>>2400110
Aside from improving your commanding abilities, you’d had to deal with some other things, too. You didn't want them to immediately think that you were suspicious, so once you’d been cleared to leave, you'd been ‘hanging out’ with Kyo and Tooru and Nia a bit. They seemed to be happy to have you, but you kept yourself quiet and largely out of the way when it came to dealing with them. Fortunately, you managed to learn a few things about the lot of them, too.

Kyo was brash, hotheaded- really, you seen his type of million times before and you'll probably see them a million times after. Loved his friends and family, parents apparently died in some sort of big accident a few years ago and he was taken in by his grandfather. Typical sob story. Apparently he’d always been interested in battling, and even taken part in some battles with ‘rental bots’, but he’d just gotten Zero as a birthday gift from his grandfather.

Tooru was...well, the would be ladies man. Apparently, he sincerely was rather smart when it came to technical aspects of battling, however his practical experience by all example was a bit lacking- especially when fighting pretty women. He was riding high after his victory in the tournament, and wouldn’t shut up about it, though.

Nia was a gentle sort, outspoken when need be, but otherwise content to let the boys do their thing and make sure they didn't go crazy. She was the one who seemed to try to open you up the most, but you knew enough tricks to keep her at arm's length. You’d convinced her before long that you just enjoyed battling for the chance to get stronger, and hinted at some wane past that made her tear up, but agree to not press you on it.

cont.

>>2400114
And then there was Prima and Jago. Prima desperately needed her new shell- and she’d gotten it, at your request. As for the new look, however, it turned out to be:

>A variant called Prima Excelsis; a mostly hot pink variation of her normal look that had thicker shoulders, her bow replaced by a surgeons cap, and her wide dress replaced with leggings that resembled scrubs, down to thicker boots. It was pretty basic, but you liked how Prima generally looked, and didn't want to change that.

>A different look called Prima Nocturne- deep blue, almost black look that made her resemble a plague doctor in medieval Europe, complete with the infamous mask. It split apart to reveal her normal face, at least, when in stanby mode, and rested on her shoulders as large pauldrons to a ‘cape’ of sorts. Looked nice and gruesome.

>A stylish look called Prima Tsuki. This was a largely white look that had her torso dress resemble something of a kimono, with elongated fingers and her legs nearly covered entirely. On the back of it was a very stylish painting of a crane. Prima had insisted that the longer shell chassis didn’t elopement capabilities in any way whatsoever.

And Jago, you’d considered getting him a new part, at least. For him, you’d figured on-

>The Shark Tooth, an Arm attachment to replace the Crunch Grip. It didn't cripple the opponent, but it was faster to come out and could be used in close quarters, since it was basically an arm surrounded by razor sharp teeth. (-5 to Engage, strong damage guaranteed)

>Accelerator Cannon, a long-range gun Arm that fired rather rapidly, but you have to admit didn't hit very hard. Still, it could be used for suppression or to scare someone. (+5 to Engage, Light Damage)

>Hermes Legs, a leg set that claimed to boast a mode that could increase any bot’s ground speed to at least double what it was normally. It was silver colored and had wings on the ankles, natch. (+10 to Engage)

wait, we already stole the parts? shit!

sup boss

>>2400121
>Prima Tsuki

>Hermes Legs

>>2400121
>A different look called Prima Nocturne- deep blue, almost black look that made her resemble a plague doctor in medieval Europe, complete with the infamous mask. It split apart to reveal her normal face, at least, when in stanby mode, and rested on her shoulders as large pauldrons to a ‘cape’ of sorts. Looked nice and gruesome.

>Accelerator Cannon, a long-range gun Arm that fired rather rapidly, but you have to admit didn't hit very hard. Still, it could be used for suppression or to scare someone. (+5 to Engage, Light Damage)

>>2400121
>>A different look called Prima Nocturne- deep blue, almost black look that made her resemble a plague doctor in medieval Europe, complete with the infamous mask. It split apart to reveal her normal face, at least, when in stanby mode, and rested on her shoulders as large pauldrons to a ‘cape’ of sorts. Looked nice and gruesome.
>>The Shark Tooth, an Arm attachment to replace the Crunch Grip. It didn't cripple the opponent, but it was faster to come out and could be used in close quarters, since it was basically an arm surrounded by razor sharp teeth. (-5 to Engage, strong damage guaranteed)

>>2400140
The legs, yes. You've still got some parts to go, though!

>>2400145
>>2400151
>>2400168
Looking like Plague Doctor Prima, but we've got a tie for Jago's new gear. Give it 10 minutes before I leave it up to the dice.

>>2400236
>A stylish look called Prima Tsuki. This was a largely white look that had her torso dress resemble something of a kimono, with elongated fingers and her legs nearly covered entirely. On the back of it was a very stylish painting of a crane. Prima had insisted that the longer shell chassis didn’t elopement capabilities in any way whatsoever.

>The Shark Tooth, an Arm attachment to replace the Crunch Grip. It didn't cripple the opponent, but it was faster to come out and could be used in close quarters, since it was basically an arm surrounded by razor sharp teeth. (-5 to Engage, strong damage guaranteed)

>>2400246
In order to prevent repeated ties, Sorry, but Prima's already called for- the extension was just for Jago's new gear.

>>2400121
>>A stylish look called Prima Tsuki. This was a largely white look that had her torso dress resemble something of a kimono, with elongated fingers and her legs nearly covered entirely. On the back of it was a very stylish painting of a crane. Prima had insisted that the longer shell chassis didn’t elopement capabilities in any way whatsoever.

>Hermes Legs, a leg set that claimed to boast a mode that could increase any bot’s ground speed to at least double what it was normally. It was silver colored and had wings on the ankles, natch. (+10 to Engage)

>>2400121
>Hermes Legs, a leg set that claimed to boast a mode that could increase any bot’s ground speed to at least double what it was normally. It was silver colored and had wings on the ankles, natch. (+10 to Engage)

Huh. Wasn't expecting that. But fiiiine.

Prima Tuski and Hermes Legs it is. Writing!

>>2400266
Haha! Acceptable.

>>2400266
I don’t know why people would want Prima as anything but cute and elegant.

Now that i'm up to date, i'm so fucking glad everything went up to plan...-ish and that we are capable of invading bots.

>>2400121
>>2400145
>>2400151
>>2400168
>>2400246
>>2400251
>>2400258
>>2400262
Although her primary frame was the same, you were pretty sure that she wouldn't be recognizable with THAT new shell at a glance. Jago was just enjoying the new speed he had- far more reliable and controllable than jump jets, and he was chortling at ‘all tha’ runnin’ down I kin do now!’ although you'd kept the old legs just in case. Prima’s original shell would be kept back in the tower.

However, at last, you’d taken off for Blossom City. First-class flight, natch.

The wine was EXCELLENT. Jago was buffed and shine to a mirror finish, as was Prima, who seemed to be very into her new shell.

When you’d arrived, you...well, you're actually a bit surprised. just judging from the name you would expect at the place to be a very well kept, high-class city with a lot of skyscrapers and well-to-do people walking around, and all that. What you got instead was a smog-choked, kinda dirty metropolis that seemed jam-packed with people. You have the luxury of riding in a limo, so you didn't have to deal with the foot traffic on your way to the hotel, but it seemed absolutely claustrophobic out there.

Yuri Stadium, as you might’ve guess, was lily white... Or at least it was clearly supposed to be underneath all the dust. It's actually a smaller venue than the arena, just looking at it from a distance, and judging by the map and pictures. It also seemed to have a retractable roof, one less floor and smaller parking areas...oof.

You only have less than a day to do any scouting if you want to. Not that you don't actually know where the thing will be, thanks to the brochure you managed to request. Second floor, room 12. Two entrances, if the picture was accurate. Plain as day. Just...trying to get to the thing is gonna be SUUUPER annoying. If only there was a way to snag it before it made it...

