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Bucksden wrote:"Yep, that's an arcade. Seems to me like you want to go inside, which I'm down for... as long as we don't end up using up all of the cash I have on hand, that is. I've got my eyes on you."

Penny was already going inside, her eyes locked on the dancing machines, which appeared to be a love child of the old DDR machines and Just Dance. “I’ve only gotten to play this once at a VSI party. I was banned from it afterwards because I was too good.”

Aszaryin wrote:
Hearing his Approval for Cezis to meet with some of the other members of his apparent Kin, she would appear noticeably excited seeming just barely to hold into any fragment of relative stability and calmness yet to various degrees of success, eventually after a while she would calm down just as she would hear him speak of his own history listening to it before quickly retorting back with questions of her own;

    | " So.. you are lost? without home or place to call home nor as you said were not present for the times of Darkness or our own slumber.. I see now, perhaps what little we can offer may help to fill in gaps that maybe persisting.. but such attempt might prove irrelevant, considering your own status here with this Vessel. "

    " Though now if you would not mind do you know of what your home was alike before you had to depart from it? " |

"We're not entirely lost. If what was our home was a horrible place, we've managed to establish a better home after coming here, thanks to the efforts of both us and those who we've ended up allying and working with over the years. Admittedly I was born after we've already escaped, so I never actually saw it first-hand, but I've come to understand it thanks to working closely together with people who were there. Such as our leader. Maybe you two would like each other, you seem to share an interest in technology. Although she can be a bit... eccentric, thanks to some run-ins with the folks we escaped from."

The fact that this leader was also an AI wasn't something he felt he needed to mention at the moment. That, and any issues that would spring up from that (ooc: such as the instinctual hatred of sentient machines) would come later.

"But that's besides the point. Or, not entirely, since it brings me to your question. As I said, it was a horrible, oppressive place, from our perspective at least. There was seemingly one piece of info that the government put all of its resources into hiding by any means necessary. Which, as a consequence, led to them having a very tight grip on society there. They had to have if they were going to prevent people from learning the truth. Don't ask me what this "truth" is, I have no idea, and everyone I've asked is either unwilling to tell me, or similarly unaware."

Ventus Prime wrote:Penny was already going inside, her eyes locked on the dancing machines, which appeared to be a love child of the old DDR machines and Just Dance. “I’ve only gotten to play this once at a VSI party. I was banned from it afterwards because I was too good.”

Heidrun crosses her arms.

"So you're good, huh? Alright, give it a shot, I'd like to see how you do."

Bucksden wrote:Heidrun crosses her arms.

"So you're good, huh? Alright, give it a shot, I'd like to see how you do."

“Alright, I promise it will only be one game.” Penny inserted money and as the game loaded up, she picked Challenge Mode as the difficulty, which caught the attention of some people.

Aszaryin wrote:

Upon hearing this offer from the person standing before him, at first the standing figure would seem to show a lack of interest seeming to pull away from it's attempt of keeping its self eye-level with the Cymiopolitian standing in front of him, instead now choosing to return back to it's natural height and moving away briefly starting to speak within it's own natural language to the other members apart of it's apparent group.

This interaction would seem to last a while before it would turn back now with the other voices seeming to still be in a talk among themselves, still seeming to pull back some of the foliage and wildlife from the now ruined tank seeming to be more interested in the tank itself than the Cymiopolitians, but with the figure turning to face the person who had offered the proposal it would simply take a simple nod and eventually it would start to speak;

    | " Your.. Offer, while unexpected for times of these perhaps such... Accustoms can be changed to fit you must agree no? " |

DEMYSTIFYING THE KASAI HIVEMIND pt.5
KASAI RIVER | Aszaryin

With what seemed like a unsure yes, the Cymiopolitans inquired their hosts if their was any good encampment spots nearby. After locating a nearby clearing far enough away from the river's mosquito's while still being close enough to the boat, the androids soldiers (their mechanical nature still unknow to the Yonai) got to work pitching tents, setting up chairs, starting a bonfire and setting up the spit to roast the lamb. With five hours until the lamb was ready, Argie returned to the Yonai tribesman who seemed to be the leader of the group to ask him more questions over drinks. As he sat on the set next to his host, he offered him a glass of Cymiopolitan wine.

"I'd like to know more about you and your people. Let's start with your name.", the anthropologist inquired.

