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No Latency: Side Quest "Duck Un-Cover" Pt.1 · No Latency

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Welcome to no latency, sidequest a bonus podcast, for our
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listeners with special guests, and side Adventures, that affect
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the main story of no latency this time as a treat for the
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winter season. We're seeing what Remy really
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wants for Christmas with our special guest stars, Miss
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magitek and Jean the wise along for the ride.
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We hope you enjoy this. Oh, latency winter Adventure.
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So, let's join them. This winter season in night
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city. Are you ready?
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Remy. It's a cold December night and
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you're sitting in the bar at no latency and ping comes over to
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the booth that you like to sit in your right retro?
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Yeah, I'm fine. Just I could probably use
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another drink. This one's only half for sure.
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Thank you. It's not many people around
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tonight. Do you Coming to turn on TV.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Yeah, put some liveliness. Then ping looks at the TV.
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Their eyes Flash. And it turns on
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The season last night saw the first of two Animal, Auctions,
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pets and Wildlife were sold rescued tonight.
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Cities underground, Elite including to cybertek reindeer
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and a duck of all things. Of animals and pets.
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And we here at channel 54, believe him.
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In other news, didn't catch continues to swing through the
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streets. Continuing the delay of any cat
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related content on the broad way of night City cats, get away
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from that tree. A Christmas special looks like
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it's canceled this year. Biotechnical left.
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No comment at this time I guess this Christmas isn't going to be
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perfect. Once again, this is network 54
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and I'm April Anonymous Up on the Rooftop reindeer Paws and
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that is an unscheduled break and will be taken out of their
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paychecks just kidding. Reindeer aren't paid, Merry
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Christmas to all and to all a productive work week.
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You should drink, Remy, hey, maybe some music instead.
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Then they stole my duck. The fucker took my duck.
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Wait that son of a bitch stole my duck.
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I need another drink. Sorry.
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I'll pay for the guys. I mean I mean it's fine.
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Like it's not a big deal. I'll just uh I'll go get you
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another drink. Doc, what are you saying
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shouting about the fucking collector?
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Stole my God? Duck.
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Oh, man. Great, you got a duck.
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Get stranger. You remember when I had my duck
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for Halloween, right? Oh yeah.
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After all, that was like a cardboard cutout or something?
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No, it was my own duck. I went to the duck.
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Pond. I befriended a duck.
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We named each other. I named her mama Mallard she
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named me quack. It's how it works.
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All right. Well, I'd say that's weird but I
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say meow lat. So good for you.
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Oh by the way and I'll hand them to vials of kitten cash.
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Oh shit. Hey Remy, you're a good man.
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I'm gonna go do something completely unrelated right now.
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He like, opens one of the canisters and starts to take
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some. Don't play with your ball of
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yarn out here. Hey, don't you just my younger?
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Sir. Nice, guys off into his little
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of it and pink comes with Another drink, don't like this
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one. I promise, I promise, I'ma keep
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it safe, but how in the streets of night City, there are two
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people walking around and actually having kind of a
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trouble trying to find the bar Terminus and press you turn into
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an Alleyway and there in front of you is a shop called crystals
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by Joy, okay, I'm now I'm lost now, I'm lost.
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It is right here on the agent, that's what they gave me.
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Is it's a crystal place, it's obviously not a Merc bar or
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whatever. They said it was going to be,
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let's just go home. It said it was here.
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It has to be here. I don't understand.
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Press Romeo perception check perception.
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All right first 16, oh yeah, that's enough.
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As you're looking around, you notice the No No latency logo.
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It's just stuck to the door. Hold up, hold up Terminus look
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there it is there what I gotta catch up It's a board.
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We haven't even started our night.
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We're not even in a bar, yet. This is how third one I've done
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tonight. So you need to catch up with me.
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So what was it here? I found it.
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I, you are ready to give up. You were ready to give up.
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Within three seconds here, I see the logo.
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Let's I think we, I think we have to just go in.
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You take the lead, all right? And it better be fun.
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Okay, this time not like the last contract that you made us.
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Do. So boring.
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I mean, go hack a little execs computer, to take some pictures
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from him, blah blah, but we've done it a million times bris.
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I don't know what you're looking for.
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Something something fun. Something thrilling.
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Something we want to make a name for myself in this city.
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Why not? Just something that's pays good.
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Why do you want to get yourself killed?
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Eddie's boring. All right, let's just go in this
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place. Okay, okay, okay, so I'm going
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to just kind of walk To toward I, guess I will walk into this
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building where I see the logo. Well, you walk into the door as
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you open the door, the little shop Bell pings and out from the
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cashier's desk pops, a very hippie looking woman, little
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name, badge that says joy. Oh oh, hi.
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We are looking for no latency. Oh um, not at the bar.
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It's not We have imitation. We were right.
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We're both invited. Pull up my agent.
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I'm like, trying to find. I skulking through haven't told
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me what to do when people ask about the bar, it's really quite
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stressful. I'm a terrible front for it.
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Just don't press the third button on the vending machine
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and and it really got to give me something to say to people.
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I'm sorry. Do you want to crystallize?
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I actually do sell this shit. Well, it's very pretty, but No,
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that's no that's fine. Just just use the vending
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machine. I guess I'm gonna have to go
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drink. You thank you very much,
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Terminus heads up to the vending machine and just like perusing.
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Looking at the different things. Do I want to get some smash?
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It doesn't actually have anything in it.
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It's just a door. Sorry.
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Okay. Press is the third button for
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the record. I'm bad at this.
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You see them sort of like slightly having a bit of a
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stress in this store as the door, cut quite heavily
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screeches open, and there's a staircase down.
