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(Setting/Closed) Forgotten Underground.
| >You find the area you are in is much bigger than a normal subway station would be however, more like these tunnels would be used to transport large cargo on their trains instead of civilian use. Given the use of the hidden access, you find yourselves dropping in the middle of the lines, off of a ladder instead of a platform to start from.
>You can see the lights continue on into the tunnel to the east in comparison, where you see them stop some way down in the other direction.
| [From this point on, for the battle to come, actions should be stated in your post and I will accommodate proper response/reactions to those actions via dice rolls similar to a DnD session of sorts, as that feels like the most fair way to set it off. If you have any questions, please let me know.]
[I am happy for you to be a part of this as I'll get to test this all out with a very small party.]
| this is pretty much how a good handful of us do these things
| >>275767
I figured as much but this is my first time getting a chance to DM one and just wanted it to be clear with it
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| "The terrain seems pretty stable but it's messed up and cracked in a lot of areas..."
>Jackson speaks, leading his way forward before stopping.
"Say... If something happens, she said we got eyes on us, right? Does that mean we'd have to wait for help though?"
>He scratched his head and looked to FF.
"And what did you two talk about when I was changing? I heard a vague amount of one-sided conversation while I was putting stuff on."
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| >>276254
"Somebody does have eyes on us, its just somebody that doesn't want to step in unless absoutely necessary. Also, that conversation was classified, sorry. Hope you understand. Nothing bad, or about you."
>Fuschia Fedora followed behind Jackson, wearing her full gear and holding her weapons, as she prepared for anything at anytime.
"And with what happened to this District, I'm just surprised these tunnels haven't all collapsed by now frankly."
| >>277246
"Huh. Well then, great. We're essentially bait in that case, unless we deal with this ourselves.... And oh? Well then. I guess i'll just write it off as Girl Talk then so I don't feel as bad about not being in the loop..."
>As he walked he stretched his arms a little.
"Yeah, you would be surprised. These Tunnels actually are designed to function as Shelter in case of a Nuclear Fallout. Or that's what the original designs were for... So I was told."
| "Which operates under the assumption that whoever built them expected those as a possibility? It doesn't quite add up...Frankly I think it has something to do with the big tree in Midnight district, and the incident that occurred here previously."
>F blows off the first part of the conversation entirely, choosing to focus on the second part.
"I'm just wondering how there is still signal down here, my jack works just fine...so do my scanners...how far down are we?"
| "We can't be too far down or the scanners really would be useless. But there might be some extended underground antenna, would make sense if these tunnels were designed to be a fall out shelter of some kind."
<Jackson and Fuschai continue walking into the tunnel noticing the farther from the entrance by where destruction seemed to be the unique style, the walls and surrounding area are less and less destroyed.
"Are you seeing this?"
<Jackson says walking forward twisting motion.
| (Uhh, the fuck? -GK)
| >>278104
"Judging by the elevator ride we had, I'd say a half mile. These Tunnels were built for ARC use. They'd need the signals to run their autonomous Security Lilims and any other major systems... I'm surprised any of those still works myself, but I think you're right. That tree must have come through these Tunnels at some point. Not here specifically though...."
>Jackson led on, explaining more than initially thought possible.
| >>278407
"Hmm..."
>FF continued to walk through the tunnels.
"It just doesn't add up to me. These girls...They're mass murdering people. Why wouldn't they just go after their targets?"
>She backed off from Jackson a little bit, remembering then that she would need to hide so that the girls take the bait.
"We're almost at the point, I think."
| >>278982
"I agree. It's almost like they can't get near him at all or find him... surely there's other Black Collars though, right?"
>He stops for a moment as he looks at her and nods. He gazes around seeing an empty train car off to the far right of himself.
Jackson's hands make a quick gesture to point at the car as he nods again.
| >>279079
>FF nods back, and stays behind a curve in the tunnel so that she would be hidden as Jackson approached the train car. She pulled out her club and began to charge it, while also fidgeting on her fingers.
