shops had their windows completely busted up... >It looks like a scene straight out of the december riots
Post number #198495, ID: f645f3
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"Great this shtick again..." >CN cautiously continues on
Post number #198500, ID: 00681e
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>Back in the real space, something took off of CN's shoes, soon revealing itself to be a small nanobot hive. It floats upwards, and covers CN's deck, soon becoming as if another layer on to it. It doesn't seem to be interfering with the connection.
Post number #198501, ID: 74e9fe
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>You can suddenly hear noises, people fighting and shots being fired, police sirens, and screaming >The streets are slowly filling up with people, throwing molotovs and rioting, police officers and riot troopers soon arrive and retaliate, some even shooting and killing the rioting masses >The area is getting more dangerous by the second...
Post number #198505, ID: c8e338
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>>198500 >A blonde haired woman with blue tips at the ends of her hair walks up to the door, their white and purple techwear trenchcoat pulled tightly around them.
"The actual fuck is this?!" >She puts out her electronic cigarette.
Post number #198512, ID: f645f3
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>>198501 "Tch." >CN uses the nearby alleyways to avoid the confrontation as he continues moving
Post number #198518, ID: 74e9fe
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>Screaming continues as a dropship arrives in the middle of the street, soldiers drop down and start shooting the masses of rioters and start to look around the place, scurrying down into alleyways with their weapons drawn >You keep on moving and arrive near a ladder leading to the rooftops, it's garrishly decorated with flowers and neon signs reading 'HERE!'
Post number #198520, ID: c8e338
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>Back in meatspace, the blonde has resorted to stomping on the nanobots, to no avail.
"FRAGGIN-" >She says through gritted teeth.
Post number #198523, ID: 1ed002
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>You hear a rumble, and lights come from one of the tunnels. Could it be a train?
Post number #198525, ID: 00681e
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>>198505 "Aʜ, ᴍɪss Mᴇʀᴄᴜʀʏ. Gᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴠᴇɴɪɴɢ. Wʜᴀᴛ ʙʀɪɴɢs ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴇʀᴇ?" >Comes the machine-generated voice from the deck.
Post number #198527, ID: 74e9fe
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>>198523 (A train in the closed MND?)
Post number #198528, ID: f645f3
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>>198518 "..." >CN wordlessly climbs up the ladder at a hurried pace.
Post number #198531, ID: 00681e
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>>198520 "I ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀsᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴏᴘ ᴛʜɪs ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ. Yᴏᴜ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ᴅᴀᴍᴀɢᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴄᴋ." >The voice continues.
Post number #198532, ID: 74e9fe
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>As you climb, you hear muffled screams and firing from the streets "Found him, tell Control we found him!" >You hear a modified voice scream from the alley you just climbed out of, as a soldier spots you on the ladder and aims his weapon straight at you.
Post number #198533, ID: 1ed002
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>>198527 (Uh... The underground holds many mysteries? It's not exactly an 'official' train.) >The rumbling gets closer, and you can now tells that the light being produced is not from the train lights, but fire.
Post number #198535, ID: f645f3
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>>198532 "Fuck... really hope the Matrix protections on my deck holds..." >CN attempts to climb as fast as possible
Post number #198538, ID: c8e338
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>>198525>>198531 "Me? Stop violence!? Ah'm not the one who's kidnapping MAH GEEKBOY with those nano-thinggummywhats!" >She says, shrieking!
"AH'VE SEEN ENOUGH HENTAI TO SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING!"
Post number #198542, ID: 74e9fe
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>You climb fast enough and jump unto the roof before a volley of lead covers where you previously were "Chase him! NOW!"
Post number #198544, ID: f645f3
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>>198542 >CN removes the ladder if it's one of those movable types, otherwise he continues running forward
Post number #198549, ID: 74e9fe
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>You kick the ladder down and start running on the rooftops >The screams are distant now, but you can hear several helicopters approaching... >You suddenly get grabbed and pulled in another direction by some large figure, it busts down a door and then throws you inside, closing it back again after it entered
Post number #198553, ID: f645f3
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>>198549 >He turns towards the figure "W-Whos there!?"