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You guys head on down the staircase and as you enter the
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door at the bottom of the staircase you enter into,
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honestly, one of the coolest bars you've ever seen and it
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looks fairly new in construction, there are a bunch
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of booths around there is a square bar in the middle of the
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room a bit, like the A old 21st Century television show.
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Cheers. And there's a bar person apps
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that bar bald quite tall and lies.
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Very simple, minimalist clothing.
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And they look at you and smile. Oh my God.
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Press this place is cool. See, I told you only you had it,
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I know you had it in you, you just have to be patient
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sometimes. Hello, drinks.
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I mean, we are a bar, it's nice. Yeah issue.
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I'm, I'm ping. Give an invitation or do we have
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to kill you? She pulls out.
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Press calls out, her agent invitation, yes.
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Oh good. And I'm kidding.
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Of course, but please sit down. What would you like to drink?
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Well, what do you got everything?
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And oh, they look to the side and smoke.
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I'll have a dirty martini. You got it, and they stopped
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making it. Old-fashioned.
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Please with a flourish of a wrist.
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They set up an old fashioned as well.
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But them down at the bar. First drinks on me.
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What do you need? Goodness, never been treated
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this way in a place. Like what is this place?
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You said you didn't stink? Yep.
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Okay. Ping, do you mind telling me why
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I've never heard of a place like this living in night City?
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All my life. You had a dominant.
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Yeah, the missing fixer? Yeah, this was dominoes place.
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When they left town, I took over with the mission left town.
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I thought they were killed. Can I show you doing everything
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in my power to get Domino back? But that's, that's a bigger
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project. All right.
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Well hey, thanks for the hospitality.
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Yeah. But you don't really make a lot
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of money as a bar. You make money in other ways,
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you know? Yeah, yeah.
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I know a lot about that. Actually, me and my friend here,
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you know, why don't you press, why don't you tell this?
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Ping person. You know what we do here?
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What will we do in night City? We work.
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We have quite a reputation, we have a list of references.
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If you need them, many high up people.
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And many executive chains we are looking for work.
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Really is why we're here and that's why you have an
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invitation then yes, yes. Well the only issue is It's, you
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know, Christmas. So there's not a lot of work
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around. Yes, that's true. - he's noticed
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sighs. In defeat?
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I mean, I don't even have my regular crew today.
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I've just got that guy. Hey, what is it, retro?
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I need another Margarita, but this time I need it sugared with
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Seth Coke. Got it retro.
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Thank you. Excuse me.
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For one second, here. Press, I know I'm on the catch.
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But do you see some dude with a TV head over there?
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It's not just me hallucinate. Yes, no, you're you're accurate.
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Your eyes are accurate. It's a person.
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The head is a TV. Yes, it seems to be that way.
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Okay. Don't don't stare too much that
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okay, route. As long as you see it too.
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Yes. Sorry.
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Excuse me. Sorry about that.
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You're introducing your friend, the Division.
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It's Retro, Retro. It is some quite honking you.
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Drinking old looking TV. I agree.
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Metro will come up to the bar shoulders, just hunched down.
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Very, you know, Melancholy just took my God damn duck.
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I'm very much on drugs right now, so I need to know.
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Is this sad TV sad about a duck? Yeah.
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Okay. You know, press I think you're
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right. Maybe I should just lay low on
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the catch a little bit. I've been doing its Terminus
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like Trails off, kind of concerned.
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Yeah, the catch to uh someone doing downcast strange.
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It pops his head out the door. Y'all.
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Damn it. What's going on?
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Hey, you ready? Do we do we kill those people
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think. I know they have an invitation.
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All right, that's the meat. Meow.
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Hello right now. Nope, too much.
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I need to go lie down. You two, have a great meow.
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All right, I'm gonna go. This place is stored leaves.
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There are new terms that I'm learning tonight that I've never
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heard before kitchen. Catch, ya?
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See press you've been on the jobs too long.
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You're not cool. Like a sir, right?
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I'm cool. I'm in the streets, I'm
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understanding. What's going on on night City.
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So here's what we're gonna do, REM is going to pull out an
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unlabeled vile. And you, look, I got some home.
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Brew kit and cash right here. If we want, Terminus has a vial
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in his hand. Two and then he immediately puts
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it back in his pocket he said you home brew you say yeah I did
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it myself. Got it directly from bio
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Technica oh my God press this is it if you're ever going to do it
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this is it. This is the time to do it Priss.
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Hi I think I will pass it's she's so boring.
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So boring please I will partake. Here you go.
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Would you like me to resist torture?
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Absolutely, I'm scared. Are we gonna lose Terminus?
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No, he made this, he made this kitten catch in a plastic bag,
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the street Terminus, you know, waves it around his nose a
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little bit. And then then, you know, takes
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it in takes a hit and rolls a 17.
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Very much, you're fine. But you do now have to make a
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cat based pun at some point. Oh, okay.
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Okay. You're not Afflicted with having
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to do it all the time. Just want to show.
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Show show. Let me ask your new friend.
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Are you feel lining good? I'm actually sorry.
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Yeah, you're right. I felt like something like
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something was in there but out it never mind.
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That's just the hair. Ball effect.
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It's just a drip. It's good.
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Oh man this is good stuff. Listen TV person Remy.
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You said yep. Retro Remy.
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Remy retro. Either ones.
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Fine with me. Okay.
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Listen. I like you and I like the cut of
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your jib and I really like your kitten catch.
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So why don't you tell us everything?
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You know about this amazing beautiful place and how we can
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find some work. I need to get my duck back.
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All right. How do I get my duck back,
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retro? You know, everyone gets a favor
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for Christmas. Yes.
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I do now. Okay.
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And you know how normally you'd like?
