20:38:08, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
JJ
JJ opened up the beer Aziz had brought him and gave his freind a quick nod of appreciation. JJ had his jacket laying over a chair and his shirt was in the trash. Nurse and Raven had taken care of the gun shot, but he had intentionally left the dried up blood on his mid section and now was showing it off.
20:40:20
JJ looks over to Neo and Tao-Fighter who were discussing the Stuffer Shack fight. "There were five gangers that held up the Shack. We got three of them but two got away. Props to whoever stopped the truck." JJ raises his beer, "that was a great piece of work."
JJ pulls out some deepweed, rolls a joint, and lights up. After a few puffs and a mock hurt look at Felix as he pulls up his mask, he holds it out for whoever wants it next. Felix didn't even acknowledge his jibe.
Kiddo must be feelin' in a real bad way.
He grabs one of TF's smokes from the table and doesn't return the pack.
Full Version: IC: 410 Crash
20:42:26, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Aziz
Aziz smiles back, and tucks the joint behind his ear. Noticing TF and Halo whisper conspiritorially with each other, he thinks a moment. He finishes his beer, and sits down on the couch next to the two of them. He throws an arm around TF, and pulls the smaller and younger boy across his chest, where he uses his other arm to give him a particularly vicious noogie.
"Tao!", he says cheerily, releasing him from his grip. "How are things? How's your little flower? She's such a sweet girl.", he says, obviously very pleased with himself. He motions to JJ to toss him the pack that was formerly on the table, and lights a cigarette with a very old brushed chrome zippo. He then leans over and takes the joint from him. He looks back and forth at the smoldering options in either hand, and starts alternating drags on them.
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Aziz
Aziz smiles back, and tucks the joint behind his ear. Noticing TF and Halo whisper conspiritorially with each other, he thinks a moment. He finishes his beer, and sits down on the couch next to the two of them. He throws an arm around TF, and pulls the smaller and younger boy across his chest, where he uses his other arm to give him a particularly vicious noogie.
"Tao!", he says cheerily, releasing him from his grip. "How are things? How's your little flower? She's such a sweet girl.", he says, obviously very pleased with himself. He motions to JJ to toss him the pack that was formerly on the table, and lights a cigarette with a very old brushed chrome zippo. He then leans over and takes the joint from him. He looks back and forth at the smoldering options in either hand, and starts alternating drags on them.
20:43:46 Saturday, April 12 2070
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Halo
Nothing like a bit of roughhousing to lighten the mood. She scoots over a bit to one side of the couch to avoid Tao kicking her as he squirmed to get out of Aziz's grasp.
"Mi Dios! Don't make me come over there and kick your ass Aziz because God help me if I lose this cigarette, you're paying for it." She tries to look all serious and dissolves into a fit of laughter as she drags hard off her smoke. Next she's leaning over and grinding it out on the floor by the leg of the couch and stepping on it to be sure it's out.
"So what else is on tonight after this meeting anyway? Who's up for some serious partying? I know I need to blow off some major steam. Auran and Wyrm, you girls game? JJ you wanna show off your battle scars to the outside world where someone might care?" She grinned and winked at him, "Felix, you want to come too?"
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Halo
Nothing like a bit of roughhousing to lighten the mood. She scoots over a bit to one side of the couch to avoid Tao kicking her as he squirmed to get out of Aziz's grasp.
"Mi Dios! Don't make me come over there and kick your ass Aziz because God help me if I lose this cigarette, you're paying for it." She tries to look all serious and dissolves into a fit of laughter as she drags hard off her smoke. Next she's leaning over and grinding it out on the floor by the leg of the couch and stepping on it to be sure it's out.
"So what else is on tonight after this meeting anyway? Who's up for some serious partying? I know I need to blow off some major steam. Auran and Wyrm, you girls game? JJ you wanna show off your battle scars to the outside world where someone might care?" She grinned and winked at him, "Felix, you want to come too?"
20:44:01 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
BronzeWyrm
Perhaps it was the booze that made her so bold, but the lit joint was just too tempting. She gets up, rather than take it from Aziz - which would be pretty much a useless attempt, she sneaks a puff while he's taking a drag from his cig, touching his hand for a moment to steady herself while she takes a drag of the deepweed. She steps away, holding her breath, to let her bloodstream absorb as much of the drug as possible before finally breathing out. This is really going to get to my head with that beer in me. She sits down again beside Felix letting the effects of the Deep sink in.
She looks to Halo with a lopsided grin. "After this meet, I definately need to process some party cycles." She glances up to Nurse <You too> comes the quick message.
She nudges Felix "Yeah, Tag you should come along too." She sends him a quick IM <You need it, trust me.>
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BronzeWyrm
Perhaps it was the booze that made her so bold, but the lit joint was just too tempting. She gets up, rather than take it from Aziz - which would be pretty much a useless attempt, she sneaks a puff while he's taking a drag from his cig, touching his hand for a moment to steady herself while she takes a drag of the deepweed. She steps away, holding her breath, to let her bloodstream absorb as much of the drug as possible before finally breathing out. This is really going to get to my head with that beer in me. She sits down again beside Felix letting the effects of the Deep sink in.
She looks to Halo with a lopsided grin. "After this meet, I definately need to process some party cycles." She glances up to Nurse <You too> comes the quick message.
She nudges Felix "Yeah, Tag you should come along too." She sends him a quick IM <You need it, trust me.>
20:44:12, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Raven
Raven had arrived a few minutes after the rest, probably having taken a longer route back. When she had entered the Y, there was a mix of a content smile and a weary look on her pretty face. While she did not quite like what Neo had done, she was still fairly pleased with how the fight had gone to their favor, and how everyone had handled themselves, herself especially, of course.
“I will tell her, if I ever meet her again.” Raven mysteriously replies to JJ as he mentions the truck.
“Everyone alright? That was quite a mess there...”
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Raven
Raven had arrived a few minutes after the rest, probably having taken a longer route back. When she had entered the Y, there was a mix of a content smile and a weary look on her pretty face. While she did not quite like what Neo had done, she was still fairly pleased with how the fight had gone to their favor, and how everyone had handled themselves, herself especially, of course.
“I will tell her, if I ever meet her again.” Raven mysteriously replies to JJ as he mentions the truck.
“Everyone alright? That was quite a mess there...”
20:42:33 Saturday, April 12 2070
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Tao-Fighter
Tao struggles against Aziz´ grip in vain, his verbal defense mutilated by the physical action, untill he is released again.
TF: ".. know .. love you, bu... ... in a dedi...t relationship!"
Aziz: "Tao! How are things? How's your little flower? She's such a sweet girl."
He ignores the question for a moment, thinking about whether he meant what he was saying and turned to the other side, while he picked up the cigarret, that had droped from behind his ear, onto his lap.
Halo: "Mi Dios! Don't make me come over there and kick your ass Aziz because God help me if I lose this cigarette, you're paying for it."
After she draged her cigarret hard, he moves toward her gripping her hand, as she leans forward, to grind it on the floor. He freezes for a moment, as they are close face to face, not having anticipated her move, and turning red, while her face shifts from laughter into a puzzled look. After an awkward second or two, while his heart does an extrasystole, he turns his face away toward her hand and puts his cigarret into his mouth, to light it on her´s. He leans back and looks at Aziz, rather pretending that his face went red due to his question, then because of Halo.
TF: *cough* "Ehr, she´s fine, but she has to babysit her cousin, which really is a pain in the ass."
Taking another long drag from his cigarret, he concentrates to regain his composure, focusing on the open beer on the table before him. I really need some partying.
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Tao-Fighter
Tao struggles against Aziz´ grip in vain, his verbal defense mutilated by the physical action, untill he is released again.
TF: ".. know .. love you, bu... ... in a dedi...t relationship!"
Aziz: "Tao! How are things? How's your little flower? She's such a sweet girl."
He ignores the question for a moment, thinking about whether he meant what he was saying and turned to the other side, while he picked up the cigarret, that had droped from behind his ear, onto his lap.
Halo: "Mi Dios! Don't make me come over there and kick your ass Aziz because God help me if I lose this cigarette, you're paying for it."
After she draged her cigarret hard, he moves toward her gripping her hand, as she leans forward, to grind it on the floor. He freezes for a moment, as they are close face to face, not having anticipated her move, and turning red, while her face shifts from laughter into a puzzled look. After an awkward second or two, while his heart does an extrasystole, he turns his face away toward her hand and puts his cigarret into his mouth, to light it on her´s. He leans back and looks at Aziz, rather pretending that his face went red due to his question, then because of Halo.
TF: *cough* "Ehr, she´s fine, but she has to babysit her cousin, which really is a pain in the ass."
Taking another long drag from his cigarret, he concentrates to regain his composure, focusing on the open beer on the table before him. I really need some partying.
20:16:30, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
Between Nurse and Raven, JJ recieves first aid as well as extra care to help his injury heal.