Post number #198556, ID: c8e338
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>>198552 >Mercury raises a finger to retort, then slowly lowers it, puckering her lips. "...How can ah know that you aren't doing anything dangerous to my friend?"
Post number #198561, ID: 74e9fe
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>>198553 >The figure puts a hand to CN's mouth and Puts a finger up to their own "Shh, this ain't a game, dont make a goddamn sound if you wanna live long enough" >A feminine voice answers, sounding irritated
Post number #198567, ID: f645f3
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>>198561 >CN holds his breathe, staying as quiet as possible
Post number #198571, ID: 74e9fe
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>>198567 >The soldiers passby, yelling orders "Find him! Find that damn rat!" >The Girl releases her grip on you, beckoning CN to follow her "Come, now"
Post number #198572, ID: f645f3
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>>198571 >CN follows along "No introduction or anything?"
Post number #198575, ID: 00681e
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>>198556 "Hᴇ ɪs sᴛɪʟʟ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ." >Voice stated. "Iɴ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ, I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀɴ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏɴ ᴋᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ᴍɪsᴛᴇʀ CN ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴏꜰ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ."
Post number #198578, ID: c8e338
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>>198575 "Then what are you doing?" >The blonde says, stuffing her hands into her pockets.
Post number #198580, ID: 74e9fe
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>>198572 "Do you think I give a shit right now? I just dont want to get shot, and you seem like a sane person, so I helped out" >She opens another door, leading to a small living room, covered in maps and papers
Post number #198581, ID: 00681e
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>>198578 "Oʙsᴇʀᴠɪɴɢ."
Post number #198583, ID: f645f3
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>>198580 "So you're uh... another person in the terminal then?"
Post number #198588, ID: c8e338
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>>198581 "Observing. By raisin' him up with a swarm of nano-thingers and covering his deck in them." >Mercury says, wryly.
Post number #198589, ID: 74e9fe
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>>198583 "Yeah, didn't think there was anyone left around here, I've been stuck in this hellhole for a fucking while, been starting to lose a few things, my name being one of those" >She turns towards you, and you can finally get a look at her >She is a tall girl, with long white hair and empty looking eyes, there are scars all around her face, and burn wounds on her arms "Nice to meet you, I guess"
Post number #198598, ID: f645f3
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>>198589 "Jeez... where's your body in meatspace Then? When I plugged in there was no one around."
Post number #198609, ID: 74e9fe
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>>198598 >The girl shakes her head "Don't know, I forget where I even am sometimes, I feel some kind of call..." >She suddenly starts breathing roughly and then punches herself in the gut "Guah- No bad thoughts, I can't join them, won't join them..." >She seems to be freaking out a bit
Post number #198612, ID: 00681e
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>>198588 "Tʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ." >Voice responds, clearly genuine.
Post number #198617, ID: f645f3
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>>198609 "Join... who...? Well whatever maybe we can find a way out of here."
Post number #198624, ID: 74e9fe
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>>198617 >The girl sits down and nods "Been trying to do that for years now, saw the rest of the people go mad, they changed, they started loving each other..." >She gulps "I'm not like them though, I want to run away, I want out of here, I wan FAL dead" >She then sighs "But I dont know where he is, or what this place even is right now..."
Post number #198629, ID: f645f3
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>>198624 "Well this looks like the riots that happened in my city recently, at least to me."
Post number #198630, ID: c8e338
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>>198612 "..." "..." "... Ah'm watching you, mysterious nano-swarm." >Mercury says, making a fork with her fingers and pointing from her eyes to point at... the swarm of nanobots.
Post number #198631, ID: 38fce2
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>Suddenly existing is a very disgruntled Nano, of whom has nothing much to do with the nanobots except in name. He's been with Mercury ever since they came in here, probably.
Post number #198632, ID: 74e9fe
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>>198629 >The girl thinks "W-what city? the one we're in right now? well that would explain those scary soldiers and the molotovs..."
Post number #198633, ID: 38fce2
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>Maybe. It's debatable.
Post number #198635, ID: c8e338
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>>198631 >Mercury pats Nanobe. "Long time no see bud. Just another day in the week, amirite?"
Post number #198637, ID: 00681e
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>>198630 "Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ."
