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Medusa & Noblesse "Yeah?" Violet Blade raises her eyebrow at Medusa in a show of bravado, but as Medusa's monstrous display continues Violet's apparent confidence disintegrates really, really quickly. "Well why don't you, uh... uh... uhhh..." With each step Medusa takes forward, Violet takes one step back. First slowly, but then quicker and quicker as she starts to obviously panic. Her sword is even shaking in her hands now. If this came down to a fight she'd probably last about a second. But then as it turns out, it won't need to. "N-Noblesse!" Violet gasps and jumps with surprise when the dark magician shows up. "Y-you're- with.. her?" Violet just kinda stares at both of you with wide-eyed shock. Having just been scared out of her damned mind, it takes her a few seconds for her to even process what just happened. "You gotta... you gotta..." She puts her hand on her chest and tries to slow down her breathing. "You gotta tell me these things, y'know?!" She looks away and puts on an incredibly fake grin. She's still obviously kind of terrified. "I-I almost- I almost cut your friend in half... haha... That woulda been bad..." "Anyway, uh... T-thanks." Violet reaches out and very quickly shakes Noblesse's hand. Then she glances over at Medusa. "She's not gonna... hurt me now, right? Cause I'm part of the family. Or I guess I guess I should, uh... get to work now, huh?" Violete takes a few steps back, keeping her eye on Medusa, then turns around and faces the mess of cars and Stepanychev goons still around. "ALRIGHT, PUNKS! TODAY'S YOUR UNLUCKY DAY! I'M A DE VILE NOW, SO RUN FOR YOUR LIVES OR I'LL CUT YOU UP!" And then she runs forward and starts cutting things up. Pretty much just empty cars, though. After Medua's show, and all that magical fire, and now this, there's not really any goons left around willing to pick a fight. Anybody that didn't immediately drive away when they first had the chance has abandoned their cars and just started running away on foot. They probably won't be anywhere of consequence any time soon. With that, it looks like the Stepanychev reinforcements are out of commission. That's one part of the plan taken care of. What will you do next? With Noblesse's successful Gloat move, it's now revealed that Violet Blade was actually working with her all along. She's still scared and marked Vulnerable from Medusa's scare. Additionally, taking care of the Stepanychev reinforcements gives you 1 additional Plan. Wild Bull & Midnight Devil "Pyro-Puncher?" Lilia looks the 'hero' over carefully. A slight smirk sneaks onto her face when she hears the comment about her 'blackened heart'. "Almost sounds like a villain's name. If the world could see you now they'd probably call you one. Do you think you can really accuse anybody of having a 'reign of terror' while you're the one smashing up and burning down the place?" When Wild Bull starts swinging the statue around and it becomes obvious where it's going to end up, Lilia starts running away. She runs along the balcony railing in the direction that's going away from Bull, and she also starts throwing knives one after another at her, but it's too little too late. Most of the knives hit the statue or the ground, and those that actually hit Bull just kind of nick her and just sting a lot. It looks like she's more focused on trying to get away than trying to hurt you. Knowing Lilia, if she actually wanted to do some serious damage, she'd be aiming. Not that trying to run away really helps much either. Because when the statue hits, it brings the entire drat balcony collapsing down to the first floor. "Ugh..." You hear Lilia rather ungracefully groan in pain as she now lies in a pile of rubble. And then that's when Midnight Devil runs in. Lilia accepts her extended hand, and uses it to pull herself up to her feet. "What kind of attack name is THAT?!" Lilia turns her head towards 'Pyro-Puncher' and shouts. "That's not even anything!" Then she looks back at Midnight Devil and furrows her brow with concern. You can see the gears turning in her head as she has to decide what to do, and quickly. "Fine, we'll go. Follow me" Lilia starts booking it towards a hallway that will bring her towards one of the Casino's rear exits, running quite gracefully at full speed on her high heels. She doesn't seem to look back at Midnight Devil though, she's too focused