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DiscoDude: Session logging commenced
Kalos: ======================
Kalos: Keith
Kalos: roll me any repair skill
Keith: .ra 12 (electronic repairs something, the sheet cut the rest off)
Pseudobot: <@!Keith> Rolled against 12 (electronic repairs something, the sheet cut the rest off). Result: [2,5,3] = 10. Margin of Success: 2. Success
Kalos: the vent is popped open
Kalos: and you can clamber on up and inside... gecko gear is with you, right?
Keith: Indeed!
Miri: (yep!)
Keith: Keith gives Miri a thumbs-up, then climbs inside the vent.
Keith: (I am now reminded)
Keith: (Of the thumbs-up mowdown of our random stories)
Keith: (Good times)
Miri: (YES)
Kalos: You enter in, Varen guiding you through many different vents- "It is a good thing you are so small, keith." she commented. "or you would not fit through this next one-"
Kalos: a small vent., splitting off from a hub, that leads to darkness. but wit your hyperspectral vision, you can see it ends in a grating
Kalos: you must roll escape or DX
Kalos: to try to fit
Miri: (to be clear, Keith is going in on his own, and Miri pretty much has to stay behind, right?)
Kalos: (mhm)
Miri: (because she physically cannot fit)
Keith: (Yeah, she's too big for the next bit, and'd have to roll from the beginning)
Keith: <@Kalos> can I roll DX +3 for flexibility?
Kalos: yes.
Keith: Alright!
Keith: .ra 14 (DX plus flex)
Pseudobot: <@!Keith> Rolled against 14 (DX plus flex). Result: [4,4,2] = 10. Margin of Success: 4. Success
Keith: nice
Keith: Also
Keith: <@Kalos> , I assume that Keith and Miri traded hypercomms
Kalos: Oh. yes. probably.
Kalos: <@!Miri> ?
Keith: because Keith's hypercomm was left behind, wasn't it?
Kalos: yea.
Miri: (yeah, that works)
Keith: anyways, <@Kalos> , MOS 4
Kalos: Moving on then, you manave to crawl all the way up to the grating
Kalos: ANd it's a bedroom-.... though one issue remains. WHile struko is not in the bedroom, on the IR spectrum, there is a sleeping figure that looks like a goldie on her bed
Kalos: and the slab is leaning against the wall on a dresser.
Keith: <Hm... I see the general shape of a goldie in Struko's bed... Is there any way to know if they are trained to scream bloody murder in the comms?>
Keith: <Then again... The goldie could be in ragdoll mode...>
Kalos: <Not as far as I know.>
Kalos: Varen: <Do you have a sonic stunner?>
Keith: <I do have a sonic stunner.>
Keith: Keith begins taking out his sonic stunner
Kalos: <Goldies have no particular immunity.>
Kalos: <you must take out the grating.>
Keith: Keith begins evaluating the grating, to see which way it can be taken down.
Keith: <Hm, I worry this could provoke a noise...>
Kalos: There are basically two screw holes at the top
Kalos: and its hinged at the bottom
Keith: Keith takes out the screws while his tail holds the vent, so it doesn't flip open suddenly.
Keith: .ra 12 (repair skill)
Pseudobot: <@!Keith> Rolled against 12 (repair skill). Result: [3,6,6] = 15. Margin of Failure: 3. Failure
Keith: Sorry if I antecipated a roll you didn't need me to roll
Keith: we can ignore this if you want
Keith: help
Kalos: don't worry
Kalos: you have luck :3
Kalos: a roll's needed because well
Kalos: the screws screw in from the outside.
Keith: .rab 2
Pseudobot: <@!Keith> is rolling 2 times.
Result 1: [3,4,2] = 9.
Result 2: [4,5,6] = 15.
Keith: I'll take the nine
Kalos: with some fiddling with the hinges, you manage to get the thing removed in the 'wrong' way.
Kalos: and can thus tip the vent 'up'
Kalos: roll stealth
Kalos: dont crit fail
Kalos: (which luck did you use)
Kalos: (btw?)
