Previously on Overwatch Quest:

The team succesfully defended the Watchpoint from Talon's assault forces. You distinguished yourself by taking out Reaper and his squad alone, and with style. The team was impressed by your personal exploits. Your defense strategy was good, if not perfect: the base took some damage from breach charges and exploding fuel tanks, but all agents emerged more or less unscathed.

Soon you were ready to head out on your next mission, which you had decided would be the first time the team split up. Tracer and Reinhardt would take the Aurora to Antarctica, to investigate a mysterious signal from an abandoned scientific outpost. Meanwhile, Mercy, McCree, and yourself would take civilian transport to Japan, to investigate Genji's disappearance and the plans of the Shimada clan.

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Before Tracer leaves, you tell her ...

>This could be a Talon trap. Stay focused out there.
>This could be something valuable. Do what it takes.
>Good luck, Tracer.
>Good luck, Lena.
>When we get back, my new suit will be ready. How about a race?

>>1075471
>>This could be a Talon trap. Stay focused out there.
>Good luck, Lena.

>>1075471
>This could be a Talon trap. Stay focused out there.
>When we get back, my new suit will be ready. How about a race?

>>1075471
>This could be a Talon rap. Stay focused out there.
>Good luck, Lena
>Don't do anything I wouldn't do
>Okay, that's a bad measuring stick.

>>1075495
Seconding the second half.

>>1075471
>Good luck, Lena.
>When we get back, my new suit will be ready. How about a race?

>>1075471
>>Good luck, Lena.
>>When we get back, my new suit will be ready. How about a race?

>>1075471
>Good luck, Lena
>Don't do anything I wouldn't do
>Okay, that's a bad measuring stick.

>>1075471
>>Good luck, Tracer.

Lenas a fat girls name, not calling her that.

"This could be a Talon trap," you tell her. "Stay focused out there."

Tracer salutes you. "Yes sir, Mr. Seeker," she says in a mockingly serious voice. "Stay focused! Directive received."

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do," you say. "Wait. Okay, that's a bad measuring stick. Don't do anything a responsible Overwatch agent wouldn't do."

She grins. "I gotcha. Me and Rein won't take any risks we don't have to. No daring exploits."

"When we get back, my new suit will be ready. How about a race? You owe me a rematch from Kurjikstan."

"You're on, bucko. I'm up for a challenge anytime. I bet we could make a lap or two around this place interesting."

"All right, when we get back, then. Good luck out there, Lena."

You didn't really think about calling her "Lena." It just sort of happened. You see her blush a little. "A-all right, you too. You know, it's not fair you know my real name and I don't know yours."

>I try to protect my secret identity.
>I like being mysterious.
>I'll tell you someday.
>I'll tell you now, actually ...

>I'll tell you now, actually ...

>>1075588
>>I'll tell you now, actually ...

>>1075588
>I'll tell you now, actually ...
>Keep it a secret though

>>1075471
>Stay focused out there

>Good luck, Lena.

>>1075588
>Life's not fair
but
>I'll tell you now, someday.
>Now, actually. No telling, I like being mysterious.

>>1075588
>I'll tell you now, actually ...

>>1075588
>>I like being mysterious.

>>1075588
Its Bob just Bob.

but seriously
>>1075588
>>I'll tell you someday.

>>1075588
>I'll tell you someday.
>I'll tell you now, actually ...

"I'll tell you know, actually. Keep it a secret, though," you add with a wink. "I like being mysterious."

>Ash
>Corrin
>James
>Kal
>Logan
>Write-in

>>1075662
>Harry

Sounds nice

>>1075662
>>Logan

>>1075662
>Ash

>>1075662
>James

>>1075662
>Logan
or
>James
we are Canadian

>>1075662
>Logan
and Im the best I am at what I do

>Logan

Switching vote to ash

logan sux

>>1075662
>James

>>1075693
U suk


dick

>>1075694
Switching to Ash, cause Evil Dead

>>1075662
>Bob
nice and boring.

>>1075662
>Chason

>>1075662
>Logan
If we pick Ash, there will never not be Pokemon jokes.

>>1075712
Gotta catch them all.

>>1075662
>Ash

>>1075662
>Logan

ASH

>>1075662
>Logan.

>Zuul

>>1075712
>Implying there won't be wolverine jokes.

Fuck it, changing my vote to
>Logan
Just realized the reference.

>>1075730
what is it lad

>>1075728
Wolverine jokes are much better than Pokemon jokes.

>>1075733
Yep. We can even start calling people bub for kicks.

>>1075733
Seeker is Canadian.

