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Genma:TheDestroyer said:
For the love of science, YES!!!
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Negro science is glorious!
 
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The rather large update has been split in two. Here is the first, while I keep working on the second. Not much action, but tons of game lore.




Current situation: Alex Denton managed to escape Seattle Tarsus' death throes, but walked right into a severe case of bureaucracy empowered stupid. Let's watch.

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Whad'ya know, Joe?


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Breaking and Entering, Theft, Espionage, Cruel and Unnecessary Violence.


It was an off day.


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That goes without saying. Afterall, she posted you two here.


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"You and your chief can blow me. I'll make sure to tell her that as well."


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He says without the slightest hint of irony.


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Bwuh? Okay, let's establish something;

1. The Order and all of their victims are inside the building.

2. Their infiltration of Tarsus and subjugation of the security systems was accomplished before WTO officers even arrived.

3. This blockade will only be useful for catching survivors who are leaving. Probably not the Order, because if the attack was planned this well they must have a way to slip out.

4. One officer was specifically briefed on the faces of key Tarsus personnel.

5. Neither is particularly willing to answer questions, are confrontational to people stumbling out of a goddamn terrorist attack, and immediately suggest you shut the fuck up and do what they say.

6. In conclusion their reason is bullshit and they are assholes. Were it not for the Aero-Bots positively swarming the area, I'd kill them. Regardless of who we vote to work for later on, I *will* be coming back. Swallowing shit from the higher ups is a fact of life in any Deus Ex, but common grunts are never safe.




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Your basic Seattle info primer

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"Oh, look who's now decided to call. Glad you got out too Billy. No, I'm fine."

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Nassif looked out for me in her own way, but on the other hand so did Billy. And since Alex already looted the latter's place, might as well complete the set. Not like anyone's in a rush to tell us what's going on.



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I'm not in a happy place about the WTO at the moment, but they're still a few rungs above The Order. Indiscriminate slaughter tends to color one's perceptions, sadly. We're going nowhere until we get some glimpses of the bigger picture. For that, there's exploration.


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The Metro system and the Inclinator are off limits in my mind, while the Nightclub sounds promising.


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But our misplaced Guido can't ignore the faint echoes of a speech in the distance. He's a sucker for oratory displays.


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Holo-Projectors: Not just for briefings, anymore.

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Our first glimpse of an old, old friend, and he's being a weasel. Huh, that's politics.


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I'd say something about Silhouette, X-51 or even the NSF, but Alex has probably only vaguely heard about two of them, and even then just from history vids.


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"Well you look like a featureless black blob, so we're equal."


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Sorry, what? I was wiping a couple embers that used to be a Tarsus janitor off my sleeve.


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If he says something about patriotism and Freedom Fries I will end him.


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"May Her Holiness watch over and guide you." :P

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Our Light biomod works pretty good at illuminating He-Who-Stands-In-Shadow. Too bad he's paranoid and not really worth it.

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Look at this picture, and tell me it doesn't look like he's serenading us. It's like Nat King Cole sprang back to life and started preaching economic philosophy. One that would make Andrew Ryan foam at the mouth.


On that note, Sander Cohen ladies and gentlemen.


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Thank you, thank you everyone. It enlivens the soul to be free of that soggy existence, those tiresome yokels that would call themselves an audience. Now, we have a production to begin!


Sander will be joining us from time to time with his own musings.


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That data pad next to the projector taunts me with hidden knowledge.


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That's nice of them. I almost forgiv-no, no I don't.


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By Alex's time, nano-technology=God. It can do practically anything. Take your city apart, and then build it right back up. Not so good at returning the people, though.


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From his speeches, I'm not sure I'd call this a democracy. But what do we know, we're just an ignorant bio-enhanced weapon.


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The rich and successful building themselves up on the broken corpses of the lower classes? Upper and Lower Seattle really are a microcosm.


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Life is a stage, some say. Those less fortunate become the rotting foundation.


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Coffee always makes things better. Lead on, my good sign.


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Have you ever wondered what would happen if you bred the SS with a couple radical Muslims?

*Spoiler* They really don't like us.


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A sacred and cherished possession often creates the most beautiful flame.

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If I kill a high priest and a couple dozen followers, does that qualify for a bonus? It seems like it would.



