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	<title>戦闘機械 綾子 - Battlemachine Ayako/Rough&#039;n&#039;Ready - Revision history</title>
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		<title>Darkbutflashy at 21:02, 31 October 2015</title>
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		<updated>2015-10-31T21:02:18Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 21:02, 31 October 2015&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l294&quot;&gt;Line 294:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Deunan wondered a bit about her vis-a-vis &amp;#039;being too short&amp;#039;. She was at least&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Deunan wondered a bit about her vis-a-vis &amp;#039;being too short&amp;#039;. She was at least&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;1&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;,70m &lt;/del&gt;tall. They have to grow girls on the beanstalk over there if they decline&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;1&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.7 metres &lt;/ins&gt;tall. They have to grow girls on the beanstalk over there if they decline&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Darkbutflashy: /* Along the story */</title>
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		<updated>2015-07-12T09:37:58Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Along the story&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;float: left;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[戦闘機械 綾子 - Battlemachine Ayako/Interlude|Chapter 3 - Interlude]]&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;float: left;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[戦闘機械 綾子 - Battlemachine Ayako/Interlude|Chapter 3 - Interlude]]&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;float: right;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Chapter 5 - TODO&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;float: right;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Chapter 5 - TODO&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&quot;margin-left: 40em; margin-right: 40em;&quot;&amp;gt;[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Stories&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Back to the story archive&lt;/del&gt;]]&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&quot;margin-left: 40em; margin-right: 40em&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;; white-space: nowrap&lt;/ins&gt;;&quot;&amp;gt;[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;戦闘機械_綾子_-_Battlemachine_Ayako#The_Story_thus_far&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Chapter Index&lt;/ins&gt;]]&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Darkbutflashy</name></author>
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		<title>Darkbutflashy: /* 4 Rough&#039;n&#039;Ready */</title>
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		<updated>2015-07-06T00:29:02Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;4 Rough&amp;#039;n&amp;#039;Ready&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 00:29, 6 July 2015&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;quot;Understood, chief,&amp;quot; Irina sprang to attention. A moment later she asked&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;quot;Understood, chief,&amp;quot; Irina sprang to attention. A moment later she asked&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;herself why but the reason still echoed in her head: &quot;You are in!&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;herself why but the reason still echoed in her head:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;You are in!&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Darkbutflashy: /* 4 Rough&#039;n&#039;Ready */</title>
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		<updated>2015-07-06T00:01:53Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;4 Rough&amp;#039;n&amp;#039;Ready&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122;&quot; data-mw=&quot;interface&quot;&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 00:01, 6 July 2015&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l238&quot;&gt;Line 238:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Squad leader, I need a really old issue of &amp;quot;Guns&amp;amp;Ammo&amp;quot; from you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Squad leader, I need a really old issue of &amp;quot;Guns&amp;amp;Ammo&amp;quot; from you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;One with a guy still guarding it &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in &lt;/del&gt;the middle of the booklet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;One with a guy still guarding it &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;from &lt;/ins&gt;the middle of the booklet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Darkbutflashy at 23:34, 5 July 2015</title>
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		<updated>2015-07-05T23:34:05Z</updated>

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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l533&quot;&gt;Line 533:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;quot;Dismissed!&amp;quot; the chief consented.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;quot;Dismissed!&amp;quot; the chief consented.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;quot;A mole?&amp;quot; Deunan mused aloud when the two had gone off to the exercise grounds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;quot;A mole?&amp;quot; Deunan mused aloud when the two had gone off to the exercise grounds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<updated>2015-07-05T23:33:21Z</updated>

