london ♔ stand across the wire

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Technologic [fool remix] - Daftpunk

WHO ||  Lila, Astrid, Faye, Topher, Zero, One, GLaDOS
WHAT || Lila and Zero go to confront the technomage One, with a little help from their friends...
WHERE || Downtown London, CalTech building
WHEN || Late March, 2015 [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

It's been a couple of months since the hacker who goes by the moniker "One" assisted in the attack on the Knights' castle, with the inside assistance of the Artificial Intelligence-turned-human GLaDOS.  Zero has good reason to believe, however, that One hasn't left - that he's waiting for him to come face him, and that the stage he's set for the showdown is the CalTech building in the city, whose employees are off for the week.  Realizing it's likely a trap, Zero's stacked his chips on setting a counter-trap - uploading a virus designed by himself and Topher Brink into the now-cyborg Faye Chamberlain's brain, assuming that he is going to try to hack into her and turn her against them.  

They arrive at the building as the sun is going down, staring up at the building that has a light show of digital streams coursing down the front of it, drawing a snort from Zero.  

"Theatrical jackass."

Comments

[goodbyecaroline]

Who are you

ca̟̯͚̲͇l̪̞̝̖̘͖ͅl̬̬͔̦̬̻̝i͔͕̦͙͈̘̪n̖̻͉̟͢g̘̝̺̗̪͓ ̵̺̫̪c̶r̝̺͚͉a̵z͍͖̲͘y͎̣̯̯̫̯͎͞?̨

[ uhh that didn't seem right ]

[reallywicked]

[Does that mean it's working? God she hopes so. Is it itchy? It seems like it might be itchy.]

[andblockbuster]

[Topher perks up, glances at Astrid, and then takes another tentative step forward.

and then decides maybe he can afford to be a little cocky, because he's feeling his wheaties right now. lila got him worked up.]

I dunno. Maybe the robot who thought she could go up against a neuroscientist when brains are on the line.

[goodbyecaroline]

[ faye can feel glados' anger roiling through her, a cold wave of something that tries desperately to seize at her limbs and gain control of them, sending her staggering forward towards topher in a bizarre, menacing horror movie walk. ]

W̪͍̘͓̻̩͍̬h̡̢҉̹̗̟a̷̢҉̺͖͓̩͕̩t̘̮̪͓̫̣̠̼͠ ̸͈͍͎͇̲͈̹̟d̞͙͖̪̗͟i̛̠̬͖̮̺̦̞d͔͖ ̴̧̘̺ý̤͔͍͕o̢̳u͕̹̫̼̲ ̞͓̺̻̪͟͞ͅd̛̙̣͖͓͉o̧͖͕̞͕̪͝ ̨̮̺̫̺̦̩͟ͅt̡̺̥̙̀o̮͎̟̯̩̫̜ ̨̹̭̣̦̘̻͇͈̞m̨͖̟̭̱̯e͈̰̙ͅͅ?̵̢͕̖͔̻͉̯̹̬

[andblockbuster]

[Oh that's not good. He takes a step back towards Astrid.]

....I mean it was more of a group project.

[reallywicked]

[She knows this is supposed to work but feeling her body move involuntarily is downright terrifying. Just a Faye update as these horrors unfold...]

[goodbyecaroline]

T͎̣͙̖͡h̢̫̰̗̹̲̮́ͅe͖͚̝̞̤͟͟n͞҉̢͕̖͍̙͍̯̜̦̼ ̴̟͚͖̗̭͉̖̰̗Ì̢͔̞̹̦͔'̜̤̣͈̤̗͡ĺ̳̰̬̙͢l̷͙̭̜̪͖͍ ̱m̵̨̤̰̪͠a̶̜͈̙̺̬̫̼̯k̻͘e̸͎̗̻ ̨̥̭͍͉͞s̴̴̢̥̪̰ͅù̯̜̹͞r҉̞̻̯̫͍͡e͚̥͉̣̣͕͎͟ ̧҉͔̟ę͎̬̹̜̣v̴̵̱̥e̘̹͔̠̺͕̝̙͟r̸̸͓̠͘y̴͞͏̠͇̮̮̼̱o̷̘̝̼̦̦̕n̴̪̹̝̭̠é̷͎̩̲̪͖͇͙̩͉ ̩͉̣̮i͏̜̭͓͈̱́͠s͚̬̦̼͈͈̗͠ ͎i̝̗̱̩͚̝̟͡n̖͖̞̺͚̙̳͘͝ͅc̨̬l̵̷͏͇̦̞͕͈̝u̞̠̟̤̯̙͉͡ͅd̨̦͙̜̜̀͜e͓̜͖̖̝̰̣͠d̷̢̢̤̼͚̻.̴̡͙̩̥̯͖̭͙̖

[ annnnd faye must make a will save DC 18... to resist the urge to cast a destructive spell at her two buddies here. like... a fireball. ]

[reallywicked]

[Well she sure got a 14.........

so her comes a fireball yall... reflex save 18 for half damage - annnnd that full damage is 35 :x]

[andblockbuster]

[Thanks to action points because Topher would be fucking unconscious by now without it since he took damage already, he passes his reflex save (RS 21), but he's still not looking too good.] I think it's your turn for a bright idea, Astrid, because mine sorta got us here...