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"As a test tube baby, I find it hard to empathize with anyone."

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That was your introduction to one of the longer running subplots within IW, the publicity war between rival coffee shops QueeQuegs and Pequods. Pepsi and Coke ain't got shit on these guys.


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Luminon?


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Ah, gotcha.


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Strange, considering I've received orders from several people who seem to think it's working fine.


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"Or if this is misinformation meant to keep others from the Inclinator for some reason. No reason to investigate. Nope."

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Back to perfect health without needing to waste a single snack cake. Glee. Incidentally, I'm beginning to think my item hoarding is compulsive.


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That is the basic cost of doing business in a higher scale area, yes.


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Astounding. Even when free of that man's 'Great Chain', some still yearn for it.


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Remember this later on when you wonder why nanoformers hardly factor into the plot at all.


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What did this guy's grandfather do for a living? *Looks* Ah, CEO of AIG. That explains some things.


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A symptom of man's fascination with death...even in this far flung future they use a killer of civilizations, destroyer of worlds as a symbol to hock two-bit goods. Sinclair would have approved.


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Books; because research for beaming information directly into your head got set back a few decades. Thanks JC.


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Don't expect the 3-7 page affairs of Deus Ex. That's definitely a thing of the past.


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Providing charlatans and other parasites with more opportunities to leech from those of true talent.




I think Ryan may have affected you a bit more than you'd care to admit.




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Perhaps.



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The darling of Invisible War's music world, having achieved a celebrity few could even imagine.

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One downside society rarely thinks to address after a cataclysm is the deplorable state of the artistic realm. Great minds are lost, only to have their niche filled by...those who will play for the lowest common denominator. Why? Tragedy does not result in the mind seeking simpler pleasure, no! In truth, tragedy allows the mind to grow and mature, to better appreciate and enjoy art! What does this girl know?


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A charming way of describing the situation that dances around the literal levels of society they've created.


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I suppose there isn't much of a hipster crowd these days.


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Translation: Once the Order stops trying to rape the Seattle Enclave with a rusty fork.


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"Mr. Madoff seems like such a nice man. I'm sure he'll take good care of my money."


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Which tells us that news report about the Inclinator was likely bullshit.


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And the Great Chain begins to rattle once more...


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I smell a quest coming on.


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Worse, that's talking about arson to someone you've had one conversation with, and for all you know may now work for WTO. Ruthlessness I can abide, but recklessness?


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More than likely we could also use a multitool to gain access to the shop, or if we didn't care about anyone seeing us, bash in the window. Though that'd probably set off an alarm and...I'm sure someone else will send us to the Heron Loft anyway. If Alex chooses to venture down to Lower Seattle.


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Let's review our goals so far.

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You guys will be picking who we work for later on, after all the side-quests around here are finished up.


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Can't remember if QueeQueg's has an equivalent tactic right now.


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It appears someone tap-danced on a nerve.


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Quite the contrary in fact. The lower down the rungs you go, the more willing you'll find someone to do anything to raise themselves a little higher. That is one lesson I learned quite well in Rapture.



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Aero Bots will not stand for your shit.


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All of our current destinations are on the second floor, so away we go!


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Historical sites, nightclubs and The Emerald Suites (Nassif's apartment building)? Sounds like the place we want to be.


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Nourishment for mind, body and soul. Just what one needs when seeking succor from a stressful day.


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Oh look, it's a crazy bitch. Moving on.


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The security camera and turret kind of add a big brother vibe to this place. Did someone hock a loogie one too many times?


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Big Brother...Big Daddy...sometimes I wonder if Suchong didn't, in fact, have his own sense of irony.




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Not much of a historical site. You can't even look out those windows to see the decaying mess that is Old Seattle. How am I supposed to feel superior to those muck waders now?

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Perhaps we can create our own consolation prize.


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Don't mind me.


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Just doing a bit of banking, is all.


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Now a multitool isn't much good when separated from the beams by a solid surface like, say, glass. I could bash it in, but then that'd give the turret behind me carte blanche for a lead enema. No thanks. I don't need those items that badly.


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The lights, the music, artificial haze from tobacco of a dozen different varieties. The murmur of a transfixed audience, this is what I live for!


