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Voice. | un: . (a bit after their last thread :)b)

[theroadwarrior]

How dedicated are you?

To finishing Alrys' mission.

[A shot in the dark, but he thinks he has a good enough read on Romano that this won't end in him getting tied up and interrogated or thrown back to Solmara as a traitorous bastard.]

[badlydisarmed]

[Good Catdog saving Romano a text.]

Not very. Alrys gets a whiff of what this place is like and starts a war. Misery for everyone involved.

[Connor mentioned Max won't want to finish the mission, so full honesty seems safe enough.]

[theroadwarrior]

Mm. Don't think she'd stop at just the tech.

[There are also people here she would love to rob of their freedom, he's pretty sure. If not that, when try to get rid of them so they can't cause her issues for crossing the lines she's hoping to cross.

... Also, she half-starved him for compliance. Fuck her.]

Don't think Ithaqua cares much to complete it, either. Etraya's got too much to offer him.

[badlydisarmed]

Yeah. If we can flip Connor, we'll be set. We can come clean to the local AI, figure out a cover story, maybe leave this place unharmed.

[ And everything will continue to suck for them, but when does it not? ]

[theroadwarrior]

Easier said. Connor's conditioned. Programmed to follow.

[A very easy way to get them all killed, if he let it slip that he was the only one on board with the mission. Alrys won't appreciate their lack of devotion compared to him... Speaking of which.]

Could end bad for us. If we return empty-handed. You prepared for it?

un: jaycetalis | text

[hexcope]

So it's going to have to be electric-battery operated until I can find a way to harness magical energy here short of using a gemstone, but!

[The way he did not even bother with an introduction, just started sending messages and pictures immediately. He sends over a sketch drawing of what looks like a fusion of these two pictures.]

What do you think?

[badlydisarmed]

[He bursts out laughing at the message. He knew this would happen but he can't help being surprised anyway.]

I love electricity, electricity is my best friend. Love the sketches too.

I feel like I should bring you flowers or something.

[hexcope]

I like tulips.

[He's not actually expecting flowers, though.]

Still working on the neural part. That's going to need a lot more work. But I can start forging these designs once I get the metal parts together. Oh, and we'll need to request the batteries.

[badlydisarmed]

I should drop by for measurements, right?

[he's bringing flowers.]

[hexcope]

Sure. I'm usually either at the cafe, S.T.A.R.S. lab, or my forge, depending on the day. Just give me a heads up.

Text. | a little bit after getting beat up and shot :')

[theroadwarrior]

[Things went... pretty badly. Really badly. It was a miracle that they all got out of it with nonfatal injuries all things considered, but there's more and more stacking. They won't be able to keep themselves under wraps like they'd hoped. Not with Connor's deviation and Hank trying to get the heat off the guy — and making it worse for them in the process, this goddamn old bastard.

Romano gets a text while he's probably laid up, too. Probably. He's not happy to have to strategize at a time like this, but Romano's the one he trusts the most to try and limit the damage at this point.]

We're gonna have to come clean.
We don't, we look worse for it. People are starting to notice.

[badlydisarmed]

[ Don't you love getting shot by your buddy and then being the one having to deal with the fall out? ]

Yeah, I have a working draft.

"Hello Etraya, a group of us were sent to secretly steal from you from a sister city named Solmara. We didn't because you seem nice. Aurora has been informed, so everything is fine now 😃❤️🥳

We will be answering questions but only if they're not stupid and you're super nice about it."

What do you think?

1/2

[theroadwarrior]

[theroadwarrior]

Seems fine enough.

[Guys, that's a terrible draft--]

Should probably mention Solmara was a hellhole with a war-hungry tyrant and we don't want to ever go back.

.... Might make them realize why we think they're 'nice'.

[badlydisarmed]

I can't believe you of all people would tell me to volunteer information. What they need to know is we're from a different city, sent to infiltrate and steal from this one, we chose not to, told the local AI, and everything is fine now.

If they want to know more they can ask.

[theroadwarrior]

One problem.

[He forwards him Hank's response to Sevika.]

Connor's little friend here already put out the idea of us being 'hostile unknowns' that have been 'incapacitated' before we could finish our mission.

Trust'll be thin. Gotta be careful.
Be on your ah...
Best behavior.

I'll respond, too.
Won't make you do it all alone.

UN: 313 248 317 - 52; voice (after the failed heist)

[instabilitatem]

Robert... I am deeply sorry for what I did to you.

[badlydisarmed]

[ Robert sounds exhausted, but less annoyed than he should be. ]

My own fucking fault for letting you use my first name. I get no respect here.

[instabilitatem]

I'm sorry, doctor. [Connor will immediately step back in deference to Robert.]

[badlydisarmed]

That's worse, go back to Robert.

[ This whole thing is so annoying. ]

Do you have free will now or do we have to find a hacker or something?

[instabilitatem]

[Maybe later Connor will refer to the doctor by his name.]

I do have free will now. [It's been extremely overwhelming, but Connor keeps that to himself.]

There shouldn't be any further triggers from Alrys. If there are, I should be able to resist them.

un: jaycetalis | text

[hexcope]

Scale of one to ten, how equipped are you to re-sew torn stitches with the supplies you have on hand?

[badlydisarmed]

I can do it one-handed with my eyes closed but I'm deeply hurt I wasn't the one stitching it up to begin with.

Who's hurt?

[hexcope]

Me.

[badlydisarmed]

Do you need a house call?