7th Blog - These ARE the droids we're looking for! ░ ි ◯ ි ░

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Who: Mariko Ishiwatari, Gale Reinhardt
What: Droid Warfare Bounty
When: July 3rd
Where: Nova City

[ Taking up the bounty for herself, Mariko wanted to use this to field test something she wasted some money on - which was a protective body armor suit, made of durable fibers that protects from cuts and stabs. Now living with Gale and his girl Friday, Mariko got caught trying to leave the house wearing this black spysuit-looking thing that's the opposite of airy and loose that she usually wears. So after a humorous argument, Mariko got chaperoned by Gale to her first date with some bank-robber and his droids. In an outfit she's really regretting to wear due to the sweltering heat all over Nova City.

After a bit of crude profiling and making use of her basic criminology knowledge, Mariko and Gale managed to pick one likely bank to observe. Surveying the bank that's yet to be touched by the perpetrator, Mariko hides from plain sight by being on a rooftop that she can see the bank's main entrance from. Armed with her rifle, Mariko was in position and is just waiting for the perps to show. If they would. ]

It's really important to me that Konoka never finds out about this.

[ Mariko speaks to Gale through their wireless comms, referring to her catsuit that she's sure the other girl would never let her live down ]

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[ Mariko could only give a hum in response, using her rifle's holographic scope to look in to the distance. No use in dragging their small talk now when she spots a lone vehicle break off from the skylanes and descends to the street level.

But it changes course to someplace different, away from their bank. Mariko sighs. It looks like this bounty is gonna be a bust, what with the criminal probably finding out that they're being hunted from the newspaper and probably have a bunch of trained hunters on them now. Mariko was about to suggest going back home, but just before she opens her mouth, a violent explosion shakes the immediate vicinity. The epicenter of the explosion seems to have come from inside the bank. ]

Not that I should say this, but finally. The explosion sounds very close to you though, are you okay?

[ Mariko asks, feeling her heart rate rise up at the sudden tremor in the ground that shook even the rooftop she was on, but in her mind she's wondering how these criminals have gotten in. Which leaves only one thing - they dug a hole underground. Mariko jumps from the rooftop and lands softly on the street, gripping her rifle just as she starts to hear screaming from inside the bank. Mariko runs towards the entrance, which was a grave mistake. As soon as the door opens, the drones were waiting for her inside and open fired. The sound of the barrage were loud enough to alert people the next block over.

Meanwhile, just as that occurs and Mariko asked Gale through their comms, a large robot crashes through the wall of the bank right by Gale, revealing itself to be an imposing and highly aggressive foe of metal and electricity. Despite it's large size and brute strength, it's speed is impeccable as evident in the feral tackle at Gale immediately right after it went through the wall like it's wet paper. ]