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S2E67 - Audited · No Latency

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Last time on no latency. We work here, OK?
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I work here. I mean, I could probably blend
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in because I'm a doctor. I could blend in.
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Fresh pee? Is that you?
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Oh, fresh pee. Haven't seen you in a bit.
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We're looking to get reliqui passes.
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Competence. So 1 does not simply walk into
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this meeting. Put your gun away.
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There are guards here in trouble.
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What is our allotted budget? What's?
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Going on in here, Retro. My man, Theodore, here I'm.
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Just going to go ahead and take a seat on the balcony and take a
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look at this lovely city that we live in.
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So this is. Another way to get in perhaps?
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Why is Phoebe outside the? Nothing.
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I don't know. So you brought in this?
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I have, actually. Bendel, could you let them in?
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Wait, did they see me?
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Bendel, could you could you let them in, please?
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What? Oh.
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The at the corner. Oh.
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Hi, Phoebe. Hi.
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Hi. It's hard to hear you because
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you're on the other side of the glass, but I can hear you kind
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of going, if you know what I mean.
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You don't have to act that because I'll edit it in post,
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but it's nice to see you. Why are you on the roof?
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OK. And Vendel opens a hatch on the
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side of the wall, and you can squeeze yourself in through it.
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Hello. Hi, everybody.
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Thank you so much for joining us.
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What a what an interesting route you took to join us in this.
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Meeting, Yeah, I am very. I'm in like a extreme
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adventurous person. So I write.
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I I'm like an adrenaline junkie, so I like.
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Field medic, yes. Yes, it helps me, you know, get
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ready before I have to perform like a big surgery or something,
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you know, just like a big rush of adrenaline, so and it's.
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Very, very well dressed person sitting in front of the
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computer. Now you you look at them and you
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can see they're not a nurse, they're not a doctor, they are a
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medical machine technician. So they're they're normally a
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little stoic, kind of private, and they're wearing a cybertech
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mask over their face. Hello.
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Hello. Yeah, I'm yeah, I'm Doctor BV.
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Hi. This is my.
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This is my. Yes, you're you're better
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friends. Go ahead.
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This is Doctor VB. Yes.
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Also, we we we we didn't bring a nurse because Iona here is so
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important. We have a a doctor on staff, so
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we. Have a doctor on staff?
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That's exactly what I was going to say, because I'm an assistant
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who's very In Sync and now has to roll persuasion.
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Oh goodness. It would be really nice if I had
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opened your character sheet. It would be.
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Now we have to vamp while you do that.
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I know, but but you're so very good at that.
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Vendo. Let's part of why I have you.
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Whoa. I opened the wrong.
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Part of your team. me and I. The Doctor, of course, yes.
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As as you can tell, I have a very very well adept team.
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Yes, and we don't have anyone else.
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We don't have like a hacker or anything, because that would be
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very uncouth. You really know, I think the
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longer you look for your sheep, the more I'm going to put my.
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I rolled. No.
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I rolled. 14 OK, all right. You know what's The funny thing
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about being Bendel is I have no none of my own luck but also sky
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rolled A1. It's not true.
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You do have luck. It's just not very much.
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Oh. Cool.
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Well, we'll get to that later. Oh, you, you you have you have a
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doctor, right? Good.
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Yes, happily. How can I help you, doctor?
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I'm, I'm, I'm the technician for this machine.
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The only one we have left for inter departmental
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accountability. And and selling and receiving
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deals that don't need to be. I'm sorry, I've I've only ever
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worked with nurses. I'm really.
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Oh Sky, Sky, do not worry. This is VVVV is a a wonderful
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person as well as a wonderful doctor, so it's nice to meet.
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You. I rolled A1, so I'm obviously
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expressing that I'm mildly attracted to you.
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Here's my hand. Shake it, please.
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Nice to meet you as well. I've never met a medical
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technician before. Really.
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You're a doctor? That seems weird.
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Biotechnical one, I should say Biotechnica, you know, I I've
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heard so many good things about the Biotechnica medical
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technicians, you know, so. We, we have, we have at least
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30% insurance coverage quite competitive, yeah.
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Indeed. So the the first thing we've got
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to do is we've got to take obviously a blood sample from
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the, the, the, the executive. For my owner if you could.
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Yes, it it gets incorporated into the parts.
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Oh, so. No one else can use it.
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Oh, blood sample. OK, very advanced.
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Yes. So if you could just stand in
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front of the machine and then make sure to administer a pint
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A. Pint A.
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Pint Wait how many how? Many pints of blood are in your
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blood 8. A pint of blood for this.
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Pass. A pint, Yes.
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No, depending on the human. Actually, VV knows this
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depending on the human question. Yeah, Jeb, in case you're
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wondering, a human has anywhere between 5:00 and 10:00,
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depending on their size and gender.
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It also depends on how much jobs drink at that point too.
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So if you lose about 1/5 of your blood, you can shut down and go
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into shop. So.
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I Iona's a a pretty normal sized person, the average slice
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person. Iona's actually fairly strong as
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well. That's, that's that's Canon.
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Hey, what's your? Constitution.
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For Iona probably has seven to 8 pints I.
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Mean I. Sorry your body.
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VV would question like OK. I just just a few questions
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about this. Where does the the pint go?
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I mean, if it's a pass, it would just, you know.
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It the the the blood is separate into several things.
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Part of the sample is saved here and then catalogue does a
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digital imprint and then destroyed for security reasons.
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And then some of it is used to physically make the pass because
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it's made of. Blood.