[pathology]

[astrid also needs an action point but it's fine ok (ref save 27) this is fine. everything is fine. jk no it's not. she can take being lightly singed, but her lips purse in a line as she glances over at topher and sees him doing not quite as well. this entire situation is not great. maybe if they get a moment she can patch him up. or they'll all die. maybe that.]

Turn her off and on again?! Fuck, I don't know!

[goodbyecaroline]

[ faye's entire body begins jerking and convulsing further, her thoughts overrun by a litany from within of glados insulting her and her mother and topher's dog, a string of statements designed to cut away at any self esteem she might have left, but each one so garbled that it doesn't actually make any sense, the bite stripped away. ]


Y̟̲͈̤̥̍̔ͯ́ǫ̲̣͔̰̎͒̅ų͖̘̟̣̭̻͐̃̌̌̈͂ͥ͛͠ ̘̘͚̥̒̓̒̍̒̋ͪ̒w̨̜̥̖͍̹̼̭̏̏̔̈ͩͩ͢o̡̳̗̮̣̖͍̞̊̍͂͛͊ͥṅ̶̴̰̯͓͗̈'̤͉̭͐́̃̃͛͌̌̈́̀t̶͙̳͖̟̊̽̑̆̃̐ͩ
̠̈́̉͠͝
̉̏̓̆҉̟̪̮͉̙̞̠͚Yͬͪ̄͏̨̬͉͕̠̪̣̼͍ò̴͍͈̗̰̘̼̅̏ͬͥ̍̂̈́͛͘ͅu̷͚͍̿ͩ̏͑̇ ͭ̿҉̱̖̞ͅŵ̴̷̱͈̮̾ͯ̉̾͗̚o̳̹̬̟̮ͩ͂̅̄͜ņ̸̛͔͔͖̬͍͚̩͈ͥͬ͋'͓̗̘̩̜͊̇̉̄͗̍̓̒̎̕ͅt̡̺͎̬̦̯͍̣̥̐͂͑̒ͮͫ̓
̛̟̤̰̝̟̰̰̍ͣ̒́ͅ
͔̩̣̼̪̦͉͌ͮ̈́͆̈͐ͦͫ
̌̔̽҉̢̥̜̦͈͇͍̭̗Ȳ̛ͭͤͧ̇̆̄͏̥̫̞̬o̶͈͔̳̹̦̹̥̘ͧ̾ͧͯų͙̲ͤ͌ͯ̔̚͘͝ ̴̜̘̗̝̻ͭ̔̒̕͡w͂̆̆҉̨̪͕̥͓͈̪̣o͎̻͆̄ͨ̐͢n̺̩̤̂̄ͨ̕͘͢'̠̱̗̹̼̲̥̰̅̍̐̑̊ͯͭ͑ͬ͠t̴̻͇͇͕͇̞ͩ̅ͦ̏ͮͥ͊͒ͣ̀͟
̙̙̗͉͈͔̌ͣ̇͌͊̕
̶̹͈̬̦ͣͬ̇͡g͕̭̫͎̤̀ͮ̊̈́ͬͣͮ̀͟ḛ̞̻̥̪̽͛͊͞t̶̮̑̓̃̍ ̢̥̟̻͉̳͕̬̬͋͌̅̑̇͂ͥ͡à̭͙̠͖͑̚͘̕ͅẅ̧̙̬̻́̇̓̐͟a͚̩͔͍͙ͥ̆̔͆ͨ́y̌̃̿̇͏̲̘̪
͖̞̃͐̌́̕͟ͅ
̶̨̲̪̙̝̘̬͖͛͋̅̚w̵̳̰̣͈ͦͭ̾̓́ͫ͌̅͝ȋ̯̪͎͙͓̖̻́͘ț̔̑͘h̞̜͍͓̺̺͖ͭ́ͥ̔ͣ͒̐
ͦͦ̒͏̱͔̥̩͉͓̹̫̼
̴͔̽͟
̛̗̖̩̝ͪͥ̌̽ͦ̈́̚͡ͅ

[ faye must make a fort save 15 to avoid passing out from the physical strain that's being put on her nervous system right now tbh ]

[reallywicked]

[fort 23. she's the stubbornest bitch in the world. this will probably come back to bite her later, but for now she's hanging on with all she's got.]

