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(Setting) Westside Scrapyard.
| >A shot comes from a few blocks away, and hits a window.
| > The man ducks out of instinct to the sudden shot, before looking around and continuing to eat. Not completely bothered by it.
| >Another shot hits the man in the back of his head. If anyone else was there, it would have seemed to look like a hole just appeared on the back of his head.
| >AnoMeat now closes in, after stashing his duffle bag.
"I expected more of them to be outside... whatever... I need to finish this."
| > Out of all, activity is low, but the scrapyard hides it's owm secrets. At the time he arrives, still, nothing happens, hardly a sound.
| >AnoMeat scans the entrance, the enters the scrapyard staying on high alert.
"This feels like a fucking ambush..."
| >AnoMeat approaches the dead body, and checks him for suspicious items.
| >He finds a phone. This will be handy.
| (Sorry for the takeover.)
| >He enters the hut. checking the corners. he stops and opens the phone. He need to make sure that TS isin't close.
| (Annnd I got no guts to take this over...)
| (Oh no, do your thing, I was quite distracted, I like where you were going.)
| (I'll just let AM do a thing on the phone, but I'd love to see you lead. I love the writing style.)
| (Oh thanks, I believe I shall.)
| >He can't remember TS's phone, Damn it. I guess a public post will suffice.
| >After posting That, AnoMeat snaps the phone in half, and stomps on it a bit. He hasn't done his rights yet.
| (I've done my small part.)
| > Just as, there's sudden movement in the background. Another man? Yes, unarmed however, as he begins to approach AM.
| "Hands up, Head down!"
>AnoMeat snaps to the movement. he can't have people get in his way. Could it be TS?
| > The man doesn't stop moving, he seems to laugh.
"You... You really think.."
| >AnoMeat pops him in the kneecap, silently.
"Final Warning! Hands up! HEAD DOWN!"
>Something feels off. AnoMeat keeps scanning around.
| The man shouts in pain, falling to the ground completely. Following is the sound of the gates back up front. Scraping? Yes, the gates being shoved closed by more men, blocking an escape.
| >AnoMeat readies a electric smoke grenade, seeling how last time it was effective.
| >AnoMeat thinks back to ho much of an idiot he was tusting a phone that was on the driver. Oh well, more blood for the gun god.
| With a sudden movement, the lifeless scrapyard become full, men from each and every scatter with guns of automatics and pistols. Each and everyone set up and aims.
| >AnoMeat readies to pop all his grenades in every direction. He hopes to come to a peaceful conclusion now...
"I am the shepherd reincarnate. Listen before you fire."
>He pops an idea instead of a grenade.
| > The entire groupd holds fire, instead more so waiting on his movement.
| "I know the Loss of the False shepard. She Lead us astray. I will unite us. I will improve us. We will rise like a phoenix out of the ashes."
>AnoMeat is lying through his teeth, or is he? Word by word he begins to believe himself.
| >AnoMeat feels reality slipping. Who is he?
| "Witness my power. For it is the will of the Lord."
>He triggers the 3kg of C4 in the duffle bag he left near the walls of the scrapyard. and ducks for cover.
| >When the dust settles, the Shepar- AnoMeat stands back up.
"I am The Shepard. Let me lead you to salvation."
| >AnoMeat feels something missing, but can't but his hand on it... His hand, his arm. Missing.
| "Ah shit..."
| >The Remaining men stand in awe. there are only 5 left.
| (Sorry for the derail... again...)
| >The sHEparD is losing blood fast... AM torquets the wound. The pain is non existent. The child. The goal. The trust.
| >It's cold. How did he never notice? Wait, the child.
"Where is the boy."
| "BRING THE BOY!"
| >Shepard remember having his tongue cut, His ankles broken... No. AnoMeat is his name? Who is he?
| >The remaining men bring over the boy. Beaten. Abused.
| "Forgive the sins of a False Shepard, boy."
>The Shepard pleads.
"WHO DID THIS?!"
>Why was he sparing the boy?
| >AM feels the cold wanting to take him. but the Shepard doesn't answer to him.
"Speak up one of you!"
| (Sorry I'm neglecting, like I said I've been distracted. You're free to control the men, I'm most likely not going to be on today.)
| >The men begin to turn on each other
"It was him, Shepard!" "The False Shepard did it!" "Stop pushing your mistakes to me!"
| (Just a quick question, what were you hoping to achieve? Also, get in contact with the mod, you are going on the official wiki!)
| "By the name of the lord, you are all guilty of sin."
