Armed Forces

Myriad Reality

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No, not in space, but somewhere else entirely. But that raises the question: If you are not here for our services, or to buy from us...

*I load and chamber a pump-action shotgun*

...Then what precisely are you here for?

@Tank O The Lake

To learn.
*Shrugs*
I just found you by happenstance, and I'm trying to figure out how things work around here.

Myriad Reality

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Gateway, yes.

*Points to a large arch of metal, crisscrossed with wiring*

It grants the Nightwatch access to... a different place. A very large place. One where a very large amount of money can be made. And power gained.

@Tank O The Lake

Out in space, perhaps?

@Armed Forces I cannot allow you access yet, but I can also interest you in our other services. Anything you need... procured... we can handle. And we also have a rather large collection of goods for sale. Dmitri!

*Snaps*

*I watch as a burly man and several others bring out various cases and open them. Inside are weapons of various makes and models, varying from archaic pistols from the Second World War to experimental laser weapons capable of splitting tanks in two. I raise my hand and chuckle.*

*Then, a second crate is opened. Inside is a plethora of grenades and other 'support' items. Most notable are vials of fast-acting painkillers and coagulants, frag grenades, EMP bombs, and something I call "The Gadget."*

*The third crate contains armor, such as graphene bodysuits similar to mine, gas masks and respirators, and exo-armor sets.*

@Tank O The Lake

*Puts my hands in my coat pockets and looks them over*
I love how open you are. I believe my equipment should be fine, however. I do find it interesting to know exactly what you have to offer, though.

Myriad Reality

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If you mind your business, you'll make it, most likely. They were here to take my Gateway.

@Tank O The Lake

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*Gazes at you with a dark look*

No one takes my Gateway.

@Tank O The Lake

Gateway?
*Scratches my head*
That what I think it is?

Myriad Reality

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We are a little band, though not so little anymore. We run our own affairs here, but if you have enough coin, then we can make something, or someone, disappear. That's what we specialize in, anyways. Do you require our services?

@Tank O The Lake

No, not particularly.
*Lowers my hands*
I’m just new around. Was watching those mobsters to see what kind if things happen to guys like that around here.

Myriad Reality

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If you're worried about someone seeing us, the police of Moscow turned a blind eye a very long time ago.

@Tank O The Lake

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I certainly do not. I'm a murderer, not a monster.

@Tank O The Lake

*Rubs my chin*
A unique world we live in, to be advanced to this degree, yet allow an openly-proclaimed murderer to run the streets... Who are the "Nightwatch"?

Myriad Reality

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Aren't you a brave, brave man? One would have to be to reveal themselves so suddenly to the leader of the Nightwatch, no?

*Holds a hand up*

Stand down, men!

@Tank O The Lake

*Puts my hands up casually, clearly not displaying any actual signs of being threatened*
It's only brave if I intend to stir conflict, surely.

Myriad Reality

And why is that, friend?

@Tank O The Lake

*Glances back and forth between the dead mobsters and you a few times, then blows air out of my nose in amusement*
They're just here, in plain view. Granted, I admit I don't know how you do things around here.

Myriad Reality

Well then, that seems to be it. Unless anyone has anything to say?

*Silence*

Then onwards we go.

@Tank O The Lake

No one else wanted to go?
*Steps from around a corner*
Fine, my turn first. That's an awful sloppy job, there.

Myriad Reality

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*Appears in front of the ship and immediately blasts it with overwhelmingly powerful volleys of blasts larger than the ship itself*

@Melodious

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No time. Let's move.

@Fractured

*Everyone inside remains protected due to the ship not taking any damage, seemingly*

Myriad Reality

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Are you alright? Are you wounded?

@Stratocracy

I'm fine, Curtis. Get ready, because I am sure they are coming here.