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#Post#: 893--------------------------------------------------
Re: New Noise
DIR By: calliamity
Date: January 31, 2025, 6:45 pm
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[center]Agent Roberts[/center]
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save bad paintings[/center]
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[BR]
"Swept myself for anything transmitting and anything waiting for
a signal, good as it-" They stop suddenly, their expression
twisting into morbid realization. Very, very slowly, they reach
up to put their hands on Lena's shoulders, staring at her
without blinking. "Len, I never put a tracker on your car - just
used weather satellites. If you-" They trail off into a hissed
swear, turning away and hooking the cooler under one arm,
grabbing the duffel and tossing it to the blonde. They might be
skinny but they have muscles like a snake, lean and hard under
their skin.[BR][BR]With one hand free, they draw the Protector
and give it a brief glance to ensure nothing weird is happening
to it. "We gotta go right now, babygirl." Their voice is cold
and so are their eyes. In a mode. Vigilant and ready for attack.
Their breathing is controlled and every movement is intentional
as they head for the front door. Rather than bother with the
peephole, they rip it open and jam the gun into the empty space
beyond, sweeping the mage's lawn, her neighbor's houses, about
point five seconds before she tucks it under her jacket again.
Before some rando can see a weirdo waving a pistol around and
call the cops.[BR][BR]"Keys in left pocket," they say, their
voice dead calm. "Start the Jeep, put it in gear and unlock the
passenger door." They take a step outside, to give Lena room to
squeeze past.
#Post#: 895--------------------------------------------------
Re: New Noise
DIR By: Mother_Hydra
Date: January 31, 2025, 7:52 pm
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[center]Lena Carsei
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[center]We could all do with a fresh perspective, a solid pair
of shoes and, a great cup of coffee.[/center]
[center][I]Charisma 4 Bold | Permanent Paradox Flaw [/center]
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Lena's face sinks a little when she finds out that the tracker
she'd located had not, infact been planted by Regina, her face
sinks from one of curiosity, to displeasure as her features
close off. There is an escape of breath, as the duffle hits Lena
in the chest, clearly unprepared for it, but she manages not to
fall over. She sets it aside just long enough to sling her
shoulder rig over her shoulder and buckle it in, before grabbing
her jacket, and finally the duffle.
She comes after Regina silently, sliding up behind her as the
other woman checked the front. She did not hesitate when the
instructions were given, reaching into Regina's pocket and
fishing out the keys. Old training, and not simply from the
technocracy comes to the fore now and when the mirrorshades
moves enough for her to slip by she moves quickly, without
seeming to be too unperturbed to the jeep.
She'd get in swiftly, silently, pausing only briefly to unlock
the passenger side door before starting up the vehicle and
putting it in gear. At that, she'd look towards MAWKISH,
nodding.
#Post#: 896--------------------------------------------------
Re: New Noise
DIR By: calliamity
Date: January 31, 2025, 8:08 pm
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[center]Agent Roberts[/center]
[center]Great words won't cover ugly actions, good frames won't
save bad paintings[/center]
[center]Fed | Cloaking 3 | Confidence | Daredevil[/center]
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[BR]
"I'm sorry."[BR][BR]The words are whispered, as Lena retrieves
the keys from her pocket. No excuses, no empty guarantees that
she can fix this. Somewhere along the lines she'd dropped the
ball, and now this is happening. The fob for the rental is
attached to a Hatsune Miku lanyard, a little blue-haired
anime... creature printed in various cutesy poses along a strap
sized to fit around one's wrist. The vehicle itself isn't
exactly posed for a speedy getaway, leaving the Chorister to
cross a fair bit of open terrain to get to the driver-side
door.[BR][BR]But the sniper's not there for her, are they? It
had been, admittedly, a bit of a coin flip. But they had to know
about Regina, and protocol would classify her as the greater
threat versus some unknown social worker. "One, two, three, one,
two three," they count, as they map out their next steps. Have
to be precise. Engine is purring.[BR][BR]Engage.[BR][BR][3d10
t6] Roll: [9, 6, 5] Result: 2 - Enlightenment, Magic Enhancing
Violence (Correspondence 3)[BR][6d10 t5] Roll: [10, 8, 7, 4, 2,
2] Result: 3 - Dexterity 4+Firearms 2[BR][BR]They toss the
cooler underhand toward the Jeep, and while that doesn't cause
the shooter to open fire it does draw their attention. Reggie
steps out right afterwards and fires a single shot. There's no
immediate reply, and whether or not they've hit someone or just
fired randomly into the night is anyone's guess. The nature of
battle, really. That one step turns into a jog and they hop onto
the sideboard of the wrangler, grab the roof rack, tear open the
door and thrust themsef into the passenger seat. "Punch it!"