20:40:20, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
The receipt of the white plastic rose is unexpected, but Nurse is quick to flash a smile to TF for it. She finally lets JJ alone to go and nurse TF, but sees TF has food in mind for the moment and leaves him to it. She can have him 'on the table' for her later to heal him up from the injuries she'd seen in him during her remote attempt at first aid.
20:41:55, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
Once Wyrm arrives, Nurse is very welcoming of her friend's proximity, though she remains seated near JJ for the time being. The beer Wyrm brings her is opened and sipped at, but Nurse wants to stay clear-headed while she has a patient, even if TF is busy with his supper at the moment.
20:42:30, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
When she sees two new text messages pop up via her imagelink, Nurse calls them up. She reads TF's message then turns to him so she can nod her thanks for the heads up. If Tao is otherwise occupied still she'll send the thanks via a return text message then takes her open beer and begins walking over to Wyrm and Felix, medkit in hand.
Nurse then reads the message from Wyrm regarding Felix's need for medical care, however does not form a reply text since she is already crossing the room. She kneels down beside Felix and begins scanning his diagnosis to begin treatment. If he fusses at all she will direct a look to Wyrm then go back to tending her patient.
20:44:04, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
Nurse smiles at Wyrm's message of <You too>, but continues to focus on Felix if the first aid didn't heal all his drain damage. Once Nurse has done all she can for Felix she will seat herself beside Wyrm, sipping once more at her beer while waiting to nurse TF.
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Nurse
Between Nurse and Raven, JJ recieves first aid as well as extra care to help his injury heal.
20:40:20, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
The receipt of the white plastic rose is unexpected, but Nurse is quick to flash a smile to TF for it. She finally lets JJ alone to go and nurse TF, but sees TF has food in mind for the moment and leaves him to it. She can have him 'on the table' for her later to heal him up from the injuries she'd seen in him during her remote attempt at first aid.
20:41:55, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
Once Wyrm arrives, Nurse is very welcoming of her friend's proximity, though she remains seated near JJ for the time being. The beer Wyrm brings her is opened and sipped at, but Nurse wants to stay clear-headed while she has a patient, even if TF is busy with his supper at the moment.
20:42:30, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
When she sees two new text messages pop up via her imagelink, Nurse calls them up. She reads TF's message then turns to him so she can nod her thanks for the heads up. If Tao is otherwise occupied still she'll send the thanks via a return text message then takes her open beer and begins walking over to Wyrm and Felix, medkit in hand.
Nurse then reads the message from Wyrm regarding Felix's need for medical care, however does not form a reply text since she is already crossing the room. She kneels down beside Felix and begins scanning his diagnosis to begin treatment. If he fusses at all she will direct a look to Wyrm then go back to tending her patient.
20:44:04, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
Nurse smiles at Wyrm's message of <You too>, but continues to focus on Felix if the first aid didn't heal all his drain damage. Once Nurse has done all she can for Felix she will seat herself beside Wyrm, sipping once more at her beer while waiting to nurse TF.
20:44:04, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
JJ
"So," JJ says to no one in particular, "what was this meet I keep hearing mentioned?" He pauses for a second and continues, "I would've gone of course, but I was busy ganking some petty thieves."
He reaches over and gives Aziz a high five, laughing.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me." JJ twists around to grab something from the floor behind his chair. With two clunks he drops a Manhunter and a bloody commlink on to the table. "Check it out!"
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JJ
"So," JJ says to no one in particular, "what was this meet I keep hearing mentioned?" He pauses for a second and continues, "I would've gone of course, but I was busy ganking some petty thieves."
He reaches over and gives Aziz a high five, laughing.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me." JJ twists around to grab something from the floor behind his chair. With two clunks he drops a Manhunter and a bloody commlink on to the table. "Check it out!"
20:42:50, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Auran
sniff sniff..... I know that smell! As JJ lights up, Auran can smell the intoxicating scent of the houngan "medicinal" herb. She quickly rushes off of the floor, leaving the cards as is, and grabs a few extra beers out of the fridge before getting into rotation with the rest of the gang.
As the joint gets to her, she takes big long puffs which, of course, causes her to cough immensely and almost gag on the smoke. She takes one last little puff before passing the J along, holding it in as long as she can waiting for the drug to take effect on her vision.
As soon as her eyes go astral, she starts to see everyone's auras more clearly. The depression of Felix, the concern from Halo, Tao, Nurse and Wyrm, and the happiness and pride of the others. Auran feels a bit out of place getting to see into people's astral forms, and she visibly gets tense and excited.
As JJ asks about the meet, Auran perks up a bit and says, "You didn't miss much JJ, about a dozen Ruff Ryder elves came rolling up, talked to slam a bit, and bounced out of there. It might be better to wait for Slam to talk about it, but if it doesn't come up, I'll tell you the details of it later."
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Auran
sniff sniff..... I know that smell! As JJ lights up, Auran can smell the intoxicating scent of the houngan "medicinal" herb. She quickly rushes off of the floor, leaving the cards as is, and grabs a few extra beers out of the fridge before getting into rotation with the rest of the gang.
As the joint gets to her, she takes big long puffs which, of course, causes her to cough immensely and almost gag on the smoke. She takes one last little puff before passing the J along, holding it in as long as she can waiting for the drug to take effect on her vision.
As soon as her eyes go astral, she starts to see everyone's auras more clearly. The depression of Felix, the concern from Halo, Tao, Nurse and Wyrm, and the happiness and pride of the others. Auran feels a bit out of place getting to see into people's astral forms, and she visibly gets tense and excited.
As JJ asks about the meet, Auran perks up a bit and says, "You didn't miss much JJ, about a dozen Ruff Ryder elves came rolling up, talked to slam a bit, and bounced out of there. It might be better to wait for Slam to talk about it, but if it doesn't come up, I'll tell you the details of it later."
20:44:59, Saturday, April 12 2070
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Raven
Raven just realizes something. “Damn! We forgot to get the food...”
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Raven
Raven just realizes something. “Damn! We forgot to get the food...”
20:43:11 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
As he observes the bottle in detail, he starts to feel the urge to expand his senses to the astral plane, induced by the Deep Smoke slowly expanding from the circle to his left. He wouldn´t want to be unabled to shut himself off from the astral, being distracted for the next four hours, so he thinks about putting up his brether. He looks from his cigarret to his sandwitch and back again, considering his options.
When Auran takes over the joint, he feels the compulsion to join in on the trip. Both of them being abled to perceive astrally allways got him to have ideas. But he resisted the urge, oportunities to smoke some Deep Weed weren´t exactly few and far betweem.
Instead, he took another long drag from his cigarett, before sniping the amber tip into the ashtray and placing the half burned down smoke on its rim. Then he started to inhale his grilled cheese sandwitch in record time, to be abled to put up his breether quick and protect it from the Deep Heads at the same time.
After securing his fresh supply of air, he changes to astral perception voluntarily and instructs his Rattleheads, which where sitting inside the couch, to freak out the smokers a bit.
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Tao-Fighter
As he observes the bottle in detail, he starts to feel the urge to expand his senses to the astral plane, induced by the Deep Smoke slowly expanding from the circle to his left. He wouldn´t want to be unabled to shut himself off from the astral, being distracted for the next four hours, so he thinks about putting up his brether. He looks from his cigarret to his sandwitch and back again, considering his options.
When Auran takes over the joint, he feels the compulsion to join in on the trip. Both of them being abled to perceive astrally allways got him to have ideas. But he resisted the urge, oportunities to smoke some Deep Weed weren´t exactly few and far betweem.
Instead, he took another long drag from his cigarett, before sniping the amber tip into the ashtray and placing the half burned down smoke on its rim. Then he started to inhale his grilled cheese sandwitch in record time, to be abled to put up his breether quick and protect it from the Deep Heads at the same time.
After securing his fresh supply of air, he changes to astral perception voluntarily and instructs his Rattleheads, which where sitting inside the couch, to freak out the smokers a bit.
20:44:44 Saturday, April 12 2070
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Rattleheads
Clear to see, for Auran and Tao-Fighter, as well as Neo and anyone else astrally perciving, a pale white humanoid, less then a feet tall, slowly walks out of the couch. It´s dispropotionally large, beanshaped head has three round, black spotts of different size, that give the vague impression of a face.
Another one with a peanutshaped head slowly ascendes out of the couch´s back, like standing on an elevator platform, this one is visible to all, even in the physical plane, though silent and unobtrusive and slightly translucent.
In the astral, a third sticks its pumpkin like head out of the wall above Aziz and sattles on his head. It slowly rotates its head counter clock wise with 5 soft klicks, untill it stands upside down.
Silently, Bean and Pumpkin fade into the physical plane as well. The latter one lets his head rush back into its previous position, resulting in it´s heavy trambling and loud rattling.
This animates the other two, to turn and rattle thair heads, too, producing a fair amount of noise. Meanwhile, Pumpkin leans forward, defying Newtons law of gravity, untill he finally tumbles and rolls down from Aziz´ head and onto the ground, where he softly rattles it´s head again.
