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No Latency: Side Quest - "Racing for Joy" Pt.1 · No Latency

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Welcome to no latency sidequest, our bonus podcast, for our
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listeners with special guests and side Adventures, that affect
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the main story of no latency this time, Jeb is Racing for joy
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and retro is tagging along. With special guest star, Miss
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magitek, joining us with a new character.
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Jeb has no idea that Eddie the trick has already laid out plans
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for his revenge. He may have taken it a little
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too far. Because this time, this race is
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personal. Shall We Begin?
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Anyway, retro, you know, as I was saying, I really think that
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if we can just up the horsepower on my back who I really don't
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think of we've been, we're going to even gonna be using Vanna
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White anymore. It's a very Blasphemous thing to
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say, but I get what you're saying.
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I'm just saying, I've had this back for a while.
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It seems like a, like, a hardly use it.
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It's true. I mean, you use it like sharing
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the. Here's the hair, right, crash?
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You hear something you hear a crash?
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They all say that's strange. Sergio Rossi.
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He's probably at his business right now.
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It's not like he lives at the bar anymore.
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Oh, no. No, he's banned all the way.
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Oh no. Oh, oh about 90 degrees.
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No, it's where they have to ask stranger.
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It's where they have to ask. I'm on a lot of kitten cats
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right now will Ken's knees. Don't do that either actually
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aren't kittens legs the opposite way than a humans.
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Rarely, I'm fairly certain that no medical attention.
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So are we yelling down to you down the stairs?
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Yes, because I I don't think I should walk on.
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Hey, look. Look at look down the stairs.
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I'm at the bottom. I failed.
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Oh yep. And You look in the stands.
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And his leg is bent the wrong way by 90 degrees.
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Here, legs aren't supposed to bend that waste stranger, um,
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nope, there's the pain. Come on, come on.
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All right, I'm gonna lazily text Sawtooth.
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Hey, retro, we still got that that antigrav lift sang. 16 is
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enough for you to get him up the stairs.
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Oh, God. Damn it.
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Oh Yeah, so we're not gonna he won't fit on that.
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He well, he sits down on one of the benches you flocking into.
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When I get boots. Jeff, did you call saw to?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Call them a call them. You see me like, take the data
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pad next to me. Like, what would you be doing?
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If you send a quick text, you get an out of office message and
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so do you retro? Oh that's right.
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It's date night. Fuck, we're screwed.
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Do we use Is that some kind of date?
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I have no idea. I signed an NDA.
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I can't say anything about anything.
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I know. Fair play, retro.
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You gotta make could you like hack into his account or
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something and tell them you know, find out where he is
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because give, you know, stop by real quick, right?
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It's at this moment that ping walks over to the booth and
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drops a whiskey on the table. Thanks Ben.
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Um, hey, you guys know that, like Sawtooth isn't the only
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Medic in town, right? Yeah.
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But he's the one that we've already like work with him, you
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know. It's like, I'd forgotten.
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I know he's like a family Petty attrition.
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Yeah, I know. But I mean, he's not, he's not
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going to be the only Medical Professional you work with.
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That would be silly. Well, he's the only one at know.
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Yeah, but what happens when he's not available like now, look
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strangers. Leg is the wrong way.
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I don't know. I just feel very good.
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Well, Your he's just gonna have to wait until Sawtooth comes
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back. I don't know what to tell him.
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Hold on. I mean we have ping and ping is
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by far the the best fixer in town since Domino's not here.
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Exactly. Did you want me to just roll the
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Rolodex? Yeah, just flip on through
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wherever your finger lands, I guess we'll have to go with
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unless, you know, a really, really, really good one.
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That's cheap. Then we'll do that one.
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I'll just flick, be more fun. Slick tick, tick, tick tick.
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I don't know why. I rolled the dice there.
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I know why I'm doing this. Hey, I'm just surprised.
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You actually have a Rolodex episode.
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Ancient know it's holographic. But yeah, yeah, yeah, that's
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like from 10 years ago, update you on, come on.
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Yeah, but this one, this one thinks better with my tire.
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Anyway, let's not let's not start the top.
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ABB morning, not XIV. I'm gonna be the Baby blue.
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And across town, sitting on the top of a building, just enjoying
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the view, there's a med tech. Hanging out.
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This is your dude is your character smoke.
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She does, yes. Right.
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Ridiculous for a medical profession.
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Is it is. So on top of this building is
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this Medtech called Vivi, and they're just having a smoke on
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top of a building chilling out cigarette.
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In one hand, coffee in the other hand.
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Yep. And now you get a phone call.
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I'm am I imagine you have some kind of hands-free kit?
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Yes, agent. Answer.
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This is Phoebe. Hi Vivi, my name is Ping and I
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took over Domino's contracts a while back.
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I've got a guy in my bar with like his leg.
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The wrong way, you free to do a consultation.
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Oh how, how wrong are we talking here?
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The other way? Oh, oh yeah, okay, sure.
