+ Chapter 2: Epilogue

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V: Oh my g-god ...

O: I know

V: Like- OMG MY GOD F-FUCK?!

O: I said, I know

C: [REDACTED] you confirmed they were far from this level of technology, that this was unachievable.

O: They were last time I checked...

V: W-well you did you check hard en-enough?

O: I did, I've been in their mainframe for MONTHS. I was almost caught during that stupid 'Dungeons and Dragons' VR thing. Gen and Rothchild must have kept their progress on their systems.

V: W-what about the g-g-girl? You said she wasn't strong enough? W-W-What about the assassin? The how the f-f-f-fuck did she bounce BACK?!

C: This is indeed worrying. Last time when she destroyed Warren, a city, with no control. Now she is able to level an entire continent WITH control.

V: We should have just had her k-k-k-kil-

O: We are not killing her! We are not killing any of the-

V: That's R-R-R-R-ich! Seeing as we've just wiped out a Fortune planet with Fortune's own bio-weapon.

O: At least we've removed one super-weapon from the playing field.

C: Agreed, the universe at least is spared from the Hive.

V: s-s-so what do we d-do?

C: If Fortune is escalating their plans then so should we...

V&C: Agreed

Chapter 2: Aftermath

[SEASON 1. CHAPTER 2] .Aftermath

___________________________________________________________________ FRTN: 5.9▲ // VG9: 3.2 ▼ // TMBW: 2.1 ▼ // MBS: 4.1 ▼ // HXCB 4.5▲

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[ Super carrier X8-Talas-Actual entering atmosphere, transport ships prepped and standing by...]

[ 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Depart ]

Above your heads, in the clear skies of the upper atmosphere, a giant supercarrier starship slowly pulled itself down into orbit. busting through the atmosphere as it got closer. As you looked up, small specks of light slowly started to branch off from its underbelly, heading down towards the city with an elegant smooth swoop, transport ships! Branded in blue with that garish white Fortune logo on the side.

You never thought you'd be so happy to see that stupid logo again.

The transports were quick to settle into the city .Security droids started to organise the survivors on board, filling each one up until it was ready to fly back up and off-load survivors. One of the transports, a large Purple carrier in particular, didn't seem to be picking anyone up during the chaos, instead just hovering there to the side near the inner ring. No one paid much mind to it until a large blue beam of light emitted from its base, followed by a loud chaotic rumble as a huge metal container was ripped out from the ground. It must have been about the size of a house, torn out from the foundations of the city as some sort of 'gravity device' dragged it up and to the base of the transport.

Before anyone got a chance to react you were reminded with a loud deafening CRASH, of the impending doom, minutes away. The queen was close – a few miles out from the city wall but close enough for each of her footsteps to feel like an earthquake. It wasn't a moment too soon as you jumped onboard your transport with General Leet and the rest of the security team. You were the last on the ground, ready to get your asses out of there ... And you were off.

As your transport slowly climbed higher and higher you were hit with two conflicting emotions. The first was being able to see the city, to watch the auto-turrets burn through their ammo and keep up the good fight. It was sad seeing how beautiful the city was form above, painted purple by the amount Hive around it. The next was a sense of awe-struck fear, as you got a full glorious view of the queen, only a mile away from the city walls... It was as beautiful as it was terrifying. The queen was about the size of the city it was about to tear apart.

Slumping in your seat, as you flew further and further away your ship started to gradually slow down and music started to blast through your transport speakers...

[Project Serpen activated]

Suddenly, music filled the hallways of your transport and every monitor and tv screen flickered to life, the feed presenting the back of one of the dropships. A video feed from a drone maybe? It was strange but you swore it looked like some sort of movie, the wide-angle lens, the epic filter and music?

Was this Fortune Promo?!

You seriously couldn't believe the gall of the company for pulling this shit so soon, but despite all that you couldn't pull yourself away from the monitors. Either watching the screen or looking out of the transport windows you spot the same purple transport you witnessed before, at the centre of attention of this mess. That same drop-ship that tore the building size container out from the ground.

As the camera angle changed the back door of the transport slowly opened, cutting to a close up shot of boots walking across the metal ramp and out into the light of the outside world. In an epic reveal, Xapi and Dr Rothchild walked across the transport ramp. The two were lugging what looked like some sort of equipment, standing on either side of the ramp supported by safety ropes to stop them from falling off. Then, in a slow panning-up shot Delilah Leach stepped out from between them and into the spotlight.

She looked... Good? Confident? Vitalised? A lot better than she did in the past few months. Across her right arm and upper chest seemed to be sort of device hooked up to the equipment either side of Xapi and Dr Rothchild. With a brief moment of hesitation, Xapi pulled some sort of dagger and handed it to Delilah, a ragged looking thing, like it was made of bones and teeth, perhaps the jaw of an animal.

