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Hold It In (RWBY/Transistor)

Which of the other starter choices do you want to see interludes from most?

  • Dishonored

    Votes: 3 7.0%

  • Legend Of Zelda

    Votes: 9 20.9%

  • Shadow Of Mordor

    Votes: 2 4.7%

  • Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

    Votes: 4 9.3%

  • Preacher

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

    Votes: 8 18.6%

  • Fist Of The North Star

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Kill Six Billion Demons

    Votes: 12 27.9%

  • The Zombie Knight

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Mob Psycho 100

    Votes: 2 4.7%

  • Author's Choice

    Votes: 3 7.0%
  • Total voters
    43
  • Poll closed .
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The masstagging is irritating

[X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."

It is all true anyway.
 
[] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."

Been convinced to change votes....again...
 
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[X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."
Adhoc vote count started by nemo1986 on Feb 9, 2018 at 11:30 PM, finished with 106 posts and 40 votes.
  • [X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."
    [X] Say that you created an AI that wanted to meet another AI which is why you are here.
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call the cops surreptitiously.
    --[x] Don't say anything incriminating, let this asshole hang himself.
    [X] The Truth- just start talking and don't stop until he takes the gun away from your chest or you're dead.
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    -[X] You have connections... Fine, you have a connection, so put it to use. Have Blue message Weiss to explain that you're being held up by an Atlas goon and have her call you. Hand over your scroll and hope the heiress of the SDC has enough pull with whoever this guy works for.
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    -[x] Be ready to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    --[x] Don't say anything incriminating, let this asshole hang himself.
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    [X] "I'm just here because a girl was lonely and needed a friend, I haven't done anything wrong."
    [X] Try to calm down, this guy is (hopefully) bluffing and he (probably) won't do anything stupid in public.
    [X] Admit to nothing and don't say anything incriminating.
    [X] Have Blue and Bracket do anything they can think of. Call the cops, talk to Penny, hack this guy's scroll for something of use, call Weiss and see if the Heiress of the SDC can do anything to help.
    [X] If all else fails, look to Penny. Blue made her sound like a good person, so she wouldn't let you get killed.
    [X] The Truth- just start talking and don't stop until he takes the gun away from your chest or you're dead.
    [x] Write-in: DANGER MODE TURN ACTIVATE
    -[x] Jaunt Behind who ever the fuck this is. Scan him. He just lost privacy privileges.
    --[x]Ready to ()Spiral a bitch and look for any other dickheads backing this guy up.
    ---[X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."
    ----[x] THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT BLUE!
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    -[X] You have connections... Fine, you have a connection, so put it to use. Have Blue message Weiss to explain that you're being held up by an Atlas goon and have her call you. Hand over your scroll and hope the heiress of the SDC has enough pull with whoever this guy works for.
    -[X] Scan him. He just lost his Privacy Privileges.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    -[x] Be ready to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [x] This vote should be considered an abstention regarding what Jaune says. Regardless on what he says, however, there's a few things he needs to do.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    --[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    --[x] If it's possible to do so without any outward sign that we're doing it, prepare to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [x] This vote should be considered and abstention on what Jaune says. Regardless on what he says, however, there's a few things he needs to do.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    --[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    --[x] If it's possible to do so without any outward sign that we're doing it, prepare to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [x] Tell the Relevant Bits of the Truth- Talk about how you made an AI as part of your semblance and how you need it for medical reasons, show him your medical papers of necessary. Say that it noticed another AI sending a message and they got talking, don't elaborate on its capabilities unless pressed, and even then try to keep quiet about the functions and semblance copying and insane computing ability if you can.
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Adhoc vote count started by nemo1986 on Feb 9, 2018 at 11:30 PM, finished with 106 posts and 40 votes.
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    [X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."
    [X] Say that you created an AI that wanted to meet another AI which is why you are here.
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    -[X] You have connections... Fine, you have a connection, so put it to use. Have Blue message Weiss to explain that you're being held up by an Atlas goon and have her call you. Hand over your scroll and hope the heiress of the SDC has enough pull with whoever this guy works for.
