Rats of the Concrete Jungle [Inactive]

[TimeSplitter]

TimeSplitter submitted a new role play:


Rats of the Concrete Jungle - Sometimes you need to risk alot just to survive.

The view from high in a skyscraper can make everything seem so much smaller, nobody would think of the struggling few on the streets far below, who scrounge for scraps of food and fight for the mundane items, though thats what happens every day in the Bright City, and you are one of the unlucky few.
The city wasn't always this way, it was once a fair and just city, but as technology continued to advance, the lines of morals and etiquette were blurred until they were completely...

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Robyn spent her afternoon the way she spent most afternoons, hunched over a dull computer that badly needed alot of replacement parts, and watching it as it flickers with a series of code that wouldn't mean much to anyone else down here in the sewers. The light that came from the computer was the only thing that lit up her face in the dark and dingy sewer room where she resided, she didn't really need any other light, one of the only advantages of being part Owl. Around her, the rotting brick walls were etched with some sort of wet fungus, and a clearly audible drip sounded every few seconds somewhere behind her. She had tried plugging the hole that made the annoying noise, but had since given up after a few failed attempts of cleaning the place up


She normally was on the lookout for little bits of information that her friends could use to rob something to sell on the black market to pay for food, though she was having a rather long dry spell of not finding anything. She figured her computer was too well out of date, and made a mental note to ask Tom Trigger in case he had any new parts laying around that he hadn't given to his sister already. Just as she was about to give up, her computer finally comes up with something. At first, she couldn't believe her eyes, though after checking through it vigorously, it seemed as though someone at CalCorp had made a slip-up. A very serious slip-up.


With zealous speed, she loaded the document that CalCorp had forgotten to encrypt, some sort of new technology in their R&D called the 'Primal Engine'. She had no idea what it was, but anything from CalCorp was likely to bring in alot of cash on the black market. The second it had finished uploading to her datapad, Robyn makes her way to Revy's desk and silently slid the datapad across to her, waiting patiently for her to read it over and judge the find.

 

[ThatGuyWithSouvlaki]

"Come now, darling you are insulting me."Medusa said into her phone carrying on the other hand several sheets, slithering around her room."Look, this the formula CalCorp phenothelomanide stimulant, think about it you will be its only competition you can under-price them. Think of the profit, but i have to make profit on it too. Forteen grand....Thirteen...Twelve fifty...Fine, ten but really pushing it now...Ow wonderful darling, You wont regret it....Drinks? Eh...well...Will see, i will call you after the deal is settles....Ok, darling, bye." She ended the call and put down the phone and lit a cigarette."Horny foul of a prick."


She moved out of her room to Revy's desk noticing Robyn there.


"Oh, Robyn dear, great find on the pharmacutical run. Got us a good ten grand...And a date offer from a Jupiter exec."

 

[davegeta]

Ape walked through the ruined streets, surrounded by wrecked buildings and flickering streetlights. He wore a large brown coat and covered the less-human part of his face with a balaclava. People feared the Spliced. They always feared the unknown. Amidst the chaos and fear induced by CalCorp, the people were haunted by the Spliced. Being a Spliced was worse. They often had rough confrontations with humans. The humans denied to share the resources they collected, even if the Spliced were ready to pay for it, creating an inevitable rift between the humans and the Spliced. Soon, there were gangs filling the streets and rules of life changed.


Ape had lost his memory when he was abandoned onto the streets but he had worked his way up into one of the strongest gangs in the city. He entered the sewers and walked into the base. Ape had received information from a reliable source that an S was present in the local hospital 'Soark'. The hospital was filthy and lacked facilities but the people couldn't afford the better ones uptown.


The location of the other end of the S was inconclusive. They used the S to transport medicines and other equipments when needed. Stealing a Shimmer would bring big money but the gang would need more credible information before going on such a risky venture. As Ape entered the base, he removed his balaclava allowing the filthy smell to enter his nose. Moss had started to grow on the humid walls.


Ape tread in and he looked for Evans, the only human in the gang. Ape had a task for Evans but he would first have to consult with Revy. The woman hated it when Ape took things in his own hands, which he pretty much did all the time. Ape walked to Chief's desk and noticed Robyn standing on the other side of the desk, while Revy peered at a datapad. Ape acknowledged Robyn's presence by giving a light grunt and nodded at her as he made his way to stand beside Revy. Ape peered at the screen."Primal Engine? What is tha..?" asked Ape in his hoarse voice.


