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So sorry to hear that, Aloha.
As the others said, the game will wait and so will we Take care...
Sorely tempted to start lobbing grenades at the samurai robots, Neon nonetheless recognizes the tactical situation and runs for it with the others....
Yeah, you do whatever you need to do to keep yourself healthy. I for one am not going anywhere :)
Neon hisses up at Alanna , "Alanna, get back down here. Let's not shoot anything until we know it's a threat. We're trying to find friends here, not enemies. " She glances at Ghiv, asking Kitsune, "He be alright , you think?"
Yikes, hope all resolves well, Aloha. Hang in there too, 1.
Neon sees the door start to close and steps further into the enclave, "Well we wanted to get in. We're in . " she states simply, before calling softly up to Alanna "Don't be shooting anything up until we know what it is! Let's case this floor first." She looks to Kitsune, "Any idea what that is up there?"
Neon stops at the mention of the name Plant, "Why does whatever or whoever is in there think that Plant is here with us?" she says, eyeing Derrick's men suspiciously.
1. Have fun, yarrgh!
Neon takes in the scars in the road surface, then looks a Roomy, "So, Derrick's inside? He's close with the Yukosawa?"
Neon responds to 1dromeda, "Yeah, Mr Plant was full on meat and ghost. " Then she turns to Derrick's man , "Lead on..."
Neon watches Alanna's antics , then turns back to Moses, "And that's why we didn't tell her about Derrick." . She lets out a big sigh, and looks to the others, "Well, we're quite the pack of misfits but I'm glad we have each other." Turning back to Moses, "I think Derrick, then Yukosawa is our first stop. Then maybe your friend Reggie at the Air Force Base, " she says looking down at the map, "You'll let him know we're coming? "
Neon looks sharply at Ghiv, her face hard, but then is softens, knowing only too well the hardship of concealing one's nature from others. She meets his eyes, and nods, letting out a large sigh, about to say something before Alanna cuts her off. Neon is pleasantly surprised by Moses's return and recognition of the danger she'd presented, A real leader here... she thought as he brought out the map and revealed the breakdown on Phoenix's territories. She looks thoughtfully down at the map, arms crossed, then sighs ,looking up to Moses, then to each of her companions, "Since Ghiv's provided an example of full disclosure..." she says, then pausing, " I'm the N30N mentioned in the Nexxon file, 'cause technically I'm Nexxon property, a..what do they call me?... a bioroid? Whatever, they cloned a war hero and created a squad... I escaped, thought I was the only one. But, there's another out there, the other mentioned in the file...Holly, my ....sister. I think she's Po's golem-pilot. But the file mentions a delivery...not sure what that means...." she trails off, embarrassed by the gush , realizing she started to sound a bit like Alanna there. Straightening, she stands tall, "They created me, but I'm ME. I don't want them creating more of me. Or more of Ghiv...or anybody. Those f@%&ers think they can play God, well let's bring the wrath of God down on them!" She stands there for a moment, breathing deep, then looks at Alanna, "Alanna, I don't give a shit what went down between you and Derrick...yes , he's the one and only. You're such a spaz, we didn't think you could handle the truth. Now you have to. Suck on that flask of yours all day, I don't care, just deal with it. " She turns back to Moses, "Derrick shouldn't be a problem, he wanted peace with you and Maja. She's taken care of and you're good to go, so I believe he'll be the same. He promised to help us get into Yukosawa...their tech should help some, especially countering that Golem. We'll also talk to whomever we need to." She stops, drained, but still standing erect , proud even, looking from Moses , to Alana, to Ghiv, to 1dromea, to Kit, hoping she hadn't just broken what she'd begun to consider a family.
Neon opens her mouth to answer 1dromeda, but Moses' entrance interupts her. She waits, almost bouncing on her toes, as Moses makes his introduction. She waves away his concern about Alanna's reaction to Derrik, but allows him the opportunity to conintue his soliloqy. Glancing at Alanna, then flashing a warning look at Alanna, she holds up the file in her hands, "This....this, she says her voice shaking, "is the truth. Our employer in Denver, Royce, has been in Nexxon's pocket from the start, working on duplicating me! and another. They've figured that out and have already sold a unit to some guy name Po! And now they've figured out how to use that process to create Zeeks....mass produced, mind-f*+!ing-controlled...zeeks!" Then she stops, breathing hard, staring at Moses, offering him the file...
