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Whatt pushes his head harder against the wall... the cool comforting wall... the wall who's coolness can barely be felt against the raging tempest in his skull. Sqeezing his eyes shut tightly he grips a hank of hair in his left hand and pulls hard while shoving the back of his head harder into the corner where the floor and wall meet. "Grrrreeeeahhhhfffffft!!!" says Whatt's voice in the darkness.
In the darkness, Whatt say "Hgnnnngh!"
GM Only Spoiler: With impending catastrophy breaking out all around him, Whatt dives to the floor and covers his head with his hands. While the screaming continutes, he scoots toward the wall and rubs at his eyes vigorously. He will try to open his eyes and see as soon as possible. He resists the urge to scream out at the attackers.
Whatt nods when he hears Chuckles shouting... He starts drifting along the side of the room using his hand flamer as a torch, looking for any kind of access panel for wiring. "Good! Good! You are correct, Chuckles! I will count unto five using the sublime reckoning of our Friend and Protector, The Computer... Binary." He moves clockwise around the perimiter of the room. "Zero! One! That is it! You have forfeted your rights to existance if you are not on the ground right now!"
Whatt looks surprised when the door slides shut. He looks even more surprised when he pushes the button to open it and it remains closed. He purses his lips and starts punching keys at random. He glances back to Liam and shrugs "Well, this is certainly an unforseen event." Feeling a cold sweat break out across his forehead and upper lip, Whatt looks for some mechanical reason the door would not open and/or way to bypass it. GM Only
Spoiler: Whatt will use his Electrical Engineering to try to bypass the door. His target is 8. Right now, I'm not going to spend any PP on the check.
Whatt covers Chuckles from his position, trying to see into the darkness. When the door slides closed, he jumps just a bit and lowers the hand flamer some. He looks at Whoo and shrugs. "I honestly expected a bit hotter of a greeting in there," he says simply. He punches the release on the door and will slip into the room and try to see if there is anything going on.
Sweat breaks out on Whatt's forehead and he rubs his hands together manically. He grins like a loon into Liam's camera. "Alright, team! This is it! Behind the door to 1X-Orange-317 lies the Commie cell The Computer has deemed us worthy of breaking. This is a huge honor for all of us, I know. A dream beyond the meager aspirations of a simple Red Citizen! Since we have also been mandated to test the exprimental equipment, that is probably what we should lead with. I know you are itching to use your knuckles... erm, Chuckles, but those will be secondary. We want some survivors for interrogation, so aiming for extremities and incapacitation is acceptable. Chuckles, I need you to head in first... stay low and use that slug-thrower, because Whoo will be covering you high... That will give me a chance to recon the room. Get behind the first bit of cover that you can find. Whoo and I will move in to support you as we can. Liam, we need you to hang back so that you can catch the action on camera. Any questions?"
Chuckles, Whatt, Liam** spoiler omitted ** GM Only Spoiler: Thank you! I applied them both to my interrogation skill bringing it up to a 10.
Whatt clasps his hands together in front of his chest as if they are almost wanting to fly out in odd directions of their own accord. He beems happily at the new citizen coming up the the group. Suddenly, one of his hands breaks away and he waves furiously to the newcomer. "Greetings, Citizen Whoo-R-YOU! Welcome to our little troubleshooting group. We are about ready to search out a Commie cell and burn their treasonous, traitorous carcasses into an ash mist so fine we'll need scrubbots to vaccuum up the mess. Blessed are we in the service of our Friend, The Computer!" Whatt points at his chest in four points making a box shape. He looks giddily at Liam, pulls a pamphet out of his jumpsuit, licks the back of it and plasters it onto the wall. The words 'SALVATION and BACK-UP! Where are YOU in The Computer's glorious Master Program?' He makes sure Liam got him sticking the pamphlet on the wall and gives the camera a thumbs up.
