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[IC] Waves of Desperation (Seattle Gauntlet, Part I)

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« Reply #45 on: <07-14-13/0725:57> »
As the haze and the fog began to clear, Matt's senses began to return. Looking at his hand showing blood, Matt realised something bad, really bad must have happened.
Turning over onto his front, he pushed himself up onto his knees for a better view of his surroundings.
The scale of the carnage was only just becoming clear;
Windows smashed everywhere, small fires breaking out, dead and wounded groaning for help and bleeding out onto the polished marble concourse. Whatever had happened, Matt was embroiled in a major gang-fuck of a day out.
Matt began to pat himself down, checking for his gear and any other injuries he'd not yet found.
Matt puts on his armoured jacket, pull his helmet out of the satchel bag and dons it, and pulls his taser out, making it ready "just in case". Thankfully his fly-spy was still in it's miniature container on his tool belt.
He initiates a DNI through the trode net to his commlink and contact lens image link, activating the AR feed and checking for matrix signal.
//Duty rigger, This is Matthew Hunt. Contractor number 322 Reporting major incident at my location. I'm available to assist as necessary//

Matt looks to his right at the familiar person, trying desperately to place his face.
Hey, you ok? you hurt?
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« Reply #46 on: <07-14-13/0745:09> »
--Matt--
Doing something helped putting himself back together. Matt realized, that he must've mistaken the sounds of fountains and machinery for the groaning of the wounded, as there was no such thing. Everyone except him, the person being sick next to the fountain, and the one that was screaming somewhere near earlier, was lying motionless where they fell. Even if they were alive, none showed any signs of it. While checking for injuries, he felt his right shoulder being a bit tender but he found nothing serious.

The message playing as an answer from the duty rigger was making things worse. "This is an automated reply played on all security channels. General emergency protocols active. To all general personnel: report to your appointed evacuation points. To all security personnel: take your posts according to emergency protocol C/2 and guide visitors to emergency exits in an orderly manner. You will be contacted by the Chief of Security with further orders. Repeat. This is an automated..."
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« Reply #47 on: <07-14-13/0745:53> »
Joel heaved as he emptied his stomach of just about everything he had eaten that day into the fountain, his mind mostly blanked out beyond the sick feeling of all the bodies in the area. He gsve one last heave as he spat out some bile, finally feeling his stomach settling, panting  heavily as his mind helpfully replayed the events where he had been following that other guy around, talking about his homeland, when everything  was blank. The only thing after that was the dream, then waking up to this.

What... What the frag happened...? His heart was hammering as he controlled the urge to give in to panicked hysteria. He looked away from the body in the fountain, not wanting to throw up even more bile.

A voice spoke and he letting out a surprised yelp, his head turning to look at Matt suddenly. Recognition set in and he relaxed in a slump against the fountain, managing to get some words in between his panting. "...You're Matt... right? I'm... Fine. What... Happened?"

Should look at the Astral perhaps... His eyes unfocused slightly as he peeked into the Astral plane, just taking a glance of the general surroundings. He didn't expect much, but any bit of information was better than nothing. He could take a more detailed look when he felt better.
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« Reply #48 on: <07-14-13/0800:49> »
Shit, I don't know. Security is broadcasting a general emergency automated message. Everyone is to evacuate.
Groaning under the stress of the effort, Matt pulled himself to his feet and dusted himself down. He walks over to the familiar man, trying his beast to avoid the dead stares of the corpses scattered about.
My head is all over the place mate, I know your face but I can't place your name. Can you walk? We need to get the hell out of here.
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« Reply #49 on: <07-14-13/0851:09> »
"Fracking great," Miko said to herself.  She called up emergency protocol C/2, while reading she also called 911.
"Emergency of unknown kind in the WaveRider," she said when she got connection, "multiple wounded and I also see some small fires.  please send assistance immediately."
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« Reply #50 on: <07-14-13/0959:18> »
--Miko--
Her reactions got the better of Miko. She was already in the middle of the sentence, when she realized that the click didn't mean a connection. Another automated reply played, this time by her own commlink. "There's no service currently available in tis area."

