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    "...All right, I've got to admit; that's a good look for you." Rose says to Kraygor as the shuttle passes over Skyside. Said shuttle was on autopilot; both she and Kraygor would be able to move around freely without risking them crashing into the side of a building.

    Rose herself was using this time to put the finishing touches on their lures; a shoddily-assembled go-kart, and herself. Little things mostly... bits of carbon scoring on the kart, a pheromone-laced perfume behind the ears on herself, that sort of thing.
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    Krayger is just happy that this shuttle somehow is tall enough to keep him from scraping his horns on the ceiling. He picked out a simple set of denim pants and a vest. Staying casual is good, just a different kind of casual from his norm. And a hat for good measure.
    "So what exactly is it that you need me to do for this plan?" He has no idea what she's spraying on herself but it smells foul. Probably because he isn't the target audience for what she's using.
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    "Ideally, nothing." Rose replies, tying up the slack on her shirt, putting a little more emphasis on her figure. "You're the backup. You know, in case things go wrong. You don't immediately show off that you have backup, that's... well, that's just not done." She ruffles her hair a little bit and drops her hands, giving a little "well, there" gesture. "How do I look?" She asks. "Pretty, a little desperate and frustrated?"
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    "Hmm," Gharol says, considering what he said. "That's pretty smart. Most people I know would just take the opportunity and just do whatever they wanted, not caring about what might happen after."
    His value just went up in her eyes. Sure, he's not really her type, but...he thinks things through. Definitely worth giving a chance.

    She looks at the half-elf. "The fact that she struggled and got so injured from the previous match...wouldn't that invite a lot of people to bet against her? Or are so many betters just so short-sighted that they can't see it'll get harder over time? If bets are still open, I'm going to put money on her losing." This'll come from her personal 'for emergencies' money that her boss doesn't know about, since her boss didn't give enough to cover all the mermaid-transformation fees in their delivery today.


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    Figures she'd get another race-change, but still not get a pause menu or an inventory or a quest log or anything else that one girl she met before had. Not to mention, she now can't really walk, either. She just keeps on getting all the worst races. Seriously, game developers, the 'quest log' shouldn't be race-specific. That's just dumb.

    The merbat...stays in the water. It's not like she can do much of anything else, anyway. She looks at the guards and watches them. It's not like the girlmaid has anything else to look at, anyway. Sure, there's the surroundings and all, but at least looking at the guards is more interesting. She's already looked at all the other mermaids, trying to find that mermaid.

    The guards, what they're wearing, their weapons, what they're doing, and so on. She's already given them dumb names. That one's Larrseph. Lo. Lennifer. Toby. Not-Toby. Baconlet.

    When something finally starts happening, she looks up trying to discover what's happening.
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    "Oh right, the tech heresy thing," Zee replies, her shoulders drooping a little.

    She sounds...

    Sad?

    Definitely not how one might expect a person with any fear of being killed for wrongthink to sound.

    This culture is calcified and unchanging. And Zee's Path is largely centered around the concept of enduring through self-improvement. Whether that be on an individual level or a species level. For a whole culture to just... give up hurts. Being reminded of this is physically uncomfortable for her.

    "I keep forgetting how set in stone everything is for you guys. It's sorta in my nature to try to improve. I see things like the hull ghasts and immediately I'm imagining ways they could be taught to think again. But I suppose we need to focus on the task at hand, don't we? Is there anything I can do to help?"

    At that question she turns her attention to the machines surrounding her. She really hasn't spent much time looking at 40k style tech. It's mostly analog stuff with some bare bones programming, right? This sort of thing is pretty tangential to her Path but Shape and Information are likely still relevant. The two taken together can provide some degree of insight into the purpose behind the forms of the machines.
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    Krayger nods.
    "Sure. I'll just sit tight and watch the getaway vehicle, then. You call if you need me." He's fine spending the day in the air-conditioned shuttle if it means that Rose won't actually need support from him. Doing nothing is the ideal situation here.
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    Rose nods and sets about the process of landing the shuttle. "Well, yeah. Getaway drivers have a long and glorious history in our line of work. It's one job you can't afford to screw up. Speaking of..." She taps various parts of the console, listing off what they were. "Autopilot, afterburners, self-destruct, Guass pistol holster. Don't get these mixed up."