Outside, Neon squints in the harsh sunlight, reading the file she took from Nexxon. Any who were watching, would notice that as her eyes quickly scanned the pages, going back and forth, as if she couldn't believe what she was reading, having to re-read entire sections to make sure she wasn't dreaming...or having a nightmare. A cold sweat sprung on her spine as she reaches the conclusion , muttering , "F+#$....f$#+...f+%@. F%@~ing ROYCE!!" she screams, slamming her hand into a nearby container. Those inside can hear her plainly. She's sorely tempted to blow a whole clip into something inanimate, but restrains herself, standing tense....coiled, wanting very much to really , really wreck something. Looking down, she can see the file clutched tightly in her other hand, the one not stinging from it's impact with the container. Tucking the file into her belt, she safeties her rifle, pulls the mag, sliding it into her webbing and clears the action. Walking over to the guard, she thrusts her now ammo-less rifle into his arms, along with Kit's sword and walks quickly into the exhibit...
On the way over in the car, siting, Neon feels the folded file she took from Nexxon poking her ribcage uncomfortably and contemplates pulling it out to read on the way over to Moses, but decides not to. She accepts Jimmy's hello with a nod, "Jack, a pleasure." and shares a look with Alanna, that says A few screws loose there! The she looks out the window at Moses' compound, but her head whips around at the mention of a Golemech and her eyes narrow at the description of it's pilot, That b*+&%, always one step ahead...how does she do it? She calms herself, but any who were watching could not have missed her reaction. Then, confronted by the guards she demurs at giving up her weapon and seeing Kitsune's hesitation, holds her hand out, "I'll watch your blade, Kit." She takes Kitsune's katana and attaches it to her battle harness. Neon moves a few paces away from the guards and finds a comfortable wall to lean against. She pulls the Nexxon files from within her armor , and begins to read.
Neon chews her lower lip, thinking, "OK, how about this? We go check out this Moses character. If he's a problem, we eliminate him, get in even better graces with Derrick". She leaves unsaid the benefit of delaying the ultimat reunion between Alanna and Derrick.
Neon turns, her eyes widening at the sight of Maji walking out of the tent. Her rifle is just beginning to rise when Kitsune's shuriken strikes and explodes. Shaking her head, she looks around and begins to say "WTF ?" but then the Maji thing steps forward again. Head cocked to one side, Neon trains her rifle on the Maji-thing, tracking it as it falls to the ground..hopefully for good. Coming out of her combat stance, she looks at 1dromeda, "Uh, was that the b&@$* AI we met back in Denver, she had a similar trick with that ganger."
Neon ignores the idiots staring up a the empty sky, takes a knee and targets two of the teens chasing Alanna, two bullets for each...
Round 2 Neon quickly steps foward, following her tight volley of bullets, following Maji's body as is falls back...Neon ends up standing over the fallen Zeek, ready to pump more lead into her should she prove...resilient. After a moment, she catches the nearby 'ghost's' arms coming her way, but this time Neon merely feels an uncomfortable tingle. Giving the virtual apparition the middle-finger salute, Neon de-activates her TAP then looks to 1dromeda, "Hope you can handle those ghosties...cause I've got nothing going on in there." she says, tapping her forehead. With a quick glance at Maji to ensure she was truly down, Neon ducks under the tent flap to help with the physical threats outside...
Neon squirms as she feels her TAP sizzle...then active! "What the..." is all she is able to utter when she notices the unbelivable virtial 'ghosts' descending...and attacking. She tries to roll away from the 'claw' fly at her, but it passes through her, initiating a feeling much like when Plant zapped her, "Arrrghhh! Not again! " she hisses through clenched teeth. Eyes blazing with rage, she rights herself and tries to shake off the effects of the 'ghost's attack...
...taking a deep breath and brining her rifle to bear on the cause of all this...Maji. Breathing controlled, firing a nice tight burst, Neon descends a hail of lead on the upstart Zeek...
The tent flap flops closed behind her as Neon steps out, then 1dromeda's warning of 'ghosts' has her immediately on edge. She realizes she can't see these 'ghosts', as her TAP is off and her head comes around at the sound of gunfire and what sounds like a stun grenade echo through the compound. Looking around, Neon realizes that Alanna wasn't around and mutters, "What's she up to ? " , slapping the safetly off on her rifle she watches as some of the youths begin to move. Then she sees Alanna appear, waving and shouting and running, "Oh, nothing strange there..." Neon thinks, then hear's 1dromeda's relay of Alanna's TAP message. "With pleasure..." Neon says, pushing back into the tent...
Neon shrugs at Maji's refusal, not terrible surprised. As she turns to leave she passes infront of Ghiv, with her back to Maji and mouths the words, "Find out how many..." and gives her best impression of someone trying to read another's mind. She steps over the entering kitty and with a quick push, opens the tent flap and exits the teepee.
Neon can't help but roll her eyes as Maji waxes eloquent on the divine source of her gifts, waving away the offered blunt. She fights the impluse to put a bullet in this woman's brainpan, if only to silence her self-righteous pie-hole. However, she restrains herself with great effort, allowing 1dr0meda to question Maji further on her claims. An eyebrow raises as Alanna makes her sudden cat-driven exit, sharing a look with Kitsune,thinking Good thing we diverted her away from thinking more about Derrick, could have made an already interesting situation much more interesting...
