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Last time on no latency, we're here to kill.
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What else am I good for really it?
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Sounds like a plan. I am going to take cover if
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that's all right. I'm taking tactical cover.
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The husks are very soggy. EW yeah.
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At least you didn't say moist. Apparently he's sponsored by
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Arasaka. On the quipping or on the
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dodging? He was complimenting me.
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Oh, sorry, you're. Very scary.
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I don't really like frogs. Maybe you should be an Angel of
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mercy. Or an Angel of death, oh.
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Your choice. I didn't.
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Let's see what happened. Still feeling froggy?
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Let's jump. I assume it was that.
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Stop. All right, little hop along.
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Calm down. Do it again.
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Bang. Bop shotgun to the face.
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Shotgun to the face never goes wrong.
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Can't go wrong with Shotgun to the Face Bang Bop.
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What does that mean? Just to like trigger whatever is
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going to happen, let's do like a group high 5.
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Yeah, there it is. I want to call it.
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Oh my gosh, it looks like all these pods have shut down.
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Oh, thank God. OK, so are we Is now time that
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we blow this bitch up or? Yeah, I've been saying that.
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I've been. I've been saying we don't even.
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I was saying we don't even go here.
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We just blow this up because anyway, I'm, I'm ready to get
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out of here. I'm I'm feeling kind of
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claustrophobic and I don't know, I'd like to see the sunlight
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again. Well, we just have to go back
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down to the Abbott lab and get the chip.
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Oh. That's damn.
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That's all right. We can fast travel.
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Do we need anything from this room?
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I I I don't particularly want to come back here ever again.
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I don't see anything worth ripping off the wall.
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Fair. I'm going to take a look to see
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if there's anything worth ripping off the wall.
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Wrong exception 17. Yeah.
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As you as you're looking around the room, what you do discover
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is parts of the assault rifle that frog was using.
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It did not fare well in the electrical explosion that rocked
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through his body, but what you do find is one of the legs has a
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bit of trouser attached to it from its original donor and in
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the pocket of that trouser is 400 Eddies.
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Oh fuck yeah. Damn.
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Wow. That's a good amount of eddies
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right there. Yep.
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And about 15 scrap. Oh.
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This toad was loaded. Toad toaded.
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What? Did you find oh bloody money?
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Yeah, bloody money. It's our favorite kind of money.
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It's easier to trace. Blood money.
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I mean, obviously I feel like it's the majority of.
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A lot of our money is blood money.
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What are you going to do? You know there there ain't no
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ethical consumption under capitals that.
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That's all I'm saying. All right, I'm glad we didn't
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die. Oh shit, I got 69 scrap now.
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Nice. Nice.
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That's nice. No, wait, no 68.
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I forgot to take the one that I did use up.
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Now it's 68. No, Oh.
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But look, there's peace right here.
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Here you go, Retro 69. Nice.
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Yeah. Hell yeah.
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That's cool. GM was nice to you there.
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You know what? I feel just a little bit better
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now in this dank, dark disaster of a place we're in.
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Because of the number. Yes.
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Oh, that. Bit of levity is has brought my
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spirits up great. All right, well, if there's
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nothing left in here, maybe we should take Iona's advice and
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head up to the label and have it.
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Have it. You're tired.
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We should. We should leave soon.
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OK. And you will head upstairs to
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the Abbott Lab. You know, while we're traveling
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there, well, you know, thinking about all this blood money,
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y'all ever think about maybe taking some sort of job that
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that doesn't require killing. You know, maybe we.
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Just go. I have a job, right?
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Right. It does require killing some of
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the time though. Yes, see, that's what I'm
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saying. I I just figured maybe maybe we
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could just go and you know, I don't know maybe you know talk
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to someone and and convince them to.
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I don't know how do. How do you take a vacation?
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I might need a vacation. Should we do a beach episode?
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We should do a beach episode. We could go, I don't know, maybe
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we we could grab some sort of contract to to to hunt down some
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some pineapples and make some pina coladas.
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A pina colada would be so nice. And a beach.
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Do you remember the last time you've been to a beach, if ever?
