Minder

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Shona listened intently as Blade began, her attention shifting between her CO, her PADD’s files and the holoprojector as she occasionally made notes in the margins here and there. The mission didn’t sound too bad, not much different from some of the standard simulator programs – albeit maybe more like two or three programs combined.

Her machine was configured with recon in mind, with its medium-light armour and the new optics package. She hesitated for just a second before she made a note to put herself forward for a scouting role.

She was surprised when a message window popped up on her screen. It was Oliver, the techie tiger she’d spoken to earlier. She smiled, a little flattered at the offer. Keeping one ear on the Q&A session, she quickly tapped out a response. “Sure. Coding was never my strong suit, but I have some experience. My Rapier’s LOS has some new programs that might help too.”

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

@ Kyelin: Hah, me too! ^^

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

I'm GMT+10 (Australian east coast).

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

*Hides from the pointy sticks*

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Shona had smiled and nodded in response to Oliver's introduction, glad to see there was at least one other tech-head in the unit. She had spent most of the hour of spare time pouring over her PADD, familiarising herself with the Claw's network before penning a quick letter to her dad. When the call to gear up came down, she was in the kitchenette grabbing a snack, and had to hurriedly stuff the rest of her muesli bar into her mouth as she scrambled to her quarters.

Here we go, here we go... The bat tried to suppress her mounting nervousness as she trotted down the hall to the briefing room, her helmet tucked under one arm. Finding a free chair near the front of the briefing room, she settled down, setting her helmet between her feet and pulling out her PADD and a stylus, opening a notebook program and making a few preparatory notes.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Shona had rushed to join the unit as they stood at attention. The colonel's ensuing speech was both reassuring and worrying. A new unit experimenting with new, unconventional tactics - and she had been chosen to join it? She had a growing suspicion that she was one of the ones who'd been sent to him, rather than one of his own picks. She could so easily picture it - send the embarrassing rookie to the unit you want to see fail. Kill two birds with one stone. Shona's ears drooped slightly at the thought.

Surely the Colonel wouldn't have accepted anyone he thought would be a liability, though, right? She had to believe that was the case - and she would have to work her ass off to make sure her placement here wasn't something he regretted.

Once the unit fell out, Shona had started towards the Colonel, noticing that the wolf from before - Ashers, she noted - had the same idea. She stood to one side, listening quietly as Silver explained his earlier words. We're investigating ghost GEARs? She thought to herself, a little dubiously. That was the sort of spooky story that spread around an R&D unit like wildfire, and she'd heard a few versions of it herself. They were really good stories, combining the tendency of pilots to anthropomorphise their units with the idea that it might be technically possible, albeit extremely improbable. Ashers expressed her doubts in a much blunter fashion than Shona would have had the guts to, and the bat turned her eyes to see the colonel's reaction.

She smiled a little as another member of the unit, a fox, chipped in. He sounded like a man after her own heart. "I'm pretty sure the cruiser's sensor suite would be enough to home in on any weird transmissions by itself." She said, stepping a little closer. "Maybe with a few GEARs or planes with sensor packs to triangulate, for the wireless messages. Oh, um, Shona Bell." She added belatedly.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Got a post in the works right now. I wish I could say that my delay was entirely due to work keeping me busy, but I have to admit it's also partially because I started a new Skyrim file and discovered the joys of modding ^^;

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Shona had quickly fallen in step behind the others as they followed the Jacquo – the colonel’s 2IC? His adjutant? She wasn’t quite sure. The young bat pulled off her sunglasses as they entered the shadowed interior of the cruiser, deftly hooking one arm over her BDU’s breast pocket as she listened to the red panda’s instructions. She’d never served on a landcruiser before, so even though she’d read up on the regulations before arriving she was glad to get an intro from someone with first-hand experience.

The ship’s narrow, low ceilinged corridors weren’t much hindrance to the diminutive bat, a face she noted with a wry smile. Soon enough, they were shown to their quarters and essentially told to stay there for now. Fair enough, she thought, easily imagining the traffic jams that would inevitably occur if they started bumbling around while the crew were working.

Shona’s ears perked up as the low rumble of the ship’s turbines filled the air, and she couldn’t help but grin. This is exciting! She quickly darted into one of the side rooms and tossed her kit onto a bunk, making her way out into the common area. There had to be a porthole or viewing window around here somewhere, right?

The preoccupied bat jumped as a loud whistle sounded from somewhere behind her, the noise particularly piercing to her sensitive ears. She winced and turned in the direction of the sound, raising one eyebrow as she spotted the tiger and fox standing nearby.

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

Right, I'm going to get a post up later today.

Magical Girl Xross Unite

As the sun started to set over the city, a black motorcycle thrummed as it sped through the streets. Clad in black and red leathers and helmet, the girl hunched over its saddle was anonymous as she wove through the light traffic, skidding around a bend and punching the throttle. Eventually, she let her bike idle to a halt in front of a small park near the local highschool, kicking the stand down and straightening up.

Natsuki Kuga pulled her helmet off rested it on her hip, using one hand to flick her blue-black hair over her shoulder as she let herself enjoy the brief feeling of cool air on her face. The motion put the faint moon in her field of view, along with the twinkling red star that always accompanied it. The sight was enough to bring her back to business, and she frowned to herself. Her investigations were, for now, stalled, which was why she was out here patrolling the city. All she could do was keep an eye out for monsters while she waited for her contacts to come through, and hope that she came across some new clue that would push her in the right direction. It wasn't such a long shot - the monsters, the other fighters in the city - it was all connected, she was convinced.

Lost in thought for a second, she shook her head slightly and looked around, casing the park and the street for a moment before moving on.