>>1075740
>not putting people on the snikt list when they need to die

>>1075746
Our mom, when not destroying world saving groups of heroes, was really into comics.

>>1075746
So is wolverine

Eh, Instead of Zuul I'll pick
>Ash

Shop smart.

>>1075747
Wouldn't it be amusing if our sword pistol makes a snikt noise when it transforms?

>>1075662
>>Kal

>>1075763
Well it probably will now thanks.

>>1075756
I know.

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What, you guys don't like Evil Dead?

>>1075662
>>Logan

I thought I was late to this

>>1075781
i do

>>1075781
Love it, Ash is more popularized as a Pokemon name, though.

>>1075781
it's not that it's I'd rather go with the wolverine reference for sheer irony.

>>1075781
Who doesn't? There can be only one Ash though.

>>1075781
>>1075792
Also, Wolverine is Canadian.

>>1075790
This, pretty much.

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"It's Logan," you say. "Named after Canada's most badass citizen: Wolverine." It's actually after your great-uncle on your father's side, but you prefer this version.

"Logan," she says, testing the name on her tongue. She grins. "It's kinda manly. I like it."

"Guess it suits me, then," you say, smiling back at her.

You readjust your clothes. It feels odd wearing a civilian outfit. Brigitte got one of the fabricators working, and it printed you out some basics. You're used to wearing your adventuring gear, though. That armor has been like a second skin throughout the years. Now it's packed away, and you're dressed like an ordinary citizen.

"I've never seen you in civvies before," Tracer says, looking you up and down. She takes a closer look at your face. "Hey, you're a handsome devil under that mask, ain'tcha? How come you wear that thing so much?"

>The scanner and hud provide useful information. And it protects my head.
>I have to protect my secret identity.
>I like to be mysterious.
>Just an old habit.
>*blush and stammer*

>>1075797
oh my god

>>1075771
Bueno.

>>1075802
>The scanner and hud provide useful information. And it protects my head.

>>1075802
>blush and stammer
>attempt winking

>>1075802
>The scanner and hud provide useful information. And it protects my head.
>I like to be mysterious.
>Just an old habit.

>>1075802
>>The scanner and hud provide useful information. And it protects my head.
>>I have to protect my secret identity.
>>and when I was a criminal I viewed it as a job not a life style

>>1075802
>>1075811
>Also people really like punching me in the face.

>>1075802
>>The scanner and hud provide useful information. And it protects my head.

>>1075802
>*blush*
>The scanner and hud provide useful information. And it protects my head.
>I have to protect my secret identity.
>I like to be mysterious.

>>1075802
>I have to protect my secret identity.
but really
>Just an old habit.
Too used to using a mask as game face, you know.

>>1075802
>*blush and stammer*
>Start explaining how it's practical
>Admit that it's just because Seeker likes being mysterious

>The scanner and hud provide useful information. And it protects my head.

>>1075802
>The scanner and hud provide useful information. And it protects my head.
>*blush and stammer*

>>1075825
Switching to this.

>>1075802
>>*blush and stammer*
We don't own any other clothes

>>1075825
I'll switch to this too, since it's adorable.

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Whoo Overwatch Quest!

>>1075825
>>1075838
I like these two; being a thief was not the most well paying of jobs.

>1075802
>Just an old habit.
>*blush and stammer*

>>1075845
Symmetra's lazer tether coil thing is OP to begin with, add in the buff and holy shit.

Our last name better still be Dumas.

>>1075872
We ain't French, apparently, anon. It's gonna be something Chinese, apparently. Alexander's got support in Discord for being a middle name, though.

Did you hear that right? Yeah, you did. She called you handsome. You feel your cheeks heating up and look away from her inquisitive gaze. "I-it's ... I mean, the heads-up display provides useful information when I'm working, a-and it protects my head. People seem to like punching me in the face."

"Why were you wearin' it around the base, though?" says Tracer, pursing her lips skeptically.

"I ... I just like to be mysterious, okay? I like the whole masked guy thing. "Who is that mysterious man behind the mask? Oh my gosh, he's so cool!" And besides ..." You mutter something inaudible.

Tracer leans in. "Wot was that?"

"I don't own any other clothes!" you say, louder than you intended. Tracer winces back. "Sorry. Just before the Dorado job, my base went up in smoke. I lost everything. Got out with my gear and nothing else." You had some currency in a reserve fund, but you don't mention for now that you've spent it on upgrades for the Watchpoint.

"Sorry to hear that, mate," she says. "Good thing we got the fabber up and running, then. Once you get back maybe I can give ya some fashion tips. After I kick your butt in the race, that is," she adds, winking.