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I I don't like the last time I went to a beach.
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Yeah, I remember the last time I went to a beach.
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It of explosives. Oh, scary.
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Yeah, sounds about right. I mean, we're talking like nice,
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sunny, like beautiful beaches. Not like the kind of rocky,
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craggy, seaweed ridden ones that are outside of that city, right?
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Right. Yeah, no, I've never been there,
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only only seen pictures. So like you want to go to Neo
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Santa Monica? Listen, we would place we can go
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to Neo Santa Monica. OK.
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As you say, as you open the door and step into the Abbott lab,
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Doctor Abbott is still floating in their pod, although they seem
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less strained. Yes.
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So you beat frog. Then, quite handily, Vendell
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fucking kicked his ass. Nice.
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Did you also destroy the AI core?
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Yes. Good.
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Yep, we we we we banged it and bopped it.
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We did. A few tabs.
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So now then, the frog is out of the way.
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The only thing left to do is to destroy this facility.
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Finally. Young guy tell me twice, Yeah.
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That's. Just because that's that's the
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only thing you needed, correct? Well we also need the was it the
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the a A-frame frame frame of point.
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What did we need, Iona? Frame of mind.
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The the the relic chip What? No, no, we we needed something
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from this base. We what?
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What was it? The.
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The. Oh, let me check my tile.
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Do do, do, do, do do do do do do message.
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Do. Do.
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Do. Enhance.
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Enhance. Enhance, enhance.
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Oh, we need the. It's not actually in my my tile
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notes. Here it's we need the the graft
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stuff for the no, the skeleton. We need the the skeleton.
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Of the bottom frame for, for, not.
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For retro. For The Domino, that's.
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Right, Domino. Yes.
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Oh. Right.
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Yeah. Those are made in the
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fabrication level at the very bottom near the CADS.
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No, no, We have to run the cads anyway.
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We get the relic chip. Sorry, Abbott.
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All right. And then we go down, we run the
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cads, and then we leave. What?
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Oh, pirate, we should pick us up down there, yes?
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Yeah. Do we know if if they're up
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there waiting for us? I mean, I assume that they are,
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but we haven't had any sort of radio communication or nothing,
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right? Do you?
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Need a boost? I would love a boost all.
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Right. If I roll high enough, I won't
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take the energy of one of my scientists in agony in order to
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communicate to your pirate. It's AI believe it's pirate.
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I'm, I'm sorry. Whatever.
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I mean, I'm just, I'm just saying I had a court to say
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plus. 9. 16 Oh, that's not high enough, is it?
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Yes, it is. Oh, good.
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You watch one of the scientists, scientists twinge let off a
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spark, but it doesn't die. You should be able to
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communicate with him. And.
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Pirate is sitting in his you are looking at a video feed.
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It's crisp as day because Abbott has given you a really good
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signal and he's in his underpants drinking beer.
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You're right. You alive.
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We are all alive, surprisingly. I went fishing.
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I can get that good. Nope.
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Great. We had deep sea diving here,
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deep sea fishing. It's tough and dangerous, so I I
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don't blame it. Well, I'll just grip it and rip
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it, my guy. Damn straight.
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Could you? So I've sent over the schematics
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of the of the outside. Could you pick us up down here
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down? Down.
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There, yes. Yeah, we're going down, down.
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Very deep. My vehicle is not rated for that
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level of. Yeah, but you could do it
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pressure. I mean, it might be incredibly
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dangerous. And we could pull an ocean gate
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like I. Mean like look, it'll definitely
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be an exciting exit of yard. But here's the thing, right
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First off, I need to get reclosed.
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But also this is a coffee stain on my on my tighty whities.
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Coffee scene. Don't look, but the more of like
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The only thing I'm really worried about is like defenses.
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Like torrents, of course. Like I don't have to be worried
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about mysterious beasts at the bottom of the ocean.
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You're. Yeah.
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No, no. So this bit of the schematic, it
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looks like the signal's getting a bit here, so.
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That's not the only thing in this area.
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If you just I'll, I'll meet you down there in a little bit.
