I suppose it's decided. We're keeping her.Ahh! Naturally. Now, would you please untie... me... her talking falters as she notices you coming closer. The look in your eye must be hard to describe, but it seems to get the point across really well. What really makes it clear is when you engulf her head with your massive hand, only barely leaving her face open enough to scream as you start
squeezing.
But let's be very. VERY clear. If you do anything to my friends, or do ANY. THING. that another person would take offence to, I will squeeze until hear a fucking pop. She gurgles in pain as she tries to tear away your mutated fingers, only managing to cut herself. The others don't make a move, and Yunikki looks at her with particular disdain. Even those that voted "keep" aren't in any rush to help.
P-please... Not... Like this... IS. THIS. CLEAR?YES! YES! PLEASE!You stop crushing her skull, but not before lurching her head around once more. She falls to the ground, clutching her head and breathing heavily.
And you better follow through on that promise to fix Yunikki. If I find out you were lying to me, I'll make it slower.There is a heavy silence. You haven't quite flexed your intimidation muscles to that extent quite yet, but you suspect it had the intended effect. Even a freak like this little monster here should understand that, even if it doesn't fear death, it still has a damn good reason to fear getting killed by you.
Well... With that out of the way. I'll go pick up our payment before we leave. Keep watch over her, would you?The walk to D-VA was uneventful, though you get a LOT of stares. At one point a policeman even walks up to you for a moment, drawing his gun even, but then decides to leave it be. You assume that you were put on the "trusted" list of some sort. Still, you get a lot of wary looks and people crossing the street so they don't pass you. You've got better things to do than to care, you're leaving in a short while, anyhow. When you enter your employer's flat, there are many people hard at work, getting the unfurnished building in order. The office of your employer remains easy to find, though, just look at the one place people are clearly afraid to enter. When you look inside, however, you see the shadowrunners from the mission are here.
Huh, wondered where you were. Ahhh, good. No need to pull out the wallet twice. So, tell me, you did the killing but?She was missing mana... and a leg. She was also yelling for a "Sydney". Either way, considering the casualties and the danger of her magic, I think it's safe to say it's a damn good thing somebody came along before we did.Good for all of you. Well, you all get an equal share. You all helped dissolve that nasty bit of business and now I can get back to work. I will even be nice and give Sydney her piece of kit, it would waste away otherwise... You all get 50, medical expenses are on me, and those of you who can get something special, just follow me. Ask the employee in the red suit for your money and get out of here. My muse is calling and you are smothering her!...Right.You and another member of the shadowrunner team (Some guy, you didn't pay much attention at the time but you think be might be the one with the bombs? Who knows.) follow the little woman, who rapidly moves to a seemingly ordinary wall. There are no workers here, leaving the room oddly barren, despite the interesting design. She slides down a bit of wall (you didn't even see the seams!), types a code faster than you can follow, places her hand on a scanner of some sort, then lets an odd light pass over her eye before speaking slowly and carefully:
D-VA Bonus.Two turrets instantly pop out of the ceiling, with a high-pitched whine signalling their intention
And guests. She adds, with a smirk.
Alright, darlings, just follow me and don't touch anything that looks more expensive than you. Meaning you are only barely allowed to touch the floor.I wouldn't mess with D-va if I were you. Even I know better than to mess with her.The room is one of the most breathtaking pieces of technology you've ever seen. Everything looks like it was made out of a dark metal, that manages to be both intimidating and pleasing at the same time though the comfortable lighting, bathing the area in a faint orange tinge. Many computers and mostly things you don't recognize begin to retract into the walls, and soon the only thing that remains easily visible are some mannequins. She walks right up said mannequins and then claps her hands three times in rapid succession.
After a short, half-second pause the mannequins retract to go under the floor, and soon a single other mannequin comes out. On the (human-shaped) mannequin, you see it's a sweater overlaid with a solid metal plate. It seems... oddly simple for something of D-VA's make, considering the woman herself.
You, Vinny. You have done fine work for me, so I figured you deserved something that fits your expertise. You prefer to be unconspicious so I made it appear fairly normal, the armor one would expect from a Demolitions expert. But it is far more than that. The sweater, here! Touch it!Carefully, the man steps forward and touches the fabric.
You can feel the difference, right? Carefully interlinked with eachother, this will stop a bullet with ease while still breathing like fine cotton! The insides have been made completely itch-free, with a D-VA guarantee. The metal plate, while ghastly, has the expected uses of one, protecting you from all sorts of schrapnel. My own additions come from the heat dispersal system and grounding. Electricity and heat are no issue for it in the slightest, AND it is quite light. That's, eh, quite something. the moustached says, clearly unsure of how to react. He still looks quite eager to have it.
With D-va, you only get the best darling. You know that. Now, as for YOU!...Yes Ma'am. You made it rather difficult to figure out what would be useful for you, but as you plan on returning to the surface, I needed some way to look after that. Your new arm proved difficult to work with, the asymmetry you see, but after some thinking I finally figured out how I could turn it to my advantage. She claps twice, and the floor opens up again, revealing another humanoid mannequin, albeit with the legs removed. On it you see an oddly shapes piece of... armor? Cloth? The shape is right for leather armor, but the material doesn't. The space where your demonic arm is has no shoulder-pad, and there's even some slight discolouration from brown to black (with small pieces of dark red? It remind you of burnt wood).
