[center][img]http://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjExNi5kNjNkNDIuTWtadmNuUSwuMA,,/team-fury.regular.png[/img][/center] [center][u]Location:[/u][/center][center][b]2Fort- Waiting Room [RED building][/b][/center] [center][u]Mentions:[/u][/center][center]agentnumalol (Marston), Megsychan (El Presidente), Eventua (The Batter and Abe), DracoLunaris (Lily and Julian)[/center] [color=gold]"Normally I'd prefer 'never' then late, but beggars can't be choosers when the world ends and the dead walk."[/color] The former ruler of Pandora's eyes narrowed into hawkish slits. He raised his brow, taking in the sharply dressed mustachioed dictator as he entered his office just as everyone else began to leave. Handsome Jack had been in the man's presence for only a few moments, heard just a few handfuls of words, yet he knew almost immediately the type of man that was before him. He probably didn't use the word 'dictator', after all why would anyone want to call themselves something nasty? At the end of the day it just boiled down to different names for the same thing. CEO, chairman, chieftain, king, duke, head girl scout, president. However one argued the differences they were all just titles for people who were in charge, liked being in charge, and typically intended to stay in charge for as long as they could manage. In Jack's eyes the man before him wasn't any different. He smelled of overpriced cigars, cheap cash crops, and even cheaper tourism. Something about how he dressed and spoke brought the image of a tropical island to Jack's mind. Not the good kind, with naked women, fruity drinks, and enough sunbathing chairs to build a small city. No the bad kind of tropical island out in the middle of nowhere with 3rd degree sunburns and natives who insisted where they lived was more then a dandruff flake on someone's map. [color=gold]"If you want to help then by all means, follow the others topside and try to bring something useful back to town. You can help yourself to whatever you can find out there as long as you leave something for the town itself."[/color] Jack said in as neutral a tone as he could manage, gesturing towards the hall everyone had begun to leave down. Jack knew that the moment the El Presidente got a chance to speak it's jeopardize his otherwise unchallenged position of mayor. After all of a fat huckster could monopolize the arms trade on Pandora there was no telling what the sunglasses wearing dough boy in front of him could accomplish... As Jack waved for El Presidente to leave Quiet walked beside Marston with Cedar following behind her. The girl moved nervously, taking efforts to move in step with Quiet down to the pace of her footsteps and the rhyme her arms swung. Her attempt to copy the silent sniper didn't keep her mouth shut however as the cowboy's question registered in her ears. [color=C71585]"I'm Cedar Birch, M-Mr. Marston! North sounds like a g-good direction. I personally like south but that's only because south is more interesting to say."[/color] Quiet merely nodded her question, giving a thumbs up to the cowboy before frowning. Marston's question regarding a proper firearm led Quiet to take stock of what she had. She tapped the butt of her sheathed CQC knife with a gloved hand, shaking her head in visible frustration at how under equipped everyone appeared to be. [i][color=red]"I'm amazed that not a single person here managed to come with a gun. It's like the universe is intent on having us fight with our bare hands. Boss wouldn't have minded that too much, I can't say I feel the same way."[/color][/i] Quiet's thoughts pounded irritably in her head and she looked to Kerrigan as she walked, tracing the strange insectoid features of her 'ally's' body. [i][color=red]"Though that doesn't appear to be an issue for you. Your whole body seems like a weapon."[/color][/i] Hearing Abe's nasally, almost cold ridden voice Quiet looked down at the frog-ish creature that seemed to intentionally hang back hear her. Having to stare down at someon-er something felt oddly reassuring since she wasn't the shortest member of the group for a chance. The spike collared girl smiled at Abe and shook her head. [color=C71585]"I haven't see anything like you until just now. You do kind of remind me of a frog though. I had a pet frog once, but my pet cat Neko ended up eating him after I forgot to feed him. That's why I wasn't allowed to have more then one pet.I'm sure that won't happen to you though, chances are any cats big enough to eat us will probably eat the biggest people first. So you can me are safe."[/color] Cedar grinned and nodded her head in a self-assuring manner at her own flawed logic, before frowning as she realized she'd gotten off topic. [color=C71585]"I'll let you know if I see any though. As for food, uh, I think someone was giving out fish near the bridge."[/color] Cedar's thoughts regarding the Arowana being handed out were halted as Lily's question hit her like a bag full of bricks. In an instant her smile faded and a wincing, painful recollection flashed across her face. The brief, blinding, searing moment of hear death in Racoon City hung in the back of her mind like a shirt she couldn't throw out yet always had smack dab in the middle of her closet. [color=C71585]"Um, uh..."