    As soon as the shuttle lands, Rose pops open the back and starts trying to push the go-kart out. Unfortunately, she doesn't seem to have accounted for its weight or parking brake. "Ah, geez..." She sighs and drops her hands. "Good news! I found something for you to do!" She calls back to Krayger.
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    The vehicle's going as fast as it can, but the water tanks slow it down considerably. It's not a very comfortable ride for the merbatmaid, that's for sure. Or any of the others on the vehicle, either. Klaus is able to keep up, and make his shot. The tyre pops and the UTV lurches to one side as the driver slows down and manages to stop safely. The other guard in the cab, once the transport has stopped, jumps out of the cab and raises their own rifle, tracking the crowd to try and find the shooter. Most of the observers are running away at this point; nobody wants to be near the Guild when they get in a fight. The Gnome at the back climbs atop the wagon before doing the same with their rifle.

    The driver also jumps out of the cab, but he's going into the back of their cart, where he pulls out a wheel and a jack. He's going to try replacing the puncture, before he looks for whoever it might be that's attacking.

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    "Could be, could be. People who bet don't always think things through, they bet on what they see- and what they see right now? She's beaten a former champion, a monster and the big lady who has appeared on all their promotional stuff since yesterday. Two of those won't be fighting again, and the third needs new fingers first, if her owner thinks she's worth it." The waiter will come over and take Gharol's bet, with a smile, giving her a ticket with the details on and motioning to a bar where she can hand it in to cash it, should she win. He'll clarify if the orc lady means she's betting on the half-elf losing her next match (which has quite poor odds) or on losing a fight and leaving the stage (which has better odds, so results in less of a payout if she wins).

    The next person onto the stage is a dwarf, slightly overweight, wearing a horned helmet and an armoured gauntlet, carrying a trident and a whip.
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    [Guild Warehouse 2B]

    Klaus draws back a lever on the rifle, loading in another round into the chamber, then presses it backforward, presurrising it. Nineteen.

    Seeing what the slavers were doing, he lines up another shot, this one aimed at the spare tire. Taking out the driver would be nice, but stalling them indefinitely would be better; the more time was on his side, the more he could take it slowly. He winces as the rifle presses against his shoulder, rubbing painfully against the embedded bullet. Hopefully, that won't throw off his aim too much.

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    [Guild Warehouse 2B]

    The merbatmaidgirl, frankly, didn't expect a comfortable ride. These are awful NPC people, of course they don't care about the comfort of anybody.

    With the vehicle quickly stopping, she gets disoriented pretty badly. She didn't expect it, either, so she didn't have time to brace herself against the bottom of the tank or one of the corners or something. Moving back and forth in the water like...a spring with a dampener or something.
    Whatever.
    She's not in the mood to think of a better way to describe how she's undulating.

    Once the water slows enough that she can retake control of herself (without smashing against the tank wall!) she pushes against the walls to slow herself as well.
    Okay, okay, okay. Time to orient herself again.
    There's not much she can do, actually, other than observe, but she would honestly like to know whether the shooter is shooting the slavers or just anybody. Once she finds that out, she figures that she could maybe come up with a possible plan, in case things happen to turn out in her favor during this event. (And is it a scripted event, a random event, or did another player get involved? That might be good to know, too, she thinks, but so far this whole thing has somewhat defied her expectations, so she isn't sure if she can trust herself to distinguish between the different scenarios.)


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    "I suppose regardless of which bet pays off, the house still earns in the end, and it's just a question of how much." Since they are the ones setting both the matches and the rates, and it seems unreasonable they'd pick rates or matches that would cause them to lose at the end of the night.
    After being asked to clarify what, specifically, she's betting for, she decides to mitigate her risk: she splits her money, putting a small amount of it on 'the half-elf loses her next match' and the rest on 'losing and leaving the stage at some point'; that way, even though her overall payout will be less than if she just bet it all on the next match, there's also less risk.
    She thanks the waiter.