Post number #198643, ID: 38fce2
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>>198635 >His shoulders lower in response to the pats. He looks over to the swarm and the talking deck and all the stuff and things and such going on and comes out with a kinda noncommital "..Yeah, sure."
Post number #198648, ID: f645f3
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>>198632 "Yup. So what's the plan?"
Post number #198709, ID: 1ed002
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>The Burning train passes by the station, it's destination unknown.
Post number #198719, ID: c8e338
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>Mercury looks just outside of the door and the strange area, watching as the train that has somehow been set on fire roars past. >She pulls her head back inside.
"...yeah. Don't look outside."
Post number #198752, ID: c432fa
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>>198719 >Nano doesn't even pretend to move. "Will do."
Post number #199226, ID: c07146
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Post number #199687, ID: 74e9fe
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>>198648 >The girl looks around and grabs a few papers and maps "I don't really know, Running? all we need to do is find FAL, and confront him, he's the one trapping us here, running this whole thing, But I don't know where he is..."
Post number #199694, ID: f645f3
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>>199687 "Well let's think about What we know about FALs. They're usually a black obelisk of some kind yes?"
Post number #199696, ID: 74e9fe
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>The girl looks at you funny "FAL is a person, last I know, but I think that brings back a few... no can't remember" >She then looks outside "B-But if it's an obelisk, I may know where to find one"
Post number #199713, ID: f645f3
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>>199696 "Interesting... Well let's check that out first. Lead the way."
Post number #199728, ID: 74e9fe
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>>199713 "Yeah, let's go" >The girl picks herself up and heads for the door on the other side of the room >She opens it and beckons you to follow her into the hallway outside the appartement
Post number #199732, ID: f645f3
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>>199728 >He follows closely behind. "So uh, you know why I can't use my deck in here?"
Post number #199744, ID: 74e9fe
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>The girl shakes her head "Dunno" >She starts descending the stairs in the main well and the stops by the door "You ready"
Post number #199745, ID: f645f3
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>>199744 >He nods "Let's go"
Post number #200279, ID: c07146
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Post number #200285, ID: f355f9
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>The girl opens the door >The streets outside are the same as when you first entered the Terminal, you can still hear the screaming and the firefights >A chant is heard all around... "Come-on lets go!" >The girl says, jogging down the street
Post number #200300, ID: f645f3
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>>200285 >CN quickly follows after her, stopping around street corners to check that the coast is clear, before continuing on
Post number #200393, ID: f355f9
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>>200300 >The city is in turmoil, the sounds of chaos are all around >The girl leads you to a small alleyway, before climbing on a roof using a service ladder "C'mon! We might fucking get out of here if you were faster!!" >The girl is nervous, its obvious >You can hear radio warning messages being blasted on the city speaker system
Post number #200409, ID: f645f3
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>>200393 "Just trying to make sure we don't get caught again..." >He climbs up the ladder after her
Post number #200430, ID: f355f9
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>You see the city skyline, but something seems amiss >The districts are all messed up, all in the wrong places and innthe distance you can see a huge obelisk, broken and destroyed sitting along with the tree of Ydggrasil
Post number #200685, ID: 24744c
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>>200430 "This place is way too messed up... what AI is even running this show..."
Post number #200688, ID: f355f9
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>>200685 >The girl looks on "I-I dont know, and I dont think I want to know, lets just get out of here, this isnt like anything I remember..." >She starts walking along the rooftops, looking around
Post number #200689, ID: 24744c
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>>200688 "Why was I called here then, hmm..." >He looks at the obelisk "Come on, I'm sure we'll get some answers if we get there."
Post number #200693, ID: f355f9
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>>200689 >The girl nods and starts walking a bit faster, while being mindfull of your stamina. "I do-dont think I've gottwn your name? What is it?" >She asks, a bit nervous
Post number #200705, ID: 24744c
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>>200693 "It's CN, though I guess everyone just calls me geekboy, shounen protagonist, or some other kind of nickname nowadays."
Post number #200708, ID: f355f9
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>>200705 >The girl chuckles in what can only be described as a creepy way "Pfhfh, huhu, geekboy... Heheh" >She keeps walking along, reaching a small service staircase leading down into the street "So huh, CN, anywhere we could find a vehicule that isnt all busted by mad rioters o-or are we just walking along?"