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&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;font-family: monospace; font-size: 130%; line-height: 90%; margin: 2ex 0px; background: transparent; border: none;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;/--------------&amp;gt;-----&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;| 戦闘機械　綾子&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;| Sentō Kikai Ayako&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;| Battlemachine Ayako&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;+--------------&amp;lt;-----------&amp;lt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;| Written by [[User:darkbutflashy|darkbutflashy]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;| Artwork by [[User:Battery|Battery]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;| Originally released on fembotwiki&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;\---------------&amp;lt;-----------&amp;lt;-------&amp;lt;------&amp;lt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==4 Rough&amp;#039;n&amp;#039;Ready==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Gama-Six arreear secured. No hostages orr enemmies soffar,&amp;quot; a voice with a&lt;br /&gt;
stark slavic accent buzzed over the intercom. &amp;quot;Milan ofer.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kenneth noticed a field in the head-up display of his helmet turning orange. It&lt;br /&gt;
wasn&amp;#039;t of high interest to him, his primary concern belonged to the steps under&lt;br /&gt;
his feet. Wet, slimy and no handrail or anything else which could have given&lt;br /&gt;
him some support. Needless to say, just a single peek at the helmet display and&lt;br /&gt;
he stumbled and continued his trip to the bottom end of the staircase on his&lt;br /&gt;
rear. Along the clanging, a muffled curse echoed through the tunnel.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Kenneth here, reached area Tango-Two, confirm.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There was no reaction. At least the squad leader should have confirmed the&lt;br /&gt;
position report.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Oh great, no radio down here&amp;quot;, he commented aloud on the warning display in&lt;br /&gt;
his view. Should he go back up the stairs to report again?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;Nah&amp;#039;, his aching back decided for him. But the other direction wasn&amp;#039;t anything&lt;br /&gt;
more inviting. The water at his boots stood ankle-deep in the old cable tunnel&lt;br /&gt;
and the flashlight on his helmet shed its beam only onto a much deeper flooded&lt;br /&gt;
section. With a sigh he started to wade through the mud.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Milan hadn&amp;#039;t hit the jackpot either. Obviously, driving an 1.5-ton exos&lt;br /&gt;
inside some narrow tunnel wasn&amp;#039;t possible so he had to hurl the thing and himself&lt;br /&gt;
over the rooftops. At least the KHALES was designed specificly for that&lt;br /&gt;
purpose, he shot the grappling hook over the next ridge. The thing got stucked&lt;br /&gt;
as intended so he could let it pull the wide belt of the actual conveyor after&lt;br /&gt;
it. As it secured itself on the ridge, he started the lifter drive and his exos&lt;br /&gt;
slowly moved upwards.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The sun stood high over the boondocks and Milan sure had admired the beautiful&lt;br /&gt;
sight over the blossoming treetops if he hadn&amp;#039;t been at work. Right on display&lt;br /&gt;
on a building wall, the KHALES was an eye-catcher, too. A matter of fact,&lt;br /&gt;
snipers had a quite different taste for beautiful scenery.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Inside the KHALES, and still moving upwards, he had a comfortable journey -- if&lt;br /&gt;
you call an all-in-one suit which squeezes your arms and legs into tight tubes&lt;br /&gt;
comfortable. After all it was better than doing any work in the Landmates he&lt;br /&gt;
used years ago on his first job as a farm worker. No twitching, climate control,&lt;br /&gt;
he could easily concentrate on the monitors that filled his view with an&lt;br /&gt;
augmented reality display of the surroundings.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The snipers did it on their leisure it seemed, as the image processor of the&lt;br /&gt;
exos noticed no unusual activity in the trees or the other surroundings. Milan&lt;br /&gt;
wasn&amp;#039;t relieved; this could only mean the bastards were hiding somewhere else.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The small puddle was packed to the gunwales with extinguished cigarette butts. A&lt;br /&gt;
veiny hand added another one and the man it belonged to pleasantly exhaled a last&lt;br /&gt;
nicotine breath into the half-light of the room. The window gave him a good view&lt;br /&gt;
over the square and the roofs vis-a-vis. He had secured his own position half an&lt;br /&gt;
hour ago, the roof above him wasn&amp;#039;t reachable and the staircase booby-trapped.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
They would come. He could wait.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the lower bowels of the area, Kenneth continued his wading, passing endless&lt;br /&gt;
line-ups of graffiti. Mostly the tag-trash noone would take notice of,&lt;br /&gt;
especially not down here, but some pictures were quity arty. At a stairwell&lt;br /&gt;
someone sprayed a colorful three-metre lighthouse on the wall, with a big arrow&lt;br /&gt;
pointing upwards.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Landmark guideposts -- this place has everything,&amp;quot; he smirked, &amp;quot;must bring the&lt;br /&gt;
