Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)01:23 No. 516196 ID: 0eef61
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Operative 73-6 is here to kill everyone in this apartment.


Starting with this guy.


This guy is so dead.

>>516193
Turn around and shoot him in the face.
With your gun.
In the face.

what is your weapon? an make it silent, want to keep the rest from finding out.

we're Operative 73-6 right? If so what's your story and what are you doing here

if we're the other guy BEHIND YOU

>>516196
It looks like you have an ice pick?

Stab his brain-stem where it connects to the spine.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)01:29 No. 516203 ID: 0eef61
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>>516199
It's a spike. The rubber handle keeps 73-6 from cooking.

It didn't do much for the Lone Ranger, here.

Electrified weapons are good for that extra lethal kick, but you gotta clean the blood off after or it'll fizzle when you boost it up next time.
This one was a bleeder, too. Inconsiderate.

>>516197
Oops! Too late.


>>516200
73-6 is here because they sent him here, and they sent him here to kill everybody.

Well. One down.

so any idea on how many are here? either way might as well keep moving they're not going to kill themselves... unless they're some kind of suicide cult or something.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)01:32 No. 516208 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 gets his bearings before he calls the first kill in to his handler.

Run-down hab-block. Sparsely furnished, at least in here. Not particularly lived in.

This is the place he is looking for. So at least Jethro there wasn't at a fancy costume party or anything. That probably means his SMG works.

Two doors. One has some kind of scan lock. Vent down there, but opening it might make some noise. There's a ceiling vent too, but 73-6 is a little short for a stormtrooper. He can't reach.

HQ says there are a half dozen to one dozen men in here. They all have to die.

Are you able to take your clothes off? Maybe being naked will freak the rest of them out in case they catch sight of you so you have a moment with which to stab them.

Also, I suggest not taking the vent. Clomping about in there is louder than you'd think. Check the cracks under the doors.

>>516209
I refuse to allow this to happen again.

Let's go through the door without the scan lock first. Listen at it first, then open it quietly and peek in.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)01:42 No. 516216 ID: 0eef61
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>>516209
While removing his clothes would be freeing and refreshing, it won't happen. 73-6's trench is woven duralex, designed to shrug off most things below .45 caliber.

His skin is also so pallid and chalky from his first death that nudity would just make him show up more.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)01:43 No. 516219 ID: 0eef61
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Instead he checks the lockless door for sound.

Footsteps, receding. The open of a door, far end of a carpeted room.

His ear is chirping at him. Monica wants him to check in.

say wattup to dat gal.

Now's a good time, we should have a minute before anyone notices anything, which we won't if we go anywhere further.

>>516225
Agreed. Call in and report the first guy, his weapon, and the layout. See if you can't get anything that might decide your approach to the rest of the operation.

>lots of zeros and ones
Translates to "Who do you think you are".

>what do
Take call. Be quiet about it, though.

>first death
What got you? How many times have you died, anyways?

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)10:42 No. 516259 ID: 0eef61
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>>516241
73-6 hasn't died, but 73 has died plenty of times. Why do you think he's called 73-6?

He's a relatively new agent, but his body is one of the oldest the Bureau has. He thinks maybe it was a car crash that got Zero. Banged up the corpse a good amount, but the Bureau takes what they can get.

"Hi, Sev-Three," says Monica. "How was the climb?"
"not that bad," 73-6 responds. He doesn't talk; he thinks. "rain made it slippery. there was a guy by the window. calling him in."
"RIP. Okay, so HQ says your mission parameters remain the same. Kill every living thing in that apartment. We want to send a message to the Insurgency here. So feel free to get creative."
"is there a dead drop with mouse traps and bug spray anywhere?"
"Har dee har har, Sev-Three. Proceed. Keep on the line and confirm your kills."

>>516259
Proceeding. Open that door.

ok then go through the door and shut it quietly behind you and then move up.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)12:43 No. 516276 ID: 0eef61
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"affirmative."
"Your equipment all checked?"
"yep."
Besides his spike, 73-6 is armed with a snub-nose pistol and a grenade. You pull the pin and click the top in for frag, and pull it out a little for concussion. The concussion kind of sticks so you really have to yank it. The joke in the Bureau is why would you be concussing anyone instead of killing them?

"how's your weekend, Monica?"
"Mostly? Studying for the stupid bar."
"rough."
"No more rough than yours, so far. Did you know grapefruit is technically speaking illegal?"

73-6 enters the next room, a nondescript hallway with a bathroom on one wall. Slightly ajar.

At the end of the hallway, someone walks into the next room. 73-6 catches his heel as he shuts the door.

Mr. Black Shoes strikes up a conversation with somebody on the other side.

>>516276
Bathroom first so nobody can come up behind us.

Pay dirt! Time to set up an ambush in that bathroom. Catch your enemy with their pants down if you know what i mean.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)13:08 No. 516284 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 slips into the bathroom.


Is that a bidet?
Death's too good for them.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)13:09 No. 516285 ID: 0eef61
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There's a mirror here.

73-6 doesn't like mirrors.

Not a bad place for an ambush, though.

Use bidet. Gotta be squeaky-clean for murder!

how about no,

anyway, this place would work if we knew people would be coming soon, like it's lunchtime or something. but if not we could be here for hours without a contact. so let's move on.

You're gonna shove water up their asses. And maybe that mirror too. In their assfaces.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)13:27 No. 516291 ID: 0eef61
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>>516287
>>516290
Uch, God.

When your shit offends the sensibilities of a cybernetic zombie murderer, you need to take a long hard look at your life choices.

...I'd be tempted to jury-rig the bidet to electrocute the next person to use it. But if we lose the spike, we don't have a quiet weapon anymore.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)13:28 No. 516293 ID: 0eef61
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Wait a second.

Looks like somebody left more than they meant to here.

A little laminated ID card.

>>516293
Sweet. Snag that loot.

Also I don't think we should stay here and try to ambush anyone. Someone will likely find the body we left by the window. So we should try to seek out and kill as many of these fucks as we can before they find out we're here.

Onto the next room with the two talking dudes.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)15:21 No. 516316 ID: 0eef61
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>>516295
Taken.

73-6 returns to the far door.

Three men's voices on the other side, talking. One laughs. They're relaxed.

"monica. hallway with bathroom in the middle. i came from a room with a vent. what can i expect?"
"Hold on, I'm pulling the floor plan up. Uhhhhhh, that looks like you're right outside the kitchen. Lots of places to hunker down there, so if you're gonna make an entrance make it a big one. Looks like there's a ceiling vent goes into it?"
"yes ma'am. saw that on my way in. too high to reach."
"Maybe next time we can send along a booster seat."
"oh no, i'm laughing so hard they heard me. look what you did. i am brought down by your amazing wit."
"Stay frosty, Sev-three."

>>516316
So, if we go in we'll have to abandon stealth.

Why don't we try the scanlocked door first. Also, ask where it would lead.