on looking at where she's going and getting the hell out of here. You could follow her if you want, but she probably wouldn't notice if you didn't. At least not for a little while. The rest of the goons, at least the ones that aren't knocked out, start to scatter as well and run away in just about every direction. And as they do, this casino is starting to become more like a ghost town. You could chase after them or, now that you've got the casino loot in-hand, you could just let them go and continue to a different part of the plan. What do you do next? Lilia marks Afraid, and chooses to run away. Shodan & Sapphire-6 The glitched-out message seems to send the FALCON sysadmin into a state of panic. It becomes obvious in the way they sloppily move their mouse around and mis-click things, and the way it takes them five tries to even type "C:\" correctly. It doesn't help that thousands and thousands of fake alerts start popping up and flooding the emergency system at the very same time. The panicked admin rushes around the FALCON system, desperately trying to find and patch up holes in their defense. But it's far too little, and much too late. Maybe they'd stand a chance if they had a good head on their shoulders, or if their network security wasn't so out of date, or if they weren't being constantly bombarded with alerts about fake emergencies going on everywhere around the city RIGHT NOW. And then, predictably, they lead Shodan exactly where she wants them to go: code:So there's a lot of damage that could be done with this. If you deleted it, you could leave essentially the entire network unable to communicate itself. Or if you altered it, you could achieve a similar effect or you could even corrupt it to try to glitch out the whole thing. Or maybe you could use this to backdoor into the rest of the system and try something else. Maybe even use FALCON to mess with the Stepanychevs... Once you take care of this, you should be free to join the rest of the team and move onto the next part of the plan. Judging by reports of highway and casino arson in the FALCON system, everybody else might be ready to move on soon... 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  Freak: +0 | Danger: +2 | Trouble: +0 | Superior: -1 | Menace: +2 Curses!: 0/5 | Infamy: 0/3 | Conditions: Location: SMASHING TOWN Shows what you know, Lilia! That attack name meant everything! I take a moment to look around the crumbling casino, admiring my own work. Ah, there's nothing like a job well smashed. This is what I'm good at. I might not have fancy magic poo poo, or super hacking powers or whatever, but when it comes to breaking things, nobody is as good at it like I am. I'm the loving... uh... what the hell was his name again? The famous art guy? Picas? Picass? Picros? Yea! Picross! I'm the loving Picross of wrecking poo poo up! Alright, I think it's time for me to make my exit. But first, "THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING, STEPANYCHEVS! YOU MAY RUN, YOU MAY HIDE, BUT YOU CANNOT ESCAPE FROM THE FIRES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS! JUUUUUSSTTIIICCCEEEEEEEE....EXIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT!!!!" I dash forward, and exit through the nearest wall. I could have just ran through the actual exit, but where's the fun in that? God I can't believe I'm actually getting into this. I use the chaos I caused to my advantage, and duck in through the nearest alleyway before anyone can notice. Alright, it doesn't look like I've been followed, and nobody else is around. I take off the amulet, and with another flash, I turn back to my normal, badass self. Ah, much better. I dangle the amulet with my finger. I gotta hand it to Noblesse. She might be an annoying little spoiled poo poo, but she sure knows her magic. This thing worked a lot better than I thought it would, and if it wasn't for this amulet, things woulda been a lot more awkward with me and Lilia. I might actually give it back to her in one piece! "Whoops." *CRACK* "Oh, darn, how clumsy of me! I can't believe I dropped the super valuable amulet! I should try picking it back up!" *CRACK* *CRACK* *CRACK* "Oh, I can't believe I just stepped on it! Multiple times! Wow, I can be such a klutz. Ah well, not much I can do, I guess!" I give an exaggerated shrug to nobody in particular, and make my way out of the alley, all while whistling a happy little tune to myself.