Peanut slides down the couch, as if sitting on a toboggan.
On the floor, the three of them sit down in a circel and start passing around an invisible joint betweem them, going through the motions of smoking it, using any of ther three faceholes alternately and exhaling amorphous purple bubbles from it or any other, that fade away into nothingness.
Soon, they start softly rattling thair heads, giving the impression of giggling conversation. Peanut lets itself fall flat on its back, staring at the ceiling and into the faces of anyone whatching it.
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Rattleheads
Clear to see, for Auran and Tao-Fighter, as well as Neo and anyone else astrally perciving, a pale white humanoid, less then a feet tall, slowly walks out of the couch. It´s dispropotionally large, beanshaped head has three round, black spotts of different size, that give the vague impression of a face.
Another one with a peanutshaped head slowly ascendes out of the couch´s back, like standing on an elevator platform, this one is visible to all, even in the physical plane, though silent and unobtrusive and slightly translucent.
In the astral, a third sticks its pumpkin like head out of the wall above Aziz and sattles on his head. It slowly rotates its head counter clock wise with 5 soft klicks, untill it stands upside down.
Silently, Bean and Pumpkin fade into the physical plane as well. The latter one lets his head rush back into its previous position, resulting in it´s heavy trambling and loud rattling.
This animates the other two, to turn and rattle thair heads, too, producing a fair amount of noise. Meanwhile, Pumpkin leans forward, defying Newtons law of gravity, untill he finally tumbles and rolls down from Aziz´ head and onto the ground, where he softly rattles it´s head again.
Peanut slides down the couch, as if sitting on a toboggan.
On the floor, the three of them sit down in a circel and start passing around an invisible joint betweem them, going through the motions of smoking it, using any of ther three faceholes alternately and exhaling amorphous purple bubbles from it or any other, that fade away into nothingness.
Soon, they start softly rattling thair heads, giving the impression of giggling conversation. Peanut lets itself fall flat on its back, staring at the ceiling and into the faces of anyone whatching it.
20:16:35, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
JAX
JAX nods at Nurse and rolls the bike up to the gym doors, his comm pinging the HQ node and - once verified - opening the door. He sees other bikes inside and rolls Knives' up next to the others. He runs a finger over the scratch, Guess I'll get to that later. He sighs and stands there for a moment, hands on the bike. He closes his eyes and bows his head, accessing the security cameras at the garage. Closing his eyes always helped. He straightens, scratches his jaw and makes for the door to the lounge. He leaves the security feed in a small window at the corner of his vision.
[20:20:55] <<< C410: JAX: Hey, could some techie help monitor this feed, it's from the garage. Thanks. >>>
He saunters in, as is his wont, greeting everyone. He squints at Felix when the young man leaves him hanging. He looks up at JJ, who seems to be fine, smug and swaggering as ever. Good. He raises his eyebrows, infra-tats, rippling with his query, "Anyone care to catch me up?"
He listens attentively his eyes cutting between Felix and Neo as the story unfolds. Damnit. More news about Slam's thing would be forthcoming, though it seemed like there was some undercurrents about that too. He would have to keep his ears sharp.
He leans against the wall, checking the door hoping that CD would show up soon. He had a line on some parts that she might like and had promised her first dibs. For no other reason than that he thought she was hot. He snorted at himself as he watched the gang, still in disbelief that their grubby little patch of concrete had produced or attracted so many raving beauties. He swallowed as dark thoughts swamped him, brow furrowing, beer souring in his mouth - right in front of him the beautiful young untouchable creatures changed... they grew tired, scarred, haggard. The future twisted them into ragged harpies and their laughter became shrill in JAX's ears, their playful swats at one another lethal clawing. Cold, cold...
Beer splashed onto his hand. It was cold. "Holy..." he let out a pent up breath and shook the spilled beer off his hand. The can was half-crushed in his hand. What the hell was that? He swallowed. Everything snapped back to normal. He swallowed again. He took a deep breath and went to bum a smoke off of Halo.
He looks a little shaken as he leans in for Halo to light his cigarette, peering at her fingernails as if expecting them to sprout into claws again.
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JAX
JAX nods at Nurse and rolls the bike up to the gym doors, his comm pinging the HQ node and - once verified - opening the door. He sees other bikes inside and rolls Knives' up next to the others. He runs a finger over the scratch, Guess I'll get to that later. He sighs and stands there for a moment, hands on the bike. He closes his eyes and bows his head, accessing the security cameras at the garage. Closing his eyes always helped. He straightens, scratches his jaw and makes for the door to the lounge. He leaves the security feed in a small window at the corner of his vision.
[20:20:55] <<< C410: JAX: Hey, could some techie help monitor this feed, it's from the garage. Thanks. >>>
He saunters in, as is his wont, greeting everyone. He squints at Felix when the young man leaves him hanging. He looks up at JJ, who seems to be fine, smug and swaggering as ever. Good. He raises his eyebrows, infra-tats, rippling with his query, "Anyone care to catch me up?"
He listens attentively his eyes cutting between Felix and Neo as the story unfolds. Damnit. More news about Slam's thing would be forthcoming, though it seemed like there was some undercurrents about that too. He would have to keep his ears sharp.
He leans against the wall, checking the door hoping that CD would show up soon. He had a line on some parts that she might like and had promised her first dibs. For no other reason than that he thought she was hot. He snorted at himself as he watched the gang, still in disbelief that their grubby little patch of concrete had produced or attracted so many raving beauties. He swallowed as dark thoughts swamped him, brow furrowing, beer souring in his mouth - right in front of him the beautiful young untouchable creatures changed... they grew tired, scarred, haggard. The future twisted them into ragged harpies and their laughter became shrill in JAX's ears, their playful swats at one another lethal clawing. Cold, cold...
Beer splashed onto his hand. It was cold. "Holy..." he let out a pent up breath and shook the spilled beer off his hand. The can was half-crushed in his hand. What the hell was that? He swallowed. Everything snapped back to normal. He swallowed again. He took a deep breath and went to bum a smoke off of Halo.
He looks a little shaken as he leans in for Halo to light his cigarette, peering at her fingernails as if expecting them to sprout into claws again.
20:44:39, Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Halo
"Then it's settled, assuming Slam doesn't have other plans for us, many "party cycles" are in our future. If anyone has an extra spot on their wheels I need to drop by the garage before we head out though. I could stand to get cleaned up a bit." That smudge of street grime still lingered on her cheek and on her fingers.
She watches as JJ tosses the bloodied commlink and the manhunter on the table. It left a bit of a bad taste in her mouth still but she tried to shrug it off as she dug in the pocket of her jacket for something. She pulls it out and sends it sailing towards the table, letting it land next to JJ's haul.
"That's all the cash I could scrape up off the ground by the truck. Not much there really."
As the deepweed gets passed around Halo skips it completely, thinking if she was gonna go down that road, she had better avenues to travel besides the deep. Feeling a bit of a mood swing coming on, she stands up and stretches real quick, she's almost all legs as she rises to her full height and stalks off towards the fridge for another beer and some "space" since the mood was so on and off again in the lounge.
She slips in and out of the walk-in fridge, beer now in hand as she twists off the cap and flings it in the general direction of the trashcan. She started to get the fuzzy headed feeling after slaming down 2 beers so she goes slow on her third. She leans against the walk-in, her eyes fixed on the lounge as she just sort of tunes out until Slam arrives.
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Halo
"Then it's settled, assuming Slam doesn't have other plans for us, many "party cycles" are in our future. If anyone has an extra spot on their wheels I need to drop by the garage before we head out though. I could stand to get cleaned up a bit." That smudge of street grime still lingered on her cheek and on her fingers.
She watches as JJ tosses the bloodied commlink and the manhunter on the table. It left a bit of a bad taste in her mouth still but she tried to shrug it off as she dug in the pocket of her jacket for something. She pulls it out and sends it sailing towards the table, letting it land next to JJ's haul.
"That's all the cash I could scrape up off the ground by the truck. Not much there really."
As the deepweed gets passed around Halo skips it completely, thinking if she was gonna go down that road, she had better avenues to travel besides the deep. Feeling a bit of a mood swing coming on, she stands up and stretches real quick, she's almost all legs as she rises to her full height and stalks off towards the fridge for another beer and some "space" since the mood was so on and off again in the lounge.
She slips in and out of the walk-in fridge, beer now in hand as she twists off the cap and flings it in the general direction of the trashcan. She started to get the fuzzy headed feeling after slaming down 2 beers so she goes slow on her third. She leans against the walk-in, her eyes fixed on the lounge as she just sort of tunes out until Slam arrives.
20:44:26, Saturday, April 12 2070
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Aziz
Aziz takes his cigarette and crushes it out against the table.
"I was able to pick this up.", he says, reaching into his messenger's bag, and pulling out the Leader's handcannon. He checks the cylinder, and pulls out the three empty cartridges.