[/color] Cedar hesitated but slowly rose her hand. [color=C71585]"I died once. At least I think I did. There was a big flash, a loud noise, lots of heat, and then everything went dark. The fact everyone was turning into zombies and dying probably meant we got bombed."[/color] The teen tried to speak clearly and simply, but her voice had a not so subtle shake to it as she recalled what she had gone through and the things she had seem crawling and shambling through the streets of Raccoon city. [color=C71585]"L-last year I can remember was 1998, can't remember the month though. I wasn't very good at keeping track of dates."[/color] Quiet's irritable expression softened and she quickly glanced between Cedar and Lily, as if searching for some expression that would prove they were lying. 1998 and 2036 were both dates some ways into the future from the 1980's. Had she not been walking beside a cowboy, a talking robot, and something that looked like an alien Quiet may have been able to hold her skepticism. Unable to spell it out Quiet simply held up her hands and flashed the numbers [i][b]1-9-8-4[/b][/i] when Lily was looking her way. Quiet then pointed to Marston as if asking [i]"When are you from?"[/i] [hr][hr][hr] [center][img]https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/d/d3/CTF_BLU_respawn_2.png?t=20110421165408[/img][/center] Not to far from Handsome Jack's 'office' was a metal shutter located near the end of the stairwell leading down into the underground offices. As the rustic cowboy, automated death machine, and it's[color=red][s][b]MEATBAG[/b][/s][/color] [color=778899]rightful[/color] engineer overseer approached the shutter opened. Sliding up into the wall through either a weight device in the floor or a hidden motion detector. Stepping inside the trio would be greeted with a white tiled room with very little if any furnishings. There was a cabinet, a bench, a towel rack, and a small row of cubicles resting up against the wall. A light layer of dust and other unpleasant particles lined many traces of the room. The rest of 2Fort seemed fine [i](if out of date by some people's standards)[/i], but the waiting room had an unwarranted feeling of disuse that hung in the air like a lead blanket. Yet things had seemed to come with the dust itself. Tucked away in orders, left out on the floor, or even stuck up into the piping in the ceiling were strange items. The dust seemed to have been disturbed by a president-like man who searched the room moments ago, but plenty seems untouched... [hr] [color=yellow][h3][center][b]El Presidente's Item Results[/b][/center][/h3][/color] [hider=Tider Turner] [img]https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/thumb/6/66/Tide_Turner.png/250px-Tide_Turner.png?t=20140620102511[/img] [/hider] [u][b]Tide Turner[/b][/u]: The steering wheel of an old maritime vessel that's seen better days. Lashed onto the arm it's intended use is as a shield. While crude and seemingly ineffectual, the Tide Turner imbues the wearer with a strange sense of eagerness to rush into battle. When worn the wearer can use the [i][b]Charge [/b][/i]maneuver, granting a temporary but instant boost of speed, a boost to melee damage while moving that scales with distance to target, and the ability to shield bash even if untrained. Even when unarmed charging into normal sized enemies will knock them back and stagger larger enemies. With a melee weapon in hand, even a simple one, charging can easily gore and gib otherwise formidable foes. The Charge maneuver can only be used periodically as it takes time to build up the charge to do it again. [i][Semi-Protective Shield. Allows the wearer to perform charges. Charging can knock back enemies and will increase melee damage. Long cool down between uses, limited charging. Not a very good shield given it's a bloody steering wheel.][/i] [hider=EXALT Flag] [img]https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/xcom/images/3/36/XCOM_EW_EXALT_HiddenEnemy.png/revision/latest?cb=20131009162555[/img] [/hider] [u][b]EXALT Flag[/b][/u]: Made of tattered red clothe and gold embroidering this flag has an unsettling air to it. It bears a strange, threatening symbol and the word EXALT is stitched intently below it. Whatever this flag belonged to it certainly wasn't a nation. Yet it seems like it could easily be raised like a proper flag... [i][Misc item. Raising this flag above an areas will cause-[color=red][b]???