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Post by Sandy Bell on Sept 26, 2015 14:28:48 GMT
Sandy Bell landed the Gargoyle helicopter with pin-point accuracy on Alcatraz Island, then quickly said over her throat microphone. "All ashore who's going ashore!" As her team disembarked, Sandy dutifully did a final systems check, but inside was exhilarated at being able to fly again. Sandy was self admittedly a bit of an adrenaline jockey, and flying a helicopter always excited her, especially during combat missions during the Pale Wars. This trip was very much like those combat missions, for their enemies in the Inquisition were still out there planning the team's demise, and they had proven to be a tricky foe in the past. As she thought about the mission ahead of them, she looked through the cockpit window at the Pacific Ocean from the vantage point of the top of Alcatraz Island, the only flat spot to land the copter, noting the sizable waves therein, wishing she had a surf board not for the first time since awakening from a decades sleep in the Bay Area. "Maybe after all this Inquisition stuff is over, I'll see if I can find an old surf board or have one made," Thought Sandy to herself. "Best not," Warned Sarge, her EGO psyche, "There be sea serpents there I bet!" Sandy retrieved her weapons and locked the copter, then spotted Volodja near one of the Vendors. A mischievous look crossed her pretty tanned face, as she quickly snuck up behind him, hugging him from behind as she kissed his ear lob and whispered, "I love you, man of mine! Script note for your thoughts!"  |
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Sept 26, 2015 14:42:32 GMT
"I love you too, Sandy. You are one of a kind, the best girl a man can ever have, but I'd rather save that scrip note is I was you, because my thoughts aren't exactly bright ones at moment. Tommasino was helpful...sort of, because he mentioned couple of informants, but I am afraid that they are hard audience - we have a xenophobic Indogene and his aggressive bat swinging Sensoth bodyguard to soften up. Hopefully you love me when I end up with a broken rib cage or deformed face. And I beg you to be careful. A bit funny to hear such words from a man who is about to face a guy with a baseball bat, but I love you and I need you and rest of us need your pilot skills. Just cross your fingers for me."
Volodja kissed Sandy on her lips which tasted like mixture of cherries and strawberries.
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Post by Sandy Bell on Sept 26, 2015 14:51:39 GMT
Sandy Bell's blue eyes narrowed as the muscles in her jaw clenched, a belligerent look crossing her pretty tanned face as she replied, "Not with me watching your back! I had hand-to-hand combat training way back in boot camp, and have my combat ribbon to prove it - or would have, if I still had my combat ribbons! Anyway, anybody tries to break any part of you, then I'll just have to break that part of them! Reciprocity is a bitch!" Sandy grinned, kissing him even more passionately before winking at him as she took out her polishing cloth, subconsciously polishing her Pulser SMG as she waited for the team leader, Vo Kshaa, to tell them their next move, but determined that Volodja would not be going anywhere to risk his neck without her there to protect him.  |
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Sept 26, 2015 15:14:57 GMT
Tony the Bat wasn't in brightest mood on that day. They discovered a promising bunker, probably containing lot of valuable items, and then they were chased away by the bunch of gang of Castithans, all wearing red and white uniform. An Inquisition, as they called themselves. And worst of all - they captured Mek when he entered into the bunker. Tony had a lot of explaining to do and that made him ANGRY, so when he spotted handsome looking human male and gorgeous looking girl approaching to him, it made him even angrier. He was screwed and they just dared to walk hand in hand like there was no DAMN MESS! And obviously they wanted to talk with HIM! Let the bat do the talking!
"Hello," said the male and smiled politely. "Tony the Bat, I assume. And may I say that your choice of the weapon is really original these days."
"Who wants to know?" growled Tony "I'm a busy man, and I can't be bothered to punch you at the moment. Here is my fist; kindly run toward it as fast as you can."
"Not going to fall on that, Tony," human replied. "I'd would rather prefer to talk with you."
