Coalhada
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Well, let's see now. The drone's camera is smashed to drokk, but I can see the sensor module just inside the hole the camera's dangling out of. That might come in handy for... I dunno, something. I reach in and pry up the little block with two finge…
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That distant pulsing vibration from the ship's core. It passes through us, braced against the angles of cold walls. It feels like we're part of the machine. Clutched tight in the dark; sightless creatures of need.
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I close the distance to Nadja in an instant, full of adrenaline after destroying that machine, and nearly get a boot to the face for my trouble. She's still squirming away, frantic. I grab hold of her by one calf, put another hand up to her waist, h…
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Lash Out (Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 2, 6. Total: 9)
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Stomm. Time to do something. Anything. I flip over and scoot back, crab-walking, until I get my legs underneath the drone so I can grab it with my hands. I reach out and grab it and flip it to one side, and smash it against the wall of the vent. …
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I hiss a warning to Nadja and lie flat. With my head turned and pressed against the metal of the vent, I can feel the thrum of some distant motor.
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I keep going. It's only a drone. And I'm not a rat.
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On a 7-9 Choose 1: - You run into something worse
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Run Away (Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 2, 5. Total: 8)
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It's tempting to press on. See where we come out. But no. I know the way now. I can come back here, alone, another time. I make my way up to the junction and sit up next to Nadja. I reach over and take her hand, our fingers interleaved. I'm not …
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I could get to the adult decks. I think I might even know the way, from here. No idea what I'd do once I got there, though. Maybe I could stay out of sight, or pass for someone who was supposed to be there. Maybe. I catch up to Nadja. "I've been …
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Le Revenant Comme les anges à l'oeil fauve, Je reviendrai dans ton alcôve Et vers toi glisserai sans bruit Avec les ombres de la nuit; Et je te donnerai, ma brune, Des baisers froids comme la lune Et des caresses de serpent Autour d'une fosse ramp…
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Probably the worst thing is that I might feel an ineffable compulsion to kick the grate through and revisit the scene. (Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 4, 2. Total: 7)
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I freeze in place. I look through the grate, and keep looking. I think about those moments of panic. A jumble of images. Shocked faces on the other side of grainy glass. A siren, persistent and distant. A rush of air. Silence. I take long, deep b…
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This seems more and more like a bad idea. I duck inside the vent and try to put the grate back in position. I can't fix it in place. It'll just have to rest there. I try to catch up with Nadja. Don't want her to leave me behind.
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Word is that if you know where you're going, you can get to any part of the ship this way. That's probably true, technically. If you know the way. The vents are built for crawling around in, though, and there are plenty of wrong turns. I know better…
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Seems like everyone but me has a secret exit. Even Aiden has been breaking out of our little Navi corral. I frown a little, like I don't know how that's possible. "Lead the way, I guess." I used to have an escape hatch too. The service galleries…
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I put one arm around her, looking up and down the corridor. "We could do a lot worse than Rys. That pair in Pod Ten, for a start." I don't know how Zola got out of her room, or who she's with, but whatever is going on, I don't feel like meeting an…
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I return the kiss, for a moment. Then I pull away and quietly say "Cameras." I stuff my hands in my pockets and turn so that we can walk to the speedball court, side by side. Better to play it safe for now. In the metal cool of the hallway I can …
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That smile is infectious. And here was I trying to be all glum and brooding. "How did you--? Never mind, tell me later." I sit up. "Don't worry, he's cool." I mean Aiden. I don't mean cool cool, obviously. I stand up and cross over the door and …
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I tilt my head over to look at Aiden. Not impressed. Like a lot of people who are only smart one way, he thinks his is the only way to be smart. "I wouldn't know until I saw it. Don't worry about it." He doesn't want to help, fine. I'll do it m…
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Manipulate an NPC: (Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 2, 2. Total: 5) (+1 xp for rolling with Hot)
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I lie down too, with my hands behind my head. "I will grant you 'mentions' rather than actual appearances, on account of being such an incredibly generous guy. But I think we both know where the Reichenbach Falls are. Were." I think about the del…
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I think of a few objections. That doesn't mean they're being spaced. Maybe you just didn't see the right feeds. Stuff like that. All pretty weak. "You probably shouldn't tell me that on camera. Although. Maybe it doesn't matter." Quarantine is li…
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I need a moment to take this in. It sounds like one of the less lurid rumours that have done the rounds. In fact, it is one of those rumours. But Aiden isn't the kind of kid who mixes himself up in that stuff. He is the kind of kid who comes up w…
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I watch him slither away. Feeble. In a moment the lizard-brain recedes beneath my surface thoughts. I see Aiden again, the person, not the animal. "Aiden, I'm... I'm sorry. I just--" I grit my teeth and I go over to the shower unit and I slam th…
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Hold Steady Worst thing: whether or not I lash out, I make Aiden afraid of me. (Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 3, 2. Total: 6)
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"That guy whose most famous story happens in Switzerland?" I roll off my bed and, on an impulse, kick my chair across the room. "Drokkin Switzerland!" As the chair clatters to a standstill in the corner, I take several breaths, fast and shallow. I …
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A guy. So it's not Miss Marple (stop thinking about detectives). A mean man. So it's not Adrian Mole. In several books, but set in England. So it's not Moriarty. Morrissey? No, he was real. I think. "Right, I mean they have containment facilitie…
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OK, so it's not Philip Marlowe. I gotta stop thinking about detectives. "It's nothing. Just a thing from a book. You think they'll take her, you know, upstairs? For treatment. Are you female?" I guess speedball is off, for today. Pity, I wanted t…