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 Freak: +0 | Danger: -1 | Trouble: +2 | Superior: +0 | Menace: +2 Curses!: 1/5 | Infamy: 0/3 | Conditions: Heart of Glass Hold: 1 Noblesse turns to Medusa. "Sorry about that, darling. I didn't think they'd send her of all people. Oh well. You'll get your chance to smash some mafiosos soon enough. Wait here for a minute, if you would? I'm going to go and get my amulet back from Wild Bull. She might just break it, clumsy as she is..." she explains, darting off. ----- quote:When you meddle in the plots of others… ask them if they’ll trust you, just this once. If they give you a chance, they take +1 forward and give you Influence on them. If they deny you this chance, mark a condition and Curses! And, as entirely expected, she damaged it. Even in one of the alleyways right next to the casino! Pff. With a flicker, the invisibility wears off and Noblesse appears on the other end of the alleyway. "You know, we've dealt with the reinforcements already, so I came here worried that you'd ruin the illusion too early. I'll let you know, you slightly exceeded my expectations." With another flicker, looking slightly different, she fast-forwards herself next to Wild Bull, grabbing her shoulder. "May I make a suggestion? If you're planning to ruin my hard work, maybe don't do it RIGHT NEXT TO CAMERAS. she berates Wild Bull, pointing at a well hidden surveillance camera. Noblesse sighs. "You're lucky. As much as I don't like you, I actually want to get back at Stepanychev. So I covered for your idiocy. This time." she explains, a shimmer on her finger being the only denotation of an illusion having been cast a moment ago. It's just a shame it never actually disguised Wild Bull. But she didn't feel the need to inform her of that fact. quote:Heart of Glass "Now come on, we got ourselves some dogs to save, don't we?" she asks Wild Bull, grinning.
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Freak: +0 | Danger: +2 | Trouble: +0 | Superior: -1 | Menace: +2 Curses!: 1/5 | Infamy: 0/3 | Conditions: Location: Alleyway Hold: 1 "Bwah!" I jump back with surprise as Noblesse pops up in front of me. "For the love- a little warning would be nice next time!" Wait, there's a what now? Aw poo poo. How the hell was I supposed to know that!? They're called HIDDEN cameras for a reason! poo poo, that means they have footage of me taking off and breaking the amulet. Lillia is going to kill me if she sees that footage. Or maybe not, if Noblesse is to be believed. I guess she musta used some of that illusion magic of hers to cover for me after I... broke... her... amulet. The amulet she spent all day making. The same amulet that cost her a lot of money to create. "Hey, wait a minute..." I twirl a finger around as I start to process everything in my head, "If you were covering for me, that'd mean you must've been around when I took off the amulet. Why didn't you try and take it then? Isn't the thing like, super valuable to you? You must've known I'd do SOMETHING to it. Either the amulet isn't as valuable as you say it is, or," I cross my arms across my chest, and give her a distrustful glare, "You're lying to me, and I'm betting it's the latter." "I hope your plan to save the dogs is better than your lovely attempt at lying." quote:Bull does not trust Noblesse at all, so she has to mark a condition and curses! Fricking Noblesse. Always thinking she's so smart, like she's always got the upper-hand. You think you're the only one with surprises around here? Well, little do you know, this Bull has a few surprises of her own, and I can't wait to show you some of them. quote:When others meddle in your plots… give them Influence over you and hold 1. Spend that hold to show up when they least expect it. Tardzilla fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Jan 10, 2017 |
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Freak: +0 | Danger: -1 | Trouble: +2 | Superior: +0 | Menace: +2 Curses!: 3/5 | Infamy: 0/3 | Conditions: Insecure Heart of Glass Hold: 1 "Oh, I'm sorry, I'll make sure to wear a bell next time." Noblesse replies, as deadpan as possible. Hearing Wild Bull gears turn in her head (a process that took an awful lot of time, all things considered) Noblesse shrugs with a cheeky grin. "You got me! I did lie. The amulet? It's actually pretty easy to make. It costs a lot of money, but I have more than enough of that. Really, I just hoped not to waste money on you. But clearly, you have outsmarted me. You win." she concedes. "As for my plan to save the dogs, I'm planning to keep it fairly simple. Otherwise it'd just get too complicated if people did not understand what to do when the situation changes. So we're just doing a basic assault, covering their escape routes while we're at it. Simple enough, no? Let's