The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Session 308

Session Start: Mon May 14 18:21:57 2018
Session Ident: #TAW-Session308
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<DeathStar> Alright, one sec while I check something. After tonight I will be finishing bios for next weekend so expect more actual action and stuff like that
<DeathStar> I've been dialing it back
<DeathStar> (excercise for an hour and stuff, I never got around to it time today)
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-639.3.20
<DeathStar> Location: Military Base
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<DeathStar> 6* After capturing Lev, who was taken away by the military, 3 days have passed and not a lot of word has come by. The Senator has okayed Christina and given most of the Luna Colony information they wanted on Sunny and her father's case files, cutting the red tape
<DeathStar> 6* Lemon looks annoyed in a seat at them not having access to Lev yet
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<Xanatos> 6* Marcus leans forward to peer at her.
<Seraphna> * Angela sips some tea.
* ChadWinters flips through his datapad on the information they got on Sunny
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na hands her a datapad to sign
<Xanatos> <Marcus> What're we gonna do around here to blow off some steam? I'm sure everyone is annoyed and angry to one degree or another.
<Seraphna> * Angela peers it over.
<kalonZombie> 6*Standard stuff for the restraunt, plus a clause that gives Mi'Na total exclusive rights to own Angela's soul
<Seraphna> * Angela marks edits.
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> I will get you one day.
<DeathStar> <Cherry> I'm cheerful
<DeathStar> *she leans back, big again*
<DeathStar> <Lemon> I want to know what they are doing with Lev. *she paces*
* ChadWinters glances over at Lemon. 1"Probably striking a deal for information tied to his freedom.
<DeathStar> <Lemon> That is what I am wondering about.
<Seraphna> Angela> "Who knows, but if we press they'll likely make things more difficult for us. I was impressed that our Senate overview started cutting red tape for us."
<Xanatos> <Marcus> How do we find out? Who's head do we bust? I miss skirting the law. 6* He humphs, then squints at Cherry's ability to stay big for longer.
<ChadWinters> There's also a possibility he tied his eventual capture to another bomb plot.
<DeathStar> <Darien> *taps his cane* Actually, Angela, Denham had to pull the strings to get that for you. The other senators were not helpful
<Seraphna> Angela> "Isn't... Denham our overview?"
<ChadWinters> To a point. He still needs to get the ok from a majority.
<DeathStar> <Darien> He's just one of many senators
<DeathStar> <Darien> The panel is made up of a few people.
<Jackieness> <Myria> *falls out of a vent!*
<DeathStar> <Darien> But nothing says we can't talk and be chummy with other Senators, even Peter or Hale. Though since they are new, they don't have the ties we need really, despite being ex-military. They don't have the political ties yet you and I have cultured
<Seraphna> Angela> "Sounds like we're competing with the planet for it's own survival again."
<Jackieness> <Myria> "...ventilation system...up to spec." *passes out*
<DeathStar> <Ren> *leans over to eye Myria* God bless
<ChadWinters> Welcome to politics, Angela. 6He looks over at Darien. 1"As long as we keep following the rules, we'll start gathering more acceptance
<Seraphna> * Angela puts a can of Omega coke on Myria's head.
<Sara> * Chris looks p at the open vent
<Seraphna> Angela> "Welcome? I was president for almost three terms."
<ChadWinters> You were? 6He looks back over at her. 1"Guess I never noticed."
<Xanatos> <Marcus> To be honest this part of the job bores me to tears. I just want to hit stuff, you know?
<Seraphna> Angela> "...By the way, thanks for not assassinating me in that time Chad. It was very sweet of you."
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Give me Lev's dumb face so I can punch it.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "Huh, was she in the vents for three days straight?"
<ChadWinters> And make a Martyr our of you? Pass
<DeathStar> <Ren> *whispers to Reikana* Was she President?
<DeathStar> <Ren> I forget.
<Seraphna> * Angela sniffles, President when Ren was born too.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "Ehhhhh..." *wiggles her hand* "Ancient history."
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na pats Angela's head
<Seraphna> Angela> "Does no one teach social studies anymore?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> I just remember Grandma
<Seraphna> Angela> "Well you were older by then, Ren."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Oh right, you were the vice president of Alexander and got voted in as a sympathy vote
<DeathStar> *Ren snaps her finger*
<Seraphna> * Angela puts a hand over her heart.
* ChadWinters smirks at that and points a finger at Ren. 1"Well played."
<Sara> <Chris> Right, I remember something like that. *she eyes her* Is anyone on this team NOT special?
<Seraphna> Angela> "Mi'Na, my great grand niece is picking on me."
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> That's okay dear. We'll use the connections we still have from when you were president to have her assassinated.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "Depends on how you define special."
<DeathStar> *Lemon plays with Adeline, ignornig it all* If you are bored MArcus
<DeathStar> <Lemon> Go check out the nursing home
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Eh? Yeah sure. Who wants to go to a place where people go to die?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Dark
<Seraphna> Tabetha> "So morbid Marcus."
<DeathStar> <Darien> I'll go. Zephyr is busy being my spy on the Lev stuff
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "What? Florida?"
<DeathStar> *Darien pushes himself up wit hthe cane*
<Seraphna> Angela> Wasn't Florida wiped out in that zombie incident?
<Sara> <Chris> I'm always where people go to die. *she says eeriely. she sticks a cigarette in her mouth, doesn't bother lighting it*
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Oh cool you can check out your upcoming bed. 6* He pats Darien with a knowing nod and moves to step out.