    Actually, she thinks the half-elf is going to win this match but lose on the one after, but "This one actually looks like it might be an interesting match. Personally, I think she's going to win this one but it's going to be really close, and any other matches after this are going to be more boring or one-sided, one way or the other," she tells Thadd. She didn't bet that way, though, because she doesn't want to miss the start of it.

    To be honest, though, at this point she would be okay with losing all her bet and the girl winning all of them.
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    Rose nods and sets about the process of landing the shuttle. "Well, yeah. Getaway drivers have a long and glorious history in our line of work. It's one job you can't afford to screw up. Speaking of..." She taps various parts of the console, listing off what they were. "Autopilot, afterburners, self-destruct, Guass pistol holster. Don't get these mixed up."

    As soon as the shuttle lands, Rose pops open the back and starts trying to push the go-kart out. Unfortunately, she doesn't seem to have accounted for its weight or parking brake. "Ah, geez..." She sighs and drops her hands. "Good news! I found something for you to do!" She calls back to Krayger.
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    Krayger is more of a civil engineer than a mechanic, but he knows what a parking brake is so he checks that first. Once that's done he shouldn't have any trouble pushing the cart out onto the hangar floor.
    "Well if that's all you need me to do today, we should be so lucky." he tells her with a smile.
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    [Black Abyss Body Shop]

    The Black Abyss Body Shop is relatively big, but not unusually so for a place that works on cars. There are numerous garage doors in the unwelcome down position, but you aren't expected to drive right in anyways. There's a parking lot where you park and a door for you to walk into so you can tell them your needs and leave your keys with the mechanics. Presumably.

    At least it's hard to mistake the place with Crazy Evan's Colorful Magic Emporium down the street. Because everything on the outside of the shop is painted a deep black. While it does a good job covering how run down the building itself is, painting even the windows black may have been a little excessive. As a result, it's impossible to see what is inside through conventional means. It'd be difficult telling where the front door even is if there wasn't a single sign in red and white displayed stating store hours by the handle. It isn't even uncommon for some people to wander into the shop after hours thinking it's an obscure naughty toy store.

    What is uncommon is for those people to walk back out.
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    [Black Abyss Body Shop]

    Friendly place, ain't it?

    Rose takes a steadying breath and makes her way to the front door. She could certainly see why Dipsnig had been suspicious of this place; tinting the windows wasn't something anyone normally did unless they had something to hide, so blacking them out entirely was a dead giveaway that something wasn't quite on the up-and-up.

    After double-checking that they had, in fact, arrived during business hours, Rose heads inside and immediately looks out for a receptionist or head mechanic or just whoever she was supposed to talk to for service. This place might creep her out, but she had a job to do.
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    The second shot hits the spare wheel and bursts another tyre, leading to the thing being cast aside as the driver ducks down and grabs for a walky-talky, so he can call for help. The Gnome on the back saw where the pellet came from, and is looking in Klaus' direction. When he spots Klaus, the Gnome will fire their own rifle. Like Klaus, it's not a chemical explosive, but unlike Klaus it's loaded with a dart bearing a potent sedative.

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    "You're more confident in this than I am. I've not seen the dwarf before, but she's been fighting a while now, so might be tired." It depends on her endurance, really. "But yes, the house wins, always. But that doesn't mean we can't win, too."

    The dwarf lashes out with the whip, aiming to wrap it about the half-elf's ankle, but she steps away and jabs out with her spear. He doesn't bother blocking it, silently letting it open a slice on his wide chest. He advances a step, and the half-elf jabs out again, expecting to hit- but this time, the dwarf blocks with the armoured gauntlet and thrusts with his trident in the same movement. The three-pointed polearm catches the half-elf in the upper arm, and she yelps in pain and drops her spear, blood running down her arm.
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    [Guild Warehouse 2B]

    Klaus chuckles to himself as he reloads (eighteen). This man's reaction was a textbook rookie mistake. Three, actually, now that he thought about it.

    First, he hadn't bothered to take cover. As anyone who has ever been in a firefight knows, the first priority is not dying, and if he knew where the bullets were coming from, it would behoove him to make sure there was something bulletproof between them.