family next time.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Maybe Ken wondered a moment too long; a few bends later he tripped over a cable&lt;br /&gt;
which sagged from its tray to the flooded ground. However, in contrary to the&lt;br /&gt;
slump down the staircase, his exos had the chance for a countermeasure this&lt;br /&gt;
time: in a reflex action, the suit forced his other foot to skip and do a&lt;br /&gt;
scissors jump. In result, it prevented him from falling straight into the murky&lt;br /&gt;
brew.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Such reflex actions were a main feature of the AURES light exos but Kenneth&lt;br /&gt;
wasn&amp;#039;t used to it at all. He would have felt better if he have had decided doing&lt;br /&gt;
that maneuver on his own, at least his rapid panting suggested it. Of course,&lt;br /&gt;
reflexes don&amp;#039;t work that way and he realized that immediately. The suit had done&lt;br /&gt;
a good job.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Still no radio. He wondered where he was, the AURES gave him an estimation.&lt;br /&gt;
Adding step lengths and turning angles was another useful feature of the suit,&lt;br /&gt;
the mapper even detected points of interest by scanning the camera stream and&lt;br /&gt;
voice commands. &amp;quot;OW, SHIT&amp;quot; seemed to be such a command, at least an unhappy face&lt;br /&gt;
marked the end of the entry staircase on the map. Or maybe it was just&lt;br /&gt;
estimating Ken&amp;#039;s butt hurt from the drops?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To his relief, the wastewater voyage would end soon. He&amp;#039;d strolled about 600&lt;br /&gt;
metres away from Tango-Two and any coming exit should lead him right into the&lt;br /&gt;
conflict zone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jean was still fumbling with his own exos. Similar to the AURES, the JARES was a&lt;br /&gt;
light suit, an older model with some features missing but Jean didn&amp;#039;t care&lt;br /&gt;
anyway. To him, the additional protection the suit provided was the key feature.&lt;br /&gt;
It could lift its own weight of about 120 kilograms, mainly caused by the armor&lt;br /&gt;
plates and it had the reflex actions, too. The matching helmet wasn&amp;#039;t as&lt;br /&gt;
sophisticated as the AURES one - no mapping, no voice commands, just plain-old&lt;br /&gt;
intercom. Thomas even had to add the ops documentation camera to the exos&lt;br /&gt;
himself.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The suit finally met Jean&amp;#039;s snugness requirements and he began to concentrate on&lt;br /&gt;
his weapons again. The rifle was equipped and on its post, his handgun on the&lt;br /&gt;
waist, unlocked. Smoke bombs and mace were laid out.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The dance could start any minute now. He was prepared.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Milan was the first one under fire. Just as he climbed on top of a building, a&lt;br /&gt;
gunman had spotted him. Good luck, all the shots missed and he could seek for&lt;br /&gt;
cover behind a big heat exchanger. Bad luck, the shooting had spoiled all his&lt;br /&gt;
chances to sneak into the target building.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So fast the shooting had begun as fast it ended. His opponent obviously didn&amp;#039;t&lt;br /&gt;
like to be a target himself, and he was completely right on this. The KHALES not&lt;br /&gt;
only offered excellent passive protection through a tight package of thick&lt;br /&gt;
armour plates, it&amp;#039;s impressive physique would have allowed to carry even both a&lt;br /&gt;
heavy machine gun and a rocket launcher array with it. Not that ESWAT employ&lt;br /&gt;
such weapons. But the clearly visible 12.7mm bullpup rifle and 40mm grenande&lt;br /&gt;
launcher on it&amp;#039;s waist sounded a loud enough note of warning.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After some seconds of securing his position against further attacks from below,&lt;br /&gt;
Milan realized there wasn&amp;#039;t any time to lose to enter the building. On the plus&lt;br /&gt;
side, with the element of surprise eliminated, it was becoming less important&lt;br /&gt;
which way to go.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He was pretty sure the door of the staircase hut wasn&amp;#039;t locked, but considering&lt;br /&gt;
potential booby-traps, he carefully attached the grapple to the door&amp;#039;s handle&lt;br /&gt;
and let the KHALES open it from safe distance. The steel rope strained and&lt;br /&gt;
after a few seconds, the latch broke and the door swung open. No explosion.&lt;br /&gt;
Either these terrorists were quite harmless or outright over-confident. Milan&lt;br /&gt;
squeezed the KHALES through the door and down the stairs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The cigarette man sure was aware of what was going on, he didn&amp;#039;t even twitch on&lt;br /&gt;
the noise from the nearby roof. Instead, he concentrated on the other cop who&lt;br /&gt;
had entered the square below him a moment ago. He wasn&amp;#039;t in a hurry, the guy&lt;br /&gt;
down there hadn&amp;#039;t noticed his presence yet. Still, the cop was clever enough&lt;br /&gt;
not to lower his guard, used the trees and arcardes as a cover by every trick&lt;br /&gt;
in the book. But even this wasn&amp;#039;t important to the cigarette man, he&lt;br /&gt;
concentrated on the path he&amp;#039;d left free for the cops when he constructed the&lt;br /&gt;
scene. A single path where he had a clear line of fire, barely identifiable as&lt;br /&gt;
such from the ground.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Three bangs and Kenneth was hit. He hadn&amp;#039;t see it coming, and his exos hadn&amp;#039;t&lt;br /&gt;
either. At least the AURES immediately reacted to the kicks from the bullets and&lt;br /&gt;
