Seventh Game

[break_the_nine]

[1]

[One would expect Leos to be absolutely devastated when you find him after the mission. With who died... who went missing and how badly he fared. The screaming and crying all the way through... that he would be an inconsolable mess. Yet instead when you find him, he's humming cheerfully as her walked through the base with several packs of pudding. A little too cheerfully. Something was worrying about this.]

Oh... hey! One minute...

[He snaps off a pack and places it in your hand, giving you an almost heartrendingly sunny smile.]

Friendship pudding now. Just so I don't forget like I did a lot of times before.

I've got a meeting with Progtech that Lana's taking me to so I won't be back until waaaay later.

[2] [Later that day...]

[It was closing onto midnight and still no Leos. One would almost be worried as to what was happening to him... but he's a grown dude. He can take care of himself right?]



H... elp....h...help...m..me...

[Except that belief would be refuted. Utterly. Walking down an intersecting corridor was a horrifically bloodied Leos with a frighteningly vacant look in his eyes from the absolutely gigantic amount of pain he was feeling before he just collapsed into the ground and bled there.]

[3]

[The good news first: Leos isn't in any danger of dying. The bad news: All those wounds and injuries? They weren't random. They were surgical scars. It was less about what could have been removed... but more about what was put in. Specifically it seems that Leos was now the proud owner of a large amount of cybernetics. Ones that in theory could allow him to literally interface with machinery and link his mind to it.]

...

[The surgery itself was horrifically invasive and traumatic as Leos can attest to. Diagnosis revealed that a minimal amount of anesthetic was used in order to ensure that the cybernetics were properly linked to his body. As he recovers in the infirmary you can see Lana sparing the Raven a glance before walking away.]

[Could she... and by extension PROGTECH be responsible for this...?]

[As Leos is still in no state to be visited... Discuss this matter with others/Confront Lana?]

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[srwu_mods]

"Miss Lana Nielsen."

Look, it's the Unity Group commander in chief. And his hands are trembling, which is why he's hiding them behind his back.

"Please leave."

[break_the_nine]

[Lana paused at that, calmly raising an eyebrow at what had been said by the commander.]

Could you please repeat yourself Commander Antov. I believe I might have misunderstood what you said.

[Hard to believe, but the look she had on her face pretty much meant she wanted an explanation very much right now.]

[srwu_mods]

"I said - you get out of here now, and never return." Antov's words are tense, as if he was one step away from losing his composure.

"If you have Raven's Nest business with Leos or with Unity Group, you can carry it out at a distance. But I never want you to show your face around here ever again."

[break_the_nine]

[Oh now this had a look of mild annoyance slowly ghost upon her face.]

And on what grounds is this... expulsion made on Commander Antov?

As far as I have known I have made no breach in any regulations.

[srwu_mods]

"On grounds of I am the commander here if you didn't notice so get out now before I call the goddamn security on you!"

Antov's voice just explodes in anger.

"And if you see nothing wrong in forcing people to take invasive augmentation when they're at their most vulnerable... then I will see that Raven's Nest finds another handler to work with Unity Group. Someone less disgusting on a moral level."

[break_the_nine]

[Lana is... unimpressed with this show of emotion. If anything his statement just seemed to make the look of irritation on her face grow despite the fact her tone remained as level as ever.]

...I see. Well... I am afraid you may find yourself disappointed Commander Antov.

[She merely turns her back on the Commander and walks away.]

No need to call Security. You won't be seeing me again.

[srwu_mods]

"Don't let me stop you any longer then." Antov pulls out a communicator.

"Make sure miss Nielsen actually leaves the facility."

And once she's out of sight, he just slumps under a wall.

[tiger_ken]

[Ken emerges from around a corner, and puts a hand to the man's shoulder. Heavily informal, but Ken feels justified in this case.]

...Thank you, sir.

I... really appreciate you handling that. If... I had been here before you...

[srwu_mods]

"Ah. You saw that?"

Antov looks abashed, but mostly just very tired.

"I need to be alone for a while, if you don't mind. Please."

[tiger_ken]

I did. I'd been... planning to have words, as well.

[Ken nods though.]

That's fine sir. Just...Get some rest. You've earned it, considering everything going on.