Neon allows the skinny man to 'kiss' her helmet's cheeks then shakes the Coyote's leader's hand firmly. She gives Alanna a steady stare as she fiddle with her weapons while talking , reminding herself not to reveal Derrick's presense until later. She follows the othesr into the compound, her eyes moving , checking out defensive positioning , bottlenecks, number of personnel and how they're outfitted....generally looking for weaknesses.
She ducks her head to enter the tipi, taking a position just to the left of the entrance, watching the discussion, arms crossed. She winces a bit at Kitsune's undiplomatic approach and watches, with amazement, the stream of nonsense that spews from Alanna's mouth. Not sure what Alanna had just said, she winces more obviously at Kitsune's response..."Oh, Boy.... Neon watches Alanna stand there for the longest time, Breathe, Alanna.....breathe When Alanna does finally speak again, Neon can only shake her head and say, "Yeah, he's a total fatty...." Turning she regards Maji, "Seems you have two parties whom have the same claims against you...claims you probably can make against them as well. Truce? For the benefit of all? "
Neon feels a rib or two pop as Alanna gathers her into a huge bear hug, one she returns in rather limp fashion, her arms not really working correctly in Alanna's tight embrace. Her eyes kind of blank out as Alanna's mouth runs on, but when she finally stops, Neon says, "We got to Nexxon just as they were attacked by another interest here in Phoenix. They agreed to get Kit here to her corporate HQ, in return for us dealing with the Coyotes here." It seems she's about to say something else, thinking about quipping, "Derek says hi", but decides against it. Instead, she turns to 1dromeda, "We thought these might be your Coyotes...so here we are."
Neon steps up out of the side car and stands at Kit's shoulder, helmet still on, rifle cradled in her arms...exuding a willingness to commit terrible, terrible violence...
Neon looks at the spare bikes, "Yeah, never picked this up. Kit, I'll ride with you." she says, indicating a bike with a sidecar attached. Giving Derrick a look that all but says, "I'd rather be riding with you again.", Neon grabs her gear and settles herself into the sidecar. As she does, the dossier she took from Nexxon pinches her where it lies folded under her armor. "Love a chance to read that file..." Pointing forward, she let's Kitsune know she was ready to go....
Neon returns Derrick appreciative expression, a bit more sardonic perhaps, but like him, she likes what she sees. Running a hand throuhg her unruly hair, she says, "Well, you're right...my line of work is hurting people...fatally. If what we need to do is take care of this Coyote problem..." It was at this moment that Kit blurted out her conclusion that the Coyotes that Derrick was talking about was the same that were friends with 1dromeda, "Huh, that might be a problem..." Neon mutters, shaking her head at Kit's question.
"Well, our priority is getting Kit in to Yukosawa...any help we'd be able to provide will probably come from there. Right?" she asks Kitsune. She then give Derrick a strange look, "Yeah, that sounds about right. Crazy for SoyCaf, talks a mile a minute, a bit spaztik ...Sound like your girl?"
Hopping off the bike, Neon safeties her weapons , takes off her helmet, and follows Derrick into his headquarters. Waiting outside, she notices some of Derrick's runners giving her and the others a good long look. A look she returns, her eyes serious and unforgiving. Most look away, but a few young ones return her look, causing a smile to twitch her mouth. Turning at Derrick's return, she follows him into the building, bemused by the running children and elderly. She listens to his tale of woe, then nods at both Kit and Ghiv's statements, "Yeah, our main aim was to get Kit here back in touch with her corp. Money's always an incentive. " she looks around at all the people Derrick wants to get out of Phoenix, "Logistically, I don't , at the moment, think there's a chance in hell of gettting even a fraction of these people out of here." she says, "We had to piggy back on Nexxon to get here..." then she snaps her fingers, "Alanna and 1dromeda! If they managed to get into the city...they were taking the overland route, through Native lands I think," she explains to Derrick. "That might be an avenue of escape...if we can make contact with them...wherever they are."
Happy New Year, Everyone!
Yeah, i agree...been studiously avoiding reading the other scenes :)
Neon watches with satisfaction as both Mr Plant and his building blow up. She resists the urge to fire another grenade, taking Derrick's hand and mounting the Iron Horse. Adjusting her gear, she leans in close and tight as the bike rockets away, hearing the list of the fallen from Derrick's mouth. She knows the pain he's feeling and gently taps slowly him on the chest in commiseration before once again gripping his torso tightly,ensuring no wavering of the bike's center of gravity as Derrick accelerated down the street.
Merry Christmas , everyone!
