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(Quest/Setting) Yss's "Command Center" - AT-SARA heist: Meet Me IRL
| (first up, the invite. Assume you got it)
(>To: you From: yss@lolistoleurhost
(>From a datatap. Wiped out fast but... Enjoy.
(>>VX: Bellarophon is breathing down my neck. AT particles are all over the city. Where are my suits?
(>>Medusa: In 227G. Tell the investors to sit tight. Surviving candidates are primed.
(>>VX: We must proceed.
(>>Medusa: You endanger the entire city because of a timetable!
(>Let's swipe these things and have a battle of the bands. Meet here-YSS
| >In the obscure Sideways District, where half-constructed towers lean against each other, and apartment pods hang from a confusing maze of scaffolding, is an abandoned bunker-like storehouse. Someone has painted "LOOK OUT! BEES!" over the entrance, but an AR tag says "Bees eradicated, <3 YSS"
>Inside, past a small gate, is Yss's command center. The concrete walls are covered in neon colored vandalism and lit by the dim glow of a stack of functional monitors.
| >>303623
>Yss lies on a matress without a bed, flicking at the air with a pair of AR gloves. Cans of Stim! Soda and Japanese snacks are piled on top of excercise equipment across from her, where a small plastic sign reads "free drinx n snax." Bags of silver vine form another pile that says "boomers only."
>Stepping into the room triggers the sound of chimes.
| (Feel free to come in, have a snack, and mingle)
| >The jangle of chimes can be heard as a man steps into the room, passing by the gate.
"Is it just me, or is it freezing outside today?"
>Oddly enough, the man looks completely normal. Nothing special, no mods, no augments. Well, except for what appears to be a set of straight, metal tubes on his arm.
| >>303634
>Yss sits up and takes the gloves off with her mouth.
"Oh? An inside-out air conditioner may have accidentally turned itself on... I'm Yeesha, by the way. You can call me Yss but don't call me Yeesh. And you are..."
| "I'm Petra. Great to meet you Yss."
>Petra extends his hand out for a handshake, though not with his right hand, the one with the tubes.
| >in an Orange flash a man appears
"hello"
| >A scruffy looking cat boomer and a blond little girl walk in. They seem to be in some kind of arguement.
"You need to really do something about it! It's been three and a half weeks!"
"When has he ever listened to the two of us?"
| >a suited guy crashes in through the celling. He is wearing a decent suit, if it wasn't covered in dust and blood. He lies in the rubble, groaning.
"H-Hey YSS...."
| "Hey everybody. I just set up the host so... can you sign in like this, and give yourself a nametag?"
>AR displays the text "Yeesha (Yss)" hovering Yss's head.
"And... umm... help yourself to the snacks and-
>>304263
>AR flickers away as the power is cut. A gray cloud covers the room in plascrete dust.
"Aaaaah!"
>Yss coughs, spits the dust from her mouth, and wipes her eyes. Without taking her eyes off the man, she drains a can of Stim! Cola and crushes it. She sighs.
"Hi?"
| "So much for that"
>Wendy sighs, observing the mess in front of her as Tuna goes over and pokes the man in the face
"Are you okay?"
| "I feel like I should be suprised, but I don't think I am."
>Petra walks over to the man on the ground, offering to help him up.
| >>304263
"Jesus Christ man are you ok?!!?"
>asks the teleporting man rather surprised
>>304318
"ah i see introductions
In that case"
>he bows
"my name is cyrus lechance, nice to meet you all"
| "Well, I guess if we are doing introductions, I might as well do mine.
Petra Burke, at your service."
| >>304326
"Yeah. Just more of those weird gangers again."
>Jhensen groans more.
>>304321
"I'll be fine if some one passes the stim come."
>>304318
"Sorry about the celling, I'll pay for it as soon as I'm done."
>Jhensen holds out a business card.
"Just contact me later."
| >>304381
"Oh its you"
>Wendy says in realization, her voice as montone as ever. Tuna passes him one and checks him over for injurys
| >Petra glances over to the hole in the ceiling-
"Uh, should we be worried about why you just fell through the roof?"
| "Everyone okay? Fallguy? Blinkers?"
