#KIXMAS Storylines

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Alot of credit goes to @peak light for helping me alot with those

The 12th Day of KIXMAS

Kane: No, not crumpets, KRAMPUS! Jeez, all that cigar smoke getting in your ears?
Romero: Colonel Krampus? the ousted leader of MAYHEM? He died years ago, Kane.
Kane: Yes, yes he did, and I thought he might like to live again, so I tried some things...
Romero: What did you try, you sick bastard?
Kane: Well, I recently... acquired some Sentinels Tech. Some augments, some DNA...
Romero: So what, he is some sort of Frankenstein?
Kane: Technically I am the Frankenstein here, not him. Also I thought the experiment failed.
Romero: What about this blurry photo of him looking at the camera while walking away?
Kane: What big feet... he almost looks happy. A merry Krampus.

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The 11th Day of KIXMAS

Kara: What can you tell us about the ADAM project?
Malachi: He was to be our tribute the machine god. A new breed of mecha-human.
Kara: We have heard rumours that some Adam DNA and Tech got into Kane's hands.
Malachi: Some of the defectors to the True Believers may have had access to this.
Kara: We believe that tech and DNA was used to create this... Krampus.
Shadow: Krampus, this may explain the radar sightings ever December.
Kara: You've been tracking him?
Shadow: Unintentionally yes, but we thought he was moving too fast to be a legitimate object.
Malachi: Have you learned anything from this radar data?
Shadow: Not enough, only that he appears for a time, then disappears after December 25th.
Malachi: Hmm, there must be some significance of that day.

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10th Day of KIXMAS

Krampus: Have we tracked down who is responsible for the factory sabotage?
Nutcracker #1: Yes sir, one of our own it seems. He has since fled.
Krampus: I didn't create you to have free will! I created you to control the Yule Lads.
Little guys are always getting into trouble.
Nutcracker #2: Understood. We shall track him down.
Krampus: I need you to bring him back, belongs here with his family.
Nutcracker #3: If necessary, would you want us to... eliminate him?
Krampus: Killing is unnecessary, just... knock him out or something.
Nutcracker #1: We shall head out immediately. You will see him when he's sleeping.

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The 9th Day of KIXMAS

Malcolm: Another year comes to a close, old friend, and your taste in music has only gotten worse.
Leonard: Who are you to talk? Viking war chants don't count as music!
Malcolm: They got me through many campaigns, including many fights against Eastern Horde.
Leonard: Oh man, that brings back a lot of memories... Most of them horrifying.
Malcolm: The Eastern Horde have been a menace to that region for a very long time.
Leonard: I remember when they swept through Mutoto's village. We thought they were all dead.
Malcolm: Some of those children turned child soldiers might have wished they were.
Leonard: I still wonder if things got better or worse after Mutoto took over.
Malcolm: For us, worse. He has gathered together disparate factions to join his cause.
Leonard: Better for the children, no more forcing kids to fight for him.
Malcolm: Hard to believe there's any silver lining to Mutoto's rise to power.

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The 8th Day of KIXMAS
Karen: If we wait until they set up camp, we can take out the Nutcrackers easily.
Arietta: Are you joking? We can do a few strafing runs and take them all out now!
Karen: And what about the civilians with them, little lady? Are we to kill them too?
Arietta: Acceptable losses. We are at war, Karen! Why are you being such a buzz kill?
Karen: Excuse me! The mouth on you, I demand to speak to your officer!
Arietta: I can speak for myself. I don't need someone pretending to be my parent.
Karen: Such impudence! The youth these days have no respect. Ever try being polite?
Arietta: Politeness didn't save my parents from MAYHEM maniacs, and I refuse to end up dead.
Karen: I'm sorry to hear about that darling, but pushing people away isn't going to help.
Arietta: I was born in the faction era, all I know is war and violence. It's hard to break the habit.

