Latest / No Latency / NL: SideQuest - Bomb in the Blood - Pt3 Neon Freeze

Transcript

NL: SideQuest - Bomb in the Blood - Pt3 Neon Freeze · No Latency

0:01
Last time on no latency side quest.
0:05
If I was that proud of being fast, I'd be a very lonely man.
0:09
Damn. Bendel's going to kick the gun
0:11
out of that guy's hand. You were innocent ladies at the
0:14
night market. I'm also not that innocent.
0:16
You weren't asked to me. This short guy has a knack for
0:19
disarm. I really wasn't though.
0:22
OK, little lady, I can take it. I'm sorry.
0:25
Had their arm pulled off. No, don't wipe it off.
0:28
That's metal. Does it look cool?
0:29
They are very sanitary individual I.
0:32
Would like access to that footage from when the guy
0:35
exploded. I've never seen anything like
0:37
this before. Phoebe's friend.
0:39
Anybody heard of Neon Freeze? Phoebe, Yes.
0:42
Are you now going to make us work out why this man exploded?
0:45
Yes. OK,
1:00
OK, I'll do it, but on one condition.
1:03
I know I'm standing up for myself.
1:04
Are you proud of me? Cool.
1:05
You left as that happened. Thank you.
1:10
If you do it, if we help you, then you've got to install my
1:14
new feet. Yeah, of course, Vendel.
1:18
That was easy. Yes, I'm baby.
1:22
Wasn't going to install your feet for you I'm.
1:25
Just I'm practicing for when I have to do like tune.
1:28
Stuff. OK.
1:29
You're doing amazing. Though I will say installing
1:31
cyberwear is one of my least favorite things to do because
1:34
like. Why?
1:35
But then we can hang out with Sawtooth.
1:38
I I do love hanging out with Sawtooth so yes I will.
1:42
I will help. Yay, I'm going to get new feet,
1:46
but after we finish this adventure I guess.
1:49
Yes. I get a boon for once.
1:52
OK, we need to figure this out. OK, this neon this neon freeze
1:57
place and and VV like gets into like this like serious mode and
2:01
looks at the four of you neon freeze.
2:05
All right, the guy comes and takes a drink.
2:09
This this look, I don't really trust this neon freeze place.
2:14
They seem to not really run well with Bubble Cafe, so that's
2:22
pretty suspect in my book. This guy just takes a drink, his
2:26
iron starts dissipating from his body, and he explodes.
2:32
We need to figure it out. Is that what happened?
2:35
His iron dissipated from his body and he exploded.
2:38
Don't breathe too heavily. Yes, Oh my.
2:41
Well, that's all right. I'm already wearing a
2:43
handkerchief thanks to our friend here.
2:48
Yes, I did get your name right. I yeah, I guess we didn't
2:52
properly introduce ourselves to license plate.
2:57
Guy. Yes, hi, my name is Vivi.
3:02
It is nice to meet you, Vivi. Iona.
3:06
My name is Scabbard. Oh, scabbard.
3:09
Wonderful scabbard. I'm Vendel.
3:12
Hi, my leg glows any colour I want, isn't that?
3:15
Cool. Hi Vendel, I'm saw.
3:16
Hi saw how's it going? High 5.
3:19
High five smack. Hell yeah, Smack.
3:23
You experienced one of the greatest high fives you've ever
3:25
had in your entire existence. And then give me a set.
3:28
Auto crit on high fives for the record.
3:30
It is a pleasure to meet all of you.
3:33
It is a very hard high five that Saw gives Venda so hard that he
3:38
crited against his hand. Well, you both crit.
3:41
Oh, that, that is. A also crit on high five.
3:45
It is the most amazing high five you've ever had.
3:47
And and so same and it that high 5.
3:50
Risk. Echo in the night market.
3:52
What if? You turn to Vendel as they're
3:54
making a hero pose like they're about to meld in Dragon Ball Z.
3:57
Holy shit that was cool. That was really cool.
4:00
That was real crisp. It was very crisp.
4:02
Oh, spicy. All right.
4:04
Should we head to the neon freeze place then?
4:06
Yes. Or did you want to like prep the
4:09
team Phoebe? We are team now too.
4:13
Yes, look, I know this is well you don't seem like scabbard.
4:20
If you'd be willing to help, I'm sure like if you ever need any
4:25
medical assistance, you can give me a call and I will free of
4:30
charge. No trauma team insurance needed.
4:33
I will help you out if you help us.
4:36
It's a good deal. I appreciate this deal, very
4:39
good. Deal.
4:40
But I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I got excited with Vento, aptly
4:44
named. Yeah, no, it was a really good
4:45
high 5. You have cat, right?
4:49
I I I have a cat. Yeah.
4:51
So you, you're learning. You're learning.
4:52
Yeah. I have a gun with cat ears
4:55
because it makes the shoot better that is in.
4:59
That's genius. Yeah, yeah, all the all the cat
5:01
ears, like the the sight of the gun.
5:05
Yes. Perfect Scabbard just checks
5:12
checks his gun, just points his. Gun I like to think that like
5:15
they're one slightly for the other, so it actually does make
5:17
the little V. Yes it does.
5:19
Yeah. Oh, excellent.
5:21
Miss Miss VV. Yes.
5:23
I asked for a favor right now. Yes.
5:26
OK. And he pulls out his bag of
5:28
kibble. Can you tell me what kind this
5:31
is? Of course I it's on the bag.
5:36
Vivi just read it for him. This is cotton candy flavored.