>Yss blows dust off the biogenerator in the corner and kicks it. There is a faint high-pitched whir as the monitors blink back on. The floating AR text reappears.
>She opens a bag of silver vine and inhales until she stops shaking.
"Not so bad. You set up here you gotta plan for falling stuff. It's like a giant's game of Pile Stackers outside."
>She turns to the teleporting man.
"Hey, Blinkers, can ya help me put up a tarp?"
| >Quiet as a wish, two androids have entered. A Devola and a Popola, by the looks of them, armed with an MP5 and twin P30Ls, respectively. Hopefully they're not too late.
| >A azure haired girl in glasses walks onto the scene, her most notable features being her generous badonkas
| >>304431
>They stretch a thick blue tarp over the new accidental skylight, pinning it down with bricks. The room takes on a bluish glow.
| >Wendy sighs and takes out a lolipop sticking it in her mouth, The seemingly 12 year old blond girl annoyed at the situation.
| >Petra chuckles, heavily amused.
"What a great start, am I right?
| "oh boy.."
>cyrus sighs
| >>304471
"Sign onto the host, put your name up in AR nametag, plus any skills if you think you got em. And try not to break too much stuff before I start the presentation."
| >>304509
"Ah, sorry, but how would I do that? I barely use AR, so I am clueless when it comes to it."
| >>304515
"oh that. I thought it meant something else.
I mean we have full immersion Virtual Reality, who still uses AR?"
| >>304516
"AR is often used for tactical situations or similar things where full immersion would be a burden. AR is usually assistive tech, while VR is often for training or recreation."
>Petra explains
| >>304516
>The Devola/Popola pair raise their hands.
"FIVR-" >Devola pronounces it as 'fever', "-Is pretty good for training yeah, but it leaves your real body vulnerable- if someone sneaks in while you're immersed they can do a ton of... less than pleasant things to you."
| >>304540
>Petra visibly shudders-
"I tried FIVR once. Just once. There is a reason I have a shotgun on my arm now."
| >A late attendant enters the area, a smirk on his face as he sweeps his dirty blond hair to the left at the sound of chimes.
"Man, this looks like a party. Any chance I can get in on this? I didn't directly post on the board post, but I'm working for that Hakase person."
>His handsome looks and Bartender Uniform makes him look a bit out of place here, despite his statement.
"I'm pretty versatile, just so you guys know."
| >>304398 >>304382 >>304416
"Thanks."
>Jhensen stands from the rubble, dusting himself off.
"I really ought to drink less..."
| >Yss, with her gloves back on, spreads her arms like she is conducting an orchestra. Cheap speakers play the opening to Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, lending an odd metallic flavor to the recording. The monitors at the center of the room light up with images and data. A large floating virtual screen in AR displays the same.
"Okay chummers, siddown! Pay attention to the screens cause... um..."
>She glances around the room.
"Drek! I had a cool line for this! I'll just fraggin go..."
| >An image of The Dome appears on all screens. An nondescript box appears below.
"I have the location of 227G! It's right under The Dome. Took a lot of footprinting just to get this far... Anyway, we could be dealing with the Dome's security before we find a way in. I say we case the joint. Find out everything about security inside and out. We need someone to loosen lips, too. Someone is going in and out of the secret facility from the Dome, let's find out who, and how."
| >>305353
>Petra raises his hand -
"I petition for the teleporting guy to go in, because, well, he can teleport."
| "If we want to use these suits, we'll need our own crystals. They have to be custom grown to fit the wearer from med data. There's an Impolex Lab in the south part of the Shadow District manufacturing the things. Suppose a few "technicians" go overtime and grow extras. That's you guys. We'll need some inside help."
>Image of a slender brunette in a labcoat and goggles. Contsct info.
"Dr. Ankara is one of Medusa's assistants. She can fill you in on how to use the equipment. I hope."
| >>305354
"Me too but I'd be a real asshole to make one guy do all the work. Don't want this guy blinking into a place where he might get stuck, or something bad to happen he can't get out of... my anxiety kicks in, never a good sign... I mean once we're in, we'll definitely need him! Forbnow let's focus on not being seen."
| >>305354
"actually i only need to learn where they keep the suits.
