>>3534271
>Well...you could bring them along, you guess. This is something they’ll need to know eventually, right?

>>3534271
>Well...you could bring them along, you guess. This is something they’ll need to know eventually, right?

>Other: See if you can get a take out ordered for late so the kids cna have something for lunch in case we take to long during our meetings and work.

When i was young i used to follow my mom around during her day at work. She had long hours i was just happy to stay with her.

Besides the kids might enjoy seeing us putting stuff up and talking to people. Not to mention it will be fun having then hanging out around

>>3534271
>>This is gonna be too above their understanding- or at least boring. No need to try and pretend it won’t be.
They've had their time. Let's not draw this out.

>>3534271
>This is gonna be too above their understanding- or at least boring. No need to try and pretend it won’t be.

Super boring, like, did you pay the taxes on your new rent lease boring. like spending 2 hours looking over vehicles and trying to arrange furniture boring. The kind of boring that kids spend maybe 2 minutes trying to seem interested but once it's explained this is the activity and it will continue for approximately 2 hours start complaining they want to go to dairy queen. They do not want to come.

>>3534271
>This is gonna be too above their understanding- or at least boring. No need to try and pretend it won’t be.

Yeah, they're gonna be complaining within the first 10 minutes- nah.

Writing.

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Thinking about it, you shake your head. “It really wouldn’t be. It’s just work that needs doing, most of it would probably fly right over your head, and by the time I finish to explain it, you probably have forgotten most of it anyway. I know the time was short, don’t get me wrong- but if you ask me, you three have some stuff to work on, anyway. I wasn’t at the Care House that long, but I’m pretty sure there’s speech extracurriculars and stuff.”

“Yeah, kinda,” Noran admits. “Probably could ask for help with that, myself…”

“I could help you!” Tami says quickly. You’re not sure how that’ll eventually go, but you’re not going to debate the issue. That’s on them. At least Harp seems like she’s equally as concerned...maybe it’ll get her to start talking more by default?

Regardless, the trip there was relatively quiet (save for Tami’s incessant ‘tips’), and the trio are returned- after they give you a hug and wish you well, not to mention hoping for more time with you next go around.

With them gone, however, you need to get down to business. And first thing on the list on that front is…

>Getting everyone together for a meeting. Those HQ tasks won’t finish themselves.
>Figuring out how to get those aircraft armed and mission-ready.
>Taking the time to purchase a new room and get it set up.
>Other

>>3534510
>>Getting everyone together for a meeting. Those HQ tasks won’t finish themselves.

>>3534510
>Getting everyone together for a meeting. Those HQ tasks won’t finish themselves.

>>3534510
>Getting everyone together for a meeting. Those HQ tasks won’t finish themselves.

>>3534510
>Getting everyone together for a meeting. Those HQ tasks won’t finish themselves.

>>3534510
>Getting everyone together for a meeting. Those HQ tasks won’t finish themselves.
Time to hear Lori's inevitable teasing.

>>3534510
>>Getting everyone together for a meeting. Those HQ tasks won’t finish themselves.
It's also a good chance to ask about how to get the aircraft mission ready. I believe Owlia has a rough understanding, at least.

Not unexpected, just wanted to make sure.

Writing.

>>3534571
hey Handler, the last thread isn't archived yet.

>>3534581
Done! Thanks.

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A team meeting. You’re going to have to make a number of calls for this.

...Maybe you should make a chatroom or something. Or at least get everyone in some sort of group email setup. Party line call will have to do…

Ugh. It takes about a half hour of calls to everyone- largely because not everyone answers immediately, but you finally get them all, and they agree to show up as soon as they can, which should be within an hour or so.

...maybe you should have some sort of dedicated meeting room. Just waiting out here is kind of awkward, if you’re being honest with yourself.

“Yo!” Oh, Lori’s here. “Hey, so what- pffffftthahahahah! What!?” ...Yeah, you kinda expected that. Deep breath, deep breath… “If you’d wanted a makeover, I’d have helped! Didn’t- pfthah- you didn’t have to run a lawnmower through it!” Lovely.

“If you MUST know,” you start slowly, “I did this for a movie scene the other day, and before you ask how THAT happened, that’s very related to why I decided to call this meeting together.”

“Really?” She cocks and eyebrow and puts a hand on her hip. “I wouldn’t call that good news.”

“Hush, you.” Damnit, where’s everyone else? You’re not sure how long you can take this…

“I’m just saying! I can introduce you to a little thing called hair gel!” Damnit. And you already KNOW what hair gel is, thank you.

Fortunately, it takes a few more minutes, but everyone eventually trickles in, most of them rather curious about the whole get together. “Right, so, thanks for showing up, everyone.” Geez...looking it all over, it still hasn’t quite clicked how the outfit’s grown. Three’s turned into eight pretty quickly. “Basically, this is whole team meeting is just to get a few things about HQ settled. First thing on the docket: the tasks that the big guys upstairs told us about.”

“Oh yeah, that.” Mono points out. “I thought we could do ‘em whenever.”

“Within reason,” Izumi adds. “I certainly got the impression they wanted them done sooner than later. Splitting them up makes sense.”

“Oh,” the wolfgirl nods. “Right, then. Soooo...time to call dibs?”

>Sure, by all means. So long as they get done.
>Actually, I was thinking I’d assign them. Keep it simple.
>Other

>>3534682
>Sure, by all means. So long as they get done.

>>3534682
>Sure, by all means. So long as they get done.
Also, did the breakroom get installed yet, and did anyone see fit to stock the fridge?

>>3534682
>Sure, by all means. So long as they get done.

>>3534682
>Sure, by all means. So long as they get done.

Thank goodness we didn't bring children to see us be so business casual

>"Just be aware if you goof it up, it won't be me or Sal you have to deal with"

Right, so the tasks were:

Client: Spark North (Hardware and Software)
>Request Type: Labor
>Summary: These folks are movin’ locales, and we said that one or two-a you might be amendable ta helpin’ out! Now, this stuff is FRAGILE, so watch it! Anything breaks, it comes outta YOUR hide!
>Reward: Limited Server Database Access- (Physical Combat Training Area- AI Dummies Upgrade)

>Client: Redline (Vehicles and Accessories- Outgoer Focused)
>Request Type: Showcase
>Summary: Tankloud’s lookin’ for some folks ta show off their ride in a combat sim. Wanna prove that they’ve got good stuff. Means ya have to take some lumps, though, so hope you’re not afraid of a lil’ brusin an’ rough road.
>Reward: Reinforced armor plating on any vehicle of choice.

>Client: Minus-One (Firearms)
>Request Type: Showcase
>Summary: Minus One wants one of you to show up and help show off their latest suite of experimental superheated plasma weapons. Sounds simple, yeah? Just take their gear, coo over it a bit, then starting shooting things until they say stop. Easy. I think.
>Reward: Minus-One brand Weapons Storage System, Pick of Single Minus-One Brand Weapon.

>Client: Johnson and Nema Interactive Art Installations
>Request Type: Exhibition
>Summary: Yeeahhh...so, I’m not entirely certain. But they want help before openin’ their ‘Interactive Art House’ to make sure that everything’s...solvable? Whatever, just get ova there when ya can and jump through a few hoops for ‘em. They said they’d give your place a nice coat a’ paint and a bit more besides if ya do, so good luck.
>Reward: Custom (Minor) Room Installation

>>3534682
>Sure, by all means. So long as they get done.
>"Just be aware if you goof it up, it won't be me or Sal you have to deal with"
We're not finishing this meeting, right?

Leaving it up to them, then. Writing.

>>3534722
?

>>3534724
They are not leaving after this, right? We still have to donate stuff for research, properly discuss training schedule and other stuff. Asking because these intersection-intermissions always feel rushed.

>>3534738
Oh, nope.

>>3534682
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You shrug. They’re all (mostly) well-functioning individuals; you’re sure that they can sort it out themselves without you having to micromanage. “Sure, by all means. Just so long as they get done.”

Almost at once there’s a thunderous roar of footsteps and as some of them race for the screen, and you panic briefly. “HEY! WHOA NOW!” Fortunately, they all stop (save maybe Cylica, who was following at a more sedate pace), and you have a chance to breath. “How about you guys hash that out until AFTER the meeting’s over with, huh? I’m not done.”

“Coulda said that first…” Lorelei mumbles as she and the rest walk back over.

“Anyway,” you continue, “Next thing on the docket is- wait, actually, before I move on too much. You guys noticed the new addition to the break room, right? If you haven’t, check it out. There’s a fridge and oven and everything in there. I’m not stocking it, though; that’s for everyone to chip in.”

“Oh, neat. I can try makin’ those dumpling things I’ve been lookin’ at.” Owlia murmurs. “Heck, we could have a potluck or something!”

There seems to be a general air of interest in the idea, so probably good to file that away for now. “We’ll talk about that later. Next on the docket is doing something about those aircraft- they’re just rotting away, and frankly we need to get them up to spec. Owlia, I know you’ve been busy, but…”

(cont.)