>AnoMeat procedes to take a gun, and shoot everyone but himself and the child. His ears ring. It feels like church bells to him. Salvation. He falls to his knees. He righted his wrongs, but at what cost?
| "Boy. your father will be here soon. My life will thrive or perish on the words you say to him. Forgive and forget."
>AnoMeat falls to the ground. still there. still alive, but by a thread.
| > Just a distance away from the happenings, a woman was slowly walking her way through the scrapyard.
"How are we supposed to break this down—"
> She gazes at the events and the shootings.
"What even is happening there?"
> She muttered to herself.
(Because I like to see the action moves, let's allow Uni to be seen by anyone that is potentially hostile to her!)
| >Uni sees a boy crying, and AM? is he is missing an arm?
>Out of a corner appears a cowardly man.
"S-step a-away from the Sh-shepard!"
| "S-shepard?"
> Confused by the situation and what she had seen — and seeing AnoMeat's state — she immediately retracts her curiosity.
"Ha! You think we care about your little story? Move, ruffian!"
| "A-AH I'M SORRYYYYY!"
>The ruffian runs. He probably never seen someone so imposing before...
"Who?"
>you hear AM murmur.
| > Not hearing AnoMeat's murmur, Uni extravagantly announces herself as she paces forward to the epicenter of the event.
"Deus ex Machina has arrived—"
> She shouted, trying to get the attention of everyone around her.
"In their chariots, horses stomping forward—"
> Getting louder as she goes, she seems to be reciting off a verse.
"—And at their end, the enemy and their rewards—"
> She stops as she is near them.
"—On the puny stage the mongrels has built for them!"
| "Uni, help."
>AnoMeat speaks with all his might.
| > Uni gave a signal instead, she might be trying to do something here.
"BECAUSE—"
> She shouted once more.
"—THE STORY DOES NOT END THIS WAY."
> She closes her eye shut, opening it again as her left eye begins to glow.
"You are here, are you not, mysterious entity?"
> Her crescendo stops, as she realizes the "Shepherd" persona she saw earlier was no more.
"—Disappointing."
> Uni keeps her grandeur facade as she walks over to AnoMeat.
"Hm. An arm paid for your work."
| > From atop building at an angle from the scrap yard; perhaps a block away. A certain helmet head walked toward the edge of the roof he perched. From the blackness of his helmet's nearly face encompassing visor the faint lights of various applications danced. That is until his view increased several fold until he could see what was reported.
"...Is that them?"
| >The Shep- AM calls for help. He needs help.
"Please."
| > Uni pulls out a syringe, containing what looks to be painkiller from one of her suit's pocket, she then forcefully injects it to AnoMeat.
"We wished the story would last longer—"
> She then smiles, but it was not meant to represent a happiness — it was a sarcastic, mocking smile.
"—It's okay if you are scared. We can continue this later. For now, someone cares for you, and needs you the most."
> She pulls back the syringe as all of its dose are drained out.
| "Wha~~"
>AM's Head goes in to a spin, his vision blurring.
"Boy..."
| "Mmm...Let's roll the dice."
> After zooming in a little more Neon attempted to use his helmet to ping whether or not either of them had a cellphone on their person. It went through a few freqency types and hopefully eventually identified the cip in one of them. After that he'd try to call the emergency line of those chips---Specifically the lilim's. Neon after looking hard enough could tell the man without an arm was AM.
"...If we're lucky."
> If the Lilim's phone was a normal...
| >A taxi arrives at the location. Cain, armed with a M4 and a med bag on a sling, approaches the entrance.
| > Neon pings Cain's phone. The automatic phone call starts up again. 'Thank you for calling *Static* your destination is *Static*' The automatic phone call starts to disjointedly give directions as if being handled by a virtual soundboard.
| > Uni notices the newly-arrived person, and waves at them once she knows who they are: it was Cain.
"Your precious is over here!"
> She immediately regrets not bringing a first-aid kit with her. She sighs at her stupidity for only bringing painkillers as her go-to "first aid."
| >Cain is freaked out by her on phone ringing, she is on edge... She follows the instructions of the phone. Gun still raised.
| > Cain is lead to Uni and AM via the phones directions. Neon stops trying to ping Uni's phone after doing so. The black helmet turns and walks away from the roof's edge.
"*Fzzzt* You owe me, AM."
| >Cain drops her gun and rushes over to AM. She begins applying proper first aid to AM, trying to stop the bleeding.
"Thank you, Uni. I owe you one."
>the kid is still standing there, tied and gaged. maybe he can explain?
(TS?)
| "—We did absolutely nothing."
> With that, Uni's grandeur wears off.
