FJ: 2.1

[15:05]	Arkalest	Tuissant's present in the amphiteater as a blue holographic triangle. "Greeting, agents. Currently the three of you are scheduled for a direct flight to the Spiral City section nicknamed the Markets."
[15:08]	sarah	nods at the others gathered here
[15:08]	Arkalest	"Our intelligence- And by that I mean Irene finally pony'd up the actual name of the dealer- Has revelaed that there may be a trafficker of precious xenoartifacts by the name Adrian Kòll. "
[15:08]	Arkalest	Sabina On a private channel. [There have been sightings of the Spiral City Police around the Market. We believe they may be rying  to sniff out the dealer.]
[15:08]	Arkalest	[They mustn't be allowed to.]
[15:10]	Sabina	[How far are we to go to prevent that?]
[15:11]	Arkalest	"Your objective is to find him, and interrogate him. "
[15:12]	Arkalest	A shot of a dusty alleway emerges out of a swam of trixels. The walls are stucco and mortar, sun-eaten and a defty mou colour. A thick metallic door rests at the end, covered in rust- With a single triangle in white paint with a dot at the center. Several thick electricity cables hang overhead from the alleway.
[15:12]	Arkalest	"Any questions?"
[15:13]	Sabina	"Is he acting alone or should we expect him to have allies within the city?"
[15:13]	Arkalest	Sabina [As far as you deem it necessary. ]
[15:13]	Arkalest	"He seems to have lots of contacts with the local drivel and rabble, and several high-ranking patrons. Do not rough him up /too/ much, therefore."
[15:14]	Sabina	[And how important is it that we are the only ones to acquire him?]
[15:14]	Arkalest	[Fairly.]
[15:14]	Arkalest	[You may use lethal force.]
[15:15]	Sabina	[I understand. It will be as you command.]
[15:15]	sarah	"Do we have any information about where he might be headed, or laternative something for me to get his sent?"
[15:15]	sarah	(scent)
[15:15]	Arkalest	"He is holed up in his shop. "
[15:16]	Arkalest	"His location is not  a secret, but you may find yourself in some obstacles.
[15:17]	Arkalest	"Dorian will  be equipped with a combat trike and power armor, plus whatever weapon he may chose. You two are free to ask for anything."
[15:19]	Sabina	"I'd like to request one of the hunter drones from the basic hunter-killer package."
[15:20]	Arkalest	"Request granted."
[15:21]	sarah	"I would like one of these Tekbows if we have them here, And something less lethal also for the arrowheads, Gas masks for theteam and I assume you already includetransportation thatsomeone else will drive?
[15:22]	Arkalest	"Yes."
[15:23]	Dorian	"I've got my own sidearm, if that helps."
[15:24]	Arkalest	"Ask for any weapon or armor you may want."
[15:33]	Dorian	"Since this is a police action, do we have any less than lethal or nonlethal weapons?"
[15:34]	Arkalest	"Yes. Stun-guns, both chemical and energy, stum-rods, stun-grenades, including xenotypic ones."
[15:36]	Dorian	"Let's go with all of the above."
[15:40]	Arkalest	------
[15:41]	Arkalest	The Constable shuttle is like a raptor, wings literally featuring blocks of gunmetal grey feathers with sharp white borders. its beak is a solid block of transparent material, showcasing a massive spherical sensor pod. The air in the cavernous hangar pulses with the smell of ozone and machines thrumming quietly dill the air with a low buzz.
[15:43]	Arkalest	Dorian Your set of power armor is rustic: hydraulics and areogel padding under a shell of bulbous gunmetal green, with a helmet fitting your head profile. A somewhat sleek, oval backpack with dozens of jack-in ports sit on a nearby crate, ready to house mortars and squad guns.
[15:43]	Arkalest	sarah Your technobow sits on a crate. It's nearly two, three meters tall and more of a literal ballista than a bow. It appears to have beem made out of grey metal and black muscle fiber
[15:44]	Dorian	fidgets within the armor. Having never operated such gear before, he's getting used to weight and movements. Having access to Constable AR networks and tutorials on them is helping him acclimatize, though.
[15:45]	sarah	had taken a moment to experimentally pull on the drawstrings, to see how they work and if something happens if she made some sparks dance there , before she looked if she had any interesting arrowheads
[15:45]	Dorian	is also double and triplechecking his weapons as well as he is able to with the bulky armor's hands in the way.
[15:46]	Arkalest	Dorian It takes but a moment to feel the hands become a natural extension.
[15:46]	Arkalest	Then a spidery drone rolled out the trike.
[15:46]	Arkalest	It's...Something.
[15:47]	Dorian	headtilts at the vehicle. "You'd think they'd have come up with something more intimidating-looking for police work."
[15:47]	Arkalest	A rustic supermaterial frame with polialloy plates, a arrowhead with three wheels, four railgun nozzles coming out of the front, and a goddam whole lot of stuff packed in the back...Missile launcher tubes, a mortar and what appears to be a small radar dome.
[15:47]	Sabina	has opted for a dark-blue business suit and a cloak in the same color, silvery embroidered patterns weaved along the edges. You can see hints of the body glove peaking above her neckline. A stun-batton hangs at her hip, and the glaive, now with a bark-like exterior and a few lines of fleshly purple, is holstered at her back.
[15:48]	Arkalest	sarah A whole two quivers of them, stun, gas, electricity....Viral.
[15:48]	Dorian	"Even with the loads of firepower..."
[15:48]	Dorian	turns roughly towards Sarah, still averting his eyes. "Don't you need armor?"
[15:49]	Sabina	"Let's hope we do not need it, though it will certainly leave a impression and make local forces take note of how seriously we are taking this."
[15:51]	Dorian	shakes his head. "Hopes aren't something you want to rely on in the combat zone of in potential combat zones."
[15:51]	Arkalest	The drone then delivers cloaks for everyone.
[15:54]	Dorian	"What's this for?" Dorian asks.'
[15:54]	Sabina	tilts her head. "I already have one, but thank you, unless there's a deeper reason than fashion for these."
[15:56]	sarah	" Well Not really, I am graded for certain levels fo firepower and pure biological sometimes still surprises people.. even if infiltrating as a sexbot for the rich and dandy gets booring with the time..
[15:56]	sarah	puts the cloak around her as she answers dorian
[15:57]	Dorian	's thought process has encountered a fatal exception.
[15:57]	Dorian	"Infiltrating as a what now?"
[15:58]	Arkalest	--------------------------------------------------------------
[15:59]	sarah	"Big naked and dangerous looking, well liked for those that where neither of the 3 m but had money
[16:02]	Sabina	replaces her own cloak with the offered on, the color isn't that far off and there's probably a reason for it.
[16:05]	Arkalest	 When the shuttle's bay doors open, you are almost all blinded by a flash of light. The hangar's inside a circular cavern open to the sky, orange dry rocks that are riveted with rusted emtallic platingsfrom which powerful floodlights hang. Everywhere you look there are crates- Rugged looking, dull-coloured thing marked in alien languages- And bundles of thick blackc abling.