    Second, he didn't alert his fellows about where the bullets were coming from. If Klaus took him out now, they'd have to independently determine where their assailant was, which would cost them precious time and likely get them killed.

    Third, he wasn't wearing a helmet.

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    Guild Warehouse 2B

    The batmaid tries to not laugh, upon seeing the spare tire getting shot.

    If the reinforcements get here, she figures all it will do is delay how long this will take. And even if something does happen, there's still the chance the shooter is just a rival group or something.

    But it's not that bad.
    It's still funny. She hopes the shooter mamages to get away fine.

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    Gharol says, "Just thinking from the perspective of the house. Seen enough dogfights recently that I've got an idea how most of these turn out. Probably still want it to feel up in the air, to get more impulse bets for just a little longer."
    It worked on her, after all.

    She watches the fight pretty closely. So far it does seem to be pretty interesting.
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    [Black Abyss Body Shop]

    The inside is nearly as black, though the floor at least is a dirty white. It's no less oppressive feeling for it however. The whole place smells of spray paint, decay, formaldehyde, and grease. There's a water fountain with an out of order sign, four dingy chairs you can sit on to wait if you're crazy enough to do so, and an overhead fan that threatens to fall as it sways and its blades audibly rotate. There's a door out to the garage proper with a sign saying employees only.

    Perhaps the biggest draw of the eye is the receptionist. Dressed in a mechanic's suit, standing at attention, is a man? What's left of a man. His face and hands are decayed and various implements have been sewn into his body, wires running from neck to shoulder, a metal plate keeping his forehead in place, and something bulging under his clothes around his chest. The mecha-zombie waits most patiently. It is, as of yet, completely passive.

    In front of him is a small silver bell that says 'Ring for Service'.

    To ring it, Rose would have to get within arm's distance of the mecha-zombie.
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    Guild Warehouse 2B Actually this should maybe change? They're in the streets away from the Warehouse now, though also far from the Street of Slavers where all the markets are.

    The Gnome collapses before he gets a shot off, falling backwards with a hole in his head. He hits the cages he was standing on, rolls and falls off with a thud. The slaves underneath- a red-haired half-elf that the merbatgirl might recognise, a tabby-haired catgirl and a young merman- scream at the death. The half-elf recovers quickly and tries reaching for the body through the bars.

    The driver jumps at the sound and rolls under the transport before pressing the speak button and trying to call for help. The other guard tries to figure out where Klaus is by how the Gnome fell, and ducks back into the transport's covered cab. Once he's got an idea of where he thinks Klaus should be, he'll move behind the vehicle and move around until he spots Klaus. The driver knows in which direction the Gnome fell, so he's got some clues to work with.

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    "Yeah, a close fight is always better to watch than a one-sided brawl. More exciting, and they sell more beer." It's not just gambling where Noose and Shackle makes its money; it is a restaurant and bar.

    The half-elf throws the knife at the dwarf, and he's surprised by the movement and flinches. The knife clatters against his helmet and does no harm, but that's not the point- it distracted him. The half-elf used that to grab her spear so she can compete on the same level of reach, even though her arm's hurt badly and one hand won't close. She jabs out with her spear at the dwarf's face before she thinks he's recovered, but he's quick to grab the spear and pull the half-elf forward and off-balance. He thrusts at the same time, and the trident enters her abdomen.
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    [Black Abyss Body Shop]

    The inside is nearly as black, though the floor at least is a dirty white. It's no less oppressive feeling for it however. The whole place smells of spray paint, decay, formaldehyde, and grease. There's a water fountain with an out of order sign, four dingy chairs you can sit on to wait if you're crazy enough to do so, and an overhead fan that threatens to fall as it sways and its blades audibly rotate. There's a door out to the garage proper with a sign saying employees only.

    Perhaps the biggest draw of the eye is the receptionist. Dressed in a mechanic's suit, standing at attention, is a man? What's left of a man. His face and hands are decayed and various implements have been sewn into his body, wires running from neck to shoulder, a metal plate keeping his forehead in place, and something bulging under his clothes around his chest. The mecha-zombie waits most patiently. It is, as of yet, completely passive.