Well, I guess we know where Alex is going next.


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Join us next time, when we find out how the post-Collapse populace relieves some stress.

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It is sure to be an enlightening experience.
 
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Here's the second half of the update, wherein we explore the mysterious Club Vox. What kind of people will be met, secrets uncovered, and connections made? Can we still order a basket of buffalo wings drenched in sauce originating from the pits of hell, and followed by generic piss beer?


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...one can only hope not.


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100 credits? Thanks to our thrifty ways we could pay that a couple times over, but it seems kind of exorbitant.


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Would you expect to pay the same for a fine steak as you would a hamburger?



I've had some amazing hamburgers.


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Well, nobody ever said networking would be cheap.


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Someone who wallows in trash will be incapable of lifting you out of it.


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100 credits, and the first thing I see is a grungy scab with a gun. Money well spent.

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I am in awe of the WTO's screening process. Alex unnerves the paranoid enclave citizens, while someone who looks like he fights rats to the death gets a job.


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Clearly the experience has transformed you into a quality member of society.

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"No problem. Just tell me who you're going after, and I'll stay far, far away."

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Talk Bullet is a popular program with an opinionated jackass who interviews IW movers and shakers. Think Rush Limbaugh with a penchant for gags and whistles.

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Time was, you could find something decent on the radio...

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Think Dunmier's right-hand woman.


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Not really sure they're any better. 'Course I've only met two of them...but those two were enough.


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The subtle, gossamer voiced figures of imagination from my youth have been replaced by this?! This is- : x


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What in the name of-



Problem?


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A potato-


I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about.


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Her Holiness sound kinda familiar. And French.


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"Fucking hippies! I'm gonna kick them in the nuts!"


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Her Holiness 2012!



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We could get in using a multitool, but then we would get jumped by every armed thug patrolling the area. No dice.


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That shadowy figure can only be the owner. Good odds on him having a quest, and also being a badass.


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Another locked door right out in the open. Bleh.


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At least this one has no stated urges to spread his VD.


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"Um...hello?"



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Buck? Is he fishing or hunting?


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The young man certainly seems to be trolling the waters...




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Did we miss something?



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A new experience, perhaps.



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Let's find someone who doesn't dance around what he's saying. Poor Alex is getting confused.



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Well, he is the lead of a title with exploration elements. Stealing everything that isn't nailed down and talking to anyone on two legs is part of the schtick. It's what one does.


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Oh ho.


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Is it my imagination, or is this guy giving off the same vibe as the last one?


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...the fuck?


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I may yet wring some enjoyment from this disappointing affair.



You knew what they were talking about!



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No, merely suspected. You pick up the odd protoge here or there in a career like mine.



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"My knees are staying clean."



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I dare say your knees are the least of your worries.



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Shame.


*Phew*



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While Alex quietly goes about his business and never sets foot on this dance floor again. Burning his clothes for good measure.



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Ugh. What goals have we picked up since last time?


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The guy pulling a Gendo Ikari at the top of the stairs.
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A girl! Even if it is a simulated one. Hell, this sentiment is probably familiar to half the people reading right now.

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"You're normal, right?"


'If you consider killing people and then wearing their skins around my house normal."


"What?"


"Nothing."






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The other half of the pair isn't very personable, but in his defense he didn't chatter so damn much he let a beggar squish himself. Pretty good point in anyone's favor by my reckoning.



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Nothing worth checking out behind the bar except this bottle of expensive wine, and I think our 'friend' the Minister of Culture already claimed it. Yech.


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A couple steps away and we're nearly done with the easiest errand ever.



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"First: No. Hell no. Second...."



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Few these days have a proper appreciation for art. Oh, to be a fly on the wall of that review.



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Just, just get back to the Minister. Now.




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"I hate you so much I can feel it in my balls."



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That sounds like a medical issue, certainly he'd be willing to-


Shut. Up.


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"Incidentally, I'm now plotting how to kill the both of you and frame it on the douchebags WTO has assigned outside Tarsus."



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If you say yes, he really will give you the key to the swanky penthouse he conducts 'business' in. Just walk right in. Now of course there's only a small area you're allowed into without setting off alarms or dealing with automated defenses, but it literally gets your foot in the door.



