[NEXUS] HALO 154: That is the mission

[DoomITP]

Ross stops and thinks for a minute. He then asks the computer to see if it is possible to disrupt the shield for a few seconds to scan the core.

[Siena]

But as her core is just a bit to the right of where her heart would be (see, that way, it stops people from trying to rip out her heart. They won't find anything. Brilliant.)

((I call HAX. ))

[Mee]

Ross stops and thinks for a minute. He then asks the computer to see if it is possible to disrupt the shield for a few seconds to scan the core.

Well . . .
You could try.
It'd take at least a minor EMP to knock it out.

((I call HAX. ))

((Totally. >_> ))

[The Bushranger]

Thankfully, there happens to be an EMP generator, complete with cool extendable-tube thing to direct the pulse, in the base's inventory!

Hey, BR stocked up on all the cool stuff.

[DoomITP]

Yay!

Ross will set the EMP device to make a minor blast to knock out her shields before he secured his own computer.

[Mee]

Hmmm.

EMP vs Robot.
Yeaaaaaaaaaaah . . .
Well, her shields are down.

As is most of the nearby electronics.
Besides Ross's saved laptop, of course.

[DoomITP]

Ross will quickly try to scan Kwen's core.

[Mee]

Eeeer . . .
It's completely inert.

This could be really, really bad.

But the scan says that most everything is wrong, and failing, and . . .
S'kinda like she just got hit by an EMP, or something.

[DoomITP]

Ross will attempt to take advantage of the fact that it is temporarily inert and create a connection from his computer to the core so that he can bypass the shields when they come back online.

[Mee]

Uh huh.
That works fine.

Except . . .
Kwen's kinda . . .

Melting?
Losing color, and turning silvery. . .

Hmmm.

Core is still dropping.
It hasn't even leveled out yet.

This . . .
Could be very bad.

[DoomITP]

Ross freaks out for a second and then works to force power back to the core.

[Mee]

Well, remember the whole, her core being slightly more advanced?

Yeaaah . . .
Forcing power into it . . .
S'not working.

Well, that could also be due to what little bits there were solid, like the main circuit-board?
Well, it just broke in half.

And with that, the entirety that is Kwen?
Falls apart into the individual nano-bots.

It makes a rather musical raining sound as they hit the floor.

[The Bushranger]

The various DRDs around the base send up what might be a scream of horror!

(Or not, of course...

)

[Mee]

The various DRDs around the base send up what might be a scream of horror!

(Or not, of course...

)

(Nah, don't worry, BR.
You can't get rid of Kwen. xD

She has backups scattered around. <_< )

[DoomITP]

I only talked to her maybe twice but because of that... It makes me think that she did this on purpose.

[The Bushranger]

(Oh. Well, good...
...
I won't tell Kwen you just compared her to a cockroach, then. )

[Mee]

I only talked to her maybe twice but because of that... It makes me think that she did this on purpose.

Mmmmno, not so much that, as . . .
An EMP on a robot.
Yeah.

(Oh. Well, good...
...
I won't tell Kwen you just compared her to a cockroach, then. )

(Eeeer . . . thank you. >_>)


Well . . . Kwen . . . sits in little piles in the infirmary.

Awww, now she's gonna have to completely rebuild her body.
As all the nano-bots are ruined.

[DoomITP]

Ross will stay awake and continue trying to repair Kwen somehow.

[Mee]

Nope.
Nano-bots are completely toast.

However, from behind Ross:
"Oh joy.
Died again."

[DoomITP]

I'm gonna guess that you have more than one core around here.

Ross says as he turns around.

[Mee]

"Mmmmmmnope.
That was the only one of those.
Running off of backups.

Now I get to completely rebuild everything.

Whee."
The Kwen hologram says, cheering slightly.
Then just sighs.

[DoomITP]

If that's you joking then you remind me of Arlem.

Ross says before he gets an angry look on his face and goes back to work on the nanobots even though he knows it will not work.

[Mee]

"Uh huh . . .

Weeeeell, put yourself in my shoes for a moment, please.


I just DIED. AGAIN.

Pardon me my slight sardonic streak.

Neither of my deaths have been heroic, fighting something evil, or helping someone (which would fall under heroic, I suppose).
They've been because someone here has killed me.
A HALO MEMBER has killed me.
Both times.

So I apologize SO much, and BEG your forgiveness for being slightly upset."
Kwen says, obviously not very happy . . .

Oh, and as she's getting mad, her hair is getting fwippy, her eyes are shooting off small lightning bolts, and she just . . . looks . . . rather scary.

Granted, she's a hologram, so she can't actually do anything, but whatever.

[The Bushranger]

A nearby DRD appears to be recording the scene.

Wonder who's going to get to see it...

[DoomITP]

From what Grant told me, you were barely putting up a fight! On top of that the technology and defenses you have make it so hard to repair you that I couldn't help you. It's not my fault!

[Mee]

From what Grant told me, you were barely putting up a fight! On top of that the technology and defenses you have make it so hard to repair you that I couldn't help you. It's not my fault!

"Uh huh.
Well, technically, I'm not a member, and if I were to kill another guest?
In here?
I was trying to not kill him.
That's all.

Oh, now you're shifting blame.
You realize, if you hadn't hit me with an EMP, I'd be perfectly fine, right?

I mean, twice now.
TWICE.

What's even the point of me sticking around here?
You guys keep killing me . . ."
Kwen says, still rather mad.
"And by the way, in reference to Arlem: If anything, you are the one being reminiscent of Arlem. Seeing as, you know, you killed me."

[DoomITP]

I was trying to save you. Now, in order to prevent this sort of thing from happening, why don't you tell me how I should have repaired you?

[Mee]

I was trying to save you. Now, in order to prevent this sort of thing from happening, why don't you tell me how I should have repaired you?

"Mmmmm . . .
No.
That is for me to know, to use my own paranoia to survive, and keep my secrets to myself.
Besides, you killed me.

Why should I tell you anything that could help you kill me again?"

With that, she fades away.

Last words are:
"By the way, the initial problem?
Is my batteries died."

THEN she's gone, and I deadtime.

G'night, everyone.
Thanks for the RP.

[The Bushranger]

Clearly, Dani will have to talk to Kwen...

As the DRD trundles off.

[DoomITP]

Ross walks out of the infirmary.

Deadtime.