— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂

𝙰𝙱𝙱𝚈 𝙰𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙾𝙽 || 𝙼𝙾𝙳𝙴𝚁𝙽 𝙰𝚄 𝖯𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗒𝖺𝗅 || 𝙼𝙳𝙽𝙸 21+|| 𝚂𝙵𝚆/𝙽𝚂𝙵𝚆 ||

[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

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𝙰𝙳𝙰𝙿𝚃. 𝚂𝚄𝚁𝚅𝙸𝚅𝙴. 𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙴.

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[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

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𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙊𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝘽𝙊𝙍𝙉 𝙄𝙉 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙑𝙀𝙉

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[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

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Man,

Whose dick does she have to crush to get some new ballistic plates?
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[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

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Alive—

Fuck,

Just been letting her scavs do the gathering.
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[— 𝙸𝙽𝙵𝙸𝙳𝙴𝙻 @FEARNXREAPER]

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𝙋𝙍𝙀𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙄𝙉𝙁𝙄𝙇.
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[— 𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶. @WRXTHOFMAN]

𝙶𝙴𝙽 2 𝙾𝙼𝙽𝙸𝚂 𝚂𝚈𝚂𝚃𝙴𝙼:
██████████ 100%

ALL SYSTEMS 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡

NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES DETECTED
NO COGNITIVE DRIFT DETECTED
NO CYBERWARE CONFLICT DETECTED

UNIT AUTHORIZED FOR OPERATION

[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

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Maybe…no, definitely three rounds left. Not ideal, she slid it back in just as silently, and mounted it on a wall. Holding the angle, keeping the wedge, and waiting. Tired eyes are narrowing in to forced focus.

[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

“Here’s hoping I don't pass out half way…and the dressing holds. Out.”

She achingly slid the plate carrier back on, then stiffened at voices below, jaw clenched, grabbing the hand gun and going to the window, making herself small as she peered out.

Locals, five•

[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

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She drew a notepad, a bloodied rite in the rain she had used to keep track of her distance…Few more paces. She heard a twig snap in the distance and flinched pad tuckked sloppily pouch zipped half closed.

Voices…Russian voices.

She checked the mag,

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[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

• there, a brief moment to collect herself.

“…Require immediate assistance, over.”

[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.

“Deal gone bad, had to pick a side,

Skier didn’t like what I chose…Organized Bandits, decent shooters, break.”

[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

She applied pressure on the wound biting down a grunt, before speaking again.

“Got hit bad…ran found the little saferoom I made in the city, tried to herd me to a kill zone. Black on ammo, food, water…Go-bag’s only good for three days.”

An informal pause, she was still •

[𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚒𝚍𝚎 @Redtid3]

"𝙲𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝? 𝙶𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚗!"

𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐉ö𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐬é𝐧

𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦

𝟙𝟠+ 𝕄ℕ𝔻ℕ𝕀

ᗰOᖇᗴ IᑎᖴO ᗷᗴᒪOᗯ

[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

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“𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢 1-2, 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯? 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳.”

[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

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A setup,

Had to be.

She winced, tightening the sling with grit teeth. Feeling the bullet wound in her side redeclare it's presence. Repacked ith another hemostatic injection. The adrenaline crash was setting in, her limbs trembling as she closed and locked •

[— 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙸𝚂 @USECALPHA]

She stared at the JPC on the table for a long moment. Specifically the radio…

Don’t do it…

Don’t compromise…

Then again…

What's one more debt?

*A slow exhale, calming, ibuprofen, a chug of water from her battle bottle, then staring. One long moment, then the click.* •