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Eat crap. So no and then Del and like, put
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up with jab and you'd go on an adventure and you get what you
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want. They're not here.
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No, because they are people to celebrate the holidays with.
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Yeah, because you're a sad motherfucker.
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He's a bummer, huh? Yeah, I'll tell you what, I'll
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do if you want. I'll hire these two people.
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To help you get your dog back and that'll be a Christmas gift
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done. Okay first I have a question now
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is is a duck, a euphemism for something.
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This is a you know, it's the name of the new ganger that
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we're going to eyesore. No.
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It's an actual duck specifically a non cybernetic duck real.
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The real animal. Yeah quack quack.
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Wow that Cracker that is yes that is actually very valuable
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then. Yes.
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That's why the collector sold it, you gotta be kidding me.
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A nice. But how can you put a price tag
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on friendship on a man to animal bonding?
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So you became attached to the duck.
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That's what it is. We are attached to each other.
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It was ripped away from me. I miss mr.
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Smith that son of a bitch. I'm gonna.
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What about that? You lost it and he just ripped
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saw it as an opportunity to replace.
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I would never misplace Mama Mallard, how dare you Pang But
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all right if you if you have an idea how to get my duck back
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pain, please let me know. How do I get that?
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I don't forget get them back. Do you know the last place that
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the duck was? Didn't the news say that it was
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sold last night in an auction at the collector mansion?
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That's right. So we had to go to collector
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Mansion collector Mansion fuck. Can I do a local expert to know
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if I have heard about this person or where they are?
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Please. Yeah.
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Okay. That is a 16 16 is good enough.
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The Collector is a fixer that does a lot of night markets and
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midnight markets, like a lot of them and they're very famous for
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being one of the few people in the Underworld of night City,
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who sells to the top-end Corpus their mansion is this opulent
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very, it used to be filled with these gold and guys called
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Steve's that went a bit wrong. So now they're filled with a
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different gods but everything's like fancy.
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See fountain in the front, that's actually using
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holographic water, big open doors, classical music playing.
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When you go in to view your items, secret vault underground
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and very famously was one of the events in Domino disappearing.
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So immediately Terminus, you just see a singular tear go down
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his cheek as he says, this is it, this is the one, this is it
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press. We're going to a big extravagant
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mansion and we're breaking in. And what are we stealing a duck?
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This is what you are looking for.
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This is what I've been looking for.
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This is it, it must be a Christmas miracle then because I
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will say that I am actually quite intrigued by this job,
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especially because it's a live animal.
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I don't think I've actually seen a live animal since I was a
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child. I-i'm, just curious to see it
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myself. This is very valuable.
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To think I almost ignored your call.
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What else are you going to do? On a holiday season time.
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You have no friends except me, far inferior kitten.
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Catch. That's what I was going to be
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doing. Well, new friends.
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Let us heed this call of Christmas and go get my goddamn
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duck. Havana White.
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You have much cyber deck. Oh yeah.
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You guys follow retro. He's not going to the bathroom
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or anything like the vehicles over there, and they're pointing
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away from the door to like just a door in the back.
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So before we go on this extravagant Journey right to The
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Collector Mansion I, you said you'd be willing to pay us.
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Yes, how much we talking here? Oh, let's forget about that
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part. You're just ready to go on this
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Mission without asking the payment terms.
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We need a contract. We need to get everything in.
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That you're here. Yeah.
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So boring. What's your normal rate?
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Look, you go figure that out. All right.
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And Terminus stands up and he just hits the Dance Floor.
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Oh my God. You're dancing with like it.
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See people stranger comes out and goes old dancing now.
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And he dances like a dad and somehow manages to dance out of
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rhythm at every moment and it's incredibly unnerving.
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I'm down with my bad self. I've got the angel, do you have
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a lot of money? I live in the back of up or not
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even a good Mark, anyway, whatever.
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So what's your price for the two of us?
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I would say. Let's go with 5,000 5,000.
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Each five thousand each. I mean, it is Christmas.
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Normally, I do three and a half four, but it is for reme Remy.
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Mmm, forget that I got your Christmas gift, right?
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Mmm. And there's a thousand up front,
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okay? That would be perfect.
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And we usually do, we usually deal in contracts?
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I don't know if you have some sort of like it's a ping pulls
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out a tile from their pocket and they press their thumb on the
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screen and contract appears and to sign it.
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You also have to put your thumbprint on, okay?
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So press will just review the terms as she always does.
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And if everything is agreeable, she will sign.
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It's a very basic contract. Act because they just wrote it
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up. So it just says will help.
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Retro get duck, will pay 5,000. Get the rest of this money.
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As long as you don't die, which is what it says at the bottom
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Fair. All right, she'll side hater -
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yeah, I need you to sign this. All right, come in and make sure
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you get paid, I secure that. Look, I got us some good money.
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Okay. That is like fine.
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As you look down, you see that? You're both going to get 5
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grand. Terminus just looks at the money
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looks at the number and like covers one eye and goes like is
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that 500 or is, is that, was it that the five to five thousand
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four forces. He just puts a big X on the
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signature spot. It's a thumbprint, I think I
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messed up your machine. He puts his thumb.
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All right, well, that contract signed should I email You a
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receipt? Yes, that would be lovely,
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price-wise Flash and you feel you're your own Communicator
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vibrate. You assume that that's terrific,
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Perfect. All right, then now we can make
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our way to this collector Mansion.
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Not that way follow retro. Yeah.
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Well me and Remy wolf down the rest of his drink sniff whatever
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Cokie can off of the rim. Put the glass in his pocket and
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walk right out to Vanna, White retro walks to the back of their
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bar and opens a door and kind of beckons you to in.
