Your known abilities are:
- reinforcing your muscle and bone tissue, making you several times stronger,faster and tougher
- growing weapons from your arms, limited to one on each arm in any combination:a hooked, double edged blade on your forearm, claws or a spike that springs out from your wrist underneath your palm
- hardening your skin into thick,segmented bone plate armor, and growing a membrane under your skin, that contains fluid that hardens on impact
- absorbing ingested organic material, that you can use to increase muscle and bone density(animal tissue is the most effective)
- the ability to call forth your host's memories, skills and knowledge
-altering your appearance, includin skin\hair\eye colour, facial features, height, build, and gender, though the more elaborate the change is, the more time and effort it takes.
-producing almost any kind of drug or poison in liquid form, including sedatives, that you can deliver either at high pressure from an opening that can be created anywhere on your body, or through the wristspike.

Oh hey, I was just looking for this.

Archive for previous quests is here:http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Bodysnatcher%20Quest

Sitting in the damp basement of a third-rate tenement, you relax, trying to gather your strength after the botched attempt to save Cath. Megan, after much protesting, has agreed to go buy you the food necessary to recuperate. Soon, you'll have to leave for the research lab, but for now, you rest.
>Any questions or things you want to do before leaving?

rolled 7 = 7

Oh
we all this business with Cath we completely forgot about our real motive working with these guys

have them explain all the shit happening
last time we were interrupted by cyrborgmen, now we have time

>>15027256
>Any questions or things you want to do before leaving?
Yes.
>- absorbing ingested organic material, that you can use to increase muscle and bone density(animal tissue is the most effective)
There wasnt a lot of time at the end of last thread but would it be possible to find something synthesized that could act as well as consuming tissue that would be more compact? A sort of super protein shake?
It's going to get suspicious in the long run if people from the team keep having to buy up so much meat.

>chicken. MORE chicken
Dammit guys what's wrong with ham? Or steaks?

>>15027348
A protein shake would work, but bones are important as well, making it somwhat lacking. Some supplement might be a good replacement, though. And chicken is simply cheaper and easier to buy from supermarket. Some deal with a slaughter house might make your life easier.

>>15027275
"Doc, mind telling me the rest of the story Megan started? I'd like to know what I'm dealing with."

He adjusts his glasses, looking at you with a slightly pained expression."Well, allright, though Megan would tell it better."

"So, where did she leave off. Ah, right. So, Anne Grey approached Agent Jacobs, and told him about what happened to her, backing her claims by a demonstration of her abilities. She was the first documented Hunter, the only one for years.The governemt assigned her a house, and tasked Jacobs with gaining her trust. Meanwhile, they prepared a military base with all the equipment they could, and made it's security airtight."

(cont.)

>>15027472

"After they readyed, they gave Miss Grey a choice. Live for the rest of her life in a quarantined cell, or help them fight the extraterrestrials that attacked her. She agreed to help them, and so began a partnership between her and Jacobs. He was her handler and partner, and grew quite fond of her, if my sources are correct. They combated threats all around the globe, hauling what they recovered back to the base. Most of the technology and knowledge we have of the Category-ones was acquired during this time. Oh, heavens, I never actually explained what we know of the aliens, now did I?"

>>15027534
>After they readyed
Should read After they readied the base

rolled 23 = 23

>>15027534
No
but pleade continue with the story of Gray

>>15027565
"No, but I'm more interested in what happened to Grey."
"Oh, well, it might be more relevant to your situation indeed." he says with an apologetic look.

"So, five years after she signed up so to speak, she encountered a Hunter in the field. It was quite a surprise, as we thought that Miss Grey was the only one, a new breed. Turns out, the Hunter form is the last resort of the bodysnatchers, their weapon of mass destruction if you will. Grey was similar in terms of power to you, based on what I saw during the fight against the Category-ones. She was nearly killed during the fight, saved only by the intervention of a large detachment of the Airforce. The natural born ones seem to operate on a different level, every part of them fine-tuned for their task."

>>15027689
And that task is what? To build and army to stop the machines?
Or to get revenge on them because they already lost?

rolled 75 = 75

Alright
so what happened later?

Shit, I have to go, I'll try to come back later.

rolled 10 = 10

dang

>>15027921
Ok, let's try to only bump this once per hour or a bit less so the thread lasts.