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    -[x] Be ready to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    --[x] Don't say anything incriminating, let this asshole hang himself.
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call the cops surreptitiously.
    --[x] Don't say anything incriminating, let this asshole hang himself.
    [X] The Truth- just start talking and don't stop until he takes the gun away from your chest or you're dead.
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    [X] "I'm just here because a girl was lonely and needed a friend, I haven't done anything wrong."
    [X] Try to calm down, this guy is (hopefully) bluffing and he (probably) won't do anything stupid in public.
    [X] Admit to nothing and don't say anything incriminating.
    [X] Have Blue and Bracket do anything they can think of. Call the cops, talk to Penny, hack this guy's scroll for something of use, call Weiss and see if the Heiress of the SDC can do anything to help.
    [X] If all else fails, look to Penny. Blue made her sound like a good person, so she wouldn't let you get killed.
    [X] The Truth- just start talking and don't stop until he takes the gun away from your chest or you're dead.
    [x] Write-in: DANGER MODE TURN ACTIVATE
    -[x] Jaunt Behind who ever the fuck this is. Scan him. He just lost privacy privileges.
    --[x]Ready to ()Spiral a bitch and look for any other dickheads backing this guy up.
    ---[X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."
    ----[x] THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT BLUE!
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    -[X] You have connections... Fine, you have a connection, so put it to use. Have Blue message Weiss to explain that you're being held up by an Atlas goon and have her call you. Hand over your scroll and hope the heiress of the SDC has enough pull with whoever this guy works for.
    -[X] Scan him. He just lost his Privacy Privileges.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    -[x] Be ready to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [X] Plan: Going nuclear- Crawl out Through the Fallout
    -[x] Ask Brackett or the process to record everything he says and concurrently upload it to our home computer or a server we can use.
    -[x] If he doesn't notice this, also have Brackett send a message to the police, the station guard, and any lines to nearby hunter stations telling them our location and about us being held hostage.
    --[x] If we have access to a server give them a link to the uploaded video.
    --[x] If possible find the wavelength that the station officers radios operate on and have brackett message them directly.
    -[x] Tell him that we developed an AI and that it wanted to meet Penny in person. We are only here as a messenger. Tell him that to our knowledge no one was groomed and that the meeting was entirely voluntary.
    --[x] If questioned about 'in person' say that the AI would be looking through the camera of your scroll.
    -[x] Make small talk about who he is, what he wants, and why this is so important. Don't say anything incriminating or about our semblance, let this asshole hang himself. Make sure that you don't let him take you anywhere else.
    --[x] He is from a foreign government and is probably both acting here illegally and is knowingly targeting a citizen of Vale. If we can get Vale to arrest him we can get our government to protect us, especially as the fact that we are a genius that made something advanced enough to make atlas's military worry gets out.
    [x] This vote should be considered an abstention regarding what Jaune says. Regardless on what he says, however, there's a few things he needs to do.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    --[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    --[x] If it's possible to do so without any outward sign that we're doing it, prepare to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [x] This vote should be considered and abstention on what Jaune says. Regardless on what he says, however, there's a few things he needs to do.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    --[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    --[x] If it's possible to do so without any outward sign that we're doing it, prepare to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [x] Tell the Relevant Bits of the Truth- Talk about how you made an AI as part of your semblance and how you need it for medical reasons, show him your medical papers of necessary. Say that it noticed another AI sending a message and they got talking, don't elaborate on its capabilities unless pressed, and even then try to keep quiet about the functions and semblance copying and insane computing ability if you can.
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Sivantic said:
The masstagging is irritating

[X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."

It is all true anyway.
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It doesn't matter if it's true. Being snarky right after we were warned that we would be shot if we were is just so unbelievely and terminally stupid that I am having an immense time comprehending why the fuck people feel the need to do so. No really why? We were outright warned that if we did that same exact shit with Weiss that she would have stabbed us in the throat. We could say the same exact thing without the snark.