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Do you know where crystals? A joyous.
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Yes, I do. Good of that place.
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Yeah, he sent me. Got it.
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Thanks pink. You're welcome.
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And there's a ladder on the side of the building.
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You can either choose to do that or you can like jump off the
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building a hurt yourself. It's up to you.
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Well, that is tempting but I will take the safe.
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Out head down the ladder, grab my coat.
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I have like a long. Well, I have my usual medical
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code and everything like that, but I would probably grab grab
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my bag and grab. I have like a long greed.
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Look, nice, cool. Well, you Scurry down this.
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The alleys and side streets of night City looking like one of
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the crew from The Matrix apparently but in a cool way as
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you turn a corner, it be blows slightly to the side is you and
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a skid to a halt ever. The medical professional and
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watch you arrive outside crystals by Joy.
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And there's no one there. Hello.
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I like I had it. I'm like just kind of circling
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around. Yeah.
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Hello bro. Perception is 1717 more than
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enough? Yeah, the doors are locked.
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I open it up. Hello, as you walk in the little
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shop Bell goes off. It closes.
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There's some calming music playing but no one behind the
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counter. But a lot of pretty gems.
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Like you remember, I heard there was an emergency mentors, will
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you gotta like be more All about leaving the door, open like
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that. Jeb You hear someone asking that
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upstairs? Hello.
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I don't want pain. Yes.
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Who is that? No, joy usually just let people
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into the vending machine. It yeah.
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I quickly walk up and right before I get to the top of the
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stairs, I imagine it's a hidden door, right?
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Yes. What is it hidden behind a
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vending machine? So I like the way to him, you
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really do know that you've been through it more than once.
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Also, the bar being hidden was your idea.
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Yes. Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah. So.
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But before I get to the top, though, like its It's closed.
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Its is true. Sometimes sometimes I try to buy
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chips and it opens the door I might, oh, it's that one.
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But right before I get to the very top, you know, before I hit
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the button to open it up, I kind of like, like take my coat off
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and like, tuck in my shirt and like, but hello, welcome to
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Crystal's bad Joy. I'm Jay Jen.
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I'm I'm Jen Jen. Yeah.
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Great to meet you, would you like to see our specials on
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high? Right.
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I'm not sure if your joy but ping sent me.
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Text notes ping. Sent me pain, sent you?
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Yeah, I heard that there was a medical emergency so I'm here.
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Oh yes. Talk about this white ball.
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Follow my, there's a, there's a man with his legs backwards.
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But that's, that's what I heard he keeps using these terms.
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Like you have this conversation, as you come down the spiral
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staircase, the vending machine door closes on its own and you
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are now in the bar, how tall is v v?
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V v is about five foot six. So average height, Okay, well
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Phoebe, everyone knows how tall you are because when you get to
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the front of the door, next to the door, as you enter the bar,
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is a yardstick, like, from a convenience store.
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This is now Cannon by the way, because it happened in the last
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side quest. So there's like this, yardstick
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next to the door. So everyone knows how tall you
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are. So we all now know and we want
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is a judge, you harshly for their camera.
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That catches like, alright? This person's 556 place is full
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of cameras because in a, I used to run it.
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So yes. Yeah.
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Right this way doctor, as you can see, left leg looks fine,
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but the right leg in my professional opinion is fucked.
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Yes, that is a that is a great description of it.
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I can probably give a more detailed diagnosis.
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If I just take a look at it looks are not going now.
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Damn it. Oh God, the pain comes in waves.
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Is that normal here? Let me let me just and And I
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take out an air hypo. I think that could have.
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Yeah. I mean I'm like I should know
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this. I'm a med tech.
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I'm going to try to like kind of ease their pain a little bit
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here and then we'll do a more in-depth.
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Diagnosis is it? You doing speed Hill?
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Yeah, I'm gonna do. I'm gonna do like yeah.
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Just a quick. A quick relief.
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Okay. So sorry they have to roll for.
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Yeah, it in my notes is this per se?
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Yeah, you roll. First aid, 17?
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Yes. Very good.
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You jab the hypo into his leg. Assuming this man dressed like a
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cowboy is you know tough. He's not, he screams like a
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girl. Do your work someone when you do
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that? I'm sorry.
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I'm so sorry it'll get better soon.
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Promise. Oh yeah.
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No my whole leg is numb and now I'm feeling really good.
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Damn. I'm Gonna Roll resist.
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Torture drug. He he, he looks at you and he is
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trying desperately to hold his head up.
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You know what? I rolled like a twill.
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So I'm like three seconds, four and half way through the
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sentence. He falls over and he's probably
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in a much better state to be worked on fix his leg.
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I mean, retro come back with two glasses of whiskey and I got you
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another whiskey to fall asleep already.
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Hi kind of helped with that. A little bit.
