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NL: SideQuest - Bubble Trouble - Pt1 Bubble Business · No Latency

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Last time on no latency. Side quest.
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Hi, I'm the name's Coyote. Hi, Vivi.
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Well, I don't think this is worth it.
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I'm here to save Chad. Are the bubbles always full of
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drugs or is there like other stuff?
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The merch is so cute here. This whole place is adorable.
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To my new best friends. Oh my gosh, best friends.
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Going to get crazy and find some ambulances.
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I'm going to get your goddamn ambulance and save those
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patients. Let's drive rule out.
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Yeah, yeah. Let's go.
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Major trouble from trauma team later, VVI.
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Don't think I'd give a shit about any insurance stuff.
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You just tell me where to go. How about this?
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I take this nice fancy hoverboard you have here as
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payment and I'll let you go. Yeah.
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Anyone feel like bubble team? Absolutely.
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You know, I I think it's about time that VV calls up her old
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gal pals to have a bit of a meeting.
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You talking to yourself and third person there, Bibi.
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Yes, I do that sometimes. That's that's cool.
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Yeah, damn it. Who's.
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Talking. To me right now, stranger.
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Right, stranger. Stranger.
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Yes, I look. Like Jeb, but I'm mildly
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listening. Yeah, for a second, I thought
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you were Jeb. I take offense to that.
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I I I'm sorry. You're yes.
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Like you said, you're you're nicer and cooler than Chip.
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Yes. Speaking of, I think I need to
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go get some tea. You do that, I'm gonna go and do
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drugs in the basement. OK.
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Staying over. So I am going to call up my
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girlies and call the girlies and spill some pigs.
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Yes, call the girly pops to spill some tea.
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You hit the button to say I'm going to call my girlies and
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they heard you and they've been chuckling in the background this
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whole. Time.
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They've been on. Yeah, on my agents.
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Because I have an agent. Hey, guys.
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Baby. Hi.
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How's it going? How are things in Night City?
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Oh, same old, same old. Can't complain too much.
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Yeah, I think we, I think we should have a reunion.
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We should be, yeah. I mean, I've been, like, saying
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this forever. Yeah, hang out more.
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You know, TC and I, we are. Always catching up so you know
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you have been the. One who's kind of, yeah, you
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know. It's it's been a busy couple of
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months you know, I. You know, been having a lot of
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jobs. Things just, I'm I'm sorry that
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I haven't been able to. It's OK.
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That's OK. Always.
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Saying she missed. You.
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I'm just like, I feel like me and TC were cool, but like we're
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a little bit directionless, like we're in like a state.
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Of, like, not really existing. It's like we're kind of only in
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the world, like when you're here for some reason, So you know,
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it's cool. But like I I would love to hang
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out with you again. When just.
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Knocks the door open. You know, I kind of feel the
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sign. OK, you know what?
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Why don't we catch up? Since you guys seem to just, you
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know, have not much going on and I have a lot going on, maybe
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I'll just tell you what I've been up to.
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Yeah, I mean, that's fine. Tea.
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Always. Hell it.
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Hell yeah. Bubble tea, but not bubble tea.
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Let's go. Oh, bubble tea.
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Wink she does. Wink out loud.
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How far away are you? I can give you a ride.
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Could you stop by the No Latency bar?
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Have I? Have you guys been there yet?
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No, I don't think I've taken you.
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Oh, I've heard about it. But I've never been cool enough
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to get in. Yeah, the first time I went.
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You basically have to, like say a secret word or something to
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get in. And it's kind of complicated.
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I should probably ask, like, what the rules are.
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I don't know if I could just invite people no one else to see
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plus. One thing.
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Do we know what? Let me ask.
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I'll ask Ping. I'm sure it's fine, you know.
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Yes, please. Thank you.
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I felt awkward because I didn't go anywhere and you kept talking
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to everyone. Else I'll be right back.
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Are we on FaceTime? And I like, hey, who's that?
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Ping opens the door to the alleyway.
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Yes, Phoebe. What do you need you?
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Just text me. Oh, you're on the phone.
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Sorry. Yeah, so say I wanted to, like,
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bring a couple of friends here. Is that is that cool?
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Do they need to, like, be part of some secret?
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I don't know why everyone in the crew thinks that I don't have
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customers except you guys. Yes, of course.
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We're just a word of mouth bar, Yeah, but like.
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But like do they need to like say some cool word or something?
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Just give you a. Code on the vending machine and
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it opens and when they come here I'll give them some cards.
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OK, that was way more normal. Yeah, I tried making a really
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complicated way of doing it, like you have to vendor certain
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item, whatever, but Joy didn't really get it so we just went
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with the cards. OK, well never mind.
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You guys could just come by. Just love.
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You are my best friend. Don't forget.
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That I've already tracked your location I.
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Thought I wanted to be a best friend, that's how.
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Did she have my location? You're my best friend.
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Which mother on SNAP maps? What vehicle have you arrived
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in? OK, this is the most bodacious
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bitch and whip you've ever seen. It's definitely like like a
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shitty van that has been totally airbrushed.
