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[Thanee]

Nova was sitting on her bike, waiting for the whole team to be ready to go.

"That went pretty well, all things considered."

[SquirrelDude]

“Well, if you and Wraith say that you’re fine alone, you’re probably fine alone.

“If you end up wanting less life threatening work that’s also open to employing freakshows, or want to make to make this just a side gig, let me know and I’ll see if any wrestling promotions are interested. Most don’t care if your some mutant shark man as long as you can fight.”

Sharkboy waved before heading to the door. He looked around before exiting and saw bnc was still on the ground. He turns back around. “Ms. Black, would you help me carry her to the van?”

[Gilga]

Before returning, Anna took a look at bnc - her emotions were so intense that it was impossible to not look at it that way. She returns to her body, and blinks at Sharkboy "Oh don't carry her, I'll keep her safe. Give me five minutes with her." Anna approaches bnc and handles her a handkerchief. Her body language is clear that she is not leaving her, not now. "Clear your face honey," she says calmly and places a supportive hand on bnc's shoulder. "Your sister is quite amazing" she adds quitely.

[Luckace]

Wraith seemingly hadn't expected his whole team to comply and leave, and his prompt message came as soon as Sharkboy and Anna tried to comfort - or carry away - bnc.

@Sharkboy, Anna:
<< Cmon, lets leave hr. Said she wanted alone time. Shes no baby, she doesnt need us atm.>>

[SquirrelDude]

“She doesn’t need us, but we need her and Eliza to help set up and secure a virtual meeting space if that becomes necessary.

“You can comfort her in the van.”

[Gilga]

Anna replies to Wraith >>>I do not leave my friend on the bread-crumb trail of the hottest criminal I met so far. She can get drunk and make poor life choices like the rest of us... if a bunch of Crusaders would not lynch her that is.

[Volker]

bnc glares at Anna defiantly for a moment. She then averts her eyes, calmly, void of any emotions. She stands, wavering, and steadies herself with both hands on Anna, looking at Anna with a mix of oh so many, many emotions. She holds Anna tightly.
And unloads a bolt of electricity into her, as soon as she holds her securely.

[ Spoiler ]

Unarmed Combat: 6d6t5 4
I assume that Anna cannot defend while supporting bnc. bnc can virtually place the electrodes wherever she wants before releasing the shock. It's up to Jack whether or not he allows a Judge Intentions Roll or an Opposed Con roll to see whether Anna falls for her feint or not. I'd assume that Anna would, even if she were suspicious, still hold bnc and not drop her to the ground to avoid a potential attack.
If she can't/doesn't defend, it's 9+4 = 13S at AP-5. That should take her out.
Warned ya.

EDIT: I moved this part into the next post to keep the chronological order:
She screams "I told you to get the FRAG OUTTA HERE! FUCK OFF, all of you!"

[Gilga]

Being very fond of bnc, and her occasional lover Anna does not feel threatened by bnc. bnc is her friend, Anna is risking life and limb for her. She would not hurt her, not physically at least. After all, Anna is nothing but kind to bnc and is attentive to her needs. She warmly embraces bnc, and murmurs "it will be okay" when there is a sharp jolt of pain at her back. Anna falls down, unresponsive, her eyes narrowing at bnc, and the ultimate betrayal is suddenly evident to her senses as the young decker is unsurprised by Anna's demise, and is careful to disengage from her. Anna's mind grows foggy, and the world grows dark.

[ Spoiler ]

Let's not over complicate it. Anna and bnc are close friends, so Anna is unlikely to expect bnc to physically assault or endanger her- especially when bnc makes such an effort to hide her intentions.

damage resist: 23d6t5 7 she takes 6 stun damage and is knocked unconscious with 11 stun total and no physical damage.

[Volker]

[ Spoiler ]

I moved the first sentence from the previous post to this one to keep the chronological order.

When Anna goes limp, bnc supports her lest Anna hurts herself when hitting the ground. Once the body is down, bnc turns to the others, especially Sharkboy. She screams "I told you to get the FRAG OUTTA HERE! FUCK OFF, all of you!"

bnc draws her gun. "Now", she insists in a deadly-calm voice.