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If you need to communicate, and I guess you'll have to get some
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more energy, I'll just down there.
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It's going to be safe, right? Yes.
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I don't know. It's not going to be safe.
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Abbott, is there a way to turn off the defenses?
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For now, yeah, do. You have a Costello protocol.
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I can turn off the turrets now that I have control.
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Yes, if you could do that. I was not able to gain control
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of the disposal and recycling creatures.
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Rough. We keep hearing this disposal
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and recycling creatures. What?
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What the hell are these? You've seen them.
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I have, yes. They're the big crew crew when
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we passed over the Moat to get to the frog lab.
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What was the crocodiles? Yeah, they're alligators, but
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yes. Wait, wait, I thought they were
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crocodiles because their snouts are longer.
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The the GM specifically said alligator earlier, and then I
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was thinking about what a fun name Allie Gator is.
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That is a fun name. I mean, I'm high, so you're
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probably right. I might also be a little high.
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I did get you high. Yeah, that's true.
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Anyway, is everybody high? I'm not high.
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Would you like to be? No, I don't.
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I don't really. I don't do that stuff.
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I just like to drink myself into a stupor.
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Telling you Job like I'm on a cross between half faded on weed
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and the high rush on adrenaline, it's it's a real confusing mix.
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Just just to point out now, pirate is now heading to the
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depths and those alligators are there.
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Oh yeah. Well, he did want to go fishing,
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so maybe he'll catch something. Maybe.
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New Petter boots, maybe some luggage?
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Also, you'll need to fabricate what you.
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Need. Machine down there should accept
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your control. OK, do we need a passcode or
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something? Just insert the keys in the
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correct machine when it needs to be used and you should be fine.
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OK, see now there's a keyword right there.
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Keys. What?
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What keys? The construction schematic keys.
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They're in the Cad's office. OK, OK, that's some new
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information. So we got to go to the Cad's
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office, blow the bit, blow this bitch up and then grab the keys
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to make the body frame and then escape before explosion.
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Once you unlock the cads down there, send me a message and
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I'll finally leave this Morty poem.
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May we have your relic chip please?
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I'm. Suddenly nostalgic.
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So many lives. Is this how I?
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Am it is a heroic way to go. I mean, you won't really be
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gone. You'll still live on in our
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memories. So there's some part of you
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that'll still. Be alive your memories if you
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want me to download onto the chimp, but I'm not sure if
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morally that's a good idea. Probably not known morally, it's
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not good. But we will in spirit remember
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you. Thank you.
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Is that? What you want it's.
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It to you? Yup, Yup.
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You just want the chip. Yeah.
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You need that chip. I don't want Abbott to to be
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here with in a digital world, that's.
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We don't need them becoming a Digimon now.
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Captain, Captain should go down with this ship.
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Captain should go down with this ship.
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You say to Vendel quietly. In the pod you can see Abbott's
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body floating in this fluid, and a little arm comes out from the
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side. Inside, this pod clicks on their
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neck and pulls out this long golden chip.
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You can see it flash with energy and leave trails of electricity
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as it's pulled out of Abbott's neck, and they twitch and twist
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inside the fluid as it is removed.
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It then gets passed into compartment and then slides out
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the side of the pod ready to be taken.
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I take it? Iona, you pick up this very
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delicate chip. It's really delicate.
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I take it delicately. What are you going to keep it
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in? My purse.
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That doesn't it? It shouldn't knock a wrap.
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That's really delicate. What if we wrap?
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Do we have like a thing like a a Pelican case I?
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Don't know. Let me check my backpack real
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quick. Does anyone have a gun?
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A gun case? I can keep it.
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In Got some rope flash bang grenade.
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Something a. Lot of scrap.
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I have my medtech bag ohh I have this little like bandage or how
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big is this thing is it? I have a case that I put little
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band aids in and maybe I could put it in there.
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It's a long. It's about 4 1/2 inches long.
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Yeah. So about, you know, average.
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I'd say yeah. OK, well is it girthy though?
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It's 4 1/2 inches. Long.
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See if it fits in Phoebes case. Phoebe.