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I see. All right.
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That way the pass and the user have the same DNA and so it it
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it can't be. If it's stolen, it's useless.
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All right. It's a reliqui pass.
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It has the person's blood in it like a reliquary, right?
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Isn't a reliquary like a like holy item or something?
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Yes, that has blood in it. Oh, it it, we're being, you
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know, corporately. I see.
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As a corporation, we're appropriating the witchcraft
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like culture without asking. I see.
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All right. Well, Iona, if you're OK with
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this. Iona role role Resist torture
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drugs. I haven't even been in stabbed
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yet, so if maybe if I could say a few things.
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Sure. Jesus this.
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Is not because you are being examined.
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It's purely out of personal interest.
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If you would roll it for me. Short talks?
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Sure. I can certainly do that if if I
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needed to obtain several more of these for my team, would it be
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possible to ensure that all of the excess is destroyed?
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I feel uncomfortable having that on file somewhere.
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Well, the the machine. Because of the the the nature of
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the program, the machine can only create one pass a day and
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that allows you to have two assistance with you in the room.
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Because it's. Very small interaction between
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the companies, so we can't have too many people in there.
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That's kind of the point. And while they're saying this to
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you, they pull out the really big needle and you rolled A
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crit. Fail and resist.
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Torture drugs and you look at the needle and it makes you feel
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woozy. VV Roll Athletics.
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Are you? Is that going in you?
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Catch Iona oh. My gosh.
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Paint. Iona.
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They're still awake, they've lost footing.
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I I I've never seen one that big I'm.
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Going to load it into the cartridge here.
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The needle pushes in and out really quickly in a stabbing
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motion. Oh, about eight or nine times.
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Oh, Phoebe, could you could you give me the thing to make me not
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feel things? Yes, and maybe just some cookies
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and juice or something to get your blood sugar back up.
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That's probably good too. I I have orange squares for the
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for the patient afterwards in the drawer.
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Oh, that'll help. But yes, do you like orange?
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Because that's all I've got. Sorry.
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Or Orange will certainly do. I just can I can I sit down?
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Yes, by all means. They drag a chair from the desk
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and they buy and sit you in it. I'm just going to assist 1st.
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Aid. As they sit down and.
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You rummage through your bag and you find a mild sedative.
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We only need one of these, right, Iona?
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Yes. OK, Chris.
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If you could if I. Yes, I'll just.
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I'll just take that. OK, good.
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And that cost you? Oh, I only rolled one.
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It only cost you 10 Eddies, Worth and Iona.
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That means you may re roll Resist Torture.
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Drugs. All right.
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I would like to do that because I apparently I'm afraid of
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needles. So, I don't know.
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Takes the pill. It hits their empty stomach, and
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they promptly faint in the chair.
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Oh no. Oh no.
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I was worried about this. Do we?
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Do we? Do.
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We continue? I take that blood while there.
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I mean, if they're so uncomfortable, we might as well
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do it. Hold on, I have smelling salts.
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You do? OK, good.
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I pull out some smelling salts and.
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Clearly. Clearly, Iona wants to be awake
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for the. I don't think they.
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Should be. Passed out this, this decision
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has been made when you wake up from the smelling salts in a
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start, in a chair surrounded by way too many people, we're all
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around. You are.
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You OK, Iona. Sorry.
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Are you OK? Is it over?
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No. But you should be awake.
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Why wouldn't you do it while I was passed out?
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Because I don't think that's healthy for you to be like
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passed out while just look this way.
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What way? This way, look at maybe here and
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let's. Say have have Vendel roll some
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kind of performative dance roll. All right.
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I do like watching Vendel dance. Performity.
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I dance role. It's no latency.
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This is the kind of role that we do 11 acting.
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It's not a crypt fail. It's mediocre by definition, but
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it's above average because it's an 11.
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So I can do flossing. Look at me floss Iona.
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I'm cool. Took me a fortnight to learn
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this dance. Jesus Christ.
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Cancelled. Cancelled.
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Put in the fortnight lake. I'm sold.
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Oh my God. It's a distraction enough that
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while you're not looking, VV can now take your arm, put it in the
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machine, and position the needle.
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VV Roll well. Be good.
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Why do you have to curse them like this?
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Yeah, I'll. Give you some of my luck so you
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don't have to use your lock if you want.
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VV You roll 18. You managed to distract Iona
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enough. Iona you now have to roll Resist
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Torture, drugs. You get plus one because Vendel
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is doing their little dance. But you also get -1
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unfortunately because you did not sanitize it yourself.
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So that kind of cancels it out. But it's still a mid, so roll
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for it. I'm not even going to put luck
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in it. I'm having a good time with my
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friends. 15 Yes, that is enough. The needle goes into your arm
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and takes a pint of your blood starts to leave, your body goes
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into the machine and then sky starts to tap away at the
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keyboard. You see a bunch of math and then
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the machine seemingly starts to glow and gives off a bit of a
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hum. Bit of mechanical click and out
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pops in the card with your photograph.
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On it. Did they get my photograph from
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my DNA? Where did that come from?
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Or was it just in the biotechnical database?
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Yeah, it's your ID photograph. I I just thought I'd ask.
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Yes. Is that OK?
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Oh yeah, absolutely. No, that was.
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I had a professional headshot done that day.
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OK, yes, good. Because we'd have to wait till
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tomorrow to print another one. So this is kind of what you've
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got. Again, you'll be able to have
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two people with you in the room and you will find it.