--Joel--
Joel could tell that it wasn't his best idea, taking a look at the astral while he was this shaken. The horrors he has seen on the physical seemed to strengthen his resolve though, so shutting his astral senses was not the first reaction. This side looked almost worse than the other. An emotion felt by thousands tended to leave their mark, and now he knew exactly how people felt a short while ago. Fear seeped into him, and though he could master himself, taking a step back to separate himself from the other's feelings, he was sure that whatever happened would leave its mark for a long time. He could already see the scavengers of the astral world, never-formed creatures that lived off scraps of emotion and disappearing life force, gathering around and feeding thoughtlessly. It would be wise to rein in the power he tried to harness while in the building.
[spoiler=astral]Astral visibility is at -2.[/spoiler]
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« Reply #51 on: <07-14-13/1035:19> »
What little colour that had returned to Joel's face after he finished throwing up fled again as he peered into the Astral. The sudden onslaught of emotions informing him of his colossally poor idea. Nevertheless, it was good to be reminded now that using astral power would be dangerous in his current location. Joel stood unsteadily, still a bit weak from emptying out his stomach and the shock of emotion from astral space. His breathing had returned to normal while he sated his curiosity. Needing to focus on meatspace, he pulled himself away from his peering into the Astral, his eyes focusing on Matt's face.

"I can walk, I think... " The young male responded to Matt's concern. "You know me as Joel. But as you said, we need to get out of here." A pause. "Should we check for other survivors? I think I heard a scream before I started throwing up." He adjusted his trodes, then re-engaged the DNI with the commlink, attempting to place a call to Dr Stills. The commlink's report of a lack of service in the area was not reassuring as the AR image link in his glasses came online.
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« Reply #52 on: <07-14-13/1101:06> »
--Matt--
Checking matrix signals gave mixed results. It seemed that the service within the building was working and good (and this gave him the bonus of finally knowing, if not remembering, the name of the place where he was). On the other hand, no outside connection could be found.

--all--
The AR feed confirmed that an emergency situation was going on (if it wasn't obvious before) and it showed the way to the nearest emergency exit and asked for cooperation with security staff.
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« Reply #53 on: <07-14-13/1314:46> »
The Matrix connection was re-assuring, at least it gave Matt a life-line. Matt pulled up an AR message terminal:
//<<911>> Reporting major emergency at Wave Rider complex. Please send Police, Ambulance and Fire services ASAP. many killed and wounded//
"Yeah, we should do. We spot anyone armed and I'm out of here though, I'm no soldier. You got a weapon on you? You seen any med stations? I'm just gonna have a scout about with my drone, bear with me."
Matt pops the cover on the Fly-Spy's belt clip and pulls out the mini-drone, holding it in his palm while he establishes a link.
Connecting to its node and subscribing to it, its miniature motors fired up and it took to the air, establishing a trideo feed in Matt's helmet Image Link and an audio link to Matt's earbuds.

