Raven releases her grip on their pant leg and speaks freely. "As I said, you do not want to run away." She meets their horrified gaze and scoffs. "Oh, please, I'm the least horrifying creature to prowl these streets. Not that I can't claw someone into ribbons..." She sits back and flexes her claws, enjoying a brief moment of bravado before realizing that's not the right thing to say. She chuckles and looks back up.
"Ah, my point is this is not a good place to walk alone. The architecture is kind of evil and there's a homicidal shapeshifter lurking God knows where." Anticipating suspicion, she adds, "I'm not that guy; I don't know how his mind works, but he'd probably have killed you back out there, in the dark. When you were, you know, alone." Her expository speech compete, she stands.
"Now why don't you come back with me? Most everyone is out cold and that glowy guy is...I don't know what's up with him but he probably won't hurt you."
"Ah, my point is this is not a good place to walk alone. The architecture is kind of evil and there's a homicidal shapeshifter lurking God knows where." Anticipating suspicion, she adds, "I'm not that guy; I don't know how his mind works, but he'd probably have killed you back out there, in the dark. When you were, you know, alone." Her expository speech compete, she stands.
"Now why don't you come back with me? Most everyone is out cold and that glowy guy is...I don't know what's up with him but he probably won't hurt you."
They stayed silent, nervously staring at the cat. They slowly walked past the cat, back to the group. The just stood, glancing to each of them. The kitty was all that really kept them calm, now. “Oh, crap...”
Victi looked away from the suit for a moment, she wanted to ask about material later, that stuff looked pretty nice, and at the new arrival. "Hi, we're the something-vaguely-resembling-the-good-guys here," She snarked. Sure, she still felt pretty awful, but pulling that one let her know she was getting better.
"What she says," Raven agrees with a bit of laughter. "We should, uh...get the lame inside." She crouches by Lisa and nudges her hand. "Liz, hey, Liz!" When the girl doesn't move, Raven curses. "I just got you help and you fall asleep?" She sits by her hand and sighs. Lisa wasn't looking well when she had left her; the girl probably needs the sleep.
"Okay, unless the glowy guy or Victi end up able to help, nevermind what's-your-name."
"Okay, unless the glowy guy or Victi end up able to help, nevermind what's-your-name."
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Victi was suddenly much more awake. Oh for.... The hardware was sapient. The hardware was sapient, and so it worked. That set a very interesting loophole which she desperately hoped she could abuse later. If she could drag Pliumii here....
"Assisstive awareness, your bonded took a lock on us, and even before being sure of hostiles did full raid procedures upon entering this building. To ensure our survival, we did some clever things. He set off all of his flash-bangs, presumably the remote trigger working here thanks to you. I'll explain in the sit-rep momentarily," Gods had she had to do crap like this too many times, "This.... I was in pain afterwards and... I regressed to a feral state and attacked him. I electrocuted him, I will explain the mechanism for that later. On to the situation report.". She hoped this thing could handle intel flows as well as the assistives back home. Probably could.
"Speaking of which, the situation is that electronics and optical technology don't seem to work here, with the exception of yourself, and magic is also locked down. This place is hostile. It is morphic, rearranging its geography either wilfully or randomly, may be possessed of a Genius Loci, and can manifest traps as needed. There is one confirmed hostile, a class 1 shapeshifter, capable of perfect physical and vocal mimicry, which wants to kill us. If you and yours are willing to co-opperate with us, we can use every extra warrior we can get. Even with me not having my magic or gear, he still managed to put me into a rough state. I can appreciate a fighter like that, especially with an assistive who may notice patterns the rest of us wouldn't," she finished, hoping all of that would be enough to buy the bot, and hopefully help convince the operative once he woke up.
"Assisstive awareness, your bonded took a lock on us, and even before being sure of hostiles did full raid procedures upon entering this building. To ensure our survival, we did some clever things. He set off all of his flash-bangs, presumably the remote trigger working here thanks to you. I'll explain in the sit-rep momentarily," Gods had she had to do crap like this too many times, "This.... I was in pain afterwards and... I regressed to a feral state and attacked him. I electrocuted him, I will explain the mechanism for that later. On to the situation report.". She hoped this thing could handle intel flows as well as the assistives back home. Probably could.