<ChadWinters> Might as well. Doubtful we'll turn anything up. 6He stands up and moves to step out
<DeathStar> *Darien jots a name down in his Death Note*
<DeathStar> <Darien> Mar....cus.... Jones
<Seraphna> Angela> "Don't listen to him Darien, you've got many years ahead of you. And a cool exo suit to beat him up with."
<Seraphna> Angela> "I still recommend the paint job though."
<DeathStar> <Darien> I'm still getting it not to crush people's heads
<DeathStar> <Darien> When I shake hands
* ChadWinters glances back at Darien. 1"I feel bad for your genitalia."
<Seraphna> Angela> "With great Exo-Suit comes great neckbreakings."
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> On the plus side I've never had so much watermelon in my life.
<DeathStar> -TIME JUMP-
<DeathStar> 6* As they drive along, Marcus receives a message from his ex about their son, which Marcus met during the many jumps that the new resturant is up and running if he wants to stop by and check it out. JM and Pio having to escape due to EmpresS*
<DeathStar> *Cherry leans over Marcus' shoulder* You have a kid?
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Yeah, techically. But how much of the kid is yours if you never got to raise it and it's a grown adult when you finally meet it?
<Seraphna> Angela> "Ask Xanatos, you and he have that in common."
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Where he's embracing that life, I uh...get awkward and make an excuse to leave.
<Seraphna> Angela> "Mmhmm." *she makes that noise pointedly*
<DeathStar> <Ren> We should check it out on the way
<DeathStar> <Ren> It's right there
<ChadWinters> It's understandable. 6He views out the front of the vehicle
<Xanatos> <Marcus> You have first hand knowledge of my inability to uh...deal. 6* He says to Angela, nodding slightly to Ren and then adjusts his course to go to the restaraunt.
<Seraphna> * Angela just nods again. "That I do."
<Xanatos> (*restaurant)
<DeathStar> *as they arrive, they see a massive replica of the PAX place, only now on a full scale. Ren steps out and admires it, named Pio Pio's*
<DeathStar> <Darien> Huh
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na smiles, walking in
<Xanatos> <Marcus> You...you're so cold all of a sudden Angela. Guess we're still not past that, eh? 6* He peers out at the place and just sighs.
<Seraphna> * Angela blinks and looks up. "Nah, I'm good. Just sometimes wish you'll grow out of it."
<ChadWinters> I think she wants you to marry her. 6He notes to Marcus as he studies the building.
<DeathStar> 6* Cherry peers around. JM, 46ish, is working the joint with Pio Pio, and their adult kids. And some of their grandchildrens who look at best 2ish. One even named after Marcus, named Marky*
<DeathStar> *he will go on to form a boy band no doubt*
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "I remember we stopped by this place on the PAX when we were getting the band going."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Yeah. They really replicated the look
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus rubs the back of his neck and moves in, peering around curiously.
<DeathStar> <Cherry> Hmph. *she peers around* Looks folky
* ChadWinters moves to get out, stretching his back a bit as he holds on to the door.
<DeathStar> <JM> Hey, Dad. *he waves and Katrina hands him a plate of food. Katherine is there, off work from the base, eating, getting along with her older counter part*
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "What does folky even mean?"
<DeathStar> <Cherry> ... This place. It means this place!
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Uh Hey, yeah. The uh..the place looks great
<DeathStar> *Darien orders pancakes and sits down*
<Seraphna> * Angela blinks. "Mmm?"
<DeathStar> <JM> Thanks. *there's a picture of Marcus on the wall*
* ChadWinters moves to step inside, eyeing the place a bit as he gets inside
<Seraphna> * Angela orders the chicken parm and sits.
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na orders a fruit salad and sits as well
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Is that...a picture of me? 6* He blinks, looking at it.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "...what does that even mean?"
<DeathStar> <JM> Sure is. *points* And a picture of mom when she was younger.
<DeathStar> <JM> And there's my Pio's and me. Everyone who has a hand in this place
<Sara> * Chris sits. "Got booze?" She pauses, and when inevitably turned down, she just shakes her head.
<DeathStar> *JM hands some wine*
<DeathStar> <JM> Best I can do!
<Sara> <Chris> Oh, well I'm surprised.
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus rubs his neck again and nods a few times.
<DeathStar> <Darien> You know you are duty
<Seraphna> Angela> "Makes me nostalgic for the old place definately. I used to visit and eat there a lot."
<DeathStar> <Ren> I do wonder what the Empress has done with the old place
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Yeah...yeah that's cool. Glad to see it's still living on.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "Probably turned it into a kink shop." *sits down and looks at the menu*
<Seraphna> Angela> "Dunno... makes me a bit sad. Thinking of all the shops everyone ran up there being boarded up or something."
* ChadWinters get's a water only as he sits down.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Well, since we go up there sometimes
<DeathStar> <Ren> I can tell you it's still thriving - all the shops
<DeathStar> <Ren> Since, you know, she likes us
<Seraphna> Angela> "Huh, really?"
<Sara> * Chris waves a hand. "It keeps me alert."
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... Reikana and I did a concert up there!
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "Still the center of the galaxy and all."
<Seraphna> Angela> "Your grandmother's bakery and not-Yakuza stop still running too?"