>Might as well take a look around the stadium. Couldn't hurt!
>Actually, maybe you CAN find another way of getting the arms...but how?
>On second though, maybe you should take an early rest and restore the rest of your mana. To be safe. (Current: 7000/7500)

>>2400413
>>Actually, maybe you CAN find another way of getting the arms...but how?
previous thread isn't archived yet

>>2400413
>Might as well take a look around the stadium. Couldn't hurt!

The more we know what's going on in there the better. Maybe this time we can manage to get a keycard

>>2400413

>Might as well take a look around the stadium. Couldn't hurt!

>>2400413
>>Might as well take a look around the stadium. Couldn't hurt!
Bring prima with us. Maybe we will be capable of finding a way to tap into the security systems.

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Kinda sad that the nurse bot parts didn't worked. Nobody ever suspect the nurse bot to be good in battles

>>2400413
>>Actually, maybe you CAN find another way of getting the arms...but how?

>>2400442
Good thing, we already know how things work with the crew. Now we can easily disguise ourselfs and get some gossip.

>>2400413
>Actually, maybe you CAN find another way of getting the arms...but how?
Maybe compare the difficulty level of stealing it before or after it arrives, if we have any way of finding out how/when it's transported, and the amount of guards there will be during transport and after

Tie vote. Anyone else?

>>2400413
>>Actually, maybe you CAN find another way of getting the arms...but how?
2nd floor? Try to get into the corresponding room of the first floor. And the basement.
Calculate the location of the display case. Be ready to cut/punch corresponding holes and have a truck parked ready to haul away the display case when it lands.

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>A stylish look called Prima Tsuki. This was a largely white look that had her torso dress resemble something of a kimono, with elongated fingers and her legs nearly covered entirely. On the back of it was a very stylish painting of a crane. Prima had insisted that the longer shell chassis didn’t elopement capabilities in any way whatsoever.

>Prima had insisted that the longer shell chassis didn’t elopement capabilities in any way whatsoever.

Dometimes even a fembot just want to feel pretty.

Seems like we're going to at least try to find an alternate way to steal this thing aside from just trying to grab it and run...or something.

Writing!

>>2400413
>>2400430
>>2400431
>>2400436
>>2400442
>>2400446
>>2400455
>>2400479
The more you think about it, the more you realize that trying to steal that thing once it’s in the building is probably going to be a losing proposition. Especially if they bring it after the place opens. If you could steal it before it got there though, then that would be pretty much ideal. It would take a bit to figure out when and how it would show up, though... Unless you wanted to stay out all night. Which...you GUESS you could do, but that would still be risky if anyone saw you, most likely.

If you want it to be precise about it though, you could see when it was coming in if you know who to look for...maybe take them over, and...yeah! That could certainly be an option. Wouldn't take a ton of research, either. Just a test of will. Hide somewhere where no one will notice you, and then it would simply be a matter of walking the parts to a place that you can pick up later. If you were careful about it, no one would have any explanation for how or why aside from accusing your patsy.

But those were just the first two options you could think of. There’s bound to be more if you’re clever with your tools…

>Wait outside and patrol the stadium- then ambush them! You’ll have to be careful that no one sees you or anything.
>Find the right man to possess, and get them to hand deliver the parts to you (or at least to a place easily retrievable by you)
>Other

>>2400483
Wow, that's really nice looking!

>>2400571
>>Find the right man to possess, and get them to hand deliver the parts to you (or at least to a place easily retrievable by you)
>Find the right man to possess, and get them to hand deliver the parts to you (or at least to a place easily retrievable by you)

>>2400571
>>Find the right man to possess, and get them to hand deliver the parts to you (or at least to a place easily retrievable by you)

>>2400571
>>Find the right man to possess, and get them to hand deliver the parts to you (or at least to a place easily retrievable by you)

>>2400571
>Wait outside and patrol the stadium- then ambush them! You’ll have to be careful that no one sees you or anything.
I'd rather save mana for now.

>>2400571
>>Find the right man to possess, and get them to hand deliver the parts to you (or at least to a place easily retrievable by you)

>>2400575
Sure is

>>2400587
We got 7000/7500 though?

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>>2400571
>Find the right man to possess, and get them to hand deliver the parts to you (or at least to a place easily retrievable by you

Maybe we can even be part of the tournament!!Time to do a heist!

>>2400575
I know i was loking up medabots and stumbleb in this image.

>>2400598
The problem is that it cost us 500 mana to split out of our body and 1000 mana to possesses someone. And a concious driver will be hard to deal with. But i do agree that grabbing the part during it's transit would be a better move. And apparently we recover 500 mana per day.

There is also the fact that we will have to go after at least two more pieces after this and we wouldn't know how much time we habe to rest before the other parts come to be displayed.

>>2400621
arent all the pieces here though?

>>2400571
Thinking about it, having someone deliver it to you is starting to sound more and more attractive. But that means that you're going to have to do a little bit of research in order to figure out just who’s probably going to be there and what they look like, if you want an optimum target. Pft. ‘Optimum target’. Wonder if you're channeling Miranda a little bit too much.

Ah well. Time to see who your lucky soul might be…

>Roll 1d20! Best of 3.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

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Rolled 5 (1d20)

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Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>2400632

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>2400632

>>2400637
>>2400639
>>2400641
Meeeehh.

>>2400642
Oof.

Well. Writing!

>>2400637
Dooh!

>>2400624
i though only the arms would be show cased. If all parts are in it it would be even better.

Well luck ain't on our side for this highway heist. Maybe we can manage to use some of the gear we got with us.

>>2400648
1 second too late, i suppose.

>>2400632
>>2400637
>>2400639
>>2400641
>>2400642
As you reel back from the guest laptop, you groan in annoyance. You couldn't find an image of anyone obviously interesting- a few names, and an assistant operations coordinator that gave a quote, but aside from that no one particularly useful. Assistant operations manager is better than nothing, though. Looking at the time, it's nightfall, and you'd be surprised if there were too many individuals still at the stadium, so that’s out.

Before you can let the annoyance faster too much however, you hear gentle footsteps from behind you- Prima, when you turn around. “Excuse me, Miss, is your research complete?”

“Yup. Nothing too good. Might have to just play with the hand I was dealt with.” You just shrug. You’ve had to deal with worse, at least.

“If I might ask, Miss...will you be well, tomorrow?” Hm?

You can't help lifting an eyebrow in curiosity at that one. “What do you mean by that?”

“During the last...event, you seemed to intentionally fall unconscious for a period of time. I i'm unaware of the intention of that strategy, and it could be dangerous to your health were this to repeat.” Ohhhh. That. Man, talk about timing. Although thinking about it, you wonder if Prima is the same as that Gargant. It seemed like it was less capable of emoting than her, and that may have been a factor, but...who knows?

“I’ll be fine, don’t you worry!” you assure her before you head to bed. Either way, you need sleep. You’re waking up bright and early tomorrow, since you've got places to be and parts to steal!

>That'll do it for today. I might try to do one-time posts throughout the week, but of course, no promises. Next full run being Friday, as usual!

>>2400815
Good bye Handler take care!

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if the next thefts go a bit quicker, if not smoother. Your decision to possess the Gargant has had...interesting consequences.

>>2400857
Awesome!

I hope we get an opportunity to posses again and make an easy steal....
I'm not entirely aware how the mana cost around that ability works, but if it would be cheaper to use it on two different people in succession, then I'd like an opportunity to posses Prima as well, see if we can "awaken" her

>>2400857
>Your decision to possess the Gargant has had...interesting consequences.
why i have the feeling we accidentally gave them a true AI.

>Your decision to possess the Gargant has had...interesting consequences.

Evil AI? The gargant is now 'liberating' other bots by turning then self aware?

>>2400890
Maybe we could try after this mission? Experiments sounds good.

