RoflsMazoy

"We put the C in Capitalism!" [Corporate troubles in a super powered future]

Cafe Amelie

Cafe Amelie was a rather quaint place in comparison to some bigger cafes, but they were mostly corporate owned and this one was not. It was almost entirely outdoors so the 'back' was a little subjective. Still, people liked to go there to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life. It used traditional waiters/waitresses which was pretty refreshing in the corporate future. An honest cafe for honest people.

High above Cafe Amelie, a peculiar drone was coming down. A quad-rotor noiseless design, its bottom was also camouflaged with the sky above. A slot opened in the bottom and a touch-pad device dropped out. It fell through the air and landed with a thunk on Castyel's table. Earphones ejected from the side. The device was linked directly to Alto's office so he could deliver the details. All Castyel had to do was turn it on. The drone meanwhile, left in search of something else...
@BlackPanther

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Ganze Corp

Mikhail wasn't going to get that far just yet. A holographic image of Alto's secretary appeared next to the front door.

"Mr. Peacemaker, I hope you are aware that we still have a reception desk for a reason." She said.

Mikhail wasn't exactly private news. There were many people who knew about him and his powers, and Ganze corp wasn't going to be the easiest place to find hope. It wasn't that there wasn't any it's just there wasn't anything to hope against. Hoping to make a lot of money wasn't exactly a very strong hope after all. It's not like there were many civilians with strong hope in the area either. It wasn't exactly bad under any standards.

It wasn't exactly an empty threat, but just one she couldn't take seriously.

"Mr. Ganze would be more than willing to see you if you requested it." She said.
@Letter Bee

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Free World Group

Unfortunately, Sefia Allens was not in her office as Brighid appeared. She and her personal guards had already disappeared, without telling anyone where they were going. Unfortunately for her beloved Free World group she did this quite often. Even Brighid would find it difficult to find her considering Sefia's abilities, but with some determined effort it wouldn't be uncertain that she could find her. However, an easier option might present itself to her soon...
@Random Kitty

Head of Staff's Room

The door swung open to reveal the office of the head of the staff at the Free World Group. He was a muscular bald man in his late 30s, with a face covered in scars. He had been the Free World Group's premier frontline fighter at some point but had sustained an injury which had rendered him unable to fight effectively. Regardless he was still eager to do something in the Free World Group and so he was promoted to head of staff.

He was in charge of the staff's wellbeing and happiness, as well as assessing certain lucrative contracts. Today was perhaps the only opportunity he would get, and he would need the best of the best...

"I have gathered you here today for one reason and one reason only, what I am about to say must not leave this room." He said in his deep, gruff voice.

He quickly whipped around and peered through his blinds, checking for anyone who might be listening in. He leaned in closer and said his next words in a hushed tone of voice.

"I have chosen you all because you have the qualifications. What I need you all for is..." He said, "To find Ms. Sefia a gift for her Birthday."
@camerch@jordy0403@Slendy

"We put the C in Capitalism!" [Corporate troubles in a super powered future]

Darn you guys, whenever I turn around there's so much I have to catch up with! D:<

"We put the C in Capitalism!" [Corporate troubles in a super powered future]

First post done, though honestly it's not very good. Sorry the Free World Group part is so short but I promise what you're doing will be interesting ;D

"We put the C in Capitalism!" [Corporate troubles in a super powered future]

Chapter 1: The New Age

"The Man of the Century on his new project! An exclusive interview!" The cover of the magazine read.

It featured a plain image of him, not exactly a great shot or anything. Well, it was at least taken in a flattering angle though. He flipped through it quickly to find the page that he wanted. The one with his "interview". A hologram projected off the magazine into the air in front of him. Most magazines were entirely holographic these days but some people preferred mostly paper because it was easier on the eyes. That and crushing a holo-disk didn't bring as much satisfaction as burning something.

He used to do interviews pretty often. When he hadd just made Ganze Corp. he was making a lot of stuff so a lot of interviews came his way, but nowadays he didn't bother making new stuff too often. This interview in particular was just to keep up appearances under the pretense of a small project of his. But he skipped past those parts to the end of the replay, the very last thing he had said in his interview.

["And what would you say to your competitors Mr. Ganze, after their attempts at foiling your progress on this new project?"] The reporter said.

["Well, within these past two weeks alone we have recorded at least 12 attempts at a robbery, 6 attempts at espionage and 9 attempts of sabotage."] He said, ["Not one of them even came close, however, there was one that deserves a special mention..."]

The camera zoomed in onto his face. It captured his expression very well, an expression of aloof amusement. A small smile playing on his lips as he delivered his ultimatum.

["There was a particularly poor attempt by a company who shall not be named, earlier this week. The poor man got his hookshot stuck in the window while we were having a board meeting, and he found out soon we had been having a board meeting about how to deal with him. We hardly needed to do anything to him though, he was already dangling by his legs when he reached the window. We sent him home with a basket of fruit and good laughs were had by all."] He finished.