Whatt beams at the news as he reads his PDC. "Excellent news, fellows! We will soon be receiving another member to replace that contemptable Sam-R-SPD-1, long my his traitorous bones hang and rot for The Computer's pleasure. The replacement should be here just momentarily."
Whatt continutes on without looking back until he reaches the elevator. He pushes the button in the appropriate direction and looks back to see if Chuckles and Liam are behind him. He smiles for Liams camera and waves frenetically. "We'll be there soon, fellows!" he says with a wink to the lens, "Let's make sure we know what our assets are... I have a few laser barrels and the hand flamer. What have you got, Chuckles?"
Whatt purses his lips and nods as he looks at the screen of his PDL. After a moment, he types in a search on the best routes to the location. On finding one, he looks up at the camera and gives a beautiful smile. "Alright, this is an excellent day that The Computer hath given us to destroy the Commie menace! We have our instructions, we have our route, we have our exiting equipment to field test, and most importantly, we have The Computer's Blessings in our undertaking. Hate the Commies! Hate the Mutants! Hate the Commie Mutants! The Computer is The Way! Blessed be in The Computer's Bytes!" He makes his four pointed symbol again, then beaming to the camera, pulls a pamphlet out, licks the back, and sticks it onto the wall. He walks purposfully down the hall about ten paces then suddently stops. He fishes out his notebook, jots down some notes, returns the notebook and proceeds. GM Only
Spoiler: Whatt will pick the route that stays within red clearence the most. If it passes through another color, he will not stop or waver. He will proceed, for it is as The Computer has ordained to him.
His notes commend himself for being a loyal subject of The Computer and to commend Liam for paying good attention to his duties.
Whatt nods and gives a quick salute to James. "Yes, sir! Okay, team, since we have all our gear, let us head out to the elevator and get started on our mission. For the Glory of The Computer!" He makes sure that Liam has his camera on him as he smiles and makes the four pointed symbol on his chest. He pulls his PDL out of his pocket and holds it up with a delerious smile. "I think this would be the best way to proceed..." Whatt starts pressing buttons. GM Only
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Whatt will use Data Search to find the locations with the greatest amount of Communist activity based off of the reported security records. Data Search is 9, I will spend 7PP for the roll. Invisible Castle appears to be down (maybe permanantly??) so if you want to make the roll, that's okay with me. As he pinks away, he speaks to Liam's camera "The Computer giveth us the tools to do that which is Proper in His Sight!"
Whatt's posture of eager leaning forward sways precariously for a moment as he absorbs the Ultraviolet's words. "Keh..." he starts lamely. Then closes his mouth and licks his lips. "Fu-heh...?" he inquires as his eyelids flutter. Suddenly, it is as if a lightening bolt has struck the man and he swells into a rigid salute to James. "Sir, thank you, Sir! It is my delight to serve Our Friend, The Computer in all matters, Sir. I accept willingly, Sir. Are there any expanded instructions or directions about where our Troubleshooting Teammate we need to rescue might be being held, Sir? " Whatt maintains the pose of attention as he awaits any further word.
"Sir!" Whatt snaps to attention "It is a pleasure to attend to your refreshment requirements, Citizen, Sir! We have procured our trial equipment and the material we were alloted credits for, Sir, and are ready to proceed on to rescue our remaining Troubleshooting teammate, then off to wipe out that nasty Commie cell. At least we would, but our Team Leader seems to have vapor locked." He casts a reproachful glance at Sam. "I have, in keeping with my duties, taken what I feel to be exemplary notes regarding team loyalty performance."
While waiting, Whatt unzips one of the pockets of his jumpsuit and takes out a can of B3. He passes it along to Chuckles and pulls one out for himself, as well. "Only stipulation is no throwing it in the air, please." He offers one to Liam, as well.
Whatt smiles and shakes his head. "No, I don't know the source...yet. It may be the very Commie bastards we are suppose to be tracking down now, if our duly appointed Team Leader would get us moving. And let me say I appreciate both your diligence to your duty and your attitude. I am certain we will prevail for The Computer."
