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Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

super sweet best pal posted:

Do we have anything we can pay them with?

Have Blue posted:

???

You have:
2 arms (meat?)
2 legs (meat?)
1 head (metal?)
1 set of armor(?)+helmet (Your clothes are thick and stiff, seemingly reinforced with ballistic weave. There's no kind of tab, logo, or label on any of them.)
1 knife (steel, standard)
1000 credits on an anonymous chip
1 copy of Windows 2077

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Grognan
Jan 23, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
How much was our rent in credits per week?

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

Grognan posted:

How much was our rent in credits per week?

400, though anon credits go a bit farther than normal ones.

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

Ralith posted:

"Then let me take that mess off your hands, and it'll be the last you hear of it."

"He just left all his stuff here. I sold most of it, but some of it I ... didn't. Who told you about it?"

Ralith
Jan 12, 2011

I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn't for your misfortune
I'd be a heavenly person today

Have Blue posted:

"Who told you about it?"
I thought you said you didn't want to get involved? Knowledge can be dangerous.

CourValant
Feb 25, 2016

Do You Remember Love?

Ralith posted:

I thought you said you didn't want to get involved? Knowledge can be dangerous.

+1

"Just give me what you have left, and I'll be on my way. If you don't know who I am, that means less trouble for you if someone else knocks on your door."

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker

Ralith posted:

I thought you said you didn't want to get involved? Knowledge can be dangerous.

This.

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

Ralith posted:

I thought you said you didn't want to get involved? Knowledge can be dangerous.

"Fine! Forget I ever asked then."

CourValant posted:

"Just give me what you have left, and I'll be on my way. If you don't know who I am, that means less trouble for you if someone else knocks on your door."

"It's in some kind of safe. You open it, it's yours. Hold on."

You hear her move to the door and begin undoing the locks



Finally the door swings open and you see the occupant:



Behind her banks of salvaged monitors flicker fitfully


She sees you too, her eyes widening in surprise. She steps back hastily and trains a pistol on you.

"'Knowledge can be dangerous' huh? I'm going to need some answers."

Her hands tremble slightly

"Now."

"Who told you about the previous tenant's stuff?"

"Was I mentioned?"

"What the gently caress is in that box that a freak like you would show up for it?"


A) Negotiate
She's still willing to talk, even if it's only to interrogate you. (You'll have to answer at least a few questions)

B) Incapacitate her
You're faster and stronger than you remember being. You could rush her and knock her out, though you might get shot in the process.

C) Kill her
Bringing a knife to a gun fight isn't all that bad when you've also got body armor(?) and combat augs(?).

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker
A

"I am the previous tenant, and no, you weren't mentioned. Do you really want me to answer the third question in the light of the first two?"

CourValant
Feb 25, 2016

Do You Remember Love?

Have Blue posted:

A) Negotiate
She's still willing to talk, even if it's only to interrogate you. (You'll have to answer at least a few questions)

"You weren't mentioned. Now, think long and hard before you press me again; do you really want to know more answers, given that you're still as yet not involved in 'this'?"

"Unless you'd be interested in having a coffee with me? I'd totally tell you everything if you'll have coffee with me."

Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?


AJ_Impy posted:

A

"I am the previous tenant, and no, you weren't mentioned. Do you really want me to answer the third question in the light of the first two?"

Ralith
Jan 12, 2011

I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn't for your misfortune
I'd be a heavenly person today
D. Play it cool. "Lady, I'm doing you a favor. Do you want to stay out of this or not?"

Lord Zedd-Repulsa
Jul 21, 2007

Devour a good book.


AJ_Impy posted:

A

"I am the previous tenant, and no, you weren't mentioned. Do you really want me to answer the third question in the light of the first two?"

This.

Hexenritter
May 20, 2001


AJ_Impy posted:

A

"I am the previous tenant, and no, you weren't mentioned. Do you really want me to answer the third question in the light of the first two?"

+1

dont be mean to me
May 2, 2007

I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars


AJ_Impy posted:

A

"I am the previous tenant, and no, you weren't mentioned. Do you really want me to answer the third question in the light of the first two?"

++

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

Better be careful, there's always a chance she's a sleeper agent sent to keep watch for us.

CourValant
Feb 25, 2016

Do You Remember Love?

super sweet best pal posted:

Better be careful, there's always a chance she's a sleeper agent sent to keep watch for us.

That's why we ask her out on a coffee date and make her fall in love with us.

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:

CourValant posted:

That's why we ask her out on a coffee date and make her fall in love with us.

"Take off your helmet, I want to see your eyes"
*Hellish landscape of raw, pulsating flesh and embedded sensors*

CourValant
Feb 25, 2016

Do You Remember Love?

Outrail posted:

"Take off your helmet, I want to see your eyes"

Buy me dinner first and we'll talk about it.

