DiscoDude: ---BEGIN SESSION---
DiscoDude: Session logging commenced
Kalos: MOB BASE HERE
Kalos: <@!Keith> when you leave
Keith: Uh oh
Keith: Soon. Will <@Miri> come along?
Miri: (Yeah, Keith and Miri will be going in together.)
Miri: (TL;DR me on the plan: we meet her at the restaurant but we've got backup there posing as guests/staff, right?)
Kalos: You arrive after a short rented car trip to the pet store and vet
Kalos: you know the door to go through to get 'to the back'
Keith: <@Miri> , no hypercomm in the base
Keith: If they search us
Keith: And find them
Keith: It be bad
Miri: (We can still <radio chat> with each other, right?)
Kalos: (yep. if on wifi)
Kalos: (but no secureness guarantee)
Kalos: (and runi won't be calling you)
Kalos: (basically, people like the military and struko can listen in if they want to enough
Keith: No pressure
Kalos: technically there's another way
Kalos: but it'l only work between you two
Kalos: you contact eachother via wires, create one time pad data, make sure you share a copy,
Kalos: and then you have a two-way version between the two of you.
Kalos: but they can still tell if you're 'talking'
Kalos: (unless you have too much background apps running, funnily enough)
Keith: "Want to randomize a one-time pad that will last a few thousand messages?" Keith says, offering his implant cable jack port.
Keith: <@Miri>
Miri: "Sure, why not. It's not weird if it's for the job."
Miri: connects her jack to Keith's.
Kalos: you run an app you downloaded for this
Kalos: a second later: done
Kalos: it sends some reminders: never wirelessly send this one timepad, or it becomes useless!
Keith: "And we are done." Keith sends the pad to Miri "You may disconect now."
Miri: doesn't have to be told to unplug.
Keith: "Oookay. Let's do this."
Keith: Keith gets out the car, and starts taking the path for the secret area.
Kalos: It only takes a minute. SOon enough, you pass the public area, a camera on the door recognizing you two and unlocking the area
Kalos: letting you get to the desk where the Sevula (shark species) Is there at his computer screen again.
Kalos: "Welcome back. bring out the ears."
Keith: "So, which does she really want..." Keith says, trying to retrieve both payloads "the ears... Or the ear chip?"
Kalos: "Both." he says, as you pull them out.
Kalos: putting out what is basically a sealable tray for them.
Kalos: "Why'd you cut it out?"
Keith: "We didn't want his ear going off in a freak accident and telling the police of our location."
Keith: "So we took it out and covered in foil."
Keith: Keith shrugged.
Kalos: "Fair enough- now the rest of your paycheck."
Kalos: 10k. to each of you
Keith: Keith, after delivering the payload, accepts the cash inflow.
Kalos: he stands slowly, holding out a hand to each of you. "Welcome to the crew."
Miri: mimes counting a stack of bills.
Keith: Keith reaches up, and shakes his hand "The pleasure is mine."
Keith: "So... Now that we are part of the crew... Do we get discount on mods?"
Kalos: "oh, yea. You want anything? better you go to the back, talk to one of the doctors, spend some of that cash."
Kalos: he gestures to one of the other doors
Keith: "Hm... I'll ask for a list of the procedures, I'll most certainly enjoy reading through them until I finally take my pick..."
Keith: "Say, had we gotten Puri alive..." Keith begins, piping up "Could I have kept him as a pet?"
Miri: "Does that include cybernetic mods? Been considering investing in waist detachment..."
Keith: "That... Would be interesting, to be honest..."
Kalos: "eh? yea, probably could have a puri-pet. Don't do all that much cybernetics here, but I know a place that can get you the latest, if that's what you're looking for."
Kalos: "most we do is implant or remove brain implants."
Kalos: "and tracking beacons."
Keith: "Oh, I don't think I'll want those procedures... What kind of place you know that does cyber mods, however? Specially for full cyborgs like my friend?"
Kalos: "Nothing special about full cyborgs. Here." he sends you a location, and with it, a pass code.
Kalos: This time it's a 'clinic' of sorts
Miri: raises an eyebrow. Maybe she might actually make good on that.
Kalos: "underground, gotta give the password to the receptionist."
Kalos: "They'll see you in and get you whatever, they know you're with Struko."
Keith: "Aha, that's nice!"
Keith: <Black 'clinic', Miri, we might be busting that place along with this one. If you want to make use of it before it... Goes out of business, I won't judge.> Keith, of course uses his one-time pad.
