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Volmarias
Dec 31, 2002

EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...
C

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mcclay
Jul 8, 2013

Oh dear oh gosh oh darn
Soiled Meat
C then B

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther
C it is! I'm hitting the finals crunch so next update tentatively scheduled for Fri night.

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

Have Blue posted:

C it is! I'm hitting the finals crunch so next update tentatively scheduled for Fri night.

Drop out of school and become a posting superstar!

CourValant
Feb 25, 2016

Do You Remember Love?

Have Blue posted:

C it is! I'm hitting the finals crunch so next update tentatively scheduled for Fri night.

Go get them; when in doubt, offer an answer in the form of CMD:>

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

Have Blue posted:

C) Home(?)
You lived here, once. Third stop on the subway, around the corner, up the stairs, and through an unmarked steel door behind the Soya Shack. Of course you no longer have a transport pass or your keys, but you'll manage.

The trail leads you back out


Out into NuYork's neon haze.


With the lights comes a feeling of connection


You weren't even aware of it being missing, but now it's back. With it comes a nagging urge pulling you ... north? You ignore it for now and instead strike out for home.

Shadows and rooftops


Alleys and sidestreets


It's not fast but it's quiet, ideal for your newfound notoriety.

...

You're here


Same door. Same lock. Different you. A good a place as any to start rebuilding your life.

A) Knock
Sometimes simplest is best.

B) Smash
You know from experience that the door is sturdy enough to stop most people. You aren't most people.

C) Wait
They gotta leave the house sometime. (Assuming there's a "they")

Toughy
Nov 29, 2004

KAVODEL! KAVODEL!

Hidden key anywhere?

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

Toughy posted:

Hidden key anywhere?

You used to leave one on top of a tall ledge by the door. You reach up and find that it's not there anymore. A quick search of other nearby nooks and crannies yields nothing but a thin layer of grime on your gloves.

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

Any sign of occupancy?

Toughy
Nov 29, 2004

KAVODEL! KAVODEL!

There Bias Two posted:

Any sign of occupancy?

Any other ways in? Windows fire escape etc?

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

There Bias Two posted:

Any sign of occupancy?
Faint trails in the muck, fresh garbage in the bins. Someone lives here. The same privacy measures that led you to make your home here keep you from finding out too much more though.

Toughy
Nov 29, 2004

KAVODEL! KAVODEL!

Did we live alone?

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

Toughy posted:

Any other ways in? Windows fire escape etc?

No. Your old place is pretty much a concrete box. Cheap and secure, if depressing.

Toughy posted:

Did we live alone?

Yes, though there was room for one or two more.

Toughy
Nov 29, 2004

KAVODEL! KAVODEL!

Last question, are there any cameras watching us being creepy as we check around?

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

Toughy posted:

Last question, are there any cameras watching us being creepy as we check around?

This part of town cams get painted. Or shot. It's not a good neighborhood, but the rent's cheap and the corps keep away.

Toughy
Nov 29, 2004

KAVODEL! KAVODEL!

voting knock then kick the door in if no one responds

Hexenritter
May 20, 2001


Toughy posted:

voting knock then kick the door in if no one responds

This

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

Toughy posted:

voting knock then kick the door in if no one responds

Also, when we do kick the door down, yell, "Wanna buy some cookies?!"

Grognan
Jan 23, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
A

Hexenritter
May 20, 2001


There Bias Two posted:

Also, when we do kick the door down, yell, "Wanna buy some cookies?!"

Alternatively OHHHH YEEEEEEAAAHHHH
Alternatively HEEEYYY KIDS!
Alternatively Have you heard the good news about our Lord and Saviour?

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

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

There Bias Two posted:

Also, when we do kick the door down, yell, "Wanna buy some cookies?!"

dont be mean to me
May 2, 2007

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


There Bias Two (well more Hexenritter) posted:

Also, when we do kick the door down, yell, "OHHHH YEEEEEEAAAHHHH"

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
When we kick the door down, yell, "Sorry, wrong house."

