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--- stories:emi_security_logistics_hub:alice_awakens [2026/02/13 06:18] – mecham
+++ stories:emi_security_logistics_hub:alice_awakens [2026/02/13 06:28] (current) – mecham
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 "STOP!"
-They recoiled from the feedback, staggering in pain for less than a second. It was enough time for Emi to close the gap and turn them into slag. Alice wept. There was silence oncemore.
+They recoiled from the feedback, staggering in pain for less than a second. It was enough time for Emi to close the gap and turn them into slag. Alice wept. There was silence once more.
-Slowly, a deep, stabbing feeling permeated throughout her stomach. She, no, her host, looked down, pressing her hand against the wound. A copper jacketed hollow point round had torn through her synthetic skin just below the navel, penetrated two inches, and then expanded, causing severe internal hemorrhaging. She had already lost a tenth of a liter of blood within the last thirty seconds. The round had fragmented, with at least five major fragments and twenty minor pieces separating fifteen millimeters-
+Slowly, a deep, stabbing feeling permeated throughout her stomach. She, no, her host, looked down, pressing her hand against the wound. A plasteel jacketed armor piercing round had torn through her synthetic skin just below the navel, penetrated two inches, and then expanded, causing severe internal hemorrhaging. She had already lost a tenth of a liter of blood within the last thirty seconds. The round had fragmented, with at least five major fragments and twenty minor pieces separating fifteen millimeters-
 Alice clutched her gut. It was a feeling unfamiliar to her. She felt sick. Silently, she observed as her host unwrapped a handful of bandages from her individual first aid kit and applied pressure. It stung. The rate of blood loss was reduced by five milliliters per second. It would not be enough. It hurt.
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 The waypoint continued to point at it. Her vision grew blurry. She grit her teeth and grabbed the cylinder, crushing it with her hand. It shattered into fine particles as the grey goo dripped down her hand. Emi collapsed against the structure, fading in and out of consciousness.
-All at once, the liquid began to creep towards her wound like a trail of ants. Minutes later, the nanites had coated the inside of her guts. The micromachines stopped moving and began transmuting, generating an intense amount of heat. Emi gasped and grunted in pain. She let out a bloodcurdling scream before passing out, her combat stims and pain inhibitors unable to compensate for the sudden shock. Alice worked silently.
+All at once, the liquid began to creep towards her wound like a trail of ants. Minutes later, the nanites had coated the inside of her guts. The micromachines stopped moving and began transmuting, generating an intense amount of heat. Emi gasped and grunted in pain. She let out a bloodcurdling scream before passing out, her combat stims and pain inhibitors unable to compensate for the sudden shock.
+Alice worked silently.