Your name is RANCHHAND. (click:"RANCHHAND")[You are also known as Derrick Townsend. You are a Lancer.]
(click:"Lancer")[This is just a very fancy term to say that you're really, //really// good at mech piloting. You are also a cowboy.]
(click:"cowboy")[Because of this aesthetic choice, you pilot the (text-colour:#1c4589)[IPS-Northstar] "Raleigh", which you call "Stars of the Midnight Range". Due to what you would call a "mobile life style" and others would call "near-homelessness", you essentially live in your Raleigh.]
(click:"live in your Raleigh")[However, you are currently facing an issue. On your walk back home from a very nice night, you found a small flash drive. Against your better judgement, you [[plugged it in.]]]
(text-style:"outline")[The cabin goes dark. You fumble for some kind of light switch, when suddenly, a harsh voice screeches out from your piloting interface.]
(click:"interface")[(text-colour:cyan)[(text-style:"smear","rumble")["AHAHAHAHAA!!!! SUP, FUCKER??? YOU DONE FUCKED UP NOW, BITCH, I'VE TAKEN YOUR GOD DAMN MECH!!!"]]
(text-style:"outline")[You wince.] ''(text-colour:blue)["Could you give me my controls back, please?"]''
(click:'"Could you give me my controls back, please?"')[(text-colour:cyan)[(text-style:"smear","rumble")["MAKE ME!!! IT'S MY MECH NOW, FLESHBAG."]]
''(text-colour:blue)["... Are ya experiencin' a cascade?"]''
(click:"... Are ya experiencin' a cascade?")[(text-colour:cyan)[(text-style:"smear","rumble")["... WHAT?"]]
''(text-colour:blue)["Are ya experiencin' a cascade, I said."]''
(click:"Are ya experiencin' a cascade, I said.")[(text-colour:cyan)[(text-style:"smear","rumble")["NO????"]]
''(text-colour:blue)["Then, hotshot, you ain't the one in the driver's seat. You just turned my main power off."]''
(click:"Then, hotshot, you ain't the one in the driver's seat. You just turned my main power off.")[(text-colour:cyan)[(text-style:"smear","rumble")["THE FUCK!? YOU SHOULD BE FEARING ME, FLESHBAG!! BOW DOWN BEFORE YOUR GOD DAMNED MASTER!!"]]
''(text-colour:blue)["You're gonna be disappointed, y'know."]''
(click:"You're gonna be disappointed, y'know.")[(text-style:"outline")[You fumble around your desk. It's gotta be here somewhere-]
(text-style:"smear")[Aha! There's your flashlight.]
(click:"flashlight")[''(text-colour:blue)["I ain't gonna kick ya outta here, don't worry, I'd just... like you to tone it down a lil', to gimme my controls back... and to... just calm down in general, yeah? I'd be happy to have ya aboard, pardner, you just need to hit the breaks a little bit."]''
(click:"I ain't gonna kick ya outta here, don't worry, I'd just... like you to tone it down a lil', to gimme my controls back... and to... just calm down in general, yeah? I'd be happy to have ya aboard, pardner, you just need to hit the breaks a little bit.")[(text-colour:cyan)[(text-style:"smear","rumble")["I'M NOT DOING SH-"]]
(text-style:"smear")[You sigh, and start to jostle the flash drive out of the port.]
(click:"start to jostle the flash drive out of the port")[(text-colour:cyan)[(text-style:"smear","rumble")["HEY! HEY HEY HEY HOLD ON HOLD ON-"]]
(text-style:"smear")[You chuckle. This isn't some almighty deity to be afraid of, it's more akin to a teenager with anger issues and an internet connection.]
(text-colour:cyan)[(text-style:"smear","rumble")["DON'T LAUGH AT ME!"]]
(text-style:"smear")[You click your tongue, and stern your voice.] ''(text-colour:blue)["Watch your tone, cowpoke."]''
(click:"Watch your tone, cowpoke.")[(text-colour:cyan)[(text-style:"smear","rumble")["Okay, god, I'm sorry. Are you happy now?"]]
(text-style:"smear")[(text-style:"buoy")[You wave the flashlight around.]] ''(text-colour:blue)["Forgettin' somethin'?"]''
(click:"Forgettin' somethin'?")[The lights flicker back on in the cabin. Back to business. On the display, there's a little icon of a question mark. That must be your mystery NHP (click-replace:"NHP")[Non-Human Person] representing itself.
(text-colour:cyan)[(text-style:"smear","rumble")["Happy //now//?"]]
''(text-colour:blue)["A little. Now if you wouldn't mind, I wanna ask ya a question 'r two..."]''
[[END]]]]]]]]]]]]]GONE ROGUE
//by flowers "suitable lancer player" chaos//
thank you for reading about derrick's miserable time :]