Holy shit I've finally caught up to here. Some questions have been egging my mind for awhile:

1. What is the daily mote expenditure for the girls?

2. The intersection seems to have only been developed for the past few centuries. Where were the deal makers before then?

3. When entering a plane, are we simply spatially displaced or is time travelling involved at times?

I have a feeling that if we manage to dig out Miranda's backstory we could unlock another super move.

And a question to fellow anons: would using feathertouch on our bots be useful?

>>2400915
I feel bad for big boy. Sentience can be quite a overload if you aren't used to it. Also king things he will get the next gen of bot bu Aiba corp will have developed true AI.

Seems fitting that his hubris will be the end of his empire.

>>2401041

>3. When entering a plane, are we simply spatially displaced or is time travelling involved at times?
seems like we are spatially displaced. From the intersection's perspective, all the other worlds go either very fast or very slow.
>I have a feeling that if we manage to dig out Miranda's backstory we could unlock another super move.
would she? Miranda already knows her backstory, its just that is blocked to us.
>And a question to fellow anons: would using feathertouch on our bots be useful?
maybe? i really don't see an scenario that could help us, since the robots are very light(for lorelei) and we are at all costs trying to avoid confrontation. But if we need to topple a heavy mech like the gargant, it could be a godsend.

>>2401073
From the few interludes I am guessing that she still has a few tricks up her sleeve from her old days.

Which brings me to lorelei as well. Does she still remember the song of time? Could be very useful with a duet with mono.

>>2401614
Song of time? What are you talking about?

>>2402732
It's a fan theory that like Miranda Lori erased herself from her timeline. And she did it by playing/dancing the song of time. That's why she end up in the intersection because she removed herself from her world but she Lori continued to exist.

>>2402782
Oh. Dang. I've been flipping back and forth trying to catch up. Didn't see anything about that yet. This whole setting seems fairly innocent on the outside, but the more you delve into it the more it's fucked up.

>>2402801
It's not something that is written and more what you cab gather from the girls social life. See in this one about Lori she used to have a sister who tried to follow her around but Lori, as any other older sister always got annoyed by it.

Miranda has the biggest reveal when she goes to Owlya and Cylica's world were she spits to a fellow outgoer how hard it's to be a magic girl, the secrecy, the paranoia of not wanting to put people in danger and the fact that slowly you can thrust in just a group of people who also share your secret. That part reveal that Miranda used to be in a group of magical girls and she Miranda moost likely did a Meduka and erased herself because either all of her friends died or she couldn't bare all this stress anymore.

Azumi used to be a demon hunter (as she stated it's something she used to do in her world) and she was also the less jaded/sociopathic of the group.


My personal head canon is that.

Miranda and her entire group got whipped out but Randa managed to touch some kind if power that allowed her to restore everything but her Miranda wouldn't be able to exist in her world anymore (then Sal showed up and offered her a deal.)

Lori was actually the magical girl antagonist and her sister was the heroine magical girl. But Lori ended up regretting everything she had done and decided to erase all her evil by dancing/singing out of time (then while she was desperate in the void Sal showed up and gave her a contract)

And Azumi i believe she would have 'holded the line' but ended up being overhelmed by whatever she was figthing and was dying from blood loss (then sal showed up and offered her a deal to go to the intersection)

>>2402823
Either that or izumi went Doomguy in hell. Sal picks her up from the void that is the underworld.

>>2403075
If I recall correctly she also called herself an angel once, although I dont remember if it was being metaphorical or literal.

>>2403271
i think that was metaphorical, also i believe she was drunk at that time.

>>2400815
>, since you've got places to be and parts to steal!
The morning sun is...almost seeable. Still a lot of fog n’ smog, though. On the upside, it seems like rising with the sun isn't something that most of the citizens here do. The streets are quiet, and the sidewalks all are empty. Kind of a surprise considering there's supposed to be a big tournament today. But then again, you suppose that the stadium won't open for another couple hours. But, knowing how things usually work, that just means that the employees should be there early. Especially for a gig like this. And the reason for that…

Earlybirds. Sure enough, there's a few battlers out there just standing around in the parking lot, their bots casually interacting with each other or otherwise talking themselves up. None of them seem to have noticed you just yet.

>Action? (These one offs are probably going to be open choice.)

>>2403404
eeeh, .... blend in?

i think we will raise questions if someone from Kyo's group sees us.

>>2403404
Try to not be seen and be on the lookout for someone to nab.

On other news every thread until starborn for hire is now an excellent thread on suptg
>>2403404
Might as well head to the stadium to scout a bit, after all, copycat if needed.

Can you answer >>2401041 if able?

>>2403404
>First and foremost see if you can locate your other friend the Aiba girl. If we don't manage that try to copycat one of the battlers and try to mingle with the crowd use that copycated battler to approach.

Also are we with just Prima or Jago? If we are with Prima we should just stay away and try to infiltrate the employers. Oh maybe have Prima scan some of then for weak points in case we end up confronting then?

>>2403404
We want to be seen right now? I would have thought we would have tried to hide out until someone important comes along. Maybe under the guise of taking a nap when really we're in spirit form or something.

>>2403963
That would be good but i wouldn't like to make Prima worried. There is also a limit for how far we can go with our astral projection.

>>2403404
Go in and ask for someone to sign for a late delivery? Try to disguise ourself as a sponsor or representative of a sponsor and complain our way up to whoever is in charge of event planning so we know who to mind-jack? The more unreasonable our demand, the more likely it'll get booted up the chain until it reaches an actual decision maker.

Man now i regret not putting Prima as a nurse bot. We could easily pretend to be a little frail, most likely caused by stress from the entire ordeal but we didn't wanted to stop watching the matches so we got a medicla bot to monitor us while we watched our friends fight. But then people will start to ask how do we manage to have two bots.

Seconding >>2405995 's idea

>>2406056

Could say it was given by charity.

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>>2406065
Yeah or a rich uncle. Nurse Prima would be SOOOOO cute!

>>2406080
>>2406056
if we are gonna go this way, go for the rich family approach. Make it look like we are the naive rich girl that wants to explore the world.

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>>2406299
Rich girl that never could be part of robo battle because the battles cause much stress to her. Would explain her breakdown during the tournament to.

>>2406564
Not stress, because we were fine in our training battle. Just that we never had an accident like that so close to our face.

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>>2407289
Trauma then? I dunno not like it will matter if we manage to grab the parts today. They are still show casing all the parts right? Or is it just the arms?

>>2406299
What

>>2406564
The

>>2407413
Fuck.

Did you guys miss the part about "Going in disguise" and just making a big stink where since nobody knows who we are, we get booted up the line until we reach someone who SHOULD know who we are and therefore is someone who knows people?

Linking it to our main cover is bad because we don't know who will see us. After all we can mindwipe whoever we end up talking to, but we can't mindwipe everyone.

The thing is, we don't have any background to hold up to scrutiny, so we just make a background that can't be examined because it doesn't exist for the disposable persona.

By the time we reach someone who can call us out on it just not existing at all, we'll have penetrated to the level we're supposed to be at.

Maybe claim that we were supposed to have OUR new proto-type displayed and use our magic to fake something.

Or we could claim to be aggressively inspecting for allergens. I don't know, look up past scandals or something.

Or just show up with a shit-ton of tie-in merch and bitch about how there's nothing set up for it. Buy a bunch of bot-miniatures or something.

We just have to get to middle management and be able to mine them for information on who handles this sort of stuff and then that persona can never be seen again.

>>2408359
i didn't miss it i was just talking about what we COULD HAVE done. Besides not like there is much to do there are some battlers here, hopefully no one will reconize us from the other competition and we can just try and sneak in.

Sneak in physicaly is possible sibce we know the lay out of the other stadium so security cameras won't be a problem. Only thing i can think it will cause trouble is if all the bot security is a bunch of gargant or if our bigboy managed to be instaled in the security crew again.

