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Post by wombat on May 26, 2009 1:34:06 GMT -5
"Not unless you can see the future - opportunists wait on the sidelines for disgruntled ex-employees to cross their path, and we've already sent them two or three that either couldn't take the pace or couldn't tolerate Four-Eye's attitude."
Bishop turned his eyes to Blackout, his nod as much as a sign of respect as one could expect from the stiff upper-lipped Brit.
"This time might be different, however.."
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Post by Crimson D on May 26, 2009 6:38:56 GMT -5
"We should talk to Meg about a magical oath of silence or some such. It's not undoable and quite common in the underworld."
((You guys like my new avatar?))
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Post by Blackout on May 28, 2009 15:32:20 GMT -5
"Hey, like I said, my specialty aint combat. Putting me in a firefight is no different to putting a decker or mage in one." Blackout gulped his drink and shrugged. "But if I'm covering you with my rifle, now that I'm good at. Not only that, but I'm good at choosing the best spots to cover from, and at getting into them without being noticed. I just know how to defend myself in a pinch if I have to go to my pistol."
He gave Bishop a nod of agreement, and mutual respect. The guy was a professional and he acted it, that mattered the most to Blackout. "I aint got a problem with that, this isn't some half-assed operation running out of someone's basement. I can see you've got a lot at stake and I appreciate the opportunity. But..." Blackout looked at Shade, talking about mindjobs in such an offhand manner was disconcerting at best. "If staying on requires someone screwing with my head, then I might as well walk now. No paycheck is worth that. I'd rather go back to a day job."
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Post by Crimson D on May 28, 2009 23:28:38 GMT -5
"Who said anything about a mind job? I can tell from your aura alone if your lying or not." Shade shook his head while rolling his hands and starts juggling fireballs "-but then again what do I know? I'm only mage, not like I'm good in fight since all I can do is throw fireballs-" the fire vanishes and he arcs lightning between his hands "-or throw lightning bolts-" He stops that as well "-and summon other worldly things that modern weapons are for the most part ineffective against. No I guess I'm not good in a fight at all, guess I'll stick to my books, mathematics and cool parlor tricks that get me laid."
He stares at Blackout for a moment to convey the fact that he is being fucked with. "After all, what chick doesn't dig levitating beer?" I lev'ed the trash bin next to Blackout and sat it down. "I've worked with a pretty mean decker in the past, never underestimate nerd rage." Shade grinned.
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Post by Blackout on May 29, 2009 5:01:02 GMT -5
(actually, blackout didn't say mindjob either)
"You said 'magical oath of silence', sounds like a mindjob to me, but since magic aint my specialty I wouldn't know."
Blackout smirked, it was easy to get the impression that Shade was all talk the way he constantly showed off like he had something to prove. But he reserved judgement until he'd seen Shade in action. The guy was on the payroll after all.
"Yeah yeah yeah I'm well aware some mages can blow drek up, just like my buddy Nitro could put out a lot of heat. Far as I understand it, the real power of sorcery is it's flexibility. If there isn't a spell for something you can make one, right?"
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Post by Crimson D on May 29, 2009 6:13:29 GMT -5
"It's just a random idea I was throwing out. If the shoe were on the other foot you'd want to protect your secrets as well, right? As for the power of sorcery, It comes not from flexibility or spells cast, true power comes from within. The strength of one's character and resolve. It's not tangible, it's something that must be experienced." Shade pulls out another cola from his coat. "The fact that I can turn invisible or move without sound doesn't make me powerful. It's the fact that I am prepared to meet my limits head on and then promptly exceed them."
Shade opens his cola. "True strength can be measured in a number of ways. I measure mine by how far I am willing to go to reach the absolute height of my talent. There is no mountain too high, no sea too wide, no knowledge too forbidden, no pain too intense." He takes a quick drink before looking at Blackout. "So I ask you, how far are you willing to go to reach yours?"
Shade could have been a motivational speaker in his past life.
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Post by wombat on May 29, 2009 7:49:27 GMT -5
Bishop watches Shade's sermon with a deadpan face before stifling a yawn as he stretched and prepared to get out of his seat.
"Well," He said in an un-motivated tone "I just realized I have somewhere else to be. I trust you'll get back to Four-Eyes regarding my proposal, Peaches - he's the one holding the purse strings after all."
"You're welcome to stay, Blackout - I have the utmost faith that Shade will brief you thoroughly."
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Post by Crimson D on May 29, 2009 17:53:31 GMT -5
"Lecturing mage joke, very funny Bishop. Well Blackout I hope you got a ride other wise we're flying back to the commute.... and yes we know it's a dumb name but humor Meg. That's our boss. The job is simple, we provide security for a bunch of kids. Youngling mage's learning the ins and outs of alchemy."
