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(Setting) 6540 Erratum St. Neon District
| >>340535
>a man appears
>although not in his signature flash
>instead a frigid breeze comes with his arrival
(i switched his TP for freezing to spice things up this week only)
>him and a legion of mechanical soldiers
"hold the perimeter dont want civilian interference"
"affirmative"
>he investigates the apartment
| >The building is quiet, and as far as you can tell, empty
>The staircase lobby itself seems clean enough
>The intercomm blares to life
"This is a message to I, here's to hop---ASDSADAC--- The boundary is collapsing --ASDCCXVF-- What I mean to say is *Something is in the building with you, a Masked...* I need your help, I'm at *Don't try to hurt it, it's dangerous* I'll wait for you there *With the anchor in place, his grasp on the world is growing, stop it.* this was Reina"
| >With the end of the message, a noise is heard from the stairs... like something crawling, along with a smell of rot and blood...
| "fookin ell
/R6 Onyx tighten encryption/"
>the air around him grows frigid as he draws his revolver
| >From the top of the staiwell, within the darkness, emerges a small figure
>It is wearing a mask displaying a bizarre symbol and what looks like long Imperial Robes, from their clothes drip what looks to be a mix of pus and blood, not an inch of skin is visible
"Ara, ara... a child s*dares** Ahaha... no use hiding, dear."
>The voice sounds like a young women's, but something tells you it's merely a fake
>The figure enters the first floor hallway...
| (Clarification if needed: I assume you know what a classical apartment block looks like, right? One main staircase with doors to hallways with doors to room, simple stuff. Rooms look to be 4 and a half rooms, if you know what that means.)
| (indeed i do
*laughs in student dorms*
*cries is student dorms* )
"hello there"
/call backup R4 lapis/
>/request confirmed/
"any reason you are like
..*that*?"
| >>340582
>The thing has already left, it seems out of earshot...
>Where it stood is a blackish puddle, the stench of it is sickening
| >>340596
>Currently in the main staricase, there seems to be nothing of interest, besides the previously mentioned puddle and a few old posters reminding tenants to hold their organs in and their smiles on their faces
>The building has 3 upper floors and a single basement floor, the thing has entered the basement mere moments ago
>The sound of something moving can be faintly heard from there
| "right i should probably avoid creepy...thing...probably that Reina fellow..."
>he mumbles as he makes his way to the second floor
| >>340603
>Entering the second floor leads you into a hallway, six doors line it, the last one on the right is broken
>On the floor is some icky black substance, better not focus on the smell
>Posters and ads litter the hallway walls, all posters are showing people smiling, their eyes censored
>The Ads talk about 'Insight', 'Humanity' and 'Eyes in the Brain'
>Noise can be heard from the stariwell
| >he walks into the (rolls dice)
>second door on the left
| >>340620
>The apartment seems in disrepair, dirt cakes the windows and dust litters every inch of the room
>Despite this, the place is well furnished, with a new model of fridge and oven in the kitchen, a giant TV in the living room and what seems like very expensive mahogany furniture everywhere else
>The room itself is quite open, with a nice view of Neon from the front balcony
>Noise can be heard from the Hallway outside
| "ohhh i dun fooked up charles"
>he looks around for anything interesting
| "ohhh i dun fooked up charles"
>he looks around for anything interesting
| >>340641
>The room shows clear signs of being lived in, and recently at that
>On the couch is today's newspaper, but all the news is wrong, instead opting to speak about 'recent changes in Reality', 'The Yorkshire Ripper' and 'Catgirl care products'
>A knock is heard on the door
"Good Children anywhere? The remainder shan't see."
| "nope nobody here!"
>he responds
>he straight up jumps out the window
>to null the fall he activates his gloves and creates a blacket of snow on the ground he will land upon
"you"
>he points to a solder after recovery
"you do this shit"
>said soldier heads inside"
| >>340658
>Noise comes from the window, as a gigantic hand suddenly appears from it
>It's nails are faces, each spewing blood and pus, their eyes haggard and looking all around, the rest of the hand is decaying, and eyes group along where veins would be, crying pus
"The Bad Children are to be brought back, none shall obtain the Words of a Fake God, return from whence you came."