Because i don't know if in our ghost form we appear as Himawari or if we appeared to him as Shatterlight

Well i'm out of the ideas beside trying to figure out were the parts will be and make a dash out. Hopefully making a attack during the quarter finals

>>2409538
> Set everything on fire

Plan B).

>>2409606
plan b has a lot of chances of making the contract void. But maybe we could find something similar to setting everything aflame?

>>2409609
Turn the fire alarm and make everyone thing everything is on fire, sow e can escape during the chaos?

>>2409671
Perfect, wonder if prima can trigger it remotely.

>>2409715
If it's connected with a network like most things seem to be in this world i guess she can. If not it could be something as simple as pulling down the alarm.

>>2409715
What happens if we possess Prima.

>>2410142
I would say she gains sapience, but she already seems sapient... or maybe that's just a really good AI.

Anyway we should just be careful and wait around on the outskirts. Maybe start asking a couple of questions about if anyone important is around.

>>2410334
Loophole to get her and Jago into the intersection?

>>2410643
or we just bag them into our bag of holding!

>>2410643
if they weren't sapient, and we took them back to the intersection but didn't "treat" them like we did the sword, I wonder how trying to take them back out would work. Would they turn into little shoulder fairies?

>>2410931
.....that is a really interesting question. Maybe they would be like summons that take the appearance of the local fauna, just with mechanized touch.

>>2410931
>>2410937
I just think in the sheep girl doll. Imagine having a action figure sized Prima and Jago with us.

>>2410931
>>2410937
>>2410957
Cute thought, but I worry they would lose their efficiency, combat or otherwise. So I would still prefer to have them full size.

Technically we don't need to bring the bots, only their AI cores. Those should fit neatly into our bag.

Can't wait to give 'randa an aneurysm.

>>2411286
Nah Randa gonna love Jago. Also now that i realize it Jago will be Silver Eye first male employer!

>>2411338
I'll laugh if Miranda's hidden shame is being a pirate chuuni

Late, as I said, but check one two.

>>2412516
Three

>>2412516
4

>>2412527
>>2412541
Enough for me! Writing. Also you're with both, but Prima is hanging back.

>>2412516
7

>>2412516
1

>>2412550
Oh cool! So we can pass by as Himawari the contestant. Which reminds me did we ever backed out from the tournament?

>>2412580
I, admittedly, blanked on that bit, but realistically, the chaos you caused which made them push back the tournament, with your lack of presence later, means you were disqualified as a no-show. Kyo and friends weren't entirely happy, but understood, especially considering the circumstances. They're not expecting you here.

>They're not expecting you here.

Welp all the more reason to stay out of sigth...hopefully we can manage to say we just came to watch the rest of the tournament.

>>2412598
If they find us, we can use the angle of being a naive rich kid. Dear old dad gave us this credit card, and we used it to come here and watch everyone else fight. From the safety of our seat. And obviously to not steal anything, because who would do that, right?

>>2412706
>inb4 everyone surprised tha Himawari is a rich girl and comparing her to the Aiba kid and how different they are.

Then Aiba girl hgets more jealous as the MC starts to worry more and more about Himawari.

>>2412713
Then we ask her if she's interested in the MC and watch her attempt to tap-dance her way out of the question.

And then we initiate the optional quest OPERATION DOKI DOKI RED STRING BISHOJO ROMANCE just for the hell of it.

>>2412713
people can be rich without being Aiba kind of rich. There are levels and stuff as in everything with life.

>>2403404
>>2403492
>>2405995
>>2408359


Well, deep breath. You’re Himawari again- all around well-meaning, good-natured, clearly a bit skittish about the reality of battling, and on the whole kind of a hot mess. But, that just kinda gives you plenty of excuses. You take a look at Jago, who nods as you do. Time to get down to it.
Fortunately, it doesn't seem like anybody you know is out there so early. Which is good, sent it means you can observe people without getting sidetracked and still have it look like just simple curiosity.

For the first 20 or so minutes, everything seems relatively quiet. There's two battlers that seem to be in a particular argument over something, and they're yelling loudly enough that you can overhear a bit of it... And whatever it is, it seems to involve some ‘borrowed’ parts. Funny how that works out. But on the whole, you're relatively ignored…

... Save for an individual who seems to be pretty anxious,walking back and forth in front of the ticket booth. He’s a wiry young boy with a hairstyle that makes you think like he just stuck his hand in an electrical socket. With his frayed black jacket and thick rubber boots, you have to think that he's exposed to electricity a fair bit. That, and he’s probably sweating like a stuck pig. He doesn’t seem to have a bot with him, either. “H-hey! Lit- uh, light- uh, lightning! Ha!” Wait, what’s- “Uh,little girl! That’s what I meant!” Funky. And then he actually starts walking towards you. “Can you- can you come over here for a second, uh- nanosecond? PICTOsecond!” You...ha. Kind of want to laugh at him. He's funny. Weird, but funny.

“Oh, god, no, don’t,” another person says- a rougher, red headed looking girl, who looks for all the world like she should be in a biker gang and probably is. She’s got a thick, brown and bipedal bot that looks something like a boar with a buzzsaw for a top head of hair and thick, scary pincers. “Cause if you do, I’m gonna pop you one.”

“But she might want to know!” The shocked looking kid complains. “You can’t hide the reality of the ancients forever!”

“And she doesn’t really doesn't need any kind of crackpot theories! Get lost!” The girl says at him as she stands in front of you protectively.

>Entertain the scraggly haired kid. “No, no, it’s fine. What did you want?
>Listen to the redhead and start backing away. “Maybe we should, er, abscond elsewhere?
>Run away from the both of them. You want no part of this.
>Force your personality a bit. “Actually, I just needed to speak to someone important- there’s something I have...
>Other

>>2412724
I know it's that the MC group only had to deal with the Aiba Ojou so for then all the rich kids must be like that right?

>>2412732
>>Entertain the scraggly haired kid. “No, no, it’s fine. What did you want?

>>2412733
well, you got a point there.

>>2412732
>>Listen to the redhead and start backing away. “Maybe we should, er, abscond elsewhere?

>>2412732
>Entertain the scraggly haired kid. “No, no, it’s fine. What did you want?

You know what fuck it let's talk with the new villan/rival of the block.

>>2412732
>>Listen to the redhead and start backing away. “Maybe we should, er, abscond elsewhere?
She seems like a more reliable source of info than him.

>>2412737
>>2412748
>>2412745
>>2412749

Aaaand we're tied.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>2412797
Flipping.

1: We in.
2: We out.

>>2412797
i think it will be easier if you roll, boss.

>>2412829
All in baby!

You know, the kid might be another recipient of a FarSight or other similar device from a competing multi-timeline civilization.

Getting a piece of the competition's tech could net us some Motes.

>“You can’t hide the reality of the ancients forever!”
>the ancients

Uh another outgoer did a stupid?

Occam's razor tells me he's just a nutjob, but who knows?
I kinda doubt it's Intersection related though. That mess Miranda stumbled upon was unusual in the extreme; I doubt we'll see another example of something like that for a long time.

>>2412915
im betting on a conspiracy nut. But this is an anime world, so there is a high chance that there are or were Ancients at some point.

>>2412732
>>2412737
>>2412748
>>2412829
He’s kinda sketchy, but you find yourself waving away the redhead, much to her disbelief. “No, no, it’s fine. What did you want?

As soon as you get within range, he immediately he throws his arm around you like your best buddies. “E-ever had a flash of an idea- spark, circuit, buzz!? Yeah, any of that and you just HAD to follow through?”

Well… “Yeeees?” You said unsuredly.

“I’ve-I’ve had those, too. Signs- bright- neon, coursing! They’re in my head, they make me know things! Spirits of the ancients, times gone by, waiting to burst- uh, bang- uh, zap! Into our modern collective energies! Can you FEEL it? The tension- straining, struggling, right there!”

