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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 6129368" data-attributes="member: 2"><p><em>"5... 4... 3..."</em> Hung-Ke is typing as fast as he knows how, his fingers flying over the keyboard as his hacking algorithms break through the slightly antiquated security around the Russian missile launch. He probably wouldn't be able to do it so quickly, normally, but he wrote this code himself as a teenager. </p><p></p><p>Lights on the control panel are blinking furiously. A warning klaxon goes off.</p><p></p><p><em>"2... 1..."</em> Hung-Ke types in the last number of the abort code and smacks "Enter," and waits expectantly. </p><p></p><p><em>"Zero. MISSILE IGNITION..."</em> </p><p></p><p>Hung-Ke frowns, rolls his eyes, and smacks the keyboard again, this time hammering his index finger down on the blood-sticky Enter button. </p><p></p><p><em>"...ABORTED. LAUNCH ABORTED. LAUNCH ABORTED. LAUNCH ABORTED."</em></p><p></p><p>And as Persephone strides back into the control room, smelling of smoke and blood and cordite, and as Ashcan Quinn zip-ties any living thugs, Hung-Ke Lee leans back and looks up at the horrible equipment he had to deal with. He smiles.</p><p></p><p>CUT TO: OVER MONACO</p><p></p><p>Dr. DuBois is parachuting down, considering his extraction plan. Gabriella Castellanos is reaching for her rip cord before the ground makes it no longer necessary. And Mace Hunter is arm-in-arm with the mysterious Elena, whirling through the air. Her body feels far too thin beneath her clothing, but oh my, Mace, her eyes... they're astounding. She kisses you, hard, as you both continue to plummet through wisps of cloud. A bird squawks past as you feel her hand in your hair. </p><p></p><p>"I've missed you," she whispers into your ear over the rush of the wind. "I'll dress to impress. Shall we say 10 o'clock in front of the casino? If anything changes I'll call you." She pulls back a little and grins, a wicked and friendly smile of triumph. "After all," she purrs, "I know my own phone number." Then her hand moves and <em>your </em> chute deploys, ripping you upwards and away from her. You look down at the purloined phone in your hand and realize that somehow she switched them; you aren't holding the data record of the phone she cloned, you're holding Elena's own personal cell phone. Damn.</p><p></p><p>Elena disappears through a cloud beneath you, a trill of silvery and delighted laughter trailing behind her. You see her chute deploy just before she hits the water of Monaco's bay, enough to slow her down before she cuts the parachute cords and knifes deep into the azure waves. Her chute drifts idly away, twisting in the wind. The camera follows her down, through the bubbles, and the theme music swells.</p><p></p><p>[ooc]Elena uses <em>her</em> MOS of Filch to steal back the cloned phone and substitute it with a different cell. Then she blows her remaining points of Filch to pull your rip cord (6+6=12). In a game, you could probably cut your own chute and go after her, at the risk of some serious harm while landing -- but more likely I'd say "nah," and call the scene there, with you having both a date and some important clues. </p><p></p><p>Well done, people. That's what a Night's Black Agents game is like.</p><p></p><p>Any last actions / attacks / maneuvers / comments / roleplaying before the opening credit sequence rolls?[/ooc]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 6129368, member: 2"] [i]"5... 4... 3..."[/i] Hung-Ke is typing as fast as he knows how, his fingers flying over the keyboard as his hacking algorithms break through the slightly antiquated security around the Russian missile launch. He probably wouldn't be able to do it so quickly, normally, but he wrote this code himself as a teenager. Lights on the control panel are blinking furiously. A warning klaxon goes off. [i]"2... 1..."[/i] Hung-Ke types in the last number of the abort code and smacks "Enter," and waits expectantly. [i]"Zero. MISSILE IGNITION..."[/i] Hung-Ke frowns, rolls his eyes, and smacks the keyboard again, this time hammering his index finger down on the blood-sticky Enter button. [i]"...ABORTED. LAUNCH ABORTED. LAUNCH ABORTED. LAUNCH ABORTED."[/i] And as Persephone strides back into the control room, smelling of smoke and blood and cordite, and as Ashcan Quinn zip-ties any living thugs, Hung-Ke Lee leans back and looks up at the horrible equipment he had to deal with. He smiles. CUT TO: OVER MONACO Dr. DuBois is parachuting down, considering his extraction plan. Gabriella Castellanos is reaching for her rip cord before the ground makes it no longer necessary. And Mace Hunter is arm-in-arm with the mysterious Elena, whirling through the air. Her body feels far too thin beneath her clothing, but oh my, Mace, her eyes... they're astounding. She kisses you, hard, as you both continue to plummet through wisps of cloud. A bird squawks past as you feel her hand in your hair. "I've missed you," she whispers into your ear over the rush of the wind. "I'll dress to impress. Shall we say 10 o'clock in front of the casino? If anything changes I'll call you." She pulls back a little and grins, a wicked and friendly smile of triumph. "After all," she purrs, "I know my own phone number." Then her hand moves and [i]your [/i] chute deploys, ripping you upwards and away from her. You look down at the purloined phone in your hand and realize that somehow she switched them; you aren't holding the data record of the phone she cloned, you're holding Elena's own personal cell phone. Damn. Elena disappears through a cloud beneath you, a trill of silvery and delighted laughter trailing behind her. You see her chute deploy just before she hits the water of Monaco's bay, enough to slow her down before she cuts the parachute cords and knifes deep into the azure waves. Her chute drifts idly away, twisting in the wind. The camera follows her down, through the bubbles, and the theme music swells. [ooc]Elena uses [i]her[/i] MOS of Filch to steal back the cloned phone and substitute it with a different cell. Then she blows her remaining points of Filch to pull your rip cord (6+6=12). In a game, you could probably cut your own chute and go after her, at the risk of some serious harm while landing -- but more likely I'd say "nah," and call the scene there, with you having both a date and some important clues. Well done, people. That's what a Night's Black Agents game is like. Any last actions / attacks / maneuvers / comments / roleplaying before the opening credit sequence rolls?[/ooc] [/QUOTE]
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