I'm here. There's a crappy pub about 60 feet from my house, and some drunk idiot climbed my fence, scared my dog, vomited all over the garden, and passed out. Let me tell you, performing CPR on a guy who just barfed is not a nice thing. Wish it was the first time though. I'll be posting soon, just got to finish what I started typing.

>>15027689
>>15027762

"To destroy any threat that manages to overcome their regular forces, I believe. You must understand, we have very little information about either side of this conflict. The Category-ones, the tin-men as they came to be known, refuse to open communications, though they clearly understand us. The bodysnatchers simply commit suicide the moment they are captured. They simply stop and die, it's rather uncanny. All we know is that they wage war
against each other, and only stop when one side is completely annihilated. Humans are merely tools to them."


He shift around in his seat, clearly embarassed " This is why Megan would have been better, I get sidetracked rather easily. Where were we? So, the Hunter was eventually slain, knocked out by a barrage of missiles. Grey devoured it while it was still alive. She changed afterward, keeping her distance from everyone. She dissapeared three days later, and went undiscovered for most of 4 months. The military was suspicious of this development, and strengthened the security of all their bases and labs, rightly so, as Grey appeared by one of the most important research complexes in Europe. She tore half the base apart, only stopping when a large number of both bodysnatchers and tin-men converged on the complex. During the battle royale that ensued Miss Grey slipped away. No one's seen her since to my knowledge."

"This is all I can tell you about her, there were some files above my clearance though, and in my experience, the Wise tend to keep much of what they deem important on a need-to-know basis."

rolled 88 = 88

>>15028302
oh fuck
I lold

>>15028359
Yeah, I guess it would sound funny, but when there's a guy dieing on your lawn, shit stops being amusing pretty fucking fast.

rolled 35 = 35

>>15028344
Alright
now tell me about the aliens

rolled 9 = 9

>>15028384
heh
I am sorry

did they haul him away?

>>15028344

We gain bits of knowledge when we devour other bodysnatcher aliens. I bet Grey learned about something hidden in that lab and went after it. The only question remains though... was she was trying to destroy it or release it?

>>15028389
"Well, as I said, we know very little about them, conjecture mostly. The bodysnatchers are in a sort of hivemind, guided by their kin and superiors, but posessing a mind of their own. There are 6 known forms: Infiltraots, Warriors, Overseers, Queens, Dragons, and Hunters. The Overseers and Queens guide the rest, the Queens breeding more of the forms that are required to deal with their enemies. The tin-men are more mysterious, they have many varieties. They are all artificial intelligences, even their vehicles are sentient. Very little is known about their command structure though. Anything in particular you want to know?"

>>15028401
Yeah, EMT's came in 6 or so minutes, their station is pretty close. He'll be fine, an acquiantance did something similar in highschool, drank a whole bottle of Jägermeister by himself. I did the CPR then as well.

rolled 89 = 89

>>15028460

"How to kill them effectively would be a nice start.

The one I encountered the other night seemed to have some sort of force field that kept me from engaging it in close combat. Any ideas on how to get around that?"

rolled 70 = 70

What are dragons?
And ask the place we are suplosed to be infiltrating

>>15028500
"Most of them are suspectibel to multiple forms of attack, to only thing I know of that grants them any special defensive capabilities is their force field. That, though, requires massive amounts of force to penetrate. The military use bunker busters to get through to them. There might be a way to bypass the field, but so far I don't posess such knowledge. It reflects kinetic and termal energy, and though there was some succes in experiments wiht radiation, no satisfying result was achieved."

>>15028557

Jesus christ the amount of energy it would take to keep up a field capable of deflecting that amount of force is staggering.

Is it a passive field? (as in, always on all the time), or is it something they have to actively activate in combat? If it's the latter, I'm thinking sneak attacks might be the best way to go.

>>15028504
"A Dragons are heavily armored aerial combat forms. Propelled by some kind of fuel they produce, they can reach surprising speeds I'm told. They mostly only appear either to support large warbands of Warriors, or where their enemies rely heavily on aerial forces. We might see some of them soon, if the military keeps up their current tactics."

>>15028587

Holy fuck they have organic jetpacks?

Shit, we need to find some of these guys and OMNOMNOM some genetic material because I want a goddamn jetpack.

>>15028572
He smiles and says " A passive field they can selectively disengage, I'm afraid. And yes, their power source is incredibly advanced. We have had no luck in replicating a power core,force-field or thermal-lance, so what we managed to reverse engineer, we must power by using salvaged cores."