"Not in the mood for a chit chat, mister," snapped Tony. "Since you were so polite, stranger, I'll give you a chance to turn around and leave with your girlfriend. And I will do my best not to kick your rear. Am I clear? Do we have a deal?"
But annoying human didn't accepted his kind offer and decided to stay. Damned masochist! He was warned and now he had to face the consequences of ignoring Tony's warning. T'was time to meet the Bat. Tony swung it towards him, but male just tilted himself backwards, fell to the ground, made a perfect backward roll and jumped to his feet again and dared to smile again!
Adorable blond girl stabbed Tony with her beautiful baby blue eyes and before his men could react to Tony's order to grind the human male into dust, couple of them were wriggling on the ground, holding their family jewels or other strategic places and gasping air after the demonstration of girl power. That girl was fast and dangerous fighter, using her fists, feet and elbows to eliminate her opponents with astounding results. Seeing her fighting so efficiently, the rest of Tony's crew decided to avoid the fistfight, thus leaving the ground to Tony and that human male who also demonstrated excellent combat skills and took down few attackers as well. But his moves differed a lot from those that girl was using.
"I don't want to hurt you, Tony," warned human when Tony was about to attack him with his baseball bat.
"You? Hurt me?" and experienced fighter Tony the Bat grinned at that ridiculous thought.
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Post by Vo Kshaa on Sept 26, 2015 16:00:57 GMT
"Vo. I think that we should keep our eyes on Sandy and not only because I love her and want her to be unharmed, but also because she is only pilot we have and that makes her essential if we don't want to get back by hitch hiking. My opinion, of course."
"Sandy must stay alive and well because she's our only pilot. You must stay alive because you're the best one to think on your feet and outsmart Mistress if we face one of her tricks. Kaj must stay alive and well because it will be damn hard to pull him out of whatever hole we'll have to dig into. I must stay alive and well because without me you all will be bored to death and I'll be the one to blame if we all screw up royally. I guess you get the idea", Vo replied to Volodja, hoping he does understand their team is too small to treat any of their member with a priority at the expense of any other.
As the team disembarked from the helicopter, Vo noticed that although Volo had his own idea, the rest of the team was waiting for his order. He still was only getting used to the need of thinking on his teammates' assignments, so every time they looked at him like that it was a moment of surprise for him.
"Now Volo, as you have a contact here, you're free to visit them. Sandy will accompany you. I and Kaj will be checking the general hub area in case there's something going on there that might indicate any Inquisition activity no need to scare your contacts off with a view of the whole team armed to teeth. But please don't go off the communication range so that we could be able to help you in case things start going hot."
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Sept 26, 2015 16:24:26 GMT
"Me. Hurt you. Just as you heard," replied human and suddenly he made a quick move with his hand. Something swung through the air and penetrated into the wall between Tony's legs only an inch beneath his family valuables.
"I could have been aiming higher," stated human with the calm voice. "But I think that starting our acquittance with an act of castration would be diplomatically wrong move. Now you can put that bat aside and listen what we have to say."
Tony looked down at sapper shovel which almost cost him his manliness and gulped. Human was right. Tony recognized an expert in hand to hand combat when he saw one, and human was definitely skilled and his school was something he never saw before. That made him really convincing when he told about his shovel throwing kills. And since they only wanted to talk he could accept their truce offer.
"OK human. Speak up. I am all ears," he muttered. Maybe it wasn't too late to forget their quarrel.
"Tommasino Di Angelo mentioned you and Mek as possible contacts in this territory," said human.
"Man! You only said his name NOW! If you bothered to mention him as a first thing then we..."
"...would missed a nice little fighting scene." Human finished Tony's line for him. "And you had a chance to let some steam out so we can talk in more reasonable basis now. Let us introduce ourselves. This is Sandy Bell, my lovely girlfriend and skilled fighter. Or skilled fighter and my lovely girlfriend if she prefers that order. And I am Volodja Uljanov."