[16:05]	Arkalest	The place smells of exhaust ports, of sweat- Of nicotine and piss and blood and rust, and the sky  above is a burning purple with white clouds streaked throughout. Past the cavernous metallic bulkhead that closes the hangar from the outside you can hear screaming..Joyous screaming.
[16:06]	Arkalest	Cymbals and trumpets and instruments you don't  have a name for. Rough melodies, filled with lots of clamoring instruments such as tambourines. A carnal rythm that fills the air..
[16:06]	Arkalest	Sabina And the people. The sky is alight with red and orange and blue and turqoise. A rainbow. People. So so so many.
[16:07]	Sabina	takes a breath, focusing more on the immediate area
[16:07]	Dorian	PMs the squad. [Odd-looking location for an op...]
[16:08]	Sabina	[This is where we suspect our target is.]
[16:09]	Arkalest	Dorian You look past the door...
[16:09]	Arkalest	.........And into the festive streets, filled with revelers.
[16:10]	Arkalest	The buildings are cluster of square blocks covered in the same stucco and mortart of the photo, covered in shivering moss-graffiti and moving holograms project by rumpled metal holoprojecting disks. The people in the middle are a dozen tan-skinned humans, dancing and clapping their hands. Their ears are thin, tapering to a popint- Their heads covered in white dreadlocks, their sweat-covered torsos raped in light, sheer white
[16:11]	Arkalest	Dozens of colorful metallic bangles adorn those revelers- There's a small circular plaza in which they dance- And the people coming and going, Phedrians, Delphians, Voraks.
[16:11]	Dorian	pales inside his armor. "That's a /lot/ of people..."
[16:11]	Sabina	"At least they're happy."
[16:12]	Arkalest	You can guess their race only by the ears, only by ails- They're all wearing thick purple robes and thick white bone masks depicting all sort of fauna. People with less colorful outfits pass by, and you spot two cops clearly not used to the revels-White sleek armor, railguns slung over the shoulder- Their traingular helmets oepn on human faces.
[16:12]	Arkalest	They're near a small squat builduing.
[16:12]	Dorian	"Right. Can you filter out the festival goers and focus on any feelings of... I dunno, malevolence?"
[16:13]	Dorian	"Defensiveness or something to indicate they're waiting for us?"
[16:13]	Arkalest	Dorian Not a single person is looking at the rooftops, and near the hangar's platform there's a massive drainage pipe big enough to slide the trike in. There's even a few almost-hidden alleways near the hangar entrance.
[16:14]	Arkalest	sarah There's...A lot of drugs in the air. Lots of scents that indicate that there has been a lot of screwing around...But also gun-pwoder and fear, adrenaline, love..
[16:15]	sarah	"uh... well they are ..quite distracted.."
[16:16]	Arkalest	Sabina So, so so many, so happy- Thereads of red and violet connecting them, pulsating. It's like a constantly flowing spiderweb, and the dancers are moving around to its tune.
[16:17]	Arkalest	How can you not love? How can you not look at the pulses of the holographic fire and not feel its warmth? How can you not feel the ache in their bones as they dance?
[16:17]	Arkalest	Sabina Yet you perceive the cops- Orange. Queasy. Red. Unhinged. Angry. Ready.
[16:18]	Dorian	"Yeah, on second thought, we should deploy ourselves first, THEN we can talk strategy and finding out targets."
[16:18]	Arkalest	And you perceive someone- Revelers- Looking them with ill-hidden malcontent.
[16:19]	Sabina	"Lot of tension between the cops and the locals here. Keep any eye out, crowd like this can go from happy to bloodthirsty in a heartbeat like this."
[16:20]	Dorian	"Oh, I know that lesson well. Move out."
[16:22]	Sabina	adjusts the stun-batton to rest under her cloak.
[16:23]	Arkalest	sarah Familiar hindered movements with some of the revelers....Hidden weapons.
[16:25]	Arkalest	sarah Small forms darting in the alleways- Maybe drones, maybe morphs, hidden under brown cloaks. Uncaring of the cops...
[16:25]	Arkalest	You spot someone in an alleway, a whiff of scent.....
[16:25]	Arkalest	A woman.
[16:25]	Arkalest	She's tall.
[16:26]	Arkalest	Not as tall as sabina, but nearly there. Her bare arms are scarred, tanned, and where the skin is thin you see thick bulging grey muscles. She's wearing grey fingerless gloves, her eyes squeezed shut in bliss. A ballistic vest, and a pair of cargo pants. Combat boots, normal model...Goretex, brown. All rugged.
[16:27]	Arkalest	Her head is half-shaved, and the other half is a thick cascade of purple hair. Something like bony spurs emerge out of the skin on thse shaved part.
[16:27]	Arkalest	She's smoking a blunt, lips quirked.
[16:27]	Arkalest	Weed.
[16:27]	Arkalest	Very powerful weed.
[16:27]	sarah	let her eyes wander and after a second she highliths some of her visionsto the others by sending some sparks into her ar lenses
[16:28]	Sabina	"Dorian, Sarah, I'm going to make contact with the local law officers, let them know we're in the area to avoid any incidents. You two go ahead and get started looking around, hit me on the AR if anything comes up."
[16:28]	Dorian	"Understood."
[16:28]	Sabina	"Oh and Dorian, take the Hunter-Drone with you, I think you're better able to use it than I am."
[16:28]	sarah	"go ahead then
[16:29]	Dorian	takes control of the drone; it'll be a useful second pair of eyes.
[16:29]	sarah	"I am moving among them here, trying to be part of the crowd
[16:29]	Arkalest	sarah Yous ee the woman blink.
[16:29]	Arkalest	Her eyes have orange pupils.
[16:29]	Arkalest	She raises her head up- leaning against a stucco wall- And looks at the other buildings' roofs. She blinks again and pulls out a thick pair of sunglasses.
[16:30]	Arkalest	She has the build of a warrior- Muscles clearly enhanced- Yet is somewhat feminime looking..
[16:35]	=-=	Strypgia is now known as Elatera-7B
[16:37]	sarah	smiles and heads towards her
[16:37]	Dorian	stealthily makes his way up to the roof of the nearest building, minding that he isn't seen by the suspicious individual Sarah had identified.
[16:38]	Arkalest	Dorian The horizon is......
[16:38]	Arkalest	You're inside a canyon.
[16:38]	Arkalest	The biggest canyon you've ever seen.
[16:38]	Dorian	files this away for later; maybe he can visit here when all's said and done.
[16:39]	Arkalest	There's a single massive highway raising on pillars that must be at least nearly a kilometer tall in the center, and there's just...Every single surface is houses, catwalks. Skycrapers of mud and rusted metallic struts covered in holgoraphic projectors.
[16:40]	Dorian	sets the drone to surreptitiously check around for suspicious individuals while he guides the trike into the storm drain.
[16:40]	Arkalest	Catwalks and cables extend between each one of them, and the whole place is an irregular morass of clumps of different-height buildings.
[16:40]	Arkalest	You find a tall wall to hide behind, covereing yourself from the sight of the favela.
