Metatrooper

Diddly Do

@Hokum

Meta turned off the force field and set the loaves of bread on a desk in the cell. He looked straight at Rufus, his steel gaze further complemented by the design of his armor. He started speaking in a straight, cold voice:

Meta: I want you to stay in this cell so that I know where you are at all times.

He pauses for a moment before continuing.

Meta: Your unusual nature may be a threat to me and my mission, despite your apparent innocence, and that is why I must keep you here. I do not seek to harm you, in fact I will happily lend you some funds and drop you off at the next civilized planet I come across. But for now, I require your compliance, do you understand?

Meta pauses again to receive Rufus' reply. He would then tell him:

Meta: My request is that you remain in this cell block, under watch by my two droids, and don't touch anything. Other than that, you are free to do as you wish, a restroom can be found at the end of this hallway.

Meta would then turn around, passing by the two droids while giving them the command to watch over and guard Rufus, before walking out of the cell block and heading towards the bridge.

As he makes his way towards the bridge, he receives the comlink message from Palin, detailing Dino's current coordinates. A familiar robotic voice entered his com channel right after, detailing the current state of the ship, including the departure of the repair crew. Meta dismissed Niner as he continued walking across the dark steel gray hallway. As he continues walking, his helmet's HUD suddenly notifies Meta about an incoming transmission from an unknown source. He decides to play it, and hears a voice asking if he wants to kill him. It takes Meta less than a second to realize that his target had sent this message to him. He chooses to answer the message, changing his course from the bridge to the armory as he does so.

Meta: What's it to you?

Trios

@Dartbored Fairy

Kaldalis: So, you can talk.

Kaldalis didn't seem surprised that the cat was able to speak, he had seen things like this before. He turned around and walked over to another desk, pouring himself a cup of hot water from a jug that he took from downstairs earlier. He moved the cup to his lips and took a sip before setting the cup back down on the desk. Walking back to his chair and sitting down, he took a deep breath before speaking again.

Kaldalis: Very well, you may stay for the night, but when I leave the next morning I expect you to do the same.

Defenders of Cinix (A fun crossover) [Accepting]

Abathur was in the now completed evolution pit. He was inside reconstructing the strands and sequences of zerg creatures to bring into this new world. He had spawned more zerglings using the hatchery and sent them all around the crevices of the sewer to gather more biomass. However, the zerglings' search produced little, only several rats and a single alligator. Abathur needed more biomass to construct his next strain of creature, the roach.

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Meanwhile, several zerglings on patrol could hear Link's echoes. They immediately shifted from their original course, running at full speed towards the source of the sound.

Diddly Do

@Hokum

Meta is about to reply to Rufus until another entity randomly materializes behind him.

Great, another fucking one of these assholes.

It makes hand signals, seemingly telling him that it's watching him and to keep quiet before disappearing completely. Both droids behind Meta remain motionless and would only act on his command. The entity's appearance however, doesn't change Meta's reply to Rufus, and after a few moments he speaks.

Meta: Return to your cell, and I will give you food.

Rufus could notice that Meta's tone changed from slightly angry and commanding, to a calmer state. But if he kept talking, then Meta was going to have to use force to get him to do what he wants.

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@Zyngard

Colt and the troopers dispatch the infected with ease, as the plasma bolts reduce the infected to molten slag and leave gaping craters in the walls. Before they would advance however, Colt raises his fist in the air as the entire squad goes motionless. Their sensors could then detect a large life form somewhere above them, moving around and roaring. He orders his squad to prepare firing positions on the doorway but to refrain from using explosives, as any one could cause the entire building to collapse on top of them.

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Meanwhile, the HAMs were starting their return trip to the rendezvous point, having seen nothing of interest.

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In the orbit of the planet, the fleet remains a good distance away from the bio-ship, doing nothing that might provoke it while trying to establish communications with the team below.

Trios

@Dartbored Fairy

Kaldalis looks to the window as he hears the rain drop on his window. He gazes for a second before turning back to his journal and continuing to write. A minute or so, he could hear that there was a distinct sound accompanying the rain. He looked to the window again to see a black cat tapping on the window, its black fur pelted by raindrops. He decides to open the window and carry it in, he's slightly irritated by the mess the cat is making with its wet fur but continues nonetheless. He gently lays it down on the floor before opening the doorway to the hall, nudging it to leave.

Trios

Kaldalis looks back at the church to see the town guards taking control of the situation, securing the area and attempting to take down the body and stop the bell. He looks back to see Kura and the girl running towards a store. He decides to leave Kura with the girl's care, she seemed old enough and she did know Kura even though Kura didn't recognize her, but he wasn't surprised that she didn't anyway. He returns Kuy'val dar back to its sheath as he turns his sights to a nearby inn.

He walks through the crowd, most of them moving aside to let him through as a large figure with a sword encased in full steel armor would send a message to people. He makes his way to the innkeeper, where he takes a few golden coins out of his satchel and places them on a counter, asking him for a room. The innkeeper obliges, handing over a key to Kaldalis while motioning to the stairs behind him. He gives a small bow to the messy-looking man before making his way up the stairs. He soon found his room, pushing open the wooden door and grabbing his luggage from inside his cloak before setting it down on the floor. Kaldalis would then lock the door behind him before slumping down on a nearby chair, taking off his helmet and taking out his journal. He begins thinking about the scene at the church and begins jotting down notes on his journal, describing the event.

Diddly Do

@Hokum

The single ASP and the Instigator move back as Rufus seemingly phases through the force field and says something about wanting food. The combat droid keeps its cannons trained on Rufus, waiting only on the ASP's command as the droid focuses its main photoreceptor on Rufus and starts creating a message to send to Meta.