"Nice to meet you two," said Tony the Bat and laughed heartedly. "Tommasino told me that you were coming, but he never said that you have your way with fists and shovels, as well with the words. No hard feelings, right? I should never underestimated your gorgeous girlfriend and you. How can I help?"
"We need some information from you and Mek. By the way - where is he?"
"It's a damn long story. We met some Inquisitors and he was captured by them."
"We like long and detailed stories. Especially when they contain some coordinates of Inquisition whereabouts," said Volodja and took Sandy's hand into his.
Tony sighed, then suddenly smiled to them as he spotted their hand contact and started to tell what happened earlier...
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Post by Taffer on Sept 26, 2015 17:24:12 GMT
Taffer thanked Candyass for a good and flight and perfect landing as they were exiting the VBI VTOL aircraft. He planned to enter the city through the usual guest passage so that Haele could get her ID in this city and could get some common reference information on the city's infrastructure.
"Hello Byte-Muncher!" Lu jumped to the screen of the console, seeing the familiar of a young Indogene, "How is it going here? I hope you have repaired all the damage we've done on our previous visit and you're ready for the next round!"
"Nice to see you Miss Lu", Esthete replied, "And you too Mr. Taffer. Speaking of damage, it was indeed repaired much ahead of time. In fact, the city's economy is improving very quickly. I can't even calculate the reason for it, but I doubt I should complain if my people started living better than any of my most optimistic prognoses could predict."
"Could you be more specific", Taffer asked with a frown, "If something goes out of the city manager Ark Brain's calculations, it's definitely not a good sign."
"Do you think something is wrong?" Esthete asked, as his voice sounds worried, "Because Ada thinks this way as well, regardless of the lack of any evidence supporting it. You see, all my indications regarding the industry, trade, and other spheres grow higher and higher. The only sphere that went into a steady decline is the entertainment. It's like almost all the citizens of Red Deer became obsessed with their work and not interested in having free time at all. But moreover, my social indications tell me that my people are still happy with that, even happier than they were before!"
"So you tell me your people suddenly started to work around the clock with no demand for repayment for the extra work they do, they reduce the amount of entertainment they get, and they all are happy with that. Is our sun is going to explode as well and you all are working on a new Ark Exodus?"
"Non, no, nothing like that", the virtual Indogene shook his head, "My people work mostly on their own projects they find interesting. Of course they switch between their projects sometimes but it's always by their own free will. You know, Indogenes sometimes get pretty obsessed with the work they do, so I still tend to write this spike off as a weird coincidence. By the way, it seems like your new friend is having problems with the ID registration. Can I be of help?"
"I still think that's too much to be a coincidence and if you don't have the evidence that there's something influencing you people's behavior, then you just need to look harder or in different places. Anyway, we're here for a different purpose, so I'll leave you to continue observing the situation here while we're getting our spaceship in the air and going to the area of Edmonton to participate in the search for our missing friend and I hope you can straighten all the formalities connected with it so our visit won't meet any delays."
With that said he walked up to Haele who was still standing at the counter and asked, "Now what's going on here? what's the delay?"
"I don't know for sure", Haele answered, "First, the officer had problems detecting my race as I'm the the energy being now, so she could not scan my DNA directly as they do on Indogenes. Second, once we agreed on that I would simulate the scanner's responce for her, she found my entry in the database marked as dead. As I told her that part of my story including that failed experiment which resulted in my presumed demise, she said she needed to check the archives. And then she left downstairs and I'm still waiting for her to come back."
"I didn't have any requests to the archives from the terminal down there", Esthete chimed in. And by the way, my sensors indicate there's a problem with ventilation down there. I'll send someone to check it, please stand by.
"No, we'll come down and check", Taffer interrupted him. "Don't send any civilians here, only your drone if you want to keep the visual and audible contact with us. Lu, do you have your rebreather on you?"
"Damn, I forgot it in my Truck back there in Tip-Top or whatever that place were called. Yes, I know I was in your armory and I could get the replacement there, but I forgot about the thing completely. Still not used to having an entire base of operation much larger than something I can put in my own truck. Did I srew up completely?" Lu replied, feeling like she really did.
