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]

[ 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)]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ heyyyyy guess what? astrid sees a place where the floor seems to be... shorting out every minute or so. which is fucking weird, because that's not how floors work... ]

[pathology]

Topher!! Come over here! [she will move closer to that spot on the floor while motioning for him to come over with her hand. maybe he can bring faye too w/e.]

[andblockbuster]

[Topher moves over to Astrid and gently lays Faye down on the floor away from the shorting out floor, examining it carefully. (knowledge: technology 32)] Floors... definitely don't do that...

[behindcloseddoors]

[ it's at that point that topher's brilliant mind deduces

THAT THIS IS ALL

A VR CONSTRUCT. over top of what must be the real world... ]

[andblockbuster]

[WHAT A COMPLETELY RANDOM HAPPENSTANCE.]

Uh... Astrid. Remember what I said about this not being Tron? 'Cause I was right.

[he's gonna... try to disrupt it somehow. (disable device... nat 20?? MAN WHAT A WASTE OF A ROLL IF DISABLE DEVICE IS NOT THE RIGHT ROLL FOR THAT; COMPUTER USE 47?? I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR FUCKING INT SKILLS ARE BROKEN)]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ WHAT DOES HE EVEN DO I DONT KNOW HE BROKE THE MATRIX

basically the simulation fucking melts around them at this point when he pulls a fist-full of wires out of the ground somewhere. oh hey look. they're on a warehouse floor. there are no killer robots here. ]

[pathology]

What the fuck. I guess this is an improvement?

[andblockbuster]

Uh... [looking at his fistful of wires like HOLY CRAP I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WOULD WORK SO WELL.] Yeah... I'd say so.

I'm feeling a little Keanu right now. How about you?

[pathology]

Um, yeah. Totally. But at least it's not our entire lives ... that we know of.

[andblockbuster]

..Yeah, given my last job, I'm not really ready for that kind of existential crisis. [he adjusts Faye on his shoulders and sort of hobbles along because he's a weak ass bitch.] Now let's go find Zero.