link up with the rest of the team. If you play nicely, I'll even let you keep one." Noblesse explains, walking into a wall and disappearing into a mass of shadows. quote:17:27 Yamifenrir Noblesse absconds! On a 7-9+, you escalate the threat you absconded from, or stumble into a new one. Choosing: Reveal something you absconded with. Well, the fake one, that is... The real one just dismantled the camera and took the footage out of it. Surely, Bull won't notice. Noblesse marks Insecure and Curses, and marks Curses from the Rebuke. Due to getting Influence on Wild Bull again, I will shift her Superior up and her Danger down. Wild Bull has shown surprising intelligence, but for Noblesse, Wild Bull has been all talk so far, showing little actual threat. Yami Fenrir fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Jan 10, 2017 |
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 Freak: +0 | Danger: +1 | Trouble: +0 | Superior: +0 | Menace: +2 Curses!: 1/5 | Infamy: 0/3 | Conditions: Location: Alleyway Hold: 1 "Friggin' smartass." Whatever. I should do something about that tape before I head out. Should be simple enough. I just gotta grab the camera and- where did the camera go? Oh, there it is. It looks like somebody's already dismantled it. ...Somebody dismantled the camera, and took the tape. Who could have done that? The only people who were around were me and... "...Oh you son of a BITCH!" Nobless. Of-loving-course it was her! Who else could it be? SHE took the tape! Did she seriously think I wouldn't notice? Does she think I'm THAT dumb? I should have a talk with her once we meet up again. A nice, short, pleasant, talk.
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 Fre: 0 | Dan: -1 | Tro: 0 | Sup: +3 | Men: +1 Curses!: 0/5 | Infamy: 1 | Conditions: None Location: Base - Shodan's Bedroom This is absurd. I literally think this admin's either having some sort of stroke, or it's bring your kid to work day and this kid's bad at IT security even by child standards. I literally have their configuration file in front of me... this is just like... disappointing. Don't get me wrong, I knew I'd triumph here, but I didn't anticipate it being so easy. Am I even more brilliant than I've estimated? Is their admin just that spectacularly awful (seriously fire whoever that person is FALCON, I'm BEGGING you, I want a challenge)? Whatever the case, I'm making sure Sapphire's watching for this part. It's kinda cool we absolutely demolished our objective from my bedroom... I should probably invite her to hang out some time with me and Wild Bull. "Check this out," I request of the android idol, spinning around in my chair with holotablet in hand, propping my black boots up on my desk, careful to avoid my keyboard. The tablet's currently projecting a list of addresses, while the rest of the monitors suddenly switch to displaying what their admin's looking at - which really just makes this all the better. "Wanna watch FALCON go to war with the Stepanychevs? Nice work with those alerts by the way, made this easier." I quickly make a scoffing noise though. "Not that I need it, their admin literally led me to their config file. Sooo..." Moving a finger and shifting the display to a malicious looking icon, the list of names collapsing into it, I grin like only a supergenius in their element can... and then hit send. Lets see how FALCON enjoys being redirected away from actual emergencies - and Sapphire-6's displays - to confront our enemies, with them paralyzed to stop it? <Rauri> Shodan Execute Plan <Rauri> !r 2d6+3 <Krysmbot> Rauri, 12+3 = 15 <Rauri> hah FALCON systems are crashed, and Shodan takes 1 infamy for it. Sometimes I'm so incredible I amaze even myself. Our end of the mission's done, it's up to everyone else now. Speaking of... Communicator Message to Everyone but Sapphire-6 posted:Oh look, their loving systems seem to be rerouting FALCON flunkies to Stepanychev businesses and hideouts, wonder how that happened? Sapphire and I have accomplished our objective effortlessly. Who's willing to admit to needing our help?~ Rauri fucked around with this message at 09:39 on Jan 11, 2017 |
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Freak: +2 | Danger: +2 | Trouble: -1 | Superior: +0 | Menace: +0 Curses!: 1/5 | Infamy: 0/3 | Conditions: Angry Exhausted assest: Bike Of course Medusa didn't just stay where she was. Like, why do anything just because Noblesse said it? And also, it was in the middle of a street with smashed up cars everywhere, staying there was kinda just asking to get in trouble with the cops or superheroes or somebody eventually. So, with her bike smashed up and unusable until she basically built it up from scratch again, Medusa slowly walked after Noblesse to the Casino to meet up with the rest of the go out and do things team.