<DeathStar> *JM smiles and hands Marcus some wine, and keeps them chatting a while, before Darien, after they are done eating taps his watch*
<Seraphna> * Tabetha munches her meal quietly at that. Justice and Rin being her mothers too.
<DeathStar> <Darien> We should probably keep moving on
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Yeah that's true, we got some work to do, I'll try to stop by later.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "As long as we stop by another time."
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus gives an awkward pat on JM's shoulder before giving a slight wave goodbye to Katrina and moves for the exit.
<DeathStar> *Cherry follows, peering at Marcus, as if studying him in a new light*
<Seraphna> * Angela and Tabetha follow.
<DeathStar> <Ren> That was fun. *she sips a chocolate shake as she walks out, getting in the van*
<Xanatos> <Marcus> ...why are you staring at me?
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na follows
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus gets in and starts up the van, pressing his forehead against the steering wheel.
<DeathStar> <Cherry> A kid, hm? Well, I am learning all sorts of stuff. With Angela, a kid.
* ChadWinters get's in to the vehicles with the others.
<Seraphna> Angela> "They were... going to be twins."
<Jackieness> <Reikana> *climbs into the van, doing vanilla shake*
<Xanatos> <Marcus> It's not exactly something that comes up organically in conversations.
<ChadWinters> It's like nobody's heard of birth control.
<DeathStar> <Cherry> *muses, noting Marcus and Mi'Na aren't blonde, peering at Angela and muses*
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus waits till they're all in, then starts off for the nursing home.
<DeathStar> <Ren> That was a nice stop
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Kat had JM after I died or fucked off, whatever happened in this timeline. We were trying for a while to do artifical insemination and I guess she just went for it.
<DeathStar> *as as they arrive at the nursing home, the footage from the cameras seem to show nothing out of the ordinary*
<DeathStar> <Cherry> *nods*
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Someone who was paying attention to the files remind me what we're doing here. Looking for Christina and Sunny's dad?
<ChadWinters> This is the address Lev gave to the Burger place.
<Seraphna> Angela> "So his precious special offers and coupons on... those things... are coming here."
<DeathStar> <Darien> Probably nothing but while we wait for Lev's info to be released to us
<DeathStar> <Darien> You can hit old people
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Oh. Weird. 6* he gets out of the van and moves for the entrance.
<DeathStar> *Darien steps out*
<Sara> <Chris> Man, these places are creepy. *she notes, seriously*
<DeathStar> *Ren notes as they open the doors, it locks from the inside* Uh oh
<ChadWinters> Doesn't hurt to at least check it out. If he's dumb enough to get caught because of a burger, who knows what other dumb mistakes he's made. 6He steps out, unhooking his datapad to look it over.
<DeathStar> <Ren> You sure you want to go in?
<ChadWinters> Did we get the right documents to go inside? 6He looks over at Darien
<DeathStar> *the door has a passcode to unlock it seems
<Seraphna> * Angela steps out, stretching, while Tabetha peers around.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "Yeah, but if he sent the residents free burgers, what if they are all living bombs too?"
<DeathStar> <Darien> It's a public place
<DeathStar> <Darien> We just need to show our IDs.
<Xanatos> <Marcus> What's up witht he passcode thing? 6* he squints, placing his face up to peer inside(if it's glass)
<DeathStar> *it is*
<DeathStar> <Darien> To keep the residents in, but let the people inside get out
<DeathStar> *he surmises*
<ChadWinters> Well let's get this check done with.
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus stands there for a moment....then knocks.
<DeathStar> *they can see some of the older people in the hallways, almost all in wheelchairs*
<DeathStar> *the knock attracts no one*I
<Xanatos> <Marcus> It's like...a zombie apocolypse in there. 6* He glances to see if the keypad as a 'page' or 'call' button to get the front desk's attention.
<DeathStar> *the keypad looks to be inside, not outside*
<DeathStar> *from what they can see, it looks like a hallway that opens up into a bigger area, with no desk like place, and the place looks ... not quite run down but not nice*
<Seraphna> Angela> "Yeah, it's like Florida in the 10-522."
* Xanatos opens the door then?
<Jackieness> <Reikana> *pulls out her mobile and tries to look up a comm number for the place*
<DeathStar> *the doors are not locked, except from the inside like Ren said. A boop boop boop goes*
<DeathStar> *likely to let people know the door has been opened*
<Seraphna> Angela> "Must be the alert chime." *she muses and steps in, peering about, fixing her jacket*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Well, at least won't get locked in without them knowing we're here
<Xanatos> <Marcus> ...is this a side entrance? 6* He begins to walk forward, looking around for an adult.
<Sara> * Chris steps in with a shrug.
* ChadWinters steps in after the others
<DeathStar> <Darien> Main. Probably so patients' family comes
<DeathStar> *an employee finally arrives and inputs the code and the door chime stops, peering at them, then begins to move off*
* ChadWinters glances to see if he can see the code she put in
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "Great customer service. Really."
<Seraphna> Tabetha> Excuse me...? *she moves over to the employee*
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Uh, hey, come back here.
<DeathStar> *Chad likely got the first 3 of 5 digits*
<DeathStar> *The employee comes back* Yes? Problem?
<Seraphna> * Tabetha holds up her datapad, with a picture of Lev on it. "Have you seen this gentleman stop by here before?"
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Before you ask we're military, doing an investigation. 6* He shows his badge.