#Post#: 897--------------------------------------------------
Re: New Noise
DIR By: Mother_Hydra
Date: January 31, 2025, 8:38 pm
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[center]Lena Carsei
HTML https://docs.google.com/document/d/19FhIldip6oG-KbhWMoUYUm5MrNLlintHuCuOrMJRWOc/edit?usp=sharing[/center]
[center]We could all do with a fresh perspective, a solid pair
of shoes and, a great cup of coffee.[/center]
[center][I]Charisma 4 Bold | Permanent Paradox Flaw [/center]
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[4d10 t7] Roll: [10, 8, 5, 4] Result: 2 Reason: Giving myself
some damn drive, +1 diff for quick casting -1 for quint, WP
expended.
[5d10 t6] Roll: [8, 8, 7, 4, 1] Result: 3 Reason: Dex + Drive
(temporarily enhanced to three via mind magic)
Lena is cursing inwardly, really shes swearing up a blue streak
in her mind as she hears the shot go off, and knows that very
shortly shes going to have to drive, potentially under fire.
She really wishes she hadn't let her combative driving skills
slide as she did. That said, there was always a way around such
things. She draws on older skills then, calling upon a Eregore,
a thought form of who she was at one point, a field agent, a
holy warrior. She draws on these thoughts, the idealism of what
she had been and as she mumbles something under her breath she
manages to grasp a little bit of what that personification is
distilled into.
When MAWKISH does their car parkour and slams themselves into
the passenger seat, Lena is ready, her mind has opened and where
the skill had withered away, she was temporarily imbued with a
decent enough ability to drive when the heat was on.
There's a flash of violet from her eyes as she draws on that
power, and she kicks the vehicle into life and screeches off
down the street. Her skill isn't amazing, but its enough to get
them away, and hopefully avoid any pursuit.
She'd look briefly at Mawkish, the violet in her eyes more
distinct in the dark as she said. "I won't be able to manage
this for long, we may need to switch."
It was admitting a weakness, but it was that or potentially
crash at a key moment, and Lena would really rather not be
dragged back to a Construct, not again.
#Post#: 898--------------------------------------------------
Re: New Noise
DIR By: calliamity
Date: January 31, 2025, 8:50 pm
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[center]Agent Roberts[/center]
[center]Great words won't cover ugly actions, good frames won't
save bad paintings[/center]
[center]Fed | Cloaking 3 | Confidence | Daredevil[/center]
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[BR]
With gun in lap, they pull out their phone. They didn't put up
barriers, just tripwires, because the Union could walk through
any shield they bothered with. None of those wires have been
crossed, though. The phone is clean. And the map shows a red dot
rapidly disappearing as it leaves the frame. They focus on
manipulating the overhead view, expanding it to look for more
cars, anything that's detouring toward them. There are a few she
flags for review but really they'd managed to clear out too fast
for the net to close around them entirely.[BR][BR]"When I said
I'd burn the trail that brought me to you? I'd already done
that. Whether you... were gonna help me or not, didn't really
matter." They look up from their phone, grimacing out the
window. Nothing in visual radius either. Eyes in the sky?
Probably. They go back to their phone to push things around.
"They're here for me, not you, and this is more than you agreed
to. Listen, they probably think you're just Some Chick. A
tenner, yeah, but no one they need to worry about."[BR][BR]She
slip one hand toward her gun as a pickup with a lift kit pulls
out behind them, but it just swerves around them to get ahead.
Probably a drunk. Like the locals don't have enough to worry
about tonight. "If you wanna punch out, I get it. Pull over and
call your favorite rideshare."
