Rbz29: The Agents
General Summary
The small team of security personnel escort Quinn and Reinhard in the sterile interior of the A&E. A doctor in a lab coat pokes his head out of a door and scurries away once he realizes it is not a "real" emergency. Instead, the pair is left to their own devices as the security guards question them. One of the guards helps Quinn dress Reinhard's wounds, while the latter deflect the guards' line of questioning. After some back and forth, the two convince the guards that it was only a misunderstanding. The guards try to contact the pairs' supervisor, but fortunately it is the wee hours and no one answers. Instead, they log a complaint to the supervisor, which would prove quite alarming if read, since these alledged employees are not on their rolls!
Meanwhile, The Agents summon their response, thinking that their security net has snared its prey. Local response teams activate. Implants turn former convicts, debters, and part-time mercenaries into remote controlled pawns of the agents. They climb aboard sleek, black, four-winged scorpionflies which descend on the warehouse. Holographic emblems declare the Agents' arrival, causing workers to scatter, and security forces to pull back and make space. Figures in tactical black repel off the scorpionflies, distorted faces of their handlers projected on blank face plates. They barge into the warehouse toward the kiosk that triggered the alarm. But Saskia saw them coming and had already scrambled out another exit, snatching a respiration mask and an untended alpaca to make her escape. Benesh sees the commotion from a distance, and briefly considers his good luck. The chaos of the Agents will make it easier for him to move the workshop pallet onto the road. The Agents interrogate the clerk that Saskia had talked to, but quickly turn their attention to a strange report at the A&E. A disturbance caused by a pair of garden workers. They make their way over to interrogate the workers, but quicly realize they are not the target. Meanwhile, Saskia makes good her escape, speeding her alpaca off the shipyard. She realizes she has entered some kind of vineyard. She pushes her way through the maze of iridescent grapes and emerges into a noisy clearing filled with men and women in masquerade. She puts on a fox-like mask from a nearby table just as a waiter approaches and offers her a platter of hors d'oeuvres. And before she knows it, she is already mingling with other masked patrons.
Meanwhile, The Agents summon their response, thinking that their security net has snared its prey. Local response teams activate. Implants turn former convicts, debters, and part-time mercenaries into remote controlled pawns of the agents. They climb aboard sleek, black, four-winged scorpionflies which descend on the warehouse. Holographic emblems declare the Agents' arrival, causing workers to scatter, and security forces to pull back and make space. Figures in tactical black repel off the scorpionflies, distorted faces of their handlers projected on blank face plates. They barge into the warehouse toward the kiosk that triggered the alarm. But Saskia saw them coming and had already scrambled out another exit, snatching a respiration mask and an untended alpaca to make her escape. Benesh sees the commotion from a distance, and briefly considers his good luck. The chaos of the Agents will make it easier for him to move the workshop pallet onto the road. The Agents interrogate the clerk that Saskia had talked to, but quickly turn their attention to a strange report at the A&E. A disturbance caused by a pair of garden workers. They make their way over to interrogate the workers, but quicly realize they are not the target. Meanwhile, Saskia makes good her escape, speeding her alpaca off the shipyard. She realizes she has entered some kind of vineyard. She pushes her way through the maze of iridescent grapes and emerges into a noisy clearing filled with men and women in masquerade. She puts on a fox-like mask from a nearby table just as a waiter approaches and offers her a platter of hors d'oeuvres. And before she knows it, she is already mingling with other masked patrons.
Report Date
18 Jan 2023
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