Chapter 7: And Plan B Is…?

[Charybdis Richelle]

Revs makes the turn left driving at posted speeds, waiting for input...

[kennethboyd69]

Tears.

pulls her agent and starts typing a message to one of her contacts

[archolewa]

{Baby Blue}

Baby Blue weakly waves her shaking hand at the medkit, like trying to brush away a fly and mumbles "Heart's fine, box a' slag."

[shaidar]

{Revs}

Revs looks at Headstone "Boss, if you break the chair you pay for it. I need to know where we are going. If we are going to Cid's I need to know know so we can beat Ace there."

Revs doesn't wait for answer and starts to work out the quickest route to Cid's place, and will start to head there while he is waiting for an answer.

OOC: If we decide not to go to Cid's then its easy enough to change direction and go home, but I'm going to assume we are going there so we don't waste any time.

[Charybdis Richelle]

{Baby Blue}

Baby Blue weakly waves her shaking hand at the medkit, like trying to brush away a fly and mumbles "Heart's fine, box a' slag."

{GM}

“I did not recognize that input,” the medkit says. “Please answer the following questions: 1) Is the patient experiencing any chest pain or pressure? If so, please describe the pain. 2) Is the patient experiencing nausea or vomiting? 3) Is the patient experiencing lightheadedness or dizziness? If the answer to any of these questions is ‘yes,’ please tell how long these systems have persisted.”

{Revs}

Revs looks at Headstone "Boss, if you break the chair you pay for it. I need to know where we are going. If we are going to Cid's I need to know know so we can beat Ace there."

Revs doesn't wait for answer and starts to work out the quickest route to Cid's place, and will start to head there while he is waiting for an answer.

{GM}

As Revs approaches the corner to make the turn to take the most efficient route to Cid’s apartment, he spots Skye, standing on the sidewalk outside a Metro station. Anyone else looking out the passenger side window sees her as well.

[archolewa]

“I did not recognize that input,” the medkit says. “Please answer the following questions: 1) Is the patient experiencing any chest pain or pressure? If so, please describe the pain. 2) Is the patient experiencing nausea or vomiting? 3) Is the patient experiencing lightheadedness or dizziness? If the answer to any of these questions is ‘yes,’ please tell how long these systems have persisted.”

"No, no, and no," mumbles Baby Blue, before hissing at a bump and weakly trying to roll onto her side. "Now slot off."

[shaidar]

{Revs}

Revs glances at Baby Blue "What the frag is wrong with her?"

Seeing Skye he pulls over and shouts at her "In or out, 10 seconds, we're on the job here!"

[Juramenta]

{Headstone}

Headstone gives Revs the location to El Cid's home.
He returns to his original seat in the back, taking back the medkit as he passes by.
It seems he isn’t deterred by what happened.
’’Drek happens. We do not have the time to go over everything that happened; it is best to focus on the next step.

We’ll have another shot at El Cid’s house, but I will send him a message that we can only do this if he gets Ace out of the car. We do not have the correct gear to deal with a mini tank disguised as a car.
I can come up with a plan, but how is morale? I won't fault anyone not stepping inside the bus or choosing to step out right here.
My plans are only as strong as its weakest link, so I would rather do this with fewer people who are fully on board than with more who question every step.
So who is with me?’’ Headstone says loud enough that even those standing outside the bus can clearly hear it.

[shaidar]

{Revs}

"I can take a few shortcuts and get us there in maybe 8 minutes. If I take a few risks with my speed I can probably shave a couple of minutes off that.That's how long we have to decide."

[archolewa]

{Baby Blue}

Baby Blue watches Headstone warily as he speaks. She relaxes a fraction as he finishes. She holds up a shaking hand. "I'm with you. While you grab Ace, I'll puke out the window so I don't puke on the plane."

Baby Blue tries to heave herself into a sitting position. She puts her head in her hands and takes a few deep breaths. Her expression smooths out, returning to her normal calm countenance, though her face is still pale, drawn and sweaty. When she speaks, her voice is more normal as well, though there's still a quiver to it. "Just give me a minute to think. Gotta run what just happened through my head..."

