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2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« on: January 23, 2014, 08:05:44 PM »
Dawn approaches, and the half remembered dreams of being stalked by folding robots and combining origami fade with the morning into a confused jumble. Kiley feels a little better than before, still sore throughout, but with the good fortune of not acquiring any new horrible injuries. Horizon instead, has a collection of  new pains to join the old, feeling in dire need of some medical attention, though after a moment's consideration, his arm's painful demise was greatly exaggerated.

Classes, and at least one pervert awaits.
Everything is edible. Just that there are things only edible once per lifetime.
It's a god-eat-god world.

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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2014, 08:38:10 PM »
After a long, long time spent in front of the mirror, Sam finally feels reasonably confident that the worst of the damage is hidden. His hair hides the bruise from the flying gear nicely, but there are still a few lingering burns from Pyrebird and scrapes from drill shrapnel his shirt doesn't entirely cover. His hand, meanwhile, is freshly burned from the diesel. With a bit of consideration, Sam picks a dress shirt with longer sleeves so that as little skin as possible is actually showing. Should there be any luck, he'll spend most of the afternoon on errands anyway. Hopefully no one important will see the injuries and ask awkward questions.

On his way out the door, he checks his phone idly to see what the news made of yesterday's hijinks, and to see whether anything about Scattershot or Leaf Ronin's popped up.

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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2014, 12:35:49 PM »
Kiley, by contrast, is comparatively well off, on account of not having been beaten to shit and not having student council activities all day. After her own daily news check, she attends her boring morning classes and goes to bother her personal student council minion best friend for a key to the girls' locker room during recess, because she "forgot some stuff" in there.

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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2014, 12:43:20 PM »
Sam signs off on the key without any protesting on the grounds that this is, by far, the least suspicious criminal activity he's done all week.
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2014, 01:13:44 PM »
Sam's research uncovers quite an eventful day.

There is news of Steelhand being arrested and charged for massive property damage amongst a large number of other charges, with five structures suffering 'major' damage and two buildings 'beyond repair'. At least thirty cars have been destroyed beyond all recognition when the metal controlling Special struck a multistorey carpark at some speed. Steelhand refuses to identify any co-conspirators, and the grudge with Sigma Sync is assumed to be personal in nature.
He is suspected to be part of a conspiracy to destroy Sigma Sync, and has been incarcerated at a 'secure location', which, given his powers, means a completely metal free facility. Can't be too many of those around.

The damages included a large number of injuries from Steelhand's rampage include fifty wounded, seven who are severely injured, and twenty missing, suspected to be trapped under rubble(though comments suggest that some may have been 'pancaked'). A call for Specials who can use their senses through rubble or pass through and rescue victims has been put out, as well as a general call for any Specials who can conduct controlled demolition of an 'anomalous' structure and certified Special healers. No renumeration is mentioned except for the healers Specials.

Sigma Sync is expected to shut down for repairs and recovery for the next quarter, so that reconstruction can be carried out. While no official word from the company has been released, anonymous sources say that some prototype Tinkerwork equipment has been removed from the premises and that "we're all fucked".

Finally, on a bulletin board, a user called LegoRulez claims that the Specials who defeated Pyrebird are Kaleidoscope and Horizon, with a fanciful story of being rescued by the two heroes from yesterday's disaster. He is met by some skepticism, as his story has little to substantiate his claims. Naturally enough, as he couldn't tell the tale without revealing his own part in it as Slinky. You'd think he would be more careful about linking his secret identity with an incident like this.
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2014, 02:15:41 PM »
With the key obtained, Kiley makes her entrance into the locker room and begins her search for clues.
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2014, 02:23:42 PM »
Sam winces inwardly on seeing the news about Steelhand. He'll have to look up that prison when he gets a spare moment. It might come in handy if they ever need Steelhand for a heist. (His incarceration is also their fault to begin with, but no one needs to know that.) The damage reports, likewise, cause a few guilty twinges. He bookmarks the relevant pages, just in case he decides to go help out with the rubble or donate to the injured civilians later.

Slinky's story, though, pulls a grin onto his face despite the impending trouble with Leaf Ronin and Scattershot. He bookmarks the hero's forum profile as well. Once he can send messages from something that couldn't be traced back to him, he'll have to drop Slinky a line. Maybe give him a few hints about being sneakier with his secret identity.
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2014, 02:47:52 PM »
Kiley

The locker room, at first glance, appear to be empty of anything more suspicious than some overflowing trashcans. Remembering the angles of the shots however, Kiley soon narrows them down to the vicinity of one corner of the locker room. Nothing much there except for one locker with an Out of Order sign on it. No camera to be found.
A quick test of the handle shows it is really out of order, having been the victim of some student's bad day, and Kiley remembers it's been out of order since last year at the least. Checking under the locker however, reveals a small hole cut into the bottom of the defunct locker, invisible without a torch and pressing her face to the rather gross floor.
Everything is edible. Just that there are things only edible once per lifetime.
It's a god-eat-god world.