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But we're not doing that. Alex has been soiled, and must now claim revenge in the only way that doesn't involve a firefight with every breathing entity in this nightclub (and one or two who I'm not sure need air anymore). He's going to find a different route into that apartment and rob it blind.


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Hm, handled right...I suppose rage can be just as passionate as lust.


See, now you're making this sound squicky.


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Not a single credit given.


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I bet he's also a pedophile.


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Never again.



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What can you see from that vantage point besides those entering? All other parts of the club are sectioned off.



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For instance, this secure area almost directly beneath their lookout. The bouncer's patrols don't extend over here either, and someone messing with it would be hidden from view. I smell opportunity.



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No, I imagine that's the smell of sweat and desperation from the rabble.

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:smug:


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Take care of the visual evidence, and...


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We're home free, and ready for some spelunking of the underground basement variety.


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What is the point of making sure no one sees or hears you, if you're this goddamn trackable? Tarsus and their operatives I get. They know my methodology and I spent the first couple updates in their building. Billy's known me since forever apparently. But the Order contacted once they somehow knew I was out in the open, and these guys can tell that I busted into some random area in the nightclub. I'd bet money on the WTO being able to do the same. Also, what is up with that thing's face?



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Reminds me of a fever dream I once had in Calcutta back in '47. The opium was exquisite.





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Security beams? *Ptew* What is this, Georgia? Don't make me laugh.


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Should have grabbed a copy of that PA message the Order kept broadcasting. "We have reprogrammed your security systems to neutralize threats to our cause." That'll pump up the volume in Club Vox.



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Sorry little buddy, it's not your time to shine.


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My gut tells me the glowing containment crate is the object the 'Omar' are interested in. Let's see what we're dealing with here.


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Another old friend! This Gray isn't in the mood to spit radioactive goop at anyone anymore, though.



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"Y'know, I used to read about you in 'Genetic Mishaps and Abominations'. Wow."



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The Omar have an agent closer than I would have guessed. Not that it does us any good, them being behind a locked door that *is* in full view and patrolled.




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A little immediate gratification always soothes the temper.



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A lot of it can make almost all problems float away like a stink on the breeze.


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Now we have an answer to that glass display case in the crappy Historical Site.



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Which fills the remaining mod slot. Only two per weapon, so you have to be careful where you install what.




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Inventory Check:

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I've never found smoke grenades comparable to flash grenades. The effect doesn't seem as potent, nor last as long. Perhaps the only saving grace is they're not prone to blinding you along with the targets. As a quick distraction and when followed with a shotgun blast, they're workable.



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No, no more dance floor for us. Not on this level at least.


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There's the can-do spirit that made our country great. When you get knocked off your feet, rest for a bit then jump back up filled with liquid confidence!



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"Really? Here, let me order you another round. Do tell."


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"Against Queequegs? Who would've imagined?"



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"Coffee is a hell of a business."


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"They'd have to be pure pond scum. It's been nice talking to you."


Well, it appears our friend in the coffee shop has tried this whole thing before.



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One trip to the bar, and I've already covered my entrance fee. No stripping necessary.


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"Hey, wait up."



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"Excuse me, friend. Have another round."


"These credits look like mine."


"Imagine that."




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"You've got quite the, erm, clientele."



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We definitely need to figure out a way inside that room. A discount on whatever goods these Omar traffic doesn't mean much if we can't get to them.



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"Yes, yes. By chance, are there any routes leading to the VIP room that are lightly guarded and I should stay away from?"



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Nothing behind her bar except another multitool hidden in the corner. Why she had it, I dunno.


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Will the patrons of this dance floor be a bit more well adjusted? Can they give Alex the normal conversation he seeks?



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Signs point to 'NO'. Post Apoc/Cyberpunk Seattle, ladies and gentlemen.


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The scenery may change, but all the hallmarks of a society rotting away stay the same.



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For once, Alex empathizes.


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I would prefer to be considered a muse.



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Oh my god, it's already started.

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"Yeah, nice to meet you too. Not to be abrupt, but you're not into snuff films or anything, are you?"



"That's a...why would..."


"Have you seen the guy next to you?"


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"Point."


"Yeah."


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If you're wondering about the door with a keypad in the background, yes it's locked as well. I might have been able to pick it without anyone noticing, but gave up after two reloads. We'll try again later. For now, there's a man and his holographic money maker to meet.