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And as you look through, there's a there's a white VW bus sitting
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inside this room. Wow, does everything about this
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place is just amazing. I love it.
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It's I'm not sure what to think of it all press.
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This is nice, Just Go With It, embrace it.
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Yes, yes, embrace it. Sure I will do my best retro
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Gibson turns on Vanna, White turns on some classic Christmas
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pop-punk jams and gets ready to go.
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Retro beckons you to into the van.
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I a shotgun. I'll sit in the back press as
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you get into the back. You realize that the backs
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really comfy because it's got a nice big bench seat because it's
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a v-dub bus. And you also noticed you're
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right. That there's a undeployed turret
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built into this van in the back so you could climb into it and
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shoot from it. And the right this is cool and
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as you're in it, retro hits garage door opener and the van
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starts to rise up. And it opens up through the
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street as the doors, open in the street, to a secret elevator for
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than a Wait and that away drives off.
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It closes you drive through the streets of night City.
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Microwave isn't working can you talk to it?
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What will these to get up to next?
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I don't know why you keep sticking your Anger in that
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part. That's not a bowling ball.
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Oh God. Remy.
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Do you head straight to the collector mention?
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Yes I don't think there's anything else for me to stop
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for. All right?
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You guys head straight to the collector mansion and as you get
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to the front of the collector mentioned, there's the opulent
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beautiful Fountain. Front is spewing water in
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Christmas colors is Christmas trees in the front yard, and
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there are two big silver. Bodied.
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Men covered in cybertek standing outside the front and A sign
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that says animal auction night to and more option than to,
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okay, can we do some research on what happened on night one?
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What kind of people showed up there?
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Sure. Do you want to do that, by
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asking people inside, would you check the local network?
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Yeah, I want to check the local net, like, do a library search
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like basically Google it? Yeah.
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Okay. I mean local expert, another
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1717 you discover some information, okay?
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And all these people, the I'm assuming they were invited or is
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this a public forum? It is an invited place.
27:01
You can also buy a ticket, okay, gotcha.
27:04
So get this guy's looking through the garden pages and
27:07
some information looks like night.
27:11
One was a big success, they have people from arisaka
27:14
biotechnical. I mean, you name it all the big
27:17
letters but they also had tuner. I don't know if you guys like
27:21
the fish. Oh tuna.
27:24
Sorry, Luna was here. There's a smudge.
27:26
On my on my agent tuna. Okay.
27:29
Well hmm. Alright, tuna was here, who was
27:32
Tuna? June has this mechanic that
27:36
Jeb's Ganda scene has done a couple jobs for it's not.
27:41
All right guy, I'm really got to know him too.
27:43
Well, I'm going to give him a call.
27:47
See if he has anything to say about night one.
27:51
That's a good idea. I'm gonna check my tile and see
27:53
if I got Tunas contact information.
27:56
You do ring a ling. A ling, tuna act, casual.
28:00
All right. Turn up.
28:04
No do not retro. Oh, where are we?
28:08
Oh, yeah. That's gone.
28:09
All right, Hey, listen. So, you know, it's almost
28:16
Christmastime, right? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:20
Same to you, Sandy. You Father.
28:21
Christmas and all Tommy. I just found out recently that
28:29
the collector is doing a sale for animals and, oh, yeah.
28:36
Oh, you were there. Awesome.
28:38
Tell me, are they selling any, like, cute animals, like,
28:42
rabbits? Ask - it was it sold, was it
28:53
salt? Was it what was it?
28:56
Like a cybernetic or like true duck or dark completely like
28:59
fresh? We might have been like a quote
29:03
or something but he was quite as but literally you know anyone by
29:11
that one yet? Oh yeah.
29:12
I mean I but literally everyone in the room that bead on it, I
29:16
mean I did but I didn't win. You know why?
29:23
They're bringing to the collector, mention before Doug
29:25
you? Yeah, I've been to the collector
29:27
Mansion before but you know, how people like to talk sometimes
29:31
people? You know.
29:32
It's funny because I don't know, story say say well there's money
29:38
in it, money won't get my money. Tell you, what do you know
29:44
anybody who do? You know, anyone who seemed the
29:46
most likely to have? Probably one are gonna be one of
29:50
these Where the high rollers because I mean, look, I'm on my
29:55
own. My own shop by double our money.
29:57
That's right? Yeah, no.
29:58
I know what it's like, being a businessman.
30:00
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
30:03
I mean, honestly, there were like four people, I'd say seem
30:08
like they put down a really big beard that just because they
30:11
pressed more numbers in anything to anyone else the the arisaka
30:16
representative, but they were more interested in the reindeer.
30:21
The biotechnical people because, you know, animals there was the
30:27
guy from Fury Robotics and the Ami I was there as well.
30:35
I mean, I did on it and then, you know, there was some guy
30:40
from Microtech, but I mean, may have you seen my critic
30:44
representative? Like it's coming off with a
30:48
twig? So, all right.
30:55
Well, alright, thanks tuna. I appreciate it.
30:59
You're going to make my girlfriend's kids day if I could
31:02
get this animal. So, all right, well, good luck.
31:08
Weird phone call. Norman you call me about light
31:11
vehicles and things. Yeah.
31:13
But, you know, I just wanted to see how you were doing for
31:15
Christmas. Let's hang up, just just text me
31:26
about you. Gotta go, you gotta go, the guy
31:31
talks. She just loves talking, huh?
31:34
All right, so to says that see, there are some Akka,
31:37
biotechnical Theory or Mikey Tech or Microtech.
31:42
But listen, I just want to say I'm sorry about your duck case.
31:46
You know, I know the duck means a lot to you.
31:49
So you don't need to be sorry, just be ready to get even
31:53
precise and idea. What do you think?
