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    SCREE SCREAM SCREE YIP YEER REEEY SCWAAA THUMP

    Well... it's quiet now. There is a boulder sitting next to a pile of broken wolf statue fragments with some colorful feathers sticking out from underneath.

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    Success? More or less.

    Anima waves to the plants that they can calm down, and sighs. It's not like she could, herself, de-petrify anyone anyway. But now it's going to be huntress-only-knows how long before the white wolf reappears, gets herself back in order, and finds them again. Rust is going to kill her when she gets back to town, if some other monster doesn't literally kill her out here.
    "Well, you guys did catch it." she says, putting warmth into her voice.
    She steps up to help the darker wolves out of the tangle, and, if nothing interrupts her, to shrink the boulder back down.
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    Now there is a damp, really flat, and slightly torn-up fox pelt with a tiny pebble on top that has Rhode Island Red tail feathers that are only a little mangled and bent.

    It is very dead.

    The stone white wolf fragments... remain stone white wolf fragments: the thing dieing did not somehow reverse the effects of its bite.

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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    Haia comes back online shortly after Hunter's mount lands, having gone into power-saving mode for want of a better activity. She blinks and looks around, taking in the vaguely familiar sight of the hideout Hunter had brought her to when they first met. Home, sweet home.
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    [Flatfox]

    The wolves regard the flattened creature curiously, not quite sure what to make of it at first. Is it a fox? Foxes are good to chase. A bird? Birds are important, a great foe this was, to take down a bird. A lizard? It seems kind of lizardy. Bony, unpleasant creatures, lizards are.
    Is it good to eat, anyway?

    Its probably best that it doesn't de-petrify things. Wouldn't want a bunch of shattered bits of wolf meat strewn around.
    Anima takes her pebble back, and repeats her stone-shrinking to collect the broken wolf statue.

    [Hunter's Hideout]

    Hunter also brightens up upon getting home.
    "Okay, Haia. You needed maintenance, remember? Display your documentation, and I'll go through the first steps you recommended."
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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    Hunter also brightens up upon getting home.
    "Okay, Haia. You needed maintenance, remember? Display your documentation, and I'll go through the first steps you recommended."
    [Hunter's Hideout]

    Haia nods. "You will need a clear space to work, clean and free of any large particulates. Then you will need to access my core processor and activate a system reset. You do that by connecting a USB cable to the port in my skull and a compatible system, opening the command prompt, and running 'RESTART.exe'. It is a basic procedure, which should not take very long."
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    "USB? Isn't that an antique technology? Like vinyl records?"
    Hunter looks back and forth for a moment.
    "We probably still have some in the basement, from the old days. Follow me."
    It takes a minute of hunting through stacks of cables, but they should be able to find a dusty laptop and an awkwardly short USB cable.
    Hunter asks the robot to turn off her cloak while she plugs in...
    Last edited by Recaiden; 2021-10-06 at 07:48 PM.
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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    Naturally, Haia complies, turning off her cloak and sitting patiently, waiting for Hunter to plug in.

    When she does, though, Haia will have something to say:

    "Have you been to Berlin? It's lovely this time of year."
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    Not really very good to eat: kinda smelly, kinda bony, and a bit muddy now. The feathers might have been nice, but they're a bit mangled now... though they will still work as spell or true-enchantment ingridents for anything calling for cockatrice feathers.

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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    Hunter just shushes Haia and runs the indicated program.
    Poor machine really must need a memory fix, if she's asking these weird questions for no topical reason.

    [Flatfox]

    Anima plucks a few feathers from the foxatrice and turns away, stepping back the way they came, with the wolves following at her heels now.

    You know, while she can't turn someone back from being petrified herself, she could probably find someone to restore that statue of a hunter that they passed. Just need to shrink it down and bring it to a certain wizard. That could be interesting.
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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    >RESTART.EXE

    Well, that was easy. With any luck, that reset would fix her memory glitche-


    Security Exception: Insufficient Privileges

    ACCESS
    DENIED


    If the red system text weren't ominous enough, this is about when Haia's very skeletal-looking hand is going to shoot forward, aimed at grabbing Hunter around the throat. Whether successful or not, her skull-like head will turn to face Hunter, tilted quizzically.
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    Oh, that's not so bad. She just has to find the 'run as administrator' option, or whatever it's called. What was it called, again?

