Coalhada
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"Why would I want to pull out?" I stand up and move closer to Gen Yu. A little too close, if I'm honest. Quietly: "It's good to see you again. Been a while." So Effie and the others can't hear. Just the two of us. Like she's special somehow. As…
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Turn Someone On: (Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 3, 3. Total: 7)
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I loosen up along the right-hand sideline: jog, skips sideways, kick the heels up at the back. I can see Gen Yu at the home bench chatting to Eff. That's someone I haven't talked to in a long time. We used to hang out, kind of, when she was Effie. N…
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I go a little closer to Rys, keep my voice down. Not like Tabitha won't hear if she wants to, but it's polite to make the effort. "It's just a few more days. Tabitha's smart, she won't want to add time on any more than that. Don't worry about it."…
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I'll meet them at the gym. No need to look over-eager. Gen Yu for preference, first. She's less guarded about stuff.
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"Yeah, well... yeah, that's the gamble." There are only five starting spots, and I have six other players to choose from. Thing is, Jace is a known quantity for the Pod Eight team. I think we need to change things up from the start. I ought to ca…
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I follow along behind the team. We're not ready. That's true. There's nothing at stake today except bragging rights. Of course, aren't bragging rights what all of this is about, even when you have points to play for? I think through the squad. …
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I meet Tabitha's gaze and my expression makes it clear: yes we are going to bring you back here. You know that, I know it. "Pod Eight," I say. "The Power."
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"Hey Tabitha,we're here to rescue y--" okay, I guess Zola wants to take the lead. I look around the iso chamber. Never been in here before. I don't much like it.
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I say bye to Aiden as I follow the team out. At the door I turn and blow Nadja a kiss. Then I'm out of the classroom and not a moment too soon.
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My family is interested in seeing me apply myself. Malcolm wouldn't make up something like that. So he's been talking to them. They don't talk to me but they talk to him. To: Instructor Malcolm OK, I will. Thank you. Mark They told me no…
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Manipulate: (Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 1, 6. Total: 8) (+1xp, to 3)
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"Sure, I can do that. I'll send a contact form." I pull up the form on my Navi. It's addressed to Malcolm, officially, but the real, important recipient is in the auto-copied field, the general contact for the deck security office. I keep the mes…
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Ugh. Fine. I make eye contact with Zola - message received - and then talk to Rys. "Hey bro, if you're in iso do you have to do your time all in one stretch? Is that a rule?" Weirdly, I think Tabitha is the starting player we can most afford to …
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I haven't exactly figured out what to use it for yet. It's not a control unit - I can't make my own drone and send it scooting around the vents. But the sensor module will hook up to pretty much any kind of input. I could use it like a bug, maybe. B…
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I look from one to the other and give a little shrug with two messages: fair enough, to Rys; oh well, to Nadja. "Uh, well. Yeah. So... I got something for you," I tell Nadja. "Guess I'll have to give it to you later." I think about the words I jus…
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I want to grab him by his stupid hair and bounce his face off a desk right now. But I don't. "You're right, that does sound like a long shot. But by now I'm willing to try anything. I'll call round to your room later and we can find out." He's ri…
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I lean back and regard Olivar with cold amusement. Then I lean back in so that, again, it's just me and him. "You talking to me, or chewing a brick? Either way, you keep it up, you're losing your teeth."
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"Yeah it's open," I tell Olivar. "Don't expect too much, though. It's just for practice." Not sure it'll help having him around but I can't make him stay away. So far I've taken the softly-softly approach with Jace. Gently encouraging, you know? I…
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It's been a weird three days without Tabitha around. I didn't realise how much I'd gotten used to having her about. Maybe I was reacting to the face I recognised from old footage with my parents. Maybe not. Pax is fitting in well with the rest of …
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Roll + Hot: (Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 3, 4. Total: 8) (+1 xp)
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I watch Mi Sun go, with like a theatrical expression of attention. And I look back at Ashlee after the door closes and raise my eyebrows. I give Ashlee what I think is an encouraging smile and duck into my room.
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I stop next to Ashlee. "Hi. Who set off the alarms?" I don't really need to talk to either of them in person right now, when a Navi message would do. But, you know, curiosity.
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Hold Steady (Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 1, 1. Total: 3)
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Yeah, we'd better be getting back. We'll have to take a look at that burn later. I take Nadja's hand before we open the door to the corridor. "Look surprised," I say. I open the door and we step out smoothly and I let go of her hand. The corrid…
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I back up a little and kick the grate out. Then I turn and go out of the hole feet first. I hang from the lip of it, dangling in the air for a moment, to make the drop shorter, then let go. I pivot the table so that it's under where the grate was …
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Gaze into the Abyss (Rolled: 2d6-1. Rolls: 3, 3. Total: 5) (+1 xp)
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I haven't heard a thing about cybernetics. Don't know why. It's like a conspicuous gap in our curriculum. Like, sometimes you see links pointing out from your textbook to something about it, but they never go anywhere. You can figure out the basic p…
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Interesting. Interesting. My mouth twists up in an involuntary smirk. This looks like the kind of thing that could be... a lever to push on. I motion for Nadja to stop, and when she doesn't I put a firm hand on her shoulder. Let's stay quiet and se…
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As I crawl along I start to get that familiar hot itch on the left side of my jaw. Like there's a little bug in there, twitching around. And I can't stop now to scratch at it. You're a bad boy, Mark. What would happen if people found out? Here it …