Miri: <Ah, yeah. Don't want any shady parts in me.>
Keith: <That's reasonable.>
Keith: "Alright, with this done... Where do I get the list for this place's procedures? Just the receptionist right out there?"
Kalos: "not the same one- can't ask her about shady stuff."
Kalos: "we got another one in the back."
Kalos: he gestures to the door again
Keith: Keith snaps his finger "Right! Gonna go there then."
Keith: <If you wanna come too.>
Miri: follows.
Keith: Keith then starts going to the door in the back
Kalos: You head on through- and on the other side is.... not actually a lair of pure evil. It looks just like another doctor's office for the most part
Kalos: a waiting room, receptionist, but a lot more open doorways
Kalos: One of them says TO PET STORE for example,
Kalos: TO DINING
Kalos: EXIT
Kalos: and the door to the actual offices isn't locked or anything either.
Miri: "...Dining?"
Keith: "We'll check that later, after all, we are not that hungry just yet."
Kalos: The receptionist, a small red-feathered avali nods- "Yep. we have a cafeteria, for everyone, including the pet store workers that are in the know."
Kalos: "Can help you two?"
Keith: "I want a list of your procedures. I want to look over them on my spare time, before I decide on something."
Kalos: She sends you a list-
Kalos: it's the biotech catalog.
Keith: "Wow... Nice." Keith nods
Keith: "Hey, how much is the employee discount?"
Kalos: "already applied."
20%
Keith: "Ah, got it." Keith says, unable to contain a smile
Keith: "Say, can we check out the dinner right now? Or is it off limits?"
Keith: "Like, does it close when not in use?"
Kalos: "Oh, no, it's open all day. It also has doors to the domitories, offices, and so on"
Keith: "Huh... I see."
Kalos: "Try the fried lizard if you like fried stuff. to die for, really."
Keith: "I'll keep that in mind! Say, does this place have a map or something? Or are we supposed to know its layout by memorization and exploration? Uh, not exactly in that order, but you get what I mean."
Kalos: "oh, Yea, our map's not public. here you go-"
Kalos: she sends you one
Kalos: It's got a lot of places still missing/blurred, particularly far downstairs, and in the dormitories.
Keith: "Cool, thanks."
Keith: Keith sends the map over to Miri.
Keith: "Hey, the dormitories are blurred, don't people need to know which room they sleep in or what?" Keith says, rubbing the back of his neck "I can understand blurring far understairs and shit, because that's probably something secret, but the dormitorires?"
Kalos: "Well, not all the rooms are the same size- don't want people to be getting jealous~" she stuck her tongue out
Keith: Keith chuckles "I guess so."
Kalos: but it does clearly have located places for where they do some pretty bad stuff
Kalos: like experimental rooms, pet 'processing'... this of course, includes the pet shop as well
Kalos: they're both fully interconnected, this place even has armories, escape hatches, garages in hidden places,
Kalos: and winds up to take most of the tall spire building this is built under
Kalos: FIlled with offices, etc;. Running a mob is a big business.
Kalos: a pseudo nation, in some ways
Keith: "Alright, we'll keep on moving now, I guess. Name's Keith, if you need one. Gonna be off-duty for the foreseeable future" Keith says, doing finger guns on the last sentences.
Keith: Keith, if uninterrupted, goes off to check on the dinner.
Kalos: .r
Pseudobot: <@!Kalos> Rolled 3d. Result: (3+5+1) = 9
Kalos: she doesn't fingergun back
Kalos: a tragedy.
Keith: Should I use luck on this?
Keith: JK
Kalos: the diner is well, a cafeteria/buffet
Kalos: lots of food on offer at seemingly all times
Keith: Keith looks around, half trying to find a place to plug and infiltrate, half trying to look at the menu
Keith: <Hey Miri, what other place will you want to check after the Dinner, if any?>
Kalos: .r
Pseudobot: <@!Kalos> Rolled 3d. Result: (4+5+3) = 12
Miri: <We do need to find someplace with a terminal we can hack into...>
Kalos: do either of you have serndipity?
Keith: (I do not)
Miri: (i don't, but i have enough points left over to buy it)
Amoni Steeltower: (I does, but not here)
Kalos: Do you want to buy it, Miri?
