Generation Legacy Issue #12

[Samnell]

“I can only guess,” she says pulling out a UNJE laptop, connecting it to Star, “that she has somehow transferred his software to another STAR closer to Tommy… therefore to protect, probably a hardwired protection protocol, which overrides her desire to stay with you. Or maybe, she chose to protect her father.”

"Does she come back if the other body is destroyed?"

 

[Tokiwong]

"Does she come back if the other body is destroyed?"

Gadget looks up, “I don’t know… I hope so. I have not gotten a chance to do a full readout on her software, and the white papers are not in any archive here on campus, the only person that knows for sure is Tommy.”

 

[Shalimar]

As the electrical energy builds up in her body Kelly can feel it burning her from the inside out, for the first time in her life, her power is actually injuring her, but the girl forces away the pain in her blind rage, wanting to lash out at her tormentor, the man that had killed her father, the man that was possessing her mother and had a gun to the love of her life's head. She felt te energy inside her rising to a crescendo and the girl screamed out in pain and anger as she released it blindly, completely ignorant of the fact that the door had opened and Neuro was attacking her.

The release of so much energy from her body all at once had a catostrophic affect on the teen popstar, she had been floating a few inches above the ground as the energy was released, and the release of power echoed like an explosion sending the girl soaring away from the door to land in a smoking heap a half-dozen feet away from the door. Kelly gave a soft moan and her head shifted slowly to the right to lie flat against the floor. Her hands are blackened from the burns that the energy made as it passed through them.

The blonde lays unmoving for a few seconds before letting out a second moan and shifting slightly so that she could see Tommy and Bishop, both still wreathed in electrical energy and twitching as the energy fired along their nerves making them move but entirely uncontrolled with no signs of it stopping or abating...nor would it. The energy was too strong to just fizzle away on its own, it was powerful enough to sustain itself indefinitely and keep the pair permanently twitching.

"S...save Tommy...Save Tommy and Mommy...please." the girl croaks huskily to the terrorist leader, and possible father, and reaches out with her right hand and waves her hand towards the pair, sending another surge of energy and pain through her body. With the weak gesture, the waves of pain and nerve firings ceased in the pair, and the Kelly's eyes closed.

OOC: Using her powers will put Kelly at dying, and force a DC 10 Fort check or die. Kelly has a +0 Fort Save. If she hadn't ended the paralysis, it never would have ended.

 

[Tokiwong]

"S...save Tommy...Save Tommy and Mommy...please." the girl croaks huskily to the terrorist leader, and possible father, and reaches out with her right hand and waves her hand towards the pair, sending another surge of energy and pain through her body. With the weak gesture, the waves of pain and nerve firings ceased in the pair, and the Kelly's eyes closed.

OOC: Using her powers will put Kelly at dying, and force a DC 10 Fort check or die. Kelly has a +0 Fort Save. If she hadn't ended the paralysis, it never would have ended.

Bishop lifted her gently and walks towards Tommy slowly, “He’s dead…” he says shielding her from looking, “she shot him… he shot him, but he will pay… for this and more.”

“Kelly stay with me, love, we are not out of the fire yet,” he says looking over his shoulder.

The Star steps into the room a blank look on its face. Bishop grimaces, “Definitely not out of the fire,” he says.

 

[Samnell]

Gadget looks up, “I don’t know… I hope so. I have not gotten a chance to do a full readout on her software, and the white papers are not in any archive here on campus, the only person that knows for sure is Tommy.”

Mark started to reach for Gadget's shoulders and stopped himself, not daring interrupt her work. "I don't know where she is, or will be if she can't get back. Can you find out if she'll come back? Don't- I mean, don't make her come back right now. She doesn't want that. Just...make sure she can come back..."

Mark's hands trembled, fingers blurring. He shifted from foot to foot and cast about the room, trying to find some way to be helpful.

 

[Tokiwong]

Mark started to reach for Gadget's shoulders and stopped himself, not daring interrupt her work. "I don't know where she is, or will be if she can't get back. Can you find out if she'll come back? Don't- I mean, don't make her come back right now. She doesn't want that. Just...make sure she can come back..."

Mark's hands trembled, fingers blurring. He shifted from foot to foot and cast about the room, trying to find some way to be helpful.

“Looks like she uploaded her software, using a secure backdoor provided by SARAH, then initiated a secure uplink to a UNJE satellite, oh wow. Several actually, before settling back down… and into…” she scrunches her face fixing her glasses, “another SARAH system. I was not aware there was more then one, but given that Tommy built this, I can see him easily duplicating this system elsewhere.”

Gadget shrugs, “Looks like I can get into this system, but its going to take time... I know you don’t want to hear that, but with this backdoor it should be easy to follow the path, Tommy is good, not saying I am better, but this is what I was born to do. Interesting, as best as I can tell, Star’s software has evolved… meaning this capability was not originally hard programmed into her AI routines or software features. This is brilliant,” she smiles.