>>516318
I'm behind this all the way. More info is good info.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)19:13 No. 516342 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 returns to the entrance room.

The scanlock remains in effect, and the door is locked for now.

"monica, what about this one?"
"Hold. I'm just gonna- hold on."
The sound of a chair scooting back.

"Okay, Sev. So you say this is the other door in the uh, the window room?
"that's right."
"62, can we enhance- okay. Thanks. Looks like that one leads to the bedrooms, Sev-three."

Excellent. Let's kill them in their sleep.

Open door from the side, peek around door, enter door kill everyone in room.

Can we listen in on that door as well? If we can determine target numbers and positions for each area, we can devise a plan of attack from there.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)19:32 No. 516347 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 slides the ID against the scanlock. The door buzzes, chirrups, and unlocks.

The next room is a curved hallway, with three doors on one side and a narrow, slatted closet on the other. There's threadbare, scuzzy carpet underfoot. Homey.

Two of the northern doors are closed. Pounding, muffled music comes from the farthest one. The middle one is ajar. Between the two there's what appears to be a filing cabinet lying on its side in the hallway.

Rush in and strangle the person listening to blasting music before they can respond. They are obviously either a teenager or a programmer and therefore must be stopped.

...or check on each door separately before choosing a target. That's good, too.

>>516347
Enter the room that is ajar.

What's that in the corner, a wastebasket? Anything good?

Music means the person in their has isolated themselves. You could kill the people next door and he won't know until you come for him.

Peek in the open door.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)22:00 No. 516374 ID: 0eef61
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>>516365
There's a scarf in the basket that brings out the orange in 73-6's ruined LED eyesockets, but he keeps humble.

73-6 pads toward the music room.

He passes the open door first, and pokes his head in.

Nobody to kill in bed? On under those clothes on the floor? Or under the desk?

Oh well. Looks like there's a weapon for grabs atop the ladder.

>>516374
Nobody home, but... that looks like a mighty fine gun on top of the bunk! Snag it. Hey how come you didn't bring any bigger guns?

Also flip that shirt over and... what's up with that desk?

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)22:29 No. 516387 ID: 0eef61
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Beneath the sleeve of that shirt is a small, unmarked bottle. Something inside it sloshes.

Wire 2013/06/11(Tue)22:31 No. 516390 ID: 0eef61
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But that doesn't matter, because check this out.

Semiautomatic shotgun with a suppressor. Hello, little miss Saturday Night Special. It's rickety and obviously a resistance weapon, but 73-6 isn't going to look a gift gun down the barrel.

That's everyone else's job.

Pocket the bottle, take that shotgun over to say hello to Mr. or Ms. Music Room, then call it in along with the bottle just in case.

>>516390
Excellent. Pocket the bottle, why not. Then let's open that door that isn't playing loud music, and gun down whoever's inside with our suppressed shotgun. The music should mask the noise.

Get your hands on a lighter and find out if the contents of the bottle are flammable. If so you could leave a good impression by burning at least one of your targets to death.

Wire 2013/06/12(Wed)00:34 No. 516397 ID: 0eef61
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"found a bottle of something."
"Think it's relevant?"
"you never know."
"All right, Sherlock. Hold it up to your eye."

73-6 obeys as he slides out of the empty room toward the thumping bass.

"Getting the imaging data. Scanning. Hey! This is a Shell upgrade, bootstrapped into a liquid."
"aren't those normally injections?"
"Yeah, but I guess Hab-block gangbangers don't have that kind of tech. You can swallow it for a field upgrade, Sev, but I'm warning you, it'll probably hurt."
"will it take okay?"
"Sure. If there's any cerebral interference we'll hammer it out when you come back."
"understood. hold on for a second."

Wire 2013/06/12(Wed)00:41 No. 516401 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 opens the door.

"Drop it," says the guy on the other sid.

Then he starts going "Bwa-wuh-wuh-wuh-bwow-buggada bwaaaah bwah bwaaah" as 73-6 tries to coax his heart down from his throat.

Ha. That would have been funny, if he'd like dropped the gun or something.

Wire 2013/06/12(Wed)00:41 No. 516402 ID: 0eef61
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Anyway, he kills that guy.

"confirm second target dead."
"Received, Sev. You pop that upgrade?"
"what?"
"That upgrade."
"not yet. sorry, loud music."

>>516402
Chugalug!

So what's a Shell upgrade exactly? What's it do, how long does it last, and will it help us out if we decide to chug it now?

Also, potential approach from this point: turn his music up obnoxiously loud and wait behind the door so you can kill whoever comes in to tell him to turn it down.

Wire 2013/06/12(Wed)00:56 No. 516408 ID: 0eef61
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Oh Go+++++++d th+++++++at fucking stings

++++73-++++6's head explodes with a violent buzz of s+++++++++++tatic

Shit shit au++++++gh

Choose your upgrade path:

Wetwork: 73-6 can now kill from the shadows with his bear hands. No spike is required.

Stealth: 73-6 can create sound in remote corners of a room, creating handy distractions.

Tech: 73-6 can hack and access rudimentary systems.

Tech. There's a computer right there.

>>516408
BEAR HANDS!
Always choose the bear hands!

Wetwork. Bear hands are be(a)st.

I am most interested in stealth, myself.

>>516408
Tech

We already have the electrified pick, I don't think we'll need wetwork.

Stealth.

Tech! There's electronics all over the place. That will be useful.

Hrrrm.
BEAR HANDS sound undeniably awesome, but I suspect that to be a typo, sadly.
Still gonna vote for it and see what happens!

I vote tech. 73-6 seems to be good at wetwork and stealth already and tech would give us more options. Unless, of course, the stealth thing would let us make a distraction in the corner of a room we're not in, like say that kitchen with those three guys. Then stealth would be good.

tech. unless bear hands wasn't a typo. then that. because BEAR HANDS

Tech

Wetwork, gotta get dem bear hands

Wire 2013/06/12(Wed)15:30 No. 516487 ID: 0eef61
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The claws punch through 73-6's gloves and crackle with electrified death.

Yesss. It's time to clean up the tra-

Wire 2013/06/12(Wed)15:30 No. 516488 ID: 0eef61
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Oh. That doesn't happen.

Well, he can hack simple systems, now.

That's probably more useful.

>>516488
Well there's a computer right there, let's hack it.

Time to hack-a-dack-whack.

Wire 2013/06/12(Wed)15:55 No. 516495 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 flicks a shard of skull off of the keyboard and slides the chair out of the way.

Looks like this was, uh, Carl here's PC. Unfortunately it wasn't connected to any sort of security network in the building.

From here he can
+check this mook's email.
+write his updates.
+take 20 minutes to pour over the HD for potentially useful files.

That's boring. He pulls up the command prompt.

Because of his beginner hacking abilities, he can
+crank the volume of this irritating music beyond standard system safety caps, to apartment-shaking levels.
+perform a rapid search in the files of the computer for any keyword he cares to enter.
+perform a system wipe.
+transfer the entire HD into his personal memory bank for future reference. Process requires 5 minutes.