>>3534757
To that end, she grimaces a bit. “I mean yeaaah. I’ve taken a look at them here and there, but it’s gonna be some time understanding everything- and that’s IF I can. Remember these came from a...what’d you call ‘em that one time, Izumi? ‘Precursor tech’?” She nods in confirmation. “Right, that. I mean, I can fire ‘em up, I’ve figured out that much, the hardpoints seem simple enough that I could attach some weapons to them, and I’m fairly certain that most of the basic controls are idiot-proofed. If we REALLY wanted, we could fly them out next job we got. But as for maintenance? I gotta learn about ‘em real close, because if something breaks and needs repairs, that’s gonna be an issue.”

“Short term, could get nano-bot repair systems, get those programmed to recognize the base construction and configuration, and use that?” Izumi suggests.

“...Man, that nano-stuff is crazy. I keep forgetting about it,” Owlia mutters. “Yeah, I guess that could work as a stopgap. If I wanted to try and improve anything, though, wouldn’t be much good.”

“Ain’t there a bunch of flyboys in Dynamic Methods?” Lorelei notes. “We could maybe trade on some goodwill with them, see what they could figure out.”

> Suggest getting Mitzi onboard on retainer, or maybe some sort of consultant or assistant. You know she knows who to fix just about any vehicle under the sun and several that aren’t.
> Just use the nanobots for now. You don’t want these things sidelined forever, and you’re mostly worried about damage.
>Go to Dynamic Methods, and ask them for some help. It’d be the most expedient solution, not to mention long term. It’d be a good investment.
>Other

>>3534761
>Go to Dynamic Methods, and ask them for some help. It’d be the most expedient solution, not to mention long term. It’d be a good investment.

>>3534761
>> Suggest getting Mitzi on board on retainer, or maybe some sort of consultant or assistant. You know she knows who to fix just about any vehicle under the sun and several that aren’t.
>In the meantime, use the nanobots. You don’t want these things sidelined forever, and you’re mostly worried about damage.

Might stop things here tonight. Memorial Day tomorrow, so I have off, which means I can run.

>>3534761
> Suggest getting Mitzi onboard on retainer, or maybe some sort of consultant or assistant. You know she knows who to fix just about any vehicle under the sun and several that aren’t.
We should send business our friends way. As much as I wanna see Dynamic Methods re-enter the quest.

>>3534761
>Suggest getting Mitzi onboard on retainer, or maybe some sort of consultant or assistant. You know she knows who to fix just about any vehicle under the sun and several that aren’t.

>>3534761
>>Go to Dynamic Methods, and ask them for some help. It’d be the most expedient solution, not to mention long term. It’d be a good investment.

>>3534773
Supporting. Better having option than not having one at this point.

>>3534770
Personally, I think that making a deal with DMs would help with more things than fixing and upgrading stuff - like access to VR training, general tips on what to expect on missions that require aircraft, maybe a side-contract or two. Nothing wrong with learning from pros.

>>3534761
>> Suggest getting Mitzi on board on retainer, or maybe some sort of consultant or assistant. You know she knows who to fix just about any vehicle under the sun and several that aren’t.
>In the meantime, use the nanobots. You don’t want these things sidelined forever, and you’re mostly worried about damage.

>>3534761
>Go to Dynamic Methods, and ask them for some help. It’d be the most expedient solution, not to mention long term. It’d be a good investment
Acquire technical expertise and tactics training. Dogfighting 101 and close air support. (No need to go full autism about all the aspects of air fighting, it's a deep hole.)

>>3534761
>>3534773
I like this.

>>3534761
> Suggest getting Mitzi onboard on retainer, or maybe some sort of consultant or assistant. You know she knows who to fix just about any vehicle under the sun and several that aren’t.

>>3534761
>>Go to Dynamic Methods, and ask them for some help. It’d be the most expedient solution, not to mention long term. It’d be a good investment.


>>3534773
Let's get them priced out before committing. They run at the moment, so we don't need to be spending Lotes when we don't need to.

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“Actually, I was thinking we use a bit more local talent,” you speak up, and everyone looks at you in mild surprise. “Anyone remember Mitzi?”

“Oh, her?” Lorelei would know, you suppose. “I mean, isn’t she mostly a one-girl show? I mean, I have to think she’d be, like, super busy, huh?” At the confused looks given her by Mono and the other newcomers, she elaborates. “Mitzi’s a local-local; does a lot of repairs for Outgoers around here. Really good, can fix and mod just about anything, honestly. Genius, but not like, Owlia genius, mostly specializes in cars and vehicles and junk.”

“I figure we pay her a retainer or something, get her to come look at the thing at least and help Owlia out,” you elaborate. “Dynamic Methods is a nice idea, but I’m worried about possibly owing them something. Might be an option later- but for now, probably the best bet is I’ll go see her and we should pick up some of that nano-repair system just to be safe. We should get use out of these things sooner than later, and so long as we’re careful, it shouldn’t be too bad. Anyone particularly against it, lemme know now, okay?” You don’t want to rule with an iron fist or anything. Fortunately, although Lorelei shrugs, no one seems to be opposed enough to speak out. “Alright. Now, we-”

“Hey, hold on a sec.” Mono speaks up. “Sorry to interrupt, but can we take this into that break room? I’m gettin’ tired of-”

“Oh, yeah, sure, come on.” Ugh, can’t believe you just had them standing there. You really DO need a meeting room.

After you’re resettled and sitting all around the table, you continue. “So, I think, since it’s not just a trio anymore, we need to set up a proper training schedule. We have at the least a training room, so I think it’d be a good idea for all of us to get more used to each other’s skills and help each other and all that.”

“I have to say, I appreciate the thought, but wouldn’t that be a bit difficult?” Cylica speaks up. “Everyone’s schedules seem rather vastly...independent, shall I say. I certainly hope you don’t expect us to just drop whatever we’re doing every time you call.”

Good question. How WOULD a regular schedule actually work out when everyone does jobs at their own pace? You’d had the idea, but…

> “I only mean regular in that we actually do it somewhat consistently. Like, say, a day or two after we come back from a job. We’ll set up a system to confirm that it did or didn’t happen- kind of like a punch clock.”
> “We’ll work it out in shifts. Not everyone has to be out all at once, but I get the feeling that most of us have been doing team jobs anyway. We’ll arrange for things to work out that way, since several of us are around at any given time.”
> “Alright, alright, we’ll shelve the idea for now. Was just an idea I had to keep everyone on point, but if anyone has any others, I’m open.”
> Other

>>3535793
>“We’ll work it out in shifts. Not everyone has to be out all at once, but I get the feeling that most of us have been doing team jobs anyway. We’ll arrange for things to work out that way, since several of us are around at any given time.”

>>3535793
>> “I only mean regular in that we actually do it somewhat consistently. Like, say, a day or two after we come back from a job. We’ll set up a system to confirm that it did or didn’t happen- kind of like a punch clock.”

>>3535793
>“I only mean regular in that we actually do it somewhat consistently. Like, say, a day or two after we come back from a job. We’ll set up a system to confirm that it did or didn’t happen- kind of like a punch clock.”
I suggest making it kind of voluntary but to strongly encourage people to show up when they're not on missions or in the middle of some other important thing.
So instead of punishing for not showing up, maybe set up some kind of reward for those who show up often enough?

>>3535793
>>3535801
>Other
>Ask what everyone's been up to. How are Lori's ano Mono's lessons? Any trouble with Crystalock?

>>3535873
I like that. Though that means we'll have to figure out incentives.

>>3535793
>“I only mean regular in that we actually do it somewhat consistently. Like, say, a day or two after we come back from a job. We’ll set up a system to confirm that it did or didn’t happen- kind of like a punch clock.”
>>3535873

>>3535923
Miranda is the team leader so maybe the reward could be us taking the more active participants out to eat at our expense (in some reasonably cheap place) or buy them a round of drinks at the bar?

Writing! Just a bit of effort would be nice...

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You shake your head. No, trying to adhere to a strict schedule would just end in nothing. “I only mean regular in that we actually do it somewhat consistently. Like, say, a day or two after we come back from a job. We’ll set up a system to confirm that it did or didn’t happen- kind of like a punch clock.” You’re pretty sure you could buy a system for that without too much trouble- just some kind of time logger or the sort that registered everyone’s IDs. “Maybe if you show up enough, we’ll do a thing? Like, dinner on me or something? I dunno.”

The response is simply mutterings and shrugs, which slowly turn into nods. “I think it’s a fair idea. We could certainly use some collective training,” Izumi states- she seemed to be the only one to not have a lukewarm opinion towards it. “I don’t see a reason to not organize training sessions when we can.”

Meh, you’ll take it for now. “Alright, then. I’ll see about going forward with that. Now, next thing to talk about…

>Open floor, so to speak. Vote on what to discuss, and after 20 minutes, it’ll be brought up for further detailing.

>>3536119
>Inform those who haven't heard about Library donations
>How are things with Crystalock?
>Any progress with Mono's and Lori's lessons?