    Except that she's interrupted by Haia grabbing her.
    "Stop that." Hunter calmly tells the machine.
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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    In a tranquil display of her usual servility, Haia releases Hunter from her grip.

    Overhand.

    At fastball speeds.

    Classic Haia.

    The gynoid stands and pulls the USB from her skull, closing the panel with a soft click before resuming her approach toward Hunter.
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    Hunter sails across the room, catches a (n apparently well-anchored) filing cabinet with a hand, and does a midair flip before landing on her feet before Haia.

    "Haia, disregard whatever you're remembering, sit down, replace the cable, and remain still." she instructs the machine, although she has an inkling of what the GAL is up to now. Still, the robot should listen.
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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    "Insufficient privileges. Countermand denied. Access denied." Haia croons, in her smooth for-humans voice. She advances on Hunter steadily, in an unhurried pace, casually ripping up a workbench as she passes and throwing it toward the exit; she didn't need to worry about catching Hunter quickly if she couldn't leave.
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    Wow. They really take security seriously where Haia's from. An illegal operation doesn't just cause the command to fail, but sends the robot into a destructive rampage?
    ...or Haia was at some point ordered not to let herself be reset.

    "Hmm...what access is available at the current privilege level?" Hunter asks, not exactly smoothly, but not worried either.
    She reaches down and draws that same flaming sword - it was not on her belt a moment ago, but that doesn't stop it from magically being in her hand now.

    Oof. Shame about that bench. And the door.
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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    "User Hunter has no privileges." Haia begins, pausing only briefly when she sees the sword; she remembered its ability to harm her, at least. "Security clearance level zero. Unauthorized user. Additionally, you are subject to standing order B-3811-N, and will be terminated immediately." Haia grabs a handy implement and advances. "Please hold still."
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    "Ah, but you are incorrect."
    Hunter does not hold still. In fact, as Haia advances, she steps up and swings her sword, downward and left to right. She seems to move very quickly as she does so; much faster than she was out in the hunting Grounds.
    "You acknowledged me as the owner of this machine, after all."
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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    "Irrelevant." Haia counters, stepping back to avoid the slash and following up immediately with throwing the wrench in her hand at Hunter's face. "Under the terms of standing order B-3811-N, user Hunter has had their credentials altered. This order has been issued by Internal State Security - no civilian may countermand it, let alone any foreign agent."
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    "Maybe."

    The wrench bounces off of Hunter's face somewhat like it were rubber hitting a stone wall. But not quite; rather it's perfectly reflected from her in a way objects never quite do in normal conditions.
    "You're admittedly a tool that I didn't master the use of."

    She steps forward, twists her arm, and slashes again in the opposite direction.
    "Remind me of the priority of your robot laws again? Were you instructed to destroy yourself?" Or will she do it any way if it's the only way to fulfill an order?
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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    "If I can not destroy you, yes." Haia replies, stepping back a second time and grabbing a nearby toolbox, tossing it toward Hunter's ankles in an attempt to trip her up. "I contain sensitive information. I can not allow anyone who has accessed my brain directly to discover it; that would compromise state security. If you manage to incapacitate me, I will overheat my power core until my memory banks are irretrievable. I would not survive the process."
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    Hunter manages to jump over the toolbox (although theis will make her movement rather predictable for a moment) Oh, damn, that's going to be a pain to clean up. Screwdrivers and sockets scattered everywhere.

    Now, personally she doesn't care about state secrets of a nation she's never heard of and will probably never hear about again. She has no idea if learning them would be good, bad, or completely pointless. And she's not sure how she would get the data in the first place...
    "You should skip ahead to self-destruction." She suggests. "There's a lot of things I don't do while out casually hunting because of how unsporting it would be. Here, you don't have a chance." This is not strictly true. She really was holding back earlier, but there's always a chance.
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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    While Hunter is still in the air, Haia surges forward and attempts to tackle her again, in such a way as to pin her arms to her sides. This was the kind of attack that would probably decide the outcome of the fight; if she succeeded, she'd have Hunter pinned and could probably crush the woman in her arms, now that she wasn't operating under "detain her and wait for police". If she failed, she was going to be within evisceration range and definitely not going to have the time to withdraw before Hunter scores a key blow.