[Thanee]

Hearing the commotion, Nova got off her bike, where she was waiting, and headed back inside to see what the hell was going on there...

"You guys really don't know how to give someone some space, huh?"

Completely ignoring the gun in bnc's trembling hands, she headed over to Anna, her muscles still twitching occasionally from the shock, and picked her up to carry her to the van.

<< Yo, Eliza, could you please open the van for me? Thanks, darling. >>

[SquirrelDude]

[ Spoiler ]

17 +2 for joy Jitsu spec -4 for called shot.

Disarm: 15d6t5 5 hits

Any hits + 8 strength is well over bnc’s physical limit. She will be disarmed and Sharkboy will take control of the weapon if she can’t totally dodge it.

Sharkboy has spent years fighting on streets and in rings. Someone pulling a weapon on him was hardly a shock anymore. Sharkboy immediately stepped forward and tried to rip the gun from bnc’s hands.

[Volker]

[ Spoiler ]

Defense: 10d6t5 4

bnc cries out in anger and surprise as Sharkboy wrestles Tom out of her hand, but doesn't hinder Nova in any way. She glares at the wrestler with fiery loathing. "Now what, you self-righteous piece of shit? You gonna force yourself on me? Fuck you!"

And then bnc does something everyone knows that she knows can't succeed: She throws herself at Sharkboy.

[ Spoiler ]

Initiative: 1d6+10 16
Unarmed Combat: 6d6t5 2

[SquirrelDude]

[ Spoiler ]

we’ll just finish off his ‘turn’ when he stole the weapon while he reacts to bnc’s attack.

Initiative: 3d6+11 22
Defense: 12d6t5 2
Grapple: 17d6t5 5 Again, bnc will need to dodge all of them or the subduing process starts.

Sharkboy snatches the gun from her, immediately unloads the magazine and the one in the chamber, and tosses the gun to the Nova.

When bnc goes to attack him he lets out a disgruntled sigh and lazily sidesteps her. Her attack grazes his arms, but he doesn’t even try to block with a shock pad. Instead he just moved to put her in a chokehold.

[Volker]

[ Spoiler ]

Defense: 10d6t5 2

The meager girl looks and feels like no more than a doll in Sharkboy's arm, yet she wrestles. He can easily subdue her, but as soon as his attention goes elsewhere, she'd take any chance to hurt him.
"And now, drekhead?", she groans before Sharkboy closes the choke.

[SquirrelDude]

Sharkboy gets himself a better grip, but doesn’t cinch in the choke.

“We could awkwardly walk back to the van like this, or I turn you blue in the face for a second and carry you back to the van like a sack of potatoes. Maybe someone else has a more pleasant way of getting you to calm down,” he says looking at Wraith, “or maybe you can just tap out and I let you walk out to the van under your own power.

“Your call, but we have a job to prep for, so make it a quickly.”

[Volker]

"You think you're so clever, asshole."
A sudden jerk goes through bnc's body as she activates her auto-injector and pumps a dose of Whoom right through her venes. Then her body goes limp like the afore mentioned sack of potatoes.
Over the group channel he hears "Follow me there, motherfucker."

James exits the van to roam through the city - alone.

[Thanee]

In the meantime, Nova was using her first aid kit in the van to help Anna regain her consciousness.

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First Aid 3 hits means only 1 box of Stun healed, but that should allow her to regain consciousness.

[Gilga]

Anna moaned in pain as she stirred. Her entire body was in pain, and she was in a different place. She moans, and mummers "Betrayer!"

[ Spoiler ]

"I'll wait a bit to see how things resolve with Shark and bnc as I am not entirely sure who will be in the van when Anna awakes.

[SquirrelDude]

[ Spoiler ]

Sharkboy gets himself a better grip, but doesn’t cinch in the choke.