made him jump back to the wall, into a much safer position.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;AWW, SHIT.&amp;quot; The next curse just for the mapper. He checked the diagnosis screen&lt;br /&gt;
for a report on the actual damage. The AURES, again, had done a good job&lt;br /&gt;
protecting him, even extrapolated to high-velocity ammunition this should have&lt;br /&gt;
caused him only some bruised rips. The simunition his colleague used did no real&lt;br /&gt;
damage even to the suit. Apart from the camouflage, of course.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Either way, the hurt from the shots was very real and he had to recover for a&lt;br /&gt;
while. This play wasn&amp;#039;t over yet.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
----&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Briareos was supervising the scene from a lookout stand when he noticed Deunan&amp;#039;s&lt;br /&gt;
bike arriving on the site. Without saying a word, she rushed into the small&lt;br /&gt;
office shack. Not unusual for her not to interfere with his work, but he&amp;#039;d&lt;br /&gt;
thought he&amp;#039;d better look, just in case. &amp;quot;Bri speaking, I&amp;#039;m off for a&lt;br /&gt;
few minutes, carry on.&amp;quot; His colleagues acknowledged one-by-one while he was&lt;br /&gt;
climbing down the narrow staircase. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the shack, Deunan was busy changing clothes. &amp;quot;Ah, Bri, you have to read this.&lt;br /&gt;
NO, wait a second, I read it to you.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;For better effect?&amp;quot; he asked, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m marveling at unbeatable ones right now.&lt;br /&gt;
What could be better?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Charmer!&amp;quot; she peeled herself out of the leathers and grabbed for a paper&lt;br /&gt;
she&amp;#039;d plunked on her desk a minute ago.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She addressed him straight: &amp;quot;Bri, you have to hear this. I got a letter from the&lt;br /&gt;
city council, they finally realized we&amp;#039;re undermanned.&amp;quot; she nervously wagged the&lt;br /&gt;
sheet.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yeah, so what? That&amp;#039;s good news isn&amp;#039;t it?&amp;quot; Briareos wondered about her&lt;br /&gt;
discomposure.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Okay, I read it to you. Unbelievable!&amp;quot; she continued huffishly. &amp;#039;Mrs. Knute,&lt;br /&gt;
the city council of Olympus is strongly concerned about the limited work&lt;br /&gt;
capability of ESWAT you&amp;#039;ve reported RECENTLY.&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Haha, you&amp;#039;re doing this for years now,&amp;quot; Briareos snickered.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;From the first day on the job, yes... but let me continue,&amp;quot; she read further&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;To maintain the safety of our citizens against crimes, a strong police force is&lt;br /&gt;
irreplaceable, Blah blah blah...&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Really?&amp;quot; he asked with an unbelieving tone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Deunan sticked her tongue out at him. At least she was smiling for a moment,&lt;br /&gt;
then she reached the blowoff: &amp;#039;...we advised Metro Police chief Donner to lend&lt;br /&gt;
any EXPENDABLE PERSONNEL to your department until the current budget shortage&lt;br /&gt;
situation has been solved. Sincerely, Blah.&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Ugh,&amp;quot; was the only comment of the squad leader.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yeah, ick!&amp;quot; Deunan groused in perfect consent, &amp;quot;but the best is yet to come.&lt;br /&gt;
That asshole Donner had already given me a file of all the people he can&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;expend&amp;#039;.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Briareos pointed at the thin folder Deunan had on her desk. &amp;quot;These?&amp;quot; he asked&lt;br /&gt;
with curiosity.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Deunan took the folder and held it over her head like a trophy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;THIS ONE! -- ONE * SINGLE * PERSON!&amp;quot; She was really upset.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Good afternoon!&amp;quot; a small blonde woman in Metro Police outfit greeted from the&lt;br /&gt;
office door. &amp;quot;My name&amp;#039;s Irina Volkow, I was told to report here.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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           |  Uh, oh, that&amp;#039;s me introducing myself!&lt;br /&gt;
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              /&lt;br /&gt;
							&lt;br /&gt;
How do we handle this best? Hmm, for the time being, I think I&lt;br /&gt;
rather stick to the omniscient storyteller position. Because I ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I have another big problem. Remember Neigher? He made it into&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Guns&amp;amp;Ammo&amp;quot; -with an imaginary story about Ayako and me-. He even&lt;br /&gt;
got his hands on the posing photos we did last November for Ken&lt;br /&gt;
and Jean. Scumbags! What do I do? The chief is an eager reader of&lt;br /&gt;
the mag, she would definetely miss the hunk in the centerfold. Hngh!! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Squad leader, I need a really old issue of &amp;quot;Guns&amp;amp;Ammo&amp;quot; from you!&lt;br /&gt;