Keywords 'resistance' and 'plan' might turn up interesting stuff. More immediately relevant to us would be to search for mentions of today's date.

After you're done with that, start slowly cranking the volume up, then take people out as they come to yell at Carl, or, if they don't come, enjoy how much easier it'll make stealth and how much harder the enemy will find communicating.

>>516495
Pumping up the volume would muffle all gunshots so you could go on a shooting spree while retaining stealth, I believe. So we could do that. I'm also interested in that file cabinet outside.

Do a rapid search for "password" or "passcode". Maybe "Shell", to see if there are any other upgrades around. Also ask HQ if there's any info they want out of this thing.

that last one.

>>516496
>>516497
These sound like good search criteria. Too lazy to download everything. Not an information retrieval mission anyways.

And cranking the sound to annoy people sounds like a good way to attract your next victim or two. (Just remember to correct your hearing units to avoid damage, and remember this means you may not hear someone coming in the door behind you).

>>516495
Files labeled "Empty, Unimportant, Don't Look, Margaret Thatcher, or Cool"

>>516501

you forgot "porn"

>>516496
keyword operation might also be good

Search for keyword 'porn', then up the volume and get behind the door.

>>516511
Sonic terrorism via weaponised porno flicks?

>>516495

Once done with the computer and such, search the bodies of those you killed and loot evrything valuable and useful, like the window guy's SMG for example. Never forget the cardinal rule, you loot who you kill.

Alright, now...

Keyword Search: operation, plan, password, resistance, shell, empty, unimportant, important, porn, weapon, leader, readme.

Also, check any files with today's date. Finally, once done, download the HD for later analysis back at base..

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)00:47 No. 516570 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 isn't going to do a full rip yet. Five minutes is a luxury you can't spare with two bodies in the area. He downloads every file tagged from the searches:
+operation
+plan
+password
+passcode
+shell
+important
+porn
+weapon
+leader
+readme
"anything else i should grab?"
"Hold on. Yeah, can you search that for 'Bergeron'?"
"nothing."
"Okay, well, thanks for trying. Anything pop out at you?"
"i'll sift through this stuff when there's no time issue, but it looks like a)the password to the circuit breaker's lock is 1303 and b)someone's sent carl here an email saying not to touch the shell upgrade in the fridge."
"That makes sense. They're less painful chilled. You can-- Seven Three-Six, what is that?"
"that, monica, is raven-haired mavens volume 4: the highlights, played on a volume just low enough to keep the speakers from blowing out."
"You're on company time here, Sev."
"don't worry. i have a plan.

"i think."

>>516570
Get in the bunk, shoot the next guy to walk in that door.

In the bunk or behind the door. You might want to set the body up so the head isn't as 'shot to pieces' looking at first sight, in case these guys are trained enough to call for help at the first sign of foul play.

Screech in the most feminine way you can manage, clearly distraught by the image of these corpses, to which you clearly didn't give existence. Shoot whoever comes to your aid.

camp.

>>516570

Camping is to slooow and may allow people to escape. Take the corpse, use it as a meat shield and systematically murder everyone in the house.

Now hide either right besides the door to ambush the next person who comes in, or hide up on top where you found the gun, weapon trained on the door.

You forgot to search for today's date!

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)15:18 No. 516682 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 doesn't need to screech in a feminine way.

Tawnee Taylor (not her real name) is taking care of that for him.

"What the fuck, Carl!" yells the man who rounds the corner and walks in. "Is this your idea of a fucking jo- wha-"

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)15:18 No. 516683 ID: 0eef61
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Tango number 3 is no more.

It's cramped in here. 73-6 wonders how they manage.

well that was fun

Right, hop out, dial the music back to normal (so any other nearby targets thing number three successfully lowered the volume) and head back to the hall.

Call in that kill, too.

>>516682
Call it in. Then turn the volume back down and back to the music he was playing before. Shove the new corpse into the room, and inspect that filing cabinet.

Right, turn down the music, call in the kill and loot the bodies!

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)17:16 No. 516724 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 switches back to the music and turns it back down to more acceptable levels. He pulls the third body into the room, although there's enough brain and blood on the door and hallway that won't matter too much.

"third dead."
"Making good time, Sev-three. Keep it up."
"affirmative."
"By the way, there was like a paper bag with 2 egg rolls in the break room fridge. Did you touch that? Because now there's one."
"no."
"Then someone in this Operations Room is a liar, and I'm gonna find out who it is, 62."

The filing cabinet is nearly empty but for a few folders. They seem inconsequential.

There are wheels along the bottom, but it's light enough empty that you wouldn't even need them. Why it's out here is anyone's guess.

Check the room that wasn't open before. That's probably the room deadie number three came from, and it's probably empty now.

Lets go check the other doors... and the wastebasket. If video games have taught me anything ALWAYS check waste receptacles.

>>516726
Already checked that. It's just got a scarf.

Let's open the closet to make sure nobody's like, sleeping in it. Then it's back to that door with multiple people behind it. We've got a good weapon for that now.

>>516724

Loot the goddamned bodies! Carl had an weapon, the window guy had one and third one probably has one as well.

>>516750
The window guy had an SMG which we picked up. Carl had another SMG I think, but it wouldn't hurt to verify I suppose.

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)20:36 No. 516753 ID: 0eef61
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Carl had a boxy automatic, the guard by the window had himself an SMG, and there's the shotgun from the vacant room, but 73-6 doesn't know just where the heck you think he's going to stuff three great big 2-handed firearms.

His spike, his snub-nose, and his grenade are all small and concealable, with built-in room in his trench coat to stow them. They're an assassin's tools.
This stuff ain't.

He can hold one, of course, and he supposes he can stuff the compact SMG from the window into his trench somewhere, but becoming a clanking walking armory carries serious stealth risks.

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)20:37 No. 516754 ID: 0eef61
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Unfortunately there's no one to catch with their pants down in the third room.

The door is ajar, suggesting its former occupant is the guy 73-6 splattered all over the hallway.

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)20:37 No. 516755 ID: 0eef61
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The closet is thin and bare but for a folding stepladder, a mop, and a metal box, built firmly into the wall.

>>516755
OH BOY A FUSEBOX!

Can you see in the dark? If so, open that shit and sabotage it.

How's your night sight? Flip that shit off and wait for someone to come in before you pop them, since it worked so well last time. Preferably with the pick, since we don't have the loud porn to cover the sound anymore.

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)20:43 No. 516758 ID: 0eef61
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>>516756
73-6 carefully unscrews the panel with his spike.

There's a console underneath, demanding a passcode.

>>516758
Key in 1303! This is gonna be so cool.

Oh, damn. There's that idea. Let's phone this in, see if they know what entering the password will do.

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)20:54 No. 516761 ID: 0eef61
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Password accepted.

73-6 can:

+Turn out the lights in any room, rendering windowless rooms entirely dark. 73-6 has nightvision.
+Turn the lights up to near-blinding highs.

