/simu/ - >Date: February 25th, 2017>Location: Sanctuary City - Downtown>Time: 9:00 AM>Smoke flares up from a series of skyscrapers - with panicked civilians running away in terror. Chunks of debris fall to the floor as the UP Building continues to burn than

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[Event] - "Course Correction" Event 02/08/22 (Tue) 21:07:46 No.173

>Date: February 25th, 2017
>Location: Sanctuary City - Downtown
>Time: 9:00 AM

>Smoke flares up from a series of skyscrapers - with panicked civilians running away in terror. Chunks of debris fall to the floor as the UP Building continues to burn thanks to a ferocious and raging fire.

"Someone call the MRD!"

"It's the Breakers again! Everybody run!"

>As panicked workers mix into the mass of evacuating civilians - the figures of armored Meta-Humans jump into a modified Hovercraft - and begin flying away.

>The Breakers - the hired gun Meta-Human mercenaries of the city, carry a set of briefcases with them. In the front seat. Fracture tries to open one of the briefcases and scowls. A bright shock surges from the numerical lock - stunning him briefly. As he yelps in pain, he then says:

"Shit! The case is fit with security measures! We're gonna have to drop it off for the client to open instead!"

>Aquarius, sitting in the passenger seat, says:

"How much time until we get to the drop off point? I'd say we've got five minutes until some vigilante goon gets the drop on us."

>CopyCat perks up, her eyes narrowing as she states:

"We better not be going into Autonaut territory. Maniacs will rip us apart with their vehicles. And Fracture?"

>Fracture looks up at CopyCat, clearly annoyed.

"What?!"

>CopyCat narrows her eyes:

"We're taking a big risk carrying this shit. Especially when we're on the MRD's radar for that Sacrament chick. That score better be seven digits or higher."

>Fracture rolls his eyes and sits back up front, looking at Capgras who handles the driving.

"We get the money and buy the manpower we need to get the hell out of this city. It was a bad idea coming here, and we've put a target on our backs like you said. So I'm gonna rectify the situation and get us the fuck outta here. Happy now?"

Event 02/08/22 (Tue) 21:28:39 No.174

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>>173
>As the Breakers keep bickering, a lone figure, cloaked, hangs on the bottom of the hovercraft - thinking to themselves.

{"Jesus they're loud. Why don't you just blurt out the location of your hideout at this point? Honestly."}

>The cloaked figure then begins to slowly crawl up the side of the hovercraft - eyeing the briefcases. After making a note of all of them, they then think to themselves:

{"Perfect. Three….Two…..One……Go!"}

>Suddenly, invisible strands connect to the suitcases, all four of them, and then yank themselves in mid-air towards empty space - causing the Breakers to turn around in confusion.

"The hell?"

"Meta-Human?! Here?!"

"How'd they even-"

"Wait…Is that?!"

>The figure then dissipates the cloaking effect of their suit, with the suitcases now in their hands.

"Yeah sorry about that. Company secrets are off limits to civilians you know."

>Arachnid then bends his knees for a moment, then launches off of the hovercraft - knocking it backwards with enough force to hover backwards a few meters. Stunned at his strength, the Breakers then regain their composure.

"Don't just sit there Capgras! Go after him!"

>Arachnid then aims his fingers, using them to project his unique brand of silk material in thin, tightly wounded and knotted strands. Now beginning to swing extra carefully, he maneuvers himself through the buildings and skyscrapers of the area - reaching the bottom of the UP building and tossing the suitcases through the open doors.

"Great job Arachnid. Almost dropped the merchandise there."

>As Arachnid webs the doors shut with a yank of his hands - he then blasts said doors with a metric ton of webbing - fastening the doors shut.

>Then as the hovercraft arrives, the Brigadiers slowly exit the vehicle - standing in the open area of the entrance to the building.

"So you're Mosaic's little protege huh? Shouldn't have come here without your boss, runt."

>Aquarius says as he jumps out of the hovercraft, now resting a few feet above the ground.

>Fracture readies his handguns - aiming them directly at Arachnid's chest, as CopyCat flips out of the hovercraft as well. Capgras stays in the hovercraft as the other three Breakers move in towards their quarry.

"Aren't you the washouts who got your asses handed to you by the new guy? Matrix, right? That was his name? Man, you guys really are past your prime."

>Assuming a defensive stance and leaning to the ground with his fingers lightly grazing the floor, Arachnid then states:

"You're welcome to try and get the briefcases back, but you'll have to go through me first. Good luck."

