>>41675
>Slip out of her grasp quietly and go to the ship to talk to Baxter

So are we prisoners or what?

>>41876
Nope. You are her improptu bodyguard

>>41889
Why are we on a boat instead of getting Alina to safety? Unless that's why we're on a boat?

>>41909
That's why you are on a boat. So Alina can get away from Ares and somewhere where she can contact Horizon officals without being found. I suggest you read last thread. It's in the OP link

>>41675
>Slip out of her grasp quietly and go to the ship to talk to someone (Jax)
the hacker seems to know a thing or two about what's happening outside of this boat so let's ask him what he knows... and maybe run into party member #4

>>42007
seconding this

Hi again Lads ^^

>>42030
>>42007
You slowly untangle out of Alina who is snoring peacefully, with a smile on her lips. You feel glad she managed to get some peace of mind.
You slither out towards the main room, where Jax is checking at the large ARO screen on the wall of the lounge. THere is multiple strings of data and information in binary or english you do not quite understand. "Morning omae" Jax greets you, raising his mug of Soycaf(TM) "Hope you slept well, i got a whole lotta info from last night. I also did some wireless scanning of your girl, the results were sorta weird".
Graham, who was tied and bound to a chair in the same room, is nowhere to be seen.

>Ask where is Graham
>Ask what kind of tests he did to Alina, and what were the results
>Ask about the results of his research
>Other(SPecify)

>>42161
>Ask what kind of tests he did to Alina, and what were the results
body guard mode activate!

>>42161
>Ask where is Graham
Considering this guy probably wants everyone on board dead this seems like a logical choice after wards
>Ask what the scan results were

>>42219
Seconding Xan (Hey dude, I'm the guy who chatted to you at the end of the last thread, nice to see you back.)

>>42262
Yeah like wise man
lets try not to get Frazzles killed

>>42293
Or his favourite pinkskin...

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>>42315
yeah that to
pic related ;)

>>42339
Let's see how long it takes before I start spamming the draw function again.

>>42374
keep it together buddy

>>42212
>>42219
Slow thread tonight hmm

You lock eyes with him menacingly, making the old hacker gulp down. "What kind of testssss ?" You ask, quite suspicious.
"Nothing serious chummer" He says a bit nervous "Just you know, a scan for ware and filed on her, see if she's bugged or something"
You blink. "Oh, my apologiesss, that ssounds sserious. WHat did you find ?". You hope it's not those nanite things, you wouldn't know what to do in that case.
"Well uhh...i dunno how to break this to you mate but...uhhh.."
NO.NO.NO.NO.
"She's a personafix junkie"
You tilt your head and half of your body in confusion. At least it's not nanites....but he makes it sound a big deal. "Tell me more about thiss..." you say, worried
"Well, personafxes are basically a kind of BLTs, Better Than Life CHips. I guess someone like you doesn't know jack about this but i'll explain. These chips are basically very very advanced multimedia tech that sort of temporary fucks with your brain in a fragged up way. It completely changes your personality and way of thought. For example a personafix programmed for a "tough n cool" personality will make even the wimpiest nerd think you he's the biggest and baddest fragger there is, and he will act like that.
YOu are very confused, and a bit scared. "Why would Alina ussse such chipsss ? I don't undersstand"
Jax shrugs "Well, i am no psych student but from the two types of personafixes i found i can deduce some things. FIrst is the typical "action hero" personality, fearless and merciless and capable going through hell. THe second is some short of "corp CEO" thing, dady's little girl you know. I guess they are some kind of coping mechanism for all the drek she's been through"
You do remember her sudden personality switch after the lighthouse. Perhaps that's why she was suspected as a CFD victim ?
"Anywho what do you think i should do with the chips ? I could delete them if you want, easy enough since she hasn't a commlink, but i dunno how she might take them"

>"Delete them, they can be dangerous to her"
>"Don't delete them, i'll have a talk with Alina later about this"
>"Don't delete them, but keep tabs on her and tell me if she ever used them again. "
>"THis is too much to process right now. I need first to know about (specify)"

>>42418
>Don't delete them, i'll have a talk with Alina later about this
son of a bitch, frazzles's job is never done it seems.

>>42418
>"Don't delete them, i'll have a talk with Alina later about this"

>>42418
>"Don't delete them, i'll have a talk with Alina later about this"

>>42418
>Don't delete them, i'll have a talk with Alina later about this

so random question while we wait. would it be possible for frazzles to get cyborg arms so he could actually hold a gun or something down the line?

And how ironic would it be if Alina turned into a snake shaman

>>42418
Just as a side-note, isn't anyone a little worried about where Graham is?

>>42443
>>42449
>>42455
>>42462
agreed
>ask about Graham
before he attempts a murder mystery cruise without the mystery

>>42418
>"Don't delete them, i'll have a talk with Alina later about this"
She must know. She must decide.

>>42418
>"Don't delete them, i'll have a talk with Alina later about this"
Considering the situation we're in, having her be able to switch to a personality that is better suited to the situation instead of growing into it would be more conducive to surviving.

>>42475
Cyberware would mess with our Adept abilities by dropping out Essence.
And our nervous system is too alien for the cyberware nanites to set up the control interfaces.
We may be able to do a power suit of some kind with custom built controls, though.

>>42529
rush Exosuit ASAP
Ironsnek would be op as hell

>>42529
how much essence would we lose adding limbs though?

>>42590
I don't think we would lose any essence, as we aren't replacing anything on us, just adding.

>>42462
>>42455
>>42449
>>42443
"Do not delete them. I will have a talk with Alina later about thissss" You say after a thought.
Jax shrugs again "Whatever floats your boat omae. Hope you get through her, resonafixes are messed up things"
You nod as you look around. "WHere isss Graham ?" you ask. He was very dangerous as it was and you would not even like the scenario of him arounf the ship doing who knows what."
The greay haired hacker scratches his head. "Ummm yeah...about that, remember when i said we had a fourth member on the team ?"
"Yessss ?"
"Well...she uhhh...she short of ate him. "
".....What"
"She uhhh...she came in last night, i was jacked in and Bax was busy driving the boat. She talked tyo him and interrogated the uy about the situation. THen he said some "insensitive comments about her heritage and ancestors", she lost her temper, threw him overobard and...ate him. SOrry, she does that alot"
Your confusion is reaching critical levels. "What exactly isss ssshe ?"
"She's uhhh.frag if i know. Basically she's an animal that can transform into a human ? Or the other way around ? I am too afraid to ask to be honest. In any case, she's a murder machine in both"
>"I...i think i need to talk to her. WHere is she right now ?"
>"Well that's has been taken care off. Tell about the data"
>Ask Jax something else

>>42590
Would it cost essence to build an exosuit?

