Oken 2016/02/13(Sat)07:08 No. 701507 ID: fe06ff
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I try to grab the portal matrix . . .
but Mint is too fast and my body in to much pain

Oken: "Obilisc help me!"

Obilisc: "Wip-Dwoot-T'wip-tute-Dwoot-Duwoot"

-Mindless-
>realm<
-Justice-
>sleep<

Oken 2016/02/13(Sat)07:10 No. 701508 ID: fe06ff
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Mint's bladed hand swing towards me
I prepare a head butt counter attack

Oken 2016/02/13(Sat)07:13 No. 701509 ID: fe06ff
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before I can strike
Mint cringes in pain and then collapses, paralyzed from a stun shot.

>>701509
"... Huh. I was kind of expecting you to shoot her but I thought it'd come AFTER I'd been killed."

Yeah, I wondered why he didn't do that earlier.

Okay, take a few minutes to discuss the alliance's current agenda, then negotiate for the Obilisc.

Maybe you need to touch the Obilisc? Or, knowing you guys, maybe bleed on it?

Um, thank you, but why?

If Target allows you, you should probably disarm Mint before she recovers.

>>701507
No change, it repeated itself exactly. I guess it will remain in a loop until the right stimulus occurs.

My best guess is Mint was trying to get a response from it by attacking you, and Target didn't want that. He did that to keep the obelisk inert, not to help you.

(Which means one option for trying to get the obelisk to take some action might be deliberately harming yourself. Not sure we'd be able to right now, Target would probably stun you if he saw you trying).

>>701509
oh my god, target, THANK YOU for wiping that smug smirk off of her.
And saving my life, but really, the smug smirk was more important.

Do you have anything useful in your pockets?

Oken 2016/02/21(Sun)07:07 No. 704150 ID: fe06ff
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Oken: "Um, thank you, but why?"

Target: "I had a choice to make, we always do."

Oken: "that's . . . not really an answer."

Target: "It's all your getting."

>Do you have anything useful in your pockets?
I have a [space compass] and a [battery]

frisk mint, so if she comes to she will be unarmed.

So now what; is she under arrest? ...Am I?

Also rifle through Mint's pockets. See what she has. Take her boots and jacket or something.

Relieve Mint of her weapon, if Target allows it. He already took the portal matrix.

I don't suppose the compass is giving off any interesting readings around the Obilisc.

Step on Mints neck and stand there until long after she stops breathing.

>>704150
You know, could you call off the order to kill my friends if you save my life please? Or did you fake that?

Can we just go home now? I don't know why Mint complicated that for us, even with her mysterious goals. There's no way they were incompatible. My goal still didn't change when she betrayed us, I had a duty to get my team home, that was the priority. She was even fine with you killing her after she got whatever THIS whole thing is done, so it wasn't her trying to save her neck. She's done a lot that doesn't make sense.

I don't want the full picture, it's not my responsibility to know and report it, since you already do. I just want to go home. If you're still going ahead with her plan, go ahead, I don't know what it even is. I'm not going to stop you. Just please don't kill a bunch of people to do it, and that's jsut me politely asking. My priority, as it's always been, has been the safety of my team. I'm not going to compromise that under any circumstances. I can't save Mint, though. Not anymore. You can't save a person from themselves. And she left the team when she tried to kill it.

Can I just say again that she basically tried to kill us all for no REAL reason at all? It's fucking bonkers, Target. I don't mean what she did just now to get me to break the Chrono caller, I know that was manipulation. I was talking about trying to prevent me from coming aboard the ship with that INSANE shootemup dodge game.

Oken 2016/02/21(Sun)17:24 No. 704311 ID: fe06ff
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>>704155
She has an uplink hand-computer, and several-CarvDiscs some of which she was using as makeshift weapons.

>>704165
I'm not taking her jacket, it's just a standard dress coat.
her Gravboots are a newer model then mine, but I'm not really interested, I know mine better.


>>704173
I want to crush her, I feel it in my veins, like a pulse that beats with my heart, I want to see the traitor die . . .