* ChadWinters moves to group up with the others, looking and studying the employee
<DeathStar> *the employee stares a moment, then shifts, then at Marcus' stuff, pausing even longer* Does he have family here or somthing? I could get my supervisor
<Seraphna> Tabetha> "That's what we're looking to find out." *she tilts her head* "Investigating a Veteran, if we could keep it quiet."
<Seraphna> * Tabetha smiles reassuringly.
<DeathStar> *the man peers at Chris, then at the others, then moves to get the supervisor* W-Wait here. *he peers back*
<DeathStar> *then enters an office*
<ChadWinters> Seem's he might have recognized you. 6He notes to Christ
<Seraphna> * Tabetha frowns as he leaves, and scans his thoughts.
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Well that was interesting. 6* He walks up to the door and then leans forward to place his ear against the door to try to listen.
<Sara> <Chris> I don't think it's me he recognized, sir.
<Sara> <Chris> ...Sorry. Habits
* ChadWinters grunts
<Seraphna> Angela> "Sunny, of course."
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "You sure that the guy isn't going to press an alarm button or soemthing?"
<DeathStar> *Marcus would hear low voices, something about the weather maybe, then there's a loud chime and for the residents to get dressed*
<DeathStar> *The door then opens and the supervisor greets them*
* ChadWinters glances up. 1"I doubt that's a coincedence
<Seraphna> Tabetha> <Possibly code.>
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus would back away at the footsteps, standing there with his arms behind his back.
<DeathStar> *the old people wheel chair by to their rooms, all shakily*
<DeathStar> *bumping into each other*
<Xanatos> <Marcus> So, hi, badge. 6* He shows his badge.
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Do you know or have you seen this man? 6* He holds up the datapad.
<DeathStar> <Supervisor> Why does the military want her again? Something about a vet? *he eyes the man, then the group, eyes passing over them* He might be a little familiar. I can check the files. What is his name?
* ChadWinters drops his gaze from the old people to the supervisor, studying him carefully
<Sara> * Chris eyes all the activity. "You know perfectly well. Now talk."
<DeathStar> *The supervisor blinks*
* ChadWinters rubs his face at that.
<DeathStar> *Ren whistles to Reikana*
<Seraphna> * Angela seems almost relieved at Chris' straightforward approach.
<DeathStar> <Supervisor> I--I don't even know the man's name yet.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> *looks at Ren and moves over*
<ChadWinters> Lev. 6He gives him whatever last name he registered with at the burger place
<ChadWinters> He gave this place as his address. We're just following up on it.
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Maybe he has a relative here.
<DeathStar> *the man peers at Chris uneasily, tripping over a chair - but is it Sunny's face, or her last words*
<DeathStar> *and moves to open the computer*
<DeathStar> <Suprvisor> I-I am checking to see if there a name called Lev or face matched against our patients
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Do you know our friend here? She just has...one of those faces doesn't she?
<DeathStar> <Ren> *whispers to Reikana* She's definitely got him jumpy. *Darien peers about, the rooms all shut with the hallways clear*
* ChadWinters shifts his hand to his left holster, resting it on there as he glances around at the empty place
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "No kidding... something is up/"
<DeathStar> <Supervisor> ! *he just sweats an looks, then suddenly the rooms open, he patients done with their changing it looks*
<Seraphna> * Angela keeps an eye on the doors, Tabetha looks down the other route of doorways.
<DeathStar> *and suddenly guntoting old people walk out and begin to fire energy machine guns into the room. Blasting through the walls like it was paper. The supervisor is shot up and falls over, blooded and Ren squeals, jerking. 30 old people begin to fire away, the walls being shredded*
<DeathStar> <Darien> ... what the fuck. *Cherry shoves MArcus down*
<Sara> * Chris dives to the side and pulls out her gun. "Well, shit!"
<Xanatos> <Marcus> What the actual fuck! Get cover!
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus nods his thanks to Cherry.
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na leaps for cover, pulling out her rifle
<DeathStar> *Darien goes down, bloodied and his arm useless*
<Seraphna> * Angela forms her armor and weapons, Tabetha burning her precognative ability to sidestep fire as she forms her guns and returns in kind.
* ChadWinters drops to the ground, hiding behind something.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> *dives for whatever cover she can find*
<DeathStar> <Darien> .... ungh
<Seraphna> * Angela takes a shot on her armor but goes down to drag Darien to cover.
<DeathStar> *Ren falls over, laying there with blood pooling*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Mrrr
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus slides over and places a chip on the supervisor's console, comming Adeline to get anything she can from it.
<DeathStar> *the old people move in like a military force, coming in for them and sweeping exits*
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na pops up to return fire, then scrambles for new cover, trying to stay on the move
<DeathStar> <Adeline on comm> What is wrong? *static begins to form as they are being jamm,ed*
<ChadWinters> Well, I think we stumbled on something. 6He slides his hand across his belt. 1"Ren's down! 6He tosses a small orb over his cover towards the gun firing.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "R... Ren! They got Ren!" *shifts into Noire* "RAAAAAARGH!" *drops a large singularity right into the middle of the moving old people*
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus tchs.
<DeathStar> *Reikana takes many out and Mi'Na manages to catch a few*
<ChadWinters> 6The orb click then sends out a small concusion blast
<Xanatos> <Marcus> We need to find that jammer.