>>42615
We would lose Essence due to the nanite cyberware interface disrupting the holistic integrity of our nervous system.
It's why you still lose Essence if you add a third arm, even if you don't replace your existing two meat arms.

>>42658
eh good point
I'd just add a few tentacles

>>42636
>"I...i think i need to talk to her. WHere is she right now ?"
Aw shit, a shark shapeshifter.

>>42636
Thank christ no water spirit
>"what time is it, how long were we out, where are we?"
>"I...i think i need to talk to her. WHere is she right now ?

>>42636
>"I...i think i need to talk to her. WHere is she right now ?"
Meet new people!

>>42636
>Well that's has been taken care off. Tell about the data
also ask if party member number 4 was at the beach during the attack? Because I think she might have been the water spirt we bit.

New to the thread and only vaguely familiar with Shadowrun. Are shapeshifters well-known mods/whatever? And if so, is it generally between just two forms, or multiple and she might just prefer sea carnivore?

>>42694
Normally they have a humanoid and an animal form. It is strange he mentioned multiple animals

>>42636
>Well that's has been taken care off. Tell about the data
Keen to hear what else Jax might have found

who here is very familiar with shadow run that could direct me to somewhere I can learn more about the game mechanics?

"I think i ssshould talk to her...where isss sssshe ?" You ask curiously. This was all new to you, but it sounded worthy of investigating.
"Knowing her, she's either swimming around or sleeping off somewhere in the boat" Jax says "Try not to piss her off, she's got some anger issues."
"I will sssure try . ANd another thing...how long were we out? And where are we exactly ?"
Jax hits up his cyberdeck, swiping forth tabs. "You slept for a good ten hours, not surpised considering what you were up to yesterday. As for where we are, open pacific it is. According to Bax we are headed to some Horizon facility that's around 4 days away"
"I ssseee....i will look for that person right now. Be sure to let me know about the data when i get back."
"Alright, Alina should be awake for that too . Laters" He waves you ff.
You get out to the deck of the luxorious white yacht. The sun seems to be near noon currently, at you enjoy the warm rays hitting your scaly skin as you slither out to the prow. The ocean is light blue currently, with barely any wind or waves thankfully. You immediately catch the form of a female elf around the cruising boat, swimming around it in a strange style of swimming you have not seen before. It is likes she's...flying into and off the water. SHe seems very pale, and lacking any clothes, strange for a metahuman. She's also quite fast, given she can keep up with the boat.
>Try to gain her attention
>You have better things to do, go do (specify)

>>43017
>Other
Bask in the sun. Don't intrude ourselves into what she's doing, but let her decide on her own time whether she wants to engage with us.
Be polite.

>>43054
agreed
>meditate try to go back to the place in our mind that we found during the fight with the spirit

>>43077
Correction it was the elf (the first one)

>>43077
You should roll about that if you want.

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>43118
Rolling

>>43017
>Try to gain her attention

Rolled 28 (1d100)

>>43121

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>43077

>>43145
>>43172
>>43187
guess we are not a very peace of mind kind of snek

>>43017
>Try to gain her attention

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>43238
He's only done it once, and it was accidentally, while he was getting stabbed. It would be quite impressive if he managed on his first try.

>Rollan just in case

You decide to ignore the woman for now now, and decided to do some sunbathing for the time being. You coil into a spiral as you close your eyes and back into the sun.
WHile doing that, you decided to try to focus, thinkin hard over a certain event during the fight with Zack. You are sure what you saw was not an illusion. It was some short of spirit trying to cotnact you, that you understand from your surging power during tha fight.
Despite your best, it seems spiritual enlightment would not come in a day, regardless of how hard you try.
WHen you open your eyes again to some sound, the elf is behind you and prone, sniffing your tail just after she got out of the water, seeing she's still wet.
>What do you say/do ?

>>43390
>" Hello, who are you?"

>>43390
Quick question - is she still naked? I feel like this is important

>>43452
Why does it matter, aren't we naked?

>>43390
"Hello there. I am Balthazar. What is your name?"

>>43390
wag our tail a little to let her know that we see her

then say hello

>>43390
>"Hello, i heard you were good at eating things, pleassse don't eat me."

>>43477
She's naked, we're naked, this could go somewhere. I mean she is sniffing our tail... jk

>>43390
>wag our tail a little to let her know that we see her
>say hello

>>43437
>>43486
>>43530
>>43595

Voting for polite intro, with or without a tail wag.

>>43853
Probably best without the tail wag. Moving quickly right next to her might not be the greatest idea, and wiggling tails can be a warning or show of defensiveness/aggression in snakes.

>>43530
>>43595
Guys, we're a snake and this person is a shapeshifter, a sapient being with human-level intellect and animal instincts.
And you want to wag our tail at her, a sign of warning that if she doesn't get out of face she's going to get a faceful of snake fangs.
Did you think things through?

>>43951
Good point... A friendly (but gentle, and not too sudden) hello then lads?

>>44012
I'm good with that

>>44012
Backing

"Uhh....greeetingsssss" You say, as you turn towards her, your tomgue bringing her scent your nose, quite an exotic one.
She backs off suddenly, getting to all fours before stand upside, trying not to look threatening. "I didn't know you could speak in their tongue in your natural form. " She says, impressed "You should teach me that trick".
SHe must be able to see auras like you to recognize you are not an animal, but seems to think you are something like her. "No, it'ssss different for me" You say softly, trying not to scare her "I am not like you. This issss my actual nature, i do not change"
She moves closer to you again, before glaring a toothy grin. Her teeth do not resemble the normal human ones, they are triangular and sharp. You also notice her eyes are pitch black too. Upon closer inspection, her aura radiates powerful magic, perhaps stronger than yours.
"You have the smell of a killer, You Who Crawl in the Ground " the naked elf continues. THat sounded kind of insensitive but you do not think she can recognize that "You have killed, recently. Your venom clings to your victims, like barnacles to rocks." You can feel her voice growing more threatening " Have you killed the Slilver Tongued Devil, poisoner ?"
Uh oh. SHe must have picked something off your aura from the fight with Zack.

>Say the truth. At this point oyu might as well say it before it blows to your face
>Lie. She seems simple minded and you doubt her team would believe her over your word if she doesn't buy it.