He was soon cut out by Medusa's voice, announcing the price they received for their recent venture. 'Ten grand? That's kind off low for the efforts we put into getting those stimulants.' he thought. "Good job, Medusa. Your skills in dealing with customers is much appreciated like always." he said as he flexed his lips into a faint smile. "And thank you for getting us the precise information, Robyn." He brought his eyes back to the screen, curiously reading the data. He had a lot of questions running in his mind for Robyn but remained silent since the chief was yet to speak a word.

 

[TimeSplitter]

"Thanks, happy to help." She says happily and gives a tender smile to both Ape and Medusa, though she didn't really know if ten grand was worth it for the drugs they had most recently procured, but she wasn't one to complain. Medusa was one of their best negotiators, after all, and the fact that she could find a steady stream of clients despite being Spliced could easily be considered remarkable. "I might have stumbled upon something a little bigger than stimulants though, some sort of prototype tech that CalCorp have in the works at the moment, might catch a pretty penny if we can get out hands on it." The datapad didn't contain much information about the Primal Engine, other than that the first working copy was being moved somewhere else in the city for the next stage of development, with a rather well detailed map of where the convoy would be stopping at different points in the city.

 

[ThatGuyWithSouvlaki]

"That certainly sound good."She said after a moment thought taking another puff of her smoke."The problems is finding buyers for it. Calcorp has potential buyers scared, seems like CalCorp is fighting back against those "buying" their products from us and i dont just mean suing. I have had a third of my contacts disappear completely in the past week. Buyers wont buy unless is cheap and quick to sell off and large expensive items are a no go either since the maybe as large reprisals. I dont know if i can push it despite its value. "

 

[davegeta]

Ape peered at the screen while his ears caught the conversation. He pondered as to what the device's function might be. The data was credible but failed to contain much information about the Primal Engine.


"While this is a fantastic find, I can't help but agree with Medusa." said Ape as he raised his head and saw the two women. "Besides, you said it is a prototype. The product's uses are unknown and it probably still has to be developed." he added as he dug his hands into the pockets of his coat.


"I don't think it is a great idea to go on this venture without knowing what we are after." said Ape as he suggestively looked at Revy. Bringing his gaze back to Robyn, he said "But don't give in yet. Try to find out more about this", taking a moment to stare at the screen, Ape added "Primal Engine."


He glanced at Revy, waiting for the leader to give her opinion about this new find.

 

[TheCannibalChicken]

That night (If it's not already night...), Tom was sitting in an hold folding chair, doing riddles with Josh. Behind them was the large abandon storage buildings where the hoard was kept, and Shiloh was leaning against the metal sliding door. "Ok, wha's both dark and ligh'?" Tom challenged his younger brother in their little game, a competitive smirk creasing his toothy shark's maw. Josh seemed to be thinking for a moment. "Oh, Oy doon't know... A black bird?" He attempted, cocking his head to the side with tail twitching curiously. "Nope, bu' close." Tom answered, grin fading. Joshua, on the other hand, acquired a smirk of his own turning up his crocodilian maw. "...A black feather?" He tried again, and Tom reluctantly nodded. But before they could continue, Shiloh piped up. "Hey, do you guys wan' 'oo go swimming?" The girl suggested, short tufted tail raising and bushing up with excitement. Both bothers perked up, as being spliced with aquatic creatures, they loved swimming. Shiloh on the other hand, had always enjoyed swimming, even as a human. "Yes, bu'... Where are we going 'oo swim? I am no' swimming in the ocean or the sea, I'm telling you noaw; ih's 'oo sal'y, and there are jellyfish, and crabs, and s'ingrays... And I always come ou' s'icky." Tom was quick to poor out debate to back up his objection, as usual, though it may have seemed like complaints. "'Ow abou' in someone else's pool? We could sneak in 'oo their yard?..." That was certainly Shiloh, to suggest such a thing. "Oy guess it doesn't sound leik' half a bad idea..." Josh commented, getting up, and coming to Shiloh's side. "Oy'll go with yew." He stated upon fully approach, and Shiloh gave a happy nod and smile. "T'om?" She turned to her eldest brother in her questioning. "Oi... Fine." Tom finally agreed, getting up and letting Shiloh lead the way.