"Speaking of which, the situation is that electronics and optical technology don't seem to work here, with the exception of yourself, and magic is also locked down. This place is hostile. It is morphic, rearranging its geography either wilfully or randomly, may be possessed of a Genius Loci, and can manifest traps as needed. There is one confirmed hostile, a class 1 shapeshifter, capable of perfect physical and vocal mimicry, which wants to kill us. If you and yours are willing to co-opperate with us, we can use every extra warrior we can get. Even with me not having my magic or gear, he still managed to put me into a rough state. I can appreciate a fighter like that, especially with an assistive who may notice patterns the rest of us wouldn't," she finished, hoping all of that would be enough to buy the bot, and hopefully help convince the operative once he woke up.
The blue light pulsated rapidly. A momentary pause before a strange sound, like a machines attempt at an unimpressed sniff, came from the armor. Walking past, albeit with arms still raised and in a shuffling corpse like state, the virtual intelligence piloted the iron-clad man toward a similarly unconscious creature.
"You're all still jellies. Albeit, smart jellies. "
The machine continued to berate them as it kneeled toward the prone form of one of the more damaged party members. Looking up and down between the fallen form to the city around them, whatever echoed in the data halls of its programmed mind made a decision. Reaching down, it lifted and put the creature on its back, in a fire-man carry. Turning around toward the party, it concentrated on the larger creature; the one that spoke before.
"My bonded requires medical attention and bedside manner. If all that you say is factual, than the logical coarse is to retreat, regroup, and devise a method of extraction from this place. Alone, this is beyond me. Alone, this is beyond you, clearly."
Another strange noise, like a hissing tea kettle, echoed from it now. One could sense this was akin to laughter.
"I propose a trade. You help my bonded at the next destination. Agree, and I will help with this one."
It shrugged, to indicate the beast on its back, awaiting a response.
"I agree that we need to move. On the other hand, actually leaving won't be simple. If we try to leave, the town will likely re-order itself to put where we are in a place where we're no longer walking out," she grunted as she worked to get up. Not steady, and she was way too hungry. Her body was fine on energy, but she was running out of stuff to heal with, and she knew her wings wouldn't bother stitching. Why was she this hungry? Issues for later.
"It could also loop at the outside, but lets hope not. Either way, there is nowhere to usefully retreat to, no reinforcements coming other than other survivors we find, and extraction seems improbable. For now, I'd say we stay here for a little longer. We do still want to find equipment. Firearms still work," she winced, feeling the dull throb of her wing, "having bags to carry things would still be good, as well as getting rations, first aid gear, and anything else we find to be useful. Once we've done that, we absolutely move to get him to health. You two seem useful," If the AI seemed a little rude to organics, but she was used to that.
"And one last thing," she said, bothered, "Where the hell is that bug? We could use exactly her right about now. Raven, you were with her, right?"
"It could also loop at the outside, but lets hope not. Either way, there is nowhere to usefully retreat to, no reinforcements coming other than other survivors we find, and extraction seems improbable. For now, I'd say we stay here for a little longer. We do still want to find equipment. Firearms still work," she winced, feeling the dull throb of her wing, "having bags to carry things would still be good, as well as getting rations, first aid gear, and anything else we find to be useful. Once we've done that, we absolutely move to get him to health. You two seem useful," If the AI seemed a little rude to organics, but she was used to that.
"And one last thing," she said, bothered, "Where the hell is that bug? We could use exactly her right about now. Raven, you were with her, right?"
They stood, their shaking hands above their head. Who knows? Maybe, just maybe, one of them would kill them on the spot. The thoughts of how they’d die disturbed them as they passed by like a slideshow. Being choked was the one that’d scared them the most. A pretty white fox thing strangling them? Nope.
Victi glanced over to the new one as the AI processed, even if it was most likely just taking a second or two to optimize its insults.
"You okay there?" She asked, still trying to get her sense of balance back all the way, leaning on a wall, to, for one, keep balance better, and two, face the Suit and the spooked one while she waited.
"You okay there?" She asked, still trying to get her sense of balance back all the way, leaning on a wall, to, for one, keep balance better, and two, face the Suit and the spooked one while she waited.