"We'll see about that."

(Continued)

>>1075881
the fucks a discord?

>>1075881
someone link the discord gain

>>1075892
Now I'm imagining Seeker walking around the base in his pajama bottoms and the mask still on.

>>1075892
>Sorry. Just before the Dorado job, my base went up in smoke.
Pharah's revenge?

>>1075912
Worse.
HOA.

>>1075897
's in the OP

>>1075914
who/what?

>>1075925
The Home Owners Association!

By the way, what are you wearing?
>Hoodie and jeans
>Leather jacket and sunglasses
>Sharp black suit
>Hawaiian shirt and flip-flops
>Write-in

>>1075936
>>Sharp black suit

>>1075936
>Hawaiian shirt and flip-flops
Because why not.

>>1075936
>Hoodie and jeans
We gotta Canada it up

>>1075936
>>Leather jacket and sunglasses

>>1075936
>Sharp black suit

>>1075936
>Hawaiian shirt and flip-flops

>>1075936
>Hoodie and jeans

>>1075936
>Hoodie and jeans
Holy shit a Hawaiian shirt and flip-flops would be funny, though.

>>1075936
>>Hawaiian shirt and flip-flops
Ignorant Gaijin

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>>1075936
>Hoodie and jeans
I say it look's something like this.

>>1075950
Changing to Hoodie, I guess.

>>1075956
fuck hold up I have something for this

>>1075936
>Hoodie and jeans

>>1075961
Ayy, Prototype.

>>1075936
>Hoodie and jeans
+hat

>>1075965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZIyMD46M-U
Pretend we're JW Pepper

>Hoodie and jeans

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You go for the casual look for now. Hooded sweatshirt, jeans, baseball cap. Maybe you'll spice things up later, but for now, you're just an ordinary citizen on a tourism trip.

>>1075995
Booo Hawaiian shirt 's were its at.

>>1075995
Now what are McCree and Mercy wearing?

>>1075995
>Marvel "I'm just a civilian" Starter Pack
At least we don't have Dreamworks Face.

>>1075995
>>1076006
this is a good question

>>1076006
Same thing obviously.

>>1076006
Let's call McCree and ask 'what are you wearing' in our best mock-sultry voice.

>>1076014
Inb4 McCree is rockin the Hawaiian shirt and sansals.

>>1076014
So he's wearing the cap on top of his cowboy hat?
>>1076015
Oh I like this.

>>1076006
Birthday suits

>>1075936
>>Hawaiian shirt and flip-flops

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Getting into the Spanish airport is uneventful. Mercy's civilian identity of Dr. Angela Ziegler is still considered a respected physician, retired from a more exciting, if somewhat scandalous, occupation.

You and McCree are both wanted men, but fake identification papers and tricking cam scanners happen to be tricks of your trade.

"Thanks, pardner," he says after you finish getting through security. "Last time I took a trip someplace, I couldn't figger how to get a phony ID for a train. So I stowed away on top of it. Can't say it was the most comfortable ride I've ever had. Good thing I like a little fresh air, even if it is blowing past at 640 kilometers an hour." Something occurs to him. "How are you getting our gear through? Don't they have, you know, scanners and such?"

"I've done my fair share of smuggling," you say. "To the airport scanners, our luggage looks like perfectly ordinary tourist stuff. Don't worry, I've got this."

"Good to hear," he says. "We might share a former occupation, but my style was always a little more direct, if ya take my meaning."

You say to McCree ...

>Ever been to Japan?
>What do you think Genji's up to?
>Did Genji ever talk about his brother, Hanzo?
>Know anything about the Shimada clan?
>Any stories from working with Genji?

>>1076140
>>Ever been to Japan?

>>1076140
>Ever been to Japan?
>Know anything about the Shimada clan?>Any stories from working with Genji?

>>1076140
>Ever been to Japan?
>Any stories from working with Genji?

>>1076140
>>Ever been to Japan?
>>What do you think Genji's up to?

>>1076155
Second.

>>1076140
>Wait your wanted?
>Ever been to Japan?

>>1076140
>Ever been to Japan?
>What do you think Genji's up to?

>>1076140
>>Ever been to Japan?
>>Know anything about the Shimada clan?

>>1076155
Supporting

>>1076140
>Ever been to...blah blah blah

>Ever been to Japan?

>>1076140
>>Know anything about the Shimada clan?
I'm going with this, I want to know about them as well.

>>1076140

>Ever been to Japan?
>Know anything about the Shimada clan?
>What do you think Genji's up to?

>>1076140
>Ever been to Japan?
>Any stories from working with Genji? Or the old days?