Also last post for nonight. Unfortunately my laptop's battery broke down so i'll have to wait

>>44357
>Say the truth. At this point oyu might as well say it before it blows to your face
Somehow I think that she will know if we are lying, but spin it in a way that shows her we were only doing it in self defence.

>>44357
Tactfully tell her what happened, how we had no real choice, and apologise that it had to go down that way. If she's not going mental, ask her how we should break it to Jax and Baxter.

>>44357
>Say the truth. At this point oyu might as well say it before it blows to your face.

Why lie to someone who already knows the truth?

Gnight OP

>>44357
She seems like the kind who could smell (possibly literally?) a lie. The truth is probably the best path here. If she knows the truth regardless, lying will just make her distrust us.

>>44357
>>Say the truth. At this point you might as well say it before it blows to your face

>>44357
>Say the truth. At this point oyu might as well say it before it blows to your face

>Say the truth. At this point oyu might as well say it before it blows to your face

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Ah, I missed it! Goodnight OP.

>>44810
Someone else getting on the drawing wagon. Love the pic man.

>>45091
Luckily snakes are so easy to draw, even for me.

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>>45091
Fresh new meme

>>44357
>>Say the truth. At this point oyu might as well say it before it blows to your face


Sorry I got here so late. This is really fun to read. Looking forward to more!

>>44357
>Say the truth. At this point oyu might as well say it before it blows to your face

>>Say the truth. At this point you might as well say it before it blows to your face
She would probably be impressed, we also did it out of self defense

I have returned from my eternal slumber ! WIll go to writing soon after i get a snek-worthy dinner

You are suprised that she knows of your actions, no wonder she is valuable on the team despite her quirks.
When you speak you try to be as direct and honest as possible. "Yesss i did. He tried to kill my friend. I won't try to excussse myself. What happened happened, though i would not act the same if i knew all the detailsss, but as he wasss trying to kill me and my friend i consssidered it the best courssse of action"
You are unsure how she will take that, but it's the best you can do. The elf backs off to you and blinks. "Good. I do not like liars. The Silver Tongued Devil also slighted me. It is why i did not interfere with your conflict You proved to be his superior. " She looks down for a moment, bowing her head "I will gladly accept you in his stead, scaled one. "
>Anythin to say in the shapeshifter lady

>>49125
>I will gladly accept you in his stead
Wut
U wan fuck? Snage dik? Elf bagina?

>>49162
She means in the team. Probably. I mean she did tell you she hated him.

>>49174
>Probably
So you're saying theres a chance?

>>49179
I don't think i should reply to that. And frankly, waifuing is probably currently at the top bottom of this character's priorities.

>>49188
>no thinking with our two dicks all the time
Worst snake
zero out of ten would not snake

>>49125
>What are you?
I archived the last thread here's the link http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/10535/

>>49125
Sssso, what can you do? More in detail sssince it's obvious you can sshapesshift.

>>49231
Yeah, I second asking what she is, but also tell her that we find her offer to join the team interesting, but that it depends on Alina. Protecting her is our first priority.

>>49231
>>49227
"What exactly are you ?" You ask, quite curious as of now "I wasss told yo can take formsss of animalss"
"It's the opposite of that" She replies bluntly "I am an animal that can take the form like theirs. I am what they call and adept, much like you. The sea is my mother, and the beast's way i follow " Despite her simple way of speech, you can sense what you can only consider a deep sense of faith coming from those words.
"I ssseee.... You don't seem to care about monetary gainssss...why are you in thisss work ?" You ask after some thought, trying not to be rude.
She frowns, eyes your every move as you uncoil slowly. "The life of a predator while thrilling and enjoyable, is no longer fully satisfying to me. I wish to know more, i wish to *feel* more. And through those two i have witnessed so many strange things. And i feel i have only yet scratched the surface of their world"
A adventurous sort then. "That isss a very good causse. Thank you for sssharing that with me " You hiss, repeating the bow she did before
>Bug the shapeshifter for soemone else
>Say your goobye for now, and go talk to (Jax, Baxter, Alina)

>>49305
Have you ever tried to wressstle with a ssnake? Might be a fun way to train and passs time.

>>49305
something else* curse you stupid phone !

>>49305
Go talk to Alina

>>49305
Ask her how we should break the death of Zack to the rest of the team!

> break news to the rest of the crew
> check on Alina
If we are gunna waifu its gunna be with her not the shark girl

>>49305
>Say your good byes for now, and go talk to Alina
don't want her to freak out by waking up and us not being around her less she decides she DOES want a pony instead of us. We're better then any damn pony and we will not lose that mantel.

>>49381
Making new allies is never a bad thing.

You wave off the elf with your tails as you turn back to her and slither away. She nods, then jumps back on the sea from the prow. You see her form changin in the meantime, to a creature you don't really understand what it is, it looks like the one on the sign you saw at the resort...

You slither to Alina's bunk again, who given her movements, is about to wake up. She slowly opens her eyes, and smiles as she sees your face. "M....morning" she says, between yawns as she stretches up "You woke up early."
"I had ...thingsss to do "you say, enjoying the sensation as she scratches your head.
"I hope one of those things were fining clothes, cause like drek i'll be running around in a swimsuit in a boat with two strangers" She says, rubbing her eyes.
"For sssome reason, i doubt that's going to ba an isssue" you say, remembering your encounter with the shapeshifter.
>Talk her about the personafixes
>Ask her how you should brea Zack's death to the rest of the team. SHe's the most savvy social wise.
>Talk to her about the shapeshifter

>>49464
>>Talk her about the personafixes
Cyberdrugs are bad

>>49464
>Talk her about the personafixes

>>49464
>Talk her about the personafixes
>Talk to her about the shapeshifter
might as well fill her in.

>>49464
>>Talk her about the personafixes
drugs are bad mmkay

>>49464
>>49496
>Talk her about the personafixes
>Talk to her about the shapeshifter
Gotta back anon here

>>49513
4ing this

Lost almost all my reply Fuuuuuuuuuck.

>>49580
This.

"Oh, you ssseee....i met the fourth member of their team....she's apparently an animal that can take a metahuman form. She'sss....erratic but trussstworthy."
"Huh...never heard about that ALina says as she rubs her eyes "Well, the world holds far stranger and interesting things that i thought". She pets your head "Don't worry, you are still my favorite weird and interesting thing" she finishes with a smile.
You hiss contently at the touch 'By the way...i think her transssformation does not let clothin persssissst. Ssssshe'ss naked all the time, isssn't that sssstrange for metahumans ?"
Alina groans, and you can see she's slightly disturbe "Yes it fragging is, but i doubt she realizes. ANyway i'll try to not be distracted. Oh i'll bear with it, just tell her to put some clothes on while interacting with other people". She laughs a bit "Poor chummers those two..."
While you enjoy her good mood, you have decided that the whole "personafix" issue needs to be adressed somehow.
>Be direct . Confronation is the only way to shake her off her dependence.
>Be subtle. If you are too aggressive she might become defensive and go back to her metaphorical shell.