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Bucksden wrote:"We're not entirely lost. If what was our home was a horrible place, we've managed to establish a better home after coming here, thanks to the efforts of both us and those who we've ended up allying and working with over the years. Admittedly I was born after we've already escaped, so I never actually saw it first-hand, but I've come to understand it thanks to working closely together with people who were there. Such as our leader. Maybe you two would like each other, you seem to share an interest in technology. Although she can be a bit... eccentric, thanks to some run-ins with the folks we escaped from."

The fact that this leader was also an AI wasn't something he felt he needed to mention at the moment. That, and any issues that would spring up from that (ooc: such as the instinctual hatred of sentient machines) would come later.

"But that's besides the point. Or, not entirely, since it brings me to your question. As I said, it was a horrible, oppressive place, from our perspective at least. There was seemingly one piece of info that the government put all of its resources into hiding by any means necessary. Which, as a consequence, led to them having a very tight grip on society there. They had to have if they were going to prevent people from learning the truth. Don't ask me what this "truth" is, I have no idea, and everyone I've asked is either unwilling to tell me, or similarly unaware."

Hearing this Cezis now able to return back to her relatively calm state would seem curious onto the nature of Kristian's origins, let alone the mystery surrounding it, listening to him with an almost inquisitorial mindset in an attempt to further understand yet seeming to both be in a state of confusion in the process seeming unable to process some of the meaning behind it.

Yet when he was finished she would seem to be more confused than before leaving the both of them seemingly with more questions yet instead of choosing to prod and poke him more in context to finding the answers Cezis would simply nod and speak;

    | " Perhaps there are some questions better left unsolved yes?"

    "Besides there are things where if you knew of the rest of the collective you would almost, look at us differently and there are things which I do not know such is the reason why I have never understood why some of us remained awake during the slumber.. but that is beside the point, you would not mind allowing me to see the rest of the others of your kin? " |

Cymiopolis wrote:DEMYSTIFYING THE KASAI HIVEMIND pt.5
KASAI RIVER | Aszaryin

With what seemed like a unsure yes, the Cymiopolitans inquired their hosts if their was any good encampment spots nearby. After locating a nearby clearing far enough away from the river's mosquito's while still being close enough to the boat, the androids soldiers (their mechanical nature still unknow to the Yonai) got to work pitching tents, setting up chairs, starting a bonfire and setting up the spit to roast the lamb. With five hours until the lamb was ready, Argie returned to the Yonai tribesman who seemed to be the leader of the group to ask him more questions over drinks. As he sat on the set next to his host, he offered him a glass of Cymiopolitan wine.

"I'd like to know more about you and your people. Let's start with your name.", the anthropologist inquired.

By the time the Cymiopolitians had been able to find a suitable location far enough from both the river and still being close enough to the boat they had arrived in, as by now the sun was just starting to set and along with this the other members of the Yonian group would still seem to be present, yet due to the nature of this gathering for once was not holding any of their weapons with many of them sticking face down into the ground.

As for the leader of the group himself would seem to be nearby, turning to face the Cymiopolitian that has just now began to sit close to him, unable to bear onto a proper facial expression simply giving the hint of confusion by tilting it's head as it were to hear him speak, when he was done the leader would seem to motion to himself as he were to begin to speak in response;

    | " Name.. or Status either one I will announce since you have requested I do; I being Warlord Varist, what you may consider to be... a commander of sorts should that be going from the relics that proclaimed those of status when in battle, I being in service to the dominion you are now within Yonia. "

    " And as for you, Distant Kin since a request prompts another such being the way in which things go within lands foreign to your own " |

From Shadows

Two Weeks Ago

Vitr was home to one of the largest prisons in Ventus Prime and because of the government funding, it was considered one of the safest in the galaxy. Unfortunately, this meant some of the worst of the worst were also locked up here.

The young woman who was being escorted to a private room was certainly not one of these people, and while she tried to stay out of trouble, most people she knew knew not to cross her. A nekomimi with black ears and matching long black hair, the woman was shown inside where she took a seat across from an important looking man.

The man had been looking at a file and the woman already guessed it was her. Blake Belladonna, female, age 25, currently serving for being involved with a former terrorist organization. That last part made her sound like a big deal, though the details were complicated.