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

Outrail posted:

*Hellish landscape of raw, pulsating flesh and embedded sensors*

That is so hot.

CourValant
Feb 25, 2016

Do You Remember Love?

Outrail posted:

"Take off your helmet, I want to see your eyes"
*Hellish landscape of raw, pulsating flesh and embedded sensors*

Nice, 13 pages in, and this is now a dating Sim!

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:

CourValant posted:

Nice, 13 pages in, and this is now a dating Sim!

poo poo. How's our junk? Do we still have junk?

Check if we have junk. "Wait, poo poo. Hang on....yep... Oh thank god..... okay, sorry, that was wierd. I had to see if I still had my dick. Long story. Also if you shoot me or I die there's a very good chance I'll blow up. Also a long story. Good news though, I have a dick. Where's the drat safe?" <-- That's my vote by the way.

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

Forget the woman, let's find another copy of ourselves and date them.

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

AJ_Impy posted:

A

"I am the previous tenant, and no, you weren't mentioned. Do you really want me to answer the third question in the light of the first two?"

"You? You're the-"

Her grip loosens on the pistol and one hand goes to her forehead, pressing hard.

"No, no I suppose I don't. Get your poo poo and get out"



You kick your way through old takeout boxes and scattered electronic components, your way lit by the dim glow of many monitors. The safe is still where you left it, though now a tangle of wires run to the keypad from a hand terminal and scrapes and scratches cover the surface. It hasn't been opened, but not for lack of trying.



You bend over, rapidly punching in 0451...

and the safe chirps angrily, its lights flashing red.

You hear a derisive snort behind you.

Did she break it somehow? Or did someone else get to it before she moved in?

****?
(You can either guess a combination or question the tenant.)

Have Blue fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Dec 20, 2017

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

Consider ourself. Do we have hacking software we don't know about?

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

super sweet best pal posted:

Consider ourself. Do we have hacking software we don't know about?

No. The only software you have with you is the Windows 2077 tapes. Your personal hacking skill boils down to running a few scripts. Kiddie stuff. As for what's in your head, you're not sure, but you can't find an i/o port on yourself to make use of it.

Brain Candy
May 18, 2006

Guess 2077

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

BUTT (2888)

CourValant
Feb 25, 2016

Do You Remember Love?

Eff you Gates. Eff you right in your Windows Hole.

***** Edit *****

Just to be clear, I'm also voting '2077'.

CourValant fucked around with this message at 08:25 on Dec 20, 2017

Grognan
Jan 23, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
Guess 0042

AJ_Impy
Jun 17, 2007

SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?
Yam Slacker
2077

There Bias Two
Jan 13, 2009
I'm not a good person

Have Blue posted:

No. The only software you have with you is the Windows 2077 tapes. Your personal hacking skill boils down to running a few scripts. Kiddie stuff. As for what's in your head, you're not sure, but you can't find an i/o port on yourself to make use of it.

Hump the combination pad in an attempt to interface with it.

I'm kidding.

Dog Kisser
Mar 30, 2005

But People have fears that beasts do not. Questions, too.
Haha I love that you did the 0451 thing so we couldn't all say that immediately.

4321

Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?


There Bias Two posted:

Hump the combination pad in an attempt to interface with it.

I'm kidding.

I'm not. Do the thing

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther
Holidays! Update ETA tonight.

CourValant
Feb 25, 2016

Do You Remember Love?

Have Blue posted:

Holidays! Update ETA tonight.

:wave:

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:
Do we have a blowtorch integrated into our arm/Cock/knees?

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

Crazycryodude posted:

I'm not. Do the thing


Grognan posted:

Guess 0042


Various thoughts run through your head, some absurd, some obscene. If your suspicions were correct however, there was one obvious answer:


With a sinking feeling you type '2077' on the keypad.



The lights on the safe flash green and the door swings open! You can feel the tenant crowding behind you, trying to peek over your shoulder. You shift your weight to block her view and quickly scoop up the contents of the safe.

You now have:
1 data chip (standard, contents unknown)
1 hand terminal (standard, off)
1 pistol(?) (loaded(?), conventional(?))
1 SinDex ID (supposedly for a "Kal Hinton")
1 anonymous 500 credit chit

You turn and straighten to find the tenant blocking your way, pistol still casually held in her hand.



"At this point I know better than to ask. All I'm gonna say is that if any of this comes down on me I'll be in touch."

With that she steps aside.

You were planning to head to Red Row next. You:

A) Head over

B) Go somewhere else

dont be mean to me
May 2, 2007

I'm interplanetary, bitch
Let's go to Mars


"Yeah, I can't blame you."

Head over.

Outrail posted:

Do we have a blowtorch integrated into our arm/Cock/knees?

Go to the doctor.

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Grognan
Jan 23, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
Check to see if the gun is loaded

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