>Lab Donations
-Manastones and manastone accessories (guns and metal whip)
-Scans of books about Rituals and Summoning
-FutureSight recordings from the last job
-Spirit Orb
-Broken Totem
-Marco GioGionne's Grand Sigil
-Mono's Strange Potion
-Any progress with magitech powerarmor?
-Ask if they could appraise our new loot ( I mean, it looked like all those war trophies had something special about them)

A bit off-topic but maybe this would be a good time to bring up Owlia's R&B to see if anybody wants to borrow stuff? https://pastebin.com/Bg4jJzXr
I'm voting for the multiversal comms. I hope there are enough data recorders for everyone.

And this anon's post looks like a set of good suggestions so I'm supporting it:
>>3536151

>>3536119
We're flush with cash, so we shouldn't need to ask for donations for base upgrades. We could ask for opinions on what to upgrade though.

And for some reason my ID changed

>>3536161
We're not preparing for a mission, so I guess it's too early to call dibs on R&B stuff. Maybe ask for a demonstration instead?

>>3536171
There doesn't seem to be all that much organizational stuff so I was actually expecting our next mission to show up within the next few story posts. I'm okay with asking for a demonstration though.

>>3536119
Can Prima and Jago use magical devices like crystals, murmur stones and bags of holding?

Fair enough. Writing.

>>3536176
Not sure what you mean. What kind of organizational stuff were you hoping for?

>>3536180
Bags of Holding, yes. Any magical item that requires an influx of mana would be...difficult for them.

>>3536176
We're not done with HQ tasks, buddy. Kinda interested in more expositions of the Intersection.
We can train techniques for a few days while everyone is off on tasks and wait for new rooms to be installed.
And if you didn't forget, Miranda didn't have a single day off after the last mission.

>>3536184
It's not that I was specifically hoping for something but from my point of view we don't have much to discuss in this meeting beyond what we've already discussed and what's being suggested now. It might just be me not remembering something though.
Please don't take it as me trying to rush us into the missions or something, that was just my prediction of what might happen next.

>>3536184
>Any magical item that requires an influx of mana would be...difficult for them.
What if they had mana storage available, like those Naba crystals? Or would Owlia or Cylica need to create some sort of connection for that to work?

>>3536198
>Naba
Mana, not sure how I typo-ed that

>>3536198
You meant Artificer's Mana Reactor, or just plain mana crystals?

>>3536198
theoretically, that should work. Especially if there's a connection created.

But that's more in-character talk.

>>3536119
After taking a moment to collect your thoughts, you launch into it. “Alright, so, we have the possibility of donations, if anyone looks to want to make a quick mote or two. Just in case some of you haven’t heard, the library where Izumi works is taking history book donations and paying some small motes for anything good. Not really a supplement for anything, but decent pocket money.”

“Ah, right,” Izumi adds. “We’ve donated a few things for them earlier. I’d suggest at least keeping an eye out, for anyone interested.”

“Meh, seems kinda boring, but why not?” Lorelei shrugs. Mono at least looks more interested.

“It would be fascinating to expand my knowledge banks,” Prima considers. “I will make it a secondary priority.”

“Great,” you allow. “So, Cylica?” The girl in question raises and eyebrow. “How’re things with Crystalock?”

She purses her lips. “Could be better. I have to admit, my situation here has stabilized quite nicely, although it’s because of that I may be seeking my release from Crystalock soon. They’ve done little to convince me to continue my assistance…rather ornery, they are, and despite my insistence, they’ve been reluctant to put my designs in the wild, so to speak.” Although she has a disgruntled air about her when she says this, she quickly brightens up. “However! There are a couple of things I have been considering, given our- and your- recent attention by this businesses’ superiors. I thought it was far beyond time to contribute, and I figured I would do so rather in the way I knew best. I understand we’ve been communicating using Murmur Stones, yes? I felt as though they could be...well, improved, to say the least.”

That gets your attention. “Yeah, how?”

“Through studying the stones, I think I’ve figured out how they function well enough to add a few things. Firstly, what are essentially channels to the stones. Given the right number of pulses of mana, you can switch to a different ‘channel’ to allow for private discussion, and you shouldn’t need for a ‘pairing’ anymore. Furthermore, I’ve found a way to attach a small transponder of sorts to them- if your FutureSight has anything akin to radar, we should be able to see each other’s whereabouts on that, or perhaps another tool if I can get Owlia to assist me…”

“Oh, pft, for sure!” Well, THAT’S rather nice to know.

“Sounds great,” you allow. “Mono, Lori? How’re your lessons going?”

(cont.)

>>3536284
Mono chuckles, while Lorelei just grins. “Oh, I’m doing fiiiiine,” she says as she rests her head on the table. “Honestly, gotta say, I feel like I’m waaay more at peace with myself and everything. I mean, body surfing is STILL gross, but I’m pretty okay now, I think.”

Mono nods as well. “Teach is...weird. To say tha’ least. But she’s cool. Especially since I can’t make every lesson. Mostly been suggestin’ that I just let myself get used to nonsense words and MAKE ‘em mean somethin’, y’know? Since sometimes I’m not gonna have the time to really think up anything clever. It, uh… well, her words, not mine here, but, even if it detracts from the intensity of the beat a bit, sometimes how fast your mouth moves is more important than what comes out of it.” She shrugs. “I guess it makes enough sense for me.”

“Fair enough. Owlia, we’ve got a few things to donate to your research that might help you out when we get a chance,” you mention as you turn to her. “How’s the power armor thing coming along?”

“Slooowly,” she says with some bitter mirth. “Honestly, I’m kinda hoping some of the stuff I’m letting you guys borrow will help me with that.”

“Well, we’ll see what we can do,” you assure her. “Some of this stuff might be worth taking a closer look at. In the meantime, though, last thing to talk about- new HQ additions. Any suggestions?”

“We suuuuper need a Hangar,” Lorelei impresses. Owlia nods in agreement.

“Aaaactually I was kinda hopin’ we could get the weapons’ range testing thing for ourselves?” Mono asks. “I figure it might be useful to practice with the guns and all…”

“It would be far more optimal for an individual with my design to stay at range,” Prima adds on, “And allowing for personal and quick calibrations with ranged weaponry at leisure would be ideal.”

“Not a fan of the up close n’ personal, lass?” Jago says. “Shame. But, betta than worryin’ about airtime, so why not?”

“I would suggest a containment room, actually, if you want anything to come from those donations of yours with less worrying about possible interference,” Cylica says quickly. “Otherwise they’d be rather slow going.”

>Opt for the Hangar for now.
>Go for the Ranged Combat Training Area.
>Purchase the Containment Room.
>Other

>>3536286
>Purchase the Containment Room.

Get money faster.

>>3536286
>Purchase the Containment Room

>>3536286
>Purchase the Containment Room.

>>3536286
>>Go for the Ranged Combat Training Area.
I want the hangar, but it's a luxury. The range is universally useful.

>>3536286
>>Go for the Ranged Combat Training Area.

Next post will be delayed for a couple hours. Gotta go do a few things.

In the meantime, does anyone else has more suggestions for >>3536119? Like, I dunno, plan a movie night with the whole crew, figure out what can be done with company funds (subsidies), or come up with ideas for our uniform - someone mentioned 'Silver Eye' brooches a few months back.

>>3536370
I’d go for another bad movie night with the team, especially when we finally get a copy of the movie we starred in. Maybe watch that velociraptor kung-fu movie with it as a double feature night?

>>3536517
Oh god yes.
>>3536286
Purchase the Containment Room.

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It takes some consideration, as well as some low muttering with Izumi, but eventually you come to a decision. “As much as the Hanger might be nice, I think we can deal without it for a bit longer. The contaiment room is relatively cheap, and if what Cylica says is true, then it’ll pay for itself pretty quickly.”

“Absolutely,” she assures. “Being able to receive the data necessary and perform isolated tests in individually sealed environments will do wonders for preventing anything such as false positives. With myself and Owlia working on things, you may be surprised at the speed of the results.”

“Ha, you’re eager all of a sudden,” Owlia mentions with a half-smile. “I guess a containment room wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world, huh? Just thought a hangar would be pretty neat…”

“We’ll get one soon enough, dear, don’t worry. In the meantime, though, consider this something of a gift- I’ll put in for half of it. I believe it was 80 Large Motes?” You nod, confirming it, and she wills you the motes, and with the press of a few buttons, the Containment Room is ordered!

>Containment Room: Purchased!

>Current Motes: 73.55 Lotes.

“Alright, then. That’s that. Anyone got anything else to bring up?” There’s a few moments before everyone shakes their heads. “Alright, then. Owlia, like I said, we’ll get you those objects and let you take a look at everything.”

“I’ll head off, pick up that nano-spray,” Izumi offers. “I need to do a bit of shopping anyway.”

“I’m curious as to what one of those local jobs would entail...” Prima mutters to herself as everyone gets up, the meeting over with. You’re going to have to talk with Mitzi after you get done throwing things at Owlia...