Whatt smiles a bit at Chuckles "Well, I suppose I can tell you since we are Teammates, but I'm getting traitorous messages from an unknown source. I'm saving them for now so I can turn them in to The Computer! With them, we can track the messages down to the source and see them... expunged. When you work for Public Hating, even just as a copy clerk, these things happen... Commies work hard to demoralize us, but that is why The Computer assings loyal people like you and I to our positions. We are the Red Jumpsuited Line that stands to protect the masses of the Infrareds from such brain trickery and make sure they are happy and loyal, Chuckles! We are the Chosen of The Computer and ours is a Sacred Trust!" Whatt makes a counter clockwise box shape on his chest with his hand. Then he smiles, takes out a pamphlet from his jumpsuit, and tacks it to the wall. He signs with a flourish "Please assess any fines to Whatt-R-BTL-2 (or subsequent designate)." He grips Chuckles firmly by the shoulder in an act of commradare. "Blessed Be in The Computer's sight!"
Whatt checks his PDC, hits a couple of buttons, puts it back in his pocket. "Well, Team Leader? Are you going to lead us on? Not discharging your duty to The Computer is an act of treason..." GM Only:
Spoiler: Whatt just puts the message in the appropriate file and hopes to be able to search for the seditious source later. Now it's time for the real work.
Whatt takes his notebook back out and smiles happily at Chuckles and Liam "Excellent! Dedication to duty from Chuckles and following perscribed regimen for Liam! That, my Troubleshooting Teammates, is loyalty to The Computer in action!" He finishes his note and does a couple quick jumping jacks himself. GM Only:
Spoiler: Makes notations exactly as he says... Loyal MBD Officer doing duty and Loyal troubleshooter accurately following the directives of the Officer. It almost brings a tear to his eye, but that might prevent him watching Sam...
GM Only: Spoiler: Time is being bided. I remember my dirty little mutant secret. Mwuh-hah-hah-hah-ha!
Whatt bristles slightly at Sam, pulls out his notebook and makes a brief note. "We have been tasked with finding out why Sector PZO has lost comms with other sectors of Alpha Complex. Before we go the the Comms Hub, though, we are suppose to find a missing team member that is being held by Commies. It is suppose to be a large cell. The implication is that YOU should be able to lead us to this Commie cell, since you are the Team Leader." GM Only:
Spoiler: Whatt's loyalty note: Team Leader Sam displays disregard for position by forgetting parameters of mission. Maybe his mind is preoccupied by Traitor thoughts.
Whatt smiles goofily and sings as he works the keypad of the PDC. "Shall we Gather at the Data Stream,
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Spoiler: At this point, Whatt is going to save all transmisions in a file called "Transmissions sent by Traitors Trying to Impair Mission." to later be used as evidience. He will annotate when he recieved each message. He thinks it may be Sam's doing, but can't prove anything yet.
Whatt smiles a wide, stupid smile at Chuckles "I'm gooooood, Citezen,thanks!" He giggles goofily "You take happiness seriouslyforteam. Friend Computer knows howtopick his emmmmmMBD Troublesooters. Soot... sssshooot...shooters, yeah, Troubleshooters."
Whatt drops his PDC into his pocket and pulls out the Loyalty Notebook and pen. He pauses for a second, prepared to write something then shakes his head and puts them away.
Whatt's purses his lips as he reads his PDC. He looks thoughtfully at the ceiling for a second and then goes to work on the PDC humming the strains of "Shall we Gather at the Data Stream." GM Only:
Spoiler: Whatt will try to trace the unsigned message to it's source. Unfortunately, he only has a 1 in Data Analysis (which I'm guessing is the closest relevant skill). I'm not going to burn perversity points on this...yet. Rolled a 7, so likely no success.
When the lights come back on, Whatt stands up and steps back outside into the corridor. He makes sure he can see where Sam but stands well away from him.