>What this did was start up her electromagnetic scanners in her suit, which interfaced with her helmet and gave her a visual representation of every single electronic signature in the area, from every data packet to every surge of electricity, she could see them all."
| >She was also able to interface with them, and hack into her surroundings. For this, she would both attempt to hack into the onboard computers of the train car and the onboard power grid of the tunnel itself. Connecting to it would grant her the ability to simply hack/deck things or full-dive them at will, and actually gave her a physical sense of expanding her mind and body to encompass the entire area. To her, it was a rush of energy.
| >>279392
>As you activate your scanners, you notice a very odd signature in the ceiling of the tunnel, nearby the train car itself.
>As Jackson approaches the car, his eyes are peeled for anything. He steps carefully until eventually...
"Oh there's nothing that interesting in here."
>The head of a small girl pops out from inside the train car, a mischevious smirk on her face.
>Jackson, startled but realizing, rears a leg back and kicks up at the window where she appears.
| >>279677
>As Jackson kicks up (3), the girl pulls back easily avoiding the attempt of assault (17).
>As she disappears into the car again, her footsteps are heard as she jumps out the opposite window and pulls herself onto the top of the train car in an acrobatic manner. She steps over the top, looking down at Jackson.
"Hehehe, you look different than what NøiZe has in her files! But that 'Nine' is more than enough to prove you're the one that killed everyone above here."
| >>279392
(And to elaborate a little bit)
>You also find that the Train Car is still active as well. The rails of the train also show the path to the central Utility room that is nearby which seems to have been very active lately.
>You can surmise that they may have made their base of operations near there given the high amount of other signatures you find in the area.
| (Oh my god...You're FAL, Seven,Nine and Double too, aren't you? How the hell did I *somehow* manage to unintentionally get myself on both ends of these people? Jeez FF, really somehow accidentally nailed it...I think?)
>Instantly, FF comes out from around the corner and fires two taser slug round at Bittersweet's chest!
>She also begins hacking the train car, in order to scan the onboard computers to see if there is anything useful she can do with it.
| >>279956
(Actually, the Black Collar uniform Jackson is wearing has the Roman numeral IX on the chest. Minor detail that was deliberately chosen for this scenario original post for reference in 4th Floor >>#267733 I am not FAL, lol)
Both slugs find their mark, as Bittersweet was too distracted by the thrill of the kill to react appropriately. She crumples to the top of the train in a heap from the two direct shots. (20/19, dodges 13/15)
| >>279956
>You find the train's on board systems are littered with horrific amalgamations of virus codes you've never seen before. Bits and pieces can be noticed out from your own knowledge but much of what you see has not been seen before.
| >Jackson followed up the slugs from FF by climbing up on top of the train car to confirm the body. His new legs made it significantly easier to climb.
>As he gets up to the top, he notices a large, muscular arm pulling Bittersweet's body back into the train car as she moaned in pain.
>The train itself jerked forward as Jackson stands up to pursue, causing him to lose balance and fall to his knees.
>As soon as he falls, a Black Mass falls from the ceiling over him.
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| "Agh! What the hell?!"
>Scanning through the virus code was difficult. She recognized some of it but some of it was absolutely foreign. She tried to piece through what she knew anyway, though she promptly set it to autopilot after what she saw next.
"JACKSON!"
>She ran forward to the train car right after she saw the black mass, and she quickly fired an EMP grenade through the window of the train car at Bittersweet and whoever else was inside before jumping up to the top of the car
| >She stood on the far end of the car, behind where Jackson was, preparing to smack whatever the black mass was with her static club.
| >The Train's forward movement stops due to the EMP grenade fired into the train, disrupting the systems.
>The Black Mass, as it nearly finished its fall, removes the mask it wears revealing NøiZe's face, without her mask, reaching out.
>Thanks to Jackson's quick reflexes he is able to grab hold of NøiZe's extended forearm and a section of the cloak, before turning around for a throw from the awkward position, slamming Nøize onto the top of the train car, back first. (Nø:11 Ja:20)
| >The slam rocks the train as it stops causing the steel to bend. Nøize lays motionless as Jackson's grip keeps tight around her arm. He pulls back with it and throws her backward, closer to Fuschia as he watches the open hatch that Bittersweet had been pulled into.
"Let's take it easy... We got Nøize up here. I request that you two step out of the train with hands up, or we'll take Noize for ourselves. Catching one of you murderers is a victory enough."
| >Jackson, despite how shaken he might have been managed to sound highly convincing.
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| (Hey, I'm going to be going on vacation until the 28th ;-; I shall be back, and I'm sorry!
