Reckoning - Implants

Baiken snarled. "Director, was it? How about you do me a favor and cut out your own fucking tongue, so I don't have to come find you and-" Suddenly, something beeped on the back of Baiken's neck, and she dropped to the ground like a sack of potatoes, writhing and screaming as a metal device the size of a button buzzed and clicked sharply against her neck as it electrocuted her. It went on for several seconds, leaving Baiken in absolute agony, and when it was finally over, she lay there silently, trying to catch her breath.

"Hate to break it to you, gorgeous, but you don't really get a choice in the matter." Taking note of the way Fall and Carolina watched Baiken go down, the Director chuckled. "In case you were wondering, you have those too. Everyone under my employ does! Try to remove them and you'll get much worse, I promise you. Gofer, get her on her feet so she can pay attention."

The gofer's device buzzed and he trembled slightly, but otherwise didn't seem to care. "Yeah, yeah, one sec."

The Director laughed as the gofer helped Baiken up. "It gets less effective the more you feel it, but I guess by that point, obedience isn't much of an issue, right? Hahaha. How are you feeling, Baiken?" Baiken grumbled something hateful under her breath. "Yeah, I've heard it hurts like hell. Anyway, back to the topic at hand- you three are here, willingly or not, to be my leading ladies in my newest productions. It's gonna be killer, I'm telling you! You already have everything you need- I've got each taping planned out, you'll get any extra gear you need from Props ahead of time, and I've even given you all retinal implants that'll project specific lines for you whenever I need to feed you dialogue mid-scene!"

At once, Fall's eyes lit up a vibrant red, and she noticed the same happening to Carolina and Baiken. Words sprung into the air just in front of her, moving with the motion of her head and tracking with her eyes darting around.

SAY ALOUD: EVERYTHING IS WORKING FINE ON MY END.

"E-everything is working fine on my end," Fall said nervously.

Carolina sighed. "Everything is working fine on my end."

"Eat shit and fucking choke on it," Baiken spat. Her device buzzed loudly and she crumpled again, held up on her knees by the gofer keeping hold of her arm. She groaned in pain as the device made her shudder from continuous electric shock, and eventually it came to a stop.

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FreestyleKneepad, Round 0