From there i can nab em and blink out"
>>305356
"that should be up my alley as well"
>cyrus says
| >>305359
"kind of you to say but there is no limit to this thing"
>he gestures to the device on his neck
"if i want i could teleport from here all the way to Washington"
| >>305360
"Yeah all I have is all of the places it CAN be, but nothing exact, like how far down it is. That box is just an estimate... It's what happens when you data mine traffic and such."
| >>305361
"Don't think I'm shutting you down, it's just... you could be the guy who saves the rest of us or does the impossible thing we need but you're all we got! Buuut that gives me an idea. If we could get a layout from the facility's own security system..."
| >>305364
"Images from cameras, drones, and such... could you teleport to those places just from that?"
| >>305366
"A lot of location info came from probing a hidden host at the Dome. It's an unforgiving data fort but if someone can break in, get you the images and data you need, you'll be all over the place! P-sec won't know what's going on and they won't be able to touch you! That gives someone else the time to look for the suits once you blink them in. Still, plan b, we need to deal with p-sec head on."
|
| "Do P-Sec defend any other properties? We could always run a distraction."
>Jhensen speaks from the rubble.
| >>305381
"P-sec isn't a company, it's what Ryan calls security guys. He's a security spider, and now he is also a futa since we broke up."
| >>305383
"Anyone who can stand up to security goons and make them think twice before they decide to fight. Or someone who can punch really hard. Or a gun... enthusiast."
| >>305390
"Easily. The thing on my arm is a lot more than just a shotgun. Not only is it a damn good shotgun, its a fabricator unit. It uses nanobots to disassemble surrounding things, and then builds machines from it. This thing can build an army on the go whenever you want."
| "We also need to get the augments. They're in a creepy place..."
>An image of Pericles Children's Hospital appears onscreen.
"This is where the augments are made, and where they were... tested on the patients. I don't even like to think about how glitched in the head you have to be... So we are going to liberate these augments without hurting any kids. But not horror movie kids with weird powers, that's diffie. Any ideas? We could dress up as nurses, I guess."
| >>305398
"another task i could be of use in"
>he taps the device on hid neck
>all of a sudden he is enveloped in what look to be dandelions made out of light
>when it fades he looks exactly like Yss
"ta da"
>he says perfectly mimicking her voice
| >>305398
"Ah shit, of course they are in a place like that. Well, there goes any remorse I had for these guys."
>>305402
"I would ask where you got that, but I am not one to talk."
| >>305406
"then dont"
>he repeats the process
>except this time he looks exactly like petra
"pretty good no?"
>he says with a perfectly mimicked voice
| >>305406
"Ho shit that's the kind of tech my dad's company invests in. Be CAREFUL who sees you use it!"
| >>>305408
>Petra suddenly looks at Cyrus in horror -
"Please tell me my tech doesn't work while you look like me. That would be very, very bad."
| >>305410
>in an orange flash a robotics dog manifests
"does that answer your question?"
>in all reality he teleported that
>of course you dont know that
| "Hey! Some of us don't need all that to look good in a nurse's uniform. And if something goes very wrong, we're not stuck with teleporting cops who can turn us against each other... kay? Even if you can do it all, you don't need to be a workaholic and do everyone else's job! There's strength in teamwork.
And now I sound like my gym teacher. See what you made me do??"
| >>305412
>Shaking his head, Petra sighs in relief -
"Hey, listen. I really, really, recommend you never use that again. That things works off quantum entanglement, and if it interacted with the same end point as mine, well... I honestly don't know what would happen. Also, that thing requires special maintenance. You don't have the knowledge nor the resources to keep that thing from blowing most of Glitch City to Kingdom Come. Don't use it please.
| "Me and Lily would fit in at the children's hospital"
>Wendy pipes up
(Sorry was at work being an adult)
| >>305423
"As patients? Ohhh. I didn't think of that! Faking the medical records is way hard... is anyone a doctor?"
| >>305418
"ahehe sorry..