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Yes. Wait.
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What? Oh, let's see if the girth fits
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in there. I I think it'll fit in the case.
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And you click it into this case. Alright, so who holds it?
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I can keep it safe. I agree.
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I think V is probably the most responsible for all of us.
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It is medical. Test I am and yes.
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And I think, you know, I've got the surgical hands, so please
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write it in your inventory though, yes.
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So, Vivi, you now have on your person a very rare A.
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Very rare. Very, very.
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Average sized. Girthy.
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Abbot turns their head slowly in the fluid and looks at you all.
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Good luck. I salute not properly, but try
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to. Remember, any use of power
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causes great pain to those that die.
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Yes, I'm. Do you guys just leave on that?
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Yeah, I mean, I think just. Downer, if I'm being quite
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honest. Yeah, really kind of.
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I mean, to be honest, like I feel like some of these people
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kind of knew what was going on, especially with putting the
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people in the in the battery thing, right?
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Like these are some of the scientists that did do that.
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Am I correct in that thinking? Very average sized skirt.
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It's four and a. Half children you.
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Have to put relic chip, you're going to get so confused.
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No, no, I think no. Your hair is Relic Chip because.
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It feels like that might be important at some point.
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Anyway. Yes, after the salute, Abbott
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turns to you all. I'll.
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Unlock Fabrication. Just head down.
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Thank you. And you head to the elevator and
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I'm expecting this place to be fabulous it.
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Could be. And the elevator comes down to
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All right, what do we got here? Oh God damn it.
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We got out. What have we got on this this
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vending machine wrong? Perception.
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All right. How well do you perceive?
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Through a window. Oh my God.
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Where the fuck? Is perception awareness?
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Awareness. 15 Yes. Inside you find a worker suit.
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It has a few panels built into it that are a form of armour and
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it's 300 eddies. Oh, I don't.
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I don't want some armor of sorts is.
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Anyone's armor really low. Anyone.
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I mean, my armor is low. I'm listen, I'm just going to
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say it. I haven't got shot in like 2
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episodes. Stop.
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I got shot. Tempting fate there, buddy.
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Oh shit. I mean.
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I'll take it. Oh, it looks like it's 300
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Eddies. Never mind.
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What did I tell you earlier with the old Razzle Dazzle?
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Give it that good old Fonz. You did?
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Yeah. Never mind are.
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You going to fonzay it? Never mind, there's an.
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We're very confused because we're all thinking that you're
19:55
going to fund, say, this vending machine.
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No, no, I'm, I'm just going to move, move on.
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You're going to move on, all right, Yes.
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The end of this corridor. Corridor turns to the right and
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on the ground you can see some markings and there are a few
20:09
doors. What's that on the ground?
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Warning, heavy machinery. Oh, something's heavy over here.
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At least they have a nice little path for us to move.
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Oh well, now it just splits into three different directions.
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Great. Yeah, which?
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Which way do we want to go first?
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Whichever is the way out. No, no.
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We need the body frame first, Jeb.
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We can't do that yet. Do we have a map at this point?
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Yeah, OK, I'm going to take the door to the left.
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The door to the left is locked, the door to the right is open,
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and the door directly in front of you is also locked.
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What is locking this door in front?
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Sorry. Bless you.
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The computer beside the door. Well, me and this computer are
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going to get to know each other, and then they're going to nicely
21:04
unlock this door for me. Vote for it.
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I'm I'm getting to it, you know, You gotta, you gotta, you gotta
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put a little finesse on it. You gotta, you gotta, you know,
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coax it, give it, tell it all the nice things it wants to
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hear. 33 Yes, you tap away at the computer a little bit.
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Doesn't take you very long to pull a wire from the side.
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Of course, a little spark and the door Pistons open.
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Yeah, I just. I just go up to it and I just go
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010001100. And the computer goes and then
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opens. Thank you.
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OK. Oh that.
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OK, Stage 1. What'd you find, Retro?
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Well, there is a a machined piece of machinery in front of
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me and on the ground it says stage one and there's a bunch of
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boxes and lockers it looks like to my left and the computer.
