Melissa snickered. "Well, you seem to have something of a playful side," she said, examining the overbearing hunk of skulls and steel. "Not something you'd expect out of a warbot. Glad to have you on my side."

She made her way towards the van, and pulled out her cellphone. It had the form factor of a small brick, with a cracked screen, and various attachments soldered outside the case. She pushed a few buttons, [url=http://orokos.com/roll/211743]and started a query-daemon, looking for any information at all on the roller rink.[/url] Not that she expected much to come out of it, but she didn't want to arrive there totally blind. She put the phone back in her pocket, it could be a bit before she got anything out of it.

She got in the van, taking the shotgun seat, right next to Ash. "So, tell me more about these 'cooties' you're so scared of," she said.