"Ever been to Japan?" you ask him.

"Well, there was this one time. Me and Gabe -- that's, er, Gabriel Reyes, you know, my old squad leader. We went over to Japan to help Genji sort out a few things. Things he wanted kept under the table, you know. Dealt with quiet-like."

You've heard the rumors before. That Reyes and McCree were part of something called "Blackwatch", a secret covert-ops team, dedicated to missions off the books. Sometimes a crisis would arise where Overwatch intervention would have political consequences, and yet mysteriously resolve itself, seemingly without action from Overwatch. Maybe you don't know him well enough to ask about that yet, though.

Instead you say, "What about his clan? The Shimadas?"

"Well, it's funny you should say that," he says. "The thing we helped Genji with was to take down his old clan. For a while there, he was totally dedicated to bringing 'em down. Said they were a "blight on his country" or somethin'. He called us in for the big finale, a real showdown. It went well. I thought we won.

"But from what I hear these days, the Shimadas are back, in a big way. Not sure how they dragged themselves back from the dead in such a short time. If the rumors are true, they can just about buy and sell half of Japan now."

(Continued)

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On the plane, you wind up sitting next to Mercy.

"I hear Japan is lovely this time of year," she says. "We'll be busy soon enough, but I plan to enjoy the tourist section of our trip while it lasts."

>Talk casually about the sights in Japan.
>Check out the in-flight entertainment together.
>Ask what she thinks Genji is doing.
>Ask if Genji ever talked about his brother, Hanzo.
>Ask if Mercy's really the one who turned Genji into a cyborg.

>Ask what she thinks Genji is doing.

>>1076252
>Talk casually about the sights in Japan.
>Check out the in-flight entertainment together.
>Ask what she thinks Genji is doing

>>1076252
>>Talk casually about the sights in Japan.
>>Check out the in-flight entertainment together.

>>1076252
>Talk casually about the sights in Japan.
>Check out the in-flight entertainment together.

>>1076252
>>Talk casually about the sights in Japan.
>>Check out the in-flight entertainment together.

>>1076252
>>Talk casually about the sights in Japan.
>Check out the in-flight entertainment.
watch Star wars Episode XXXIII Return of the Force Clones

>>1076252
>>Talk casually about the sights in Japan.
>>Check out the in-flight entertainment together.

>>1076252
>>Ask if Mercy's really the one who turned Genji into a cyborg.
Let's make her uncomfortable, or at the very least find out about how she did it. Who knows, maybe WE can become the cyborg.

>>1076252
>Talk casually about the sights in Japan.
>Check out the in-flight entertainment together.
>Ask if Mercy's really the one who turned Genji into a cyborg.

>>1076252
>Check out the in-flight entertainment together.
>Ask if Mercy's really the one who turned Genji into a cyborg.

>>1076252
>Ask what she thinks Genji is doing
>Ask if Genji ever talked about his brother, Hanzo.

>>1076220
Hmm i feel like Talon is behind there reemergence.

>>1076276
This

>>1076276
supporting

>>1076252
>>Ask what she thinks Genji is doing.

"That sounds great," you say. "I've been to Japan a couple of times. Didn't have much of a chance for sight-seeing, but what I did see was incredible. Neo-Tokyo lit up at night was really something."

"Supposedly where we're going, they have groves of cherry trees engineered to bloom year-round," she says. "Ironic, considering they once represented a symbol of transience. But none the less beautiful for their immortality. I would love the chance to have a viewing party."

"Maybe we can do that while we're here," you say, trying to sound casual and not stammer. "Y-you know, if it doesn't interfere with the mission."

She smiles at you. "That sounds lovely."

"Great. For now," you say, turning to the in-flight datapad. "Why don't we check out the entertainment?"

You and Mercy watch some light-hearted comedies together. She has to ask you about a few of the jokes at first - German speakers tend towards blunt senses of humor. When she does start to get the humor, she tries to stay reserved, but soon starts to burst out in giggles. You pass the time for a while, listening to her laughter, enjoying this time of peace and respite from the chaos of the past few weeks.

There's something on your mind, though, and eventually you have to ask it. "About Genji," you say to her. "I heard that you were the one who -- who saved his life." You were about to say "turned him into a machine," but at the last moment decided to phrase it more politely.

She takes a moment to respond. "It's true," she says. "I performed the cyberization procedure. I had some help, but the responsibility was mine. I saw promise in the technique at the time. But its subjects tend towards ... psychological instability." She sighs. It's clearly a painful memory. "Genji was stable at first. But over time, he began to feel that the cost he had paid was too much. That he was more machine than man. He told me that--that I had--"

Was that a tear you saw, before she turned away?

>Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked.
>I think you did the right thing.
>He was right. You shouldn't have done that to him.

>>1076374
>>Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked.

>>1076374
>I think you did the right thing.
Somehow I think He understands now. Based on the nothing I know of him no.

>>1076374
>I think you did the right thing

>>1076374
>>Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked.

>>1076374
>>Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked.
but
>>I think you did the right thing.

>>1076374
>>Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked.
>I think you did the right thing, based on what you knew at the time.

>>1076374
>Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked.
>I think you did the right thing.

>>1076374
>>I think you did the right thing

>>1076374
>I think you did the right thing.

>>1076374
>>Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked.
>>I think you did the right thing.
"Maybe he didn't end up happy with it. But he got a chance to be happy that wouldn't have existed without you."

>>1076374
>Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked.
As if anon was ever going to disagree with Mercy.

>>1076374
>Hey I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked

>>1076374
>>Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked.
but first
"He may not like what he's become, but I'm sure he appreciates what he was able to accomplish with the life you saved."

>>1076399
>this

>>1076374
>You did the right thing

"Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked." You bite back your nervousness and reach out to put your hand on her shoulder. Underneath her fuzzy sweater you can feel her slim shoulder moving. She raises her glasses to wipe one of her eyes.

"We were once friends, or so I thought," she says. "But he didn't leave Overwatch on the best of terms, and he had some choice words for me in particular. It's still not a pleasant memory."

"Well, I think you did the right thing. Maybe he doesn't like what he's become, but maybe he'll appreciate what he can do. Even if he's not happy, you gave him a chance to be happy. He wouldn't have that chance without you."

Mercy turns back to you and smiles, her eyes still shining a little. "Thank you, Seeker."

"N-no problem," you say, withdrawing your hand.

She sighs. "If we do run into him, I don't know if he'll be happy to see me. Despite that, I'd love it if we could somehow convince him to join us."

You say, "My priority is ..."

>Taking down the Shimada Clan.
>Finding Genji.
>Seeing those cherry trees with you.

>>1076469
>Taking down the Shimada Clan. It's quite literally why we're here.

>>1076469
>>Finding Genji.

>>1076469
>>Finding Genji.
ok guys time for business

>>1076469
>>Taking down the Shimada Clan.
But if we run into him, well, might as well see if we can talk him into joining.

>>1076469
>"To Kick ass and take names!"
>And when we get a weird look say "And recruiting Genji of course."

>>1076490
"I am here to kick ass, and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.

>>1076374
>Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked.
>I think you did the right thing.

"Sometimes, people are too focused on what they've lost, and forget to cherish what they still have. I wouldn't dwell on whatever it is he told you; the past is the past. What matters is that you keep on moving towards a brighter future."

>>1076503
... Shit, too late with that one.

>>1076469
>Finding Genji.
>Seeing those cherry trees with you.

>>1076469
>>Taking down the Shimada Clan.

>>1076469
>>Taking down the Shimada Clan.

>Taking down the Shimada Clan.
>Finding Genji.

>>1076469
>Taking down the Shimada Clan.
>Finding Genji.

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"Both, I guess," you say. "We're going to take down the Shimada clan and bring Genji back with us. Maybe we can even do both at once."

"How would that even work?" Mercy asks you.

"I don't know," you say. "Just trying to be optimistic."

Your plane lands in the Tetsu urban district Neo-Kyoto. Nearby is the suburban neighborhood of Hanamura, where the Shimada clan resides in a historic castle.

You, McCree, and Mercy head out onto the neon-infused streets. You think about where to start your investigation.

>Strip Club (Your teammates may have different opinions about this one)
>Bar
>Noodle Shop
>Police Box
>Cyberware black market
>Somewhere else

>>1076469
>Taking down the Shimada Clan.

>>1076552
>>Noodle Shop

>>1076552
>>Cyberware black market
>Bar
Obvious places to start.

>>1076552
>Bar

>>1076552
>>Noodle Shop

>>1076552
>Bar

>>1076552
>Cyberware black market
They would have ties to the bad guys, and have some cool stuff.

>Cyberware black market

>>1076552
>>Cyberware black market
falling all the options an arcade

>>1076552
>Noodle Shop
Because of course we did not eat the airplane food...Right?

>Noodle Shop
Order beef ramen

>>1076552
>>Cyberware black market
Noodle shop can wait until we've done some work.

>>1076585
Noodle shop is work m80

Priorities should be Noodle shop, Bar, Then strip club.
All places for a crime organization.