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"And if you step out of line, I will cut you."


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Five bucks says it was in Hell's Kitchen.


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"Normally I would send a scab, but they don't exactly fit in with that type of atmosphere."


I'm convinced, his friend must be innocent. What, you want to argue otherwise?


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"Why do people keep giving me quests chock full of felonies? Doesn't anyone want ten rats cleared from their basement? The pelt of a rare (not really) mutant howler monkey?"


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...I think I just crapped myself. But hey, VIP membership! Sucks to be this lawyer guy.



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"I'll be watching."


"Gah!"


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He must have served in a very interesting army.



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Rugged stability you just don't find these days Post Collapse.



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If Cortana had a slutty younger sister who liked talking about pop hits interchangeably with social economics and law statutes, it would be the virtual NG Resonance.


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From a hack like Belafonte to the genius of Bach?





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Needless to say, she has plenty of 'friends' in this lonely world.



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Many a man has sought the unattainable, if only for the glory of having tried.



Eh, I just think there aren't any dating sims left. All copies of Mass Effect 5: Booty Calls were destroyed in the Nano-Swells of 2065.

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I'd have more fun if people pretended I were Lord Poppington the III, esq, but it ain't happening.


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Imagine her daily backlog for a moment. Doubt it.


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Totally not a pre-programmed response to fans with self-esteem issues that try to chat up a couple shafts of light.



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I think they've both missed the point, here.


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"I still live with my mom, but all my friends on the Codex say that's normal."


"Statistics say that those who live with their mothers are often virgins, and would hardly know what to do with me if I gave them a manual. One of my creators installed a subroutine for members of that forum specifically; BROS YOU GOT TO LIVE YOUR LIFE BEFORE YOU CAN WIN IT!!!"


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"You'll probably want to wipe her off. I was there awhile."


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You and a thousand others, chump.



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Time to find out where this digital idol keeps her USB port.






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Is this truly what we are reduced to?




Like you understood the reference.


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"Tell it to the hypnotic rotating ass."


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Oh she's good, but not yet a master of redirect-fu. How about this?


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"On Thursdays he leaves dead squirrels at the base of my projector. We're working through that."



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Where the artist need not fear the censor...



Sander, you okay?



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"I know after the incident that landed him here, one of them was cleaning his uniform for two weeks."



"Not what I was aiming at."


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Is this simulacrum of wire and tubes supposed to be an entertainer, or a common office plebe?



You do get to listen to some of NG's hits while chatting with her.



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Songs? More like loose cogs wailing their misfortune to the world.



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Seeker robes might look good on her. But battling an A.I. with control of security systems...t'would suck. I wonder if she could hack me.



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"PR is an important form of currency to all major organizations of the world."


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"Despite a cunning strategy of shaking down exhausted and oftentimes drunk club-goers."



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Anyone else get the feeling there's alternative reasons for placement of NG sims in locations like this?



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Certainly not for her musical acumen.



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How sharp are you, I wonder?



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"Besides, your aura of failure isn't even close to Bud's."


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Has no one noticed I've been standing here the whole time?



"Quiet, the grownups are talking."



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She's learning. Clever, clever girl.


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So ends the current jaunt into Club Vox. There are still a number of locked doors we haven't hit, but I'd prefer VIP membership before anything else. It'll likely give us a good starting point on the rest of those anyway.



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Just one more thing before we say goodbye...


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Ah, nothing like an expresso you made yourself. Goodnight everybody!


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Wires and tubes, eh?



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My apologies, I was too distracted assisting in your search for her USP part.


If you're going to say it at least get it right...
 

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You know, this game doesn't look like it was that bad, it even seems fun...


That guy with the sunglasses reminds me of Albert Wesker.
 
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lightbane said:
You know, this game doesn't look like it was that bad, it even seems fun...


That guy with the sunglasses reminds me of Albert Wesker.

It's not a bad game, not at all. There are multiple ways to get your hands on even something as small as one of those Glass Destabilizer Mods in Upper Seattle. If a game like it were released today, comparatively it would be massive :incline:. But back then they were expecting the second coming of J.C.


And it wasn't, so *trash*.
 

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