>>49623
>Be subtle. If you are too aggressive she might become defensive and go back to her metaphorical shell.

>>49623
>>Be direct . Confronation is the only way to shake her off her dependence.
Bad pinkie, we lub u and no want u take drug

>>49623
>Be subtle. If you are too aggressive she might become defensive and go back to her metaphorical shell.

>>49628
>>49632
Agreeing with these, be sensitive about it, but don't let her brush us off.

>Any variety of BTL is a fucking bad idea...

>>49623
>>Be subtle. If you are too aggressive she might become defensive and go back to her metaphorical shell.

>>49623
>Be subtle. If you are too aggressive she might become defensive and go back to her metaphorical shell.
It's a touchy subject, don't want to force anything.

>>49623
Find an egg, then a frying pan. Show her the egg and tell her it's her brain. Then throw the egg in the frying pan and tell her "that is your brain on drugs." When she doesn't get it explain that it's a metaphor

>>49764
Okay, maybe that's the better option

>>49764
This this this

>>49764
Wouldn't this require hands? or an assistant?

>>49874
Life finds a way.

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>>49764
I laughed.
>I still vote for using tact before we resort to eggy metaphors.

>>49874
Time to get that cyber suit

Lost the effing post AGAIN

You coil up to the upper bed to be on ALina's eye level. "Alina, may i ask you ssssomething persssonal ? You have been through a lot of sssstreesss and difficult situationssss recently. I would like to know if you are doing alright with ssssuch a sssstrain, given those sssituations might make you feel inadequate"
She pats your head again and smiles. "Don't worry, it's really crazy and all, but i think i'm getting the handle of it, we have bigger things to worry about"
Trivialization, as you suspected. You remember how worriedshe was when she saw your wounds last night, and how adamant she was that it was her fault.. Her fear is that she's "not good enough", that she's a dead weight and a liability. You are unsure how you can help with that

Two set of choices.
>Tell her you know she is using personafixes. You need her to know that if you are to help, and so prevent her her from lapsing to chips when talking to you.
>Don't mention it. She will tell you when she feels ready to, and she may become suspicious or ashamed if you spill the beans, making her withdraw more into her fake personas.

>SUggest you do some combat training together. If she gets better by herself and gain some experience she won't need a chip for that
>Suggest you go meet the shapeshifter girl. If she's gotta kick out the Frag for good she needs to take her pedal off the metal from time to time.
>Suggest you do something creative together. Something that'll anchor her in her true personality
>Other

>>49924
>Tell her you know she is using personafixes. You need her to know that if you are to help, and so prevent her her from lapsing to chips when talking to you.
>Suggest you do something creative together. Something that'll anchor her in her true personality
>slap snake tongue into her forehead, aka snake kisses
pls no drug, we paint with tail now

>>49924
Bonding sesh with combat training. Use it to drill home the idea that we need to be able to TRUST EACH OTHER absolutely if we're going to fight together, and that a perceived weakness doesn't need to be a problem, as long as you let your allies know, they can cover it for you.

Tell her that we need to be open with each other regarding any shortcomings or dependences we might have. Point some shit to her that we're not good at/weaknesses, and ask her to help have our back on them to make the point.

>>49924
>Something creative
Lets cook some scrambled eggs.

>>49944
Seconded

>>49924
>Tell her you know she is using personafixes. You need her to know that if you are to help, and so prevent her her from lapsing to chips when talking to you.
>SUggest you do some combat training together. If she gets better by herself and gain some experience she won't need a chip for that
Just say that we know, but we want her not to need it.

>>49944
>we paint with tail now
Reference to something?

>>49983
Backing

>>49924
>Don't mention it. She will tell you when she feels ready to, and she may become suspicious or ashamed if you spill the beans, making her withdraw more into her fake personas.
>SUggest you do some combat training together. If she gets better by herself and gain some experience she won't need a chip for that

Rolled 1 (1d2)

Three votes for combat training and three for creative stuff. Rolling for it

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>50152
Rolling for combat training

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>50152
My bad

>>50152
Okay, a friend just told me how this works. Ignore me.

You move your head closer to your caretaker."Alina...." You begin, trying to finda way to say it "I do worry. Jax told me you are ussssing sssome ssshort of chipsss that are altering your perssssonality. Could we talk about It ?"
Alina's face freezes as she blinks twice, looking at you in a way that starts with denial, and ends in absolute, utter devastation. She lowers her head, as if not even bearing to look at you.
Pain.In your heart.
You quickly wrap around Alina as you sense her sadness, before she considers anything dumb. "I don't want to berate you or be harssssh to you or anything else of the likesss of that. I...I just want to help you. And I will. Promisssse"
She sniffs as you feel her whole body shake. "What's to help ? I'm just a rich good for nothing brat, that can't even defend herself"
"That'ssss not true...and both of usss know it"
"You think ? Tell me one thing, one fragging thing that I have accomplished that's not because of my last name ,or the privileges behind it " This is bad, the issue is perhaps deeper than you thought.
"Me" You say, as you gently slap her with your tongue on her nose.
"W-what ?"
"You heard me. Ever sssince we talked you have taught me sssso much about your world. I must assay that you have been quite helpful and affectionate. And to be brutally honesst, you were the only one that treated me asss a perssson until recently. I am extremely grateful for the way you treated me. You are certainly good for a lot of thingsss"
"Y-you mean that ? Really ?" She asks between sobs
"Yessss" you say reassuringly.
You spend a lot of time recalling all the moments Alina had been helpful to you. After she calms down, you uncoil and rub her neck before landing on the bed."Now....how about ssssome training ?Perhaps if you feel better about your capabilitiessss it will help you with your feelingssss of inadequatecy"
"I...I guess we could try" she says, scooping up her few tears. She feels much calmer, but you feel it would take more than a few hours to deal a who knows how long addiction.

> Go to the deck and practice her hand to hand skills
> Ask Baxter if you can borrow some old drones for target practice
> Other

>>50801
> Go to the deck and practice her hand to hand skills
Knowing how to deal with nonhuman enemies might be good too.