>>15028614
FYI, it's a further upgrade of the Gliding Wings enhancement.

rolled 94 = 94

so
how is this massive war kept secret?

Also ask about Meg. Why is she on this? How did she join? When?

rolled 3 = 3

>>15028645

Noted. The next time we're voting for ability advancement: go with wings.

We've allied up with these guys for information, but it seems we still lack a long-term goal. Are we really willing to just be Jack Winters, or are we willing to embrace our true potential? We have been blessed with both independent thought and an amazing capacity for growth, far beyond what anyone else here can accomplish or even comprehend.

We will hunt, we will advance, and when this war finishes ravaging both sides, we will be the only victors left standing. We are the superior being here, and I think it's about time to start showing it.

>>15028663
He laughs a little."Do not believe that what you saw last night is indicative of this conflict, Mister Winters. Most of this war is fought unseen, in rural areas and in small groups. The bodysnatchers only employ their forms outside infiltrators when things are dire, and the tin-men rarely act, their forces taking much more time to build up in secret than their enemy's. And the Wise keep things well under control. The main reason I decided to join this group was in fact that I realized that I've been kept in the dark. The Wise's objectives are not quite as clear cut as I would prefer, and they seem to withhold much of what they know. I had the distinct feeling that they were much better informed about the situation than they let on."
(cont.)

>>15028819
"Megan? She got involved after the military took her captive and brought her to the lab where I worked, wanting to make sure she wasn't an Infiltrator. As she was quite bright, instead of simply letting her be confined for God knows how long, I requested her to be moved to my division as a test subject. She eventually became my assistant, and when I left, she came with me. She might be somewhat vulgar, but she is fiercely loyal to me, and she never let mo down once." he says, pride shining on his face.

rolled 23 = 23

Why did they suspect her to be a bodysnatcher?
How long ago was that?

Also ask abouy the place we are supposed to inftrate. What we are looking for, how we are supposed to get in and where it is

"Well, she was involved in an incident when a large number of Infection forms got loose at a party. She had a small insectbite on her, so they took her in. She was clear of course, the bitemark was from a normal spider."

He stand up and strecthes, yawning."Do excuse me, I did not have te time to rest properly. The base? It's concealed in a large office building, in New Bukarest, a town about 90 miles from here. The easiest way to get in would be to impersonate the agent in charge. Their authority is absolute as long as it doesn't contradict direct orders, so we could simply walk in."

"The device we are looking for is a diagnostic tool for mapping Category-One technology. We will need to use it to connect to the infection in poor Miss Abbey (that's Cath's family name), and I believe that the program that I wrote to interface with Megan's suit will allow us to influence the nanites without triggering any self-defense meachnisms."

>Is it just me and one other guy, or are there others lurking?

rolled 59 = 59

Do you have any files on officers in charge?
Can we ambush one somewhere?
Hiw big is the machine?
What kind of excuse should we come up with to take the machine with us?

rolled 1 = 1

>>15029109
perhaps

>>15029123
"There is only one agnet in command there, and we do know him." He reaches for his laptop and brings up an image of an african man in his fourties. He is bald, very agressive-looking, and has a thin mustache. "This is Dirar Fadil, a trusted agent who has had enough of serving in the field, and requested a less dangerous position. He is competent, if rash, and has very little love for fools. We've been planning to break in ourselves, so we have some information gathered already. Without your abilites though, we wouldn't have had a chance of getting in. Fadil frequents a coffee house a few blocks from the base, and spends some time there every morning. He is a very capable combatant, so no guards will accompany him."

>>15029109

Well, I'd pop in myself, but the other guy seems to be asking the questions just fine, so I don't see the need to pipe in.

>>15029123
"The machine, though not overtly large, is made of several delicate instruments. It would take time to recalibrate it, time that we don't have. The process of curing Miss Abbey is realtively short, so I believe the best course of action would be to attempt it there."

rolled 59 = 59

>>15029227
Now ask the questions about the machine

rolled 8 = 8

>>15029276
Oh, so you want me to take the agents appearence and then use his authority to let you and Cath in?
Okay
sounds like a plan

Now, where is Megan. I am absolutely starving

>>15029323

Wait, can we even do that? I know we can morph our limbs into deadly stuff, but I'm kind behind on what we can do. I'd look in the archives, but that'd take me a while.