“We could awkwardly walk back to the van like this, or I turn you blue in the face for a second and carry you back to the van like a sack of potatoes. Maybe someone else has a more pleasant way of getting you to calm down,” he says looking at Wraith, “or maybe you can just tap out and I let you walk out to the van under your own power.

“Your call, but we have a job to prep for, so make it a quickly.”

”Sack of potatoes it is then.”

Sharkboy drapes her over his shoulder and carried her to the van. He muttered something under his breath in Spanish as he walked by Wraith and towards the van. Once he passed him he spoke into his mic and to Eliza.

“Eliza, bnc has jacked into her robot and run off somewhere. Do we force her back to her body, treat her as an enemy when she returns, or just allow her to interfere as she likes?”

He dropped bnc off at the van waiting for the response

[Thanee]

Nova just shrugged.

"Yeah, she's a mess, but what did you expect, really? She wanted some time to process the whole thing, and you didn't let her. She even said 'please'. I do not know her well, obviously, but I do expect her to come around. It's her sister after all. Let her cool off. We still got til evening."

[Gilga]

Anna shrugs and tries to keep calm - though she is outraged. She replies to Nova "Leaving her in that emotional state on the trail of Bean Si where some dangerous people may follow is asking for troubles. The woman is so hot that she can be lynched Crusaders for nothing more than walking the street. Worst yet, bnc would likely be too far gone into her drugs to even realize the dangers and protect herself. There is also the scenario of self-inflicted harm; she may do it given circumstances..."

She responds to Sharkboy "She is safe in James... Unlikely to overdose, can't get raped or killed. Would not be lynched by Crusaders. Some possibility of dumpshock if James gets hurt but given circumstances -this is the safest way to let her blow off some steam."

Anna's eyes were heavy, and her body ached, but she did not cast the painkiller spell because the unlikely event of drain WILL knock her out cold. "I am resting until the pain goes away or until I feel brave enough to make it go away. These electric gloves are nasty." Anna closes her eyes and tries to get some rest.

[Luckace]

"What the..."
Wraith had hastily stepped back from his bike to the crew when the commotion started. When bnc and Sharkboy were wrestling, he had reluctantly raised an arm, as if hesitating to use a spell, but bnc had jacked into James before he could react.

When James runs away, his eyes narrow.
He folds his hands, as if in prayer, and communes with the spirit he had summoned back at the castle.
It seems my friend has gone astray again. She needs a guardian angel. I pray, follow the robot that just ran away and...
Ran away... That fragging slitch ran away ag.

No, wait. Don't. This was her own damn choice, now she is to bear the consequences.
When he removed his hands, James was already gone and the window to have a spirit shadow him likely expired. He couldn't fully explain why he hadn't sent a spirit after her. Perhaps it was simply caution - being followed by a spirit was a beacon on the astral, after all, and he wanted to respect bnc's wish for solitude. Perhaps it was a personal frustration and offence that his friend had abandoned them, or perhaps it was a deeply-embedded trust that bnc would - had to - return to finish the job when they needed her.

Wraith turned back to the team with a grim look. "Why did you push her like that?", he snarls angrily at Sharkboy and Anna. Whether he was angry at them for pressing bnc, at bnc for leaving or at himself for not intervening was hard to tell - likely a combination of all of the above.

[SquirrelDude]

Sharkboy was dismissive. “Because I wasn’t trained as a high school guidance counselor. Because leaving a crazed addict alone would be stupid. Because she’ll could be targeted like her sister is, again. Take your pick.

“Send a spirit after her if your so concerned.”

[Jack_Spade]

James moved through the train yard at a robot's breakneck speed. It didn't take long to reach the livelier parts of Salzburg again. Almost immediately she noticed a low flying rotor drone with the logo of the Salzburg Police.

[Jack_Spade]

The drone seemed to be interested in James, as the anthro drone parcoured it's way up and along the sidewalk with a cartwheel.

The flying police drone suddenly displayed an ARO: "Police Stop - pause your movement and ready for inspection."

[ Spoiler ]

One sleaze+intuition defense test please

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