<Sara> <Chris> Pretty sure these fogies are Cobalt mercs... *she spits, getting behind cover and staying there, peeking and taking a potshot occasionally*
<Seraphna> * Tabetha dodges and weaves, the timer counting down as she keeps shooting with anticipation, Angela considers their options and reaches out to the van, activating Montana in the back.
<ChadWinters> Most likely brainwashed.
<DeathStar> *The orb knocks a few and breaks a few old people's hips*
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na pops up again, firing, then slides a salt shaker out to distract them and make them think she's changing cover again
<Xanatos> <Marcus> ...brainwashed? Shit maybe don't kill then! 6* He says, though that's probably too late.
<DeathStar> <Darien> They're too good for brainwashed
<Seraphna> * Tabetha finishes her weave, by Ren, then grabs her and dives for cover. Holding onto her.
<DeathStar> *He checks his gun*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Ungh, I-I am fine
<Sara> <Chris> Nah, these shits are professionals
<DeathStar> *The old people throw a grenade into th room*
<Xanatos> <Marcus> You sure? I don't want some headline being that we murdered everyone's grandparents.
<Seraphna> * Angela directs Montana to get up and open the doorway out for them.
<DeathStar> <Darien> .... look out
<Seraphna> * Tabetha TKs the grenade back at the old people.
* ChadWinters unholsters Ebony and flicks it to safety. He leans back and aims upwards, then eyes the grenade coming in.
<DeathStar> *the explosion kicks up dust, giving them cover*
<DeathStar> <Darien> We need to go now
<Seraphna> * Montana smashes the doorway open.
<DeathStar> *Darien shoves himself up and moves*
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na moves closer to Angela
<Seraphna> Angela> "Got our welcome wagon.
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus pulls out his shotgun and moves into the dust.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *turns and moves to try to kick out the door*
<Sara> * Chris runs out and gets the van running, provided the door gets busted open for them
<DeathStar> *the door is indeed opened*
* ChadWinters pushes himself up and moves towards the way they came in, running low and as fast as he can make himself go
<Seraphna> * Angela moves for the door, as does Tabetha carrying Ren.
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na moves with Angela
<Jackieness> <Noire> *moves for the van*
* ChadWinters aims backwards, firing stun shots behind him, keeping them away from the team
<Seraphna> * Montana punches a bit of a bigger opening as people pass and fires a blast inside, then moves behind them to provide cover.
<DeathStar> *Cherry follows along, forming a spiked whip to swing out. Shots blindly come out, with good accuracy. As they begin to reach the van, an old lady with a bun leaps down with a knife to slice at Angela's throat
<DeathStar> *tackling her*
<DeathStar> <Old Woman> Don't run deary
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na intercepts her and uses Secretary Training
<Seraphna> * Angela punches her in the head with her Gauntlet, reinforcing her armor.
<DeathStar> *she has a tattoo of a dagger and armor. Mi'Na and Angela send the old woman flying*
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Seriously I've seen some shit but this is fucked up.
* ChadWinters runs outside, sliding around and begins firing cover fire for the others
<Seraphna> * Tabetha gets in with Ren, Angela climbs in. "Gun it!"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I think we should level the place first!"
<Xanatos> <Marcus> I need to get a call in for back up, try to keep them contained inside. 6* he turns and taps his comm, moving away from the building.
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> Seriously, what do people not understand about gitari secretaries?
<ChadWinters> That's not our job, Noire.
<kalonZombie> 6*She burns an ability point to regain Secretary Training
<DeathStar> *Ren lays in the van when suddenly the old person's van comes driving at their's. With two old guys leaning out with guns shooting at them*
<DeathStar> <Darien> ... Look out
<DeathStar> *Darien leaps into their armored van*
* ChadWinters turns, firing two stun shots locked onto the old guys
<Seraphna> * Montana may make the order unclear as it blasts the oncoming enemies one more time before taking to the air to escort the van. Angela burns a point to regain Knight.
<Sara> * Cris leans out and shoots for the tires
<Sara> Chris*
* ChadWinters then sprints for their van, leaping to grab on to the side.
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus eeeeeeks, running to try and get signal.
<DeathStar> *the old people throw a grenade out with good aim even as their van is taken out, flipping and crashing nearby with a boom. The grenade flies into the driver van window*
<DeathStar> <Darien> ... *reaches for it with his good arm*
<DeathStar> <Darien> nononono
<Sara> * Chris grabs it and tosses anywhere but inside. OG if needed
<Seraphna> * Tabetha burns an ability point to restore TK.
<DeathStar> Up, Down, Left, Right, Down, Up, Left
<DeathStar> 5
<DeathStar> 4
<Sara> durludr
<DeathStar> *it blows up a tree nearby*
<Sara> <Chris> Fuck.
<DeathStar> *MArcus reaches Adeline, who acknowledges she is sending X*
<DeathStar> *inside, it has grown quiet*
<DeathStar> <Darien> I don't like this
<Xanatos> <Marcus> *C* Thanks! 6* He turns and runs back for the group, huffing as he goes.
<Seraphna> * Angela uses her Holy ability to start healing Ren. Montana turns towards the retirement home and blasts at it one more time.
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na keeps an eye out for more attackers
<Jackieness> <Noire> "They probably have another suck ass airship with a mini-cannon or soemthing!"
* ChadWinters pants a bit as he slides against the van. 1"Question is, is this a staging ground or an experiment?
* ChadWinters drops a clip, sliding a new one in
<Xanatos> <Marcus> We're going to need to do a sweep.