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I don't think that's what we're looking for.
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That's probably where the fabrication starts.
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Stage one of the fabrication. Oh, there's a there's a a window
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too. Oh.
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Cool. Look at all that machinery.
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Yeah. Wow.
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Wow. Where?
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Where I won't see. It's right there.
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Look. Wow.
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So that's oh shit. That means we have to run power,
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doesn't it? Oh, it's all right.
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It's just the agony of 72,000 people.
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Oh. Yeah, who cares?
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Oh, it hurts a little bit more when you say it like that.
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Well, you have to remember that at this point they're already
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dead. Yeah, but I believe the cat's
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the cat's way of dying is, like quick and painless, whereas
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drawing all of the energy out of someone sounds like owie like
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owie, so. Can we do it this like quickly?
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Yeah, but But apparently if they get out of there pods they turn
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into weird like brain dead zombie people that we had to
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shoot to death not 20 minutes ago.
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If I remember correctly, we had like a list of all of the pod
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people, right? Yeah, you've got that file.
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Right. And like that is like a profile
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on like, who they were and such. Yes.
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So, like, could we just kind of find the worst of the bunch and
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be like, that seems morally OK. No, I mean.
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Probably, but one of us would probably have to go down to the
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battery to rewire them, and I don't want to go, so not it.
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I mean whatever. Last touch, their nose goes OK.
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Touch nose. I'm not doing it.
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We're not doing that. Well, thank God, because
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technically I don't have a nose. So you're all looking out of
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this window, Iona. As you're walking around, you
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did take a peek in the office downstairs.
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I did. I did.
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I took a little Peek's key. On the door, it says Cad's
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office. Great.
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So this is where we would run the CAD system.
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That means that the CAD key is here.
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There's a computer in the corner.
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I look at the computer. It is locked.
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There's a passcode screen. On the screen there's a
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numerical keypad and it asks for four digit. 4774.
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You tap in the custodian code and it unlocks.
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Yay. And on the screen it has not
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only the unlock button for the Cads, but it also has
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instructions. I read the instructions.
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Classified Abbott Fabrication Instructions Fabrication Keys.
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Required Fabrication. Keys must be kept in the lockers
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in the Cad's office. Removal of these is a punishable
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offence. Do not use a fabrication stage
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without material. Use of a fabrication stage
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without materials could lead to personal injury.
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This notice is a release of liability for the Abbott lab.
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Any injury cannot be claimed classified.
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OK, I'm going to check the lockers behind me.
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Additional notice Classified Danger, High power construction,
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Laser construction, Laser Present Present Classified.
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Oh, don't go in there. Great.
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OK. What did you find out, Iona?
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One moment, I'm checking the lockers.
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You open up the lockers and you find as you're going through
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them you find 4 keys, a green one, an orange 1A purple one and
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a blue one. A green one, an orange 1A purple
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one, and a blue one. Ah, yes, I see, I see, I see, I
25:54
see. I take all of them.
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Good. Iona comes back into the Stage 1
26:00
room holding these four schematic keys.
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What's in these lockers? Raw perception.
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I'm a punch a locker Fonzay. 14 You find 200 eddies, a little
26:16
bit of scrap, and a packet of incendiary rounds that is to the
26:22
value of 10. So 10 fire bullets.
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Yay 10 fire bullets. Yay, blazing bullets.
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They work. Oh, now I can light my I can
26:32
light my joint and shoot people. That's so fucking side punk
26:38
lighting your fucking joint. With an incendiary rail.
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I love that. I love that.
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Are we ready? Oh, is there stuff in the thing?
26:50
Has anyone seen stuff in the Thing?
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The thing right here? Is there stuff in it?
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I go, I'll go over to the screen.
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That's on the first box. The machine does not have
27:02
materials in it, but the boxes behind you are full of said
27:06
materials. Oh Vendel, can you help me with
27:08
this? Yes, sure.
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Oh man, that room next door looks really cool.
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Well, don't worry, we're going to.
27:15
Get to staring at it now for about 20 minutes.