5:45
Oh, Mr. Malphistophiles hates cotton candy.
5:51
You know, if you like cotton candy, you could eat this.
5:55
I I like cotton candy. It's not.
6:00
Surprisingly edible, it's not bad.
6:04
OK I tell you what. But now I gotta I gotta find
6:07
more cat food now. Though if you work, if you work,
6:09
if you do what Phoebe asks, I'll buy you cat food.
6:13
I know a guy. Do you promise you're not going
6:16
to fleece me? I don't, I only lie when Iona
6:19
tells me to. I've no is not lying.
6:22
Miss Iona, is he going to lie to me?
6:24
They thank you I'm. Sorry, sorry Vendel.
6:27
They. That's OK, you didn't know.
6:28
We've only just met. Vendel's not lying to you.
6:31
OK, that, that's a deal. Fine.
6:33
Yeah. Oh.
6:34
Great, but shake hands now high 5 fucking rocks.
6:37
My hand's still kind of stingy. That's.
6:38
It feels good, doesn't? It.
6:39
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's really fun.
6:40
Cool. I don't think it's much further
6:46
now. Oh, here it is.
6:49
Neon freeze, huh? It's getting pretty dark, isn't
6:54
it? Roll perception.
6:58
Just me or anyone in the bar? Anybody who wants anybody who
7:01
wants to look around. Anybody who wants to oof.
7:05
I don't see shit. Scabbard steps in dog shit.
7:11
Oh no. I'm going to give you your
7:16
handkerchief back. As you pull the handkerchief off
7:20
your face, Iona, you take a deep breath and you smell two things.
7:24
No one. No, I don't want to.
7:27
You smell the alcohol that's still slightly on your body.
7:30
There's not a lot left, it's mostly evaporated.
7:32
Oh, OK, that's fine. The other thing you smell is a
7:35
lot of iron. Oh, do you?
7:39
I wish Jeb was here. Do you smell that?
7:43
Do I? Smell that?
7:46
You rolled A20? Yes, you do.
7:48
I do more iron. What is what are they putting in
7:52
these drinks? I don't know, it smells like
7:54
blood. Scabbard's gonna just rub his
7:57
foot on the ground, just try and clear it.
8:01
Well, have you considered perhaps they're using cheap
8:06
cans? Could be that could have some
8:10
effect to whatever this drink is.
8:15
So wait, saw you've said that you've had neon freeze before.
8:20
I've been here a couple of times, yeah.
8:23
And you're still alive. I think so.
8:25
Well, I guess I, I don't know what I don't, I don't know what
8:32
to expect if we walk in here, everybody.
8:34
I don't have a plan. So.
8:37
I mean, how about I just go in first and then if it gets wild,
8:40
you're going to run away and I'll run away.
8:43
Sure, that's good enough of a plan for me, unless anybody has
8:46
any better ideas. No, no, no.
8:48
I prefer not to be in danger. Go for it.
8:50
I mean, I call us if you need help, yeah.
8:54
OK, just front door and any any objections to the front door?
8:59
No, I think the front door is probably the best way to get in.
9:02
OK, I'm saws walking towards the front door.
9:05
Right. You walk towards the front door.
9:07
It is locked. It's locked Miss VV.
9:14
I could break it open. Yeah, you know what?
9:16
Somebody died. We're breaking it open.
9:19
Somebody died inside. No, no, no.
9:22
Somebody, somebody died. Somebody ever died as a result
9:29
of this drink. So we demand answers.
9:32
So break open the door. OK, hope it's not bombed.
9:37
Why would it be bombed? Is that what we're doing?
9:42
There was an explosion. That would be quite the mess.
9:45
See. Brawling, could use some alloy
9:48
weapon, whatever you want. Chain saw the door open.
9:51
Yeah. Too loud, at least I know that.
9:55
Just do. Like.
9:58
Regular saw the door open, just going to give it all kick.
10:03
Breaching clear. 13 You kick the door open and then as you kick
10:07
it open a a dead guy is pushed forward and he falls to the
10:10
ground in front of the neon freeze logo on the ground and
10:13
you hear someone moaning in pain.
10:16
Hello. Is anyone alive, Earl?
10:23
Oh, there's dead people inside this Navy and someone's
10:25
someone's wailing. Oh gosh, I'm coming.
10:31
I'll help. Don't help the way she's good
10:35
with the needle help. Please don't rob me.
10:44
Vivi runs runs in toward the wailing person.
10:49
And. This guy is looking at you and
10:51
he's he's coughing and he grabs a drink from the counter and
10:55
pulls the wrapper off the straw and just goes to take a sip.
10:59
Well, wait, this person is going to take a drink, a sip from this
11:04
drink? Yeah, but he was also asking for
11:06
help. Yeah, but he's.
11:08
He's just OK. I just I don't know if this is
11:11
an explosive drink cause the other person explodes.
11:13
What are you gonna? Yeah.
11:14
What? Are you gonna do Vivi's like,
11:15
no, don't drink that. She just yells and goes to grab
11:19
the drink. Roll for it.
11:23
Hmm, something reflex related? Let's see, let's see.
11:29
I don't know where to roll. I will say you had to walk quite
11:32
far into this room, so you have to roll very high to stop him
11:35
from drinking this beverage. It's not very high.
11:41
It's not very high, F 13 is definitely not enough, and he
11:43
manages to take a good few gulps before you knock it out of his
11:47
hand. I'm.
11:49
Dying. I got to have a lost drink.
