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Fri Aug 23, 2019 3:06 pm
#519
by Talvieno
BETA
Making sure the spiderbot can hear him, Cole says, "We should all identify ourselves as users, guys. That way we'll be fine no matter who ends up giving it to them."
"R-right," Estelle stutters, raising her voice. It sounds a bit squeaky. "Em, hello, l-little r-robot."
"This is Polaris, spiderbot," Polaris says. Then, to his squadmates: "This may end up being worth our time after all. Spiderbot here seems like a very powerful bargaining tool."
"For any kind of bargain we might need to make," Samuel agrees loudly.
With everyone having spoken, Hosef'Wa presses the button on the back of the spider's head a second time, picks the whole thing up, deposits in in the crate and slams the lid back on it, all in one smooth four-armed motion. "Now you take grarshkat and go, dozvosnat. Out the back way." Glaring, he gestures towards a thick metal door at the far end of the room. "Out of my shop, humans. Big Daneelo and I are even." And with that, he walks towards the doorway through which he originally entered, not waiting to see the inmates off.
ALPHA
Buck and Brom saunter over to the unused console that Mr. Keshor indicated, leaving Yuuji standing uselessly in the middle of the room. Buck pretends to be searching for rides offworld, and whispers to Brom: "The hell do we do now?"
"We should of course leave this facility!" Brom whispers back. "Did you see the gear on the table? One of the squads may have been captured, or worse! We need to get out before Feb recognizes us, and form a plan to determine their status. Follow me!"
And so Buck and Brom begin to stroll - in the most lighthearted, inconspicuous manner possible - towards the exit. "Thank you for your hospitality!" Brom calls gaily, turning every head in the room.
Feb Keshor looks up up from his work. "Where the hell do you think you're going?"
Brom gives the grandest of waves. "It is much appreciated!" Buck does the same. They're almost at the doorway.
At this, Febivo Keshor signals a few of his cronies, who step into Brom and Buck's path. The inmates try to step around, but the three aliens block the way. "Nobody leaves until it's safe," Feb says. "I'll let you go when I get the signal from Mokila, but not a moment sooner. Is that perfectly clear?" He examines the pair with what is perhaps the closest look he's given them since they've arrived. He's beginning to look the slightest bit suspicious. This probably does not bode well for Brom and Buck, who have a knack for attracting all forms of trouble.
GAMMA
Sukava shakes her head. "No questions, detective, just disappointment."
Not-Teaw looks hopeful. "Can we - specifically I - have our shit back? I have splints in my medkit."
"Mmm... No." Vrish spends little time pondering the question. He presses a button on a device beneath his sleeve, and four guards enter the room. Vrish warns them, "That one's arm is broken. Don't screw it up too much. Sedate her after you get her to her cell. We'll separate them and give her a splint." Then, to two of the guards, he says something in another language; they nod and leave the room immediately, while the remaining two guards prepare the prisoners for transport through the facility.