Keith: (My own, not calendar)
Keith: .ra 11 (stealth)
Pseudobot: <@!Keith> Rolled against 11 (stealth). Result: [6,6,2] = 14. Margin of Failure: 3. Failure
Keith: it is not a crit fail
Kalos: .r
Pseudobot: <@!Kalos> Rolled 3d. Result: (3+4+6) = 13
Kalos: the goldie does not stir
Kalos: what do?
Kalos: you're still in the vent
Keith: Keith activates his gecko gear and begins climbing his way out of the vent. First by getting upside-down, and then climbing on the ceiling just outside the vent, while his feet glues to the ceiling of the vent, so he does not fall.
Kalos: roll climbing
Kalos: dont crit fail
Keith: .ra 11 (climbing hooo)
Pseudobot: <@!Keith> Rolled against 11 (climbing hooo). Result: [4,3,6] = 13. Margin of Failure: 2. Failure
Kalos: 👍
Keith: Not critfailing, but these rolls
Kalos: flexiibility and gecko gear included
Kalos: you pass
Kalos: what now?
Keith: Keith looks around trying to check out the room, before climbing on the ceiling over the top of the goldie, taking off his stun pistol with his tail, and taking careful aim...
Kalos: Shooting the goldie?
Keith: I am a monster, I know
Keith: but yes, it is just a stun...
Kalos: watch it critfail
Kalos: and gain a neurological disorder
Keith: <@Kalos> what are the modifiers?
Keith: for the skill roll?
Kalos: -3 sized. 0 for range
Kalos: gun's acc bonus
Keith: .ra 13 (stun pew pew)
Pseudobot: <@!Keith> Rolled against 13 (stun pew pew). Result: [2,6,5] = 13. Margin of Success: 0. Success
Kalos: .r
Pseudobot: <@!Kalos> Rolled 3d. Result: (6+2+3) = 11
Kalos: you... don't really know if it worked or not
Kalos: it is afteral, asleep
Keith: ht-3
Keith: Keith... Approaches, and slowly raises the cover, still aiming at the goldie with his stun pistol at all time, ready to shoot if they stir awake
Kalos: (cover, to the bed?)
Keith: (Yeah, trying to uncover the goldie)
Kalos: it does not move.
Kalos: by your experience, you have about a minute or two
Kalos: before it can wake up again
Keith: Keith checks if the goldie has an implant port
Kalos: it does.
Keith: <Goldie out for a minute or two, has implant.>
Kalos: rubbing around through its neck fur
Kalos: you can spot the ports
Keith: Keith covers them back up, before directing himself to the place where the slab is... The top of the wardrobe.
Kalos: it's just sitting there
Kalos: some coordinates on it, the last couple digits of which shift slightly
Keith: Keith grabs it...
Kalos: your implant piecing it together as the moments go by to a globular cluster nearby
Kalos: Runi: <Can you sneak out with it? if you can't, destroy it now.>
Keith: <I have an idea.>
Keith: Keith... Takes the slab... And puts it against his ear and mouth, like a telephone
Keith: "Fama, are you there?"
Kalos: you hear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK92DUyyngc
Kalos: very quietly
Kalos: and then:
FAMA: "Who's this?"
Keith: "It is me, Keith Smith. You perhaps remember me of a while ago. I was with Adem and the rest of the crew... Adem was rather entertaining to you... For some time."
Miri: (<I never knew you had a last name.>)
Amoni Steeltower: (Same)
Keith: (IT's been on my sheet like day one)
Kalos: Fama, the enigmatic, echo-ey voiced: "Well, what are you calling me about?"
Keith: "Well, I got one of your slabs, and I really liked your shirt... I wore it while I watched you punch those ships to bits. If you could do me a favor and send this slab over to mom- er, Runi, and give her a shirt too, I would be very, very grateful."
Kalos: Fama: "Who's runi?"
Keith: "Oh, just a person who is very dear to me... Also... It is kind of a secret, but I work for her."
Kalos: Fama: "one moment."
Kalos: THere's a pause, perhaps 5 seconds or so
Kalos: your vision flashes to something strange: https://youtu.be/Fi2PPHEqXsw?t=3040
Kalos: lasting for approximately 20 seconds, finally shifting over to one of the 'blocks' pictured...