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Like like a psychedelic, like buff wizard riding a wolf.
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The toweling at the moon. You know, just like, whatever.
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The coolest van you can think of.
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That's what it looks like. And I roll down the window and
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you see Coyote is actually in like these crazy neon shades now
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and just like a popped collar of like a really like, electric
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jacket. She's just like decked out in
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this, like really just very different from her last
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aesthetic. She's just driving a new look
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for you. Coyote.
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Yeah, I mean, I I think it she steps out and does a spin.
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She's like, this is the new me. This is This is Coyote.
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I like crawl over from the passenger seat to like the
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window that's down on the driver seat.
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It doesn't. She look great.
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No, I I love it. We had a really cool makeup,
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fashion, makeover montage without you.
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It's something that, like best friends would do together, but
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you were so busy. So I spent time with Teensy and
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we got, we got like. We match trash.
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We look so good. Swim neon color as coyotes
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glasses. I have like a full jumpsuit in
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the same color. Wow.
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Now I just. I actually feel like I need to.
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I need to match you both now. Well, you're in black and I pull
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out. Yes, let's.
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Go What does it say on the back, you guys?
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I think it says like Girls night.
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What does it say? Girly pops, girly pop.
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It just says it, says the girlies and it's got like, like
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lightning bolts, like stitched on to it and it's kind of got
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some LED action. Happy.
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I will have I I like added LED's to it.
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To him, make it all fancy. This is perfect.
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Yeah, roll. Am I just rolling my basic tech?
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Oh no, you did role play. Yeah, yes you are.
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You can also use your rollability if you like.
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Wait. Wasn't there a fashion skill?
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There is. That's what I want you to roll
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sick. I'll roll Word Ribbon Style +6
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for an 11, A cool 11. Nice.
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Oh shit. Would you explode?
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Do you explode? Do you exploding?
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OK, yes. So that's going to be 18 + 17.
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Oh my God. So not only does it say your
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cool slogan on the back, it turns out it can say anything on
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the back. That's because there is an
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embedded dot matrix. Screen in the back of this
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jacket and it looks exactly like Vb's jacket if she turns it off.
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This might be the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life.
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I've been working on it since you left and we all have
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matching ones. Yeah, yeah.
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And you'll never guess this. And I walk them.
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Around the other. Side of the van and it's a mural
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of the three of us. We're all something for how good
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the mural is. OK, I no, I played for this.
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I well, I did it. I didn't think this was gonna
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happen. But I I think she's been she's
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been getting creative, right. This is what you got in your
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free time. Coyote The more technical and
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artistic things of life. I added some points to my paint
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draw sculpt. It's not a lot of points, but
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I'll roll for it. Let's.
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Do it. Oh, good for a cool 7.
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It's good, but the hands aren't right.
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It's like AI. This is the dark future so.
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This could be AI generated. Yeah.
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You know, I like, I have like a cousin that's super into like,
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you know, like they're a net runner and stuff.
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And they made a program for me. And I tried to just like Trace.
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I used it kind of as like a stencil and I was airbrushing
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it. But, you know, I think, I think
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it's kind of like it's a little old school.
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You know? Like, I think it's just a little
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retro. I think things that are perfect
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are actually imperfect, right? Yeah.
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You know what? We could take this and we can
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hang it in the bar. That's the side of my van.
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So I I don't know how but if you if.
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You want. Me to make a copy.
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I'll make more if you want. That's that's fine.
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I'm glad you wear you put it proudly on your your vehicle
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that's. Yeah.
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I mean the other side, I think the other side's better, but you
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know, I I did this side first, so.
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Hey, don't get down on yourself. It looks, well, I just feel
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like. I feel like maybe you don't like
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it very much. I I've.
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Love it. I've got to close.
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The bar for a bit. And narratively, you shouldn't
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come here anyway. So.
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I'll see you guys later. That's cool.
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I don't know. Paying pixels out like
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everything exists. Well, I.
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I actually have an apartment. I just.
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I've got my tennis lesson. No one ever asks about my life.
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I'll see you guys later. Hey, wait, what's your what's
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your story, man? Ping Nathan I'm.
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In the bar. When I speak, it sounds like
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music. I think that's cool.
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I used to be a doll. I love music.
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I love dolls. That's right.
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Not that kind of doll, honey. Oh.
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Doll like the and maybe does a little dance.
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But like you know. That's what she got.
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Honey. I don't do that anymore, though.
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Now I'm now I'm a fixer. Cool, That's cool.
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Good for you, homie. And they run a great bar that
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one day you both will be able to see, but you'll.
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Be able to see. I'm just, I'm just going to go
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and have my tennis lesson. I'll see you guys later.
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See you, Jim. They're cool.
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So is this who you're hanging out?
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Is this your new best friend? Phoebe, you're spending all your
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time with you. Talked about this.
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Ping is great. They run the bar where the rest
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of my crew does like, hang out and spend a lot of their time.