>The faces all say in unison, before the hand retracts back inside.
| >>340679
>The thing that should not be seems unpleased by your attempt to harm it, but nonetheless refrains from coming out once again
>Noise can be heard from the inside, moving to the 3rd floor
>The front wall of the building is now covered in blood and other fluids best not talked about
| (displeased, what the fuck is unpleased???)
| >>340681
"OH KAY WOW ITS NOT EVEN FRIDAY AND IM HIGH ON LSD"
>a squad of 5 troopers head inside
>they investigate the basement
| >>340685
>The basement is a hallway like the others, save for the metallic door at the end of the hallway proper
>Noise can be heard far above...
|
| >>340693
>they investigate the door
>MEANWHILE OUTSIDE
"i hope they are ok."
>a bot looks at him with that *yo rly?* look
"man fuck you ok i can just make more"
>bot shrugs
"...and i am talking to non sentient killing machines...*ultra kookin sigh*"
| >>340700
>The door is heavy bolted to the wall, seems like it won't budge, and wasn't meant to be opened in the first place
>Noise can be heard coming down stairs...
| >>340716
/object of interest found/
/do whatever then/
>they attempt to open it with liberal amounts of boom boom fun times and thermite
| >>340722
>The door seems to hold tight, mostly due to being over 3 metres thick for some reason
>Noise can be heard in the entrance way, coming down the stairs
"Ara, Ara, Ara... tis' ain't where bad children ought be, let the Empress take you to Heaven instead..."
>Splashing is heard as the thing enters the hallway
| >>340735
"I am the existential despair and pain of mankind, she who protects the boundary and the Empress Under Heaven, for ye' foolish one has seen my true form, I have no choice but to eliminate thee."
>With that said, she takes her hand out of her sleeve, using it to crush all within the hallway
>A loud noise is heard from the basement...
| >>340744
"yikes"
>and with that R4 lapis arrives
"you, do things"
>another team of five enter this time the second floor
>buuut a team of just one with a large sum of thermite heads back to the basement door
"i can keep trolling that gost thing all night"
| >>340750
>Noise can be heard in the basement still
>The first team enters the second floor, but it's eerily quiet, seems like the thing is waiting downstairs...
| >>340771
>The room itself seems similar to the one you entered last time, with nothing unusual around, save for the bizarre newspapers
>Meanwhile, the Empress seems to have begun climbing the steps again
>Noise is heard in the main hallway...
| >>340771
>The room itself seems similar to the one you entered last time, with nothing unusual around, save for the bizarre newspapers
>Meanwhile, the Empress seems to have begun climbing the steps again
>Noise is heard in the main hallway...
| >>340771
>The room itself seems similar to the one you entered last time, with nothing unusual around, save for the bizarre newspapers
>Meanwhile, the Empress seems to have begun climbing the steps again
>Noise is heard in the main hallway...
| (FUCK)
| (its fine, happens to me to)
>taking this opportunity, they split up into five to pointlessly wander as a distraction as thermite bot heads to and thermites the basement door
| >>341259
>The noise heads to the third floor
>Even with more explosives, the door seems to hold strong, although for how long remains to be seen
>Ignoring the explosions, the thing seems to be moving along towards the roof
| >>341319
>thermite make moar boom
>one robot approaches her
"mmmmmnnnnmmmm mmmyyeeeessss you like your little nubile slave boiisss"
>MEANWHILE OUTSIDE
"i think they might actually live"
>a bot walks up to him
"certainly they will explode violently and when that happens
*i* cato sicaribot *the only cato sicaribot* shall gladly lead this assault"
"yer askin fer a fistin sun"
| >>342943
>The noise finally reaches the roof, as the door begins to creak under it's own weight
>Something is moving on the rooftop...
| >>343317
>A mass of organs filled with wailing faces and dripping with a black tar like substance is dropping along the walls, making it's way unto the backstreets...
>It's eyes turn to the drone, and it's mouths immediatly spit a copious amount of acidic bile it's way, all the while landing in the street
>It's heading for you.