[/b][/color][/i] [hider=Sap Plant] [img]https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterhunter/images/b/b0/ItemIcon052.png/revision/latest?cb=20100611140023[/img] [/hider] [u][b]Sap Plant (Monster Hunter)[/b][/u]: A small white furn with wide leaves and a fat stalk. It's difficult to hold without getting your hands messy and even harder to keep in your pocket. The plant oozes with a thick adhesive sap. Eating it would be like eating a tube of glue, but if used properly once could stick anything they wanted together. [i][Crafting item. Non-edible. A simple medium strength adhesive.] [/i] [hr] [h3][center][color=red][b]MARSTON'S ITEM RESULTS[/b][/color][/center][/h3] [hider=Styptic] [img]https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/metalgear/images/5/5f/Styptic.gif/revision/latest?cb=20110828141838[/img] [/hider] [b][u]Styptic[/u][/b] A medical agent in patch form used to stem the bleeding from cuts and lacerations. Apply it directly to a cut and the blood vessels of the affected area will immediately begin to contract, slowing or outright stopping the flow of blood from the wound. [i][Single use consumable. Cures [color=red]Bleed[/color] -Minor-] [/i] [hider=Gift Box of Caramels] [img]https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/bioshock/images/6/68/BSI_Caramel_Model.png/revision/latest?cb=20160123185044 [/img] [/hider] [u][b]Gift Box:[/b][/u] A colorful box of fine sweets obviously intended as a gift for someone's sweetheart. Inside the cardboard packaging are a handful of high quality caramels wrapped in browned wax paper. While they might melt in your pockets if you're not careful, you don't have to worry about them spoiling anytime soon and all the sugar in them makes for a great pick me up. [i][Single use food item. Limited [color=green]Hunger[/color] satisfaction, high [color=yellow]Stamina[/color] recovery] [/i] [hider=Shotgun Ammo] [img]http://pre07.deviantart.net/737c/th/pre/f/2010/155/0/f/borderlands___ammo___shotgun_by_100seedlesspenguins.jpg[/img] [/hider] [b][u]Shotgun Ammo x6:[/u][/b] A half empty carton of shotgun shells in a slick, high tech looking box. The box opens up like a carton of matches with the shells carefully laid upright inside. There's only six standard shells inside but they're in good condition and looks like they'll work with any equally working shotgun. [i][Lethal Shot Ammunition. Usable in any Shotgun-type weapon][/i] [hr][center][color=778899][h3][b][color=red][s]INFERIOR ORGANIC[/s][/color]LILY AND JULIAN'S ITEM RESULTS [/b][/h3][/color][/center] [hider=Red Plate] [img]https://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/fallout.gamepedia.com/thumb/4/45/Red_Plate.png/320px-Red_Plate.png?version=ea2f586c70e999c26860b7880d10c8eb[/img] [/hider] [u][b]Red plate [Fallout New Vegas][/b][/u]: A red ceramic plate that looks exactly like something out of the 1950s. It's chipped and worn, almost like it survived a nuclear apocalypse or something. Doesn't seem like it has much use outside of eating off of. However the ceramic material is pretty sturdy and highly heat resistant. Cutting down the plate to use as a ceramic insert for a bullet proof vest wouldn't be hard and neither would breaking it into smaller insulators for something. Throwing it at someone's face or playing frisbee is also an equally appealing idea, for whatever reason. [i][Misc crafting item. Heat resistant properties. Fragile, but able to block damage at cost of breaking.][/i] [hider=Covenant Special Operations Harness] [img]https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/a/a8/HReach_-_SpecOps_Sangheili.png/revision/latest?cb=20131127012845[/img] [/hider][u][b]Covenant Special Operations Harness[/b][/u]: A strange suit of armor with matching helmet obviously designed to be worn by something other than a human being. It’s alien in origin but it’s sure as hell not ADVENT. Even at a glance it’s obvious that whatever this is it’s more advanced than even the heavy hitting stuff ADVENT deployed. The harness suit features a self-motivated recharging Energy Shield able to absorb damage from physical impacts, landings, explosions, and energy emissions. After receiving a certain amount of damage the shield will drop or ‘break’ leaving the wearer vulnerable. If they don’t take damage for a while the shield will recharge on it’s own, renewing it’s protection until broken again. This particular harness allows the wearer to cloak. Allowing them to turn invisible through optical camouflage. However it only works when the shields are up, if the shields are not active or dropped then the cloaking function will not work. In its current state the harness/armor is simply unusable by humans or any other race besides the one it was designed after. With the proper tools and some materials it could be resized. However it’d be much easier to gut the cloaking and shielding system and put them on something else. Either another piece of armor, a machine, or a robot... [i][Highly Advanced Armor. Currently unusable by humans. Low-strength [color=FF4500]Recharging Energy Shield[/color] and [color=FFFACD]Cloaking Device[/color] salvageable. Info identified from the pretense of an Engineer and Robot.][/i] [hider=Life Noodles] [img]https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/earthbound/images/d/d3/CupOfLifenoodles.png/revision/latest?cb=20150809113803[/img] [/hider] [b][u]Cup of Lifenoodles [Mother][/u][/b]: A cup of proper noodles with spices, vegetables, and other unrecognizable but unusually appetizing ingredients. Kept in a small plastic bowl with plastic wrap over the top the noodles appear to be perfectly fine. It's difficult to tell when