>>1076585
>>1076588
>>1076590
I'm hoping we find Hanzoliving a modest life as a humble noodle vendor.

>>1076552
McCree used to be Blackwatch right? I think he'll be good for this kind of thing.
>Send McCree to Strip Club
>We go to the Bar
>Mercy go to the hospital and see if there is an influx of patients with knife or shuriken wound

>>1076552
>Cyberware black market

Calling it for the cyberware market there. Writing.

>>1076611
Maybe the black market cyber-ware shop is in a noodle shop?

>>1076552
>>Strip Club (Your teammates may have different opinions about this one)

>Seeker: So where should we look for info?
>Mercy: Strip Club
>Mcree: Really?

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You've never been here before, but from the number of machines, visible implants, and prosthetics you can see, this place is at the height of cyberware technology. You see people with brightly glowing hair, holographic clothing, elaborate limb replacements and cyberizations.
If Genji got into some kind of scrap, or needed repairs, you think. He'd have to go to a neighborhood like this. But he wouldn't go to a licensed shop. He'd find a back alley somewhere. The black market.

Soon enough, a certain alley suggests itself to you. It's got the feeling of what you're looking for.

At the front of the alley is a store selling metallic bits and pieces: nails, bolts, wires, small replacement parts for machines. An old model Omnic sits behind the counter, watching a holographic entertainment program. Perhaps you can ask it something.

>Ask about the Shimadas.
>Ask about cyborg ninjas.
>Ask about archers.
>Ask about cyberware enhancements.

>>1076644
>>Ask about cyberware enhancements.
Start slow
>Ask about the Shimadas.
See if they have any tech

>>1076644
>>Ask about archers.
>>Ask about cyberware enhancements.
>>Ask about any strange things happening. We Americans sure do love ghost storys.

>>1076650
Seconded.

>>1076644
>Ask about cyberware enhancements.

>>1076644
>>Ask about cyborg ninjas.
>>Ask about archers.
Ask about anyone into special gear, we're looking for expert opinions on some merch we're eyeing.

>>1076644
>>Ask about cyberware enhancements.

>>1076650
This

>>1076644
>Ask about cyberware enhancements.
>Ask about cyborg ninjas.

>>1076650
Going with this.

>>1076644
>Ask about cyberware enhancements
We're not actually interested, though. Clearly.
>Ask about cyborg ninjas
Do we really have any reason to be asking about archers here?

>>1076650
Supporting

>>1076670
I'll support this. Gotta find best boy

>>1076644
>>Ask about cyberware enhancements.

>>1076663
>this

I may be wrong on the lore and stuff here, but the way I see it, just up and asking about the Shimadas is probably going to have him clam up. Genji, on the other hand, is probably involved with some kind of attempt to stop the Shimadas, because I think that's where he's at right now. So if we find him, we find an in to stopping the Shimadas.

>>1076644
>Cyberware

Use it to segue into
>Cyborg ninja

Team dat ass must be formed

"Hey there," you say to the ancient omnic. It's boxy, battered, grey, a thick power cable running out its back into a recharge station. Its head swivels towards you. "You speak English?" you ask it.

"Of course," it replies in a flat, synthesized voice. "Omnics are equipped with all spoken human languages."

Right, of course, you think. Dealing with Bastion and his beeps and boops made you forget that most Omnics are actual computers. Smarter than most humans, even older models like this one.

"Let's say a young man like myself wanted a little edge," you say. "Something to make me faster, or stronger. I can find something like that around here, yeah?"

"Yes," it replies. "There are many services available for you humans to replace your flesh parts with superior metal. Just kidding. Hah. Hah."

You glance at your teammates. They shrug.

You turn back to the Omnic. You try to present to it a certain level of obvious guilt -- guilty enough not to be a cop, bot not so guilty that you're actually, for example, an outlaw vigilante about to attack a powerful crime syndicate. "Let's say maybe my name got put on a few lists somewhere, and they don't think I be trusted with that kind of tech. So maybe I need a little privacy for this. Would you happen to know someone I could talk to?"

The robot's optics blink on and off a few times. "Perhaps."

"Like ... maybe the guys who run things around here. They would have that kind of pull, right?"

"Indeed," says the robot. "But you might not like their price."

"Huh. What do you mean by that?"

"Loyalty," it says. "It has become very important to them."

"I see," you say, not seeing. "Well, maybe you've seen a friend of mine around here. He might know a guy to talk to. He's got a green visor, carries a pair of swords?"

"He was here," says the robot. "Now he is not."

Mercy cuts in. "He was here? W-what did he say? What was he doing?"