He sighed blissfully as if recalling fond memories.

[Anyhow, the point of the story is, please do keep up your attempts at raiding Ganze Corp. I'm looking forward to what will happen next.] He said.

The hologram winked out and the room returned to silence.

"Ugh, that's so pretentious..." Alto said, slumping forward in his seat. "I can't believe I actually said all that..."

Well actually, if he had another opportunity he would totally say it again but he had to admit. It was really damn pretentious. He was really bored though, he'd gotten used to the repeated serious attempts, he wanted to make some fun traps so they could all have some good laughs sometimes. Corporate life was too grim a lot of the time.

He sighed. It was so much simpler in university, no one could even plagiarize him because he was just too good. He wasn't even making anything interesting and people were still trying to steal it.

Suddenly there was a large explosion outside of the building. He looked out of his window and saw a spider-like robot climbing out of a sizeable hole in the ground. There was a man in a lab coat piloting the robot, he seemed to be holding a hard drive of some description. He could hear pistons heaving as the spider robot made a hasty escape. It leaped over a skyscraper as it retreated into the distance.

"Hmm… That was pretty sloppy…" He said.

There was a knock at his door, and his assistant came in.

"He took the hint?" Alto asked.

"Yes, Mr. Ganze," She replied. "He saw us put the tracker onto his escape vehicle as well."

"Excellent, I'll call someone in," He said. He pulled up a holographic interface and started to type out a message. "Oh yeah, it was the Giga-ton arm right?"

"Yes sir, Mr. Ganze." She said.

"Good, that'll be all." He said.

She nodded curtly and left the room. The Giga-ton arm was the project he had talked about in the interview. He was kinda bored and he couldn't be bothered coming up with something new, so instead he was trying to see how much power he could cram into one arm. Turns out it was a lot. His prototype could lift several tonnes of weight, but it was nowhere near ready for practical use just yet. It wasn't just the arm that bore the weight when you lifted something, the body did too. The arm could lift the weight but if the body couldn't support it, then it would collapse. The most it could do on a normal person was give them some baller grip strength and that wasn't really going to be that practical.

"Alright, let's get someone good to make them freak out a little…" He said.

He scrolled through his list of contacts and found one that would suit, before sending the message.

Sender: Ganze, Alto
Recipient: Cipher Nine
RE: Got a job for you

It won't be difficult. Data was stolen from my company and I need you to retrieve it. There's a café called Amelie, details will be discussed there.

@BlackPanther

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Meanwhile in the Free World Group…

It was a rather normal day for the Free World Group. They didn't have any assignments yet so many of the guards were simply loitering around waiting for their time. Suddenly however, there was an announcement on the PA system.

"Sean Nanners, Ryan Barrak, and Thomas Breaker, please report to the head of staff. He has a job for you."
@Camerch@jordy0403@Slendy

"We put the C in Capitalism!" [Corporate troubles in a super powered future]

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Just continue on without me. May or may not finish the app at all.

@Mr_pink

will do

"We put the C in Capitalism!" [Corporate troubles in a super powered future]

Alright, I think I'm just waiting for @Mr_Pink to give some indication of sheet completedness and we can start

@TheUnknowable
The picture works now so you can put your sheet in the character tab

Just a psa, not all of you will get into the plot right away but I can guarantee that @BlackPanther Castyel's going to have something to do first and I'll give the Free World Group guys something to do.

@FantasyChic I'll need Vivienne a little bit after we start and @Random Kitty I don't have any plans for Caltech right now

"We put the C in Capitalism!" [Corporate troubles in a super powered future]

@RoflsMazoyWhat about my character?

@TheUnknowable

Ah whoops, I missed it. The picture doesn't seem to be working though...

"We put the C in Capitalism!" [Corporate troubles in a super powered future]

@Letter Bee
I'll have to PM you a bit about what I'm planning, just bear with me because I suddenly have stuff to do

@FantasyChic
Looks good to me also, please put her in the character tab

@Random Kitty
I'll put Celtech industries in the factions section. You're good to go.

"We put the C in Capitalism!" [Corporate troubles in a super powered future]

Hi, I'm interested if there's still room. Do you want only Freelance/Free World group or could something else work? I saw you mention controlling a corp and I had an idea for another company thrown into the current political milieu. The character could easily be very hands on.

@Random Kitty

Oh sure, I would love to have someone else with a corporation. The more the merrier :D

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DBZ powers? Maybe he has the ability to control his own bio-electricity to the degree that, not only can he amplify his strength and speed, but he can make plasma for shields and energy attacks, maybe even flight.

youtube.com/watch?v=Zq1aPOunsFA

@TheUnknowable

Sounds good enough to me, you can do whatever you really want as long as it's reasonable

"We put the C in Capitalism!" [Corporate troubles in a super powered future]

I can make him a Freelancer, if you want.

@Letter Bee

@RoflsMazoy, Am I approved?

@Letter Bee

It wasn't really a problem, more of a heads up. You can go ahead an put him in the character tab