Shade pulls over Peaches dry erase board and draws out a quick map, walls and buildings is all he puts on the map, after he takes a quick look into the astral not that they could read the board anyway he's just making sure.
"Also, I hope you hate ghouls and vampires because we keep stepping on them like a blind man to a hornets nest. We're at a point in process that Meg wants as few people off site as possible, not that you have to live on site but I do as I take my job seriously... mmm... and that pretty much does it. Not much I can tell ya with restricted access." A eraser rises up and wipes the board. "Any questions? ...... relating to the job." He grins. "I'm NOT leaving myself open a why grass is green question. Once we get back you'll be issued a ID card, you'll need it to gain access and so the local drones don't shoot you on sight. Pretty stanard stuff."
Shade waits for Blackout's questions.
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Post by Blackout on May 29, 2009 19:46:23 GMT -5
"You saying that no-one but a mage has strength of character and resolve? Oh I getcha, we're all undisciplined slobs, a sniper who waits six hours motionless, with bugs crawling down his neck? That's just like breathing out for you guys, because everything you do is so damn hard." Blackout smirked, he was just turning the tables on Shade. After all, he didn't begrudge the comeback when he suggested that mages generally can't fight (even if generally they can't).
"But seriously, there isn't much I don't know about electrical systems and security, that's my point of focus. If I find something I don't know, I study it. If I'm not screwing a contract or risking a hundred grand I take it apart, put it back together, turn it back on. It's been a lot of years since I've done that and something's gone wrong - but that don't mean I've got nothing to learn so I still look through catalogues for new things to take apart." He grinned, it had been his hobby - maybe even obsession - for over twenty years.
"Then occasionally I take something apart and put it back together working better than it did originally."
"Yeah, I got a ride waiting for me nearby. So you got automated drones? I hope you got security guards too, I could probably get through drone-based security on my own without a hitch. Either they're remotely controlled and there's no real way of stopping the signal being scrambled, or they're automated and the sensors can be worked around because they're about as bright as a dog. What's got you guys involved in ghouls and... wait, vampires? You mean 'bluh bluh!', bloodsucking and that drek?" He shrugged, even thirty-odd years on the world was still a freaky new place with new stuff popping up every now and then.
"Well as long as they can be fragged I haven't got a problem with that. I don't think getting eaten or being used like a blood bank are on my agenda."
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Post by wombat on May 29, 2009 23:40:57 GMT -5
((hey blackout, you gonna get yourself into belly of the beasy? already called on you twice i think ))
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Post by Crimson D on May 29, 2009 23:44:04 GMT -5
<tht>I like this guy, he can roll with the punches and plays along... unlike everyone else.
"Any guy who can lay motionless for six hours while fire ants nip his nuts is ok by me, and yes the bluh bluh vampires... as for the more detailed security stuff, I'll wait till Meg decides what you need to know..... um, on another note, can you take a look at my microwave? It's been making a weird buzzing sound whenever I run it for more then 90 seconds." Shade wasn't joking. "It's been a few months since i've been home last but I can pick it up and bring it by. I'll pay you for your time of course."
He goes back to joking. "All people have a inner strength but if you see yourself as a undisciplined slob, who am I to argue?"
"Alright alright, we need to get going or FE will ride us about messing around."
((FYI I use <tht> to indelicate thought because wombat couldn't tell the difference between "'s and italics.))
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Post by wombat on May 29, 2009 23:47:23 GMT -5
((FYI I use <tht> to indelicate thought because wombat couldn't tell the difference between "'s and italics.)) ((italians?? ))
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Post by Crimson D on May 30, 2009 0:05:18 GMT -5
Italics
See? This is normal text and this is Italics
Maybe you kids call them something different these days.
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Post by wombat on May 30, 2009 0:25:13 GMT -5
((oh i think we call those quotation marks ))
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Post by Blackout on May 30, 2009 4:20:12 GMT -5
"No problem, I'll take a look at it." Menial as the job was, Blackout wasn't doing it out of some weak attempt to please. He'd fix the thing while watching TV or eating. Maybe he'd jazz it up with some extra features too, if he got bored. "My rate for freelance work is a hundred nuyen an hour." As Shade wrapped it up, Blackout appeared to look off into the distance as he silently subvocalised a call to Nitro, who was still waiting a couple of blocks away. "Hey babe, stop playing with yourself and start the van, we're done here." "Frag you, shorty. You better make it a good restraunt."He grinned, then he raised his voice so it was audible to Shade again. "Alright, my ride is waiting. You know, you guys should scan for bugs better. Good job I was only having us tailed in case this went sour." He grinned again, wider. With a face like his, it wasn't a pretty sight. "Of course, you're not going to find it where I put it unless you do a strip-search." (ooc eeesh, 13 pages to catch up on, at what point in the thread would blackout actually be aware of the proceedings? should I take the entire thing as IC info? I'll join when I know what he's supposed to know )
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