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Jeb takes the extra shot. Thanks retro, appreciate that
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shot of Courage. So what happened to him and he I
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guess I should have asked him before, I kind of knocked him
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out there. Jeb looks over at retro and
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goes. He was fighting to Grizzly buyer
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and the grizzly. He you should have seen the
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other guy. Grabs your Empty Glass, Jeff.
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It's not wise to lie to medical professionals.
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He fell down stairs. Oh yeah.
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Going to be honest, don't know. Exactly what made him fall down
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the stairs, but he does have a habitual habit of doing kitten.
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Catch always higher at night. Yeah, he's high on kitten, catch
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right now. For sure I've heard of kitten
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catch I have you know you know let me just let me just look at
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the leg and see how bad it is and roll perception.
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We'll see how long Long. He needs to try to very good.
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Excellent. What how the fuck did you roll
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that controls? This car is very good.
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I know only a 5% year old you rolled a 9.
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That's why nice work. Very good anyway.
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He's dislocated his knee and turn to ligaments.
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It's a super easy fix. He if you wanted to, you could
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install cybertek piece that would reinforce his leg and he
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wouldn't really feel the difference, repairing the to You
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would give him a mild limp but calls him.
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No other damage. I'll go ahead and install and
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just pause got Bunches of cyberware so you can assume he's
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good. Okay.
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And I'll pop that a break back in as he this disgusting crunch,
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which you seem to do, you seem to push his leg back with effort
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and with no Grimace everyone else in the room, though, this
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crunch goes right through your spine.
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Sorry, I should have taken him somewhere.
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I am so sorry, I Just did this in front of everybody.
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This is, this is awkward. I'm I I'm kind of new to the
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medical field I should have mentioned that.
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I'm like, learning a lot things but this was really, this is
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really good. This, he should be fine.
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Roll first aid, 22? Yeah.
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Rosa really good. You're trolling.
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Great. This is bad because later on we
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need you to roll very well. Good, excellent.
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Yeah, so you rolled 22 his leg snaps back into position and the
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Very disgusting sound but you install the cybertek pretty
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simply replacing the torn ligaments you find an
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appropriate place to throw them away.
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Ping looks really disgusted. As you put it in a trash can and
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his knee should be right as rain in a few hours after you
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administer a little cream. Well done duck.
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Damn. And that's that.
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Yeah, easy So do I get paid for this?
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I mean oh yeah. That's a lot.
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Yeah. You're gonna who called you here
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again ping? All right.
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Yeah, that's a that's them out of there.
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I'm confused. I thought this was an
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internship. Yeah, I mean I do residency.
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I am an intern but I still get paid in some senses.
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I get paid in its Experience and he was it, girl?
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Right. Can I write you a note or
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something for your internee? And I reckon the nice guys.
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I'll pay the bill. How much is it?
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How much do medical people get paid?
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This is a good question if I'm honest, we're going with the
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real world things. It depends what country are in
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because in America it's 40 times what everyone else charges and
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this is the dark future cyberpunk.
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So Teatime the whole insurance. I mean, you really gotta, you
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gotta Bill insurance and it's a whole thing.
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It's Stranger Comes Back to do have no insurance fuck that.
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Looks like a snake. So usually trauma, team charges,
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well, depending on who you are, they usually charge like at
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least for a fix like this. Probably it's like, 1000 year
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old bucks. One that 1,000 for this and
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he'll meet up a follow-up. He'll need a follow up and make
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sure that he still has like a still good and all of the
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everything was installed properly.
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So that'll probably be another like 600 Euro books for a
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follow-up appointment. So yeah, I think that that
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should be good. 1,000. Okay and I mean I suppose it was
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a rush job so let me see. See what I'll pay you 18:50,
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1850. Normal Medtech.
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Couldn't show up there on them holiday or away.
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Thank you. He's on a date.
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I also think he's on a date, but he also isn't necessarily very
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good with trauma. He more just sort of fixes.
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Yeah. What's what?
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I mean? See do what is his?
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No, I mean reinstalled vendors like I suppose so and to be
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fair, he also helped fix my emotional trauma.
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So yeah, that's true. And he's happy with the he's
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never gone on. Like it's never gone on like a
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mission with any of you like it. What if, what if Jeb couldn't
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regrow? Oh, so you're from now, we're
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all human perception, human perception.
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There's 13 have TV was 10. You definitely heard ping say,
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what would have happened if Jeb couldn't regrow their leg, huh?
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Did I hear that, right? Are you okay?
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I'm fine, I won't talk about it. Oh, Sore subject and I'd prefer
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if we just keep this professional, that's fair.
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I am a medical professional or intern at least.
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So I can help, well, unless you can get this.
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Well, hold on. Do you have a way to somehow
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extract? Some God, forbidden experimental
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drugs from my blood. This is a bad idea.
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From your extract from your blood.
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Whose phone is. Ringing a paint?
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Can you stop doing that with your mouth?
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Please jab. Your phone is going off.
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Oh, miss y'all? It's me Jim.