“Whoa.” Speaking of, the girl seems kinda gobsmacked at all of this, once lain at her feet (or rather, on her desk). “Geez, you like to horde, huh? Can’t blame ya, though. These manastone devices in particular are interesting- I wonder how they compare to crystaltech not to mention that Sigil…ha, now I’m honestly a lot happier you went with the Containment Room. Good call!” She’s already splitting things into piles of a sort. “It’ll take me some time to work through all this, but I gotta say, it looks like it’s gonna be fun! Busy, but fun!”

> “I think we have room for one more newbie, if you want me to keep an eye out for any help.”
> Leave her be- she’ll be able to handle it so long as she has Cylica to help her out.
>Ask her to prioritize researching something in particular. (What?)
>Other

>>3536702
> “I think we have room for one more newbie, if you want me to keep an eye out for any help.”

>>3536702
>> Leave her be- she’ll be able to handle it so long as she has Cylica to help her out.
I kinda prefer taking talent from jobs rather than the Intersection.

>>3536702
>Ask her to prioritize researching something in particular
>Make something based on Artificer's Mana Reactor so the bots would also benefit from magic items. Something like electricity<->mana converter, mana storage, magitech sockets.

Draw, so I'll wait for a bit before rolling to decide. 5 more minutes.

>>3536702
>> Leave her be- she’ll be able to handle it so long as she has Cylica to help her out.

It's on her, then. Writing!

>>3536702
>>3536717
>>3536751

“Well, you do that. Make sure you don’t burn yourself out.” You’d rather her not lose focus like before, after all. Hopefully Cylica will be around a bit more to keep her reined in. As for your own work, might as well get back to Mitzi...now, what’s her number, again…?”

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“Wait, so you need me to figure how the innards of a fighter jet?” She asks nonplussed. You can hear something going on in the background, but you’re not exactly sure what.

“Yeah. That and a transport. Really advanced tech. We want to make sure we’ve got the know-how to repair it in the field if something happens,” you explain. “Figured you’d be the best for the job. We’re willing to pay for your time, obviously. If you’re willing to be on call, we’ll pay you regularly, even.”

“Hmm…” She seems to mull over it for several long seconds. “I guessss I might be able to do that. Won’t be able to start right this second, but we can work somethin’ out. You’ve always been a pretty solid sort. Normally, I wouldn’t settle for anything less than fifteen Large, biweekly, but...eh, I can do ten. More if I actually gotta do repairs, but ten shouldn’t bite you too hard, should it?”

>Try to haggle for less.
>No, that’ll work.
>Other

>>3536817
>Try to haggle for less.
Huh. So does that mean that we're locked out of HQ tasks events? Or can we change perspectives?

>>3536817
>>No, that’ll work.
We wanted Mitzi's help. Ten should do it.

>>3536817
>No, that’ll work.
If that sounds reasonable and it's coming out of the company budget, not our personal, that doesn't sounds terrible.

>>3536817
>>Try to haggle for less.

Guys, you ALWAYS haggle. Always

>>3536817
>No, that’ll work.

>>3536817
>No, that'll work
Already getting mate's rates so it's not so bad really

Sounds good, then.

Writing!

>>3536817
>>3536833
>>3536838
>>3536858
>>3536870
“Yeah, that’s fine,” you agree. She’s worth the payment, and she sounds like she’s being generous to boot.

“Alright, then. I’ll come by your place when I’m done for the time being, we’ll hash some things out. See you then!” After farewells, you hang up, and from there you glance back near the HQ’s task list. Seems like all of them have been taken...that was quick. Izumi and Prima are helping with the weapons demonstration, Mono’s helping with the art show thing...Lorelei and Jago are doing the moving? Oof. Might have to check on that.

Sighing, you lean back for a bit. You’re already feeling like you’re getting more into management than anything else- and it’s only been a couple of days. Maybe after you finish this thing with Mitzi you can take a lazy day or two. And you were just at a spa thing! Man, life’s moving fast all of a sudden.

...Then again, you’ve always been a restless sort, when it came down to it. Maybe you can just do some light solo sparring and relax until Mitzi gets here. She didn’t have to come by often, but she had your address just in case.

After some light shadowboxing and a bit of beating on dummies for sport, you take the rest of the day slow- a light lunch and some mindless tv for once- although you make sure to stick to comedy stuff. You’re not in the mood for action right now.

A knock on the door sounds after your 5th or so random cartoon, and you open the door to Mitzi, who greets you with a simple wave. “Yo. So what’s this aircraft thing you want to talk about? Got anything to do with the big building that popped up not too far from here?”

You nod. “Yup. C’mon, we’ll take a walk, I can show you the place.”

It’s not long before you arrive, and she whistles in appreciation. “Simple, but heck, I don’t remember this last I showed up. You’ve done good for yourself lately.”

“Things HAVE picked up,” you note. “Took a while, but I’ve got more people to worry about now- more responsibility and all that. Transport’s part of it. Come on, the rides are out back.”

“Hmmmm…” she mutters as she takes a cursory look at the transport and the fighter. “It doesn’t seem...tooo bad at first glance...can I get a look under the hood for either?”

You call Owlia out fairly quickly, and fortunately she does at least know how to get the innards exposed a bit, and Mitzi starts with the fighter jet. “Mmm...man, a lot of this looks interconnected as shit. Some parts of it look familiar, some I’m just asking ‘wait, what the heck is that?’” Poking her head out, she fixes her gaze on Owlia. “You got any idea what’s going on here?”

(cont)

>>3536926
“Some,” she responds. “But not all. I got some notes if you want to look at them.”

“Maybe later,” she decides, going over to the transport. After getting it looked at as well, she nods once, twice. “Okay, so the transport is actually making a lot more sense to me. Seems simpler- I suspect I could figure it out if you give me a bit of TLC with it, figure out what corresponds to what I know of and what’s new.”

“That quickly?” Owlia asks in surprise. “I mean, I agree with you that the transport is simpler, but…”

“You’re new around here, huh?” Mitzi asks quickly, to a nod. “Well, no offense, but I’ve probably seen a lot more types of aircraft than you. I just got a bit bigger of a reference pool to pull from, is all.” She turns back to you, her face more confident. “But this thing, yeah, can do. Fighter’s gonna take some looking at, though.”

“Great,” you clap your hands, ignoring Owlia’s pout. That’s relieving to know, honestly. You were worried that it’d be a massive deal. “So, we’ll keep you in the books, then?”

“Absolutely,” she agrees as she pulls out a digital pad. “I got a lil’ something in writing, if you care to look at i-”

“Allow meeeee,” a sudden voice pops up, and the foggy image of Sal intersperses itself between you both. “Juuuuuust to be certain...oh. Hmmmmmm, fair enough, yes. You do think hiiiiighly of little Miranda, don’t you?” Eh? “Well, I shaaaaan’t complain! All cleeeear!”

...And he’s gone. Just like that.

Mitzi raises an eyebrow at you. “Uhhhhh…?”

“He does that,” you insist. “Just give it here and let me sign.”

After that piece of business is concluded (and your local mad scientist manages to eck out an agreement to have her share any revelations) your day is about done. Letting yourself exhale, you figure it might be a good idea to let the rest of the evening pass on in relative relaxation.

Tomorrow...tomorrow will be a lazy day, for certain. You'll just make sure everything's not on fire, but beyond that, you're staying in.

The day after, you'll see about the new addition, since it should be ready to be installed by then. After that, though...

>You've got a few more tasks to worry about. (What?)
>You should start looking into another job.

>>3536932
>>You've got a few more tasks to worry about. (What?)
Gear shopping! We've still got a decent chunk of change to burn, let's see what's on the market. We need to refill our explosives cache, some anons have been talking about wanting some more substantial flight, a few more of those mana crystals would be nice, etc.

>>3536932
>>You've got a few more tasks to worry about. (What?)
Fixing Ferrah's helmet we pancaked, Khaom's FuckHueg Sword/Paddle we bent, and making a new piece of equipment from either the silk we got from the Veilspeakers or that feather we got from lizard princess. Buying more mines for the Highball Launcher. Giving Lori Venom-Tongue, since we already have a light blade, and she could use a good melee weapon.

>>3536932
>>You should start looking into another job.

>>3536932
>You've got a few more tasks to worry about.
>Now that Summoning books are scanned as well we can donate them
>Restock on C4 and Molewotm mines - spare change from book donations should cover it
>Spend a few days training techniques

I'm out for the night. Will try to update a bit during the week, so you can at least put forward some ideas.

>>3536932
>Give Izumi Thunderlight Bow and Shu-Rith
>Appraise the rest of your spoils from the last mission, fix broken ones

>>3536938
>You've got a few more tasks to worry about.
Shopping!
The idea of the anon turning into a dragon made me think if there is some sort of mask(s) or items that add nothing to our stats except for a particular form that we want.

>>3536938
Do we have binoculars or a telescope or something? Would be cheap, useful, and low-tech friendly.

>>3536971
I assume we could find just about anything clothing-wise if we hunted around a little, but anything worn as clothing would have some kind of stat effect, I'd wager. I'm game to look around though.
Some other fun things to look for would be a tail, or something to give us extra arms. Similar tot he wings, I doubt they'd be fully functional, but they'd be impressive.