"Loaded with exploding ammo, I think.", he says. He spins the cylinder, and snaps it shut, pointing it at a beer bottle on the table. He thumbs back the hammer and squeezes back on the trigger, producing nothing but an empty click.
"You can ride with me, Halo, he says, chucking the revolver onto the table, along with the rest of the Leader's gear, and any cred off the street. He gets up and follows Halo into the fridge, helping himself to another couple of beers.
Gang HQ
Aziz
Aziz takes his cigarette and crushes it out against the table.
"I was able to pick this up.", he says, reaching into his messenger's bag, and pulling out the Leader's handcannon. He checks the cylinder, and pulls out the three empty cartridges.
"Loaded with exploding ammo, I think.", he says. He spins the cylinder, and snaps it shut, pointing it at a beer bottle on the table. He thumbs back the hammer and squeezes back on the trigger, producing nothing but an empty click.
"You can ride with me, Halo, he says, chucking the revolver onto the table, along with the rest of the Leader's gear, and any cred off the street. He gets up and follows Halo into the fridge, helping himself to another couple of beers.
20:44:05 Saturday April 12, 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
Like Auran, Nurse is intimately familiar with the smell of the DeepWeed. She really has to focus to not succumb to its allure, being as she has already had a few sips of the beer Wyrm gave her and she is wanting to keep her head clear.
Ultimately though the desire overcomes her and if it is offered to her, she does indeed take a toke. Either way she getting a bit tense and is wishing she'd brought some DeepWeed too.
She isn't sure what to make of the 'rattleheads', watching them while keeping half an eye on Felix, who seems to be something more than merely the 'shy' he was before. She continues to wait for when TF is ready to be tended to, though she watches as the rattleheads put on their show.
Gang HQ
Nurse
Like Auran, Nurse is intimately familiar with the smell of the DeepWeed. She really has to focus to not succumb to its allure, being as she has already had a few sips of the beer Wyrm gave her and she is wanting to keep her head clear.
Ultimately though the desire overcomes her and if it is offered to her, she does indeed take a toke. Either way she getting a bit tense and is wishing she'd brought some DeepWeed too.
She isn't sure what to make of the 'rattleheads', watching them while keeping half an eye on Felix, who seems to be something more than merely the 'shy' he was before. She continues to wait for when TF is ready to be tended to, though she watches as the rattleheads put on their show.
20:44:21 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Felix
Halo’s arrival changed Felix’s attitude from angry to nervous. The way he saw it, he had miserably failed at the Stuffer Shack, and was terribly ashamed of himself. All he wanted was to hide and go unnoticed… which didn’t happen.
She looked at him, and smiled.
Felix’s sadness was forgotten for a few brief seconds. It was as if nothing had ever been wrong, and nothing ever would be wrong.
Blood rushed to his cheek, and his hearth began to race. Blushing like no one could, Felix’s eyes sparkled for a moment before turning away to stare at the floor, where his beer was sitting. Fumes were coming out of it, and boiling beer had started to drip down from the opening. In all his nervousness, Felix had heated his beer bottle enough to boil the liquid inside. Pushing it beside the couch, in an attempt to hide it, he deeply hoped that no one had noticed.
Finally lifting his eyes back up across the room and toward Halo, he discovered she had turned her attention back toward Tao.
Burying his hands deep into the front pocket of his hoody, Felix concentrated on trying to slow down his hearth beat. She was simply so…
His thoughts were interrupted when Wyrm’s reply came in.
"You're upgrading to my lingo just fine chummer. Still, think you should check your hardware with Nurse, you're bitmap's looking a little faded."
Unable to reassure her with a smile, because of his breathing mask, Felix forced himself a laugh. He wasn’t a very good actor, but hoped it sounded authentic enough to convince the young technomancer.
“Delete those worries of yours Wyrm, it’s just a temporary loss of resolution. I overclocked myself a bit too much today. Some downtime to reset is all I need. I’ll be fine.”
She drains her beer, setting the empty bottle down on a nearby table. She picks up her other one, and cracks it open. In a low voice she continues talking to Felix, the info may not cheer him up, but he may take some comfort in knowing he's not alone in this.
"The datatrail doesn't look stable from my scan of it either. The A's play with hot-sims and the sprites are whispering an upcoming shift in our bandwidth. This meet should clear some static and set the variables straight... I hope."
Felix shifted uncomfortably in his seat on the couch.
“I guess we’ll be set soon enough…”
Closing his eyes, Felix took a deep breath in. It wasn’t the time to reflect on everything that had happened. It wasn’t the time to deal with his feelings. Taking every single worries he had, every bad feeling he had, he stashed them away in a corner of his mind. He could sort them all out later on.
Reopening his eyes, Felix felt better; calmer; at ease. His body relaxed and mind opened up. The colours brightened around him, the smells softened and the sounds became like music. His sense of curiousness back in force, he turned his focus toward his fellow ganger members who were having a discussion near by. From behind his yellow tinted glasses, Felix admired Halo.
"Mi Dios! Don't make me come over there and kick your ass Aziz because God help me if I lose this cigarette, you're paying for it." She tries to look all serious and dissolves into a fit of laughter as she drags hard off her smoke. Next she's leaning over and grinding it out on the floor by the leg of the couch and stepping on it to be sure it's out.
"So what else is on tonight after this meeting anyway? Who's up for some serious partying? I know I need to blow off some major steam. Auran and Wyrm, you girls game? JJ you wanna show off your battle scars to the outside world where someone might care?" She grinned and winked at him, "Felix, you want to come too?"
The last statement caugh him totally off guard. Trying to answer all he could do was stutter incomprehensibly. His palm felt sweaty and his mouth was dry.
“Wwwwwe…. Iiiiii…. Well…. Hmmm… Iiiii”
Hearing JJ cracking up not to far from him made him totally lose his voice. Looking at the floor, he gave a shy little affirmative nod as an answer.
BronzeWyrm insisting on it made him even more uncomfortable. Not that he didn’t want to. He felt terribly flattered that they were inviting him. He was simply afraid of making a fool out of himself. Felix was about to add something when he noticed Nurse coming toward her with a medkit. He had talked to no one about his injuries, and unless someone had seen him throwing blood up at the fight, there was no way to know. Shooting a dark look at Wyrm, he rapidly understood that she had informed Nurse of her worries.
Jumping to his feet, he pretended to go get himself something to eat. Passing by her, he waved a little greeting.
“Hey Nurse. Nice work on JJ… I’m sorry I couldn’t help you with his injuries… This whole thing has gotten me a bit shaken up. I guess I’m lucky I didn’t bruise anything.”
Felix then did something that was rather unusual for him; his usual shy demeanour disappeared for a few seconds as he locked his eyes into Nurse’s. He hated influencing the people he considered his friends, but tapping out and inserting fabricated emotions into Nurse’s psyche was the only sure what to have her not insist on running a diagnosis on him. He took the young girl’s deepest fear and brought it up to the surface, shrouding himself in a sense of deep foreboding. Felix took no joy in scaring the girl like that, but if he simply waived her off, people would get suspicious. Hopefully, she would feel just scared enough, for long enough, not to approach and prod him.
Gang HQ
Felix
Halo’s arrival changed Felix’s attitude from angry to nervous. The way he saw it, he had miserably failed at the Stuffer Shack, and was terribly ashamed of himself. All he wanted was to hide and go unnoticed… which didn’t happen.
She looked at him, and smiled.
Felix’s sadness was forgotten for a few brief seconds. It was as if nothing had ever been wrong, and nothing ever would be wrong.
Blood rushed to his cheek, and his hearth began to race. Blushing like no one could, Felix’s eyes sparkled for a moment before turning away to stare at the floor, where his beer was sitting. Fumes were coming out of it, and boiling beer had started to drip down from the opening. In all his nervousness, Felix had heated his beer bottle enough to boil the liquid inside. Pushing it beside the couch, in an attempt to hide it, he deeply hoped that no one had noticed.
Finally lifting his eyes back up across the room and toward Halo, he discovered she had turned her attention back toward Tao.
Burying his hands deep into the front pocket of his hoody, Felix concentrated on trying to slow down his hearth beat. She was simply so…
His thoughts were interrupted when Wyrm’s reply came in.
"You're upgrading to my lingo just fine chummer. Still, think you should check your hardware with Nurse, you're bitmap's looking a little faded."
Unable to reassure her with a smile, because of his breathing mask, Felix forced himself a laugh. He wasn’t a very good actor, but hoped it sounded authentic enough to convince the young technomancer.
“Delete those worries of yours Wyrm, it’s just a temporary loss of resolution. I overclocked myself a bit too much today. Some downtime to reset is all I need. I’ll be fine.”
She drains her beer, setting the empty bottle down on a nearby table. She picks up her other one, and cracks it open. In a low voice she continues talking to Felix, the info may not cheer him up, but he may take some comfort in knowing he's not alone in this.