11:51
You. Oh, oh, that's not sitting well.
11:55
And as you look at this guy, he's missing both of his legs.
11:57
He has leftover Cybertek leg implant mounting points that
12:02
have been blown open. There's a lot of Cybertek on the
12:04
ground and it looks like his legs fired forward and killed 2
12:08
customers because bits of his leg are impaled in these two
12:12
other just people on the other side of the room, and one of
12:15
them is impaled on the bench. It would take a lot of work to
12:17
literally remove them from it. It's horrible in here and it
12:21
stinks of iron. The thing is though, this guy's
12:24
now drunk. The beverage.
12:25
Oh. My stomach.
12:29
And his eyes start to glow. So we need to get back.
12:33
What's happening to me? Please help me.
12:35
He's going to explode. Please examine me.
12:37
I feel like I've only got like 5 minutes.
12:38
To live 0. God do you might want to get
12:41
behind me. He's points to Vendel and Ayona.
12:45
Well, come on Miss Vivi, let's get out of here then.
12:48
Yeah, I think I'm going to just leave this guy to blow.
12:51
Up. Spot actually what happened to
12:56
you? I don't know.
12:58
My legs just explode. Do you work for Neon Freeze?
13:04
What if you like, stabbed him in the stomach and like released
13:07
the gas? That might that might work.
13:15
You know, whenever I have a bad ball of ramen and I get, you
13:18
know, the bubblies and the gut, yeah, sometimes I just want to
13:22
like, stab myself to release it. But actually, no, I that's that.
13:27
I don't think that's going to work.
13:28
That might. Just.
13:31
OK. Well, he's going to pop.
13:32
He's going to pop. We got to get out of here.
13:34
He is, are you? Going to run or are you going to
13:37
try and save this guy? I'm going to run.
13:43
I don't, yeah. I don't think I can help him.
13:45
That's fine. Then run.
13:47
Roll for it if you're running out of the building.
13:50
If you trip up, it's bad. I trip, you trip without me.
13:56
You trip up, glide in some of the blood on the ground.
13:59
I'm. Dead.
14:00
And you, you, you, you're not dead, but you, you do rip a
14:04
piece of your armor and it falls to the ground as you scamper out
14:07
of the room. So you get -1 to your body
14:10
armor, no? And because it's an LA attack.
14:17
Oh shit -3 health bad. Are you OK?
14:20
VV That fall was really embarrassing.
14:23
Everybody saw Oh. I was hoping you all wouldn't
14:26
see it. Get it, Everybody saw.
14:28
Get it. Get it?
14:29
That's my name. That's my name.
14:32
So close the door. That guy's about to explode.
14:33
I'm really sorry we decided that you don't live.
14:40
What, so you'll be lost out? Do you close the door?
14:43
If Vendel tells me, then yes. Cool.
14:46
You close the door. Oh.
14:47
Pull the blind as well. You hear him scream and and beg
14:51
for mercy for the next 30 seconds.
14:54
You can either wait it out or. This is a little.
15:01
Saw has his ear pressed up against the door.
15:06
Should should we? Well, you should have shot him
15:09
or something. Or are we waiting to see the
15:11
effects? I would like to see if the same
15:15
thing happens, yes. That seems a little it's.
15:19
Pretty fucking hardcore. Oathbreaker ring.
15:23
Oh oh, and Vendel grabs the camera and starts filming it
15:25
through the glass window in the door.
15:29
What else did we really think was going to happen to this guy?
15:33
You're right. I'm just doing it for medical
15:35
research. Watch.
15:37
This is good for evidence because, again, we don't know
15:41
what's going on. This guy looks at you through
15:44
the window in the door was originally covered with a pull
15:48
down a shutter, yes, which saw open so you could watch this
15:52
happen through the door. And he glows brighter, the
15:56
leftover Cybertek attached to his neck, their little cyber
15:59
implant above his eye. Both of them glow to a very,
16:03
very high extreme. And he explodes.
16:07
Wow. And the smell of iron is even
16:10
more. Well, that goes our lead.
16:15
As you're watching this, a small black key flies from the body
16:20
and bunks against the door and then lands right at the foot of
16:24
the door on the other side. What was that a key?
16:26
Yeah. OK, I think we can go in now.
16:33
Just be warned that the iron content in the air is going to
16:37
be very high. Again, probably won't have
16:40
signal on your phones and things.
16:43
But I don't have a phone. I think I'll be fine.
16:46
Or your agent, I should say. Do you want me to go first
16:48
again? Yes.
16:51
Oh, OK, just just you just got to say it.
16:54
I'm I'm OK with it. Whether you're drawn to the
17:03
shadows of the supernatural, the thrill of the unknown, or the
17:07
adventure of the stars, your journey starts with Maggie RPG
17:12
as an actual play live stream. We bring your favorite tabletop
17:15
RPGs to life, weaving together immersive stories and dynamic
17:20
characters right before your eyes.
17:23
Join us as we delve into the dark underworlds of vampires and
17:27
ancient purses, confront terrifying creatures, and
17:30
unravel mysteries that defy explanation, or explore distant
17:35
galaxies filled with danger and opportunity.
17:38
Each game session is an epic tale filled with unexpected
17:42
twists, tense moments, and unforgettable heroes.
17:47
At Maggie RPG, you're not just watching a game, but
17:50
experiencing an adventure. Whether you're a seasoned RPG
17:54
enthusiast or new to the world of tabletop gaming, there's a
17:58
place for you and our stories. TuneIn engage with the community
18:03
and become part of the action as we explore new worlds and push
18:07
the boundaries of imagination. Your journey begins here at
18:11
Maggie RPG. What is that on the ground?