Post number #200716, ID: 24744c
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>>200708 "Don't really know anyplace like that during the riots, I was basically stuck in one location during that time. I wouldn't know how to drive it anyways even if we did find something."
Post number #200723, ID: f355f9
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>>200716 >She turns towards you "Yo-You really are useless, I-I swear" >She lets her hands down "I guess we'll walk then, but we might want to pick up the pace, lest you wanna get found out" >She starts running a bit faster as she goes down the stairs, and several dropships fly-by, blaring warning messages from speakers >You see rockets being fired and one of the ships is hit, it starts to fall down to the ground and crashes nearby
Post number #200728, ID: 24744c
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>>200723 "Well the one thing I'm good at I can't use for whatever reason..." >CN speeds up to her pace "How about You? Think you can fly a ship or something?"
Post number #200733, ID: f355f9
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>>200728 >She lifts up a finger and then lets it down "Y-You got a way with words g-Geekboy, but how the hell should I know? I-I barely remember how to even speak at this point..." >The girl seems a but distraught "B-But it couldnt be so hard r-right?" >The dropships start dropping soldiers and firing on the street below, the screams of people echo throughout the night as you both run
Post number #200737, ID: 4d676e
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"Tʜɪs sɪᴍᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜɪsᴛᴏʀɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ɪɴᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ." >Back in the meatspace machine voice noted.
Post number #200745, ID: 24744c
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>>200733 "W-Well for now let's just stick with what works... we should be almost there by now, right?"
Post number #200748, ID: f355f9
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>>200745 >The girl looks at you "W-What, no we aren't d-dont you know how distance works?" >You can suddenly hear a few choppers pass over your head, and suddenly droplets of a liquid strike your coat
Post number #200760, ID: 24744c
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>>200748 "I was hoping I could use my power of imagination or something..." >CN shrugs off the decking of rain as he continues on
Post number #200761, ID: f355f9
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>{You decide to not pay attention to it} >The girl turns a corner "Yo-You HIE!" >She stumbles back and falls to the ground
Post number #200763, ID: 24744c
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>>200761 "W- What's wrong?" >He runs up to her
Post number #200770, ID: f355f9
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>You see several people dead in the alleyway, the stench of blood is incredible... >Some are burned pretty bad, but some look straight out of some experiment lab, they dont even look human anymore, more like mixes of human and beasts... >A few of them are still alive and start crawling towards both of you as the girl gets up in a hurry "L-Lets fuck o-off, I dont t-think they're good guys"
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>>200770 "I agree... plus this all just part of the FAL in the end... let's just keep moving- and fast."
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>>200774 >The girl follows along nodding >The creatures start screaming and run after both of you "Wh-Why do-Dont I ever bring a weapon!!" >The girl screams as she starts running faster, heading down the street
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>>200776 "You've been here this long and don't have a means if defense!" >He chases after her
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>>200779 "I-I dont? FUCK I FORGOT IT" >She keeps running and suddenly turns to an alleyway "L-lets go there!"
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>>200784 "You won't hear any complaints from me!" >He ducks into the alleyway after her
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>You hear a large noise from behind you as the things fall to the ground, their lack of motor skill making them unable to match the speed and dexterity necessary to make such a sudden turn >You suddenly hear blasts and gunfire from behind "Th-This is mad! W-What the hell kind of town even is this!"
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>>200808 "If it's any consolation, this event was a particularly bad day in the city."
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>The girl turns toward CN "No shit" >You both keep running down the alley, the street right ahead is filled with people
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>>202027 "I have a bad feeling about this..."
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>The girl stops in her tracks as she reaches the masses of people, they dont move and dont even seem to be rioting, they just stand there waiting for something, no noise can be heard anymore, no music, no screaming, nothing. Just the sound of your own heart and the breathing... "W-Wha the hell?"
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>>202646 >He looks in the direction of the thing the crowd is waiting for
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>There is nothing, they are staring down the road, which seems to stretch out longer than a normal street should, filled to the brim with people seemingly stopped in time, waiting >The girl looks around "I-Is that n-normal?"
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>>202727 "No it's not... Let's just focus on getting to the obelisk."
