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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 20, 2017, 07:50:36 PM »

"Issues can be solved through conversation such as this one," Zhang belts off swiftly. She feels a tension underneath her skin as her augments activate. Pheromones drift from her skin and into the air. "Unless you want more dead men, I can defuse the situation."

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 20, 2017, 06:33:12 PM »

Zhang looks over at Xang, clearing her throat. "You are aware that some issues can be solved through conversation, yes? I'd like to believe that I'm something of a... deal-maker. Believe me that most customers would rather not be afraid of having their legs br-"
Her pitch is abruptly cut off by the sound of violence coming from inside the house.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 20, 2017, 08:39:52 AM »

"You don't sound so sure of yourself, miss," Xang says.

"I just had a... rough time with what happened in there, is all," Zhang replies. She vaguely gestures to the house before softly sighing.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 19, 2017, 06:09:09 PM »

Zhang raises her hand nervously, stammering, "I- I'll go." She suddenly feels incredibly light-headed.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 18, 2017, 05:09:45 PM »

Forcing herself to swallow, Zhang looks around, looking both visibly confused and quite nauseous. She shakily places her handgun on the floor, looking to Elena for any explanation as she puts her hands behind her head.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 17, 2017, 11:30:57 PM »

Zhang's eyes brush across the body on the floor, mangled and disfigured by Rog's offense. A thin trickle of blood down the man's face - a stroke of crimson across the pale and filthy canvas. Eyes glazed over and staring infinitely far and yet at nothing at all. His elbow is twisted at an angle far outside of the normal range. Blood seeping into his shirt, body damaged beyond repair. The man is eerily still, unnaturally still. His face permanently stuck between terror and empty lack of recognition. He is staring at nothing.
"...it'll get better..."
A scar on the cheek. Small mole on the jaw. His teeth are crooked and yellow-ish, mouth agape. His eyes are green and they are staring at nothing. The man's hair was starting to thin, a small smattering of grey appearing on his left side. His facial hair hadn't been shaved recently, a bristly stubble across his jaw and lip. Wrinkles run deep on his face and his eyes are staring at nothing.
"...Take a breath..."
Somebody is talking to her and she does not know who because she is lost staring at the man who does not breath and who stares at nothing and why is he staring at nothing and yet so judgmentally and you should've backed out and-

For the second time that night, Zhang claps a hand over her mouth and fights the urge to vomit.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 17, 2017, 08:00:35 PM »

"Folks-"
Zhang quickly ducks into the building, nervously clicking her gun to safe.
"-heard at least one car, maybe more. Coming closer. I think we've drawn some attention we didn't want."
She rubs her eyes, trying as hard as she can to avert her gaze from the bodies littering the room.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 17, 2017, 11:51:37 AM »

Leaning against the wall, Zhang clenches her fist and quickly exhales into it. She steels herself, trying to ignore how much her ears hurt, and leans around the corner again, lining up an aimed shot on the man in the stairwell. With a white-knuckle grip, she fires a single round at him.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 16, 2017, 02:23:52 PM »

Swallowing the bile rising from her throat and sucking air through her clenched teeth, Zhang leans out from behind her cover. She takes a brief moment to line up her sights on the shotgunner, squeezing the trigger once before ducking back behind the wall.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 15, 2017, 11:15:54 PM »

Zhang nearly drops her pistol at the sound of the door being kicked in. Hissing curses through her teeth, she quickly scrambles to the heaviest cover close to her, peeking out from behind it and catching a glimpse of a bullet embedding itself into a thug. It doesn't take her long to duck back into cover with a hand clamped over her mouth, blood drained from her face.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause

« on: June 15, 2017, 10:25:24 PM »

Not too late to back out - death might not even be that painful. Could probably even convince myself it's for the best if I took long enough. Better than living with this - or bleeding to death from a hollow-point through the gut.
Zhang stares at a small crack in the opposite wall as everybody takes their positions, apparently enamored by the minor detail.
Not cut out for this. This isn't you. You're supposed to be living a cozy deal-maker's life in a nice posh apartment, maybe even scored the income for a little flat in Providence. Not this.
Her stupor is ended once Elena speaks up. Lacing her hands together, Zhang stretches her arms out and exhales.
Stupid. So stupid.
She pats herself down, making sure all of her equipment is in order, before drawing her handgun and running through the standard checks with nervous hands.