Actually, I wonder if we could find functional limbs we could use. They'd likely be mechanical, expensive, and we have no need for them, but they'd be kinda neat.

>>3536932
>You've got a few more tasks to worry about. (What?)
Explosives supply run, some light window shopping, boggling at tempering costs again because if I recall the prices were bonkers.
Then maybe some magic training, Miranda is good at pumping out lots of mana really fast, but it's a bit of a shame with how large her mana pool is, she'd be a (n even larger) monster if she could use it more efficiently.

>>3536932
>You've got a few more tasks to worry about. (What?)
Also, given how Outgoers work, we can't be the only packrat who goes around collecting things on the job right? Maybe we can look around see if there's some kind of thrift market of un-tempered consumable equipment that Outgoers not on job are pawning off to other Outgoers. Or would that be an internal company thing? Hm. Maybe that's something to bring up at the next meeting.

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Handler, I'm not sure what was your mental image of these two, but this is what I interpreted the first time they appeared.
this picture was drawn from memory so I'm sure there are a lot of things wrong (especially with my shit anatomy and Cy's hair seemed less purple haha) and the clothes & accessories are just bs. forgive me.

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Might as well post this too.

>>3537023
>Do we have binoculars or a telescope or something?
FutureSight has a 'zooming' option, we used it at least once during our last mission.
>Actually, I wonder if we could find functional limbs we could use.
From Q&A thread:
-Biotech has a place in the Intersection, and cybernetics are commonplace for more normal individuals that have found their way here but might be missing a part or two. Biomods aren't necessarily not present, but they're uncommon simply because there's so far proven to not be much market there. The most you'll get easily is basic musculature adjustments and more 'fashion-oriented' things. (Like growing a tail or something when you don't naturally have one.)

>>3537041
>>3537042
Anon, that's neat.

>>3536161
>plates and crystal/shards
is there any reason to /not/ pack at least one of each type? they all look useful to have on hand. plus they ain't even experimental so we aren't occupied with the data recorder during combat.
>-x1 Sigil TransPortal Plate Pair
this looks like it would be really useful for 'sneak in somewhere and gtfo' missions or situations. set a safe spot. go in, steal stuff, gtfo. at least if it works as intended that is?
>-Mana Extractor (Experimental!)
>-Revitalization Barrier (Experimental)
I'll be honest, I think we should just shiv some shmuck on the enemy's side during a contract and sic these things on them (and plant explosives when testing revitalization barrier) while we sit back and record the process.
>inb4 amoral
who gives a fuck, just don't take goodguy missions/do with izumi.
heck might as well shiv some random guy in a secluded place alone and test it if it's that worrying.
-Operation Z1 (Experimental!)
we should totally take this at least once one day and throw it in a chaotic battle with plenty of distractions.
-Multiversal Comms (Suuuuuper Experimental!)
I don't see why we shouldn't at least take this one on the next mission, we don't have to be in active combat to use this. just put it down and try to give a call back home every night to see if it works during mission.

>>3537041
>>3537042
nice.

>>3537095
>heck might as well shiv some random guy in a secluded place alone
during a contract. not in intersection, in case anyone wondered.

>>3537041
>>3537042
These are fantastic! Don't worry much about the inaccuracies of other things, the nature of the girls' works will guarantee that their outfits will change very often.

>>3537041
>>3537042
Looks like Handler will have a bit of an orgasm the next time he posts.

>>3537041
>>3537042
Pretty! They look fine to me, thought I saw Owlia as a bit more frazzled and wildeyed.

I love the little symbol in her name you gave her.

>>3536932
Shopping for explosives, fixing broken weapons and equipment, making new equipment from the silk we got, and training with the bots.

Oh, and getting a small travel mirror, so we can check out how we look on our missions.

>>3537095
>is there any reason to /not/ pack at least one of each type?
Yes. Owlia asked us not to. And we're not her only guinea pigs. Save some for the rest of the team.

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eh

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Miranda x money is canon
prove me wrong

>>3537530
I see. Well I guess we should just pack a shard or two. Should have enough shard/crystals to go around for the whole team then.

>>3534271
Have a nice day.

>>3537606
Truly a match made in heaven

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Huh, originally Meditation Room was supposed to reduce manacost by 20%, not 5% like it was said when Lori was sent off on her mission.

>>3537569
...single ponytail actually looks good on her.

>>3539048
I could imagine what would a 10 year old Miranda would look and act like.

>>3537041
>>3537042
>>3537569
>>3537606

Oh fucking WOW, this is all fantastic!

And yeah, you do make the ponytail work. I also want to say that first thread outfit is just about spot on.

>>3537041
Well that's the motherfucking tits right there.

The rest are good, but everything about this picture is now the only way I can see the two.

>>3537041
>>3539536
I agree the art is the tits, but myself I always imagined Owlia in some sort of spacesuit with a long crystal piercing out of the helmet.

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I took some liberty from >>3537569. Lengthened the ponytail a bit and made it look rougher.

Anyone can collect some texts describing Mono's appearance? I remember that she was at first a wolf-girl Princess Mononoke lookalike, then up to the Artificer crossover she had silver hair.

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>>3539758
I'll spot you. Pic related is what Star used for reference.

Starborn Crossover #1
"Beyond that, a wolf head rests atop a mane of brown hair, the ragged nest a perfect mirror to the wildness in the rest of her appearance. She moves like a huntress as she stalks with dustpan in hand; sliding under pews to track down every dust mite with her eagle eyes."

MGFH #30
"If it weren’t for the wolf-eared girl in warpaint standing right behind you, looking around with both a nervous and eager air as you give Lorelei and Izumi a retelling of where you vanished off to."

MGFH #31
No, she's brown-haired, scraggly, wolf ears, hands that end in claws, slightly larger than normal. Sharp teeth and red facial markings. Tended to wear torn up traveling robes/clothing in general. About 5'6-5'7 or so.

Artificer Crossover #20
The first one is wearing a heavy long coat, adorned with fur along the collar and cuffs, which isn't all that strange until you notice that she’s got wolf ears stuck to her head, the pair of them poking out through the top of an absolutely massive amount of white hair. Other than that, she’s pretty normal, a bit short maybe, with strangely yellow eyes until you look down and note blankly that she’s got unnaturally large, slightly fuzzy hands that have claws coming out of her fingers.

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>>3539758
>>3539826
Though personally I imagined her to look similar to kobolds from Monser Musume:
>Wolf ears - check
>Athletic body - check
>GIANT FUCKING HANDS - CHECK

>>3539826
In that last reference she was on the job so it's possible her features had changed a bit from what she originally looked like (white hair instead of brown, yellow eyes instead of brown). Just pointing it out in case somebody missed the part where our appearance changes between jobs.

>>3539685
You don't wear a spacesuit indoors, and you definitely don't wear a spacesuit then compromise the integrity by piercing it.

Hooo…

A day. Where you do nothing.

Amazing. Part of you is yelling at yourself, telling you to get up, DO a thing. Put your body in motion, dammit!

Another part of you is just yelling it down and noting that you deserve this for once. While you don’t lay in bed for a solid cycle...you do lay in bed for most of it. You missed your pajamas. You get a couple of texts from your workmates and friends informing you of their various completed jobs for the team, but aside from sending them a ‘good job’ and well-wishes…

Well, you just have some time to destress. A stretch, and you’re back asleep…

...lo?...Someo…thi-
...can’t-

The day after, you groggily wake up from your dreamless sleep, your head already filling with things to do today. A day off and doing absolutely nothing was nice, but...you’re gonna just drive yourself nuts if you keep at it. Well, at least you’ve got a pretty full day ahead.

First thing’s first- time to visit the shops. You’ve got a few things that need repairs.

“Helm and sword?” the dwarf asks. Your choice of repairman was honestly based more on distance than anything else, but he wasn’t considered bad, according to reviews. “Lesse here…” He eyes them both, flipping the flattened helm around, and then carefully inspecting the sword. After a few minutes with both, he gives his verdict. “The helm’s in pretty bad shape- it’s gonna be a lot of careful work to get it back to a usable state. The, ahem, ‘sword’ is in better condition, at least. Thing sorely needs sharpening, though, an given how big it is…” He pauses, to consider it all. “Let’s say 10 Large Motes for the both of ‘em.”

>Current Motes: 73.55 Lotes

>Sure.
>Nah.
>Haggle.
>Other

>>3541342
>Nah.

>>3541342
>>Nah.
>Other
Ask him if he's interested in buying them outright.

Well, that's not disconcerting or anything.

Glad to see you boss.

>>3541342
>Haggle.
>attempt outgoer discount(if it isn't applied yet)

>>3541363
Supporting

>>3541342
Wew, finally all caught up!
>>3541363
Supporting as well

>>3541342
>Other
Ask about fixing up the sword, but selling the helmet. The sword looks like it would be fun to at least the out.

>...lo?...Someo…thi-
>...can’t-
Yeah, we are definitely fixing Owlia's Multiversal Comms!

>>3541342
This>>3541365

>>3541342
>>Haggle.