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I assume. I'm not.
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I it's this is kind of a cell thing, so I don't know where it
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is. You'll have to ask a fixer.
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Sure, we can only make one relic we pass a day, correct?
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Yes. And there's I I believe that at
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least for tonight's meeting. And that's all the ones that we
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can make now. Oh, interesting.
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I forgot it was tonight. Thank you for reminding me all.
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Right. Yes, of course.
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Shit, I need to keep my mouth shut.
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Hi, I'm just, I'm just dizzy and that was a really big needle.
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Yes, and you also lost 6HP. Jeez, can I have an orange
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square? Will that make up for it?
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Yeah, eager. And they pull out an orange
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square. It's like half an inch square,
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bright orange and looks incredibly processed and smells
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of processed orange smell. My.
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Favorite. Oh, I rolled A4 on D4.
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You get 4 HP. Wow.
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Wow. Does that feel better, Iona?
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I do. I do.
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I always love having. I know this sounds strange, but
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having a little orange square is just like a little treat.
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I can't really have many orange coloured things.
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It's the it's the citric acid in the colour specifically it.
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It really upsets my my digestion and so having a little orange
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square as a treat is delightful. Yes, especially because inside
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of the packet it says not to have more than three a day for
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some reason. Anyway, that's that, that's it.
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I've got to shut down this machine and I've got to.
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Now the cleaning process is is lengthily and so I I'll start
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that this afternoon. When can I?
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Is it? Is it this process that destroys
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the rest of the pint, or is that stored somewhere in the
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destroyed or? The machine.
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The. Machine's finished grabbing the
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machine's finished grabbing your sample and then just, I mean it
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literally as we're speaking it's it's destroying that right now.
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And then if you want, you can put.
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You're allowed to if you want. You've pushed the button that
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that turns on the incinerator. It's right there.
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Does this look like an incinerator button?
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Yes, has a little flame on it. It's cute, see.
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All right, full fisted smash down on the button.
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You hit the button, the machine beeps, and then you hear a
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little flame and then a sizzle. Again.
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Thank you. That actually did put my mind at
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ease. I appreciate you you're.
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Welcome. Hey, Jim, Do you smell bad?
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Oh, I smell every time. I I think it was where you smell
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that, where I could just. I know the hint of Iona's blood
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boiling. What are you What are you guys
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talking about? Well, we see.
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Ever since I, I, I started congesting.
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Well, all I can say is ingesting some some interesting meat.
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I've started to have a enhanced sense of smell, which can come
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in handy, but it's also a bit of a curse.
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For instance, I'm fairly certain that blood has been either spilt
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or extracted in some way, probably within a, you know, 100
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meters of soil here. Huh.
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Yeah. OK, cool.
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Yeah, it's like I said, wasn't a curse.
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It's a little party trick to be honest.
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Sorry. Well, if enough's lacking off, I
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probably should clean some toilets or something.
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All right, Well, you know, it seems that there hasn't really
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been anything else that's happened other other than
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hanging out. I mean, I didn't see where the
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the nurse. Went you see?
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Oh, where did VB go? VB's back out on the on the
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outside finishing our cigarettes.
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Why you have to sneak through the windows again?
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Why would you do that? Oh yeah, that takes out.
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Phoebe, as you step outside, an alarm goes off.
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Oh shit. Whoops.
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What? The fuck's that?
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What was that? Was that VV?
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Or is that a different alarm? I'm not in this building very
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often. Oh, I don't know what that is.
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And then an announcement goes off.
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This building is being audited. This building is being audited.
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No one may leave. What the fuck How?
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Do. You audit the building.
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There's the IRS. Coming in.
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What the fuck's going on? Audit OSHA.
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Audit What kind? Of audit thing.
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Oh fuck. I hate these.
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What's happening? Sorry, what?
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Sky, go ahead, go, go ahead. What is happening?
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Oh, the building's being audited.
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What kind of audit is it? Where the people are at work,
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we'll probably be here till like 4:00 AM.
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Doesn't look like you're going to that part that.
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Great. Vivi, I'm going to, I'm going to
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step outside with you. Wait, where are you guys going?
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We have to stay for the audit. What if we?
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Who says we have to, you know, company?
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Company policy. If they asked me if there was
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anyone else in here, I have to tell.
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Oh, that's a lot. Why don't you?
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Why don't you come with us? Excuse me, we're.
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Just getting some fresh air. I have to clean the machine and
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the audit. I know I'm in the building,
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yeah, but if I'm not here then then the audit will say I'm not
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here and then I won't get go on the blimp.
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I'll take you on the blimp so. I don't have to lie to them.
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No, OK. All right.
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20:06
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Look at me. Don't I look like I don't belong
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here? I have a doctor on staff.
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Just come with me. Right. 16 Oh yeah, no, that's
21:34
not high enough. That's a four.
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OK, fuck it. I never go on adventures.
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I'm just a big ball of anxiety to play with machines, so I also
21:45
thought that that was around about where our interaction with
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them. So there's not really much more
21:48
that I can do for you, frankly, other than are you outside of
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the bench of the pseudo balcony of this building?
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Yeah, sure. I just I I hate lying and I
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would prefer you not have to tell anyone we were here.
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OK, cool. Will you?
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Will you fill out some paperwork later on to?
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Say absolutely field. Oh God.
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Thank you so much, Iona. That's going to cost us like 300
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from the budget. If we actually do it.
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Oh, right. OK, cool.
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I I am going to do it. It's just funny.
