Call of Alpha Complex : An ICKy First Mission

"No thank you Ma'am. I just died recently and that is a major wakeup call," Silence answers.

"Very well, Citizen Teslaa-O-Coi-3. I will wait for your group's final report before rendering judgment in this matter. Please report to Chez Henri once you are done shooting a dead clone. -bing- "

"Well," says the waitress, "If you don't want a drink, how about a pre-emptive Excuse / Alibi Declaration Form◊ to fill out while you wait?"

edited 1st Nov '15 10:15:47 AM by Nodrog

Silence sits there, and takes one of the Alibi forms. He can fill this out easily with a legit excuse.

Roll Bureaucracy.

"I'd like a Bouncy Bubbly Beverage, please."

Teslaa takes one of the forms, "Thank you." She begins filling it out and gives Silence an apologetic shrug.

Teslaa and the other two walk in, as Silence works on filling out the form. Teslaa, with the skill that won her the Bronze Bureaucracy Badge, grabs a form and begins filling it out.

The waitress comes back, carrying a can of Bubbly Bouncy Beverage on her tray. She goes to Lanius. "That will be 5 eXpenditure Points, please." she says. Checking his cred stick, Lanius discovers he is currently broke.

Lanius says "Apologies, ma'am, but it would appear that I am broke. I will have to refuse the Bouncing Bubbly Beverage that you have so kindly brought me."

Teslaa sighs and hands the waiter her cred stick, "I'll pay for my colleague."

The waitress hands Lanius the soda and then deducts 5 XP from Teslaa's cred stick. New balance: 115.

Bull-O-Ckk-3 walks in and slaps the waitress on her bottom. "Hey, toots. Bring me a beer." he orders, then drops a pile of dingy folders on the table. "Right. This is the debriefing, also known as the part where I get to yell at you all and tell you how you all screwed up."

He takes the forms from Silence and Teslaa, glances over them, then tears the forms in half. "Let's get down to the brass tacks. "

The waitress fixes a glass of beer at the bar and, since Bull-O-Ckk-3 isn't watching, spits in the glass before bringing it over.

Bull grabs the glass and takes a big swig of beer. "To start, I want you all to stand up, tell me if you think the team achieved its primary mission, and then describe one thing you did or failed to do."

Bull takes out the Team Assignment Form and gets ready to write notes on the back.

Bull-O-CKK clears his throat. "Right, someone speak up or I'll just assume you all failed."

Sorry, was completing practical reports.

Teslaa stands up, "We successfully eliminated the source of the disturbances in Alpha Complex. I, as team leader, guided my team to our goals and filled out necessary forms for their completion." She tells the unpleasant citizen.

Fenix clears his throat.

"And I, as Science Officer, shed light on any obscure clues that we found. Within reasonable levels of whether it would be of use for them to know or not."

Rocky lets out a lame, "Yeah what they said."

"I as Hygiene officer scrubbed the menace from Alpha Complex."

However Silence suspected it wasn't over just yet.

Standing up, Integ proclaims:
"Since I only just now got activated, I have no idea what happened. However considering I do not have any treason stars and more expenditure points than I had before, I believe I did well."

"As team loyalty officer, I believe I did well in enforcing the will of Friend Computer and in making sure everyone had no traitorous instincts."

Bull takes out a pen. "Right. For being the first three to answer, I here by promote Teslaa-O-COI, Fenix-R-MOR, and Rocky-R-MOR, by one color status and a bonus of 50 eXpenditure Points."

The waitress comes over and sets orange jumpsuits next to Fenix and Rocky, then sets a yellow one-piece swimsuit, fishnet stockings, and high healed shoes next to Teslaa.

"However... Teslaa, your team mission was to prove your team's innocence of the disaster at Chez Henri. Since you didn't bring back a signed confession or a prisoner in handcuffs, you are also DEMOTED one level and fined 75 XP."

The waitress picks up the yellow waitress costume and takes it away.

"Next... equipment loss. Silence and Integ, you both lost your laser pistols. That's a fine of 25 eXpenditure Points each."

"Then, Lanius has been awarded 50 eXpenditure Points for the continued loyalty of this team."

Bull leans back. "Now then, are there any crimes or disloyal activities of your teammates you wish to report?"

"Other than the possibility there might be more clones of us walking around... None," Silence reports.

Fenix whispers to his teammates.

"But wait, we do have a prisoner. That creature looked like it got trapped in the ball that hit it."

edited 2nd Nov '15 9:53:50 AM by UndyingPhoenix

Lanius whispers back, "For Friend Computer's sake, don't let it out! Things will just get worse!"

((Well, this looks like the end of the adventure. Did everyone have fun? What did you enjoy and what did you wish I had done differently?))

OOC: I had a lot of fun honestly when I got back in, my devices weren't working and somehow I lost track.

OOC: It was great, considering it was my first real official tabletop RPG. Can't wait for the next one, where Fenix has hopefully gotten better at combat skills.

OOC: It definitely was fun, but I was hoping for Friend Computer to be more murderous than the environment.

OOC: It was pretty fun, but I feel like it would have benefited from some better pacing. There's a first time for everything, though, and this was definitely a good first foray into weird crossover territory.