Target's words echo in my head.

I Look to Target, and he stares back for a moment, he says nothing then throws me my RayGun.

>>704311

Letting her go in the past has always proven to be a mistake.

Execute her.

Be better than her. Spare her life.

...that, and I suspect the Obilisc will react to a killing. Mint was willing to attack you to set it off, but Target would seem to prefer you did. I'm not sure we have any reason to trust him, either.

Make as is you're psyching yourself up to kill her, then stun him at the last moment.

Then see about restraining the both of them.

She's insane, so use her as a hostage. Start by crippling her so that she can't fight back. Kill if necessary.

Kill the shitty fat cat.

You're going to regret her survival.

You're going to regret letting her go.

If she gets up right now, she's going to flay you.

I suggest you end her, the consequences of her death, who she's working for, and what her long term scheme was can be figured out later.

You've been out of the frying pan and in the oven for a while now, might as well light a match.

>>704315
>>704316

She's not useful as a hostage, she's a gigantic liability at this point. There's no point to sparing her.

"Hey if I shoot her is that going to make the obelisk do things? Like, I really want to shoot her but I'm not a complete idiot here"

>>704348

Or, are we going to get labeled as a traitor for killing off the captain for him? It seems like the kind of dick move the higher ups of any military would pull.

Just tie her up and threaten her if she still refuses to explain herself. Shoot her in the leg or something.

>>704311
"So, Target, can you explain... Well, any of this? I've been incommunicado for awhile, but even if I wasn't I'm pretty sure I'd have no idea why this is happening."

Kill her. She's exploited every previous second chance and bit of trust extended to her.

>>704311
If you're going to kill her, don't do it out of malice. Don't take pleasure in it.
Calm your head, purge your thought of those emotions, and make it like any other duty you've done.

Remember the good times only as you kill her. Make it so you don't WANT to kill her when you do. Then kill her.

She's caused you nothing but pain. Kill her and enjoy every second of it. Traitors get what they deserve.

Mint has to die at this point, but taking pleasure in it wouldn't be right. We're doing this for Astramaar, not personal gain, okay?

>>704350
*shrug* There's a reason Agents don't reveal their true names. Their entire job is to hunt traitors to Astramaar. If he said that Mint was a traitor he'd probably get off scot-free, or 'Target' would be 'executed' and his other identity would not get punished at all.

Just fucking shoot her.

>>704311
Once you decide what to do with Mint. Anything important on that hand computer?

From the looks of things we have no choice at this point. Just shoot her, it's obvious whoever this is she's far from the person you knew.

Don't say anything, don't listen to anything she says, just kill her quickly.

Maybe don't kill her, you are better then that. But don't just let her off lightly. Lex Talionis, blast her legs off for Hoft.

>You're going to regret her survival.
>You're going to regret letting her go.

You are gonna regret anyway, why not?

You're not going to regret it. You're going to feel a great weight off your shoulders as a constant threat to you and your actual friends disappears.

Oken 2016/02/27(Sat)08:01 No. 705892 ID: fe06ff
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My heart pounds with exitement and desire
Oken: "ALL TRAITORS MUST DIE!!!!"

Oken 2016/02/27(Sat)08:01 No. 705893 ID: fe06ff
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*Crick*

Oken 2016/02/27(Sat)08:02 No. 705894 ID: fe06ff
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There is no guilt,
no remorse,
only a deep feeling of rightness within me.
I have done well.
even the pain of my injury feels like nothing in the face of this triumph.

The Traitor is destroyed.
Geragine Mint is dead.

That crack in the Obelisc sure is ominous...

Mint is dead, but it's unlikely she was working alone. You probably won't get any straight answers from Target, but ask him what the hell she was up to anyway.

I'm fine with not knowing what's up.
Just get me and my team medical attention and home. I don't care about anything else.

I wouldn't call it a triumph really. A old friend went a bit crazy and tried to kill you several times over while never explaining themselves. More of a tragedy really.