Due to his beginner hacking, 73-6 can:
+Cut power to the entire apartment, lights and all.
+Course enough electricity into the lights to make them explode in a potentially harmful shower of glass and sparks (warning: broken glass on the ground will make stealth harder).

Can you shield your eyes, make it blindingly bright, then cut the power entirely? That'd leave them disoriented and keep them in the dark even once they've gotten past being blinded.

>>516761
Harmful glass and sparks ain't lethal. Shut off all power.

Wait shit no don't do that then we can't get through scanlocked doors, which means we'd be trapped in this area. Unless they automatically open in response to loss of power? Well, try it and see what happens.

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)21:21 No. 516765 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 cuts the power. He slips back out of the closet as the lights flicker and die. The music slows down into a grotesque wailing moan before it stops entirely.

The thrum of the lights fade, leaving a breathless silence in its wake.

If they didn't know he was here before, they do now.

It's not going to save them.

>>516765
Now, they're gonna come to check the fusebox, so run into the window room and hang out the window. Let them pass, then ambush them from behind.

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)21:46 No. 516767 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 rushes as quicky and quietly as he can to the windowed room and vaults out the window, clinging to the sill.

The wind whips his trenchcoat out behind him as he peers inside.

He feels pretty badass right now.

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)21:49 No. 516768 ID: 0eef61
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The door to the bathroom hallway opens, and a man emerges. 73-6 can hear his fearful breathing from here.

He's about to move toward the circuit breaker when he sees the corpse by the window, illuminated by the dull gloaming orange sky.

"Holy shit," he breathes, and rushes over to his dead comrade. "Stills? Stills?"

Drink in that fear. Let him come to his realization before you spike him in the head. Then laugh.

perfect. Kill Him.

>>516768
apply spike to head

>>516768
Do it. Spike him.

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)22:25 No. 516776 ID: 0eef61
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"Stills is dea-"
He starts to scream. Then a black gloved hand pulls his head back and 73-6's spike ensures that his last words trail off into a fizzy gurgle.

The blood hisses and pops off the electrified spike. Target Number 4 goes limp in 73-6's arms.

Leave him atop his dead comrade and get to cleaning the spike. You'll need it.

>>516776
Call it in. So, there's what, two men left?

Get to the bathroom hallway door, get an eye on incoming victims.

Call it in.

They're going to know you're here now. Any idea how many you're supposed to expect?

Move on, we should try to ambush other people as they come to investigate the fusebox and the scream.

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)22:40 No. 516781 ID: 0eef61
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"four is down."
"Doing good, Sev. Keep them coming."
73-6 lowers the dead man onto Stills and then moves on, back into the bathroom hallway. He wipes off the spike as he goes.

The door to the kitchen is closed.

>>516779
As far as 73-6 knows, there were 3 in the kitchen. That means 2 are left.
Maybe.
There could, of course, be more that he simply didn't hear. He was told to expect anywhere from a half dozen to a full dozen.

>>516781
Duck into the bathroom to make sure nobody's trying to ambush you from there. Then use the doorway for cover because I expect a firefight presently.

If they don't come out shooting then go to the kitchen door, flatten yourself against the wall next to it, then slam the thing open to get a look into the room before you dive into cover wherever there may be some. That will also avoid any initial burst of fire.

Burst in while shouting 'prepare to die, bitches!' and leap towards the nearest target to spike them in the face.

Alternatively, check the door for sounds again before making your next move.

Charging right in is dumb. Someone cut the lights, they'll be alert and on guard. Charging will just get us shot.

...could we use that stepladder we found to break into the vent we couldn't reach before? You'd think the kitchen would need good ventilation.

>>516784
OH. That is an excellent idea. Stepladder might be a bit noisy but if we're careful we can do that no problem.

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)23:10 No. 516787 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 decides to double back and get that stepladder.

Before he does, he checks the bathroom for any insurgents brandishing rifles and squatting on the toilet or something.

There's an insurgent brandishing a rifle and squatting on the toilet.

Their eyes meet.

>>516787
Duck! Then shoot.

Duck, shoot, then crack a hilarious joke involving people dying on the toilet.

Pray experience and cybernetic necromancy gives you better reaction time and shoot that bitch before he shoots you. Luckily, he is in kind of an awkward position.

Then take cover, since the guys from the kitchen will come running when they hear the shot(s).

>>516787
duck, shoot, make pop culture reference about wars being terrible or something.

Wire 2013/06/13(Thu)23:26 No. 516792 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 drops into a dive and shoots the man in the chest, one-handed. He dies instantly.

"one more in the can."
"Good."
"if you were here you'd see why that was funny."
"Would I?"

"Yes because I killed a guy on the toilet."

Let's get that stepladder.

Is anyone running towards your position? If there were still two in the kitchen and they respond to that gunfire, they'll be behind you in moments.

>>516793
hehehh.

>>516753

Hmmm, later then. When the mission is done. Personally I think you need two compact SMG's with lots of ammo and a ridiculous fire rate, basically for when you need to go loud and at the same time clear the whole room. Granted these versions are probably just a rickety as your silenced shotgun, but they're could still be useful for spare parts to make weapons yourself, as I assume the agency that uses you would probably balk at using too much cash to outfit their undead cyborg commandos.

>>516792

Get out into the corridor, you don't want to get trapped in a room. Use the door for cover if necessary.

>>516821
Actually, yeah. Keep the idea of heading out with the weapons in mind when the mission is over. I'm sure our superiors will appreciate it, and who knows? Maybe you'll get special allowances come the next mission.

name that dead guy Tywin Lannister.

I wonder if you get to own money, mr. dead man.
Stowing those guns into a trashbag after the mission is over would bring a nifty profit.

Wire 2013/06/14(Fri)17:53 No. 516902 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 brings the ladder as quietly as possible to the room with the window.

He winces at the low clatter it makes while he opens it.

He grabs the SMG just to be safe, then clambers into the ceiling vent.

Wire 2013/06/14(Fri)17:54 No. 516903 ID: 0eef61
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The metal puckers and sighs under him.

He takes a deep breath, distributes his weight, and shimmies down the vent until he reaches the kitchen.

Two orange, blank eyes gaze through the kitchen vent at the trembling men beneath.

They think they're ready for 73-6, or at least they hope.
It looks like he'll have to be the bearer of bad news.

>>516903
73-6, are you PRO enough to have a gun in each hand and shoot them both at once?

>>516903
Slightly trickier situation.

We could use the grenade here but it seems like a waste. Take careful aim at the guy behind the table to ensure you take him out, then quickly take a snapshot on the guy below you before he realizes what happened and can fire back.

If you're confident you can get the two shots you need off quick enough, do so. If not, get the grenade between the two of them. You know your reflexes better than we do.

shoot the guy not behind cover if the silenced gun won't reveal your location. chances are that other guy will riddle you full of holes while you're stuck in a crawling position. I'm assuming you can't just bypass his cover from up there, of course. you may wanna sky-assassinate him if this is the case.

Any chance you can drop down silently on the near guy? Then you could take him down quietly and shoot through the other guy's cover before he realizes what happened.

Wire 2013/06/15(Sat)00:14 No. 517021 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 can't dual wield, but he can fire and throw the grenade at the same time. He pushes the cap in and counts silently to one Mississippi.

The shotgun coughs, destroys one end of the vent, splinters the table, and splatters its target.

73-6 slams his foot through the other end of the vent, which falls to the floor, along with the grenade.

The second guy screams and lets loose a panicky burst toward the ceiling

Wire 2013/06/15(Sat)00:15 No. 517022 ID: 0eef61
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but 73-6's cooked grenade liquefies him.

>>517022
Nice. Call 'em in, drop down, then find the fridge and open 'er up to see if there's an upgrade in there.

Afterwards, well there should be another door out of the kitchen because we still haven't found the front door yet.

>>517023
This, but also be cautious as you drop down. Anyone left is bound to have heard a lot of noise at this point, and they might just be heading for the room to take you down before you can do the same to them.

Yeah, what the other two said. Call in your kills, drop down, check the fridge for shell upgrades, then leave the kitchen out of another door, if there is one. But be prepared for incoming enemies, just in case.

Wire 2013/06/15(Sat)01:30 No. 517037 ID: 0eef61
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"five and six are no more."
"Very good. Kitchen's also the front room, so you might just be done here, Sev."
"not quite yet. there's some goodies in the freezer for me."

Wire 2013/06/15(Sat)01:30 No. 517038 ID: 0eef61
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There it is. Right next to the vanilla.

>>517038
Drink dat shiz.

Grab it, duck down into cover and pop that sucker.

Have a scoop of vanilla too.

Hmm. Where did that lower vent go, in the first room? I don't remember seeing another vent anywhere.

1. Check for real if the stuff is a shell upgrade. If it is take it, if it's not still take it. Because champagne and ice cream!

2. Loot everyone.

3. Download the rest of Carl's HD, now that everyone is dead.

4. Leave.

Ice cream. Because a dead man's dessert is the best celebration for a job well done.

Mission complete? Go grab loot into trashbag for selling!

Oh man, ice blocks.

Recount and realize that was six and seven.

Hold the shell upgrade up to your eye, make sure that's what it is before chug a lug lugging.

Then do a sweep- recheck the rooms and make sure there's no one else alive.

Then if the boss-lady cares, we can rip the rest of that hard drive before we leave.

>>517022
>cooked grenade
>kitchen

Yet another situational pun. I get the feeling there will be a lot of these.

Wire 2013/06/15(Sat)20:52 No. 517181 ID: 0eef61
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Bottoms up.

Oh so+++++++n of a bit+++++++++ch t++++++++++his is++++++++ terrib+++++++le


Choose your upgrade path:

Wetwork: 73-6 can magnetize himself to hold on to a great deal more weapons. He gains the ability to carry three additional guns on himself besides his pistol and held weapon.

Stealth: 73-6 can create a suppressing field between his thumb and forefinger once every three minutes or so, which can suppress any one gunshot to the volume of a polite cough.

Tech: 73-6's hacking ability continues to improve, and he gains more advanced options with hacked systems.

>>517181

Become a man of magnets.

Thats tough. Hacking is fun, but that stealth upgrade is neat.

Dude, go wetwork. I bet we can come up with all kinds of cool uses for self magnetism besides just sticking guns to ourself.

Can the magnetization work on things OTHER than weapons? Can we magnetise weapons to rip them out of folks hands?

If no, then Stealth.

>>517181
I don't know of any situation where we'd need a bunch of different guns. It's better to specialize, unless you're running into things like tanks or helicopters where you need an RPG or something.

So. I like the Stealth option. Turning any weapon into a silenced weapon, even only every now and then, is A+.

Guys. There are so many potential uses for making our skin magnetic.

*electronics frying
*sticking to metal walls and ceilings
*much much harder to lose our grip on a weapon
*collecting lose change- with no rattling!

>>517181

Wetwork, ahoy! Besides, I think we need it anyway to carry out all the weapons.

We don't need to carry all the weapons out of here, and we can already get regular silenced weapons, so we don't need the ability to do without a silencer.

I vote tech. This is a techy world, let's be a techy assassin.

Wire 2013/06/15(Sat)23:36 No. 517211 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 now has his very own localized magnetic field.

A quick test reveals it's strong enough to make him stick to the fridge pretty darn hard, although it's so close range he's not going to be yanking any guns out of any hands.

Okay, stand by. He might be stuck.

Wire 2013/06/15(Sat)23:36 No. 517212 ID: 0eef61
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He switches it off on his hand. There we go.

Looks like he can localize it wherever on his body he wants, which is useful.

>>517212
That is useful. You could put your pistol on the back of your neck behind your collar, so that if someone asks you to put your hands up, you could put them behind your head and be able to grab the pistol for a surprise attack. Or hide guns up your sleeves. Man, this has a lot of applications, come to think of it. Super.

Okay, let's do one final sweep of the apartment before declaring it clear. Bathroom, window room, look in the lower vent, tool closet, then check all three bedrooms in turn.

>>517212
Do you have to be constantly thinking about it to keep the effect in place, or it is just think about it once and go?

Wire 2013/06/16(Sun)01:32 No. 517229 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 closes the freezer and moves toward the door, and then he is shot, twice.

Wire 2013/06/16(Sun)01:32 No. 517230 ID: 0eef61
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He clutches the counter to steady himself and turns round.

The guy from behind the table stands before him, wavering on his feet, glass-eyed, covered in blood and breathing heavily.

>>517230
Stupid rubble obscuring the body. Note to self- actually confirm kills.

Quickdraw your pistol and cap him in the head.

>>517230

Just shoot him.

Shoot him. Shoot him in his stupid, still-breathing face.

With a demeanor of betrayal, utter the words '...why?'

And then do a really dramatic death scene.

And then shoot him when he is distracted by your acting skills.

Damnit. We told you to do a sweep. For future reference, that means check the bodies in the room with you first. In fact, from now on, always check the bodies and confirm kills if you can (ie, if you're still under stealth, and not in the middle of a firefight).

Too late now, shoot this fuck again.

Asses injuries. How bad off are you? Can you handle this, or are you going to die, again? Do you need to inform the agency to send a collection crew?

Wire 2013/06/16(Sun)15:04 No. 517352 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 quick-draws his pistol and sinks a bullet into the guy's heart.

>>517352
Call in the dead man again, and say you're getting out with an injury.

Do whatever you can do to handle the wounds, then let's get the hell out of here.

now sweep the entire fucking building.

Wire 2013/06/16(Sun)15:25 No. 517366 ID: 0eef61
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He slumps against the cou+++nter, clutching his che++st.

