"You are indeed correct, miss! I do not work here! I am but a humble, unassuming *roof inspector*, working for the good of the Party. You wouldn't want to interfere with the affairs of the Party's *roof inspectors*, would you? It would be so dreadfully inconvenient. I might even require to mention you in the *roof inspection* report."
Explain.
((I'm going to have you move up the stairs for the sake of time. Hope you don't mind.))
"Fine! Go ahead!" Although she's convinced, she doesn't sound very happy.
The woman explodes in a rant as you continue to the elevators.
"
I wonder what kind of stupid job they'll think of next to justify paying guys like you! Who are you related to, eh? A party member? A councilor? Guys like you are the reason the Union is going to shit, you know! You think I'm afraid of you? Well I don't give a damn. Rat me out to them! I don't care. What I care about is that I bust my ass working this desk all day, processing data at the same time to meet my quota, and guys like you think you're better, think just-"
You can hear her even as the elevator doors close.
"Man, that girl can shout. Well, let's hope nobody else comes by the reception while she keeps on going. Mostly for her sake."You get off on level 5, make your way through some empty offices and reach the windows. The building is opposite to you and in range.
The building's got a strange, tiered layout, the second story being almost half the size of the first one. The roof is covered with shallow water puddles from the recently melted snow.
The roof looks empty looks empty, even with your enhanced senses.
"Incoming image."
The
yellow star is the main elevator shaft and a chimney emitting black smoke
The
green star is a door leading close to the main security station.
The
blue star is some sort of giant ventilation tower that is emitting white smoke and a stairwell.
The green-white squares are ladders.
The blue lines are windows.
The
cyan square marks the boundaries of the building.
The darker the color, the higher up it is. I.e.
black is higher,
gray is lower.
Your target is a small building sitting under an array of satellite dishes, all sprouting from a central large antenna.
Stand up, cross arms(1) and look like I'm waiting for someone.
If car passes, carry on cutting after it goes.
If car stop, (1) Arms are in place to freeze anyone getting out and then the car doors of anyone else not out yet.
((You were either very unlucky or very lucky depending on how you look at it.))
The
car notices you and stops.
A man in an expensive looking outfit coming out of it and begins talking.
"Hey, vagrants like y-" Before he's even fully out of the car, you aim near his vitals and begin forming an ice attack.
The man notices the attack coming and tries to dodge out of the way.
"Tries" being the keyword here, since he ends up slipping on the melting snow and putting his head right into the path of the thin icicle you just launched from your hand at high speed.
The result is a very crude lobotomy. The man convulses in the ground for a few moments before lying still, a small puddle of blood forming near his head.
"Well done. Great shot!""She just got lucky. We'll see how long she lasts."There is nobody else inside the car.
Proceed up the stairwell we were already headed to.
Follow Zech.
((Stopped you halfway last turn because I try to keep you all roughly in the same time.))
You follow the entity's directions, go up a level and finally reach the entrance to the main security station. It's a small metal door with a keycard reader, stuck in the northernmost section of the building.
It is unguarded.
"Hmm... Strange. There was supposed to be a guard here. Anyway, this door just leads to a corridor, which should be empty.
After that, go north at the intersection and you should reach the main control room. There should be a few guards in there.
The intersection also leads to a bathroom in the west, and to a 'reinforced temporary imprisonment unit' in the south, whatever that is."Chatter about the fire near the west stairwell continues to be heard through your radio.
"I've got lots of smoke. We've got an actual fire here.""Affirmative. Coming to assist.""A fire? Okay, keep my updated."
Silently cry under the rags and wallow in self-pity, hoping that Angel has a plan since she shot down mine
((You're depressed about what you don't know and/or can't understand, Stellar is depressed about stuff you know and stuff you don't know,
he is angry for reasons you don't know... Didn't expect to get this much drama so early. And definitely not for those reasons. Congratulations on making things more complex and/or interesting. Oh, and due to good rolls, your plan is partially working.))
You stay hidden under the rags and be sad fox.
For anyone not knowing the context it's a good combination of sad and adorable. And a bit of funny if you consider the unusual sounds foxes make. For you though, it's just sad.
"I-" Stellar begins to say something but seems to reconsider and stops. She sounds afraid.
Attempt to use telepathic powers to locate the director guy.
The guard looks at you questioningly for a moment before continuing down the stairs.
You follow the entity's directions to the entrance to the rec room.
Your power isn't giving you much. Just that there are about 4-6 people in that area.
You could let it go and try for another power. Or you could go in to see what's in there. Or both.
John swore mentally. Piece of shit machine.
"Yeah, I got it right here in my bag in the console." He looked at the console. "Or... Ебена мать! It's in the trunk. One second, I will get it."
He reached out to his teammate mentally. **I'm going to pop the trunk and let them see the gear back there. When they say their 'what the hells,' start shooting.**
Get out and open the trunk. When they are shocked by what's in the trunk, shoot them while they're distracted.
"Okay, okay. Let's go see it."
The guard follows you to the trunk of the car. Opening the trunk provides the expected "What the he-" which is cut short by John, as he moves behind the guard with incredible speed, putting two bullets in his lungs and one in his heart before he can make a noise.
The guard falls on the smoke producing device in the trunk hard, activating it in the process. Of course. Now it works.
Now the area is slowly filling with a thick, low hanging smoke.
At least the body is hidden.
**They will regret not being a hipster.**
Get out with partner and shoot knives into the guards when they realize we're fakes.
Meanwhile, Alan tries to take out the second guard. He opens the gate to the gate guardhouse, raises his hand aaaand... nothing.
The guard seems to be too confused by the sight to respond. He probably didn't see his buddy get brutally and efficiently murdered.
"Wha-? What the hell do you think you're doing in here? What do you want?" he asks, his hand moving to his sidearm.
"Ah, our first kills. I feel so proud."
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