Kalos: and then you're back to reality
Kalos: The slab is gone.
Kalos: Runi: <What the fuck?>
Keith: <You are welcome.>
Keith: <You can thank Fama more than me for this, also for the shirt. Welcome to the club.>
Kalos: Runi: .<.. Good job. now get out of there. This is the tablet, it looks like>
Kalos: <it just fell on my table.>
Keith: <I expected it to fall on your lap. Is the shirt too tight-fitting?>
Keith: Keith walks over to the goldie, pats them, covers them back up, then begins to climb on the wall.
Keith: <Also, can you check on the cameras how Miri is doing?>
Kalos: Runi: <This is actually a pretty good shirt.>
Kalos: Varen: <The cameras show no issues.>
Keith: <Good.>
Keith: Keith, after doing that stuff with the Goldie, then clambers up into the vent.
Kalos: roll climbing, escape
Keith: .ra 11 ( climbing)
Pseudobot: <@!Keith> Rolled against 11 ( climbing). Result: [4,3,6] = 13. Margin of Failure: 2. Failure
Kalos: success
Keith: .ra 14 (dx plus flex)
Kalos: and roll repair if you're gonna undo what you did for the vent
Pseudobot: <@!Keith> Rolled against 14 (dx plus flex). Result: [2,1,4] = 7. Margin of Success: 7. Success
Keith: .ra 12 (repair)
Pseudobot: <@!Keith> Rolled against 12 (repair). Result: [1,2,1] = 4. Margin of Success: 8. Critical Success
Keith: 👀
Amoni Steeltower: ( 👀 )
Keith: eyyy
Kalos: you fixed her air vent so good it doesn't squeek ever again
Kalos: and you can make your wait out, back to Miri
Kalos: seemingly empty handed to her eyes
Amoni Steeltower: (radios?)
Amoni Steeltower: (She would have heard, I'd imagine)
Kalos: (miri has no radio)
Keith: Keith returns to Miri! <@!Miri>
Kalos: (that will work through all the vents)
Keith: ( Hypercomm was lended to Keith)
Amoni Steeltower: (Ah okay)
Keith: (And Keith used his own to hook up the PC infiltration)
Amoni Steeltower: (ANd I meant that. Its a really fancy and advanced radio...)
Miri: <Shit, Keith, you almost gave me a heart attack there. Calling on Fama?>
Miri: <I mean, I can't argue your results, but...holy shit.>
Keith: Keith shrugs <I mean...>
Keith: <Why let an eldritch fear get in the way of a good mission accomplished... And a good shirt?>
Keith: <Things got a bit trippy for a moment... But it was a good trip.>
Kalos: Varen sent some more pathfinding data
Kalos: Varen: <this is the fastest way out of the compound.>
Keith: <Any signs of Struko?>
Keith: Keith offers the brick back to Miri
Keith: "Here, your hypercomm."
Kalos: <Struko does not appear to be in the building.>
Keith: <Should we wait until she is back to strike...?>
Keith: <Should I try to lure her?>
Kalos: <Varen: For right now your mission is to escape this part of the building.>
Keith: <We shall.>
Kalos: <We do not have forces in place to save you>
Kalos: Runi: <I'm shutting the slab into a vault>
Keith: <I assume you will take the one in our mantle as well?>
Keith: Keith starts following the traced path
Keith: As if this was some sort of advanced MMO
Kalos: Runi: <I think we have to. to preserve security. at least for now.>
Kalos: soon enough, you reach a rear exit door, after winding through many hallways
Kalos: 'caution: door automatically locks'
Kalos: that will let out to a sort of alleyway
Miri: <Don't need to tell us twice. Let's go, Keith!>
Keith: Keith opens the door, and offers passage to Miri, like a gentleman
Keith: "Pretty cyborg ladies first.~"
Miri: winks at Keith and goes through.
Keith: Keith follows right after... But he has an idea
Keith: Keith takes out the bandage spray from his first aid kit
Keith: Keith then sprays bandage spray in the locking mechanism of the door
Keith: Keith lets the door go, slowly
Kalos: the door slowly swings back to its closed position, annndd...