One with a guy still guarding it in the middle of the booklet.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;clear: left;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Still holding the document over her head, and still in underwear, Deunan coyly&lt;br /&gt;
greeted back. &amp;quot;Hi,&amp;quot; she snickered. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Briareos turned around to give their guest a more proper welcome but the small&lt;br /&gt;
blonde was feeling uneasy already. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Hiiiii...,&amp;quot; she spluttered.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Deunan put away the file and approached her quickly: &amp;quot;Good afternoon, I&amp;#039;m Deunan&lt;br /&gt;
Knute. How may I help you?&amp;quot; she tried to circle around this awkward situation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The woman was still bewildered by her interviewer&amp;#039;s most casual wardrobe.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I ... I&amp;#039;d like to apply for the job opening. Gianna ... Sergeant Vicari sent&lt;br /&gt;
me here. I mean, sorry, I should have waited for an official invitation, Chief&lt;br /&gt;
Knute&amp;quot; the woman explained.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Oh, you know Gianna?&amp;quot; Deunan wondered and offered her a seat. And yes, a notice&lt;br /&gt;
in advance would had been nice.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The woman made herself comfortable on the stool, if this was possible at all.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yes, her son is in the same school as my daughter. We often meet on the street,&lt;br /&gt;
too.&amp;quot; -- &amp;quot;And at work, of course.&amp;quot; she hastily added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;So I bet this is your portfolio,&amp;quot; Deunan grabbed for the file again and skimmed&lt;br /&gt;
through it. &amp;quot;...born 2113, so you are... 38 years old, ... married, two kids ...&lt;br /&gt;
you&amp;#039;ve worked for Metro Police for about half a year now ... office duty ...&lt;br /&gt;
translation service ...okayyyy,&amp;quot; she scratched her head and turned to her guest&lt;br /&gt;
-- &amp;quot;but Gianna told you what we are doing here at ESWAT, yes?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve worked for the Energy Ministry of Russia before, but my qualifications&lt;br /&gt;
haven&amp;#039;t been approved by the Olympus authorities yet, so they aren&amp;#039;t in the&lt;br /&gt;
files,&amp;quot; the small blonde countered self-confidently.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;OH!&amp;quot; Deunan&amp;#039;s face lit up in an instant. &amp;quot;Which profession?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Mostly interpreting,&amp;quot; she answered but hurried to add, &amp;quot;but I was trained as&lt;br /&gt;
a bodyguard, too. All interpreters at the Ministry have been.&amp;quot; Realizing the&lt;br /&gt;
last sentence did not back up her position she nervously bit her lip.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;And your last job wasn&amp;#039;t meeting your expectations?&amp;quot; Deunan poked.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;No, no, my husband has got a job offer at the University of Olympus and we&lt;br /&gt;
have followed him. Me and our children,&amp;quot; Irina replied. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Why the police force, then?&amp;quot; Deunan insisted, &amp;quot;I mean, it&amp;#039;s easier to find a&lt;br /&gt;
job in business, skip the paperwork and you&amp;#039;re in, right?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Well, I... I&amp;#039;ve wanted to join the police force in Russia, but they&amp;#039;re not&lt;br /&gt;
very open for women, ... and I&amp;#039;m too short...&amp;quot; the small blonde reluctantly&lt;br /&gt;
confessed, &amp;quot;so I ended up studying languages. Made a living from my other&lt;br /&gt;
passion.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Deunan wondered a bit about her vis-a-vis &amp;#039;being too short&amp;#039;. She was at least&lt;br /&gt;
1,70m tall. They have to grow girls on the beanstalk over there if they decline&lt;br /&gt;
such a candidate. She skimmed through the file again. Finally putting aside the&lt;br /&gt;
folder, she addressed her visitor with a straight look: &amp;quot;How&amp;#039;s your&lt;br /&gt;
markmanship?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I... I don&amp;#039;t know... Haven&amp;#039;t shot for a while... ,&amp;quot; Irina hesitated to give an&lt;br /&gt;
answer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I think the chief likes to have samples of your qualifications,&amp;quot; Bri barged in,&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;by the way, I&amp;#039;m Briareos, ESWAT instructor and your future squad leader,&amp;quot; he&lt;br /&gt;
invited the woman to shake hands. She hesitated a moment to lay her hand into&lt;br /&gt;
the metallic paw of the cyborg cop but when she finally did, his squeeze was&lt;br /&gt;
firm but soft.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Behind her back, Deunan shook her head emphatically, Bri couldn&amp;#039;t have missed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;KRSHHH, KRSHHH&amp;#039; -- The small blonde wondered about the noises from the cyborg&amp;#039;s&lt;br /&gt;
head, but for Deunan, it was an easy guess -- Bri tried to blink again, which&lt;br /&gt;
the servos of his eyes still didn&amp;#039;t support. The message was more or less clear&lt;br /&gt;
-- &amp;#039;let&amp;#039;s see what happens&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I go and prepare our guest. See you in a minute,&amp;quot; he gave Deunan some time to&lt;br /&gt;
dress properly. She could not say anything against it in front of the visitor&lt;br /&gt;
anyway.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