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Jeb you just opened a text message and tried to say hello
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to it and who wasn't Oh, look. Oh shit.
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Well fuck oh fuck. Oh shit, is everything.
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Okay, you look a little pressed. Yeah.
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Well stress is not usually a good thing to have, especially
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with whatever might have recently happened to you, just
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an FYI. Well you know what else?
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I grow higher. Blood pressure not good.
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Well yeah but what would you do if the love your laugh was
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kidnapped by some vindictive Street racer man.
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Oh well the love of your life. Well, I mean the lightest Sager.
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Hey the trick sent me a message. See, as we have drawn Lose the
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race to know that. If you come after her, she dies.
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If you win the race, she dies. If you go to the Press, she
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dies. Just lose the race and she'll be
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returned, mostly intact. You never deserve the tab on jib
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staying in your lane dick. But then it's signed 80.
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It's not scientific but honestly, I like the other one
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better. I agree.
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I think he's a dick. Yeah, he's so petulant about the
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blood raise. The only race them once and he
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lost and I won fair and square didn't even cheat, or nothing?
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Yeah, he's over One race. So this is the second time
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you're having to raise him, you didn't even tell me you were
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racing. Or actually, I think this is the
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third also. Apparently, I'm pinging shows
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you their tail. I've been invited to, like, a
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big race tonight with you and Eddie the trick.
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Oh, he's gonna die, I'm Gil. Well, what it's got, the rice
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puffs on here though. That's cool.
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Oh, was it go bad? Huh says here you have to take
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the curvy roads in in the 7th division.
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So there's this like big drifting thing you have to do.
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And then you have to go through downtown, which is also all like
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corners. And then you have to jump over a
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warehouse that will explode shit.
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That sounds cool. Hmm.
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Well I think we got a few few options there retro.
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O.j. What if we, what if we just nip
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this what? Jab your your bike can't make
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that jump. You'll need something to that.
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It's too big and ping shows you on their tail.
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The jump, that is that's a big one.
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Well, I'm gonna need. You can even upgrade or
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something that's. That's it.
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Same and all of you. Look at it and it looks like
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it's going to be fucking cool but it's like who's that?
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Who's that Daredevil Evel? Knievel meal.
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Looks like an Evel. Knievel jumped to.
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This is really dangerous. Yeah, I think I'm gonna need
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some Grab Jets on this bad boy? Yeah, I don't even think old
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man. Pastrana could make that old man
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to man. He's been going at it for some
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time. Now you're not actually thinking
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of doing this. That does not look like any.
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I mean maybe if you if you get some sort of upgrades but this
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is really dangerous. Now, I'm just annoyed.
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Well, I've got I got killed and I think I know exactly the way
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to do it. Kill Him, Yoko, Ono, Eddie's
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gun. I play in Fair, nor nice this
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time. He lost fair, and square.
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Last time, I didn't cheat no more.
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Nothing this time. I'm going to sit.
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A few booby traps on the along the way.
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Do you mean you're going to get retro to set a bunch of booby
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traps on the way? Well, I'm gonna help thing.
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Okay, yeah. Hey, you know how normally you
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guys have like Mendel and I owner and Sano.
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Yeah, where are they? They're not here.
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I'm saying that. If you do go and do this, you're
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probably going to get hurt. Hey Vivi, do you work on
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retainer? Yes.
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If it can go part of my hours for trauma teen internship.
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Well, I'm one of the one of the top fixes and all of night City,
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I can sign up at work. Don't worry about it, I'll get
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it done. Okay, I'll tell you what, if you
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do this job? I'll make sure that half of your
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hours are enough. All right, sign me up.
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Sign me up. This is gonna be good for my
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entire semester. I will be that's a year of your
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certification that I can. Just, this is, I'm so happy that
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you called me. This is the best day ever.
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I ignore the exact right now. You want, the bottom is get less
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than I am. I assumed that meant you were
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the cheapest and you work. Thank you.
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I appreciate it. That's totally fine.
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I'm I at this point, I'll take any experience.
27:29
So I'm happy to help great. Great Joys and troubles.
27:34
So let's get out of here. So are you going Jeff?
27:38
We gotta go visit to be V as expected.
27:42
You came in through this door you assume that's the way you go
27:45
out. You head towards the door.
27:46
Everyone else I'm by everyone else.
27:48
I mean Jeb and retro head to the other side of the bar where Jeb
27:53
hits a button and this door opens and there's a VW bus just
27:57
in an elevator, huh? Yeah, but it's that cool.
28:02
You know, like like, oh, it's super cool.
28:04
It's like a secret. It's Batcave style, it's pretty
28:08
cool. Yes, the bars really cool.
28:11
Yeah, so sustained and normally normally the GM says, and you
28:14
walk into the coolest bar you've ever seen as he walked in.
28:16
But the but we're off hours right now, but it really is the
28:19
coolest thing I've ever seen. We're big on tail.
28:22
Don't show. I have to apologize for being an
28:26
audio experience. I have to apologize.