When they reached the more populated areas, mainly trying to keep to the shadows -Because big toothy animal muzzles and maws are hard to just casually hide.- and out of the crowds. Shiloh chambered over the wall and into a manor's yard, and Josh scaled the same wall, but Tom refused to climb over anything, and so Joshua help him open the back gate so he would walk inside. Shiloh was constantly bouncing with excitement as the two had worked at the gate, barely keeping herself from letting out a loud squeal of delight. Though she hadn't thought of it, Tom had thankfully been thoughtful enough to remember to bring their swim-suits. So, the changed -Behind bushes around the yard, of course.- and quietly entered the pool. Well, before that, Shiloh found the pool noodles, and was floating around on them, claiming to be 'The king of noodles.' "In yah'or case, ih's a queen." Tom corrected, before mischievously swiping a noodle out from under her. "Noodle fight!" Joshua exclaimed, but was careful not to let his voice rise too high as not to alert the pool's owners, and then tackled Tom. "Wha- Ge' off, Joshua!" Tom snapped once tackled and forced playfully to the pool floor. Of course, his voice was muffled by the water, but Tom was quick to get off anyway because he didn't want to accidentally cause his brother to breath the chlorine-filled waters. "My noodle!" Shiloh had yelped once it had been stolen, and then took her blue styrofoam 'trophy' back after Tom had been tackled. She added it back to her floating hoard of noodles, and chambered upon them. "Beware! I am the king -Noh' the queen, Tom. Queens are 'oo girly.- of the noodles!" She exclaimed with false pride, but still kept her voice down a bit. Tom had finally been allowed to stand by Joshua, and a mischievous smirk creased his sharkish maw again. He tried to pull them away again at first, but Shiloh clung tight, giving faint 'giggles;' but not the friendly kind. Instead, this was a fainter version of the cackles that spotted hyenas broke out in when being aggressive. Then, he grabbed the raft of pool noodles again, and turned it over, dumping Shiloh into the water with a startled squeak from the girl. Then, he quick amassed the colorful aquatic toys into his arms, and chambered up onto land, placing them in a pile. "There." He seemed to declared, and them sat down next to his new 'noodle hoard.' Apparently, Shiloh had triggered his greed to show through a bit. "Tom... Doon't be greedy." Joshua warned, but was slivering near to the now-terrestrial mass of noodles. Before Tom could say a word, Josh lunged out, grabbing both noodle and Tom and dragging them in. Tom had least had time to give a cut-off 'man-shriek,' but thankfully did not manage to rise to high volumes. Shiloh had chambered out of the pool after she had been dumped off her raft, and backed up a distance... Then, with a loud shout that finally awoke the pool's owners, she charged. "CANNON BALL!!" The girl just about screeched, leaping into the waters and somewhat pouncing on her two brothers. Tom was about to give a whiny complaint to being pounced on, until he heard someone shouting at them. He glanced up, and there was the manor's inhabitant, shouting at them from their window. "Hey! Get out of my pool, you pesky teenagers!" He apparently could not see their more animalistic traits in the dark, but he predicted they were teenagers none the less, even though Tom technically didn't count. Which is why he paused in fleeing, to glance back and indignantly shout "I am noh' a teenager!" before a show was literally chucked at him, and reminded him to be running. Shiloh and Josh hurried over the wall, Tom taking his time with the gate and thus getting another shoe thrown at him, and they hurried a small distance, Tom carrying their cloths, and they changed in a few bushes in someone else's garden. But by the time they got back to the hoard at the abandon storage sheds, the band of siblings were still soaking wet.


(Note: That is not a bunch of typos in their speech, it's their accent.)

 

[Kininarimasu]

Revy steepled her fingers together, pressed them to her lips and rapidly scanned the datapad Robyn had brought to her. Although she remained silent, excitement danced in her eyes. There was no telling how much they could get for this if they could find the right buyer. She stood abruptly and her paw-like hands slammed onto her desk.


"We're stealing it. The idea is to big to pass up." She moved quickly now beckoning Ape and the others to lean closer. She pointed to the point second closest to their base. She smiled brightly.


"We strike here. I want a detailed plan of action and available equipment on my desk in two hours max. Failure to complete this task will result in brutal punishment, understood?" Her golden eyes narrowed and she threw her blonde hair over her shoulder. A moment later, a pale arm snaked its way around her shoulders and Evans leaned over to examine the datapad, his mouth forming an O.