[16:41]	Arkalest	sarah The woman doesn't notice Dorian-  But notices you, and turns her attention to you fully, arms crossed.
[16:42]	Arkalest	She raises an eyebrow. "You seem to be new around here, miss."
[16:42]	Arkalest	Her voice is hoarse, somewhat masculine.
[16:43]	|<--	ckk185 has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 123 seconds)
[16:44]	Arkalest	Dorian You see the trike's camera depict a mostly dry sewer- Big one. Intersections and tunnels leading out under the cit.y
[16:45]	sarah	"Well if I was not new here, it would look bad for your sense of vision"
[16:45]	sarah	smirks as she stretches herself and her assets
[16:45]	=-=	Elatera-7B is now known as Strype
[16:46]	Dorian	sends a comm to the team. [Should I keep the trike where it is or have it help search using the sewers?]
[16:47]	Arkalest	Dorian You spy with your little eye.....
[16:47]	Arkalest	........Vorak belly-dancers.
[16:47]	Arkalest	Or rather
[16:48]	Arkalest	You...Think they're belly-dancers. or....Well, they've also got knives. And the sheer fabric stretched between their limbs appear to actually be custom-made flesh membranes. Their jewels are directly growing out of their skin, inside armillas and bangles made of actual flesh and bones.
[16:49]	Arkalest	They are dancing in a circular plaza, and fighting. The crowd goes wild with each slice, each hit. Spikes and razor-sharp bone-spurs are on their feet, ankles and hips, and each strike sendsd high-pressure jets of blood flying around.
[16:50]	Sabina	[Local law forces are being uncooperative. Don't expect any assistance from them, do not tell them why we are here if they ask.]
[16:52]	Arkalest	sarah She smirks. "I would certainly remember such a peculiar face if it had shown around before.."
[16:53]	Dorian	[Bloody hell, heads-up, there's some kind of barbaric-looking Vorak dance-fight-bloodsport thing over there. The /fuck/?!] Dorian attaches coordinates to the message.
[16:54]	sarah	smirks back "oh the same goes for you...
[16:54]	Dorian	is revulsed enough for Sabina to easily feel it despite any attempt Dorian is making to hide emotions from psions.
[16:55]	Arkalest	sarah She raises an eyebrow. "Are you here for business or pleasure?"
[16:55]	Arkalest	"Or are you tough enough for both?"
[16:56]	sarah	"still deciding on that, it depends on the oppoetubities
[16:58]	Arkalest	She slowly, ever so slowly raises her hand and quietly pulls down her glasses. She opens her mouth.
[16:58]	Arkalest	Her next words are subsonic- The muscles in her arm bulging. "I know you're here for someone, Constable."
[16:59]	Arkalest	Dorian You spot someone in the crowd- Watching very intently. It's a tall being, wearing a thick blue cloak.
[16:59]	Arkalest	Its head is hidden under several layer of cloths, butr you can tell it's staring dead ahead. Not at the dancers.
[16:59]	Arkalest	At something past the dancers.
[17:00]	Dorian	[Guys, suspicious individual at coordinates, he's eyeballing... something.]
[17:02]	|<--	Yezara has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 123 seconds)
[17:02]	Arkalest	Dorian You have to reposition yourself slightly, and use your thermics..
[17:02]	-->|	Yezara ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[17:03]	Arkalest	But you see something. Spidery. Legs pulled under a thorax- Visible only with the scan-mode on. A drone, pretty hefty-looking. Security. It'0s covering an alleway. cloaked in.
[17:03]	Arkalest	It's plugged into the local power grid with a drill into a wall.
[17:03]	sarah	smirks and leans in closer as she whispers back , making skin vibrate from the subsonic sounds "Not you, something might be in for you if you work it out, either boom or more fun stuff.."
[17:03]	Dorian	[Security drone at coordinates, dunno what it's doing but SP-2 is eyeballing it.
[17:04]	Dorian	tries to get a better look at the alleyway. Might it be the target location?
[17:07]	Arkalest	Dorian You barely manage to bother a pool-party on one rooftop- A literal pool dug onto the roof- And you slink up to the alleways  upper roofs.
[17:08]	Arkalest	Arkalest She extends one finger under your chin, hook-like. "And..What makes you think I need anything, miss?"
[17:09]	Sabina	[Addenon, local law enforcement are trying to give me the run around. They're after mr. Koll as well, and we cannot let them get him first.]
[17:10]	sarah	"it is in the nature of minds to want,be it more from one thing, or less from another."
[17:10]	Dorian	[Understood. Looks like there's a bit of a party going on at these coordinates.] Dorian sends info on the three cloaked figures and their device.
[17:11]	Dorian	also moves the trike to the manhole cover for a closer look
[17:11]	|<--	Yezara has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 126 seconds)
[17:11]	Arkalest	sarah "Only weak minds, miss. Those with a purpose can steel themselves."
[17:12]	Arkalest	Dorian The trike slips through tunnels filled with ruins of  houses- And parks itself under the spot.
[17:12]	Arkalest	A single cable runs down from the ceiling into a wall- A tracking cable.
[17:13]	-->|	Yezara ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[17:14]	Sabina	[And they are bringing in more men. They have the manpower advantage now. I'm going to try making contact with local "authorities." ]
[17:14]	sarah	"ah but a purpose implies that there is a motivation to do something, which also leads to interaction to engage in this."
[17:14]	Arkalest	"And what purest motivation there is but for kin?"
[17:15]	Arkalest	She taps the side of  her head. "You should know that well, Child of Man."
[17:15]	Arkalest	"Did the other Safeguards not teach you?"
[17:16]	|<--	Arkalest has left irc.systemnet.info (NickServ (GHOST command used by Arkalest_))
[17:16]	-->|	Arkalest ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[17:16]	=-=	Mode #AdEva3IC +qo Arkalest Arkalest by ChanServ
[17:17]	Arkalest	"Did the other Safeguards not teach you?"
[17:19]	|<--	Yezara has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 123 seconds)
[17:21]	sarah	"Well ,you are surprisingly well informed about.. some things, much better then I assumed..."
[17:22]	Arkalest	Dorian You watch as a quadrotor drone that vaguely looks like a firefly uncloaks..Gleaming gun pointed at the trike.
[17:22]	Arkalest	sarah She sticks out her tongue. "Yes, yes we are.."
[17:22]	Dorian	[Be advised, trike is under fire! Repeat, trike is under fire!]
[17:23]	sarah	"hrmrh
[17:24]	|<--	Arkalest has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 123 seconds)
[17:24]	-->|	Arkalest ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[17:24]	=-=	Mode #AdEva3IC +qo Arkalest Arkalest by ChanServ
[17:26]	Arkalest	Dorian The trike banks hard to the left and the drone recloaks- But not before beging tagged by the trike's sensors.
[17:27]	Sabina	[On my way Dorian.]
[17:28]	Sabina	turns and begins to sprint over to Dorian's position.
[17:28]	Arkalest	Sabina Your motion is lost amidst the revelers' happiness, and you  jump, sprint and jump and-
[17:29]	sarah	"hrmrh
[17:29]	Arkalest	And your right foot slams against the underside of a human who was taking a nap on the rooftop you were traversing- An old, sun-weathered man with a long bushy white beard.