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But there's no need to. We don't.
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They're they're like coworkers. Really.
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Oh. Yeah, no, you're right.
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I. Hope they don't listen to this.
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I get that. I feel bad.
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No, I totally get you, man. That's.
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Yeah. No, I get it.
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All right. You know, you guys, you guys get
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me so. I won't tell anyone so.
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Should we go out? Yeah, let's get some bubbles,
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yeah? And you'll pile into the van and
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you drive out to the Bubble Cafe.
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Roll me a driving show. Cool, you roll dice in this
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game. The hell ooh, I exploded.
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I drive there so good. It's 33.
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You pull up outside of the Bubble Cafe and when you arrive
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outside, you're all excited. There's music playing on the
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radio. You go to park into the back.
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The one thing you notice before you start to park is the Bubble
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Cafe. It's dark.
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What? Maybe there's a grave Why is
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everybody closing? Oh, oh, like, OK.
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It's not like you mean like how no latency closed and how.
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Is it a holiday or something like what?
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The night is young? You're right, it's.
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Still in diapers, I look in the window.
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You can't see through the window since it's one way.
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I try the door. The door is locked.
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I pick it, you're. Gonna pick the lawn.
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Yeah, Okay, we're doing crimes. Already go?
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For it. I love crime and mischief.
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I mean, there's a vending machine on the outside.
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We could just have bubble tea from the vending machine and.
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Or would you get bubble tea from the vending machine and and pick
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the lock and drink it inside? Still, I rolled a 17. 17 is
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enough, you unlock the door. Hello anyone here?
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The door creaks open and knocks unceremoniously against the
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wall. The music is off.
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The internal lights have a glow to them, but they have been
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dimmed and it is basically silent.
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Roll a perception check like everybody.
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Or anybody who wants to know stuff about this room.
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I'm not gonna meta game. I don't think Coyote gives a
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shit. Ooh Vivi Dang.
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You rolled a 23 + 3 crit. That is the third crit in a row.
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I'll get to that in a second. Then, Vivi, what you notice is
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that the back door is unlocked, and that the door to the kitchen
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is unlocked and you hear someone in the kitchen.
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We probably could have just went through the backside,
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apparently, because all the other doors are unlocked.
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You can see that. You can see, I think things are
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locked or unlocked. That's so cool.
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I just. I just.
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Walk around. You have been you're obsessed
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because in the vending machine, the only thing you noticed when
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you rolled your imploding perception is in the vending
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machine there are two packets of bubble tea leaning against the
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glass. You just work it out.
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You're now obsessed with this because you can get two for one.
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Yes. Start shaking it.
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The tech shakes the vending machine.
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The tech Cool. Just like.
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Just like so. Overcome with excitement, I
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forget like my own skills. Fantastic.
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Roll rolling. Relatable.
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So relatable. I think there's somebody in the
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kitchen. I think I heard somebody around
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the back. Do we wanna ask them why it's
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closed? Yeah.
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Hey. Just.
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Walk in and just start shouting. Yeah.
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I rolled a 13 for brawling. 13 is enough.
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This vending machine's fairly empty and for the price of one
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of the packets, you get to. The packets do not come with
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drugs for legal reasons, They are just the they are just.
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What they are super useful for though, is you can take drugs
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and turn them into two doses rather than one.
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That's why the bubble tea is cool, because you can drink half
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of it and that's as much as one dose that makes your drugs go
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longer. It's a homebrew thing I made-up.
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I like it. Yeah, it's fun.
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Hey guys, I got you. For the price of. 1.
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Yeah, 15 Eddies. Nice.
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You nailed it. I'm proud of you.
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These people are going to be so confused.
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Hey, yeah. Hey person working back there
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your weekend? No, we're not open.
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Yeah. Why?
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Why aren't you open, though, is my question.
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And is that like, is that like, like you're closed, closed or
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like, you're closed? Phoebe.
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Hi. Hey, you are, you know, like,
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hey, you know like Iona and like being and stranger and like
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everybody knows each other, I guess.
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Except for Good Old Coyote and Teensy.
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It's nice to meet everybody. Hello, Nice to meet you And JK
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Reeves. And it is nice to meet you.
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Nice to meet you, Reeves. My guy.
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My name is Coyote. Yo fist bop fisted.
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That's totally right. My hand is wet because I was
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cleaning dishes. It is not urine.
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Mine's a little wet because I have clammy hands because being
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around people makes. Me a little nervous.
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It probably keeps you cool in the winter, yeah, but right now,
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not so much. You know what else keeps us cool
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or sweet? Jackets and.
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Your jackets are pretty Nerva and bubble tea could keep us
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cool. What's?
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The deal. Hiya tasty.
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Hey, T&T Coyote Vivi, I've got some bad news.
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We don't have any drugs, so. Well.
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Also, major bummer. And like Annie, Alice keep
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forgetting her name. She's like the person who
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normally works the desk. Apparently they're like raising
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the rent like extreme because the area is like.