Event 02/08/22 (Tue) 21:41:40 No.175

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>>174
>Aquarius makes his move first and holds his hand out, generating a high pressure burst of water - enough force to cleave rock apart. As the blast of water rapidly approaches Arachnid, his heightened reflexes kick in and he quickly dodges the attack - vaulting onto a nearby lamppost.

"Nice try waterspout! But I'm used to the whole soak routine."

>Arachnid then blasts a concentrated silk sphere towards Aquarius's helmet - blinding him and causing him to stagger backwards. In that same moment, Fracture begins unloading energy blasts at Arachnid from his modified pistols.

"Yikes! Almost forgot you were there man."

>As he weaves his body in-between the plasma bolts, vaulting off of the lamppost, Arachnid then lands in front of CopyCat - catching her off guard for a moment as he trips her with a sweep kick and causes her to land onto the ground.

>Aggravated, CopyCat looks up at Arachnid, her eyes glowing - only for Arachnid to disappear, already on top of a flipped over car.

"Hey, don't look so angry there. Read your file in the MRD database. I know what your power is…."

>Jumping again to avoid more blaster fire from Fracture, Arachnid then says mid jump.

"And I know that you need to track your target to make an energy duplicate of them!"

>Irked, CopyCat tries her hardest to track Arachnid's movements, losing sight of him multiple times as he keeps flipping around at incredible speeds.

{"He's fast. Much faster than the average Meta-Human. Damn. I'm gonna have to fall back."}

>As Aquarius finally pulls the silk off of his helmet and lenses - he watches as Arachnid lands right in front of him.

"Hey. What's up?"

>Arachnid then palm strikes Aquarius in the face, sending him spiraling backwards a few dozen meters and skidding to the floor.

>Looking at Fracture and CopyCat - he then says:

"Still wanna try your luck here?"

>CopyCat then changes tactics and looks at Fracture - creating an energy duplicate of him equipped with his own set of blasters.

"Attack the bug."

>CopyCat says as the Fracture energy clone begins firing similar beams of energy at Arachnid - an overlapping volley that doubles the spread of incoming plasma blasts for the vigilante to dodge.

Event 02/08/22 (Tue) 21:51:08 No.176

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>>175
>Groaning, Arachnid then dashes out of the way of the oncoming volley of plasma blasts - skidding across the floor as he uses his fingers to guide his braking speed.

"Arachnid specifically. Not a bug. It's in the name….."

>The vigilante then leaps onto the hovercraft tapping at the glass in order to see Capgras' sheer look of terror.

"Oh right. You're the shapeshifter of the bunch. So is that your real body or is that just a preferred look? I could never tell."

>Annoyed, Capgras shouts:

"It's my real body you fucking pervert! Why wouldn't it be?!?!"

>Taken aback, Arachnid then stammers:

"I-I mean not like that. I meant more your general appearance! Not your….."

>Arachnid then catches himself staring a little bit too below the face and quickly changes his tone.

"Right, well you're still a wanted criminal and I've gotta bring you in."

>Arachnid then webs the sides of the thrusters - the exhausts where force is generated from the hovercraft.

"What are you-"

>Capgras says as Arachnid continues firing silk material from his wrist shooters - aiming towards structurally reinforced surfaces like large skyscraper walls and the ground floor below. As he does so, he finally webs up the entire surface of the hovercraft - before giving it a quick kick with both of his feet.

"Waitwaitwaitwait don't do that!!!!!"

>Capgras screams in terror as the hovercraft falls to the ground - entirely webbed up and kept in place with the connections made to the anchor points around the area.

"Sorry!"

>As Arachnid lands on the ground - he turns around and barely avoids another blast from both versions of Fracture - as they focus fire on him as he hides behind a concrete slab - the cover face plate for UP at the entrance of the building.

Event 02/08/22 (Tue) 22:06:13 No.177

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>>176
>Location: Sanctuary City - Archeon Complex
>Time: 9:05 AM

"Great. Now rearrange the power couplings in the design, and we'll be able to improve the efficiency of the force transmission units."

>Jericho says as he carefully orders around his subordinate engineers. Inside of the large engineering wing of the complex, there's a hangar bay that's several miles long and stretches outward almost without end.

>A man with a datapad walks up to Jericho, saying:

"Mister Blackstone? You're Head of Engineering for Archeon, correct?"

>Jericho nods, stating:

"Yeah. What's up?"

>The man then hands the datapad to Jericho before leaving.

"We'll need you to sign off on that, we're your suppliers for this project and we want your final confirmation regarding the rivets being ordered."

