Put on some armour then fast but sneaky

>>151220
Assure her that she is still very much human, just with some extra bits and pieces.

Do it sneaky but fast. If you get any oppurtunities to snatch and grab then have Mitzi do it, with that funky tentacle arm of hers she should be able to restrain and disable them before they get any chance to call out.

Oh and by the way, which door did you run through?

>>151240
Yeah, a vest would be useful for us, and mitzi could wear most of the armor. See about getting her some leggings, a chestpiece, arm guards, and a helmet.
Make sure there's some way to for you to identify her.

>>151392
what, the tentacles aren't enough?

>>151230
would agree with this, best thing you can do is be her friend.

>>151404
Good point.
I was thinking she would wear a full suit, for some reason, even though it wouldn't all fit.
Still, she should wear as much of the armor as possible.

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The humans have a few different types of armor, but we can kludge two suits together without much trouble. More or less.

"These are all too big," I say.

"Well, you're what, five foot seven?" says Mitzi. "Go back one or two centuries, and that's about average for human males. Soldiers these days get boosts. Strong, robust. That kinda thing."

"Looks like they're trying to figure out how to do better."

"Well, they figured that out a long time ago. Just, you had to be born with it. All kinds of social problems. Most of the Ascendi left for alien space. Brain drain. Heh."

>>153866
Ok, some questions for Mitzi.

What are Valcien.
What aliens do they know of.
Who were the ascendi.

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"Speaking of that..." I say.

"I don't know what I was doing," says Mitzi. "Just... got so angry. Went with instincts. Not... human instincts."

"Did you learn anything?"

"Not much. His name's Daniel. Twenty seven years old. Said most of that stuff because he's scared."

"So he doesn't think you're... you know?"

"Oh yes he does," she says. "I don't think we're talking our way out of this."

"Guess I should've given you more time."

Mitzi shrugs.

okay then, if they KNOW mitzi is/was human and still consider her not to be then these guys are no mercy.

"What is your civilization like? Technology, space travel, aliens?"

"All I know about myself is that I said some non-human phrase out of habit, 'By the precursors'. I'm not actually sure what it means, but the word feels comforting. Old. Well, okay, obviously old, but more than the obvious. The ancient masters. The star gods."

"That and one of the weird creatures they have preserved in a jar in analysis. It was perhaps a sea creature. I felt like I should have recognized it, but I didn't."

"My diet consists of pretty much anything. I found myself eating the food wrappers without thinking about it. And some metal I licked tasted edible. And I still have a craving for superconductors."

>>153887
Still, it's better to avoid fighting if you don't need to fight.

Call up their command center and say "I didn't expect your guards to know about your human experiments. I'm gonna sleep easier knowing everybody I kill here is an amoral monster.
Right now I'm going to do you one major favor; I'm going to tell you that escape is my primary goal. If you decide to make that difficult, then I'm going to track you down and force you to watch as I slaughter every damn one of the people working here, and then see just how long I can drag out your death."

>>153921
It's on motherfucker.

Hey. Let's not forget about that kiss we promised Mitzi.

I'm guessing the Ascendi were those that were born with special abilities like regeneration.

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>>153873
"Ascendi? Who are they?" I ask.

"Uhh, transhumans, posthumans, parahumans, bioroids, whatever," she says. "Smart, adaptive, different body types, all that crap. Kinda put them aside from the regular humans. Lot of social tension. Probably would've sorted it out in another few decades, but then the aliens found human space. Alien economies only wanted the best and brightest, and we'd been giving them a hard time, so they started leaving. The more that left, the less popular they got. Not too many around, these days."

"What kind of aliens?" I ask.

"Uhh... major ones," she says. "Vertai. They're like lizards with fur and six legs. Tesau, they're like, dragons, sorta. Cobra heads, tail that splits into three. Four eyes. You'd like them."

I don't know what dragons or cobra heads look like, but I don't want to interrupt.

>>153924
Sweep her off her feet into the most spine-tingling kiss you can pull off. Make use of your long and flexible tongue.

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"Diplomats," she continues. "Nobody knows shit about them. Four legs. Like to be invisible. They usually mind their own business, until they decide you're their business. Decided we were their business after Athelhom, for awhile. Oh, and Valcien. They don't usually have much to do with people. Big monsters in space. Like whales. Sharks. Living starships. Eat asteroids or something."

"No Tozol?"

"Never seen or heard of you," she says. "Neither had Dan, there."