#Post#: 899--------------------------------------------------
Re: New Noise
DIR By: Mother_Hydra
Date: January 31, 2025, 9:01 pm
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[center]Lena Carsei
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[center]We could all do with a fresh perspective, a solid pair
of shoes and, a great cup of coffee.[/center]
[center][I]Charisma 4 Bold | Permanent Paradox Flaw [/center]
[float=right
max=45%][img]
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Lena is focused on driving, more, she's focused on that eregore
propped up by pure psychic might. She can here Regina however,
hear her offer that ripcord that would allow her to evac from
this situation.
"Let's be honest, even if I am just some chick they will have me
under surveillance, that's assuming they don't bring in a
sniffer team, or pull me in directly for evaluation. The latter
two, would not end well for me." No, Lena was in this now, she
might well have to say goodbye to the nice little life she'd
built in Chicago, but she'd prepared for that. After all there
was plenty of places in the country, if not the world to start
again.
"You're stuck with me now Mawkish, just as I'm stuck with you,
till this is done and we can properly scour the trail clean."
Lena continues to focus on the road. (WP to reinforce the
effect) The truck that swerves around them is eyed, but when all
it does is speed off past them she lets it fall from her mind.
"We may need a new vehicle, assuming whoever you shot at has
even the most modest modicum of back up or access. They will be
looking for this vehicle."
Oh the many hoops they were going to have to jump through had
just multiplied, dealing with the Technocracy was always so fun.
#Post#: 900--------------------------------------------------
Re: New Noise
DIR By: calliamity
Date: January 31, 2025, 9:17 pm
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[center]Agent Roberts[/center]
[center]Great words won't cover ugly actions, good frames won't
save bad paintings[/center]
[center]Fed | Cloaking 3 | Confidence | Daredevil[/center]
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[BR]
She stows her phone and leans her head back with a sigh.
"Yeeeah, there's always that possibility..." They both knew too
much to think there would be an easy out, but it was nice to
pretend for a minute. Like she hadn't probably ruined the life
of someone who'd only wanted to help. "Hey, at least you're in
good company, right?" She cracks a big, false grin and starts
looking out for cars. Likely candidates for theft.[BR][BR]And
then they remember they'd tossed all the food they'd packed to
create a distraction. Well, they'd need that much less storage
capacity. Something up to date, electronic locks and startup,
which would de facto make it easy to steal. She spots a
Cybertruck in a parking lot and grimaces. Nope, nope, nope. They
wouldn't even make it to Springfield in this weather. Also, many
other reasons.[BR][BR]A late-model Audi A4 in a subtle grey
color sits on the curb a few hundred feet ahead. "That one. Drop
me off and find somewhere to park, I'll get it started and pick
you up. Um, please. Sorry if I'm too bossy all the time." They'd
expected more time. Even this vehicle would just wind up being
temporary, if they're going to be chased every step of the way.
But there would be time to rest and regroup later, to make
best-laid plans for their opponents to disrupt and then do it
all again.[BR][BR]This is the game, baby.
#Post#: 905--------------------------------------------------
Re: New Noise
DIR By: Mother_Hydra
Date: February 1, 2025, 8:47 pm
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[center]Lena Carsei
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[center]We could all do with a fresh perspective, a solid pair
of shoes and, a great cup of coffee.[/center]
[center][I]Charisma 4 Bold | Permanent Paradox Flaw [/center]
[float=right
max=45%][img]
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They were in it now, everything that Lena had fought to escape
she was immersed in once again. More than that, everything she'd
built since burning away those bridges was now in danger. She
should be ruing the day that agent Mawkish came into her life.
Really though, here and now what would have do for her? How
would that help her save her life, and stay free of her past? It
would do nothing, and so Lena chooses to remain focused on the
hear and now, and what the near future might yet hold.
Regina points to a car that they could use, and Lena does as
instructed, moving to pull over. Once she had she let Regina out
offering before she did.
"I understand, admittedly in some ways you giving me orders is
amusing. Given I believe I was in the loftier position back in
the day." She smirks a bit before moving to drive a little
further along the road, and waits within the car for Regina come
up along side.