How hard is it to just not freaking snark when our life is in danger?
Adhoc vote count started by Red Bovine on Feb 10, 2018 at 12:52 AM, finished with 107 posts and 40 votes.
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    [X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."
    [X] Say that you created an AI that wanted to meet another AI which is why you are here.
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    -[X] You have connections... Fine, you have a connection, so put it to use. Have Blue message Weiss to explain that you're being held up by an Atlas goon and have her call you. Hand over your scroll and hope the heiress of the SDC has enough pull with whoever this guy works for.
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    -[x] Be ready to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    --[x] Don't say anything incriminating, let this asshole hang himself.
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call the cops surreptitiously.
    --[x] Don't say anything incriminating, let this asshole hang himself.
    [X] The Truth- just start talking and don't stop until he takes the gun away from your chest or you're dead.
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    [X] "I'm just here because a girl was lonely and needed a friend, I haven't done anything wrong."
    [X] Try to calm down, this guy is (hopefully) bluffing and he (probably) won't do anything stupid in public.
    [X] Admit to nothing and don't say anything incriminating.
    [X] Have Blue and Bracket do anything they can think of. Call the cops, talk to Penny, hack this guy's scroll for something of use, call Weiss and see if the Heiress of the SDC can do anything to help.
    [X] If all else fails, look to Penny. Blue made her sound like a good person, so she wouldn't let you get killed.
    [X] The Truth- just start talking and don't stop until he takes the gun away from your chest or you're dead.
    [x] Write-in: DANGER MODE TURN ACTIVATE
    -[x] Jaunt Behind who ever the fuck this is. Scan him. He just lost privacy privileges.
    --[x]Ready to ()Spiral a bitch and look for any other dickheads backing this guy up.
    ---[X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."
    ----[x] THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT BLUE!
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    -[X] You have connections... Fine, you have a connection, so put it to use. Have Blue message Weiss to explain that you're being held up by an Atlas goon and have her call you. Hand over your scroll and hope the heiress of the SDC has enough pull with whoever this guy works for.
    -[X] Scan him. He just lost his Privacy Privileges.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    -[x] Be ready to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [X] Plan: Going nuclear- Crawl out Through the Fallout
    -[x] Ask Brackett or the process to record everything he says and concurrently upload it to our home computer or a server we can use.
    -[x] If he doesn't notice this, also have Brackett send a message to the police, the station guard, and any lines to nearby hunter stations telling them our location and about us being held hostage.
    --[x] If we have access to a server give them a link to the uploaded video.
    --[x] If possible find the wavelength that the station officers radios operate on and have brackett message them directly.
    -[x] Tell him that we developed an AI and that it wanted to meet Penny in person. We are only here as a messenger. Tell him that to our knowledge no one was groomed and that the meeting was entirely voluntary.
    --[x] If questioned about 'in person' say that the AI would be looking through the camera of your scroll.
    -[x] Make small talk about who he is, what he wants, and why this is so important. Don't say anything incriminating or about our semblance, let this asshole hang himself. Make sure that you don't let him take you anywhere else.
    --[x] He is from a foreign government and is probably both acting here illegally and is knowingly targeting a citizen of Vale. If we can get Vale to arrest him we can get our government to protect us, especially as the fact that we are a genius that made something advanced enough to make atlas's military worry gets out.
    [x] This vote should be considered an abstention regarding what Jaune says. Regardless on what he says, however, there's a few things he needs to do.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    --[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    --[x] If it's possible to do so without any outward sign that we're doing it, prepare to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [x] This vote should be considered and abstention on what Jaune says. Regardless on what he says, however, there's a few things he needs to do.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    --[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    --[x] If it's possible to do so without any outward sign that we're doing it, prepare to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [x] Tell the Relevant Bits of the Truth- Talk about how you made an AI as part of your semblance and how you need it for medical reasons, show him your medical papers of necessary. Say that it noticed another AI sending a message and they got talking, don't elaborate on its capabilities unless pressed, and even then try to keep quiet about the functions and semblance copying and insane computing ability if you can.
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Adhoc vote count started by Red Bovine on Feb 10, 2018 at 1:09 AM, finished with 107 posts and 40 votes.
  • 51
    [X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."