Specially if she was under the control of the mind leech things.

But if you had let her live she would be instantly back to trying to kill you.

Ask target what happens now.

Well, she was crazy and a threat. That's all.

I don't think she can be a traitor if she's too insane from watching her planet explode to remember that she was on your side.

Whatever, you did what you thought was best. I'll respect your decision. Grab the skull and let's move.

You have stirred the Obelisc. You have no idea what it might do. Brace yourself.

Way to be a spaz, Oken.

Be on guard you have no idea what to expect form the Obilisc or Target.

If he's still there and not hostile then ask target what's next, what to do about the Obilisc, and if your crew are alright.

Try and find your other crew members, their safety is why you did all this!

>Evil red eye
>Crack in Obelisc

Oh yeah that's a good sign alright. Nice one Oken.

>>705894

DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!

Earning Renegade points has never felt so good.

Good fucking riddance. Now let's find our buddies. Maybe the good doctor might know more about the obelisk? He's a scholarly type!

Some day, in some way, you will regret this.

>>706101
Sure, and someday we'd regret letting Mint live in some way, too.

Oken 2016/02/29(Mon)16:48 No. 706329 ID: fe06ff
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>You probably won't get any straight answers from Target, but ask him what the hell she was up to anyway.
I glance around the room for Target . . . it seems he left

>You have stirred the Obelisc. You have no idea what it might do. Brace yourself.
The Obilisc is cracked now, other than that it still doesn't seem to want to do much.

I hear the sound of a door opening followed by harsh words in voice distantly familiar
???? "SURRENDER OR DIE-"
the voice stops short

Turn and see who it is. But keep your gun at your side so they don't get a itchy trigger finger.

Whoops, looks like you just got framed for the murder that you technically did do.

Oken, how good a shot are you? Decide if you want to test your luck or put the gun down slowly

except that's probably one of your squad members. Turn around slowly.

>>706329
"I've already handled the traitor. Where are my crew mates?"

"Everything's ok. Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are The traitor is dead."

>>706329
Drop the gun and slowly turn around. No reason to get shot now.

>>706329
"The traitor lays dead, and I'm in no position to fight. If you're here to kill me, hurry up, it's been a horrible day ... Oh, and this is an Obilisc Enforcer. It doesn't say or do much, but the cracks are new."

Keep hold of your weapon but do not raise it or make any hostile movements, just turn and look at who is addressing you. Hopefully it'll be a friend or crew-mate.

Oken 2016/03/05(Sat)15:19 No. 707458 ID: fe06ff
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I turn around, but they don't even seem to notice me, they're all just standing there staring at the giant crystal floating in the center of the room.

Fuze: " . . . An Obilisc? here?"

I recognize Combat-Master Pary-Zegh, she was chief of security aboard the Ecliptor Last I was aboard.

Oh now you guys are here. A minute earlier and this would have been way different. Did you find Fuze 5 seconds after I got kidnapped by the creepy spec ops person or what?

Bet its to late to jam the damn thing back in your earring.

Fuze, your ok! Do you know what is going on around here? This traitor *kick Mint bone* was acting like she owned the place.

Acknowledge your superior then ask Fuze what he knows about the Obilisc. If you feel like you're in good enough company to do so then explain what happened to summon it. Also find some time to ask if he and Hoft are alright.

explain all the who said what truthfully.

>Fuze: " . . . An Obilisc? here?"

Yeah I was kind of hoping you'd be able to elucidate. Some chucklefuck called Target is in league with Mint. They have a plan. Fuck knows what it is. Mint fell victim to her own hubris. Target has wandered off somewhere. If we're gonna get any answers it's probably from him.

You've been through a lot, express relief to see Fuze okay and concern over Hoft.

>>707517
Yes.
Tell them you would explain what happened, but you don't really understand it yourself.

Oken 2016/03/08(Tue)16:28 No. 707830 ID: fe06ff
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Fuze: "I wonder why it's here?"
Pary-Zegh: "I'm not sure, but clearly it's the reason the traitors retreated."