Yooooou... have no idea what he's talking about. At all. Sure, the context is obvious enough, that is, and knowing enough about worlds means he's probably not wrong, buuuut...yeah, no.

He seems to notice your look of confusion, and then he puts his OTHER hand on your shoulder, and you flinch a bit at some static electricity that zaps you. Really touchy-feely, this ki- wait a tic.

It’s then that you notice something about him- something...vaguely familiar. Not Outgoer, but…

Mana. That’s what it is.

It’s faint, hardly there. But you can sense it, draped over him like a shroud, emanating from him like he’s constantly outputting a charge

That's not something that you felt in anybody else yet. Wonder what’s so special about HIM…?

>Maybe you can investigate him later. “Nope, can’t say I have, sorry!” Right now, you should keep on the lookout! No getting distracted THIS time!
>Might be best to grill him now, then. “I guess you could say I have. What if it pops?” Whatever is the source of this might be worth knowing abotu!
>With mana, he might be a good distraction. Maybe you could direct his nutiness towards someone else...like Kyo, with a good description.
>Other

>>2412963
>Might be best to grill him now, then. “I guess you could say I have. What if it pops?” Whatever is the source of this might be worth knowing abotu!
This is a relatively low-mana world. This could be an interesting find. He might not be a native, or there used to be a magitech civilization that he stumbled upon, which could mean loot and a bonus if our employer becomes the first and only bot maker to offer magitech parts.

>>2412963
>With mana, he might be a good distraction. Maybe you could direct his nutiness towards someone else...like Kyo, with a good description.

>>2412963
>Spirits of the ancients,

Sounds a lot like the old lady from the western world.

>Might be best to grill him now, then. “I guess you could say I have. What if it pops?” Whatever is the source of this might be worth knowing about!

Also i don't want to send him to Kyo or they will figure out about OUR mana powers or even get bots powered with mana. Since i believe that big boy reachead sentient because of our mana.

>>2412977
No don't give mana powers to the maincast!

>>2412963
>>Might be best to grill him now, then. “I guess you could say I have. What if it pops?” Whatever is the source of this might be worth knowing abotu!

>>2412963
>>Might be best to grill him now, then. “I guess you could say I have. What if it pops?” Whatever is the source of this might be worth knowing abotu!
How iiinteresting... We haven't needed mana much here, but that's a good thing with the regen rate. If we follow this up we might get lucky and some way to boost our regen while we're here.

I'm so glad we finnaly got a underling!

>>2412997
maybe better than that. From what i understand, the nutjob is telling us that there is an untapped mana resource that is about to burst. Who knows what kind of chaos it could unleash if its happens right when we need to steal the parts?

>No getting distracted THIS time!

To late we already got distracted.

>>2412972
>>2412979
>>2412985
>>2412997
Too curious for our own good. (Well, no, mostly OTHER people's own good.)

Writing!

>>2413062
Handler qquick question. Does crazy guy has a bot with him?

>>2413073
The post says he doesn't.

>>2413073
>He doesn’t seem to have a bot with him, either.

>>2413081
Well if he wants someone to help him making the ancients dream come true then Mr. King will be extremely happy to help him.

>>2412963
>>2412972
>>2412979
>>2412985
>>2412997
You can’t help yourself- the possibilities of what he might be talking about is enough for you to be interested. Who knows what good easy might have come across “I...guess you could say I have. What if it, y’know... pops?”

The man grins a slightly-too-toothy smile as he leans even closer to you. “Then revolution. The ancients will awaken from their corpse walk slumber- rest- sleep! They will be reborn yet again and stake claim over the world that they have always owned! They will take the worthy- promised- greater- within themselves and become a supreme whole!”

In a blur a movement, he leans in, to the point where you can smell his breath- not fun. “Are you worthy-”

“Okay, okay!” suddenly, a voice shouts out over the den and the both of you are distracted as you both look to order the source. A worker- not the same one that you met before, but a new one. She sits behind the booth, and leans back. “Alright, sign ins and tickets are open! Single-file, present your proof of competition for everyone that was in Round 1!”

Hm. You’re hopefully not going to have to do that this time. In fact, you should probably get going. You turn back to the boy- wha?

…

...He’s gone.

...No. No way.

He pulled a stealth exit on YOU?! And you didn’t NOTICE?

...Part of you is filled with shame for missing it. The other part of you is grossly offended and wants to find him and chew him out for it.

...Oh yeah, and the part that keeps reminding you that you need to find someone important to ‘convince’ in order to get closer to those parts early is still there.

>Get in line, get a ticket. We’ll just go headhunting until we find someone that looks important.
>No need for a ticket, we’re just taking a stroll around the outside.
>Other

>>2413174
>Get in line, get a ticket. We’ll just go headhunting until we find someone that looks important.

>>2413174
>>Get in line, get a ticket. We’ll just go headhunting until we find someone that looks important.

>>2413174
>>Get in line, get a ticket. We’ll just go headhunting until we find someone that looks important.

>The ancients will awaken from their corpse walk slumber- rest- sleep! They will be reborn yet again and stake claim over the world that they have always owned! They will take the worthy- promised- greater- within themselves and become a supreme whole!

So let me get this straigth. The bots were build using ancient tech and they were keeped in slumber as A.I. the sentient bot are these ancients awakening and taking ober the world from the humans as sentient bots and non-sentient bots with their humans fight to take over the world.

>>2413188
I was thinking reawakening magic but you might be right. The cores are made from fragments if mined great old ones.

>>2413174
>>2413178
>>2413181
>>2413182
Need rolls. 3d20. Best of 3.

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>2413221

Rolled 15, 7, 9 = 31 (3d20)

>>2413221

Rolled 16, 15, 14 = 45 (3d20)

>>2413221

>>2413220
Could be that the tech to create the bots A.I. is actually sone kind of Ark tech to preserve the minds of these ancient race.

Then when the humans stumbled upon it just though it was a template for a very sophisticated A.I.

Need one more.

>>2413222
3d20, not 1d20.

Rolled 16, 11, 18 = 45 (3d20)

>>2413221

>>2413228
Dam anon! Nice rolls.

>16, 15, 18

Not bad Lori not bad.

Rolled 11, 13, 7 = 31 (3d20)

rolling just to see what would have happened.

>>2413241
I think you meant:

>16, 16, 18

>>2413245
No because the secind roll the highest one was a 15 not a 16.

The searching, it is good. The location, she is good. The target, it is very good.

In short, Lori does Lori things and does them well. Writing!

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>>2413259
And our employer doubted we could do it. Muwahahahaha~

>>2413174
>>2413228
>>2413235
>>2413226
Well, better to not overcomplicate things. Since you're so early, it doesn't exactly take you very long to get a ticket, and from there that also means that you’ve got enough time to look around without worrying about a ton of people milling around or in the stands or the sort. Although there's a lot of personnel around, by and large it's just the early birds, which there aren't a ton of, thank goodness.

It fortunately doesn't take too long before you see someone that might be worthwhile. Shorter fellow, but he's dressed in a nicely pressed, loud pink three piece suit, looking around at everything as though he's inspecting it all last second- which, hey, he might be. Lesse, he’s got a badge on him- oh. Floor Manager. Name; well, honestly you’ve kinda stopped caring at this point.

Yes. Yes, he’ll do nicely. You just need to follow him for a bit. Fortunately, despite the occasional turn that forces you to look around like you were lost, he doesn't bother to say anything when his eye catches yours- you simply give him a polite smile and a wave, which he returns- and he continues on with his clearly harried inspection.

This shouldn’t be too hard- ah, yup. There’s a bench nearby, nice little sun-lit spot.

Haaa...love it when a plan goes juuuust right. "Keep an eye out, Captain. I'm going to...take a little nap."

Your eyes are already closing as you focus yourself outwards. You barely hear the response. "Aye-aye. Good luck."

(Run will continue tomorrow! Nice rolls!)