-Pirat3, aka Fuschia Fedora.)
| (BACK!)
>Fuschia Fedora sighed. There was no way this would work. If stepping out meant capture, then why would they step out instead of saving their own skins?
>Instead, FF jumped off the side of the bus and pointed her Electro-Taser into the windows of the train car, prepared to engage any targets.
| (Hey, by the way, do you have Discord so that we could chat?
-Pirat3, aka Fuschia Fedora)
| >>299050
(Message me at Kocchi_Arx#4853 I'm fine with sharing it freely and also welcome anyone else interested to drop me a message about anything)
"Fuschia! Get back up here and keep my unconscious leverage secure! High ground plus a 5000z Chip is pretty important!"
>Jackson yells, surprisingly militant in his tone to her for the first time.
"Hostage situations work in reverse depending on value. If it was Bittersweet then they would leave her behind but I bet they need NøiZe!"
| "That operates under the assumption that there is any fate for these three besides capture."
>She quickly checked the Autohack inside of her armor's systems, to see how far along the suit was able to piece through the corrupted code, as the train car began turning back on from the EMP.
"Keep her secured, I'll handle the other two!"
| (Your Discord isn't showing up ;-;)
| mkb mc areyy Bhai Bhai Bhai Bhai Bhai
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| "Is your justice truly worth betraying to work with true monsters?"
>A loud and deep voice calls from inside the train.
"I understand that Bittersweet has been acting on her own impulses. She is... most definitely disturbed, but do you know what these Black Collars are? Has that man told you what he's truly here for?"
>The voice speaks out, as a shadow is seen through the windows that darts across the train.
| >FF jumps and shoots at the shadow, seeing if she can disable it.
"Acting on your impulses? Do you forget that these two are murderers? I'm not breaking any justice, I'm serving it! Come out with your hands up if you want to stop fighting!"
| >Jackson falls back to Noize, pulling his right glove off and pulling on the tip of his index finger, pulling a long wire out of it, wrapping around the wrists in a very distinct manner behind Noize's back.
"Civilian casualties that have nothing to do with Black Collar Personnel are definitely cause for taking them both in, no matter what!"
>Jackson stands up after securing Noize's legs too, placing his glove back on.
"Like she said, come out before I blow this train out."
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>The black shadow is nailed with the shot, falling back in a fluttery fashion. It seemed to be a piece of cloth, to test the waters.
"I understand this man on top of the train has a silver tongue, but I..."
>The voice goes silent for a moment.
"But I cannot let his atrocity to be left unpunished, you see. Or do you not care about those of the Midnight District?"
"I also dare the Black Collar to destroy the train. I don't believe he will."
| "The man on to-oh."
>Fuschia looked up to Jackson. He was wearing a Black Collar uniform. Could these people be confusing him for somebody else? Somebody way more powerful? Shit! Shit shit...wait...
"Oh, so you have an idea of this man's powers?"
>She began piecing through the virus code on the train herself, taking it off of autohack, to find something, *anything* she can use to go with this story. If she could...this may work.
"You know of the 'Magick' this man wields?"
| "You know of his capabilities? Then you should know that destroying this train would be as easy for him as destroying the Midnight District! As a matter of fact, I'm here to prevent him from doing something crazy like that again, but I may just let him if you don't get out of the train, right now!"
>This was totally not going according to plan, but unconventional tactics were definitely FF's specialty. At least, she told herself that while looking through corrupted code.
| >>301297
"Correct. I suppose I can tell you, but yes. I can see it. The innate power that man wields. A power as strong as the gentle breeze!"
>The voice yells out, as a figure stands at the back of the car, directly under Jackson!
>A violent punch rips upward, blowing the top upward and sending Noize and Jackson flying off the top in different directions. A black mist quickly flies out, and fills the rest of the train (15 vs 9 Jackson dodge)
| >A loud bang is heard from inside the train, as a section of the train wall flies at Fuschia as well!
| "SHIT!"
>Fuschia quickly holds her club out and hits the switch, turning on the charged hit as she braces herself. If this goes correctly, she *should* be able to send the wall flying back where it came from.
| >>301309
>Jackson manages to land safely, narrowly avoiding a piece of rebar (8 vs 11 Jackson lands)
>As he hears the other side of the train he rushes forward back to the train.
| >>301316
>As the wall make contact, you find it to be more than you can handle (16 vs 12, Fuschia physical reflect fails)
>You find yourself hitting the ground, train wall over you.