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Freak +1 | Danger 0 | Trouble +2 | Superior 0 | Menace 0 Curses! 1/5 | Infamy 0 | Conditions None "Excellent work." She rubs Topaz's hand. "You too, Shodan." She waves vaguely at her partner in crime. "I just have one more little job for you, then you can take a break. Initiate Social Media Plan Echo. Full compliment." Topaz hums up again but not nearly with so much verve as before. Something is clearly wrong. The cooling system, likely. These frames weren't meant to act as servers and certainly not for so long. She might have to shelve the Dancer until the next op. She bites her lip--a programmed behavior, calculated to instill feelings of protectiveness in fans, since transformed into an internalized expression of anxiety. This was to be the final touch to tie this caper to her cause; a media blitz from her twitter swarm to assault the various government twitters (along with various high-profile members of FALCON) with complaints about the downed system and trying to get her bombing trending. Such a bother. Rolled a 4 to try and Provoke the Authorities on Twitter using Topaz and a swarm of Twitter bots. Didn't work out. Got 1 Curses!
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 Freak -1 Danger 0 Trouble +3 Superior 0 Menace +1 Curses: 2/5 Infamy 0 Conditions: None yet! So I get done and out of the place and up into the trees just in time to see Noblesse and Wild bull's little slap fight, which I'm rolling my eyes at like just the WHOLE time. Look, I loving stole all the money, ran around, sent their dudes on a goose chase, and otherwise successfully kicked rear end, just in time to see these two fighting and yammering and arguing and all that bullshit... And, of course, I can now see that there's one good old disassembled camera. Siiigh. I drop out of the trees, loot bag clanking on my shoulders as I look over at Wild Bull, rolling my eyes a bit and gesturing off into the darkness. "What a tool. Don't worry, we'll deal with her when we have to. She's probably just doing this whole mission just to find ways to gently caress with you, specifically." Wagering that as the guess for Noblesse's agenda. "Buuut, we're doing good so far- I think we just need to bust up that dog show now? Like, it'll be a total snap! You go in, cause trouble, I'll start shoving dogs into a bag, it'll be pretty much perfect. Come on, hon, let's get to it, okay?" I gently bump her shoulder with mine ,and then set off for the dog show- All I need to do here is get to the dog arena. And that'll be a piece of cake. Look, they've got a bunch of rabid, wild dogs they're hurting in there, right? These pups are scared, and I can weaponize that. Assuming Wild Bull comes along, I quickly drop the current loot off in a dead-drop for my Fence to get to, then head over twoards the Dog Arena- sneak in through a window, knock out a guard or two, and I can let out all the dogs from their cages. They'll loving terrorize the place, and create enough chaos for us to dunk some guards, then start collecting dogs and generally messing this all up! It's a brilliant plan that can't go wrong. <Nea> Concocting a Menacing plan <Nea> !roll 2d6+1 <Krysmbot> Nea, 4+1 = 5 Marking curses.
