Samus kept watch like a statue, while Kenna looked kinda freaked by Miss Pauling talking about killing someone so casually.
We Are Our Avatars IX: Act V: The Sabotage of the Scandolous Saurian Scoundrels (Open)
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Before Sophia could even stop herself, she reached up and gave Pauling a firm slap to the face. The strike itself would come exceptionally fast that would make it hard to avoid.
If Pauling didn't get out of the way in time.
The strike would leave a rather red mark on her cheek, luckily not leaving any scratch marks from Sophia's nails. Although it wasn't going to be near enough to knock Ms. Pauling off her feet, she might have to steady herself with her arms and legs as the slap would be meaty enough that a simple head turn wouldn't absorb all the impact. "You take that back!" Sophia said angrily back at the woman.
If Pauling dodged, and made Mr. Piccolo proud.
Sophia wouldn't try to get another swing in, stopping her hand before she would try for another.
If Pauling didn't get out of the way in time.
The strike would leave a rather red mark on her cheek, luckily not leaving any scratch marks from Sophia's nails. Although it wasn't going to be near enough to knock Ms. Pauling off her feet, she might have to steady herself with her arms and legs as the slap would be meaty enough that a simple head turn wouldn't absorb all the impact. "You take that back!" Sophia said angrily back at the woman.
If Pauling dodged, and made Mr. Piccolo proud.
Sophia wouldn't try to get another swing in, stopping her hand before she would try for another.
After the group retreated, and the group retreated, and robots returned to their carries, which then drove back into the ocean, the Watcher present in Cádiz relayed its findings to Elm and Sam once more, after which it relayed it to Forefront's space station, a blue beam of light shooting up into the sky from an antenna extended from the top of the Watcher to facilitate the trans-dimensional communication.
When the data was transmitted, the beam broke, and the antenna retracted. The Watcher then continued hovering around town, not nearly fast enough to keep up with either the ship, or various carriers.
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"Understood. When boarding, my own scanning equipment will be able to detect if the air is breathable to human lungs - assuming life support is online - if there are any pathogens, and what state any crew members are in, assuming their physiology doesn't deviate to much from what is known." Elm stated, then went to read through the data the Watcher sent. Sam, on the other hand, didn't, assuming Elm got the same massage he did, like before.
"The battle mentioned before is over, and there is a fair amount of material to collect. Numerous mechanised units, and one vehicle." Elm stated as it hovered out of the seat. "Are you ready to go?"
When the data was transmitted, the beam broke, and the antenna retracted. The Watcher then continued hovering around town, not nearly fast enough to keep up with either the ship, or various carriers.
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"Understood. When boarding, my own scanning equipment will be able to detect if the air is breathable to human lungs - assuming life support is online - if there are any pathogens, and what state any crew members are in, assuming their physiology doesn't deviate to much from what is known." Elm stated, then went to read through the data the Watcher sent. Sam, on the other hand, didn't, assuming Elm got the same massage he did, like before.
"The battle mentioned before is over, and there is a fair amount of material to collect. Numerous mechanised units, and one vehicle." Elm stated as it hovered out of the seat. "Are you ready to go?"
Sophia's slap connected, knocking Miss Pauling's glasses off of her face in addition to leaving a mark and nearly knocking her down. "That kinda stung a bit. I'm not really sure what I said to deserve that, though." Miss Pauling said calmly.
"Oh. I've had this job for so long that I often forget that murder isn't an everyday task for most people." Miss Pauling said in response to Kenna.
"You take back what you said about Tavish!" Sophia spat back at Ms. Pauling. Her hand shaking as she held back from making the other side of Pauling's face just as rosy. "How dare you say something so fowl about him when he talked so well of you!"
"Very well. I expect well be back in an hour." Elm stated, looking around the interior of the ship more to map it out, then began going through the process of opening a portal, using the visual date the Watcher send through for greater accuracy in its placement.
With Elm stated they were leaving, Sam got out from the seat, and stretched, out of force of habit. When done, he lowered his faceplate again, Elm finishing preparing the portal at this time, and opening it. [color=edc393]"See you later."[/color] Sam said to Shara, giving her a single wave. The two then stepped through the portal.