>>301322
>As Jackson makes his way back a red blur jumps out of the top opening and lands outside, rushing for him, her hand drawing a large hunting knife from inside of her hoodie.
"Loser! You're not my type but you're Miiii~~ne!"
| >Fuschia struggles with the weight of the wall over her body, but as the actuators in her power armor as well as her Lilim frame begin to whir, she pushes as hard as she can to lift the wall off of her. In normal circumstances she'd just blow it off with her club, but since she just used the charged hit, she'd have to wait for it to charge again. She did hit the switch to begin the charge, but she had to get out as fast as she can.
| >>301344
>As your joints work, you find that clearly this train was meant for protection. The wall is rather heavy as you begin to lift it up to facilitate escape from underneath. (14 vs 15, Fuschia Lifts Wall)
>Footsteps can be heard from near the train. A calm pace approaches.
"I do not interact with your kind often. But please tell me. What makes you so righteous to assist the Collars? They are power hungry war mongers set to control Magick for their own gain."
| >Clearly worn out from the effort but not done by any standards, Fuschia rolls out from underneath the wall. She then stands up, and turns to find Jackson, as she sees Bittersweet rushing to him. She quickly aims up and shoots three taser rounds in her direction before turning to the one approaching her as she prepares her club.
"My responsibility is to protect the city from all threats. This includes them, but it also includes you. They are not currently dangerous. You are."
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>Bittersweet looks back with a vicious smile on her face fully aware of her situation now, as she slides stopping her momentum as the first one misses her entirely (15 vs 10)
>The second (17 vs 9) and third (8 vs 1) follow suit as she weaves between the ones that follow in a display of her true skill.
>Her attention turns back to making sure the train itself blocks the way of any other Projectile Issues that may caused to her as she continues for Jackson.
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>The man, now visible to you as a 6'7 tall tanned man with wild white hair and purple kimono pants, showing off his chiseled form. He 'looks' at you through shut eyes, a sorrowful look on his face.
"You do not yet understand the pain they can, or have, caused. While your fake Collar back there surely is also deluded to this. I do understand your plight though. Yet I cannot hand over Yukari and Noize. They too have been wronged and must find their peace."
| >Intimidated but good at hiding it, Fuschia groans and runs over to the traincar, quickly firing another round at Bittersweet as she then hops on another car and jumps up to the top of the train car, preparing to smack her with her club!
>She turns her armor on auto-reflex mode, to detect for any threats coming from the sides or back, so that she would be notified if Noize or the man rushed up behind her or from the side.
| >Utilizing her own high speed and hearing, Bittersweet manages to whip around and duck underneath the attack of the club, her face clearly showing agitation now as she disengaged further from Fuschia, taking to ground level.
"Kiba! BREAK HER!"
>She yells out.
>Due to your Reflex Mode, your systems direct your attention to back and below with high energy readings, where the Tall Man was standing.
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| >Quickly, Fuschia whipped around and smacked at the man with her club! With how tall he was, the blow should have been exactly at face level!
"Jackson, cut yourself free, I need you over here!"
>She quickly opened her right vambrace to expose a very peculiar looking dagger, covered in a faint pink goo, and she tossed it towards Jackson.
| (DISCARD THAT POST!)
>Quickly, Fuschia whipped around and smacked at the man with her club! With how tall he was, the blow should have been close to face level!
>After that blow, she turned to fire one more taser slug round at the man's abdomen, the last in her 6 round clip!
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>You find your swing is too slow for the man as he closed the gap between you two! His firm wrist slamming your own hand, making sure not to connect with the head of the club. (18 vs 14, Fuschia Club becomes deflected)
>However, your quick reflexes manage to deliver a direct blow into his abdomen with the taser, forcing a heavy shock he was not prepared for. As his muscles convulse, he falls to a knee holding the wound caused (1 vs 13, Critical Success)
| >Following Bittersweet's disengage, she makes it to Jackson, her knife slashing wildly, yet still in a calculated manner as she makes her first attacks!