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Note: To keep things streamlined, I'm going to say that the 'Start a War Between the Stepanychevs and FALCON' plank has been accomplished since it looks like you've essentially reached your goal regarding that. Noblesse Haha! What child's play! Wild Bull might be a little smarter than she seems, but she's clearly no match for someone like you. Noblesse 1, Wild Bull 0. You make your way away from the scene of the crime pretty quickly to escape the immediate Bull-wrath that may or may not be coming for you. With your powers it's not difficult to make your own unconventional path of escape, and after a teleport or two you find yourself in the middle of the road on some out-of-the-way side-street. You know you're somewhere between the Casino and the warehouse where the animal smuggling operation is supposed to be, but before you have the chance to double-check your exact position you notice a set of headlights racing towards you at a speed that seems well above the limit.  SCREEEEECH! HOONNK! The car makes some very loud noises as the driver both slams on the brakes and slams on the horn. And soon it comes to an abrupt halt right in front of you. A few seconds after it does, your eyes adjust enough for you to finally get a good look at the car and who's driving it. It's Lilia, the Stepanychev's lieutenant that was protecting the casino. You must have stumbled into her escape route. She stares at you for a couple of seconds, apparently taking a little bit to comprehend what exactly teleported in front of her car. Lilia rolls down her window and sticks her upper body out to get a better look at you. "...De Vile?! What the hell are you doing around here?" A confused is plastered on her face, but the more she looks at you the more it seems to melt away into annoyance and suspicion. "...And for that matter, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Wild Bull UGH! Come ON! Even when you call her out on her crap, Noblesse still has some more tucked up her dumb, frilly sleeves. At least Midnight Devil's being cool... Both you and Midnight make your way towards the warehouse where the animal smuggling operation is supposed to be, making a stop along the way so she can drop off that cartoonishly big bag of loot she's got. As you both approach the warehouse though, you notice that security seems quite a bit tighter here than it was at the casino. Not only is there a big, steel fence around the compound, but the guards you can see actually seem to be actively on the lookout here. And not only that, but there seems to be just a lot of activity around the warehouse tonight. A lot of nice cars around, too. Not just the kind that random goons and lieutenants would have. Oh yeah, didn't Noblesse say something about a bunch of higher-ups being at the warehouse tonight? Shoot, that might be a lot of trouble. Or a lot of fun. Do you think this is something you and Midnight could handle by yourselves, or do you want to wait for the other to arrive before you seriously tackle it? Didn't Noblesse say she had some plan to save the dogs, anyway? Before you have much time to think about that, though, you suddenly hear the sound of a guard shouting. "HEY! Who are you?!" Looks like Midnight's already got some attention. What are you going to do about that? Mark Paranoid, and mark Curses! for falling for Noblesse's trick. Midnight Devil After you deposit your comically large bag of loot, you and Wild Bull make your way to the warehouse where the animal-smuggling operation is supposed to be run out of. As soon as you lay eyes on the place, however, you notice that this is definitely not just some two-bit operation. On its own, you can see that the warehouse compound is decently secured, with a big, steel fence around it and security cameras posted conspicuously around the perimeter. Not that stuff like that is much of a problem for someone like you. An amateur maybe, but you're a pro. It takes a little bit for you to find a point where you won't be spotted, but eventually you do and climb over the fence without much of a problem. But as soon as you get into the compound, you notice that there's a lot more activity here than would be normal. The whole area near the front gate is packed with cars, vans, and SUVs, and some pretty nice looking ones, too. Not just the kind of things that might belong to some random goons, enforcers and lieutenants. There's some real classics in here! But then that means... there must be some pretty important people here, too. Oh yeah, now that you think about that, didn't Noblesse say something like that, earlier? Where is she, anyway? Before you have long to ponder that though, a bright flashlight shines in your direction. "HEY! Who are you?!" A guard shouts, dressed in a black suit and dark night-time shades like someone who apparently means business. He's marching in your direction, and if you don't do something there's going to be trouble... Not an immediate concern, but if you're going to accuse Noblesse of having an Agenda don't forget to also confront her to her face (or over radio) so that she can respond and Medusa The walk back to the casino isn't the most exciting thing in the world, but the