>Looking down at the datapad, Jericho sighs and looks through the contents. As he's about to sign, he gets a call on his phone.

"Hmm?"

>Looking at the caller ID, he sighs and then answers the call, saying:

"Yeah Rachel? What is it?"

["You know you should really check on the news right now Jericho. It's not great."]

>Looking around to make sure he's not overheard, he then says:

"….I'm kind of in the middle of something right now. Can't just leave."

>Annoyed, Sacrament responds on the other side of the line, stating:

["Aren't you like executive head engineer or something because you're so smart? You'll be gone for like thirty minutes! It's no big deal! Besides, it's the Breakers! They're attacking again!"]

>Eyes widening for a moment, Jericho then sighs and says:

"This isn't worth it, but fine. I'll go check it out."

>Looking around for a moment, Jericho then goes to one of his subordinates with the signed datapad, tells them that he has to leave for a few minutes - and leaves the hangar.

>As he gets outside, he looks around before he goes towards the exterior of the complex - where large amounts of vegetation cover the area.

"Here goes."

>Looking down at the watch on his left wrist, he then taps on it twice - causing a glowing blue light to pulsate from it. After a few moments, his body is covered in nanites and Matrix's suit appears in place of his normal clothing.

Event 02/08/22 (Tue) 22:14:03 No.178

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>>177
>Matrix then taps at his watch again, fumbling with its notches as he says:

"Come on…come on….Transport. I installed that wireless receiver in the hovercraft. It should be working….."

>After a minute or two of hiding in the bushes and trees, Matrix then hears the soft roar of a MRD hovercraft. Incredulously - it's remained cloaked as well to his relief.

"I left the stealth function on last time, thank God."

>After climbing in and disappearing from view himself, Matrix then calls Sacrament again, saying:

"OK Rachel, what am I in for here?"

>Matrix says as he begins manually piloting the hovercraft. A set of tranquilizer guns, custom made by him, are sitting on the side of the passenger seat as he begins flying across the city's skylines.

["Well…..Arachnid seems to be doing a good job so far. He's so cool when he flips around like that."]

>Annoyed, Matrix then says:

"So why did you need me to get out there?"

>Sacrament replies from her side of the call.

["Because Aquarius is there, and he's starting to generate a lot of water. Like a lot. PSI's off the charts from what the footage is showing too. He's slicing through cars like they're butter."]

>Immediately panicked to a degree, Matrix then takes a deep breath and calms down - working himself back to a stable composure, saying:

"OK, OK. I get it. He's gonna need cover right? Well I don't have anything that can breach high PSI water. All I made are tranqs for low level criminals in case I ever needed to fight again."

>Sacrament then laughs on the other side of the line.

"What's so funny?"

>She then explains:

["You introduced yourself to me as a flaming skeleton man and you're wondering how you're gonna deal with a bunch of water?"]

>Silent for a moment, Matrix then replies:

"…..You know, when you put it that way. Yeah you're right. That was a dumb question honestly."

>Sacrament then concludes by stating:

["And you're supposed to be the super genius now. Right Jericho?"]

Event 02/08/22 (Tue) 22:34:13 No.179

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>>178
>Location: Sanctuary City - UP Entrance
>Time: 9:15 AM

>Panting lightly, Arachnid's body begins to ache slightly as he continues struggling to avoid the massive surges of water being flushed in his direction. CopyCat, Capgras and Fracture continue to remain knocked out cold inside of the hovercraft - dozens of meters away from the central area of the fight.

>A large maelstrom of water concentrates itself around Aquarius in a vortex - powerful enough to generate a miniature rainstorm as well. As Arachnid struggles to gain his footing on multiple wet surfaces, he begins to stumble around - getting more and more frantic as he tries to evade high PSI waves of water.

{"Damn. I've gotta think of something quick! He's too close to the water, and I can't touch that vortex without being ripped apart! And there's too much water around for me to stick to anything! I'm gonna need a miracle here!"}

>Aquarius then holds up a hand, stating:

"You're finally done, rat. Now get out of my sight."

>Weakly, Arachnid slowly raises a hand again, saying:

"For the last time….Arachnid."

>Then, Arachnid's ESP activates - with the buzzing sensation in his mind. Now cognizant of the approaching hovercraft, he says:

"…..Matrix? Well shit, great timing."

>Arachnid then sees the hovercraft appearing and takes a moment to prepare himself. Jumping up into the air, right as the hovercraft reaches his view, he narrowly avoids a massive surge of high pressure water - uprooting the concrete on the ground and decimating the nearby cars in the area.

"Aaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

>Landing on the side of the hovercraft, Arachnid weakly waves at Matrix in the driver's seat, before rolling into the open door and into the back seat. Drenched in water and wet from head to toe, Arachnid slowly rises to his feet as Matrix says from the front seat.

"You alright? I saw the fight on the news and got here as soon as I could."

>Taking a breath, Arachnid nods - pointing at Aquarius and the giant water vortex from the window.

"He's getting stronger. We need to find a way to disrupt the water vortex he's created."

>Looking at his watch, Matrix then says:

"Take the wheel. I'll handle it from the back seat."

>Not wanting to argue the point given the circumstances, Damian shrugs and jumps into the front seat - as Matrix slowly moves his way back towards the back seats.

"Never flown a machine like this before! Cars yeah, but not a hovercraft!"

>Matrix waves his hand.

"You'll be fine man. It's on guided auto-assist anyways."

>Nodding, Arachnid then says:

"I've got a partner on her way. She's probably gonna try something, but we'll need to give her an opening. Anything in that watch of yours that can help?"

>Matrix looks down at the Index, glowing with a bright blue light on his wrist.

"Yeah. A pretty obvious answer here really."

Event 02/08/22 (Tue) 22:44:33 No.180

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>>179
>Matrix then presses a button on the side of the Index watch, cycling between holographic displays until he gets to a familiar candle like form.

"There you are."

>Pressing down on the side button once more, Matrix is then covered by another bright blue light - with his Zeta form reappearing. The humanoid figure with the unique fabric design pulsates with a blue flame on its skull head. Messing around with his hands for a moment, shaking them - he then says:

"Here goes nothing."

>Matrix then unleashes a massive conflagration of super hot blue flames - which blast down from the moving hovercraft - and rapidly grow in both size and intensity. Plasma begins to crackle in the air, the sheer heat of the flames causing an ionization effect nearby. As the flames begin to interact with the waters - massive surges of steam appear in the air.

"I think it's working!"

"Great! Now keep the pressure on him!"

>As Matrix continues generating massive flames, Aquarius responds by generating just as much high pressure water as before. Just as Matrix expected, a brief window of time appears where Aquarius's body is open to attack from another vector.

"So is your partner on the way yet? We're gonna need her help man!"

>Arachnid taps the side of his helmet, activating his comms unit.

"Uh hello? Earth to Apex? You there yet? I'm kind of in a bit of a situation here! Matrix is helping me, but Aquarius is outside of the UP building! He's trying to get the suitcases that his group nearly stole from UP - and I'm pretty sure they've got sensitive information in them!"

>Looking at Matrix as he continues to blast Aquarius's water vortex with a powerful surge of ionizing flames, Arachnid continues to speak:

"We've got Aquarius pinned down, but he's generating too much water to move in for the knockout! There's an opening of a few seconds, but it's not enough time for either of us to get to him from this distance! Can you help us out here now?!"

>Arachnid says as he continues to guide the hovercraft in the area, narrowly avoiding separate water bursts being sent by Aquarius towards the hovercraft.

Event 02/08/22 (Tue) 22:51:33 No.181

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>>180
>Looking at Matrix, Arachnid then says:

"If she can't get here in time, we can use plan B."

>Matrix continues focusing on the flames being generated from his hands - aimed directly at Aquarius's water vortex.

"Which is?!"

>Arachnid then looks back at the steering wheel of the hovercraft, stating:

"It's possible that we could overload the energy generator of the hovercraft - and ram the machine at him - set to immolate into flames. The energy output would be large enough to cancel out his water vortex - long enough for us to knock him out."

>Matrix doesn't look at Arachnid, but replies:

"That's 3 tons of metal, on fire and exploding with enough force to level a building! It'll kill him!"

>Arachnid then looks at Matrix, stating:

"Maybe, but it'll probably cancel out the force of his vortex. Remember how high that PSI is for his water surges? It's enough to slice through solid rock! He can withstand it!"

>Somewhat irked, Matrix then replies:

"Are you sure that the briefcases are worth that much? They're just corporate assets!"

>Arachnid then thinks to himself:

{"They're Bella's assets though. I'm not going to lose that, not when I can stop it from happening."}

>Out loud, he then says:

"It's highly classified material. From what I've seen. I overheard the Breakers talking about how they were worth hundreds of millions of dollars. So whatever they are, they're pretty damn important!"