>>15029323
"Sounds like a plan. I think I'm good, I'll have to thinkall this through." The Doctor lets you rest, and you even sleep a little before Megan arrives, hauling several bags in. You hungrily start wolfing down the chicken, the Doctor observing you curiously."I see, so your digestive system is optimized similarly to the Warriors, to allow massive nutrient intake in as short a time as possible."

As you gnaw bone and flesh alike, Meg looks at you with a strange expression, a mix of fascination and horror. "Did I ever tell you how creepy you are, Winters? No? Well, you are one freaky motherfucker, that's for sure."

>>15029369

See >>15027235, it's the up-to-date list of your abilites.

>>15029462

Much obliged, guess I skimmed too damn fast. Though, it seems to be a slow night for this, though, what with just you, me, and the other voice in the head.

>>15029444
"I should probably be offended, yet I find myself not really giving a fuck. Probably because I'm hungry." This being said while you smile.

rolled 60 = 60

>>15029444
"Hey
It is not my fault this body requires so much energy"

And try to increase the muscle and bome density

>Well, this is how it was last time as well, except when some waifu-savin' rolls were necessary. I guess people will trickle back in if they notice that the quest hasn't been abandoned.
>>15029510
"I should probably be offended, yet I find myself not really giving a fuck. Probably because I'm hungry." you say, smiling with a large bone between your teeth. When you start grinding it to pieces, she says with a nervous smile "Hey, you just managed to become even creepier, your prize is me backing the fuck off!"

The Doctor looks at you both with a look of concern. "We should get ready, time is of the essence" THe gunmen start packing, taking only the bare minimum that they will need. Soon, they are waiting only for you to be done.

You finish eating, and climb into one of the vans, content to digest your meal on the road.

>>15029612
>BAH, I'm getting sloppy again.
10 minute break people, coffee and smoke.

>>15029612

How are we proposing to get the agent by himself to be able to accurately mimic his appearance?

I wish we had some way of getting at his memories too, trying to take the place of someone important like this without much background info on his specific habits and mannerisms is a bit risky, especially in a place with such high security who will be on the lookout for things that are out of place.

rolled 87 = 87

We should look at the road that the agent takes to go to the coffee shop and see if there is an alley on they way where we can just spirit him away.
use our sedative to knock him out

>>15029765

Right, so we need to secure a place where we can have enough time to secretly knock him out, hide the body, and copy his appearance exactly.

Let's try to observe him a bit beforehand and see if we can get a better feel for his specific mannerisms and any other distinctive traits. Copying someone is more than just looking like them, you need to be able to walk like them and talk like them.

rolled 34 = 34

>>15029823
Problem is - we might have only one chance at this.
we dont have much time

>>15029823

Exactly, we only have one shot at this, so we need to be sure not to screw it up.

We shouldn't do this if it could break our stealth, but it's something to consider if the opportunity arises.

(Shit, I need to take care of something and probably won't get back to this quest tonight. Sorry for bailing on you guys.)

>properly, this time
>>15029612

"I should probably be offended, yet I find myself not really giving a fuck. Probably because I'm hungry." you say, smiling with a large bone between your teeth. When you start grinding it to pieces, she smiles back, with nervous fear in her eyes. "Hey, you just managed to become even creepier, your prize is me backing the fuck off!"

The Doctor looks at you both with a look of concern. " Mister Winters, Megan, please try to keep things civil. We cannot afford to make enemies of each other." He sighs, weary and slightly bitter, his age apparent for a moment." We should get ready, I fear our time short." The gunmen start packing, taking only the bare minimum that they will need. You look on, finishing your meal, and clean your hands afterward.

You walk to the table Catherine is on, and lift her gingerly into your arms, carrying her up the short stairs. Megan opens the door of the van for you, and you place the girl on a small rug, securing her between some blankets. You look up, everyone waiting on you. "Let's get going, shall we?"

(cont.)

>>15029945
You sit through the long, dull drive, the surroundings barely visible in the night. The Doctor, seeing your apparent boredom, puts his laptop into your hands, a map of the city you are heading to on the screen, a rouute marked with a red line. He points at it. "That's the route Fadil takes. I thought it would be best if you studied the area." You nod, taking time to look over it, seeing two spots that might be good for an ambush. An alley connected to the sidewalk, and a short street that he cuts through, isolated with no line of sight from anywhere else. "I also have this. It might be of use to you, though it's barely alive." He holds up a glass tube connected to some small machine, filled with a liquid, in it some tissue floating, covered in wires and electrodes.

rolled 56 = 56

Whats that?