"The datatrail doesn't look stable from my scan of it either. The A's play with hot-sims and the sprites are whispering an upcoming shift in our bandwidth. This meet should clear some static and set the variables straight... I hope."
Felix shifted uncomfortably in his seat on the couch.
“I guess we’ll be set soon enough…”
Closing his eyes, Felix took a deep breath in. It wasn’t the time to reflect on everything that had happened. It wasn’t the time to deal with his feelings. Taking every single worries he had, every bad feeling he had, he stashed them away in a corner of his mind. He could sort them all out later on.
Reopening his eyes, Felix felt better; calmer; at ease. His body relaxed and mind opened up. The colours brightened around him, the smells softened and the sounds became like music. His sense of curiousness back in force, he turned his focus toward his fellow ganger members who were having a discussion near by. From behind his yellow tinted glasses, Felix admired Halo.
"Mi Dios! Don't make me come over there and kick your ass Aziz because God help me if I lose this cigarette, you're paying for it." She tries to look all serious and dissolves into a fit of laughter as she drags hard off her smoke. Next she's leaning over and grinding it out on the floor by the leg of the couch and stepping on it to be sure it's out.
"So what else is on tonight after this meeting anyway? Who's up for some serious partying? I know I need to blow off some major steam. Auran and Wyrm, you girls game? JJ you wanna show off your battle scars to the outside world where someone might care?" She grinned and winked at him, "Felix, you want to come too?"
The last statement caugh him totally off guard. Trying to answer all he could do was stutter incomprehensibly. His palm felt sweaty and his mouth was dry.
“Wwwwwe…. Iiiiii…. Well…. Hmmm… Iiiii”
Hearing JJ cracking up not to far from him made him totally lose his voice. Looking at the floor, he gave a shy little affirmative nod as an answer.
BronzeWyrm insisting on it made him even more uncomfortable. Not that he didn’t want to. He felt terribly flattered that they were inviting him. He was simply afraid of making a fool out of himself. Felix was about to add something when he noticed Nurse coming toward her with a medkit. He had talked to no one about his injuries, and unless someone had seen him throwing blood up at the fight, there was no way to know. Shooting a dark look at Wyrm, he rapidly understood that she had informed Nurse of her worries.
Jumping to his feet, he pretended to go get himself something to eat. Passing by her, he waved a little greeting.
“Hey Nurse. Nice work on JJ… I’m sorry I couldn’t help you with his injuries… This whole thing has gotten me a bit shaken up. I guess I’m lucky I didn’t bruise anything.”
Felix then did something that was rather unusual for him; his usual shy demeanour disappeared for a few seconds as he locked his eyes into Nurse’s. He hated influencing the people he considered his friends, but tapping out and inserting fabricated emotions into Nurse’s psyche was the only sure what to have her not insist on running a diagnosis on him. He took the young girl’s deepest fear and brought it up to the surface, shrouding himself in a sense of deep foreboding. Felix took no joy in scaring the girl like that, but if he simply waived her off, people would get suspicious. Hopefully, she would feel just scared enough, for long enough, not to approach and prod him.
20:45:00 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
The gang quickly filters back to the headquarters and settles in. Slam appears out of his room again carring two boxes and tosses them down on the table in the main room. "Alright, here's the deal. The Ancients are asking us for a favor, and they're going to owe us one if we don't frag it up." A favor with the Ancients was an impressive thing, indeed, for a low rung street gang.
"All we've got to do is hang on to the contents of that box for three day," he said, pointing at the box no one had seen before. "The other is goin' to be a decoy. Some of us will need to watch each of them."
"Questions? Suggestions?"
Outside the Stuffer Shack
Blue and white lights made the front of the Shack dance with revolving shadows in each color. Three white sheets made morbid tents on the asphault roped off with AR police tape. A dark sedan pulled up to the area and a man in a worn brown overcoat stepped out. He headed for one of the nearby Star officers and broadcast an ID on the AR.
"What happened, officer?" he asked.
The officer read the virtual ID and nodded to himself. "Looks like a robbery turned into a gang war. Street cams caught part of it and one of the fraggers left a nice video for us."
The detective grimace. "Send it over for processing and put out Person of Interest notices for anyone you can pull a face for."
"Roger."
Crash HQ
The gang quickly filters back to the headquarters and settles in. Slam appears out of his room again carring two boxes and tosses them down on the table in the main room. "Alright, here's the deal. The Ancients are asking us for a favor, and they're going to owe us one if we don't frag it up." A favor with the Ancients was an impressive thing, indeed, for a low rung street gang.
"All we've got to do is hang on to the contents of that box for three day," he said, pointing at the box no one had seen before. "The other is goin' to be a decoy. Some of us will need to watch each of them."
"Questions? Suggestions?"
Outside the Stuffer Shack
Blue and white lights made the front of the Shack dance with revolving shadows in each color. Three white sheets made morbid tents on the asphault roped off with AR police tape. A dark sedan pulled up to the area and a man in a worn brown overcoat stepped out. He headed for one of the nearby Star officers and broadcast an ID on the AR.
"What happened, officer?" he asked.
The officer read the virtual ID and nodded to himself. "Looks like a robbery turned into a gang war. Street cams caught part of it and one of the fraggers left a nice video for us."
The detective grimace. "Send it over for processing and put out Person of Interest notices for anyone you can pull a face for."
"Roger."
20:44:49 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
After watching his spirits assault on Aziz, TF is churned up, by a bright blue flash in the corner of his eye. As he looks at it and tells his watchers to do so as well, he sees Felix sending some tentacles of light from his head to Nurse´s. As he looks closer, with his watchers aiding him, he can discern that it is a Metall Spell of the 3rd grade, and that it is failing it´s aim.
He is a bit stunned, however, that his friend is trying to manipulate Nurse.
It seams as if she´s ok though, as she keeps on trying to convince him, to get nursed. So Tao decides, to talk about it later. Ar, damn, was just going to send her a wity remark, he thinks, then sends it anyway, though it would aply differently now. He closes his senses from the astral plane and quickly records the voice mail, subvocalizing while he meakes his way to the restrooms.
20:44:53 Saturday, April 12 2070
Nurses Comlink
<<Hey, feeling flirtations? When you´r ready fixing up Tag, you can take another look at my lungs, if you still insist on it. I´ll wait upstairs, as I dont want to inhale the Deep. -- Tao-Fighter>>
As he enters the hallway on his way to the restroom, he sees Halo again -leaning against the fridge doors- and flushes slightly, but it doesn´t show in the dim light. He stops and hasitates, than -no more taken by surprise- he gathers some guts and speaks to her, though his voice trembles.
TF: "Hey Angelina, you got some of the dirty world sticking to your pretty face! Trying to do some camouflage job, eh?"
He reaches out, to whipe the smudge away, but in the moment, his fingertips touch her face, Slam apears in the hallway, carrying two boxes. So he retreats his arm, as she casually whipes her sleeve over her face. Making place for the boss, they reenter the room, anticipating his declaration.
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
After watching his spirits assault on Aziz, TF is churned up, by a bright blue flash in the corner of his eye. As he looks at it and tells his watchers to do so as well, he sees Felix sending some tentacles of light from his head to Nurse´s. As he looks closer, with his watchers aiding him, he can discern that it is a Metall Spell of the 3rd grade, and that it is failing it´s aim.
He is a bit stunned, however, that his friend is trying to manipulate Nurse.
It seams as if she´s ok though, as she keeps on trying to convince him, to get nursed. So Tao decides, to talk about it later. Ar, damn, was just going to send her a wity remark, he thinks, then sends it anyway, though it would aply differently now. He closes his senses from the astral plane and quickly records the voice mail, subvocalizing while he meakes his way to the restrooms.
20:44:53 Saturday, April 12 2070
Nurses Comlink
<<Hey, feeling flirtations? When you´r ready fixing up Tag, you can take another look at my lungs, if you still insist on it. I´ll wait upstairs, as I dont want to inhale the Deep. -- Tao-Fighter>>
As he enters the hallway on his way to the restroom, he sees Halo again -leaning against the fridge doors- and flushes slightly, but it doesn´t show in the dim light. He stops and hasitates, than -no more taken by surprise- he gathers some guts and speaks to her, though his voice trembles.
TF: "Hey Angelina, you got some of the dirty world sticking to your pretty face! Trying to do some camouflage job, eh?"
He reaches out, to whipe the smudge away, but in the moment, his fingertips touch her face, Slam apears in the hallway, carrying two boxes. So he retreats his arm, as she casually whipes her sleeve over her face. Making place for the boss, they reenter the room, anticipating his declaration.
20:45:16 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
Aziz
Aziz raises his hand.
"I got one. Whats in the box?"
Crash HQ
Aziz
Aziz raises his hand.
"I got one. Whats in the box?"
20:45:19 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
Slam replies to Aziz. "Handgun, troll sized, wrapped in plastic."
Crash HQ
Slam replies to Aziz. "Handgun, troll sized, wrapped in plastic."