31:55
Listen? What if we go and we pretend
31:58
like you're the so low that the corporation hired to come pick
32:03
up the duck. And it was like a snafu kind of
32:06
thing. You're like, here, I'm here to
32:07
pick up the duck and they say, I don't know what you're talking
32:10
about and then you go, oh my God, we're going to get fired.
32:13
You can we make a big thing about it and maybe they give us
32:15
some information about the client and who actually got
32:19
them. Actually got that, give us a
32:20
lead. It's a shot in the dark but, you
32:22
know, we gotta go inside. Hmm. - yes.
32:29
What you have a solo, I'm sorry. What?
32:32
Are your skills can terminus? He pulls out his little cyber
32:37
deck that has like anime characters all around it and he
32:42
says, this little thing causes a lot of trouble.
32:45
I wonder because I've been able to hack into the system more
32:51
than once here at the collectors.
32:55
Could I possibly access it through a?
33:00
Not Hardline if you want to get into the net architecture.
33:03
That has some kind of Nation. We got to be within about 6
33:07
meters from the node. You can get me within 6 meters
33:10
and then he takes out some virtuality goggles and he says,
33:17
I just need a few seconds in there.
33:19
Maybe we could find something. I think the bathroom is close
33:23
enough to the one that I hacked. All right, well, we just got to
33:26
make sure that the bathroom is empty and it doesn't look weird.
33:29
That three people just walked into it.
33:32
No, here's what we'll do. Let's go.
33:35
And pretend to auction, you go to the bathroom, I give you the
33:38
password and then that way you can hack in.
33:40
While sit sitting there pretty on the toilet password, my get
33:44
me through. I'll have to face a black ice
33:46
maybe. Yeah.
33:47
We don't know what's going to be in there but hey, that's part of
33:50
the thrill, isn't it? Yeah.
33:51
Also be careful because the computer also technically
33:55
corrupted by some other version of kitten.
33:57
Catch. Wow, that's fun.
34:00
Hmm. Other other thing that I should
34:02
mention if there is a net runner in the net or Architecture,
34:05
they'll know. I'm there immediately.
34:07
Or if there's a demon, the demon will also know.
34:10
I'm there immediately. And then they'll set off the
34:12
alarms. And then, we're pretty fucked.
34:14
But, you know, hey, we've been through worse, right?
34:17
Princess a, yeah, but there is very likely that they may have
34:21
somebody. This is a, you know, well-known
34:25
Mansion well-known fixer. They may have net Runners
34:30
already, it might be risky. That's your department.
34:34
All right. You do though, you do your super
34:36
spy thing. You come in, you look around you
34:38
check the corners. I don't know what you do.
34:39
It's boring. All right.
34:42
Well how about we just do some reconnaissance to start in the
34:46
auction area? Figure out who's there?
34:48
Figure out? What's the vibe of everything
34:52
and if you want to go Go on the net, at some point during the
34:58
night, maybe toward the afterward, there for a little
35:01
bit, we don't want to set off alarms as soon as we get there.
35:06
All right. Yeah, you're the one with the
35:09
guns. Yeah.
35:11
As a matter of fact she you would see in the backseat.
35:16
Well, first of all, she was admiring that really cool turret
35:21
that you have on the back. Oh yeah.
35:23
But she, you see, I guess I didn't, we didn't really
35:26
describe our characters, how their appearance.
35:29
But Chris, she she has like this long cloak that she wears.
35:35
It's like a long. Black cloak and there's like a
35:39
big collar around it, so you can't like the kind of covers a
35:41
little bit of her face, but you don't when you first look at her
35:45
see, all of her weapons, but it's the kind of under her big
35:49
trench coat. And so she went, she was
35:51
sitting, she took them all out and put them on the seat next to
35:54
her. So you see, as we're, you know,
35:55
getting ready to get out, she takes this big assault rifle.
35:59
It's like a like custom-designed one.
36:01
That's like black and silver. Like with this really cool
36:04
Chrome on it. She puts that Back in her
36:06
jacket, and she drops the heavy pistol and she puts that in her
36:09
jacket. So she's got like all four
36:11
weapons. All right.
36:16
Yeah, as far as Terminus goes, he's Urban Chic, he has a big
36:23
bomber jacket. That's his armor Jack and no
36:25
helmet. He doesn't roll with helmets.
36:27
Helmets are for Chumps. They're ugly and he has big
36:30
poufy. It has a big poofy mohawk with
36:34
like something. During his eyes, like eyeshadow,
36:37
basically, going across both of his eyes, like One Mono
36:40
eyeshadow thing going on and that's his style.
36:44
And he has his little very heavy pistol that he calls Boomer in
36:48
his pocket. Retro just getting ready, put on
36:56
a digital face, create some digital classes that can slip
37:00
from time to time, so it can kind of push them up.
37:04
Even under was really do anything.
37:06
And also at the bottom of the screen, create a little black
37:09
pack, very nice. so, you guys woke up to the door, Yeah.
37:20
Yes. Press will like kind of lead the
37:23
way and walk up to these bouncers.
37:29
Hello, we are here for the auction tonight.
37:34
If you should yes, I do yes. Or what?
37:40
Make sure you register with the receptionist and takes his right
37:44
arm and opens the door elegantly.
37:46
And it creaks with this feeling of money, it is a big heavy
37:53
door, this door opens. You start to hear classical
37:55
music? Echoing through this beautiful
37:58
room. This has been a restored old
38:01
mansion. It's been in the city for
38:02
hundreds of years at this point. And it is gorgeous inside, huge,
38:07
big columns. And as you look up, there's this
38:09
balcony. But the second floor is and be
38:11
on the balcony as a second set of stairs that leads to what
38:14
looks like a private room. And in front of you and the very
38:17
front of the room, the desk, the receptionist twiddling a pen.
