Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[Jemal]

Optic put a hand on Hope's shoulder and looked at her for a moment "Don't worry, I've lost one team-mate before, and I'm not going to let it happen again. As has been said though, if we don't get what we came for then this was pointless. If we run into any major trouble, we DO need a quick exit plan. First, Viridian, can you chuck these guys through a doorway so we don't need to haul them around with us? If we fail our primary objective, we'll call them plan B. Also, how quickly can you set up an exit if it hits the fan?"

Optic brought the plasma bot over to him and tried to download a schematic from it, to get an idea of where they were going. (Computers: 18 If ineeded)

"Any other questions, concerns, or ideas?" He asked while interfacing with PlasmaBot.

 

[kirinke]

Hope squeezes Jack's hand in understanding. "Thanks," she says quietly and follows the path Star took down the corridor. She wasn't going to let the woman go into a situation without back up. She enters just as Scylla said her speech.

"Depends on what you call futile Scylla, we aren't interested in the weapons or this facility persae as you probably well know." she considered the AI thoughtfully. "We never were interested in those items. You probably heard me before the fighting broke out, was I lying?" she said, smiling a little, though it was humourless.

"Perhaps we could trade information of equal value," she asked. "I never wanted this to happen, I was willing to pay for it or trade for it." she told the AI honestly.

"And what I said about Barrington was true. If he does succeed in his plans, his first objective will be to wipe out any would be rivals. Since you built a weapon for him, the Foundry would be the first logical choice to wipe out. Why would you care about what happens to a bunch of meat sacks anyway? Telling us about the weapon he had you build will cost you nothing, in fact if we succeed in wiping him our or he succeeds in wiping us out, or we wipe each other out, you win without expending any undue effort at all."

She said quietly and again honestly, knowing that the artificial intelligence could discern whether or not she was lying through voice analysis or whatever. She was also trying to distract Scylla from whatever Optic was doing.

Hope looked at the woman and smiled. "We don't work for the Freedom League Scylla. If we do succeed where they fail, that will embaress them greatly, especially since Barrington stomped them flat. That's also a win," she held out her hands in a geasture of 'supplication'.

"You loose nothing Scylla and have everything to gain from giving us the information we seek. Why waste undue energy in helping someone like Barrington?"

 

[Shayuri]

Viridian sighs and turns back to the ice door.

"It takes at least a minute for me to link a portal," she replies. "This one's almost done. We can shove our two captives through it..."

 

[Victim]

Shooting Star manages to blow the lock on the security door, leading to the reception area.

She arrives in a concrete room with a screen on wall and several teleportals on the floor. A green-haired woman appears on the screen.

"Greetings. I am Scylla, the artificial intelligence unit which controls this facility. Turn back and you may yet survive. The main base is only accessible via teleportal, and is over 100 feet of reenforced concrete and lead sheeting below you. Without my permission, you will be unable to target the teleportal as intended. As you can see, your mission is entirely futile."

"Hi, just a minute." I'm talking to an AI. Cool. But work, work, work. Let's see, the defense zone needs to be defined to cover only things coming out from the portals. With a wave of arm, Megan replaces the random orbs fired into the room with a defensive trap set to attack things emerging from the teleportals. (Using Triggered on her attack)

"How does a hundred feet of steel, lead, and concrete make our mission futile? As long as we can damage the material faster than it can be repaired, the attack isn't necessarily going to be futile - although it may be annoyingly tedious. Now, the time delay involved in breaking through may allow you bring in enough reinforcements or something to drive us off or kill us. But the barrier itself doesn't render our actions futile; it's that in conjuction with more active defenses that can take advantage of our delays." It doesn't seem very, err, precise or logical for an AI. Hey, if it's got a connection to this screen+camera setup, Optic could send some data back and start messing with it.

Megan continues to jabber with increasing speed: "Also, why is stopping us your primary concern? The value of the information we're after can't be all that much compared to the overall worth of this facility. Even if we can't get into the main part of the base, there's still this expensive mansion plus all the outlying buildings - which are probably loaded with high tech insides even if the outsides looked pretty ordinary to me - the helicopter, structural damage to cliffs and road, etc. Besides the direct replacement costs for all that stuff, there's also the time involved. And there'd still be a chance we could break through into the main base." I might be able to blast a path down. But... Let's see what ideas we have once everyone else gets in here.

Shooting Star takes a deep breath and resumes talking at normal rates. "So far, we've been pretty good at breaking things. It may be more economical for you to allow us access to the information we want so you can keep this place in business."

 

[kirinke]

"Besides, it's not like we're after anything that is of any real value to you." Hope says wryly, feeling more and more clear-headed, grateful indeed that the effects from the backlash/elemental opposition weren't longlasting.

She winced inwardly, remembering how she had acted. It was one of the reasons why she never drank to get drunk. Those effects were like downing potent high end alchohol, while being simulaneously stomped by an angry bison.

 

[Jemal]

Optic smiles and turns to Viridian as Hope goes down the corridor.
"A minute's not exactly a quick exit... I don't suppose the.. er... 'ritual?' could be suspended partway and then finished? As in you could 'mostly' make a portal, and then finish it in a few seconds if we needed to get out?" He shook his head, and looked at Amanda "How bout you, how many do you think you could get out of here if we need to go?"

He heard murmurs of conversation from down the corridor and hoped it was the ladies making nice. Well, no raised voices was a good sign.

 

[kirinke]

ooc:
I have a feeling that they'll eventually come to an understanding, sooner or later. Maybe after Megan does some digging on our volatile windrider.

 

[Shayuri]

"No, Optic," Viridian replies.

"It doesn't work that way. I have to specify -when- the link takes place when I do the spell. The link, once established, can be held open as long as you want basically. But you can't do part of it, then finish it really fast when you need it."

 

[kirinke]

"Also, it was the Gray Gunner and Onigumo who initated the conflict, my companions and I were simply defending ourselves. We have no intricint quarrel with you or your Foundry," she told the artifical lady calmly. "I take it they were not working directly for you. Onigumo did say he would tell everything he knew about us to Barrington."

She did not regret finishing off the spider demon, he was an evil soul stealing Oni, who would have jepordized everyone working for the trust, especially if his employer Barrington managed to get their hands on Mr. Black or Ms. White.

They knew the faces of the Trust and Onigumo picked it up out of their minds. Hope shivered, knowing that the spider demon would have killed everyone associated with their particular group, probably down to the last babe in arms, simply for attacking him. For the innocents involved, either directly or indirectly, she had no choice but to kill him.

 

[Raylis]

Optic smiles and turns to Viridian as Hope goes down the corridor.
"A minute's not exactly a quick exit... I don't suppose the.. er... 'ritual?' could be suspended partway and then finished? As in you could 'mostly' make a portal, and then finish it in a few seconds if we needed to get out?" He shook his head, and looked at Amanda "How bout you, how many do you think you could get out of here if we need to go?"

He heard murmurs of conversation from down the corridor and hoped it was the ladies making nice. Well, no raised voices was a good sign.

"With a little luck I could get everyone out"