"Do you figure he knew you were human?"

"I ... think so," she says. "Maybe not me specifically, but humans get brought in here and don't leave. Sacrifice for the future."

She sounds unconvinced.

>>153967
Thought: This is all a big experiment to force the evolution of the Human Race via genetic modification using DNA from various alien races.

>>153967
Sounds like they might have been trying other ways to make ascendi here.

Ask her what the Athelthom impact thingy was.

Ask Mitzi if she got any info about the security HQ for this facility and any relevant details.

so Valcien are Space Monsters? do we need Gun-Buster?

>>153966

We need more power. To gain power, we must explore the rest of the facility.

We should go into HS2.

>>153969
...By force-initiating a third impact between alien races that will convert all humans, forever changing destiny.

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>>154028
She's having some trouble getting her armor adjusted. You'd think it'd be easy when you can just shapeshift to be the right size.

I approach to help, but when I draw near, I put my mouth to hers.

It feels incredibly awkward, but I try not to let it show.

"I. Uh. Thanks," she says.

>>154091

Bow chicka bow wow.

>>154091
dawwwwww. we'll work on that later.

while moving make a joke about: since space-sharks eat asteroids maybe if you find some bare rock she could eat an escape tunnel. when she looks at you indignantly just smile and say 'just kidding'

Say you're welcome.

She didn't push you away or anything. That's a good sign.

>>154091
Well, here's a question: Do you find her attractive? Not in aesthetics sense, but in a physical or romantic way?

Reserve your judgment on romantic interests with her for later. You don't want her in love with you because you don't abuse her, and you don't want you to love her 'cause we said so.

>>154091
NotSureIfWant.jpg

Good to know the information about the aliens, though not sure what else I could possibly suggest to do now. ...and I'm not sure if randomly flirting with this girl will help either of us get out of here, though it might just help you both feel... human.

>>154091
try not to suck out her lungs by accident... You seem strong enough to actually do that...

Do you think you can save that prisoner on your own? She was brain reading, not rupturing him. Maybe we can temporarily connect with him too! We hve tentacles! We can heal! If we can create a connection... Maybe we can save him?

>>154199
I agree. Lets shove our tails into a wall socket and connect our bums to the internet.

Hey, it worked in Avatar.

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I help Mitzi fit her armor.

"I don't get it," she says. "Armor, guns. How can you know more about this than me?"

"It seemed the proper way."

"Maybe humans made you," she says. "Or, I don't know. Maybe you were human before."

>>153913
"Maybe," I reply. "But I had a term pop into my head earlier. Precursors. The Star Gods. The Old Masters. The words felt comfortable."

Mitzi doesn't say anything.

>Maybe we can temporarily connect with him too! We have tentacles!
I think he's had enough tentacles for one night.
>Other HS wings.
"I was thinking of trying to check the other high security rooms. Think we can do that in a hurry?"

"Probably not. This one took an hour," she says.

I feel we've already taken too much time. Anything else, before we leave?

>>154211

No! Leave now and ignore any voices that say otherwise!

>>154211
They came out of the hallway to HS2, didn't they? Check if that door is open.

Holding hands? Comfort the poor girl, ask a few more questions. I really have no idea where we are. Are we on earth?

Ask Mitzi if she got any info on the layout of this place. Get moving. Out that door the guards were trying to retreat to.

>>154213
this. Stop wasting time dicking around.

>>154211
I guess not.

Yeah.... We should probably get going...
And we should drag the prisoner with us. At this point, he's in danger (they must realize he's a liability now. We can access his brain! We can at least change his perception over time... And we don't have to use alien vaginas either

Take that guy with you.

You will become great friends. Plus if my genre savy is correct most security teams are not aware of what truly goes on in freaky labs like these. Once you learn more about each other, things will be fun-times.

Do not take the prisoner with us. He'll just slow us down, since they don't negotiate for hostages.

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>They came out of the hallway to HS2
No. They came from the hall to the rest of the facility.

>No! Leave now!
Now you're talking my language.

We move past the wrecked bot and into the dark corridor. There's rooms branching off to the left and right, but we probably don't have time for that if we're to avoid whatever they're sending to stop us.

Keep going if you don't have the time for extremely quick peeks.

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Might already be too late.

*Applauds*

We are Oscar Mike.

Stay frosty.

Daddy like.

Good chapter, Test. Can't wait to see what's up next.