Post by warban on May 30, 2011 18:45:58 GMT -5
Day 2
"Incompetence, or we've been compromised. I don't know which I fear most."
"I... I don't know sir."
"Report. Get it over with."
"Very heavy losses sir, and the uh..." The man swallowed. He dreaded trying to phrase this. "The democratic execution wasn't exactly... uh..."
"You mean they voted blind and selected one of their own."
"To be fair sir, they had very little to work on."
President Spelton frowned. "Are you questioning my decision to allow the entire Guild a voice, Deputy?"
The Deputy considered this. "Yes."
"Good. Because I'm starting to suspect that allowing the underlings any kind of say in the running of this planet will be our downfall."
"On the plus side, we got one of them," the Deputy added cheerfully.
"One of 'them', Deputy? The official line is that they do not even exist."
"In that case, sir, a bunch of our members must have murderous imaginations."
--- --- ---
The guard heard the tinkle of glass. Expecting to see a rock thrown by some punk kid, he recoiled in disgust and terror when he found a severed head rolling at his feet. FecklessRogue's battered face stared up at him in frozen shock.
Chanting faded into the distance as the "deliverymen" retreated.
"ARCADIA! ARCADIA! ARCADIA!"
--- --- ---
"The suspect has escaped."
"No." The other speaker drew his pistol. "People don't escape from us."
"People often escape from us."
"Yes, but we always kill them at a later date. That's the point I was making."
"Then you should have specified."
Night 1 Casualties
MaxFrost, a Doctor, head caved in by a heavy object
Zay, a Supervisor, killed by expert assassins
Wildcat, part of the Assault Team, survived the assassins then got stabbed by a single contributor
TheLawinator, part of the Exigent Organisation, set upon by multiple attackers
FecklessRogue, part of Beta Team, mobbed
mEEksa, an Engineer, shot in the head with a plasma pistol
Heffling, an Engineer, [CLASSIFIED]
"Incompetence, or we've been compromised. I don't know which I fear most."
"I... I don't know sir."
"Report. Get it over with."
"Very heavy losses sir, and the uh..." The man swallowed. He dreaded trying to phrase this. "The democratic execution wasn't exactly... uh..."
"You mean they voted blind and selected one of their own."
"To be fair sir, they had very little to work on."
President Spelton frowned. "Are you questioning my decision to allow the entire Guild a voice, Deputy?"
The Deputy considered this. "Yes."
"Good. Because I'm starting to suspect that allowing the underlings any kind of say in the running of this planet will be our downfall."
"On the plus side, we got one of them," the Deputy added cheerfully.
"One of 'them', Deputy? The official line is that they do not even exist."
"In that case, sir, a bunch of our members must have murderous imaginations."
--- --- ---
The guard heard the tinkle of glass. Expecting to see a rock thrown by some punk kid, he recoiled in disgust and terror when he found a severed head rolling at his feet. FecklessRogue's battered face stared up at him in frozen shock.
Chanting faded into the distance as the "deliverymen" retreated.
"ARCADIA! ARCADIA! ARCADIA!"
--- --- ---
"The suspect has escaped."
"No." The other speaker drew his pistol. "People don't escape from us."
"People often escape from us."
"Yes, but we always kill them at a later date. That's the point I was making."
"Then you should have specified."
Night 1 Casualties
MaxFrost, a Doctor, head caved in by a heavy object
Zay, a Supervisor, killed by expert assassins
Wildcat, part of the Assault Team, survived the assassins then got stabbed by a single contributor
TheLawinator, part of the Exigent Organisation, set upon by multiple attackers
FecklessRogue, part of Beta Team, mobbed
mEEksa, an Engineer, shot in the head with a plasma pistol
Heffling, an Engineer, [CLASSIFIED]