IC: Evolution, In Character - Epoch, Survival, Revolution Campaigns Options

[Bastard]

03:45:39 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque entrance - Tehran

Peering around the corner electronically, Kliko got a good look at the figure. He was dressed in ratty torn clothes, obviously a local. He squatted over a fallen body, which he seemed to be growling at.

Kliko slowly edged around the corner, rifle starting to take aim on the local man when he instantly looked up. He moved so fast, Kliko felt everything else was in slow motion. The mans eyes were black, completely black. It let out a yell as it quickly bounded toward the shadowrunner.

[Kliko]

03:45:42 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque entrance - Tehran

The smartlink II's comforting diamond-shape moved over the crazy local man. Drek, was he really a man at all?

'point and click, point and click, chummer'

The first bursts filled the mosque's silent interior echoing back and forth between its sturdy walls as the armor-piercing sabbots found their mark.
First aiming for the body mass itself, but as the lightining fats man charged forward, Kliko shifted aim towards the man's head.

'DIE!'

[Bastard]

03:45:42 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – Inside IUST Mosque - Tehran

The local was lifted from his feet by the first burst, twisting in the air, when the second burst blew his head wide open, spinning the body on another axis. Blood, brain and various gore streamed in several directions as the corpse tumbled through the air, before it landed with a splattering thud, where it rolled toward Kliko, before finally flopping over to a stop about 15 meters away.


03:45:43 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – Outside IUST Mosque - Tehran

The silence of the desert night is broken once again by gun fire. Two quick burst fires echo in succession, shortly followed by a voice echoing, "Frag yeah fragger!"

[ntwi]

03:45:44 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – Across the street from IUST Mosque - Tehran

The echoing chatter of weapons fire snaps Felix's head up form where he was fiddling with his com unit. Things would get fragged up after Bubba goes running the other way.

With a grunt, Felix heaves himself back to his feet and sprints across the street, heading for the south side of the entrance. He pushed all he can into astral protection for Kliko despite knowing that his aura just dimmed abit more. I sure hope we can get out of here before we all become to paranoid and kill happy.

[Bastard]

03:45:52 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Entrance (Outside) - Tehran

Up the stairs Felix dashes, and though Kliko has already disappeared inside the dark depths of religious structure, the shaman still felt safer taking position at the south side of the entrance, where the ork had previously stood. On the other side of the large opening Duster had taken position, his taser at the ready.


03:45:52 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

Kliko's eyes quickly adjusted to the complete darkness of the mosque. At his feet stood the remains of the black-eyed man, the blood pool still quickly expanding. There isn't much to look at. A three-round burst of APDS ammo to an unarmed chest, and then again to the side of the head, will do that to a body.

Nearby he spots a long curve-bladed knife, but other than that, the man appears to be unarmed and unarmored. It suddenly dawns on the ork, that he is all alone, in a dark religious ruin, and there might still be another runner around, or religious extremists.

[Kliko]

03:45:58 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

'Here's a bastard who didn't get the memo: Never bring a knife to a gun fight'

Looking about the desolate interior, Kliko looks around the main foyer. 'Felix mentioned another body...' Before proceeding to the Mosques inner sanctum. 'Back to work chummer. You have a job to do, comms check.'

"Report in team"

[Bastard]

03:46:00 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

Looking around the corner Felix could see the silhouette of Kliko in the middle of the room, standing triumphantly over his kill, rifle resting on his shoulder with the barrel straight in the air. The only thing missing from the action trid poster was him putting one foot up on the corpse.


Kliko listened for a reply, to his message, but only got static.

[Mister Juan]

03:46:00 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

Ludmila began her descent down the stairs. Her previous feeling of dread had vanished; only to be replaced with something darker and much more dangerous. She felt... excited. It wasn't the usual kind of rush she got when things got heavy and bullets flew around. It was something else entirely. It felt primal. It felt older.

On the ball of her feet, she went down a few flights, stopping every now and then to listen to her surroundings. The night was still quiet. The air tasted stale.

