CR Cragsand S2E14: Virus and a Deserter

===Chapter 14: Virus and a Deserter===
====Council meeting and law====
A town meeting is called by Henderson and Sean. They bring up the topic of replacing Ash and nominate Hadwyn as a new councilmember. Having stepped up to the occasion previously he is selected in unanimously without a single complaint. The second topic is the discussion about rent for all citizen, with the new communications tower being installed by Horizon they are going to need to collect 15.000 credits. Stepping up suddenly Patches offers to cover the whole sum and is met with appreciation, perhaps its guilt after the Titan uprising. Laying down the law the council decided on 3 rules in town as well as electing Jorongo to act as sheriff.
#You dont shoot or kill anyone in town 
#Any fighting that is done is done in the arena
#If you steal a car the owner has the right to put a bullet in your head, only exception to the first rule
At the town gathering is Leon - the corporate guard who fought in the arena yesterday. Looking troubled Sten offers to sells him firearms and he settles on a scrap pistol. He eventually lets slip that he has defected and is on the run from Atlantis. 
Sean purchases a new gun replacing his stolen one, Savire Vay the spider lady and new medic at the hospital puts in an order with a payment plan. Jyggal asks about setting up a charging station in the restaurant, suggesting the business idea that whenever organics have a meal before heading out into the wasteland, their synth companions can charge as well. 
====A half-naked stranger====
Accompanying Trey ging out to the oasis, on the way out they meet a half-naked woman clad in tattered clothing who said she woke up from a nap out in the desert but not knowing how she got there. She spoke confusing words of being on a quest searching for crabs, not requiring any drinking water and that she hatched from an egg. Gathering water and fruits at the oasis when invited to shake her hand Trey declined, having been adviced against handshakes only offering a bow. On the way back Trey remarks that theyre lucky not to have encountered any opposition and as if on cue a sand worm appears chasing after the car. They make it back safe to town but none the wiser as to the womans reasons for being there. Ending in a traditional greeting of their people... she and Trey both leaned angled downward pointing their hands upward towards the sky...Greetings of the wasteland? Parting ways the woman gave Sten a hug thanking him and Trey for the rescue. 
====Loss of control====
In Town Toolbox has been painted by Sheila with her tribal symbols, considering him apart of her tribe now. He warns that there may be corporates come to harm some of the synths and Sten goes looking. True enough there seems to be another computer virus outbreak. Horizon and a synth named Mika, who was spreading the virus, they had came to blows. McCuldger and Prowler had quarantining themselves off keeping synths inside of the robotics shop. Yelling from inside he tells people to keep to keep out and make sure nobody comes in and gets infected while Mr Prowler clears them from the virus. Sten stands guard at the entrance asking about how to recognize the infected. Luckily this time around they arent violent, they only ramble about "passing the message", "tell the story" or getting touchy feely with other synths - which presumably means "spreading the virus". Mika's owner, William comes demanding his bot back but is stopped at the entrance. Mika is eventually cleared and she confirms that William is her only "administrator".
All of a sudden McCuldger is heard yelling all across town, having lost his marbles completely. Getting a robotic arm grafted back seems to have awoken his old self and he goes berserk chasing after Mr Prowler. The "sane" Henderson seems to have lost to the crazed McCuldger - his jumbled mind of dual personalities. Cornering him in the bar Sten stands between the two trying to separate them as he hoists the roboticist up in the air, grabbing him by the neck. The onlookers tire and Mercury opens the first shot at him, he lashes back striking Mercury but he doesn't go down. Rambling on he is shot multiple times before he hits the ground, mumbling "the sweet relief"... the medics rushing to his care and manage to save him, although taking a large number of gunshots.Twitch Clip - McCuldger goes down And people are worried about the synths?
An Atlantis retainer came asking for Leon and feigning ignorance nobody was willing to give him up. The guard eventually manages to track him down on his own and starts escorting him away. Interrupted at the gates to town Sten starts asking questions but before any reasoning is to be done, Trey takes aim and shoots the retainer in the back of the head.Twitch Clip - That escalated quickly This is going to have consequences.Twitch VOD: Callous Row RP S2 E14 - Virus and a Deserter YouTube
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