    In front of him is a small silver bell that says 'Ring for Service'.

    To ring it, Rose would have to get within arm's distance of the mecha-zombie.
    ...Yeah, okay. Consider my words eaten. Rose thinks to herself as she approaches the counter, deciding not to ring the bell (it'd be redundant with the attendant already there). "Um... excuse me, sir." She begins. "My name's Rosalyn. I'm here with a, ah, kart that I bought for my neice. Should've checked out the seller first, because what they gave me was... well, it was a mess. I heard good things about you guys, and I thought I should bring it here to have an expert look at it. Have you got the time?"

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    Guild Warehouse 2B Actually this should maybe change? They're in the streets away from the Warehouse now, though also far from the Street of Slavers where all the markets are.

    The Gnome collapses before he gets a shot off, falling backwards with a hole in his head. He hits the cages he was standing on, rolls and falls off with a thud. The slaves underneath- a red-haired half-elf that the merbatgirl might recognise, a tabby-haired catgirl and a young merman- scream at the death. The half-elf recovers quickly and tries reaching for the body through the bars.

    The driver jumps at the sound and rolls under the transport before pressing the speak button and trying to call for help. The other guard tries to figure out where Klaus is by how the Gnome fell, and ducks back into the transport's covered cab. Once he's got an idea of where he thinks Klaus should be, he'll move behind the vehicle and move around until he spots Klaus. The driver knows in which direction the Gnome fell, so he's got some clues to work with.
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    Well, it was time for Klaus to move. From this angle, he couldn't get at either of the other escorts, and they were liable to spot him if he stayed where he was. To do this right, he'd need some kind of misdirection... moving without distracting them would also give him away. So as he reloads (seventeen), he looks around for something that would get the guards' attention.

    Well, duh. The slaves were an obvious choice. If he could break one free from here, they'd have to deal with the fact that some of their merchandise was escaping. But how to do it? If he were closer (as in, right next to them), he might be able to shoot out the locks on the cages, but from here, that just wasn't realistic.

    The tanks, on the other hand, he could hit while blindfolded. A bullet through one of them would either shatter it or break it enough that its occupant could finish the job. Now all he needed to do was pick one...

    Wings there seemed like the best option. She had the most options for movement once free. Lining up the shot so the bullet would pass through the tank without hitting her, Klaus squeezes the trigger, then immediately goes into hiding down one of the nearby alleys.

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    'Wings', which is now her official nickname until she actually bothers to tell somebody her name (if she ever does so), is also understandably a little shocked to see someone get shot basically right in front of her. Kind-of what she expected, though.

    The bullet shatters the glass.
    When the batmaid feels the water start to pull her through the tank wall, she raises her arms to protect her face.
    She does get a little cut up by the broken glass.

    So, she's on the ground. If only she could take off from the ground...she knew she should have practiced flying more.

    Wings instead needs to figure out what she can do right now...

    Oh! Idea.
    Wings pulls herself over to the dead Gnome. She doesn't know whether the red-head half-elf was trying to get the gnome's gun or if the gnome had keys to the cages, but either one seems like it would be incredibly helpful.

    Once at the gnome, she pushes the body within reach of the half-elf, helping the half-elf grab whatever they were reaching for.



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    "Oh, that's a good point," Gharol says. "Every other time I've been to one of these, the group managing the fights have not managed everything else."

    That does change things a little but not too much.

    She watches the fight closely.
    Even though she bet that the girl would lose, she still hopes that she wins just so she can watch her fight a little more.
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    The guard doesn't see where Klaus goes, so continues to look around, hoping for some kind of clue as to what's going on and who the attackers are.

    Wings pushes the body closer to the half-elf, who grabs some keys from the corpse's belt and unlocks her cage. She steps out and down, reaching for the Gnome's belt and the collapsible baton he has stored there. Her movement attracts the attention of the guard, however, and before she can use it he fires a sedative dart into her abdomen at very close range. She takes a few steps forward before collapsing over the Gnome- and she didn't even try to free any of the other slaves. She's dropped the keys, however, and Wings could maybe reach them quite easily- and the guard is too busy trying to reload their own air-powered tranquiliser gun. Wings could possibly also reach the one the Gnome dropped, and that one is already loaded.