The moment Victi asks about Tsi'ka, Raven's small, cheery smile fades. She looks away, trying to think about anything aside from the scattered gore staining the house crimson and the sickening thud of what she realizes must have been Tsi'ka's mangled body hitting the floor.
Then Victi checks up on Adam, who looks absolutely horrified.
Thinking she's clear, Raven spots Liliath's form lying on the ground some yards away from the others and goes to her. Even though the girl drives everyone insane, it'd be cruel to let the others leave her outside. Pretty certain that Lil isn't actually injured, she tries to wake her so she can walk inside.
The cat starts by purring and nudging her hand. If that doesn't wake the girl, she'll bite the hand, gently, like pinching her skin.
Then Victi checks up on Adam, who looks absolutely horrified.
Thinking she's clear, Raven spots Liliath's form lying on the ground some yards away from the others and goes to her. Even though the girl drives everyone insane, it'd be cruel to let the others leave her outside. Pretty certain that Lil isn't actually injured, she tries to wake her so she can walk inside.
The cat starts by purring and nudging her hand. If that doesn't wake the girl, she'll bite the hand, gently, like pinching her skin.
Victi closed her eyes, getting very annoyed, before calling out, "Raven! Avoiding the question will not make me happy with you! What happened to our deadliest warrior?"
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The moment Victi asks about Tsi'ka, Raven's small, cheery smile fades. She looks away, trying to think about anything aside from the scattered gore staining the house crimson and the sickening thud of what she realizes must have been Tsi'ka's mangled body hitting the floor.
Then Victi checks up on Adam, who looks absolutely horrified.
Thinking she's clear, Raven spots Liliath's form lying on the ground some yards away from the others and goes to her. Even though the girl drives everyone insane, it'd be cruel to let the others leave her outside. Pretty certain that Lil isn't actually injured, she tries to wake her so she can walk inside.
The cat starts by purring and nudging her hand. If that doesn't wake the girl, she'll bite the hand, gently, like pinching her skin.
Then Victi checks up on Adam, who looks absolutely horrified.
Thinking she's clear, Raven spots Liliath's form lying on the ground some yards away from the others and goes to her. Even though the girl drives everyone insane, it'd be cruel to let the others leave her outside. Pretty certain that Lil isn't actually injured, she tries to wake her so she can walk inside.
The cat starts by purring and nudging her hand. If that doesn't wake the girl, she'll bite the hand, gently, like pinching her skin.
“No I am sleepy.” Liliath mumbled , but she woke up “Hey Raven!” She said excited “Are we still best friends?” “Cause I don’t know , this world makes me confused.” She sighed “They don’t believe that I can take care of my own.”
Liliath really can't, but Raven doesn't say anything to that mostly because Victi snaps at her. She flinches when she hears her name called and turns to look in the fox's direction and, With a small, nervous purr rumbling in her chest, says, "The bug...She d...died-was killed."
“Yes And Buggy is now in heaven learning how not kill people .” She said smiling “She tried to kill me , but I forgiven her cause we are best friends.”
Even the town likes to pick off prey one at a time.
Although tired and ready to sleep with Vincent, it sees an easy opportunity to end the life of a particular childish woman hiding in the grocery store.
In the back of the store, something starts turning. Brick and foundation shift and grind together to mimic the sound of a pathetic voice calling for help. A weak imitation, easy to see through, perhaps.
But to a curious girl who doesn't seem to understand that danger lurks around every corner (she never seemed to fear for her life near Vincent or the stranger with the gun.), the bait may work just well enough.
Although tired and ready to sleep with Vincent, it sees an easy opportunity to end the life of a particular childish woman hiding in the grocery store.
In the back of the store, something starts turning. Brick and foundation shift and grind together to mimic the sound of a pathetic voice calling for help. A weak imitation, easy to see through, perhaps.
But to a curious girl who doesn't seem to understand that danger lurks around every corner (she never seemed to fear for her life near Vincent or the stranger with the gun.), the bait may work just well enough.
