[The feed flickers on to the sound of gunfire, roughly a high caliber chain gun.  The noise is deafening: the audio pickup for the camera, after all, is right by the gun.  Shell casings fly across the field of view.   He's in the practice ground of the Arena--the stripped down space is visible as the arm swings to land a slashing blow on something ( Read more... )

[The video kicks on. Skywarp is seated behind Magnum's desk at the Arena. If you're unfamiliar with his timestream? That's a smirky smirk on his face ( Read more... )

[Skywarp's Spidey Senses are tingling....he's getting the strangest feeling that a larger than usual number of mechs want him, uh, dead. And while he's not afraid of getting shot, he...wants to make it interesting. ]

Vergil? Have you had a chance to work on my warp pod?

..I have a feeling I might need it operational.  Soon.

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( ;_; but it's not news that skywarp is this pathetic )

( moriturus te salutat )

( Skywarp has finished his investigation into the charges of cheating at the Arena. )

I have received a response and accepted an offer today from Hyrule Enterprises Technology Corp--Or 'Hye-tech,' for those of you familiar with the inter-city transwarp transport stations. I begin next week and the work is intensive, so I may be difficult to reach ( Read more... )

( He's always looking on the bright side, our Skywarp, isn't he? )

Got my people to check up on this Vergil you were asking about. They didn't report any red flags--his arrival and processing were textbook, and if he's got a record, it's not with ANOSA or any of their affiliates ( Read more... )

[Video, unlocked. Skywarp is making a log of this test, and doesn't see the point in encrypting. He's in the park in Zone Three, in the dead of night.  Decent mechs are deep in recharge. Not-so-decent mechs, he presumes, most likely have better things going on that watching him.]

[(presume there have been a number of these runs before now)]

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