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Expensive now, and there's. Like.
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Gentrification here in Night City.
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I tried spinning a sign, but like without drugs spends, it
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wants to come, yeah? Yeah, yeah, so.
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So like our drug dealer is missing and we owe more rent.
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That. Is not cool.
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Very not cool there. Were still dishes to do.
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I mean, considered living inside of vehicles.
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I find that living in a van is pretty cool because I never have
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to pay rent. I live in a shipping container,
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yeah. These are so.
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Creative. Reeves, are we best friends now.
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I don't know. You seem pretty nervous to me,
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Jim. Thanks Jim.
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If you had drugs, we would be best friends.
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I normally do have drugs, but again, I gave all my drugs to
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the bubble cafe because they needed them and then even my
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drugs wasn't enough because I only had like a gram so.
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Damn. But yeah, like the rent went up
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because of some, like, bullshit thing in the lease.
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Any Alice person she knows, she's out back having a
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cigarette in an existential crisis.
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Because, like, I don't know if you know this.
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It's all hurt. Like with, this isn't a chain.
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It's all her. It was all her idea.
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That's why. It's not fucking boba.
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Because, like legal reasons. Well, is there anything we can
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do to help? I mean, I love a female
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entrepreneurial type, so. I love drugs, so.
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Yeah, and I like employment, You know, this like pays half my
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rent. And like without customers, I'm
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not really sure how I'm going to get paid.
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Yeah. That's.
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Capitalism is a bitch, my guy. The math doesn't really work
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when I think about it because like if they get 0, how do I get
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something of 0? Bro, you can't.
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Divide by zero. I hate math too.
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I think it's a. Shit, yeah, I'm.
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Pretty good at it actually. So how can we help?
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Well, Alice is Outback. Yeah, I'm.
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Just. Here for flavor, literally
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because I'm the chef, haha. Well, we'll.
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Go. Talk to.
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Alice, OK, cool to see you, Vivi.
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Yeah, you as well first. Outback.
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Wait. Who unlocked the?
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Front door. Just go and deal with that.
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You guys have a great day. Hooligans.
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I like these like a video game character.
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Did you not know? I'm Reeves?
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I'm pretty cool. Yeah, like 6 dialogue options.
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I used to be an adventure, and then I replaced my hand.
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Fuck. Have you ever been to the Cloud
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District? No, I have not.
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That sounds like a great place to smoke, haha.
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Sia Reeves. OK, let's go out back.
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Outback Alice is leaning against one of the Porta potties,
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smoking a cigarette. Fuck.
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Oh. Fuck.
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Hey, girl, No. We closed.
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I'm sorry. Debrief that you in.
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He's such a he's nice, but he's such a dumb fuck.
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We are. Here.
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Yes. You're here to help.
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Yeah, sure. Me.
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I'm here to get drugs. I want to make that very clear,
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but I'm also here to support my friends.
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OK, well, we don't have any drugs.
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If you want to help me that would be great.
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When you're. Friends with real drugs, so.
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That coyote can come back here sometimes for drugs.
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Yeah, OK, we're, I mean, we we're kind of regular patrons
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and we, I I mean, I'm friends with.
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Grieves and he kind of told us the story about how you might go
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under. Oh yeah, no, we've we've got no
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money coming in. It's it's really bad.
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That sucks. Yeah, really does.
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Well, it's it's. So it's.
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I can't. What was your name?
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Sorry, I I think I met you like once.
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Right. I'm Vivi.
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Hi, Vivi. And they put out their hand.
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Nice to meet you. And these are my friends, my
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best friends. The name's Coyote, because my
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best friend. Hi, I'm Ann Alice.
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Ann, Alice and Alice. That's two names I love.
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It yeah, I sell drugs and I'm AA.
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That's cool. Hey, sober life is awesome.
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Don't let anybody make you feel bad about that.
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No, those are my initials. It's.
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True. I got it, yeah.
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Cool. That's funny.
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Thanks. Yeah, I am.
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You know I I I. Consider myself.
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To be a fairly lucky person. Like I found this lot when the
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building and building a building was really cheap and I got the
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front chain, so there's those two bowls on it.
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But what are the chances, Vivi? What are the fucking chances of
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me losing my drug dealer, who I buy my drugs wholesale from and
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my rent going up at the same time?
25:55
And Vivi. I'm not one for some
25:57
conspiracies, but something fucky is going.
26:04
On. That does sound like a target.
26:07
Intentional targeting of this place maybe?
26:12
Maybe you were threatening someone else's business.
26:15
Yeah. Look, this is the fucking letter
26:17
they gave me. Look at this shit.
26:20
Paper Holly Paper. Whoa, Holly paper.
26:25
That's. My.
26:26
That's my backup character's name.
26:28
Randy. Randy Chalet Properties.
26:33
Such a douche bag, yes. Dear tenant, it has come to our
26:38
attention that your business is going well.
26:40
Congratulations. Due to high demand of properties
26:44
and land in your area, RCP and associates are invoking a clause
26:48
in your lease. Yep.