Working with your asymmetry was a welcome challenge, and I believe with this it should add to your intimidation. Similar to Vinny's suit, this is lighter and sturdier than any leather you'll find, carefully interlinked fabric goes a long way.. Of course, there is the matter of the style. I went for a wooden aesthetic, rustic and familiar to anybody going topside, I bet. In addition, I added plenty of pockets, seeing as pants are not an option for you. Now, of course, if you find a way to damage this highly valuable piece of equipment, you'll be hardpressed to find something that could hope to fix it. If that happens, just discard it. But wouldn't that be... She cuts you off with a dismissive handgesture.
Aaa-papapapa. No talking. If I breaks, too bad. It's already in the past. Don't dwell in the past darling, it distracts from the now. Keep remembering that, it will help you. Now, take your things and get out of here. I have some more work to do. Remember to pick up your share on the way out.You are unceremoniously made to leave. Well, you collect the (paltry) payment, and the man in the red suite explains your pay was cut due to the shadowrunners doing most of the work. It's too bad. Well, you've got some more money coming in, anyhow. The police station has a few bounties you intend on collecting.
When you get there, the person at the entrance hall is quick to hail you over.
Sydney Aestinus? This is the collective bounty for the capture and the samples you sent through. There is one extra question, however. The woman at the desk slides 115 bucks your way as she speaks. A bit more like it, you say.
What would that question be?You are heading for the surface soon, are you? If so, we will ask you to take the two captured driders along. We conserve costs if you do the guarding. There is a bonus in it for you.I'll think about it.They will be at the exit, regardless. The guard will ask if you comply or not. Remember, they only need to be exiled topside. What happens beyond our borders is none of our concern. We promised their release in exchange for information. ...Lovely. Is that all?Please don't try to smuggle anything valuable out of here. It's been tried by better, and they did not succeed.Aren't we careful today? Fine, I won't.You totally will.
Well, you're a set of armour and 165 bucks richer. Time for some final bits of shopping and then leaving.Basic Stats
Level: 12
HP: 20/55
Stress: 15/70
Poison stings: 1/1
Restraint 3/3
Mana: 30/50
Corruption: 5/10
Thirst: Sated
Children
Adam 7/7
Alice 8/8
Cactus 10/10
Items and equipment
Items:
Three very large gems. (Worth 500 bucks, at the basic pawn shop. Just to save time.)
165 bucks
Four stimpacks
Syringer
Magic Cookbook.
Disassembled Handcannon
Equipment:
Two MP40 submachine guns (full magazines)
3 additional magazines
Bone scimitar
First Tome of Eternal Darkness
Vest
T-shirt
Skirt
Skills and spells
Magic:
Resurrect vermin: Allows you to resurrect very small creatures such as rats(invests 2 of your max mana) (no mana cost)
Resurrect average beast: Allows you to resurrect creatures such as dogs, cats and other similar-sized creatures.(invests 7 mana) (no mana cost)
Resurrect Humanoid: Allows you to resurrect humanoid creatures. (Invests 10 mana) (Costs 14 mana)
Reshape minion plus!: Allows you to majorly change the appearance of your resurrected minions.
Control Undead: Allows you to attempt to control an undead that doesn't belong to you. (mana cost of 2 per second, unmastered)
Minion Vision: Allows you to see what a minion sees. The minion must have eyes.
Disintegrate undead: Delete a corpse you currently control.
Animate Piece: Allows you to animate just a piece of dead tissue. It requires your constant attention, and cannot act independently. (Drains 0 mana)
Graft: Allows you to use dead tissue as a replacement limb. Requires a lot of mana. (1 per second) (average limb takes around 20 seconds to properly graft)
Gather Soul: Allows you to make a soul visible. You could try putting it in a flame of some sort to keep it around. (9 mana)
Soul battery: Allows you to use a soul-infused flame as a small mana-boost. This snuffs it out, however
Undead flashbang: Allows you to blow up a minion for a flash-bang effect. (9 mana)
Stitch: allows you to close a wound and stop bleeding as fast as you can stitch. Costs zero mana, but requires something to stitch with.
Siphoning Cloud: Breathe out a cloud that drains the life from victims and gives it to you. Adds a LOT to intimidation (4 mana)
Smoke Cloud: Breathe out harmless but thick smoke. (1 mana)
Deathbolt: A bolt that hurts the body's connection with it's soul. Causes minor wounds to appear over the body as it attempts to compensate (1 mana)
Doombolt: A more powerful version of the above (4 Mana)
Pinworks: You can apply spells into a bone spike, relative to the size of the victim. You can also make traps if you use an offensive spell.
Companions
Tom(cat)
Shite (Pigeon)
Skills:
Claws: Your arm has been replaced with a powerful claw. This is BOUND to you, and cannot be removed.
Pride: You have a mind-controlling leech in your arm. This is so mindblowingly unethical/illegal it would put you in "kill on sight" status with a lot of organisations/people.
Broodmother: Once per day, you can sting something to create spiderlings, which are large, clever spiders that adore you by default. Your instincts cause you to be VERY protective of them.
Crossbow usage: Novice
Gun usage: Novice
Oral Fixation: Can cast spells spells from the mouth.
Draining: Can drain blood using fangs.
Major experience in blocking and swordplay.
Climber
Crafty: Bolas
Cooking skill: Excellent
Corpse Cutting: Quite Decent.
Animal handling: inexperienced.
Necromantic knowledge
Soul Sniffer
Author
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