28:29
Normally Vanna White is much cooler because I have it on a
28:32
lazy. Susan going at like 24 hours a
28:35
day, but the Lazy Susan mechanism broke and fortunately.
28:37
So we got Parts on or Order. Yeah, he's still working on the
28:41
underglow difficult. Can't find Ray on anywhere
28:46
around here. Wow.
28:49
Is this what? It's like to like afford things
28:51
and like, have cool stuff. Do you guys have anything else
28:54
that's like really cool or like, I mean, do you own this bar?
28:59
Nobody gonna stop. Oh, okay.
29:02
That's pretty cool. Yeah.
29:05
Also and ping pushes a button on the on the bar and five turrets
29:11
come down from the ceiling can do that.
29:15
Wow, I am very it. So I can do that and appreciate
29:19
again and the music changes and everything turns into disco
29:21
lights. That's cool too.
29:24
Okay. This place is pretty cool.
29:26
Yeah, I'm have to come back here.
29:27
Mean it's yeah, it's like 4 out of 5 Stars.
29:31
Ping is yet to implement my idea of having a karaoke night.
29:34
It's Rocky tell him thing that, you know, if it's not their
29:38
fault that it's it's a four-star establishment.
29:42
The biggest problem is that it's a completely underground.
29:45
Both metaphorically and physically, so you can't really
29:48
tell them nobody about. Yeah.
29:50
And we have more places downstairs.
29:51
It's invite-only so, Is it meant to be like super secret in
29:56
vital? Yeah.
29:58
Yeah, it's invite only one. We're kind of hunt.
30:02
Oh yeah. Alright.
30:03
Arisaka. Very much wants us all dead?
30:05
Yeah. Oh, it's business.
30:08
So, but I mean, who lives in night City and doesn't have a
30:12
corporation that wants to kill them.
30:13
Yeah, yeah, cool. Well anyway, Welcome to the
30:19
Club, come on now. Thanks, Membership card.
30:24
Oh, that's right. And ping pulls out a card and
30:27
hands. You a little card.
30:29
And all it has is that it is the no latency logo on it, does this
30:32
get me access to this? Yeah, you can be put on the
30:35
vending machine and it'll open for you.
30:37
Hell yeah. Yeah, it does not.
30:41
It does not actually van. That one is completely.
30:45
It's just a front, just a front, so it's and if you ever need
30:49
somewhere to hide out, we have really cheap rates for rooms and
30:52
stuff. So yeah.
30:53
But if you ever need like a fever needing arisaka, fresh
30:57
lemonade, you're going to want to dispense that one from the
30:59
one on the left because, you know, the one on the right is
31:03
just wanted middle is not really.
31:06
Anyway, and if that letter sounds like, I should close the
31:12
shop upstairs, shouldn't I? I'll go and do that.
31:14
You hopefully, save Joy. If you do it, I'll give you some
31:17
money. Well, look, I ain't doing it for
31:20
the money. I'm doing it for the girl, okay,
31:22
cuz I was lying. See you later duck.
31:25
I'll come back, I'll draft. Hey you will hop into Vanna
31:29
White and you watch, can go upstairs to close crystals by
31:33
joy. And while you're in Vanna, White
31:35
starting her Yup. The floor underneath Vanna,
31:39
White Ice ends up words and an elevated takes you up to street
31:42
level opening, a secret hatch in the alleyway and Jeb, dries it
31:46
out into the streets of night City.
31:49
You can decide if you think that's cool.
31:54
I'll tell you. It's extremely cool roller
32:00
driving check 23. Yeah, as you get two Tunas, the
32:07
garage Aged or is coming down but you rolled so high.
32:10
You managed to Skid the vehicle into the hangar and khlo and it
32:14
closes in front of you in a really cool way.
32:16
But you're perfectly parallel with the door.
32:19
I mean there's no need to show off.
32:21
You could have broken my fucking garage door.
32:23
Yeah, let's do it. We're in a bit of a emergency
32:26
situation here. Oh yeah, you've got a big race
32:29
and I'll go invite you to check it out.
32:30
Why else get invites? And I didn't. and Jeb, you can
32:35
see the metaphorical light bulb illuminate above, Jim's head and
32:39
you just goes And have I got a opportunity for you tuna.
32:45
Oh yeah. Vanna White.
32:47
Right tuna livery. What do you say?
32:51
Well, I turned around with the Livery.
32:55
Or what's the Livery? It's the painting on the side of
32:58
the car. Oh, right, right?
33:01
No, no. Jeb.
33:03
After I fixed the flying vehicle.
33:04
You give me an endorsement and I'm going to get lighter
33:06
business. I know, but if you can put a ton
33:10
of the don't want on the crew, I want it.
33:12
You you're the one who won the blood race.
33:14
You're the one with the highest reputation.
33:16
You're the one I want on camera saying that you get, Your Parts
33:20
here and I know that's the deal. I mean I was I was ready to give
33:24
you the other full sponsorship. But you know what?