26:50
Section 74-23 point 5. In the event of a market
26:56
fluxation, rents can increase for a period of four months by
27:00
up to 30%. This 30% is considered a
27:02
donation. And is not.
27:04
Tax. Deductible.
27:06
What? We are excited to be part of
27:08
your success and to share in the area's growth.
27:11
This increase of 30% is effective immediately.
27:14
Management, Have you thought about moving?
27:28
Hey, no Latency listeners, it's Spoon.
27:31
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27:34
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27:37
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27:44
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27:47
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the multiverse by searching for System Switch on your favorite
28:00
podcasting app. The building is cemented to the
28:12
ground. Well.
28:13
I mean like it doesn't need to be the building.
28:15
You could just like move the business somewhere I have.
28:18
Enough money to move the building, but if I move it from
28:22
here, my business is dead. This is the area.
28:25
See, this is the thing, Coyote, right?
28:29
If I had my drug dealer, honestly, like, I'm not being
28:32
funny. 30 percent's nothing. Like it's not getting there.
28:35
Anyway, it's. Doing so well.
28:38
But like, I know that they want to build a bunch more apartments
28:42
around here and like do a bit more gentrification and stuff
28:45
and we're just. This Cool.
28:46
Little Bubble Cafe man. And it's a good spot.
28:50
About proposing that they just build apartments around the
28:56
business and then like you have built in customers they like
29:01
live on top of you. I mean that would be ideal, but
29:04
they want to put that building. And she points at one building
29:07
across from the parking lot and then points to the other side.
29:10
Of that building and build them together.
29:15
Have you thought about? Taking your business to the
29:18
streets. I said this earlier to Reeves,
29:22
living out of a van is pretty cool.
29:24
I'm. Sure, this is one of the few
29:25
areas where you can sell drugs and the NCPD won't come on
29:29
knocking on my door. Well, you just have.
29:31
This is one of the few As that have permits.
29:34
My point is I can't. The machines also giant that
29:38
does the drugs and the bubble thing.
29:42
I thought you kind of just like. I don't know what I thought,
29:45
like you had fruit or something and you put something in it.
29:49
They pop. They're a physical object.
29:51
It's not bubbles. Yeah, but doesn't it?
29:52
I've never had fruit before. Doesn't it like, kind of do that
29:56
anyway? Isn't that like, the whole?
29:58
Oh, I don't know. I like that you you got spunk.
29:59
I don't have fruit. I just.
30:01
I just invented things that could hold.
30:06
Kid. No, I don't.
30:07
Very innovative, I checked. Not between my legs at all,
30:10
that's. All right, I don't know why you
30:13
needed to. Be like that about it, but.
30:16
Because the joke was sitting there and I really wanted to
30:18
make it. So who?
30:21
Was your dealer? Is your dealer or Dean?
30:25
Yeah, nice guy. Bit of a mocha and.
30:28
He. Hasn't returned my calls.
30:30
When slash where did you last hear from Dean?
30:36
Today before I got this letter and now I can't get hold of him.
30:42
Here. Right.
30:44
And his he said his delivery was delayed for some reason.
30:47
Said he was going to go and check something out with his.
30:51
Ladies clowns. Something.
30:54
Like we have a mystery to solve. That's cool, I.
31:00
Mean. That'd be great.
31:01
I'll give you free drinks for a night.
31:03
I'm in SOLD. OK, cool.
31:07
Enthusiastic, right? Yeah.
31:12
I like boba bubbles. I like bubbles.
31:14
I think it's me. I think it's me too.
31:18
The. It's.
31:18
Only was the vibe. You know it's.
31:20
Definitely the vibe. It's a great unique niche
31:25
because you got bubble tea and you got drugs.
31:27
So I think it's a good business, yeah.
31:31
And I would hate to see it go under.
31:34
Yeah, I don't want it to be replaced by a Sorville coffee.
31:36
Not again. Oh gosh, Sova.
31:38
Oh gosh, that everywhere literally tastes like gasoline.
31:45
Yeah. Disgusting.
31:47
That's because I think there might be tune for in it.
31:50
I wouldn't be surprised, right? OK, we need to figure out where
31:58
Dean is. Maybe he might be able to.
32:04
Help. And I don't know, you guys seem
32:06
pretty tough. If you wanted to, like, have a
32:08
word with my landlord, here's the address.
32:11
That's fair. I hate landlords.
32:14
I think everybody does. Maybe they give us an extension
32:18
because the drug dealer is missing.
32:20
What if? We.
32:22
Killed your landlord. You probably just take his.
32:26
Place. Boom.
32:27
So I just want to because they can only do it for four months.
32:31
I can live that. That's fine.
32:33
Right, but you let me know, wink.
32:39
Oh, that's cute. Yeah.
32:42
Coyote's cute. It's true.
32:44
Thanks. And the matching jackets and all
32:45
of that? Nice.
32:48
So Dean. Dean.
