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POS Industries · 09-21-2006, 12:42 PM

"Well played I see. I suppose I'll have to go and see how much of what you say is lies. Cheerio."

Rei watched contentedly as Bruticus appeared to escort The Capitalist off the newly-acquired grounds of POS Industries Int'l. The would be very disappointed to find that, unlike the duplicitous Pedro O'Sullivan, Rei was a completely and utterly honest being, by nature, unless ordered otherwise by the one man with authority over her.

The threat to the company eliminated, The Capitalist's life was of no consequence, and so she made her way along with Newb, Pyros, and anyone else who I'm sure was there the whole time.

Later, within the spooky jungle of spookiness, the group of indeterminate numbers was reunited once more, only to find themselves with The and Bruticus approaching them with their own little troll army. After a quick scan off the new threat, Rei focused her attention on Bruticus as The Capitalist began to address the group, "Ah, I see the jungle doesn't welcome most of you. How very convenient. I did have some concer--"

Suddenly, the android noticed that all the noise around her had suddenly gone from crystal clarity to a dull muffle and finally silence. A quick self-diagnostic showed nothing wrong with her auditory sensors. Luckily, she was able to lip-read and managed to keep up with The Capitalist's exposition, and realized what the problem was.

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Meanwhile, back at POS Industries Headquarters, a young intern named Jimmy was sitting all alone in the company's Research and Development department, "minding the store", as it were, while the whole rest of the department took off for one of their union-required Kickass Scientist Parties. Jimmy never got invited to these events because he was merely an unpaid college intern, and so every day around this time he'd just sit in the abandoned lab and drink his coffee. Beginning to drift into a daydream about what it would be like if he got to go to the party, he started to take a sip of coffee just as a somewhat panicked voice came booming from seemingly everywhere at once.

"HEYMYANDROIDBODYHASGONEDEAFFROMMAGICHURRYFIXI T!!"

A spit-take of legendary calibur ensued, Jimmy looking around confusedly as he scrambled to clean off the computer in front of him.

"Wait.... huh?"

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Back down in the Earth Temple, an extremely quiet melee had begun from Rei's perspective. With her auditory sensors impeded like this, it would be somewhat difficult for her to effectively deal with attackers coming at her from any number of directions. Luckily, she was only concerned with one adversary on the field of battle on this day.

Energy began to crackle all about the girl as she raised her hand and pointed directly at her intended target. Her usual sky blue eyes glowing a bright red, Rei would have made an awesomely cool and imposing figure as she addressed The Capitalist's right-hand man...

...Or at least she would have, if she hadn't been too deaf to properly modulate the volume of her voice.

"MR. BRUTICUS, IT PAINS ME TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR CURRENT ACTIONS HAVE VIOLATED THE RULES OF THIS COMPANY AND WE AT POS INDUSTRIES FROWN UPON INSURGENCY OF ANY KIND WITHIN OUR RANKS. IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AT WORK THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED, AND IT IS FOR THAT REASON THAT WE AT POS INDUSTRIES INT'L HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TERMINATE YOU."

The very literal meaning of her statement became wholly apparent as the energy crackling about her suddenly concentrated upon the tip of her outstretched finger and fired a deadly beam of death directly toward the chest of the opposing enforcer.

09-21-2006, 12:42 PM	#40
POS Industries Argus Agony Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gotta go fishing! Posts: 10,483	"Well played I see. I suppose I'll have to go and see how much of what you say is lies. Cheerio." Rei watched contentedly as Bruticus appeared to escort The Capitalist off the newly-acquired grounds of POS Industries Int'l. The would be very disappointed to find that, unlike the duplicitous Pedro O'Sullivan, Rei was a completely and utterly honest being, by nature, unless ordered otherwise by the one man with authority over her. The threat to the company eliminated, The Capitalist's life was of no consequence, and so she made her way along with Newb, Pyros, and anyone else who I'm sure was there the whole time. Later, within the spooky jungle of spookiness, the group of indeterminate numbers was reunited once more, only to find themselves with The and Bruticus approaching them with their own little troll army. After a quick scan off the new threat, Rei focused her attention on Bruticus as The Capitalist began to address the group, "Ah, I see the jungle doesn't welcome most of you. How very convenient. I did have some concer--" Suddenly, the android noticed that all the noise around her had suddenly gone from crystal clarity to a dull muffle and finally silence. A quick self-diagnostic showed nothing wrong with her auditory sensors. Luckily, she was able to lip-read and managed to keep up with The Capitalist's exposition, and realized what the problem was. *********************** Meanwhile, back at POS Industries Headquarters, a young intern named Jimmy was sitting all alone in the company's Research and Development department, "minding the store", as it were, while the whole rest of the department took off for one of their union-required Kickass Scientist Parties. Jimmy never got invited to these events because he was merely an unpaid college intern, and so every day around this time he'd just sit in the abandoned lab and drink his coffee. Beginning to drift into a daydream about what it would be like if he got to go to the party, he started to take a sip of coffee just as a somewhat panicked voice came booming from seemingly everywhere at once. "HEYMYANDROIDBODYHASGONEDEAFFROMMAGICHURRYFIXI T!!" A spit-take of legendary calibur ensued, Jimmy looking around confusedly as he scrambled to clean off the computer in front of him. "Wait.... huh?" *********************** Back down in the Earth Temple, an extremely quiet melee had begun from Rei's perspective. With her auditory sensors impeded like this, it would be somewhat difficult for her to effectively deal with attackers coming at her from any number of directions. Luckily, she was only concerned with one adversary on the field of battle on this day. Energy began to crackle all about the girl as she raised her hand and pointed directly at her intended target. Her usual sky blue eyes glowing a bright red, Rei would have made an awesomely cool and imposing figure as she addressed The Capitalist's right-hand man... ...Or at least she would have, if she hadn't been too deaf to properly modulate the volume of her voice. "MR. BRUTICUS, IT PAINS ME TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR CURRENT ACTIONS HAVE VIOLATED THE RULES OF THIS COMPANY AND WE AT POS INDUSTRIES FROWN UPON INSURGENCY OF ANY KIND WITHIN OUR RANKS. IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AT WORK THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED, AND IT IS FOR THAT REASON THAT WE AT POS INDUSTRIES INT'L HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TERMINATE YOU." The very literal meaning of her statement became wholly apparent as the energy crackling about her suddenly concentrated upon the tip of her outstretched finger and fired a deadly beam of death directly toward the chest of the opposing enforcer. __________________ Either you're dead or my watch has stopped. Last edited by POS Industries; 09-21-2006 at 02:44 PM.