>Relenting, Matrix sighs as he responds:

"Alright fine! We'll do plan B if your partner doesn't get here soon enough!"

Apex 02/16/22 (Wed) 22:23:55 No.183

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>>181
>A bang rings out across the area as something small breaks the sound barrier, hitting the water vortex and exploding on impact - a failed shot on initial inspection.

>As the area around the impact point settles, however, the water begins to freeze at an incredible rate, cooling faster than the water can be produced, and with enough speed to cause the ice being generated to produce steam.

>As the ice rapidly spreads, a second bang indicates another shot being fired, this one flying straight into the ice, shattering enough of a gap to head right into Aquarius, hitting him in a way to remove him from the battlefield without killing him yet.

>Not waiting for any chance to recover, a third shot is fired, breaking another gap in the ice as if to tell Arachnid and Matrix that a path has been cleared.

Event 02/18/22 (Fri) 17:26:09 No.184

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>>183
>As Aquarius spirals to the ground, tumbling and rolling onto the steps of the building, the water under his mental control begins to crash to the floor - creating a miniature flooding effect.

>From above in the hovercraft, Matrix's incandescent flames lightly illuminate the hovercraft's interior. As he turns his attention towards Arachnid, he then says:

"….I guess that was your plan A."

>Tapping the circular emblem on his chest, Matrix generates a bright blue light - which soon fades away to reveal his original suit.

"I guess so. She got here quicker than I thought. Or maybe she was always here. I'll land your craft down and round the Breakers up."

—————————————————————————-

>After a few minutes, Arachnid has gathered up all of the unconscious Breaker Meta-Humans, webbing them up and sticking them to the side of a damaged car. Afterwards he turns to Matrix, who has finished using a set of tools to repair most of the walls surrounding the UP building's entrance.

"Thanks for that. I have a feeling Blake's gonna want to thank you."

>Looking up from the improvised welding work, Matrix puts down a few of the makeshift tools he took from his hovercraft. Nodding at Arachnid, he says:

"I figured. Place must get attacked a lot - given how massive the company is."

>After a few more moments of looking around to inspect the place, Matrix then gathers up his improvised welding equipment and begins moving towards his hovercraft. Once he's put his stuff away, he then climbs into the driver's seat of the hovercraft. Arachnid, standing outside, then says:

"Hey, thanks for your help. City probably would've been underwater by now if you weren't here."

>Shrugging, Matrix replies:

"Not too sure about that. The other guys probably would've shown up eventually. I was just closer, that's all."

>Matrix then fires up the engine, watching as the thrusters of the hovercraft begin to glow with a yellow light.

Event 02/22/22 (Tue) 19:53:25 No.191

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>>184
>Date: February 26th, 2017
>Location: Sanctuary City - MRD Precinct
>Time: 11:00 AM

>A group of MRD officers walk in step with each other - moving throughout the interior of the city's main precinct. As they move, they take stock of the rebuilding efforts still occurring in the wake of the Helixers' attack. Several repairmen, contracted from private companies by the city, are continuing to install reinforced metallic plating. Large machinery roars in the distance, powering the soldering and welding tools being used.

"Sheesh, this place really got wrecked."

"Can it. We're here for a situation report. Ignore the construction and let them do their job."

>The MRD officer in the back quickly stops talking as their commanding officer continues leading the group throughout the building. They continue to pass by receptionists, office workers and other officials inside of the building.

>As they continue to move in silence, a cloaked figure quietly moves across the sides of the building. Hidden from view with a visual distortion effect, the figure then finds an opening at a specific portion of the building's exterior. Surprisingly, the figure then phases down from above - landing in a large server room.

"…….."

>Two MRD officers in armor sit at the terminals of the server room, quickly typing on keyboards as they sort through information in the MRD's database.

"…….Ack!"

>The MRD agent taps the side of his neck, sensing a small pinching sensation on it. The second MRD agent then turns around to face the former MRD agent, stating:

"You alrig-"

>The second MRD agent is also hit with the same pinching sensation. As this occurs, both MRD agents quickly begin to fall asleep - falling to the side of their chairs.

"Great. Didn't overdo it there."

>The figure then twists a dial on their belt - deactivating the cloaking field and revealing their form.

"Now to get what I came here for."

>Mosaic then moves to sit down at one of the chairs, taking out a small black and red device. Plugging it into a socket near the input terminals, he then begins typing on the keyboard, beginning to sift through information in the database using the device he installed.

"………What?"

>Blinking for a moment, Mosaic then brings up a map of Sanctuary City with a bunch of areas marked down. Narrowing his lenses on his mask, he then states:

"…..Are these laboratory sites? Why do the MRD have secret laboratory sites?"

