11-03-2011, 12:19 PM | #1141 | ||||
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Location: The Western Harbour
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Re: [IC] Worlds of Fire
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"I'm not willing to have people on this ship with unpredictable or unknown weapons on their person," Mancini states. "Some captains don't worry about things like that, but I've had too much trouble with CI agents and their... unique styles... to take that risk. You can leave your weapons here, and they'll be locked up securely so that only you can get at them. If you really can't stand the idea of being without a weapon then I can issue you with a Ripper," he gestures to his own sidearm and that of the two Sentinels. "I'll allow those for shipboard use, but nothing else." Quote:
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11-03-2011, 12:55 PM | #1142 |
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Re: [IC] Worlds of Fire
Douglas's eyes glaze over at the ripper. "Well, I don't know what that is." He hands over his rifle, then his two revolvers. "Here you go." Then he pulls out the grenades one at a time and hands those over. "Careful with these." Then his knife. "That's an antique." And finally his can full of powder. "I think that's it," he says. "I suppose I could strangle someone with my belt. Want that too?"
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11-03-2011, 02:06 PM | #1143 | ||
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: California
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Seann paces in a circle around the Angel watching it's face for even a minute reaction. "So why did you open the door? My guess would be that it was for your convenience, and that you didn't really care about the cultists - if you noticed them at all. However, back at the church you made it around and into the church far faster than any of us could have moved. I do not believe that you walked, and I find it hard to imagine that you broke into an inhumanly fast sprint as soon as you were out of eyesight. Logically, it seems to me that you can teleport, or otherwise traverse space without crossing it. Which leaves the question of why you bothered with the door, unanswered."* Seann stops in front of the Angel, looking at it head on. "You have clearly been following us. Perhaps you were here for the demon, and you chose to let us deal with it, but I doubt it. You certainly seem interested in the ship, so perhaps it is our employer that drew your attention... But if that were the case, I would have expected you to follow him. It can't be the Gauntlet you want, or you would have followed Indigo off to wherever he went. I must admit that your motivation is not entirely clear, but you are clearly neither friend nor foe, so I will ask you once: Who are you, and why are you here?" - Assuming the Angel continues impassively, Seann will sigh, and walk away saying, "I can't say I am surprised. I expect we'll be seeing you again soon." - *(I came this close to saying wide open before I noticed the pun.) Last edited by Talosian; 11-03-2011 at 03:29 PM. |
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11-03-2011, 02:21 PM | #1144 | |
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[OOC: the following section is sort of exposition; it'll take a few days of posts since I'm going to be writing it in sections. Feel free to comment or interact with the bits as they come up.] The two Sentinels lead the way through the ship to what appears to be an infirmary of some kind. There are beds arranged around the room, and though most of them seem intended for Humans or Humanoids to use, it is clear that they can be adapted to a wide variety of shapes if necessary. Each bed has a monitor built into the wall next to it, and a reasonable amount of space around it for people to move and work. The general feel of blue/ grey metalwork continues in here, though with more subdued tones worked into it to present a slightly more friendly atmosphere. There are other rooms leading off from this main one, including what is probably a surgery and some offices. Perhaps somewhat bizarrely most of one wall is taken up by a single piece of transparent material, behind which is some kind of large fish tank with a couple of dolphins in it. Currently there are only a couple of crew members who aren't obviously medical staff present. One of them appears Human aside from where part of his face has been removed to reveal what appears to be clockwork and similar mechanisms inside. She looks around as you enter, but it seems from her expression that you are a break from the routine rather than being of actual interest. The other is heavily tatooed and only appears to be wearing a partial uniform; the jacket has been manufacturer so that most of the back, front and sleeves are open, and the badges and signs that everyone else wears on the uniform are tatooed onto him directly. He looks your group over with a more serious sort of consideration as if weighing up how much of a threat everyone is, before dismissing everyone summarily. Oddly, he barely looks at Mark, as if the Sentinel isn't considered a part of the group. The medical staff are a mixed lot, about half of them being Human, a third being more of the Roman robots, and the rest being a very odd mix of species. One of the robots turns to face you as you enter and then walks over to you. Its voice, when it speaks, suggests a male pronoun would be appropriate, and is both flat and clear; the complete lack of accent, tone, shortened words, and the totally regular pace of it suggest that the voice was designed for clarity of communications, but shouldn't be mistaken for a lack of personality or emotion. "Ah, you have arrived at last. I have been informed that you will require a basic medical check to ensure your health after your time in contact with the demonic forces. You will all go to a bed and we will begin when you are ready." Once you settle, seated or lying, on a bed, one of the medical staff comes over to each of you and begins working. This doesn't require getting undressed as such, though does require Mark to remove his armour.
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11-03-2011, 02:42 PM | #1145 | |||
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[OOC: the following makes an assumption that Seann hasn't changed his SOP since it was previously stated and that he's still got the photo of the Angel from earlier projected on his glasses; given that this would be his main means of checking whether the Angel was still around or not, I'm going with it still being there.] Abruptly the Angel reaches out towards Seann's face; it's not a threatening move as such, but it's also unexpected. What it does do is reach for the photo that Seann took of it earlier. It doesn't actually touch his glasses, but when its hand appears (to Seann) to be in the right place behind the photo, the photo flickers for an instant. Then moves. Well, the Angel inside the photo moves anyway, looking around the photo with interest and then reaching off to the side and dragging something into view; it's another photo from the library that Seann has collected. The Angel holds it up to look at like a poster, and then throws it away so that it becomes lodged in the background of the photo of the Angel. Then the Angel in the photo walks out of the picture, no longer visible. The other Angel cocks his head and gives a faint smile, clearly having been aware of what just happened, before... Well, not being there. Same as before; he just isn't there all of a sudden, without actually seeming to have vanished. [OOC: sorry, but "that which has the image of an Angel" was too good a line to ignore. If you don't get it then you're missing good TV.] A quick check will reveal that the jamming has vanished now, which is good timing since the Bane reports that there are police cars on route to the bunker at this point.