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Here's a WIP of Mono on my end. I'm taking a lot of artistic liberties here. I settled for a rustic theatre performance dress instead, since I don't have any other "suitable" traveling robes/clothing on my end, and well she was in a troupe.

For everything else, I tried to follow through the references that the kind anon >>3539826 spotted. I'm still not sure about the length of her hair, maybe Handler can give some tips.
Do provide some comments on what I should look over.

>>3541342
>Haggle.

>>3541342
>Haggle.
Attempt outgoer discount among other things.
And ask how much he would buy them for.

>>3541594
Did we figure out what the enchantment on Ferrah’s helmet was? I remember one of the spider-taurs mention it had some sort of blood magic...

>>3541342
>Haggle

He is a dworf he must be used to it.

>>3541635
Zatzil's comments from #70
“I’ve heard rumors that her helmet is blessed by the Ancestors. How and in what way seems to be a guarded secret, though. For all I know, they may be false."

>>3541651
Shame we didn’t check up on that with our FutureSight earlier. It’ll probably be a bit extra if we ask him to check.

>>3541671
It's not like we can't scan it with FutureSight right now. Though if it is enchanted and he didn't notice/decided not to tell us then I don't know what to think of his professionalism. Honestly, it'd probably be much cheaper to go and find a specialized store where we can buy similar giant sword or helmet. OR fix these items on a job, using local currency.

>>3541715
>Though if it is enchanted and he didn't notice/decided not to tell us then I don't know what to think of his professionalism
Maybe he just assumed we checked already, and the enchantment is why it’s a bit pricey.

>>3541730
Yeah, no, he's pretty much obligated to tell us if there are enchantments or not, and there was no mention of anything being special about our items when he told us what he needs to do in order to fix them.
Maybe we should ask Mitzi to recomend us some places where our items could be repaired and treated for a reasonable price.

>>3541743
>he's pretty much obligated to tell us if there are enchantments or not,
While there isn't any reason for him to not tell us, (in fact he likely would to justify the high price,) he is in no way obligated to.

>>3541342
>Haggle.

>>3541545
I mean this in the best of ways, because what you've done is awesome. I agree with you about the hair not necessarily being a good final look.

Maybe pull the bangs back from the eyeline so that her eyes can be seen better given that they're repeatedly mentioned to be yellow and wolfish.

In fact I'm surprised you went with bangs at all, it doesn't really go with the concept of "scraggly" to me.

Plus with the face tattoo it clutters up around her eyes too much. I honestly thought she had glasses on at first.

>>3541342
>Haggle

>>3541342
>Nah.

>>3541342
>Nah

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>>3542176
Hmm, so make the hair rougher, move the bangs to somewhere else so we can see her eyes more clearly, and aside from adjusting the shape, make it yellow a bit.

Will be a while until I can get her "right", unless Handler has specifics instructions for me to go through, or I'm missing something.

>>3542894
Yeah, that reveals more of her whole semi-feral thing.

>>3542894
If you could give her stronger eyebrows and a more defiant look it would be better, although i'm not sure that the program could give you that, given its original purposes.

>>3542894
Excellent stuff. You can probably put a bit of spin on her markings if you want, but I love how it's coming along! Nothing particular I can say aside from the hair needing more frazzle, but you know about that. Good luck with the improvements!

>>3541365
>>3541374
>>3541454
>>3541504
>>3541594
>>3541601
>>3541641
>>3542060
>>3542468

Also seems we're haggling. Roll 5d13, best of four, poker bonus active.

Rolled 11, 13, 10, 2, 1 = 37 (5d13)

>>3542993

Rolled 12, 11, 12, 8, 12 = 55 (5d13)

>>3542993

Rolled 1, 8, 13, 7, 11 = 40 (5d13)

>>3542993
>>3543012
Impressive.

Rolled 3, 7, 4, 10, 4 = 28 (5d13)

>>3542993

>>3543012
Best overall by far. Three of a Kind! Good work.

Rolled 6, 13, 2, 5, 3 = 29 (5d13)

>>3542993
Rollin

>>3543104
yay!

Rolled 13, 2, 10, 2, 3 = 30 (5d13)

>>3542993
rollin too

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>>3542936
>>3542993
Sharper, stronger eyebrows and a more determined and defiant look, let's see. I think she's coming along nicely on my end.

About her facial markings : since she worships a god of wanderlust and travelling, I can think of a straight rough line (representing the main road) with some smaller marks aside (representing smaller paths). The marking on her forehead speaks of the sun and the moon, and to an extend the cycle of day and night. Those are rather simple, but I can't think of a more intricate design without cluttering up her face too much.

>>3541342
>>3542993

You purse your lips. 10 Large was a bit much; enchantment on the helmet or no (to which, you’re not sure if there really is anything major on it now, considering he never brought it up. Or he might just be being shady)... regardless, you’re not looking to spend such money right now. Maybe… “You sure you can’t go any lower? What, is the helmet special?”

He barks out a laugh. “Ha, only if you’d call the make o’ tha metal special. Reinforced iron, it was. Nothing particular ‘bout it. Can be a right pain to reshape proper once its hardened, mind. Least, for most. Trick to it, y’know- can’t just brute force ‘er.” He shakes he head. “Nah, most o’ the price is ‘cause it’d othawise be junk. Sword alone might run ya three, maybe four if’n ya want me to give ‘er a proper edge and bang out ALL the dents, not jus’ the big ‘un. Fairly typical barrin’ that.”

Hm. Well, that’s something to know. “Well, look. You wouldn’t happen to take Outgoer discounts, would you?” You flash your license at him in example. “Y’know, the whole ‘irreplaceable public service’ thing?” Hell, you might as well try it.

“Haw! Well, you folk keep this place movin’, I’ll grant ya that. Now, lesse...” He strokes his (rather long) beard in thought; his eyes a bit distant. “Mm...Tell ya what. Pay me three fer the sword. I’ll clean it up an’ alla that. Thing’ll actually have an edge. Helmet, I’ll take, too. You’ll pay me that on delivery, alright?”

“Hmm…” You have to admit, you’re curious as to the reason for the differing pay dates. “So, nine total?”

He shrugs, a bit of a twinkle in his eye as he does. “Could be. Could be less...a LOT less. We’ll see, won’t we? Provided we’ve a deal, that is.” So, he’s planning something with it...wonder what?

> “I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.
> “I’d rather my spoils not be experimented on. I’ll pay eight.”
> Other

>>3543318
> “I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.
I got to admit, if this fixes the helmet up and gives it an enchantment to boot, I'm all in.

>>3543318
>“I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.
>Ask him if he makes items on request.
Lets see if we can get animal themed items for those specific transformations we want.

>>3543318
> “I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.
Free surprises? I can take that, I mean we already have a lot of loot.

>>3543196
Oh, yeah, that makes sense! For the markings, I mean.

>>3543318
>> “I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.
Sounds like he's got an experiment planned. Should be interesting to see if nothing else.

>>3543318
> “I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.
>Other
>Is Item treatment on the offer?
>Call Mitzi, ask to recomend some who could treat Items for a reasonable price.

>>3543318
> “I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.

Dew it!

>>3543318
>> “I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.

Mystery boooooooox

>>3543318
> “I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.

>>3543318
>“I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.

>>3543318
>“I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.

>>3543318
>> “I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.

>>3543318
>“I suppose so.” You’re curious to see what he’s got in store.

We did agree that we're not starting to look for a new job until we spend some time on training our techniques, right? No one forgot the reason why we had a Q&A thread, yeah?

>>3545234
yeah, we can take our time.

Also, I'm rereading Artificer crossover, and apparently Owlia's Magitech Gauntlet and Clockwork Auto-Turret both have miniaturized versions of Mana Reactor (so the turret can use mana to use its Shield Crystal and crystal-based IFF system that recognizes mana signatures). Plus Owlia took photos of bluebrints for everything that John made for girls. Do we still have time to ask Owlia to make some mana generator for bots so that they could use magical devices like Murmur Stones, spell-weapons, artifacts and other stuff?

>>3545406
We could ask them, but we've been over this before. The techies' time and material is limited. If we keep asking them for all these odds and ends they'll never get anything of their own done.

>>3545430
I'm thinking we should've gotten some help for her earlier.

>>3545452
Handler said that "help" costs a lot, like way more than what we can afford right now.

>>3545452
That would mean a new hire, and we're almost at the limit.

>>3545465
They don't need to be "real" people that we have to interact with, but they would cost motes that would come from our pockets and given how pricey everything is, i doubt that they will be cheap.

Found a couple of extra items we can put in the Lab Donation box. The potion should still be viable, so it's possible we can figure out it's ingredients, or the closest substitutions we can find. The poisons, less likely, but there's still a chance.

More stuff to give to Owlia:

>Dr. Sullivan's Miraculous Dream Skin Cream!
>Mafia Job poisons: Red Death, Mournleaf, and Numbroot
>Makeshift Noisemaker and Makeshift Remote
>Bot Scanner
>Basic Speedster frame legs
>Basic Balanced frame torso
>Three or four High-Yield Explosive Rounds for the Clockwork Grenade Launcher
>Izumi's Lizardkin Healing Potion

>>3545490
So, basically like most of the outgoer service jobs already in the Intersection?