Kalos: .r
Pseudobot: <@!Kalos> Rolled 3d. Result: (5+4+4) = 13
Kalos: the mechanism jams up, and it doesn't properly close
Keith: <Varen.>
Kalos: slightly left open
Kalos: V:<Keith.>
Keith: <Mark this door up, jammed it on my exit. May be an useful entry point.>
Kalos: Varen: <understood.>
Keith: Keith then follows Miri
Keith: <Well. Time to go meet the crew back up!>
Miri: <Yeah. It's time we finished this.>
Kalos: <#269999224957960203>
Kalos: Once again, you're taken to the alleyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiHYx9NX4DM
Kalos: <@!Keith> <@!Miri>
Kalos: Struko is remarkably close, only 40 or so meters away, mostly upward
Kalos: 50 minutes remain
Keith: Keith carefully opens the door, peering inside to make sure nobody sees the duo coming, before ushering Miri in and then going in himself.
Kalos: No one is within. this is essentially a fire escape entrance
Miri: <So close...>
Kalos: Varen: <Struko is currently dining with what are believed to be her kingpins.>
Keith: <Let's just start walking towards there...>
Keith: Keith says, using the map to path there.
Keith: And then going as close as he can, before a checkpoint.
Keith: <If you want, instead, we could try to deal with the IT issue.>
Keith: <Though, Struko is... Incredibly important.>
Kalos: speaking of
Kalos: what gear are you bringing
Miri: (Sonic Stun Tonfa and Pistol, if that works?)
Keith: (Miri also should have her biosuit)
Keith: (That can turn into nurse uniform)
Kalos: (Sure.. pistol and tonfa work)
Keith: (Keith has his biosuit and... Everything on his sheet other than the ON ROOM and LEFT BEHIND)
Keith: (CORRECTION)
Keith: (Neural pacifier on first aid)
Keith: (And the rest is correct)
Kalos: There are no checkpoints, in fact, you'll only really get stopped when you reach basically the hallway to where Struko is.
Kalos: Wherein, there's a couple people as 'enforcers' standing on guard- and a quick verification thing basically shows they aren't struko's men
Kalos: wearing hardsuits and standing around- merely glancing at you as you came around a corner... or didn't. because simply put, varen would have warned you
Kalos: and said Varen<She is having lunch with a partner I believe.>
Keith: <A single one?> Keith asks, waiting right before the corner
Kalos: <Yes. and 2 of her upper ranking members.>
Kalos: <the cameras don't have good enough audio.>
Keith: <We can blunder in with the excuse that we were exploring...>
Keith: <But I don't think this will get us in that easily>
Keith: How long until the charge?
Kalos: charge is in 45 minutes.
Keith: <What do you think we should do in this situation, Miri?>
Miri: <Well, far as I can tell we got three options: bluff, distract, or disable.>
Keith: <We are not equipped for disabling, they have hardsuits up in here.>
Keith: <But I can bluff, and I have a subject.>
Keith: <Well, a subject to talk with Struko.>
Keith: Keith breathes in deeply
Keith: <I am going over there, if you want to tell me to not to, this is the time.>
Miri: <Yeah...our best bet is to wait till the assault begins, and make sure we're close enough to her to make the capture, right?>
Keith: <We gotta only give chase, make sure she does not disappear, so that Amoni and Adem can strike. They have hardsuits and big guns. And we are in enemy territory with very light equipment.>
Keith: Keith begins to walk out, and move out past the corner he was waiting behind, before walking over to the two bodyguards and then... Trying to move past them, as if there was nothing wrong with him doing that.
Kalos: as you try to move past them one of them puts their hand out- "buddy, place is reserved for now"
Kalos: .r
Pseudobot: <@!Kalos> Rolled 3d. Result: (1+1+3) = 5
Keith: what was that
Kalos: a reaction roll.
Kalos: It will take a wishing luck to reroll this, I think
Keith: uh
Keith: My wishing luck is recharged
Keith: let's reroll this bad boy
Keith: .rab 2
Pseudobot: <@!Keith> is rolling 2 times.
Result 1: [3,6,4] = 13.
Result 2: [6,3,2] = 11.