18:19
That key? Can you grab that saw?
18:22
Yeah, it's a, it's a little black key it.
18:25
Says manages key on it. It says something on it.
18:33
Let me take a look. OK, this is a manager's key.
18:38
So OK, this person obviously ran the shop.
18:41
Look, I feel bad that I let him explode, but we didn't have much
18:46
time to save him and. And it's not like you've
18:50
levelled up in Medics a lot. It's fine.
18:53
I feel like the GI, like everybody wanted me to save
18:55
this. Guy and I didn't.
18:58
I feel better. OK, let's, if everybody wouldn't
19:03
mind just taking some time to look around this place and see
19:06
if we can find any, anything out of the ordinary perhaps besides,
19:12
you know, the impaled people with the the legs impaled and
19:15
into the wall, just everybody just take a quick look around
19:18
this place and see if you find anything.
19:20
Sure. OK.
19:21
Look, I know I'm they're dead, right?
19:24
So like can we like take take the E BS out of the cash
19:27
register? I mean they're.
19:30
Going to go to waste, right? This place, this company, Neon
19:34
Freeze clearly is pretty corrupt, whatever they're doing.
19:39
And he, he said he was the owner.
19:41
So like, he's obviously not going to use it.
19:45
It's like, it's like a harmless, victimless crime, right?
19:49
Yes. Yeah, we steal money all the
19:51
time. Go for it.
19:52
OK, maybe. Maybe there's something in the
19:54
register that I'll find. Maybe.
19:57
All right, I'm I'm. Taking a look around for Phoebe
19:59
too. SAW is going to go to the
20:01
register and try to open it. Iona, what you notice as you
20:05
look around is that this place has security cameras, one on the
20:09
outside that faces the street where the delivery guy would
20:13
have gone, the inside of this room, the backroom, and a direct
20:17
shot of the machine behind the desk which makes the neon
20:19
freezes. Would that interest you Vivi?
20:22
The security footage of the neon freeze being made.
20:29
Yes, my, let's, let's take a look because clearly they're
20:34
putting something in it that's making the iron all out of
20:38
whack. So yes, I think it's worth
20:40
taking a look. So the managers key, there's a
20:44
slot in the door that you're facing.
20:46
Yes, I would like to take a look.
20:48
And so you put the key in the door, and the door opens.
20:51
You walk into the backroom and the backroom is very bare bones.
20:55
They spent most of their money on green neon benches.
20:59
You're in the backroom of this place and there's a bunch of
21:02
cabinets in here, and at the very, very back is the manager's
21:05
computer and a sofa presumably is what this place counts as a
21:09
brake space. I'll take a look at the
21:12
computer. Sure.
21:14
I'm I'm no, no tech here, but let's I'm no retro, but I'll try
21:20
to take a look. Do do do do do do do do.
21:24
Electronic Security Tech 17 Yes, very good.
21:30
You look around at the desk trying to find one.
21:33
The mouse, for some reason it's in a drawer and you pull it out.
21:36
As you reach into the drawer, you feel a a post it rub against
21:40
the back of your hand and you pull it from underneath of the
21:42
drawer and it's got the password to the computer on it, which is
21:45
neon freeze 01. Terrible password, but it was
21:48
terrible password and you're able to access the computer.
21:51
Now you've gained two things with access to the computer.
21:55
One, you have access to some of their financial records.
21:58
They've been doing all right. Their location has been doing
22:01
really well for them. It's three things.
22:02
I'm an idiot. You gain access to the footage
22:05
for all of the security in here and unlike your agent because
22:10
this is hard lined, you can now search the garden for
22:13
information on this computer, which you could not do with a
22:17
wireless device currently because of the ion in the air.
22:21
I suppose I will just take some time to look up Neon Freeze and
22:25
see if there's any any interesting things I find about
22:30
them other than they're just like, how new are they?
22:33
Like what They're Yeah. So you, you do a little bit of a
22:36
search on it. They've been around for yes, 20
22:39
is good enough. You they've been around for a
22:41
little bit. They opened up after the Bubble
22:43
Cafe, but they have a much better location.
22:45
Their product is not as highly rated, but it is it's, it's
22:49
about a, a 3.9 in general out of five in most consumer reviews.
22:55
It's very mid, but it's super convenient and you get served
22:58
ridiculously fast. On a busy day.
23:01
People are lining up to come in and out.
23:03
But that line moves like a conveyor belt because the
23:06
machine that makes these freezes, it's really fast.
23:08
It uses Nitro like cold brew process to inject the flavour
23:13
and create ice crystals at the same time.
23:15
And you can get any flavour you like and if you pay extra you
23:18
can bring a flavour with you. So that's their way around
23:22
adding drugs to the drink, but they've never had any reports of
23:27
people exploding. There's no, there's no
23:30
information about it on the garden.
23:32
If this has started happening in Night City, it started tonight.
23:39
Hmm. I head back to the crew.
23:42
Do you look at the footage? Yeah, you know what?
23:45
I'll take a look at the footage as well.
23:47
Cool, roll for it. Oh yes, Perception crit 23.
23:54
Very, very nice in the footage, there's not a lot.
23:59
You watch the manager's legs explode and kill these three
24:03
people instantly in the front room.
24:06
They look like they were going to be the last customers of the
24:08
night. You Fast forward back in time to
24:12
the delivery guy leaving and you pass back behind that.