"New job? Looks big and exciting, nice find there Robyn!" He winked at her, his white hair falling over his eyes. Ideas of a firework show began to fly through his head and he smiled wide. Revy rolled her bare shoulders shrugging Evans off. Her worn gloves scratched over his smooth skin when she gripped his wrist and bent his arm behind his back and pressed the sweater wearing pyro to the desk violently. Her eyes settled on her fellow comrades.


"Get moving you lazy shuckfaces! Ape you stay here." She growled.

 

[TimeSplitter]

Robyn was startled when Revy suddenly slammed her hands on the table, almost jumping up in fright. Once she had relaxed she smiled and nodded at Evans, though completely ignorant of what the wink could be alluding to. After Revy had given her orders, she gives a little nod. "I'll have a look around for more info." before she turns casually out of the room. She was only a few steps away when she realized that she wasn't quite sure if she could find anything else to help the plan with such and out of date computer, and so decides to head up to the abandoned storage buildings that held most of their equipment. She arrives just as the Trigger siblings all came back, for whatever reason, she noticed they were all dripping wet, but she could take a good guess, and couldn't help but let off a little bit of a laugh. "You guys go swimming where you aren't s'pose to again?"

 

[davegeta]

Ape rolled his eyes on hearing Revy's instruction. Like always his opinion had turned a deaf ear. Ape followed Revy's finger to see the strike point that she had proposed. Ape noticed Evans, also appreciating the find. Ape knew that the crazy kid would blow everything up if you let him. In a few quick movements, Revy had Evans to her desk. Ape stood still in his position as he watched the others leave the room.


Seeing this as the ideal opportunity to speak, Ape started to give out his opinion.


"With all due respect, Revy, I don't think we should be doing this mission. I understand that you are enthusiastic and this is a great find but I don't think we should prioritize in stealing this. We do not know its functioning or its uses. We can't possibly sell something that no one has probably even heard of." Taking a pause, Ape continued. "Besides, the device is a prototype. I think that if we are patient we can get the opportunity to steal a better version of the same device and probably also in a larger quantity." Looking at the datapad, Ape pointed to the point Revy chose for striking the robbery. "Thirdly, this location is ideal for the steal but we might have a confrontation with Oracion (Another gang), which in my opinion should be avoided."


Pulling his hands out of the coat pockets, Ape placed an old map of the city on the table.


"I have another prospective job. Although the details aren't perfectly clear as this one, I can assure you that it will bring big money." said Ape confidently in his gruff voice, as he waited for Revy's response.


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[Kininarimasu]

"Are you kidding me Ape? Honestly you should look on both sides of this." Revy placed a heavy combat boot on Evans back to keep him in place as she turned to explain to her second-in-command. She crossed her arms and laid her disbelieving eyes on her partner.


"Think about it. What better to steal than a prototype? A lot could come from this! Besides it's CalCorp we're talking about. They want that prototype to make a complete version and I bet they'd pay big money to get it back. Or, we could sell it to some vengeful buyers who have got cash and a serious grudge against CalCorp." She ground her heel into Evans' back, eliciting a yelp from the weak explosions expert.


"Ow, Revy! You're hurting me! Please get off!" Evans whimpered. Revy sighed and took her foot off him, letting him to sink to the ground. Her explanation was done and she looked up at Ape, a challenging look in her eyes. "I couldn't give a damn about Oracion. They aren't that tough. If it comes to it we can pick another place." Revy's eyes flashed to the map on the table.


"What is this? Explain." She was a little irritated and was in no mood for arguing with Ape.

 

[TheCannibalChicken]