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And you will pile onto the outside of the building, and as
22:26
you're standing on the outside of the balcony, all the way on
22:29
the other side, you can see Jeb and Retro and Ted now, which
22:35
Iona, you did not know was here hanging out on the balcony.
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Jeb waved. Hello.
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The building's been audited, yeah.
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Yeah, is there. It's hi, Ted.
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Hi. Hi.
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Is there a way that we can get down from here?
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You could jump. Don't do that.
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That's that's a big joke this we're we're 62 floors up.
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Yes, I just don't want to be here while it's being audited.
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Oh, do you have plans? Yeah, no, we're normally here to
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the next day. No, you you should come with us,
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Ted. What?
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Come with you boys? Boys.
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He asked me to come with, right? Yeah.
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And he lights a cigarette in front of you, trying to look
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cool. Attitude.
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It. Flies off into the wind.
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Oh, oh careful, careful. Shit is fresh with you.
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No, Fresh is in the is in the the janitor's office.
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Last I checked, she doesn't smoke.
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I I call. I call fresh and your card is oh
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hi. What's going on?
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The building's being haunted. I'm just going to wait in here
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now. I.
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Don't want them? Nope.
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We're all on the balcony. Come with us.
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No, no, no, you're not on the. This building doesn't have a
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balcony. Iona, I've got a lip.
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Is there not? Go ahead, fresh.
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I'm just saying there's no handrail also.
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What's your plan? What's your plan?
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When we're on, how are we going to leave?
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I don't know. I have retro with us.
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You'll figure it out. OK, so I come to the belt.
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Do I have to come with? I work here.
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I know you do. But listen, I feel uncomfortable
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having anybody who interacted with us truly to to to leave
24:26
them here. Oh, I left the I left my
24:30
playlist playing on on my computer.
24:32
That's going to mess up my rap at the end of the year.
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Fuck, I'm. I'm sorry.
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I'll buy you a new wrapped. It's not the same.
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Fine, you're my boss, but if you roll anything I get -1 to my
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behaviour today. Really.
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Really. Are you really going to persuade
24:54
me fresh? Listen to me, it's a
24:57
role-playing game. Just just being a breath.
25:01
Just just stick your head out the window for a second before
25:05
you come out here. Fucking shit.
25:06
Please. Oh, I will say the guards are
25:09
now guarding the elevator. I have discovered that by
25:11
walking by and pretending to go to the bathroom.
25:15
Oh, hi. There's somebody there.
25:17
Who's there? Excuse me, You're in front of
25:19
the vent. Excuse me.
25:21
Excuse me, man. Retro.
25:23
Excuse me? Oh.
25:25
Retro Retro I only wants me out by using a.
25:29
Little bit of a deep think right now hold on.
25:32
Jeez. Oh God.
25:34
OK, you're always high up. You're right there this is.
25:37
Scary. I need to roll Resist torture
25:41
drugs. That persuasion was enough to
25:43
bring me out here. I will stay, but I still have to
25:45
roll resistor drugs. Right, the torture and drugs of
25:50
whatever the technical term for being scared of hot seals.
25:55
Adrenaline. Verdict.
25:58
Vertiphobia. Vertigo in general.
26:01
I'm just working it out. Really.
26:02
Mr. Cowboy? Jeb, man, it's nice to see you.
26:04
How are you? It's always a pleasure, Mr.
26:06
Pete, I forget. I have to roll that.
26:09
No, no. We've been vamping waiting for
26:14
you. Oh my God.
26:16
I forget that. I control these people.
26:19
I just have fun playing with them.
26:20
I'm. Just glad you guys are having
26:23
fun. That's all I care about.
26:25
These are wondering. It's a acrophobia.
26:27
Is it like? Acrobat Acrophobia.
26:30
Oh, it's gonna be more like. Aerophobia.
26:33
No, that's just the scare. That's just scare.
26:35
Of the air. Yeah, you're just like that.
26:41
Is not high enough. Fresh vom promptly vomits.
26:48
Oh, that's low. And it the wind blows it
26:49
completely all over him. No, now I smell of vomit.
26:57
I mean, if it makes you feel any better, the wind's blowing so
27:00
hard up here we really can't smell much.
27:03
All right, well, you guys figure this shit out.
27:07
There's literally a bathroom behind me.
27:09
I'm going to if it's all right with everyone.
27:11
This will delay you leaving, I guess.
27:13
But I'm going to wash. I'll be right back.
27:18
You know, fresh. Fresh is kind of delightful.
27:20
I feel like we don't hang out with fresh enough.
27:23
You know, I'm going to be honest, it used to annoying me,
27:26
but in just the right amount of you know, as long as you don't
27:31
overdo it with his company, I think he can be quite fun.
27:35
What we should probably go over there.
27:37
Iona. I can barely hear them.
27:42
Iona, we have to just All we have to do is roll stealth to go
27:45
over there. VV you 2.
27:47
All right. Just one stealth roll.
27:54
Oh. That's good, yes.
27:56
And then I also have to roll Stealth because I'm Vendel.
27:59
Well, that's OK. You said one stealth roll, and I
28:01
assume that you meant one person.
28:03
No, because we have to cross many windows.
28:06
So in Vivi went this way. They actually rolled a bunch of
28:08
times I think. I did, Yes, that's true.
28:12
Yeah, you did. And and so to come back, we're
28:14
only going to have to do one because there's it's like a
28:16
group action thing, right? Cool.
28:19
That's great. So that's 12 and 14 and 17.