27:19
You mean the room down below? No, that's an office.
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No, that's the Cad's office. Oh, that.
27:25
Oh, yeah. No, I'm not going.
27:26
No, the room with the window. Yeah, I'm not going in there.
27:30
But it does look cool. Is there anything, Iona, that
27:34
you want me to do? Let me see if you're in charge.
27:40
Let's see. I'll just stop moving it just
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right now while you talk to Vivi.
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Great. Who wants to be in charge of a
27:51
key? Pick a color.
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Any color? Red is it.
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The purple one. All right, baby, here's purple.
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I'm gonna assume you're an orange, Jeb.
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Here you are. So do you want?
28:06
It's kind of like a burnt orange, I see.
28:08
Yes. Do you want blue or green, Remy?
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Green, of course. All right, here's the green one.
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That means you start and I end. I'm the beginning, and you were
28:18
at the end of all things. You got it.
28:21
I am the Alpha and the Omega. So as soon as we get all this
28:25
material loaded in, I believe we just start them one stage at a
28:29
time. Oh, and be careful, there is a
28:33
big dangerous laser. Where?
28:37
It must be that big gun looking thing.
28:39
Oh. Probably.
28:41
Oh, the purple. One, yeah, yes.
28:43
If you see in the other room there's a line that says
28:45
dangerous. Stay South of that line, please.
28:50
Oh well, thank God I'm I'm green, 'cause I don't deal with
28:52
that. It's cool.
28:53
Yeah, you're fine. Oh, geez.
28:56
Everybody have their station. Retro grabs the green key and
29:01
you're all just taking those colours, right?
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Yes, right. Shut the stores locked.
29:07
There's a computer next to it. 4774.
29:12
Pistons open. I was about.
29:15
To use my skeleton key. As you step into this very large
29:20
room, you can see the rest of the machines that are used for
29:23
fabrication. There are a bunch of crates all
29:26
over the ground. There's this huge big Fuck Off
29:29
laser cannon sitting on a slightly raised podium in the
29:32
middle of the room pointing at stage 3, and then there are
29:35
three loading bays for transport vehicles to the South.
29:41
You can see the water undulating, reflecting on the
29:45
ceiling. Yeah, last time I saw one of
29:49
these pools, there was a monster in it and it Just a thought,
29:58
just thinking out loud. Well, stay away from that, but
30:03
also stay behind the danger line.
30:06
Yes. Are we ready, Vendel?
30:10
Is it loaded up? Yes, I got it all loaded.
30:14
Should I stay in here with Retro?
30:16
He's kind of got it all. He's probably good here.
30:20
Probably. I will actually have you here to
30:22
watch our backs in case an alligator shows up.
30:26
OK. Vendel comes into the room.
30:29
Oh, wow. It's.
30:29
Big in here. Holy shit.
30:34
All right, Remy, Are you ready? Yeah.
30:39
Go ahead, go ahead and. What?
30:46
Did you hear a gunshot? Reduce your fire ammo by one.
30:49
You hear retro lighting a fucking joint with a bullet.
30:55
Is everything OK? Yeah, it's.
30:59
All. Good.
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OK. Go ahead and run.
31:03
Yes, yes, yes. Oh, do I hit it now?
31:08
No, no, no, Jeb, wait. No.
31:10
And Jeb, you see, you're looking.
31:12
You look to your left and you can see Retro look at you and he
31:15
pushes the button and the machine that you're all standing
31:18
in front of, which is connected with conveyor belts.
31:21
It just starts humming and it you can feel it vibrating the
31:25
floor as it starts to smelt and pour and construct these pieces
31:31
in front of Retro. Retro.
31:33
It is suddenly incredibly warm in that room.
31:36
Not enough to hurt you, but you are squirting because you're
31:39
apparently in front of some kind of smelting equipment.
31:41
This. Is pretty warm.
31:43
I don't have to have to take my jacket off.
31:44
This is this is getting really. Hot, but there's this other
31:48
noise underneath that, like a groan if you like a shaking.
31:56
And then you hear this thudding on the side of the base
32:00
underwater and ripples through the metal substructure.