GM Only: Spoiler: When the lights go out, Whatt shoves his PDC back into his pocket, drops to the floor, and combat crawls 20' away from his current position (preferably behind the counter). He silently prays to The Computer that Samm decides to try to show his treasonous nature again.
At the words of the Orange Citizen, Whatt looks up, a small trail of drool at the corner of his mouth, jerkily weaves his head toward Liam, and waves for the camera.
After nearly falling asleep getting his gear stowed away, Whatt will amuse himself by pushing random buttons on his PDC. GM Only:
Spoiler: Whatt will access his account information to see how the incident with the B3 machine has affected his finances.
Whatt bumbles over to the counter, pulls out a pen dramatically, drops it, picks it up, drops it again, bends down to pick it up again, almost falls over, recovers the pen, uses the counter to pull himself up and starts extravagantly signing the paperwork for his equipment. All the while he slurringly sings a happy song about filling out paperwork. GM Only:
Spoiler: All the while, Whatt attempts to keep an eye on Sam... unfortunately, he gets a 15 on his Surveillance roll, so that's pretty much a no.
Whatt falteringly afixes the holster for the hand flamer to his belt and fishes out his PDC. While trying to make his fingers work on the buttons properly, he sings in a slurred voice "Friend Computer, keepmyheart alllllways truetoYOOOOOOU!
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Spoiler: Making a Data Search check for the best route to the PLC. I can't access Invisible Castle at work. Instead I use Random.org's number generator (otherwise, you can roll for me). Result: 6
Whatt picks up the hand flamer starts looking it over appreciatively. As he turns it in his hands his head droops forward and the flamer dips a bit toward the floor. He lurches, shakes his head vigorously as though shaking off water, and looks around with a slightly glassy stare. He smiles benignly at the rest of the group. "Ooooooooh, arrrrrewe goooing toooooo thePLCnext? I thinkIhavean orrrrrrder forrrrrr...." He zones out. He give a little hickup "...someequipment." GM Only:
Spoiler: What does the hand flamer look like? Super soaker? Barrel that traps onto the top of my hand? Crossbow with a napalm reservoir?
And, does it have a holster or lanyard to secure it?
GM Only: Spoiler: Sorry, no, I was projecting from having run a Paranoia game before. One of my players decided "Hide Pathetically Behind Scrubot" as one of their skills. I'm just anticipating...
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Spoiler: I put the skill point into Sleight of Hand. I have the strong suspicion that I will be making my 'special skill' Use Flameproof Notebook as a Shield.
Whatt watches aghast at the shocking displays of violence and imprpriety between the Team Leader and the team. When all is said and done, he takes his notebook out of his pocket and starts scribbling. He doesn't say anything to anyone for several minutes, as he is too filled to the brim with anger over sensless wasting of The Computer's resources. He looks significantly at the corpses of Whoops and Liam, and at Chuckles and Sam as he writes in short, clipped strokes. Wordlessly, he drops the notebook back in his pocket. When Chuckles comes around, Whatt opens his mouth and accepts the pills. Before they take effect, he goes over to the table and picks up the weapon he has been assigned. GM Only: Spoiler: Whatt will attempt to use Sleight of Hand to get the pills out of his mouth and into his pocket as he heads to the table. He believes in Chuckles authority, but he needs to stay crispier to catch Sam out as the tratorous bastard he is. Whatt reports that he strongly suspects the Team Leader of treasonous activity directly resulting in the destruction of two loyal Troubleshooting members. Whatt sees Chuckles as an innocent in this... he is spastic and was used as a tool. Particular notes- Sam-1:
Whoops:
Liam-1:
Witnessing the immolation of Tataz, Whatt again touches four points on his chest anti-clockwise. "Speed you on to the Reboot, Tataz." Once inside, Whatt looks with delight on the instruments of Commie-filth deletion. He raises a trembling hand to the higher-ranking citizen. ""
Not one to shirk away from a reasonable request, Whatt attempts to assist Mo and Chuckles. He grabs what appears to be Chuckles right leg and will jerk as hard as he can. As he leans in he talks softly to Chuckles "So, Chuckles, have you accepted The Computer as your official savior? Because I have some lovely pamphlets..."