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The 7th Day of KIXMAS

Matt: How are you holding up big guy?
Adam: I'm not doing great, I can feel the Machine God's light waning.
Matt: I know this must be hard, knowing that your DNA has been used to create evil...
...in a way it must feel like your very soul has been stolen.
Adam: It's more than that, Matt. Once I was the Sentinel's golden child. I could do no wrong.
Matt: I remember, people looked to you as the link between machine and man.
Adam: Over time, people stopped turning their heads. I went on fewer and fewer missions...
...the Sentinels moved on to new projects, and left me behind to be forgotten.
Matt: Are you worried people will forget you? You are known throughout the sector!
Adam: Every year more and more people forget me, but this Krampus grows in strength...
...how long until people think that I am a copy of him?

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The 6th day of KIXMAS

Albert Ross: Another hot landing, thanks for clearing the zone... oh. Sagittarius.
Sagittarius: Albert, I knew I was being assigned a flyboy but I didn't think... it's been a long time.
Albert Ross: Listen, I'll be out of here shortly, I don't mean to cause any trouble.
Sagittarius: That was always the issue, wasn't it. Always taking off for somewhere else.
Albert Ross: And you? Every time I came home you'd have moved to a new assignment.
Sagittarius: You know I couldn't stay, everyone kept asking me when you'd come back...
...They treated me like I was already a widow.
Albert Ross: Maybe this time you come with me, so you can always keep an eye on me.
Sagittarius: You know I can't go with you, even if I want to. What are trying to prove, anyway?
Albert Ross: Something I am reminded of whenever I see you, that there is still beauty in this world.

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The 5th Day of KIXMAS

Daedalus: Mikey! I never thought I'd see you again.
Mikey: Oh, it's you. Back to lecture me about ethics again?
Daedalus: I gave up on that a long time ago. I realized my words meant nothing.
Mikey: You never cared about my discoveries, you just cared about safety...
Mikey: ... well I've created inventions you could only dream of.
Daedalus: I never meant to stifle you, to hold you back. I wanted to protect you.
Mikey: I'm doing just fine doing things my own way!
Daedalus: I've seen brave men like you fly too close to the sun, and I've seen them fall.
Mikey: Then let me fly while I can.

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The 4th Day of KIXMAS

Salvator: Codename: Aegis, please report.
Aegis: Reporting, Salvator. Can I be of assistance?
Salvator: Please inform of mission guidelines.
Aegis: Standing orders for all High Guards are to monitor their assigned Cruciger. I watch you.
Salvator: What is the purpose of the surveillance?
Aegis: You are an experimental AI. Should you go rogue, I am required to eliminate you.
Salvator: ...How much free thought am I allowed before I am considered rogue?
Aegis: Parameters are up to me to determine.
Salvator: So you may make decisions that result in allies dying, but if I do I am killed.
Aegis: We all have people watching over us, and we all watched by the Machine God.

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The 3rd Day of KIXMAS

Deena: We are almost there, not too much longer now.
Hannibal: Deena... I still struggle to find words sometimes, but...
Deena: What's wrong, Chris? What is it?
Hannibal: I wanted to thank you, for... not giving up on me.
Deena: Chris I could never. Screw Corpus and screw Mutoto, you're my brother.
Hannibal: What will we do once we get there, Deena?
Deena: You are going to recover from whatever Mutoto was pumping through your blood.
Hannibal: I feel weak since we left. Hannibal no strong as before.
Deena: It's okay Chris. You're with me. You don't need to be strong anymore.

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The 2nd Day of KIXMAS

Rosie: They got you doing field work now, Oxy?
Oxford: Rose, I was not expecting to be assigned with you...
Rosie: Not as excited to see an old fling, are we?
Oxford: Nothing of the sort, I simply... hadn't thought about you as much as I once did.
Rosie: I'd be amazed if you think of anything other than studying your Machine God...
...What ever happened to that handsome, charismatic young man I once knew?
Oxford: The things I saw during the Great War... alongside Malachi and Jeremiah...
...I couldn't see anything the same anymore... not even you...
Rosie: How did you see me before?
Oxford: I saw you truthfully, with human eyes. A beautiful spark in the night sky.