[17:30]	Dorian	has the trike target the drone!
[17:30]	Arkalest	He startles awakes and slaps you in the crotch accidentally as he rolls out of the way- Making you lose your balance. The cops notice.
[17:30]	Sabina	tucks into a roll with a quiet "oof!"
[17:31]	Arkalest	Dorian The Trike's railgun barks once, and the drone shatters. Plain shatters in a shower of sparks that illuminate the quiet grey tunnels- And you see one of the figures flinch.
[17:32]	Arkalest	Dorian Sabina stumbles next to you right as the figure brings both hands to the head and nearly collapses onto their knees.
[17:34]	Arkalest	Dorian You see the cloak-wearing being slowly circle the roaring crowd and make its way to the drone. The thing raises both front-arms..
[17:34]	Sabina	"Dorian, are you ok?" She had the glaive out.
[17:35]	Arkalest	And the figure casually extrudes /something/ and smashes the drone- The fragor unheard as the figure times it with the Vorak dancers roaring.
[17:35]	Dorian	"I'm not under attack, the trike was. Hostile drone has been dispatched, we have 3 suspicious individuals in the area plus one inboun-SP just smashed the drone."
[17:37]	Sabina	[We have local LEO's in bound, not friendly but hopefully not hostile. And there's something following them, it reminds me of Bardok. Be alert.]
[17:37]	Dorian	"There was a security drone in the alley, cloaked guy just smashed it with his bare fucking hands!"
[17:38]	Dorian	"Follow me, we need to be there now!"
[17:38]	-->|	Yezara ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[17:39]	Dorian	begins advancing towards the alleyway, intending to be there before the drone-smasher got to the three hackers
[17:40]	Sabina	nods and runs after Dorian, heading for the figures
[17:41]	Dorian	has the trike emerge from the manhole cover. "You three, don't move!" he orders through its loudspeaker as it turns to face where the security drone was.
[17:43]	Sabina	emerges on the other side of the alleyway, blocking off their easiest avenue of escape. "The local are coming and intent to kill you. We however, are not interested in your death. I suggest we move quickly."
[17:43]	Arkalest	Only now the technopath of the three realizes the drone's smashed- And throws itself to the ground. All  three obey and imitate it.
[17:43]	Arkalest	Sabina  A thought.
[17:43]	Arkalest	it cuts through the air
[17:43]	Arkalest	and the whole
[17:43]	Arkalest	world
[17:43]	Arkalest	just
[17:44]	Arkalest	freezes
[17:45]	Arkalest	Sabina |Why do you even bother, Constable? | The cloaked figure stands at the entrance of  the alleway. |They are violating /our/ territory:| Their voice is the absence of one. |Let me kill them, and I shall give you their information..And Kòll..|
[17:45]	Dorian	"Sabina? Sabina!"
[17:46]	Arkalest	sarah "Just now my sisters are trying to catch up with some very bad men...."
[17:46]	Arkalest	"Kòll. You want to find him, don't you?"
[17:47]	Sabina	"It's alright Mr. Taylor." |And who are these men that you wish to kill?|
[17:47]	sarah	"And I assume that these bad men are some that the constables would not miss?"
[17:48]	Arkalest	Sabina !Those hackers.|
[17:48]	Arkalest	sarah "Policemen, you know. Nosy ones who will make life difficult.."
[17:49]	Sabina	looks the three prostrated forms over.
[17:50]	Sabina	|Than I suggest you deal with them quickly. The police are on their way as we speak.|
[17:50]	Arkalest	Sabina  Tuissants' words echo in your mind slowly.
[17:50]	sarah	"In theory we are also like these..." She says as she looks at her , and then /looks/ at her
[17:51]	Sabina	[Dorian, he is offering us the information we need in return for letting him have these three. A fair deal considering time is not on our side.]
[17:52]	Dorian	"He is? I didn't hear a... shit, he's one too, isn't he."
[17:52]	Arkalest	sarah And God made Man.
[17:52]	Arkalest	And Man made Himself Great.
[17:52]	Arkalest	And made other things.
[17:53]	Arkalest	Hidden, secret things. Hidden at the event horizon of black holes. In the core of planets. Places where not even the laws of nature had hold.
[17:53]	Dorian	clears his throat. "So what are you planning to do to these three, huh cloak man? Hell, what are you three even trying to do here?"
[17:53]	Arkalest	And His thirst was Great, and so were His Works.
[17:53]	Arkalest	And so was His Will.
[17:53]	Arkalest	His Will To Conquer.
[17:54]	Arkalest	And so Man looked upon a broth of blood and flesh and steel, and plucked out  the Fruit, and lo and behold.
[17:54]	Arkalest	The Conquerors opened their mouths, and their scream wrecked the world.
[17:55]	Arkalest	sarah And now this one is standing in front of you, and it's barely skin hiding something, hiding muscles and tendons made of black matter and bones and smartmatter. Barely restrained power.
[17:55]	Arkalest	The un-woman smiles lazily at you. "Why are you wearing that stupid antelope suit?"
[17:56]	Arkalest	Dorian "I am a concerned neighboor who thinks snooping around is a bad idea." The creature lowers its "head", its voice a soft, atonal rumble.
[17:57]	sarah	"Because I have developed a certain ..foundness for it " She says without a lie
[17:57]	Dorian	"And that's a reason not to have us hand them over to the proper authorities because...?:
[17:57]	Arkalest	"Because they will tattle on you to the Police."
[17:57]	Sabina	"We cannot trust the "proper' authorties Mr. Taylor."
[17:57]	Arkalest	sarah "We are what we choose to be, sister."
[17:57]	Dorian	"So what say you three, then?"
[17:57]	Arkalest	She crosses her arms. "But you are really pretty under all the pretenses."
[17:58]	sarah	"Thanks for the compliment, Even if one such as you clearly has invested much work in herself also.."
[17:59]	Arkalest	HEr smile widens. "yeah, we all lift."
[17:59]	sarah	"Black hole barbells"
[17:59]	Arkalest	A snort. "Smartmatter ones, sister. You should try 'em out."
[18:02]	sarah	"maybe at a later date.. And is the weed good enough for your despite its failings?"
[18:05]	Arkalest	"Yes. " She raises an eyebrow. "So are you trying to dilly-dally for your friends?"
[18:07]	sarah	"In the grand design, they are less important, but well, sometimes one has to take someones measure to see what is found wanting and to see if there are 10 rightous morphs in this canyon
[18:08]	Arkalest	"The question is, how much willing are you to sully your hands for the Constasbles?"
[18:10]	|<--	sarah has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 123 seconds)
[18:13]	-->|	scya ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[18:20]	Arkalest	"The question is, how much are you willing to sully your hands for the Constables?"
[18:20]	=-=	scya is now known as sarah
[18:21]	Arkalest	"Help us take down the cops, and we'll sweeten the deal."
[18:21]	sarah	"They did something nice for me, which does not stop me from removing all of them should they act in certain ways..