    Under the wagons, the driver is speaking on his walky talky. "This is Convoy Alpha Dalet, we are under attack. Unknown shooters, the rear guard is down. Repeat, this is Convoy Alpha Dalet, we are under attack. Unknown shooters, the rear guard is down. We are... uh, halfway along Clockwork Boulevard, I think."

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    "That... might be it for her now. Depends on if she can keep fighting." Thadd is curious, and worried. Mostly worried.

    The half-elf winces, and the dwarf thrusts the trident deeper into her abdomen, but she still manages to bring her spear up and thrust it forward toward the dwarf- who manages to dodge. He pulls the trident out, and the half-elf collapses, bleeding quite heavily. She drops the spear and opens her mouth to cough, blood spilling over her chin. Healers rush onto the pitch, and the dwarf waves them off. The half-elf is healed and lead off the stage to recover.
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    Klaus spends this time running down the alleyway, going around behind one of the buildings that make it up so he'll end up around the side of the wagon train. He reloads as he moves (sixteen), wanting to be ready to take another shot as soon as the opportunity presents itself. He doesn't know for sure what's happening with the wagon train, but the shattering of glass and the sounds of bodies hitting the ground implies his efforts were successful. Once he rounds the corner, he expects to find the guard distracted and with his head exposed.
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    The mecha-zombie doesn't look like it fully comprehends Rose's request. It is a rather blank stare admittedly. Oh, no wait. It's opening its mouth!

    "Braaaaaaaakes?"

    Ah. Well. Slight improvement. The mecha-zombie also slides a paper up on the desk. It's a form to fill out with the car you have and what you want done. Which is all well and good, perhaps, but it's not exactly the most stellar of customer service. Even worse, in the process of doing so, the mecha-zombie's hand sort of, uh, fell off. So there's a growing stain on one corner of the paper.

    There's a light sniffing sound and the mecha-zombie actually starts leaning closer towards Rose. This is beyond its normal capacity as a receptionist, but something about her smells really good. It's making the undead rather hungry.
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    ...Uh-oh. That was not the response she was hoping for.

    "Uh... yeah. Yeah, the brakes are definitely going to need some work." Rose manages to say, hastily collecting the form. "Along with, ah, pretty much everything else."

    Ew, it's dripping. And no pen in sight, either. Talk about inconvenient. Fortunately, she's able to print one off from her Hotbox without incident.

    "So, ah... you got any family? Wife? Kids?" Rose asks, trying somewhat futilely to make small talk with the undead monstrosity across the counter.
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    "We vat-grow our servitors, using sanctified templates. I... do not know the secrets of the Magi Biologis." And the Adeptus Astartes have their own secrets in gene-editing technology, which the Adeptus Mechanicus are not usually privy to. "What you propose is... likely tech-heresy, but do not worry. I do not think my superiors are alive to censure you." Although they might be, since they're probably more mechanical than man by now.

    "We hear you, Mistress Minerva. Status is A-OK, some xenos scum turned up but the guns you left us are nasty in the corridors." The razorjacks launch circular blades that bounce off walls, the floor, and the ceiling, murdering anything in their way. "How're things your end, over?" The pilot sounds rather relaxed about things at the moment, which is hopefully a good sign.
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    "Oh right, the tech heresy thing," Zee replies, her shoulders drooping a little.

    She sounds...

    Sad?

    Definitely not how one might expect a person with any fear of being killed for wrongthink to sound.

    This culture is calcified and unchanging. And Zee's Path is largely centered around the concept of enduring through self-improvement. Whether that be on an individual level or a species level. For a whole culture to just... give up hurts. Being reminded of this is physically uncomfortable for her.

    "I keep forgetting how set in stone everything is for you guys. It's sorta in my nature to try to improve. I see things like the hull ghasts and immediately I'm imagining ways they could be taught to think again. But I suppose we need to focus on the task at hand, don't we? Is there anything I can do to help?"