    [X] Say that you created an AI that wanted to meet another AI which is why you are here.
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    -[X] You have connections... Fine, you have a connection, so put it to use. Have Blue message Weiss to explain that you're being held up by an Atlas goon and have her call you. Hand over your scroll and hope the heiress of the SDC has enough pull with whoever this guy works for.
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    -[x] Be ready to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    --[x] Don't say anything incriminating, let this asshole hang himself.
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call the cops surreptitiously.
    --[x] Don't say anything incriminating, let this asshole hang himself.
    [X] The Truth- just start talking and don't stop until he takes the gun away from your chest or you're dead.
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    [X] "I'm just here because a girl was lonely and needed a friend, I haven't done anything wrong."
    [X] Try to calm down, this guy is (hopefully) bluffing and he (probably) won't do anything stupid in public.
    [X] Admit to nothing and don't say anything incriminating.
    [X] Have Blue and Bracket do anything they can think of. Call the cops, talk to Penny, hack this guy's scroll for something of use, call Weiss and see if the Heiress of the SDC can do anything to help.
    [X] If all else fails, look to Penny. Blue made her sound like a good person, so she wouldn't let you get killed.
    [X] The Truth- just start talking and don't stop until he takes the gun away from your chest or you're dead.
    [x] Write-in: DANGER MODE TURN ACTIVATE
    -[x] Jaunt Behind who ever the fuck this is. Scan him. He just lost privacy privileges.
    --[x]Ready to ()Spiral a bitch and look for any other dickheads backing this guy up.
    ---[X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."
    ----[x] THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT BLUE!
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    -[X] You have connections... Fine, you have a connection, so put it to use. Have Blue message Weiss to explain that you're being held up by an Atlas goon and have her call you. Hand over your scroll and hope the heiress of the SDC has enough pull with whoever this guy works for.
    -[X] Scan him. He just lost his Privacy Privileges.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    -[x] Be ready to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [X] Plan: Going nuclear- Crawl out Through the Fallout
    -[x] Ask Brackett or the process to record everything he says and concurrently upload it to our home computer or a server we can use.
    -[x] If he doesn't notice this, also have Brackett send a message to the police, the station guard, and any lines to nearby hunter stations telling them our location and about us being held hostage.
    --[x] If we have access to a server give them a link to the uploaded video.
    --[x] If possible find the wavelength that the station officers radios operate on and have brackett message them directly.
    -[x] Tell him that we developed an AI and that it wanted to meet Penny in person. We are only here as a messenger. Tell him that to our knowledge no one was groomed and that the meeting was entirely voluntary.
    --[x] If questioned about 'in person' say that the AI would be looking through the camera of your scroll.
    -[x] Make small talk about who he is, what he wants, and why this is so important. Don't say anything incriminating or about our semblance, let this asshole hang himself. Make sure that you don't let him take you anywhere else.
    --[x] He is from a foreign government and is probably both acting here illegally and is knowingly targeting a citizen of Vale. If we can get Vale to arrest him we can get our government to protect us, especially as the fact that we are a genius that made something advanced enough to make atlas's military worry gets out.
    [x] This vote should be considered an abstention regarding what Jaune says. Regardless on what he says, however, there's a few things he needs to do.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    --[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    --[x] If it's possible to do so without any outward sign that we're doing it, prepare to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [x] This vote should be considered and abstention on what Jaune says. Regardless on what he says, however, there's a few things he needs to do.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    --[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    --[x] If it's possible to do so without any outward sign that we're doing it, prepare to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [x] Tell the Relevant Bits of the Truth- Talk about how you made an AI as part of your semblance and how you need it for medical reasons, show him your medical papers of necessary. Say that it noticed another AI sending a message and they got talking, don't elaborate on its capabilities unless pressed, and even then try to keep quiet about the functions and semblance copying and insane computing ability if you can.
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Red Bovine said:
It doesn't matter if it's true. Being snarky right after we were warned that we would be shot if we were is just so unbelievely and terminally stupid that I am having an immense time comprehending why the fuck people feel the need to do so. No really why? We were outright warned that if we did that same exact shit with Weiss that she would have stabbed us in the throat. We could say the same exact thing without the snark.