they were cooked but they appear to be fresh. [color=B22222]Julian-[/color]Sensors show nothing out of the ordinary and visually it looks as appealing as all the banal organic nutrients humans shovel into their head orifices. [color=778899]Lily-[/color]Lifting the edge of the plastic wrap off the bowl, every hair on your body stands on end and you feel a rush of energy as you simply sniff the noodles. Without taking a bite you know that this isn't simply a bowl of noodles. Whatever this stuff is it has some amazing rejuvenating properties properties. If you ate it you're sure your ills would go away, hell it'd probably wake you up from unconsciousness even! [i][Single use food item. Maximum [color=green]Hunger[/color] satisfaction, Maximum [color=yellow]Stamina[/color] recovery. Cures [b]all[/b] regular status ailments and can revive incapacitated organic teammates if force fed to them. [/i]] [hr] [h3][center][b][color=9400D3]Cedar[/color] and [color=red]Quiet's[/color] Item Results[/b][/center][/h3] [b][color=9400D3]Cedar[/color][/b] [hider=Ambassador] [img]https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/archive/5/51/20110130235135%21Ambassador.png?t=20100625234826[/img] [/hider] [u][b]Fine Pistol (Ambassador):[/b][/u] A large barreled 6-shot revolver chambered for high caliber handgun rounds. This particular gun appears to be heavily customized with a large barrel, meticulously engraved on both sides with the visage of what appears to be a reclining women in a dress. Chromed with a rosewood grip it’s hardly the weapon of an overly practical military man. While it’s engravings give it no [i]tactical advantage[/i], the revolver itself has been perfectly sighted. It can nail precision shots, especially those to the head, extremely well. However due to the finer nature of the firing mechanism and the hammer, the revolver’s rate of fire is slower then one might effect. The heavy barrel makes the gun difficult to aim if fired in rapid succession. Accuracy is maintained by well placed shots in appropriately timed succession. Shots fired in rapid succession will have greatly reduced accuracy and increased spread, while shots fired calmly and slowly will have near pin point accuracy. [i][6-round chamber. Uses lethal Revolver and High Caliber Handgun Ammunition. *Increased [color=red]damage[/color] to heads. Guaranteed [b]critical[/b] damage on headshot. *Reduced damage to any other part of the target. *Reduced firing speed, shots made in rapid succession suffer greatly decreased accuracy. 1/6 bullets currently loaded][/i] [hider=Pentazemin] [img]http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n599/Crosswire40/Pentazemin_zpsum3pohuw.png[/img] [/hider] [u][b]Pentazemin:[/b][/u] Five pills in plastic bubble tabs. An anxiety medication in tablet form. When ingested Pentazemin has potent psychotropic and muscle relaxant effects. It's packaging states it's meant for use in treating depression, O.C.D, and high degrees of anxiety. The drug also helps suppress convulsions, leaving the user's hands incredibly steady even in heated situations. Taking the drug is a perfect way to eliminate hand shaking, allowing for more accurate shots using firearms. It's marked as being highly addictive however... [i][Five use consumable. Cures [color=BA55D3]stress[/color] and [color=DDA0DD]shaking[/color] related ailments. Taking it ensures steady hands and more accurate attacks with firearms and other ranged weapons for a few posts. [b]Highly[/b] addictive and habit forming. A 1d6 will be rolled if used more then once a day by a character. If the number is 5 or above the use gains the 'Addiction: Pentazemin' Flaw. For every use past afterwards an additional 1d6 will be added to the roll. 5/5 uses left.] [/i] [color=red][b]Quiet [/b][/color] [hider=Mega Potion] [img]http://cdn.staticneo.com/w/monsterhunter/e/e3/Green_potion.jpg[/img] [/hider] [b][u]Mega Potion (Monster Hunter)[/u][/b]: A crude tonic kept in a corked jar. It's aroma is potent, smelling of strange herbs and lots of honey. While archaic in nature this 'Mega Potion' is still a proper medicinal remedy. By drinking the potion it will trigger the rapid, almost instantaneous recovery of injuries. It's by no means a cure all, but it is great for dangerous battles and hunts. [i][Single use consumable. Instantly eliminates Large to Severe injuries from user, but is not a full heal. Cannot be drank if someone has a full stomach, is nauseous, or doesn't have a digestive system.][/i] [hider=Ballistic Shield] [img]http://topnop.ir/uploads/201405/tpn9285/B5Bqo2lu2M.jpg[/img] [/hider] [u][b]Ballistic Shield[/b][/u]: A small, lightweight buckler style arm shield made of a bullet resistant glass/plastic material. While the protective coverage it offers is limited the shield is light enough that it doesn't effect mobility and doesn't make stealth or sneaking difficult. The shield can easily be used alongside one handed weapons, pistols, sub-machine guns, est. [i][Protective Shield. Protective against ballistics and impacts. Limited coverage. Will wear down and break quickly under sustained attack. Difficult to repair.][/i]