    At that question she turns her attention to the machines surrounding her. She really hasn't spent much time looking at 40k style tech. It's mostly analog stuff with some bare bones programming, right? This sort of thing is pretty tangential to her Path but Shape and Information are likely still relevant. The two taken together can provide some degree of insight into the purpose behind the forms of the machines.
    [SPAAAAAAACE!]

    "We're still approaching the target. Haven't come across transportation so progress is slow. I will report back to you once we found it. Over." Minerva replies, once again ignoring Zee and the techpriests discussion.

    She didn't even hear most of it which is probably a good thing considering the heresy they're discussing at the moment.

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    The tech-priestess has moved beyond her own emotions, at least theoretically, so doesn't pick up on Zee's own emotional response. "Keep an eye out for any xenos or more ship-vermin that survived whatever happened." There aren't any around.

    Minerva might be surprised when the radio speaks again, a slightly-robotic sounding, though still recognisable, copy of the tech-priestess' voice coming through. "We are rapidly approaching our destination. Our departure once complete should take far less time. We shall let you know when our objective is complete. At that time, count twenty minutes. If we do not arrive there before then, leave without us. If you do not, you will die... Over." The tech-priestess nearly forgot to say 'over' at the end of her message, hence the pause.

    The machines built into the walls, floor and ceiling are a mix. Some are transporting power from the atomic furnace deeper in the vessel to other parts of the ship. Others relay communications and messages from one area to another. Others are pumps and filters, moving air or water from recyclers and filtration units to those places in the vessel most in need of clean air and water- well, no. Actually the cleanest air and water is sent to the bridge, captain's quarters and officer's deck, everywhere else gets air or water that's been used elsewhere first- except the bilge, which gets no fresh water and little fresh air. Other machines are security devices, pressure plates in the floor, weapon emplacements, and alarms. They're being disabled- at least temporarily- by the tech-priestess using her own augmetics. There's the occasional example of other technology, like the stasis-field generator protecting techno-relics- a computer mouse missing the case, a titanium hip, the leg from an ancient Vorax-class battle-automaton, an ornate grandfather clock and a functional miniature model of a Ordinati war-behemoth.
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    Well.
    That was disappointing.
    She had hoped the half-elf would, at the very least, given the keys to someone else or anything. She understands going for the baton, but...

    The batmaid instead reaches towards the dart gun that the gnome had.

    Feeling that she's the next one who is going to get shot unconscious, Wings decides preventing that is the most important thing to do next (if she falls unconscious, she can't do anything).

    She aims at the guard with the gun, and looks for somewhere she could shoot on the guard. Then, she fires. (She's pretty lucky her claws are still hand-shaped.)

    Immediately after, since if she missed, she's going to get shot for sure, she turns around and spreads her wings. Sure, it makes her profile much larger, but if the dart tip can pierce skin, its tip probably will pierce completely through her wing as well, which...she hopes will keep her from falling unconscious.


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    Gharol watches the fight until it's clearly over.

    She sighs, then looks down at her bet tickets. "Well, looks like I won my bet." She had to go turn them in. "And yet, I still feel disappointed. She was a fun fighter."

    She orders another drink (and takes care of whatever thing is necessary to cash in her ticket) and looks back over at the arena. "So, I presume the dwarf will take on the next fights?"
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    The guard's armour doesn't cover the legs, arms or head, so really the dart could hit anywhere that isn't the torso and be effective, and at this range it's hard to miss. The guard doesn't finish reloading before he collapses from the dart in his thigh.

    When Klaus arrives, there's one dead Gnome lying on the street, a hole in his head, a red-haired half-elf wearing a bikini slumped and unconscious, and a human guard also unconscious lying on the floor. Under the transport is the driver, who is staying put. He's pulled out a stun-gun, and will try to shoot Klaus with it, if he spots him. Given his rather limited sightlines from under the vehicle- blocked by the wheels, the chassis above him, his own body and the pile of bodies off to one side- it's doubtful that he'll get a shot at Klaus before Klaus figures out he's still there. Especially as the slaves, when they see Klaus approach with his gun, will all wave at him and point down, trying to let him know of the threat without alerting it to his approach.