24:17
And then you notice at one point as you're zooming through,
24:20
notice a van parks outside of the neon freeze in the no
24:23
parking area on the street. And a guy gets out and no one
24:27
notices, but he walks into the neon freeze while this manager's
24:32
busy with his customers, and he puts something in the machine,
24:37
smiles at these people, and then walks back out and gets in the
24:41
van. And what you notice about the
24:42
van are three things. One, that the logo has been
24:45
haphazardly painted over. Two, that it has orange hubcaps.
24:50
And three, that the license plate reads 0467 Upas.
24:56
OK, with that information I head back out to the crew.
25:04
Hey everyone, I think I got some good information from the some
25:09
of the cameras. This is not a neon freeze thing.
25:13
Somebody was intentionally botching one of their.
25:16
Trying to fuck their shit up, Phoebe.
25:18
Somebody was trying to botch their drinks.
25:23
They there was a van that pulled up and put something in some of
25:30
these drinks and. What was the van like?
25:34
What was it? The orange rims.
25:35
Orange hubcaps Orange. Hubcaps license plate.
25:39
I got the license plate on it. You got a license plate?
25:42
Oh, you rolled a really high DV? That's really good.
25:45
Yes. So we can probably look that up,
25:48
yeah. You could.
25:49
Oh I can't get it. If only we had a hard line, we
25:51
could plug your agent into it and you could search the NCPD
25:54
database. The PC in the back has a hard
25:58
line. Oh shit, that's cool.
26:00
That's lucky. Maybe if we find the truck
26:04
scabbard, you can put that license plate on your arm.
26:07
I could use a new shoulder pauldron.
26:11
I think they'll look cool. Yeah.
26:14
I like to take stuff from every like adventure we go on to.
26:18
Are you a little collector? I'm a bit of a klepto if I'm
26:21
completely honest. As they search one of the
26:24
bodies. It's just souvenirs at this
26:27
point. If you're a little klepto, can
26:29
you help me get this cash register open?
26:32
Oh, sick I. Found 90 eddies on these guys.
26:36
You know what do you guys want it 90 eddies?
26:39
I'm I'll take it this little bit.
26:43
You want to split it. Easily.
26:44
For biotechnic or I'm actually pretty flush.
26:46
Well, what'd you what'd you say? I said if you can have the 35
26:50
eddies each, I'm I'm pretty flush so.
26:53
No, the word you used. What?
26:55
What word? You said something is pretty
26:57
flush. I'm pretty flush.
27:00
No, you, you, you used a specific word, Biotechnica did
27:05
you say? No, Yeah, yeah, I work for
27:07
Biotechnica. Oh.
27:10
Because I'm wearing yellow and there's the big biotechnical
27:14
logo on my side. My boss works for Biotechnica
27:16
with COPO finger guns. Well, sort of.
27:22
I mean is more of an on call executive.
27:24
So a lot of my work is like this.
27:28
OK, I've I've I was told I got my cat from you.
27:33
Did you give me the cat Vendel I from?
27:38
No, I've never given anyone a. I've saved a cat once.
27:43
OK, well, I, I, I look, I that was, I was told they said this
27:46
is a gift from Biotechnica. Biotechnica.
27:51
Biotechnica, OK there. You go there, you said it,
27:54
right? That's really well done.
27:55
Who, who? Who gave you a gift from
27:58
Biotechnica? I don't remember his name.
28:01
He was like hidden and like secretive.
28:04
And he just gave you a cat. No, we did.
28:07
A job. Oh, a real Why is it so hard to
28:11
understand that I have a real cat?
28:14
I I'm starting to believe you. I mean again my friend I.
28:16
Believe you was just looking. There's only so many real cats
28:19
and rats tattoos. Of Mr. Mealphistophiles.
28:21
OK dude, I would just get this on my body.
28:23
Without you know, I believe you. I believe you.
28:26
I appreciate you are. Valid, and I believe you you're.
28:31
You're you're nice. I, I I like you guys.
28:34
Do you try and break into the tilt?
28:36
Yes. Cool, roll for it.
28:39
What are you going to? Roll.
28:40
It's brawling. Just 15. 15 is definitely enough
28:44
and you find 94 eddies. A lot of the transactions here
28:49
are tap to pay, so there's no lot.
28:50
Of cash, OK. Yeah, I got 90. 4 eddies.
28:56
Well, we need to figure out. I'm going to go see if I can
29:00
figure out who this van is, and then we need to figure out who's
29:04
doing this and who's trying to sabotage Neon Freeze.
29:08
And Night City, they fucked up the glass market.
29:10
We could have bought more stuff. Yeah, they, I don't know how
29:13
many other people bought Neon Freeze today because this
29:16
happened recently, but anybody who has bought Neon Freeze today
29:21
is in danger. Right.
29:23
Is that anyone or it is do you have to like?
29:26
I think it might be one specific it it was it like one specific
29:30
like VAT that they like? Yes, anybody who has cyberwear
29:37
and is drinking from it might be this neon freeze specifically,
29:40
although they could be targeting multiple neon freezes.
29:44
Who could? Whomever this person in the van
29:46
was, we're going to find out we're.
29:51
Going to find out. We are going to find out.
29:55
Guys say the thing as well because that's what we do.
29:59
We're going to find out. We're going to.
30:01
Find out. Yeah.
30:03
Teamwork jump freeze. All right.
30:07
All right, let me run the number, run the numbers for a
30:10
license plate. I guess that's what you do.