"Unnnnnnggnnnnnngng!" Neon exclaims involuntarily as the virtual Mr Plant 'shoots' her, her back almost arching her completely over onto her back. The electrical discharge ends, wisps of smoke floating up from her TAP, her head hangs loose. Then with a shake of her shoulders and a twist of her neck, she looks over to where the real Mr Plant was standing. "Cute trick..." she mutters, aiming her assault rifle and firing a HE-40 High Explosive grenade at the bastard....
She then runs with the others towards the bikes, turning off her TAP as she does so.
Well, thats what happens when you hastt look up a rule on the net Live and learn... Aloha, I'll resubmit my post or do you want to sort it out based on what i already posted
Yeah they're all 3 round bursts... Tbought that gave you +2 to hit and damage on all of them
Neon stops and looks back, her helmet hiding the little smile that plays at the corner of her mouth at the re-appearance of Mr Plant. With a fluid motion, she turns and takes a knee, her BK-616 coming up to her shoulder with practiced ease. With frighten8ng efficiency she fires 4 bursts of bullets into the torso of Mr Plant...
In the GenLab:
Neon stare at the body in the tank, a strange sense of familiarity washing over her, then a even stranger feeling of nostalgia for all of her past that never was, family, being a child, growing up and the pains and joys that brings. Tearing her eyes away, she glances further into the lab, but the need for hast forstalls any further exploration. Quickly she searches the nearby desks and stops when she see the datadrive...it's designation so close to her own. A pain begins in her chest, and she has to steady herself against the desk. A glance at her health status on her wrist display only shows an elevated heart rate. With a sigh, she realizes it must be 'heart-ache' she was experiencing. Shaking her head, she collects what she can and walks briskly out of the lab, a mix of emotions on her face. Neon emerges from the lab, her face a study in the attempt to suppress a strong emotion...saddness, anger...probably both. "Let's go." she says curtly, lowering her helmet over her head.
Neon looks at Derrick, but ignores his question. She removes her helmet, both to get a better looks at him, but also, to be honest, to let him get a better look at her.
Anyone half-way observant could tell she liked what she saw, pupils dialated, a slight blush to her cheeks. With a toss of her head, she attaches her helmet to her webbing, then crouches next to the dead suit and goes through his pockets, checking if he had any access card or anythign else of use...
Pocketing whatever she finds, she stands smoothly and walks to the GenLab door, pausing for a moment, "I'm from Mars....ever been?"
Before Neon dispatches the inconvenient suit,she grabs him by the collar of his expensive suit and hauls him over to the door of the GenLab, "Open it..." she dead pans, holding the twin barrels of her pistol against the back of his head. Once the door to the GenLab is open, she puts him against the wall and shoots him in the forehead.... Turning from the spray of blood and brain matter, holstering the pistol, she arches an eyebrow at Derrik, "Nice layered assault downstairs, even the noobs knew what to do. " she says, taking a step toward the door, then stopping, still alert and ready, "What's your beef with Nexxon? And could you hold off on the charges for now, if there are any...there's some info here that i'd like to get first."
Neon sighs again and looks at Kit and Ghiv, motioning them closer so she can talk quietly. Her voice quiet but intense , she says "Tactically, this situation is untenable. We have an unknown force outside, that looks to have taken then the lower levels of this building. Our suit here 'claims' to have reserves on the way, but judging from the performance of one's downstairs, he can keep 'em. Our only options given are a secure lab or broken elevator shaft, both of which aren't too palatable if the building's about to be levelled. " she pauses, looking directly at Kit, "Remember what Ten-Speed told us..."the Yukosawas may still be alive underneath their own infrastructure and waging a covert war to sabotage Nexxon's attempts". These attackers outside might be working for your family. Or not. Either way, my goal here is to get information out of Nexxon. Can't do that if the building, and us, is rubble. I say we put a bullet in the suit and open the door...see what these 'guerillas' have to say."
No real issue with pacing.
If things slow down, just let us know.
Neon closes her eyes and sighs, looking to the others, "If he's telling the truth, no matter where this suit takes us ....we're dead. Kit, what's the deal here with you? I want info from these bastards, but that's worthless to me if I've got a building on top of me." She eyes the door, weighing her options...
Neon indicates for Kat and Ghiv to follow the suit into the more secure room, then follows herself. She watches the suit, not understanding a word he's saying, "You talk English, maybe?" she asks, then looks back at the door, really, really tempted to tap out two-bits on the door in response. But with a smile, she refrains and hurries the other two to follow the suit, backing up with her rifle aimed squarely at the door.
As the soldier keels over, Neon looks at the suit, "You have any more like him around? " she asks, nodding towards the 'riff-raff' downstairs, "Their leader's on the way up the stairs. We gonna talk to him , Kit?"
Neon gives the solider a flat look, and says "Yeah , right." Her head swivels to look down a the attacking runners, trying to discern what they're saying...
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