[18:23]	Arkalest	"So, what it'll be, then? "
[18:27]	-->|	YezarAlter ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[18:27]	|<--	Yezara has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 121 seconds)
[18:36]	sarah	"What is one less evil man ? Nothing that costs me sleep"
[18:36]	Arkalest	"The cops."
[18:36]	sarah	"eh?"
[18:36]	Arkalest	"I meant them- Are they not criminals in their own way?"
[18:38]	Arkalest	"And they're fter Kòll as well, so one less nuisance..And you don't even have to kill them."
[18:39]	sarah	"Well and you just want to kill them why?"
[18:40]	Arkalest	"Because they're going to make a fuss about Kòll, and weaken oour grip here.."
[18:41]	Arkalest	The Simulacra sighs. "Listen, you know cops hate your Constable guts. Whaddaya say if we actually pal up a bit?"
[18:42]	sarah	"That is it? It sounds remarkable.. mundane.."
[18:45]	Arkalest	"Why it has to be complex? We all know what happened back then.."
[18:45]	sarah	"well yeah but..."
[18:50]	|<--	YezarAlter has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 123 seconds)
[18:50]	Arkalest	"But what? You get strong drugs, you get stuff for free, you get to tell the cops to fuck off- What's not sweet about it?"
[18:50]	-->|	Yezara ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[18:51]	-->|	YezarAlter ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[18:52]	|<--	Strype has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 126 seconds)
[18:53]	|<--	Yezara has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 127 seconds)
[18:55]	Arkalest	sarah She leans closer to you, her breath sweet and short. "And don't you desire more of what you've been given.."
[18:55]	sarah	"Well that is a working argument."
[18:58]	Arkalest	sarah She gently touches your  shoulder. "Don't you wisht to know where did you come from, perhapos?"
[19:01]	sarah	"One might over quite a bit for that , but would also have to make sure that one hears the truth.."
[19:01]	Arkalest	"We know things, sister. You've seen me. We prosper here- And with prosperity comes resources, and with resources the willigness to experiment and expand."
[19:09]	sarah	"I am , up for some information trading.. for a certain amount of things and opportunities in returnn.."
[19:12]	Arkalest	She taps the side of her head. "......So are we."
[19:12]	Arkalest	"Also it appears our offer had been made null. My sisters took care of  the cops."
[19:13]	Arkalest	The Simulacra shrugs. "Still, more will come and more will be there to be made an example of."
[19:14]	sarah	nods at her "Still it was interesting to talk with you"
[19:21]	sarah	"I shall endeavour to message you in the future then."
[19:22]	Arkalest	"Your friends just murderfucked one of my buddies so." Her lips draw in a thin line. "Don't tell them this."
[19:22]	Arkalest	"I'll see you at Kòll's."
[19:22]	sarah	"That would only lead to problems after all.."
[19:25]	-->|	ckk1857 ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[19:25]	Arkalest	She flips her shades at you. "Eye see you around, sister. "
[19:26]	-->|	ckk185 ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[19:26]	|<--	ckk1857 has left irc.systemnet.info (Connection reset by peer)
[19:26]	|<--	ckk185 has left irc.systemnet.info (Connection reset by peer)
[19:26]	-->|	ckk1857 ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[19:28]	-->|	ckk185 ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[19:28]	|<--	ckk1857 has left irc.systemnet.info (Connection reset by peer)
[19:28]	|<--	ckk185 has left irc.systemnet.info (Quit: Bye)
[19:28]	-->|	ckk1857 ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[19:29]	|<--	ckk1857 has left irc.systemnet.info (Connection reset by peer)
[19:29]	sarah	catches them carefully and looks between them and her
[19:29]	-->|	ckk1857 ([email protected]) has joined #AdEva3IC
[19:30]	Arkalest	She closes her eyes and leans against the wall- Then activates a cloakign device.
[19:31]	sarah	looks after her and shakes her head before she heads up to the others
[19:36]	Arkalest	sarah You spot someone in an alleway. Red hood, low-slung leather pants.
[19:37]	Arkalest	He smells of cheap booze and drugs and is leaning against the wall- Head low. The man, judging by his face- Nods as you pass.
[19:37]	Arkalest	You catch a glimpse of a thick orange visor, grey hair..
[19:37]	Arkalest	And a skin as white as snow.
[19:38]	sarah	looks at him , trying to ..
[19:39]	Arkalest	sarah And you feel a pang, a flash.
[19:40]	sarah	shivers and holds her head for a moment
[19:40]	Arkalest	sarah You are floating, free-falling in an endless turqoise expanse- Lacking anything but the rudimentary senses oif touch and vision and everything around you is warm and soft and enveloping and
[19:41]	Arkalest	The symbiont murmurs. "....Man?"
[19:41]	Arkalest	sarah And then you're  back, and the man is gone.
[19:43]	sarah	shiver and nearly has a heart attack as she looks around
[19:48]	sarah	continues to look and pokes questions her other half
[19:48]	Arkalest	sarah It feels lost, confused...But...Somehow closer..
[19:52]	sarah	takes a moment to rest her hands on her other half to make it feel there as she looks again before she slowly, or so er y slowl does a last look befoe going on
[19:54]	Arkalest	The symbiont shudders, its colour somewhat nromal.


[16:31]	Sabina	approaches the two police officers with a calm and even stride, her hands at her side.
[16:32]	Arkalest	Sabina One of them looks at you-A  woman with frizzy yellow hair. "Hello, miss. How may we help you?"
[16:33]	Sabina	flashes the holobadge "Sabina Norland, I need to speak with whoever is in charge of things here."
[16:34]	Arkalest	The two cops barely exchange a glance, and the man leans forward ever so slightly- Servos of his armor whirring. "The ID checks."
[16:35]	=-=	Strypgia is now known as Elatera-7B
[16:35]	Arkalest	He taps the side of his helmet. "Messier Briman Surdot is in charge of the operation."
[16:35]	Arkalest	They do their best to hide it, but a blue and orange wave washes over them, slithering like a grove of snakes.
[16:40]	Sabina	"And where would I find Messier Briman Surdot?"
[16:43]	|<--	ckk185 has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 123 seconds)
[16:43]	Arkalest	Sabina "They are currently in a VTOL circling the overpass. There has been an incident." His smile doesn't falter.
[16:44]	Arkalest	An orange thread runs through his thoughts. Little lies.
[16:44]	Sabina	"I'm sure there was, however I am not interested in speaking with Messier Briman Surdot. I asked to speak with however is in charge."
[16:45]	=-=	Elatera-7B is now known as Strype
[16:46]	Arkalest	"And why, if we may ask?" The cop casually puts bot  hands on the muzzle of the railgun that's hanging from the gyro mount on his hips.
[16:47]	Arkalest	"The revelers here are just having fun, miss. We checked them for weapons not five minutes ago." Joins the woman. Orange. Little lies..
[16:48]	Sabina	"Do not concern yourselves with our operation. I intend to speak to your leader to alert him to our presence and prevent any unfortunate misunderstandings."