>>50801
> Go to the deck and practice her hand to hand skills.
We should probably recruit one of the other team members so she can practice fighting people. It's doubtful that most of her enemies will be a giant snake.

>>50801
> Ask Baxter if you can borrow some old drones for target practice
Guns. Because commlinks can connect a gun's smartlink to a pair of AR specs, and since everyone who can afford them uses them, it won't make her feel inadequate for using a targeting computer.

>>50829
If you can beat up a giant snake you can beat up a guy

>>50801
> Go to the deck and practice her hand to hand skills.

>>50856
>>50829
>>50813
Seeing as she already has martial arts knowledge, this seems smart. Plus she'll never get caught without a weapon. We're going to need to pick up a good shooter soon though, seeing as both Bal and Alina are close combat types.

>>50887
I was under the impression her martial arts knowledge was a chip

>>50892
Good point, but we can hope that she has some lingering aptitude/muscle memory if she ever has practiced, even if it was just a chip.

>>50905
It doesn't seem like she has skillwires, so there won't be any muscle memory.
The whole point of her using personafix chips was so that she could THINK she had aptitude without any of the work or cybernetics to get that aptitude.

In a world of cybernetic melee implants that are as cheap as guns, vatware muscles, and magical physical enhancement, you need more than a few classes in close combat to be anything more than dead weight.

>>50801
>Go to the deck and practice her hand to hand skills

>>50887
Yea, I feel like you can get the hang of a gun much faster than you can grasp certain close combat tricks, and if she does find herself without a weapon at least she won't be completely useless.

>>50924
Valid points actually.
If her martial arts skills are completely imagined then I guess go for guns.

If she does have some good tricks already, stick with hand-to hand, for the reasons >>50936 pointed out.

So far she has a shock glove and an uzi, remember... Maybe a taser as well, but I don't know whether that was a close range one or a taser that fires from a small distance.

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>>50000
Nice quads by the way.

>>50992
Oh yea! Sick

>Work on hand to hand

>>50992
Nice quads picture

"Let uses ssstart with some closssse combat" you say at her as you ascend the stairs to the deck. You are curious if the years of close combat training were real or the chip talking.
"Uhhh....." She says awkwardly
"After seeing you fragging geek people in a matter of seconds, and tanking bullets with your skin, going against you sounds a little, tiny bit scary".
"Oh don't worry "You say, a little amused "I won't try to hurt you "
"Me neither"
She sighs as she stands against you in the sunlit deck of the yacht. Thankfully the shapeshifer is nowhere to be found, or she could scare Alina.
The girl takes a combat stance in front of you as you rise like a cobra your head to her size. She seems a bit unsure, and there is not the cold hard determination from the chip.
> Try a VERY weak sweep with your tail, test her defense
> Wait for her to make the first move, take on the defense.
Roll a d100 lads

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>51190
>Try a VERY weak sweep with your tail, test her defense

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>51206
seconded

>>51206
I'm glad we succeeded at being weak

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>51190
> Wait for her to make the first move, take on the defence.
Let's see what she can do before we start pulling our punches too much.

>>51219
>>51208
>>51206
Welp, either way, this is going to be good for Alina's confidence.

>>51229
Or we hit her too hard...

>>51242
We break her back and throw her into a pit prison

>>51190
BTW did we ever get a description of how Alina looks?

Rolled 52 (1d100)

Alina's roll

>>51265
Not really that I remember

Rolled 70 (1d100)

You decide to let Alina make the first move. You bend your body backwards, ready to spring sideways in the incoming blow. Alina makes a poorly telegraphed attacked that would normally be dodged.

If your mind was not occupied to another task.

Your senses switch to a different environment. You feel its related to your last vision. It seems to be in the top of a corporate skyscraper, though the fine details are fuzzy, as if you are underwater. The only clear figures iare the old lady for before, and a bronze skinned man with white hair and an executive suit.
"So" the man says, sipping coffee from his cup "The slayer meets the prey for the first time. What you think the result would be ?"
"Hard to say" the old woman replied.
Then you get punched. Hard.
When you return to the physical realm, you see yourself on the ground, with Alina having a look of mixed enthusiasm and worry. "Im okay" you reassure her, rising back up .
Gloves are off it seems. Or it would, had you any hands

> Trip her with a tail sweep
> Balthazar used tail slap !
> Try to constrict her, but not harmfullu
> Li

>>51581
>> Balthazar used tail slap !

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>51581
>Try to constrict her, but not harmfullu
If she can learn to get out of snake grapples, she can get out of anything!

Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>51581
>Try to constrict her, but not harmfullu
should we roll

>>51581
Omit the 4th one, bad typing

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>51581
>Trip her with a tail sweep

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much nicer round about. Though if rolling low leads to more vision quests I am not against that.

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>51581
>Balthazar used tail slap !

>>52026
>Balthazar used tail slap !
Let's test her defences!

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>51581
Tail slap. Unlikely to do too much hurt, easier to dodge or try to block - people instinctively block strikes to their upper body and heady much easier than strikes at their feet and legs.

>Li
what is Li in this context?

>Balthazar used tail slap !

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>51265
I always imagined her like Boone
>>52113
Just a mistype on my part.

You quickly retaliate with a rapid whip-like movement of her tail. To her credit, Alina manages to raises her hands to parry the tail in her upper body in time. However, she blocks the furtherst segment of the tail, allowing the rest to whip her back. She lets out a cry of pain as she almost falls to her knees, but the last moment she manages to get back up and regain balance. Given the force this would leave quite a bruise. Tinges of guilt already fill your mind, but she easily reads your expression and smiles.
Alina suddenly springs to action, closing the distance between you and delivering a low kick with her right leg aimed at your lower body.

>Roll to dodge !

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>52481
96 is gonna be hard to dodge unless we've got hidden modifiers.
Also, is it just me or do you keep changing your ID?

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>52481
>96
Huh. Either Alina really did take some aerobic kickboxing to go along with her rhythmic gymnastics, or she's a natural.

>>52520
I move around a lot

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>52481
fuck

>>52520
>>52533
>>52552
triple fuck

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>52481
do a snekflip

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>52481
We did not expect this, senpai!

>>52582
Okay so "senpai" just got autocorrected to "senpai'. Someone explain?

>>52582
OMG! (f-a-m) gets corrected to senpai... How weird...

>>52628
It's been implemented as part of the wordfilter for months now.

>>52613
Has it been a while since you've posted on 4chan, or are you just new?
Some words get wordfiltered. I think the current ones are baka senpai desu, but I'll let you figure out what they are. Cuck->kek used to be one, but I think they took it off for some reason.
>using a name
Oh, nevermind. Figured it out.