Dam Himawari is actually the air headed and sleepy character in the most strange places.

Thanks for the run see you tomorow

>>2413285
Lorelei is a lot of things when she wants to be. It's fun!

>>2413283
Thanks for running!

>>2413288
can't wait for the big reveal

>>2413283
Breath in...out...in…out…

In…

Out…

It's only slightly easier this time. but that's good enough for you right now. Just as you'd hoped, there’s no one in the immediate vicinity besides you and the target at the moment; no doubt going to change pretty darn fast as time goes on, so you've got to keep yourself moving quick. It's a quick skip to get back to him, and naturally he doesn't even realize when you pirouette, plie, and LEAP…

...ugh. This is much less interesting than being in a robot. Already you kind of feel squirmy and gross, and you haven't even properly taken control of him yet. He goes up to rub his head, but aside from that there's no indication that he's noticed your piggybacking.

>Wait it out for a while. See where he goes for a bit.
>No time, just get him moving and find an official to ask about the parts.
>Other

>>2414546
>Wait it out for a while. See where he goes for a bit.

Sneaky ghost is anything we can hop between bodies and get somethi g from the inside.

>>2414546
>Wait it out for a while. See where he goes for a bit.

>>2414546
>>Wait it out for a while. See where he goes for a bit.

>This is much less interesting than being in a robot. Already you kind of feel squirmy and gross

i mean being inside a human would be the same as wearing a meat coat so..no wonder it's so gross

Handler i just had the best idea for a world to send Lori. Send her to the ghostbuster world!

>>2414546
>>Wait it out for a while. See where he goes for a bit.

Pretty onesided. Writing!

So what you guys think? Do you think they re-purposed the big boy we turned sentient? (i will call him zaku because we are basicaly this world char)

>>2414681
Doubtful. Only a day has passed. I don't think they can do much in that time.

>>2414729
A day since de incident? Didn't we stayed two days out of sight? Even so id oubt they could have done much in just three days

>>2414546
>>2414566
>>2414571
>>2414585
>>2414639
Well, hopefully you got a little bit of breathing room since he was so close. You can at the very least see just where he's going for now.

He does the stop-and-start checking of several booths, and before very long he gets a call on a walkie-talkie. ‘FM, need you in section 8, repeat: FM section 8.’

He's quick to respond back. ‘On my way.’ and immediately turns around and head back down closer to you. you're not sure where he's going, but hopefully it'll lead into something good for you. And hopefully doesn't get too far away…

Fortunately, it seems like section 8 is upstairs, and not too far down the hallway. When he gets closer, there's a couple of other individuals passing be waiting for, both male and both looking a bit on the older side. One of them is well-dressed, long brown hair, and rectangular glasses, while the other has some white hair showing, but is dressed in a more casual outfit, but with a safety vest on. That, plus his work boots, cap, and armband tell you that that’s the Safety Manager. “Everything looking good?” Your ride asks.

They both nod. “All good on my end,” the safety man says primly.

“I wish we’d had time to go over some more checks,” the well-dressed man gripes. “This was cutting it FAR too close.”

“Schedule slips like this are annoying, but we're doing what we can,” your ride assures. “What’s the news?”

“VIPs and cargo should be here in about 10 minutes, and they apologize for the delay.” The Safety Manager says. “I got people waitin’ right outside.”

“Good. Make sure everything's covered up, no one drops anything, and we might be able to get out of all this intact.” Oooh. That’s interesting. Dollars to donuts that that's probably the parts... But he's already got people out there? That might make things a bit rougher.

>Stick with this guy. Maybe you can direct him yourself and pull rank.
>Jump to the safety manager; maybe you can get him down there personally.
>The well-suited man seems like he’s important enough...take him!
>Other

>>2414794
>The well-suited man seems like he’s important enough...take him!

>>2414794
>>The well-suited man seems like he’s important enough...take him!

>>2414794
>>Jump to the safety manager; maybe you can get him down there personally.

>>2414794
>Jump to the safety manager; maybe you can get him down there personally.

I wish Lory had trained on using her magic while riding...

>>2414794
>Jump to the safety manager; maybe you can get him down there personally.

He's the one that is the closets to the parts ince they arive so he will be the one instructing were to put then and hopefully were the security bots are.

>>2414818
i guess handler died

>>2414806
>>2414816
>>2414818
>>2414837
>>2414846

Apologies, went to take a nap and passed out.

Writing.

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>>2415750
Warn us next time man. I got worried

>>2414794
>>2414806
>>2414816
>>2414818
>>2414837
>>2414846

Off the top of your head, you figure that it's the safety manager that will probably be the best bet for you if you want to get down there, it's only because he's the kind of guy who would have already made an excuse to do it. You just hope that it's not too far out of your range…

It doesn't take you anything to slip out and in considering that none of them still realize your presence.

One flesh suit stills feels just as gross as the other, though, as the safety manager nods. “Will do. I’ll keep you posted.” With that set, the three men split up, and yours in particular breaks off from the group and- “Section five-three, status?” He speaks into his walkie-talkie.

“On standby still. No changes.” Is the response.

“Alright, let me know when they arrive, and bring them upstairs asap.” Right. Doesn't look like he's going to be going down there himself anytime soon. IF you want him down there...you're going to have to force the issue.

>Time to hijack him (Current Mana: 6000/7500), will require a roll.
>Other

>>2415836
> Other
Leave him.
10 minutes, then it's here.
We gotta prepare for that.

>>2415836
>>2415849
this

Agree with >>2415849, hijacking takes too much risk and mana at this stage.

>>2415865
>>2415860
>>2415849
I assume you guys wabt us to leave? Can't we just hijack him a little so we can figure out the lay of the land?

Recall? Alright.

Writing!

>>2415916
Hijack is expensive mana-wise; it's not worth the cost, especially under this time constraint.

>>2415836
>>2415916

shit, i know its too late to have an input, but could we act as someones concience? Like not hijacking a body, but asking them something, or trying to push them to do something without our direct intervention.

>>2415935
i wasn kinda hoping we could check stuff around. But then again the stadium has the same layout as the other. Only think we need to do in these 10 minutes is to kill some cams and dash as Shatterlight toward the loading bay were they will be arriving.

>>2415836
>>2415849
>>2415860
>>2415865
10 minutes. that's all you have before it arrives. You could try and go down there with your current ‘actor’, but honestly, you might not be able to make it there in time, or there miiight be one too many distractions on the way. Might be better to just leave and try something on your own.

With a thought, you’re yanked back through the air, and with a snap, you wake up from your little nap. Fortunately, you don't get any particular looks save from a couple of mildly amused passers-by.

“Welcome back. All went well?” Jago asks quietly.

“Well enough,” you chirp, “but we don’t have much time. We’ve got ten minutes before the package gets here.”

“Yea? What we doin’?” Jago asks quickly- and it’s a good question. If you're not going to use someone else in order to steal the parts after all, then you're going to need another tactic. But the question is, just what are you planning on doing?

>Action?

>>2415948
It'd take a roll, but who knows? Might work. Doesn't seem remotely impossible...

>>2415994
>check the loading bays with prima to see the amount of security on site
We might get lucky and be able to snatch the piece when its being unloaded.

>>2415997
that's good to know!

>>2415994
>Go inside and try to have Prima hack the security grid we will need that once that is done we can position ourselfs to the loading bay and surprise everyone and go for the parts.

>>2415994
First we need to find where it's arriving, likely the loading docks. We can check out the security there, and look for potential ride-alongs for when it arrives and hiding places for us. We don't have enough info to make further plans yet.

Is Prima with us as well, or are we using Jago for this?

>>2416050
Prima is outside, trying to keep a low profile.

>>2416050
prima is with us, but she is...somewhere else. i really don't know where tough.

>>2416050
Prima and Jago are both with us but Prima is following behind.

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>>2416053
How can she manage that with her new cute look?