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And to the mercies of a moment leaves; The vast concerns of an eternal scene.

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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2014, 03:54:22 PM »
Good thing Kiley's cheek can just move through the gunk and the floor. "Uh huh. Out of order, my ass." Double-checking that she's locked the door after coming in, she carefully steps into one of the adjacent lockers and takes a peek into the so-called nonfunctional locker.
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2014, 04:01:42 PM »
The first impression is that the locker is stuffed full of something, which a bit of light shows to be dense strata of used tissue paper, thankfully dried out, but completely lining the walls and forming a crinkly core nearer the center. Some plowing through a sea of tissues later, Kiley finds the hole in the bottom and a matching hole at the top, as well as some bits of fabric buried in the mass of tissue paper. Looks like the remains of an ancient set of gym clothes that have been stuck inside since the locker broke.
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And to the mercies of a moment leaves; The vast concerns of an eternal scene.

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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2014, 04:40:03 PM »
Kiley fights valiantly to not shudder. She may never know what, exactly, those tissues were used for. She doesn't particularly want to. On the bright side, she now thinks to check the top of the locker, too.
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2014, 04:45:56 PM »
With only a little help from her power, Kiley finds a ventilation duct's grill, concealed from the locker room by the row of lockers, and by all rights impossible to remove, as half of it is covered by the lockers. Suspicious due to the hole, a closer peek shows a thin slice across the metal, splitting the grill's top and bottom sections and leaving the top half slightly loose.  About to poke at the vent further, Kiley hears footsteps approaching the locker room.
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2014, 05:36:34 PM »
Interrupted in her highly important research, Kiley wastes no time in hopping down to the floor and materializing, pulling her hood over as usual and relaxing enough to make sure her blur isn't at blatant levels. She's got every right to be here, and she's seen enough. No problem.
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2014, 05:43:55 PM »
A key rattles in the lock, then Kiley sees a senior she vaguely recognizes as one of the student council gofers, with the advantage of being highly ornamental, and likely chosen for her looks alone, because it certainly isn't for her personality.

Emily Claude walks into the locker room, heads for a locker, then stops, looking at Kiley, "What are you doing here? Skipping classes?"
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« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2014, 06:12:35 PM »
Kiley looks up as if she were surprised by the new arrival. "Hm? Nah... was looking for something I lost. It's my recess." Being at the bottom of the totem pole, she refrains from asking why she would want to skip classes in a dirty locker room. With the reason for her being here cleared up, she nods to Emily and excuses herself.
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2014, 06:17:35 PM »
"Did you find it?" Emily keeps going to the locker she was heading for, opens it and glances inside, "Oh nevermind, just hurry up, return that key and go back to class already."

She didn't seem to be actually listening.

Recess soon passes, and the last of the classes for the day not long after.  Sam has a half hour of peace before the council meeting, and Kiley is free to roam.
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2014, 06:29:25 PM »
During the half-hour she has, Kiley tracks down Sam, preferably out of earshot of any sort of paper or leaves, and whispers the summary of her findings to him. "He'd have to have a map or backtrack from the locker room, so he has access to the girls' locker room keys, as a guy, or to a map. Either way, he's student council. You know his build and his voice, so..."
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2014, 06:44:20 PM »
Sam nods as though Kiley were explaining what she'd been doing with the key, scribbling his signature on the form as he mutters a response. "Nice catch. I'll keep an eye out, then. Shouldn't be too hard to pin him down...You have time to get a quick snack before student council?"
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #18 on: January 24, 2014, 06:59:20 PM »
"Cutting it a bit close, but sure. It's your schedule." Kiley goes for something light, figuring she can pick up something more substantial on the way if she wants to. "After this, I guess I'll hit the city and sit down at an internet cafe. ...I don't suppose you can borrow me some cash? I blew pretty much everything on the new stun gun."
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Re: 2000/1/05 - Burnt out, Sold out
« Reply #19 on: January 24, 2014, 07:04:48 PM »
Sam grabs something quick from one of the food carts. The 'crepe' is slightly soggy and definitely not up to French cooking standards, but for a cafeteria food cart it's not too bad. "Hmm? Oh, yeah, sure. Knock yourself out. I left all the paper money downstairs, but I've got some dollar coins that should cover it."
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