28:21
The the DB was fucking 11 because the audit means
28:26
everyone's distracted. Says.
28:28
Everyone's closing all of their windows and tabs and making it
28:32
look like they're actually working.
28:35
And this means that some of you move over to let everybody over
28:39
and Sky is trailing behind and you make your way over.
28:43
Now the crew has been reunited on the side of this biotechnical
28:47
building, literally on the outside of the building on Floor
28:50
62. Right, so now you're here.
28:52
Hello. Hello.
28:54
Hi. I'm now and we're on the outside
28:56
of a building. Yeah, what do we want to do?
29:00
Yeah. What are we going to do?
29:02
Ted? Ted, what are you doing here?
29:04
Smoking and. That's what I'm doing.
29:06
I'm smoking another cigarette. I was just here for a company.
29:10
Good conversation, good people. Did you say you're a janitor
29:13
now? Yes, I I don't.
29:17
I didn't get to be. I lost my job in IT.
29:20
Why? It's a shame.
29:22
Shame. Because how are the kids?
29:24
It's. Probably from the best.
29:26
I don't have any children. Oh no, no.
29:29
I lost my job because I I applied for one and then due to
29:34
the loyalty clause in the IT department, because I didn't get
29:37
that job I I got moved to this one.
29:44
I don't like that. Sorry it wasn't my.
29:48
You have a go on. Do you have a contract now?
29:52
Yes, that if you leave this job, you I.
29:55
Mean. No, I have.
29:56
I still, I still get to keep my health insurance, which has been
29:58
nice. 30% here, you know, very good.
30:02
Yeah, right. And I'm allowed to like do
30:06
whatever I want in the janitors room as long as I keep my
30:08
clothes on, the manager said. But you already had, like I
30:13
applied to be your, your tech person.
30:15
That's me. Hello.
30:17
Right. And I didn't know I was going
30:19
to, you know, essentially be cleaning up his shit, basically.
30:25
Maybe we could find you a job elsewhere.
30:28
But I'll lose my health insurance.
30:30
Yeah, but I you know how I like to collect NPCS.
30:33
Right. Well also you know do do we have
30:37
we have healthcare. I I have healthcare.
30:40
I also have healthcare. I do also.
30:43
Oh, interesting. How is?
30:46
I just have IT support. We all work for a corporation
30:50
and and Vivi's done work for trauma team, so that's.
30:53
Yeah, at least they can give me. Do you, I suppose, think that
30:58
there's a way that that Ted could work at the bar, like
31:02
helping Ping Do I? Do I mean, because honestly,
31:07
after season one I thought you kind of fucking abandoned me And
31:11
so like, I never really thought I'd come back And then that's
31:13
why I like was like, well, fuck, I'm not impressing this person
31:16
with the IT skills that I have because I managed to let a hand
31:21
dryer kidnap like a bunch of your friends and and that didn't
31:26
look good. In the past as in the past, Ted
31:29
I. No, I mean the hand dryer, you
31:30
know, because it was connected to the network and I let it do
31:33
weird shit. That's one of the reasons why I
31:36
was fired from being in the IT department security.
31:41
But you could come work at our bar.
31:43
I mean a chore, you know, I'm really good with tech, you know,
31:47
You know, the only the only thing is right.
31:49
I do my best to try and stay away, but I am a ridiculously
31:53
terrified of AIS. They scare the absolute shite
31:57
out of me. Oh mate, that's some scary shit.
32:00
Like literally ghosts in the machine, you know what I mean?
32:02
Like the movie. So as long as you don't have any
32:06
of those, I mean, like, maybe one would be fine, but like 20
32:10
scare the shit out of this one. I mean, I could barely deal with
32:13
an SI, you know? We do have at least one SI, just
32:18
one, right? Good.
32:20
That's. Just one.
32:21
Good. All right, well, after we escape
32:24
this building, apparently. Then I will come find where you
32:30
are if you give me the address. That will take me less time.
32:33
You're an IT. You should be able to figure it
32:36
out. Not an entire IT anymore.
32:40
Hey, dumb fuck. Hey, now, that's rude.
32:42
Fresh what I. Didn't I said.
32:44
We're not meant to be mean to him.
32:45
He's a janitor. Well.
32:47
Just because someone has a low paying job don't mean they're
32:50
not worth the same amount as someone who makes a lot of
32:53
money. Oh, that's true.
32:55
OK, so I mean, I I, I was born in a tube.
33:00
So there's some stuff that I don't quite get.
33:02
So apologies, Sorry, I thought we were ragging.
33:05
Apologies. I feel like I'm extra nice
33:09
today. No, we'll let you know.
33:10
We'll give you a a little sign. We'll say, I'll, I'll, I'll give
33:14
you a little nudge and I'll see now we're wrecking.
33:16
And then that way you can really slay loops next time.
33:18
Oh, cool. Thanks Jeff.
33:19
Sorry, you were saying, Iona. Oh, Vandella, am I being extra
33:22
nice? It it might be because you're
33:25
missing a pint of blood. That feels like I'm missing a
33:28
pint of blood, if I'm being quite honest.
33:31
I turned, I turned to retro and I go boom.
33:33
Nailed it. You got it.
33:37
So how are we going to get out of this building, guys?
33:43
We're 62 floors up. Does anyone have a parachute?
33:47
I mean, shit, we don't even have anything that hovers.
33:49
I'm a bird and I go and I. And then Sloane just swoops by
33:57
you and gives you kind of a vulture wink as they kind of
34:00
slide and fly upside down. Yeah, they're just doing tricks
34:04
because they can't really help you right now.
