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Stefani glances at the others before turning back to Lestana. "You were taken from the station by some really bad people. We've dealt with them and we're going to take you back now." The woman moves to grab a nearby lab coat and wrap it around the girl's shoulders. "I'm Stefani. This is Doctor Freebairn, Recorva, and Damonkayo. Stay with us and don't look around if you can avoid it. It's not a pretty sight."
Stefani pales as Dr. Shabad explains what's in the computer files as well as in the holding sphere. "Bring her out," she says with a slight tremor in her voice. "Other than having a 'mother' with a busted brain, she's innocent. I'll ... We'll find a place for her."
"I'll take some of that magical healing, Doc," Stefani says, rolling over onto her back and letting her weapon clank to the floor.
Her condition almost returned to normal, Stefani stands behind the more technologically inclined as they coerce information out of the computer. "We should probably make sure that psycho-woman didn't leave any surprises in her secret lab that'll bit us in the ass sometime in the future," she suggests.
While remaining prone, Stefani continues to send shot after shot at the hound that restrains her.
Sorry to say, but I think this will be Stefani's final adventure.
An instant of distracted attention is all it takes before Stefani feels the chains bite in around her and slam her into the floor. Her gaze snaps to the offending hound and she levels her disintegrator at it, firing from her prone position.
Easily avoiding the chains, Stefani redirects her weapon to the other hound.
Stefani easily avoids the seeking chains and turns her weapon on the nearest of the hounds while keeping an eye on the swirling shadowstuff.
The soldier continues to move through the air as she fires at the doctor.
Stefani triggers her armor's jets to avoid the entrapping spell, rising up into the air and continuing to fire at the doctor.
Stefani struggles futilely within the chains, but continues to fire at the ecstatic doctor.
"No time to be waxing poetic, Doc," Stefani says as she opens fire on Dr. Gregant.
"No need for a spell on me," Stefani says, gesturing to ports on the back of her armor. She readies her weapon and approaches the edge of the shaft. Once the others are ready, she steps off the edge.
Stefani leans against the table with both hands as she lets the effects of the drug slowly pass. "I'll ... I'll be ok in a moment," she says, taking deep breaths. Once her stomach finally settles she takes firm grip on her disintegrator and power-cycles it. Once it whines up she gives the doctor a nod. "Let's do this," she says in a firm voice.
Stefani gags as the chemical hits her, but continues to unload on the bot.
The soldier chuckles darkly. "I thought you'd never ask," she says as she moves to the side and steadies her weapon to fire.
"Give me just a moment," Stefani says with a grimace as the spell upon her continues to change her insides.
A strangled cry from the soldier indicates that the spell is taking hold of her and twisting her insides.
In spite of the pain she continues to fire her weapon.
Stefani grits her teeth in pain as her muscles clinch and spasm from the the current running through her body. She shifts her aim to the device and fires.
"More visions?" Stefani questions as she steadies her weapon. "Or is this actually her?"
"So all this is because Mommy and Daddy died in pain?" Stefani says, her lack of empathy obvious. "Boo-f%!!ing-hoo." She rolls her eyes. "Just let me know when we're ready to move on."
Stefeni narrows her eyes in suspicion. "That was way too easy," she says, not lowering her weapon. "Can anyone detect anything?" She continues to look around the room expecting any moment for something else to leap out at them.
The soldier continues to fire at the abomination as her weapon heats up.
"That ... that's just wrong on so many levels," Stefani says as she steadies her weapon and fires at it.
Stefani simply grunts and finds a reasonably comfortable spot to rest while the doctor examines the tome. She occupies herself by breaking down and cleaning her weapon. No other sounds come from her other than the scraping of contacts as she cleans oxidation from them.
Stefani squints against the bright light the doctor is generating, but she continues to fire at the enemy.
Shabad shouts a warning before casting a spell. "That's a mementor! They steal memories. Hit it from a distance if you can." "That's always the plan, Doc," Stefani says as she begins firing in earnest.
"Good. Something else to shoot," Stefeni says, steadying her weapon and loosing a single shot.
More blasts from Stefani's weapon follow.
T'was an interesting moving, to be sure. :) Although I do enjoy pretty much anything with Mr. Lithgow in it.
In an attempt to add even more holes to the thing's body, Stefani lifts her weapon and braces it before firing.
Soldier 12 Combat Feat:
Skills: 7
Soldier Ability:
He's probably still around, but at the moment I'm sure he's buried in changing jobs and moving to the frozen north (read Minnesota).
I would be happy fast forwarding to the final fight if everyone else is ok with that.
Taking aim at the foe firing at Shabad, Stefani unloads again.
"What the hell are those things?!" Stefani shouts out as she redirects her fire to the things hovering in the air.
"Die for your f$@+ing lady, then!" Stefani growls back, leveling her weapon and firing.
"No one's killed me yet," Stefani says with a smirk. "Not that a lot of powerful people haven't tried." She looks back down at her weapon and makes some adjustments to the controls. "If you're a betting woman, I wouldn't put credits on this Doctor against us."
With the ringing in her ears and her head still pounding from the mental assault the strix inflicted, Stefani doesn't feel that she's the best one to ask regarding an unbiased opinion on the woman's fate.
"You're gonna lose a battle of attrition," Stefani spits out through gritted teeth. Her bravado is betrayed by the trickle of blood running from her ear.
Stefani snarls against the mental noise assaulting her mind. "F!@%ing fine! You want to play this way ... I'll play!" she screams out at the winged woman.
Understanding where the noise in her mind is coming from, Stefani turns her weapon upwards towards the stryx with a growl, ignoring the doctor's instructions.
"Non-lethal?" Stefani says with a laugh. She blasts away at one of the verthani. "That's about as non-lethal as I get!" She grips the bipod on her weapon to steady her aim.
Not sure what I did, but I think I broke HLO. XD Added the crystal and bumped Stef's Dexterity. I then realized that her Industrial Backpack wasn't checked as Equipped. Checked that and for some reason, I unchecked it and checked it again. Big Mistake(tm). Lots of validation errors and red error messages all over the character now. I've filed a bug report. laughs
Stefani doesn't have any boosts to her Dexterity. So if no one else has a burning desire for it, she'll take it.
Stefani gives a nod, but she's not quite sure what she'd do to help other than ... well ... blowing up the mirrors.
"Did you know that they're making another 'Night of the Killing Stars?'" Stefani can't help but ask when Shabad brings up bad TriDees. "Yeah, 'Night of the Killing Stars IV: Ship of Red Dreams'. But it's not going to have Rak Maelstrom in it. They're bringing in some unknown Lashunta as the protagonist to try to reboot the franchise. I heard that Diamaante's actually going to be in it. She's trying to move her career mainstream." ~~~~ "Let's start at the top of the clock," Stefani says, pointing north.
"So you're saying that we should blow s@+! up?" Stefani says to Damonkayo with a growing grin. "I think I could get behind that plan."
"I can't believe I hit them last time," Stefani says as she watches the indicators for the large turret show it finally recharged. "Let's see if I can be so lucky twice in a row." She stabs the control. A cheer follows when she the sparkling energy caused by a direct hit.
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