[16:50]	Arkalest	"Madam, we were not alerted to the operation of Constables in the area. It will take a bit to contact the sectional leader. " The man's smile wears thin as he taps the helmet. The woman nods. "Yes."
[16:50]	Sabina	"Than I suggest you work quickly."
[16:51]	Arkalest	"As you may have understood, this is just a routine operation. These are high-crime areas, and we wouldn't wish to cause much trouble to the locals.."
[16:52]	Sabina	"Then it should be no trouble to speak with your leader then. A routine operation shouldn't be too pressing on him."
[16:53]	Arkalest	The woman smiles understandingly. "Very well, then. We will open an AR channel to Briman Surdot, who will handle this."
[16:53]	Sabina	"Your cooperation has been noted." She says in a surprisingly pleasant tone.
[16:54]	Arkalest	Sabina An AR window with SOUND ONLY appears. "Madam. " Surdot's voice is pleasant, if thin. "What is the matter?"
[16:56]	Sabina	"We have personal in the area undertaking a operation. I wanted you to be aware so that there were not any misunderstandings, things seem somewhat tense here afterall. No one wants any accidents."
[16:56]	Arkalest	His tone is pleasant, slightly weary- But not from you, oh no. "Ah, yes, thank you ver much, miss. "
[16:56]	Arkalest	"We indeed were just handling the aftermath of one. A crash between two trucks."
[16:57]	Sabina	"I see. I hope no further misfortune befalls you or your men Messier."
[17:03]	Arkalest	"Then- May I ask you something out?"
[17:04]	Sabina	"You may."
[17:06]	Arkalest	"We've head reports of a suspicious individual in one of the sections. A cloak-wearing xenoentity possibly a Vorak."
[17:08]	Sabina	"Ah, thank you. We will look into that."
[17:09]	Arkalest	"Thank you very much, Constable.."
[17:11]	Sabina	"Unless there is anything else I shall take my leave."
[17:13]	Arkalest	Above you, you see two VTOLs coming in from the anyon's walls.
[17:13]	Arkalest	Both cops nod and smile.


[17:13]	Sabina	nods and heads into the crowd, out of their sight.
[18:02]	Dorian	"So, what say you three then?"
[18:03]	Dorian	"Wanna tell the class what you were doing here?'
[18:04]	Arkalest	"We also have Kòll's position." The morph's voice is a monotone, flat thing. Distorted by static so heavily its gender and true tone is lost. "If you free us, we will give it to you."
[18:04]	Arkalest	"This thing is a fucking criminal! " Croaks one of the humans, head over his helmet. "Do you /really/ wanna do it?"
[18:06]	Dorian	"Not really, no," Dorian admits. Ahuman, a Grey, and who knows what else, and who knows what he'll do to you if I let him have you? Last I heard, hacking or assault on COnstable property weren't capital offenses."
[18:06]	Arkalest	Sabina |Or you could also gain a little extra something from us...|
[18:07]	Dorian	realizes something. "Wait. 'Criminal'? You're cops?"
[18:07]	Sabina	[Mr Taylor my orders are clear. We are to take Mr. Koll, the police are *not* to find him by any means. They know where he is, we cannot let that information get out. Do you understand?]
[18:07]	Dorian	[So why can't we take these three prisoner until he's secured and we've exfiltrated?]
[18:07]	Arkalest	Dorian "Wh-WHO THE FUCK ELSE DO YOU THINK WE'D-" One of the men kicks the other shrieking.
[18:08]	Sabina	[What, the three of us? How would we hold them. We would need to move and secure them disable any implants so they can't contact anyone. moreover our "firend" here is offering more than just Koll.]
[18:09]	Sabina	[My only restriction on hostile action was to "make it look like a accident." do you understand?]
[18:09]	Arkalest	"L-look, dirt on criminals? Motherfuckers, w-we got that..Shit, w've got...Yeah you name it, we won't forget it, we swear.." Judging by the human's orange and red, by his breathless tone- He isn't lying.
[18:10]	Dorian	[We do have a combat trike here, and it's kind of hard to contact anyone when you're unconscious.]
[18:10]	Sabina	sighs.
[18:10]	|<--	sarah has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 123 seconds)
[18:11]	Sabina	"Do you three swear to your gods and ancestors, upon your souls, to never speak of this? To tell no one of our involvment? And to give us everything you have on Koll and your operation to find him?"
[18:11]	Dorian	[I didn't sign up for this shit to end up a copkiller.]
[18:11]	Arkalest	Sabina |I beg you to consider. The rift between constabelòs and police will only be worsened."
[18:11]	Arkalest	Sabina They nod frantically- But you see blue, fear. Reconsideration. Not..Too sure.
[18:12]	Sabina	narrows her eyes. "If you cannot speak with absolute honesty I cannot risk it. I will know if you lie, so do not try it."
[18:13]	Dorian	[If this /thing/ promised not to kill them it'd be one thing but I think you and I know that's not the case... and I'm not dirtying my hands again if I can help it.]
[18:13]	-->|	scya ([email protected]) has joined #adeva3shenanigans
[18:15]	Sabina	takes a breathe, and brings the full force of her power upon them, hanging over their heads like a executioners blade. "You death will not be swift, but swear to this and I will protect you from this one, even offer you and your families refuge with the Constables if such is desired."
[18:16]	Arkalest	Sabina Blue shells wrap around them. Fear. Absolute fear. One of them begins praying fervently in a language you don't understand as the other sobs. The morph bangs its head against the ground and begins cussing quietly,little childish swea-words.
[18:17]	Arkalest	Sabina "Oh god oh god oh god merciful heavens please please /spare/ us but we will tell you everything oh yeah oh god please shit shit our names everything."
[18:18]	Sabina	regards the demon. "So you have it. Begone and trouble these men no more."
[18:18]	Dorian	"He'll harm you /over my dead body/," Dorian promises the police hackers.
[18:18]	Arkalest	|You do realize you are earning the ire of someone much more powerful than that poor, deluded wolf-bitch, yes?|
[18:19]	Sabina	"Begone, I will not warn you a third time." She draws the glaive and steps between the police and the cloaked figure.
[18:19]	Arkalest	"You should be both familiar with the concept that three men can keep a secret only if two of them are under the dirt. So, let me give you a counter-offer."
[18:20]	Arkalest	"Two of them, and I shall give you Kòll's location. And maybe a bit of an in."
[18:20]	Sabina	"No."
[18:20]	=-=	scya is now known as sarah
[18:21]	Dorian	"I'm not handing these policemen over to some postalien mercenary," Dorian growls.
[18:21]	Dorian	"Not. A single. One."
[18:22]	Arkalest	"I asked nicely. Know that."
[18:22]	Arkalest	And two times the world breaks, and three times three lines of darkness jut out towards the hackers- Vibrating, pure, ethereal. Behind the alleway the Voraks roar again as they throw down pellets of fire and smoke.
[18:23]	Dorian	"Know that we want you to go away."
[18:23]	Arkalest	Time freezes.
[18:25]	Arkalest	That's when the trike roars- Skidding as it shoots four darts against the thing's shadow.
[18:26]	Arkalest	The creature's posture slumps as Sabina brings up an arm.