32:06
Y'all hear that? And there, below you, where all
32:12
those openings in the water are, appear a bunch of beasts glowing
32:19
with radiation. Oh shit.
32:23
There are 12 of them. Ready.
32:26
What solicitation please? Yuck.
32:34
Yuck. What?
32:34
I don't see anything. Roll for initiative.
32:38
Fuck. Oh, no.
32:40
Gross. Gross.
32:42
Oh. My God.
32:46
Everyone OK did. You see when I rolled.
32:49
And not great I six that's. Fucking.
32:54
I got a 0. Yeah.
32:57
But I'm not getting that zero into a hero.
32:59
I don't want to go first, I don't know what to do. 0.
33:03
I need a 0 I'm holding now because this year is going to
33:09
end my life. Oh.
33:11
That's good. He isn't.
33:12
That's wrong and he isn't. That's.
33:14
But he can't smoke a kush from the pipe.
33:17
Oh my. God, why is that so good?
33:23
Retro, you rolled very low on initiative probably because
33:25
you're high, that's. Not very well.
33:28
OK. VV Yes, to the South of you you
33:31
see these creatures and you've stepped up onto this laser.
33:36
And what you notice about this laser is that it rotates.
33:42
Oh. Oh.
33:46
I mean, this is kind of dangerous.
33:51
But. Benzel, you might want to move.
33:59
I'm over here, this is where I started because I've seen a lot
34:03
of heavy equipment and that huge fuck off laser which apparently
34:08
is used for. Fabrication.
34:11
I'm going to try something real quick.
34:13
I know I only told me not to do this and be careful, but VV
34:20
starts, VV starts rotating the laser to the South and I'm going
34:33
to, I'm going to try to, takes a little while.
34:35
Yeah, I'm going to take the whole time to just move.
34:41
I'm going to try to activate this laser and and fire.
34:45
So the the first thing to happen in this fight is four of these
34:51
creatures move out of one of the South bays, the one to the east.
34:56
You see them Crest out of the water and step onto the ground.
35:00
Their wet footsteps fill you with unease as you turn this
35:04
giant big laser that's easily what it's like 40 feet long.
35:11
It's huge, huge cables plugged into the ground.
35:15
And you you turn it around, you point it at these guys, you look
35:18
down at the screen and it says battery level 98% which?
35:29
Means oh. Actually, go on, go on, Jeff.
35:32
I was just going to make a joke and how actually that's bad and
35:35
we need two more percent so that it can fire.
35:38
That's not what I thought you were going.
35:41
To say, oh, the batteries connected, that's 98%.
35:46
That's plenty. I can fire this.
35:50
You're about to cause a lot of anguish, but let's go.
35:54
Oh God, these poor people. OK, well, they're really helping
36:02
a good 'cause. I'm going to, I'm going to
36:06
shoot. Next chap.
36:20
Oh, no latency. Oh my gosh.
36:29
Just a big laser scalpel. It's true.
36:32
Wait a minute. The stunts on the sides are
36:35
grenades. It's true.
36:36
Wow. Could have blown up.
36:38
Roll for bureaucracy. What the fuck's going on out
36:42
here? What the fuck's that?
36:43
A group of four coming out of Bay #3A group of four coming out
36:46
of Bay #2, and I can see one cresting Bay number one, it's.
36:49
Count. They're kind of far away, Van
36:51
Dale, but I'm gonna do my best. Do not touch them, I expend more
36:54
power. Oh God.
36:56
Damn. I'll hold them off for as long
36:59
as I can. Make it cool, Lindo.
37:01
Watch out, Retro. My spine's out of alignment.
37:03
Oh shit. Oh shit.
37:05
Don't worry, they've got you, Jeb.
37:06
OK. It's time to fire.
37:09
Man, that was so cool. I feel like that was one of the
37:12
best kills of the month. Well, maybe if you didn't skip
37:15
Jim Day, I wouldn't be so happy. Jeb, could you cover fire?
37:18
I'm behind. You are.
37:19
You lost Jeb a pirate. We're going to need to go now.
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