33:26
I don't know if I know white, your vehicle's to nice and
33:28
already there's an anyway. There's already out for it.
33:30
So let's not get too far. All right.
33:33
Well this juicy the job that I was supposed to Mike.
33:36
Oh yeah, mate. How are you gonna do that?
33:37
You're gonna need like some really complicated math
33:40
processing and some junk Jets. Yeah, and it's a shame, it's a
33:44
shame because I sold my last auto drive to Eddie like You
33:50
are, but if I'd known that you were in the rice, I would have
33:52
saved it for you because you're a mate are so many have any
33:55
money. Well yeah.
33:56
He had like five or six thousand Eddie's.
33:59
Well, enemy, those things are expensive.
34:01
I get like one every six months. Yeah.
34:03
All right. Yeah.
34:05
The after spending course, look, there's eight.
34:08
There's only going to because there's so many of these things,
34:10
right? Is this one is one that you as
34:13
well as you plug an AI into it. Hold on, hold on.
34:15
It's got an update. You know what that means to?
34:17
I just got mad idea. We instead of putting the booby
34:22
traps along the way of the race, we just sabotage Tunas car.
34:28
So that the jump from the scope, I'm sorry.
34:31
I'm sorry, he's got a spoon, you did a spoonerism.
34:37
I said, I don't know about that. We're going to sabotage 80s car.
34:43
And then we're supposed to lose right side while say I keep
34:46
saying wait but it's me right? I was supposed to lose, right,
34:51
but what I do is week, I cannot pretend to pop my tire or
34:54
something and stand up and you know not be able to finish the
34:58
race right before the judge or do you have to lose?
35:01
Oh shit, should I bet against, you know, because list.
35:04
Okay, here's what's gonna happen.
35:05
You see, we're going to we're going to you to know so you're
35:09
going to help me I'm to do easy. These two, these two of the
35:14
rudest Eva is nice to meet you. I'm not I'm one of nine cities,
35:17
best mechanics. If you have something with
35:18
wheels, I can fix it. Wow, I'm meeting so many.
35:21
Cool people. Nice to meet you.
35:24
I'm a medical professional sort of.
35:27
Oh, brilliant, awesome. I'll be sure to annoy you with
35:30
some mundane medical issue that I have that you have no idea of
35:33
fixing her, I'll call you with that in a minute anyway.
35:35
Sorry. Jeb, you say yeah.
35:38
All right. I'm behind Eddie, right?
35:41
Because I'm supposed to be losing.
35:43
I'll let him in front, we sabotage, his jump Jets, so
35:49
that, when he goes and tries to do the big jump, right?
35:53
He don't like it. Yeah, but you should make it in
35:56
that case. Well meanwhile I gotta finish
35:58
the race if he's dead because if you fail if you if you fail race
36:02
in front of all of my see you can loosen reputation.
36:04
That's what as good point. Let's go.
36:06
Yes. And what if this all doesn't go
36:10
to your plan like plans, somehow always like, go wrong.
36:15
It's like, you need like a plan b or like, C D.
36:19
I do understand. But call me dumb.
36:21
Well, I thought you were just gonna, like, steal the auto
36:24
drive off Eddie. And I'll work on some jump, Jets
36:28
all yeah, but here's the thing tuna just between you and me is
36:31
that I want that motherfucker, dead.
36:34
Yeah, well, if he doesn't have an auto drive, that means he has
36:37
to do the math on the Fly. How how good do you think,
36:41
Eddie's at all? You have to trust that dumb
36:44
terminal. Like an SI.
36:46
Yeah, we all know the SS couldn't make it.
36:48
You gotta get the SL version or lighter.
36:51
No, no. Sentient intelligences.
36:53
Low-level a is I can do some math rat, right?
36:58
You are you are talking about the the latest whatever you were
37:02
doing right now to talk. Yeah, no, all right.
37:07
Well anyway, so this this this guy, this person Eddie they,
37:13
they threatened somebody you care about clearly.
37:16
So what if they already have like something in place to kill
37:21
this person? And then if you do suck like
37:27
they're, you know, they probably look a thinking ahead, they know
37:30
that you are probably going to plan something and retaliation.
37:35
So, we have to think, we have to think one step ahead of them.
37:40
You're right. I don't know how I thought that
37:42
far. I don't know anything from
37:44
there, that's good. Oh carry on.
37:50
Well, I mean, we do have V here and BBs shown that they are very
37:56
capable and handling medical experience.
37:59
And, you know, I know that you have possibly taken an oath
38:06
Medical Oath, and I would say that the question between one
38:15
life for another say, what it'd be like, would you be Possible
38:20
to kill Eddie. Is that work underneath?
38:24
That, that is a good. That is a good point.
38:30
What if you just crossed while you do it?
38:33
And and if I saw a person in danger and dying, I would have,
38:39
I would feel obligated to help them.