++"Sev? You just went into the red! What happened?"
"target g+++ot a coup+++le rounds off. i g+++ot him."
"What? There's too much static on the goddamn wire. What did you do?"
"i'm o++k."
"Not according to the readout you aren't. Fffuck. Those holes could probably kill a normal human, but your self-repair is going to kick in as soon as, uh."

73-6's knees bu+++++ckle. He hacks up somethin++++g discouragingly +++sticky.

"As soon as you lose consciousness. Shit. You have to get out of there, 73-6. You go black in there the cops'll find you or these guys' friends will, and either way you're in deep shit."

Get outside. Use magnetism to stick yourself to the outer wall of the building, or underneath an awning or balcony or something.

Assuming you stay magnetized while unconscious, you should be in a safe place to repair.

>>517366
You just need to get far enough away to hide. You don't need to run back home just yet.

GET UP AND HIDE.

What was our exit strategy before we got shot?

Do you have like, an exfiltration point where you'll get picked up, or even a car parked somewhere? Or were you just supposed to climb down the side of the building and walk away?

Is there any reason you can't just take an elevator down to the ground floor and have someone pick you up in a car? The police shouldn't be onto you yet, and this doesn't seem like the kind of neighborhood where people would just be milling about in the halls.

Otherwise climb out a window and try to find something to chill on that you won't fall off of when you're unconscious.

>>517366
Move as fast as you can to the window you came in from. What we need to do is find a dumpster to hide in.

>>517367
Yes, perfect, find a wall to stick to. Failing that, pass out in the vents.

Wire 2013/06/16(Sun)21:13 No. 517448 ID: 0eef61
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No, nonono, the co+++ps have a thing. A what.+++++ A r++++adar thing. Thu+++gs will know floor layout, and 73-6 i++++s leaving a tr+++ail of blood. Hah. That's n++++ot great.

He's got t++++++o get ou++++++++++++t of the a++++++++++partme++++++nt.

Hal+++++++lway.

All right. Best dumb idea:

Throw yourself down the garbage shoot. Either you wake up later in a dump, or you've gotten rid of the evidence. Either way, win-win.

>>517448
I think your only real option is to go down those stairs. Though I suppose to eliminate the blood trail it'd be a good idea to lawlessly barge into someone else's apartment to get a towel or something to bind yourself in.

>>517451
Down the chute! Down the chute! And if you weren't injured, I'd suggest saying something like 'and now to take out the garbage.'

Wire 2013/06/16(Sun)21:49 No. 517467 ID: 0eef61
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S+++hou++++++lder the do++++++or open. Neighbors. Whe++++++++re's the chute. Com+++++++e on. +++++Whe+++r++++e.

There.

Wire 2013/06/16(Sun)21:50 No. 517469 ID: 0eef61
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Uhhh+++hh+h+h+h+++h++h+++hhhh+++hh++hhhh++++

He's ++++st++++uc+++k.

Ge++++tti+++ng ha++rd t++++++o m++++ov+++++++++

reverse magnetic polarity so you slide

Push your gun(s) down ahead of you.

Pull your coat off and shove it down ahead of you. That should make up the difference.

Wire 2013/06/16(Sun)23:44 No. 517510 ID: 0eef61
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>>517492
O++++++k t+++++h++++++er+++++++e g+++++++o++++++ th+++e g++++++un+++s

a++hah++++aha++++++++oops++++++st+++ill++++don++++++++'t++++ f+++++++++++

I+++++t's++++ o++++ka++++++y+++th+++ou+++gh+++++++ 7+3++++++6 i++s+pr++++etty+++++ com+++++f+r+++++++bl+++++++++++++

This is not a good place to pass out.

Better would be the fridge. It looks big enough.

If we can't fit in there, we're not gonna fit in a fridge. See if there's a closet or even a bed with enough space underneath to crawl under.

>>517510
You need to GET OUT.gif

stop passing out and start walking.

Dying now would be inconvenient. Attempt to not die yet.

Wire 2013/06/19(Wed)01:08 No. 518052 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 is entirely unconscious.

Wire 2013/06/19(Wed)01:08 No. 518054 ID: 0eef61
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Keisha isn't sure if she should wake up her roommate or just go call the cops.

>>518054
Roommate.

>>518054
Before you decide on either one, take a picture of the hilarity, then KICK HIS ASS/SMACK DAT ASS.

He's clearly unconscious and it's just sticking way out there! You can't pass up this sort of opportunity!

Maybe it'll be enough force to shove him all the way down the tube entrance, removing him from discovery!

Punch him. Punch him in the butt.

Seconding to SMACK DAT ASS

take picture of lodged idiot, punt his stupid self down the chute!
At that point, you might wanna call your friends to laugh at this fool, besides, the cops came through here already and they let him be, right?

>Keisha isn't sure if she should wake up her roommate or just go call the cops.
Wake your roomate, get out of the apartment, and call the cops. There's a crazy mother fucker in your garbage, and blood all over the hall. You're genre savy enough to know you don't stick around in situations like this.

Pretty good chance of not getting her killed, and either the cops pick up sev-three, or the agency intercepts the call, picks him up, and pretends they were the cops. Nice clean exit, without needing to murder witnesses.

Course, sucks for Sev if the cops get him, but that's not Keisha's problem, is it?

flip a coin.

Wire 2013/06/19(Wed)23:05 No. 518295 ID: 0eef61
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Kicking the ass doesn't do much.

Keisha takes a pic and sends it to her cousin.

"this is what i have to deal with living here #hablife #thecabooseisloose"

Wire 2013/06/19(Wed)23:05 No. 518296 ID: 0eef61
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She goes to Sara's door.

"Sara?"

She knocks.

"Sara, babychild, you may want to come out and see this."
"Ugh. Muh. Keisha, is it like 3 AM right now?"
"Girl, we got bigger problems."

Wire 2013/06/19(Wed)23:05 No. 518297 ID: 0eef61
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"Like wh-" Her roomate opens the door. "What is that?"

"What's it look like, sugar? It's a butt."

"Holy shit. Aww, dang it."
"Sara, sweetie, you best calm yourself down because your vocal inhibitor just switched on and that always means you getting way too worked up."
"There's a stranger in our apartment, Keisha. Stranger. Stranger danger. Do we call the cops?"
"He's asleep or something. I don't know, you look at him. You the doctor."
"Field medic. Retired field medic. And we don't even know who this guy is. Ohhh, I hate this thing."
"Breathe. Don't lose your head, babygirl."

"Very freaking funny, Keisha."

Wire 2013/06/19(Wed)23:06 No. 518298 ID: 0eef61
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"Now get in here and come help me look for it."

>>518298
Oh alright. Guy's not waking up so we've got time to look.

Maybe it's under the bed?

...sev three just happens to get his injured, unconscious ass stuck in the home of a retired field medic? That's handy.

Anyways, find her head.

Wire 2013/06/19(Wed)23:25 No. 518304 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 is awake.

Jeez, what happened last night? He feels like he was on the receiving end of a-

Wire 2013/06/19(Wed)23:25 No. 518305 ID: 0eef61
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coupla gunshots.