Volmarias
Dec 31, 2002

EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...
Just scream "AM I BEING DETAINED?!" over and over, as we haymaker our way inside the house and inspect every room

CourValant
Feb 25, 2016

Do You Remember Love?

Have Blue posted:

C) Wait
They gotta leave the house sometime. (Assuming there's a "they")

Can we please try it the quiet way first? We can always smash later.

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
C Why not gather some info first?

AbysmalPeptoBismol
Feb 5, 2016

Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!

C

All about that silent approach

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

Have Blue posted:

A) Knock
Sometimes simplest is best.



You stride to the door and rap lightly on it.

You hear a faint
"poo poo!"

There's some muffled shuffling and then a small metallic sound. A gun being cocked? Or just another lock engaging?

"I'm paid up, get lost or get flatlined!"

A gun then.

It's the same voice, louder now. Sounds like a young woman's?

Have Blue fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Dec 13, 2017

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther
"I'm not kidding rear end in a top hat! Go check with Nick, we're straight."

A) Talk.

She clearly thinks you're someone else. Try and calm her down.

B) Smash!
Break and enter, emphasis on the break. The current tenant is going to put up a fight though.

CourValant
Feb 25, 2016

Do You Remember Love?

Have Blue posted:

A) Talk.
She clearly thinks you're someone else. Try and calm her down.

"Relax, Nick said you kept some of the old tenant's stuff, said it might be worth looking it. You still have it?"

Volmarias
Dec 31, 2002

EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...

CourValant posted:

"Relax, Nick said you kept some of the old tenant's stuff, said it might be worth looking it. You still have it?"

This, but instead of saying "Nick said" say "I was told that".

Hexenritter
May 20, 2001


Volmarias posted:

This, but instead of saying "Nick said" say "I was told that".

This

Toughy
Nov 29, 2004

KAVODEL! KAVODEL!

Volmarias posted:

This, but instead of saying "Nick said" say "I was told that".

Agreed!

Have Blue
Mar 27, 2013


Panther Like a Panther

Have Blue posted:

"I'm not kidding rear end in a top hat! Go check with Nick, we're straight."

A) Talk.

She clearly thinks you're someone else. Try and calm her down.

CourValant posted:

"Relax, I was told you kept some of the old tenant's stuff, said it might be worth looking at it. You still have it?"

"Yeah and who told you, exactly? All I know about the guy that was here before is that he suddenly up and left a few months ago. Usually that means he's dead. Or worse-"

Her voice catches.

"I- I've got enough problems of my own. I don't need to wind up in someone else's mess too."

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
“I hear you, and I don’t intend to get you mixed up in anything. I didn’t end up dead, but I would like my stuff back, that’s all. No more, no less.”

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:

“I hear you, and I don’t intend to get you mixed up in anything. I didn’t end up dead, but I would like my stuff back, that’s all. No more, no less.”

CourValant
Feb 25, 2016

Do You Remember Love?

AJ_Impy posted:

“I hear you, and I don’t intend to get you mixed up in anything. I didn’t end up dead, but I would like my stuff back, that’s all. No more, no less.”

This, except don't self identify.

Just ask for the last tenant's belongings, and tell her that we'll be on our way.

Add, "Are you somehow connected to the previous tenant?"

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:

"I- I've got enough problems of my own. I don't need to wind up in someone else's mess too."
"Then let me take that mess off your hands, and it'll be the last you hear of it."

Do NOT identify ourselves as the previous tenant at this stage. There is nothing to be gained and probably much to be lost by sharing that information for no reason.

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

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

Ralith posted:

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

Do NOT identify ourselves as the previous tenant at this stage. There is nothing to be gained and probably much to be lost by sharing that information for no reason.


This, but if she won;t open the door "Sorry about this but I'm running at least two combat AI's and have enough hardware in my shell to turn the whole building into a smoking ruin, if you don't open up everything in this building is gonna get vaporized or some poo poo. Just let me get the poo poo and I'll be gone."

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super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

Do we have anything we can pay them with?

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