----&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bri unlocked the heavy steel door to the shooting range and guided his guest&lt;br /&gt;
inside. Though the sound of the bangs was greatly muffled, it was obvious&lt;br /&gt;
someone was practising right now.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The small blonde was taking a broad view of the room when Briareos interrupted.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;So which kind of gun you have been trained with? Jakov-P89?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yes! How did you know?&amp;quot; she wondered.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;A lucky guess. I was at the KGB before the wars,&amp;quot; he replied, &amp;quot;so still&lt;br /&gt;
good&amp;#039;ol P89, who could have guessed?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Ah, I&amp;#039;m in your good books because I&amp;#039;m Russian, understood,&amp;quot; she smiled&lt;br /&gt;
seductively, &amp;quot;that&amp;#039;s why you outvoted your chief.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Oh, you&amp;#039;ve noticed?&amp;quot; Briareos was surprised by her intuition, &amp;quot;But not at&lt;br /&gt;
all,&amp;quot; he made a dramatic pause, &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s simply I can do the math. If you&amp;#039;d worked&lt;br /&gt;
for the Energy Ministry, you&amp;#039;d been in the best 10% of your class -- AND in&lt;br /&gt;
the best 10% in all the additional training after that. That makes you our&lt;br /&gt;
jackpot.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Oh, thank you. You are very kind,&amp;quot; the blonde snickered.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Which languages do you speak?&amp;quot; Bri asked bluntly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Oh, besides Russian, Belorussian, Ukrainian, Polish, some Czech and a little&lt;br /&gt;
Serbo-Crotian, some Italian, Spanish and French, German,&amp;quot; she answered&lt;br /&gt;
enthusiastically, &amp;quot;...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;...and English of course,&amp;quot; Bri concluded the list prematurely, &amp;quot;see what I&lt;br /&gt;
mean? But they hadn&amp;#039;t taken you for the Energy Ministry if you hadn&amp;#039;t excelled&lt;br /&gt;
on the bodyguard training, too.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Okayyyyyy,&amp;quot; she touched her glasses, visibly ashamed by all the praise.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Back to topic,&amp;quot; Bri gave her a weapon he took from his cabinet, &amp;quot;that&amp;#039;s my old&lt;br /&gt;
Jakov and here we have the rounds.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Shouldn&amp;#039;t we wait for the chief?&amp;quot; she asked.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Nah, it&amp;#039;s better when she only sees your best shots. But wait, safety first!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
Bri stopped.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Okay, safety goggles, earplugs, earmuffs,&amp;quot; the small blonde answered and he&lt;br /&gt;
pulled the stuff from a shelf.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I guess you don&amp;#039;t need it?&amp;quot; she looked at the cyborg while she was putting the&lt;br /&gt;
gear on.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yeah, that&amp;#039;s why I always forget it. I just set my microphones to lower noise&lt;br /&gt;
reduction so the volume won&amp;#039;t swivel after each shot&amp;quot;, he answered, &amp;quot;no further&lt;br /&gt;
safety kit neccessary.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The two entered the main room of the shooting range and Irina took the chance&lt;br /&gt;
to sneak a peek on the cop on the other side of the range. He was still&lt;br /&gt;
practising. Fully armored and helmet put on, he took his gun from the holster,&lt;br /&gt;
made a step forward, aimed and shot. And hit. All in two seconds. Wow!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Something was wrong with the picture, but the squad leader interrupted her&lt;br /&gt;
thoughts. &amp;quot;Irina?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yeah?&amp;quot; she turned to him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Oh, may I call you Irina? We are very informal here. Team-building, such&lt;br /&gt;
things,&amp;quot; Bri added nervously.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Sure,&amp;quot; Irina smiled at him. It was funny how the tall cyborg hawed. &amp;quot;So I&amp;#039;m&lt;br /&gt;
in?&amp;quot; she asked coyly. On purpose, of course.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Not yet, you should do some shots! To warm up for the chief.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Okay,&amp;quot; she concentrated on the cartridge, filled it with rounds and put the&lt;br /&gt;
loaded thing into the pistol. She put the earmuffs on, worked the slide and&lt;br /&gt;
unlocked the safety switch -- the pistol was ready. She was ready.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bri had put a target sheet on the conveyor in the meantime. &amp;quot;25 metres? Or should&lt;br /&gt;
we start with less than that?&amp;quot; Bri asked loudly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;No, 25 metres is okay. I had fairly good results over 50 metres, too,&amp;quot; she put&lt;br /&gt;
her left hand on her thigh, raised the gun with the right, focused on its&lt;br /&gt;
sights, and slowly pressed the trigger. Eventually the shot fired. And hit.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Right from the instruction book. Good, go on!&amp;quot; Bri commented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She adjusted her sight and did some more shots, each one with the same&lt;br /&gt;