Oh, right. That's what.

He sits up on the, uh, the couch and feels his stomach where the bullets hit.
It's tender there but surprisingly well-healed. Normally he's got a lot more pain and scarring in there and he needs to dig out a few fragments.

So that's nice.

But where is he?

You're in a living space, judging from the furniture and stuff on the counters. Look out the window- are you still in the same building?

Do you have an internal chronometer? How long has it been?

Can you contact HQ? Report in, you're awake, situation unknown. Do you have any orders? Can they give you any information?

Forget that. Where are the cops??

Maybe you've permanently died and gone to an eternity in an afterlife that is a sitcom.

>>518305
There's something under the bed. Check that. Also, check to see if you- wait are you naked

Find your coat.

Wire 2013/06/20(Thu)00:58 No. 518318 ID: 0eef61
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>>518310
"is it just me," says 73-6, "or did i have too many shots last night?"

He listens for the laugh track, because that was a goddamn zinger.
Nothing.
So we can rule that one out.

>>518313
TV remote.

He's got pants on, but he always feels naked without Trenchie. At least they didn't find where he's got his holdout pistol stashed. Which means they weren't too invasive.

Whoever they are.

He goes to the window. The sun is coming up on another smoggy, dirty day in the smoggy, dirty city. 73-6 is in the same smoggy, dirty hab-block he was in last night.

"monica. monica, come in."
"WHOA jesus, 73-6, I'm in the middle of breakfast and your froggy-ass voice butts into my honey-nut cheerios."
"listen, i'm in somebody's apartment, i think. no cops or thugs or anything."
"That's good. Whose apartment?"
"i don't know, but-"

Wire 2013/06/20(Thu)00:58 No. 518319 ID: 0eef61
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Footsteps.
"-but i think i'm just about to find that out."

They're coming down the hall near the kitchenette. 73-6's spike was in his trenchcoat, but he still has his snubnose.

>>518319
Mmmmaybe hold off on shooting whoever comes through the door, because they might be the one who saved your ass last night.

Hold off on the shooting for now. Consider: there's normally some bullets in you, but this time--after being found by a stranger--there aren't any. Maybe you could repay the favor with a lack of killing them dead?

>>518319
Evidence suggests you were tended to. However, we should probably make sure it's not some cops that just showed up.

So, stand to the side of the doorway so you can see them when they come in, but they won't immediately see you.

>>518318
There are laugh-trackless sitcoms.
Like Arrested Development.
Getting your butt caught in a garbage shoot fleeing from the police after getting shot by a half-dead man is just the thing that could possibly happen on a show like that. And on FUTURE COPS.

Don't stand by the window you idiot, there could be fucking snipers out there. Or peepers. And your shirtless! Cover your shame!

Never fire a gun unless you know who you're shooting at. Makes paperwork always very easy. Also, god forbid you shoot friendlies from your workplace that probably is even more paperwork. Plus chance of termination. Do you even have a belt? That gun looks like the only thing holding your pants up.

interrogate them and ask Monica what to do.

Do you have standing orders in this situation?

If they're hostile, you should kill them, obviously. But if they were hostiles, you would have been restrained and searched better. Which means you're likely dealing with civilians. What are your orders regarding civilians?

Do you need to kill any witnesses who have seen you? Are you supposed to avoid civilian casualties? Are you supposed to keep up the charade?

If you have no standing orders, be ready to kill, but not until you've been given reason.

...also, contemplate how dumb the cops must have been not to follow your blood trail, or search nearby apartments after finding all those dudes you killed.

Wire 2013/06/20(Thu)12:59 No. 518375 ID: 0eef61
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Official protocol is to to liquidate any civilian who gets a clear look at a bureau agent on-mission, although that's to be avoided if at all possible. Normally if there are expected civilians present they send him in in some kind of disguise or with strict orders not to be seen.

73-6 is no longer on-mission, however, so it's a lot more fuzzy whether or not these people need to die. The guidelines just say "use your best judgement".

A robot walks in from the kitchenette door.

It is eating yogurt.

"Oh. You're up."

"Yeah. Thanks for taking those bullets out, that was a shot of inconvenience you helped me with."

Act nice and if they mention the bullets and such say you got caught in the hallway by a gunman fleeing the scene of the crime.

"Yes. Hello."

Let them lead, with an eye to getting out ASAP.

Um. Yes. I am. Thank you for patching me up?

Try and see how much she knows. If she's figured out what you did, what you are, or who you work for. Or if she's told anyone else. Then we can make a decision on who needs to die, or not. Or we can let HQ do it for you.

>A robot eating yogurt.
...robots eat? And healthy food at that? Weird.

>>518375
ask monica obviously.

in any case thank the citizen to gain her trust. best case scenario - robo to mostly robo sex.

find out if there's someone else that you should thank. best case scenario - threesome.

uh. hi. what happened?

Wire 2013/06/20(Thu)17:47 No. 518416 ID: 0eef61
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"what happened?"
"We found you in the trash with a couple bullets in you."
"you take them out?"
"Yeah. You want a glass of water? Your voice sounds like a bunch of angry bees inside a kick drum."
"preexisting condition. thanks. i was just in the hall last night and some guy ran out of that room on the end of the hall and plugged me a couple times."
"Did it have anything to do with the fact that you're Bureau?"
"what? no, i-"
"Listen, dude." She swallows her yogurt. "You're a crazy technozombie with a black trenchcoat and an electrified shiv."
"shit." I walk up to the couch.
"Don't worry about it. I'm military-industrial too. Orr I was. Marines. Sergeant Sara Dalton, retired."
"where's my stuff?"
"Your spike's in my room. We've got the trenchcoat hanging up in the closet. You know how to wash blood out of that?"
"tumble-dry should be fine."

"monica, found the owner. she knows who i am."
"Well, it's not hard to tell a Bureau agent when they crash on your couch."
"it wasn't my fault."
"Whatever. You're sanctioned to ice her if she's an apparent threat. Use your judgement."

This is about as nonthreatening as it gets. Thank her, peace out, see about recovering your armament from the trash. Maybe see if the Bureau can send her a little compensation to repay her cooperation (and encourage her to keep quiet).

>>518416
Doesn't sound like it. Just be sure she knows you were never here.

Might be ok to let her live. That and if she is ex military then she might be hard to off easily. Be friendly and find out more about her and what happened after you passed out.

Considering she patched you up instead of finishing you off, and is returning your weapons after telling you she knows what you are, that pretty much puts her in the non-threat category. At least, tactically.

She might be considered a threat to security, but if she knows what you are, she knows it would be a risk running her mouth. It's probably safe.

>>518416
define "threat".

ask her who's "we"

It would be safer to off her later anyway after you parted peacefully, when she least expects it.

>>518416
Non-threat, but possible contact for unspecified purposes?

Go ahead and swap military-industrial stories. She was in the Marines, so she has a healthy respect of the phrase "That's classified."