You couldn't help but wonder what the hell was going on. Then the rumble below on the planet’s surface emitted from the city, loud enough for you to hear it from the transport up in the sky, almost defeating the tacky rock music as the camera pulled to a close up on Delilah's smug grin. Then the device on her arm activated, her tattoos glowing a blinding white and her eyes turning green, then the entire city below you moved-

As the queen grew closer, the ground under the city started to rise taller and taller until it was broken through by a nightmarish creature emerging from its crust. The city was torn apart in seconds, towers, bases and walls were turned to ruin.

It was hard to gauge exactly what it was at first, but as soon as the dust settled and the slates of earth slipped off its body it became worryingly clear what it was... It wasn't just any monster, it was DELILAH's monster. The creature was a long black lizard-like creature with a bone white skull, almost the spitting image of Delilah's summoned familiar "Thing", except this was bigger, almost as big as the Queen itself. As the creature pulled itself up from the rumble, millions of smaller creatures falling from its body, spilling out from the hole it tore itself from, it let out an ungodly roar. There was a sudden shock as you realised THIS was the noise you used a few days ago to push the Hive out of the city.

As its roar died down the Queen responded in kind with one back, charging towards Delilah's monster. Crashing and slamming one another, Delilah's void monster seemed to have the upper hand as huge swarms of void creatures spilt from Delilah's monster filling the battlefield as they took the fight to the Queen's horde, swarm against swarm.

For a moment you thought Delilah's monster was going to win but then the Queen turned the tide by pinning it down, taking chunks out of Delilah's monster. Then, suddenly, out of the ground, twice as big as the queen and twice as nasty looking, another Void monster burst through the ground to take a bite out of the Queen. And then another, twice as big as that, and so on and so on-.

By this point the ships had started to fly away as the 'scene' from the promo turned to Delilah staring into the camera, her eyes a powerful glowing green, as the promo slowly faded to black leaving 'The bitch is back' in white letters and the Fortune logo under it.

Delilah Leach, was bouncing back into action.

You waited as your transport moved into the supercarrier, the view behind you of the now dying world, overrun by HIVE and Void monsters... You could even make some of them out from orbit as they tore the planet apart....

The journey back wasn't too long, you had enough space to sleep, enough food to eat, and enough privacy to shower and get yourself refreshed. You got a chance to run into people like General Leet, Ball Plaurt, the doctor and the Rhino mechanic mom and their kid, who had nothing but good things to say to you, so grateful that you saved their lives.

Just as you were about to embrace that warm happy feeling your phone buzzed again, another notification from Fortune letting you know your payment had just gone in, and OHHH BOI what a payment, more than you had seen in your entire lives. As you closed down the App ready to put your phone away you stopped and realised something was not meant to be there? Among your health-monitoring, date finding, instant messaging apps was something… New?

Shuffled among the many squares of icons was an app you had never seen before labelled _H3110 TH3R3_

Your curiosity got the better and you opened the app to a black screen with white text flickering text....

"We live in a galaxy of lies and bondage.

Everything's recorded, everything's monitored.

Stored into an algorithm and kept by Fortune.

Fortune watches EVERYTHING

Fortune hears EVERYTHING

Fortune knows EVERYTHING.

But not here~"

The app then opens to a chat room, similar to fortunes but stripped down to the basics, pixelated text and a black background. The first message you see coming from an unknown contact with an 'eye' thumbnail image:

??? - [i]: "Hello there, welcome to the party, and Fortunes not invited >:)"

Chapter 3 coming soon...

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'Cooldown' RP Prompt!

▷ Vegas_9 Festival - Happy birthday Vegas_9! Another year of gambling, partying and living the high-life! This time every year when Vegas_9 hits its milestone it hosts a grand festival in celebration, hosting the grandest parties, serving the finest foods and indulging its guests in the finest luxuries money can buy, on them of course! The festival has numerous activities folks can take part in and enjoy;

Big Game Casino: Want to earn some big cash? Roll with some of the best in the biz, trying your hand at the card table, gambling in slot machines and enjoying all the free shrimp your stomach can handle! Get your glam on in the Big Game Casino!

Uber Party Disco-tech: Are you a 24/7 party person? Dance the night away in the Uber Party Disco-Tech where every floor is its own genre of music, from 80's disco to thrash hardcore drum and bass!

'The Mote' hot-springs (NSFW): Fancy something a lil more relaxing and spicy? Take a dip in the luxurious golden-plated bathhouses of 'The Mote' hot-spring where you'll be pampered and soothed to your heart’s content. All proceeds WILL, of course, go straight into the pocket of its owner 'Mr Motus'.

Vegas_9 Beer festival: Laughing, dancing and a drink for every hour in the day! The Vegas_9 beer festival is your one-stop shop to try beers from across the galaxy, but hey, if that’s not your poison? How about Ales? Whiskeys or wines? Sit down along the mile-long benches and enjoy the complimentary free booze!