"Yeah, wha' of ih'?" Tom questioned curiously, trying to seem 'innocent' in case they shouldn't have been swimming. "Hav' we missed aunythin' importa'nt?" Joshua asked, thick tail swaying from side to side with general and true curiosity. "Bah, I beh' I goh' work to do..." Shiloh sighed with general disappointment, heading back to her area of work. Because she liked to be near her siblings, this was near the hoard, the Trigger sibling's usual 'hang-out' or area because that's where Tom worked, and it was where Joshua lounged whilst not working himself. The hyena-spliced girl was already tempering with her scrapes, pushing aside a few do-hickies which she called 'art' aside to get back to her main pieces if focus and attention. "T'om, give me tha' weird thing tha' looks like an union ring with a s'ick poking ou'?" She requested, turning to her eldest brother. "Ih's noh' a union ring with a s'ick poking ou', ih's a radio collar which we found off a dead animal tagged for research. Can't you jus' call ih' a radio collar?" Tom growled in reply, taking the radio collar and holding it out in offer to Shiloh, but he was obviously reluctant. "Oy dunno, 'Union ring with a stick pokin' out' sounds pretty funny." Joshua commented among his crocodilian giggles, but Tom shot him a subtle, irritated glare as Shiloh took the radio collar. "I'm s'ill calling ih' a 'union ring with a s'ick poking ou'.'" Shiloh declared stubbornly as she accepted the tracking device, and Tom rolled his eyes.


(Are the accents imaginable? Or is typing them in the dialog having no effect? )

 

[davegeta]

If there was one thing Ape admired about Revy, then it would be her integrity. Ape didn't bother to compete with chief anymore. She had a valid point that he hadn't been able to determine. Upon Revy questioning Ape's find, Ape replied.


"There is an S in Soark." he said pointing out to the local hospital, circled in red. There were other locations circled in blue which probably had the other end of the S. "But we do not know the location of the other end." he added, sounding disappointed as he folded the map and placed it back into his pocket. His mission didn't have enough data and it would have to wait.


With determination in his voice, Ape said, "Never mind. We have a Primal Engine to find. I'll check out on the strike location." Ape pulled the datapad to look at the exact interception point. "And find out about Oracion's current whereabouts. Anything else, Revy?" he asked as he put on his balaclava, prepared to leave.


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[TimeSplitter]

Robyn giggled innocently, she always found the sibling's bickering to be rather adorable, though she would never say that openly. "Nah, you guys didn't miss out on much. Revy and Ape are having a talk over a new pick I found, so we might be moving out soonish." For a moment, she had forgotten what she came here for, but watching Tom argue over the name of the radio collar jolted her memory. "Oh! Right. Tom? Do you know if you have any spare parts lying around? A processor maybe?" She asked hopefully.

 

[Kininarimasu]

"No, nothing else." She replied, taking her place behind her desk. With Evans still whimpering on the floor, she couldn't focus. She had known Evans before she was Spliced, their parents were good friends. It was because of their closeness that Evans took most of Revy's beatings. He knew that as long as she could get that energy out somewhere, she would stay cool-headed and safe. When he stood from the floor, Revy was pressing the heel of her palm onto her eyes, rubbing them tiredly. Deciding that it was best not to bother the already stressed leader, he left the room and walked oover to Robyn. "Mind if I tag along? I've got nothing better to do."

 

[davegeta]

Ape grunted in affirmation. As he exited the base, Ape noticed that Malcolm wasn't there. Ape pondered as to where Mindcrank would have gone at this hour. 'If he doesn't report soon enough he'll have to face Revy's wrath.' Although, Ape was not overly fond of the proud, talkative Octopus-Spliced male, he knew that Malcolm was useful. The man had worked out a few of the best mission plans and the team was very much in need of his expertise for this mission. Ape made a mental note to keep a look out for Malcolm as he exited the base and headed towards the location at Down Brough Street. He would need about an hour to return, if he did not run into any conflicts. Ape contemplated if he should go to Josh and borrow a motorcycle but then decided to travel by foot.


Ape tread down the street, eying every corner and alley as walked past them, looking for the Octopus head. 'Maybe he is at home.' concluded Ape as he reached the location. Ape began walking through the streets around the interception point, scrutinizing for pros and cons. He looked at the buildings. Most of them were occupied and crowded with people. Once Down Brough Street used to be a calm locality with peace but now it had turned into a middle class slum. After walking a few blocks away, Ape found an abandoned police station. Surprisingly, Ape found it to be empty. 'This can be useful. Now to find out about Oracion.' Ape strolled toward the outskirts where most gangs had their bases unlike them.


(OOC: I think we should give the group a name. You guys decide.)