[andblockbuster]

[Topher staggers to his feet, burned and battered.] That does not actually work on the human brain- believe me, I have.. [uhhh] Not tried that ever. In my life.

[pathology]

[the most exasperated expression] Cognitive recalibration!! Knock her out, you dildo!

[goodbyecaroline]

[ echo - crusher p

at astrid's words, there's a flare of something that feels a great deal like anger and bitter sadness that flows through faye, not her own, a few words managing to cut through the static enough to make sense: ]

W̮̲͈̦ͅo̯̘͚͖͓̟̮͙͓͖̣̠̫̗͈̹̭̠ͅu̻̣̘͔̜̗̙͇l͇̘̳̤ͅd̖̖͎̼ ͎͙͈̹̼̣͉͓̯̪̫͔̝̫͙̟̝̦ͅy̞͓̬̗͉͓̬̟̦̟̣̖̪̫͎̬o̖͉͕̰̻͙̮̰͇͔͍͉̬͎̖͓u̘̥̱̬͕͇̘̺͎̥̰͎͔̗ ͚̘͖̞̜r̬̩̹̩̙̹̮̩̥̮̙̥̗͎̘e̯̯̳̘̥̟̹̱̣̪̘̜ͅa̤̠͉͓̝͎̰̗̖̤͎l̠̟͓l͔̹̹̤̺̟̟̗͍̳̣ͅy̘͖͚̮͕̝̜̣͎͙̭̭̪͉̭ͅ
̝͍̗̥͔͙̪̞̥͕͙̜̮̖ͅ
͕͎̱̬̻k̥̘̗͕̬̫̮͙͙̞̤i̟̲͇̙ͅl̗̯̗͉̺̣̦l͎̼̬̜͈͓̝͓͕̜̦ ͎̬̭̘̭̠̖̭̩m̠̲̟̥͓e̳̟̻͎̹̭
̭̼̝
͈̻̲͓̰͉͙̹͖̜̺̻̰͈
̱͖̱̠̝͈̝͎̯̖̜̗̗̦̱̙̳y̮̰͓̺̲̫͔̹̱͓o̠̘̠̩͓͕̲͕͈̯̘ͅụ̖͎̗̩͓̱͓̱͚̦͎̱̣̟ ͇͙͉̥̙͕̜͍ͅm̥͙̫̱͍̮̤̟̲̠̠͇̺̳̖̭͇o̜̺͇̥̜̻̟͔̗ͅn̦̹̤̜̼s̻͈̳̤̥̫͇̳͚t̳͓͔̩̜͚̖̩͔̝e̬̩̖͉̭͍̼͎͎͓r̟̩͎͙͍̤͚̪͍̳̼̦͖̱̜̲

[andblockbuster]

[Topher pulls his Beretta Excalibur and begins to move cautiously towards Faye in case she loses control again with the intent to possibly pistol whip her into unconsciousness, because HE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO KNOCK HER OUT WITH. HE'S SORRY.]

Faye... Um... If you can hear me, I'm not gonna shoot you, so don't... panic or anything. And also I'm sorry.

[reallywicked]

[If Faye could speak or move, she would probably just scream for Topher to get on with it. She is tired of not having control of her own body.

And she doesn't have a single ounce of remorse for glados. But it is strange to feel feelings that aren't hers.]

[pathology]

Oh my GOD, Topher! Men are useless. [she snatches topher's gun out of his hands it's already out, ok and decides to pistol whip faye in the head for him. men tho. seriously. what a weenie. (atk 23!! for 3 dmg.)]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ it wouldn't be enough to knock her out normally, but there's a lot going on in her nervous system right now, ok, and it sends her sprawling, out for at least a moment. ]

[andblockbuster]

[Topher exhales and drags his hands down his face, ever so grateful that Astrid took the plunge for him so he doesn't get in any more trouble with Lila for like... concussing Faye or something.]

My first mission and... we had to knock out a teammate who was being possessed by a psychotic robot. This is fine.

[pathology]

Can you do anything for her? Like, get in there and ... do your thing?

[she is a medical doctor not a hacker ok]

[andblockbuster]

With what? There's no equipment in here. [he's at least gonna... not be useless and try to pick her up (strength 15)] We need to get out of this freakin' room.

[pathology]

[astrid, the wonderful friend that she is ... doesn't try to help him. she knocked faye out, ok, it's topher's turn to be useful.] And go where? Do you want to follow Lila?

[andblockbuster]

Lila went to find Zero, and Zero'll probably be where the computers are, which is... Kiiinda the extent of my usefulness right now. Not even gonna lie.

[he looks around, a bit frantic.] This isn't Tron. There has to be some way in or out besides what she makes- check and see if there's a fake wall or a hidden door or-or something.

[pathology]

Seriously?

[she gives him an extremely dubious look, but tries to check along the perimeter of the room. (spot 32)]