38:22
Hello? We are here to register for the
38:25
auction. Hello there, nice to meet you.
38:28
Welcome to the clock to mention, give an invitation.
38:32
Unfortunately, we are do not whe Open registrants are here to
38:36
register. They thought tapping away at
38:39
their keyboard. All right.
38:40
And well now we've got space today, okay?
38:43
To let people come, you know, so if you could just put your names
38:48
down there for security, what do they do with this information?
38:52
When we put our names down after every option is completed, we
38:55
burn it. Your privacy is important to us
39:00
here at the collector. Mention, of course, the sea.
39:03
Come on. Write your name down.
39:06
Stacy. Do we believe?
39:09
Yes? Do I well for me?
39:13
Yeah, do I believe her or totally this person human
39:16
perception? I wrote the Ten.
39:20
Do you believe her? I'll roll as well.
39:23
And like try to nudge. You met her mother.
39:26
Yeah. You also believe her.
39:33
Okay. Remy will go ahead and neither
39:36
are you surprised by this because the collector is
39:38
notorious for doing pseudo legal shit but under the protection of
39:42
so many corporations because he sells shit to them all the time
39:46
so they just kind of let him do his thing.
39:48
So yeah, I mean I'll still continue to say you know Stacy
39:52
Yes, they say they burn in. I'm sure they do.
39:56
So let's just go along with it. It's not a big deal.
39:59
Yes, let's do that. Gregory sign is named Kenneth
40:03
Garrick, Kenneth Stacy and Ric Flair, Rick, Stacy, and Kenneth
40:14
Yes, out of the desk, the receptionist pulls out sticky
40:18
notes with, hello. My name is and hands it to all
40:21
of you Stacy. So this is Rick Stacy and what
40:25
was yours? Kenneth, Kenneth Kenneth up with
40:28
a K KK with kind of cool. Great, what are you go?
40:33
And, and of course, it is a silent auction.
40:35
So make sure when you're registering your beds on things
40:39
you use the name is applied earlier.
40:41
Okay, thank you. Yes.
40:43
And as we walk, Away, I say sorry.
40:46
Press it's just you know, if they catch a Netrunner then they
40:50
might look through the books and decide not to burn the book
40:54
today. Yes.
40:56
No. You, you are right, it's good
40:58
that we don't Give them are actually lives, Soo bad if I
41:03
really wanted to buy something now, I can't so downstairs.
41:06
You see a few animated animals are made completely of cybertek.
41:11
The really cool looking, and they're just sort of pets.
41:15
And then you can sort of see a few more animals upstairs.
41:18
Any animal of Interest. There's another robotic
41:21
reindeer. It doesn't seem to be turned on
41:24
and there is a monkey. Oh, monkey Okay.
41:31
So retro your idea. Where's that bathroom at?
41:35
Is it in that direction? I just pointed a random
41:37
Direction. You accept the top of the
41:39
stairs, first door, to the left, top of the stairs, first door,
41:43
to the left. What's?
41:43
Yeah. So can I do a perception check
41:46
to see what's going on around that area?
41:48
Yep. Okay, 17.
41:51
If you look around the room, you notice a few things.
41:53
One that there's a round. Circular pretty large circular?
41:58
Something in Old in the ceiling. It's a whole two stories up
42:02
because what you're in right now is a to High room, it's kind of
42:05
hard to see what it is. But you do notice in the corners
42:07
of the room at their back, left and back.
42:09
Right corner are security cameras doing scans.
42:12
Okay okay and at the top of the stairs there's like an extra box
42:18
room and after sort of scanning around the room with the
42:20
perception or old you just rolled you realize that that's
42:23
An Elevator Shaft, okay? I would like to see just who is
42:28
in attendance. At this auction, if I see
42:31
anybody of note, anybody that looks like corporations that I
42:36
would recognize. Yeah. 19:19.
42:43
Yeah, there is a representative from arisaka.
42:46
There is a representative from bio Technica.
42:49
There was a representative from Microtech which as you overheard
42:52
on the phone call earlier is just as dweeby as you thought it
42:55
was going to be my contact but the fourth person that was
43:00
listed by tuna is not here. Mmm.
43:02
Okay. Hmm.
43:04
The fury robotics one, right. Okay, can I go and talk to the
43:12
bio Technica? One.
43:15
Yes. Okay I'll just go up to.
43:18
Hi. My name is Kenneth.
43:19
Nice to meet you. I don't want anything.
43:22
I don't don't offer me anything. You can leave me alone.
43:28
Tell me. I just wanted to say hello and
43:31
you know, no no. Excuse me, this costume TV
43:36
thing, not not a Vibe. If you could just Leave me
43:41
alone. It's not a costume.
43:42
It's part of the. It's funny how you're talking
43:45
and how you think I care? That's so interesting.
43:48
That you think that I want to know any reason about what's
43:51
going on today. I want to look snow animals and
43:54
I want to fucking leave. Do you understand why?
43:55
I'm here. Okay, fine, I'll just tell my
43:58
cousin Ione. Apropos SKU that you said fuck
44:01
you to me. Okay.
44:05
How can I roll persuasion? Maybe that's something like
44:08
yeah, row persuasion. 11:00 you threatened me with middle
44:16
management? Do you know who I fucking am?
44:22
Just joking. Like me alone.
44:24
Who the fuck are you? He walks away.
44:26
You're all done. 11. Yeah.
44:29
Terminus walks my him, Terminus. Why collected walks over to the
44:33
biotechnical rep? And the rep sort of has said
44:37
something to him. It's like collector.
44:39
Looks over his head. Never mind.