>>52652
I just usually never post on 4chan, so I guess you could say I'm new, yea.

>>52690
Protip: Take off that name unless you're running the quest. Especially since we've got IDs here.

You barely dodge the kick with a rapid movement of your body, but you realize something as she stops her movement midway. It was a feint ! Which means-
Ow
The true thread was an uppercut with her left arm, that sent your head flying upwards, quickly followed by another punch from the right hand, that threw you sideways. Alina...was much better than you thought.
"F-frazzles ? A-are you alright ?" SHe asks concerned. You raise again, grunting in approval. You have taken far worse punishment than a few mundane punches.
>SNek headbutt!
>Another Slap!
>Time to constrict her until she relents
>Give up. You have validated that she;s very skilled. Your difference in natural capabilities is too different for this to be an equal match anyway

>>52768
If he consistently contributes art, that'd be another acceptable reason to namefag between threads.

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>52782
>Another Slap!

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Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>52807
Hooo boy

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>52782
>Time to constrict her until she relents
low roll go!

Rolled 73 (1d100)

>>52782
Snek headbutt! It's time for boop!

>constrict
I thought we were venomous, not a constrictor. Both?

>>52782
>SNek headbutt!

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>52782
>SNek headbutt!

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>>52481
>I always imagined her like Boone

No wonder she's taking drugs if she looks like that

>>52782
>Time to constrict her until she relents

Fighting the spirnning in your sight and the ringing in your eyes, you coil as tightly as you and launch yourself like a sping to Alina ! She tries to sidestep you but the crimson meteor that you are is faster, hitting her right in the sternun.
Alina was launched in the air, hitting on the metal fence around the edge of the boat with her back. She lets a scream of pain that makes your heart throb, but gets up again and takes her combat stance again, breathing heavily and shaking lightly.
>Call it a tie. You don't want to seriously hurt her and it seems she won't quit anytime soon
>Keep going. She needs to learn she can't win every fight and sometimes getting away is the best option

>>53219
>Call it a tie. You don't want to seriously hurt her and it seems she won't quit anytime soon

>>53219
>Call it a tie. You don't want to seriously hurt her and it seems she won't quit anytime soon
we now know she can throw a punch, that's really all we wanted to see.

>>53219
>Call it a tie. You don't want to seriously hurt her and it seems she won't quit anytime soon

>>53219
>Call it a tie. You don't want to seriously hurt her and it seems she won't quit anytime soon
Reading about her in pain makes me sad
but seriously though, who is Boone? Is this some /tg/ meme character like Cultist-Chan or something?

>>53219
It's a tie, this time. Nearly killing her probably won't look very good to, well, anyone, and failing at the "nearly" part would be disastrous.

>>53273
Yes.
Look her up on 1d4wiki.

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>>53273
she's from the first quest i ever read, Boonequest

>>53219
>Call it a tie. You don't want to seriously hurt her and it seems she won't quit any time soon

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>>53333 (nice get)
This, also use it to make the point that even if you think you've got shit in hand you cannot let your guard down, else you end up flat on your face with a snake-bruised sternum.

>>53408
Haha. Second time on this thread today.

"Letss...call it a tie" you say, as you get a feeling of your own wounds. You underestimated her and pulled your punches, but she still held her own pretty well.
"How... how was i ?" she asks with a painful smile as she stumbles towards the stairs.
"P-pretty good " you admit as you follow her
You feel her astral aura flare as you utter this phrase. She's...beaming with happiness.
If you knew that's all it would take, you would have done it ages ago.

>Go see Jax about the data
>Meet Baxter and ask about the route you are following
>Try to find the shapeshifter

>>53678
>Meet Baxter and ask about the route you are following

>>53678
>Go see Jax about the data

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>>53678
>>Meet Baxter and ask about the route you are following
seems like the quickest option then we can bug Jax about the info.

inb4 this thing comes out of the waters.

>>53678
>>Go see Jax about the data
Okay, sick. Alina can handle herself in a fight. Next time let's give her a gun.

>>53678
>>Go see Jax about the data

>>53678
>Meet Baxter and ask about the route you are following

>>53792
Yep

After getting a couple of trauma patches from Alina's medkit, you decide to talk to Jax. The old hacker seems to have retreated on his room for the time being, but a knock from Alina quickly alerts him. "took you long enough" he mutters as he exits his room, his deck in hand.
"So, what exactly did you find ?" Alina asks, her mood slightly worse than before, sounding impatient.
"Well, first one about the crash on the Atlantic." He says as he opens up his commlink "There's a massive restricted area around the crash set up from most triple A corps. They say it was a solar flare .
malfunction but my friends in the shadows doubt it. The are multiple runs funded as we speak to break into the wreckage. I dunno whats inside, but apparently its something one would pay seven digit numbers to have"
"Thats strange" Alina frowns in thought "If it was my dad the corps could have easily recover him, what kind of drek would make them create a safe zone and classify everything ?"
"Drek if I know" Jax says while shrugging"Now for the main crazy thing: Vogel is resigning from Ares"
"W-what ?!"
"You heard me. He says he takes full blame as the head of AresSpace program for the crash and resigned. Either way, this kinda blows your theory about him wanting to take over the corp"
"Not necessarily" Alina says while going back and forth "As of know, the ground forces at the port will have noticed Graham is missing. Perhaps he got air someone got out of his little deathtrap and now he's trying to hide back before all this blows on his face, letting his nephew take the blame. "
"Or its part of his plan. Ares goes tits up with its two highest shareholders missing, then appears out of nowhere like a knight on a white horse to rescue the company and pull it out of the muck" Jax shrugs again

>Anything to suggest /tell Jax ?

>>54072
Is there any big projects that Ares was working on recently? What exactly does Ares work on?
I could see if a big project got cancelled there could be some angry people willing to get back at the company.
What do we know about Vogel's past? Any shady business that's been brought to the light before?

>>54122
>What exactly does Ares work on?
Combat hardware and space stuff(?)

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>>54153
Sounds about right but it's good to get an affirmative. I am coming into this more blind than our MC

>>54153
Ares is a megacorp. Those kinds of business work through a massive number of subsidiary companies owned to them. Every mega will have its leg to almost all money making areas, though all specialize to some degree. Ares in particular is renowned for its firearms, private military contractors , space program,heavy industry and the Knight Errants, which are basically private sector police. You probably know these through Alina
Ares had some hard times after they basically made New coke: The gun, but its still one of the richest corporations on the planet

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>>54242
When then shoot my rambling about an angry former group or individual seems to not be as harebrained as I first thought.