ASP: Halt, or you will be terminated.

After a few seconds the ASP will have sent the message to Meta, and will observe Rufus until he arrives.

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Instead of heading to the bridge, Meta instead travels to the level right below it, which is where his living facilities are located. Securely locking the durasteel door to the lower area, he feels safe taking off his helmet. He puts both his hand on the sides of the bucket as an audible hiss could be heard. He pulls his helmet off and leaves it on the steel black surface of his dining table. He walks over to a large reinforced steel door, entering a code on a keypad beside it before grabbing onto the handle and pulling it open, revealing a walk-in refrigerator stocked to the brim with all sorts of food, which fortunately seem untouched despite the earlier events. He moves inside the small room, looking around before reaching for one of the shelves and grabbing a gray tupperware. He exits the room, closing the door behind him walking over to the kitchen countertop. Meta transferrs the contents of the tupperware into a ceramic bowl, which is revealed to be fried rice, before placing the bowl into an empty steamer. He places the steamer on the stove before turning it on, and then places the tupperware into a washer.

While waiting for his rice, he pulls out the datachip from earlier, he inserts it into a nearby datapad of his own and accesses the files contained within. There he sees Dino's records in the Quatis military, including his apparent death and then rebirth using cybernetics. Meta was already formulating a plan in his mind, thinking of possible scenarios that could play out and what would be his best loadout for a mission such as this. An entry describing the admiral's firearm could also be seen there, apparently it had several different types of fire, with its deadliest being able to completely obliterate matter in a set area. Meta took note of this, even though his armor was near indestructible, their weapons could blast him apart in one shot no problem, thus he had to resort to evading any kind of fire instead. After about 15 minutes or so, he returned to the steamer and retrieved the bowl of rice. He grabbed a metal spoon before settling down on the dining table and eagerly eating his meal. The aroma and taste of the fried rice induce a calming sense in Meta, amidst all the chaos going on around him, good food always seemed to make him feel better. He continued studying Dino's file even while eating, for he could receive his coordinates at any time and be called into action. After finishing his meal, he received a comlink message from an ASP, detailing their capture of the mysterious individual he saw earlier before being teleported, and his breach of the force field. Meta let out a tired sigh, Things seem to get more unusual every minute before returning the bowl and spoon to the washer, locking the freezer door and grabbing three loaves of bread from his pantry. He slipped his helmet back on, locking it once again as he walked to the doorway, pausing for a few seconds before leaving the area.

After a few minutes of walking, he arrives at the cell block, opening the doorway to reveal the ASP and the Instigator facing Rufus, he calls off the Instigator's weapons and steps in front of the two droids.

Meta: Return to your cell. Now.

Trios

@Hokum @Zyngard @Dartbored Fairy

Kaldalis didn't seem surprised by Kura's answer, she already seemed kind of an airhead when he first met her after all. Suddenly, the sound of the church bells ringing caught his attention. As he looks up, he brandishes Kuy'val dar and is unnerved at the sight before him to say the least. Words written it blood, accompanied by the hanging corpse of a woman could be seen on the wall of the church tower, with blood raining down on nearby citizens. Acts such as these were not surprising in a war, but in a seemingly peaceful town such as this, it was an inhumane act of horror.

His attention then shifts to a large bald man with a weapon sheathed on his back that had just approached him, introducing himself and asking for Kal to read his notebook for him. Although perplexed, he decides to comply with his request anyway.

Kaldalis: Hmmm... this reads "Relax, let us play with you"

As the brute talks about meeting an invisible girl, Kaldalis' becomes more and more suspicious of him, as if he didn't seem suspicious enough before. Based on Boris' description, his "invisible little girl" would seem to be a spirit of some kind. He didn't know if Boris might be working with the spirit or not, but he was sure there was more to him than meets the eye.

Kaldalis: The writing on the tower reads "Come and enjoy she's gold."

He then turns his back to Boris and faces the two girls, he ushers them away until they're out of earshot and whispers to them:

Kaldalis: You should leave, it's not safe here.

Sum up your week in roleplaying in just 3 words

what the fuck

Diddly Do

@Hokum

The droids take him to the cell block of the Tempest, where the lead ASP deactivates the force field of one cell and orders Rufus to enter. Soon, an Instigator scuttles into the room, cannons ready and aiming them at Rufus, while the other ASP exits the cell block.

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Meta replies to Palin's comment about trust:

Meta: My condolences.

He then sees Palin pull out a datapad from his person and toss it on the table towards him. He grabs it and accesses the files inside before pulling out a small datachip from his belt. Thankfully, his technology could still interface with theirs as he slides the datachip into the receiving port of the tablet, extracting all the data that he could. He then puts the datapad down and returns the datachip back to its original location.

He ignores the First Gamma's comment about his own repair systems before returning the handshake and remarking:

Meta: I'll keep the secured comlink channel open, I will inform you if I require anything more.

He lets Palin finish talking before taking a short bow and replying:

Meta: As you wish.

Meta soon finds himself teleported back onto his ship and facing a group of Quatis engineers. Niner's report then comes in, confirming the repairs on the reactor and engines and that nothing has been tampered with.

Meta: Your job is to repair the shielding systems, plasma power generator, the hull plating, and the communications and sensor array.

Niner suddenly hovers into the view of the squad, as Meta says to them.

Meta: This droid will lead you to the respective areas, once you are finished you may leave this ship.

Meta then turns around and leaves Niner and the repair crew, returning to the bridge of the Tempest.