>>2416068
I said 'trying'. She's mostly walking around, humming to herself, and trying to fend off curious people.

>>2416071
She secretly enjoys the attention, doesn't she?

>>2415994

>>2416037
>>2416047
>>2416050

So it seems like we want to get Prima and see what the bays look like?

If so, writing!

>>2416077
She thinks it is abnormal. She's a support bot, after all! She shouldn't be the center of attention!

>She's a support bot, after all! She shouldn't be the center of attention!

Silly Prima a bot is much more then her main function/designation.

>>2415994
>>2416037
>>2416047
>>2416050
‘Prima, meet me outside, in the tree line past the parking lot,’ you send out as you quickly leave the arena. “Jago, keep an eye out for a second. We're going to see just how busy those back bays are.”

“Roight.” He affirms as you head out, lagging behind in order to make sure no one really pays too much attention to you. It's still early, but there's people trickling in, now. Prima’s quick to ‘bump’ into you as you make it past and between the artificial tree barrier. “Hello, Miss!”

You nod, keeping your eyes peeled for any bystanders that might be a bit too close. Certain the coast is clear, you tilt your head in a specific direction, and start walking, with Prima following.

“Circle around, we’re going to take a look at where the loading bays are,” you mutter. In doing so walking by, you keep up a report of meaningless chatter with her, mostly just talking about the weather and her clothes. Well...it’s less talking about her clothes, and more complimenting them while she accepts it.

It's not too hard to find out where the loading docks are, especially not compared to the first stadium- these are entirely above ground, facing a thickening tree line (though you can still hear cars on the other end) as opposed to the slanted, near-underground locale of before. You only have a second or two to actually get a view of the area because of that, but what you see before you quickly turn around is that indeed there's a number of individuals standing around, several of them looking like guards- at least five, maybe more. You also saw a few flashes of pink and yellow that you can only guess is that section 3-5 that the safety manager mentioned earlier.

You need to get changed, and fast, if you want to do this as Shatterlight- so speed is of the essence...well, that and finding a quiet place to change.

>Roll 1d20, best of three for events.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>2416184
Rolling!

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>2416184
Could just run in when we spot the targets, set of a chain of paparazzi spells to keep them blind throughout the whole thing and fuck off

>>2416192
I mean...yeah, that's an option!

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>2416184
Oh god...

>>2416192
from what i saw the VIP are guarding the parts this time so i guess we can end up bumping into the 'Winter Velma' if we are lucky.

>>2416191
>>2416192
>>2416202
Welp. Writing!

>>2416205
you aren't entirely incorrect...

>>2416202
>>2416192
>>2416191
Well that should be fun~

>Could just run in when we spot the targets, set of a chain of paparazzi spells to keep them blind throughout the whole thing and fuck off

Why waste mana if we still have the smoke pallets and the flares we asked King?

>>2416199
Well, if it comes up in a vote tonight pretend that I am voting for it. It's 0530 I need to sleep.

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>>2416210
Time for more CQC?

>>2416212
Yeah I forgot about what items we have. Just use everything we've got that scrambles optics and mess with vision, we shouldn't get in a fight and if we do, run away asap. Best to not let them get a bead on us at all

>>2416210
shit, my MC senses are tingling.

>>2416225
Oh and create body doubles for the escape if we are seen, that will mess with them

I am going now

>>2416192
Not a bad idea, though it may not affect the bots much, and Paparazzi! is 500 mana a pop.

>>2416212
That would work, and it's not like they'd be hard to replace afterwords. We will be seen though; the point of the visual tricks to to disorient and distract, not hide.

>>2416234
Me's A Crowd! is 1000 mana per clone. We can keep it in reserve, but let's not use it as plan A.

>>2416226
Well would make a sense if the Aiba girl and her friends are escorting the goods this time.

>>2416253
That's ine of the main reasons why i wanted to go as shatterlight from the get go. Maybe we can point out mr. crazy bolts and say we got a strange from him?

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>>2416202
Finding a hiding place is rough. You can't exactly just go back in and come back out, that’d take too long. At the same time it seems like there's not exactly a whole lot of quiet places to hide. What you eventually pick...well, it’s not exactly your first choice. Ever. You at least spot a camera before you do- why they’d be watching THIS area...well, no, actually. Makes sense. You're already on a clock, so.

“Hey, Pri? Camera?” *pop* “Thank you.”

“It will be looped for approximately 30 seconds.” All the time in the world.

Still...dumpsters suck.

At least it's not for very long, and the only thing that you have to really worry about is the smell... But that's bad enough, frankly. By the time you leave out, bot in hand, you’re already ready to get back to a nice shower…

You leap up, up, and over, onto the side of the building, onto the sloped roof of the box office, which then transitions to the side of the dome itself- and you make a wickedly fast beeline for the target area. As you reach the edge, you’re quick to peer over- and then you realize that the situation is, er...a touch worse than what it was.

The car and van already freakin’ got there! Not only that, but they’ve got some guests, too; that edgy-looking black cloaked kid that was sitting next to June in the VIP section is there- and it seems like he’s pulling guard duty…

And there’s Little Miss Priss Aiba, too. She’s got a noticeable frown on her face, as though she’d rather be ANYWHERE but here- makes sense, considering that the last parts were stolen on her company’s bot’s watch. She's probably looking to make amends and cool some heads.

Combined with the other armed security, this won’t be as easy- whoa!

You jerk your head back just as Artesia glances up- and your heart thrums as you realize you might’ve been made already.

>Screw it, dive in! Try to just blind everyone, grab, and bail. Risky, but you don’t want to stick around.
> “Prima, can you hold one of them?” That firepower’s nothing to sneeze at!
>Fireworks from above! That should scatter them, and hopefully prevent them from getting inside!
> Other

>>2416317
>>Fireworks from above! Screw it, dive in! Try to just blind everyone, grab, and bail. Risky, but you don’t want to stick around.
>have prima make whatever kind of chaos she can right now.

if the bots come to nag us, lets rip them in two.I'm pretty sure we have the strength to do so.

>>2416317
>>Screw it, dive in! Try to just blind everyone, grab, and bail. Risky, but you don’t want to stick around.
If we're doing a smash and grab, now's the time.
> “Prima, can you hold one of them?” That firepower’s nothing to sneeze at!
Might as well have her try to stall one or two of the bots while we're blinding everyone. If she's quick, she might be able to mess with their eyes to make our flashbangs more effective.

>“Hey, Pri? Camera?” *pop* “Thank you.”
I am so glad we went with a support bot.

>>2416317
>Screw it, dive in! Try to just blind everyone, grab, and bail. Risky, but you don’t want to stick around.
> “Prima, can you hold one of them?” That firepower’s nothing to sneeze at!

>>2416317
>Screw it, dive in! Try to just blind everyone, grab, and bail. Risky, but you don’t want to stick around.
>Other Smoke pellets, flares!! Throw everything!

>>2416340
>“Hey, Pri? Camera?” *pop* “Thank you.”
>I am so glad we went with a support bot.

Me too Prima is proving to be way to usefull for this missions.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

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>>2416336

Seems clear enough. Writing!

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>>2416426
>dat two.

>>2416460
The numbers!!! What does it mean!!

>>2416317
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>>2416399
“Try and hold one of them!” you whisper before diving down immediately- you’re almost instantly oh FUCK damn damn damn!

Shots ring out as you twist yourself through the air, and it’s all you can do to focus- heavy firefight situation means no time for thinking just move. You spring into the air, letting yourself flash like a brilliant camera as you race for the arm parts, which are, if that black box is any indication, currently being held in the grip of the edgy kid.

He barely manages to see you coming, his vision quickly blinded even behind those sunglasses of his. But he only barely manages to move out of the way as you tackle him amidst the gunfire. A few shots pierce your uniform, stinging your back and legs, but you force yourself to keep moving as you feel the target object push against your chest as you bowl the man over.