"It's not the end of the world", Taffer said soothingly, "You're still new to the team, such things happen sometimes. Stay here then and watch o that no one else would go downstairs. Hazardous environment and so on."
As Taffer, Haele and Esthete's flying drone went downstairs to the archive room, they saw the Indogene officer twitching in convulsions. As they ran up to her, Haele scanned her body with a ball of energy going from the sleeve of her energy suit.
"Overdose", was the only word she said.
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Sept 27, 2015 5:22:51 GMT
"You know, Volo," said Tony after taking a big gulp from Volodja's boot flask. "People may have prejudices about our organisation, but compared with Inquisition, we are open minded and relatively modest in our actions. Take Tommasino Di Angelo for example. He might be a dreamer and long for golden ages of the mob, but he keeps his feet firmly on the ground and is perfectly aware that he gains from our "open doors and equal chances for everybody" politics. If we have been following the "old ways" then we would have some rigid Castithan as our councillor and that would mean huge loss of profits and useful connections. I know that favi Tarr has pragmatic reasons for openness, not sentimental, but it enables us some rise in hierarchy. You have to have some fresh blood to avoid stagnation and regress.
Inquisitors are fossils and thus determined into extinction. I am a Sensoth and I would never be someone important among them because of their prejudices. You know very well what they might expect from me - I big Sensoth. Strong, not bright. My ass! They act as all functioning brain cells are their monopoly. But here I can lead my own operations as long as they are benefit to organisation I represent. Besides - Inquisitors want to turn the world into something different but we like things as they are, because we need relative order to exist. Total order is something different. That would mean an end to us.
And at moment Inquisition got themselves involved into OUR business. Nobody touches one of ours and gets away with that. So you can rely on our support during your mission. At moment we share same interests, so we can become temporary allies. I am not mind about increasing process of their demise and I want Mek back with us. What do you think about joining our forces on this one?"
"Before I can answer to your offer, I must consult with my group leader," said Volodja. "I will inform him right away." And he sent a message to Vo and Kaj as well.
"Unbelievable," muttered Tony the Bat. "People like them have a superior...Their leader really must be somebody."
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Post by Wolfram von Eschen on Sept 27, 2015 9:55:42 GMT
"Four days," whispered Wolfram von Eschen. "I do wonder how many days weren't mentioned. Fräulein Belle! Can you make an inquiry about the date when Senator left his settlement? That gives us a relative time period of Kabule's domination. And don't forget to ask last things, places and dates Cael remembers. That should help us to specify time and circumstances when Cael was taken over by Kabule. I could do it myself but when psychiatrist starts to ask questions then people tend to get suspicious. They never believe that we can ask something just like that without a particular reason. And this time I do have a reason." He rose his gun, aimed and shot. Another Hellbug skitterling exploded into tiny pieces. Wolfram shrugged. That was nothing special for a man who was used with hunting. For pleasure in his youth (he was a wealthy aristocrat and his kind will ALWAYS find an opportunity to hunt if they desire),and for surviving in later life periods when he was a hermit. Wolfram had a sharp eye even when he was dead drunk. Otherwise he would not be alive after all these years. But Wolfram had to admit that years had took their toll. His shoulder became quite numb from the recoil. Fortunately he didn't break any of his bones, but bruises were guaranteed.  |
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Sept 27, 2015 11:32:29 GMT
"The strong should stand..." said Mr. Kyd.
"...when weaklings wither." added Mr. Wynd.
Both of them looked at local Law Enforcement patrol which tried to arrest them for making a public appearance when they walked down the street. Arrest attempt resulted with knocking the patrol down and now they wriggled on the ground, moaning from the pain, until couple of hits with their own batons ended the show. Presented charges were quite absurd, so patrol had it coming.