Oken: "I summoned it here."

they are startled by my words and take note of me for the first time

Fuze: "Oken! you're alive!"
Pary-Zeigh: "And you've killed a traitor, excellent work trooper!"

The sense of awe broken the Combat-Master and her triplet bodyguards scan the room.
I try to tell them what happened but other than Fuze they don't seem to be listening
"room clear" one of the Pelt triplets states

Pary-Zeigh: "Let's keep moving there may yet be enemies lurking aboard."

Fuze: "I'll need to take Oken to Med bay, she's likely suffering from Binder's Lash, on top of her crash wounds."

Binder's Lash, I've heard of it. When and Astranian kills another for the first time it can cause short term lunacy and severe heart pains, I don't know much else about it, but apparently it has to do with conflicting ritual oaths.

I feel fine though, good actually, just a warm heat soothing my chest

say that you don't think leaving the room right now is a good idea. what with the Obilisc and all.

>>707830
What about your injuries, Fuze? You should have a concussion.

When you came to, did they brief you on everything Mint did? She was really confusing, I don't even know how she came to power here, or how everyone knew she was a traitor.

Take a nap, you might be too drugged on euphoria to feel pain. Plus, you'll want a full body scan to make sure Mint wasn't diseased.

oh fuck, idea. what if the Obilisc just rewrote history? as in. everyone was sure zane was on their side and shit. but now, suddenly, everyone knows zane was a traitor. everything warped so you are the hero.

>>707886
It also might be the source of that righteous anger that enabled Oken do what needed to be done. It might fade, so prepare for that.

>>707830
Put your weapon away.
"I feel fine, but I should probably be checked.
I don't think I should leave, though. I summoned this, and I don't know what will happen if I leave."

Put you weapon away, tell them about target, and ask if the Obilisc will be alright without you here since this is all fairly new to you.

If given the go ahead then leave for the Med bay with Fuze and ask him about the Obilisc, himself, Hoft, and Mint along the way.

Oken 2016/03/09(Wed)18:58 No. 708038 ID: fe06ff
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Oken: "I feel fine, actually"

Fuze pauses for a moment, seemingly confused, but simply states
Fuze: "well we should get you checked out anyways."

Oken: "Is it, alright to leave the Obilisc here?"

Fuze: "I'm afraid I don't know much about them. your guess is as good as mine"

Oken: "The Commander would know . . ."

Fuze: "He probably does, the enforcers were much more active in his day."

I simply nod and and we head for med bay.

* * *

Oken: "Is Hoft alright?"

Fuze: "He's in good hands, Master Yeli is tending to him personally! she'll sort you out too I'll bet."

Ray-Tech Leech-Master Balthene Yeli, she's served Commander Flek for twice as long as I've been alive . . . I've never met her though, she's assigned as Chief Medical Officer but this is the first time I've heard of her actually assisting in ship activity, Medbay must be really short handed.

>>708038
Fuze, come on, what happened?
Get a situation report, what the HELL was all this even about?

Oken 2016/03/13(Sun)07:08 No. 708822 ID: fe06ff
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Oken: "Tell me what happened Fuze"

Fuze's face goes sullen and he responds in a clinical manner.

Fuze: "Traitors had gotten aboard the ship, they revealed themselves when a champion of theirs, an assassin named Aimlock slaughtered the entire bridge crew."

Oken: "The entire bridge crew?"

Fuze: " . . . I've been told Commander Flek was not aboard."

Mint was giving orders to an Aimlock. Is this Aimlock still at large? Mint was also working with an agent Target, though Target turned against her at the last minute. I don't know if he is on anyone's side, because unless he wanted the Obilisc summoned for some reason he could have ended this one way or another much earlier.

ask if he has any ideas as to their goals. mint seemed to think she could use the Obilisc to further her goal.

That's not consistant with what Target said at all. He said that Flek was investigating how it was possible for us to even make it through the laser test, which revealed me as an inheritor of the Oblisc summony thing because apparently that makes the insanely improbable happen.

