ARCADE SESSION: REBOOTED

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Hank stays silent for now, thinking about what Clemont said. Ihu is humming some kind of tune. Meanwhile, you and the question marks person are still talking tactics.
 

"I'm unsure how much she knows about the defenses around my base. If the fauna had a camera attached or there's been silent recon between the spurts of action, she might have an idea of some the security currently in place, as well as the placement of things like the rails.

It seems that the current impression made has been 'pacifist schmuck who talks too much and has no idea how to do strategy in the slightest', though that could have just been to mock us or to lower our guard. If it's true though, perhaps we have a one time edge to blindside MRM.

Probably the biggest semblances of strategy, if you could call it that, involves the usage of non-TCP assistance like a turret, the golem, a now-deceased guardian bat to keep TCPs out of the line of fire some, with less success than I'd hoped. Also, there has been coordinating with the kobolds. Strategy overall could probably use some work, to be honest. Avoidance won't hold forever, after all."
"The kobolds are valuable allies, but we want to avoid asking them to potentially die for us as much as possible. They may appear to be constructs of the game, but they are still living things."

They pause, taking all this in.

"We can't guarantee that's what MRM thinks of you, but we can try to- carefully- play into it. If you stay nonviolent during this encounter, we have a solid shot at maintaining that...and Clemont can try to keep the other TCP busy with his shield. If possible, I'd like to try and get some of our stun bombs going. Clemont isn't very good at throwing them yet, but if we can knock out the TCP firing blasts, we can potentially take them onto our side and try to turn them away from MRM. I want to keep things as nonlethal as possible."
"Got it. Do you think Clemont could teach Hank or Ihu how to use those? Hank could probably learn if it's relatively simple, but I'm not sure about Ihu."
"Give the kobolds some credit. Clemont's on good terms with them, so we can definitely try."
"Fair enough. Tamaru was able to learn an entire video game in about five minutes, so..."
"As for Hank...worth a shot too, though we want him to focus on getting Echo out of there."
"Um, by the way, what should I, like, call you? You've just got some question marks for a name."
"Six."
"wait, so why didn't you just put- nevermind. Six. Got it. Anyway, my main goal is to get Echo and head home- I don't want to go too far out of my way to try and get MRM's TCP on our side, but if I can, I will. I'm honestly hoping we don't see her at all."
"That'd be best...though we'll probably go after her ourselves when possible. Also-" Their voice grew stern. "If we're going to work together, I have a no lethality rule. A rule. You only kill if there's no other option to keep your TCPs safe, and I mean no other option. Break it, and I'll consider you an enemy. Do I make myself clear?"