"Mr. Wynd we have couple of choices now - we can either stay into this mad house, where you might get arrested for walking on the street or..." said one figure to other.
"...we can go after Mr. Uljanov, but since he travels a lot lately it would be chasing the wind," replied other. "Tough choice. Let's discuss it a bit further away from the patrol." Both figures left the scenery, walking hand in hand.
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Post by Vo Kshaa on Sept 27, 2015 13:43:56 GMT
With the new information Belle provided, Vo was stooging around the expedition groups, trying to find out if anyone had noticed someone who looked like Cael from the latest FCN footage. The only information he managed to squeeze from the not-so-talkative ark hunters was that there indeed was a group who said they were returning from the unsuccessful expedition. But at the same time their armor was too clean and unscathed so they were laughed at as other ark hunters thought that was an amateur group which was not even trying to fight through and retreated at once when they faced an unusual resistance. Those laughs immediately ceased and mockers immediately regretted the harsh words they said as the group showed them they were not pushovers. As the said group departed to the main land, the ark hunters were left to think on why those people actually failed the expedition with all the equipment and skills they had and if it was a real expedition or something masked for it. They only gave the rough direction the group came from without going into any specifics on what location this strange "expedition" might be held, so Vo was at dead end there, hoping Volo's contact could spare some more specific information.
As if on cue, Volodja called and told him what he had found out during the talk with his contact.
"Some more people to join our ranks?", Vo asked, "It sounds good, but remember we're going to find out some Inquisition secrets which better not fall into wrong hands. So we can allow them only if they are trustworthy enough or at least won't ask too many questions. And there WILL be questions as their captured friend is Indogene and I can only guess in which condition he will be when we find him. Although your contact's big bat might be the only relatively peaceful means to shake some sense into his friend if he happen to be drugged. Anyway, I'd better not be taking anyone without an EGO device with us to avoid casualties. Kaj is an enhanced Bioman so he's an exception, but any non-EGO person better stay out of the fight. But then again, having more good-fighting people in the team won't hurt so I trust you to determine if they can be trusted. I'm just stocking up on spikes and stims, so tell me if they need anything if they are indeed coming with us.
Anyway, I've just got to know Cael had indeed been here on some shady business disguised as a failed expedition. So if your contact can pinpoint the exact location of the bunker they used, then are on the right track and ready to commandeer their hideout."
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Post by Sandy Bell on Sept 27, 2015 14:08:47 GMT
After listening to Volodja's successful negotiations with Tony the Bat, a grin spread across her pretty tanned face, so with gleam of humor in her big blue eyes and a toss of her blond hair, Sandy Bell turned and whispered in Volodja's ear, "Homerun!"
Then she kissed him full on the lips as congratulations.
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Post by Erika Widowmaker on Sept 27, 2015 14:37:37 GMT
As Belle Starr spoke with Ara Shondu during the bug hunt, Erika watched her son closely as he spoke with Law Keeper Cooper. Cael had always been outgoing and personable, so she was not surprised when he chose politics for his career. Erika has always stressed public service, both in the talk she talked and the walk she walked, so she guessed she was at least partially to blame for him becoming a life-long public servant. The big difference between them was that he reveled in the process of public election, where she preferred to work for the public behind the scenes.
Erika watched her son, but could not perceive any unusual behavior in his actions. Senator Cael glad-handed Law Keeper Cooper, then surprisingly headed her way. A warm smile crossed his handsome red clay colored face as he took her hand in both of his, saying "You worry too much mother." His smile turned to a smirk as she felt a small sharp pain on the top of her hand, his whole demeanor turning to one of menace, so unlike the Cael she knew and loved. "Or perhaps you do not worry enough," Cael added, his voice changing to one deeper and more raspy.
Erika looked at the small droplet of blood on the top of her red clay colored hand, then stared at him intently with her large jade eyes, as she asked, "What have you done Cael?"
