Mercenaries’ Tale – 4.09 Icepick’s Arms Emporium
Icepick’s Arms Emporium was on the other side of the valley, across a suspension bridge, through several winding cobblestone streets that were receiving a fresh coating of snow as the heavens began to spill their contents, and in a cellar under a fish and chip shop aptly named “The Plaice…
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December 10, 2022 at 12:01 am | The Mercenaries' Tale | No comment
Tags: Animal Sentries, Aquarius Springs, Blaise, Dalminetti Mafia, Doug McCracken, Forest Canyon, Genetix, Gifelle Arms & Weapons, Gratin, Icepick, Icepick's Arms Emporium, Joe Vekowski, Kate O'Donnell, Polaris, Rorik, The Chief, the Mercs, The Pillars, Vladimir Kushkin
Mercenaries’ Tale – 4.08 Scouting
By the time the boys awoke, Kate had already been up for an hour. She’d showered and had borrowed Julia’s digibook to check the news feeds. A quick check of the barmaid’s feed history only led to a few videos of makeup tutorials, some blogs about celebrity gossip and some…
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December 3, 2022 at 12:01 am | The Mercenaries' Tale | No comment
Tags: Animal Sentries, Blaise, Doug McCracken, Forest Canyon, Frozen Bluffs, Genetix, GR4-71N, Gratin, Icepick's Arms Emporium, Julia, Kate O'Donnell, Neon Arachnid, Polaris, The Alexandretta Sisters, the Mercs
Mercenaries’ Tale – 4.07 Settling In
The apartment in question was a studio. There was one double bed, a small kitchenette and a sofa. The room was a little more welcoming than the downstairs if only because the distinct absence of half-hearted metalwork projects. The furniture was more traditional, the walls painted a creamy beige with…
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November 26, 2022 at 12:01 am | The Mercenaries' Tale | No comment
Tags: Blaise, Doug McCracken, Frozen Bluffs, Gratin, Julia, Kate O'Donnell, Major Stanley Morrison, Neon Arachnid, Polaris, PSF, the Mercs
Mercenaries’ Tale – 4.06 Dressing for the Environment
Polaris did not have a crime problem. Many joked that was because it was too damn cold to go prowling around at night but in truth it was because Polaris existed solely to service the corporations that were looking to develop their products somewhere with minimal scrutiny. This meant that…
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November 19, 2022 at 12:01 am | The Mercenaries' Tale | No comment
Tags: Blaise, Doug McCracken, Frozen Bluffs, Gratin, Icepick's Arms Emporium, Julia, Kate O'Donnell, Major Stanley Morrison, Neon Arachnid, Polaris, Shopping, the Mercs
Mercenaries’ Tale – 4.05 Welcome to Polaris
Rather than walking head first into a blizzard, the group elected to wait for the storm to pass, Gratin keeping the group warm with his magic. Three hours later and the surrounding landscape had become a perfectly level white plain, the snow burying the aircraft and the rocks it had…
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November 12, 2022 at 12:01 am | The Mercenaries' Tale | No comment
Tags: Blaise, Caracal Tech, Doug McCracken, Frozen Bluffs, Genetix, Gratin, Kate O'Donnell, Major Stanley Morrison, Polaris, the Mercs