[18:27]	-->|	YezarAlter ([email protected]) has joined #adeva3shenanigans
[18:27]	|<--	Yezara has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 121 seconds)
[18:28]	Arkalest	Dorian And in a moment  the universe implodes in you, and you see its fine structure, echoed in Sabina's arm. You see grey energy blossom, you see it swallow the filament of darkness like a snake. You feel something. A single monotone ntoe. A olt of head-ache rushes thro0ugh your brain..
[18:28]	Arkalest	A nova of pain.
[18:28]	Arkalest	Your pain blossoms
[18:28]	Arkalest	*Your brain blossoms.
[18:28]	Dorian	screams silently
[18:29]	Arkalest	Dorian And thent he world is right again, everything goes back to normality.
[18:29]	Sabina	slides forward, glaive lashing out as she throws the wretch's aim off more.
[18:30]	Dorian	takes aim at the entity with his heaviest weapon!
[18:33]	Arkalest	Dorian The gyromotors howl, the safeties slide away. A weight at your hip clicks, and then your shoulder shudders as  a miniature cannon barks- OInce, twice, thrice. The Wretch deftly doges standing still- Moving as if on air.
[18:42]	Sabina	slips around the Wretch, attempting to cut off his escape and limit his mobility.
[18:44]	Arkalest	Sabina You feel heat sap from your back as you find yourself blocking its path. Behind you, multicoloured floodlights are investing the whole dance area.
[18:45]	Arkalest	Sabina All arounsd you, you feel the tentacled emotions attacking the cops. One by one, they fade.
[18:47]	Arkalest	The trike roars. Once, twice.
[18:47]	Arkalest	And then.
[18:47]	Arkalest	Sabina Dorian
[18:48]	Arkalest	There's nothing under the cloak that could have been human.
[18:48]	Dorian	recoils in horror at the sight
[18:49]	Arkalest	Just a morass of jet-black, inky darkness that shifts and pulses and its head is a birdlike bony mask, yellowed by time. Dozens of slick, wet tubes like brething tubes join under the beak, and the eyes are white, with turuqois epupils- No eyelids, grey wires joining them together. The back of the thing's  head has a feathered mane, and the feathers are 2-dimensional grey sheets of graphene hexagons.
[18:50]	|<--	YezarAlter has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 123 seconds)
[18:50]	Dorian	"What the fuck?!"
[18:50]	Sabina	"Dorian, it /dies/ !"
[18:50]	-->|	Yezara ([email protected]) has joined #adeva3shenanigans
[18:51]	-->|	YezarAlter ([email protected]) has joined #adeva3shenanigans
[18:51]	Dorian	"Progenitors-damned right it does!"
[18:51]	Dorian	takes aim at the monstrosity
[18:52]	|<--	Strype has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 126 seconds)
[18:53]	|<--	Yezara has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 127 seconds)
[18:55]	Arkalest	"I find your lack of politeness-"
[18:55]	Arkalest	The rest of his words are cut off by the drone behind it exploding.
[18:56]	Arkalest	The Wretch howls a dissonant screech that's like broken glass raining down on tarmac as the fireball of shrapnel envelopes it.
[18:56]	Arkalest	"GOT YOU GOT YOU GOT GOT. "The morph hyesterically screeches and then its head drops down. There's a puking sound.
[18:59]	Arkalest	That's  when about seven smoke bombs hit the alleway with a soft clunk, and the whole place fills with acrid smoke.
[18:59]	Dorian	turns on his thermics to see through the smoke
[19:00]	Arkalest	Dorian The Wretch...Seems to be actually /sapping/ energy from the ambient heat.
[19:00]	Dorian	takes aim again and fires!
[19:00]	Dorian	"KILL THE SON OF A BITCH!"
[19:03]	Arkalest	The Wretch looks down where its "chest" used to be. The railgun roared once.
[19:03]	Arkalest	But the hit made no sound.
[19:04]	Arkalest	Just a round, perfect round hole. You see some sort of jutting-out chest bones covered in graphene hexagons. Thigns that may be organs, violet and angular and some of them are pyramids.
[19:04]	Arkalest	Sabina |Thank you.|
[19:05]	Sabina	steps forward, glaive slicing at vitals and joints.
[19:06]	Arkalest	Sabina And the glaive sinks into its flesh.
[19:06]	Arkalest	Sabina And the symbiont and the glaive and the Wretch and the Instrumental say a single word.
[19:07]	Arkalest	The glaive simply stops, slowing down its trajectory. You see grey that starts spreading from its tip into the flesh of  the Wretch.
[19:07]	Arkalest	Its turqoise eyes fix on you. You  hear a rasping cough.
[19:07]	Arkalest	A chortle.
[19:08]	Arkalest	Sabina And then the glaive /lunges/ out of your hand and your hand bursts into pain.
[19:09]	Arkalest	it bursts, tendons exploding as the Instrumental forces itself out of it- Angry hungry spiraling drill-like tendrils and everything happens so fast and then-
[19:09]	Arkalest	|I live.|
[19:09]	Arkalest	Sabina You know what the Instrumental does it.
[19:10]	Arkalest	It eats the Wretch's mining.
[19:10]	Arkalest	Dorian can see it in the way it literally melts into dust and black blood, its skull imploding into bony shrapnel as the graphene catches blue fire.
[19:10]	Arkalest	It eats words.
[19:10]	Arkalest	|I die.|
[19:10]	Arkalest	And in one moment the pain is gone and your hand is there, flesh pink as it was made new.
[19:11]	Arkalest	Sabina And the Wretch's voice echoes- And it's just one.
[19:11]	Arkalest	One of a chorus of dozen.
[19:11]	Arkalest	And you recognize all of them for you have heard them on the records.
[19:11]	Arkalest	|WE LIVE AGAIN.|
[19:12]	Sabina	collapses to her knees, bracing herself up with the butt of her glaive and her free arm, she pants for breathe, eyes blinking and unfocused.
[19:13]	Dorian	"Sabina!"
[19:14]	Arkalest	Sabina The throbbing pressure on your head vanishes with the echo of your predecessors' voice....And then you feel something stir.
[19:14]	Dorian	cautiously advances towards Sabina, ready to render assistance if needed
[19:14]	Arkalest	Something clicks, literally clicks within the Instrumental.
[19:15]	Arkalest	Dorian Sabina You spot a hooded figure in the mist.
[19:15]	Arkalest	"Ya know." He says, voice slurred- Drunk.
[19:16]	Arkalest	High-pitched, but not unpleasantly so. Melodious. Slightly NM accented. "You're gonna so fucking regret this."
[19:16]	Dorian	headtilts. "And you are?"
[19:16]	Sabina	shakes her head and stands up. Looking no worse for wear.
[19:17]	Arkalest	"Just uh, passing through. "You see the figure looks at the splotch that once was the Wretch. "Oh well that's uh, poor Wiliam."
[19:17]	Arkalest	The figure starts taking step backs. "Y'know I am not..Even gonna bother."
[19:17]	Sabina	"You should go."
[19:17]	Dorian	"I'm pretty sure this thing isn't your friend William."