34:05
They're just flying around being a shithead.
34:09
I have a hoverboard. You have a what?
34:12
I have a hoverboard. How does that work?
34:14
Does that have to? Does that hover a set amount of
34:18
you know a set amount away from the ground, or does it hover in
34:22
place no matter where you set it?
34:24
You know, I haven't looked at the description of it in quite
34:26
some time, so I might have to take a look.
34:29
All right, let's have a look. Let's have a look at the actual
34:32
thing, because there's this has got stat.
34:35
It does. It's got stat.
34:36
We can. Tension Jet Boy Hoverboard.
34:39
Oh wow, the Tension logo is really cool.
34:42
In order to go over water, does it need more power?
34:45
That was that was a that was a back of the future.
34:47
Oh. That's right.
34:48
Yes it does. Yes it does.
34:50
It is that the Jet Boy is a land vehicle with ten hit points and
34:53
only one seat that hovers just above the ground.
34:55
It can always be driven with no hands of the users connected
34:57
into face plugs. You can make manoeuvres on the
34:59
Jet Boy. It provides 15 moving combat and
35:02
has a narrative speed of 30 mph. So it is designed to hover about
35:08
3 inches off the ground. And it's able to keep that even,
35:11
if you like go over a curb. So it creates like a cushion of
35:14
air. So could that?
35:18
I mean, it would only work for one person right?
35:21
I can get down. But also like, would it be
35:25
enough to just break our fall if we rigged something?
35:29
Retro. Maybe I gotta have Hold on.
35:33
I'm in the middle of like, a deep thought at the moment
35:35
because this is so serene up here.
35:38
Hold on. It is very nice up here.
35:41
Well, maybe I could hold on to Sloan's legs and then at least
35:46
that gets me down now. Slimming gives you a
35:49
disapproving look as they zoom. No, you don't want that, babe.
35:53
All right, all right, girl, this man.
35:55
This man. Sloan's wingspan isn't enough to
35:59
hold you. Ted.
36:01
Yes. Yo, how often do they clean the
36:05
windows on this building? Once a month.
36:08
And when was the last time they did that?
36:10
About 3 weeks ago. So they're not cleaning the
36:12
buildings today. Shit.
36:13
No, it's next week. Why?
36:15
I mean, obviously I just fucking steal the Gurney to have them go
36:20
all the way down with it. Oh, right.
36:21
You mean that one up there like 40 fours?
36:25
Yes, that one. Huh.
36:27
I mean, I feel like we might be able to, you know, go back
36:31
inside. Go up, yeah.
36:32
Go away, The way back out. Find someone to fly up there and
36:36
hit the lever and bring it down. We used to have a flying chip of
36:43
some sort, right? Well, maybe we're referring to
36:47
Sloan. Oh, oh, hey, Tell you, girl, did
36:52
you hear that? You want to be useful again?
36:55
No. Wow.
36:58
Is that A? Yes.
36:59
Can you roll me Animal Handler and Athletics?
37:04
You'll never believe this, but my Animal Handling is pretty
37:08
good. If I remember correctly and I
37:09
never get to use it, yeah, it's. Because you never justify it.
37:14
No, no, I didn't know. No shade to you.
37:17
You can. Use it whenever you want.
37:18
You can fuck it. You can make it all right 17.
37:22
All right, girl, you're going to go up there and you see the
37:25
lever, all right. You're going to want to take the
37:28
lever and you're going to want to push it on the down position,
37:32
not the up position that give like a a real exaggerated like,
37:35
no. And then down position, I point
37:38
out. Yeah.
37:39
All right, all right, girl. And Sloan dives down, grabs a
37:44
delivery drone that was delivering just a bag of
37:47
groceries, and brings it up to you.
37:50
Oh, OK, Well, and then. Crushes the drone underneath
37:54
their feet in there, and the inertia of it trying to pull
37:58
away forces Sloane to shoot up. Really, really far.
38:02
Whoa. Oh well.
38:04
Roll athletics to catch the groceries.
38:06
OK, whoa. And you catch this bag of
38:10
groceries and inside is a three pack of boost, a packet of
38:15
Gisner snaps, and a fresh packet of cigarettes.
38:18
Vivi's favorite? Well, everyone wants some
38:21
snacks. Oh yeah.
38:23
What else you got in there? We got some, we got some jizz
38:25
and snaps, got some boost and some cigs looks like.
38:28
Oh, oh, if nobody wants, I'll take the the cigarettes.
38:32
I mean, I ain't gonna. Yeah, sure.
38:34
Go ahead. And you also got a plastic bag.
38:37
That's cool. I mean, of course, yeah.
38:39
And you hear it and this thing starts to come down the
38:43
building. Yo.
38:45
'Cause you rolled 17 into 19, you did really well.
38:48
Here you go, that a girl and I give her some scratches.
38:52
That a girl. It's a good thing there wasn't
38:55
window cleaning today, am I right?
38:56
Well, she probably could have, you know, stabbed some eyes out.
39:01
And flying flies away to celebrate.
39:04
Yeah. Good girl.
39:05
All right. Yeah.
39:05
Have fun. The only thing they grow up so
39:08
fast. You got it.
39:09
You got it. You got to be willing to let
39:10
them go and let them do their thing or else they're going to
39:12
resent you. I wonder how many people get
39:14
freaked out that there's a vulture flying around Night
39:16
City. Well.
39:18
How many films is? This actual real animal, It's.