Keith: not good, but not immediately horseshit
Kalos: from within, a voice calls:
Kalos: "Eh, you can let 'im in. I'm just finishing up." from an unfamiliar voice
Kalos: a purple and dark green avali woman sitting across from struko said
Kalos: the guards shrugged, and let you walk past.
guard: "nevermind."
Keith: Keith's praise in Kahulteg grows
Keith: <@!Miri> you coming too?
Miri: smiles at the goons and follows Keith in.
Keith: Keith walks on in, looking curiously around, as if unaware of what is going on.
Kalos: Struko looks over- "Oh, its you two. Couldn't wait for the dinner?"
Kalos: One of the others gets up, and starts to leave- one of struko's kingpins, that is
Keith: "We... Were exploring." Keith says, with a surprised expression
Kalos: leaving only Struko, mystery Avali, and one other, a lizard of sorts,
Keith: "We're new here after all. Is this usual at this time or...?"
Keith: Keith starts calmly walking in, before taking a seat
Kalos: "Meet Moshka" Struko says, gesturing to the avali.
"She's the one providing a lot of the deets on upper end mods."
Kalos: The avali gives a smile back. "And you two?" looking to Keith and Miri
Keith: Keith almost rushes to shake Moshka's hand! "Keith, Keith Smith, my pleasure!"
Miri: "Miri Khlass, professional rogue, at your service," Miri says with a smile and a bow.
Keith: "I'm her partner in crime so to speak."
Kalos: Moshka :"'course, course."
Struko remains digging into her plate- some algal-grown meat.
Kalos: Moshka: "Probably last time you'll be seeing me, I'm hardly ever here. Just swung by for a visit."
Kalos: Struko: "You might be interested in hearing this, keith.:"
Kalos: Struko: "Moshka here a couple years ago found a descendant of Vaemore's. she was just so preciously innocent."
Kalos: Struko: "And what she wanted most of all, was a galaxy that didn't stifle her in wanting to develop pets for ownership."
Keith: "Hmmm... Was she into pokemon or anything...?"
Keith: "Just a guess."
Kalos: Moshka blinked.
Kalos: Moshka: "Yea, actually."
Keith: "I mean... It is extremely popular..."
Kalos: (who's ready for gen MXVII? )
Amoni Steeltower: (heh)
Kalos: Moshka: "She was brilliant, just like the old bastard himself- though at least seemingly without the murderous tendencies."
Kalos: Moshka: "She has nearly no interest in microbes."
Kalos: Moshka looked to struko, and said . "Is he a budding gengineer?"
Kalos: Struko shook her head. "No, he's just gone and made himself into a pet, I haven't touched his DNA, he was like this when I met him" she joked (?)
Keith: "I-I am not a pet!" Keith blurts out
Miri: grins, but internally groans. <Where is this conversation going, y'think?...>
Keith: "It is not my fault that mods designed for survival and pet-making are the same!"
Kalos: Moshka: "I suppose, but what kind of apocalypse are you expecting you don't look like a weapon, but I get the air you're not really quite natural."
Keith: Keith grabs his cheeks and pulls them apart somewhat far "Mayhaps the bioplastic skin gives that impression?"
Keith: Keith then let them go, like rubber bands
Kalos: Moshka: "S'least part of it. can I hold you?"
Keith: Keith raises his arms up "Not going to stop you."
Keith: Keith looks to the side, a bit bashfully
Keith: "Though it is nice to have someone appreciate my mods..."
Miri: <You know you don't have to just let them treat you like a plush toy.>
Kalos: She leaned in, more or less picking Keith up and putting him in her lap, sitting him upright, one hand petting down his back fur- she seems quite a lot nicer than struko about this, at least.
Keith: <She's... being nice, and she knows biomods...>
Kalos: Moshka: "And you're a cyborg, right? Not looking for a new bod, are you?" looking to Miri
Kalos: "THough, a really quite good good cyborg- who made your model?"
Miri: "Sorsteuberson. Gernaff Sorsteuberson. Of Aisoph IV. Deceased, sorry to say."
Kalos: Moshka"Shame. descendants?"
Miri: "Just a grandson, but I don't think he's in the cybernetics industry."