>Blinking, Mosaic then continues to look through information, before finding other important MRD logs.

"Genetic recombination research? That's what the Helixers are doing isn't it?"

>Thinking for a moment, Mosaic remembers the conversation he eavesdropped on a week prior.

"That incident with the Gemini Twins. From what I've heard, Tension mentioned something about genetic recombination. I should probably research their boss since I finally know his name."

>Mosaic then makes a query search for Chiral.

"…….Give me something here."

>Multiple files then pop up immediately. Recognizing the significance of the data, Mosaic then quickly copies it all before removing the device from the input terminal. He then slowly places the MRD agents back in their chairs before jumping out of the server room.

Event 02/22/22 (Tue) 20:05:47 No.192

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>>191
>Carefully, Mosaic looks through the data that he's uploaded to his suit, and begins mapping out areas of the city. Looking carefully through the information, he then says to himself:

"A dozen or so of these sites. All underground, and situated below buildings owned by…."

>Mosaic starts walking slowly across the rooftop of the MRD precinct as he continues thinking:

"…..Shell companies? Who owns these?"

>Sifting through the data further, Mosaic then sighs to himself.

"Scrubbed, of course. I'll need someone who can pick up the slack and work through the details…."

>He then thinks carefully.

"What about…..oh right! Of course!"

>Mosaic then starts running at a supernatural level of speed, jumping off of the roof of the MRD building as he thinks to himself:

{"Now just to get her attention."}

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>After a few minutes, Mosaic appears on top of Hoyokazi Tower. Sitting on the edge of the tower, he points his fingers up in the air and fires off a series of customized nanites. The nanites explode in the air, generating a large black and red cloud of smoke - visible for miles.

>Lowering his hand, he then looks at his handiwork, stating:

"Well that should do it. Now to wait."

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>>192
>Mosaic's shadow thickens behind him, forming into a smoke which grows and coalesces into a humanoid figure, the same masked one as a few days before.

>Looking at Mosaic, they tilt their head to indicate they're listening to what he has to say.

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>>194
>Mosaic holds up a thumb drive with two fingers. Looking out ahead, he then says to the figure:

"Use this on an isolated computer system if you don't trust me, but this is all of the data on Chiral that I found in the MRD's databases. Names and general information of shell companies. Financial connections with the MRD and other important elements."

>Still looking out over the horizon, he then says:

"Problem is, I can't find the connections to these shell companies. Information was scrubbed, likely to protect the MRD from potential liability claims in the future. So if Hiyuki figures out who's behind these companies, they can possible figure out who's involved with Chiral - since the MRD's using their old resources as their own."

>Mosaic then waits for the figure to take the black data drive from his fingers, as he considers his next move carefully. Still not looking at the masked figure, he waits for them to respond.

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>>196
>The figure takes the thumb drive and carefully turns it over in their hand, looking over it before putting it in a pouch on their belt.

>With the thumb drive sorted, they look at Mosaic, seeing if he has anything else to add.

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>>198
>Mosaic then turns to look at the figure, stating:

"Not much else to say Kaiyo. Just hope your sister can crack the code. Chiral needs to be stopped before he destroys the city."

>Mosaic rubs the back of his gloves, continuing:

"…Because something tells me he's got a bone to pick with someone, or something here, honestly. The Breakers are just one vector he's using to get what he's after. He's probably got more proxies, and we need to find them - as soon as possible."

>Standing up, he then looks at Kaiyo one more time, before turning around; quickly jumping off of Hoyokazi Tower - then gliding through the city below with his reinforced cloak.

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>>199
>The figure shrugs, watching Mosaic fly off, leans on the wall for a moment.

>The voice of Hiyuki comes from around the corner, speaking in Japanese.

"<I assumed he would try to convince us to leave once more, I suppose there's at least some wisdom in there. . .>"

>The figure takes off her mask with another shrug and takes the drive out, throwing it around the corner to Hiyuki.

"<Of course I can 'crack the code', when have I ever failed to do that? It would be an embarrassment if I couldn't, their secrets are our secrets, after all.>"

>Hiyuki comes around the corner, watching Mosaic's path away from the tower.

"<It would be best if you took us back to the safe house, a foolish general keeps his head out in the open on the battlefield, particularly not dealing with an enemy with such a choleric temperament.>"

>With a small sigh, Kaiyo offers her hand out for Hiyuki to take, and the shadows begin to rise once more. . .