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They emerged on Cádiz's debris-filled beached, after which Elm closed the portal, instead opening one inside the warehouse back in Geneva. The two then began moving the various wrecked Scout-bots
With Elm stated they were leaving, Sam got out from the seat, and stretched, out of force of habit. When done, he lowered his faceplate again, Elm finishing preparing the portal at this time, and opening it. [color=edc393]"See you later."[/color] Sam said to Shara, giving her a single wave. The two then stepped through the portal.
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They emerged on Cádiz's debris-filled beached, after which Elm closed the portal, instead opening one inside the warehouse back in Geneva. The two then began moving the various wrecked Scout-bots
"But I would have had to kill him for using his real name. It's company policy." Miss Pauling explained to Sophia.
Miss Pauling sighed at Winona's question. "I suppose I am. In my line of work, disregard for human life is pretty much a requirement. Now, unless there are any more questions or someone else wants to slap me, can we please discuss how to take down Grey Mann? I'm on a tight schedule, here."
Miss Pauling sighed at Winona's question. "I suppose I am. In my line of work, disregard for human life is pretty much a requirement. Now, unless there are any more questions or someone else wants to slap me, can we please discuss how to take down Grey Mann? I'm on a tight schedule, here."
<color=brown>"Fine. Now then, do you have any information as to where we could plan a strike? Are there manufacturing plants we could destroy to impede his production of these robots? Do you have any information on what Australium is?"
"Company policy, my ass." Sophia retorted back to Ms. Pauling as she stood there. She looked to Sara as she asked her question before leaving the loading area where everyone else were. The reluctant of such an action was quite noticeable, Sophia really did want to knock her block off.
Miss Pauling just rolled her eyes at Kenna, having just said the answer to her question. She made no response to Sophia.
"Oh, you don't even want to be payed for helping me? I didn't even need to make up some speech about why morality commands we stop Grey Mann, either. Huh." Miss Pauling said pleasantly to Sara. "Okay, I'll try to make this quick. What you just witnessed back there at Cádiz was a small portion of Grey Mann's forces. He's currently in the Mann Co. Headquarters in Australia, but going there now would be suicide. All of his Carriers are built there, and the carriers are capable of building robots on thier own."
"Oh, you don't even want to be payed for helping me? I didn't even need to make up some speech about why morality commands we stop Grey Mann, either. Huh." Miss Pauling said pleasantly to Sara. "Okay, I'll try to make this quick. What you just witnessed back there at Cádiz was a small portion of Grey Mann's forces. He's currently in the Mann Co. Headquarters in Australia, but going there now would be suicide. All of his Carriers are built there, and the carriers are capable of building robots on thier own."
While Kenna still tried to wrap her head around the brutality of Miss Pauling's work, Samus stepped up. "There must be some way to weaken his forces. Supply lines, blind spots, an anti-robot weapon,something."
"All of his supplies and materials are generated by large scale dispensers inside the headquarters, and I am not aware of any anti-robot weapon. EMP is effective only for a very short time. There are countermeasures to any hacking attempt. However, Grey is desperate for Australium, as it is the only way to power his life-extension machine, so if we were to get some of it before he does, maybe we could set up a trap or... Something? Or maybe if any of you have scientific skills, we could weaponize the Australium. It is a VERY versatile element. I have leads to three caches that Grey does not yet know about, but it's only a matter of time before he finds them."
"Oh, I almost forgot to mention that there was a team of nine mercenaries who are experienced in fighting these robots. I've already gathered six of them, and apparantly one of them is dead, so that leaves two more. Also of note is Saxton Hale, the former CEO of Mann Co. before Grey stole the company, and Merasmus, an ancient wizard in possession of a powerful tome that contains the most powerful bomb magic in the universe. It may be difficult to get Merasmus' help, though..."
"Oh, I almost forgot to mention that there was a team of nine mercenaries who are experienced in fighting these robots. I've already gathered six of them, and apparantly one of them is dead, so that leaves two more. Also of note is Saxton Hale, the former CEO of Mann Co. before Grey stole the company, and Merasmus, an ancient wizard in possession of a powerful tome that contains the most powerful bomb magic in the universe. It may be difficult to get Merasmus' help, though..."
Samus thought for a second. "We should go for those caches first. Even if we can't defeat his forces, if we keep this Australium away from him, he'll eventually die. And we have multiple scientists."