    Wings has taken out one of the guards, and the last can't see her from where she's lying. She could grab the keys and try to slither over and open some other cages.

    Noose & Shackle

    Thadd will stay put, as he lost his bets and he's getting nothing. "Yes, I like her too. She'll probably be back, though, she's proved herself skilled. They'll probably let her have better equipment, too." More armour, or she might start with the spear that she proved so handy with. "Yes, the dwarf will continue from now. Bit late in the evening, though. Even if he's undefeated from now he won't be champion." There's only three more fights left, I think. I wasn't keeping as close a track as I should have.

    First opponent for the dwarf is a female Khajiit, wearing a cloth bikini covered in metal scales. She's unarmed, bar her claws and teeth, and she doesn't wait for him to be ready and turn to face her before running up and jumping onto his back, twisting his helmet to blind him and maybe pull it off.
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    Well.
    That was disappointing.
    She had hoped the half-elf would, at the very least, given the keys to someone else or anything. She understands going for the baton, but...

    The batmaid instead reaches towards the dart gun that the gnome had.

    Feeling that she's the next one who is going to get shot unconscious, Wings decides preventing that is the most important thing to do next (if she falls unconscious, she can't do anything).

    She aims at the guard with the gun, and looks for somewhere she could shoot on the guard. Then, she fires. (She's pretty lucky her claws are still hand-shaped.)

    Immediately after, since if she missed, she's going to get shot for sure, she turns around and spreads her wings. Sure, it makes her profile much larger, but if the dart tip can pierce skin, its tip probably will pierce completely through her wing as well, which...she hopes will keep her from falling unconscious.
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    The guard's armour doesn't cover the legs, arms or head, so really the dart could hit anywhere that isn't the torso and be effective, and at this range it's hard to miss. The guard doesn't finish reloading before he collapses from the dart in his thigh.

    When Klaus arrives, there's one dead Gnome lying on the street, a hole in his head, a red-haired half-elf wearing a bikini slumped and unconscious, and a human guard also unconscious lying on the floor. Under the transport is the driver, who is staying put. He's pulled out a stun-gun, and will try to shoot Klaus with it, if he spots him. Given his rather limited sightlines from under the vehicle- blocked by the wheels, the chassis above him, his own body and the pile of bodies off to one side- it's doubtful that he'll get a shot at Klaus before Klaus figures out he's still there. Especially as the slaves, when they see Klaus approach with his gun, will all wave at him and point down, trying to let him know of the threat without alerting it to his approach.

    Wings has taken out one of the guards, and the last can't see her from where she's lying. She could grab the keys and try to slither over and open some other cages.
    [Street Shootout]

    Klaus rounds the corner, rifle raised... and lowers it when he sees his target has already been dropped. It takes him a moment to see how; the dart sticking out of his leg, and the corresponding gun in Wings's hands.

    Huh. Not bad for an amateur.

    Of course, there was no telling how long that sedative was going to keep him under. A few minutes, presumably, but it'd be best to take care of that potential problem as soon as was reasonably practical. Now, where had the driver gone?

    Oh. Yes, thank you, cage people. Klaus calmly lines up his rifle with the driver's hand and tries to pyut a bullet through her wrist, in order to disarm but not kill her. "Is everybody all right?" He squeaks, urging Wings towards the cage doors with his free hand.
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    "Broooooooooos."

    I guess that's an answer. Or a slurred brains. The mecha-zombie is starting to move a little. Shuffling closer. Fortunately the desk is in the way and greatly impedes any actual forward movement as it bumps into it. For now.

    But the rattling is unnerving.

    As is the way its zombie mouth yawns open with putrid breath and rotting teeth.
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    [Black Abyss Body Shop]

    "You don't say?" Rose replies, silently grateful that he couldn't seem to find his way past the counter. "Same, really. Five of them, all older than me." She starts going down the form, checking off virtually everything. "Apparently, my parents wanting to keep having kids until they had at least one girl, so here I am." She shrugs and smiles. "Well worth the wait, am I right?" She sets the form back on the counter, trying to keep just out of arm's reach from the zombie in the process. "How about you? How many 'bros' are we talking about?"
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