#Post#: 906--------------------------------------------------
Re: New Noise
DIR By: calliamity
Date: February 2, 2025, 1:10 am
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[center]Agent Roberts[/center]
[center]Great words won't cover ugly actions, good frames won't
save bad paintings[/center]
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[float=right max=45%]
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[BR]
She hesitates before closing the door, grinning back over her
shoulder and confirming, "You were." After the Jeep takes off,
they step onto the sidewalk and pull out their phone, moving
slowly toward the vehicle. Nothing out of the ordinary, nobody
would look twice at them. It's an unexplained phenomenon, how
Sleeper eyes tend to just... slide over them. Before it was all
suits and ties, she'd always assumed she was just too weird to
be real. Too uncanny. But maybe the dyed hair and fishnets had
been the only thing that kept her from disappearing
altogether.[BR][BR][3d10 t5] Roll: [10, 2, 1] Result: 1 - Forces
2, Fastcasting +1, Quint -1 (Failure)[BR][BR][6d10 t6] Roll:
[10, 9, 6, 5, 3, 2] Result: 3 - Intelligence 3+Computers
3[BR][BR]Buffering... The bane of their Enlightened life. They
toggle Bluetooth off, then on again. Fuck it, I'll do it live.
Still a good enough hacker. Always was. Maybe it's a matter of
faith. Once the worm wriggles in, the hook is set and pop go the
locks. She tunes an emulator to the frequency of the key fob
until the engine turns over with a satisfying purr, drops her
phone into the center console and sets it into gear.[BR][BR]The
Audi pulls up behind the jeep and flashes its lights. She gets
out without killing the engine to help with the bags - with her
own and with Lena's, packed full of what may as well be all of
their worldly possessions at this point. And it can all fit in
the trunk. She pauses at the back of the Jeep, grabs a road
flare and ignites it, tossing it into the front seat. Then she
flicks a magazine of spare rounds for her Protector into the
back along with her puffy coat and returns to the Audi and slips
behind the wheel.[BR][BR]It'll burn, and then it'll burn
awesomely. Too bad they can't stick around to watch. "What kinda
music do you like?" she asks, putting it into reverse and
slamming the gas. They spin the wheel with the heel of their
hand, casual, and the car responds with a smooth 180. Reverse to
Drive and they not only maintain velocity, they pick up speed.
Oh, look who is a Pretty Good Driver.[BR][BR][9d10 t6] Roll:
[10, 10, 8, 7, 6, 6, 6, 2, 1] Result: 7 - Dexterity 4
(Smooth)+Drive 3+Daredevil 3 (Limited by Maneuver 9, but spec
applies), -2 diff from Expert Driver (8 Successes)
#Post#: 907--------------------------------------------------
Re: New Noise
DIR By: Mother_Hydra
Date: February 2, 2025, 11:47 am
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center]Lena Carsei
HTML https://docs.google.com/document/d/19FhIldip6oG-KbhWMoUYUm5MrNLlintHuCuOrMJRWOc/edit?usp=sharing[/center]
[center]We could all do with a fresh perspective, a solid pair
of shoes and, a great cup of coffee.[/center]
[center][I]Charisma 4 Bold | Permanent Paradox Flaw [/center]
[float=right
max=45%][img]
HTML https://i.ibb.co/sFP0gzj/rs-600x600-140728041846-600-Natalie-Dormer-Hunger-Games-JR-72814.jpg][/img][/float]
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The situation was certainly amusing, despite all the dire truths
that lurked all around them the pair had an interesting dynamic.
Both because of their histories within the technocracy, as well
as their dynamic here and now.
In truth the orphan felt a little useless, she had been forced
to strip away certain skills when she made her exit from the
union, like shedding her skin. Worse however she’d allowed
certain skills to atrophy as she had begun to focus more on her
research than the fieldwork that had been her life’s blood for
years.
She settled into the passenger seat and folded her arms before
her, letting the clearly more capable agent take the wheel,
unperturbed by the moves the other made despite her inability to
reproduce them.
“Metal if I’m honest, but I don’t feel like that suits the
moment.” She said as she reached forward to dial in the radio of
all things, selecting a classic rock option before she settled
back in the chair and remained silent for several long moments.
She did at least keep track of the world around them, keeping an
eye out for danger as they put distance between themselves and
the vehicle they had abandoned.
“Still certain it had to be me?” She asked ruefully. “At this
rate I might get you killed before we even reach your stored
engrams.”
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