 

[TheCannibalChicken]

"Uhh... Yeessssss..." Tom trailed off in his 'yes' with a reluctant hiss. Still with hesitance, he looked about what was lying around in the open, -Though still quite organized, as Tom's OCD would never let him keep his main domain otherwise.- picking a processor out of a small pile of other organized computer and machine chips. Cringing, he held it out for her to take, looking away a bit; due to his flaw of greed, which Tom often fought against no matter how his urges warred, he may have been holding onto it a bit tight, but not too much for it to not be taken. Shiloh and Josh cast their eldest sibling a sympathetic glance, understanding his difficulties and tries... And yet, no matter how hard it was, Tom still fought against this flaw; a mix of stubbornness, determination, and other such traits that Tom was known to display.


(Er, I think I'm pretty bad with names... But I might as well throw a few out, just in case. Do we want one word, or are they named after something? Like, would they be called 'The Street dogs,' or would they have something one-worded, such as word from another language that means 'Rebel', or a sort of fancy way of saying the same thing, like 'Insubordinates?' Or further still, would they use a made-up word that has a sort of made-up meaning? Like 'Reinalizi?' )

 

[TimeSplitter]

"Sure you can come! I'm not doing much interesting stuff though..." She says happily to Evans. Robyn felt a little bad seeing Tom and his siblings cringe the way they did, and the guilt felt worse as she had to tug the processor out from Tom's hand. "Don't worry... if this works out, I promise ill pay you back two-fold." She tried reassuring him that he made the right decision, but the pang of guilt in her stomach made her take a swift bow before quickly retreating back into the corridors of the sewers. After a moment of navigating the hallways, she makes it back to her little room, leaving the door open for Evans as she takes out the old busted processor and begins installing the new one.

 

[TheCannibalChicken]

"No, don' worry abou' ih'... I need 'oo learn to give withou' receiving anyway..." Tom grumbled with irritation at himself under his breath, getting back to his job; he had recently be organizing a bunch of old tires. Not that all of them were needed, or any at all because they were old tires; mostly, it was Shiloh who wanted to piece and re-fashion them into sculptures and what she called 'art.' And to some degree, her works weren't terrible... Just stinking of warn old tire rubber. After a few of the smaller tires were dragged in, he stared at a particular large wheel, presumably for a very large truck of some sort. Maybe it was scavenged from a construction vehicle that had finally been retired to the dump... He tried pulling it, but it didn't budge much. Then, Tom tried pushing it, but that barely made a difference. It took him a while to finally cast a pleading glance to Joshua. His younger brother was actually more muscular than Tom, because the crocodilian was always tackling and wrestling people. Or, always wanting to and never declining a challenge even if he looses, for the fun of the wrestling itself, that is. Josh gave a nod in response to the silent plea, covering the short distance and helping his brother shove the tire into the shed. "Shiloh, do you really need this many 'ires?" Tom turned to his young sister to ask. Shiloh looked up from her work, glancing to Tom, and giving a nod. "Yes. I do." She answered simply, but with a sort of grin, and Tom rolled his eyes.

 

[TimeSplitter]

"Yea... that'll do it." Robyn said to herself as she finished installing the new processor and proceeds to carelessly throw the most recently fried one into a pile of other rusting useless parts. The computer whirred loudly as it reboots after its maintenance, making a short 'ding' noise as it completed its automated programs. Robyn lets out a sigh and seats herself comfortably into the seat. "Heh... It might not look like it, but thats much better." She says quietly. After a few moments of testing, she begins checking for information about their target zone, the checkpoint for the convoy at Down Brough street. A few minutes of searching around yielding some lucky results, a camera at the intersection long since abandoned slowly sparked with life, returning a grainy grey-scale picture back to Robyn's screen. The picture barely made out some sort of broken down building with a figure walking around it, but even though it wasn't particularly detailed, it did give an aerial live steam of the cross-section, so it was something she could bring back to Revy. She leans back in her chair, satisfied with her work and watched the small amount of traffic go about their business. She watches the figure that just left the abandoned building a little closer, but unfortunately the camera didn't zoom in. Regardless, she goes out on a hunch and picks up a nearby communicator and spoke softly into it, hoping her recipient would listen to his communicator. "This is Architect, repeat, this is Architect, are you receiving Herald?"

 

[davegeta]

Ape heard a whirring sound from his pocket, as he slowly tread down the street. Stopping in his footsteps, Ape removed the communicator from his pocket as he recognized it being the source of the noise. He had turned it off since he didn't want it to lead him into trouble in an unprecedented situation. After taking a quick look around, he turned on the communicator. The communicators were advanced technology developed by Concorde Inc. The coding format used was highly complex, making it almost impossible to be decoded or accessed from an anonymous node. Considering his opinion, Revy had refrained Medusa from selling the useful hoard they had stolen five months ago.