30:12
I don't that's. Exactly what you do with a
30:13
license. I don't know.
30:14
I'm not AI don't do this. So I'm going to just do it for
30:19
the first time. I'm going to run the numbers.
30:21
Way to go VV. You, you Retro, would be proud.
30:26
Yes he would be OK. I'm going to go back to the
30:31
computer and look the look up this license plates if I can get
30:34
any info. Now, unlike the rest of the
30:37
crew, Vivi has a nice agent. It's it's pretty good.
30:40
The crew give them shit because the bubbles are a different
30:44
color, but their phone is better because they have access to all
30:49
of the apps and stuff. One of them is just checking the
30:51
NCPD database. There isn't signal here, but
30:54
your agent does have a retractable connection cable and
30:58
you plug it into the PC and get a connection.
31:02
All right, let's take a look 0467 Upas and let's do I guess a
31:14
library search. I might put some luck into this.
31:20
I'm going to put two luck points.
31:22
Cool 151617 yes that is very high.
31:30
Accessing NCPD database searching for vehicle 0467 upas
31:38
vehicle registered to small business in night city ultimate.
31:42
Packing and shipping UP and S vehicle reported stolen vehicle
31:47
tracking pending follow following UP and S executive
31:52
approval. Checking surveillance systems
31:54
Searching Searching no surveillance found.
31:58
Searching eyewitness database. Searching officer eyewitness
32:02
report found last known observed location.
32:05
Is a sewer. Entrance Sewer entrance unknown.
32:08
Delivery vehicle status confirmed The hubcaps are
32:12
orange. Delivery truck exempt from some
32:14
parking citations. OK.
32:22
OK everybody, insight and investigation is not my strong
32:31
point, but I got some info so maybe one of you might be able
32:35
to pick up something that I'm not picking up.
32:39
But this apparently was a stolen UP and S truck delivery truck,
32:48
which by the way, fun night City fact, every delivery truck and
32:54
night city has orange hubcaps. And so somebody must have stolen
33:00
this delivery truck and they're not able to get any tracking on
33:08
this, the NCPD, because they have to get the approval of some
33:13
exec. Oh, weird.
33:16
It sounds like some bureaucracy runaround.
33:21
Yes, you might be good at that. Maybe let's let's see if there's
33:25
any other deducing we can get done first.
33:29
Yeah. And other than that, it was
33:30
found at a sewer. Last found at a sewer somewhere.
33:35
A sewer? Yes, and singular sewer.
33:38
Iona, do you do you work for UPNS?
33:41
No, I, I, I'm in. I'm a corpo.
33:44
I'm a godless corpo. I can do anything, especially
33:50
get people to tell me things. They work for that.
33:54
Like the net runner guy? No.
33:59
No, OK, no. My superpower is being bossy.
34:05
Literally, they're my boss. OK, must must be nice to be
34:10
employed. Oh, it is.
34:11
It's great. I I don't know any other kind of
34:13
life. I I was raised by Biotechnica.
34:16
That's terrifying. Literally, yeah.
34:20
Did you grow him in a lab for this?
34:22
Them, but thank you. Oh, sorry, sorry.
34:25
That's all right. We've only just met.
34:26
You didn't know. Fair.
34:28
Did you grow them in a lab for this?
34:30
I didn't personally grow anyone in a lab, and if we did that
34:35
would be beyond your security clearance, so I'd have no way of
34:40
knowing or telling. They seem a bit too above board
34:44
for a lab. I, no, I, I was, I, I had
34:48
parents, but they, they, you know, sold me to a corporation.
34:54
I'm giving money. I forgave them.
34:56
It's fine. It turned out OK.
34:58
I gave my. I gave a clap on the back.
35:03
Oh. Yeah.
35:07
All right, Iona you do the maybe give up, give upnsa call, see if
35:15
you can get to, you know, maybe their CEO or something and.
35:18
Yeah. Do you want me to pretend to be
35:19
the police? That might be fun.
35:24
Yeah. You mean?
35:26
Yeah, whatever you think will work to get that NCPD approval
35:31
so we can get the tracker on this vehicle.
35:35
So if you want to be NCPD or if you want to be yourself, maybe
35:40
exec to exec might work, I don't know.
35:42
I think exec to exec, I've got it.
35:45
I'm ready through this running of the plate and the
35:56
collaboration slash connection with the exec trying to get the
36:02
approval. Is there a record of a Direct
36:06
Line to an exec or do I need to just call you upns?
36:10
I think you need to call Upns all.
36:15
Right, Vendel, could you, could you give me the number for Upns
36:19
corporate? Sure, I'll just look it up on my
36:22
oh, I don't have signal. Oh, there's a there's.
36:28
AVV hardline can we use your agent tiles don't have a
36:31
hardline? Oh yes.
36:34
Thank you. Feel free.
36:37
So you take Vivi's agent and you head over to the computer.
36:44
You plug it in and now you can make a call to Upns.
36:48
All right, it's ringing. Hello, you PNA.
36:57
Hi I'm trying to reach the exec who is assigned to the vehicle
37:03
0467 UPAS 04671 second hold on one second all right.
37:19
OK, that was assigned to one second.
37:26
Nope, one more. Sorry.
37:30
OK, that was assigned to a station in Night City, which is.
37:39
OK, it's in. Let's have a look.
37:43
It's in zone. Where is their office now?
37:47
In zone D at the cost of the corpo district on 14th and
37:59
Diamond if you want. What do?
38:05
What do you want with the vehicle?