The robot points to a bin marked Spare Parts. "Maintenance."

(Continued)

You try to get Genji's location out of the robot, but it stubbornly refuses. "Do not look for him," it says. "You will not like what you find."

Mercy takes the two of you aside. She says to you, "Let me try to convince him. If he knows how important Genji is to us, perhaps he'll relent."

McCree says, "I agree we should try to "convince" him. But I had a different method in mind." He taps the handle of his revolver. "Don't worry, I ain't gonna hurt him, just ... scare him a little."

>Mercy, try to talk him into it.
>McCree, show him we mean business.

>>1076715
>Mercy, try to talk him into it.

>>1076715
>Mercy, try to talk him into it.

>>1076715
Let Mercy try.

If that fails, bring out the bad cop.

>>1076715
>>McCree, show him we mean business.
Mercy, you're a sweetheart, but this ain't your element.

>>1076715
>>Mercy, try to talk him into it.
I doubt a gun to his face will phase him.

>>1076715
>McCree, show him we mean business.

>>1076715
>McCree, show him we mean business.
If we show we've got a personal stake, he's going to charge us for it. I'd rather not have to give black market cybernetics dealers money.

>Mercy, try to talk him into it.

>>1076715
>Mercy, try to talk him into it.'
If this Omnic is as old as he looks then he was made before the crisis so i doubt there is much you can do to him to make him scared; That and we have no idea who his friends might be.

>>1076715
>Mercy, try to talk him into it.
McCree can threaten him if this fails

>>1076727
>>1076733
Because guns don't do dicks to robots, especially not the hand cannon McCree has.

>>1076715
>>Mercy, try to talk him into it.

>>1076715
>>Mercy, try to talk him into it.
Good cop costs nothing but time. Bad cop can come in if she fails.

We don't have time to play nice. Why don't you guys understand that? We don't have a countdown, but the slower we move, the farther away Genji gets.

Come on, anons. Are you seriously going with the innocent person's approach over the experienced criminal's in this situation? What the fuck are you doing? We don't have time for Mercy to bat her eyelids at the omnic, we need to catch up to Genji. Now.

>McCree, show him we mean business.

>>1076715
>>McCree, show him we mean business.

Blinded by the innocence. Great.

"Okay, Mercy," you say. "Try to talk him into it."

She walks back to the counter and starts talking to the robot.

McCree scratches his head. "You really think this'll work?"

"No idea," you say. "I figure it can't hurt to try the good cop approach first."

"Reckon that's so," he says.

Mercy returns surprisingly quickly. "That wasn't so hard," she said. "However, I regret to say that he was right. You won't like where Genji is."

McCree looks at her, puzzled. "What in tarnation--"

You say, "Wait, how did you--?"

Mercy beams, angelic. "Sometimes you just have to know the way to someone's heart."

"Oh, that's--"

"For example, I asked our friend back there what would happen if the Shimadas knew he sold repair parts to their outlawed heir, to whom all assistance is forbidden? I don't think they'd appreciate it, do you? Might go so far as to make an example of him for the other merchants in the district. That would be an awful shame, don't you think?"

You take a second look at Mercy's smile. It's not quite as angelic as it was a few moments ago.

"Okay, nice work. So where is he?"

Her smile fades. "Yes. Well. He's in Shimada castle. If we're lucky, he's a prisoner. If not ..." She doesn't finish the sentence.

Great. You just had to say it. Why couldn't we do both at once, you said, about the Shimadas and Genji. Looks like you'll get your wish.

>>1076737
It would depend on where you hit them. The main things they need is there powersource and there memory everything else is a accessory to them.

>>1076715
>McCree, show him we mean business.
offer him money
when he refuses point a gun at him
then say"If we can't grease your palms peacemaker's going to grease the entire shop"

>>1076760
dat cold surgical precision

>>1076760
Huh. I underestimated Mercy. Nice.

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OK, I'm crashing, I gotta call it for tonight there. I'll return soon to run the castle section. Thanks for playing anons.

>>1076780
thanks for running

>>1076780
Thanks for running, mate. I suppose I should've seen practical Mercy coming, what with that conversation. Ah, well. Get good rest, boss.

>>1076780
Thanks for running Raven!

>>1076760
I have never found her as attractive as I do right now. Just, damn.

>>1076780
Thanks for running.

>>1076780
Thanks for running!

>>1076760
And those anons said Good cop was a waste of time

>>1076803
I stick by that. But Mercy wasn't exactly playing good cop.