[19:18]	Arkalest	"I am purdy sure she jus' ate him. So uh IthinkI'llgo."
[19:18]	Dorian	"Or rather, /wasn't/," Dorian growls. "Get out of here before more of them decide to show up.
[19:19]	Arkalest	The figure turns tail and runs.
[19:19]	Sabina	"Dorian?" She whispers "Get the data from the hackers and pass on my contact info if they want. I. . need to go rest for a bit. And thank you."
[19:19]	Arkalest	The hackers are still there, too stunned to move- The morph contorting in pain.
[19:19]	Dorian	nods and turns towards the hackers. "You lot okay? Anyone need first aid?"
[19:20]	Arkalest	Dorian The two men are too busy sobbing and shaking to answer.
[19:21]	Dorian	waits patiently for the men to calm down before attempting to gather information
[19:22]	Arkalest	One of them just picks up somethiong- An infostick- And throws it at you. "J-just g-gog the ffffuck away ahaha.."
[19:24]	Dorian	catches the stick. "Calm down, you're safe. No one's going to hurt you, and like I said they'd have to get through me to even /try/."
[19:24]	Arkalest	Sabina "Are you okay?" asks someone in the mist.
[19:24]	Arkalest	The voice is concerned, materla, a bit old.
[19:36]	Arkalest	Dorian "Are you okay?" Says a maternal, kindly old-womanish voice from the mist and dust.
[19:37]	Dorian	absently answers "Yeah" before realizing the voice is an unknown, and wheels around to look
[19:37]	Arkalest	Dorian There's a figure wearing Sabina's clkoak there.
[19:37]	Arkalest	And another.
[19:37]	Arkalest	And another.
[19:37]	Arkalest	And another.
[19:37]	Arkalest	And another.
[19:38]	Arkalest	And then there's Wiliam in the bacxk.
[19:38]	Arkalest	He looks at you.
[19:38]	Dorian	raises his weapon and stutters, "Y-you're dead... we killed you..."
[19:39]	Arkalest	Dorian And you have the sinking, demeaning feeling- No, the sinking, absolute /certainety/
[19:39]	Arkalest	that despite lacking a mouth
[19:39]	Arkalest	He's smirking.
[19:40]	Arkalest	Sabina You hear a kindly old voice call out from the mist. "Do you feel well? " its accent is antiquated. "Yes" joins another. "Are you okay?"
[19:40]	Dorian	"WHY ARE YOU STILL FUCKING ALIVE?!" Dorian yells. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU?!"
[19:40]	Sabina	closes her eyes. "I'll befine in a moment."
[19:41]	Sabina	stands up.
[19:42]	Arkalest	Dorian Wiliam lets out a wet chortle. "Oh, dear boy..I am not."
[19:43]	Arkalest	"I never truly was to begin with."
[19:43]	Dorian	"So what, you're a fucking zombie on top of everything else?" Dorian replies sarcastically.
[19:43]	Arkalest	"Was it that easy, dear boy. So neatly defined. "
[19:44]	Arkalest	It raises a featureles black arm. "But I see that you finally openedy our eyes for the first time..
[19:44]	Arkalest	"It hurts, doesn't it?"
[19:45]	Dorian	"What, your little attempt at a mindfucking session before we fragged you?"
[19:45]	Arkalest	"Oh, no, dear boy."
[19:46]	Sabina	"As for you." She turns to William and points a her finger at him, eyes glittering with wrath. |Begone. I will not suffer your presence in this holy place. Begone, I send you onto the cycle, may you find what you could not find in this life.|
[19:46]	Arkalest	"if you think /that/ hurts, you're in for a big beautiful reality checks. I am almost sorry I won't be able to watch it happen."
[19:47]	Dorian	"Then why don't you cut the vague bullshit and tell the class your story?:
[19:47]	Arkalest	Sabina He chortles as his face /breaks/ like glass, and the glass turns brittle and shatters into tiny little...Flakes.
[19:47]	Arkalest	.....Of mulch.
[19:47]	Arkalest	Of black mulch.
[19:47]	Arkalest	Dorian "Because you know it, little third-eyed lizard. "
[19:49]	Dorian	"Third... do I look like a fucking biopunk to you?"
[19:49]	Arkalest	Dorian "Oh, how ignorant...You...are." And then he's gone.
[19:49]	Arkalest	Just black mulch.
[19:49]	Arkalest	But the cloaked figures look at you still.
[19:49]	Dorian	"I only even really have /one/ of the damn things anymore!" Dorian shouts at the pile.
[19:50]	Arkalest	Sabina you feel a voice tug at your mind.
[19:50]	Arkalest	more
[19:50]	Arkalest	More
[19:50]	Arkalest	|More.|
[19:50]	Dorian	raises his weapons. "Surrender, get the fuck out of here, or get fragged. I don't care."
[19:51]	Arkalest	Sabina And amidst the words Dorian says, you see him raise his blaster as the other Keepers.
[19:51]	Arkalest	Sabina And a clicking of jaws, a ticking of insectile limbs. |You promised us MORE.
[19:51]	Sabina	"DOrian! Don't! Don't hurt them!"
[19:52]	Dorian	"Why not? They're with that thing!"
[19:52]	Arkalest	Then, all at once they fade.
[19:53]	Arkalest	Dorian You catch something with the corner of your eye- Something standing behind Sabina, something taller than her. Something clad in a grey tattered cloak.
[19:53]	Sabina	"No," She slumps against the wall "They're not. Not anymore I. . . I sent him away. Banished him from the Instrament."
[19:53]	Dorian	"What."
[19:53]	Arkalest	A glitter of scales.
[19:53]	Arkalest	You see for the briefest of moment something.
[19:53]	Arkalest	Seven orange eyes
[19:53]	Arkalest	And then the thing's gone.
[19:54]	Dorian	takes a moment to collect himself. "RIght, we don't have time to deal with that bullshit now, but after this is over you're going to explain a few things to me, starting with how you knew what that fucking thing was."
[19:54]	Dorian	pulls out the datastick. "The cops gave me our target's location on this thing."
[19:55]	Arkalest	Dorian And for the briefest of moments, before the morph on the ground falls silent and motionless..
[19:55]	Dorian	accesses the device
[19:55]	Arkalest	You see something not unlike grey smoke enveloping it.
[19:55]	Arkalest	Then it's gone.
[19:55]	Sabina	"Of course." She takes a breath and raises to her feet "Let's not waste our time then."
[19:56]	Arkalest	Sabina [Tuissant here- We're getting reports of the Police dispatching VTOLs. What happened?]
[19:56]	Sabina	sighs
[19:56]	Arkalest	[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgwmnCMpGKw ]
[19:57]	Dorian	[21:47]	Sabina	That was /probably/ a mistake
[19:58]	=-=	sarah is now known as sleepscya
[19:58]	Sabina	[We found some police hackers, they found Koll. We saved them from something akin to Bardok. They've sworn themsleves to silence on our involvement, to not tell the police where Koll is and to give us his location. There's more but. . I need time to figure out what just happened. I'll explain in full after we get Koll.]