20:45:02 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
Auran
Auran forced into the astral had seen felix's spell being cast, but does nothing letting things play out on their own for now.
After Slam's statement Auran sits thinking for a second, and starts to ask questions. "What is it? And I think we should not keep the box here. Maybe we could go for a ride down to cali for a few days for a "vacation" While we protect the box. We'd be splitting up and taking risks, but it may be safest. Besides, how often do you go to Cali to get AWAY from some heat."
Crash HQ
Auran
Auran forced into the astral had seen felix's spell being cast, but does nothing letting things play out on their own for now.
After Slam's statement Auran sits thinking for a second, and starts to ask questions. "What is it? And I think we should not keep the box here. Maybe we could go for a ride down to cali for a few days for a "vacation" While we protect the box. We'd be splitting up and taking risks, but it may be safest. Besides, how often do you go to Cali to get AWAY from some heat."
20:45:23 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
Halo
Halo pushed off the fridge and walked back into the lounge proper when Slam showed up and started laying stuff out on the proverbial table.
"So we get to babysit a gun and a decoy for three days? I'm assuming someone out there wants to find this before those three days are up? Who's looking for it exactly?"
She wasn't ready with a plan as fast as Aziz was, but she kinda wanted to know who they'd need to be on the look out for before she proposed any ideas.
Auran's suggestion somewhat excited her. She wanted to head down to Cal-Free more than anything, but she never took the plunge. Maybe now's your chance chica.
Crash HQ
Halo
Halo pushed off the fridge and walked back into the lounge proper when Slam showed up and started laying stuff out on the proverbial table.
"So we get to babysit a gun and a decoy for three days? I'm assuming someone out there wants to find this before those three days are up? Who's looking for it exactly?"
She wasn't ready with a plan as fast as Aziz was, but she kinda wanted to know who they'd need to be on the look out for before she proposed any ideas.
Auran's suggestion somewhat excited her. She wanted to head down to Cal-Free more than anything, but she never took the plunge. Maybe now's your chance chica.
20:45:39 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
Aziz
Aziz blinks. "So whats the importance of it?", he asks, picking the box up and turning it over in his hands.
"I'll keep watch on the decoy at my place, assuming someone's willing to stay with me as backup."
Crash HQ
Aziz
Aziz blinks. "So whats the importance of it?", he asks, picking the box up and turning it over in his hands.
"I'll keep watch on the decoy at my place, assuming someone's willing to stay with me as backup."
20:44:50 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Felix
As Felix tried to force himself into Nurse's mind, he was rather surprised by the latent resistance he encountered. Having never made any incursions into Nurse's mind, he had decided to withhold most of his mental force. He wanted to scare her away, not shatter her mind.
Felix was left with a rather uncomfortable feeling of guilt and shame when he realised that Nurse's subconscious had fought him off.
A throbbing pain behind his eyes made him wince. Feeling light headed, he took a step back to steady himself. Without a word or a look towards her, Felix started to walk in the opposite direction and was about to exit the room when Slam made his entrance.
Unsure what to do, knowing very well that now, Nurse would probably suspect something was amiss, Felix simply sat back down next to Wyrm. Hopefully, Nurse wouldn't insist too much...
Gang HQ
Felix
As Felix tried to force himself into Nurse's mind, he was rather surprised by the latent resistance he encountered. Having never made any incursions into Nurse's mind, he had decided to withhold most of his mental force. He wanted to scare her away, not shatter her mind.
Felix was left with a rather uncomfortable feeling of guilt and shame when he realised that Nurse's subconscious had fought him off.
A throbbing pain behind his eyes made him wince. Feeling light headed, he took a step back to steady himself. Without a word or a look towards her, Felix started to walk in the opposite direction and was about to exit the room when Slam made his entrance.
Unsure what to do, knowing very well that now, Nurse would probably suspect something was amiss, Felix simply sat back down next to Wyrm. Hopefully, Nurse wouldn't insist too much...
20:46:01 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
"Cali's a long drive from here, especially without SINs. We'd be better off headin' into the barrens. I hear there might be some trogs lookin' for it, though frag if I know who or why."
Crash HQ
"Cali's a long drive from here, especially without SINs. We'd be better off headin' into the barrens. I hear there might be some trogs lookin' for it, though frag if I know who or why."
20:46:14 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
Aziz
"How about we just take it and bury it somewhere in the middle of the night, then dig it back up a few days later? We can keep some drones near the site to make sure no one else tries to dig it up."
Crash HQ
Aziz
"How about we just take it and bury it somewhere in the middle of the night, then dig it back up a few days later? We can keep some drones near the site to make sure no one else tries to dig it up."
20:46:17 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
Tao had listened in on the conversation, so far staying silent, confined in his own thoughts.
When Aziz suggested to bury it, he finaly opened his mouth.
TF: "No, they will track it down. They have Tags on it or keept a part of it, to track it astrally. We can run, but we can´t hide!"
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
Tao had listened in on the conversation, so far staying silent, confined in his own thoughts.
When Aziz suggested to bury it, he finaly opened his mouth.
TF: "No, they will track it down. They have Tags on it or keept a part of it, to track it astrally. We can run, but we can´t hide!"
20:46:23 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
Felix
Usually rather silent during such debates, Felix decided to jump in.
"Since we already have a decoy ready, does that mean that whoever wants this, already knows we have it?"
Crash HQ
Felix
Usually rather silent during such debates, Felix decided to jump in.
"Since we already have a decoy ready, does that mean that whoever wants this, already knows we have it?"
20:46:28 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
JAX
Cali? JAX's brow furrows, "No way in fraggin hell am I leaving the garage for a jaunt like that."
"This gun is hot, then?" He scratches his jaw, infra-tats rippling again, "I mean, not stolen, but wanted. By someone. These trogs..." He seems to be talking almost to the problem, the way he talks to a fickle motor while elbow-deep in grease.
"Are the RFIDs on them any good? Because if they are, first things first, we gotta get rid of the RFIDs." He walks over to Aziz and waits for the samurai to finish his examination before reaching for the small box. He murmurs a thanks in arabic.
He reaches into his pocket for a knife and is about to cut into the box when he thinks better of it, "Uh, can we open these?"
Crash HQ
JAX
Cali? JAX's brow furrows, "No way in fraggin hell am I leaving the garage for a jaunt like that."
"This gun is hot, then?" He scratches his jaw, infra-tats rippling again, "I mean, not stolen, but wanted. By someone. These trogs..." He seems to be talking almost to the problem, the way he talks to a fickle motor while elbow-deep in grease.
"Are the RFIDs on them any good? Because if they are, first things first, we gotta get rid of the RFIDs." He walks over to Aziz and waits for the samurai to finish his examination before reaching for the small box. He murmurs a thanks in arabic.
He reaches into his pocket for a knife and is about to cut into the box when he thinks better of it, "Uh, can we open these?"
20:46:36 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
TF: "He´s right, they know. They want to get it back with, force if necessary, probably used it in a crime or something, maybe it´s just some status item, but we have to assume the worst! If they can track down the orriginal, its best to keep the decoy near, than we can try to keep the original hidden or make an escape when they come for us. Yea Aziz, if I remember correctly, this can burn out all, but security grade RFID´s from up to 10 cm away. We shoud use it even if there is no signal, there could be Stealth Tags on it."
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
TF: "He´s right, they know. They want to get it back with, force if necessary, probably used it in a crime or something, maybe it´s just some status item, but we have to assume the worst! If they can track down the orriginal, its best to keep the decoy near, than we can try to keep the original hidden or make an escape when they come for us. Yea Aziz, if I remember correctly, this can burn out all, but security grade RFID´s from up to 10 cm away. We shoud use it even if there is no signal, there could be Stealth Tags on it."
20:46:34 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
Aziz
Aziz pulls the box out of JAX's hands before he can cut into it.
"How about this, instead?", he says, pulling a tag eraser out of his bag.
"Or... you know, maybe it doesn't have tags. We're a gang of about a couple dozen people, and only a few of us can fight. The Ancients would be perfectly capable of protecting it if the affected parties already knew where it was."
Crash HQ
Aziz
Aziz pulls the box out of JAX's hands before he can cut into it.
"How about this, instead?", he says, pulling a tag eraser out of his bag.
"Or... you know, maybe it doesn't have tags. We're a gang of about a couple dozen people, and only a few of us can fight. The Ancients would be perfectly capable of protecting it if the affected parties already knew where it was."
20:46:38 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
JAX
JAX takes the box from Aziz. "Yeah, or how about it's a hardened tag and that eraser won't put a dent in it."
He tucks the box under his left arm and turns his right arm over to show a tattooed number next to a long scar. "Like the one from prison that I had to fucking dig out of my arm."
That night was a foggy memory. He and JJ had gotten hammered and driven a car into the lake. At some point they had had the brilliant idea to dig the tag out of JAX's arm with the very knife the young man had brandished to cut open the box. And then they'd fed it to the ducks that were summering on the lake. Good times.