<DeathStar> *the retirement home takes the hit, crunching in and revealing under the paint some reinforced material*
<DeathStar> <Darien> *bandages his arm as Ren sits up*
<ChadWinters> Staging ground apparently.
<DeathStar> <Darien> Inside they will be waiting to ambush us
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus whistles as he walks up, glancing around some broken wall to peek inside.
<Seraphna> ANgela> "I say we wait for backup, a lot of backup. Old they might be but those old people are armed and know what they're doing."
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> They might not even be old. Could be good makeup.
<ChadWinters> Agreed. 6He taps the side of his neck, and his tact suit forms under his outfit, tearing it.
<DeathStar> *As MArcus nears the retirement home, two grenades are lobbed from the roof*
<Sara> <Chris> Age is just a number if you keep your muscles honed, anyway
<DeathStar> *sticky grenades*
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na tries to shoot them out of the air
<DeathStar> Up, Down
<Xanatos> du
<DeathStar> 5
<kalonZombie> du
<DeathStar> *they blow up8
<Xanatos> <Marcus> WHOA! Yep, reiforcements sounds good.
<ChadWinters> We might be best to divide their forces. Give us a better chance to get inside.
<Seraphna> * Montana takes to the sky and keeps distance, to give Angela a visual on the roof, it keeps guns primed.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...can we level them now?"
<ChadWinters> We need something to look through, Noire.
<Xanatos> <Marcus> We NEED their files and information. We have to find out what's happening here.
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus hmms and begins to flank around looking for another entrance.
<Seraphna> Angela> "I mean, I could unload Montana on the installation. But yeah, there might not be a computer left."
* ChadWinters nods his head to Marcus as his face mask forms and he moves the opposite way of Marcus, using cover
<Seraphna> * Tabetha joins Chad unless stopped, letting the rest stick with Marcus.
<DeathStar> *X appears with her team*
<DeathStar> <X> I Am here
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Course, they probably are already destroyign the files and wiping the data now."
<Seraphna> Truth> "I am also here."
<DeathStar> *Wyrd looks around*
<Xanatos> 6* Cole flexes.
<Xanatos> <Cole> So what're we doing?
<DeathStar> *Vesta yawns*
<DeathStar> <Darien> You all through the front door and distract the old people for us
<DeathStar> <Darien> We're finding a side door
<DeathStar> <X> .... what?
* ChadWinters comes moving along the side, looking for a point of entrance
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus gives hand signals to X, indicating hostiles inside, then rounds a corner out of sight.
<Sara> <Chris> KILLER OLD PEOPLE. Let's go!
<Seraphna> Angela> "Trust me, they are badass old people."
<DeathStar> *Darien and Ren walk off*
<DeathStar> <X> ... *Watches the main team walk off scene, then back to the front door*
<DeathStar> <X> ... what?
<Xanatos> <Cole> ... why are they the main team exactly?
<Seraphna> Truth> The elderly have challenged us. We must prove youth is better.
<DeathStar> <X> Sigh. Remember how the other day we were dismantling a nuclear bomb to save the world?
<Seraphna> Reese> Don't ask me. Let's just get to shooting old people."
<DeathStar> <X> Now we are fighting old people
<Seraphna> * Reese readies his rifle.
<Seraphna> Truth> "Wyrd and I fought off all those guards while Cole disabled the power... it was so... cool."
<DeathStar> *X approaches the front door*
<Xanatos> <Cole> Alright. 6* He forms his miniguns and they begin to spin as he approaches after X.
<Seraphna> * Truth forms her armor, old people are scary. She's met Warren.
<DeathStar> <Katherine on comms> Becareful. I am picking up 14 hostiles and jamming
<Seraphna> Truth> Why are the enemy always using Jam? Jelly is superior.
<DeathStar> <Katherine> Zeraphna will send a Beta to you if you get in trouble
<Xanatos> <Cole> Alright, let's do this. 6* He moves in with his miniguns raised.
<Seraphna> Reese> GLad we get one of those Beta weilding ladies too.
<DeathStar> *X moves in and 4 old people leap at them with energy knives, going for X's face to stab her head in. X judo throws her toward Cole*
<DeathStar> *Then holy arrows 2 more*
<DeathStar> *Wyrd and Vesta tackle 1 of the 2 and disable them*
<Seraphna> * Truth huffs and slashes at the offending dagger of another, and their hand, and possibly face, she's using a sword for goodness sakes.
<Xanatos> 6* Cole twists to the side, katar igniting in motion to slide down for the one coming towards him and then aims his minigun for another, firing.
<DeathStar> *the 4 are made quick work of* <Katherine on comms> 10 remain. <X> Old people. A threat. Hmph
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> 6* Marcus' team finds an emergency exit, meaning alarm
<Seraphna> Angela> "Should we disable it or do I Montana our way in?"
<DeathStar> <Darien> *leans on his cane and Ren looks tired*
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Disable it if you can.
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Otherwise they might get more fortified.
<DeathStar> <Adeline on Comm> Give me a second
<Sara> * Chris wipes sweat from her brow.
<DeathStar> *Adeline works on the door, getting into the city's systems*
<Seraphna> * Angela restores her Holy ability she used to heal Ren. Tabetha takes the time to restore her Precog ability.
<DeathStar> <Adeline on comm> Should be safe
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus opens it, pausing for an alarm.