How hard is it to just not freaking snark when our life is in danger?
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Mostly to me it just plain is not snark. It is literally what happened.

This is not some conspiracy to steal or copy their AI, Jaune is not some evil mastermind attempting to take over the world, and most definitely not a gray goo apocalypse.

Jaune is just some kid currently way over his head. The guy already has a gun to his back and is hyper aware of any hint of power.

So we tell him the truth: Bracket asked Penny on a date. Jaune cannot function without Bracket. What is so snarky about that?
 
Sivantic said:
Mostly to me it just plain is not snark. It is literally what happened.

This is not some conspiracy to steal or copy their AI, Jaune is not some evil mastermind attempting to take over the world, and most definitely not a gray goo apocalypse.

Jaune is just some kid currently way over his head. The guy already has a gun to his back and is hyper aware of any hint of power.

So we tell him the truth: Bracket asked Penny on a date. Jaune cannot function without Bracket. What is so snarky about that?
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It's not an uncommon occurrence that you tell a person something slightly bad to him straight because he told you to do so and he is sensitive enough to take it personally even though he literally just told you to give it to him straight.

It's not an uncommon occurrence.
 
[X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."

Red Bovine said:
It doesn't matter if it's true. Being snarky right after we were warned that we would be shot if we were is just so unbelievely and terminally stupid that I am having an immense time comprehending why the fuck people feel the need to do so. No really why? We were outright warned that if we did that same exact shit with Weiss that she would have stabbed us in the throat. We could say the same exact thing without the snark.
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Honestly, it doesn't come off as snarky to me at all. They have the logs. They saw what happened. This is just Jaune blurting out exactly what happened because he's panicked and bad at social.

Besides that, the guy isn't going to shoot us even if he thinks we're bullshitting. We're his lead to what might be someone trying to suborn the newest Atlas military tech. You don't kill your only lead like that. Weiss was not a trained agent, she was a girl who has grown up knowing that she might be a target finding some random person in her hotel room. That's an entirely different situation.
 
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EllenTenshima said:
It's not an uncommon occurrence that you tell a person something slightly bad to him straight because he told you to do so and he is sensitive enough to take it personally even though he literally just told you to give it to him straight.

It's not an uncommon occurrence.
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Yet these people are professionals. They are not going to take it personally because they have been trained not to.
 
Hey sorry I've been busy, what's been happening in my thread- Jesus Christ you people have been busy-

Ok, uh, wow! This is probably the first time I won't be able to answer individual questions, so broad strokes only for the moment.

On why the gunman went straight for lethal:

Part of that crit fail is that they found the chatlogs, but only... partial chatlogs. Rather, they found the chatlogs, and only had enough time to decrypt parts of them. This would have been the case anyway, but the crit fail ensured they found out exactly what parts they needed to take Penny and the lads' constant conversation in the absolute worst way possible.

Besides, so did Weiss. It's a matter of making sure that he has control of the situation, and you can't do anything to escalate it. It's a matter of control.

Why the Transistor's sensors are buggered six ways to Sunday:

What Penny's doing, whether on purpose or not, is sending out so many random signals that she's... basically acting as digital chaff. It's how the gunman got the drop on you- she's drowning out so much of the station in random static that your sword's... basically been rendered blind.

The Transistor isn't infallible, it was never meant to be, that quest would be boring as fuck, but something on Penny's level is what it takes to trip it up.

... For now.

On the state of voting:

I... can't weasel you out of this one.

Ok, first, votes actively calling his bluff are just fucking stupid, seriously, y'all should know better than that! Why would you escalate the situation, even assuming Jaune could pull off cool and composed long enough to do that convincingly? Calling his bluff only works if you can act like you don't believe it in the first place!

Anyway, aside from that, none of the other votes so far are suicidally bad, they're just risky as all hell. Even without a -3 penalty.

So far, the leading ones, which are basically the truth in snappy one-liner form and slightly more sincerely, are the least risky votes so far, for obvious reasons. But... come on, calling his bluff? Even I know that's stupid!

Ok, ok, moving on, sorry.