“Oh Tommy you brilliant bastard, I am jealous,” she says to no one in particular, alright… got it… sorry it took so long, I encountered a few security barriers I was unfamiliar with, tricky, but not impossible. Mark… you want the good news or the bad news?”

 

[Shalimar]

Bishop lifted her gently and walks towards Tommy slowly, “He’s dead…” he says shielding her from looking, “she shot him… he shot him, but he will pay… for this and more.”

“Kelly stay with me, love, we are not out of the fire yet,” he says looking over his shoulder.

The Star steps into the room a blank look on its face. Bishop grimaces, “Definitely not out of the fire,” he says.

When Bishop lifts her into his arms Kelly moans again in pain, It was too much, it hurt like nothing else in her life had ever hurt, not evenwhen Genocide had almost killed her, or the Hunter Killers. Theough the soft roaring of blood in her ears she is able to er and comprehend what her father tells her...that her boyfriend, that her Tommy, the man she loved was dead. Her vody sagged in Bishop's arms, "I'm coming Tommy, wait for me, love. We'll be together forever." she sighs, a slight smile on her otherwise pain-wracked face.

OOC: assuming you brush over the unconscious while dying rule, then again she doesn't need to be very conscius to say the above. Should I roll the rest of the Fort Saves now? Only a natural 20 will stabalize her. I can link an invisible castle die roll to get the max 10 rolls done at once if that is easier.

 

[Samnell]

Interesting, as best as I can tell, Star’s software has evolved… meaning this capability was not originally hard programmed into her AI routines or software features. This is brilliant,” she smiles.

"That's Star," Mark agreed distractedly. Just find a way to make sure she's safe.

“Oh Tommy you brilliant bastard, I am jealous,” she says to no one in particular, alright… got it… sorry it took so long, I encountered a few security barriers I was unfamiliar with, tricky, but not impossible. Mark… you want the good news or the bad news?”

There's more bad news?! Mark swallowed and steadied his hands. "Give me both."

 

[Tokiwong]

When Bishop lifts her into his arms Kelly moans again in pain, It was too much, it hurt like nothing else in her life had ever hurt, not evenwhen Genocide had almost killed her, or the Hunter Killers. Theough the soft roaring of blood in her ears she is able to er and comprehend what her father tells her...that her boyfriend, that her Tommy, the man she loved was dead. Her vody sagged in Bishop's arms, "I'm coming Tommy, wait for me, love. We'll be together forever." she sighs, a slight smile on her otherwise pain-wracked face.

OOC: assuming you brush over the unconscious while dying rule, then again she doesn't need to be very conscius to say the above. Should I roll the rest of the Fort Saves now? Only a natural 20 will stabalize her. I can link an invisible castle die roll to get the max 10 rolls done at once if that is easier.

“I don’t think so love,” Bishop replies, “stay with me.”

The STAR unit stands emotionless behind Bishop. It speaks, “Let me see her, we won’t have much time before the rest of the STARs descend on our position. If Tommy is dead our only hope is to find Legion and the command room, I can override the system with a code Tommy entrusted to me.”

Bishop looks surprised, “Who are you.”

“My friends call me Star, now put her down and let me help her, or she will die,” the android replies devoid of emotion.

Bishop complies.

Kelly is safe for now, well from death.

Mark, Karen, and Gilden

“The good news is that Star is alive, so cheer up buckaroo. The bad news is that, Tommy has been shot to death, Kelly is nearly dying, Cassie seems to be under attack by a flaming Yoshi clone, and an army of STARs is going to kill them all at the behest of some psycho named Legion… that is what I can gather from the security logs. They are also deep under water, so getting to them in a hurry will be difficult, or would be if we didn’t have James,” Gadget shrugs.

“Ouch, I hate to be the bearer of bad news,” she pouts.

 

[Hammerhead]

Anika laughs, assuming he's joking. "I used to be a 'shady character', I guess. But I wasn't a mercenary or arms dealer."

"Yeah, you were a fifteen year old girl. Real shady. I bet you lied to your parents, shoplifted a few things, and maybe tried some pot. That's not being shady, that's called being troubled or rebellious. I don't think you can be shady until you're older."

The mirth drains from Anika quickly at that suggestion. "What? No. Unless your bomb causes no damage to anyone or anything but Genocide. That's not a better idea, it's an easier idea. We're going to try to make sure no one's dying that doesn't need to." She shifts uncomfortably and glances around. "And no more talking about the mission. This isn't the place to do it. As far as I'm concerned this entire place is compromised."

"Well, nitroglycerine isn't known for being particularly choosy on who it hurts. So that plan's a no go. I guess I'll get to use it eventually," he jokes. And since blowing up the castle is off the menu, even with non-lethal blasts, that means we have to fight with our hands tied behind our backs. Why we bend backwards to help our enemies, murderers and terrorists who pose a greater threat to the world than anyone before them, is beyond me. Of course, when the chips are down and everyone's hurt, THEN we're allowed to use drastic actions. I don't recall hearing any complaints for the way I dealt with Strength.