>>3545741
I think that robo-parts are already in her posession, but it wouldn't hurt to make sure to ask Handler if that's true or not. As for stuff that we should donate I'd add Shield, Communication and Blasting Gems from Owlia's Old Lab (#28 >1292258) and Kowalski's Red Stones.

>>3545741
Difference is that this would be a persistent job and we'd have to pay said person more than what we pay each month in dues because i'm sure that as outgoers we get to pay less to the dealmakers. In theory this would be paid by the company and not us, but im not sure how many motes that will withdraw from everyone's pay.

>>3545927
That's kind of the problem. We're adding someone to our limited ten person roster who's more of an NPC who runs a shop in an RPG than an actual character.

>>3545968
but if we don't interact with them at all they aren't a person, they are just a bunch of stats that help owlia make stuff faster. You know, like working in a call center.

>>3546102
Exactly. I'd rather use those precious employee slots on people who are interesting characters with powers and/or skills who have more uses then sitting in the intersection making a progress bar go up. That's just me, though.

>>3546102
Litteral nobody AND a drain on income? I don't think that would appeal to anons.

>>3546139
we wouldn't be wasting "employee slots" on this NPC because all that they'd be would be a bunch of stats multipliers and maybe a mention here and there. The character slot limit is basically self imposed from a meta POV, but nothing stops us from having a bunch of NPCs that we're never gonna interact with helping us with menial chores.

Either way, this is an alternative for the anons that want stuff done faster but without having a named person taking up "employee slots"

>>3546146
Well, anons want stuff done faster but without having more named characters and other than straight up commissioning the stuff, this is the solution.

>>3546160
> we wouldn't be wasting "employee slots" on this NPC because all that they'd be would be a bunch of stats multipliers and maybe a mention here and there. The character slot limit is basically self imposed from a meta POV, but nothing stops us from having a bunch of NPCs that we're never gonna interact with helping us with menial chores.

That's why I regret not picking up that magi-tech and prophetic orphan pair on the mob world.

>>3546160
>>3546396

We're an Outgoer outfit, not an R&D group. The 2 techies cover our needs. No, wants don't count. We need to have Outgoers on the payroll, so we can actually make money instead of spending it.

If we had a more formal system of managing the techies I wager anons would stop wanting more more more out of them. But that would require tracking time and stuff, so I doubt Handler will want to mess with it.

>>3546418
Could have had another non-crystal magitech savant (so far the best return on investment) along with prophetic predictions about jobs, instead we got twice as many scrub daycare kids kicking about.

Reading back through the archives, I remembered something: on our shakedown with Mono, she had her first kill. I suspect the 'bots aren't going to be willing to do that this early, but it is something we're going to have to work with them on over time.

>>3546425
>(so far the best return on investment)
We've used their product once or twice. The other recruits are out actually making Motes.

> along with prophetic predictions about jobs
Far from certain. The multiverse seems to break anything like that. Remember powers are severely limited in the intersection as well, which is why Mono can walk around for instance.

>kids
I'm not a huge fan, but other anons seem to like them so I let them have their time, as long as it doesn't drag on too long.


By the numbers, if we'd taken the orphans we wouldn't have been able to take the bots when the possibility appeared. Opportunity cost should be considered. What is being given up in order to get this?

>>3546431
Owlia and Cylica busted a badass return right away with their crystal work with that one company.

I think they're getting residuals from patents too, no?

> Got the bots instead of magical orphans

Not thrilled about Lorelei sidekicks either, but I get that it's other people's childhoods that I just don't share.


Honestly >>3545741 points out the current case

> So, basically like most of the outgoer service jobs already in the Intersection?

The role is already there, the question is if it's cheaper to have them under our corporation or not.

If we can get some sort of background benefit plus having them easily acessible when needed then there's no change in narrative opportunity cost, only crunch bonus/malus balance.

Ultimately, your curiosity wins out. Whatever he’s planning, you might be getting it cheap, and frankly that’s good enough. “I suppose so. You’ve got a deal.” Shaking his hand, you fork over the three and surrender the items to him. Hopefully he’ll be as good as his word.

After that whole thing is dealt with, next on the list is shopping. You need to restock on mines and C4, rockets, a few large mana crystals, all that good stuff. Hopefully you wouldn’t have to blow them all any time soon, but better to have and not need, as they say.

>Purchased x10 bricks of plastic explosives/C4.
>Purchased x30 ‘Highball’ Guidable Rockets.
>Purchased x10 ‘Moleworm’ Proximity Mines
>Purchase 5-Pack of Large Mana Crystals

>Current Motes: 66.70 Lotes

Right. Now, lesse...what else do you need to deal with…?

>You do recall getting some silk from that last job. Might be expensive, but maybe you can get something custom-woven with it?
>See if you can’t find one of the girls and rope them into a training session with you. Lead by example.
>Look into more about those Recreation Drives at the library. Those seemed interesting…
>Other

>>3547460
>See if you can’t find one of the girls and rope them into a training session with you. Lead by example.

>>3547460
>>You do recall getting some silk from that last job. Might be expensive, but maybe you can get something custom-woven with it?

>>3547460
>You do recall getting some silk from that last job. Might be expensive, but maybe you can get something custom-woven with it?
We should at least get a price quote for a project. After that, we can go train with the girls.

>>3547460
>>You do recall getting some silk from that last job. Might be expensive, but maybe you can get something custom-woven with it?

>>3547460
this
>>3547476

>>3547460
Supporting this >>3547476
It's not like we're going to spend the entire rest of the day on finding somebody to work the silk so lets go train after that.

Writing.

>>3547460
>>3547470
>>3547480
>>3547486
>>3547520
Well, thinking about it, there was that silk that you got. Maybe you could use it in some customized clothing? You doubt there was enough there for anything major like a jacket or the sort, but something smaller, perhaps…

It takes a bit of searching, but you eventually find a custom clothier not too far away in the Crafter’s District that looks to be about your speed: a two-story shop/home that’s named ‘Massati’s Boutique Garments’. As you enter, your eyes are assaulted by pink.

A LOT of pink. Sitting around are mannequins of a number of varying shapes and sizes, showing anything from dresses for centaurs to wraps for harpies to even some kind of robe for squidpeople. Really does seem like she does a bit of everything. Impressive. A four-armed Naga sits at the counter in a rather interesting silk one-piece; she looks up from whatever she was idly browsing on her personal tablet and waves with one arm. “Greetings! How may I help you, customer?” Her voice is rough, but there’s still some lightness to it; it almost sounds like it’s just cracking.

“I’m here because I was thinking about getting something with some materials I picked up on a job,” you mention as you take out the rolls of Veilspeaker silk. “I’m an Outgoer, is the thing, and got some of this as a rewa-”

“Ooooooh!” She seems enamored as soon as you reveal the carefully encased silk. “Natural spider’s silk, is it? Interesting…”

“...right, so as I was saying. It was made by a group of spider-taurs, arachne, and I’m wondering if you can’t make something out of this- I know they can and have, so…” You almost think she’s not even listening to you; she’s already pulled out some sort of small eyescope thing and is taking a much closer look at the threads.

But, she nods once, firmly. “Look good. Tensile. What comes of this will be very strong. Can’t make anything too fancy, though- just not enough here. I’d say...something along the lines of a head covering, or a scarf, or a cummerbund, something of that sort. Maybe a particularly risque or plain dress if I were to use every inch...” she mutters. “Price depends on the task a bit, but with this.amount of fabric, I would estimate...somewhere around six to nine Large Motes. What were you hoping for?”

“Oh...well...hm…” agh, that’s a good question. Hadn’t really thought about it.

She shakes her head. “Okay, maybe put it like this: What do you want to express when you wear this?”

>Power and authority. (Intimidation Focus)
>Passion and instinct. (Hothead/Aggression Focus)
>Ethereal wonder. (Otherworldy Focus)
>Fun and whimsy. (Humor Focus)
>Casual nonchalance. (Plain Focus)
>Nothing, that's a bit much.

>>3547641
>Ethereal wonder. (Otherworldy Focus)
“The spidertaurs I got this from had a thing where they could predict the future a little, so ethereal would be fitting.”

>>3547641
>>Ethereal wonder. (Otherworldy Focus)

>>3547641
Can she make an Item that is focused on reducing a stat?

>>3547645
So, I was thinking we could go with a cloak with a hood that could cover our head and eyes. If it pans out, we could look into enchanting it with some sort of precognitive ability, like some sort of danger sense. How does that sound, guys?

>>3547641
>Casual nonchalance. (Plain Focus)

>>3547651
By natura, reducing one stat generally increases another.

>>3547641
>>Casual nonchalance. (Plain Focus)

>>3547641
>Passion and instinct.

>>3547641
>Ethereal wonder. (Otherworldy Focus)
Reduce Intimidation if possible. Waaay to many Items that we have increase our already high stat.