Baby Blue's face goes even paler, her eyes got distant, and her breath quickens. She sways, like she's going to fall over again. After a few seconds, with visible effort, her vision sharpens again. "'The fraggers are after me! They're just trying to distract you!' Cid said that. What if we threaten Cid. Maybe Ace'll get out to help his buddy. Maybe Headstone, Biter and Tears jump Cid. Pacman 'sneaks up' on Cid with his gun drawn, like he's gonna put a bullet in the troll from close range. Can't have Headstone do it, too fast. Ace might hesitate. But if he sees someone slow, he'll almost certainly jump out, and try to get there before Pacman can get his shot off. Pacman's gotta keep Cid and the others between him and the van, so Ace can't just shoot him. 'Course Pacman'd probably get the snot beat out of him."

[Charybdis Richelle]

“I did not recognize that input,” the medkit says. “Please answer the following questions: 1) Is the patient experiencing any chest pain or pressure? If so, please describe the pain. 2) Is the patient experiencing nausea or vomiting? 3) Is the patient experiencing lightheadedness or dizziness? If the answer to any of these questions is ‘yes,’ please tell how long these systems have persisted.”

"No, no, and no," mumbles Baby Blue, before hissing at a bump and weakly trying to roll onto her side. "Now slot off."

{GM}

“Patient also exhibits extremely high levels of endorphins,” the medkit says. “Voice print contains evidence of tension also indicating the likelihood of pain. Likely conditions include heart attack, pain attack, and injury. Visual examination is required. Operator may conduct a physical exam or use the camera wand to provide further input. If no injuries are visible, take patient to the nearest emergency room to rule out heart attack or internal injuries.”

[Charybdis Richelle]

{Headstone}

Headstone gives Revs the location to El Cid's home.

He returns to his original seat in the back, taking back the medkit as he passes by.

{GM}

As Headstone takes Revs’s warning to heart and switches to one of the reinforced bench seats, he finds himself mentally cursing car manufacturers. They know a large percentage of the population are larger metahumans, but do they build cars to account for that? No. They keep building for humans and charging extra for basic seating for larger metatypes. Heck, he wouldn’t be surprised to learn the auto industry had lessened the structural integrity of normal seating, so that people feel compelled to spend extra on reinforced seating. Even overweight elves and humans might worry about needing to do so.

The medkit continues to give its analysis as Headstone moves it.

[Juramenta]

{Headstone}

He turns the medkit off and stores it away.
For Headstone it is motivating to hear BB and Revs are still on board. He waits on the remaining four to make their decision, before he can respond to BB's suggestion.

[CoyotesLuck]

Once out of iggies or on next iggie -

{Pacman}
"shit shit shit shit shit shit"
while trying to remove/open BBs armor and shift her to check for where the blood is coming from.

[archolewa]

{Baby Blue}

Baby Blue frowns at Pacman, and tries to wiggle away from the guy. "Sorry Pacman. You're not my type."

[Ozgood13]

{Bone Biter}

Bone tells Rev," I say we beat them to El Cid's place. Set up the ambush there."

Then turns to Headstone, "You have a better idea?

[Gremlin]

{Skye}

Skye is starting to type out a reply to a message she just received on her pocket secretary when she sees a strange van pull up on the road next to the metro station. She sees Revs is driving so she shrugs and gets in, taking a seat in the back next to Tears.

After looking to see who's in the van she asks, "Where's Ace?"

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OOC: Going by the map, it looks like Tears is the only one is the back seat while the other rows have two people each. Also I don't know what's happening to Baby Blue, but unless I missed something she's not bleeding all over the place.

[kennethboyd69]

Tears

Shrugs "Oh I say taking a nice long drive with Cid since both of em are safe n sound, with only us looking like we fell out of the wagon. But how was Metro Station? Anything interesting?"

[CoyotesLuck]

{Pacman}
"I'm not being fresh. You are hurt, I see blood, and this kit doesn't know shit." Pacman gestures towards where he saw blood and his tone shifts to the deliberate calm used by trained first responders. "Please let me check how badly you are injured"

[shaidar]

{Revs}

As soon as Skye is in the van Revs heads to El-Cids.

"Unless I'm told otherwise I'm not not to chance speeding. With the bad luck we've had so far I don't want to get pulled over by the Star. That means 8 minutes to work out a plan."