>>15030048
"Umm..... do I want to know what's in the solution?"

>>15030048

"It would be of use to me if I knew what it was first."

Also, the street he cuts through sounds like a better ambush point, if we were to yank him from the sidewalk into an alley I have a feeling with our luck, somebody would spot his disappearance. Wait on a fire escape or some other place high up where we can snipe him with a sedative spike when he enters into the sidestreet.

>>15030048
You realize it's a bodysnatcher, it's lifesigns faint but present. It's a type you have not encountered yet.

"You are capable of absorbing bodysnatchers, yes? It might give you the edge we need."

rolled 42 = 42

Did we look ay his picture?
we need to recodnise him.

I say we ambush him at the alley.

>>15030097
You still don't have a launchable spike, the one you do have is close combat only.

rolled 29 = 29

>>15030118
Oh, thank you. Where did you get it?

CONSUME IT!

>>15030118

Ah, sweet, sweet genetic material. Thank him for the snack and then absorb it.

(If we get a new power out of this, DO NOT display it for the doctor or anyone else. We've got quite a few aces up our bone-plated bladed arms and I want to keep it that way.)

>>15030140

Ah, fuck. I still vote from ambushing him up from above though.

Make a disgusted face.
Don't look as if you would so readily eat an alien.

"You sure about this, Doc? Usually, I am so pumped up to notice, y'know, life and death situations, but, man, ugly sonafabitch. Which kind was this?"

>>15028883
When was this?
Was it when we, I mean Jack Winters, is in juvie or afterwards?

We still are not quite sure of this Doctor. Could be that he has implanted some gen-1 control thingie on Megan and make her use that armor, and now attempt to do something similar to us....

Paranoia. It is not fun.

>>15030145
>>15030147
"Where did you pick this up?" you say, opening it's top. A sweet smell of decay and what you think is sugar hits you. "The good gentlemen liberated it from a shipment meant for one of the Wise's labs."

You stick your index finger inside, tendrils extending from the tip. You can feel that much of it is already beyond repair, containing a fraction of the information it once had. It's the remains of an Overseer, kept alive outside of a host somehow.

You take what you can, expanding your capabilites in new ways. Choose two:

-Improved Sensory Organs
(increased sight, hearing,smell, etc.)

-Broad-spectrum Senses
(thermal sight, ultrasound detection, noise filtering, etc.)

-Pheromone Emission Gland
(some possible influence over emotional reactions in humans, close proximity required)

-Improved Neurological Control
(improved reaction time, less pain, etc.)

-Improved Mind-link
(concealing your own signal, comprehending their's better, noticing it from a greater distance)

>>15030321
After. Jack is 24, or was.

rolled 54 = 54

Wow
all of them are great.

I say go for neurogical control

>>15030356
Damn, everything is good.
But I vote for the last one. This is an Overseer, you might not get another change for this power.

>>15030321

As the person who posted >>15028714 I think we really need to sit down and consider our long-term goals here, after we finish this mission.

So far, we've only cared about this group and Catherine to keep up appearances of being (mostly) human, but do we want to get involved further? Do we really care about her well-being and the success of this group beyond what information and resources we can get for ourselves?

>>15030401
>>15030384
Choose two, gentlemen.

>>15030356
>pick two

HELL YEAH.

Improved Mind Link and Improved Neurological Control.

rolled 93 = 93

>>15030405
If we managed to make her like us and alter her mind to become extremely loyal to us (even if she finds out we arw bodysnatcher), that would be awesome.

We could share our memories so that she can get same abilities as us (right, op?)

>>15030471
Possibly. But bear in mind, there is no sure outcome of healing her. You don't know what part will win out, human, cyborg or bodysnatcher.

>>15030356

Some of this stuff we may figure out on our own at a later date, or get from other hunters.

Some of this stuff is pretty much Overseer only.

Improved Mind-link is a must, and Pheromone Emission Gland has both long term value and is something we're not likely to encounter again in the future.

>>15030471

We'd need to neutralize the Category-One influence she's fighting with first. Once we've got that taken care of, I also vote for... improving her in this fashion.

rolled 16 = 16

>>15030431
(Aw right)

seconding this

we will be able to hunt bodysnatchers on our own

I'll give you people a few minutes to decide on upgrades, most votes decide, if there is a tie/no consensus, highest roll.

rolled 98 = 98

>>15030525

I am rolling for these

rolled 65 = 65

It sounds like we all agree on Improved Mind Link.