Having missed the initial message, Ape spoke into the microphone of the communicator "Herald here. Who is this? I repeat. Who is this?"


He waited for a response as he patiently placed the speaker against his ear. He eyed around once more, scrutinizing for any hints of trouble.

 

[Kininarimasu]

Evans followed Robyn, chuckling softly to himself. It was priceless the way the siblings held onto their things. When he arrived in her workspace she was watching a monitor and speaking into her communicator. His eyes twinkled interestedly and he leaned on the back of her chair and peered over her shoulder.


"Ooh! What's that? It looks so neat! Are you talking to Ape? What's he doing?" Evans paused for breath, then considered going on before closing his mouth and watching in interest. Suddenly serious he straightened and sat against the table, knees drawn up, elbows resting on them and spindly fingers laced in his white, sooty hair.


"Say, Robyn. Do you think we can pull this off?" He did not look at her as he asked this, but spoke out from behind his arms.


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Revy decided it was time for her to stop moping around. This weren't as good as they could be as of late. Medusa had been having trouble with buyers and other, less organized groups kept causing trouble that she had to deal with. She peered down into an open drawer of her desk. It was a secret drawer that required a combination and it held bottles upon bottles of liquor. Decisively she slammed the drawer closed and strode briskly out of her office. She personally had nothing to do because she was waiting for stock reports and confirmed information. She passed by the siblings and leaned against the wall watching them.


"Hello Shiloh, Joshua, Tom. What are you up to and why, are you wet?" She allowed a grin to force itself out as she greeted them.

 

[ThatGuyWithSouvlaki]

"....No, no thats okay.,..Yeah i am fine, glad someone got out alive at least...I understand...Yeah, be safe...Ok...Bye."She said before placing the phone back to the receiver on her desk. She stood there for a moment before running her arms across the desk tossing everything of in frustration "Damn it!"


She turned away from the desk, taking a moment to calm herself as trying to prevent tears. Memories began flashing infront of her eyes. She lay in the surgical bed, struggling against binds strapping her hands and legs. A blinding white light hung on top with only the occasional shadow of a scientist provinding some release. She scream but no listens just becomes gagged. Needles lots of needles piercing each part of her. The slow painful change as the dna began to be integrated. Her in corner of dark and cold cell. The cell door opening. A sympathetic face.

 

[TimeSplitter]

There was a moment of static as nothing came through the other end of the communicator, though from Robyn's camera vision she could see the figure stop and begin fiddling with something. Robyn was more then happy to indulge herself by talking to Evans about tech. "These are Communicators, its kinda like a walkie-talkie but with exceptionally long range and its nearly impossible to intercept any transmissions, we got it from a heist on a Concorde Inc delivery a while back, though it took me a while to get them operational after Ape told me to get them working." Just as she finishes talking, Ape's definitive voice crackles through the Communicator, and Robyn clears her throat to speak clearly into it. "Reading you, Herald. This is Architect, running a few diagnostics to make sure everythings running smoothly, and I managed to reactivate some old cameras so we have a birds-eye view of the target. Got anything to report?" She figured that Ape would be checking out the road before they actually engaged, he normally did, and anything that Ape reported back with was usually extremely helpful. While she waited for him to respond, she continues talking with Evans. "Well, I don't think this should be too much trouble, its just another piece of tech, how much trouble could it give us?" She tries to reassure Evans, though she wasn't quite sure if he was on his nerves.

 

[davegeta]

Ape's ears clearly caught the response from Robyn. He lifted his head and looked around for the cameras she mentioned, and continuously peered at one on finding it. "Great job! The streets are clean. Nothing alarming. Surrounding buildings are mostly filled with civilians. The area is under the local gang Varzee but they mostly deal with food and essentials. There is an abandoned police station just two blocks down from the interception point." Ape took a pause as he worked out a basic plan in his head. "Architect. I need you to look for more information on the convoy. Meanwhile, take a look at the map and give me the name of the street, approximately ten miles away from the node of interception on the designated route." he added. Ape decided it would be better to place one of his loyal informers on the path to give him an update and he figured that ten miles would give them sufficient time to execute any changes, if necessary. He continued peering at the camera, as he stood with the communicator stuck on his covered face, waiting for a reply.