Making a living - CYOA part 6

[MarieWoodell]

Part 6:

You decide that sneaking through to Koufuku is your best option and head to the other side of the condo. When you get there you try to look through the glass in the door to see if any drones are nearby but the doorway is set too far back and the sides of the building hide them from view.

You open the door and creep out; Doing your best not to make any noise. The next tower block opposite is only a few metres away and the only drone you can see from your position is standing on the other side of the teleporter with it's back to you.

After taking a deep breath you prepare to run across the gap and into the opposite doorway. It only takes a few seconds but it feels considerably longer as you dash the small distance.

You do not wait to check if you have been seen but pull open the door and rush through. You pause, relieved. You were not seen and take a brief moment to calm yourself.

“One down, one to go,” you say to yourself and walk through the lobby of Yuujou. You cautiously check for robots again before going outside once more.

In the cover of the porch way you re-asses where the drones are. One of them is standing not too far away looking in your direction. If you run across now you will be seen. You crouch and wait keeping out of sight as much as possible. Hopefully the drone will look away at some point or move somewhere else before the next wave arrives.

A few minutes later someone teleports into the centre. All the drones attack the unfortunate man on his way home. You seize your chance and rush across the street.

Just before you get to the other side you are hit by drone fire (-21.9 health). Despite the gaping wound in your right arm you do not stop but rush inside and duck behind the nearest stairway.

Taking advantage of being safe for the moment you put down your gun and reach for your pack. You fumble with your first aid pack a couple of times hurriedly healing and soon have your arm all patched up again (-0.03 fap decay). While you are doing this one of the drones soon appears and begins searching for you.

None of the others follow so you grab your gun again and attack figuring you will eventually be found anyway. Luckily you manage to take the drone by surprise and get quite a few shots into his major systems before he manages to hit you.

The battle is still a close match despite the starting advantage. However, several minutes and a considerable amount of fapping later the drone finally collapses (-8.4k ammo, -0.12 gun decay, -0.18 amp decay, -0.47 fap decay). You rummage through the mass of scrapped metal and are pleased to find 3 robot buffers, 44 low loss cables and 5 weapon grips undamaged by your weapon fire.

You stow everything but your gun back in your pack and head up to the fourth floor. Before entering apartment G you check the terminal outside to see who owns it. Alex Jeffe Sailor is listed as the owner and though you have not met him you have heard his name.

You check all your equipment one last time before heading into the apartment. It is a pleasant surprise that it is not locked and you can walk straight in.

Holding out the gun in front of you you slowly sneak through to the main room. In the left corner is a fridge with an assortment of stuffed toys arranged around it in a circle.

The only other items in the room are on the opposite side. A vase with a single red flower sits on a small writing desk.

You don't linger but carry on to the bedroom. You pause as you reach it. In the middle is a woman, gagged, blindfolded and lying with both wrists and ankles tied together. She is the only thing in the room and struggles with her bonds, oblivious to you. As silently as possible you pull out your scanner. As you scan her you notice the elf shoes on her feet.

You soon have confirmation that this is your intended target but it is very odd that someone would tie her up and just leave her here.

What do you do?

Please choose an option from the poll which will be open 1 week from the date of this post.

Your character description, Inventory, Skills and previous parts of the story can be found here

I'd like to thank both Susan Summergirl Wheizel and Pauhe Cybertrash Gunor for their help with all the drone related research so my costs, loot and skill gains would be accurate

[levithanikos]

WOOT!

New story , finally , been waiting for it!

[Oleg]

Let her talk, I want to know what the hell is going on here.

Also JIAN!

[CeePee]

I wanna hear her talk too

[GeorgeSkywalker]

Originally Posted by Oleg

Let her talk, I want to know what the hell is going on here.

Also JIAN!

Yeah i think everyone is likely to select this option. I know I did :P



also it occurred to me JIAN stands for Jeffe is a noob ...eh i may be slow but i get there in the end

[beechbum]

Looks like it's an overwhelming vote so far for the gag to be removed!

I think I know why she is tied up and gagged in Jeffe's apartment

(The woman turns out to be inflatable)

JIAN!

[MarieWoodell]

Originally Posted by GeorgeSkywalker

Yeah i think everyone is likely to select this option. I know I did :P



also it occurred to me JIAN stands for Jeffe is a noob ...eh i may be slow but i get there in the end

Yeah JIAN = Jeffe Is A Noob.

Originally Posted by beechbum

Looks like it's an overwhelming vote so far for the gag to be removed!

I think I know why she is tied up and gagged in Jeffe's apartment

(The woman turns out to be inflatable)

JIAN!

Rofl. Nah not inflatable but nice guess.

[levithanikos]

Marie , keep the good work .. i like em like this , a bit longer and detailed

Something to wait for every week

[MarieWoodell]

Originally Posted by levithanikos

Marie , keep the good work .. i like em like this , a bit longer and detailed

Something to wait for every week

Glad you like it.

I will try to make them a bit longer in future but I'm not sure everyone likes them longer. I've got a lower star rating on this one than normal. I'm not offended or anything but if there are any particular reasons I'd like to know. It's the only way I will improve for the future.

[levithanikos]

Originally Posted by MarieWoodell

Glad you like it.

I will try to make them a bit longer in future but I'm not sure everyone likes them longer. I've got a lower star rating on this one than normal. I'm not offended or anything but if there are any particular reasons I'd like to know. It's the only way I will improve for the future.

The voting is not yet finished and remember that maybe someone is envious or bored or just negative

I think that this reading is not long enough for waiting a week... you can always make a poll about it and see what ppl think right?