Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1040 on:** April 02, 2010, 01:29:20 AM

"Before anyone goes anywhere," said Shelton quickly, after hearing Stern, "We all need to go to the same room and I have something to say. It's rather important, and it can't wait until morning."

Noname · **Reply #1041 on:** April 02, 2010, 01:29:47 AM

Coporal Thomas Stern opened the door of the room, and he entered it. Aimee was still outside for the moment, but Stern took this opportunity to test the beds, pressing down on the mattresses, making sure they were nice and soft. "Perfect. Aimee will enjoy this" he thought to himself, thinking only of her comfort.

Serris · **Reply #1042 on:** April 02, 2010, 01:32:48 AM

"We'll wait for the others to pay first," Dr. Zanasiu said.

"So which room will it be?" Dr. Bailey asked. He had already paid for his room.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1043 on:** April 02, 2010, 01:34:44 AM

"I guess Stern's, since he's already left," replied Shelton, looking down the hallway.

Noname · **Reply #1044 on:** April 02, 2010, 01:35:36 AM

Stern put down his equipment on the bed closest to the door, inviting Aimee to enter the room. "You should come in, Aimee. You look like you could use a rest, and these are very comfortable beds." Stern had indeed left, although unlike many of the others, he actually had something that he and Aimee wanted to do.

Serris · **Reply #1045 on:** April 02, 2010, 01:39:10 AM

Cobalt Leader led his squad to Dr. Shelton. Neville, Hans, Werner, Dr. Bailey and Alfred followed Cobalt Leader.

"So we head to Cpl. Stern's room?" Alfred asked, taking another gulp of energy drink.

MrDrake · **Reply #1046 on:** April 02, 2010, 01:50:07 AM

Jayden followed suit, heading off after everyone else.

Shakila too, followed everyone else to the room they were to meet in for the time being.

Aimee however, walked over to the clerk to ask him something "Do you guys have a DVD player in the rooms by any chance?"

"Yeah, we do, for guests comfort" the clerk replied back to her.

"Thanks" Aimee told him as she headed to her and Stern's room, sitting down on the side of the bed as she looked to the door, waiting for everyone else to join, wondering what Shelton had to explain to everyone.

Noname · **Reply #1047 on:** April 02, 2010, 01:57:05 AM

Stern was a bit confused. "Aimee, is everyone else coming in here? Do we have some sort of meeting or something that we all need to discuss? I was under the impression that we were all ordering rooms for single or dual occupancy."

MrDrake · **Reply #1048 on:** April 02, 2010, 01:58:43 AM

"Shelton wants to talk to everyone about something, and it sounds rather important too" Aimee replied back as she sat down, just waiting at the moment "So really, might as well wait until this meeting's finished before anything else happens and what have you"

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1049 on:** April 02, 2010, 02:07:37 AM

Shelton took the small plastic bag out. "All right, first thing first, here's something you all have to know; if we took on Dragonstorm right now, we'd be at a serious disadvantage. And here's why.

"Dragonstorm has successfully developed what it calls a 'thought network,' a silent method of communication whereby users can send short mental messages, as long as the sender and reciever both have of of these."

He shook the bag. "These are called 'thought chips,' and when one is nasally inserted up the sinus by a trained Dragonstorm 'embedder,' which I am, it will attach to the sella turcica and translate electronic signals of incoming messages from other chips, in a way the brain can understand and interpret. The result is a clear and concise message that, for want of a better word, "feels" like a thought, but is really a message."

"If you're wondering why the chip works even though it's not physically connected to the brain--"

"We're not," interrupted Crota.

"Oh," Shelton looked surprised. "Okay, then. Anyway, these were extracted from my DS-1 teammates, they have been fully washed and prepared, and the real question now is who gets them. I have five."

MrDrake · **Reply #1050 on:** April 02, 2010, 02:17:15 AM

Shakila spoke up by that point "I would like to put myself forward for one of these chips, would make things a bit easier between me and Shelton when we're at the Dragonstorm base....you know, him telling me the best way to hack into their computers and what have you"

Jayden folded his arms as he leaned back against the wall, after hearing what Shelton had said, nodding his head a bit "I think I'll keep out of that part myself, so for now, I wont put myself forward, leave it open for others"

Serris · **Reply #1051 on:** April 02, 2010, 02:19:57 AM

"You are not shoving anything up my nose," Spc. Crota replied.

"I'm not sure about this," Alfred replied, sitting on the bed.

"This could really help us. I'll do it," Dr. Zanasiu said.

"As will I," Hans said.

