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Old 12-04-2013, 12:35 PM   #1
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It is Saturday the 6th of August, the year is 3768.
The three of you, a humanoid robot, and two cyborgs are the only passengers on board the vactrain capsule heading from Asia to North America, which has just passed the station in British Columbia.
The capsule has soft and comfortable seats, six in the back and four rows of double seats on both sides with a gap in the middle for moving through the capsule.
At the front, on the left side there is a built-in foodfac from which you may fabricate any beverage or snack you may desire.
On both sides of the capsule there is a long horizontal window, allowing passengers to view the scenery outside. You can tell that it's about noon, or 12:07 AM if you check the local time.

As for your luggage, it sits safely in another portion of the capsule, the cargo hold, which is only accessible from the outside.

The two cyborgs, a man and a woman who are both in their late teen, are playing a VR game among themselves, while the robot sits quietly for itself and lets out a brief chuckle every now and then.
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Old 12-04-2013, 12:43 PM   #2
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Kilarthi will be stretched out along the back row of seating where he's trying to sleep.
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Old 12-04-2013, 03:14 PM   #3
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Rechit Odantra is immersed in a sensie about an alternative history in which Rome conquers Parthia. He is currently commanding an Indian fleet vs. a much better equiped roman one. This senario is a favorite of his, devilishly hard, and one he looses more often than not. He has, of course, a bowl of his favorite snack food: Cheetos.
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Old 12-06-2013, 12:02 PM   #4
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Wilda Tiedeman is watching several newsfeeds while sipping a craft beer and perusing a videos of hawk uplifts.
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Old 12-06-2013, 01:33 PM   #5
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Wilda Tiedeman
Most of the newsfeeds are covering the ongoing war, but assures the audience that the worlds of the Solar Republic remain safe and secure.

Everyone
All of a sudden, an intense light shines through the window on the right. Those of you who turn to look can see a bright flash in the horizon. Then, as the flash fades, what looks like an aurora radiates outward from the light and then dissipates.

Next, you feel a strong jolt in the capsule, making some of you almost fall out of your seats, and you can feel vactrain capsule slowing down.

The power of the capsule then goes out, leaving the two side windows as the only sources of light.

The robot start twitching uncontrollably while the two cyborgs begin to shriek in agony, and you all feel a strong tingling sensation course through your bodies.

Rechit's and Wilda's interfaces shut down immediately and the two of you begin to experience intense migraines.

After a few seconds, the tingling sensation fades until it is gone completely, as does Rechit's and Wilda's headaches. All that is left is a complete and utter silence, and neither the robot nor the cyborgs are moving...
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Old 12-06-2013, 01:51 PM   #6
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Kilrathi is startled awake by the strong jolt and starts to say sleepily, "Wha...," and then as the screaming and tinglings start he changes tact to, "Ahh..."

Once the tingling fades he'll add, "What just happened and why can't I get a feed to the news?" Next he opens his eyes and starts taking a look around.
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Old 12-06-2013, 02:17 PM   #7
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Rechit at first thinks that this is part of the simulation--- he'd been killed, but never maimed in that senario ... perhaps this was... No. He could feel the room, see light coming through the window. He reached out with the sense easiest to use while in VR --- sonar (humans didn't have that advantage, and it was occasionally nice to be able to look around while still playing. He senses the state of his fellow passengers....

He takes the VR off, and inspects the motionless bodies...
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Old 12-06-2013, 05:21 PM   #8
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Wilda tries cycling though various channels. Nothing.
"Ow. Everybody okay?"
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Old 12-07-2013, 04:22 AM   #9
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[OOC: The GM rolls against Kilrathi's Perception.]

Kilrathi, you see three of the passengers sit motionless in their seats, but the other two seem to be fine. You also happen to spot a small red lever in the ceiling at the front of the dimly lit vactrain capsule.

Rechit, the bodies sit motionless in their seats and are unresponsive. The eyes of the cyborgs look empty and their mouths both hang open. However, they have too many augmentations to allow you to check their pulse.
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Old 12-07-2013, 04:34 AM   #10
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Getting up from the back of the capsule Kilrathi ambles forward saying, "I'm fine." He'll nudge one of three unresponsive and add, "But I don't think these three are. Those screams could not of been good."

When/if the others start talking about figuring a way out he will point them to the small red lever.
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