blasto, meet official opinions on self-replicating minions

[peterxy]

The PRT catches wind of a strange increase in disappeared domestic animals in the downtown area. Given that the people who live there are the rich and powerful, this is clearly a problem that needs to be investigated and solved immediately. The PRT, of course, agrees that this is of utmost importance, and not just because of precedent about mass abductions of pets, of course not, why would you think that, they are so very worried about Fido, even Scion recognizes the merits of rescuing lost pets.

(Lorica's asked to maybe keep a few more eyes there than she has been.)

Comments

[acanofworms]

"If you think you can spare the bots."

[thinkering]

"Depends if you want this done all at once."

[acanofworms]

"I want this done, without a chance for these monkeys to recoup and multiply again."

[thinkering]

"...I'll see how far they seem to be able to smell it as I flush them out and spread out if I can."

[acanofworms]

"You do that."

[thinkering]

Bots do that.

[peterxy]

They seem to be able to smell the pheromones from roughly four blocks away. There is... a worrying number of monkeys hidden around the city. Most of them can barely be called monkeys anymore, with deformities and mutations that make it hard for them to even move. They come from abandoned buildings, attics of houses (with accompanying screams from the people living there), dark alleys, sewers, and other nooks and crannies.

[thinkering]

Bots mark trails at four block intervals leading to the trainyard and reassure the civilians in bright calming voices. Lorica doesn't stop looking until she stops finding.

[mxglam]

She... might take a while. Brockton Bay is a fairly large city, and there are several monkeys hiding everywhere.

The monkeys that arrive at the trainyard are dealt with by Glam, with some help from Drupe so that they don't escape when they realize what's happening.

[thinkering]

Has Blasto been taken into custody yet? Can she recall all the bots from the warehouses? For that matter, can Max whip up something to denature Windflower's poisons faster than normal so Glam's attention can be better put to expanding the flock?

[peterxy]

Yes, yes, and he'll probably need to know which poisons she used and work on them a little to do that.

[thinkering]

Windflower's out of trees to kill. She can head back to HQ to give him samples if he likes.

[peterxy]

Then he'll probably be able to figure something out in another 35 to 50 minutes.

[thinkering]

In the meantime the bots will leave trails and lure monkeys.

[peterxy]

Monkeys will be lured and eventually killed and become goop! Windflower's poisons will be denatured! This whole thing will go well into the night!

[thinkering]

Well, the bots don't have to sleep and Lorica can catnap in her workshop. Glam may have to resort to coffee.

[mxglam]

Yeah, so they will.

And eventually, at around four in the morning, they will have run out of monkeys.

[thinkering]

The shoulderbot advises Glam to go to bed.

[mxglam]

Glam will do as advised. Thank Scion it's a Saturday.

[thinkering]

(The shoulderbot will if necessary play a lullaby.)

[mrglam]

Not necessary. Pillow, meet Sadde's head.

Zzzzzzzzzz

[thinkering]

And in the morning it is Sunday. Lorica, having gone to sleep in her surprisingly cozy armor, is up and wants to make sure they still have Blasto.

[peterxy]

They do. He's not the kind of tinker that can get out of his PRT cell using only his fingernails and a pillow.

[thinkering]

Good. Any monkeys turn up overnight or did she get them all?

[peterxy]

She got them all. Civilians were terrified, and the news is spreading, and the Protectorate is preparing an official statement describing the events and the results. There will be a press conference later today, and all the heroes will be asked to participate.