<DeathStar> *ope*
<DeathStar> *nope
<DeathStar> *safe*
<Xanatos> <Marcus> *c* Cool, thanks. 6* He moves in as quietly as he can.
<Seraphna> * Angela and Tabetha sneak in.
<DeathStar> *they hear the sound of X's team making chaos and having fun, with X laughing as explosions go off*
<DeathStar> <X> COME AT ME OLD ONES
<Seraphna> * Truth is screaming something about Smucker's Jelly being better than inferior Jam.
* ChadWinters moves in with the others.
<DeathStar> *it sounds a ways off*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...and I was supposed to be kuko."
<ChadWinters> I noticed some metal flooring below the debris earlier. There might be a base under here.
<Xanatos> <Marcus> ... 6* He shakes his head slightly and moves along carefully, glancing in rooms to try and find some consoles they can hack.
<Sara> * Chris reloads her revolver while she has time, staying with a back to the wall
* ChadWinters pulls out his datapad, and begins scanning the floor below them
<DeathStar> *Marcus finds the survisor's room*
<DeathStar> *barely functional*
<DeathStar> *the debris having protected the computer*
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus slides in and peers around, then shifts over to the console to try and boot it up.
<DeathStar> *it sparks and looks like it is damaged, but it boots up with patient files*
* ChadWinters moves over to Marcus and eyes the console, he pulls a cable from his datapad and moves to hook it up to it
<Seraphna> * Tabetha keeps a look out, with both her eyes and her mind's eye. Angela monitors outside with Montana.
<DeathStar> *X flies by with an old woman with knives trying to stab her. They crash through the wall into another section*
<DeathStar> <Ren> *walks with Reikana, tapping the floor for a hidden base*
<DeathStar> <Ren> There might be something down there
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Here chad, get what you can. 6* He lets Chad take over then shifts around to look for anything like paper documents or hidden switches to secet underground bases.
<ChadWinters> Not sure how much longer this consoles going to keep running. 6He notes to Marcus.
<Jackieness> <Reikana> "Maybe a hatch or soemthing..."
* ChadWinters begins downloading whatever he can as he eyes the patients file that's up
<DeathStar> *at lot of it looks fake based at a glance, made up aliases for the people*
<Seraphna> * Angela feels along the floor, burning a mind point to try and figure out the structure and where the way down would most likely be.
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> I'm telling you, younger people that are makeuped to be older.
<DeathStar> *Chad would see that the only thing fairly genuine is the hospital stuff they go to and medicines*
<ChadWinters> You could always just try and blow a hole downwards, but that might do far more damage.
* ChadWinters makes sure to download that information as well
<DeathStar> *The floor in the middle area looks fairly solid. Who knows where the entrance is*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We may not have enough explosive power on hand if its reinforced or shielded."
<Xanatos> 
<Sara> <Chris> There's gotta be a "right way" to open it or else how do they get in?
<Seraphna> Angela> We do, but it would probably make a crater instead of opening a way.
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus checks to see if the lev address has a room number or anything else like that on it.
<DeathStar> *nope*
<Seraphna> * Angela keeps up her inspection.
<DeathStar> *X arrives finally with her team, wiping blood and doing selfies for Kitty, Hess and Kaleb*
<DeathStar> <X> We're done
<Seraphna> Truth> "I fed that last one some jelly, did you see?"
* ChadWinters tries to see if there's any information on the console about the hidden area below
<Xanatos> <Cole> That was disturbing.
<Xanatos> <Marcus> X, we think there's a base below but we can't find a way in.
<Seraphna> Truth> "I taught him that Jamming is bad."
<ChadWinters> She could try opening a ripple.
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus pauses and checks to see if the jamming signal is still up and if he can move around to get a 'stronger' source.
<DeathStar> *it is*
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus follows that while they do whatever they're going to do.
<DeathStar> *X opens a ripple down* If anyone trusts a blind jump, hop in
<Seraphna> Angela> Money that the jamming source is below.
<Xanatos> <Cole> Point of warning, I did that once, it sucked.
<DeathStar> *Marcus would find the source to be 25 feet below
<Seraphna> Truth> I still wish to know how you came back out of it with ladies undergarments.
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Yuuuuup. about 25 feet below me.
<DeathStar> <X> Oops
<DeathStar> *increases it by 5 more*
<DeathStar> <X> THere
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Cool. 6* He jumps in.
<Seraphna> Tabetha> <...Are you still alive?>
<Jackieness> <Noire> S"o does Arcus live... die... or come back cross-dressed?"
<Seraphna> Tabetha> I am checking.
* ChadWinters unhooks his datapad after getting the information dump. He moves to the ripple.
<DeathStar> *Darien walks in and Ren goes. They find themselves in a small base with weaponry and Cobalt cell. The elevator apparantly was under the soda mchines*
* ChadWinters moves in after Darien and Ren
<Jackieness> <Noire> *moves down too*
<Sara> * Chris moves down
<Xanatos> <Marcus> <Did my silence freak you out? Ha ha ha.
<DeathStar> <Ren> ... huh. *a computer is there with data and jamming them and cameras. Under here is a spa, and other stuff to liev the high live*
<DeathStar> *very fancy unlike up top*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Swank conspiracies."
<Seraphna> * Tabetha baps him over the head as she arrives.
<Seraphna> * Angela peers around.
* ChadWinters glances around, taking the area in. 1"Apparently Lev is a bigger idiot that we thought."