“Miss Belladonna, a pleasure to meet you,” the man said. He didn’t offer to shake her hand, which was just as well since she wouldn’t have accepted it. “Director Andor of the Office of Naval Intelligence.” When there was no response, he continued. “I’m sure you’re wondering why we’re both here. Your file is quite interesting, if I may say. The White Fang, a group of Kapteynians that were against the Republic. You first joined when you were twenty-two and were involved in various activities. Despite the group’s violent nature, it had been reported many times that you never actually killed anyone. After that, you decided to leave and turned yourself in. Because of this, when you were sentenced, the judge decided to shorten your jail time. If you don’t mind me asking, why join if you weren’t a fan of violence?”

During the time he was speaking, Blake had been avoiding eye contact, but when she finally looked at him, her eyes looked intense. “I’m afraid that file is incorrect,” she said. “The White Fang was mostly against the Schnee Dust Company, for their mistreatment of Kapteynian workers. But it’s more than that, they wanted to address racial injustice against my people.”

“I see...and considering our current leader is a Schnee, how does that make you feel?”

Blake shrugged. “I don’t know her, aside from the fact she joined the military so she wasn’t involved.”

“Perhaps now’s the time to explain why you’re here. Regardless of your affiliations, your skills are most impressive. I’d say they would put some of our best black ops people to shame. My point is, ONI could use your help.

“As you probably were not aware, the Imperial Order has recently appointed their next Emperor, Gideon Omega. Reports of the previous Emperor’s death are...suspicious at best. You have a choice here, Miss Belladonna. This mission is highly confidential and if you choose to accept it, your record will be scrubbed clean and you’ll be free.”

Blake’s ears perked up. “You mean...I can go home?”

“That’s right. Now of course, this will be dangerous and you won’t be receiving much support on our end but-”

“I’ll do it.”

Andor was surprised. “Accepting before you’ve even heard me out?”

“Regardless of the danger...I’d do anything to have my record expunged...” And see Mom and Dad again...

“Very well. Once you’re ready, you’ll be meeting with our contact, Johann. He’s an Imperial working as a double agent. He can get you to the Imperial capital, but the rest you’ll have to manage on your own. We’ll have a scout ship nearby, that’ll be your main point of contact during the mission.”

“And what is it exactly you want me to do?”

“You’ll need to get close to the right people. Everyone likes to gossip. Once you find out any information, get in contact ASAP and then we’ll go from there.”

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Ventus Prime wrote:“Alright, I promise it will only be one game.” Penny inserted money and as the game loaded up, she picked Challenge Mode as the difficulty, which caught the attention of some people.

"Ohhh, picking the hardest difficulty, are we? This only gets better and better."

At this point, Heidrun noticed that a few people that had been milling about in the arcade had gathered to watch what they thought would be an absolute mess, and smirked.

"We've got an audience too, it seems. Maybe you guys want to bet on her success?"

"She's definitely going to fail. Easy money!" "I've got nothing better to do." "FAILURE. IS INEVITABLE."

"Hehe, I thought as much. Very well, I bet all of the cash I've got that she's getting over 90%."

Bucksden wrote:"Ohhh, picking the hardest difficulty, are we? This only gets better and better."

At this point, Heidrun noticed that a few people that had been milling about in the arcade had gathered to watch what they thought would be an absolute mess, and smirked.

"We've got an audience too, it seems. Maybe you guys want to bet on her success?"

"She's definitely going to fail. Easy money!" "I've got nothing better to do." "FAILURE. IS INEVITABLE."

"Hehe, I thought as much. Very well, I bet all of the cash I've got that she's getting over 90%."

Penny wanted to tell her off that it wasn’t right to take advantage of their ignorance, but then again, having extra money wasn’t a bad thing...and they never asked if she was a robot.

Penny looked through the large catalog of songs and found a song that dated back to the early 21st Century. Classical music, as they would call it nowadays. Truthfully, she had never played with this song though it hardly mattered. “Prepare to be amazed!” she said as the song began.

https://youtu.be/z3VfLIPbC_Y

Ventus Prime wrote:Penny wanted to tell her off that it wasn’t right to take advantage of their ignorance, but then again, having extra money wasn’t a bad thing...and they never asked if she was a robot.

Penny looked through the large catalog of songs and found a song that dated back to the early 21st Century. Classical music, as they would call it nowadays. Truthfully, she had never played with this song though it hardly mattered. “Prepare to be amazed!” she said as the song began.

https://youtu.be/z3VfLIPbC_Y

"Alright, I hope you guys are prepared to pay up."

"Yeah, right, I've been going here for 2 years and I've yet to see anyone get over 80%. It's impossible, I know it."