"Thank you, Raven," She said, closing her eyes, "I'll want to see the damage at some point, if we happen to stumble across it, I want to know what damage that beast can do. And no, girl, she isn't. Her kind don't have an afterlife. They have no gods, or spirits, or ancestors. All they have is the Hive. Unless the Hive can get her personality and memories, she's gone. I'm not sure the gods can touch this place, anyway, so as far as I can tell, nobody goes to an afterlife if they die here."
“She will!” “You are just jealous that she is in a good place and you are not.” She sticked her tongue out
“I made a good decision , I will take care of myself today and no one can help me , but I will sta with you guys.”
“I made a good decision , I will take care of myself today and no one can help me , but I will sta with you guys.”
Victi snorted, "Sadly, no. For her, afterlife is being one with the Hive, and here her telepathic connection to them is blocked. If it weren't, we'd already be picked up by now, and this town would be dust. I'm a literal Valkyrie, I'd like to think I know how dying in battle works for various species, who's souls I escort to whatever afterlives! Seen a lot of dead Tsk-t, never escorted one," she finished.
She really didn't like children. They don't listen, the don't accept reason, they don't show respect, if they bite you you can't bite them back, and blah blah blah. Ugh.
She really didn't like children. They don't listen, the don't accept reason, they don't show respect, if they bite you you can't bite them back, and blah blah blah. Ugh.
“Shut up!” She yelled “You are mean!”
"I mean, sure, sometimes, but that's not why I'm saying it," she retorts sharply, "Reality isn't fair or kind, pup! You still smell of your own blood, because you probably decided to trust too easily, and got gotten for it. The Tsk-t have their own version of an afterlife, and it's cut off for her in this pit, fair or not!" Victi's voice rose to a furious roar as she forced herself to walk toward Liliath in spite of her limited vision and dizziness, "SHE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT, AND STILL PROBABLY DID HER DAMNEDEST TO RIP THAT SUCKER APART KNOWING THAT SHE WOULD BE GONE! SHE PROBABLY HAD TO DO IT TO PROTECT YOU, KNOWING HOW YOU SEEM TO THINK THIS MURDER PIT IS A PLAYGROUND!" She was shouting down at the girl at this point, teeth bared in a vicious snarl, "YOU GOT THAT? SHE PROBABLY THREW HER HEAVEN AWAY FOR YOU, AND YOU DENY HER SACRIFICE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MAKE YOURSELF UNDERSTAND THAT REALITY ISN'T FAIR!"
She knew that, if he were here to see it, Ni would be.... disappointed in her. She didn't care at this point. Better than showing the girl to the afterlife herself. Gods she felt awful....
She knew that, if he were here to see it, Ni would be.... disappointed in her. She didn't care at this point. Better than showing the girl to the afterlife herself. Gods she felt awful....
“STOP SHOUTING TO ME , CAUSE I AM NOT A BABY!” “I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF CAUSE I AM BIG I TOOK CARE OF MANY PEOPLE SO I AM ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF , YOU DON’T RVEN KNOW ME THAT GOOD SO STOP TALK SHIT ABOUT ME.” The curse words she knew , she learned from her parents . Like bitch those stupid mean words but she didn’t care she would use them “I TOOK CARE OF MY OWN SISTER , TILL SHE WAS 2 YEARS OLD BECAUSE SHE GOT CHOKED BY HER OWN GODDAM MOTHER SO SHUT THE HELL UP!”
“I DON’T WANNA GROW UP NOW , CAUSE I AM KID , I AM NOT AN ADULT , I CAN THINK THAT THIS PLAYGROUND CAUSE I AM KID AND YOU ARE THE BIG PERSON HERE , BUT DON’T ACT SO DUMB TO ME , CAUSE I DON’T NEED YOU GUYS . I SURVIVED MANY YEARS ON MY OWN .”
She walked away calmly
“I DON’T WANNA GROW UP NOW , CAUSE I AM KID , I AM NOT AN ADULT , I CAN THINK THAT THIS PLAYGROUND CAUSE I AM KID AND YOU ARE THE BIG PERSON HERE , BUT DON’T ACT SO DUMB TO ME , CAUSE I DON’T NEED YOU GUYS . I SURVIVED MANY YEARS ON MY OWN .”
She walked away calmly
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