procedure. Finally, Bri let the target sheet return to the firing point and&lt;br /&gt;
examined the result.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;One o&amp;#039;clock,&amp;quot; he subsumed the hit distribution and gave the sheet to her.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;So my wrist is too loose on the shot?&amp;quot; she asked.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yes, most likely. If you know the problem, why don&amp;#039;t you handle it correctly?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
he commented. &amp;quot;By the way, I&amp;#039;m impressed. I had to recall these basics into&lt;br /&gt;
anyone else&amp;#039;s mind, you just happen to remember them. Now take advantage of&lt;br /&gt;
your knowledge.&amp;quot; He&amp;#039;d put another sheet on the conveyor and stopped it at 50&lt;br /&gt;
metres.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The other cop ended his shooting practise and approached Irina while she was&lt;br /&gt;
loading the cartridge with another set of rounds.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s fairly good,&amp;quot; he looked at her sheet. Wait, he? That was a female voice!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Irina turned from the small table to the cop. A young woman, she had pulled&lt;br /&gt;
the helmet off her head, smiled at her.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m Ayako,&amp;quot; she put her hand forth for a shakehands, &amp;quot;wanna join our team?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Actually, yes!&amp;quot; Irina cheerfully replied, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m Irina, nice to meet you!&amp;quot; and&lt;br /&gt;
reached out for a greeting with the other woman.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The grab was firm. Too firm not to notice the hard rods under the leather of&lt;br /&gt;
her glove. Irina sought for eye contact.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Are you ... ,&amp;quot; she faltered, &amp;quot; ... sorry, I just thought your handshake is&lt;br /&gt;
firm as steel.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Cannot deny it,&amp;quot; Ayako came back and stripped the glove from her right hand,&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;another one?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Irina fluttered between the smile of the lovely young woman and the&lt;br /&gt;
rubber-coated metallic fingers she had aligned for another greeting.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Oh my ...,&amp;quot; she hesitated a moment but then responded to the gesture of&lt;br /&gt;
respect, &amp;quot;are you ... are you all ... cyborgs?&amp;quot; She felt surreal. What did she&lt;br /&gt;
signed up for?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;What if I say yes?&amp;quot; Ayako tried to bait her. But noticing the sheer terror in&lt;br /&gt;
the face of her coworker to be she quickly -and cheerfully- added &amp;quot;No, no,&lt;br /&gt;
it&amp;#039;s just the squad leader and me.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re not &amp;#039;&amp;#039;that extra special&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; said squad leader chimed in, &amp;quot;though I have&lt;br /&gt;
to admit cyborgs have some advantage doing ESWAT work. But you can do it in our&lt;br /&gt;
standard armor and with our standard vehicles and tools, don&amp;#039;t worry.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yeah, and for sneaking it&amp;#039;s impractical to be that heavy. No chance not to&lt;br /&gt;
stomp around,&amp;quot; Ayako added, &amp;quot;I cannot undress my armor.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As if to demonstrate it, the chief had sneaked up into the doorframe.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;So, time for a chitchat?&amp;quot; she asked, &amp;quot;Ayako, are you done with your shooting?&lt;br /&gt;
How are your results?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m done, ma&amp;#039;am,&amp;quot; she answered obediently and showed the sheets.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Impressive,&amp;quot; Briareos commented, &amp;quot;I never shot this precise.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Good, really good,&amp;quot; Deunan flared up, &amp;quot;makes it easier for me to pardon your&lt;br /&gt;
latest lapse.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Uh, what did I do wrong, chief?&amp;quot; Ayako coyly asked. Irina was taken aback how&lt;br /&gt;
that terrifying machine woman knuckled under the chief. But okay, she was her&lt;br /&gt;
boss after all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I had a call from Captain Neigher, our PR clown,&amp;quot; she explained, &amp;quot;he wanted to&lt;br /&gt;
thank me I had released you from work to create a promo film for the police&lt;br /&gt;
force.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Err, I wanted to tell you already ...,&amp;quot; Ayako trembled.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Not needed anymore, I can imagine all the parts of the story I don&amp;#039;t know yet.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
The chief continued, &amp;quot;he took advantage of your adolescent inexperience. What I&lt;br /&gt;
don&amp;#039;t know yet why you had capitulated before that asshole. Couldn&amp;#039;t you have&lt;br /&gt;
dislocated his arm, something like that?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I tried not to,&amp;quot; Ayako excused, &amp;quot;I had him attacking me with a chair and&lt;br /&gt;
crushed him down.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Oh, he left out that episode,&amp;quot; Deunan chuckled, &amp;quot;good girl. But next time you&lt;br /&gt;