"We did see an end to a peaking story, however. At least that was something of our interest."
> Uni then sees the tied child, she bears no interest in him, but something was ignited her mind.
"—Such a great way to start a plot."
> She mutters as she approaches the child, removing the hampering restrictions from him.
| (I don't want to touch TS's character, not without permission...)
| "Say, you wouldn't happen to know anything about this child now, do you?"
> Uni reaches out an answer from Cain, as she finishes her last bit and untying the child's tied hands.
"Because he seems oddly suspicious."
| >>96579
(No need to! Uni has no interest in the child itself. She's just seeking answers from wherever, to basically piece her own puzzle.)
| "I think the Child has something to do with Shelby..."
>Cain guesses.
| "Whoever that is.."
> Finishing her work, Uni gazes at the child once more.
"Well, do you still need help with your boss there? We can't do much but help carry him somewhere safer."
| (Terribly sorry, I was in the midst of unexpected scheduling)
| > The child hasn't much moved or done anything, looking to the new people in interest. Being of only a few years with the ability to stand, he watches with curiosity.. And confusion.
| "I'm sure you can get a story out of him if wew get him back to normal."
>Cain starts calling AM's taxi contact.
"Hello?"
"No, it's Cain."
"Boss is completely wasted, he drank too much."
"We also found a kid wandering."
"I got a plus one from the party too."
"2? fine."
"Make sure his friend is there."
>Cain ends the phone call.
"A van will come by to pick us all up."
| "Okay, bu—.. Oh, my. That is unexpected."
> As she was giving confirmations to Cain, Uni sees the child being wide awake.
"Ah— we didn't know you are awake!"
| > The boy looks to her, with an expressionless face for a second before waving.
"U-Uh... H-Hello."
| "He really is like his dad..."
>Cain murmured to herself, more relaxed seeing that AM was in a stable condition. She asks the kid.
"What's your name kido?"
| "Uh-erm.."
> Uni loses herself for a moment, not used to talking to a child.
"H-hello there, lad! Y-yes, what's your name there?"
| > He gives a bit of a confused look to her before speaking.
"Charlie Shelby."
| "Will you be Ok going with us?"
>Cain asks Charlie.
| "Papa said not t'go with strangers."
> He looks a bit shy, seeming a normal kid.
| >Cain, being incompetent, does not know how to talk to a child.
"Do you know that man? Did your dad ever mention AnoMeat?"
| > Charlie shakes his head, the word seemingly too big for him in the first place.
| (Just how old is Charlie anyway?)
| "Y-yes! Listen to Cain here—.. he—your father, he.."
> Having no words to say, Uni stumbles at her sentence. Being generally nervous when talking to a child, she stops and realizes her groggy voice were hosing out.
| "You know, I m-met your dad once, isn't his name Thomas Shelby?"
>Cain is doing slightly better, but not by much...
| > The boy nods, a bit amused but without word.
"Where's dad?"
| > Uni looks at Cain, seemingly having no answer herself. Her expression paints the woed "HELP!"
"Ahaha— he is probably.. uhm—well... Ahh. Well! He is probably off somewhere!"
> Her lie has probably made the talk a lot worse than she imagined.
| (*word, whoops)
| "He... he is busy with work."
>Cain attempts to fumble a lie together... She returns to treating AM, leaving Uni with the kid.
| "WHHYYY—NO!"
> Uni silently screams at Cain for leaving her with the kid.
"S-so, Charlie!"
> Uni tries to figure out the best approach to handle a child; having absolutely no experience at treating situations like these.
"Do you-ehm.. do you like magic?"
> Not suspicious at all.
| > Charlie glares at her before nodding.
"Dad did magic tricks."
| >The driver arrives. inside waits a medic for AM.
| "A-ah, isn't that lovely?"
> Uni notices the car that had arrived. She sighs longingly.
"Well, here! Y-you can have this."
> Uni hands Charlie a silver coin; the coin shimmers and radiates purplish light; the light is following a strangely symmetrical pattern as it leaves Uni's hand.
"This is a gift then, for our meetings. It can be a magic trick too, if you want!"
> She still tries desperately to be in the same wavelength as the child.
| "Charlie, would you mind coming with u-us?"
>Cain asks the little boy.
| > Charlie's look suddenly became interested, now holding the coin and inspecting it thoroughly.
| >The medic gets out the car, and begins to carry AM over to the car.
| > He looks up to Cain.
"W-Why?"
| "Because it's not safe here."
>Cain, for once, thinking on her feet, grabs AM's hat, still intact.