Keith: Keith... Who might have been petted for a while now, starts to let out a low purr.
Amoni Steeltower: (This is mildly awkward)
Kalos: Struko: "Well now, If I didn't know any better you're enjoying it from Moshka~"
Kalos: Moshka: "And such is talent lost."
Keith: "Hey... It is not my fault that she makes it feels good..."
Kalos: "Anyway, I need to go, thanks for the petting~" Moshka says putting keith down beside her
Kalos: and starting to get up, taking her bag off her chair
Keith: "The feeling is mutual. Do you have a catalog?"
Keith: Keith starts to set his suit back in place
Kalos: "Oh yes, why don't you have my card-" you get sent a business card. and on it was a hypersite link to "Witty Bird genetics"....
Keith: "Nice card." Keith smiles, before walking over to Struko, and sitting besides her
Kalos: Moshka starts for the exit
Kalos: and the guard follow her, the kingpin who's sat silent remains.
Keith: < The Avali leaving here is Moshka, here's her business card. >
Kalos: Kingpin: "So these are the recruits, Struko? said they were old Narirelan spies?"
Kalos: Runi <Oh, them, I've heard of them before. Where they're at in the galaxy, sapient pets are legal, they're not in Narirela.>
Kalos: <Though what Struko is doing totally is, still.>
Keith: "I don't think we said the country we are from..."
Kalos: Struko nodded- "oh, not like she cares."
Kalos: 30 minutes remain
Keith: "I went through the pet processing area, I have two complaints..." Keith says, crossing his arms
Miri: sits down as well. If there's another seat next to Struko, she takes it; otherwise she sits by Keith. If there are no seats, she remains standing behind and between them.
Keith: (I like that you have plan a, b and c, like Keith did)
Kalos: There's a seat next to struko, on the opposite side, Miri takes a seat in
Kalos: Struko: "Oh? what'd you think?"
Keith: "Circle one and circle two are uninspired names."
Keith: "And if you name a series of room circles, you need to go to nine."
Kalos: "but they're nice and short, and easy to remember, you gotta admit."
Keith: "I have a counter point."
Kalos: "We're torturing people, we're not making a stage play."
Keith: "Circle one could be called Unnassisted Suffering Cells. Descriptive and a bit inspired. Easy to remember, Three words."
Miri: winces internally at how forthright Struko is about it.
Keith: "Circle two could be called Assisted Suffering Room. Again, descriptive and a bit inspired. Hard to forget, and again, Three words."
Amoni Steeltower: (Suggering)
Kalos: (sugarring sounds great)
Kalos: she shrugs. "maybe some day you'll become like my fellow here" she pointed to the politely silent kingpin,. "I'll name it whatever you want. but for now, circle 2 has a nice ring to it in my head."
Keith: Keith rolls his eyes
Kalos: the kingpin slowly started to get up- "ANyway, Struko, We'll continue another time, when your 'friends' aren't here."
Keith: Keith looks at the kingpin "Hey, did I catch your name?"
Kalos: "nope~"
Kalos: he leeaves, a sort of grin on his face
Keith: "Rude..." Keith chuckles
Miri: <Runi, any idea who that last guy was?>
Kalos: Runi: <Naberim- he runs operations somewhere else.>
Kalos: Struko idly smiled. "Well, we can have our dinner now- or are you two full?"
Kalos: "A toast, to a deadbeat well killed."
Keith: "I am hungry. I'm up for some food."
Keith: "Speaking of the deadbeat."
Keith: "When we were surgically removing the ears of a cold dead corpse. We noticied a tiny nodule."
Keith: "A chip."
Keith: "We quickly figured out that it was... Well, you know, wife beater and all."
Keith: "So, we took it out and wrapped it in foil. Because..."
Kalos: (I gotta brb and move a car)
Keith: "We don't want the fucking police to even get a hair of an idea that we are here. Do you have any idea if our faces get around to the people we used to be knights to?"
Keith: "I know you wanted the ears because of that, to prove that it was the real deal..."
Keith: "But I don't want to imagine what could have happened if the darn thing went off in a freak accident!"
Kalos: Truko will answer next time, to be continued!
Kalos: !end