Not sure about Pheremones though, I'd rather go with something that has more general utility like Improved Neurological Control, or even Improved Sensory Organs.

>>15029982
Mind Link is a must, considering the source.
Neural or Pheromone? Both are good, with Neural rather combat-related utility and Pheromone as a social-weapon against humans.

rolled 27 = 27

Phermones would certanly be useful for coming missuong.
Heck, maybe they have more of living specimens in thag compound and we could take them and conaume them

>>15030618

Remember the difficulty we had with dealing with those soldiers a few threads back? Pheremones could help us with situations like that, make them more amenable to our suggestions and easier to control.

But all the other options sound so cool too so really, as long as we get Mind Link, anything else is find by me.

>>15030611

Those two are general-purpose enough that we're likely to find them on other hunters though.

>>15030647

Actually, that is a good point, pheremones would be more suited to the task at hand with infiltration. Let's go with that then.

>>15030647
>>15030679
>>15030666
>>15030611
>>15030567
>>15030525

You shake your slightly, your brain restructuring itself, better to recieve the link. Instead of simply not observing any signals, you feel the lack of them, a void around you, confirming that there are no 'snatchers in some distance, a hundred yards perhaps.

The gland inside you grows in size, doing the work of two, starting to secrete a wide array of pheromones that you can disperse through your pores in a very fine mist up to a few meters. The Doctor looks at you with a fiery passion.
"Well, what did you see? What did you gain?"

>>15030785
>your head slightly

rolled 78 = 78

"Oh
it seems like I can detect bodysnatchers in close vicinity now"

smile

rolled 49 = 49

>>15030785

Let him in on the mind link we've gained, but keep the pheremone ability to ourselves.

"I feel... nothing. Like there's supposed to be voices speaking, but they're silent here.

I uh, I think that's a good thing."

>>15030809
>>15030810
"I think I can sense bodysnatchers at a distance, like a voice or something. None around here, though."

"Well, I'd be more surprised if you did. So, a sensitivity to the mind-link. Makes sense, Overseers are the nexus of the connection between invidiual members. Nothing else?"

"Not really Doc, and if I can say, I really wouldn't like to do this again. It felt... disgusting."
>this good?

>>15030956
>FUUUU
invidiual=individual
These typos really rub me the wrong way.

>>15030956

Works for me.

(Aaaaand I'm out for the night. Hope this goes well in the meantime.)

rolled 6 + 2 = 8

>>15030956
Good enough..
except for that last part,
but I digress

>>15030993
The "It felt disgusting" part? Because that's what I'm mostly asking about.

>>15031008

Oh that? Yeah, that can be left out.

After all, we're only helping these guys out to get resources and info from them, and if they can keep getting us bodysnatchers to level ourselves up from, then hell yes we want them to continue that.

>>15031034
I was the one that asked that. Specifically, in order to make them think that it is indeed still Jack Winters inside.

Go on, BiaJ. Let's get in touch with the agent.

>>15031008

No! Then he will not try as hard to get us delicious samples. Don't say anything about not wanting to do it again. Say "I guess this cost you some trouble to steal huh? I appreciate the help."

"The wise are the ones with access to the advanced tech, right?"
Shapeshift to look like the injured pilot we chatted with at the downed VTOL. Ask Megan if she can make herself look like a whore. There's our in. Just a drunk soldier on leave bringing a hooker back for him and some buddies to bang. Use our pheromones to tweak any questioning guards into lust for her (or us) and offer to let them join in, then gas them when they're not looking. We could be in and rifling their files in no time.

>>15031084

As much fun as that would be, wouldn't sticking with the plan to impersonate the director be a better bet?

>>15030956
>>15031034

"I think I can sense bodysnatchers at a distance, like a voice or something. None around here, though."

"Well, I'd be more surprised if you did. So, a sensitivity to the mind-link. Makes sense, Overseers are the nexus of the connection between invidiual members. Nothing else?"

"Not really Doc. Anyway, what's the plan? I think I should jump him in the street here." you point on the map.

They all give it a look. "Works for me." Megan says with indifference. One of the soldiers, a stocky Caucasian man with a short military haircut, seems to disagree." I think that's not a good idea. If it were me, I'd place some lookouts in the buildings."
One of the other soldiers, an angry looking Hispanic man, with a similarly utilatarian hair, nods. "A route this obvious has to be a trap."

The third one, a tall, thin, blonde haired man stays quiet, looking calm and uninterested.