32:50
Dean. Yeah, He lives under an overpass
32:54
in. Love a good overpass.
32:57
Yeah, he lives in a shipping container or two.
32:58
I think Reeves. I think that's where he lives,
33:00
that. Makes sense?
33:02
What do you think, Phoebe? Is that what we should do?
33:04
Go find Dean. Yeah, Phoebe, this is all up to
33:07
you, man. Yes, I think we should.
33:11
Cool. Where does Dean?
33:14
Where do you usually meet Dean for like?
33:18
He delivers. That's why I like it.
33:19
Also, he delivers in bulk. And when I say bulk, I mean.
33:23
So. OK, does he say where he usually
33:28
like gets his pickups or like where he resides or what?
33:33
How does he get? Have you bought?
33:36
I'm a doctor. I get her prescriptions.
33:39
Yeah. OK, crazy.
33:42
I don't. Know you must be.
33:44
Doing Coyote, you said you bought drugs.
33:46
No, I mean, my mom always said you never you never pay for your
33:51
own drugs. You should use your womanly
33:53
Wiles to try and get them first. So right.
33:56
Well, normally I just like hang out with enough people out in
33:59
the desert and then. You can get stuff that way.
34:03
And then I came here and realized you can also purchase
34:07
drugs. So none of you and and the tiny
34:11
one you you seem. I have picked up drugs from like
34:15
haul it out cacti before. No, no, the one behind you.
34:18
No, there's there's no one. Teams you.
34:20
Hi. You've not bought drugs.
34:24
No, no, no, so. You guys have never bought
34:28
drugs. Yeah.
34:30
As in general. I mean, you bought them from me,
34:33
but did you ask me where the drugs came from?
34:36
This is an establishment. Right.
34:38
OK, so I don't ask Dean where he gets the drugs.
34:43
They're good quality, they don't kill people, and he delivers
34:46
them in a crate that doesn't say this is cocaine on the side of
34:49
it. And I'm.
34:50
I love that about Dean. Dean's a bit of a penis, but
34:54
that's OK. He's.
34:55
Just kind of a mo. And I don't ask.
34:57
He drops his crates off, I give him some eddies, and he leaves.
35:00
Do the crates have any labelings on them or anything?
35:03
Like that, Yeah. Say this.
35:05
Is cocaine on it? Oh no, you just said.
35:07
Actively doesn't say. That they were like OK, like no
35:11
brand like fake brands or anything like say like Ora
35:14
SOCRA. So like, if you look at it
35:16
really fast, you might think it's Arasaka.
35:18
That they're basic bitch crates. They're just crates.
35:22
OK, I want a crate. Yeah.
35:25
Huh. Well, and do you just?
35:26
Go to the shipping yard then and just like start opening all of
35:29
the crates, right? I might take a lot of time but.
35:33
Night City is huge. Do you know any other people
35:36
Dean would deliver to? Sore tooth and like maybe tuna.
35:42
OK, so. Maybe stranger, actually.
35:46
So. We could try talking to property
35:50
management or. We can try tracing steps.
35:57
Dean. Or both.
36:01
My only thoughts with talking to property management is that,
36:05
like, if it's like all a conspiracy, like we might just
36:09
make things worse. But it can't get any worse than
36:12
this. And I could evict you.
36:16
I mean not until the end of the month and paid up.
36:19
But they don't really seem like. Fair landlords.
36:22
No, I know. But I my my lease lets me be
36:25
here for three years. If I can just get through these
36:29
four months, I'm good. They can't do that for like
36:31
another 2 1/2 years. That'd be nice.
36:35
OK, let's see if we can find Dean wherever they might be.
36:45
Let's go talk to some of his other potential.
36:49
Patient patience. I'm sorry.
36:51
I keep using. Medical terms.
36:54
I mean, Reid knows where he lived, so you could just.
36:57
Ask him. Yeah, you know, I should have
37:01
known that. He would know.
37:03
That's silly of me. All right, let's go.
37:07
Let's go retrace these steps here.
37:09
Don't worry. We are going to save your bubble
37:12
tea place. Yeah.
37:13
Yeah, yeah. Thanks guys.
37:15
Appreciate it. Man.
37:17
They're so chill, but their business about to go under.
37:20
I mean, they seem pretty stressed out in the.
37:24
In the distance as you close the door behind you.
37:28
Fuck. Just here, outside.
37:30
Never mind. I don't know.
37:31
I feel like it seems a little performative.
37:33
Right? Like.
37:36
What seems? Providing a deal.
37:38
They're grief differently. You can't really judge it.
37:41
You guys just walking through the store.
37:43
I just locked it. Hold on.
37:45
Oh, wait, We have a question for you.
37:46
Wait, Hi. Hi.
37:50
I opened the door for you like a gentleman.
37:51
Such a. Gentleman.
37:54
Thanks. So.
37:56
Reeves. That's me.
37:59
We're going to try to save the business and we need your help.
38:04
Oh, OK. So Dean, you drug dealer.