38:06
It's stolen. We don't have it.
38:08
No, I I just need the tracking so that we can figure out where
38:12
it's been. It's it is.
38:14
I want a. Tracking request.
38:15
It is allegedly reported to be part of a crime.
38:20
Oh, part of a crime. OK, part of a crime is that
38:27
paperwork has to be done in person, but you don't have to
38:30
come to the office, you can just go to the substation.
38:33
Great. Where's your substation?
38:38
It's on diamond. 14th and Diamond.
38:40
Yeah, where the car is, where the van is, the.
38:44
The We don't we don't have centralized trackers.
38:48
Each station tracks their own vehicles.
38:50
Wonderful. So if you go down there now you
38:54
are through to corporate. So if you want to get any bonus
38:58
from this conversation other than this information, you're
39:01
going to have to roll for. Bureaucracy.
39:08
Oh yes, any other just fleeting information this assistant can
39:15
give me? Bureaucracy 21.
39:19
All right, so yes, tell you what, if you head to the
39:26
station, I'll send them an e-mail to say that you're
39:29
coming. What part of UPNF management are
39:32
you part of? Oh, I'm sorry.
39:35
I. Didn't get that.
39:36
Yes, I'm part of a liability insurance.
39:42
Oh, that makes sense. Because of the stolen vehicle
39:43
thing. Yeah.
39:44
OK. Yeah, I believe that with that
39:46
21. That's fine.
39:47
OK. I sent a message through.
39:49
What was your name? Jennifer Moscow.
39:53
Jennifer Moscow. Like the country that used to
39:58
exist. Yes.
39:59
Country, city is what I. Mean I understood what you
40:02
meant. OK, that's fine.
40:03
Fine. Good.
40:04
And OK, I'm going to be tapping and doing this paperwork for a
40:08
minute, so if you need anything else, don't call back because
40:12
I'm really busy. Thank you.
40:14
Do I have a a connection there? Is there someone that you can
40:18
direct me to or am I just going in wildly?
40:22
The deaf person's got the information, so if you just go
40:24
to them, her name's Jenny as well.
40:27
That's funny. You can bond on that.
40:29
That's so funny. Yeah.
40:32
All right. Thank you so much.
40:33
What was your name? Oh, perfect.
40:37
Oh, I will make sure that I look out for you on our Our Little
40:43
Yammer social page. Oh Oh my rewards ID is 43.
40:50
Perfect. I'll keep a look out for it.
40:51
Oh. I love points.
40:53
All right. Thank you, love.
40:54
Have a good time. Don't forget we got the mixer on
40:58
on Wednesday this week because, you know, Jim's got that thing.
41:01
He's got to get caught. Thank you.
41:03
Oh, I I look forward to seeing you there.
41:05
Bye Bye. Bye.
41:08
Bye. So we have another destination
41:11
is close. Yeah, what?
41:15
So deep 14th and Diamond is that close?
41:20
Yes. Oh, it's just a hop, skip and a
41:21
jump over here, Yeah. It's about a 5 minute walk.
41:25
Oh good. All right, I.
41:28
Didn't want to have to get a cab.
41:30
I'm I'm. I'm parched though.
41:32
Do you do you think this stuff is safe to drink?
41:35
No. Saw I would not recommend it.
41:38
No, I I have synthetic water in in my bag.
41:42
Do you want something? What is it different than than
41:46
like tap water? Well tap water has got like
41:50
contaminants in it. This is clean.
41:53
It's sterilized. I'll try, I'll try it.
41:55
Yeah, I'll try. It all right, I'll hand it off
41:58
to you so. You got a thing with
42:03
cleanliness, don't you? A little bit, yes.
42:08
I work. I work in.
42:10
Water I've ever had. It's really good water actually.
42:13
Scabbard. Would you like some too?
42:16
You can just pour it in here and he off he like opens a flask
42:19
that you can pour it in to minimize contact.
42:22
OK, I open a sterilized bottle of water like pour it like
42:27
waterfall it into your flask. Both of those bottles of water
42:32
cost you the value of 15 eddies each.
42:35
Jeez. That's I just want to have to
42:39
charge. It or something?
42:42
That, that is, that tastes like, that's the most water I've ever
42:47
had, right? That's, that's water.
42:50
That is water. These poor souls.
42:53
I'm homeless. Can we adopt them, Iona?
42:57
I would love to have a job, you know, you know, honestly, you
43:01
know how much I love adopting well, NPC at this point.
43:05
But but but these player characters seem pretty nice.
43:10
Yes. The best part is that I can just
43:13
work in your lobby and so you need a guest again.
43:17
Our lobby is actually a crystal shop.
43:19
Oh, I can work with security then.
43:23
Yeah, but also our crystal shop sells really cool weapons.
43:26
I will work in this crystal shop.
43:28
I thought so. Joy's great.
43:30
You'll like her. Yani crystal cats.
43:33
Oh yeah, definitely. We have all sorts of all sorts
43:37
of those little sigils and yeah, yeah.
43:40
Oh, beautiful. Joy joy's into, you know, the
43:42
the crystal magic thing, but also makes grenades that flash
43:47
and into glass, Yeah. Glass grenades.
43:50
Glass grenades are fucking cool. I like glass grenades.
43:53
Do you guys is your headquarters at the Glass market?
43:57
No comment. No, sorry, I answered that
44:00
question, but no it's not. There's a lot of glass.
44:05
It's OK. It's.
44:05
OK, I'm I'm getting the idea that we will tell these people,
44:08
but let's see what happens next. Yes, let's.