>>15031129

They do make a good point. This route seems too obvious a choke-point for an ambush, they'd HAVE to have someone guarding it if it's a regular part of the agent's walk.

But what other options do we have? Make a quick grab for him from the alleyway?

>>15031129

Do we know which way the director's tastes swing? Maybe we can seduce him or something.

>>15031129
They're at war with body snatchers. They wouldn't let their leader go unescorted without some kind of contingency. You're right, this is a setup.

What about the guy we impersonated at the club? The guy in the suit. Could we get in as him?

We could go after a lower-profile target that will likely be less risky. But it would also limit our ability to get to the machine unopposed.

Decision, decisions...

>>15031157
Heterosexual, married, devout muslim.
>>15031162
Agent Greg Stinson's security clearance is unknown to you, but he will most likely be questioned if he isn't higher level than Fadil.

>>15031222
>Heterosexual, married, devout muslim.

Right, where's his wife at? We'll get him through her.

>>15031063
Heh, they will give us more of the samples they get anyway. We just say that it is disgusting to do, not that we are refusing it. We, or Jack Winters, would do it to survive. They would do it because for now it looked like we are the only Bodysnatcher they have.

Of course, being paranoid, I also question the sanity or reason of the Doctor of giving us these samples, if it indeed was what changed Miss Grey...

>>15031278

When you're in a tight spot sometimes you take risks that would otherwise be unthinkable.

So many opportunities for a smart guy to lay a trap for those after him.
>>15031243
Leaning towards this. Do we know what kind of survielance they have on his house?

Oh, I have a plan forming. Find a semi open-ish area that they could bring the/a van through quickly. We pretend to be a hobo or whatever begging for change and throw something at him to piss him off if he ignores us.
Tranq him, van pulls up and we get him inside.

When we go in we say that Cath was one of the people that attacked him and that he's taking her in to be checked. Or would that cause too much trouble and put him under suspicion?

rolled 51 = 51

>>15031339

This guy has high enough clearance that whatever he says goes undisputed.

The trouble is just getting to him without raising an alarm.

>>15031339
Well, let's see some votes then!
>also, mfw when I forgot the basic rule of GM-ing.

Well? Anyone?

Ask the two soldiers then, where would they place the lookout and grab those lookouts.

>>15031487

I vote we target his wife and get to him through her.

rolled 21 = 21

>>15031519
Yes, ask them first. My plans usually have gaping holes in them I cant see.

>>15031519
>>15031542
"Well, lookouts would be able to cover the entire area from... here, here and here."The first soldier points at the two corners and a building that is taller than the ones surrounding it. "The three of us should be able to safely take out one. You seem fast enough to take out another. The Doctor and Meg wouldn't be of much help in this situation though. Any thoughts?" he looks at the other two.

"We don't have the proper gear to take out another in time." the second one says.

>>15031619
"Well, those types have to keep in touch with each other, right? I'll get the top,. you two take one, and Doc and Megan can distract the last until I get there."

rolled 51 = 51

>>15031619
Well if the two at the corners are close enough together we could potentially be able to hit them both fast while the others get the guy up high. Then from up there they cover us since we dont really seem much for ranged weaponry.

>>15031678
"That might just work. You're fast as hell. I don't think the Doc should go though." he says.

"Yeah, leave the Doc out of this Jack, he's not a fighter." Megan is visibly irritated by the fact that you would put the Doctor in danger.

"Let's get geared up, then." The soldiers put on some kevlar and conceal handguns. Meg refuses their offer for the same. "If it gets bad, those won't help me one bit. Better to be inconspicuous. " They hand you a headset. "We should keep in contact. And you won't be needing this, now will you?" the second soldier says, raising a silenced gun. You pass the city limits just then. The time is 4:34 AM, Fadil won't be moving until 6:30.
Anything you want to do?

>>15031754
I didn't make it clear, but the two corners are on the opposite sides and ends of the street.

rolled 27 = 27

>>15031820
Not really, just make sure to go early. If the guards have regular check in times we should wait until only a few minutes before Fadil is set to show up to take them out. Say 10-15 minutes.
Oh, pickup something that would clean away blood from the street or wherever incase things are a bit messy.

>>15031880
Uh, I have to admit, I have no idea what that could be. Kind of stuck thinking about a mop. It's hilarious, but not very constructive. Little help on what could do that fast/efficient enough?

>>15031909
Lysol? It seemed to work well for concentration camps.

