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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 7d

" Pfft..

So you're telling me that they're starting to take themselves out before they even get a chance to have a go at me?

Oh, that's sad. Sad in a funny way. "

Setting her drink down.

" In that case, though, better make sure none of them try to pick *You off. "

𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 @sterlingstriker.bsky.social · 7d

"Woah woah woah! It's a free service. I'm stealing from them. As for them trying to stop me, I doubt it. Recently these past few weeks something changed up top by their command. Making the mercs they send start to compete. I'm sure that they'd figure that we'd been taken out by you or each other." -

𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 7d

shitty towards people that prevent from from snatching me, y'know. "

She shrugs

" Besides, I'm broke. I don't have a real use for Lien. "

𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 7d

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Longer replies tomorrow

Sleepy...

Banter for now

𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 7d

shitty towards people that prevent from from snatching me, y'know. "

She shrugs

" Besides, I'm broke. I don't have a real use for Lien. "

𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 7d

" .. So you want me to *Pay you to take care of guys that I wanna fight myself?

You see the issue there, right?
It's a lose-lose for me. "

Crossing one leg over the other

" If you were willing to fight them for my Lien, though, wouldn't you end up wanted anyways?

Atlas is *Particularly ->

𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 @sterlingstriker.bsky.social · 7d

- mulling it over for a bit, it does sound fun.

"Also, a full on grandstand against them makes it so that /I/ would get a bounty on my head. Which makes it a lot harder for me to get contracts from other clients, since I'm gonna be wanted."

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 7d

of the wine she ordered.

" And by the way,
I definitely don't have anything better to do. Fun is fun. "

𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 7d

Resting her head in the palm of her hand, tiredly glancing over at Mercury. Clearly, not taking the conversation very seriously.

" If you wanna get back at them so bad, why don't you just go at them for funsies?

That's what I do. Nobody pays me to ruin their day. "

Sitting up. Drinking some->

𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 @sterlingstriker.bsky.social · 7d

-those stupid assholes pay. Figuratively and literally.

"Is there any way we can make this work?"

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 7d

merc or bounty hunter is coming after *Me?

.. Hate to tell you, but I deal with them myself. I like it that way. What's the fun in being hunted if you don't get to beat the tar out of whoever's coming for you? "

𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 7d

.. Vera rolled her eye, now looking the other way.
The mention of Atlas got on her nerves.

" Yeah, that's the thing about Atlas.
You can't trust them as far as you can throw their oversized mechs. "

Finally being served her drink, and grabbing it in her hand.

" You wanna go after whatever ->

𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 @sterlingstriker.bsky.social · 7d

- me for the past four missions. Which is a lot of money for little ole me. So, I've terminated my contracts with them and am now looking to screw them over as much as possible."

Long sip of water.

"So, I wanted to ask you if I could deal with anyone after you."

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 7d

( training routine )

a lizard is walking on a treadmill that says confidence on the top

ALT: a lizard is walking on a treadmill that says confidence on the top

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Kairos @googoogagay.bsky.social · 8d

🎶Uh, 빛이나는 fame,계속 외쳐 I'm your idol

Thank you for the pain 'cause it got me going viral Uh, yeah, 낫지 않는 fever, makin' you a believer

나를 위해 넌 존재하는 아이들🎶

An Indie Portrayal Of Baby Saja

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 8d

the seat.

" You got some kind of business? "

She's skeptical.
Mercury would be far from the only person who was paid to come after her.

𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 8d

If she had two eyes, the eyebrow raise would've been a bit more noticeable.

" .. Don't particularly care much. "

She was just waiting on her usual.
Though, she was keeping an eye on him.

" .. You're new here. "

Her long tail moves beneath her, rubbing against the floorboards and curling around->

𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 @sterlingstriker.bsky.social · 8d

- eyes.

"I'd ask if you'd mind me taking the seat, but I think you would. Right?"

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 8d

all of the regulars knew who she was.

Half the time she comes for a drink, the other half she picks the toughest looking person in the room to start a fight. So, as one could imagine, she would have a lot of eyes on her.

Today, though, she just wanted a drink.

𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 8d

Vera's schedule is more consistant than anything else.
It's less than a 50/50 chance she actually shows up.

But, if he were patient, he might get lucky.
And in this case, he would.

The door to the bar swung open, and the Faunus woman stepped through the door.

Given her frequent presense here, ->

𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 @sterlingstriker.bsky.social · 8d

- favors than he'd like to admit, he was in a bar she frequented.

