[Alex]
I'm sticking with Burglar. I do the Climbing up to the roof and Tumble as I lunge for the SUV. I do it Quick while keeping my Perceptive eyes trained on the prize. The Cable Harness painted a strong line to my objective.
[Alex]
I still have remote access to Em's car. This will be done with two maneuvers. I'll lower the speed of Em's car just enough so that the SUV can get into position beside it. Then once the harness gets Utseo to the roof of the car, the cables in…
[Alex]
I command my harness to wrap around Utseo. "You are seriously deranged. Do you know that?" The trucks keep coming. There's no time for both of us to escape. One has to keep the vehicle balanced so the other can make the leap to Em's car. "My…
[Alex]
7 successes. As I land on the SUV my harness snakes Utseo out of the vehicle and I climb into the driver's seat. "You need to be there for her, Utseo," I say quietly. "You need to be there for them both." I slam on the breaks and watch him sa…
[Alex]
I'll use them both:
This is all Burglar. I do the Climbing up to the car and Tumble off the roof when the gas is hit. I have to remain Stealthy in order to avoid the incoming fire. I had to Hotwire my Cable Harness as it was never intended t…
[Alex]
"No," I murmur to myself as I see the carnage behind me. I hear the grit in Utseo's voice as he braces against the pain of the collision. Another hit like that and it will be over.
Utseo would never know the truth. Unacceptable. I couldn't…
[Alex]
Keeping the car steady was more difficult than I anticipated. Considering I was building up a counterwave sync distortion while trying to keep a level landing site for Utseo while he ran off to play hero, it's a miracle that the car stayed s…
[Alex]
I flash on the optic display of my computer rig. There are six SUVs following us. Only one of them is in shooting range at the moment. As soon as we slow down, which is likely to happen, they'll swarm us and it will be over.
One of the cabl…
[Alex]
I blush. I totally misread the situation. I shook my head and got back to the issue at hand. "Yes. Give me a couple of minutes with them, I'll have them straightened out quickly." I tapped an image of a map that displayed. "Seattle is the be…
[Alex]
I remember when she was sweating, when she gave birth to her child and the look on her face as I handed the baby to her. She was never as radiant as she was in that moment.
I put my hand on hers and drank deeply in her gaze. The banter is sa…
[Alex]
So this was how it was going to be. If he even knew the truth. That would swipe that smug look from his face. I felt the edges of my subdermals twitch, but I calmed my reaction before they could be seen.
I walk over to Em and smile. I place…
[Alex]
I stayed in the background while Utseo worked his little con. It wasn't a bad plan. It would have been better if Utseo had briefed me on the specifics beforehand. By the time I'd come into this job, I'd shaken off the green already. Utseo was…
[Alex]
One of the last set of upgrades put into the harness was a repulsor. It lets me levitate slightly off the ground or to cushion my fall from a great height. I activate the harness to enshroud Emily and activate the repulsor.
(Rolled: 1d6. Rol…
[Alex]
The memory of holding the baby. The midwife was tending to Em and helping with the afterbirth, and I held her.
She looked up at me with curiosity in her eyes. I might have been the first thing she saw in the world. The raw power of that mom…
Using Burgular I work to get the accesses opened. As I did before, I leverage my Cable Harness for multiple access points, and use my Perceptive to remain in Steath and working Quick. At the end, I access the harness and arm computer to Hotwire the …
[Alex]
I've always been one to enjoy the challenge of a high stakes job. Since the incident on the Pacifica, I've lived for this. Even when Josine hired me on, I was in it for the money and the challenge. At least at first.
The truth was, it was l…