38:09
Oh yeah. What do you know about him?
38:14
Where does he live? What's his usual habits like?
38:16
How is what you know? He lives in two shipping
38:20
containers. He has the same landlord as this
38:24
place, the underpass, and like I'm like 3 lots over, but I have
38:32
a different landlord. OK.
38:37
So I I I just, you know. You haven't checked on him
38:40
recently since he, like, went missing.
38:43
He delivers. Right, but like since you
38:46
stopped delivering, you didn't, like go to check on him?
38:49
Well, you know. As like an addict of several
38:52
substances, I have more than one dealer for my many needs.
38:56
But you don't. None of them can deal in bulk to
38:59
save here, no. No, no.
39:02
Again, I had like a gram and it's gone.
39:05
No, no, I get that. That no.
39:06
That was very nice of you. Cool.
39:10
Yeah. So 2.
39:12
The shipping containers. I guess.
39:16
Yeah, which shipping containers specifically do you know by
39:19
chance? He's like 3 lots over the the
39:23
the same landlord as this place like.
39:27
OK. Like their place.
39:30
Do you have the address for the the landlord guy?
39:33
Wait. You got a car?
39:35
To rent or something. Randy Chalet.
39:38
Yeah, yeah, that douche. Yeah.
39:40
Where? Where does he live?
39:41
Where is he at? Oh, he's like four blocks that
39:44
way and around the corner. And then the shipping lot is
39:48
like another four blocks after that.
39:50
Sweet. OK, like same Rd., just keep
39:54
going. Wild, yeah.
39:57
Two lights, not one. It's also big and green.
40:00
You can't miss it. OK.
40:02
All right. Let's thank you Reeves for your
40:07
help. This is actually super helpful.
40:09
OK. You're doing great.
40:12
Thanks. Let's go to the shipping
40:17
container. All right.
40:20
Are you coming with Reeve? Reeve.
40:22
No, I was just agreeing with you because it felt like the vibe.
40:25
It's going to be nice. I get it.
40:27
Vivi has this like natural leadership quality like.
40:31
The whole crew at no latency. You just like want to jump in.
40:35
Although the one time they did ask me to help, I totally fucked
40:38
that up. Yeah, it's it's OK, Reeves,
40:41
you're you're being very helpful right now.
40:42
So. Hey, when you say sorry to Jeb,
40:45
is he still angry with me? Probably.
40:49
But that's OK. I he he holds grudges.
40:53
But like one time he killed somebody from the the you know
40:58
he was holding like a long grudge and like I had a race and
41:03
yeah and then at the end like he he killed him.
41:06
I wasn't expecting, but I don't think you have to worry about.
41:08
That I love. A revenge quest, yeah?
41:11
Yeah, yeah. Jeb shooting someone in the head
41:14
That seems on Brad. Yeah, yeah, So.
41:18
But I will let you. I will let him know that you are
41:21
sorry and still feeling bad, and I'm sure it'll all be fine.
41:25
OK, bye. Let's go.
41:30
Jace is Jace is Brad. Bye, Jim.
41:36
He's he's he's probably not in good shape with Jeb, so well, I
41:44
really like him. Maybe this Jeb guy's got it
41:46
twisted because I don't know how Reeves could fuck up so bad, you
41:49
know, I just, his heart's in the right place.
41:52
He's got a good aura, you know. It's it's in the right place.
41:57
You're right about that. But you know, look, my medical
42:01
advice is sometimes. Too much drugs can mess with you
42:07
a little bit too much, for sure. Yeah.
42:10
You gotta like know your limits. But like, I mean you know it's
42:17
I've, I've seen some cases but you know.
42:20
He's a good guy. And you're saying this as you
42:23
will climb into the van? Yeah, just move those.
42:26
Just move those kibble wrappers. It should be.
42:29
She's like moving shit around. She lives there.
42:35
So where you going to the shipping container sounds?
42:39
Good girls. Night, girls.
42:42
Night, I turn on the radio. Oh, OK.
42:47
Are you talking on the radio? I what a spot, a music player.
42:52
But you have a radio in the car, you could do yours.
42:56
I like it. Maybe if we like sync up our
42:58
music players at the same time, it'll be twice as loud.
43:02
Yeah, you know, this song is really good.
43:04
I just don't know why. It's like the only song I ever
43:07
hear on the radio. You know, like, what's that all?
43:09
About they. Play those popular songs over
43:13
and over. Whoa, whoa.
43:20
A remix? Yeah, I bet this song will be so
43:25
much better if I have some falling drugs.
43:30
Well, we'll turn the Brady one again once and get some funny
43:32
funny. Funny.
43:42
Funny as you arrive outside the overpass.
43:46
Which has these two shipping containers locked together.
43:51
I go to check this vending. Is that a vending machine?
43:55
Are there any loose items? Role perceptions.
43:59
You're going to check every single one.
44:04
I love that. 15. Yes, you find a bag of kibble
44:10
that not only is hanging out of the hook, but you're fairly
44:12
certain if you did just the right knock.