Sipping a large glass of water and waiting to see if she'd step inside tonight.

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 9d

" I don't know, but I'm not just taking it at face value. Since when does magic create robots? "

ＧＴ－００ || @macheity.bsky.social · 9d

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ㅤ "𝚂𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 - 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚢.
ㅤ 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚕𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞?"
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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 9d

" .. Yeah, and I was born when a little girl put a magic tail on her snowman. "

Obvious sarcasm.
Definitely not believing that one.

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 9d

" .. Yeah, and I was born when a little girl put a magic tail on her snowman. "

Obvious sarcasm.
Definitely not believing that one.

ＧＴ－００ || @macheity.bsky.social · 9d

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ㅤ "𝙸𝚗 𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎," GT remarks, "𝚢𝚎𝚜. 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖. 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝙸 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚠."
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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 9d

.... Crossing her arms.
She might've bought that this thing isn't Atlesian, but that still sounds like a load of BS to her.

" Right.. So you're some sort of 'Magic robot' from outer space. "

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 9d

.... Crossing her arms.
She might've bought that this thing isn't Atlesian, but that still sounds like a load of BS to her.

" Right.. So you're some sort of 'Magic robot' from outer space. "

ＧＴ－００ || @macheity.bsky.social · 10d

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ㅤ "𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝.
ㅤ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚃 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚖𝚗𝚒𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚂𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎."
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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 11d

" .... Psh.
Alright then.

So, who did make you? You didn't just pop into existence out of nowhere. "

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 11d

" .... Psh.
Alright then.

So, who did make you? You didn't just pop into existence out of nowhere. "

ＧＴ－００ || @macheity.bsky.social · 11d

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ㅤ "𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠?"

ㅤ ... Spoken so eloquently, you'd think it was alive. Its monotone voice, however, is a reminder that it is not. Maybe it logically surmises that bluntness may be more apt for the situation.
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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 11d

.. Crossing her arms.

This is still suspicious.
.. But it also isn't the kind of thing Atlas would pull.

She could buy them building a robot that tries to act like it isn't Atlesian, but this bullshit? They're 'Above' coming up with something like that.

" If you're from so far off, why do you ->

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 11d

look exactly like something that would've come out of Atlas? "

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 11d

.. Crossing her arms.

This is still suspicious.
.. But it also isn't the kind of thing Atlas would pull.

She could buy them building a robot that tries to act like it isn't Atlesian, but this bullshit? They're 'Above' coming up with something like that.

" If you're from so far off, why do you ->

ＧＴ－００ || @macheity.bsky.social · 11d

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ㅤ "𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍. 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 '𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛' 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 '𝚄-𝟷'. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕 '𝚄-𝟹' 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗."
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ᴛᴡᴏ ɪɴ ᴏɴᴇ @sharingsouls.bsky.social · 11d

//

I offer two dumb cats.

Let's see if I can get things going here.

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 11d

Staring for a moment.
No response.

Before she eventually extinguishes the flames in her hands.

" ..... Space travel isn't possible here.
What are you, some kind of alien? "

ＧＴ－００ || @macheity.bsky.social · 11d

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ㅤ "𝙽𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎." Unscratched, it seems. The force evidently wasn't enough to even rattle the thing, given its vocal modulator sounds entirely intact. "𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕; 𝟷𝟸 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚄-𝟷."

ㅤ ...

➕
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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 11d

.. Slight annoyance.

Better plating, she figures.
Not that fire's ever been *Particularly great against metal.

" Noticed you haven't tried to k!ll me yet.
What are you, some kind of camera bot? Trying to figure out where I'm situated so the General can drop one of his damn bombs? "

It at least ->

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 11d

seems to be responsive.

... That's not normal for Atlesian tech.
Aside from Penny. But in her case, she literally has a soul.

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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 11d

.. Slight annoyance.

Better plating, she figures.
Not that fire's ever been *Particularly great against metal.

" Noticed you haven't tried to k!ll me yet.
What are you, some kind of camera bot? Trying to figure out where I'm situated so the General can drop one of his damn bombs? "

It at least ->

ＧＴ－００ || @macheity.bsky.social · 11d

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𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍.
𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚗𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎."
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𝙑. 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙏 @baneofatlas.bsky.social · 11d

" I don't take recomendations. "

And that does it-
She is launching a fireball towards the mechanical being in front of her.

Two, actually. One after another.

ＧＴ－００ || @macheity.bsky.social · 11d

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ㅤ "𝙽𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝙸𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍-𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝."
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