(19 vs 17)
(10 vs 15)
(4 vs 15)
>Jackson's chest is sliced upward as he attempts to move away first, caught by surprise by her speed!
>Managing to adjust, he is able to block the second horizontal slash, saving himself with his left hand, as his right hand rears back!
| >Jackson's punch hits directly into Bittersweet's cheek, forcing her to step away, tears in her eyes from the impact. Her resilience was something to be amazed at, taking a full punch like that without falling as Jackson moved in!
>A step in hook from his left hand comes her way, aiming for the other side of her face for a 1-2 KO as he steps in, her knife comes up, stabbing into his left arm's bicep, impeding his punch (17 vs 7, Jackson is countered.)
| "Hee hee hee. So that arm is real, ehhhh?"
>Her eyes flush with a gleeful look through tears as she sees the blood start dripping from her knife.
"Now, let's make you bleed some mo-, huh?"
>A metallic hand grabs hold of the back of Bittersweet's hoody. It rips back suddenly, Sweet losing her grip on her knife as she is pulled upward and then is slammed back into the ground back first in front of a black-motif Lilim in a Bartender Suit.
| "Target incapacitated. Proceeding to restraining functions."
>The Lilim named Genie says in a curt tone.
"Master. I told you that you were only to answer questions for Sentai; Fuchsia." (6 vs 20, Critical+ Success on Grapple)
| >After seeing the man recoil from the shot, Fuschia quickly scans the area to survey her situation. She sees Genie and the injured Jackson, as well as the disabled Bittersweet and the tied up Noize. She figured Genie would handle Jackson well enough, so she turned back to the tall man. A beep on her club notified her that a charged blow was ready, and she quickly hopped off the train car and down to his level. She pointed her club at the man.
"Who are you and why are you here?"
| >>303604
"My name is now only Kiba. A Monk of a Fallen School thanks to efforts of the Black Collars."
>The man looks at you through his closed eyes and a vaguely pained expression.
"And I personally seek a justice for my fallen brethren, yet I am forced to babysit this... Psychopath."
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"Genie... I... how did you...?"
>Jackson holds his left arm as he steps closer to Genie as she restrains Bittersweet with the same zip ties as Noize was bound with.
"GPS Signal data for Master was lost. Followed last signs to the Midnight District. Restablished connection when I hit down here. I've been watching for a while now."
>She states, standing straight and looking over to Fuschia and the man."
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| >>303627 "Then you understand why we must take these two in to custody? You know they are murderous psychopaths that cannot be reasoned with?"
>Fuschia held her club down.
"Look, we don't have hardly anything on you. We know that these two have killed innocent people, many times, but we don't have any evidence of you helping them to do so. You are not our enemy, they are. You could go away, leave, and I would be fine with not fighting you any longer, as long as we have these two."
| >>305488
"Oh yes I am aware. But at the same time, they are both necessary to what we need to truly accomplish. I arrived to late to keep Her Instincts and Desires under control."
>The man 'looks' at the club.
"The Black Collars are smarter than I anticipated when we are in their radar. Sending those who do not use Magick. I have held back as I do not wish to harm you both either. My strength is only for the Black Collars."
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| >A cutesy anime-opening-esque ringtone begins emmiting from the restrained and unconscious body of NøiZe.
| (I'm sorry, I've been kinda busy as of late. ;-;)
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"Look, I don't know what your motivations are, all I know is that I need these two to come to me. I don't swear allegiance to the Black Collars, nor do my allies here. I swear allegiance to true justice, and you and I both know these two deserve to be taken into custody. Take my advice and walk away."
>Fuschia spoke sternly, prepared to defend her position.
| >>310413
(It's fine. I've been under a lot ood stress lately too. ^^;;)
>He smiles a little.
"It's a shame. Without our Leader we can't even handle you three. I knew it..."
>Kiba sighs audibly.
"Kill me. I have no place in this world if I do not have the means to do what I need to. I understand my position and adhere to my oath to restraint."
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| >After finding their way through the lax security of the Midnight District and finding the destroyed bar which housed the entrance, two would be heroes find themselves in the dark reaches of the abandoned train lines once used by the Ameritrade Robotics Corporation that flow all through out the Midnight District and then some.
>The tunnels are entirely ruined, though in this section it seems that the Electricty is still working here giving you both access to find your way around.