38:41
So, if you're going to take this to a person, you better make
38:44
sure that you do it, because if they are near death, I might
38:48
have to help them. So like if I was to say, rig
38:52
something up that, you know, with your help for something
38:55
that would be naughty to do, say, put an air bubble inside of
39:00
their blood veins. So that it goes to their brain
39:03
and gives them, you know, a demon to the brain because they
39:09
the blood who pop I see I see where we getting here, you know?
39:20
It could be possible. but I don't know how still, we still
39:26
have to find this person and and take care of it and you want to
39:33
know what you want to use address.
39:36
Yeah. Yeah, that'd be great.
39:37
Yeah, I've got I did have it was on that.
39:44
Where the fuck did I put it? You guys all know?
39:46
It was. Was it only we know it was on
39:49
the delivery slip for the vending machine didn't pick up.
39:54
Do you still have that? The vending machine.
39:58
No, not your me. I know you got that.
39:59
No, no. Remember when they tried to
40:01
deliver that vending machine to Eddie?
40:04
You're asked me if I had kept the receipts, I'll got the
40:07
receipts. I don't do good bookkeeping.
40:11
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was on their return slip.
40:16
Williams in he lives in West night City.
40:19
West not see those got like a bungalow thing.
40:23
All right, that's enough to get me there.
40:28
Oh yeah, as well as the address that I'm assuming retro is
40:31
looking at on their tile right now.
40:33
Oh yeah, there we go. Plug Valium.
40:37
Oh yeah. I could just get it in the GPS
40:39
real quick just a tuna before we leave, you're telling me, you
40:42
ain't got nothing that can get me over that.
40:44
Jump. Oh no, I've got jump Jets, but I
40:46
don't have the mood. I don't have any auto drive to
40:48
like do the math so that you don't fuck up the jump.
40:53
So if you can get an auto drive I can install it.
40:57
I don't have any S. I slept.
40:58
So if you've got any looks around, kind of sheepishly.
41:01
If you've got an A or around to do the math, how shit retro.
41:09
Yeah, I could only think of one. Yep.
41:13
God damn it. We're gonna need to get the auto
41:17
drive first before. We can even think about putting
41:20
nine into anything. So unless you know, where to get
41:23
one, it sounds like we're going to have to go and Rob Eddie for
41:27
it. Alright.
41:29
The others dress. Yeah.
41:32
I have it on this slip of paper that we got back when we went to
41:37
go get the vending machine. You can't If the receipt, I
41:41
always keep my receipts in my face will flash all the
41:43
receipts. Damn, including us see from when
41:49
you owed me money? Yeah.
41:51
See there's when I sold you the king.
41:54
Oh, you can't that one always taxes are not City.
42:00
That's, that's why he's in, that's why he's in charge of the
42:02
accounts. All right.
42:04
Yeah, I'll just plug in a GPS and retro will feed the receipt
42:09
in, through his brain and his face will come to GPS.
42:16
By the way, maybe I have a TV forehead.
42:19
Yes, I did. Notice that.
42:21
I'm sorry if I've been staring, okay.
42:26
He's got TV. Forehead might be used to people
42:28
staring in it your time. All right?
42:32
Tony. You just make sure those
42:33
jumpjets already for us. Yeah, yeah.
42:35
I'll start shooting for your bike.
42:37
You bring it over later and I'll install is like, for Ratchet
42:39
points. All right, and you actually see
42:42
tuner, like pull one out, I just, I just need to know how
42:49
that was installed and you just CVV.
42:51
Like, I was relieving just like asking you questions like so, do
42:56
you still like how? And last I guess it's still like
42:59
the brains function and she'll just be asking a bunch of
43:03
questions. Questions.
43:04
Good. The brain function.
43:07
Is there a? How does that work?
43:11
Well, the brain functions. Similarly, in the same way that
43:15
You could inside of electrical impulses from a protein-based,
43:19
drink that comes in from food that I've ingested reconnected
43:24
to cybertechs spine, that's been reinforced which sends the same
43:29
electrical signals all the way down and then using several hard
43:37
drive systems and Raspberry Pi x 7s used to compete those.
43:43
Let's all right used to compute those signals.
43:45
Into my brain to have what I want to have happen.
43:48
So essentially it allows me to go ahead and go ahead project,
43:55
my imagination on my face of what I would like to have doc
44:01
goes Ashley asked him if he drinks it's crazy.
44:06
Do you dream? Yes, I do.
44:08
But when you but typically when anybody ever watches me sleep
44:11
you can only see Electric Sheep. Thank you.
44:15
I was In for that yeah it's real soon.
44:17
I'll tell you how long you got inspiration for that and we're
44:24
here well the driving check, can I make a music track?
44:30
Sure. Deduction U of M's unfortunately
44:34
managed to turn on the hand-washing song again, shit.
44:38
They play it everywhere now. God, I hate that it's fire.