Calling people... probably isn't going to work, because the situation is going to be resolved one way or the other within the next minute, so unless you honestly think Roman can work in a city where the response time of the police is less than a minute... calling the station guards, not a terrible idea, but, again, escalating. Not a good idea, escalation is not advised. Even the Cell's gathered that, which is why it's not gonna try and blow your new best friend's head off, and a particularly melancholy headless horseman has pointed out that shooting people in dense crowds is both possible and has been done before, and he's right, so assuming your new best friend won't break your heart based on that isn't smart.

As far as you know, this is a man who is not amused with your attempts at snark, unintentional or not, and if you disappoint him any further, he will shoot you in the heart and step over your dying, dying, dead body on his way to collect your mutual friend.

Whether or not he actually will is irrelevant. The threat is real, as far as Jaune can tell, and that's all that matters.

... For fuck's sake don't piss him off this is basic 'not getting shot' etiquette-

Ahem. Recording everything? Good idea, happens anyway, but good job thinking about it. Overall... I can see why the winning plans are winning- blabbering your way out of being threatened with a weapon currently has a 100% success rate for you, but that's... a lot riskier here. I'm not saying I disapprove of you gambling like that, that would be the largest stone I've ever thrown from within my palace of glass, but it still is risky.

Take the risk, don't, not my choice.

Anyway, so far "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more than 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along." is winning, in second place is the exact same vote but less glib, and everything else is trailing so far behind those two that I don't see anything but one of those winning without a massive push. Voting closes tomorrow at 7 pm GMT. That's just under a full 24 hours to turn the votes around if you really want to.
 
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[X] The Truth- just start talking and don't stop until he takes the gun away from your chest or you're dead.
 
One reason I chose to call the bluff and went with an unfriendly option was because we/Jaune were being screwed over without making a mistake. That isn't criticism for the way you wrote the scene. This is not a complaint about the schenanigans Jaune has to deal with. I think that Jaune is slow to anger and I don't have a problem with that. This feels like a reasonable point for his patience to be tested. He is once again having a weapon pointed at him. Our prospective friend Penny did nothing to protect us (and I agree that she just didn't notice until our assailant made his move, not a problem).
 
Prok said:
On why the gunman went straight for lethal:

Part of that crit fail is that they found the chatlogs, but only... partial chatlogs. Rather, they found the chatlogs, and only had enough time to decrypt parts of them. This would have been the case anyway, but the crit fail ensured they found out exactly what parts they needed to take Penny and the lads' constant conversation in the absolute worst way possible.

Besides, so did Weiss. It's a matter of making sure that he has control of the situation, and you can't do anything to escalate it. It's a matter of control.
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Yeah, the Transistor asking about Penny's specifications came back to screw us. Go figure.
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Why the Transistor's sensors are buggered six ways to Sunday:

What Penny's doing, whether on purpose or not, is sending out so many random signals that she's... basically acting as digital chaff. It's how the gunman got the drop on you- she's drowning out so much of the station in random static that your sword's... basically been rendered blind.

The Transistor isn't infallible, it was never meant to be, that quest would be boring as fuck, but something on Penny's level is what it takes to trip it up.

... For now.
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I assume part of this will be used as the in-character justification for going computer shopping later this week.
Prok said:
On the state of voting:

I... can't weasel you out of this one.

Ok, first, votes actively calling his bluff are just fucking stupid, seriously, y'all should know better than that! Why would you escalate the situation, even assuming Jaune could pull off cool and composed long enough to do that convincingly? Calling his bluff only works if you can act like you don't believe it in the first place!

Anyway, aside from that, none of the other votes so far are suicidally bad, they're just risky as all hell. Even without a -3 penalty.

So far, the leading ones, which are basically the truth in snappy one-liner form and slightly more sincerely, are the least risky votes so far, for obvious reasons. But... come on, calling his bluff? Even I know that's stupid!
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Prok said:
Ahem. Recording everything? Good idea, happens anyway, but good job thinking about it. Overall... I can see why the winning plans are winning- blabbering your way out of being threatened with a weapon currently has a 100% success rate for you, but that's... a lot riskier here. I'm not saying I disapprove of you gambling like that, that would be the largest stone I've ever thrown from within my palace of glass, but it still is risky.