Crash HQ
JAX
JAX takes the box from Aziz. "Yeah, or how about it's a hardened tag and that eraser won't put a dent in it."
He tucks the box under his left arm and turns his right arm over to show a tattooed number next to a long scar. "Like the one from prison that I had to fucking dig out of my arm."
That night was a foggy memory. He and JJ had gotten hammered and driven a car into the lake. At some point they had had the brilliant idea to dig the tag out of JAX's arm with the very knife the young man had brandished to cut open the box. And then they'd fed it to the ducks that were summering on the lake. Good times.
20:46:45 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
Aziz
"Yeah yeah, we've all seen your arm and heard your story.", Aziz says dismissively.
"You're lucky they just put tags in you. In my homeland, they chop the hands off of thieves."
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Aziz
"Yeah yeah, we've all seen your arm and heard your story.", Aziz says dismissively.
"You're lucky they just put tags in you. In my homeland, they chop the hands off of thieves."
20:46:40 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
TF: "Right, but I wasn´t aware, that the hardened Security Stealth RFID Tags were already on the street, I keep tabs on this and they only anouced to betatest it in Tokio in late summer. Anyway, it might be better, to take any tags from the original and put them into the decoy."
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
TF: "Right, but I wasn´t aware, that the hardened Security Stealth RFID Tags were already on the street, I keep tabs on this and they only anouced to betatest it in Tokio in late summer. Anyway, it might be better, to take any tags from the original and put them into the decoy."
20:46:49 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
Halo
Halo looks between JAX and Aziz and shakes her head
"Can we stop having the "My Pinga is bigger than yours" pissing contest and worry about what we're gonna do with the boxes and who is gonna be responsible for which one?"
She fishes out her crumpled pack of smokes and once again uses the auto-igniter to light it. She takes a long drag before continuing. She always smoked more than she should when she was high strung, tonight wasn't any exception.
"Can the mojo-slingers take a look at the original on the astral and check for anything fishy there, and can our gearheads and electronic gurus check the fucking gun for anything elecronically tagged and perhaps try to mimic that signal on the decoy if that hasn't been done already?"
Crash HQ
Halo
Halo looks between JAX and Aziz and shakes her head
"Can we stop having the "My Pinga is bigger than yours" pissing contest and worry about what we're gonna do with the boxes and who is gonna be responsible for which one?"
She fishes out her crumpled pack of smokes and once again uses the auto-igniter to light it. She takes a long drag before continuing. She always smoked more than she should when she was high strung, tonight wasn't any exception.
"Can the mojo-slingers take a look at the original on the astral and check for anything fishy there, and can our gearheads and electronic gurus check the fucking gun for anything elecronically tagged and perhaps try to mimic that signal on the decoy if that hasn't been done already?"
20:46:51 Saturday, April 12 2070
Crash HQ
Felix
"I don't mean to shoot down anyone's ideas but... I don't think we should alter the package in any ways."
Giving a quick look around the room, Felix leaned in forward.
"We don't know what the Ancients plan on doing with the gun. What if they need it to blackmail someone? They'll need it intact. Altering the weapon is something rather risky..."
Crash HQ
Felix
"I don't mean to shoot down anyone's ideas but... I don't think we should alter the package in any ways."
Giving a quick look around the room, Felix leaned in forward.
"We don't know what the Ancients plan on doing with the gun. What if they need it to blackmail someone? They'll need it intact. Altering the weapon is something rather risky..."
20:46:33 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Auran
Auran seems a bit down at not going to cali, but maintains seriousness. "I don't think hiding in the barrens really will make a difference. I figured in Cali it would be on the move pretty much 24 hours a day. If we're gonna stash it somewhere, I'm sure we can find plenty of places for it. And if we're not taking the roadtrip, I can be your backup Aziz, I'll be your eyes and ears."
Gang HQ
Auran
Auran seems a bit down at not going to cali, but maintains seriousness. "I don't think hiding in the barrens really will make a difference. I figured in Cali it would be on the move pretty much 24 hours a day. If we're gonna stash it somewhere, I'm sure we can find plenty of places for it. And if we're not taking the roadtrip, I can be your backup Aziz, I'll be your eyes and ears."
20:46:33 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Aziz
Aziz closes his eyes and nods, then looks into JAX's eyes and says a quick apology in arabic.
"Halo is right. I'll hold the decoy with Auran and anyone else's help. The real one, we can stash here.", he says, and turns to Auran. "And if you really want to take a trip down to Cali, I promise to take you when there's an opportunity."
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Aziz
Aziz closes his eyes and nods, then looks into JAX's eyes and says a quick apology in arabic.
"Halo is right. I'll hold the decoy with Auran and anyone else's help. The real one, we can stash here.", he says, and turns to Auran. "And if you really want to take a trip down to Cali, I promise to take you when there's an opportunity."
20:46:49 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
TF starts feeling a bit uncofortable, standing too much in the spotlight, by talking so much, so he sattles down a bit again, picking up the thoughts, that haunted him since the meeting with the Ancients.
He will be received three times in one day. ... three days ... 9 in 4 ... Progress like the Hamster. Perservance brings danger. ... so if we keep this box, the lowly fiends will rise upon us ... the shattering ... The Lord will be honored by horses in great quantity. ... that could be the Ancients or the Trogg.. Ehr, Trolls. Got to keep my thoughts in check. ... Now ...
Halo bending to pick up the cigarrets cut´s his stream of consiousness and he motions for her, to bring his half smoke along. When she ignores it, he takes the pack from her, after she lighted up and starts a new one.
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
TF starts feeling a bit uncofortable, standing too much in the spotlight, by talking so much, so he sattles down a bit again, picking up the thoughts, that haunted him since the meeting with the Ancients.
He will be received three times in one day. ... three days ... 9 in 4 ... Progress like the Hamster. Perservance brings danger. ... so if we keep this box, the lowly fiends will rise upon us ... the shattering ... The Lord will be honored by horses in great quantity. ... that could be the Ancients or the Trogg.. Ehr, Trolls. Got to keep my thoughts in check. ... Now ...
Halo bending to pick up the cigarrets cut´s his stream of consiousness and he motions for her, to bring his half smoke along. When she ignores it, he takes the pack from her, after she lighted up and starts a new one.
20:44:45 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
Nurse alters her path to follow Felix, hoping when it is TF's turn she won't have to chase him down too. She is about to respond to Felix when he locks eyes with her. Her greatest fear creeps into her consciousness: that some day, no matter how good a healer she has become, she won't even be able to heal at all anymore. It is difficult, but she manages to push it away, thinking perhaps she is getting to like this young man a little too much to be feeling so strongly about the injuries he has that she KNOWS she can heal right now.
She shakes herself mentally and finally does respond to Felix now with, "It isn't the bruises we can see that I am concerned with right now." To herself she is thinking, "It isn't like he's going to die because you failed to heal him right now."
20:44:53 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
Nurse is momentarily distracted by the arrival of a voice message from Tao.
20:45:00 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
When Slam arrives with the boxes and starts dealing gang business, she makes a point of focusing her attentions upon Felix trying not to blush, both for her perceived 'really liking' this guy to have felt such a need to heal him as she had mere moments ago and due to the 'flirtatious' comment she's received from the bearer of her new white plastic rose. If she is going to continue with her application to join this gang she is going to have to take stock of her emotions and be more certain of herself and why she is joining up. She had always prided herself on being so able to follow her goals with minimal distractions getting in her way.
Nurse takes this opportunity of confirming the diagnosis on Felix and to begin administering first aid now that he is again seated beside Wyrm on the couch. She makes a point of kneeling on the floor before him because although SHE isn't part of the gang, she doesn't want to keep Felix from taking part in what is obviously gang business. She also tries not to think about the fact Slam either hasn't noticed she is here, or doesn't care. There are too many implications either way and she has her own business to deal with at this moment, starting with Felix but still needing to return to Tao.
Gang HQ
Nurse
Nurse alters her path to follow Felix, hoping when it is TF's turn she won't have to chase him down too. She is about to respond to Felix when he locks eyes with her. Her greatest fear creeps into her consciousness: that some day, no matter how good a healer she has become, she won't even be able to heal at all anymore. It is difficult, but she manages to push it away, thinking perhaps she is getting to like this young man a little too much to be feeling so strongly about the injuries he has that she KNOWS she can heal right now.
She shakes herself mentally and finally does respond to Felix now with, "It isn't the bruises we can see that I am concerned with right now." To herself she is thinking, "It isn't like he's going to die because you failed to heal him right now."
20:44:53 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
Nurse is momentarily distracted by the arrival of a voice message from Tao.
20:45:00 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Nurse
When Slam arrives with the boxes and starts dealing gang business, she makes a point of focusing her attentions upon Felix trying not to blush, both for her perceived 'really liking' this guy to have felt such a need to heal him as she had mere moments ago and due to the 'flirtatious' comment she's received from the bearer of her new white plastic rose. If she is going to continue with her application to join this gang she is going to have to take stock of her emotions and be more certain of herself and why she is joining up. She had always prided herself on being so able to follow her goals with minimal distractions getting in her way.