"Yes, "impossible". Isn't she currently doing every move perfectly?"

Aszaryin wrote:
Hearing this Cezis now able to return back to her relatively calm state would seem curious onto the nature of Kristian's origins, let alone the mystery surrounding it, listening to him with an almost inquisitorial mindset in an attempt to further understand yet seeming to both be in a state of confusion in the process seeming unable to process some of the meaning behind it.

Yet when he was finished she would seem to be more confused than before leaving the both of them seemingly with more questions yet instead of choosing to prod and poke him more in context to finding the answers Cezis would simply nod and speak;

    | " Perhaps there are some questions better left unsolved yes?"

    "Besides there are things where if you knew of the rest of the collective you would almost, look at us differently and there are things which I do not know such is the reason why I have never understood why some of us remained awake during the slumber.. but that is beside the point, you would not mind allowing me to see the rest of the others of your kin? " |

"Indeed. Whatever this truth was, it must have been something significant for such extreme measures, so it's probably for the best that we never learn it. Now then, my kin. While I don't know if they're alright with it, I personally don't mind. We'll figure that out when we get outside."

Kristian walks around her, and beckons her to follow him outside the Seagull, revealing that a few of his squad had gathered around, and were chatting about this strange turn of events. One of them was juggling a pistol, hopefully one that was unloaded, the second was eyeing that very same pistol cautiously, and you couldn't really tell with the third guy, as his eyes were shadowed by the cap he was wearing.

Bucksden wrote:"Alright, I hope you guys are prepared to pay up."

"Yeah, right, I've been going here for 2 years and I've yet to see anyone get over 80%. It's impossible, I know it."

"Yes, "impossible". Isn't she currently doing every move perfectly?"

As a synthetic, Penny wasn’t capable of getting tired, though wear and tear was still a thing, even if it meant something different in her case. The secret was that she could read and anticipate every move in mere nanoseconds. She was still enjoying herself though.

Ventus Prime wrote:As a synthetic, Penny wasn’t capable of getting tired, though wear and tear was still a thing, even if it meant something different in her case. The secret was that she could read and anticipate every move in mere nanoseconds. She was still enjoying herself though.

Heidrun was enjoying herself too, at the expense of the other patrons. Sure, this might not have been entirely moral, but they agreed to it, so...
One man, though, was seemingly getting more heated than the others, the same person who stated that it was impossible.

"How is she doing this?! This is cheating, I know it! It's... rigged or something, I don't know! But that's not normal!"

"Relax, it's probably just skill." In a way, it was, even if it was built in.

Bucksden wrote:Heidrun was enjoying herself too, at the expense of the other patrons. Sure, this might not have been entirely moral, but they agreed to it, so...
One man, though, was seemingly getting more heated than the others, the same person who stated that it was impossible.

"How is she doing this?! This is cheating, I know it! It's... rigged or something, I don't know! But that's not normal!"

"Relax, it's probably just skill." In a way, it was, even if it was built in.

When the song was finally over, Penny jumped in the air. “I got a perfect store!” She seemed unaware of all the stares she was getting.

OOC: This weeks Newspaper is published.

The sakura nippon wrote:

    Ventus Prime RP: To the death!
    Aprimary 4th 5000
    0120 hrs
    Raid: War Mongrels

Selivanov: "Let naught the death of our men and women be in vain comrades!" He says into his earpiece trying to motivate the team. As they tried to suppress the fire of the enemy. They were down to 12 raiders, "Sergei and the bomber crew! Bring out the fireworks and the flames of the underworld! Don't give them any cover!"

Sergei: "About time sir, hehehehehe" he says as he takes out a Molotov and a lighter and lights up the piece of cloth attached to it, "From the Angels of Death, to our enemies on our lands in these bleak times, may each of them be dragged down to the depths of the underworld!" He shouts as he puts in the Molotov into some makeshift launcher and launches it onto the enemies position."

Marina: "Sergei has deployed the Angel's breathe, are you men ready with the grenade launchers."

Bomber Crew: "Da, ma'am"

Marina: "Then let us not waste time and make our children proud, fire!" Four grenades were launched into their position as well, it seems as though they were bringing in all they have got.