But to be fair im better doing jobs at this scale alone.
If anything thats what i am best at."
| >>305421
"Phew. I was really worried about that thing. Its dangerous as all hell. And like I said, If you guys need a distraction, let me know."
>>304540
>>304438
>Petra looks over to the Lilim pair and the woman -
"And what about you guys? Any Ideas?"
| >>305428
"Hey, don't take it so hard. Every chummer gets a moment of wiz, and you got a million. We need what you got, but we only need one, and all you need to do is hold back some. Not all, some. Far as we know, only you can blink like that, so that will be our secret weapon. Can't give away our secrets too early, right?
I have a ton of super sentai shows that will teach you everything you need to know about teamwork. Why not watch some?"
| >>305450
"all due respect i know how to cooperate
Also i doubt some TV shows can create the same effect as a VR exercise"
| >>305452
"We cool?"
"Oh frag I forgot where we were... Hospital? If you're going to be patients we have to sell it. So how do we make them admit you?"
| "A lie about a chronic illness?"
>Tuna suggests
| "I got a friend on the GCPD, we can get him to admit us through ER."
>Jhensen suggests
| >>305459
"A legit hospital, not like a steet doc. They'll want ID and medical records. If you're sick a doctor has to say you have such-and-such."
| "Now we need a way to get our 'kids' out of there, just in case... you know. Dark stuff."
| >>305466
"I'm sure I got a CDC jacket and ID somewhere at home..."
>>305466
"I can do that."
>Jhensen puts a thumbs up.
| (brb errands)
| >>305480
(back. Wifi gives me different ip. -YSS)
>>305478
"Did we talk about the crystal lab? It'd be a handy escape."
"I should put a bulletin."
| >>305504
"yes something about a dr.ankara
If i recall what happened three minutes ago correctly"
>he sips more warp tea
| "This conversation is going all over the place. Why don't we work on one task at a time instead of streaching ourselfs thin"
>Wendt suggests
| >>305514
"Must be the caffeine talking... or my screwed up boomer brain. We can finish up the hospital, then back to the lab. The Dome, where we started."
>the board:
>Pericles Children's Hospital
>Take: augments
>Plan:
>-get Lily and Wendy into hospital w/ fake info
>-find and take the augments
>-safe extraction
>-don't end up in creepy experiment
>Jobs:
>-kids: L&W
>-forger: Cyrus
>-fake parents: ?
>-extraction/getaway: ?
| "Why is fake parents even on the board"
>Tuna questions her ears twitching
| >>305533
"Well it would be a bit odd if two kids showed up to get themselves into a hospital wouldn't it?"
| >>305533
"Kids don't normally admit themselves to hospitals, and doctors want to talk to the parents. Less suspicious, I guess?"
| >Tuna closed her eyes, her ears flattening against her head as she sighed in annoyence
"Fiiiinnnee"
| "Any takers? Maybe just one parent, a mom or a dad, or a foster parent? If not, I dunno... I have friends who look old enough to drink, maybe one of them can show up and pretend to be a cousin."
| >>305549
"I could do it probably, shouldn't be too hard. Though if anyone feels like they could do it better, speak up."
| "The real drek is extraction: our 'kids' need to make it out with the merchandise, pronto. Nobody is just going to let sick kids out of the hospital, will they?"
| >>305551
"assuming the girls find a broom closet or anywhere else out of the public eye i can teleport them out"
>cyrus offers
| >>305555
"Perhaps an image and coordinates of the storage room will do, if it comes to that. Your tech is very last resort."
| (Thread's getting full. Tomorrow I will split the discussion into the labs and the dome. Seems we're about done with the hospital plans.)
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| (For info on the prize see:
https://boards.dangeru.us/cyb/thread/300291
It's open to everyone. Think of this as a chance to meet your loosely assembled team.
The prize is one of the 5 known suits plus anything else that turns up. Don't think that means 5 prizes though. These are manufactured objects. There could be any number of copies. They just work best in diverse groups of 5.
Plz don't start until I post redtext I am running out of room)