Nurse takes this opportunity of confirming the diagnosis on Felix and to begin administering first aid now that he is again seated beside Wyrm on the couch. She makes a point of kneeling on the floor before him because although SHE isn't part of the gang, she doesn't want to keep Felix from taking part in what is obviously gang business. She also tries not to think about the fact Slam either hasn't noticed she is here, or doesn't care. There are too many implications either way and she has her own business to deal with at this moment, starting with Felix but still needing to return to Tao.
20:47:04 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
Tao takes a deep breath after exhaling the smoke.
TF: "I think we should stop talking, untill we checked the box for bugs! No sense in making a plan, if they are listening in. If it´s ok to open the box, I can take an astral peak with my friends. However, Felix has a valid point, did the Ancients tell us not to tinker with it?"
He takes another drag, leaving his suggestion stand in the room and sinking into contemplation again.
Gang HQ
Tao-Fighter
Tao takes a deep breath after exhaling the smoke.
TF: "I think we should stop talking, untill we checked the box for bugs! No sense in making a plan, if they are listening in. If it´s ok to open the box, I can take an astral peak with my friends. However, Felix has a valid point, did the Ancients tell us not to tinker with it?"
He takes another drag, leaving his suggestion stand in the room and sinking into contemplation again.
20:46:48 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
JJ
JJ has perched himself on top of the chair he was lounging on before, looking at two of his best freinds snag the box back and forth from each other.
"Couple of things, chummers," he starts. "First, what's in the decoy box? Same gun? Similar gun?"
Looking directly at Aziz he states, "I don't think Aziz and a backup or two should guard the decoy." He shrugs at his freind to say sorry and continues, "If the decoy is to work as its supposed to, the decoy gets all the heat. So, we guard the decoy with the most force."
Turning to Slam he adds his last thought, "And, I say we don't leave for Cali or the Barrens. If we are gonna have to battle over either one of those boxes, I say we battle here. This is the place we know and we have the upper hand here."
Gang HQ
JJ
JJ has perched himself on top of the chair he was lounging on before, looking at two of his best freinds snag the box back and forth from each other.
"Couple of things, chummers," he starts. "First, what's in the decoy box? Same gun? Similar gun?"
Looking directly at Aziz he states, "I don't think Aziz and a backup or two should guard the decoy." He shrugs at his freind to say sorry and continues, "If the decoy is to work as its supposed to, the decoy gets all the heat. So, we guard the decoy with the most force."
Turning to Slam he adds his last thought, "And, I say we don't leave for Cali or the Barrens. If we are gonna have to battle over either one of those boxes, I say we battle here. This is the place we know and we have the upper hand here."
20:45:45 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
BronzeWyrm
As Felix sits down Wyrm shifts her position on the couch, laying out her legs across Felix's and holding him down under her weight. <Sit still> she messages him as Nurse comes over to the couch. <It won't hurt, I promise
> thinking the young man might have some aversions towards medics. As the two girls tag-team heal Tag, Slam lays out the deal that she saw him make with the elven leader. At least he's not holding back info she thinks.
"I agree with Felix, this scans like blackmail to my processors. I can edit the copy to signal like the original, but a white noise generator would function just as well." She looks thoughtful for a second. "Or scrambling the wireless to make it harder to track..." She leaves it open for more debate, as she focuses the strength of her legs to keep Felix from squirming away from Nurse treating him.
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BronzeWyrm
As Felix sits down Wyrm shifts her position on the couch, laying out her legs across Felix's and holding him down under her weight. <Sit still> she messages him as Nurse comes over to the couch. <It won't hurt, I promise
> thinking the young man might have some aversions towards medics. As the two girls tag-team heal Tag, Slam lays out the deal that she saw him make with the elven leader. At least he's not holding back info she thinks."I agree with Felix, this scans like blackmail to my processors. I can edit the copy to signal like the original, but a white noise generator would function just as well." She looks thoughtful for a second. "Or scrambling the wireless to make it harder to track..." She leaves it open for more debate, as she focuses the strength of her legs to keep Felix from squirming away from Nurse treating him.
20:44:44 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Neo
Neo grins as he watches the spirit's antics.
Hehehe... funny spirits...
20:46:48
Neo listens to the conversations, and pipes up.
"I agree. Sides, trolls die just as easy as anything else when you pop a few caps in their ass. Set up camp with some o' them drones with the rifles, and everyone kitted out with their biggest gun, and we could probly blow 'em to bits. Well, barring stuff like missiles and APCs and the like, but I doubt a bunch o' trolls is gonna get whiz stuff like that, eh?"
Gang HQ
Neo
Neo grins as he watches the spirit's antics.
Hehehe... funny spirits...
20:46:48
Neo listens to the conversations, and pipes up.
"I agree. Sides, trolls die just as easy as anything else when you pop a few caps in their ass. Set up camp with some o' them drones with the rifles, and everyone kitted out with their biggest gun, and we could probly blow 'em to bits. Well, barring stuff like missiles and APCs and the like, but I doubt a bunch o' trolls is gonna get whiz stuff like that, eh?"
20:47:01 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Felix
Finally trapped, Felix gives up and let Nurse take a look at him. On the exterior, he didn't have any injuries of any kind. He wasn't still sure how it had happened, but fueled by his emotions, he had far exceeded his usual range of powers. He had red somewhere that some mages experienced what was called "overcasting", when they channel more mana throughout their body then they could safely sustain. Felix wasn't about to accept that what he was doing was "spellcasting"... and even less that he could control mana. No... Never. To him... he had just pushed himself too far too quickly.
Strangely, the contact of BronzeWyrm legs on him made him slightly blush. Having spoke not too long ago, he knew some of the gang members were looking at him. Unsure how to react, he forced a nervous giggle out of his mouth, avoiding Wyrm's eyes.
When Neo spoke up, Felix's face changed drastically. Even with his breathing mask on, it was easy to see that he was rather... unpleased. As he spoke in a dry tone, he looked straight at Neo.
"Yea, especially if they are unarmed, injured and totaly harmless."
Gang HQ
Felix
Finally trapped, Felix gives up and let Nurse take a look at him. On the exterior, he didn't have any injuries of any kind. He wasn't still sure how it had happened, but fueled by his emotions, he had far exceeded his usual range of powers. He had red somewhere that some mages experienced what was called "overcasting", when they channel more mana throughout their body then they could safely sustain. Felix wasn't about to accept that what he was doing was "spellcasting"... and even less that he could control mana. No... Never. To him... he had just pushed himself too far too quickly.
Strangely, the contact of BronzeWyrm legs on him made him slightly blush. Having spoke not too long ago, he knew some of the gang members were looking at him. Unsure how to react, he forced a nervous giggle out of his mouth, avoiding Wyrm's eyes.
When Neo spoke up, Felix's face changed drastically. Even with his breathing mask on, it was easy to see that he was rather... unpleased. As he spoke in a dry tone, he looked straight at Neo.
"Yea, especially if they are unarmed, injured and totaly harmless."
20:47:01 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Neo
"I really doubt anyone attacking uswould be unarmed, unless they're an adept or a mage. I know noone attacking us would be helpless."
Gang HQ
Neo
"I really doubt anyone attacking uswould be unarmed, unless they're an adept or a mage. I know noone attacking us would be helpless."
20:47:03 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Felix
One hand on Wyrm's legs, Felix tried to gently push them off so he could get up. Something dark was brewing in his head.
"You should go and tell that to that harmless, injured, unarmed ork you fragging executed in the middle of the fragging street, drekhead."
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Felix
One hand on Wyrm's legs, Felix tried to gently push them off so he could get up. Something dark was brewing in his head.
"You should go and tell that to that harmless, injured, unarmed ork you fragging executed in the middle of the fragging street, drekhead."
20:47:05 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Aziz
Aziz swallows as Felix gets up. His hand moves to Kalila, and he partially unsheathes her. He stands up slightly, still crouched, almost as if he was still sitting. He flicks his eyes over to Felix, ready to protect him from any potential wrath.
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Aziz
Aziz swallows as Felix gets up. His hand moves to Kalila, and he partially unsheathes her. He stands up slightly, still crouched, almost as if he was still sitting. He flicks his eyes over to Felix, ready to protect him from any potential wrath.
20:47:04 Saturday, April 12 2070
Gang HQ
Neo
"Yeah, well, I was putting him out of his misery, you little fragger. Besides, we send a strong message to people that we're not to be messed with, we won't be messed with. And that means less people die, and we're less likely to die. So why don't you stck that up your pansy ass and smoke it?"
Gang HQ
Neo
"Yeah, well, I was putting him out of his misery, you little fragger. Besides, we send a strong message to people that we're not to be messed with, we won't be messed with. And that means less people die, and we're less likely to die. So why don't you stck that up your pansy ass and smoke it?"
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