As she neared the first floor, she heard the distant rattle of automatic fire. She froze on the spot, her optical camouflage suit cloaking her with shades of blasted concrete and forgotten Arabic graffitis. Two quick burst. Six bullets. Five-five-six. Kliko was carrying 5.56...

A few more steps and Ludi was on the ground floor. She pulled herself to the side, sliding into one of the long shadows that crowded the entryway. Ever so carefully, she inched forward to get a peek of the outside street.

[Bastard]

03:46:02 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – Doorway of building at 82nd and Heydarkhani- Tehran

She took another deep breath of that stagnant yet refreshing air. The air on the top floor had been pungent, sour like raw untreated fuel gas. Why had I not noticed that before? Was it like that the whole time? she pondered. Ludi remembered the room being rather free of foul odors until the dark figure had appeared. Or was it when it spoke? If that were the case, she would never bother Bubba about brushing his teeth again. Do spirits smell? Maybe Felix would know... she thought it over for a split second, I am not going to ask that slinging fragger.

The air on the street was cool and fresh, the charred remains of the city not withstanding. A few blocks away she was elated, and amused, to see Bubba running toward her, if you could call that uncoordinated movement he was doing running. Tongue flapping in the wind, weapons and gear swinging wildly and clanking noisily, the giant, or oaf, was moving at a high rate of speed, even in that unorthodox manner.

"Me's comin for yous Ludi ! Holds on!!!" he unstealthfully bellowed.

Yes, she smiled, Bubba I can trust.

[Bastard]

03:46:04 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

Felix watched as Kliko moved deeper into the darkness of the mosque, the ork's rifle again shouldered, searching for another target. Looking to the left he saw Duster's wide eyes with a look of, "I ain't goin' in there."

[Kliko]

03:46:20 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

Skulking across the Mosque's broken tile floor of the mosque interior Kliko found himself back on his game.

'Null sheen chummer, you're bringing back the veil, save the team, save the day!'

His Ares Alpha shouldered Kliko scanned the mosque's inner sanctum, the Veil's presumed location blinking nervously in his image link. As the orientation system mapped the immediate surroundings Kliko got down to business.

[Bastard]

03:46:38 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

Kliko heard nothing but the wind sweeping through the ruins. Scanning the room, nothing stood out as an obvious hiding place for the veil. The only prominent feature amongst the rubble was a crumbled pulpit or alter of some sort that lay on the raised far end of the room. That is where his search would begin.

[Bastard]

03:46:50 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

Digging through the crumbled wood uncovered nothing. Kliko pushed the fallen alter to the side, cleared the broken tile and fallen ceiling until the ground was flat. He searched for a hidden compartment, but found nothing.

[SneakyJoeKDB]

03:47:02 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – Doorway of building at 82nd and Heydarkhani- Tehran

Bubba watched as his dot on the battletac screen closed in to Ludi's position. He looked up as he sprinted, clumsily avoiding a pole, and saw Ludi standing in the doorway watching him. He was glad to see her standing, and seemingly ok. As he got to her he placed his large hands on her shoulders. While heavy panting and some spittle coming from his mouth Bubba stared into Ludi's eyes with a concerned look.

"Are yous oks?"

[Kliko]

03:47:19 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

He was getting increasingly anxious as he realized there was nothing there, no veil, no treasure, no nothing.

Moving away from the altar, Kliko inspected the other remains in the room.

[Bastard]

03:47:04 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – Doorway of building at 82nd and Heydarkhani- Tehran

Ludi had to catch her breath, which she just now realized it needed to be caught. Bubba had sprung on her almost as quickly as the dark figure.

"I am okay, Bubba." She paused, then added, "Thank you." To which Bubba cocked his head to the side like a confused or curious canine.



03:47:21 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

Kliko began digging through the piles of crumbled stone, rotted drywall and wood. Duster finally joined to help dig through the debris.

[Bastard]

03:47:22 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – Doorway of building at 82nd and Heydarkhani- Tehran

Ludi put her hand on Bubba's large forearm, "Lets go, big guy."

She continued to confuse him. For once he didn't see confidence in her eyes. For once she did not appear to be completely in control. For once she displayed emotion other than contempt. Bubba scanned the area. Something was amiss.