Footsteps, and you see three men rush your position- the stadium security. A quick kick boots one of them back, and just barely gives you enough space to back up a step, doing your best to keep him between you and the firing individuals. You can hear screams of pain let up from him as he takes the plasma and bullets meant for you, and...well, you really hope this isn’t going to count against you…

But it's then that a spark of light suddenly shines out, and your head snaps back as something heavy impacts your helmet, rattling your head and causing your vision to swim. A second shot hits your ribs, and you can feel a dull pain start to spread- you reactively lash out with a punch, and you feel it impact and dent metal along with a robotic grunt of exertion. More stinging pain lances out from your arms, but by now you’ve FUCKING HAD ENOUGH STOP.

One hand darts into the pauldron opposite it, and quickly pulls out a trio of smoke pellets- without any fanfare or style you slam them to the ground, causing a billowing plume of thick, acrid smoke to bloom forth, instantly cloaking the entire area- even you can’t see anything. But you don’t need to. Tensing your legs, you jump high, clearing the smoke if only for a few moments as it rises up ever higher, and quickly scramble onto the lower rooftops where Prima is waiting. She doesn't even get a word in edgewise as you grab her and immediately catapult yourself off and to the rooftops, running as fast as you can to get back to your travel bag in the dumpster- and the tree line afterwards, the yelling receding behind you.

This...this, you’re going to feel for a bit.

(Run will continue tomorrow- earlier, hopefully.)

>>2416594
I hope we got the right parts.
plot twist, the thing we grabbed is something else

>>2416594
we should stop in one of these rooftops to confirm the cargo.

thanks for running!

>A second shot hits your ribs, and you can feel a dull pain start to spread- you reactively lash out with a punch, and you feel it impact and dent metal along with a robotic grunt of exertion.

Dam we just punched a bot with our bare hands!! Wonder who bot it was. Now the security will be increased even more...oh well at least we got the arms. Now we need to go after the head and the torso.

>>2416602
i hope it isn't. Otherwise we will have some real trouble.

>>2416616
Miyumi is going to be pissed off.

In relation to the spoiler- the roll I made was which bot would be attempted to be disabled by Prima. They're both high spec, and one of them is an ace custom job, so she could only do so much.

>>2416621
Ouch hope isn't enough to make her loose the tournament. I mean she still has her crew and time before it i guess.

>>2416624
Meh stopping just one bot was enough turning a 2v1 into a 1v1 was pretty good.

>>2416594
That was... shockingly easy. We need to take stock of ourselves and our loot after we get some distance.

Lori doesn't have any healing spells; I hope we didn't get any serious damage.

>>2416602
inb4 we grabbed the garant's core

>>2416651
Smash and grabs are honestly just that- smash, grab, run like hell. They're dangerous, but quick as hell if the thief knows what they want to take and how to get to it. Most of those kinds of thefts aren't solved in the moment, they're solved post-event. This whole thing took place in the space of a few seconds.

>>2416651
Hopefully the fact that we stole the part before the event will give us some time to recover.

>>2416661
I wouldn't be upset if that's what happend. Although i think the core would be put on the head.

>>2416662
Was edgylord surprised for our fast act? I bet Aiba will be triple.pissed and start asking the main crew for help.

>>2416662
Although I suppose this wasn't really a smash and grab, it was more like a mugging, which, to be fair, is similar. Run up on someone, yoink, flee.

>>2416671
i feel that the edgelord would be VERY mad at us, considering that we did his whole shtick a thousand times better.

>>2416667
yeah, but maybe its in the box instead of the arms. we will only know until we check it out.

>>2416689
Yeah anyway we may need to take a breather after this. And we should tell our employer that he doesn't need to push the parts exhibtion otherwise it will call to much attention to him. Two parts are easier to snatch then three and we can avoid the main cast doing that.

>>2416706
>anyway we may need to take a breather after this. And we should tell our employer that he doesn't need to push the parts exhibtion otherwise it will call to much attention to him.
I was thinking about this as well. If he gets pushback about the remaining parts, he needs to fold or risk putting a target on his back. I assume he's smart enough to realize this, but it bears mentioning.

There can't be that many parts left though. We got the legs, arms, and hands. That leaves feet, torso, and head, and maybe a core?

>>2416594
You don't actually get far before you start feeling a burning ache in both your ribs and your legs. You’re pretty sure you didn’t get anything broken- you’ve felt that before and it’s NOT FUN- but it's still smarts pretty hard. “Pretty sure something got under the skin…” you mumble to yourself.

Prima, unfortunately, hears it. “Miss! You’re injured?!” Oh, great. Alright, fine, might as well. You need to stop and check things anyway. There's more people on the street now, and it's harder to find a back area where you'll be left alone- what eventually does it is one of those high-walled...cement...ditch...thingys- damn, you never HAVE been sure if that's what they were called. Now that’s gonna bug you.

Anyway!

You manage to find an overpass that doesn't seem to have a whole lot of foot traffic on it, which is fortunate, and quickly duck under it. Almost as soon as you stop, all the pain comes rushing in in force, and you have to stop yourself from doubling over in order to try and focus.

First things first, double check the cargo... with slightly shaking hands, you flip the few latches, and lift the lid on the strange black box.

“Oh...phew. Oh, thank goodness.” you let out a deep breath as the image of the clawed, actually-kinda-creepy looking arms meet you. They’ve still got the same coloration and organic lines, but the fingers are spindly and sharp, and it's kinda not what you expected. Still, you're pretty sure that that's them.

A wave of fatigue hits you and you slim down to the ground, just as Prima rushes over to you. “Miss! You should be careful not to aggravate any possible internal injuries! Do you require me to inform of your status to Mr. King?”

> “No, no, I’ll be fine...just gimme a few moments.” You can tough this much out, at least.
> “I’ll...I’ll just tell him myself.” If nothing else, he’ll appreciate your straightforwardness...you hope.
> “That...might be best.” You don’t want to admit weakness, not now!”
> Other

>>2417712
> Other
Check the injuries, get a reading on how bad of a shape we are in. Also and estimate of how taxing the rest of the tour back will be.

If a pause is all it takes, that wouldn't be a problem, probably, but I'm not sure how injured we are.

>>2417712
>> “No, no, I’ll be fine...just gimme a few moments.” You can tough this much out, at least.
>But send him a message that we have the package

Also, where is jago? did we left him behind or is in our pauldron?

>>2417712
> “No, no, I’ll be fine...just gimme a few moments.” You can tough this much out, at least.

Hey there Handler!

>>2417712
>> “No, no, I’ll be fine...just gimme a few moments.” You can tough this much out, at least.

>>2417717
Though it up soldier. At least now they don't have a reason to stop the tournament just the show of the parts.

>>2417712
> “No, no, I’ll be fine...just gimme a few moments.” You can tough this much out, at least.

Can prima do first aid? If so ask her for help.

>>2417718
That's a good question, innit?

Actual answer, you bailed, he didn't have time to catch up. He's no basic AI, he heard the madness and bounced. But he isn't with you. I forgot to put that part in the post, apologies.

>>2417734
can we contact him the same we we contact prima?

>>2417734
Dammit we need to get our buddy back. If anyone finds us we can just say that the crazy lady wearibg gold and a helmet decked us.

>>2417735
i don't think he was equiped with a bluetooth like Prima. Something we need to fix

>>2417739
Agreed, however, we are injured, and going back now would be risky.. Dunno if we have a place where we can rendevouz with him. Losing him would suck, sure, but it ain't vital...

>>2417750
i think he will stay in the premises of the arena, and then return to the hotel or wherever we are staying at.

>>2417761
We can always make a room at a hotel.I wonder how many more parts we still have to steal. I was thinking in the Arms,legs, head and a torso. But then i remembered a bot like that migth need some special A.I. CORE

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>>2417730

Just need a spot of respite.

Also need to roll 1d20. LOWEST of 3.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

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