Kalos: eh, shouldn't let you till next session)
Kalos: THere is no super convenient terminal right here in the diner
Keith: (Uh, it might get expensive to buy mid-session, unless Kalos gives a pass)
Kalos: you might need to ask someone to find one or something
Keith: (kalos being a merciful boi)
Keith: (Misread, originally)
Keith: Keith checks the dinner menu, before looking where else to go
Keith: <We also have to consider that if we mess up, we won't be able to pass this juicy map to Runi.>
Miri: (yeah i'll wait)
Miri: <Yeah. It'd suck if we did all this only to get caught.>
Miri: <You might get turned into a goldie; what do you think might happen to a cyborg?>
Keith: <Brain removed, placed into a crysalis machine, turned into a goldie as well. That's my guess.>
Keith: <Not to mention the parts which would enter the black market.>
Keith: <But honestly, they might not want to risk it with us, and just ice us right away.>
Keith: <And... They didn't pat us down just yet. We might maybe go looking around without trying anything funny, and figure out where are the checkpoints that they pat us down.>
Keith: "Let's check the dormitories..." Keith says, starting to go off in the dormitories direction.
Kalos: Miri follows?
Miri: (obvs)
Kalos: There are no checkpoints on the way there- it quickly becomes little more than what is basically an apartment complex for people who work under Struko...
Kalos: it's even got acccessways to underground garages and if you take the elevator down far enough
Kalos: its own private ship dock
Kalos: that can leave the station
Kalos: there are some doorways leading off to blurred areas that are locked
Kalos: there are however
Kalos: some access ports down here
Keith: <Their own... Fucking... Ship dock...>
Miri: <Just how much of this station does Struko actually own?!?>
Keith: <Enough. Enough of it. Or perhaps... Too much...>
Keith: <Access ports on dormitories, passed no checkpoints until we got here. Might be an option, might be closed systems.>
Kalos: a couple people occaisionally walk past you two, and don't seem to think anything of your presence
Keith: <Well, they don't mind us here, let's see if we can wander over the more operational areas...>
Keith: Keith begins tracking back, and trying to see if he can wander deeper into the instalations
Kalos: what kind of operational area?/which?
Keith: (lessee)
Keith: Let's look at pet processing, surely we won't be scarred for life or anything
Kalos: subarashi. are you sure?
Keith: <Do you mind if we check the pet processing? Miri?>
Keith: <It may scar us for life, just saying.>
Kalos: any barrier
Keith: any barrier
Kalos: https://i.gyazo.com/7a12fec9d558ffffdc0b2404e1f1faf6.png
Miri: <...it may scar us for life not knowing, so damned if we do, damned if we don't.>
Keith: <So it is decided, we shall take the path of active despair, and check it out.>
Keith: <It might not be in use right now, though.>
Keith: Keith goes over to the pet processing area... Leading Miri.
Miri: follows, trepidatiously.
Kalos: You enter through one of the doorways, and immediately it becomes more of a clean-room type environment, there's a worker there that's watching who comes in and comes out- looking at you two now
Kalos: "Are you in biosuits right now?"
Kalos: a human
Keith: Keith sets his biosuit to full coverage, letting it take that 'civilian survivalist camo' pattern once again
Keith: "Yes..."
Kalos: "Put them on full mode, You're going to step into a furnace room, before you can move on. Is this just a curiosity visit? I don't recognize you two."
Keith: "We're new, just finished out first job, curiosity visit."
Keith: <Miri, set full mode.>
Keith: "How hot is the furnace room?"
Kalos: "I can give you a tour, if you like. THe furnace room goes up to 500 degrees, but only for a short while, your suits will hold on."
Keith: "Oof." Keith shakes his head "That's hot. Yeah, give us a tour."
Kalos: he gets on his own suit made just for scenarios like this. "This is not a part of the operation suitable for the squeemish, so you know."
Kalos: "Some here are expressly being tortured."
Keith: Keith looks over to Miri
Miri: is in thousand-yard stare mode. If they're turning back now, it's up to him.
Kalos: he slowly heads back behind the counter. "take your time."
Keith: "Uh, is it okay if she remains here...?"
Kalos: "of course."
Keith: Keith steps forwards, before looking back to Miri "Wait for tales of my return."
Keith: Keith then approaches the guy
Keith: "I'm ready, lead the way."
Kalos: He stands., and takes keith into Struko's Magical Realm
Miri: <C-careful, Keith...>
Keith: <Wise words>
Kalos: ==========================
Kalos: !end