atmosphere of the city at night isn't too bad. There's a lot less assholes to deal with compared to the day, at least. By the time you get back to the casino, though, everybody's cleared out already. Ugh, looks like you arrived too late. This wouldn't have been a problem if you still had your bike. Maybe you could grab another one. It wouldn't be the same, but it would sure beat walking. And it looks like you still have a bit more to go. If people aren't here, they must be at the warehouse, so that's probably where you should go. But then you hear the sound of tires screeching and a car horn honking not too far away. Sounds like something's going on, and knowing tonight there's decent odds it may be relevant to the caper. Where do you go? Do you catch up with the warehouse team, or do you go towards the noises which will bring you back to Noblesse? Shodan The hijacked system starts quickly re-routing heroes away from actual emergencies, and towards Stepanychev hideouts all over the city. From your access point you can already even see a whole bunch of heroes following your new, malicious instructions. They'll probably catch on sooner or later, but for now they should be kept busy and the Stepanychevs should be kept in pain. Looks like tricking FALCON was all too easy. But while you're looking at where all the heroes are going, you notice something weird. Or perhaps just troublesome. There's already a hero at one of the Stepanychev locations, and not just any location. They're at the animal smuggling warehouse. It's Haze, that invisible girl who stole one of your drones. What do you think she's doing there? And what are you going to do with this information? Sapphire-6 #AIJustice! #LiberationNow! #NoJusticeNoPeace! At your command, Social Media Plan Echo executes, initiating a flood of #-ing and @-ing all over the social media sphere. Thousands of accounts shout hashtags in unison, and scream at government and FALCON accounts about their incompetence and injustice. For a little while, it plays just as you would expect, taking the expected time to get your side of the issue trending. And soon enough, the automated algorithms on these websites should kick in, throwing it into the front and center... But then something throws this whole PR strategy off the tracks. @GoldenBoy: "[1/??] I have always, and will always consider humans to be my family. AI or human, there's the same goodness in all of us. #WeStandUnited" It's Golden Boy! One of FALCON's 'beloved' AI heroes. And he's tweeting some what is probably heartfelt but also very misguided stuff about how much he loves humanity and how much they love him. And it's ruining your entire message. Rather than worrying about anything you did, or complaining about how clearly incompetent their 'protectors' are, they're just sharing and liking Golden Boy's sappy, sentimental platitudes. When you look at the trending social media graphs again, you see that his hashtag has pretty clearly beaten out yours for the public spotlight. Ugh. How infuriating! Eventually, Golden Boy's tweet thread ends with a farewell. @GoldenBoy: "[64/64] Thanks, everybody. Your words mean a lot to me. But now I have to go out and keep my city safe. Looks like trouble tonight. #WeStandUnited" It looks like that goody-two-shoes is going out on patrol. And with Shodan's hijacking, it seems likely he'll end up fighting against some Stepanychev operation out there. At this rate, it looks like people might just completely forget about the message you tried to send with ocial Media Plan Echo. Is this a problem? Or actually, if Golden Boy is going out on patrol, is this an opportunity you can take advantage of? Maybe you have another chance to grab the spotlight once again. Or do you have bigger fish you should be frying? Takanago fucked around with this message at 04:57 on Jan 23, 2017 |
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Freak: +2 | Danger: +2 | Trouble: -1 | Superior: +0 | Menace: +0 Curses!: 1/5 | Infamy: 0/3 | Conditions: Angry Exhausted assest: Bike Sure, a nice walk through the cold city at night has a certain charm to it. Very noir. Very French. Moody and atmospheric and all that jazz. But sweet Jesus is it boring. A walk is never going to match up to how exciting it is to speed through the streets dodging traffic and cars, sure, but that doesn't mean it has to be dull enough to be a sleep aid. The lack of assholes was a bonus, sure, but there could have been something going on. A street party, or a friendly neighbourhood hobo fight, even some nice free range kitty cats. But no, nothing. Guess that's what causing a huge crash and a casino heist will do to you. And what do you know! The casino is totally dead too! And partially punched up, probably Wild Bull's work. Well great, might as well just walk back to the secret loving hideout and wait to hear everything that happened over the drat T.V. …hang on, is that a car? "Hey, car dude! Yo!" Medusa actually says out loud, something finally happening within earshot. She start to run towards the noise, keen to see what was happening. At the very least she could carjack the stupid thing and get back to base faster. Of course Medusa is running towards the noise without knowing what it even is!