Oken 2016/03/15(Tue)18:33 No. 709609 ID: fe06ff
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Oken: "Do you know what they were after?"

Fuze: "I was hoping you'd be able to provide the answer to that."

we toy with a few theories but neither of us have much in the way of answers.

Oken: "Flek would know . . . "

Fuze takes this for a cue to say something he's clearly been meaning to say for a while.
Fuze: "So I take then you'd be all for helping us going back to Jucha to find him?

Oken: "Anything for the Commander!"

Fuze: "I got Pary-Zegh to make finding you a top priority, It's seems Ecliptor-Alta desperately needs a new pilot".

Oken: "You don't mean . . ."

Fuze: "can you pilot a capital ship ? I might have promised some people you could . . ."
I can see clear worry on Fuze's face.

I give him a confident smile
Oken: "I can Pilot any ship!"

THE END

A may ad a couple epilogue updates later

>>709609

HOORAY! Good end!

Acest pilot.

Acest pilot indeed!

Holy shit it ended. Wow, I've following this since it begun. Great job man, I look forward to the epilogue!

>>709672
What makes you think its over!?

Suggestion 2016/03/17(Thu)13:30 No. 709934 ID: 2d538d
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>>709730
idk man call it a hunch

Epilogue: Mint was right; Oken's piloting skills were all luck based. The battleship is run directly into the nearest moon.

LW 2016/03/19(Sat)10:16 No. 710304 ID: fe06ff
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On a distant moon orbiting a cold world, shadowy agents return home

LW 2016/03/19(Sat)10:17 No. 710305 ID: fe06ff
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Target: "I have returned my liege, your third relic is in my hand"

Zeos: "I can see that you arrogant fool, the portal matrices are not toys!"

Target: "I assumed time was crucial, Have I displeased you holy king Zeos?"

Zeos: "do not call me that, I'll not have you parrot the words of those idiots"

Target: "forgive me Councilar, I meant no disrespect."

Zeos: "Where is Geragine."

Target: "Do you not already know wise one?"

Zeos: "give voice to your failures Target."

Target: *sigh* "very well my lord; She is dead, she had been too long from your side, the bloodlust had reclaimed her."

Zeos: "She was integral to my plans."

Target: "We'll have to make do without."

Zeos: "All alternative are less . . . loyal."

Target: "She'd also earned the malice of the Verox some how, the attention of them pursuing her would have done us no favors."

Zeos: "An irritant at best, Where is Aimlock?"

Target: "We were separated, a meddlesome doctor ratted the commander's hounds on us."

Zeos: "You left her there? I am beginning to question your competence."

Target: "She is a master of stealth, she well meet back at the planned extraction point."

Zeos: "She'll be dead, they will find her. She will be dead by your failures."

Target: "Aimlock is the best of us she'll-"

Zeos: "SHE'LL BE DEAD!"

Target: " . . . Then we'll make do without her as well."

Zeos: " you will acknowledge the ruin you've brought to your allies. Perhaps your death will remove the greatest threat to the lives of my remaining operatives."

LW 2016/03/19(Sat)10:18 No. 710306 ID: fe06ff
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The agent remains silent for a moment

Target: " . . . I accept your eternal judgement."

Zeos: "Good, but I think not yet. Tell me of Oken's Daughter."

Target: "You were correct she truly is an ace pilot, the most talented I've ever seen, not even Flek's mightiest weapons were a match for her skill."

The tyrant gives a cold smile

Zeos: "Perfect."

Okay now it's really the end now, hope everyone enjoyed the quest! Ace Pilot Oken will return in: THE FALL OF ASTRAMAR

>>710306
meaning oken actually did dodge the lasers, not using a time god to cheat the odds.

Target is such a Starscream

Illuminastranians confirmed!

So Target was either lying either to Mint or to this guy about Oken. I am starting to wonder of he has a bit of the old Compulsive Backstabbing Disorder.