call me first and ask for permission, okay? It&amp;#039;s our department you represent&lt;br /&gt;
and I have to clean up the mess.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Understood, chief.&amp;quot; Ayako was glad the chief hadn&amp;#039;t ticked her off in front of&lt;br /&gt;
the guest. Or not at all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Irina was puzzled about the constant switch between formal and informal behavior&lt;br /&gt;
prevalent in this department. As shown before, chief Knute clearly didn&amp;#039;t focus&lt;br /&gt;
on manners and now she tried something like &amp;#039;&amp;#039;good breeding&amp;#039;&amp;#039; on one of her&lt;br /&gt;
subordinates? It seemed to work, the overpowered youngster submitted without&lt;br /&gt;
being lowered and dispirited. Her special technique?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I guess we should give our new teammate a chance to tell what she&amp;#039;s thinking&lt;br /&gt;
about ESWAT,&amp;quot; Bri chipped in with the notion Irina was still there. Or better,&lt;br /&gt;
that she hadn&amp;#039;t bunked off from those weird people.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Err, I think ... &amp;quot;, said one struggled for words.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;You are in,&amp;quot; Deunan interrupted her.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Huh? You haven&amp;#039;t seen my shooting results yet,&amp;quot; Irina asked affectedly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t need to. Briareos said you&amp;#039;re in and I trust his competence. But okay,&lt;br /&gt;
show me,&amp;quot; the chief justified herself, &amp;quot;One o&amp;#039;clock, your wrist is too loose.&lt;br /&gt;
You will get better at it as soon you do more finger training. I expect you to&lt;br /&gt;
start today.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Understood, chief,&amp;quot; Irina sprang to attention. A moment later she asked&lt;br /&gt;
herself why but the reason still echoed in her head: &amp;quot;You are in!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Would you like to meet the team?&amp;quot; Ayako asked her new colleague, trying to put&lt;br /&gt;
the situation to some ease again.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Of course,&amp;quot; was Irina&amp;#039;s answer and like too girls asking their mommy for&lt;br /&gt;
permission to go out with the boys, they both eyed Deunan thoroughly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Dismissed!&amp;quot; the chief consented.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;A mole?&amp;quot; Deunan mused aloud when the two had gone off to the exercise grounds.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;The question is whose,&amp;quot; Briareos commented dryly, &amp;quot;and who is the target.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;&amp;#039;Russian Energy Ministry&amp;#039;, that&amp;#039;s a cover of the KGB, right?&amp;quot; she presumed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It was back then,&amp;quot; Bri turned to her, &amp;quot;but why would THEY spy on us? We&amp;#039;re far&lt;br /&gt;
too unimportant for them.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;You don&amp;#039;t think KGB is after you, do you?&amp;quot; she worried about him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Nah, don&amp;#039;t think so. That was more than twenty years ago, if they&amp;#039;d yearned&lt;br /&gt;
for me they have had thousands of chances already,&amp;quot; he denied the thought.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;You mean, it&amp;#039;s simply the city council, politicians?&amp;quot; Deunan wondered.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yeah, that suits us down to the ground. Or even less important, Donner and&lt;br /&gt;
fellows,&amp;quot; he replied, &amp;quot;but they aren&amp;#039;t that dumb, they must have noticed her&lt;br /&gt;
background, too.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Maybe it&amp;#039;s just a provocation? I mean, we cannot simply reject her, with all&lt;br /&gt;
the memos I&amp;#039;d sent. It could be her husband is a dissident, and she&amp;#039;s all&lt;br /&gt;
honest now, something like that. Wouldn&amp;#039;t be the first time a spy had fallen in&lt;br /&gt;
love for her target,&amp;quot; Deunan hugged him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Haha, you mean your father set you on me?&amp;quot; he snickered.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Mmm-hmm,&amp;quot; she nodded, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m always there to hear all the little secrets you&lt;br /&gt;
tell when you&amp;#039;re talking in your sleep. Kiss me, I&amp;#039;m your honeytrap spy.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
Deunan entangled herself into the arms of her long-term boyfriend. He lifted&lt;br /&gt;
her up a bit and she gave him a coy kiss on the bare metal of his &amp;#039;face&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I think we can handle her, right?&amp;quot; Bri asked.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;If she&amp;#039;s a mole and we reject her, they&amp;#039;d just send another one, right?&amp;quot; she&lt;br /&gt;
smiled at him like a lynx, &amp;quot;Well, in my experience, ex-KGB agents make&lt;br /&gt;
excellent cops.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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==Along the story==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;float: left;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[戦闘機械 綾子 - Battlemachine Ayako/Interlude|Chapter 3 - Interlude]]&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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