On Planet Aether (IC)

[Major Ursa]

Moe face palmed mentally…again. First getting their attention by mentioning a rare weapon, then pulling a stunt like this? Well, it was a wonder that they haven’t been outright accused of anything yet…probably because she was half the law on this wild planet. Outwards, she clapped her hands and cheered, “Geez Gamma, you really know how to put on a show, but damaging somebody else's property much? That's probably coming out of my wallet again, though...you need to perform alongside the best, one day…” At this point, she returned to sucking on a barbeque sauce cover chicken wing, and slurping on a chicken flavoured soda.

[Freeshooter92]

"Either I make sure the rounds work, or we die in the field when faulty ammunition destroys my firearm." Gamma replied simply. "But enough stalling, we have a job to do." He said as he took Modesta's hand and led her out of the building. He unhanded her at the entrance and embarked the parked car, noting the black helmet in the backseat, labels still attached. "Hm. convenient." he said to himself."

[Major Ursa]

Her new helmet! Picking it up with her hands, she turned it over a couple of times to see if what the waitress had said was true. Looked good—nay, better than her old helmet. Sleeker design, lighter and tougher material like it was supposed to be, jet black like her upper body medium armour…’Security’ in a bright yellow on the back, everything looked good. After taking more time to remove several safety and instructional stickers off, she placed it on her head and pulling the safety glass visor over her face…but a moment, she was shocked when stuff began to display on the visor…a smart visor?! “AAACK!” Pulling the helmet off, she turned the helmet over a couple of times looking for an off switch, then looked over the stickers for help…then looked over to Gamma, holding the helmet out to him with big, tearful puppy dog eyes, “Help? Can you disable the smartvisor?”

[Freeshooter92]

"Why, pray tell, would you want me to do that?" Gamma asked, shocked that she would ask something like that. Gamma's eyes were essentially smart visors, with various HUD readouts all over them. He couldn't understand why she would choose to go without something so vital to him. with a sigh, he set to work on disabling it.

[Major Ursa]

“Thank you, Gamma…” To Modesta, things like calculations and readouts and such were such a hindrance…if she needed anything, her leg prosthetic tech would be enough to handle the situation. Watching him fix and disable the setting with his fiddling and wires and such, she couldn’t help but wonder what he was thinking. Heck, with his vigilance and finding a case like this, he was probably doing a better job than she was! Leaning back in her seat, she lifted her legs and rested them on the dash.

[Freeshooter92]

"There. That should do it." Gamma said as he finished removing most of it. "I left the auto-darkening feature and minimap in. You shall thank me when you do not get ambushed and blinded." Gamma said as he handed her the helm. He FINALLY began to head towards the intended destination, and it was... quite the crapsack town all things considered. He managed to find a good landing spot however.

[Major Ursa]

“So…what do you think of the town? Sure beats my hometown, back on Earth01…” Saying this, she hopped out of the hover car and looked around. No one was outside, probably hiding due to the murder scare. Or people were sleeping off a wild party and through a crazy hang over…those happened too. Putting her helmet on, she was surprised at how…clear everything appeared from behind the visor. “Gamma, I’m giving you reins on this mission, where should we investigate first?”

[Freeshooter92]

"I believe we should investigate where most of the victims seem to die, off toward those buildings." Gamma said as he disembarked the vehicle. He had his rifle ready at a moments notice as they traversed the streets, always alert to whoever or whatever was killing the townsfolk off. "Is this town normally so... desolate? One would think that someone would be outside." He asked, wary of the absolute lack of people. "Or are we going to be ambushed and mugged? Or murdered as well?" Of course, neither Gamma nor Modesta knew just what they were in for.

[Major Ursa]

"I don't know if this situation is worthy of caution yet or not...I mean, this sort of thing happens often where I come from, usually the day after a shoot out or nearby bank robbery, sometimes even after a block party." Modesta could feel herself shiver a little bit...the current situation eerily reminded her of a certain nightmare...minus the setting, age, and situation difference, which should have been everything. But still, the lack of people...the feeling remained. Seeing her favorite conventional store she walked up to the entrance while yelling over her shoulder at Gamma, "Hey, I'm just going to step in for a second to purchase a chicken soda...!" Reaching for the door handle, she was surprised to find the door locked. Readying the stunner on her legs, she carefully peered in through the windows...! "Gamma...this is suspicious as hell, this convenience store would never be closed at this time! Something is up, get your rifle-thingy ready..."

[Freeshooter92]

Modesta was right, things were very strange right now. "Yes Ma-" he was going to say 'Yes, Ma'am. Switching to thermals.' and activate thermal vision to see into the building. He was a bit surprised to find the building had... exploded. The blast had of course caught gamma completely by surprise, but thanks to the wondeful magic of one-inch NewSteel plating, he was unharmed. "Modesta! Are you there! Modesta!" He wasn't all that worried, from what he could gather that blast was not meant to kill(too much force, not enough shrapnel), and Modesta was wearing similar armor. He did get a response, but not from Modesta. He was very surprised indeed to hear maniacal laughter coming from somewhere on the other side of the smoke. Without hesitating for an instant, he brought his rifle to bear and switched to thermals, firing several times at the unknown assailant. However, the figure had managed to avoid the rounds by ducking behind... something? He could still see... and he was sure he was on target... he lowered his rifle as the smoke began to slowly clear. "BOOOOOM!!! Ha ha ha! You should have seen the look on your sorry faces!" That voice was... unmistakably feminine. "Did you see that too, Alpha? huh? Did you? didyoudidyoudidyoudidyoudidyoudidyou-" "Yes Delta, I saw it! Be Silent!" that new voice... less so. The smoke cleared fully and standing there were two figures, one male, one female. They looked... just like Gamma! Well, the man was larger, and his face was different and the woman was... a woman... but they shared many features with him, such as the white hair, and the energy lines. White for the man, orange for the lady. "M-modesta! We have a VERY big problem!"