44:48
Alright, Rive outside of Eddie's place in West at city, so just
44:57
so we're clear. Are we stealing something or
44:59
killing him? Yeah, I just thought of
45:02
something, you know, we could nip this whole thing right in
45:05
the book. How, and just murdering right
45:09
here, right? All right.
45:11
Yes. Yeah, that could in theory could
45:14
be an option. That's true.
45:17
Now I do wonder. Where the hell is Joy?
45:23
Also, I wonder if he won't kill Joy, if he finds out that we're
45:31
the ones that stole his race necessary equipment.
45:37
Well, to be fair if Joy Is here and we're able to save Joy.
45:46
Then we don't have to worry about that too.
45:50
If he is here and we kill mmm. That's good too.
45:53
However I would also say it's going to look bad on your
45:55
reputation still, when you go to a race and they don't show up, I
45:59
mean, still looks bad for them but they're dead.
46:01
So old contraire, my TV headed friend because if we kill any
46:07
trick right here, right now, we can get his jump boost Ders and
46:13
we can get all the other necessary equipment.
46:17
And when we get that equipment, Tunas got the jump Jets going as
46:21
far as rights. That we're getting the late
46:24
auto-drive. That's right.
46:27
Remember that remember that all day, every time those were
46:31
talking about this, I'm going to do a quick scan of the
46:32
perimeter. Ocular pat-down.
46:34
See if there's anything around. Roll perception, 15.
46:42
You notice that there are two entrances on the front and one
46:46
of them is a large garage door, seal contraire barttv headed
46:51
Fran, because if we kill any trick right here and we save
46:55
Joy, well with his Auto Drive installed, you know goddamn well
47:01
I'm still going to make it that jump it'll just be more of a
47:04
spectator sport. This Eddie do they have any
47:10
other clearly? You don't seem to be AI would
47:14
say enemies. Do they have any other enemies
47:18
or people that we know of that might also want them dead, well,
47:25
StreetWise or local expert, actually Rollo collector.
47:30
So 17, yes, you know, that he lost the blood race last year to
47:36
someone, although you don't know who, you know, that he lost
47:39
another race recently to someone else.
47:42
And you're fairly certain, it was the same person and that's
47:45
their major enemy, the word on the street.
47:48
However, the word is also that the bad boys have joined Eddie
47:55
to help him regain his throat. I mean, if we need to make a
47:59
patsy, there's only one group, I can think of that people would
48:04
believe to be this Dastardly and cowardly and do share the
48:11
Steve's. Yes.
48:12
We killed mom so sorry for ruining everyone.
48:14
Doesn't know about that yet. Right?
48:16
Oh yeah. I suppose although they have
48:18
stopped doing stuff. Recently we find is we go in.
48:22
Smash bunch of stuff. Spray paint.
48:24
Steve everywhere. They think it's a Steeps.
48:28
That's their MO are at a lot that don't mind.
48:32
That won't be it. So we go in, we go in all sleek
48:35
and dukie like, clandestine, we take a few shots, kill a few
48:41
Eddie's. And by that, I mean we murder
48:44
the hell out of the out of 80. Save Joy, spray-paint Steve
48:50
everywhere. Break a few very few TVs break a
48:53
few Windows whatnot, get out. Still up.
48:58
Still show up for the race still make that jump like the player.
49:04
All right, so are you 100% sure you want to do this?
49:07
I just have to ask one more time before we do this, are you sure?
49:11
I mean, II. Don't know this Eddie but
49:13
they're holding somebody else hostage and I do not agree with
49:15
that. But this is a big thing.
49:19
Doc you ever been in love? I just fall in love with this
49:25
patient once and what is completely uncertain.
49:29
I shouldn't admit that. I'm sorry.
49:31
I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
49:34
It's unprofessional. I shouldn't admit that.
49:39
No, yes, I have let's just say aye.
49:42
I have it didn't end well and what would you do to the person
49:46
that kidnapped that person that you loved I would kill them.
49:59
Next time on no latency side quest.
50:09
Here's the plan, we're going to an and then on my signal lineups
50:13
that we take out three people immediately because I don't know
50:17
about y'all. But uh, I ain't got no silencers
50:19
or nothing. Well, I guess I like white as
50:21
Weapons will have to be these electric brass knuckles then so
50:25
we don't go in guns a-blazing. We just go in swinging.
50:30
That's a Swingin here's the thing.
50:32
Jeff has this race. Can't even invite me to it.
50:34
What a dick. Mister mister Jab.
50:36
Mr. Jab it's a time is a plan B time.
50:40
All those planes gone to shit. Hey there buddy.
50:43
You okay feel right. Yeah.
50:45
You're gonna need a cyber and plant for that year and there's
50:47
no way you're gonna get a finger back.
50:50
Not many people do your half computer, will you go ahead
50:53
Jeff. I'm just smashing shit around
50:55
here. Spray painting stuff, man.
50:57
Is everyone better at keeping their receipts, the money.
51:00
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51:01
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