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11-03-2011, 03:46 PM | #1146 | ||||
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"Okay. We're ready for evac now." - *Just a bit of explanation. Seann rebooted his glasses because it seemed the suitably cautious thing to do if there is even the smallest possibility of something running around in your electronic devices. He added another picture in case the Angel having walked out of the first picture would affect it even if the Angel returned. |
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11-04-2011, 11:55 AM | #1147 | ||
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Re: [IC] Worlds of Fire
There's a couple of seconds between the two if that's what you mean. Nothing more than that though.
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With the jamming gone, the Bane is able to teleport the three of you directly up. Charles is startled by the sudden shift, but recovers quickly; Ehrahm is clearly used to using a teleporter like this. They arrive in the same room as the others had done and have basically the same talk (Ehrahm doesn't bother waiting to be told and just puts his stuff straight into a locker). Mancini manages to come down and welcome you aboard before leaving again. The three of you get taken to the medical bay and join up with the others partway through their checks [OOC: everyone is now at the same point effectively, so Seann can join in where the post about the medical bay left off along with everyone else].
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11-04-2011, 05:57 PM | #1148 |
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Re: [IC] Worlds of Fire
Somewhat behind the others after having had to unload his wrist gun, his pistol, another firearm of some kind, several knives, grenades and other potentially deadly weapons, Seann finally arrives at the medical bay, carefully observing it's more interesting occupants before sitting as instructed. (Seann will actually take a Ripper if he's given the opportunity, since he has discovered that, as a weirdness magnet, being unarmed is somewhat risky.)
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11-05-2011, 07:25 AM | #1149 | |
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The medical check is perhaps in a style that none of your group would necessarily recognise; Seann would at least be able to guess the general purpose of some of it, but there are some bits that he would most likely be stumped by. These, John might have a better idea about, since even a glance around tells him that some of the equipment in the medical bay is magically based. Perhaps the oddest part about that is that the Human staff don't seem to have any idea how to use these and are leaving it up to two of the Medicae (the Roman robot medical staff). Skipping over most of the examination, there are a couple of points that will be of general interest: When Sara and James are being checked, they both admit that they've been certified HIV+. Sara adds that John had supposedly cured her, but she hadn't been able to confirm it yet. The medic (who at least looks Human, though around here it's obviously hard to tell for sure) considers this and runs a check, before coming back with an all clear; John's spell was a success and Sara is cured. "Most interesting," the medic says thoughtfully. "Can I ask what kind of technique you used to cure her?" One of the Medicae is checking Mark out (a second has been assigned to give Serena a check as well, suggesting that the Overwatch AIs at least are seen as equal partners to Humans and other sentients in terms of priority) and recognises him as a Sentinel, but despite the totally flat voice she's obviously confused by the exact nature of his enhancements. "Why is a defective Sentinel still in active service?" the Medicae wonders allowed. Before Mark or Serena can answer there's a hooting and clicking from one of the dolphins behind the transparent wall. It's not immediately intelligable, at least to any of your group, but the Medicae seems to have understood it. "A Sentinel four." It's clear that the Medicae would have preferred to put some emphasis on that "four", but isn't physically capable of doing so. "I do not possess the specifications for them." The dolphin whistles again and the wall is abruptly showing what Mark will recognise as a body-plan of a Sentinel IV, albeit a far more detailed one than he was used to seeing when he was in the project. The dolphin whistles again, for longer this time, and various sections of the display light up as if being highlighted to make a point. "Very interesting," the Medicae declares, looking over the display and then back at Mark. "I can perceive the reason for the upgrades to the Sentinel five, however there are obvious points of sophistication present in this design. Have you considered upgrading to Sentinel five status?"
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11-05-2011, 10:56 AM | #1150 |
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Worcester, UK
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Re: [IC] Worlds of Fire
Mark-315 gestures to the Kreyt device on his armour and explains. “Begging the Captain’s pardon but on my last mission Serena and I managed to gain access to a device the Kreyt were using to bypass our lines and defences, unfortunately I was pursued and cornered before we could get back to friendly forces. We had no choice but to use the device, and we ended up jumping into a difference universe with no way of knowing how to get back, we’ve been lost and wandering the multiverse ever since, so it’s no wonder I have no knowledge of what has happened since our disappearance, although this ‘upgrading’ you speak of sounds interesting. ”
Noting Captain Mancini’s last words Mark-315 nods and proceeds to store his SMG, pistol, combat knife and spare ammo magazines away in one of the lockers, unable to help feeling a little rueful about having to part from weapons that have served him so well for years, but as a compromise doesn’t remove his armour. Following the others into the infirmary and noting the look given to him by the tattooed crewmember Mark-315 shrugs inwardly, assuming that the tattooed crewmember is obviously used to seeing Sentinels so seeing him isn’t that surprising, and upon instruction removes his armour and lies on one of the infirmary beds, but not before laying his armour out on one of the beds next to him, especially since technically Serena is a patient too, and is pleased to see that Serena is being treated equally and as a sentient being. |
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