External Access Acquired
| Staring | Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri |
| With | Valerie Westerfield |
| Introducing | Nicole-Anne Bélanger, Simone-Marie Bélanger, IGARASHI Izanami |
| Previous Episode | S02E01 – Beamwalking |
| Next Episode | S02E03 – Status Verification Pending |
The team concocts an absolute ridiculous plan to get back into the SCIRE — parasailing from a helicopter onto the roof, then rappelling down to the university level. Considering the level of crazy it takes to willingly go back into the Arcology less than a month after escaping, dialing the insanity it up to 11 might just work.
Session 1 - 2024/09/05
Shitamuki Ni Tsukisasu Yari[1]
| Who | Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri, Valerie Westerfield |
| When | Wednesday, March 10, 2060 (Day 83) |
| Where | Downtown, Seattle Metroplex, UCAS |
As they're making their way from SeaTac towards Downtown, pretending to be a typical air taxi flight, the group makes final preparations for the drop. Fräulein provides what buff spells she has before strapping onto Shirayuri (Garbo and Liam will be jumping independently). Partially joking, but mostly serious, Whirly informs Fräulein that she is responsible for Liam getting out alive — there's an air-to-ground missile with her name on it Whirly sees her before seeing Liam.
She sets them up for an approach from the east side, so they'll be able to avoid excess time on the roof and start as close to the side of the arcology best protected from wind off the Puget Sound. It's a fast, cold trip (only Fräulein actually has appropriate protection from the weather), but Shirayuri's natural physicality and Garbo and Liam's adept powers allow them to land close together.
The quickly set up their rappelling gear — lightweight winches and stealth line — and begin their descent.
Gin To Midori No Nohara[2]
| Who | Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri |
| When | Wednesday, March 10, 2060 (Day 83) |
| Where | Rooftop, SCIRE and Renraku University, SCIRE, Level 288 |
As they make their descent, a maintenance hatch behind the massive Renraku sign disgorges a series of drones. Uncertain if it is a routine event or a security sweep, the group accelerates their descent. Shirayuri and Liam have little trouble navigating and maneuvering, but Garbo needs some help — once Shirayuri has Fräulein inside, she's able to use her levitation magic to scoop him up and drag him inside.
Session 2 - 2024/09/12
Kagami O Tōshite[3]
| Who | Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri |
| When | Wednesday, March 10, 2060 (Day 83) |
| Where | Exterior Atrium, SCIRE, Level 288 |
The team's entry point turns out to be a garden atrium, about 20 m (66 ft) deep and running the full length of the megalift. Like the ones on the lower levels, it's three stories tall, allowing for small trees. There's also a 7.6 m × 3.55 m (24.9 ft × 11.6 ft) wading pool. Fräulein hears noise north of their entry point, bare footsteps on grass running away. Whatever it is, the team ignores it and heads through the south door.
Joshi-kō[4]
| Who | Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri |
| When | Wednesday, March 10, 2060 (Day 83) |
| Where | Girls' Dorm, SCIRE, Level 288 |
The group makes their way into the dormitory, attempting to sneak but setting off the automatic lights in the hallway. Also hears Trideo, in Japanese, and faint electrical mechanical beeps and buzzes.
Two are playing games, one is watching from couch near trideo and seems angry while watching them. Garbo and Shirayuri go out to talk with three Garbo looking like Asian woman. When they come out the students go they had been found out and turned the lights on.
"So, does that mean the quarantine is over?" They asked the operatives.
The students were called back early from Winter Holiday, and then something went on in lower sections of the Archology/Biohazard medical situation. They had been back to school and just living their lives. They are not allowed to leave campus and must stay here, issue isolated on lower floors. Messages from parents and what not. Two, with wet hair, are watching from afar while the others talk. They mention seeing, it is weird, that all the teachers have cyber eyes, green glowing eyes. They have seen some students with glowing white cybereyes, younger.
They offered data jacks to anyone who wants them, Envious girl does have a datajack, other two did not take the offer. Floor 290 down to 285 is in use. 282 to 284 is unknown to them.
The two skinny dippers, dark haired one is not buying it/vibe that she thinks they are full are shit, red hair is worried about black hair.
| Who | Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri, Nicole-Anne Bélanger, Simone-Marie Bélanger, IGARASHI Izanami |
| When | Thursday, March 11, 2060 (Day 84) |
| Where |
Black hair girl assensing: Healthy, at moment of projection there is annoyance, fading horniness, fear. No cyberware, not magical subject, not seen before.
Fräulein and her talk, she has some idea things are going down. She does not know that I know, but Twilight is her mother and a powerful mage overall. Igarashi-chan has not seen some Mom/Twilight since having to report up here and school was canceled. Girlfriends roommate is twin sister of Girlfriend. We will stay with those two for a bit so people can rest up.
Igarshi-Chan gives us location of her apartment down in the 230s.
Questions for Igarashi-chan, Girlfriend (Siri) and twin sister. Art and music are minimal, other electives are still fine. Athletics and geeky clubs get a lot of attention, the kid that is running chest club, he has white eyes. They dress weird, like in a space suit, or dressed up like roman emperor, or dressed up in mermaid tail in a tank of water getting wheeled by a green eyes.