Matt mentally expanded it's trideo feed to dominate his AR overlay, summoning his command program to manipulate the drones actions.
He grabbed the virtual sticks and drove the drone down the concourse back towards the main hall, gaining what altitude the ceiling allowed and looking for survivors.
Matt was twitchy. Not knowing whether this was an accident or some sick terrorist plot meant he was keeping a keen eye on the motion sensor for any signs of life, friendly or otherwise.
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Piloting test if needed (not doing anything fancy): pilot air 3, command 6, AR 1. -1 wound (9d6.hits(5)=1)
perception test through drone's sensors. (camera, mic and motion sensor)camera R4, vision enhance 3, percept 2(4 visual) (11d6.hits(5)=4)
EDIT: forgot my cyber: extra for coproccessor 2, -1 for wound (1d6.hits(5)=0)[/spoiler]
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« Reply #54 on: <07-14-13/1539:10> »
Well, seeing the cargage around her, Miko decided that following orders might not be a bad thing.  But first she fished in her pocket and took an ibuprofen she always had with her.  While it wouldn't repair any of the bruises, it would at least make the pain go away.  She remembered that the dwarf that should be close had been a medic, maybe he had something that would help more.  And if he hadn't survived, she could at least take his medkit and help others, if there were any.  She looked around to see if he had survived.
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« Reply #55 on: <07-14-13/1935:01> »
As soon as Leroy realized he was an all fours looking down at the ground, he jumped up on his two feet, powered mostly by fear and ignoring the pain in his body.  He immediately regretted this decision as a great wave of pain crashed into him and he felt nausea overtaking him.  Squinting his eyes, he looked around at the destruction and death around him and despite not having clear picture of his own condition or of anything that was going around within arms reach, he knew that something had gone terribly wrong.

...am I hurt?

Leroy, after establishing his own condition as "fucked up" but mostly okay, pushed the fear and confusion out of his head and replaced it with his training.  He didn't know what happened nor did he care.  Right now, there were people hurt and they needed him.

Ok, ok, ok... step one... find the people who are most in need of stabilization and treat them first before any other superficially injured.

Leroy took in his surroundings, surveying for any injured and their condition so as to know who was in most need of medical attention.

[spoiler]Perception 0 + INT 2 + Actively Looking 3 - Defaulting 1 = 4 (lol I can't believe I forgot to put a point in perception!) (4d6.hits(5)=2)

no glitches[/spoiler]

Leroy half checked his commlink for any orders or messages that may have come in.

If there are orders they'll make themselves apparent soon enough.

He grabbed his medkit.
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« Reply #56 on: <07-14-13/2025:11> »
"Technically armed, but it'll be risky to use my weapons here. Let's hope we don't find someone armed." He looked around briefly, before straining his ears to try and listen for any sounds of people moving, the spatial recogniser in his headphones helping pinpoint the directions of sounds. At the same time he made use of the magnification function on his glasses to try and see any movement. "Haven't seen any medical stations around either. Hopefully security has medics with them, wherever they may be." He winced slightly as his wounds reminded him of their presence, but they were minor for the most part. "You have a weapon I assume?

[spoiler]Hearing: Perception (4) + Intuition (5) + Audio Enhancement [Headphones] (3) + Hearing specialisation (2) - Wounds (1) (13d6.hits(5)=6). No glitch. Spacial recogniser available.
Seeing: Perception (4) + Intuition (5) + Vision Enhancement [Glasses] (3) - Wounds (1) (11d6.hits(5)=6). No glitch. Vision magnification available.[/spoiler]
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« Reply #57 on: <07-15-13/0115:54> »
I've got a taser with me, not allowed firearms on-site unfortunately. What've you got that's so risky to use?
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« Reply #58 on: <07-15-13/0218:09> »
"Magic." Joel commented blandly, not looking at Matt as he continued to strain his senses. "And all this death has brought scavengers from the Astral plane so I'll need to be careful if I need to use it."

Once I fix myself up a bit I'll probably have to take a proper look at the Astral here... Why haven't we seen any emergency services here yet? Surely some of these people had DocWagon contracts... He paused, considering the dream he saw before. A message from Wolf? Predators and prey... If the howl represents what happened here... Then I wonder if this was an attack that caught some of the instigators as well? Maybe one of the Magicians back at the pyramid knows divination.

"... For what it's worth, I don't think this was a simple accident. Be careful."
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« Reply #59 on: <07-15-13/0224:47> »
Oh. Right... Never met a mage before.
Have you seen any police yet? I haven't, you'd think there would be an automatic link with the services when the alarm trips. Ive tried to send a 911 broadcast but the trix connection outside here seems to be spotty at best. If we can find an optical line, I'll try again. I think you're right. Its too much of a coincidence for this to go boom on its opening day.
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