>>54072
Is there any way to know how the other AAA's are handling this?
What about what Vogel's nephew?
And how is the coverup of the resort massacre going?
The Ares CEO is missing, presumed dead, and no one wants an interview with his daughter? Not even Horizon?
We should have watched enough tabloids and entertainment news with Alina to know something is up if this is the case.

>>54072
Ask him if there are any underground channels that Aries might be using to communicate secret stuff. See if Alina might know of any, she is the CEO's daughter, after all. She should know something of Aries internal workings.

>>54423
Well se did have com codes for atleast some to execs

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Is OP still alive?

Also attempted to draw Alina based on some images of Boone that I found

>>55043
OP tends to dissapear for long periods, also finally caught up.

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>>54242
>Ares Excalibur
>New Coke: The Gun

That's terrifyingly accurate.

Pic related, for those who don't know.

QM what time zone are you in so we can get a better Idea of when you'll be posting

>"How long until we reach the Horizon bassssse."

>>57161
Sorry everyone, there has been an emergency last night. My timezone is GMT+2 and I live in paydebts land. Ill see when I can post from phone.

>>57224
did Ares track you down?

>>57224
Hope everyone's okay on your end. Just nice to know your back.

>>57457
He must have borrowed a dollar from one of their employees to buy a soda, and with that being half of the Greek GDP a debt collection kill team was automatically dispatched by an Aries AI algorithm.

I have returned home and shall proceed with posting !

>Is there any big projects that Ares was working on recently?
Alina answers that before jax does. "Dad was talking recently about a rifle to clean Are's stain from the whle Excalibur debacle. I am not really sure what he was talking about but i think it operated on advanced gyrojet technology. Other than that there's the launching of the new Ares space station but that is probably not going to happen with Vogel's resignation anytime soon"

>Is there any way to know how the other AAA's are handling this?
Jax shrugs "Most of them have made the same almost carbon copy speeches about space safety and how sorry are for the loss, but that was expected. For inner info that would need a dedicated team of runners, as you would expect. If i could bet, i'd say they are all getting the hibbie jibbies about Zurich station being compromised and that they are currently looking for a suspect. "
>What about what Vogel's nephew?
"Hell if i know, he's the head of the secret effing service of Ares, i doubt a single session of long haul matrix searching could give me any insight what the guy is doing. He did make a press conference about cracking down on CFD, probably a prelude to making the massacre public. "
>And how is the coverup of the resort massacre going?
" As good as you'd expect. I bet A.I.S.S. has silenced any associates of the dead ones. Whistleblowing would be profitable as hell in this case but ya'know, not lot of people have the right kind of guts for this. But in my opinion it's a matter of time"
>The Ares CEO is missing, presumed dead, and no one wants an interview with his daughter? Not even Horizon?
"THey do, but the A.I.S.S. has uspposedly put her under a tight security blockade on her father's protocol in case things went south. Horizon is nosy though, i don't think that facade will last for long. Especially since when the big D is confirmed dead and his will is made public."
"THat's strange " Alina says, deep in thought, " I supposed thye would say i commited suicide or that i was a CFD victim like the rest on the resort. What kind of game are theyplaying ?"
>ANy underground channels to contact Ares ?
"I know a few" Alina replies again "But i bet the A.I.S.S. may be monitoring them. I don't think we could risk it"

>Anything to comment on/ask ?

>>58027
Two choices; we keep quiet, or we go loud. At the moment Alina can be tracked anywhere - we'd need her SIN burned if she doesn't want to flag every Ares and lonestar precinct when we make Landfall.

OR we hook her up with another firm publically as an attempt to keep anyone from killing her.

The first is a lot safer honestly, but means she'd have to give up on any revenge or luxury for the short term.

>>58027
Is there anything on this yacht we could use to provide Horizon with some test results showing Alina is clear of CFD?

And this is an Ares yacht? Could AISS track this yacht somehow?

>>58041
>>58027
Throw these two questions to the gang and see what they think. We can empty her personal accounts while we get her SIN burned.

Wait, wait,

Someone apparently killed DAMIEN KNIGHT?

The guy wrestles dragons and shits Ares Alpha guns.

>>58056
He is PRESUMED dead. THough you have no idea how he could survive his shuttle crashng on the middle of atlantic

>>58062
Oh, is THAT all?

The old man is gonna be pissed off.

>>58027
Ask Alina's opinion on what we should do

>>58155
Options are:
1: live on boat for rest of life
Note: this will be until Ares mages track her down with magic and the killteam arrives
2: Hook up with Horizon and let them hold Alina as a bargaining chip
3: Burn Alina's SIN, drain her accounts and hide until Alina can get this sorted.

>>41675
snek

>>58195
Snek?
Snek??
SNEEEEEEEEEEEK?!

>>58194
I like option 3 but we should also look for rebels against corporations.

>>58214
>rebels against corporations
The last time someone did that, they set off nukes and caused Crash 2.0.
Everyone wants to kill the people who did that.

>>58205
Do we remember the basics of CQC?

>>58194
>Burn Alina's SIN, drain her accounts
Sure, go ahead and confirm that Alina is still alive rather than having a fake SIN created and used. I'm sure that AISS isn't watching all of her accounts for any activity indicating she's still alive.

>>58267
We drain the accounts while we burn her SIN. Can't track her if there's no SIN*.

What, did you expect for the team to burn her SIN for free without payment, pro bono?

We don't have any funds to pay to get it done if we don't grab them and run.

*this is not actually true

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>>58267
That's not how SINs work. Your SIN a link to your fingerprints, DNA, samples of blood, all that crap. You can get a fake SIN, but when someone actually scans your face from a photo and gets a good iris shot, and feeds that into an ID computer, it'll spit out Alina's SIN and her identity.

You need to burn her SIN so that her personal information can't be tracked back to her. That means someone hacking into the various registry offices and relinking Alina's SIN to someone dead, or messing with the index so her DNA on file gets misplaced, or someone burns her fingerprint file or simply brute force destroying a whole swathe of data and corrupting the backups.

You can't just get a fake SIN while you have an existing SIN - it'll last for as long as someone actually checks the info into a database and find that it matches with Alina's SIN.

That's why you need it burnt if you go underground.