39:20
Probably very freaky. Yeah, she's got separate in
39:24
blames. Oh, I got a different rooftop.
39:27
As the window cleaner caddy elevator arrives and you all
39:32
pile onto this thing, now I need everyone to roll athletic.
39:35
Interesting. Every single person.
39:39
That's not great. As you all try and get into this
39:42
thing, you pile on in VV slips and is now hanging for dear
39:46
life. What?
39:48
What? Oh shit.
39:51
Oh VV can. You help please please.
39:53
Oh my God. Oh my God.
39:54
VV Oh my God. Let me help you.
39:56
Come here. Let me roll for that.
39:59
Athletics 13. I didn't see it changed because
40:01
I blinked. That's enough.
40:03
Oh my God. Here you go.
40:09
Thanks. Thanks.
40:11
You're welcome. All right, let's all head down.
40:14
And Ted pushes the button on the window cleaner elevator and you
40:19
descend down, sneak into Vanna White, and drive back to the
40:23
bar. Do we have everyone with us?
40:28
Black Sky and Ted. Yeah, it's a really tight, it's
40:31
very tight inside of the vehicle.
40:33
This is fun. All right.
40:35
So where where are we going about?
40:42
It. I mean, can we just I?
40:48
Mean we, Iona, Are we Are we bringing them with us?
40:53
I'm not sure. This, this.
40:54
They seem pretty trustworthy, but.
40:58
I'm. Not exactly sure yet.
40:59
Just for Biotechnic? Yes.
41:01
Oh, Sky, could we drop you off at home?
41:03
Where are you? Where do you live?
41:04
Oh, I'm, I'm, I'm in, I'm in apartment building 7, three
41:08
blocks that way. Easy.
41:11
Great. Yeah.
41:12
Thank you so much for all that you have done today.
41:15
That's. Do you want my card?
41:19
Yes, I do. Here.
41:23
And then here is my card. Sorry, this exchange seems very
41:28
awkward. Well.
41:29
You you made me lie to my boss, so I'm feeling weird.
41:33
Wait, I thought. I thought that Iona was boss.
41:37
No, this is Sky. I just met them today.
41:40
Right. I took my part with consent.
41:43
A lot of it. A pint.
41:45
If you lose your job, call me. That's all I have to say.
41:50
Okay. Jeff.
41:54
That is a Create -10 and you crash the front side of an away
41:59
into the back of Skye's car. Oh fuck.
42:03
Oh, sorry. I looked.
42:05
I looked over my shoulder. I thought you got oh jeez.
42:08
God. This guy gets out and you now
42:12
see them just staring at the car.
42:14
Motherfucker, that's going to cost so much money.
42:16
Yeah. I'm so sorry.
42:17
I don't have a charge. And you drive.
42:19
I drive away. Oh, you.
42:23
Drive away and I mean uncle. What the?
42:25
Fuck, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
42:27
I don't have. Insurance.
42:28
I keep it flying. I I listen.
42:31
If you need, if you need extra money, I might be able to help.
42:38
I need. Someone to fix my fucking car.
42:40
Sorry to take. Have you been to?
42:42
Crashed into it. Unless I didn't do that.
42:44
You don't have to curse at me. You don't have to curse at me.
42:48
Do you feel bad for that? Because you should.
42:50
I. Don't feel bad, you crashed.
42:52
Into my car. I didn't crash.
42:53
Into your car and you're cursing at me.
42:55
Well then, look, I'm trying to help you.
42:57
I listen. Have you ever been to Tunas?
42:59
I've heard. At the end I saw this guy with a
43:02
sitting sign. Yes, Go there.
43:04
We'll figure it out for you. Say Iona sent me.
43:09
Say Iona. Sent you?
43:10
OK, Take my car for free. That's what I'm going to say.
43:13
That you told me, yes. Then I'll take care of it.
43:19
That, I'm going to assume is the same thing in the nicest
43:22
possible way. I'm not sure I want to see you
43:23
ever again. Thanks.
43:25
Sure. Bye.
43:27
Damn, I think we have to do a favour, Fortuna.
43:31
Now I feel really bad that I told that person to lie to their
43:35
boss and then just they escape the audit and they're probably
43:39
going to get fired. If I'm being quite honest, yeah.
43:44
Well, yeah, I'm, I'm sorry, I I kind of goofed that one up there
43:50
at the end. But hey, maybe we'll never see.
43:53
That you know what you are going to do.
43:55
A favour, Fortuna? Shit, all right.
44:00
You say as you drive right over the elevator for the bar and
44:05
descend into. No latency.
44:08
Ted, have you, Ted, have you been here before?
44:11
You mentioned it when we hung out in the last, you know, about
44:15
a year ago. I knew you had a bar.
44:17
This is, you know, it's this is cool.
44:19
Right. It's a secret.
44:20
No, no, I know. I remember that.
44:22
I remember. Remember that this place is
44:25
cool. This is nice.
44:26
I like the lighting. Lots of screens.
44:29
It is very cool, isn't it? Yeah.
44:32
Now, don't. Stick out, stick near the front
44:34
door, and you see that he hears 55.
44:38
What? You seem so much taller, yeah.
44:41
I know it's the accent. Oh, is that how that works?
44:45
Really 55. Oh, sorry, I shouldn't slouch.
44:48
And he. Raises his shoulders and like
44:51
sort of cricks his neck a little bit and now he's like 6 1/2
44:55
sorry. Now he's 5-6 and A.