((All dialogue is in Tylian))

    RP: Uh oh.
    Aprimary 3rd 5000
    0620 hrs
    Raid: Oubo Kingdom

As the knights approached they were down to 30 of them after a few got hit as they neared the encampment they threw their dead comrades at them and jumped over their burning barricades and started to attack them at close range. The few archers that were left were shooting their arrows of inferno at the enemies, one of them getting a lucky shot and hitting what appeared to be the fuel of the ship and it starts to ignite.

((You asked me to have an archer or someone accidentally blow up the ship so you can rp the ship getting blown up. It would be a bit meta if I did try to blow it up since I dunno if it'll react to the flaming arrow or not. Anyways the knights who are over the barricade will get killed from the blast apart from the archers lol so they'd have low supplies and low manpower.

All dialogue is in Tylian))

    RP: Transmission #1 - 2.11
    Aprimary 1st 5000
    0840 hrs
    New Arrivals

Alexander: "It is no use, we are getting nowhere," Alexander says as he sighs, though as one of the creatures approached them and extended its hands to them two small earpieces which one of them was within its own ear, "huh, what is this?" Alexander says as he inspects it's.

Heather: "It seems it wants us to put this into our ears,"

Alexander: "You sure this is sanitary? You do know we don't know if they have domesticated animals that may have spread new viral or bacterial infections and cause us to succumb to ---"

Heather: "Oh don't be such a wuss Alexander, you're a soldier,"

Alexander: "And the last of our species if there were no survivors after the Nuclear Holocaust."

Heather thought to herself a bit, yeah now that they are in a new world full of unknown things that may kill or try to eliminate them, who knows if there are any other survivors after the Bombs dropped and darkened the world. Though if they were to live on this world they would have to try and coexist with the people who also reside. And it won't be easy with a language barrier.

Heather: "Well Alex, we can't move on forward with a language barrier between ours and their people, if we are deemed hostile they can kill us so we might as well have to sort this one out." She says.

Alexander sighs.

Alexander: "Alright, let's put these things on then," he says as they put them on.

Heather: "Hello there," she says and then once they spoke in the language that they can understand, each of them looked at each other in surprise and disbelief.

Heather: "It can speak!"

Alexander: "It can speak! Wait, it can speak?"

Heather: "Gah!" "Heather jumped a bit in a shock as she realized what this may have meant, "What in the world did you do!?" She questioned.

Alexander: "Aye what in the name of our Goddesses have you done?" He asked. All sorts of paranoia were stirred, could the aliens have invaded their minds? Inserted a parasite into their head?

    RP: The land of the Hungry
    Aprimary 6th 5000
    0850 hrs
    Areherin Confederacy

Passing through the Ice sheets of Tyl Quadrus was hard, mostly because snow kept on piling up and their vehicle pushed down onto the ground, luckily the ice underneath them supported the vehicle and could crack from its intense pressure, nor were they on a sea ice which would've made them sink into the freezing waters.

Passing by they may notice little wildlife that may seem similar to theirs, those being snowhare's who may be unfortunate enough to be eaten up by an Arctic Wolf or Arctic Fox due to their hunger and unable to eat anything, other big creatures such as megasloth's and Muffalo's wandered these lands in sparse populations.

The planet did have life, though many could have eventually succumbed to hunger or death by predators. As there were no floral life on these lands.

Evelyn and Brooke on their snow mobile were following a hologram GPS of the old world highways of the planet, since most of it were buried under kilometers of snow and ice.

Evelyn: "Don't you think it is much faster to go off the former roads and straight to the crash site?" She asked.

Brooke: "Sure, it is faster, though this is my former Courier routes, it is mostly used by us Couriers to deliver messages and packages as it is the most safest routes, no raiders, pirates, or anyone knows of the old world roads apart from these GPS's made back in the 47th century or older. Used by mailmen and other delivery companies to send packages from one place to another. Rare to find, and no pirate even knows how or what these things are, so safe to use especially due to the expanse network our civilizations used to have."

Evelyn: "Even you have your kinks to old world technology,"

Brooke: "Old world? Haha, nope, these were made during the golden age of the Empire, sure we all hate them for enslaving us but you gotta admit if it weren't for the golden age we wouldn't have this sort of technology."

Evelyn: "And this world wouldn't have plunged into darkness. . ."

Brooke: "That was inevitable Evelyn, Hadherville would have fallen regardless of the golden age or not, we would have been bug food if it weren't for technology."

Evelyn was about to refute until they suddenly stopped.

Evelyn: "Oi what was that for! Easy on the brake mate!" She said as he hit him on the back, though Brooke didn't flinch.