"Lets go," she repeated. This time the command was back in her voice.

"Go Ludis. Me gots yer back," he responded with a toothy grin.

With the sniper rifle slung across her back, Ludi led the way with her AKS. She didn't ask Bubba how the team was, it really wasn't important. She would move to the mosque and figure that out when she got there.

Bubba looked inside the doorway Ludi had been standing in. He didn't see any signs of recent combat. What had spooked the unwavering shadowrunner? He shuddered as he saw two large rats scurrying along the floor, remembering Starling's disturbing demise. He turned away from the building and followed Ludi, who was moving at a light jog.

[Bastard]

03:48:00 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

Ludi pulled up at the Mosque entrance and peeked around the corner. Inside she saw Duster, Felix and Kliko digging through the rubble in the main foyer.

Bubba reached the top of the stairs, and caught up to Ludi. Standing in the middle of the doorway, he cocked his head watching the other three moving fallen debris around.

"Ludis? Why is dey cleanin? Donts we needs to be smashin an lookin for da veal?"

[Kliko]

03:47:30 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

'WHERE THE FRAG IS IT!' Their search thourgh the debris left them empty handed, Kliko paced across the room weighting his options. He stopped dead in front of what seemed like another body in the room.

[Bastard]

03:47:31 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

There lied the remains of a geared up street sam. His face a bloody mess, his rifle still on safe, left unfired at his side.

[Bastard]

03:48:00 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

The team turned over every piece rubble in the main foyer without finding anything resembling an artifact, unless you consider mummified rats corpses artifacts.

[SneakyJoeKDB]

03:48:10 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

Bubba kept looking at Ludi hoping to make conversation. Something seemed strange, one minute the comms were compromised and it seemed she was in distress and then the next moment all was fine. Bubba understood the team had been through a lot of stress given the loss of two teammates and that thing about women and their fickle emotions, but there seemed to be something more. He couldn’t get the scurrying rats from his mind either as they left the sniper roost.

"Ludis, ares our comms still compromiseds? ...What happened back deres, for a moment it seems you was in da troubles and when I gots to yous, yous was fine?"

[Bastard]

04:08:00 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque Main Foyer - Tehran

After the main lobby was cleared, the team worked their way through the rest of the building. Kliko and Duster searched the back room, while Bubba, Felix and Ludi covered the second floor. Twenty minutes later, Felix was pulling something from the rubble that looked important.

He slowly slid the lid off the small, battered wooden box. Inside is a black cloth with silver stitches. The veil! He reaches removes it from the box and the silky sheer material begins to unfold, revealing silvery threads that sparkle as they catch what little light there is. Serenity washes over Felix as he examines the ultra thin, yet ultra sturdy sheet. Amazed by its physical appearance and feel, he almost forgets to astrally inspect the artifact. The veil radiates magical energy.


On the other side of the second level, Ludi hears that sinister whisper in her ear, "He has it... He will destroy you all..." She spins to find the same black figure. She backs away as uncontrollable emotions of fear and dread wash over him. She is only able to manage one word, "Bubba...?"

[ntwi]

04:08:00 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque 2nd Floor - Tehran

"Ladies and Gentlemen, it's now time to get the frag outta this town" Felix calls out to the team as he examines the veil in his hands before heading for the stairs down to the first floor. "Bravo, Lima, let's go. We've got about two hours to get out of town for our pick up, then back to civilization and an ice cold beer... or a fresh donut for you Bravo"

[SneakyJoeKDB]

04:08:02 Thursday, 12 October 2062 – IUST Mosque 2nd Floor - Tehran

"Bubba...?" said Ludi.

Bubba cocked his head towards the sound of Ludi's voice. Something wasn't right and he could feel it. 'She heard voices that's why she jammed the comms.'

Bubba placed the HMG on his shoulder and started walking towards the room where Ludi was.

Felix's voice echoed through the hallway. "Ladies and Gentlemen, it's now time to get the frag outta this town"

Bubba entered the room.

"Good timings... come Ludis lets get da frags outta dis crap hole!"