X's armour chinked as he shifted a little in his seat, his pitch-black armour absorbing most of the light that impacted it. His fluorescent blue eyes skimming over the holo-pad, darting back and forth within the frames that were once his eye sockets, seeming to busy with the data to look back at the new 'arrival'.
Walter giggled and clapped his hands in delight as he tied the last balloon to the last table. By now everybody was pointing at least one weapon at him, except for Axel and the cyborg. He skipped back to the table with Axel, and removed a small controller from a pocket. He glanced at the ten buttons, and chose the bottom right. The balloons all began to emit light, varying on the colour of the balloon.
'Much better!' Walter said in satisfaction, then took his seat. Axel gave him little notice, no longer caring if the cyborg saw him staring. His eyes carefully crossed over every available device to look at. Finally, he turned his attention back to Walter.
'I believe I have found the thing that is going to help us. But Walter, I need the bar cleared of other people. I want to talk to it in private.'
'No problem Fischy!' He removed the remote from his pocket again, and pressed another button. The light that the balloons emitted increased in intensity. He pressed another button, and a piercing static noise began to be emitted from each. Automated Ear Protection Modules, designed by Axel, expanded from the inside of their ears, protecting Axel and Walter from the deafening noise. The others in the bar began to cover their ears, with some already leaving. The cyborg paid little notice.
After a minute, only one group remained that Axel did not wish to be present. Walter say the group and smiled at Axel, his face asking permission for what he planned on doing. Axel nodded his head. Walter pressed a sequence of five buttons, and the balloon positioned closest to the group exploded. It sent metal shrapnel, which had been built into the balloon, flying outward and into the remaining group. They jumped up in surprise as the thin metal impacted their bodies, or in most cases the area surrounding their bodies. They left immediately.
Walter turned off the piercing noise, and the Ear Protection Modules retracted.
'Walter, danke.'
'Not a problem Fischy! You made those little toys after all.'
'So I did.'
Axel picked up his now perfected cocktail and moved over to the cyborg's table. He sat down in the chair previously occupied by the woman. Walter sat next to him. Axel extended his hand toward the cyborg.
'I like to be civilised when talking to someone. Doctor Axel von Fischer.' He wondered if the cyborg would shake his hand.
[17:45:39] Wolfs Ghost (Murphy): Tom, you have problems. Go kill yourself.
[19:25:12] Johnny (Jam): Tomtom, I will beat you with a spoon.
[14:22:56] Prarabdh Thakur: KILL HIM WITH A SHEEP.
[17:40:48] Eagle (Junes): Tom should be slapped with a spoon.
[11:32:18] Warspite: Thank you for being so awesome Tom. <3
[18:17:36] Metano: I love you tomtom
[20:06:24] Warspite: I will seriously give you epic head.
' Wrote:Edit: also, Tomtomrawr, fappin' like a boss.
X smirked to himself, the lack of light on his 'table' keeping him relatively invisible, save for his eyes glowing an odd blue. After a few seconds, his scaled arm protruding from the darkness, a plate his armour on the top 'side' of his arm that appeared to be welded to him, to an extent. He shook the man's hand firmly, but not too strongly. His white serrated teeth visible as he gave a slight grin.....
"Civility? Mmmmm, somewhat of a change among.... Rrrmmmm... Mammals..."
A soft cracking sound was audible, as he went to continue his sentence...
"You can call me 'X', for now. What is it exactly you're here for?"
Not a cyborg then, was Axel's immediate decision. It wouldn't have talked about the change in civility in mammals if it was human, as it would have insulted itself. He decided not to pursue the idea of deducing what it was. He had more important things to attend to.
'I understand that it will not be long before the first of those fools attempts to return, and my little toys will only deter them for so long. So I should be quick with this.
'Five hundred and three years ago, my great-great-et cetera grandfather caught himself into a bit of a skirmish with the Rheinland Imperial Navy. He abandoned his gunboat and it was never recovered. The RNC-Passua, from what information I can find, has been drifting away from the Neu Berlin sun for the last five hundred and three years.
'I believe you were the most likely to possess what I needed in this room. What I need is a sensor that can reach out possibly tens of thousands of klicks and find the Passau. And then a ship that can help me reach the crippled gunboat and restore its primary systems.'
He paused for a moment, glancing at Walter who was preoccupied with an eyeball, and looked back at X
'Now I know you ask yourself what is in it for you.' Axel placed his hand in his pocket and revealed a small portable viewing screen. He turned it toward X and activated a recording.
The recording showed a shopping centre bustling with people. Clear plastic sheeting could be seen thrown onto the floor, which suggested the centre was new. The people all moved normally, as the security camera footage showed. One coughed, out of the sight of the camera. Another cough echoed through the building to be received by the camera. Then another. This continued until everybody within sight of the camera was coughing violently. They began to vomit white sludge and bang frantically on the doors, which had been magnetically sealed.
The first lost his footing and collapsed into unconsciousness. Another followed. Within ten seconds, all were on the floor. White sludge continued to ooze out of their mouthes. The image continued to show this still image for eighteen seconds. Then a man walked onto the screen, easily identifiable as Axel. His mouth, nose, ears and eyes were hidden by a protective purple mesh. He casually strolled through the crowds of the dead, then the image abruptly cut off.
'This is footage captured of the Hamburg Gas Attack of seven-nine-nine A.S. One thousand three hundred and fifty two people died at my hand. The gas, a modified version of methyl isocyanate, and the protective technology you saw myself wearing, known as a Lethal Gas Prevention Screen or LGPS, can both be yours if you help me find and bring the Passau to modern standards of Rheinwehr gunboats.'