>>3547641
All i want to know is..which mix allows us to get a spider-taur look

>>3547641
>>Casual nonchalance. (Plain Focus)

>>3547641

>Ethereal wonder. (Otherworldy Focus)

Seems like we want something with a bit of Ethereal wonder.

Writing!

By the way, the Plain Items that were bought for Mafia Job are still not in the pastebin.

>>3547641
>Ethereal wonder. (Otherworldy Focus)
We should ask if she knows someone who can enchant it with after it’s made.

>>3547641
>Fun and whimsy. (Humor Focus)
Humor is the opposite of Intimidation, right? And we're not exactly short on otherworldly either.
>Maybe a particularly risque or plain dress
>I swear, it's only this skimpy because there wasn't enough fabric!

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Our motes are ending so fast... we need another job...right after we are done practicing.

Because i recall we will need to take Prima and Jago on the next assigment so... tech world?

>>3547697
Cyberpunk Dystopia. Lots of technology to muck around with for Prima, tons of gangs and corp security to mangle for Jago, and for the guys who want to do an evil mission, your choice of evil mega corporations to do terrible, dehumanizing things to poor people to.

>>3547697
CYBERPUNK
CYBERPUNK
CYBERPUNK
or maybe space pirates

But 66 Lotes is still many though, unless we go crazy with the dressing up thing.

Oh yeah, Handler, what was the name of that dwarf’s repair shop?

>>3547697
Eh, there's no need to rush so much. We've got to check out HQ task rewards, donate stuff to Owlia, donate Summoning books to the Library, treat the Gauntlets (Y/N?) and gear up the bots (comm units, holding bags). If anons are interested then we can arrange some SHENANIGANS too.

>>3547641
>>3547647
>>3547675
>>3547684
>>3547689
“Something along the lines of ‘ethereal wonder’,” you decide. “Not too intimidating, but something that inspires a sort of...curious awe, y’know? Not a scared curiosity, but ‘who or what IS this’?” She nods throughout your explanation, considering the parameters, and you can see two of her arms already reaching for a small sketchpad.

“You’ll want something noticeable, then. Perhaps a headband or head accessory. Something that flows with the body’s outline and accentuates it rather than creates a new one, I think…” She seems into it, at least. “Something flowing yet not too wide around the skull. I’ll need dye…” She goes into muttering to herself for a few minutes as she plans something out- but indeed, minutes are all she needs as she quickly turns the pad towards you.

What you see is something that’s a sort of long ribbonish mouthscarf, snaking up around your head and wrapped so that it frames the lot, and then coming back down into long ‘tails’ snaking down around your neck and down your back. “I think something like this would be ideal. Allows anyone to still see your eyes, and yet parts of your face remain unknown to them, inviting mystery. This would be six. What do you say?” She seems proud of it for having thought it up on the spot.

> “I like it. How fast can I expect it done?”
> “I don’t think so. Any other ideas?”
> “Could I make a suggestion?” (Create a Head piece of clothing, within reason.)

>>3547753
>> “I like it. How fast can I expect it done?”

>>3547753
> “Could I make a suggestion?” (Create a Head piece of clothing, within reason.)
"Actually, could you do that, but instead of having it wrap around the face, have it wrap around the eyes?"

>>3547753
> “I like it. How fast can I expect it done?”

Seems like we're sold on this one.

Writing!

>>3547753
>>3547755
>>3547764
Well, it’s interesting enough. “I like it. How fast can I expect it done?”

“Well, I would say within four to five days,” she estimates. “Just to be safe.”

Fair enough. Six larges motes are given, and she immediately takes the material and disappears into the backroom. Seemed pretty eager.

>Current Motes: 60.70

With those tasks finished, that’s everything on your immediate to-do list done. There’s probably a few other things you could think of...but you’ll think of them back on the way home. Maybe you'll just take a ride around for a bit, see what's happening...

A few minutes later, however your phone dings. Checking it, you’re a bit surprised to see a pair of notices:

>Minus-One Storage System installed in Silver Eye Solution Headquarters! Enjoy!
>Beginning installation of your new room space! Thank you for using Ulti-struct!

Huh? Oh, right, the HQ Tasks. Well, at least those seemed to go well, if you recall the rewards for them. Still leaves you concerned about the moving gig, but the firearm exhibition should’ve been fine, and the vehicle showcase probably went fine. No notice about either of those, though, which is a bit concerning. You don’t see any complaint notices or anything, though.

Hopefully, they just aren’t the sort- you didn’t get any formal notice after your own thing, either. But, you’ll deal with that in due time. For now…

>Anything else?
>Time to start prepping the bots. It's job time.

(Going to take a breather here.)

>>3547908
>Anything else?
I say that we wait the week. We only need to pay our dues every month and i think we already did that for this month.

>>3547908
By prepping, do you mean we're going to practice our moves with the bots, or just informing them to get ready for a job?

>>3547908
Training with one of the girls!
Then this >>3547743

>>3547908
>see to it if we can get a schedule for the newbie training.
>donate books to the library
>treat our weapons

>>3547908
>>Anything else?
Just a bit of training between missions. Gotta work on those skills. Otherwise we should be good to go.

>>3547908
>>Anything else?
Basically anything that the other anons have said. But I'm leaning towards a girls' night (Sorry Jago) since we haven't had that since forever.

Alright, so...

>Train with bots
>Gear up bots
>Treat a weapon or two
>Donate stuff from the list here >>3545741
>Look at jobs

Gonna leave out giving the library our summoning books for now, we can do that when we have a new load of literature from our next job, and while a girls movie night sounds good, we should probably save that for when we come back.

>>3547908
>>3547960
Add Shield, Communication and Blasting Gems from Owlia's Old Lab (#28 >1292258) and Kowalski's Red Stones to donation.

>>3547924
I think we already donated the books we got from the last job.

>>3547908
>>Time to start prepping the bots. It's job time.

>>3548085
We donated books on Rituals from the last job, now we're talking about books on Summoning from a previous one.

Hm. Well, you probably SHOULD get a weapon or two treated...you’ve gotten a few of them as of late. Just going to need to take a bit of a detour…

“Now, that face looks familiar!” Yup, same dude as last time, and he seems just as jolly. “Those swords doin’ right by ya?”

“They are,” you say easily, although one of them you rarely DO use… “which is why I’m back. I’m hoping to get something else done.”

“By all means!” He proclaims, grinning. Just remember, the more complicated the weapon's magical state, the more expensive the treatment'll be!" Right, then…

>What weapons do you want to treat? List here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z3xqyWOe5upXuYIUsBSV4pWkC1sG0mnYzn_lJyRJZiI/edit?usp=sharing, but for ease of reading:

>Shu-Rith (Miranda) (#66 >3194132)
>Blessing of the Wild Red Sun Gauntlets (Miranda) (#66 >3194458)
>Ferrah’s Heavy Whip (Knout?) (Miranda) (#71 >3373671) - (Ha-Tshi’s Folly)
>Ferrah’s Curved Sword (Miranda) (#71 >3373671) - (Winnower)
>Poisoner Malis’ Sword (#74 >3471046) - (Venom-Tongue Saber)
>Thunderlight Bow (Miranda) (#75 >3502490) - enchants arrows, causing them to emit light and explode on impact
>Blightsnake Katar (Miranda) (#75 >3502490) - generates oily substance that coalesces and flings in direction of attack at high speed after each strike
>Other

>>3548369
>Blessing of the Wild Red Sun Gauntlets
>Ask him if there is a way to "half treat" the item. So it can change shape when we jump to a new universe, but it keeps its original powers.

>>3548369
>Blessing of the Wild Red Sun Gauntlets (Miranda) (#66 >3194458)
This is mandatory I think.

>>3548369
>Blessing of the Wild Red Sun Gauntlets (Miranda) (#66 >3194458)
>Ferrah’s Curved Sword (Miranda) (#71 >3373671) - (Winnower)

Can we get a description of how much some of the other things would cost?

Also, I've got the new weapon descriptions if you need them.

>>3548369
>Blessing of the Wild Red Sun Gauntlets (Miranda) (#66 >3194458)

>>3548369
>>Blessing of the Wild Red Sun Gauntlets (Miranda) (#66 >3194458)

>>3548399
Let's go for another job. We can just relegate some work to others right? Izumi is very dependable if I may.

>>3548418
>>3548087
Come on, anon, just bear with us for now. We've been skipping proper training for far too long. Developing techniques in the middle of a job is kinda irresponsible.

>>3548449
It's also gonna take us literal months to return to the intersection. We can wait one week here. at the very least until out piece of clothing is done.

>>3548459
No point in waiting around when there's work to be done. We need to take the robos out for their shakdown.

>>3548474
The work will be there literally forever and we have paid our dues and have enough cash to pay next month's. it can wait.

>>3548474
There is when we have to prep two novices for their first mission so they don't screw it up. Prima didn't do so well on her simulated test, and we should look into getting ranged weapons for both of them.

>>3548496
>>3548500
This is probably what you were thinking of.

>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)

That was back in the robattler world, though. Might find something similar here, though or maybe a cannon attachment, and possibly find a shuriken launcher for Prima as well.