44:45
I'm so sorry. There's a have some drinks on
44:47
the house and the collector walks over to you Kenneth.
44:50
Yes. Kenneth, that's my name that
44:53
show you dumb motherfucker. I Know Who You Are.
44:57
I was using my actual name. Not my code name, that trial
45:04
darest my darling. No.
45:07
You you are a silly motherfucker around you.
45:11
I know your names because that's my job.
45:14
I need to know people come in here.
45:17
What the fuck do you want? Okay, you know what fine no I
45:22
feel good. You took my duck Georgia.
45:26
My duck. No no.
45:27
No, no, no retro the dark yesterday.
45:30
The prize of the first night of the auction.
45:33
I bought off a dead drop. So now I paid money for the
45:38
dark. Yeah.
45:39
Someone stole that from me and then sold it to you.
45:43
So you have now done stolen goods which I had always your
45:47
Pete has as you're saying this. There's a way to that comes by
45:50
with a drink and he grabs it as he's listening to you, huh?
45:54
So I wanted a chance to get my duck back and that's certainly
46:01
will be difficult for him to Grant it.
46:03
It's not here anymore. Is that?
46:04
That's correct. Now, I know by your rules that
46:09
you can't tell me who sold it to you.
46:13
But you don't have any rules, as you can tell me who you didn't
46:19
sell it to suppose. That's true.
46:23
He's the thing that true do I want to?
46:29
I'm sorry too. I'm sorry to butt in here.
46:32
Hi, my name is, thank you. I worked on it all day.
46:36
Welcome, my name is Rick. This is Stacey.
46:39
Hello Rick Stacy is it? Yes, it is.
46:45
Stacey, welcome to my Mansion. Thank you.
46:49
Thank you so much for watching. Very, lovely, very lovely.
46:52
I love it. Listen, I can't help.
46:55
But overhear my friends. Duck problems malady, Mallard e,
47:00
as we might call. It is funny, isn't it?
47:04
Yes, listen, maybe there's something we can do to alleviate
47:11
you of some kind of In return for some kind of information for
47:16
you see, my friend and I here we are a little new to this scene
47:23
that you have going on here. But we're not new to the
47:25
corporate scene. Yes.
47:29
Stacy why don't you inform our friend here?
47:33
Our lovely host about the things that we can do to help them.
47:39
We are, we can offer many services.
47:43
Has for you or for your clients. If that is also an option, we do
47:50
many jobs for hire any new items that may be on your list to
47:56
auction off. We are very very good at
48:00
acquiring things when need be, you know, a customer doesn't
48:04
pay, let's say they said they would pay, then they didn't pay
48:08
and you have to track them down for that.
48:10
Yes, you need a little bit of muscle, maybe you need a little
48:12
bit of black. Male, I have something.
48:17
So last night, the dark was a surprise.
48:19
Unfortunately word about the monkey has.
48:21
Got out. It's Monkey Business tonight.
48:25
He's overly laughs over the last thought that's so funny.
48:29
Oh my goodness, I will probably need some protection for the
48:35
monkey in its Transit. Going on to its following
48:40
destination, it's going to be We don't know who's bought it yet,
48:45
but with the amount of press that that's got some air leaks
48:48
with those, naughty media, who come in with fake names, can you
48:52
believe that it's going to come into my lovely home?
48:54
I invite these people in. How you doing, bro?
48:57
Travis names travesty yes and the eight, but I suppose I would
49:03
need someone perhaps who is okay with a little violence to
49:08
protect the cargo and I cargo I mean at Monkey over there the
49:14
monkey the monkeys like jumping around and it looks pretty
49:16
happy. It's just like swinging off a
49:17
pole at stuff. Yes, that's great.
49:21
Hey Stacy, what do you? Yes, that seems like the
49:25
perfect. The perfect job.
49:28
I've done many protections of many VIPs and this monkey is
49:32
certainly a VIP. So, so, what do you want?
49:35
Well, like I said, you can't tell us who you sold it to, but
49:39
you can say who you didn't sell it to roll.
49:42
Persuasion, 14. How many can I add some luck?
49:47
And some luck. Yes, you told me.
49:50
How much like do I have? I would sport points of luck.
49:57
Nice, that's enough that's all retro.
50:04
If I weren't partial to when you're dead what you gonna do
50:07
with your head? Anyway, that's for another time.
50:10
Um, so I can't tell you who I sold it to but perhaps maybe and
50:19
if you were to help me with the monkey delivery in a probably
50:24
tomorrow, Morning. I'll get the receptionist to
50:27
send you the information. Let's say I left the computer
50:31
unlocked in my office, with some of the invoices that aren't
50:36
going to be burned until we finish the Animal Auctions
50:38
because there's a third night tomorrow.
50:40
So let's say I did that, and you protected the monkey and that's
50:46
your payment. That's what you get.
50:47
I think that seems pretty reasonable, right?
50:51
Well, I'm going to go to the penthouse.
50:55
I'm going to go in there. Then I'm going to go to the
50:57
bathroom for approximately 11 minutes.
51:01
Don't ask me how, I know how long I'll be that's personal and
51:07
so you have that amount of time, okay?
51:12
Perfectly good, a drink from one of the waitstaff same time,
51:16
don't collect Winks at you and walks upstairs to the penthouse.
51:21
And about a minute later, walks down the stairs and walks into
51:24
the bathroom, What A pompous ass Douche.
51:27
All right, I'm going to go into his office.
51:29
I'll do a quick search on the computer, will get all the
51:31
information. We need, will get the hell out
51:33
of here. All right, roll the roll
51:37
security tech for me. Okay.
51:39
Just to make sure you don't trigger anything back.
