No.247[Reply]
>Date: February 14th, 2017
>Location: Sanctuary City
>Valentine's Day, a day of celebration for couples. . .
>In the evening, at least, before everyone finishes work, however, Valentine's Day is a day like any other, people go about their work as if the day was just the same as every other day.
>Although, perhaps, with a bit of extra cheer in their hearts.
>This nature of a day like any other day is reflected in the movement of Sanctuary City itself, the ebb and flow of the traffic undisturbed by simple date like "February 14th".
>Despite being loud, the sound of it all is peaceful, in its own way. . .
>And then, an alarm goes off.
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>>267>Speedrunner disappears in another stream of lightning, reappearing behind the woman."Hey stilty, over here. . . I'll give you a chance t-"
>A blade cuts down at Speedrunner, narrowly missing her due to her shifting place slightly."Yeah that. . ."
>The speedster is forced to adjust her position again as the woman lets out of cry of frustration and tries to slice across her throat."Just. Keep. Still."
>The woman jumps up, her hands managing to hit the roof, and pushes off from it, building up more momentum. As she speeds towards Speedrunner, she brings her legs together, becoming a "javelin" to strike her, the blades humming with an odd energy.
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>>270>With everyone out, Speedrunner returns to the centre of the store, tapping her foot and crossing her arms as she faces the woman."Ok so, we can do the easy way, or the hard way. . ."
>The woman keeps on trying to pull her legs from the ground as Speedrunner talks."The easy way is you step out of those fancy swords, tell me who gave them to you, and hand yourself in. The hard way is. . ."
>The woman manages to get one blade free, using the leverage from it to twist around and slash at Speedrunner."Yeah that's the hard way, guess you've made your decision."
>Speedrunner shifts, taking a boxer's stance.Post too long. Click here to view the full text. No.276
>>275>Speedrunner rushes forward, grabbing the falling woman and depositing her safely on the floor."So. . . I'm not an expert on disabled people, but destroying prosthetics
isn't something you should do, right?"
>Speedrunner begins pacing, a small trail of lightning following her as she does."Does this make me a bad person? Were the shop people actually the bad guys? How do I even-?"
"Shut up. . ."
>Speedrunner looks down at the woman, awkwardly trying to avoid looking at her legs."I was trying to steal from this place, you can even check the bag on my back, not like I can stop you. . ."
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>>276>Speedrunner scratches the back of her head awkwardly, her ponytail being nudged out of place by her hand."Well. . . I'm not really sure they'll accept that reason. . . sooo. . ."
>The woman looks up at Speedrunner."I'm not going to jail am I? I don't think jail would be good for people like. . ."
>She looks down at her own legs rather than finishing the sentence, earning a grimace from Speedrunner."Maaaaaybe? I hope not. . . errrr. . . oh!"
>Speedrunner looks at the room for a piece of paper and rushes over to one, grabbing it and a pen. She writes a number on it and holds it out for the woman to take.Post too long. Click here to view the full text. No.300
>>288>A few hours later.
>Lisa Dawkins slumps down on her office chair, with a new addition, or more accurately pair of additions, to her workbench as the blades rest in a vice, a collection of wires having been added to it. Running a hand through her hair, the scientist sighs, her eyes running over the blades."Completely normal, except for being exceptionally lightweight. . . no firmware except a junk file labelled '72'. . ."
>Lisa closes her eyes, spinning in her chair."But I could've sworn. . . for a second. . ."
>Lisa lets out an annoyed grunt."Guess I need to recalibrate the goggles. . ."
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