Digital Waltz - Part 2

The Mage and The Mechanic wrote:(Naomi)
"Who's going to trap a maintenance tunnel?" Naomi raises an eyebrow at Twilight "I mean aside from it having an environment only suited for Rumba's and shit, I don't see them being that crazy."

From her jacket, Naomi pulls out a notepad and pen. Using her body, and some of Cookies' form to shield the paper, she writes a message and passes it folded to Madelyn

[Could a plume of dusk gain control of this entire place? Re-Fold paper for yes, crumple for no]

"But, the front door still seems...safer...I guess" Naomi's voice trails off slightly at her word choice

(Frost)
"I say front entrance, I'd rather die in the open than even more cramped. Just a preference" Frost pages through her spell tome "Plus we're fighting probably the world's most evil group of people...unless you count the Architect...or Marek...this needs to end with pizzazz."

Kaylee Brown wrote:"Thank you" Cookie emoted a smiley face with her armor plates, then looked back at the lift:

"Hold on a sec-cookie" She waited for everyone to exit, before she dug her claws into the cabins ceiling and the strain of her mechanical servos echoed over the lobby, as she pushed upward and lifted the elevator cabin a few centimeters above ground:


"Wuaaahh... you're right, there is a maintenance tunnel in the gap under the elevator... but its too small for Cookieee.." The Spider emoted a sad smiley, then briefly detached from reality, thinking something over:

"Buuuu.... this facility manufactures prosthetic bodies... there's bound to be some empty ones laying around...

You can take out my Plume of Dusk and carry it with you, if you want to go through the maintenance tunnel. But if you find an empty robot body down there, you have to stick my Plume of Dusk in there. Preferably a body with only fours limbs-cookie.."




"Its gonna be cramped in that tunnel.." Kaylee said, thinking: "Will leave us exposed to attack. Not much maneuverability down there... but it has the benefit of not following our enemies path.

So, where do we go?


Front entrance will allow us maneuverability and a Spider Tank as backup. But there might be a trap on the other end.

Or the maintenance tunnel. I doubt the enemy expected it, but the tunnel is cramped and we're not sure where it leads. If the enemy regroups for another attack, we'll be stuck in there, unable to move. And Cookie won't be able to follow.

Both options have ups and downs really. What do you wonna do?"

Blue, blonde and purple wrote:When the tormentor spoke his taunt, Twilight's face didn't change noticably. Even her tone didn't change. But it was clear, she was NOT happy with that taunt.

"If you intend to squabble here some more, be my guest. Have fun discussing every single option and possibility. But I already said before what he confirms."

She cracks her knuckles. "So go ahead, sit on your thumbs. I'm doing this alone now. Enjoy teatime while I pull everything in his body out of the wrong holes and feed it to him." She walks forward.

Arnold tries to stop her. "Boss, wait!"

But with a glare, she stops him. "We've waited for far too long. Now, get to work."

With that, she stood in front of the doors.

Kaylee Brown wrote:"Thank you for announcing your next move" The distorted voice echoed over the lobby:
"I'll make sure to run the necessary arrangements"

As you thoroughly examine the area for cameras, you can't seem to spot any.

Madelyn ignored the distorted comments and looked at Naomi's paper. She shrugged for a bit, seemingly unsure, but decided to refold the paper.



"Its okay if you need a minute" The voice called again with a hint of a smile:
"You have all the time in the world. Oh wait, no you dooon't.

Remember the Argus satellites? The ones that provide lightning fast internet connection? You shot down three of them, when the communications dropped.

That was a bit unfriendly on your part, but that's okay. That's okay, because I have five more, all prepped and ready for launch. You may have heard on the news. No big deal. Launch scheduled for next week.

Except... when I realized what you were doing, I ordered the extra 5 satellites to be launched prematurely. They have been making their way to the orbit ever since.

And in just about.... lets say... 15 minutes from now? They will reach stable orbit and begin transmitting..."



The voice paused, you can almost see his grin:

"You know what that means right?
It means, in 15 minutes, I'll be able to take out my cellphone and press a few buttons, aaaaand, maybe Fluttershy will be dragged out of her home in Equestria and her arteries slashed.

I'll send pictures, I promise....


hahahaAAHAHAHAHAH AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" The hysterical, unstable laugh was cut off, as the unknown man turned off the intercom.

Kaylee Brown wrote:"We always knew the communications blackout was temporary" Emerald said with a grim expression:
"If he lied, then it was about our timeframe. We likely have a lot less than 15 minutes...
Once the time runs out, he will blackmail everyone in this room. And you will do what he says, one way or other"


A loud bang suddenly echoed across the room, as a ballistic katana blade suddenly dischared out of Serena's arm, flying directly toward Frosts heart.

It appears you have less than a second to react.