>>15031909
Bleach or anything with chlorine in it would also work.

>>15031880
No bleach. Ammonia. Follow with 'Odo-Ban', a eucalyptus scented neutral leaner. It won't react with the ammonia, but will mask the smell and help wash away evidence. Best combination available for disposing of blood stains.

>Sorry for the delay.
>>15032009
>>15031954
The soldiers make a quick stop at a shop, and come back with household detergents. "Might have to remove blood. Better safe than sorry."

You park the van some distance from the street, and wait. Time goes by slowly, and Megan, obviously bored and anxious, turns to you. "So, one thing I don't get. You are going to an awfull lot of trouble for little Cath. Don't know you for the type who gives a shit. You gone soft on me?" she says, her face suddenly turning into a wicked grin. "Oh god, don't tell me it's twu wuw or some shit. That would be fucking hilarious."

>>15032094
"I didn't turn my back on you all those years ago. You expect me to turn my back on someone else? Someone who needed help and had nowhere to turn? You really don't know me. Maybe you never did."

>>15032094
"Fuck you too, Meg. Like you being so attached to that Doctor any different?"

Continue?

>>15032094
"how about its the none of your goddamn business factor?"

>>15032094

"I didn't turn my back on you. I had a problem, and yeah there was a lot of bullshit that came with having a substance problem, but I never turned my back on you. You remember all the shit I went through for your sake, right?

"This is just how I am."

rolled 44 = 44

>>15032187
>>15032192
>>15032258
Missed a couple of threads so I'm going to have to assume some combination or these would do well?

Holy shit is that the time?

>>15032187
>>15032192
"Fuck you, Meg. I never was one who turned his back on his friends. You should know that best. And it's not like it's so different with you and the Doc."

She clearly didn't expect a comeback like this. She's lost for words, and you can see some respect on the first two soldiers' faces. The third one simply says "You can argue later. For now, just shut it." You decide that it's the best thing to do right now. Before you notice, it's 6:15 already.
(cont.)

>>15032314
>sorry, just hurrying this along a bit.
You move out, the three groups moving their separate ways. You go to the alley, climbing up to the roof when nobody's looking. Jumping from building to building, you try to stay in cover as much as possible.

>hope this is okay
Roll for stealth, first three counts.

rolled 26 = 26

rolling stealth

rolled 59 = 59

Back in the saddle! Stealth roll

rolled 49 = 49

>>15032344
Rollan! (Please be a good one)

rolled 5 = 5

Third roll, also, what else did we get after Mindlink?

>>15032393
>Altair
>Stealthy
Who would have guessed?!

Fuck, it's 2 in the morning out here. POST EARLIER DUDE! I missed a thread with a ban and another with uncertain timing, when do you usually run the quest?

>>15032401
Improved Neural Control.
>>15032394
>>15032393
>>15032364
Misjudging the distance for the next leap, you bash into the chimney you wanted to land behind, reeling out of cover for a second. Silently cursing yourself, you keep low as far as you can, glancing at the buiding your targets are at. You can barely make out a figure by a window, waving to another one to come over.
Wat do?

>>15032436
18:00, usually. Might move it earlier. Last wednesday I had to leave for family reasons, I posted about it in the early afternoon.

Thrust yourself into the window, sedative spikes flying? Or we wait for whomever is called has also arrived near the window?

>>15032466
Is it a window in the building the target is in? If not it's likely just some random person.
Too tired to think clearly. Good luck all.

>>15032637
Yes, it is. It's also at a good vantage point. There's one more of them, with what seems suspiciously like a gun. Hard to make out, though.

rolled 94 = 94

Am I alone here? Did the other anon has just left me?

Prep under-armor, and then fly in and sedate the heck out of the 'armed' one first.

>Okay guys, you know what? I'm just going to finish this one here. Quest dragged out too late.

>>15032761
Sleep is for the weak! you can rest when you're dead!....

ok, have a goodnight, Mr. Brain, hopefully you don't have to perform cpr on vomit covered drunks for the rest of your night

>>15032782

..because i will, i'm an EMT and my shift is starting in 30 mins...

>>15032820
Shiiit, respect dude. One of my friends is an EMT.Though job.

Night then, for the both of you.

>>15032851
give him a shitload of beer every time you see him, he'll love you forever

>>15032902
Already do, man, already do.

So quest is archived http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Bodysnatcher%20Quest

I'll be back friday, 16:00.