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Freak: +0 | Danger: -1 | Trouble: +2 | Superior: +0 | Menace: +2 Curses!: 3/5 | Infamy: 0/3 | Conditions: Heart of Glass Hold: 1 "Oh. Don't mind me. I'm just talking a leisurely stroll through the city." Noblesse replies, attempting to say it with a straight face but unable to keep the tone. "Good evening." Noblesse paces forward, to the side of the car. "But you being here is quite convenient. Lilia, is it? I have something for you." she continues, and pulls out the tape pilfered earlier. "This is the security feed from your casino. Our friend pretending to be Pyro-Puncher wanted our techie to scrub it, but I was faster." She grabs it with two fingers and waves it around in front of Lilia. "On this tape, you'll see the real identity of the fake Pyro-Puncher." she explains. "You think it's a hero sting? No. Jade Lotus is on the move, and they managed to pull some strings to get our team working for them. You'll understand once you take a look at this. You see... I have no interest in helping Jade Lotus. If there's one thing I hate more than your family, it's them. So... consider this a present from the de Vile family." she quips, handing Lilia the tape. "There'll be a couple more attacks in the next hour, the next one being your safehouse downtown. Do try to stay safe, yes? But, alas, you'll have excuse me... I have places to be." she concludes, conjuring up a portal and disappearing into it in the span of a second. At least that it appears that fast to the time-decelerated Lilia. --- Now that this was dealt with, she heads towards her next destination: the warehouse. Oh right, Andi! Almost forgot her. Oh dear. Hopefully she won't be mad for being made to wait so long. 15:50 Yamifenrir Noblesse bravely runs away! (Absconding, +1 From Agenda) 15:50 Yamifenrir !r 2d6+3 15:50 Krysmbot Yamifenrir, 6+3 = 9 Clearing insecure. Yami Fenrir fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Jan 23, 2017 |
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Freak: +0 | Danger: +1 | Trouble: +0 | Superior: +0 | Menace: +2 Curses!: 2/5 | Infamy: 0/3 | Conditions: Paranoid Location: Alleyway -> Warehouse Hold: 1 Why do I keep putting up with this crap? First there was friggin' Jun, and now there's friggin' Noblesse. I'm strong, really strong. I've single-handedly taken down the casino by myself. I fought people who were twice my size, and won. They should be pissing their pants at the sight of me! But no, they never do. They insult me, play friggin' mind games with me, and they constantly treat me like crap, and I keep letting them get away with it. And it's really starting to piss me off. Noblesse took that tape for a reason. What the hell is she planning to do with it? Give it to FALCON? The Stepanychevs? Is she planning to blackmail me with it? AGH! I HATE this! I need something to punch. Right the gently caress now. And the warehouse sounds like the perfect place to relieve some stress. I don't have my disguise, but I don't give a gently caress anymore. I WANT them to see me coming. I want them to all to FEAR me, like they loving should! I grab Gertie, and head to the warehouse with Midnight Devil (At least there's one person who respects me). I'm, uh, not so sure about her plan to stuff the dogs in bags, but I do like the idea of causing trouble, and oh, would you just look at the place. So many goons to punch, so many expensive cars to smash, so much potential chaos to cause. It's perfect. A wild smile crosses my face as I think of all the different ways I could smash the place up. I could wait for the others to arrive first, but gently caress it. When the hell have I ever had problems taking out a bunch of armed mooks? Oh right, never. Noblesse said she had a plan, but gently caress if I trust whatever she might have cooking up in that frilly tiny little head of hers. I'll just charge in, and- "HEY! Who are you?!" Aw crap, it sounds like Midnight got herself into some trouble. I should do go help her out. I tap the guard on his shoulder, "Hey," when he turns to face me, I grab him by his shirt collar, and lift him right off his feet. "Do you have a problem with me and my friend being here?" With my free hand, I take out the guard's wallet from his pocket. "Oooh, that's a nice family you got there... Hector? It'd be a shame if anything happened to them." I burn up his family photo right in front of his face, "You're a smart guy, aren't you Hector? Of course you are. That's why I know you won't tell your friends about us. You're going to go back, and tell them you saw nothing. You were just imagining things, that's all. If you can do this small, little favor for us, then maybe, just maybe," I pull him in closer, so he's forced to look me straight in the eyes, and say, in a low, threatening tone, "I won't think think about turning that happy little family of yours into a pile of ash." quote:<Hugzilla> Bull's going to provoke the heck out of that guard (using Rhino's bargain)
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