The three of them will join us.
Session 3 - 2024/09/19
| Who | Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri, Nicole-Anne Bélanger, Simone-Marie Bélanger, IGARASHI Izanami |
| When | Thursday, March 11, 2060 (Day 84) |
| Where | Renraku University, SCIRE, Level 288 and Warehouse, Hydroponic Garden, SCIRE, Level 281 |
Shirayuri as the door opens cuts one down, and as she is moving, ripostes the 3 others swinging at her and cuts them down. Eventually we punch a hole in a wall and escape to north. Healing Siri who got shot real bad, the group makes it down to Hydroponics on 281.
Group plans to lay low in Hydroponics for a few days. Steal some food, steal some gas masks and other stuff off a patrol, and then go looking for someway to fake banded eyes. Stalk a patrol and take them out without bloodshed.
Session 4 - 2024/09/26
| Who | Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri, Nicole-Anne Bélanger, Simone-Marie Bélanger, IGARASHI Izanami |
| When | Thursday, March 11, 2060 (Day 84) through Saturday, March 13, 2060 (Day 86) |
| Where | Warehouse, Hydroponic Garden, SCIRE, Level 281 |
Then group finds a warehouse section to hide in and rest for the day to move again at night. Fräulein with Izzie and Shirayuri come up with some chemicals to make eyes glow, it will be uncomfortable.
Current Plans
work on disguises
Access chemicals that can be used to fake glowing eyes
Steal outfits from patrols
Acquire eye color changing contacts
Get to floor 231, where Shirayuri's family live.
Find the other Shadow team and/or Izzie's Mom
Drips, Drops, and Bloody Parts
| Who | Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri, Nicole-Anne Bélanger, Simone-Marie Bélanger, IGARASHI Izanami |
| When | Saturday, March 13, 2060 (Day 86) |
| Where | Chemistry Lab, SCIRE, Level 281 |
Shirayuri leads the group to a laboratory section. As they approach, Fräulein is the first to hear guards on patrol, dropping the whole team of four in one go with a powerful stunball (and suffering some hefty drain for her expedience).
Shirayuri cracks the door and the others drag the unconscious Blues into the room. Fräulein sets to work, but even with Izzie as a lab assistant, she's going to need some time to work through her ideas. She also reminds the team that somebody is going to have to extract the optical chips from the Blues' implanted commlinks.
Liam has no problem ending their lives, allowing Shirayuri to perform the ad-hoc surgery. Garbo keeps Siri and Nian distracted by having them help him re-tailor the guards' uniforms and familiarize themselves with how to carry the guards' weapons.
Session 5 - 2024/10/03
Sight for Sore Eyes
| Who | Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri, Nicole-Anne Bélanger, Simone-Marie Bélanger, IGARASHI Izanami |
| When | Saturday, March 13, 2060 (Day 86) |
| Where | Genecraft Optics, Retail Sector, SCIRE, Level 278 |
Moving under the cover of night, the group sneaks past a number of Dervishes in sentry mode around the escalators. They eventually finds an employee entrance to an optical store and break in. There's an elevator in the rear hallway, which they seal with some riot spray before moving further in.
They rummage through the storage rooms, with Liam and the girls stealing some premium three-ply toilet paper, while Fräulein grabs more useful things — tinted contact lenses to work with the eyedrops plus eyewash and cleansing eydrops to remove it afterwards. She also finds a pair of polychromatic lenses, though they're prescription[5] and a pair of Genecraft Foresight IV Alpha-grade cybereyes with all the bells and whistles, plus the surgical kit to install them.
| Who | Fräulein Ärtzin, Garbo, Liam, Shirayuri, Nicole-Anne Bélanger, Simone-Marie Bélanger, IGARASHI Izanami |
| When | Saturday, March 13, 2060 (Day 86) through Monday, March 15, 2060 (Day 88) |
| Where |
Group finds an Executive apartment that is unoccupied, everything in this place looks brand new, just delivered kind of new. Very fancy, ostentatious even. Treasure had 5 bands on her arm
Intel we are Looking for:
Plans/Experiments on floors
Who is in charge of the arcology at this point/ what is the point of whats being done?
What is the end goal?
How fast is the conversion process for the population?
What are the parameters of who gets converted and who does not? (Green, blues, whites)
What is the significance of the tattooed black bands (Treasure had 5 bands on her arm)
How many Red Samurai are on the premises?
What type of experimentation is happening on floor 231
Where are non-citizens being kept?
Potential exits from the arcology
Locations of collections of heavy duty gear (SWAT armor, heavy weapons, Large explosives, etc.)
See if Izzie's mom or her runner team is in the system
Observing Whites to learn more about them
In the residual areas, we will observe the whites and how they operate.
Going to hospital on 260 to find out more information on conversions and why. Would give any leads on the tattooed black bands.
Checkout Archology DIrector's residences.
Lay of the land of the Microtronics. Maybe wrecking them.
References
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