44:15
That it would fall to the bottom and you'd get it for free.
44:18
I knock it. Knock it.
44:21
Roll whatever. Roll brawling.
44:24
Or. A Malay weapon if you like.
44:26
You want or some sort of tech to try to, you know, hack the
44:30
vending machine to that plus on dance check.
44:34
If it's hanging there, that's true.
44:36
So much work, that's true. I can just hit it and the
44:41
vending machine is actually like a whole net architecture. 18
44:49
Yeah, damn, yeah no, it falls to the bottom and you get an Eddy
44:55
spits out the machine as well. Just one.
44:58
But it's like, oh dude, it's like finding a dollar.
45:01
Now the problem is Tinsy is you just made a bar load of noise
45:07
and you hear voices. Do you hear anything?
45:13
I know, I heard like somebody hitting a vending machine.
45:15
Yeah, yeah, like the. Distinctive sound of somebody
45:17
hitting right. Did we hold on?
45:22
And then these two guards appear from around the corner of the
45:25
show. Quick, you guys change your
45:26
jackets to night mode. The.
45:32
Guy. Points his.
45:32
Gun at you, you know. It's not dusk yet, right?
45:39
Oh. Shit.
45:40
Son's still setting. Oh, oh shit.
45:43
Are we not trespassing? You should leave we.
45:47
Live here. A private vending machine?
45:49
Yeah, we live here. My new roommate's name is
45:52
Reeves. He's really cool and I was just
45:54
stopping by to show my girlfriends.
45:55
Reeves lives three months that way.
45:57
And he's not. Yeah, well, he was giving him a
45:59
tour of the lot. You know, I was like, hey, look,
46:02
this is where my neighbors live. And Reeves, Huh.
46:06
Reeves is working right now, OK? And I was just gonna show my
46:11
girlfriends here my new spot. All right, Welcome to my crib
46:17
kind of vibe. But I so I don't.
46:19
I don't need all of this negative energy.
46:23
Wolf Cut. OK.
46:26
So and he, one of their guards walks over to the front door of
46:30
this shipping container apartment, looks down at the
46:31
ground. There in front of the door, on
46:33
the ground, genuinely right now is the word Dean.
46:38
So. You're.
46:39
Dean, huh? Because here's The funny thing.
46:42
We're going to make sure they're there.
46:44
Dean's busy, so we have to make sure that he stays busy.
46:52
Um, she said. Her name was Wolf Cut, not Dean.
46:55
That's like super ominous and like way more information than I
46:58
was looking for. So if you don't want to loiter
47:01
wherever I get it, we'll just go.
47:03
Do they have some other place to hang out?
47:05
OK. Are there guard uniforms like
47:08
from a company like oh we work for such and such, or are they
47:11
just like mercenary type guards? They're mercenary type guards
47:16
that have ripped off their insignias.
47:18
Like Velcro that pulled off the Velcro techniques.
47:22
Yeah, you know, it's kind of weird that this place suddenly
47:24
is like super heavy guarded and stuff like.
47:28
Yeah, isn't it? Yeah, this place used to be.
47:31
Yeah. The guard on the other side
47:34
pulls out his agent and just starts counting turn all.
47:38
Right. Come on, girls, let's go in the
47:40
van. We don't need a fuck with these
47:42
losers anymore. Not.
47:44
How these big scary men are afraid of three girls came back.
47:48
Yeah, TT. Be.
47:50
Careful you guys. 'S gonna get you.
47:52
You're so numb. Yeah.
47:57
No, I'm gonna get in the car. That is what I said I was gonna
48:00
do. Get in the car.
48:01
That does not mean I'm leaving. Come up with a Plan B.
48:05
You all pile into the car, OK, you guys, I do have a Plan B,
48:08
but I don't think you're gonna like it are.
48:10
You gonna run them over? Are you going to?
48:12
And I'm flooring. Yeehaw.
48:31
Next time on No Latency sidequest.
48:40
Kind of like Wanna Hit and Run? You want us to shoot at them?
48:44
I gotta go. The option is on the table.
48:47
Get 'em. I like where your head's at
48:49
though. Ah damn it, I have quite
48:52
possibly the coolest weapon of all time.
48:56
So. Cute.
48:58
That's kawaii as hell. Uh oh.
49:01
Critical injury table maybe? Yeah.
49:03
Yeah, yeah, where that came from.
49:04
Punk, this is Cyberpunk. Bitch, That's.
49:08
My cuteness You're right. You're lucky.
49:11
It's going to be another 6 seconds before I can beat your
49:13
ass. First thing, I just don't know
49:16
why I really needed to resort to that.
49:18
They were being so extra about it, you know?
49:21
I have a feeling I know who, but maybe we can confirm it.
49:24
Yeah, I'm good, man. We just we're picking up some
49:27
super smoking babes over here. Hey, you're coming to our place
49:32
later, right? We're just tended to be on a new
49:34
apartment. Just kidding.
49:36
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50:01
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