51:41
Okay, so this is a minute, add two points of luck to this.
51:45
All right, so I got a 20. Oh wow, nice, very good.
51:51
Yes, you managed to skirt around some security, most of it was
51:55
turned off like the That. But you do also find a little
51:58
account for payroll and petty cash, and you find 300, Eddie's
52:03
with that 20. You just rolled which is a nice
52:05
little kitty to find, okay? The owner, I don't want to rob
52:09
the collector, you find it. It's petty cash.
52:13
You do what you want with that. Oh believe me robbing the
52:15
collector is like the Sesame. You have to do in this.
52:20
Okay well Terminus thinks about it and I'll go odds and evens
52:25
roll 1B. T-to odds, I take it even if I
52:28
don't do it. It's I can't help myself.
52:33
You get 300 Eddie's even though I'm making five thousand it over
52:38
the steel plate in the collector.
52:40
And you also find an invoice. I take a picture of it with my
52:45
agent, or I download this image straight to my agent from the
52:48
laptop. That's free.
52:50
Bada-bing bada-boom. Is there any other pertinent
52:53
information that I'm finding on this computer?
52:55
This is the only Nation about the duck sale that you can find,
52:58
okay? So I immediately just close up
53:01
the computer and I even lock it for him.
53:05
That's nice of you. I know exactly when I walk out I
53:09
go straight to the one for doing that.
53:11
You get inspiration. That's cute.
53:14
I like that. That's what I'm gonna do.
53:16
All right even though I still 300 is lock up behind ya.
53:24
Come on, you know? So So, I head out, I head out to
53:28
the three of them and I show them.
53:30
My age, are I just text them, the, the image that the two of
53:34
them. Yeah, so it was Fury robotics,
53:37
of course, the people who aren't here tonight, but he was thing
53:42
says where it's stored at. Right now, The Collector,
53:45
mention night, City Fury, robotics night City, okay?
53:48
So this was written to Fury, robotics 23,000 Eddie's first,
53:54
non cybernetic duck. Wow, 1,500 for the auction fees.
53:59
2500 for the man. However, it's not going to pay
54:03
us for the monkey. He's charging 2500 for the
54:06
animal handling. We should I this is a rookie
54:09
mistake. I should have asked for a for a
54:12
fee. Plus, he's always do this.
54:14
I mean, you know, I care about the money but it's what you
54:16
should have understood but if you understood the rules within
54:19
the take some bribes mean, look, that's 3,000!
54:22
That he's right off the bat. What does that say down there
54:24
press on the bottom? 27.
54:30
Thousand Earth at deliver the live.
54:33
Look at the money. This is my cyber eyes just not
54:37
working right now. Your item will be start
54:39
Warehouse, 25 until delivery location is supplied.
54:44
Daily storage is charred at 75, 750 Eddie's.
54:48
So Warehouse, 25 is where it's stored.
54:52
Can I do a local expert? See if I know where that is.
54:55
Yep. All right.
54:56
A 10. Hmm.
54:58
It was a DVD. Fate.
55:00
Okay. Cool.
55:01
There's a deviate because Warehouse 25 is actually run by
55:05
Night, City, courier company called you P&S all ultimate
55:11
packing and shipping mmm-hmm. Okay, well, where has 25 is
55:18
right here in town and it's likely part of how the collector
55:21
delivers things and we don't have to deliver the monkey till
55:24
tomorrow, right? Yeah.
55:26
Yeah. So we've go get my duck back and
55:29
Come back and do the deal for the monkey.
55:32
Oh yeah, he knows who you are. He doesn't know who.
55:34
Yeah, I guess we got to do the monkey thing to tomorrow.
55:38
And where are we supposed? Where are we supposed to be?
55:41
Delivering? This monkey?
55:43
Did he give us a damn it? They haven't sold it yet.
55:45
So okay, so we have to wait going to be.
55:48
The secretary is going to send us all that information.
55:51
Yes and now we got to get this man.
55:53
His duck or talking man. How terrible would it be?
55:56
A Fury. Ended up buying the monkey too I
55:59
wonder what they want to do with it.
56:00
Well, they're not here. You're not here.
56:02
That's right. So they must be very happy with
56:04
that. Duck that they're going to
56:06
unfortunately and I think time is of the essence because
56:09
they're charging. 750 Eddie's a day.
56:12
Yes, to store that thing. You know.
56:15
They're going to want to take that duck, straight home.
56:17
Yeah. Let's let's let's go get my
56:19
duck. Let's go get Mama Mallard.
56:21
Let's go get your damn duck and the three of you leave the
56:26
collective Mansion get into the van.
56:29
And head to the you P&S Warehouse, 25.
56:42
Next time, I'm no latency side quest.
56:51
Hey man, you were cool. As soon as I saw that TV on your
56:55
shoulders, I'm sorry. What did I just say?
56:57
I didn't realize I just said something fine.
56:59
If it will bring some joy to both of your faces, I will do
57:04
that. We're never gonna get this duck.
57:07
I almost want to tip over that fucking Port-A-Potty cause some
57:10
chaos. We pick up the duck.
57:12
We get the hell out of here. So I need everybody here right
57:14
now to tell me your names and who you're in, who's in charge
57:17
Come here coming right now. I text back Terminus there is no
57:20
duck here. Alright my Lockpick Set is
57:22
broken. So okay, so what did you get
57:25
Terminus? You got an address.
57:27
We're so close to getting your duck.
57:28
Just we have some questions. We need some help.
57:31
Nobody here. Needs to get hurt.
57:33
No, funny business. So your friend gets it.
57:35
Whatever's my duck. Yes, it belonged to somebody
57:40
else. Technically isn't your duck
57:43
look. It's all right.
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