>The door collapses inward, behind it is a small satellite array
| >>343323
/anchor located/
/do stuff/
>they take a look at it
>MEANWHILE OUTSIDE
"dammit OPEN FIRE"
>They fire upon the empress
| >>343325
>The anchor seems to be a small satellite array, a parabola is connected to it, along with a small, screenless PC
>The empress seems unphased by your attacks and eventually takes back her normal form, still walking towards you with a smile on her masked face
"Accept death, ye foolish one ye."
>She uses her hands to swat any drones too close to her (20m range aprox.)
| >>343333
>they are swatted away and (dice roll...2) explode,thus defeated
"haha"
>the air grows frigid
"it is on"
>a spike of ice manifest in front of him
>it speeds towards the creature
>the drones look for a way to disable the anchor
| >>343341
>Seems destruction is the only way to deal with it
>The freeze seems to be having somewhat of an effect, but only slowing down the empress
"Such a chill between thee and I, my, my, won't you quietly go down?"
>She grows ever closer
>For some reason, the Empress seems to be glitching, as her body flickers from place to place
| >>343346
>thermite bot in his name uses thermite to blow it up or melt it
>OUTSID
"oh what fun.
These arent mine you know."
>he grins as the Crystals on his gloves glow
"but i still know the codes"
"*kholodnyy shtorm*
/zamorazhivat', gde vy stoite\"
>and with that a blast of frigid air erupts from his hand
>icy spikes erupts from the ground to impale the beast
>he knows there is no point. But he must buy time
| >>343354
>As the Anchor dissolves into a mess, The Empress vanishes into nothingness from whence she came
"How foolish, but I suppose that was their choice."
>The road is now awfully quiet, until suddenly... somehow arrives from within the shadows
>A figure all dressed in black, with a single eye and clawy hands, a white scarf around it's neck
"I am free at last, all thanks to you."
>They swivel to N3
| >>343372
"Call me NE, I suppose."
>They bow slightly
"Still, I shall thank you in full."
>They take out what looks like a small axe from their robes
"This here is called The Dimension Splitter, albeit broken as it stands, I have no worries a man like you can fix it easily."
>They laugh and look back to the building
"How long as it been since I have seen Glitch City I wonder?"
| "A couple month at best."
>Comes a young male voice from the tall figure a little away from the two. There stands a blond teenager, his signature yellow business suit complete with a small yellow rose. It would be impossible to determine, how lomg he stood there — as if he didn't stand there at all, and only got to be to say his line, smug smile across his face.
"Welcome back. Would you kindly fuck off to wherever you came from?"
| >>343399
"I'm afraid you have me mistaken for another. I only have come here once, a mere three days ago, yet in that short span, I feel it has changed so much."
>They stare at the boy, more interested than angry
>>343404
"An Extra-Dimensional conflict between two god like entities. I'm kidding of course, you have merely helped a prisoner of unfair justice loose, whether that is good or bad is up to you. Whatever you choose, my gift shall remain in your hands."
| >>343421
"Not much, just was an eyesore, I suppose. Maybe because I tend towards mischief."
>They shrug
"If you seek to fix that axe, a man named Okabe is your best bet."
>They bow to the two
"With the boundary gone, my work begins once more... now if you will excuse me... I look forward to our next meeting."
>With another quick bow, their figure vanishes away into the night...
| >>343431
"right im going home now.
alright pack up everyone"
>the man and his private army of bots disappear shortly after
| "Uh huh."
>Teenager took out a pack of cigarettes from his chest pocket, and lit one up. He just stood there, smoking and watching the conversation between the two in front of him go. Small diod on his belt kept blinking red.
>It was some fifteen minutes after both figures and bots army disappeared, that multiple large hovercrafts, painted black with yellow stripes, arrived at the scene. Couple dozen soldiers in full-body armor disembarked, encircling the teenager first....
| >...Then, after hearing some sort of orders from him, scrambled all over the place, searching, investigating, taking pictures. They blocked off the area, not letting any civilians in on the basis of some 'corporate business'.
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| >Despite being in the Neon District, Erratum Street was quiet tonight
>Sometimes called the Ghost Town of Neon, no one knew who lived on the street or why the Law never went there, but one thing was certain, here, mysteries were so numerous that they became normal news, boring even
>The 6540 was a small apartment building, and tonight too, all the lights on it's 4 floors were off...