"Nothing Erika - to you anyway!" Said the voice in her son's body. "My poison ring is empty at the moment, so you are safe but it demonstrates my point. I COULD kill you if I wished. As you already guessed, Kabule lives on, although the good senator doesn't know I'm here, and I prefer to keep it that way. I reveal myself to you and to you only for one damn reason. You are my messenger to your team, and my fucking message is simple: Don't go after me, and I won't go after you! I fulfilled my contract with the Mistress of Judgment successfully as to Ms. Starr, and have terminated my association with her. I did to Ms. Starr what I was paid to do, delivering the fucking mind altering nanos into her system. The Mistress wanted her delayed, not killed, for whatever reason. I didn't care as long as I was paid well, which I was. However, my current gig pays me much fucking better than the fucking Inquisition ever could. As Senator Cael, I get more fucking women, booze, and cigars, then I ever got before, and a higher caliber of all three as well, and when he becomes Chancellor of the Votan Collective, it will be even better. Furthermore, we both benefit from our relationship. I get all the creature comforts I could ever want, and his fucking political opponents mysteriously disappear, to his benefit but without his fucking knowledge. Fucking good win-win situation! Oh by the way, Paradise may be minus a Law Keeper if you don't get old Coop some fucking medical care! I did poison him! "
Erika immediately contacted Belle Starr telling her that Law Keeper Cooper had just been poisoned by "Fakebule" and the situation so far. Belle moved to Cooper's side, hoping it was the the poison the real Kabule had described to her in the war room, which it was, and quickly administering the antidote she had concocted at the Bug n' Chug. Cooper trusted Belle, so he took the antidote without question, but wanted answers afterwards, so he grabbed her arm and began to query her, delaying her from any other action.
"You were poisoned Coop, and the assassin is still here!," Answered Belle too loudly, which alarmed two of Senator Cael's bodyguards who took him by each of his arms and ushered him away to a Votan Collective helicopter that arose over the hill and landed on the highway.
"Fakebule" managed to yell over his shoulder as he was hustled away and the party guests started to run around in a panic, "Ara, sorry to miss our dinner tonight! The Collective is VERY protective of it's diplomats these days after the Chancellor's assassination in Defiance! Looks like I'm headed home early! I'll keep in touch!"
As the helicopter rose into the sunny blue sky, Erika was surprised to be contacted by "Fakebule" through her EGO, a he said, "I was so looking forward to fucking Ara, but I guess we can't have everything - at least not fucking all at once!"
Erika was surprised, not by the fact that he spoke to her through her EGO, but that it meant he must have an EGO as well now when he hadn't before, and the fact that she hadn't been able to detect it al all. Erika mad a split second decision, and blurred up the hill towards the helicopter leaping and grabbing one of its struts. As she did, strong hands grabbed her, hoisting her onboard the aircraft.
"No need for dramatic entrances Mother. All you had to say was that you wanted to come with me," Said Senator Cael in a friendly albeit obviously confused manner, not trace of Kabule anywhere in his handsome Iranthient face.
"I'm gong to South America with Cael," Erika had her EGO contact all her team mates that were in EGO range, hoping Atticus would hear, "I believe he needs me more than you do my friends. Please tell Atticus... I love him and I hope he forgives me for leaving him at his time of need."
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Post by Taffer on Sept 27, 2015 14:55:20 GMT
"On what substance was she overdosed?" Esthete asked through his floating drone which descended with Taffer and Haele.
"THAT substance", Haele turned the face plate of her suit to the drone, "She's living the happiest minutes of her life now. And I can't say I'm not envious."
"It can't be", Esthete objected, "Since we had first learned about it being possible to be produced on Earth, my sensors are tuned to catch the drug in smallest concentrations."
"It only means someone modified it to bypass your sensors somehow", Haele insisted, "check for its metabolites, not the actual substance."
"There another person here!" They heard Taffer shouting from far side of the basement, "And he's at a much worse stage of "happiness" I'm afraid. I found his audio diary as well on his data pad, but it's in Indogene and my EGO says it's too fast and incomprehensible for her to translate. Can any of you help me please?"