> Is there anything on this yacht we could use to provide Horizon with some test results showing Alina is clear of CFD?
"We COULD" Jax says with a sigh "But with all the paranoia about this and the whole Monad debacle i doubt any corp will just straight up accept that claim, no matter how many results you got. They would probably feel the need to run their own tests. THat's why Bax decided we go to the Horizon facility instead of just contacting her. Which i don't really think it's a good idea, for you or us "

"Why sssso ?" you ask Jax. He seems to be much more experienced in such matters than either of you, so his opinion weighs heavily in you mind.
"Well, never forget that Horizon is a corp. And all corps put profit first. What if instead of making her case public they want to blackmail Vogel ? Or if the keep her in a cell for a dreklong of time to be used as a PR weapon against Ares whenever they feel like it. Be it now or in a decade. Hell, if she inherits Dam's stocks, she might just be the spearhead of placing a Horizon puppet on Ares. "

"Well, what do you suggest then ? " Alina asks, clearly worried. Perhaps her plan about Horizon was not as planned as she made it seem.

Jax retrieves another cup of soycaf as he lounged on a dirty sofa. "Right now, Ares doesn't know you are alive. Sure, Graham's kicked the dust, but he had your kill confirmed before our watery friend ate him. This is just a case of runners killing the Jonshon and running with the money. Not really good for us but better than carrying a top priority target. Sure Ares will look into our case, but i heavily doubt they will put much effort in it, they got too much drek on their plate. What i suggest ? Find a fake SIN, keep your head down for a few months, get access to yours or your daddy's accounts and drain as much cash as you can and burn your SIN. "
"That's your proposal ?! " Alina exclaims angrily "Throw everything my father worked for and let his murderer run his company ?!"

"Hey girl, calm down. Currently you are not ALina Knight. You are a nobody on the run from an AAA corp. I'd rather live in the shadows than try to take on an AAA corp or spend my life as Horizon's bargaining chip, but that's just me. You are grown girl, take whatever decisions you want, but you won't go far with that attitude"

>WHat do you say/suggest ?

>>58354
Stick with Horizon, or even go Evo.
Going into the shadows means that when Knight's will goes public, that Alina is out of the picture and Vogel's plan goes ahead, just as he planned.

>>58354
Ssss. Cannot take revenge if you're dead or usessed as a tool by another corp. Better to take your time to sssssurvive. It'sss how lived.

>>58391
Uh, no.
We are the very personification of "tool of a megacorp", and we've done pretty well.

>>58354
Damn, forgot trip

>>58407
That mega Corp was run by Alina's father, who has a vested interest in not betraying us at the drop of a hat. Horizon on the other hand couldn't give less of a shit about us if they tried. Going underground is our best option for now.

>>58460
We need to go to ground, then find people in the corp who our father trusted and were his freinds. e.g. his secretary. Contact them without their internal police finding out, then with results that are verifiable from multiple sources, go public with being alive, the events at the resort, and the fact it was a set up.

This should allow us access to resources through the trusted individual, let us feck off into the dark if we need to, and get the court all up in this buisness investigating things.

With magic its just a matter of time till it all comes out.

>>58460
And what, just survive?
Taking smalltime milk runs because we have no marketable skills?

>>58479
We are dual-natured,and we are a 8 metre long venomous snake. I'd be fucking terrified if a giant snake using adept powers showed up. So,I think these are marketable skills.

>>58662
We aren't a trained adept and we'd be toast against anyone who has more combat experience or is actually trained.
The jobs we could take are going to be very limited.

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>>58479
We can star in Harry Potter adaptations.

>>58670
I'm pretty sure we did receive combat training from Aries, but I'm not sure how extensive it was nor do I know if it extended to Adept stuff.

Mind giving us some clarification, OP?

>>58709
You were trained in physical combat and bodyguard business, but nobody knew you were an adept.

>>58726
Why would they train a snake to be a bodyguard instead of a bodyguard? Unless they knew we were a naga, who are all awakened.

>>58709
We got some adept powers at the beach earlier,though. Unless I am mistaken.
>>58754
Element of surprise,omae. We are "just an exotic pet that's better than a pony."

>>58754
You were raised during the time they just thought nagas are awakened snakes instead of metasapients.

My suggestion, is to take Alina aside and have a talk with her about what she wants to do. If she suggests anything that sounds reckless try and steer her towards caution instead. We want our pinkie happy but we want her alive and well more.

>>58909
That is a good suggestion.

>>58909
Agreed!

>>58909

Sounds good to me

Before an arguement erupts, you tactfully poke Alina's leg with you tail, before going outside. She raises an eyebrow, before sighing and following you on the top deck.
"What is it ?" She asks, slightly angry but far calmer than moments before.
"I would prefer to talk in private about thissss" you say slowly, basking into a slopy surface of the yacht to look better at Alina "I underssstood from before that you wissssh to take revenge for Vogel's transssgresssionsss. But you seem to have doubtsss about Horizon. WHat do you intend to do ?"
"I...i don't know really" Alina says with a second sigh as shepets you "I feel like i am hitting against a wall. I really want that fragger pay for everything he has done, and while Horizon seems the obvious choice, but with Volger's recent moves it seems i don't have all the pieces of his little plot, and i don't know if i ever will. It's just....i feel no matter what i'll do he'll be two steps ahead."
"THat'ssss a normal feeling to have when you are against a masssive corporation" you say reassuringly "I'm ssssure you can figure ssssomething out"
"Well, currently going low and burning my is the most optimal solution, but then i lose my greatest weapon: My SIN. Unless i can prove i am Alina Knight, nobody is going to listen to me, and while life in the shadows does not sound as bad as death or life on a corp cell, I am not sure that a nameless mostly inept person could survive more than a few years"
She suddenly looks at you in a different, more worrying way. "I...i never asked your opinion. Sorry....what do you think ?"
>I think you should risk it with Horizon, they have more to win if they make it public
>We can survive together in the Barrens and the shadows until you manage to get the funds to get back at Vogel. I'll protect you. We tell them we leave at next port.
>Perhaps we could join these shadowrunners. They seem skilled and they have much to win from a cooperation in the future.
>Other

>>59342
Join the shadowrunners... Whatever we do, it can't hurt to have these guys at our back...

>>59342
>>Perhaps we could join these shadowrunners. They seem skilled and they have much to win from a cooperation in the future.

>>59365
>>59342
There needs to be a decision on the SIN issue. It's important to be able to verify her identity, but is it worth the risk of keeping?

Is there anyway to prove that Alina is Alina if she's SIN-less? If she's willing to burn her SIN then I say we join the current group. They seem skilled and we have some measure of rapport going, though the whole Zack thing might be an issue.