Take the risk, don't, not my choice.

Anyway, so far "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more than 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along." is winning, in second place is the exact same vote but less glib, and everything else is trailing so far behind those two that I don't see anything but one of those winning without a massive push. Voting closes tomorrow at 7 pm GMT. That's just under a full 24 hours to turn the votes around if you really want to.
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Yeah, trying to call the bluff was always stupid, but I wasn't thinking clearly at the time because I desperately wanted to get an option that didn't read like Jaune was mouthing off before the bandwagon became irreversible. There's a reason I changed it later.

[X] Plan: Better safe than sorry
-[X] "I'm just here because a girl was lonely and needed a friend, I haven't done anything wrong."
-[X] Warn him that your sword records everything around you, that will hopefully keep him from doing something rash.
-[X] If all else fails, look to Penny. Blue made her sound like a good person, so she wouldn't let you get killed.
How was my second attempt, edited here after what you've pointed out? Cautious, but honest and attempting deescalation.
 
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Ashmaker said:
Yeah, the Transistor asking about Penny's specifications came back to screw us. Go figure.

I assume part of this will be used as the in-character justification for going computer shopping later this week.



Yeah, trying to call the bluff was always stupid, but I wasn't thinking clearly at the time because I desperately wanted to get an option that didn't read like Jaune was mouthing off before the bandwagon became irreversible. There's a reason I changed it later.

[X] Plan: Better safe than sorry
-[X] "I'm just here because a girl was lonely and needed a friend, I haven't done anything wrong."
-[X] Warn him that everything around you is being recorded, that will hopefully keep him from doing something rash.
-[X] If all else fails, look to Penny. Blue made her sound like a good person, so she wouldn't let you get killed.
How was my second attempt, edited here after what you've pointed out? Cautious, but honest and attempting deescalation.
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Lying to him, if just by omission, and then threatening him by saying everything is being recorded after the GM just said Priority #1 for us is DON'T PISS HIM OFF seems... unwise.

Same with counting on Penny to be the savior if things go to shit when she's the entire reason we got caught in the first place.

As a different question entirely to the thread in general, why would our Aura not protect us from getting shot?
 