Whatt shrugs to Chuckles (oblivious to the fact that he is in a crate and therefore cannot see him) "Sorry, Chuckles-R-DRR-2, but I'm not cleared to open equipment designated for an Orange Citizen."
Whatt fishes the Loyalty notebook out of his pocket and taps it with his pen a couple of times in though. He opens it a jots down a quick note, then stows it away again. He smiles benignly at the rest of the group and enters into the R&D room. GM Only
Spoiler: At this point, he only writes down that he thinks that Chuckles-R-DRR-1 died in the loyal pursuit of the mission. But he makes a vague not about suspecting Commie dissatisfaction within the group.
Whatt lets go of Sam and trots on wobbly legs across to his predecessor's corpse. He looks down at the first Whatt's one blankly staring eye with a tight-lipped smile. "May you find peace as your spirit is uploaded into Friend Computer's Great External Hard Drive. Diodes to diodes, ports to port. End Program." He makes a symbol on his chest by touching 4 points anti-clockwise. He then gets all of the necessary gear off of the lump of meat that was Whatt-R-BTL-1 making sure to get the Loyalty Officer Badge and Notebook. Before returning to the R&D doors, he pelts over to the elevatorbot and nudges Chuckle's arm in so that the doors can close. It was a simple request by one of The Computer's service instruments, one that could otherwise impact the efficiency of the Sector. GM Only:
Spoiler: Whatt is going to put his extra skill point in Interrogation.
The chemical matrix disolves from around him (completely this time), and Whatt-R-BTL-2 pitches forward onto the floor blinking in the new light. "And lo, the Anchorite is removed from his penitent duties of contemplating The Computer's magnificence into the Sector to be The Computer's active will." He grasp's Sam's leg and starts pulling himself upright, very wobbily, but insistent. He pauses as he reaches Sam's badge. "Ah...Troubleshooter Sam, the Team Leader... Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! A pleasure to remeet you. In the glorious name of The Computer, I welcome walking in Sevice to the Servers with you, Brother." He hugs Sam tightly. "Let us Fileshare the Good News, Team Leader! 10 All Glory to The Computer
GM Only: Spoiler: Inside his box, Whatt-R-BTL-2 hums merry little hymns to The Computer. The bubbles percolate happily.
Whatt starts to say "I don't think that..." and follows it quickly up with "Aaaaaarrrrrgh!" Then falls on the floor.
Whatt thanks Whoops and nods energetically to him. "I do love B3! Not as much as I love The Computer, of course, but it's the liquid The Computer gives to us for our nourishment!" Whatt touches his hand against his chest in four places making a square shape. If the B3 is thrown and/or shot at, Whatt looks in disapproval at the parties participating. GM Only
Spoiler: He will write down anything he sees as a transgression regarding throwing/destroying Computer provided goods and discharging lasers frivously and in inappropriate conditions.
Whatt wrinkles his nose at Tataz accuzation. "No, Tataz-R-BIG-1, I can give some of my Bouncy Bubble Beverage to my Troubleshooting teammates as a communion of The Computer's gifts to us. It is for team building and nourishment. This is The Computer's B3 dispensed for us. Take. Drink." "Also, don't presume to address me as a Commie traitor. I spend most days checking copy for the Hate the Commie rally pamphlets that are produced in Sector PZO, AND I'm this team's Loyalty Officer. It is a sacred trust and I will duly record any traitorous urges or leanings I display." Whatt takes out his loyalty notebook and scribbles down a couple of lines, glancing suspiciously at Tataz as he does so. GM Only
Spoiler: Whatt, in a show of good faith of his station, records his possession of the forbidden t-shirt in his inventory. He hadn't been able to get over to a confession terminal and record it yet.
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