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Forum Games / Re: INHUMAN Rebooted — Beginning Today

« on: June 15, 2017, 08:29:58 PM »

Character:
Name: Zhang, Mei Jing (L, F M)
Age: 36
Physical Description: 5' 4", hair starting to gray and a pale complexion. A bit on the thin side, with stress starting to show. Clothing typically well-kept and formal, although it is starting to show some wear.

Pockets: Fancy fountain pen, with a pouch of inkwells; lined notepad for writing in.
Wallet, containing: ID, $350 ARD.
Disposable cellphone.
Weapons: Telescopic stun baton, holstered to the belt

Body Modification: A small ensemble of cerebral and dermal implants designed to make negotiations just that tiny bit smoother. A complex pattern-processing implant designed to make the minute details of conversation stand out like a clown in a battlefield and a set of pheromone emitters give her the competative edge in deal-making that she needed. Due to defects, she has difficulties glossing over minor details at times, sometimes seeing a lot more than she needs to.
Short backstory: Zhang always thought she was a bit better than average at noticing the little things that make people tick. Over time, she learned what buttons to push for which people. This skill landed her a solid job as a negotiator for a not-insignificant company - the hours were slim and the pay was good. Despite this, she wanted more, turning to black market augmentations to grant her that razor-thin edge over her peers. An untimely malfunction of the product saw her expulsed from the company, criminal charges following soon after. With her assets frozen and police at her doorstep, Zhang ran as fast as she could - right into the arms of her current situation.
Reference picture(s):

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: April 07, 2017, 07:59:55 PM »

Tippy and Jaakko approach the establishment to get a closer look

The exterior of the restaurant is rather unassuming, a sign reading "Pearl River Hot Pot House" in Kintharian resting over the door. Entering, Tippy and Jaakko are immediately greeted with warm, slightly humid air, and the smell of near-boiling broth. The room itself is significantly more decorated, oriental patterning adorning the walls where they meet the ceiling, and mahogany-colored bamboo wood covering the lower thirds of said walls. Slightly fewer than a dozen round tables are dotted around the room at regular intervals, each capable of seating up to six, with what appears to be a propane stove built into the center of each of them. At one of the occupied tables, a pot of broth sits steaming and bubbling in the center, raw ingredients such as thinly-cut meat, various leafy greens, what appears to be mushrooms, and leeks surround the pot, occasionally getting dropped in by the patrons and fished out using a ladle and into their bowls.
A diminutive (To them, anyways) Kintharian waitress greets Tippy and Jaakko shortly after they arrive, curtly asking for party size and directing them to a table.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: March 13, 2017, 09:21:11 PM »

Jaakko looks around at the city around him.

The Kintharian city your hotel is in proves to forge an impressive skyline of skyscrapers for business or pleasure. As you get closer, daylight bounces glaringly off of the windows of the monolitic skyscrapers of glass and steel. Despite this looming urban sprawl, the outer parts of the metropolitan area has much, much shorter buildings. Buildings of architectural styles ranging from semi-traditional Kintharian to suburban Mercanan-influenced line the streets. The logos of various hotels, telecommunications, technology, and other companies stand bold and proud on the various towers within the inner city.
The sidewalks are crowded with throngs of people heading this way and that, and the streets are flanked on either side by buildings that only seem to get taller the further into the city you get. Not only that, but as the airport shrinks in the distance behind you, so does the amount of Aesthian and Mercanan translations on signs and stores, as well as foreign influence in general. It never goes away entirely, but its reduction leaves a not-so-subtle reminder that you're still foreigners.
Quite a number of cars are driving themselves, the majority of them taxis, and a couple that probably belong to some big-shot executives. Every now and again you can catch sight of the highways, which occasionally cross over the streets, plus the signage that comes along with it. Most billboards are of the traditional steel and paper variety, although a few end up being similar to the holographic signs in the airport.

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: August 27, 2016, 01:09:40 AM »

Meanwhile, in the afterlife: