![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingNecessary Evil, part 2.
Now with Real, True Quotes(tm)!
"Give me half an hour and I'll give you SUCH a SMACK!"
Having finished off their first mission, Our Villains are filled with revolutionary zeal, and, more importantly, left to their own devices.
A brief note on the setting: the last major non-bombed city on the planet, Star City is about 4 km offshore from the coast of New England, and is a US territory. Larger than Manhattan, if was created by the phenomenal, otherworldly Outsider in the 1970s. Despite the nigh-omnipotent Outsider being "defeated" and leaving the Earth, his creations were left behind. When the V'Sori invaded, they began by bombing the heart of every major city on the planet, EXCEPT Star City. Star City has been left largely untouched, and the aliens are noticeably more reluctant to slaughter civilians here than anywhere else on the planet. As such, the city has naturally become the heart of the Resistance movement.
It's called Star City because it's made in the shape of an eight-pointed star. Our Villains were dropped, and have now settled, in Southpoint - the city's slums. The police don't come here - it's always been The Family's territory. Since the aliens came, Southpoint has been infested with Dregs and the Quisling gang calling themselves the Southpoint Slashers.
"You're talking to a radio."
"I am not a radio. But I understand how this is sometimes complicated, and confusing."
"... please continue negotiating WITH YOUR RADIO."
Our Villains have assaulted and killed a group of Slashers out on a run collecting protection money from the locals.
This pisses off the Slashers, royally, who call in their big guns: SoCorp, the company providing police services to Star City.
Let's give the short version, because I don't feel like giving the long one:
Our Villains are contacted by someone who proclaims himself Their Friend(tm), who wants to work with them in the pursuit of mutual profit.
He offers cash deliveries, in exchange for things that Our Villains were *probably* going to do anyway.
He really wants to be their FRIEND.
He passes them useful information, like "there will be a SoCorp patrol, looking for you, on your street, in ten seconds time. I suggest you turn left NOW and move into the doorway."
"What is this guy, like, the Resistance resistance?"
Our Villains interfere in the supplying of the Quisling gang with money and drugs, killing several gangers (and several cops) in the process, and delivering the load of cargo into the hands of thier new Friend.
"So, how are we to receive payment?"
"Uh...."
"We should probably have arranged this in advance."
Our Villains are interrupted by a recorded message from Doctor Destruction: Their services are required, immediately, to attach an adapter to a long-lost power terminal belonging to a long-dead villain. Phosphorus Jack remains behind to examine the adapter while Fallout Boy and Count Dracula went looking for where to plug it in.
"I need a sunlamp!"
"Life is NOT THAT BAD!"
"Humanitarian - what's the opposite of that?"
Dracula got mangled by rabid sewer alligators. Fallout Boy made his way into the depths of the city to find theMorlocksUndergrounders, and traded a truckload of food and supplies for information on the location of Terron's Geothermal Power Unit.
Returning to the surface, FB knocked over two Goodwills, a Salvation Army, and a Food bank to collect clothing and nonperishable food for the Undergrounders. Phosphorus Jack succumbed to temptation and took Friend's money in exchange for diverting "an insignificant amount of power" to Friend's goals.
Finally, Our Villains made their way to the legendary Terminal, assaulted (and deactivated, and decapitated, and dismembered) Terron's robot guardian, and plugged in the adapter. After a brief outage and a little percussive maintenance, they plugged in the system and delivered the power Doctor Destruction demanded.
Now with Real, True Quotes(tm)!
"Give me half an hour and I'll give you SUCH a SMACK!"
Having finished off their first mission, Our Villains are filled with revolutionary zeal, and, more importantly, left to their own devices.
A brief note on the setting: the last major non-bombed city on the planet, Star City is about 4 km offshore from the coast of New England, and is a US territory. Larger than Manhattan, if was created by the phenomenal, otherworldly Outsider in the 1970s. Despite the nigh-omnipotent Outsider being "defeated" and leaving the Earth, his creations were left behind. When the V'Sori invaded, they began by bombing the heart of every major city on the planet, EXCEPT Star City. Star City has been left largely untouched, and the aliens are noticeably more reluctant to slaughter civilians here than anywhere else on the planet. As such, the city has naturally become the heart of the Resistance movement.
It's called Star City because it's made in the shape of an eight-pointed star. Our Villains were dropped, and have now settled, in Southpoint - the city's slums. The police don't come here - it's always been The Family's territory. Since the aliens came, Southpoint has been infested with Dregs and the Quisling gang calling themselves the Southpoint Slashers.
"You're talking to a radio."
"I am not a radio. But I understand how this is sometimes complicated, and confusing."
"... please continue negotiating WITH YOUR RADIO."
Our Villains have assaulted and killed a group of Slashers out on a run collecting protection money from the locals.
This pisses off the Slashers, royally, who call in their big guns: SoCorp, the company providing police services to Star City.
Let's give the short version, because I don't feel like giving the long one:
Our Villains are contacted by someone who proclaims himself Their Friend(tm), who wants to work with them in the pursuit of mutual profit.
He offers cash deliveries, in exchange for things that Our Villains were *probably* going to do anyway.
He really wants to be their FRIEND.
He passes them useful information, like "there will be a SoCorp patrol, looking for you, on your street, in ten seconds time. I suggest you turn left NOW and move into the doorway."
"What is this guy, like, the Resistance resistance?"
Our Villains interfere in the supplying of the Quisling gang with money and drugs, killing several gangers (and several cops) in the process, and delivering the load of cargo into the hands of thier new Friend.
"So, how are we to receive payment?"
"Uh...."
"We should probably have arranged this in advance."
Our Villains are interrupted by a recorded message from Doctor Destruction: Their services are required, immediately, to attach an adapter to a long-lost power terminal belonging to a long-dead villain. Phosphorus Jack remains behind to examine the adapter while Fallout Boy and Count Dracula went looking for where to plug it in.
"I need a sunlamp!"
"Life is NOT THAT BAD!"
"Humanitarian - what's the opposite of that?"
Dracula got mangled by rabid sewer alligators. Fallout Boy made his way into the depths of the city to find the
Returning to the surface, FB knocked over two Goodwills, a Salvation Army, and a Food bank to collect clothing and nonperishable food for the Undergrounders. Phosphorus Jack succumbed to temptation and took Friend's money in exchange for diverting "an insignificant amount of power" to Friend's goals.
Finally, Our Villains made their way to the legendary Terminal, assaulted (and deactivated, and decapitated, and dismembered) Terron's robot guardian, and plugged in the adapter. After a brief outage and a little percussive maintenance, they plugged in the system and delivered the power Doctor Destruction demanded.
(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-26 01:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-26 08:52 pm (UTC)I love this game. Seriously.