Brooke: "I hear an engine,"

Evelyn: "THAT IS OUR ENGINE YOU DUMB FOX, COME ON NOW THEN!"

Brooke: "OI, SHUT IT! JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A KINK TO OLD TECH DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN SHOUT AT ME!" He said, though he calmed down, "Look if I turn off my engine maybe you can hear the other one" he said as he pressed a button and took out the card from the snow mobile, turning it off. She then hears the sound of the wind blowing the snow as it fell to the ground. Though something conflicted it, a noise, it did sound like an engine from the distance.

Evelyn: "Huh, you're right, there is something from the distance, you have keen ears for a Kurin like you Brooke,"

Brooke: "yeah and it really hurts when you scream near them."

Evelyn: "Kurin? Friendly or Hostile? Mechanoids?"

Brooke: "If they were Kurin's then they would have probably come towards us or may have heard us and are trying to evade us now, though I'm still unsure, I don't know if it is a mechanoid, I've never dealt with one of them,"

Evelyn: "A caterpillar will kill us all, heard what happened to the South-East Steakout Outpost? Took two of them to kill 10 soldiers with no sentries and heavy weaponry."

Brooke: "Yeah I heard, you got inferno binoculars?"

Evelyn: "Let me see," she says as she searches the bag and grabs ahold of one, "Aye aye I do"

Brooke: "Good good, I'll try to get our vehicle a few clicks from it and you can see what the heck it is,"

Evelyn: "Right then, let's get a move on," she says as Brooke puts in the card into the slot and presses the button, turning on the snow mobile and heading in the direction of the other engine they heard, though they went at a slow pace trying to catch up on it and trying to avoid having their engine make a loud noise.

((All Dialogue is in Tylian))

Hearing a loud thunk from behind him, Aiglos turns around.
What he sees is a arrow lodged straight into exactly where the fuel tank of the ship should be.
It only takes him another second to realize what this means.
"GOD ***ING DAMNI-" he has time to yell, drawing several looks, before the ship explodes, sending Byzantines and Tylians alike flying into the air.

Aiglos hits the ground a few seconds later. His foot feels like it's on fire, but he stands up.
The rest of the Byzantines seem to be either unconscious, or.. well, let's hope not. The only silver lining is that the majority of the "Xeno's" seem to be in the same condition.

The entire ship looks absolutely destroyed, and it definitely doesn't seem like he's going to be able to fix it anytime soon.
He grabs one of the supply packs that is not charred to a crisp, fires a few last shots in the general direction of the archers, and makes a run for it. He doesn't know where he's going, but he sure hopes it's better than here.

(OOC: Yeah no problem, I asked you to do it for the RP purposes, probably doesn't make too much sense but it could happen.)

Ventus Prime wrote:When the song was finally over, Penny jumped in the air. “I got a perfect store!” She seemed unaware of all the stares she was getting.

"There you go! Alright, folks, pay up. You agreed to this."

Amazed at this display, everyone begrudgingly paid their bets to Heidrun. Everyone, except for one person.

"...you think you're so clever, huh? You knew about this beforehand, didn't you?"

The man from before, now clearly pissed off, walked towards Heidrun.

"H-hey now, keep some distance, buddy. I haven't done anything wrong, I took a gamble and it paid out!"

Bucksden wrote:"There you go! Alright, folks, pay up. You agreed to this."

Amazed at this display, everyone begrudgingly paid their bets to Heidrun. Everyone, except for one person.

"...you think you're so clever, huh? You knew about this beforehand, didn't you?"

The man from before, now clearly pissed off, walked towards Heidrun.

"H-hey now, keep some distance, buddy. I haven't done anything wrong, I took a gamble and it paid out!"

Penny’s threat warning went off and she quickly walked up to the man. “Do not threaten my friend,” she said coldly.

Ventus Prime wrote:Penny’s threat warning went off and she quickly walked up to the man. “Do not threaten my friend,” she said coldly.

The man scoffed.

"And what are you gonna do about it? Gonna dance me to death? Back off.

Heidrun was now attempting to shimmy away from the situation. Unfortunately, the man noticed this, and he then proceeds to grab her by the collar and yank her back.

"And just where do you think YOU'RE going?! I'm not done with you yet!"

Bucksden wrote:The man scoffed.

"And what are you gonna do about it? Gonna dance me to death? Back off.

Heidrun was now attempting to shimmy away from the situation. Unfortunately, the man noticed this, and he then proceeds to grab her by the collar and yank her back.