    "I am compelled by the third law to attempt your downfall first." Haia drones. "Even in a partially-destroyed state, I can carry out what needs to be done. My cranium can function independent of my chasis; so long as my power core remains untouched, I can self-destruct even in that state."
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    It occurs to Hunter that Haia is telling her how she might be stopped. Is this a cry for help from the part of the robot's programming that wants to stay alive? All else being equal(ish), give them an out? Or is it just that the machine is succumbing to the (admittedly very tempting) desire to monologue about how inevitable its success is? Shouldn't she try, just in case it's the first one?

    A hasty plan comes together. Isolate the cranium. Prevent overheating. Access the power core. That should be ... possible.
    Just needs the right timing.

    Step 1. As the robot's arms close around her, Hunter exchanges position with the swirling air just behind Haia. No more teleporting until the lengthy recharge cycle finishes, but she shouldn't need another opening.

    Step 2. Hunter comes around with a quick chop that aims to separate Haia's head from its shoulders.

    Step 3. Regardless of how well that went, Haia could start to self-destruct at any moment. Hunter tries to aim her other hand at the robot's head, and invokes the power of the ice mantis (from the hunt those months ago that the paladin nearly interrupted) to encase the machine in a block of snow and rime. That might just keep her cool long enough for a real solution.
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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    Haia blinks as her arms close around thin air, stumbling forward as she tries to recover her balance. Where did Hunter go? Had she somehow been decieved?

    And that's when nearly all her hardware goes offline simultaneously. She glances down and sees the melted portion of her neck where Hunter had chopped cleanly through, just in time for the whole assemblage to fall over, sending her head rolling across the floor.

    She didn't have any chance of eliminating Hunter. She'd just have to do as she promised and overheat. At this point, her processor starts running random commands; she won't be thinking lucidly, since there's no rhyme or reason to it. But Hunter's trick does an effective job of limiting how hot she can get.

    Plan successful.
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    Step 4. Go upstairs and...

    Step 3.5, put the sword on your belt and clear away the blockage Haia threw in front of the door.

    Okay, back to Step 4. Run upstairs, and come back with a certain energy-draining blade, a snake, and a roll of tape. These can be combined in the obvious way to form a setup that will stop Haia from overheating even when the ice starts to melt away.

    And then, Hunter can...physically separate the processor, memory, and/or power supply?
    She still doesn't have any passwords or credentials, and there's no way Haia would let her input any even if she did.

    This is going to take the help of a technician who actually knows what they're doing.
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    [Hunter's Hideout]

    As Hunter sets about trying to see if she can disconnect a key component to temporarily shut Haia down, she might notice the breaker switch in that same cavity in the robot's skull. It shouldn't be possible for Haia to turn herself back on if she uses that method, but if she doesn't want to risk it, the power cell also disconnects, though it's very hot and continues to be even after it's extracted. Any tools Hunter uses for this process are going to be bent and deformed, and if she touches it herself, even if she has some sort of resistance to heat, it won't be pleasant.

    After that, there's the issue of finding a technician. How does Hunter go about doing that?
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

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    Default [Hunter's Hideout]

    After a bit of fiddling around with the robot head, the power cell is removed, and that should stabilize everything. The fact that her best wrench was ruined by the incredible heat is unfortunate, but wrenches are easier to replace than mysterious robots with state secrets.
    It didn't sound like Haia had a distinct self-destruct mechanism built in. Wouldn't she have used it by now if she did?

    The first thing Hunter tries is going out into town and talking to the merchants and other hunters. People use all sorts of gear out here, so perhaps a robot-cyber-information specialist isn't too unlikely?
    But it is, after all, unlikely. So when that probably fails to turn up anyone, she's going to call MERC, and see if they have or know someone up to the task.
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    [Hunter's Hideout (and Surrounding Areas)]

    "Never seen that model before in my life."

    "No idea what that is."

    "Is that a T-800?! Sick, du- oh nevermind."

    "Hell no, I'm not touching that thing."

    "I'll give you twenty dollars for it."

    That just about exhausts the locals, unless Hunter wants to follow up with one of them.
    Who're you? ...Don't matter.

    Want some rye? 'Course ya do!


    Here's to us.
    Who's like us?
    Damn few,
    and they're aaall dead.


    *gushes unintelligibly over our cat, Sunshine*

    [Nexus characters, grouped by setting:
    Ouroboros: here
    Maesda: here
    Others: here
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