44:13
Let's take a walk. Let's take a walk.
44:17
Just to say, Phoebe, see, I'm just going to pull you aside for
44:20
a second, Phoebe. Yes.
44:23
Is Vendel? Is Vendel right?
44:25
Should we not be trusting these people?
44:29
I look between the two of them, I don't really they.
44:35
They seem with them, sort of harmless.
44:37
Yes, I think they just. Need friends?
44:42
Yes. Which I'm totally OK with.
44:46
Yes, I'm fine with that too. Personally, I like making
44:50
friends. Especially when they're good in
44:53
a fight. That was pretty cool.
44:55
That's true. They're very handy.
44:56
Give them a call. They seem ready to, you know,
45:00
run in in front of us if we need to.
45:02
Not saying, I'm not saying we should ever suggest that, you
45:05
know, I mean, they just, they just hook a bullet for you, all
45:08
that stuff. That's true.
45:10
Kind of a walking brick wall. Yeah, yeah, you know the other
45:15
one has a freaking Cortana that can just that they handmade.
45:21
So I mean the. Kindle's a little bit like
45:23
change. I think that's cool.
45:26
Well, it it is change, isn't it? It was quarters.
45:29
Get hit with it. Oh, oh, can everyone all of the
45:34
sudden hear this conversation? You like your sword?
45:37
Your sword is very cool, thank. You it makes the cash register
45:40
noise when I kill somebody. Yes it does.
45:46
You sheath, you sheath it and fucking Pink Floyd starts
45:49
playing there's. Officially a tiny speaker on
45:56
your sword that can make a catching noise and you watch
45:59
Iona light up as you as you demonstrate this.
46:03
Bitching. Totally bitching.
46:12
I I have a gun that does that too.
46:15
I put away my, my super Chrome and I pull out my R.E.M.
46:18
Ware IP edition handgun and I, I'm going to, I'm going to make
46:27
sure there's it's no rounds in the chamber.
46:30
And then I'm going to listen to this and I pull the trigger and
46:35
it, it does. Hello, Corporal Saul, I'm going
46:43
to. Be completely blunt about this.
46:46
This little envy and their entourage have made my day.
46:53
Vandel, Vandel, Vandel gets coy. These are the richest
47:00
motherfuckers I've ever seen. I do have a lot of money.
47:05
Saul, I'll be completely blunt. If I had met only you today, you
47:08
would still be the richest man I'd ever met.
47:12
And you cross the street towards this UPNS substation and it's,
47:18
it's just the corner of this street.
47:20
There's a tiny little office and behind it you can see this big
47:23
long wall. You just about see over it and
47:25
into a parking lot in the back. There is a little indent in the
47:29
sidewalk where you can see a UPNS employee sitting at a desk
47:33
looking through a window and they're talking to what looks
47:36
like a pretty pissed off maelstrom.
47:38
Do we recognize? The package.
47:42
I waited all day. I stood by the door.
47:44
You left a note on the door that said no delivery made.
47:48
And I I you're telling me now you can't find it?
47:51
Well, what we're working on right now, if you just, if we
47:55
could just have some patience. I'm not patient.
47:59
Do I look patient to you? This sounds.
48:02
Heated. It is.
48:04
It is a little heated. Do we recognize this maelstrom
48:07
at all? Nope.
48:08
Do I recognize this maelstrom at all?
48:11
We're all for it. Yes.
48:14
You are you do frequent a lot of maelstrom society, is that true?
48:19
Yeah, it's true. I know a lot of them.
48:23
Are you Maelstrom? Next time I know latency side
48:35
quest. That's amazing.
48:42
He's got a thing for like plushies.
48:44
That says something. Gabbert will spend the time to
48:46
remove the license plate. Plushies.
48:48
You say jump, I say how high. That's how this works.
48:51
I got to. I got to do it.
48:53
What are we getting out of this deal?
48:55
People are exploding. Miss Vivi's been nice enough to
48:58
give you hers. I bet you it's a magnet bomb.
49:01
Now. What do you say to Miss Vivi?
49:02
What are we? What are we learning?
49:03
If you think we can use the vents.
49:06
Did you see what I saw, Vivi? Like tight spaces.
49:09
I mean, we can take a quick look around here and see if there's
49:11
any. Split up and these doors.
49:13
I'll go South, I'll go north. We go again.
49:16
She's really Nimba with those fingers.
49:18
Yes, I thought I saw a vent in there.
49:21
Oops, sorry. Do we just back it in here?
49:23
Interesting it. Happens sometimes What?
49:26
Should we wait for Scabbard and Vivi?
49:28
That's a big door. That's a really big door.
49:30
Yeah, I was going to say, are we structurally OK blowing shit up
49:33
in here? It's.
49:34
A couple 100 tons of concrete there we should be fine.
50:05
Thank you for joining us on our adventure once again here at No
50:09
Latency. Don't forget to follow us on
50:12
Twitter at No Latency Pod. Check out our website at
50:15
nolatencypodcast.com and if you'd like to support us
50:18
further, we have a Patreon. Get exclusive content, spin
50:22
offs, bonus episodes, bloopers, add free episodes, and so much
50:26
more with weekly content to say thank you to our supporters and
50:30
even spice up your own Cyberpunk RED games at home.
50:33
No matter what level your support, thank you again so much
50:37
for listening. We literally couldn't do this
50:39
without you. And of course, we'll see you
50:42
next time in Night City. Thanks for listening, Jim.