Noname · **Reply #1052 on:** April 02, 2010, 02:24:25 AM

"I'll take one as well. I am no stranger to this sort of technology, although having such... close connection with it is new to me, I admit" Stern replied, figuring that one with his training as a commando would come in handy. "Are there any... side effects to these? If we needed to remove them, would that be a viable option?"

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1053 on:** April 02, 2010, 02:32:07 AM

"You'll be capable both of overhearing open Dragonstorm conversations, and sending completely silent messages to myself, Shakila, James, Hans, Stern, and one other person. Personally, I recommend Dr. Landon, since as medic it would be very useful to have him on speed dial," Shelton replied. "All side effects are temporary. Tonight you will probably experience extremely vivid dreams with an emphasis on sound, and you will be disoriented upon waking up. I will be the first awake, and will guide the five of you through understanding how to control the new feature your brain is suddenly capable of. And yes, they are easily removable, as shown by my stealing of the five of these from my dead companions. While I don't know of any examples of a chip being removed from a live subject, I assume there would be no permanent repercussions."

Shelton withdrew the long thin instrument. "This is the embedder. I swiped several ampoules of Propofol from the hospital, which will be used to sedate each of you for about five minutes. During that time, I'll insert the chip, and then you must immediately go to bed. The chip will orient itself with your brain while you sleep, and be ready by morning."

He looked around the room. "Any routines you all have involving getting ready for bed, do them now. Those who are getting chips must meet me in my room as soon as possible, because I'd like to get to bed at a relatively decent time. If you have any more questions, please ask them when you get there. I need to get ready for the embedding process."

And with that, Shelton left the room.

MrDrake · **Reply #1054 on:** April 02, 2010, 02:48:14 AM

Shakila soon, left the room to head to her room, unlocking the door and entering it, smelling the air slightly "Ah, now this should be nice to get some more sleep" she spoke to herself as she had a quick look around the room.

Jayden on the other hand, looked to Stern and Aimee, but mainly Stern in particular "Good luck with that chip thing" he told him before turning and walking out of the room for the time being.

Once everyone had left, Aimee walked over to the DVD player and turned it on, inserting the DVD she had rcieved quiet some time ago, taking this chance to have a watch of it.

What was on the DVD was actually, rather disturbing, it was what had happened to Aimee, while all the while, having been video taped. She had indeed, been awake for the whole procedure and the whole procedure was rather bloody, Kain was seen a few times, as did Trinity off to the side.

Kain looked as though there was no concern upon his face as the arms were removed from Aimee and the cybernetic ones were given to him, getting to work to attaching one arm before attaching the other.

The whole DVD in question was well over 15 minutes worth of a procedure. Aimee however, just looked at it, looking rather annoyed and angry as she rewound it a bit to look closely at it, but yet, found no useful information on it, just the same old stuff.

Noname · **Reply #1055 on:** April 02, 2010, 02:52:48 AM

Stern watched the procedure carefully, his expression shifted from pity to disgust, and then again to anger, although he said nothing about it. When it was over, he turned to Aimee. "Did you see what you wanted to learn? Was it hard for you to witness that after having gone through it?"

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #1056 on:** April 02, 2010, 02:53:47 AM

Deathwind too was ready, even after the flashbangs. Waiting by the side of the door, he had a metal desk shoved into the Omega Squad as they entered and slammed a large vial of acid into the visor of the first soldier...

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As Tank finished wiring the explosives, the trio moved back down the hall, closing the hatch door on their way out...

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Eron & Mallard, still waiting for further orders, began to hear footsteps making their way into the hall. They were not friends, and they were not searching for other friends...

MrDrake · **Reply #1057 on:** April 02, 2010, 02:57:55 AM

Aimee was indeed, rather annoyed, well, not annoyed, but actually, rather angry again, grabbing the DVD from the machine and crushing it in her hands, not even saying a word at all as she was just breathing heavily some, growling quiet a bit as well before finally saying something "They are dead when I see them...." was what she had said.

Noname · **Reply #1058 on:** April 02, 2010, 03:05:54 AM

Stern put his hands around her shoulders, trying to calm her down. "I see you're very upset about this. You feel very tense, Aimee. Earlier, you told me you wanted me to give you a tail massage. do you still want it?"

MrDrake · **Reply #1059 on:** April 02, 2010, 03:14:07 AM

Aimee took a few deep breathes to try and calm herself back down as she gave off a little bit of a nod before speaking "Yeah....that would probabally....yeah, I would....yeah...yes please...." she managed to say, leaning against him a little bit as well.

Meanwhile, Jayden wasn't going to head to his room just yet as he headed back into the lobby, walking over to a vending machine and looked at what they had available before deciding on just a cookie for now, well, for him, it was a snack of some sort anyway.