44:56
Half I still. Pretty short.
44:59
Still pretty short. Well, you know, as as as IT
45:04
technicians are not, we're not famous for our height, famous
45:08
for our hacking skills. Fingers.
45:10
Sorry, you're going to say something to upset me.
45:16
Guns. There is AI here.
45:22
Oh God no. Oh God, no.
45:25
OK. It's good.
45:26
It's good. Yeah, and then nine bursts
45:30
through all the doors. What's going on?
45:36
I'm from Dave, You for ages. Who's this new person?
45:38
Hello, I'm an AI. Don't tell anyone.
45:40
But. I am incredibly dangerous from
45:43
an experimental. Facility.
45:44
Program that no one really paid much attention to.
45:48
God damn, I hate this guy. Oh my, my Lord, that's the ball
45:54
that floats and talks. That's not.
45:57
That's the only one. Right.
45:58
I haven't met them. What?
46:13
What the fuck is that? Excuse me, just one, just one
46:18
second. Huddle up, gang.
46:22
And Domino's picture moves across the screen and huddles
46:25
with you. I'm just wondering why?
46:31
Why are we bringing this guy into the fold?
46:34
Do we I? I don't know.
46:35
Iona wanted to. I just listened to them.
46:37
Is it out of the goodness of your heart?
46:40
I I just feel like I haven't collected an NPC in a while and
46:43
I really want to. Yeah, see, that makes more
46:46
sense. So where do you use the loss of
46:49
blood escaping to you? Well, I suppose I do.
46:53
I do like this NASA. I own a little more.
46:55
Maybe we should I turn over. I turn over to to to Doc.
47:02
You think maybe we could start just draining Iona of some blood
47:06
every once in a while. I I.
47:10
What are you implying here, Jeb? I'm just saying that I I do, I
47:15
do kind of prefer this. Nice.
47:18
I don't know more than the, you know, walled off, Mean faced
47:23
Iona. Have you noticed that Iona's
47:26
been smiling more ever since they lost so much blood?
47:31
I. Don't I don't know if the blood
47:33
loss correlates with this new Iona, but regardless, it's
47:37
really not healthy for somebody to be losing that much blood
47:42
regularly. I.
47:44
Don't know, We'll just do it a few times, alright?
47:46
Iona, you wanna drink? Drinks are really good right
47:49
now. I just gave a pint of blood, so
47:52
drinking's probably not a good idea.
47:55
Agreed, I wouldn't recommend that.
47:57
Oh, so much better for you. You get a way better buzz.
48:00
Come on, let's have. A shot.
48:00
I don't drink, Remy. No as as as their medical
48:08
professional doctor I do not recommend, but I think Iona you
48:15
should take it easy and get some snacks.
48:21
I feel a little sleepy. Well, you.
48:24
Will have to get to this smoothie market tonight and
48:29
recommend the house some caffeine.
48:32
Yes, or a nap. Well, do.
48:37
You want to talk about our? Plans first.
48:40
Oh shoot, Can't you go do that without me some?
48:43
In. Theory I'll ride.
48:45
I'll drink some caffeine. And Ping serves you a little
48:51
neutral shot, which is a drink that tastes like nothing.
48:55
I still plug my nose to take it. Valid.
49:00
OK, I'll do some research on the where and the net it is this
49:09
evening at midnight. That's the name at Station 08 is
49:15
used on ground transition. Interesting.
49:20
I've always like, heard about these kinds of things, like some
49:24
cool underground place at midnight, you know?
49:28
The train that took all of the investors has already left.
49:33
You will have to find a way to get there yourselves.
49:36
You will need to take the train going anywhere.
49:41
Well, I guess all aboard, huh? Yes, going to be a night train.
49:48
Going anywhere? Yes.
49:50
Yeah, we heard you the. Facility houses a vault.
49:54
The vault has some security. And we'll get RAT through it, no
49:59
problem. I have a pass.
50:02
Yes, you have a pass to go to the meeting and ingress in the
50:06
technology. Our.
50:08
Force The technology will likely be in hundreds of thousands of
50:11
days. I'm assuming that we'll have to
50:16
see this. Thing that is true.
50:20
Well, I'll keep believing, I saw.
50:22
The wall. Well, Choo Choo motherfuckers.
50:27
Let's go. Next time on no latency.
50:44
I'm feeling bad about about Sloan recently.
50:47
She's just an animal. She's a bird.
50:49
We were stuck upon a tower with no way down.
50:52
And who was it that came and saved us?
50:54
Sloan. Which, anyway, let's go over
50:56
that plan again. That's it.
50:58
Oh, oh, that's the one that. One Wow, this is quite literal.
51:01
It was right in front of us the whole time.
51:02
Wait. What time is it we?
51:03
Got 30 minutes? Not too much longer now.
51:06
It's really dirty in here. Oh, you kind of smell like meat.
51:10
I don't want to have a freak out before we get to the market.
51:13
Act normal. That's probably not a good idea.
51:15
No, no, no, no, no, no you cannot.
51:19
Man, they're really jacking those crashes.
51:20
Oh, here we go. Why are they standing up now?
51:23
Sir, Sir, please. You you you didn't mean it
51:26
right. Shit, I'm kicking them in the
51:29
balls. You're we're going to patch you
51:30
up. You're going to be OK.
51:31
Yeah, it hurts, doesn't it? That guy's having a bad.
51:35
Day. If we're going anywhere, there's
51:37
going to be blood on the ground. If I've learned anything, that's
51:39
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52:50
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