"It's Vio", Esthete's drone said, "And he definitely was under strong dosage of the drug when he spoke. Even I have difficulties to spell it out. Something about that if his calculations are correct and the drug is still in the air, then when he closes all the vents over here, he will bathe in pleasure forever."
"So here's the missing variable in your calculations Esthete", Taffer said with a strong irony in his voice as he pointed at Vio's unconscious body, "And here's the inevitable consequences of your so-called productivity and happiness level growths. Now listen carefully on what we will do next. These two should be isolated into the hospital's infectious disease ward. No Indogene should be allowed to contact with them. High quarantine level and so on. We don't want them to be dissected by another addict for their next dose. The air from this room should be collected for further examination and transferred to the laboratory at your mainframe building. Vio's diaries and other research documents should be transferred to the lab as well. I think she was onto something as he definitely managed to detect the drug in the air somehow. Esthete, do I get it right, the Mainframe building was closed airtight for all this time and Fiel and Ada was never exposed to the outside air once they entered it? Good. Haele, you will come to the Mainframe building and work on the antidote for the drug. Esthete will provide any research result he knows of and any equipment you need for that. Those two are the only Indogenes in this entire city you can trust, but even them I wouldn't recommend you share your research detail with. It's too tempting for the Indogene to know about the availability of this drug even if they have never tasted it before. I'm sorry We won't be there to help you as we're still on our recon and rescue mission we promised to Belle. Esthete, please provide the unmanned transport for our would-be savior of the Indogene race."
"There's no antidote Taffer", Haele said with determination. "Many of us tried to create it. The only outcome was them becoming addicts."
"That's why I chose you for this task Haele", Taffer replied, "In your current state you're immune to this drug. That's why you're not tempted."
"But still I'm a quantum physics specialist, not a biologist", Haele still tried to protest.
"Then you might discover a way to teleport all molecules of this drug straight to the sun", Taffer smiled, "or convert an Indogene biologist into your current state to work under your command. Come on Haele, I'm pretty serious. You have a chance to save your race from becoming mindless slaves. Isn't it a worthy scientific project to work on?"
"Great. I'm afraid I have no other way then", Haele finally gave up, "And I really hope all these people would understand what I did for them and won't be trying to lynch me for whisking their favorite booze away".
"If that happens, just call us to protect and evacuate you", Taffer said with all seriousness in his voice.
As they agreed on their current plan, the team escorted Haele to the Mainframe building to work on the antidote, and after that Lu and Taffer took their way to their spaceship to travel to Edmonton to finally start their search and rescue mission.
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Sept 27, 2015 17:53:46 GMT
"I'll better come with you," said Tony the Bat. "I have to do it anyway, unless you want to scare the shit out of Mek. He can get really nervous around strangers. My boys can cover us from outside. Just let me take some essentials and we are good to go." Tony went to his "boys" - bunch of tough looking men. Maybe the word "boys" wasn't proper in their case. "Murderous looking thugs" would have been better name and described them more precisely. But Tony seemed to be in good terms with strangers - not to mention the fact that those strangers just knocked several of them to the ground with no trouble - and that made those thugs to act as disciplined as a Vienna Boys Choir on Sunday Mass at Hofburgkapelle (the Imperial Court Chapel). Anyway - Tony went to his "boys" and crates they were guarding, scratched back of his head as he was thinking about something important and pulled out relatively small rectangular shaped one. "We, Sensoths, are supposedly known for being attached to big weapons. I am not an exception here. I have my bat. And I have this baby," Tony explained. He opened the box and pulled out a chain saw, explaining: "I grew up playing old human video games. Ever since I wanted to use bats and chainsaws in combat. And I fulfilled my childhood dream. Mek constructed me an excellent chainsaw. Why that look on your faces? I didn't awed at your shovel, Volo. Now follow me and if the leader has a plan then he can find a place in it for me and my boys. And my chainsaw."  |
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