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus winks, then moves to see if he can shut off the jamming.
<DeathStar> *an old person is here by the computers - the cmoputers looking wiped*
<DeathStar> <Old Man> ... *finger flip*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...told ya."
* ChadWinters fires a stun shot for the old man's chest
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na walks over to him
<DeathStar> *he jerks and falls over*
<DeathStar> *foaming*
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> ...I was going to question him
<Xanatos> <Marcus> ...did he just.. 6* He checks for a pulse.
* ChadWinters quickly moves over to the computer, and hooks his datapad up to try and save whatever data he can.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Coronary or poison tooth?"
<ChadWinters> Most likely.
<Sara> <Chris> You may have caused atrial fibrilation.
<ChadWinters> Now you're worried about their health?
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Cyanide capsule or death from old age and being stunned. 6* He muses.
<Sara> <Chris> Hey, hostages are useful.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Questioning? Duh!"
<Seraphna> * Angela sighs and sees if she can heal him with her Holy ability, after quickly restraining him.
<DeathStar> *Darien rubs face*
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Chad do the computer thing to turn off the jammer, then we can see if the old man missed anything in his scrubbing of their dat.
<Xanatos> (data)
* ChadWinters glances at Marcus. 1"You're the boss." 6He disconnects his datapad and moves over to the jammer and starts working on it.
<DeathStar> *the man is healed, but remains dead*
<DeathStar> *you have a nicely perserved corpse*
<Seraphna> Angela> "Welp. I can't bring the dead back to life it seems."
<kalonZombie> 6*Mi'Na sighs
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Oh, what if you pluigged his brain into a machine?"
<Seraphna> * Tabetha muses, then touches the man's head, seeing what she can get before his brain goes totally dead.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Why not smash the jammer?
<DeathStar> *Ren aims at it*
<Seraphna> Angela> "Change it's rigged with explosives."
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Do whatever, I just want something out of this other than 'Oh yeah we killed a bunch of old people.'
<Seraphna> *chance
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Or more accurately, 'Oh yeah we ran away from old people then X's team came in and did all the hard work.'
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> My job is to protect my wife. I did, however, kill a few of them.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Hey, we wiped half of them before X even got here!"
<Seraphna> Tabetha> "Nothing, he must already be brain dead."
<DeathStar> *Tabetha gets the flashes of the brain getting death*
* ChadWinters clicks his tongue as he stops working on the jammer and goes back to working on recovering whatever data he can
<Seraphna> Tabetha> "Oh, something, Chad killing him."
<Seraphna> Tabetha> "I found his killer." *she says in sarcastic dramatization*
<Seraphna> Angela> "Simply amazing."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Way to go creepyg spy-guy."
<ChadWinters> I'll make note of it on my list of people I've killed.
<DeathStar> *the jammmer is shut down. 1 sec on the compuer*
<DeathStar> *Chad would find the old dude really did a number on deleting it. But, Chad is about to get some of it now due to the dice roll of 1*
<DeathStar> *it pops up, corrupted but readable*
<ChadWinters> I got something. 6He begins downloading whatever he can to his datapad as he begins reading what's up
<kalonZombie> <Mi'Na> Send it to one of the tech heads and see if they can uncorrupt it?
<ChadWinters> I'm copying everything I can right now.
<DeathStar> <Darien> It'll take a while probably to get all of it
<DeathStar> <Darien> Readable
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Still. Something is something. And with that, I think we can get a cleaner squad in here and go home.
<ChadWinters> I can send a copy of it to Kane, see if he can't hit with some of his programs
<DeathStar> *it seems this is a retirement home for ex-Cobalt agents to enjoy benefits and kick back, and still take jobs if they run out of money*
<DeathStar> *The top place being a front like a normal retirement home*
<DeathStar> *that is most of what they can get now*
<Seraphna> Angela> "How long have these guys been around!?"
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Long enough to retire it seems.
<Sara> <Chris> Mother of mercy.
<ChadWinters> Hard to say. It might have been several smaller merc crews that grouped up under a more common group.
<ChadWinters> I haven't been able to find much about them on my own.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I never heard of these guys before."
<Xanatos> <Marcus> Uh well anyway, let's go report back in to base.
<DeathStar> <Ren> They seem to have only appeared in the last year or so
<DeathStar> <Ren> But who knows
<Xanatos> 6* Marcus whistles and moves for the elevator, testing it out.
<ChadWinters> To have something like this, it's possible someone started it with an idea before that and just worked behind the scenes
<DeathStar> <Ren> I am worried about what is coming next. Hopefully Lemon will get us that talk with Lev.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...hey... what if they came from the other universe when it got dropped in here?"
<ChadWinters> I'm sure it's not nice considering Lev and Sunny's tactics
<DeathStar> <Darien> That would be a scary thought. But Lev and sunny had to work for someone
<ChadWinters> Hopefully we'll find out who it is.
<Seraphna> Angela> "Irony dictates it'll be Sunny and Chris' Dad."
<DeathStar> <Darien> If we had a Cobalt version and they had one
<DeathStar> <Darien> That would be bad
<ChadWinters> It would explain Sunny's attachment to Cobalt.
<Seraphna> Angela> "I hear some of their people went underground after we all split up again. Probably working on their own operation to deal with similar groups."
<DeathStar> *Cherry follows Marcus, whistling*
<DeathStar> <Darien> Or working with them
<DeathStar> -END-
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