>>1076810
Not strictly no. But compared to Jesse's "gun in face and ask" style she was

>>1076833
Debatable. They were both playing/going to play rough, neither of them were good cop. The Good Cop we were saying was a waste of time was Mercy's 'maybe if he knows we've got a personal connection, he'll relent' stated approach. Which wasn't what she ended up doing.

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How large is the range on our communicators? Any way we could get a call in from Tracer before we assault the castle, see how their trip is going? Or are we essentially both working blind to each other with the only contact being Winston and Torbs back at base?

>>1076988
Right now, long-range communication is done by piggybacking on other signals. Possible, but only in certain windows for short periods, unless it's an emergency and you're willing to give up your location. You should be able to get in a short conversation with Tracer before attacking the castle.

Once the communication satellite is in the sky, it will get easier.

>>1077544
We really need to get on that when we wrap up in japan.

>>1077544
Do we have some way to link Athena to the Shimada network system? I kinda want to commit some Identity Theft, Wire Fraud, and Bank Fraud.

>>1077606
Question: Does Athena even have an Ethics subroutine that Winston can temporarily override when things need to get done?

'Cause, y'know, Asimov's Laws of Robotics and stuff.

>>1077560
The satellite is almost complete, launch will be soon.

>>1077606
She can help a little with intelligence gathering. Those other things won't be available until you purchase Athena's Hack function.

>>1077612
Artificial intelligences are illegal because most of them went insane and started trying to kill humanity. Athena claims to be different, but right now you only have her word for it. So maybe that's something to look into.

>>1077631
>She can help a little with intelligence gathering. Those other things won't be available until you purchase Athena's Hack function.
So, we can't steal all of the Shimada's money and use it to fund overwatch?

>>1077641
not unless they have a vault to steal from and even then it would have to be like gold and jewelry

>>1077641
the hell you talking about?
we can hack well. not sombra level but we can wire money out of the shimada accounts and take it.
probly get a lot of stolen goods to. like gold

>>1077641
I'd guess that we'd need a way to acquire access keys and account statements before we can use Athena to spoof our way into their banking network. There's no telling how secure the Shimada family fortune is, let alone how many different banking institutes are holding their accounts. Truth be told, I'd guess that we'd need some serious hacking power and I don't think Athena has had that Hacking upgrade installed yet. Digital assets are a bitch to steal half the time; the other half they're easy to get because some idiot always has the password as "PASSWORD", or SWORDFISH.

>>1077631
nb4 Athena is really a Advanced Learning Self-Aware Intelligence whose architecture is based off of a First Generation Overwatch agent's brainscans.

>>1077662
Or good old metal bat cryptography.

>>1077667
The direct approach, while dangerous and has a high-risk of destroying the data, is often the swiftest course.

That said, you must be a Reinhardt player.

>>1077683
Oh, metal bat cryptography involves beating someone up until they tell you the password.

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>>1077648
>>1077662
>>1077667

Right. What I meant was that Athena can't brute-force it for you yet. It's definitely possible to come out of this mission a little richer.

>>1077662
What could go wrong?

>>1077703
I'm going yo guess either nothing or everything

>>1077703
So, any ETA on when the run's startin back up?

>>1077703
>What could go wrong?
1) Athena may start desiring more than just knowledge. She may want to begin understanding what feelings and emotions are (damn you Alan Turing) and may start construction on the side for a 1:1 scale synthskin body that would give Genji's cyborg body a run for its money. Literally the Pinnochio scenario (or the EDI scenario for the Mass Effect fans).

2) Athena may take her programming directive of "PROTECT OVERWATCH" to the extreme, albeit slowly over the period of years, and may start setting up some sort of way to keep Overwatch and its aligned allies in a miniature Dyson Sphere (whether on Earth or in space or in some freaky ass pocket dimension using the rapid molecular fabrication assembly technology that is everywhere in the Overwatch-verse) and causing a simultaneous technological singularity to destroy the rest of the Earth that does not follow Overwatch's ideals.

3) Athena in her lust for knowledge and learning decides to slowly dissect and analyze what dormant bits of Anubis has been recovered from the Anubis Incident. Then she assimilates small bits and pieces of the God Program that she deems "safe" and slowly but surely Athena becomes more and more self-aware and learning more and more of what her existence and the existence of all robots mean in the Overwatch-verse. Cue the Second Omnic Crisis.

>>1077760
Speaking of that first one, in the picture in OW's reveal trailer there is a robot body with Athena's symbol and the devs have talked about wanting to make her more involved

Tbh, we SHOULD have taken the shield. The larger one OR the replenishing one really.

>>1077886
It will be okay duders. Believe in the you who believes in yourself.

>>1077690
Definetly Reinhardt. Or Hog...