"Do you recognise this hat?"
| > He takes a look at it and nods.
"Dad's newsboy."
| > At this moment, Uni gets a call.
| > Uni smiles at the little boy's appreciation for the coin she gave. She notices the name "newsboy" and starts wondering for possibilities.
"Newsboy, hm."
> She looks at Cain with a questioning gaze.
"Newsboy?"
| "He gave this man..."
>Pointing to AM
"... because he trusts him, and he is my boss, so you can trust me!"
>She whispers to Uni
"It's a hat."
| > Charlie takes a noticeably short time to think before nodding.
"Okay."
| >>96712
(Whoops, didn't see that. Should have refreshed.)
"O-ooh—Right."
> Hearing Cain's whisper, Uni snaps in realization, but suddenly—
> Uni can hear her phone buzzing from her backpocket. She steps away from Cain and Charlie, finding a more secluded place.
> She answers the phone call by gesture, not even looking at who the caller is.
"Yes?"
| >Cain gets in the car, and digs in AM's pockets for something, while gesturing to the two to get in.
| "Uni? Is this right? It's Kazuki."
> The familiar voice seems.a bit cheerful.
| (I seem to have been infecting everyone with my mistakes...)
| >>96722
"K-kazuki?"
> Uni's tone changes to a less serious one.
"Yes, Uni speaking here—"
> Uni faces in Cain's direction, giving a hand signal, telling her to wait for a moment.
"—What do you need?"
| >Cain remebers her boss' M4 and medbag, promptly gets them, and hands two coins to the driver. They seem familiar...
| "I'm currently a few hours out of Glitch, I'm with a.. Guy named Thomas, we're heading out to see about getting pictures and more plants."
| "AH! That's lovely! Do let us know when you have more of th—"
> Uni's voice was cut short by a realization.
"Wait, did you say Thomas? What are the chances of that Thomas being Thomas Shelby?"
> She looks at the kid, back and forth, remembering the name of the kid's father; feeling a connection between the name referred by Kazuki and the kid's father.
| "Erm.. Yeah, Thomas Shelby. Why?"
| > Another audible voice is heard on the phone.
| (Lol quit interfering with me call you crab)
| (I can just imagine KN and TS fighting in the car over the phone...)
| >>96737
(Perfect image of what I'm imagining as well)
"Does that Thomas Shelby.."
> One last time, Uni tries to think of a word that would fit and describe the situation she's seeing.
"—Does that Thomas Shelby happens to have a missing child?"
> She didn't think that was the best words she could have spewed.
| > There's a sudden silence, before Kazuki's allowed to speak.
"Yes, in fact he does."
| "Great! Fate doesn't roll far from us."
> Uni happily responds before approaching closer to the car.
"—Meet us at.. erhm.."
> She looks at Cain, holding the phone's microphone with her hand.
"C-cain! Where are we going afterwards?"
| "RedLight district!"
>Cain shouts to her.
| > After hearing Cain's response, Uni unblocked the microphone
"Re-redlight District— meet us there, if you can, Thomas's child should be safe and sound there as well."
| "Redlight.. Redlight, We have to turn around!"
> Thomas is heard through the call.
| "Woah woah woah.. Hold on.. We can't *just* turn around, we've been driving for hours.."
> Kazuki objects.
| "Kazuki not now."
> An audible thud is heard, before a familiar click.
| "Cain, let's go!"
> Uni signals Cain, to start preparing for the trip back to the district.
"Charlie, your father will meet us at our place—.. w-will you go with us?"
> She faces the child, trying to get him to enter the car.
| "Hey, give the phone- Thomas, I'm trying to drive!"
> With that, the call disconnects.
| > Charlie nods with a subtle...
"Yes."
| >Cain is already waiting in the car, checking on AM.
| (Oof, I'm gonna make the thread for Thomas and Kazuki.)
| >>96769
"Right, let's go!"
> In a jolt of impulse picks up the child, carrying him. She then follows the two, Cain and AnoMeat, who are already seated in the car.
"—Two birds, one stone."
> She enters the car and puts Charlie right next to her, as they are sitting inside the car now.
| (This will be interesting.)
| > Charlie holds no words for this, instead playing with the coin.
| (I'll make the safehouse thread.)
| (To keep him busy*)
| (Agh, I may have to pause. It's 12 AM here, and I probably need to take a quick nap. Sorry!)
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| The most empty, having been unable to fill or lose scrap metal and materials since the riots have started. However, Inside is where secluded business has been held for awhile. This time, it's merely a man eating away at his dinner, being the only known resident of the yard so far.