He took the screen and slid it back into his pocket. X scratched his snout with his claws. Walter was suddenly paying attention, the eyeball now concealed within his jacket pocket.
'Did you know Macdeath?' Walter suddenly blurted out. 'And Newton. And Survivor. My brothers created by our masters, who all just happened to choose ridiculous names. I never met them, but I could sense their freedom from their prisons and their demise. Did you meet my brothers?'
Axel was shocked. Walter had told him nothing of these individuals. He had of course revealed his true being and purpose to Axel, but never the existance of others. He was suddenly curious as to who X would answer first, and what the answer to Walter's question would be.
[17:45:39] Wolfs Ghost (Murphy): Tom, you have problems. Go kill yourself.
[19:25:12] Johnny (Jam): Tomtom, I will beat you with a spoon.
[14:22:56] Prarabdh Thakur: KILL HIM WITH A SHEEP.
[17:40:48] Eagle (Junes): Tom should be slapped with a spoon.
[11:32:18] Warspite: Thank you for being so awesome Tom. <3
[18:17:36] Metano: I love you tomtom
[20:06:24] Warspite: I will seriously give you epic head.
' Wrote:Edit: also, Tomtomrawr, fappin' like a boss.
X paused for a moment, silent, before a clank of steel against steel could be heard, X obviously standing, removing himself from that dark corner of the room. His body was almost completely armoured, the plate armour appearing to have been built to fit the shape of his body, it was almost an exoskeleton in that sense...
X stood at about seven and a half feet. His legs were odd, they seemed to have two knee joints, as opposed to one, as most other creatures did. The leg slanted inward to the first knee joint, before pulling back, at an angle, to the second, and down again to his ankle, which lead to his uncovered feet. Unlike usual, he also lacked his helmet, his red-ish scales exposed to the light. His face was scarred, but they were different to most of the scars on his body, they were symmetrical, almost perfect, mirrored. His eyes were indeed mechanized, where is eye socket evidently used to be, was now a steel frame, inside the frame was an optical sphere, with a camera of some sort, that emitted a slight blue light.
He approached Walter, standing rather close to him.
"What about Macdeath, that lunatic? Did you know him...? How?"
But before Walter could reply, X turned to Axel.
"Impressive, 'tis indeed. Though I don't see myself using it... Immediately, generally I prefer anything I kill to be..... Grrrrmm.... Safe to eat."
He glanced back over to Walter for a moment, otherwise ignoring him.
"Tell me more about this ship, why chase after it, aside from sentiment?"
Axel admired X in its armoured glory. An extremely fearsome intimidation machine, most likely armed to the teeth with weapons concealed within its protective shell. Axel remained sitting at the table, examining X in detail, searching for any signs of a weapon being drawn.
He was about to speak, when Walter answered the question asked by X. He seemed remarkably calm now. And serious. Not like his usual self at all.
'I did not know him. I only sensed his freedom from his tomb, and then his death in his ship. I was wondering if you had met him, and if you knew him.'
Walter paused, and Axel took this time to interupt and talk to X.
'I am sure that you enjoy killing. I am also sure that you can find enough food to survive with your usual hunting methods. However, why not take the opportunity to install a bit more fear into the populance of this galaxy? Killing in excess is always enjoyable, ja?
'The recovery of the Passau I believe is mainly for sentimental purposes. However, I require a combat-capable starship and this option would be much cheaper and easier than trying to find an alternative on the black market.
'My lab and equipment can also be installed into the Passau, and its defensive capabilities will protect my research to a sufficient degree. Although the sentimental idea I believe to be the primary reasoning in the recovery. But at the moment it is a quick and easy option. All I need to do is find it and get to it.'
[17:45:39] Wolfs Ghost (Murphy): Tom, you have problems. Go kill yourself.
[19:25:12] Johnny (Jam): Tomtom, I will beat you with a spoon.
[14:22:56] Prarabdh Thakur: KILL HIM WITH A SHEEP.
[17:40:48] Eagle (Junes): Tom should be slapped with a spoon.
[11:32:18] Warspite: Thank you for being so awesome Tom. <3
[18:17:36] Metano: I love you tomtom
[20:06:24] Warspite: I will seriously give you epic head.
' Wrote:Edit: also, Tomtomrawr, fappin' like a boss.
X laughed a little, stretching his arm, his armour extending with it. One of his eyes swiveling to observe Walter, as the other kept fixed on Axel.
"Yes, I don't... Want people to become, complacent. But back onto the topic of the Passau... Quick and easy? Quick, may-be, easy... Mmmmm... It could, or it couldn't be. I couldn't utilize simple LIDAR techniques to detect it, and... Well... As much as I might have the equipment to detect, or even -repair- it, the gear could easily be regarded as 'unique'. This is to say, it might be easy to find the parts, but building it... Rrrrmmm... Requires some skill, skill that..."
X turns to face Axel, however his eye still doesn't remove Walter from its sight.
"... Well, let's just say, it's a rather complex device. I'm sure, however, I could reboot one of my probes... mmmmmm... Maybe."
Three men entered bar moment after Rose and started shooting. One of then ended with bullet in his head and second got shoot in his legs. Third one shot Rose to her leg but ended up killed with Rose's knife.
She stood up and went to man who was lying on the floor and moaning.
"Where is that liquid cardamine?" said Rose
He turned and spit into her face. Rose took knife from that another Outcast and ended up his life.
Then she looked at men sitting in bar and said "Hello" and smiled.
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