"And just where do you think YOU'RE going?! I'm not done with you yet!"

As soon as the man grabbed Heidi, Penny suddenly grabbed the man’s wrist and he would soon discover how hard a grip she had. “Let her go.” She applied more pressure and if she continued she could very well break his wrist.

New united carolinas wrote:"It is true, we're known for our starships. But we're actually incredibly well known for our transportation technology in general. Railroads, cars, planes, starships, you name it. Particularly we have Pegasus starships, which is essentially the dominating starship manufacturer. But if you're impressed with them, you'll definitely be impressed by other companies like Westland Autos, Monrovia Train and Rail, Boeing of the Carolinas, etcetera."

Ariana took another sip of her own tea before continuing. "Of course, transportation tech isn't all we're good at. For as far back as... perhaps the 2010s, if you can believe it, the Carolinas has had a strong computer and medical technology sector. It has since evolved tremendously. Truly a force to be reckoned with. Much of the medical equipment and generic medicines floating around the PAZ come from this great republic of ours. In fact, New Raleigh sits in a region known as "The Research Triangle," which is what it's been called for millennia. When you're free and away from the meetings, be sure to try and learn about all this place has to offer."

Ariana watched Anna nod and jot notes down. Clearly, she was interested. But Ariana wasn't done selling her country yet.

"I must also mention the vital importance in things like computer chips. You see, thanks to our martian colony, Red Dust, we've been harvesting a plethora of silicon and other metals needed to create these vital chips. It's truly incredible how vital those little microchips are. We have a lot of manufacturers here willing to sell them to all PAZ members, but there have been talks of entering the Prettenian markets. Although, technology isn't all we have to offer. We have plenty of other things to bring to your nation like fruits and meats straight from our more rural provinces."

Anna nodded, honestly she did not really find interest in the selling of her nation Ariana tried to do here, merely nodding and smiling.

"Indeed, of course we are interested in technological assets, though we have much of that ourselves. Though we have domestic manufacturing as well that supplies our people with their desires. Though introducing some competition might give those corporatist bastards a scare." she laughed for a minute before continuing.

"Though really we already have free trade and many economic benefits from the Panamero Zone, what else could there be that we'd need to discuss on that end? Of course we can always hammer out specifics if you wish though."

She took another sip of the tea on the table.

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Ventus Prime wrote:As soon as the man grabbed Heidi, Penny suddenly grabbed the man’s wrist and he would soon discover how hard a grip she had. “Let her go.” She applied more pressure and if she continued she could very well break his wrist.

The man winced as the pressure increased, letting go of Heidi. He certainly wasn't expecting that.

"Ow, alright! I'll let go! But don't think I'm paying up. This was a scam, see ya."

He left the arcade, mumbling something about con artists as the concerned stares of the other patrons trailed behind him.

"Whew, ok, guess that's karma. Thanks, Penny."

Bucksden wrote:The man winced as the pressure increased, letting go of Heidi. He certainly wasn't expecting that.

"Ow, alright! I'll let go! But don't think I'm paying up. This was a scam, see ya."

He left the arcade, mumbling something about con artists as the concerned stares of the other patrons trailed behind him.

"Whew, ok, guess that's karma. Thanks, Penny."

Penny seemed to be staring the man down before she snapped out of it and looked back to Heidi. “Are you okay?” she asked as she checked Heidi’s well-being.

Ventus Prime wrote:Penny seemed to be staring the man down before she snapped out of it and looked back to Heidi. “Are you okay?” she asked as she checked Heidi’s well-being.

"I'm fine, just a bit shaken up, that's all. No actual damage, luckily."

Heidrun breathes out to calm herself down, before continuing.

"Maybe that wasn't worth it, but at least we've got the funds for our night out now. Hopefully, we're not going the same way as that guy..."

Bucksden wrote:"I'm fine, just a bit shaken up, that's all. No actual damage, luckily."

Heidrun breathes out to calm herself down, before continuing.

"Maybe that wasn't worth it, but at least we've got the funds for our night out now. Hopefully, we're not going the same way as that guy..."

“Do not worry, I am sure the chances of us letting him again are slim to none.” Honestly, Penny was just glad Heidi wasn’t upset about what just happened now. Had he kept resisting, she could’ve easily have broken his wrist and that would’ve led to even more complications. “Now then, we should get going while the night is young, as they say.”

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