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>As you start to walk amongst the people, some turn to look at you, their faces in a blank expression "T-This is c-creepy, I swear..." >Slowly but surely you can hear something else, a large figure rises up from the middle of the mass of people, its appearance is much like the grunts you had met before but it was much larger, with a large television screen fpr a head, and a slit throat >It looked at you two and started to slowly advance, the people bow down to it
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>>203526 "We got to hide!"
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>>203532 >The girl nods and dashes to a nearby alleyway >The being starts to walk over slowly, whistling a tune, and moving its head >The crowds start to sing along and slowly get more active "Ahhh, so you would run instead of face trouble head on... Expected and dissapointing" >A static voice rings out
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>>203536 "Well when you have no tools to combat with I'm left with little options. I'd rather focus on accomplishing the task I came for."
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>The sound of a phone clicks out >The figure still moves towards you, menacingly as the rest of the people start to move faster, towards you "Well, maybe I should equalize the odds hmm? What to do..." >The voice rings out again jokingly >You suddenly spot something on the ground, it looks like a familiar device, its a cyberdeck!
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>>203574 "One deck isn't enough to solve this, besides I'm well aware of the acts of subterfuge, I don't trust tech that isn't my own." >He ducks into the alleyway after the gurl
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>You run after the girl, and just as you enter the alleyway you can hear a screech, the people start to run after you as the figure looms in the street, singing louder and energetically "Ohoh, truly a most interesting choice, but it is yours to make" >The static voice cuts out >The girl runs faster and faster "Th-This is bad" >You pass by a pile of rubble and a seemingly out of place vent with a small button...
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"There's always a way out, over there!" >He points at the vent
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>The girl slams the button as she stops, opening up the vent and allowing access "L-Lets go then!"
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>>203797 >CN hurryingly crawls in and reaches out his hand "Hurry! Come on!"
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>She climbs in after you >As you drop down into the vent you arrive in some ventilation shaft, with a nearby maintenance area, and a gigantic fan under you, spinning loudly >You might want to be careful here
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"Oh Solar... I swear this is the *last* time I listen to a merc who was trying to kidnap me."
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"Say what now?" >Thr girl says, holding on to a beam "We should move! C-Come on..." >She slowly but surely makes her way to the maintnance area
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"Nothing..." >CN follows suit, holding the top of the vent for the support as he moves across
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>You manage to slowly make your way to the maintence area and the girl gives you a hand to pass over the guardrail before letting out a sigh of relief "T-Thank god"
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"Tell me about it..." >CN takes the moment of dying tension to catch his breath "You okay?"
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>The girl breathes heavily "Y-You think I am?" >She gets back to her feet "I-I've just be wondering before, b-but this is just a lot of weird shit"
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"It wasn't this weird before?"
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>>203925 >She shakes her head "I mean, I-I dont know but... I have a feeling like it wasnt, a-atleast until you arrived here, the-then everything was like this, and I was i-in the city" >She grabs her head "Ughhh, it hurts really ba-bad when I try and think about it, L-Lets just move okay?"
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>>203930 "Sure... try not to overdo it though. I'm sure what happened back there is a sign that we're getting close."
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>The girl nods "Ye-Yeah"
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>>204576 >He lightly gives her an assuring pat on her shoulder before looking for an exit to keep moving
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>The vent seems to lead deeper, into a maintenance tunnel >The girl points it out "L-lets go then.." >She starts descending the ladders
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>>205649 >CN follows suit, stepping down just above her "Do look up or I'll be embarrassed okay...?" >He states in a joking tone
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>The girl just looks down "W-Was that a joke?" >She sounds nervous again as she reached the bottom and looks down the maintenance shaft.
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>>205670 "Yea... was trying to relieve the tension a bit..."
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"Anyways... where to next?" >He follows her gaze down the tunnel
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>The girl looks at the maintenance corridor before pointing to it "I-I think thats the way to go"
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>>208122 "Well let's get going then." >CN slowly makes his way down the corridor
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>>c62b0c your a bitch
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>>a688d4 (Well that's a wee bit fucken rude.)
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| >A large subway system still stands in the midnight district, derelict and abandoned
>Ludendorf enters while whistling, beckoning CN to follow him along
"Come-on chummer, I aint got all day, time's money yaddi yadda"