Not sure going for the full truth is wise. I mean we can just explain all the relevant bits like our AI and how they wanted to meet Penny.
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    [X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."
    [X] Say that you created an AI that wanted to meet another AI which is why you are here.
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    -[X] You have connections... Fine, you have a connection, so put it to use. Have Blue message Weiss to explain that you're being held up by an Atlas goon and have her call you. Hand over your scroll and hope the heiress of the SDC has enough pull with whoever this guy works for.
    [X] The Truth- just start talking and don't stop until he takes the gun away from your chest or you're dead.
    [X] "You're bluffing. You're not actually going to gun me down in public, you just want me to confess to something you can pin on me."
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call your family surreptitiously.
    -[x] Be ready to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    --[x] Don't say anything incriminating, let this asshole hang himself.
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Call the cops surreptitiously.
    --[x] Don't say anything incriminating, let this asshole hang himself.
    [X] The Truth- just start talking and don't stop until he takes the gun away from your chest or you're dead.
    [x] Record everything for future use.
    [X] "I'm just here because a girl was lonely and needed a friend, I haven't done anything wrong."
    [X] Try to calm down, this guy is (hopefully) bluffing and he (probably) won't do anything stupid in public.
    [X] Admit to nothing and don't say anything incriminating.
    [X] Have Blue and Bracket do anything they can think of. Call the cops, talk to Penny, hack this guy's scroll for something of use, call Weiss and see if the Heiress of the SDC can do anything to help.
    [X] If all else fails, look to Penny. Blue made her sound like a good person, so she wouldn't let you get killed.
    [x] Write-in: DANGER MODE TURN ACTIVATE
    -[x] Jaunt Behind who ever the fuck this is. Scan him. He just lost privacy privileges.
    --[x]Ready to ()Spiral a bitch and look for any other dickheads backing this guy up.
    ---[X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."
    ----[x] THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT BLUE!
    [X] "My AI asked your AI out on a date and since I can't be more then 100 meters away from its vessel without dying I had to come along."
    -[X] You have connections... Fine, you have a connection, so put it to use. Have Blue message Weiss to explain that you're being held up by an Atlas goon and have her call you. Hand over your scroll and hope the heiress of the SDC has enough pull with whoever this guy works for.
    --[X] Call your family surreptitiously.
    -[X] Scan him. He just lost his Privacy Privileges.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    -[x] Be ready to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [X] Plan: Going nuclear- Crawl out Through the Fallout
    -[x] Ask Brackett or the process to record everything he says and concurrently upload it to our home computer or a server we can use.
    -[x] If he doesn't notice this, also have Brackett send a message to the police, the station guard, and any lines to nearby hunter stations telling them our location and about us being held hostage.
    --[x] If we have access to a server give them a link to the uploaded video.
    --[x] If possible find the wavelength that the station officers radios operate on and have brackett message them directly.
    -[x] Tell him that we developed an AI and that it wanted to meet Penny in person. We are only here as a messenger. Tell him that to our knowledge no one was groomed and that the meeting was entirely voluntary.
    --[x] If questioned about 'in person' say that the AI would be looking through the camera of your scroll.
    -[x] Make small talk about who he is, what he wants, and why this is so important. Don't say anything incriminating or about our semblance, let this asshole hang himself. Make sure that you don't let him take you anywhere else.
    --[x] He is from a foreign government and is probably both acting here illegally and is knowingly targeting a citizen of Vale. If we can get Vale to arrest him we can get our government to protect us, especially as the fact that we are a genius that made something advanced enough to make atlas's military worry gets out.
    [x] This vote should be considered an abstention regarding what Jaune says. Regardless on what he says, however, there's a few things he needs to do.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    --[X] Call your family surreptitiously.
    --[x] If it's possible to do so without any outward sign that we're doing it, prepare to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [x] This vote should be considered and abstention on what Jaune says. Regardless on what he says, however, there's a few things he needs to do.
    -[X] Record everything for future use.
    --[X] Call your family surreptitiously.
    --[x] If it's possible to do so without any outward sign that we're doing it, prepare to use Turn() at a moment's notice to avoid getting shot.
    [x] Tell the Relevant Bits of the Truth- Talk about how you made an AI as part of your semblance and how you need it for medical reasons, show him your medical papers of necessary. Say that it noticed another AI sending a message and they got talking, don't elaborate on its capabilities unless pressed, and even then try to keep quiet about the functions and semblance copying and insane computing ability if you can.
    [X] Plan: Better safe than sorry
    -[X] "I'm just here because a girl was lonely and needed a friend, I haven't done anything wrong."
    -[X] Warn him that your sword records everything around you, that will hopefully keep him from doing something rash.
    -[X] If all else fails, look to Penny. Blue made her sound like a good person, so she wouldn't let you get killed.
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Prok said:
Status Effect Gained- Threatened- you have a gun against your back, of course you are. You're not thinking straight, you're kinda hyperfocused on the gun- no penalty roll, just take a flat -3 to social until the threat is resolved.
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Prok said:
Ahem. Recording everything? Good idea, happens anyway, but good job thinking about it. Overall... I can see why the winning plans are winning- blabbering your way out of being threatened with a weapon currently has a 100% success rate for you, but that's... a lot riskier here. I'm not saying I disapprove of you gambling like that, that would be the largest stone I've ever thrown from within my palace of glass, but it still is risky.

Take the risk, don't, not my choice.
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Actually, couldn't we just avoid that risk? The -3 only applies to Jaune.

[X] Plan: Silence is Golden
-[X] You don't trust yourself to say anything right now, it would only make things worse.
-[X] Leave it to Blue, have him do the talking.
--[X] Let him decide whether to do that over scrolls or by using Penny as an intermediary.

@Prok, how well would this work? The big stumbling block is getting our friend talking to the guy threatening us in the first place, but it wouldn't risk Jaune messing up at social.
 
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