Wait, wait. We're overlooking the obvious. We have a full name and rank, and she was enlisted. That means she has a record Monica can pull. Whatever's in there would probably be relevant in Bureau determining if her survival is a security risk.

Wire 2013/06/20(Thu)23:25 No. 518446 ID: 0eef61
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"who's we?"
"Me and Keisha. She's my roomate. I think she's still asleep right now."
"marines, huh?"
"Yep!" She pulls a salute.
"how was that?"
"Wasn't bad until an IED turned me into a triple-amputee vegetable," says Sara. "Eventually they just gave up and put my brain in a gynoid. Latest model and everything, all very ritzy, on account of my purple heart."

"I'm pulling up her file," reports Monica, "and her story checks out. Sara Dalton. Highly decorated, honorable discharge."

"what're you doing in a hab-block?"
"The maintenance and shit on this thing is crazy expensive, and it's not easy to find a job when you're not exactly human. You'd know all about that, though, right?"
"not exactly."
"Oh, right. The BDD uses generated intelligences, don't they?"
"more or less."
"We always had a lot of respect for BDD agents in the corps. I mean sure they used moldies, uh, sorry."
"no problem."
"Sure they used Reconstituted Assets, but they're the most noble of the private contractor internals. No foreclosure raids or protest busting or anything. Just, uh, a lot of killing DTs."
"it's a living. sort of. can you find me my trench? i have to get out of here."

Wire 2013/06/20(Thu)23:25 No. 518448 ID: 0eef61
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"Are you sure you don't want to get all the, uh, the blood out, first?" says Sara. "I can-"

There is a knock at the door. Sara lets out an involuntary squeak and then with a staccato click her voice suddenly drops into a smooth, robotic monotone.

"Oh frick. Aw, my fricking vocal inhibitor. I turned it on because when I get really stressed I start to freak out and yell and I don't like to yell and now it goes whenever I'm too excited and I forgot how to turn it off and this guy is totally going to think something's up ok no breathe, Sara. Hooof."

She looks at the zombie in her living room with no small amount of panic.

>>518448
Quietly ask if that's Monica. If not, pull your gun and get out of sight.

What's the stance on cops? Avoid killing them?

>>518448
you can't leave without trenchie. get her to ask who it is and delay while you hide. is there a window around? maybe you can sneak out and come in through a different entrance, maybe even later. no not later, they'll find trenchie. still, you can't be found by cops right now.

We can't just have her stall while we run. If she's found harboring you, the cops will take her in, and everyone can be made to talk eventually. That's a trail of evidence we don't want.

We want to hide while she convinces whoever's out there that everything is normal.

...maybe we could help her with our hacking powers? If she's acting up under stress, or her voice modulator is going crazy, could we help compensate? Make her more natural and confident, temporarily?

can't she get that fixed? uh, whatever, just hide.

Wire 2013/06/21(Fri)14:06 No. 518580 ID: 0eef61
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"where can i-"
"Closet. Quick."
"closet. closetclosetcloset. okay."

73-6 sprints into the closet as Sara tries to calm herself down.

Hey. There's his trenchcoat.
He hears voices from the door.

"Who is- uhmmm Who is it?"
"Sara? Is that you?"
"Yeah, who is this?"
"It's Barduk, can I come in?"
"Barduk? What are you doing here?"
"Is Keesh here?"
"What? Uh, no, she's at work."
"Can I come in?"
"Ohhh-kay. Yes. Come on in."

"Barduk. Barduk?" Monica clicks her tongue. "Well, what do you know?"
"what do you know?"
"What I know by looking at his file and matching his voice to our registry is that Casely Barduk is an officer in Fantoma Vengadores."
"sounds like a smoothie."
"Those guys you killed were Fantoma, Sev. This is a problem."

Not much we can do right now except get the trenchcoat on and see if our spike is in it. We may need to take action quick if something goes down, and a weapon would be really useful.

spike is in the bedroom. However we do have the gun still.

>>518580
Pull your gun out. If he comes too close to the closet we shoot him.

Damn. An associate of those we killed is poking around, asking the neighbors questions?

If we're lucky, she'll talk her way out of this and he'll leave. If not... we'll have to deal with him.

Have the gun ready, I guess, and bemoan the fact we don't have our spike, bare hands killing, or the silencer ability.

...is there anything to hack?

>>518580
put trenchie on.
see if you can magnet yourself to the top of the closet so that you're not seen when the door opens. you'll have to take quick action if you're seen. if you are you need to take him out before he realizes that he's seeing you. but don't shank the girl if she's the one opening the door. if she's opening the door and you're seen grab her hostage, use her as cover and shoot Barduk.

Wire 2013/06/21(Fri)14:42 No. 518592 ID: 0eef61
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73-6 hears the door open and brisk footsteps stride into the apartment.

"Won't you take a seat?"
"No, thanks. I'm fine."
"Oh. Okay."
"I came in to see if you two were all right."
"Uhh, yeah. We're fine. Wanna sit down?"
"I can stand. There was some bad business across the hall the other night, and we didn't take care of the guy who was involved."
"Oh. Jeez."
"Yeah, he slaughtered a half dozen people. Very dangerous. So Keesh is at work?"
"Yeah."
"You two didn't see anything... out of the ordinary last night, did you? Anything suspicious?"
"No, why?"
"Because we've got guys checked the cameras from the exits, and we're pretty sure the guy's still in the building."

She is acting too nervous. He is going to get suspicious. Get ready to kill him if he comes near you.

Try and sound out his location. If he gets close enough to the closet, take him out. We owe this woman a solid, and this guy is part of the group we were meant to tackle.

>"this is what i have to deal with living here #hablife #thecabooseisloose"
...Keisha posted that on a social network. If he's been paying attention, he already knows Sev-three is here. (Although I'm not sure how to use that information, since neither Sev nor Sara know about it).

>Sara
Well thanks for the concern, but I don't think your murder is in here. And I'm able to take care of myself, and half dead anyways.

>do her a solid
>kill him
...that is actually the opposite of helping her. If the bad guys put 2 and 2 together and realize their man was killed in her apartment because she aided us, that makes her a target. Ideally, we want to conceal our involvement and get the hell out when we can.

>>518592
Maybe Sara realizes that they didn't have cameras on the windows?

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"Well, that's scary! Hah. Uh. Good thing you guys are here to protect us."
"Yep. Your remote's under the couch."
"Why are you looking under the couch?"
"No reason."
"Won't you. Um. Won't you have a seat?"

73-6 slowly pulls his trenchcoat on as the footsteps grow closer to the closet.
"Thanks, Sara, but I won't be in your hair for too long. We're just checking everything for people on this floor."
"Why?"
"Well, it's probably nothing, but you never know if the guy's hiding somewhere. The vents were open and everything. You don't want to be alone in here with him, that's for sure. What's this door?"
"That's, uh, my room. No, it's the closet."
"Do you mind if I-"
"Um. I. That is. Uh. Well, um-"